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Visa is a US-based financial services company best known for its electronic payment system used worldwide for credit and debit cards. As the operator of the payment service, it also provides security and risk management solutions. It is listed in the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker code V.The firm prefers to invest and partner with innovative early-stage firms in the payments, fintech and emerging technology spaces to advance Visa's strategic and financial objectives. Some of its investments include Indonesian ride-hailing and payment super-app Gojek, cybersecurity firms MagicCube and LoginID, payment platforms Klarna and Flutterwave, as well as digital banking platform Greenwood Bank.

Beijing-based Telescope Investments is a VC/PE firm, investing primarily in consumer, supply chain, education, and healthcare sectors. Telescope is founded by Du Yucun, former CEO of Tianjin HomeWorld Group, a Chinese supermarket chain, and SAIF Partners. Du Yucun is the son of Du Sha, one of China’s most well-known and respected entrepreneurs. Du Sha is the founder and chairman of Pacific Links, a former acclaimed Professor of Economics at the Nankai University, and founder of HomeWorld Group. Yucun, former CEO of Tianjin HomeWorld Group, a Chinese supermarket chain, and SAIF Partners. Du Yucun is the son of Du Sha, one of China’s most well-known and respected entrepreneurs. Du Sha is the founder and chairman of Pacific Links, a former acclaimed Professor of Economics at the Nankai University, and founder of HomeWorld Group. Telescope is founded by Du Yucun, former CEO of Tianjin HomeWorld Group, a Chinese supermarket chain, and SAIF Partners. Du Yucun is the son of Du Sha, one of China’s most well-known and respected entrepreneurs. Du Sha is the founder and chairman of Pacific Links, a former acclaimed Professor of Economics at the Nankai University, and founder of HomeWorld Group.

David Boronat is an internet enthusiast, with over 20 years of professional experience in the market. He is a mentor and advisor to tech startups in Spain and Latin America. He is passionate about digital strategies, UX and web analytics. Based in Mexico and the US, Boronat is currently managing two of his own businesses. In 2000, he became the CEO and founder of Multiplica, an international performance consultancy agency. In 2005, he founded Metriplica, a partner agency of Google Analytics, IBM, ComScore and Omniture. Metriplica offers digital measurement and data mining services.

An entrepreneur and investor in new technologies and digital business, Manuel Serrano has extensive experience in the field of digital transformation and startups' mentoring.He is the managing director and founder of FHIOS Smart Knowledge, a company that specializes in consultancy services for digital innovation, where he has worked since 2012.  Serrano is also a committee member of FC Barcelona, the city's famous soccer club, and an investor in fast-growing Spanish startups like Red Points, Wysee and CITIBOX. He has also managed and founded several IT companies in the Barcelona area.

Nauta Capital is one of the oldest VC funds in Spain with offices in London, Munich and Barcelona. It focusses its investment on SaaS companies in Europe and the US east-coast, but the firm’s portfolio includes startups specialized in cyber security, retail, HR, marketplace and platform, marketing and social intelligence as well as big data and analytics.The firm usually participates in Series A rounds from €500,000 to €7 million with an average ticket for first investments of between €1 million and €3 million. Nauta Capital occasionally invests in late-seed and Series B rounds.

Part of the Telefonica group, Wayra started its investment in Latin American countries and Spain in 2011. It offers mentoring and acceleration programs across 24 countries, leveraging on a global network of over 350 million customers.Wayra bridges the gap between tech entrepreneurs and networks of governments, corporations and partners where Telefónica has a presence.To date, the firm has invested more than €40 million and built 11 acceleration hubs that provide startup entrepreneurs mentoring and support from corporate leaders, investors and serial entrepreneurs.

An active and well-known angel investor in Spain and the US, Iñaki Berenguer was also co-founder and CEO at Klink (acquired by Thinkingphones) and Pixable (acquired by SingTel). He previously worked for MNCs like Hewlett Packard, STMicroelectronics, Pentium group of Intel and NEC Laboratories America. He spent two years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and as a manager in the Corporate Strategy Group of Microsoft.Originally from Valencia, but now based in New York, Berenguer is currently co-founder and CEO of Coverwallet.

China Literature was founded in March 2015 by merging Tencent Literature and Shanda Literature. It went public on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in November 2017. It owns online reading brand Qidian.com and acquired film and television production company New Classic Media in August 2018. It focuses on building a premium e-reading platform at home and abroad while seeking business opportunities in the adaptation of its copyrighted literary works into film and television productions, comics and animation and video games. As at late June 2019, there are over 11.7m pieces of literary works in its online library.

US-French private equity company L Catterton is based in Greenwich, USA, with 17 offices around the world and over $28bn of equity capital. It mostly invests in the consumer industry as well as real estate and technology startups.Founded in 1989 and currently led by co-CEOs Michael Chu and Scott Dahnke, in 2016, L Catterton partnered with the LVMH Group and Groupe Arnault combining Catterton's operations with LVMH and Groupe Arnault's real estate and private equity operations across Europe Asia, and North America. The partnership formed the largest global consumer-focused private equity firm yet the 31st largest private equity firm in the world. L Catterton holds majority stakes in companies like Birkenstock, Crystal Jade, Bliss, John Hardy amongst others; it also invests in technology startups in their growth and hyper-growth phases. Most notable investments include Aleph Farms, ClassPass, and more recently the plant-based products manufacturer NotCo. Its latest growth fund, L Catterton Growth IV, targets an investment range of $10m–$75m in North America and Europe.

Founded in 1907 and currently headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, US, United Parcel Service (UPS) is the world's largest package and document delivery company in revenue and volume. It is also a global provider of specialized transportation and logistics services. UPS serves more than 220 countries and territories worldwide. In 2018, the company generated US$71.8bn in revenue and had a net income of about US$4.8bn with 481,000 employees. It invests in transportation-related companies.

TI Platform Management is a US-based investment firm founded by Alex Bangash and Trang T Nguyen, who are also the founders of LP network and investment news platform TrustedInsight. Founded in 2015, the firm seeks out disruptive business models and invests in a range of categories, from furniture and home construction to healthcare and deep-tech. It has invested in Singapore-based enzyme engineering startup Allozymes, B2B pharmacy fulfillment service TruePill, and supply chain management startup Tyltgo.

Launched in 2015, the Stanford GSB Impact Fund invests globally in innovators and tech startups whether connected with the university or not and within the area of social impact in seven market segments: education, energy and the environment, fintech, food and agriculture, justice, healthcare, and urban development.  The university-owned fund invests from the pre-seed to Series A rounds and makes investments mostly from January to April. It currently has 11 startups in its portfolio. 

Founded by tech entrepreneur and investor Teruhide ("Teru") Sato, Tokyo-headquartered Beenos is a seed accelerator and investor in startups from fast-growing countries such as India, Indonesia and Turkey, as well as Japan and the United States. Beenos typically invests between US$100,000 and US$3 million.

Simone Investment Managers specializes in real estate and alternative assets management. It has property investments in South Korea and abroad in USA and Europe.

As part of Vertex Ventures Holdings, a member of Temasek Holdings and Singapore's oldest and largest venture capital firm, Vertex Ventures China focuses on investment in high-growth internet and technology startups across mainland China. Vertex Ventures Holdings has a capital of US$600 million. It also has offices in Singapore, the US and Israel; and investments in these regions as well as Asia.

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