Investor

Bank of Industry

Nigeria

The Bank of Industry Limited (BOI) is Nigeria's most successful development financing institution providing support to Nigeria's industrial sector. The Bank of Industry (BOI) Limited was established in October 2001 following the reconstruction of the first Nigerian development finance institution (DFI) the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank Limited (NIDB). BOI s vision is to be a leading self sustaining Development Finance Institution operating under sound management and banking principles that would promote the emergence and development of a virile competitive industrial sector in Nigeria.

Type: Bank

Geography: Nigeria

Impact: Access to Financial Services

Investor

Felicis Ventures

United States of America

Founded in 2006, Felicis Ventures is a boutique venture capital firm based in Palo Alto. They invest in iconic companies reinventing core markets (Adyen, Credit Karma, Clearslide, Rovio, Shopify), as well as those creating frontier markets (Counsyl, Fitbit, Matterport, Planet Labs, Vicarious). More than 55 Felicis portfolio companies have been acquired or gone public, including Meraki (acquired by Cisco), Twitch (acquired by Amazon), Brightroll (acquired by Yahoo), and Dropcam (acquired by Google).

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Global

Impact: Employment Generation

Investor

IncuVest

IncuVest is a Singapore-based tech investor and incubator, founded by Ronnie Wee and Natasha Foong. It is supported by the Singapore Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and National Research Foundation (NRF) who is a strategic co-investor with IncuVest. IncuVest and its partners also have extensive global experience and success as entrepreneurs, private equity, venture capital, government and C-level executives.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Singapore

Impact: Access to Financial Services

Investor

MaRS - Investment Accelerator Fund

Canada

The Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) helps build and strengthen Ontario based businesses in the cleantech ICT and life sciences & healthcare sectors.MaRS is a non profit organization that partners with entrepreneurs researchers business and government to build the next generation of high growth companies in Canada s knowledge economy.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

Investor

MARS Discovery District

Canada

MaRS is where science technology and social entrepreneurs get the help they need. Where all kinds of people meet to spark new ideas. And where a global reputation for innovation is being earned one success story at a time.MaRS is more than a building it s building on MaRS co founder Dr. John Evans vision for the future. Great minds may not think alike but they like each other s company a brilliant idea in isolation is not enough to create a real breakthrough. MaRS is a leader in the trend toward urban innovation districts which allow entrepreneurs access to corporations investors mentors university institutions and labs to test their concepts. We are where inspiration meets realization.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Canada

Impact: Community Development