Investor

1776

United States of America

1776 is a global incubator and seed fund helping startups transform industries that impact millions of lives every day: education, energy & sustainability, health, transportation and cities. they are building a global community to provide the intellectual, social and financial capital these startups need to succeed.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Energy

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500 Mexico City

Mexico

500 Startups is a global venture capital seed fund with a network of startup programs headquartered in Silicon Valley. We believe successful internet startups are born from usable design customer focused metrics and online distribution. At 500 Startups we challenge ourselves to also embody those qualities in how we help startups through both our seed fund and our startup accelerator program.We typically invest between $25K $250K USD in our first check however we also make selective follow on investments at Series A/B of up to $1M USD. We also aim to be innovative in our investment model.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Mexico

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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500 Startups

United States of America

500 Startups is a global venture capital seed fund with a network of startup programs headquartered in Silicon Valley with over $350M in committed capital across 4 main funds and 13 micro funds. We have invested in 1800 technology startups all over the world since our inception in 2010 including Twilio (NYSE TWLO) Credit Karma Grab Udemy Ipsy Talkdesk Intercom MakerBot (acq d by SSYS) Wildfire (acq d by GOOG) and Viki (acq d by Rakuten). Our team of 150 people based in 20 countries manage seed investments across 60 countries and speak over 25 languages.We typically invest between $25K $250K USD in our first check however we also make selective follow on investments at Series A/B of up to $1M USD. We also aim to be innovative in our investment model.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Education

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91Springboard

India

91Springboard is a startup growth hub and coworking community in New Delhi. They have 10,000 square feet of prime real estate at the heart of the city, accompanied with great infrastructure, technology, and the most brilliant minds. They are committed in making the startup journey easier and more fun through coworking, community, and capital.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: India

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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ah! Ventures

India

For investors, they offer a bundle of services that are geared to help them not just locate promising investment opportunities, but also evaluate them in a manner that eliminates doubt, and facilitates savvy decision making. Through their continued involvement in the businesses invested in, and their transparency in all dealings, they provide investments with that extra edge in security and growth. For entrepreneurs, they help create an environment geared for explosive growth through services that benefit every facet of their business – from funding to recruitment to office space. They go through a detailed program that evaluates businesses not just for where they stand today, but for what they can be, given all they have to offer. All their services are geared to help them function at a higher level of efficiency and growth, giving them an edge over competition, and helping them create new benchmarks in quality and performance.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: India

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Alliance of Angels

United States of America

Alliance of Angels (AoA) is a group of more than 120 investors who fund and mentor early stage companies based in the Pacific Northwest. It is recognized as one of the most active angel groups in the nation, having invested over $100 million in more than 200 early stage companies since 1997.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Arsenal Venture Partners

United States of America

Arsenal Venture Partners, as an active investor, they work closely with companies, and their appetite for technologically and financially ambitious projects sets them apart from many other venture investors. With their differentiated experience and resources, their team can add value and resources across a broad range of portfolio company opportunities. More importantly, they are willing to do the heavy lifting often required in venture investing. Their team has worked together for the last decade and developed a unique mix of expertise and experience necessary to execute their investment strategy.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Atlas Venture

United States of America

Seed and early stage venture capital partnership. Based in Cambridge, MA and investing across the US and in London, they back startups at the earliest of stages. They invest in tech-enabled services (security, SaaS, online services, e-commerce, digital media) and biotech only. Their partnership is composed of 9 partners, 4 in tech, 2 in biotech and 2 in operations. They try hard to be the best seed and early stage fund in New England and beyond.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Baltimore Angels

United States of America

The Baltimore Angels is a group of angel investors based out of Baltimore, Maryland. A new generation of angel investing lives in Baltimore. Their investors are current and cashed-out entrepreneurs who have “done it” and can help other entrepreneurs advance to the next stage. Their investments are strategic, and not passive. They’re looking for early stage technology based companies, run by entrepreneurs with a strong vision, and who are typically just beyond a friends-and-family round. They meet monthly in Baltimore, and welcome interested investors and entrepreneurs in the Baltimore/Washington area.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Battery Ventures

United States of America

Battery invests in cutting edge category defining businesses in markets including software and services Web infrastructure e commerce digital media and industrial technologies. Founded in 1983 the firm backs companies at stages ranging from seed to buyout and invests globally from offices in Boston Silicon Valley and Israel.

Type: Institutional Investor

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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BDC Capital

United States of America

The oldest business development corporation in the United States, BDC Capital has been recognized locally and nationally as a leader and innovator in business lending and capital investment. Many of New England’s leading financial institutions invest in BDC to help promising companies expand. Over 60 years, they have invested more than $1 billion in thousands of companies in New England.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI)

United States of America

BDMI is the corporate venture capital fund of the global media group Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA. The BDMI team concentrates on digital media opportunities around the world connected to television production and distribution, book and magazine publishing, media services, or direct marketing. BDMI concentrates on early stage investments into growing companies in the digital media landscape.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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BoxGroup

United States of America

BoxGroup is an early stage investment fund. Their typical investment ranges from $50,000 to $250,000. Based in New York City. They actively invest in New York, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles though they don’t believe geography is a constraint. Their goal is to back the best entrepreneurs regardless of location or stage. They view investing as a journey where they support companies based on conviction in the team. They look to partner with extraordinary entrepreneurs building disruptive technology companies and with visions to create the next generation of category defining businesses.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Bull City Venture Partners (BCVP)

United States of America

Bull City Venture Partners is a Durham, NC-based venture capital firm investing $250k to $2 million in Software, E-Commerce, Healthcare IT, Mobile and Internet Businesses. Primarily seed and early, but they are always opportunistic for growth stage companies. They are known for being able to take the lead to secure additional capital for a growth round.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Calcutta Angels

India

Calcutta Angels Network (CAN) is a platform for entrepreneurs and investors to come on board to create an enabling environment for angel investments, mentorship and guidance. It is the first structured platform of this kind in Eastern India. For budding entrepreneurs, CAN will provide a platform to access funding as well as mentorship. While for investors, it provides a platform to invest in cherry picked deals from across business sectors. CAN is associated with the premier angel networks, accelerators, incubators and institutes for knowledge sharing, deal flow sharing and co-investments. Like other Angel Clubs, it will have no external source of funding.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: India

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Carmel Ventures

Israel

With over $600 million currently under management, several successful exits, and a growing portfolio of promising start-ups, Carmel is among Israel’s top-tier venture capital funds. Carmel’s investments are focused primarily on early stage companies in the fields of Software, Communications, Internet, Media, Semiconductors, and Consumer Electronics. Founded in 2000 by pioneers and leaders of the Israeli high tech industry, Carmel provides significant capital and active, hands-on support through the growth cycle of its portfolio companies and is recognized as a true company building fund in Israel. Carmel, headquartered in Herzliya, Israel enjoys a worldwide network of industry, strategic and investment resources.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Israel

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Charlotte Angel Fund

United States of America

Charlotte Angel Fund invests in early stage companies throughout North Carolina and contiguous states. Their members are individuals who are residents of or have interests in the Charlotte area, and who wish to invest at an early stage in promising companies with strong management teams and compelling business opportunities in large markets. The fund is structured as a member-managed group, meaning that the membership makes investment decisions on behalf of the fund. In addition to the capital invested by the fund, members may invest additional capital on a deal by deal basis based upon their individual preferences.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Clovis Point Capital

Australia

The Clovis arrow heads created over 13,000 years ago mark a dramatic moment when the creation of a new tool transformed the way people lived. The crafting of sleek and sharp Clovis tools made hunting significantly more productive and allowed humans to take greater control of their environment and of their future. Established as a result of broadening their capabilities beyond traditional advisory services, today Clovis helps their clients implement innovative solutions and create sustainable value. Their portfolio currently comprises Litmus Group, True North Advantage, Clovis Investments and Clovis Products.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Australia

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Colorful Ventures

United States of America

We share our passion with audacious social entrepreneurs to build outstanding companies that make positive and lasting change in this world. Insurmountable challenges are the soil in which these companies germinate and they thrive with resolution creativity commitment and a deep sense of social justice.Innovation and entrepreneurship emerges anywhere and most likely where the need is greatest. Yet the capital needed to back up breakthrough innovations is mostly locked for the privileged. We invest around the globe and across sectors in meaningful and high impact companies that are transforming the society around us.

Type: Corporate

Geography: Africa

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Costanoa Venture Capital

United States of America

The firm's name originates from the first inhabitants of Silicon Valley, the Costanoans, and harkens back to the origins of entrepreneurship and venture capital in Silicon Valley. Costanoa provides early stage entrepreneurs with a combination of "right-sized" amounts of capital and value-added support from a high-quality institutional partner.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Creandum

Sweden

Creandum is the leading Nordic venture capital firm investing in innovative and fast-growing technology companies within the consumer internet, software, and hardware sectors. The firm has over €250M under management and has invested in over 20 companies including being first institutional investor in companies such as Spotify, Wrapp, Cint, Edgeware, IPtronics, iZettle, Videoplaza, and 13th Lab.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Northern Europe

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Crosslink Capital

United States of America

Crosslink Capital is a leading stage-independent venture capital and growth equity firm with over $1.8 billion in assets. Crosslink, which traces its roots back to 1989, was among the first and largest investment firms in the U.S. to integrate public and private growth/technology investing in three families of funds: venture capital funds, long/short hedge funds and a unique hybrid crossover fund. This strategy allows Crosslink to partner with its portfolio companies on a long-term basis. With more than 20 years behind it, Crosslink Capital has invested in over 100 private equity portfolio companies, at the early, mid, and late stages including Ancestry.com (NASDAQ: ACOM), Omniture (acquired by Adobe Systems), Equinix(NASDAQ:EQIX), Pandora, SeaMicro, Twin Creeks Technologies, Virage Logic (NASDAQ: VIRL), and Yipes (acquired by Reliance Communications).

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Deep Fork Capital

United States of America

Deep Fork Capital (DFC) collaborate and partner with inspired, creative entrepreneurs who are driven by a passion to make a meaningful impact, with a focus on software-driven sectors including adtech, digital media, enterprise, gaming, social, e-commerce, big data and cloud computing deployed across multiple platforms including web and mobile. They prefer investing in entrepreneurs who are intensely data-driven and who are building platform- and marketplace-driven businesses that can benefit from powerful dual-sided network effects. DFC's heritage is unique in that its own investors are seasoned entrepreneurs themselves, who know what it takes to build companies from the ground up - including some who have founded and built companies that rank among the world's most successful and innovative businesses globally, across sectors as diverse as energy and retail.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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DN Capital

United Kingdom of Great Britai

DN Capital is a growth capital and early stage investor focused on software and digital media markets with offices in London and Palo Alto. The professionals at DN Capital bring over 50 years of private equity experience to their investments, and actively work with portfolio companies to steward their growth through the various stages of development.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Dutchess Capital

United States of America

Dutchess Capital is the manager for several global investment funds that provide capital to start-up, pre-IPO, publicly-traded companies and companies in the legalized cannabis industry. Since 1996, Dutchess has made over 400 investments globally, with a total transaction value exceeding $2 billion. The size and scope of their investments have ranged from initial seed capital for start-ups to $25 million dollars for more established emerging growth companies. With offices located in Boston, New York, London, Beijing and São Paulo, their senior management teams have extensive business and global capital markets experience. Through their investments, they aim to build strategic partnerships that foster growth, drive profitability and create shareholder value. Dutchess provides plain vanilla, as well as structured equity and debt financings, for companies located throughout North America, UK and Continental Europe, Australia, Asia and Latin America. They can also advise and provide full scale assistance to companies seeking an alternative public offering or reverse merger.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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East Ventures

Japan

East Ventures is a seed early stage venture capital firm based in Singapore Indonesia & Tokyo. It is founded in 2010 by co founder of Mixer and other prominent investors/entrepreneurs in Asia. They have invested in over 150 companies ranging internet startups on commerce social game & mobile services.East Ventures have 2 incubation offices in the center of Tokyo that will help foreign startups to enter Japanese market. Their investment team is one of the most experienced since the dawn of Japanese internet industry and holds strong network across Asia.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Japan

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Emerson Collective

Emerson Collective is continually amazed by what s possible when you harness the entrepreneurial spirit and the kinds of meaningful outcomes that result from an impatience with the status quo. But the truth is change is often a very slow process. So they invest their time energy and resources in people who blend optimism with pragmatism people who have the audacity to dream up new ways to improve the world and the determination to make them a reality. They connect talent to opportunity by partnering with organizations empowering individuals and advocating for fair and equitable social policies because they believe in accelerating change however they can.

Type: Investor Network

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Floodgate Fund

United States of America

FLOODGATE is a venture capital firm specializing in micro-cap investments in start-ups. The firm seeks to invest in technology related sectors. It typically invests between $150,000 and $1 million. The firm prefers to invest in companies located in either the San Francisco Bay Area or in Austin, Texas. It prefers to invest alongside other experienced private investors or top-tier venture firms. FLOODGATE is based in Palo Alto, California.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Foundry Group

United States of America

Foundry Group is a venture capital firm focused on making investments in early-stage information technology, Internet and software startups. Their passion is working alongside entrepreneurs to give birth to new technologies and to build those technologies into industry-leading companies. They are centrally located in Boulder, CO, but they invest in companies across North America. As true early-stage investors, they are comfortable making small seed investments (as little as $250,000 – $500,000) to help promising entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground. They are equally comfortable participating in larger, more traditional Series A venture financing rounds. Regardless of the size of their initial investment, the size of their fund allows them to continue to support their portfolio companies through the entire financing lifecycles.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Fresco Capital

China, Hong Kong Special Admin

Focused on seed and early stage investment to create maximum impact for their companies investors and partners. Geographically they are based in Hong Kong and Menlo Park CA while their companies have operations globally with the most common headquarter locations being San Francisco Silicon Valley Hong Kong New York and Austin.Their companies are involved in enterprise education infrastructure healthcare online/offline consumer and entertainment. They also support startup ecosystem building especially in Asia through mentorship content and speaking.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Great Oaks Venture Capital

United States of America

Based in New York City, GOVC was founded by Andrew Boszhardt, a financial entrepreneur with approximately 35 years of capital market experience. For over eight years, Andy and fellow Managing Partner Ben Lin have been investing in seed and early-stage technology companies. Typical investment size ranges from $50K to $500K. The Great Oaks team collectively has decades of experience investing in over 200 companies from the earliest stage. They have an extensive network throughout the United States comprised of leading tech founders, peer venture investors and specific industry specialists. They leverage their network and experiences in early stage investing in order to help each and every portfolio company achieve its full potential.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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GSR Ventures

China

GSR Ventures seeks investment opportunities that have very large market opportunities, strong management teams and disruptive intellectual property, business models or market positions that will give them a competitive advantage to successfully compete in China and the global market. They are willing to invest in early stage companies with talented entrepreneurs to help build great technology companies such as Intel, Broadcom, Google and HuaWei. Their team brings together a unique combination of strong operating experience in China, extensive international investment experience, and deep networks in China and Silicon Valley. Their primary focus areas include semiconductor, Internet, wireless, new media and green technology.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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H Capital

United States of America

H Capital was established in 2002 to offer businesses quick, convenient, and reliable access to capital. They have served 10,000+ thousands businesses and originated north of $250,000,000. H Capital specializes at providing businesses with immediate funds for their needs. Whether the funds are for purchasing merchandise, renovating, opening additional locations, advertising, buying out your partner, or any other expense.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Helion Ventures

Mauritius

Founded in 2006, Helion Ventures Partners is a $605 Million India-focused, early to mid-stage venture fund, investing in technology-powered and consumer service businesses in sectors like Outsourcing, Internet, Mobile, Technology Products, Retail Services, Healthcare, Education and Financial Services.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Mauritius

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Highlight Ventures

United States of America

Highlight Ventures is a dynamic real estate investment company that locates, analyzes, purchases through syndication, manages, and monetizes the right properties at the right time. Highlight Ventures focuses on long-term master planning and attending to every detail. They also recruit the best employees, provide them with training and advancement opportunities, and empower them to ensure that the Irvine Company is best-in-class in its business activities.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Hillhouse Capital

China

Hillhouse Capital Group ( Hillhouse ) is a leading investment management firm founded by Mr. Zhang Lei in 2005. They manage over US$18bn of assets as of Dec 2014. They manage capital for institutional clients such as university endowments foundations sovereign wealth funds pensions and family offices.Hillhouse is also a long term fundamental equity investor with a global mandate. Independent fundamental and proprietary research is key to their investment process.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: China

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Howzat Partners

United Kingdom of Great Britai

HOWZAT Partners doesn’t have oodles of money so they have been very selective about their investments. They try to invest in outstanding, early-stage companies with demonstrable evidence of real traction, where they believe they can add value and bring skills which complement those of the talented teams which they actively support. They have Investments in alexandalexa and academia.edu. Prior investments include trivago (sold to Expedia Inc), TrustedPlaces (sold to Yell Plc), Zoomf (sold to Trinity Mirror Plc) and CheapToday.com (private sale).

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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ICG Ventures

As a full service, concept-to-manufacture product development company, ICG Ventures' mission is to identify the differentiated products and services that fit best with rapidly growing markets. They fund, develop and assist innovators, entrepreneurs and companies to conceive, design, produce, market and manage revolutionary new products. ICG Ventures is also the parent company behind FLO Accessories, which specializes in uniquely-designed personal care accessories catering to an on-the-go lifestyle. FLO's Universal Atomizer for fragrances has consistently been voted top in its class.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Imagine K12

United States of America

Imagine K12 is an incubator for technology based K 12 grade education companies. Imagine K12 is also looking to invest time experience energy and resources in entrepreneurs who have a passion for education and the technical chops to create their vision. Over a three month period they will draw on their extensive entrepreneurial experience understanding of the Silicon Valley ecosystem and knowledge of the education industry to give their idea and energy a far greater shot at success.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Education

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Imperious Group

Imperious Group is a cutting-edge VC firm running in the CIS market and looking for extraordinary teams able to create ingenious products and services. Imperious Group is one of the most rapidly developing VC firms on the CIS Market. In 2012 the company started investing in high-tech startups in Ukraine. In 2013 Imperious Group was recognized by AIN.UA as the most active investment fund. During only four years of its existence Imperious Group has already financed over 20+ startups and currently enters new markets, particularly Israel, India, Baltic States, Europe, the USA and Canada.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Northern Europe

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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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

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Index Ventures

United Kingdom of Great Britai

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm based in London, San Francisco and Geneva. Since 1996, they have partnered with exceptional entrepreneurs in Europe, the U.S., Israel and Russia, who are using technology to reshape the world around us. The companies they’ve started include Aegerion, ASOS, Climate Corp, Criteo, Dropbox, Etsy, Genmab, Just Eat, King, Hortonworks, MySQL, Nasty Gal, Pure Storage, Skype, SoundCloud, Sonos and Supercell — among many others.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Infocomm Investments

An equity investment arm of the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore, Infocomm Investments seeks to attract and nurture a vibrant pool of infocomm technopreneurs and start-ups to foster a globally competitive infocomm industry as an engine of growth for the Singapore economy. In achieving this, it works closely with venture-backed start-ups from around the world to leverage upon Singapore’s capital efficient environment to accelerate their growth.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Insight Venture Partners

United States of America

Insight Venture Partners is a leading global private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1995. They have raised more than $8 billion and invested in more than 200+ growth-stage software, eCommerce, internet, and data-services companies. Their Investment Team meets with thousands of companies each year, selecting a handful to invest in, supporting them with market insights and exposure to potential acquisitions and acquirers. Their Insight Onsite team provides hands-on resources to help companies scale.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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K9 Ventures

United States of America

K9 Ventures is a true “early stage” venture fund that provides funding and support for seed-stage technology companies. The fund is focused on startups located in the San Francisco Bay Area that have technical founders, a core technology product, a clear path to revenue, can be capital efficient and where K9 can add value.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Kalaari Capital

India

Kalaari Capital is a $160 million venture capital fund with a strong advisory team in Bangalore investing in early-stage, technology-oriented companies in India. They are passionate about investing in entrepreneurs who are poised to be tomorrow's global leaders. They seek companies that are capturing new markets, providing innovative solutions, and creating new wealth for India and beyond.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: India

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Klass Capital

Canada

Klass Capital is a private equity firm established to acquire businesses and provide expansion stage capital. They are backed by a $40 billion dollar pension plan and a number of institutional investors and high net worth entrepreneurs. They target investing between $2mm and $20mm of equity and target enterprise values between $5mm and $75mm. They move quickly, have a collaborative approach and strongly believe in adding value to their partners. Their advisors are significant investors in the fund and are driven to provide meaningful support to every company. They bring innovative ideas, strong values and a sense of urgency to every opportunity. Klass Capital is based in Toronto, Canada and have a North American focus. Their portfolio ranges from companies that have $1mm in sales to $200mm+ in sales. Their primary focus is to help their partners become world leading organizations.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Canada

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Krillion Ventures

Krillion Ventures is a venture capital fund that provides Seed and Series A stage funding to tech-enabled companies based in Miami, New York City and San Francisco. They provide up to $1M in investment capital per round to outstanding entrepreneurial teams. And then they back these companies with support in strategy, marketing and additional capital raising.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Lanzame Capital

Spain

Lanzame Capital is an initiative promoted by a group of entrepreneurs and investors who work in different business areas with many years of experience in different sectors. Aware of the current difficulties in financing through a bank or government loans, have created a platform that aims to be the meeting point between investors and entrepreneurs.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Spain

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Lazerow Ventures

United States of America

Lazerow Ventures have invested in about 45 companies from Facebook and Tumblr in the last round of the social platform race to Buzzfeed and Mashable, which are reinventing what it means to be a modern media company and Domo, Bitium, ChatID, Namely, Piqora and Olapic, which are paving the way in the enterprise software world. They also have backed leading companies in gaming (Scopely and Nix Hydra) and ecommerce (Nourish Snacks and Twice).

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Leaf Investments

Ireland

Leaf Investments is an early stage investor in learning technology businesses. Founded on the principle that emerging technologies present opportunities to create new learning solutions, they are looking to support entrepreneurs across the learning spectrum, both domestically and internationally. The Leaf team combines deep learning industry expertise with investment experience, offering a greater understanding of the challenges facing entrepreneurs looking to create and scale businesses in the learning sector. Backed by Folens Publishers, the fund looks to build on the Company’s history of investment in learning businesses by bringing capital and expertise together under a single, discrete investment vehicle.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Ireland

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Learn Capital

United States of America

Learn Capital is a venture capital firm concentrating exclusively on the global education technology sector. They invest in innovative learning content platforms and services. Their companies are engaged in the transformation of educational engagement access and effectiveness in formalized schooling corporate and consumer settings throughout the world.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Lightbank

United States of America

Lightback is a Venture Capital that does Seed, Early Stage Venture, and Later Stage Venture Investments. They have invested in diverse companies from enterprise startups to mobile gaming companies and are looking for that next great idea that will disrupt yet another industry.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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London Venture Partners

United Kingdom of Great Britai

London Venture Partners is a Seed fund focused on investments in pre-seed and seed stage disruptive companies in the Online, Mobile, Social, and Cloud game sector primarily based in Europe. Founder-friendly. Hands-on. Immensely experienced. LVP is a venture capital seed fund with a difference - They are operating experts in the online, social, mobile and tablet games world, and they only ever invest in those sectors and they are backed by Nexon, Wargaming and Don Mattrick. That means they bring real experience and deep understanding. They speak the same language, share the same references, understand the same challenges - and they believe in the same vision. They know instinctively where the opportunities lie; where there are strengths to be harnessed and exposures to be covered. In fine-grain, no-hiding, straight-talking detail. They know when to bide time, when to iterate and when to go wide. And how. In short, they get games.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Lool Ventures

Lool Ventures is an early stage, value-add venture capital firm based in Israel. They invest in (or even start) young companies that create powerful consumer experiences, unique technologies or effective business models ,to create high growth business opportunities in web applications and services.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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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

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Maryland Venture Fund

United States of America

The Maryland Venture Fund (MVF) is a regionally recognized leader in seed and early stage investing and a national model for state supported investment programs. With nearly two decades of experience and numerous successful investments, MVF invests in highly innovative technology companies across the full range of industry sectors including software, communications, cybersecurity and life sciences companies in the areas of healthcare IT, medical devices and diagnostics. The Fund also assists in the active management and support of InvestMaryland. InvestMaryland is a funding source for early, mid and late stage growth companies. Through a premium insurance tax credit auction sale, the State of Maryland raised $84M to invest in early stage technologies in the areas of software, communications, cybersecurity and life sciences.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation (MGCC)

United States of America

MGCC is a central state resource that offers working capital, loan guarantees, and targeted technical assistance to solve specific financial and operational problems for local businesses. MGCC works with traditional financial institutions to make challenging loans bankable, working with community development corporations and other non-profits to provide financing for job-producing projects, and assisting a wide range of small businesses find the growth capital they require. MGCC specifically targets manufacturers that are expanding, other growth sectors, and small businesses in our older Gateway Cities.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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MATH Venture Partners

United States of America

MATH Venture Partners is an early to growth-stage fund managed by a seasoned team of hands-on investors and operators. They look for entrepreneurial teams that have customer acquisition as part of their core DNA. It is this maniacal focus, deep appreciation for process and exceptional talent that makes them stand out. MATH forms deep and personal partnerships with entrepreneurs. They have built and scaled many large companies to successful exits. Both of their Managing Directors are serial entrepreneurs and teachers at heart. They love to partner with coachable founding teams that strive to constantly improve.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Matrix Partners

United States of America

Since its inception in 1977, Matrix Partners has had the privilege to partner with hundreds of innovators. They have been fortunate to play an active role in the development of many successful businesses, more than 50 of which went on to initial public offerings, and more than 75 of which have gone on to profitable M&A events. The firm consistently ranks in the top five venture firms in terms of returns to its investors. Matrix Partners operates in the United States, India and China across multiple sectors and stages.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Maveron

United States of America

Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm. Founded in 1998 by Dan Levitan and Howard Schultz, the firm has offices in Seattle and San Francisco. Maveron is a trendspotter in finding enduring brands with potential seeds of greatness and their expertise is in discovering passionate entrepreneurs who are ready to disrupt industries, displace incumbents, and establish market leading consumer businesses. Unlike many VC firms that have turned their backs on investing in consumer businesses, they continue to be bullish on the game-changing opportunities – specifically early-stage technology-enabled products and services in transactional-based businesses, education as well as health and wellness. Their deep understanding of consumer buying habits and their extensive network of consumer-focused business resources and connections are available to entrepreneurs and their teams on an as needed basis to help quickly accelerate their company’s growth.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Mayfield Fund

United States of America

Mayfield is a global venture capital firm with over $2.6 billion under management and a 45 year history of championing entrepreneurs. Since their founding in 1969, they have raised 14 U.S. funds, two dedicated India funds, and partner with GSR Ventures to invest in China. They primarily invest in early-stage U.S. and cross-border companies that leverage the drivers of cloud/Saas, mobile, social, and big data. To date, Mayfield has invested in over 500 companies, resulting in 113 IPOs and more than 150 mergers or acquisitions. Some of their recent successes include Solarcity (NASDAQ_SCTY), Marketo (NASDAQ:MKTO), Qunar (NASDAQ:QUNR), Basis (acquired by Intel), StorSimple (acquired by Microsoft), and Zenprise (acquired by Citrix).

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Meritech Capital Partners

United States of America

Meritech Capital Partners is a leading provider of late-stage venture capital to category-defining private technology companies, and has been one of the top performing venture firms of the past decade.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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National Association of College Stores

United States of America

Since 1923 The National Association of College Stores (NACS) has provided a voice for the collegiate retailing industry. NACS was founded by a group of 24 college store managers who recognized the value of sharing information and experiences with their peers and taking an active stand for the industry on critical issues. Today NACS continues to dedicate its support to the thousands of college stores and vendors it counts as loyal members helping them connect grow and succeed.

Type: Foundation

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Education

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NC IDEA

United States of America

NC IDEA, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, targets promising technology companies that need help bridging the gap between initial product development and venture capital funding. The organization helps young, innovative companies mainly by providing early financing in the form of grants, accelerating the creation of new North Carolina companies and jobs. NC IDEA further supports its grant winning companies by leveraging the organization’s solid partnerships and strategic alliances to assist companies through business challenges and growth goals.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Education

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New Enterprise Associates

United States of America

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) partners with entrepreneurs to build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies. As one of the world's largest and most active venture capital firms with more than $13 billion in committed capital, the firm's long track record includes more than 190 portfolio company IPOs and more than 300 acquisitions. Among its historical investments are technology leaders like Data Domain, CareerBuilder, Diapers.com, Groupon, Juniper, Macromedia, Salesforce.com, Tableau Software, TiVo, WebEx and Workday.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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New Horizon Capital

Thailand

New Horizon Capital is a top-tier private equity fund focusing on investing in china. It was incorporated in Cayman Islands in May 2005 with two limited partners: Tamasek Holdings Private Limited and SBI Holdings Inc. They currently manage over approximately $2.5 billion RMB and USD funds. Their LPs include more than 20 internationally renowned institutions

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Asia

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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New Markets Venture Partners

United States of America

New Markets Venture Partners is a leading early stage venture capital firm that invests in and actively assists innovative education business services and information technology companies. The New Markets Team has decades of experience investing in and building high growth companies and benefits from the wisdom tenacity and vision of founders of a highly successful public company and one of the U.S. s premier venture firms. Their team has proprietary relationships with centers of innovation and particular domain expertise around education and technology. They are pride as being entrepreneur friendly and they work to add value before during and after the investment process.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Education

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New York Angels

United States of America

New York Angels is a member-led organization committed to finding, funding and mentoring great young companies from pitch through successful exit. Our 100+ members are entrepreneurs, CEOs, venture capitalists and business leaders who have founded, funded and built world-class companies. We come from a wide array of industry backgrounds and together create an extensive network of entrepreneurial support. We mentor and coach the entrepreneurs in whom we invest, serve on their boards, provide contacts and assist with team building, strategic planning and fundraising.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Oregon Angel Fund

United States of America

The Oregon Angel Fund (OAF) is a community supported, professionally managed, investor driven angel fund. The fund provides investors privileged access to the most promising startups and early-stage growth companies in Oregon and SW Washington. Founded in 2007, OAF has grown to become the most active local venue for funding startups in terms of both participants and dollars invested.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Penguin Random House Holdings

Penguin Random House employs more than 10,000 people globally across almost 250 editorially and creatively independent imprints and publishing houses that collectively publish more than 15,000 new titles annually. It’s publishing lists include more than 70 Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of the world’s most widely read authors.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United States of America

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Pix Vine Capital

Singapore

Pix Vine Capital (PixVC) is a Singapore based Investment House providing early stage venture capital to startups aspiring to commercialize innovative solutions in the areas of Info Tech Med Tech and Eco Tech.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Malaysia

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Point Nine Capital

Germany

Point Nine Capital is a Berlin based early stage venture capital firm primarily investing in Software as a Service (SaaS) marketplace lead generation and eCommerce startups. The fund and its managers have backed a number of highly successful Internet companies including Zendesk DeliveryHero DocPlanner and DaWanda.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Germany

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Qualcomm Ventures

United States of America

Qualcomm Ventures the venture investment group of Qualcomm Incorporated was launched in the United States in November 2000 with an initial US$500 million allocation. Qualcomm Ventures aim is to support Qualcomm s mission of enabling and fostering 3G and wireless Internet markets through investments in privately owned startup ventures. These investments include companies focusing on wireless communication technologies and products serving consumer enterprise and vertical markets worldwide.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Europe

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Rincon Venture Partners

United States of America

Rincon Venture Partners seeks to partner with extraordinary entrepreneurs and support them as they build world-class businesses. Rincon is an early-stage venture capital firm that targets investment opportunities in Web-based businesses that are led by 'serial founding teams', have proven recurring revenue models and are pursuing capital-efficient operating plans. They typically invest in companies where initial product or service development is largely complete, and the company's forward-looking focus is on market engagement and expansion. They take an active role in guiding and supporting portfolio companies by committing resources for such activities as Board representation, providing strategic and tactical guidance, filling key management positions, facilitating subsequent financings and achieving liquidity events.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Rothenberg Ventures

United States of America

Rothenberg Ventures identifies invests in and cultivates technology value and talent at scale. They are built from the ground up as a startup focused on finding and cultivating technology innovation supported by a community of the most successful Millennial founders and a Venture Capital business model. The 15 person Rothenberg Ventures team built the fastest growing Millennial Venture Capital platform by investing in talented and passionate world class founders who share the values of innovation execution and integrity.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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RRE Ventures

RRE Ventures has been dedicated to helping talented management teams build industry leading companies. They have raised in excess of $1.5 billion in assets dedicated to investing in private information technology companies. They focus on rapidly growing markets in the software internet communications financial services and other industries. They back entrepreneurs and management teams that possess the industry knowledge vision and discipline to create market dominating companies. Their team brings a unique combination of management operations and investment expertise as well as an unrivaled network of relationships to help our entrepreneurs drive growth.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Safeguard Scientifics Inc.

United States of America

Safeguard Scientifics help to build great healthcare & technology companies by providing growth capital & operational support to entrepreneurs in early and growth stage businesses.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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SBCVC

China

Established in 2000 SB China Capital (SBCVC) is a leading venture capital firm in China.SBCVC has successful track records of both entrepreneurship and investment. In addition to capital their team leverages its rich experience in investment operation global network and China know how to assist its portfolios.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: China

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Seven Peaks Ventures

United States of America

Seven Peaks Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Bend Oregon and is focused on helping Oregon based startups build and scale their businesses.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Shasta Ventures

United States of America

Shasta Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on companies in the consumer Internet, mobile and software sectors. Shasta was formed in 2004 to back brilliant entrepreneurs with an unwavering commitment to the customer experience. Located in Menlo Park, California, Shasta Ventures has $725 million dollars under management across three funds. Shasta Ventures has backed startups including Apptio, Lithium, Mint, Nest, Smule, Spiceworks, TaskRabbit, Turn, Zenprise and Zuora.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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SHO-zemi Innovation Ventures

United States of America

SHO zemi Innovation Ventures' mission is to fund and create systems that will change the way the world learns. An offshoot of SHO zemi Japan's premier tutoring school network they know education like few others. Simply put their goal is to empower those who are reimagining education.

Type: Fund

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Shunwei

China, Macao Special Administr

Shunwei is a China-focused venture capital fund founded in 2011. The Fund has total commitment exceeding US$200 million from some of the best names in the industry, comprising sovereign wealth funds, family offices, fund of funds, and university endowment.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: China

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Signal Peak Ventures

United States of America

Signal Peak is a private equity and venture capital firm with more than $500 million of committed capital under management. The fund invests in information technology companies and looks for entrepreneurial teams with the potential to transform markets and create lasting value. Specific areas of focus include Internet SaaS enterprise software communications security and mobile computingall markets in which the firm has deep expertise.

Type: Fund

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Slow Ventures

Slow Ventures understand's that it is not the idea that matters it is the choosing and staying committed to an idea for the long term that matters most. They exist to serve their entrepreneurs through this process building close personal relationships along the journey.Through this they hope to help build lasting companies by bringing together ideas focus capital technology creativity design philosophy relationships authenticity love and a dash of optimism.

Type: Investor Network

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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SoftBank Capital

United States of America

SoftBank Capital makes early and growth stage investments in companies that connect people devices and the world. They invest in category leaders in consumer and enterprise mobile online advertising ecommerce social media and cloud computing. They have been making investments since 1995 with recent exits including Bluefin Labs Buddy Media Hyperpublic Huffington Post OMGPOP Pivot and ZipList.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Softbank Ventures Korea

Republic of Korea

SoftBank Ventures Korea (SBVK) is a venture capital firm, specializing in IT startup investment & corporate restructuring Established in 2000, SBVK has formed more than 10 funds focused on IT sector, and have invested in more than 175 startups. As of 2014 4Q, active funds under management is approximately 234 million USD. Sharing the group's vision of "Bring Happiness to Everyone through Information Revolution”, SBVK envisions a world where everyone is happily connected to each other via digital networks. They are committed to investing in and supporting both local and foreign companies and entrepreneurs with disruptive technologies and innovative ideas to change the world.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Republic of Korea

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Space Florida

United States of America

Space Florida was created to strengthen Florida’s position as the global leader in aerospace research, investment, exploration and commerce. As Florida’s aerospace development organization, they are committed to attracting and expanding the next generation of space industry businesses. With its highly trained workforce, proven infrastructure and unparalleled record of achievement, Florida is the ideal location for aerospace businesses to thrive – and Space Florida is the perfect partner to help them succeed.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United Kingdom

Impact: Access to Energy

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Spectrum Equity

United States of America

Spectrum is a private equity investor in companies leading the information economy. Founded in 1994, they have raised six private equity funds totaling $4.7 billion of capital exclusively focused on the information economy. They seek opportunities to invest $25 - $100 million in growth companies with sustainable and defensible business models--strong recurring revenue, significant operating leverage, strong cash flow margins, and franchise customer loyalty. They are group of partners that have worked together for an average of 15 years, leading a team operating out of offices in Boston, MA and Menlo Park, CA. They invest in companies that are category leaders across North America, Western Europe, and Australia.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Northern America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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StartX

United States of America

StartX is a start-up accelerator designed to accelerate the development of Stanford's top student entrepreneurs through experiential education. They provide: Community, Mentorship, Real-time education, and Resources.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Global

Impact: Access to Education

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Storm Ventures

United States of America

Storm Ventures invests as the first or early investor in enterprise companies focused today in mobile SaaS and cloud infrastructure. Examples of companies include Airespace (sold to Cisco) Appcelerator Com2Us (Kosdaq listed).

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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SV Angel

United States of America

SV Angel is a micro VC firm located in Silicon Valley and founded by angel investors, Ron Conway and David Lee. SV Angel provides capital investments to early stage companies focused on the Internet, e-commerce, and information technology markets. SV Angel is a venture fund which has raised investment from external investors or limited partners in industry parlance. In April 2010, the fund announced its size of $20 million. Per the firm, SV Angel initially expected to raise a $10 million fund but was oversubscribed and hence the amount was raised to $20 million. Since then, the fund has grown to be approximately twice that size.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Tech Wildcatters

United States of America

TechWildcatters is a mentorship driven microseed fund and startup accelerator. Their 12 week accelerator bootcamp has been rated as a Top 10 Accelerator/Incubator by Forbes. They re very selective each year they expect hundreds of companies to apply to the program and 8 10 of them will be invited to Dallas for each class. The companies get up to $25000 in seed funding intensive top notch mentorship and the opportunity to pitch to angel investors venture capitalists and corporate development teams at their end of program Pitch Day .

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Income/Productivity Growth

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The Colorado Impact Fund

United States of America

The Colorado Impact Fund is a private equity fund managed by an affiliate of Vestar Capital Partners which is dedicated to supporting local Colorado companies that generate consistent investment returns in addition to positive community outcomes. Investors in the Fund include some of Colorado s most respected executives families foundations and corporations each of whom is committed to making a difference.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Information

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The NewSchools Seed Fund

NewSchools is a nonprofit venture philanthropy firm working to transform public education for low-income children. Their Seed Fund supports high potential entrepreneurs developing technology solutions for the biggest challenges in K-12 education. They invest in early stage tech tools, applications, content, and services that improve education opportunities for all children. The Seed Fund also acts as a catalyst, inspiring and enabling traditional and non-traditional tech investors to provide capital to the fast-growing ed tech market.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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The Portland Seed Fund

United States of America

The Portland Seed Fund finds and surrounds the most promising seed-stage companies with capital, mentors and contacts to nurture and encourage vigorous economic growth within Oregon. The Portland Seed Fund selects entrepreneurs with great venture ideas and the passion and grit to see them through. With no specific company quota in mind, they typically invest in classes of six to ten ventures at a time. Each selected venture starts with an initial $25,000 investment, and upon a 90 day mentoring program, they see how these entrepreneurs progress.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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The Social+Capital Partnership

The Social+Capital Partnership ("Social Capital") is a partnership of philanthropists, technologists and capitalists utilizing venture capital as a force to create value and change on a global scale. The Partnership is based in Palo Alto, California.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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The United Way of Dallas

United States of America

Since 1924, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas has provided resources and infrastructure to nonprofits and charities in the Dallas area. They raise funds, increase effectiveness, and ensure accountability for service providers and programs that focus on long-term, measurable and effective change in their community.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Education

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Third Point Ventures

United States of America

Third Point Ventures is the venture capital arm of Third Point LLC a registered investment adviser based in New York with approximately $5 billion of assets under management. The firm was founded in 1995 by Daniel S. Loeb. Third Point Ventures is led by Robert Schwartz an industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience in private equity and technology company management and is based in Sunnyvale California.

Type: Wealth Manager/Advisor

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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TPG Capital

TPG specializes in recognizing value – or the potential for value – where others do not. Their contrarian philosophy, global reach, and deep investment and operational expertise set TPG apart from other firms. Their complementary asset classes offer a unique investment platform.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Americas

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Tribeca Venture Partners

Tribeca Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with world class entrepreneurs in the NYC area leveraging emerging technologies and business models to create and disrupt huge markets. They invest in early and seed-stage startups across digital media, fintech, adtech, e-commerce, education, mobile apps, software and services.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Trilogy Equity Partners

United States of America

Trilogy Equity Partners is a closely-held investment firm based in Bellevue, Washington. Their roots include the formation and leadership of some of the largest mobile operators in the United States as well as other global technology and wireless companies. They apply a team-oriented approach, deep operational expertise and a flexible capital structure to help entrepreneurs build great companies.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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True Ventures

United States of America

True Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups. With three funds and approximately $600 million in capital under management, True provides seed and Series A funding to the most talented entrepreneurs in today’s fastest growing markets. With a mission to make the world a better place for entrepreneurs, True encourages each founder’s vision and has built resources to empower the employees, families and communities of its portfolio companies. The firm maintains a strong founder community and offers innovative educational opportunities to its portfolio, helping entrepreneurs achieve higher levels of success and impact. With more than 100 companies funded and multiple companies acquired, the True portfolio has created over 1,900 jobs.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Valhalla Partners

United States of America

Valhalla Partners brings extensive experience resources and insights to bear in helping entrepreneurs in their quest to build world class companies. They aid and accelerate companies at critical stages in their pursuit of success regardless of their size or maturity even if conventional wisdom is against them.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Vanedge Capital

Canada

Vanedge Capital Partners Ltd., is a Vancouver based venture capital fund focused on making investments in Gaming, digital Media, SaaS solutions for small and medium business, enterprise software, and cyber security. Vanedge invests in visionary entrepreneurs and fast growing companies that are poised to disrupt an incumbent business, or create a new market via the introduction of new technologies and business models. The fund is particularly focused on companies that are capitalizing on opportunities brought about by the shift to mobile, transition to digital, and migration to cloud based computing.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Europe

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Vertex Venture Capital

Israel

Vertex, established in 1997, is one of the largest and most successful venture capital management firms in Israel. Its experienced team of senior investment professionals has raised three funds, Vertex I, II, and III (“Vertex Funds”), and has been awarded the management of additional funds by leading financial institutions (UBS, Dresdner Bank).

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Israel

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Vicente Capital

United States of America

Vicente Capital specializes in both non control and control investments that are customized for the growth and liquidity needs of owners. Their team has a proven track record of investing in preferred stock or structured equity capital structures and helping grow small businesses into solid middle market companies generating liquidity for management and exceptional returns for our investors.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Wellington Management Company LLP

United States of America

Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Their investment solutions tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 50 countries draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership they believe their ownership structure fosters a long term view that aligns their perspectives with those of their clients.

Type: Wealth Manager/Advisor

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Yaletown Venture Partners

United States of America

Yaletown is a venture capital firm that focuses on early stage cleanteach and IT investments in the pacific northwest and western Canada. The company aims to source the most promising early-stage cleantech deals in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon and the most promising information technology start-ups in British Columbia.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Americas

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Yochy Investments

Israel

Yochy investments is a microfunding VC which aims to invest in projects that contribute to the quality of life and the environment in which we live. Most of all we are looking for hands on unique and positive people to work with.

Type: Corporate

Geography: Israel

Impact: Access to Financial Services