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Andrew McCollum is CEO of television streaming service Philo and was also one of its earliest investors. Prior to that, he was one of the co-founders of Facebook. He served as an entrepreneur in residence at two of Philo’s investors, the US-based VC firms New Enterprise Associates and Flybridge Partners, and is also an early-stage angel investor himself.His last disclosed investments were in 2015, in US-based unicorn Diamond Foundry, the first certified carbon-neutral lab-produced diamond manufacturer, as well as in breastfeeding app Moxxly’s undisclosed seed round prior to it being acquired by Medela.
Andrew McCollum is CEO of television streaming service Philo and was also one of its earliest investors. Prior to that, he was one of the co-founders of Facebook. He served as an entrepreneur in residence at two of Philo’s investors, the US-based VC firms New Enterprise Associates and Flybridge Partners, and is also an early-stage angel investor himself.His last disclosed investments were in 2015, in US-based unicorn Diamond Foundry, the first certified carbon-neutral lab-produced diamond manufacturer, as well as in breastfeeding app Moxxly’s undisclosed seed round prior to it being acquired by Medela.
Kingfisher is a privately owned, and independently managed financial services firm active for nearly three decades. The firm was established in Charlotte in the US in 1989 and acquired by WealthTrust, LLC in 2004. In 2009, it returned to operate as an independent investment adviser under the name of Kingfisher Capital, LLC and purchased all outstanding ownership interest from WealthTrust LLC. Kingfisher has supported affluent families, professionals, business owners, and institutions through financial advisory, smart investments and personalized client service.The firm is currently led by managing partners and co-founders Alexander Miles and H K Hallett. Prior to founding Kingfisher, Miles worked at WealthTrust Advisors, the Myers Limited Partnerships and Lehman Brothers in New York. Hallett worked for Trust Company Bank of Georgia and Peoples Bank of North Carolina before joining Carolina Securities Corporation, where he co-managed the Charlotte office.
Kingfisher is a privately owned, and independently managed financial services firm active for nearly three decades. The firm was established in Charlotte in the US in 1989 and acquired by WealthTrust, LLC in 2004. In 2009, it returned to operate as an independent investment adviser under the name of Kingfisher Capital, LLC and purchased all outstanding ownership interest from WealthTrust LLC. Kingfisher has supported affluent families, professionals, business owners, and institutions through financial advisory, smart investments and personalized client service.The firm is currently led by managing partners and co-founders Alexander Miles and H K Hallett. Prior to founding Kingfisher, Miles worked at WealthTrust Advisors, the Myers Limited Partnerships and Lehman Brothers in New York. Hallett worked for Trust Company Bank of Georgia and Peoples Bank of North Carolina before joining Carolina Securities Corporation, where he co-managed the Charlotte office.
Lippo Digital Ventures was the corporate venture arm of Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group, founded by Indonesian billionaire and banker Mochtar Riady. In 2015, the company reincarnated as Venturra Capital, a US$150 million fund focusing on technology firms in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
Lippo Digital Ventures was the corporate venture arm of Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group, founded by Indonesian billionaire and banker Mochtar Riady. In 2015, the company reincarnated as Venturra Capital, a US$150 million fund focusing on technology firms in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
Founded in 2010, Merah Putih is Indonesia’s first startup incubator. The Jakarta-based incubator focuses on mobile, gaming, community base and e-commerce. Its investment portfolio includes Infokost.id, Dailysocial and LintasBerita. Merah Putih is a collaboration between MCM Group and GDP Venture.
Founded in 2010, Merah Putih is Indonesia’s first startup incubator. The Jakarta-based incubator focuses on mobile, gaming, community base and e-commerce. Its investment portfolio includes Infokost.id, Dailysocial and LintasBerita. Merah Putih is a collaboration between MCM Group and GDP Venture.
Pearson Affordable Learning Fund
Pearson Affordable Learning Fund (PALF) is the venture capital arm of Pearson, the world’s largest education company. With investments in 10 education startups and a total of 350,000 learners,PALF is expanding its range of affordable education solutions in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Indonesia’s online learning provider HarukaEdu is the 11th addition.It is PALF’s first foray into the online higher education market.
Pearson Affordable Learning Fund (PALF) is the venture capital arm of Pearson, the world’s largest education company. With investments in 10 education startups and a total of 350,000 learners,PALF is expanding its range of affordable education solutions in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Indonesia’s online learning provider HarukaEdu is the 11th addition.It is PALF’s first foray into the online higher education market.
Led by Ben Einstein, the Boston-based venture capital firm focuses on startups involved in hardware and software development. The VC invests up to US$500,000 in pre-seed, pre-product startups to Series A funding rounds. The firm has investment and engineering departments that provide engineering and product design support services. It has worked with Google, Ferrari and Disney.
Led by Ben Einstein, the Boston-based venture capital firm focuses on startups involved in hardware and software development. The VC invests up to US$500,000 in pre-seed, pre-product startups to Series A funding rounds. The firm has investment and engineering departments that provide engineering and product design support services. It has worked with Google, Ferrari and Disney.
Kinara is a venture capital fund based in Indonesia. Established in 2011, it focuses on impact investments that include supporting inclusive economy initiatives and eco-friendly ventures such as Greeneration. Kinara has been managing Indonesia’s first business impact acceleration program that has produced 11 enterprises in the food security sector since 2016. Other priority sectors are microfinance, clean tech, agriculture and fisheries.
Kinara is a venture capital fund based in Indonesia. Established in 2011, it focuses on impact investments that include supporting inclusive economy initiatives and eco-friendly ventures such as Greeneration. Kinara has been managing Indonesia’s first business impact acceleration program that has produced 11 enterprises in the food security sector since 2016. Other priority sectors are microfinance, clean tech, agriculture and fisheries.
Established in 2013, Danhua Capital is one of the most influential venture capital funds in Silicon Valley. Founded by Chinese Americans, Danhua Capital invests primarily in early-stage and growth-stage startups with disruptive technologies or business models.Founder Zhang Shoucheng is a well-known physicist and a tenured professor at Stanford University.
Established in 2013, Danhua Capital is one of the most influential venture capital funds in Silicon Valley. Founded by Chinese Americans, Danhua Capital invests primarily in early-stage and growth-stage startups with disruptive technologies or business models.Founder Zhang Shoucheng is a well-known physicist and a tenured professor at Stanford University.
Inveready Technology Investment Group was awarded Spain's best asset management firm in by ASCRI, the Spanish Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. It manages €92 million through six different investment vehicles, investing in technology companies through hybrid financial instruments. It has a portfolio that covers over 80 startups from B2B and B2C services to drug discovery and SaaS companies.
Inveready Technology Investment Group was awarded Spain's best asset management firm in by ASCRI, the Spanish Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. It manages €92 million through six different investment vehicles, investing in technology companies through hybrid financial instruments. It has a portfolio that covers over 80 startups from B2B and B2C services to drug discovery and SaaS companies.
Allianz X is the venture capital arm of Allianz Group. Its investments primarily focus on insurance, healthcare and finance-related tech startups, such as American Well, BIMA (micro-insurance company) and Simplesurance. However, it recently made investments in Indonesian ride-hailing startup Gojek as well as the Drone Racing League, a startup that promotes drone racing as an emerging sport.
Allianz X is the venture capital arm of Allianz Group. Its investments primarily focus on insurance, healthcare and finance-related tech startups, such as American Well, BIMA (micro-insurance company) and Simplesurance. However, it recently made investments in Indonesian ride-hailing startup Gojek as well as the Drone Racing League, a startup that promotes drone racing as an emerging sport.
Launched in 2014, Convergence Ventures (formerly Convergence Accel) is a venture fund focused on investing in Indonesia. The fund is led by Donald Wihardja and ex-Rocket Internet man Adrian Li. Li is also the co-founder of Qraved, one of Indonesia's leading food social networking startup.
Launched in 2014, Convergence Ventures (formerly Convergence Accel) is a venture fund focused on investing in Indonesia. The fund is led by Donald Wihardja and ex-Rocket Internet man Adrian Li. Li is also the co-founder of Qraved, one of Indonesia's leading food social networking startup.
Currently based in the UK, Carlos González-Cadenas is a serial entrepreneur and business angel. In 2017, he became the CPO and CTO of GoCardless, one of the fintech partners of Billin. He founded Fogg in Barcelona in 2008 to build an advanced semantic search platform for the travel industry that was acquired by Scotland's Skyscanner in 2013. As CPO of Skyscanner in UK, he was able to scale the product development organization globally before the company was acquired by the Ctrip group for US$1.75 billion in November 2016. He was also part of Oberlo that was acquired by Shopify.
Currently based in the UK, Carlos González-Cadenas is a serial entrepreneur and business angel. In 2017, he became the CPO and CTO of GoCardless, one of the fintech partners of Billin. He founded Fogg in Barcelona in 2008 to build an advanced semantic search platform for the travel industry that was acquired by Scotland's Skyscanner in 2013. As CPO of Skyscanner in UK, he was able to scale the product development organization globally before the company was acquired by the Ctrip group for US$1.75 billion in November 2016. He was also part of Oberlo that was acquired by Shopify.
Lever VC was founded in 2018 by Nick Cooney, an early investor of Beyond Meat and Memphis Meats. He is also the co-founder of Good Food Institute. Lever has currently invested in 14 startups from the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America.Focused on investments in early-stage alternative protein companies, the firm announced the first close of its Lever VC Fund I in August 2020, with its fourth close at $46m in April 2021. The final close will be completed by June 2021. Investors in the fund include NFL and NBA athletes, British nobility, food businesses, alt-protein companies and family offices as limited partners.In June 2020, Lever launched a $28m joint investment fund and accelerator to invest in Chinese plant-based and cell-cultivated meat and dairy companies. The Lever China Alternative Protein Fund will invest RMB 40m in alt-protein companies in mainland China over the next four years.
Lever VC was founded in 2018 by Nick Cooney, an early investor of Beyond Meat and Memphis Meats. He is also the co-founder of Good Food Institute. Lever has currently invested in 14 startups from the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America.Focused on investments in early-stage alternative protein companies, the firm announced the first close of its Lever VC Fund I in August 2020, with its fourth close at $46m in April 2021. The final close will be completed by June 2021. Investors in the fund include NFL and NBA athletes, British nobility, food businesses, alt-protein companies and family offices as limited partners.In June 2020, Lever launched a $28m joint investment fund and accelerator to invest in Chinese plant-based and cell-cultivated meat and dairy companies. The Lever China Alternative Protein Fund will invest RMB 40m in alt-protein companies in mainland China over the next four years.
Entrepreneur First is a global entrepreneur incubator program and early-startup investor. The incubator is an intensive six-month program for founders and aspiring entrepreneurs to help them develop ideas that can go into building their own companies. The program is held in six cities around the world: Bangalore; Berlin, London, Paris, Singapore and Toronto (Canada).Participants do not need to have a startup or a specific business idea to participate, and those who have established their own companies can seek partners or co-founders at the program. Roughly 40-50% of the cohort reach the “Launch” phase, where the participants have established their own companies and received investments from Entrepreneur First and potentially other VCs. Entrepreneur First can invest in a startup built by program participants in exchange for 10% equity. The exact amount invested varies: £80,000 for the European programs; S$75,000 for the Singapore and Bangalore programs; and C$100,000 for the Canada program.
Entrepreneur First is a global entrepreneur incubator program and early-startup investor. The incubator is an intensive six-month program for founders and aspiring entrepreneurs to help them develop ideas that can go into building their own companies. The program is held in six cities around the world: Bangalore; Berlin, London, Paris, Singapore and Toronto (Canada).Participants do not need to have a startup or a specific business idea to participate, and those who have established their own companies can seek partners or co-founders at the program. Roughly 40-50% of the cohort reach the “Launch” phase, where the participants have established their own companies and received investments from Entrepreneur First and potentially other VCs. Entrepreneur First can invest in a startup built by program participants in exchange for 10% equity. The exact amount invested varies: £80,000 for the European programs; S$75,000 for the Singapore and Bangalore programs; and C$100,000 for the Canada program.
Fortum Oyj is a Finnish state-owned energy company operating power plants and co-generation plants across the nation. Listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki stock exchange, Fortum is reputed to be Finland’s biggest company in terms of revenue generated in 2020.It is also Europe's third-largest producer of carbon-free electricity and the second-largest producer of nuclear power. Ranked as the fifth largest heat producer globally, Fortum supplies electricity and heating directly to consumers in Finland, Germany, Central Europe, the UK and the Nordic countries.Fortum invested in Finnish cleantech Infinited Fiber, taking up a 4% stake in 2019, to complement the energy company’s biorefining value chain and to improve resource efficiency. The cleantech investee aims to license its biodegradable fiber technology to help industry partners to manufacture innovative materials from textile and industrial waste.
Fortum Oyj is a Finnish state-owned energy company operating power plants and co-generation plants across the nation. Listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki stock exchange, Fortum is reputed to be Finland’s biggest company in terms of revenue generated in 2020.It is also Europe's third-largest producer of carbon-free electricity and the second-largest producer of nuclear power. Ranked as the fifth largest heat producer globally, Fortum supplies electricity and heating directly to consumers in Finland, Germany, Central Europe, the UK and the Nordic countries.Fortum invested in Finnish cleantech Infinited Fiber, taking up a 4% stake in 2019, to complement the energy company’s biorefining value chain and to improve resource efficiency. The cleantech investee aims to license its biodegradable fiber technology to help industry partners to manufacture innovative materials from textile and industrial waste.
Qorium: Lab-grown premium leather for the future of luxury
The Dutch biotech startup co-founded by cell-based meat pioneer Mark Post is targeting the luxury goods market with its “clean leather” sheets made from cultivating bovine skin cells, and plans to raise up to €100m
Faraday Venture Partners’ MP Gonzalo Tradacete: “We are actively looking for startups”
Amid the Covid-19 slump, Faraday Venture Partners' CIO and MP shares his expectations for startup investments and favored sectors, the measures his firm has taken so far to help investees ride out the crisis, and more.
Shilling Capital Partners: Growing Portuguese tech businesses from seed
An early mover, the influential angel investing firm is accelerating local techs into Brazil and globally
Swanlaab Venture Factory: €40 million funding chest to give power to the people
The female co-founder of Swanlaab Venture Factory believes that diversity enriches decision-making and drives performance. CompassList recently caught up with Verónica Trapa Díaz-Obregón to find out what's in store for Spain's first Israeli-backed VC fund
Indonesian insurtech Qoala survives pandemic with new partners and products
Acquisition of Thai insurtech FairDee to spearhead expansion into Southeast Asia, building on earlier entry into Malaysia and Vietnam and a Covid-19 travel insurance product at home
Raising $50m second fund, Indogen Capital seeks more international partners and exits
Cooperation is key to Indogen's investment thesis, as it looks to help more foreign VCs and their portfolio startups find success in Southeast Asia's biggest market
EV maker Xpeng Motors partners Didi to offer car rentals and better charging services
Besides working with China's largest ride-hailing platform, Xpeng Motors has also connected to the charging networks of EV maker NIO and TELD, China's biggest EV charging network
For equality in education, Odilo brings books in the cloud free to millions worldwide
The "Amazon for digital content" Spanish edtech startup delivers virtual libraries and classrooms to kids and adults worldwide
EXCLUSIVE: Mexico’s Trendier invests in Chicfy as part of €1 million deal
Spain's most popular secondhand fashion marketplace and media darling gets lifeline as it struggles financially to stay afloat
TheVentures founders launch Singapore VC to drive deals in Southeast Asia
The Korean Viki co-founders return to Singapore as venture builders and investors, offering South Korean partnerships and “CTO-as-a-service” in Southeast Asia
Alpha JWC Ventures bets on Indonesian fintech, analytics startups for big impact
A commitment to mentoring and supporting its portfolio companies also lies at the core of its business
Indonesia launches national pitch competition HighPitch 2020 to re-energize its startup ecosystem
With 43 VC investors so far joining as judges and mentors, HighPitch 2020 aims to reconnect investors with young startups across the country amid Covid-19
Ento: Making cookies and burger patties from crickets
From whole-roasted crickets and granola bars to sausages and meatballs, Ento aims to tap the growing market for insect-based alternative proteins, targeting enthusiasts and early adopters
Koinpack tackles Indonesia's sachet waste problem with refillable bottles
Partnering with FMCG companies, Koinpack is making small amounts of household consumables available to lower-income groups without using traditional sachet packaging
eShop Ventures: A costly spending spree to create the Spanish Amazon
Behind the downfall of one of Spain's most promising startups
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