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H&S Investment is a German investment company and accredited member of the Business Angels Network Germany (BAND). Founded by Martin Heubeck and Ulrich Stommel, the fund focuses on new technologies and innovations counting on over 25 years of experience in technology companies in Germany and overseas.

Rocky Pesik is the son of Rudy Pesik, founder of the Caraka Group of logistics companies and Birotika Semesta, DHL's partner company in Indonesia. Rocky is a director at both the Caraka Group and Birotika Semesta and has invested in two startups, logistics startup Pakde and international shopping intermediary GudangImpor.

With about $2 billion under management, this VC fund invests primarily in early- and growth-stage global companies with substantial businesses in China, namely in the semiconductor, Internet, wireless, new media and cleantech sectors. GSR Ventures has backed Didi, Ele.me, among others, and was involved in the $2.8 billion purchase of an 80% stake in Philips's LED components and automotive business. It has offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and Silicon Valley.

CRCM Ventures is a unit of US- and HK-listed ChinaRock Capital Management. Headquartered in San Francisco with branch offices in Palo Alto, Beijing and Hong Kong, CRCM Ventures invests in seed and early-stage Silicon Valley and China technology startups, with more than 20 years of experience in public and private investing.

Stella Maris Partners is a venture capital fund based in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico with a focus on the education, healthcare and financial services sectors. It invests in Mexican and foreign startups looking to expand to Mexico and Latin America. The firm was founded by Armando Badillo in 2012 and has four other managing partners, Angel Alvarez Cadaveico, Guillermo Zambrano Martinez, Jesus O. Lanza Losa and Marcelo Antonio Benitez Akbo.

Josep Rius is Global Product Manager Digital Services at ABB and a private investor. He has a degree in Industrial Engineering. He also holds an MBA from ESADE Business School and has more than 20 years international experience in sales in multinational companies and high-tech digital transformation and industrial startups (HP, Asea Brown Boveri, Abrast, Logitek, Parkare, IMAGO light in motion and Nexiona).  He co-founded Skinlight in 2002.

Elaia' focusses on digital and deeptech companies in their seed and growth phases. The firm’s portfolio includes 19 exited companies like Criteo and over 60 investments with a total of €350 million under management.The firm was founded in Paris in 2002 by a group of four professionals in the technology sector, private equity and operations with a cumulative experience of 75 years in investment and financing. 

Eight Roads Ventures is the investment arm of Bermuda-based investment management giant Fidelity International Limited, which was founded in 1969. (It was formerly called Fidelity Growth Partners.) Its investment focus includes emerging technology and healthcare companies in North America, Europe and China in their go-to-market stage and early customer traction. It has offices in the UK, China, India and Japan and has seen 42 exits and has invested in over 300 companies to date. It also participates in Series A to D funding rounds and is a major investor in real estate. 

A Boston-based VC founded in 1984 with an impressive investment history, currently totaling US$9.5 billion. With offices in Boston, Menlo Park, California and London, Summit Partners has invested in more than 460 companies in technology, healthcare, life sciences and other high-growth industries, including as lead investor in 77 companies. It has seen 192 exits to date. Recent major investments include as lead investor in Red Points' Series C round and in Markforged's Series D round.The company also provides services, such as, recruitment of senior executives and board members and Peak Performance Groups to help companies’ identify and execute growth initiatives and operational efficiency. 

According to INADEM, Mexico's organization of entrepreneurs, DILA Capital is estimated to hold the largest and most valuable VC deal flows in Mexico. Headquartered in Mexico City and founded in 2004, the firm is dedicated to seed and early-stage investments in Latin American markets. Its latest and third fund saw 800 million pesos (US$41.7 million) invested in regional startups.Banking on a diverse and vast network of partners who are mentors and serial startup entrepreneurs, DILA also supports foreign companies in penetrating and establishing their position in the Mexican market. It has managed one exit to date: Petsy, a pet marketplace.

Established in 1995 by Sean O'Sullivan, SOSV is a venture capital firm with six attached accelerator programs. Upon receiving investment from SOSV, portfolio companies join one of the accelerator programs that best suits their products. The accelerators are: Chinaccelerator, focused on the Chinese market; Indie Bio, supporting biotechnology and life sciences companies; Food-X, for food-tech and agriculture-focused companies; dlab, which supports startups exploring blockchain and decentralized tech; HAX, for IoT, robotics and other hardware-focused startups; and MOX, an accelerator specializing in mobile platforms and technologies. SOSV, along with the O'Sullivan Foundation, has also provided support for education initiatives such as Khan Academy and CoderDojo (which teaches coding skills to youth).

Juan Jose Juste Ortega is an economist with a long career in the banking and financial sector. He held executive roles in multiple banks such as Lloyds Banking Group and Citi, and was Director of Chase and Société Générale in Madrid. For over 10 years, he worked as general subdirector in Caja Madrid. Concurrently, he was CEO and Executive President of the CIFI, a non-bank institution experienced in financing infrastructure and energy in Latin America and the Caribbean. From 2015 to 2018, Juste Ortega was Director of Read Madrid football clubHe is currently diversifying his investments by backing Spanish tech startups.

Samsung Venture Investment, or Samsung Ventures, is the VC investment arm of South Korean diversified conglomerate Samsung Group. It is a separate entity from Samsung NEXT.Samsung Ventures primarily invests in semiconductors, telecommunications tech, software and internet companies, as well as biotechnology and medical companies. The VC is built to support new innovations that can lead to further improvements in Samsung’s existing businesses, which includes smartphones, home appliances, and components like OLED panels and Li-ion batteries.Samsung Ventures has invested in healthcare and wellness tech companies like Indonesia’s telehealth service Alodokter, posture correction device makers Posture360, and Noom, an app for dieting and exercise. In the sensors front, Samsung Ventures has invested in Sense Photonics, a startup creating 3D computer vision based on lidar for industrial and automotive (self-driving) purposes. Besides these companies, Samsung Ventures has also invested in insurtech companies and even gaming companies, such as Pokémon Go developer Niantic.

JJ VC is a joint initiative by JJ.cn and a group of investors specialized in TMT investment. JJ.cn is a leading developer and operator in online board and card games.

Early-stage-focused VC firm with a €24m first fund mainly investing in B2B and B2C digital startups headquartered in Spain. Initial investment amounts range between €70,000 and €300,000, and followup investment amounts go up to €1m per company. Describing themselves as “momentum investors” seeking quick time-to-market projects, Encomenda Smart Capital was founded in 2017 and managed by renowned Spanish angel investors Carlos Blanco, Oriol Juncosa and Miguel Sanz Sanchez, along with a network of angel investors  Encomenda supports the growth of startups' portfolios and helps startups to scale at national and international levels. Encomenda invests 30% in SaaS and in projects with a recurring income model; 20% are fintech, and they also bet on the human resources, edtech and healthcare. Just two out of 25 investments have folded up between 2017 and 2020, with half the fund monies committed. Encomenda is seeking to launch a second fund in 2022 focusing on Spanish and Portuguese startups, of €40m–€50m, and multi-stage, by starting in the early-stage investments, with follow-through investments in subsequent stages.

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