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CyLon is the world's leading cyber security accelerator and seed investment program based in London. Founded in 2015 by experts in international security, it has invested in 53 security-focused startups and has completed one exit, Sphere Secure Workplace.
CyLon is the world's leading cyber security accelerator and seed investment program based in London. Founded in 2015 by experts in international security, it has invested in 53 security-focused startups and has completed one exit, Sphere Secure Workplace.
Shenzhen Sihai VC Co., Ltd (Qianhai)
Founded in 2016, Shenzhen Sihai VC Co., Ltd (Qianhai) is fully controlled by Shenzhenshi Qianhai Sihaihengtong Equity Investment Ltd. The company manages multiple RMB funds, which have invested a total of RMB 1.5 billion primarily in the TMT, environmental protection, energy conservation, medtech, new materials and consumption sectors.
Founded in 2016, Shenzhen Sihai VC Co., Ltd (Qianhai) is fully controlled by Shenzhenshi Qianhai Sihaihengtong Equity Investment Ltd. The company manages multiple RMB funds, which have invested a total of RMB 1.5 billion primarily in the TMT, environmental protection, energy conservation, medtech, new materials and consumption sectors.
GROW is a Singapore-based food and agriculture technology accelerator for global impact-focused startups. It is financially backed by AgFunder, an agrifood tech venture investment through the AgFunder GROW Impact Fund. Grow is also supported by the Singapore Government and is an accredited mentor partner of Startup SG.
GROW is a Singapore-based food and agriculture technology accelerator for global impact-focused startups. It is financially backed by AgFunder, an agrifood tech venture investment through the AgFunder GROW Impact Fund. Grow is also supported by the Singapore Government and is an accredited mentor partner of Startup SG.
Aquiti Gestion is a 20-year old capital investment company focused on supporting startups in the seed and Series A stage in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France’s southwest. It counts more than 200 companies in its portfolio and some €200m under management. It has three offices and 18 staff.
Aquiti Gestion is a 20-year old capital investment company focused on supporting startups in the seed and Series A stage in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France’s southwest. It counts more than 200 companies in its portfolio and some €200m under management. It has three offices and 18 staff.
A private equity fund targeting fintech firms at the growth expansion and mature stage mainly in China, Europe, and the US. Its founding members include China Minsheng International Capital Limited (CMIC), a subsidiary of China Minsheng Investment Corporation Limited (CMI); and GF Investments (Cayman) Company Limited (GF Investments), a subsidiary of GF Securities.
A private equity fund targeting fintech firms at the growth expansion and mature stage mainly in China, Europe, and the US. Its founding members include China Minsheng International Capital Limited (CMIC), a subsidiary of China Minsheng Investment Corporation Limited (CMI); and GF Investments (Cayman) Company Limited (GF Investments), a subsidiary of GF Securities.
SWAN Venture Fund is a group of Seattle angel investors established in 2015. It leads in early seed rounds and tends to be the first major outside investment to a startup, ranging from US$200,000 – US$1.2 million. Besides tech startups, it also invests in companies producing innovative commercial products.
SWAN Venture Fund is a group of Seattle angel investors established in 2015. It leads in early seed rounds and tends to be the first major outside investment to a startup, ranging from US$200,000 – US$1.2 million. Besides tech startups, it also invests in companies producing innovative commercial products.
IDEPA is the governmental Agency for Economic Development of the Principality of Asturias, under the Ministry of Employment, Industry, and Economic Promition, founded in 1983. Its only disclosed tech startup investment to date was in the 2021 $1.8m seed round of Asturias-based Triditive the first automated additive manufacturing technology.
IDEPA is the governmental Agency for Economic Development of the Principality of Asturias, under the Ministry of Employment, Industry, and Economic Promition, founded in 1983. Its only disclosed tech startup investment to date was in the 2021 $1.8m seed round of Asturias-based Triditive the first automated additive manufacturing technology.
Heritas Capital Management began as an investment/fund management arm of IMC Group, a diversified conglomerate in Singapore. It became a Capital Management Services firm in 2013, and according to its website it manages over SGD 250m in assets. In Indonesia, it has backed telemedicine startup Alodokter and healthy catering company Gorry Holdings.
Heritas Capital Management began as an investment/fund management arm of IMC Group, a diversified conglomerate in Singapore. It became a Capital Management Services firm in 2013, and according to its website it manages over SGD 250m in assets. In Indonesia, it has backed telemedicine startup Alodokter and healthy catering company Gorry Holdings.
Los Angeles-based Leonard Green & Partners (LGP) is a PE investment firm with over $50bn of assets under management. Since it was founded in 1989, LGP has invested in over 100 companies in the form of traditional buyouts, going-private transactions, recapitalizations, growth equity, and selective public equity and debt positions.
Los Angeles-based Leonard Green & Partners (LGP) is a PE investment firm with over $50bn of assets under management. Since it was founded in 1989, LGP has invested in over 100 companies in the form of traditional buyouts, going-private transactions, recapitalizations, growth equity, and selective public equity and debt positions.
Indexa Capital is Spain's first automated investment manager offering index funds. Its operations are based on passive investment management. The firm's objective is to offer diversified and transparent investments with commissions that are 80% lower than those charged by the financial sector. This is achieved through index funds investments and a machine that automatically assigns clients a portfolio from the available options, based on criteria such as the client's age, income and risk aversion, promising returns that are 3% higher than the average returns offered by banks and funds.The company was founded in 2015 by Unai Ansejo Barra, François Derbaix and Ramón Blanco, all of whom have extensive experience in the digital and investments ecosystems.
Indexa Capital is Spain's first automated investment manager offering index funds. Its operations are based on passive investment management. The firm's objective is to offer diversified and transparent investments with commissions that are 80% lower than those charged by the financial sector. This is achieved through index funds investments and a machine that automatically assigns clients a portfolio from the available options, based on criteria such as the client's age, income and risk aversion, promising returns that are 3% higher than the average returns offered by banks and funds.The company was founded in 2015 by Unai Ansejo Barra, François Derbaix and Ramón Blanco, all of whom have extensive experience in the digital and investments ecosystems.
Diego Ballesteros is one of Spain's most prominent serial entrepreneurs and business angels, backing some of the most successful acquisitions in Spain and Latin America. He made his first disclosed investment in 2016, as an angel investor of Spanish femtech WOOM’s pre-seed and seed funding rounds. He is currently the sole founder of Bewe SaaS for beauty and wellness professionals.Ballesteros started his first enterprise in 1997, an online classified ads platform Ocioteca.com and also MundoSalud that was acquired by Sanitas of Bupa Group. Cabify and co-investments with Seaya Ventures also form part of his investment portfolio. One of his biggest successes is on-demand food delivery platform SinDelantal with operations in Spain and Mexico. In 2013, the Spanish delivery company was acquired by Just Eat that later also bought the Mexican company in 2015.
Diego Ballesteros is one of Spain's most prominent serial entrepreneurs and business angels, backing some of the most successful acquisitions in Spain and Latin America. He made his first disclosed investment in 2016, as an angel investor of Spanish femtech WOOM’s pre-seed and seed funding rounds. He is currently the sole founder of Bewe SaaS for beauty and wellness professionals.Ballesteros started his first enterprise in 1997, an online classified ads platform Ocioteca.com and also MundoSalud that was acquired by Sanitas of Bupa Group. Cabify and co-investments with Seaya Ventures also form part of his investment portfolio. One of his biggest successes is on-demand food delivery platform SinDelantal with operations in Spain and Mexico. In 2013, the Spanish delivery company was acquired by Just Eat that later also bought the Mexican company in 2015.
Founded in 2013 in Singapore, VVNP is a future-food solutions-orientated investor with a special interest in science-based companies that have the ability to scale global solutions, especially within Asia. It invests from seed stage to Series C level. Typical investments range from $300,000 to $3m and the investor has launched two funds to date. The first raised $40m and invested in seven companies globally, while the second was created in 2020, targeting $150m in total investment.The VC’s most recent investments include a €271,000 pre-seed investment round in Dutch poultry animal welfare biotech In Ovo in March 2021, and leading the as-yet-uncompleted 6m Swiss franc (approximately $6.56m) seed round in Swiss biotech SwissDeCode in January 2021 – a company that applies DNA testing to food traceability.
Founded in 2013 in Singapore, VVNP is a future-food solutions-orientated investor with a special interest in science-based companies that have the ability to scale global solutions, especially within Asia. It invests from seed stage to Series C level. Typical investments range from $300,000 to $3m and the investor has launched two funds to date. The first raised $40m and invested in seven companies globally, while the second was created in 2020, targeting $150m in total investment.The VC’s most recent investments include a €271,000 pre-seed investment round in Dutch poultry animal welfare biotech In Ovo in March 2021, and leading the as-yet-uncompleted 6m Swiss franc (approximately $6.56m) seed round in Swiss biotech SwissDeCode in January 2021 – a company that applies DNA testing to food traceability.
The Boston-based Grantham Environmental Trust is part of the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. The philanthropic organization was founded in 1997 by entrepreneurs Jeremy Grantham and his wife Hannelore as a private foundation controlled by family members. Grantham is chairman and co-founder of investment management firm GMO. The charitable trust has independent trustees like the CEOs of World Wildlife Fund US and the Rocky Mountain Institute. The trust’s Neglected Climate Opportunities LLC invests in little-funded yet promising climate change prevention technologies. Recent investments include the $12m Series A round of Vence, a US-based producer of a virtual fencing wearable for livestock management in May 2021 and the January 2021 investment round of US sustainable electrofuels producer Infinium.
The Boston-based Grantham Environmental Trust is part of the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. The philanthropic organization was founded in 1997 by entrepreneurs Jeremy Grantham and his wife Hannelore as a private foundation controlled by family members. Grantham is chairman and co-founder of investment management firm GMO. The charitable trust has independent trustees like the CEOs of World Wildlife Fund US and the Rocky Mountain Institute. The trust’s Neglected Climate Opportunities LLC invests in little-funded yet promising climate change prevention technologies. Recent investments include the $12m Series A round of Vence, a US-based producer of a virtual fencing wearable for livestock management in May 2021 and the January 2021 investment round of US sustainable electrofuels producer Infinium.
Cambridge Enterprise Venture Partners
A Cambridge-based investor, founded in 2006, that exists to support spin-off companies created at the city’s university with an emphasis on social impact. It currently has 57 companies in its portfolio, almost entirely in the areas of life and physical sciences, which have, in total, raised over £2bn in further investment and grant funding.Its most recent investments include in the June 2021 £3m seed round of Gallium Nitride semiconductor engineering company Porotech and in the January 2021 $20m Series A round of quantum computing innovators Riverlane.
A Cambridge-based investor, founded in 2006, that exists to support spin-off companies created at the city’s university with an emphasis on social impact. It currently has 57 companies in its portfolio, almost entirely in the areas of life and physical sciences, which have, in total, raised over £2bn in further investment and grant funding.Its most recent investments include in the June 2021 £3m seed round of Gallium Nitride semiconductor engineering company Porotech and in the January 2021 $20m Series A round of quantum computing innovators Riverlane.
Focused on seed/early-stage investing, Zhonglu Capital is the private equity arm of Zhonglu Group, controlled by Shanghai investor Chen Rong. It uses owned capital in making equity investment, backing 40 to 50 companies a year in the TMT sectors; and specifically in recent years, in lifestyle O2O, enterprise IT, mobile healthcare, fintech, VR & AR.
Focused on seed/early-stage investing, Zhonglu Capital is the private equity arm of Zhonglu Group, controlled by Shanghai investor Chen Rong. It uses owned capital in making equity investment, backing 40 to 50 companies a year in the TMT sectors; and specifically in recent years, in lifestyle O2O, enterprise IT, mobile healthcare, fintech, VR & AR.
VEnvirotech: Organic waste converted at source into biodegradable raw bioplastic
The Spanish startup presents an innovative circular business model to stand out in the ever-growing bioplastics sector with its on-site smart-waste container and garbage-consuming bacteria
Bioo’s green power: Electricity, Wi-Fi from a flower pot
The Spanish startup has won accolades and fundings for its NASA-inspired fuel cells and energy-producing plants
Impact investing: Spanish startups with a cause and the ecosystem backing them
As more thought and money go into socially and environmentally responsible projects, Spanish entrepreneurs, investors and big businesses are following suit
Portugal oceantech II: Single-minded efforts to build an ecosystem of international reference
With dedicated accelerators and investment programs, supported by the EU’s vote of confidence, Portugal appears on track to lead in oceantech
Delectatech: "Food data" proves its value in Spain's Covid-hit F&B industry
Delectatech deploys AI, NLP and big data to help restaurants and food suppliers optimize business information, decisions and operations
Clarity AI uses machine learning and data analytics to effectively assess and score environmental, social and governance performance of companies and investment portfolios
In Spain, women are busy launching startups
Official data show women-led startups are on the rise in Spain. We take you to some of the biggest names in the game
Portugal looks to its marine heritage to create an oceantech leader
Portugal is tapping oceantech disruption to create new value out of its blue economy, with strong government push
Indexa Capital: Investment opportunities for the everyman
Spanish startup Indexa Capital has created an automated wealth manager that delivers a higher return on investment than Spanish banks
4YFN: Investment booms across Europe during pandemic
Speaking at the recent 4YFN conference, prolific European startup investor Mattias Ljungman provided a highly optimistic assessment of the continent's current ecosystem strength and climate for seed funding
Ciweishixi: HR startup helps Chinese youth pursue rewarding careers
Ciweishixi uses the Western internship model to help young people discover their true passion, online and offline
Biel Glasses: A pioneering solution for low vision sufferers
Biel Glasses offers a life-changing technology for people with low vision, a condition that is seven times more common than blindness
Lesielle: Award-winning personalized cosmetics that adapt to changing skincare needs
This Spanish AI-powered device combines with a mobile app to track the daily condition of your skin and tailor-make cosmetics for each customer
Ajaib targets millennials with easy-to-use investment app
Y Combinator alumnus Ajaib recently acquired a local brokerage to add stock trading to its products
Prosa.ai and Indonesian ministry fight fake news with "anti-hoax" chatbot
Launched a week before the elections, this Telegram-based chatbot provides alternative references to read before you share
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