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INVESTOR BOOK
EDITIONOCTOBER 2016
Table of Contents
Program
Venture Capital
Growth
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Buyout
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10 -11November 2016
Old Billingsgate
Strategic Partners
Premium Partners
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Chris ÖhlundHervé HattMartin CoriatAndy Hancock
Mirko CasparPhilip RookeDr. Caren Genthner-KappeszJack OjalvoDaniel Raab
Ralf PriemerUwe WeissAndreas KoenigYonatan Raz-FridmanDaniel SagisRobert LangRémi AubertAlix de Sagazan
Max LaemmleDr. Thomas Binder Klaus MüllerGuy DanonEric PodzuweitCarina Röllig
Group CEOCEOCEOManaging Director
Managing DirectorCEOCEOCEOManaging Director, Seven Ventures
Co-Founder & MDCo-Founder & MDCEOCo-Founder & Co-CreatorCEOCEOFounder & CEOFounder
CEOFounder & Chairman CEOGlobal CEOCo-Founder & Co-CEOFounder
Verivox Meilleurtaux Confused.comMoneySavingExpert
Mister SpexSpreadshirtGLOSSYBOXSupplementler Flaconi
Channel PilotBlue YonderTeamViewerKano ComputingAvantisSocialbakersAB Tasty
Fraugster 123sonography
adMingleScalable CapitalWebdata Solutions
Dr. Klaus HommelsFabrice GrindaMarco Rodzynek
Founder & CEOCo-FounderFounder & CEO
LakestarFJ LabsNOAH Advisors
9:35 - 9:50
9:50 - 10:0010:00 - 10:1010:10 - 10:2010:20 - 10:30
12:10 - 12:2012:20 - 12:3012:30 - 12:4012:40 - 12:5012:50 - 13:00
13:25 - 13:3513:35 - 13:4513:45 - 13:5513:55 - 14:0514:05 - 14:1514:15 - 14:2514:25 - 14:35
13:00 - 13:0513:05 - 13:10
13:10 - 13:1513:15 - 13:2013:20 - 13:25
Breakfast 8:00 - 9:00
Fabrice Grinda
Nick Williams
The Art and Science of Executive SearchKarim Jalbout
Tunde Olanrewaju
Yusuf AzozTobias TschötschCelia FrancisPeter F. SchmidOskar HartmannLiran KotzerNikita FahrenholzFinn Age Hänsel
Jeronimo FolgueiraTim SchiffersBenjamin BakMarco Rodzynek
Chantal AmbordPaulin Dementhon
Vladimir FuntikovDr. Christian KaulHermione McKee
Hugo BurgeBobby HealyJohannes ReckJochen EngertAlexandre FontaineFabio CannavaleGlenn FogelMarco Rodzynek
Surprise Guest of Honour
Dr. Klaus Hommels
Carsten KengeterCarsten KengeterMarco Rodzynek
Co-Founder
Head of EMEA Global Market Solutions
Head of the European Digital Practice
Senior Partner
CEOFounder & MDCEOCEOFounder & PresidentFounder & CEOCEOManaging Director
CEOCEOCEOFounder & CEO
Business DevelopmentFounder & CEO
Co-Founder & CEOHead of StudioHead of Finance
CEOCTOCEOFounder & MDCo-FounderCo-FounderHead of Worldwide Strategy and PlanningFounder & CEO
Founder & CEO
CEOCEOFounder & CEO
FJ Labs
Credit Suisse
Egon Zehnder
McKinsey & Company
Kariyer.netContorionRated PeopleWer Liefert WasCarPriceWoo.ioBOOK A TIGERMOVINGA
Affinitas (EliteSingles)ParshipLOVOONOAH Advisors
BlablaCar Drivy
Creative Mobile Goodgame StudiosWooga
Momondo GroupCarTrawlerGetYourGuideFlixBus Voyage PrivéLastminute.comPriceline GroupNOAH Advisors
Lakestar
Deutsche Börse GroupDeutsche Börse GroupNOAH Advisors
POSITION COMPANYCOMPANY SESSION TITLE TIME SPEAKER
K PCP FCKeynote PanelCompany Presentation Fireside Chat
9:15 - 9:30
10:55 - 11:10
11:10 - 11:20
14:35 - 14:55
14:55 - 15:0515:05 - 15:1515:15 - 15:2515:25 - 15:3515:35 - 15:4515:45 - 15:5515:55 - 16:0516:05 - 16:15
17:45 - 17:5517:55 - 18:0518:05 - 18:15
17:25 - 17:3517:35 - 17:45
18:15 - 18:2518:25 - 18:3518:35 - 18:45
16:15 - 16:2516:25 - 16:3516:35 - 16:4516:45 - 16:5516:55 - 17:0517:05 - 17:1517:15 - 17:25
11:20 - 11:50
9:00 - 9:15
10:30 - 10:4510:45 - 10:55
Lunch served between 12:00 - 14:30
Yaron VallerMike LobanovAlexander FrolovShmuel ChafetsMarco Rodzynek
General PartnerGeneral PartnerGeneral PartnerGeneral PartnerFounder & CEO
Target GlobalTarget GlobalTarget GlobalTarget GlobalNOAH Advisors
11:50 - 12:10
MAIN STAGE - Day 1 10 November 2016
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Breakfast 8:30 - 9:00
Dr. Kjell Gruner
Matt BerrimanMatt BerrimanTBDMarco Rodzynek
Mor Assia
Marie Ekeland
Networking Dinner
Surprise Guest of Honour
Jose Ojeda
Ralf WenzelFabian Siegel
Avid Larizadeh DugganRuzgar BarisikDavid KuczekCem SertogluHala Fadel
Patrick GroveMarco Rodzynek
Roxanne VarzaMarco Rodzynek
Daniel SasakiMarco Rodzynek
Shmuel ChafetsHakan Koç
Ed Vaizey MPMark HuntTBDTBDMartin Bryant
Edward ShenderovichMarc Beermann Marco Rodzynek
Efe CakarelScott ArpajianGereon FrahlingMarkus WitteAndrea ManfrediAsaf PeledLegacy RussellPolina MontanoRobin Eric HaakCarsten HübscherDaniel SobhaniDavid MeinertzTill JanczukowiczChristoph Lange
Yoni AssiaFranck MorelCeline LazorthesSebastian DiemerPieter van der DoesMarco Rodzynek Marta KrupinskaCarolin GaborAntonio RamiOren LevyValentin StalfAlexander Graubner-MüllerMax von BismarckElicia BravoNigel Birell
Karel de BeuleTitus SharpeTim SchumacherJoelle Frijters
Vice President Marketing
Co-Founder & CEOCo-Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
Founding Partner
Founder & CEO
COO
Founder & CEOFounder & CEO
General PartnerSenior Investment OfficerGeneral PartnerPartnerFounder & Managing Partner
Co-Founder & Group CEOFounder & CEO
Co-Founder & CEOFounder & CEO
Managing PartnerFounder & CEO
General PartnerFounder & Managing Director
Former Minister of State for Digital and CultureCOO
Community Editor
Managing DirectorCo-FounderFounder & CEO
FounderCEOFounder & CEOCEOFounder & CEOFounder & CEOUK Gallery Relations LeadCOOFounder & MDCEOCEOCo-Founder & MDFounder & CEOCo-Founder & CPO
Founder & CEOCEOFounder & CEOCEOCo-Founder & CEOFounder & CEOGM & Co-FounderManaging DirectorCo-Founder & COOCo-Founder & CEOCo-Founder & CEOFounder & CEOChief Business Officer & Managing DirectorChief Strategy OfficerCEO
FounderCo-Founder & CEOCo-Founder & ChairmanCo-Founder & CEO
Porsche
UnlockdUnlockd
NOAH Advisors
iAngels
Daphni
Lyst
foodpandaMarley Spoon
GVInternational Finance CorporationHoltzbrinck VenturesEarlybirdLeap Ventures
Catcha GroupNOAH Advisors
Station FNOAH Advisors
Mayfair Equity PartnersNOAH Advisors
Target GlobalAUTO1 Group
TUK ParliamentSybenetix
Tech North
Kite VenturesAllthingsNOAH Advisors
MUBISoftonicLingueeBabbelBlasting News90minArtsyJobTodayJobspottinganwalt.deFreeleticsDrEd Online DoctorIDAGIO
eToroZone BourseMANGOPAYBlackBillAdyenNOAH AdvisorsAzimoFinLeapKantoxZooZN26KreditechDeposit SolutionsLottoland
KimiaMVFEyeo / Adblock PlusImprove Digital
POSITION COMPANYCOMPANY SESSION TITLE TIME SPEAKER
K PCP FCKeynote PanelCompany Presentation Fireside Chat
11:45 - 12:05
14:35 - 14:4514:45 - 14:55
15:20 - 15:30
17:00 - 17:10
17:35 - 17:55
9:00 - 9:10
9:10 - 9:209:20 - 9:30
16:20 - 16:50
16:10 - 16:20
17:10 - 17:20
16:50 - 17:00
12:05 - 12:15
14:55 - 15:20
17:20 - 17:35
9:30 - 9:409:40 - 9:509:50 - 10:0010:00 - 10:1010:10 - 10:2010:20 - 10:3010:30 - 10:4010:40 - 10:5010:50 - 11:0011:00 - 11:1011:10 - 11:2011:20 - 11:3011:30 - 11:45
12:15 - 12:2512:25 - 12:3512:35 - 12:4512:45 - 12:5512:55 - 13:15
13:15 - 13:2513:25 - 13:3513:35 - 13:4513:45 - 13:5513:55 - 14:0514:05 - 14:1514:15 - 14:2514:25 - 14:35
15:30 - 15:4015:40 - 15:5015:50 - 16:0016:00 - 16:10
Lunch served between 12:00 - 14:30
MAIN STAGE - Day 2 11 November 2016
• Platform for discussing disruptive Internet-related trends across 10 key industries:• Advertising• B2B• Consumer Goods• Healthcare, Science &
Education• Home Automation
• Fintech• Media, Telecom &
Gaming• Mobility• Retail• Travel & Tourism
• Number 1 industry event for the European Internet ecosystem for senior executives to do business
• Connecting leading and mature European Internet companies to global financial investors and strategic partners
10-11 November 2016 22-23 June 2017
Two Conferences
Two Objectives
One-of-a-Kind Audience
2,230
3,017
Corporate Executives
Internet Entrepreneurs and Executives
Investors
Service Providers
Press
Other
Corporate Executives
Internet Entrepreneurs and Executives
Investors
Service Providers
Press
Other
21%
41%
19%
14%
4%
1%
16%
44%
27%
9%
2%
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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
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1,6141,709 1,752
2,000
2015 2016
Attendee Figures
Attendee by Type
Attendee by Type
Attendee Figures
May 2014
February 2013 May 2012 April 2012
sold 100% of
Sale of 100% in
for $228m to a joint venture between
to
Growth equity investment from
for a 30% stake alongside Softonic’s Founders
and Angel Investors at a valuation of €275m
$150 million growth equity investment from
for a 50% stake alongside Fotolia’s Founders and TA AssociatesAdditional $150 million senior
debt financing
September 2015 July 2015May 2016September 2016October 2016
December 2014
Sale of a 70% stake in Primary funding forInvestment inAcquisition of a Majority Stake in
tofrom
by
Sale of 100% of
for $800m to
September 2014October 2014
Sale of 100% of
for €80m to
Sale of controlling stake in
to
August 2014
sale to
NOAH Advisors provides corporate finance services to the digital sector in Europe Selected Completed NOAH Transactions
by
from
at a valuation of €300m84% Ownership
December 2011
Fund raising for
from various investors including Angel Investors
November 2011
Sale of a majority stake in
to
Quants Financial Services AG
Investment in
Exclusive Financial Advisor to KäuferPortal and its Shareholders
by
Exclusive Financial Advisor to Yad2 and its Shareholders
Financial Advisor to Topruraland its Shareholders
Exclusive Financial Advisor to Softonic and its shareholders
Financial Advisor to Fotolia and its Shareholders
Exclusive Financial Advisor to Drushim and its Shareholders Advisor to BIScience
Exclusive Financial Advisor to 10Bis and its Shareholders
Financial Advisor to Oakley Capital
Exclusive Financial Advisor to Fotolia and the Selling Shareholders
Exclusive Financial Advisor to Trovit and its Shareholders
Exclusive Financial Advisor to Facile.it and its Shareholders Advisor to the Selling Shareholders
Advisor to Work4 LabsExclusive Financial Advisor to grupfoni and its Shareholders
INVESTOR BOOK
VENTURE CAPITAL
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
3TS Capital Partners
3TS Capital Partners is one of the leading private equity and venture capital firms in Central and Eastern Europeoperating in the whole region through offices in Budapest, Bucharest, Istanbul, Prague, Vienna and Warsaw.3TS targets investments in growth sectors including Technology & Internet (Software, Hardware, Mobile,Ecommerce, Social, etc.), Media & Communications and Technology-Enabled Services (Consumer andBusiness Services, Healthcare Services, etc.). Investors in the current and earlier 3TS funds totalling over € 300million include Cisco, EIF, EBRD, OTP, Sitra, 3i and KfW among others.
KEY CONTACTS
Full Portfolio • www.3tscapital.com/portfolio.html
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
OfficesBucharest, Budapest, Istanbul, Prague,
Vienna, Warsaw
Founded 1998
Employees 14 (of which 14 in Europe)
Current Fund Size More than €100m
Use of Debt Flexible
AUM More than €300m
Target Investment Size €300k - €15m
Target Geographies Central and Eastern Europe
Target Sectors
Technology & Internet, Media &
Communications, Technology-Enabled
Services
Investment Style Active, Board support
Deal Structures Significant Minority or Majority
Key Investment CriteriaHigh growth Global Challengers,
or Local Leaders
Website www.3tscapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone + 43 1 4023679
• Zbigniew Lapinski
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Mr. Lapinski works in the Warsaw office and is
responsible for Polish investment sourcing,
transactions and portfolio management.
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Largest global social network
• Largest global music subscription service
• Game studio behind among others Clash of Clans, highest ever grossing mobile app
Full Portfolio • www.accel.com
Accel
Accel is a leading early and growth-stage venture capital firm, powering a global community of entrepreneurs.Accel backs entrepreneurs who have what it takes to build a world-class, category-defining business. Founded in1983, Accel brings more than three decades of experience building and supporting hundreds of companies.Accel's vision for entrepreneurship and business enables it to identify and invest in the companies that will beresponsible for the growth of next-generation industries. Accel has backed a number of iconic global platforms,which are powering new experiences for mobile consumers and the modern enterprise, including Atlassian,BlaBlaCar, Dropbox, Funding Circle, Etsy, Facebook, Flipkart, Funding Circle, Kayak, QlikTech, Simplivity,Spotify, Slack, Supercell, World Remit and others.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Palo Alto, New York, London, Bangalore
Founded 1983
Employees52 investment professionals
(of which 12 in Europe)
Current Fund Size$2.8bn across the US,
Europe ($500m) and India
Use of Debt No
AUM $10bn+
Target Investment Size $1m - $100m
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors Technology and technology-enabled services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaExceptional entrepreneurs looking to build
category-defining businesses
Website www.accel.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 20 7170 1000
KEY CONTACTS
• Luciana Lixandru
• Principal
• CV: 10+ years technology investing, Georgetown
University
• Companies: Deliveroo, Carwow, Avito, Wallapop,
Algolia, Doctolib, Vinted
• Andrei Brasoveanu
• Investor
• CV: 5+ years technology investing and trading,
Harvard Business School and Princeton
• Companies: Celonis, Carto, JobToday
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Charles Lorenceau
• Managing Director
• Email:
• Visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas
• Money transfer service allowing private individuals and businesses to send money
abroad without hidden charges
• Mobile app connecting passengers with drivers for hire
Full Portfolio • https://www.aceandcompany.com/portfolio/
ACE & Company
ACE was co-founded in 2005. Originally incubated by a single-family office, the firm now works in partnershipwith many individual investors and leading institutions. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, ACE & Companyhas operating offices and team members in New York, London, and Cairo, and Hong Kong.
Drawing from its broad private equity heritage, ACE is uniquely positioned to understand the needs andchallenges facing private investors today. By leveraging the in-house capabilities with those of the global networkof partners, the firm is able to source, diligence, and execute on superior investment opportunities.
At the core of its philosophy, ACE strives to ensure alignment of interest of all parties by investing shareholder’sproprietary capital in all transaction and vehicles it undertakes.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
OfficesGeneva, London, Hong Kong,
New York, Cairo
Founded 2005
Employees N/A
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies North America, Europa, Middle East
Target Sectors
Technology, Consumer Service, Consumer
Goods, Business Services, Basic Resources,
Financials, Industrials, Transportation,
Marketplace, Fintech
Investment Style N/A
Deal Structures Minority or Majority
Key Investment CriteriaTechnology-enabled companies
in the target sector
Website www.aceandcompany.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone +41 22 311 33 33
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• HomeToGo is an independent meta search engine for vacation rentals combining the
models of enquiry and immediate booking. Based in Berlin.
• London-based iwoca provides short-term financing to SMEs. Launched in 2012,
iwoca has already grown into one of Europe's leading fintech lenders.
• Mambu offers an agile, flexible and affordable cloud banking platform that enables
innovative banking providers to rapidly create, launch and service loan and deposit
products. Based in Berlin.
Full Portfolio • actoncapital.com/#Portfolio
Acton Capital Partners
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Munich
Founded 1999
Employees 14 (of which 13 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €170m
Use of Debt No
AUM €350m
Target Investment Size €3m - €15m
Target GeographiesEurope (>70%)
RoW, particularly North America (up to 30%)
Target SectorsConsumer Internet & B2B, E-Commerce,
E-Services, Marketplaces, SaaS
Investment Style Active (seeking board membership)
Deal Structures Qualified minority stakes
Key Investment CriteriaB2C or B2B-SaaS focus, cash-generative,
growth stage, selectively early (no seed)
Website www.actoncapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 89 2421 8870
KEY CONTACTS
Marcus Polke
Investment
Director
Christoph Braun
Managing
Partner
Fritz Oidtmann
Managing
Partner
Frank Seehaus
Managing
Partner
Aline Vedder
Director
Communications
Acton Capital Partners is a growth-stage venture capital firm, based in Munich. With investments in more than 65companies since 1999, the Acton team brings a wealth of expertise and experience to the companies in which itinvests, delivering superior capital returns. The ideal investment candidates are Internet companies in theconsumer or B2B-SaaS space with proven and scalable business models, striving to take their growthopportunities to the next level.Acton’s current fund was initiated in 2014 with a volume of €170m and has so far invested amongst others inHomeToGo, Tictail, iwoca, GetSafe, Mambu, Mobify, Eloquii, Comatch, Finanzcheck.de and Chefs Plate. With itsprevious fund (vintage 2008), Acton had invested in companies such as Linas Matkasse, Windeln.de, MyOptiqueGroup, mytheresa.com, Etsy, Audibene, Momox, KupiVIP and Clio. Before 2008, the Acton team had investedthrough the Burda Digital Ventures fund I and II in companies like Ciao, HolidayCheck, Zooplus, OnVista,Cyberport, AbeBooks and Alando.
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Benedict Rodenstock
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Worked formerly for Hubert Burda Media, WEB.DE
and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants; MBA,
studied in Bologna, St.Gallen and New York
• Companies: 99Chairs, BettenRiese, Coureon
• Bernd Schruefer
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Formerly co-founder of asset management company,
founder of single family office, investment banker at
Unicredit Group, studied business administration
• Companies: Dreamlines, Flaconi, Stylelounge
• Berlin-based 99 Chairs offers online-based professional interior design and a wide
choice of high quality furniture to suit every pocket.
• BettenRiese offers a wide variety of mattresses and accessories along with services
like a virtual consultant tool and 100 days feel-good warranty.
• With personalized search, integrated price comparison and direct purchase option,
Stylelounge makes shopping your favorite pieces even more convenient.
Full Portfolio • www.astutia.de
Astutia
ASTUTIA is an independent investment company focusing on innovative founders and companies withoutstanding growth potential. The firm invests in the areas of E-Commerce, Digital Media and EnterpriseSolutions, usually from early start-up to growth stages. Besides venture capital, they offer a truly internationalnetwork and specialised know-how for entrepreneurs to support successful development and sustainable growth.Their latest exits include Flaconi, Amorelie and Dreamlines.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
Offices Munich, Berlin
Founded 2006
Employees 8 (of which 8 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €100k – €1m
Target Geographies Germany, Europe
Target SectorsE-Commerce, Digital Media, Enterprise
Solutions
Investment Style Passive
Deal Structures Minority stakes
Key Investment Criteria Team, Market
Website www.astutia.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 89 18908388 - 0
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Christophe Maire
• Founder & CEO
• Christophe has more than 18 years’ experience as a
founder and CEO of technology ventures. He founded
gate5 (acquired by Nokia) and he was angel investor
of Readmill, Plista, StudiVZ, and Brands4Friends
• Companies: EyeEm, Soundcloud
• Dario Galbiati Alborghetti
• Venture Partner
• Dario joined Atlantic Labs as venture partner in 2015.
He founded Views and Palo Jerky
• Previously: international partnership at Deutsche
Telekom
• Leading social sound platform where anyone can create sounds and share them
everywhere
• Klara enables secure communication between patients and dermatologists before,
during and after treatment, allowing patients to be diagnosed quickly and securely
• Multi-mode search tool that compares and combines rail, air, bus, and car for
European destinations
Full Portfolio • www.atlanticlabs.de/
Atlantic Labs
Atlantic Labs (previously Atlantic Internet/Atlantic Ventures) is a Berlin based early stage investor. They focus ondisruptive digital technologies/business models and fostering passionate entrepreneurs.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
Offices Berlin
Founded 2007
Employees 6 (of which 6 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors Tech-driven sectors
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Tech-driven business
Website www.atlanticlabs.de
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Rob Moffat
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Partner at Balderton since 2009
• Previously at Google
• Companies: Wooga, Carwow, Prodigy Finance,
Nutmeg, Rentify, Patients Know Best
• Leading mobile casual games developer, based in Berlin
• The future of music publishing, ensuring their artists (representing ~40% of the top
100) are paid rapidly and fairly across all offline & online platforms
• World-leading online retailer, with proprietary tech stack, focussed on health & beauty
and active across Europe and the US
Full Portfolio • www.balderton.com
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London
Founded 2000
Employees 30 (of which 30 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $305m
Use of Debt No
AUM $2.3bn
Target Investment Size $1m - $20m
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors Tech
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Team, disruptive
Website www.balderton.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 20 7016 6800
KEY CONTACTS
Balderton Capital’s focus is on early stage, European technology businesses, with ambitious founders andunique approaches.Balderton is the largest Europe focused early stage venture fund, with funds totalling $2.3bn. Balderton investsbetween $1m to $20m into companies with the potential to disrupt huge industries, and the ambition to scaleglobally.Balderton invests for the long term, with the ability to support our companies from start to exit.What makes them different is the equal partnership, including two founders of $bn companies and former execsfrom Uber, Dropbox, Google and Yahoo.
Balderton Capital
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Iskender Dirik
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Managing Directo at BVP
• Previously: M&A for Bauer Media Group, Founder of
several Product-Startups, MD at Technology & Digital
Media Consulting Boutique, Management Consulting
• Companies: Navabi, Contorion
• Lise Rechsteiner
• Investment Manager
• Email: [email protected]
• Investment manager at BVP
• Previously: MD at Helpling.se, PhD at ETH Zurich
• Companies: CareerFoundry
• Global leading meta-search and recommendation engine for food and recipies.
California-based.
• A leading calory and fitness tracking app. Featured by Apple. Stockholm-based.
• Global category leader in plus-size premium fashion for women. London- and
Aachen- based.
Full Portfolio • www.bauerventurepartners.vc/
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Hamburg, Stockholm
Founded 2014
Employees 7 (of which 7 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €100m
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €1m - €7m
Target Geographies Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Nordics
Target Sectors Digital Media and Publishing Tech
Investment Style Active, hands-on
Deal Structures Flexible
Key Investment Criteria Top-notch team, scaling by technology
Website www.bauerventurepartners.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 40 3019 1078
KEY CONTACTS
Bauer Venture Partners focus on digital media (Owned Content, Aggregators, Functional Apps, Classifieds) and
publishing technologies (Content Creation, Distribution & Monetization), early and later stages and the German
and Nordic regions.
Bauer Venture Partners are financial, profit-oriented investors. But, if it provides value, they could offer the
advantages of a strategic investor, in particular access to the assets and infrastructure of one of the leading
international media companies with a strong footprint in markets like Germany, UK, Poland, USA, Australia,
Nordics and more.
Bauer Venture Partners
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Stuart Veale
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Stuart heads a team of Partners and staff in the UK
office and sits on the investment committees of all the
firm’s UK funds. Stuart has over 25 years’ experience
working within the venture capital industry.
• Companies: Third Bridge; ResponseTap
• Karen McCormick
• Chief Investment Officer
• Email: [email protected]
• Karen is a Partner and Chief Investment Officer at
Beringea, she was previously with the Boston
Consulting Group and ran the watches division of
Swiss Army/Wenger.
• Companies: Blis; Watchfinder; Thread
• Blis is an advertising technology company that uses location and demographic data to
identify and target bespoke customer audiences.
• Watchfinder is a specialist pre-owned luxury watch retailer. The Company allows
consumers to purchase timepieces from brands including Rolex, Omega and Cartier.
• Third Bridge is a primary research partner that connects investors and businesses to
critical intelligence. The Company provides PE firms, hedge funds and consultants
with the information they need to understand the value of their business opportunities.
Full Portfolio • www.beringea.co.uk/portfolio/
Founded in 1988, Beringea is an investor in high growth businesses, with over £450m under management and60 portfolio companies. Based in London and Michigan, U.S., Beringea invests between £1m - £20m intobusinesses looking for a supportive growth partner.
With over £170m managed in London, and over 40 UK portfolio businesses, Beringea manages one of the UK’sbiggest evergreen growth capital funds. The team of experienced investors has a great track record of identifyingwinning companies and outstanding management teams across a range of sectors including software, digitalmedia and e-commerce.
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Offices London, Michigan (USA)
Founded 1988
Employees 32 (of which 22 in Europe)
Current Fund Size £467m (£176m in UK)
Use of Debt Yes
AUM £467m (£176m in UK)
Target Investment Size £1m - £20m
Target Geographies UK and USA
Target SectorsAll (Focus –Software, Digital Media,
E-commerce)
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority Growth Capital
Key Investment Criteria Minimum £1m annual revenue
Website www.beringea.co.uk
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0) 207 845 7834
KEY CONTACTS
Beringea
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
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KEY CONTACTS
Blumberg Capital
Offices San Francisco, New York, Tel Aviv
Founded 2007
Employees 13 (of which 4 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $200m
Use of Debt N/A
AUM $700m
Target Investment Size $500k - $5m
Target Geographies Israel, Canada, Europe
Target SectorsCyber security, fintech, enterprise software,
marketing tech
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Equity, minority
Key Investment Criteria Team, technology
Website www.blumbergcapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone 972-52-680-2086
Blumberg Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with passionate entrepreneurs to innovateand build successful technology companies.
Blumberg Capital specializes in leading Seed and Series A rounds collaborating with angel investors, otherventure capital firms and strategic partners. They are active investors and board members – operating as anextension of the entrepreneurs’ network. Blumberg Capital invests in the best teams, solving the biggestproblems in technology hot spots around the world. The typical initial investments range from $500,000 to $5million with additional amounts reserved for follow-on funding.
The headquarter is based in San Francisco with team members in Tel Aviv and New York
• Alon Lifshita
• Managing Partner
• Email:
• Alon is a managing director of Blumberg Capital and
head of the firm’s Tel Aviv office. Alon has been
active in the Israeli, European and Japanese
technology markets for the past 20 years and has a
strong track record of sourcing and investing in
exciting hyper-growth companies. Alon is a skilled
business development executive, forming highly
accretive strategic alliances with mobile operators,
equipment vendors and system integrators across the
globe.
• Social reviews for e-commerce websites
• Next generation compute and storage infrastructure
• Social media management system for businesses and organizations
• Omni-channel payments engine
Full Portfolio • blumbergcapital.com/companies/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Florian Schweitzer
• General Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Dr. Jochen Gutbrod
• General Partner & Executive Chairman
• Email: [email protected]
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
b-to-v Partners
Offices St.Gallen, Berlin
Founded 2000
Employees 5 (Investment Team, Internet & Mobile)
Current Fund Size €75m
Use of Debt N/A
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size€500k - €2.5m initially
(Seed, Series A, Series B)
Target Geographies 80% DACH, 20% globally
Target SectorsConsumer oriented business models and
marketplaces (they avoid gaming)
Investment Style N/A
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment CriteriaDisrupting an existing industry, unique market
positioning, defendable assets
Website www.b-to-v.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
Founded in 2000, b-to-v Partners is a venture capital fund as well as the leading network of investingentrepreneurs in Europe. The firm combines the industry expertise and experience of its members with theventure capital expertise of its investment team. With investment teams in Internet & Mobile as well as inAdvanced Technologies, b-to-v invests EUR 25m per year in high growth companies. In 2015, Florian Schweitzerand Jochen Gutbrod of RI Digital/Raffay & Cie. joined forces to set up a new fund.
The firm recently invested in Primary Door (home selling service), Joblift (metasearch engine for jobs), Comtravo(travel assistant for SME), BUX (casual trading app), SevenSenders (optimized cross-border shipments foreCommerce), and Compeon (comparison of banking products for SME).
• Leading online marketplace for European term deposits
• Comparison of consumer credit offerings from more than 60 banks
• No. 1 marketplace for home and living across its 10 markets
• 24/7 limousine service available online and as a mobile app
• No. 1 worldwide online auction house
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Mobile tracking and analytics solution provider
• Enterprise Architecture Management
• Online platform for luxury watches
Full Portfolio
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Offices Cologne, Berlin
Founded 2012
Employees 8 (of which 8 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt N/A
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €500k – €3m
Target Geographies Germany, Europe
Target SectorsB2B Services, Digital Transformation, Digital
Infrastructure
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Digital Business Model, Team, Growth
Website Capnamic.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49-221-67781930
KEY CONTACTS
Capnamic Ventures is one of Europe’s leading early-stage Venture Capital firms, with offices in Berlin andCologne. The VC invests most of its funds in tech-startups in the German-speaking region. Beyond that,Capnamic joins forces with international co-investors. All portfolio companies are supported through Capnamic’sglobal network of established industry partners.
The venture capital firm combines expertise drawn from more than 70 investments, 13 IPOs and a strongentrepreneurial track record in the team. The general partners are Jörg Binnenbrücker (@bibrue), Olaf Jacobi(@olafjacobi) and Christian Siegele.
Capnamic Ventures
• Jörg Binnenbrücker
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Olaf Jacobi
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Johannes Rohde
• Principal
• Email: [email protected]
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Platform for consumers to sell their cars C2B
• One of the fastest growing internet companies in Europe
• Germany’s leading long-distance bus provider
• Market share of >70% and 10m+ passengers in 2014
• Online marketplace to compare and book multi-day group tours worldwide
• 14,000+ tours online bookable
Full Portfolio • www.cherry.vc/portfolio
Cherry Ventures
Cherry Ventures is a Berlin based, European focused early stage tech investor that was founded and ismanaged by three entrepreneurs that have co-founded, managed and exited some of Europe’s most successfulinternet companies, such as Zalando and CityDeal/Groupon.
They generate value through three levers:1) Strong entrepreneurial background of the entire team2) LP-network of some of Europe’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs3) Fast, structured and data-driven decision process
Offices Berlin
Founded 2012
Employees 10 (of which 10 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €150m+
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment SizeInitial invest of €300k to €1.5m in seed & pre-
series A, up to €10m in follow-on rounds
Target Geographies Europe
Target SectorsConsumer internet, SaaS, (sales-driven)
marketplace, retail & brand building
Investment Style Active
Deal structures N/A
Key Investment Criteria Founding team, level of ambition, scalability,
Website cherry.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
• Daniel P. Glasner
• Email: [email protected]
• Co-founded City Deal in Europe and sold it to
Groupon after 6 months in 2010. Co-founded
Quandoo in 2012 with international growth strategy
and sold it in 2015 for € 200m
• Companies: Groupon, CityDeal, Quandoo, McKinsey
• Filip Dames
• Email: [email protected]
• Helped grow Zalando to € 2bn revenues and IPO in
2014. Led teams of +500 employees and managed
international expansion to 15 European countries
• Companies: Zalando, Zalando Lounge, Joda Media
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
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Offices Frankfurt
Founded 2014
Employees 6 (of which 6 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €100m
Use of Debt No
AUM €30m
Target Investment Size €2m – €10m
Target Geographies Europe, Israel, and the US
Target Sectors FinTech & Insurance
Investment Style Passive
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaTeam, market potential,
execution, defendable USP
Website www.commerzventures.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
CommerzVentures is the corporate VC arm of Commerzbank and invests in FinTech and InsurTech companiesacross Western Europe, Israel and the US. The partners aspire to work with the best entrepreneurs who canarticulate why they can dominate a given market segment. The team has >30 years of experience in venturecapital. CommerzVentures invests in A-C round with a focus on B rounds.
CommerzVentures
• Short-term loan provider to small businesses
• Open API issuer processor platform
• Cloud banking technology platform provider
Full Portfolio • www.commerzventures.com/Portfolio.html
• Patrick Meisberger
• Managing Director
• Stefan Tirtey
• Managing Director
• Heiko Schwender
• Senior Investment Manager
• Paul Morgenthaler
• Senior Investment Manager
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Christian Stein
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Creathor Venture
• Boston Consulting Group
• IBM
• Zadego/Easybooking
• David Zimmer
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Quadriga Capital
• Waterland Private Equity
• Altira
• T-Mobile International
They are a pragmatic investor with an eye for the essentials and persistence for the long-run.Coparion helps young technology companies achieve swift and sustained growth. With assets undermanagement of €225m they have the means to do so. They support entrepreneurial vision with their know-how,but without intervening in daily business operations. Thanks to 25+ years of team experience in venture capitaland in building companies, they discern potentials and open up new perspectives. They have the substance,tenacity and creativity required to mutually manage difficult situations successfully. They only invest with otherco-investors.
Their focus is on the start-up and early growth phase. They appreciate initial successes, such as the sales andkey accounts developed or successful product launches. Per company they invest up to €10m, usually in severalfinancing rounds of €500k - €3m each.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin, Cologne
Founded 2016
Employees 9 (of which 9 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €225m
Use of Debt No
AUM €225m
Target Investment Size €500k – €3m per funding round
Target Geographies Germany
Target Sectors IT, Internet, High-Tech, Life Science
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority stake, with co-investors
Key Investment Criteria „Traction“ (no seed funding)
Website www.coparion.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 5858 4400
KEY CONTACTS
New fund, launched operations in March 2016
Coparion - Accelerating Momentum
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Johan Brenner
• General Partner
• Email:
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Stockholm, Palo Alto
Founded 2003
Employees 14
Current Fund Size €535m
Use of Debt No
AUM €535m
Target Investment Size €0 - €10m per round
Target Geographies Europe and North America
Target Sectors Consumer, Software, Hardware
Investment Style Actve
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Possibility to scale globally
Website www.creandum.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
Creandum
Creandum is a leading early-stage venture capital firm investing in innovative and fast-growing technologycompanies. The Creandum Advisory team is based in Stockholm and Palo Alto. The Creandum funds haveinvested in over 50 companies including being first institutional investor in companies such as Spotify, Vivino,Cint, Edgeware, IPtronics, iZettle, Videoplaza, Xeneta and many more.
• Leading mobile payments company, offers small businesses portable point of sale
solutions and free sales overview tools
• Commercial music streaming service that provides digital content from a range of
record labels and artists
• App for iOS and Android that allows users to take photos of wine labels and, using
image recognition technology, matches them against a database of more than 3
million wines and gives the reviews
Full Portfolio • www.creandum.com/investment/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Ankur Kamalia
• Managing Director
• Email: ankur.kamalia@deutsche-
boerse.com
• Head of Venture Portfolio Management at DBG.
Previously Managing Director at UBS, and Portfolio
Manager at Polygon Investment Partners.
• MBA - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Victor Hugo Gomez
• Senior Vice President
• Email:
victor.hugo.gomez.zerpa@deutsche-
boerse.com
• Previously Innovation management for DBG’s Data
business, CEO and co-founder of Funding4Learning,
Investment Consultant at Mercer Consulting.
• MBA - WHU School of Management.
• Privately held company operating the Medusa FX Option trading
platform
• VC firm focused on financial technology
• Operator of stock and options markets in the U.S. and Europe
Full Portfolio • www.deutsche-boerse.com/db1ventures
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Global (Frankfurt HQ)
Founded 2016
Employees 5 (DB1 Ventures)
Current Fund Size Deutsche Börse Group Balance Sheet
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €2m – €25m
Target Geographies Europe, US (Asia opportunistic)
Target SectorsCapital Markets, Data, Analytics, Alternative
Funding Platforms, Investment Technology
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority / Control
Key Investment Criteria Growth stage bias, strategic investments
Website www.deutsche-boerse.com/db1ventures
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +496921116699
KEY CONTACTS
DB1 Ventures’ is the Corporate Venture Capital arm for Deutsche Börse Group (DBG). DB1 Ventures aims to bea strategic partner of choice for early to growth stage companies (bias towards Series A and above rounds),which are core or adjacent to DBG’s strategy, generate attractive investment returns and add strategic value toour growth plans.
The Group Venture Portfolio Management team manages DB1 Ventures and the DB1 Ventures InvestmentCommittee, which is chaired by the DBG CEO.
Deutsche Börse DB1 VenturesNOAH Partner
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Thomas Grota
• Investment Director
• Email: [email protected]
• https://de.linkedin.com/in/thomasgrota
• Companies: ngena; flaregames, NumberFour, ‚
Gini GmbH (Exits: myTaxi, Wunderlist, Swoodoo,
apprupt)
• Randeep Wilkhu
• Investment Director
• Email: [email protected]
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/rwilkhu
• Companies: i-am-plus, immmr, smarkets, Boku,
• NGENA provides business with physical and virtual networks through hybrid VPN and
its innovative cloud technology
• I-am-plus produces Dial, a voice-enabled smarcuff designed by i.am+, the tech
company founded by musician and entrepreneur will.i.am
• Kumu Networks was founded by a team of Stanford Universiry Professors and Ph.D
graduates to commercialize research on Wireless Full Duplex, an innovative wireless
transceiver design
Full Portfolio • www.telekom.com/dtsi
Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments (DTSI) is Deutsche Telekom’s strategic investment group.Founded in 1997, with a cumulative budget volume of over $800m, DTSI is one of the largest corporate venturefunds in the technology industry. The group has made over 200 investments and manages a current portfolio ofaround 90 companies, including several "unicorns". DTSI supports and encourages breakthrough innovation thatproduces new and exciting services and solutions for Deutsche Telekom’s 200 million mobile, fixed-network, andbroadband customers.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Bonn, Palo Alto
Founded 1997
Employees 21 (of which 19 in Europe)
Current Fund Size from balance sheet
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €5m - €100m
Target Geographies Europe, Israel, USA
Target Sectors Technology
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Control, joint control, minority
Key Investment Criteria Strategic fit, innovative impact
Website www.telekom.com/dtsi
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
Deutsche Telekom
Strategic Investments
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Nenad Marovac
• Managing Partner and CEO
• Email: [email protected]
• Partner at Advent International, MBA Harvard
Business School. Focus on consumer internet,
marketplaces, ecommerce, mobile applications
• Companies: Auto1, Book a Tiger, Datanomic, Happn,
HomeToGo, Tbricks, Mister Spex, OLX, Purplebricks,
Quandoo, Shazam, Windeln
• Thomas Rubens
• Principal
• Email:
• Barclays M&A, University of Bristol. Focus on
ecommerce, Marketplaces, Software
• Companies: Auto1, Book a Tiger, Caroobi,
HomeToGo, Quandoo, Optilyz, ShipHawk
• #1 music and media recognition on mobile devices.
• Valued at $1bn+
• Leading search and business intelligence software company.
• Acquired by Oracle in 2011 for $1.1bn
• Leading baby and toddler e-commerce platform in DACH
• IPO in May 2015
• C2B seller of used cars to dealerships using online to acquire inventory
• One of Europe’s fastest growing unicorns
• Valued at over €1bn
DN Capital is a global early stage and growth capital investor in software, mobile applications, digital media,marketplace and e-commerce companies. The firm has operations in London, Berlin and Menlo Park and itsobjectives is to identify, invest in and actively support its portfolio companies to become global leaders.
Portfolio companies include Shazam (the world’s leading mobile app), Auto 1 (world’s largest online used carmarketplace valued at over €1bn), Endeca (sold to Oracle for over $1bn), Apsmart (sold to Thomson Reuters),Datanomic (sold to Oracle), Quandoo (acquired by Recruit Holdings), Mister Spex, OLX (sold to Naspers),Performance Horizon Group, Purplebricks (IPO London) and windeln.de(IPO Frankfurt).The professionals at DN Capital bring over 60 years of private equity experience to their investments, andactively work with portfolio companies to steward their growth through the various stages of development.Additional information about the firm and its portfolio companies can be found at www.dncapital.com
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London, Menlo Park, Berlin
Founded 2000
Employees 30 (of which 22 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €144m
Use of Debt No
AUM N/a
Target Investment Size €250k - €20m
Target Geographies75% Europe (UK, Germany, France, Nordics)
25% US & ROW
Target Sectors
1) E-commerce; 2) Marketplaces;
3) Digital Media;
4) Enterprise software & Fin Tech; 5) Mobile
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment Criteria Team, Market, Product, Traction and Deal
Website www.dncapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone 02073401600
KEY CONTACTS
DN Capital
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Cem Sertoglu
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Prior Founder & CEO Select Minds
• Focusing on technology ventures in Turkey and CEE
• Companies: dcs+, flipps, hazelcast, peak games,
tapu.com, dolap.com, apsiyon
• Vertically integrated platform for moving services
• Banking product for smartphones
• Enterprise-ready, open core, in memory computing software
Full Portfolio • www.earlybird.com
Early Stage Venture, Investments in disruptive digital businesses in Europe.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin, Munich, Istanbul
Founded 1997
Employees 35 (of which 35 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €150m
Use of Debt No
AUM €750m
Target Investment Size €500k – €15m
Target Geographies Europe
Target SectorsConsumer and enterprise internet, fin-tech,
marketplaces, SaaS
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria
Disruptive business models or technologies
with forward looking lock-in in large markets
lead by an outstanding team
Website www.earlybird.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 46724700
KEY CONTACTS
Earlybird Digital West and East
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
Eight Roads is one of the largest venture and growth investors globally, with offices across three continents anda near 50 year history of investing. A strong track record includes investments in Notonthehighstreet, Appsflyer,Wahanda (exited), Innogames (exited), Curam Software (exited), Made.com, Neo4j and More2. The Europeteam focus primarily on scale-up investments in the €5m – €25m range and work closely with their colleaguesacross the globe.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
OfficesLondon, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai,
Tokyo, Mumbai
Founded 1998
Employees 52 (of which 9 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $250m in Europe
Use of Debt No
AUM Undisclosed
Target Investment Size $5- $25m
Target Geographies Europe & Israel
Target Sectors Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech/Finserv
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Flexible
Key Investment CriteriaFast growing entrepreneurs with global
ambitions
Website www.eightroads.com/en
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0)20 7074 5613
KEY CONTACTS
Eight Roads
• Made is an online furniture retailer headquartered in London
• Appsflyer is a mobile advertising attribution and analysis platform. Headquartered in
Tel Aviv
• Neo is a NoSQL graph database. Originally founded in Malmo, the company is
currently headquartered in San Francisco
Full Portfolio • eightroads.com/en/ventures/europe
• Michael Treskow
• Partner
• Email:
• Michael joined Eight Roads from Accel London in
2016. Previously he worked for Warburg Pincus in
San Francisco
• Companies: GoCardless, World Remit, Packlink,
Funding Circle (from Accel)
• Asheque Shams
• Associate
• Email:
• Asheque joined Eight Roads in 2014. Previously he
worked in tech investment banking
• Companies: Universal Avenue
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Thomas Falk
• CEO
• Fascinated by the opportunities, which technology
paired with the internet offer, Thomas Falk founded
his first company while still in school. Now he counts
as one of Europe’s most successful entrepreneurs
and has a deep executive experience along the whole
digital value chain. Mr. Falk can rely on an extensive
network in the internet technology industry spanning
all of Europe and the US.
The 2nd eValue Fund invests in early stage opportunities in the European digital media market. eValue seesgreat potential in this sector, great performing tech companies and the capacity to be an enormous growthmarket.eValue invests in digital media companies with a strong focus on technology. The firm believe that technologymoves and develops the internet and shifts the digital boundaries we are experiencing today.Europe provides a huge diversity and whole lot of great ideas, in technology, in advertising and other internetconnected business ideas. eValue focuses on this often underserved market and give companies in all Europeancountries, including eastern Europe and Russia a helping hand to grow in their home countries andinternationally.eValue supports companies in A and B rounds of their investment strategies as well as, if we are carried away bya profound and disruptive business idea with seed stage investments.
eValue Group
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
• Tealium is the leader in enterprise tag management and helps organizations increase
marketing agility, reduce tagging costs, and improve site performance
• The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for
digital media buyers.
• Meetrics provides cutting edge solutions to manage online marketing across all
channels
Full Portfolio • www.evalue.de/
Offices Berlin
Founded N/A
Employees 9
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt N/A
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €500k - €3m
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors
Online Marketing and Advertising, Content /
Video, Gaming, Ad Technology, Performance
Marketing, Cloud Services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Geography and sectors
Website www.evalue.de/
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Fabrice Grinda
• Managing Partner & Co-Founder
• Fabrice Grinda is an Internet entrepreneur, angel
investor, student and lover of life, aspiring
Renaissance man and co-founder of OLX, one of the
largest free classifieds sites in the world. He is an
investor in over 200 startups including Uber, Airbnb,
Beepi, Betterment and Palantir. He is an avid skier,
tennis player and kite surfer.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
FJ Labs
Offices New York
Founded 2015
Employees 16
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt N/A
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size $50k - $5m
Target GeographiesUSA, Germany, UK, France, Spain, Brazil,
Russia, India
Target SectorsMarketplace; ecommerce; travel; utility
software; gaming; data analytics
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment Criteria N/A
Website fjlabs.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
• Peer to Peer car marketplace
• Mobile wholesale ecommerce
• End-to-End freight forwarding marketplace
Full Portfolio • www.fjlabs.com/portfolio
Founded in 2015, FJ Labs is a New York-based investment firm focused on seed- and early-stage investments.
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Germany’s No. 1 online real estate agent
• Leading European online money transfer service provider
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London
Founded 2008
Employees 8 (of which 8 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €90m
Use of Debt No
AUM €180m
Target Investment Size €2m - €10m
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors IT, Digital Media & Resource Efficiency
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority of majority
Key Investment Criteria Generating €3m-€30m of revenue
Website www.frogcapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0)20 7833 0555
KEY CONTACTS
Frog Capital is a leading growth capital investor focused on technology-led businesses in Europe.
Frog’s experienced team has invested in over 100 companies, and in the last six years has exited companieswith a total transaction value over €1 billion.
Frog is a committed long-term partner, investing in ambitious companies with revenue up to €30m and requiringup to €20m of growth capital.
By applying industry knowledge, a network of relationships and operating expertise, Frog actively supportsexceptional company growth and builds significant shareholder value. For further information, pleasevisit www.frogcapital.com.
Frog Capital
• Iyad Omari
• Partner
• Jens Düing
• Principal
• Mike Reid
• Managing Partner
• Joe Krancki
• Partner
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Christoph Gerlinger
• CEO
• Founder and former CEO of Frogster Interactive
Pictures AG, which he took public. Former Head of
German operations Infogrames/Atari. Former CFO of
CDV Software Entertainment.
• External expert for CDU on “Digitalisation”
• Nikolas Samios
• Chief Investment Officer
• Founder and CEO of Cooperativa Venture Services
• Former CEO of Brandenburg Ventures
• SoundCloud
• Delivery Hero
• Mister Spex
Full Portfolio • www.german-startups.com/about-us/#holdings
German Startups Group is an investment company based in Berlin that focuses on young, fast-growingcompanies, so-called startups. The company acquires majority and minority shareholdings mainly by providingventure capital. Its focus is on companies whose products or business models represent a disruptive innovation,allow for a high degree of scalability to be expected, and in which it has a great deal of trust in theentrepreneurial abilities of the founders. Since it commenced with operations in 2012, German Startups Grouphas in its opinion built up a diversified portfolio of investments in young companies and become the second mostactive venture capital investor in Germany since 2012 (CB Insights, Germany Venture Capital Overview).According to German Startups Group, its investment portfolio reflects a cross-section of extremely promisingGerman startups of various maturity stages and includes some of the most successful and best-known Germanstartups.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices 2
Founded 2012
Employees 18 (of which 18 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €100k – €3m
Target Geographies German-speaking region
Target SectorsE-commerce, software, mobile, FinTech,
German Engineering
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Control, joint control, minority
Key Investment CriteriaEntrepreneurial talent, scalability, disruptive
potential
Website www.german-startups.com/about-us/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49.30.6098890.80
KEY CONTACTS
German Startups Group Berlin
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Alec Rauschenbusch
• CEO
• Email: [email protected]
• Jochen Klueppel
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• E-commerce enterprise specialized in the sale of glasses, sunglasses and contacts
• Fastest growing movie community in the world with large properties on facebook,
youtube, and 2 of the leading movie sites: moviepilot.de and moviepilot.com
• The first statistics portal in the world to integrate over 60,000 diverse topics of data
and facts from over 10,000 sources onto a single professional platform
Full Portfolio • www.grazia.com/en/portfolio.html
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices 2
Founded 2000
Employees 5 (of which 5 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €0 - €500k
Target Geographies Germany, USA, GB
Target SectorsInternet, Digital Media, Mobile,
Telecommunication
Investment StyleBoard seats if possible, networking on
demand
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment CriteriaAttractive market potential + scalability,
significant added value
Website www.grazia.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 711 90 710 90
KEY CONTACTS
Grazia Equity, based in Stuttgart and Munich, is one of Europe’s top names in venture capital. Grazia specializesin start-up or early-stage financing for innovative companies with market-changing potential and opportunities forsuperior returns. Our successful track record and expanding global network now enable us to fund selected start-ups elsewhere in Europe as well as in the US.Unlike traditional venture capital companies, Grazia works exclusively with private-sector capital, with noinstitutional funding involved. That gives our portfolio companies all the advantages of speed, flexibility and apragmatic approach. This may sound more typical of a business angel but, at Grazia, we back up agility with thesolid funding and business development expertise you would normally expect of a VC firm. This combination,paired with our uncompromising ethical standards and commitment to sustainability, makes Grazia the idealchoice for businesses early in their life cycle.
Grazia Equity
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Avid Larizadeh Duggan
• General Partner
• Previously: co-founded at Boticca (acquired by Wolf &
Badger in 2015), investor team at Accel Partners,
Tellme Networks, eBay, Skype
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
Launched as Google Ventures in 2009, GV is the venture capital arm of Alphabet, Inc. They have invested inmore than 300 companies that push the edge of what’s possible. In the fields of life science, healthcare, artificialintelligence, robotics, transportation, cyber security, and agriculture, their companies aim to improve lives andchange industries.
They have built a team of world-class engineers, designers, physicians, scientists, marketers, and investors whowork together to provide these startups exceptional support on the road to success. They help their companiesinterface with Google, providing unique access to the world’s best technology and talent.
GV
OfficesMountain View, San Francisco, New York
City, Cambridge, London
Founded 2009
Employees 82
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt N/A
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies Global
Target SectorsConsumer, life science and health, data and
AI, enterprise, robotics
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria N/A
Website gv.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
• Mobile app connecting passengers with drivers for hire
• Tamr, Inc., catalogs, connects and publishes the underutilized internal and external
data using a combination of machine learning with human guidance so enterprises
can use all their data for analytics
• Team communication application providing services such as real-time messaging,
archiving, and search for modern teams
Full Portfolio • www.gv.com/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Alex Eulenburg
• Partner and CFO
• Email:
alexander.eulenburg@hanseventure
s.com
• 12 years TMT investment banking in London and
Hamburg
• PhD in applied physics
• Crowd-based high-end B2B translation services
• Network of voucher code sites in fast growing e-commerce markets
• Market place for second hand designer fashion and accessories
Full Portfolio • www.hanseventures.com/en/portfolio/
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Offices Hamburg
Founded 2010
Employees 30
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt N/A
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies Hamburg
Target Sectors Internet & mobile
Investment Style Founding of 2-4 start-ups p.a.
Deal StructuresIncubator model: Straight equity, resources
and infrastructure
Key Investment CriteriaScalable online based concepts, talented
people and good match with Hanse Ventures
Website www.hanseventures.com
Contact Emailalexander.eulenburg@
hanseventures.com
Contact Phone +49 40 38 66 25 95
KEY CONTACTS
They are an incubator for internet ventures, combining…
• start-up concepts,• talented people seeking to become founders who we scout and train,• skills and resources to accelerate growth (like coding, online marketing, PR and recruitment),• seed funding from their own resources and an extensive network of co-investors
… in order to build great companies.
Hanse Ventures BSJ
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Dr. Alex von Frankenberg
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Chiara Sommer
• Investment Manager
• Email: [email protected]
• Outfittery takes the pain out of shopping for men by providing the first personal
shopping service for customers, who want to be dressed well, but hate shopping
• Ubermetrics refines and filters public information from online and offline sources to
help companies optimize business decisions and performance
• VMRay’s monitoring and analysis technology utilizes advanced hardware-
virtualization for the analysis of malware, such as regular viruses, worms, trojans,
spyware, but also complex and sophisticated kernel rootkits and bootkits
Full Portfolio • http://high-tech-gruenderfonds.de/en/#network-events
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is Germany’s most active and leading seed stage investor. We financetechnology-driven companies in the fields of cleantech, robotics, drug development, chemical processes or newsoftware. The fund is focused on investing in small companies (younger than 1 year) with a high level ofinnovation. The company or an independent branch of it is domiciled in Germany. It must be based upon atechnological innovation – significant and close to proof of concept with in-depth technological knowledge andexpertise. The aim is to overcome the gap in early-stage enterprise finance and to enable the firm to obtain riskcapital. Typically, High-Tech Gründerfonds invests EUR 600,000 in the seed stage, with the potential for up to atotal of EUR 2 million per portfolio company in follow-on financing. Investors in this public/private partnershipinclude the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, the KfW Banking Group, as well as strategic corporateinvestors. High-Tech Gründerfonds has about EUR 576 million under management in two funds (EUR 272 millionHTGF I, EUR 304 million HTGF II).
High-Tech Gründerfonds
Offices Bonn
Founded 2005
Employees 45 (of which 45 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €576m
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €600k - €2m
Target Geographies Germany
Target Sectors Hardware, Software, Life Science
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Seed Funding
Website www.htgf.de/en/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 228-82300-100
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Markus Schunk
• CEO
• Email:
• Joined Holtzbrinck in 2004
• Vast experience in digital media M&A transactions
• Michael Hock
• Managing Director
• Email:
• Holtzbrinck Digital since 2011
• 10+ years experience in VC/M&A
• Heading the Education & Science Investments
• Investment vehicle 100% owned by Holtzbrinck Digital that supports startups in the
space of scientific research technology
• The pioneer and leading global enterprise platform for search experience
optimization, which combines SEO, content, social media, PR & analysis
• The leading German question-and-answer website and among the most popular 20
pages in Germany
Full Portfolio • www.holtzbrinck-digital.com
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
Holtzbrinck Digital invests globally in internet businesses in the areas of science, education, content and health.They support entrepreneurs with a long-term vision to build valuable companies in a global environment. Theirexpertise, network and background enables them to support their portfolio companies in reaching the next levelof growth.
Holtzbrinck Digital
Offices Munich, London, Boston
Founded N/A
Employees 15
Current Fund Size Evergreen
Use of Debt No
AUM Not disclosed
Target Investment Size €0.5m – €25m
Target Geographies Germany, UK; US; Global
Target SectorsScience, Education, Content, Health – Only
Internet & Software related
Investment Style Active, Board support
Deal StructuresMinority & majority investments,
Open for syndication
Key Investment CriteriaSegment, Team, Product/Market, Proof-of-
concept
Website www.holtzbrinck-digital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 89 452285100
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Europe's largest online fashion company
• Fastest growing European long-distance bus operator
• Fully licensed automated robo-advisor for private wealth management
Full Portfolio • www.holtzbrinck-ventures.com/portfolio
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
“We like to invest at seed stage and quickly provide additional capital at the moment of initial success!”HV Holtzbrinck Ventures has been investing in internet companies for 16 years, primarily during their start-upphase. In this time, Holtzbrinck Ventures has financed over 150 companies, and has established itself as one ofthe most successful venture capital firms in Europe. Past portfolio companies Groupon (IPO), Quandoo(acquired by Recruit), Stylight (acquired by Pro7), Brands4Friends (acquired by Ebay), Parship (acquired byHoltzbrinck Publishing Group), Audible (acquired by Amazon) and many more.
HV Holtzbrinck Ventures
Offices 2
Founded 2000
Employees 17
Current Fund Size €285m
Use of Debt No
AUM €635m
Target Investment Size €500k - €40m
Target Geographies Europe + high growth global markets
Target Sectors Internet / Mobile / Digital
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaMulti stage, early-in
Teams focused on execution
Website www.holtzbrinck-ventures.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 89 20607751
NOAH Partner
Lars Langusch
General Partner
Lars.langusch@holt
zbrinck.net
David Kuczek
General Partner
david.kuczek@holtz
brinck.net
Martin Weber
General Partner
Martin.weber@hol
tzbrinck.net
Barbod Namini
Principal
Barbod.namini@
holtzbrinck.net
Jasper Masemann
Principal
Jasper.masemann@h
oltzbrinck.net
Nawid Ali-Abbassi
Investment Manager
Nawid.ali-
abbassi@holtzbrinck.
net
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Unicorn is a stealth cybersecurity company using machine learning and deep learningalgorithms to detect and prevent cyberattacks
• Missbeez is a mobile on-demand platform that seamlessly connects professionalbeauticians with consumers
• indeni is a proactive IT network management tool, enabling companies to focus ongrowth acceleration rather than network failures
Full Portfolio • https://my.iangels.co/#/browse/startups
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
iAngels is Israel’s leading angel investment network, leveraging best-in-class due diligence to enable accredited
investors around the world to gain access to the most-exclusive early-stage technology deals in the market.
iAngels sources, screens and leads investment rounds, with a focus on early-stage software companies across
multiple verticals.
In addition to managing core assets of $50m, iAngels operates a proprietary software platform, built to convene
and mobilize a global community of thousands of accredited angel investors, investing alongside a close network
of Israel's most prominent angels and VCs.
In less than three years, iAngels has invested in over 60 startups, registered two exits, and built a full-service in-
house investment team, led by founders Mor Assia (SAP Labs, IBM, Amdocs) and Shelly Hod Moyal (Goldman
Sachs, Avenue Capital, UBS).
iAngels
Offices Tel Aviv
Founded 2013
Employees 20
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $50m
Target Investment Size $500k - $2m
Target Geographies Israel. US
Target Sectors
Fintech, Enterprise Software, Artificial
Intelligence, Smart Cities, Cyber Security,
IOT, Impact.
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Management, Traction, Product, Technology
Website www.iangels.co
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +972 72-247-8089
• Mor Assia
• Founding Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• https://www.iangels.co/team/mor-assia/
• Shelly Hod Moyal
• Founding Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• https://www.iangels.co/team/shelly-hod-moyal/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
• Souq - Online retailer in the Middle East
• Netshoes - Online platforms for sporting goods
• Lenskart - Online optical store
Full Portfolio • www.ifc.org/vc/portfolio
International Finance Corporation
• Ruzgar Barisik
• Senior Investment Officer
• Email: [email protected]
• Ruzgar Barisik is co-head of IFC’s Consumer
Internet practice and leads the organizations
Venture Capital investments in Europe, Middle East
& North Africa. IFC is the largest international
development institution focused on the private
sector in developing countries, and a part of the
World Bank Group.
Offices 108 offices in 98 countries
Founded 1956
Employees 4,000
Current Fund Size Balance sheet investor
Use of Debt Flexible
AUM $50bn
Target Investment Size $5m - $50m
Target Geographies Global Emerging Markets
Target Sectors Technology and Technology-enabled
Investment Style Active board members
Deal Structures Flexible
Key Investment CriteriaEarly stage to growth equity and Fund LP
investments
Website www.ifc.org/vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +1 202 473 7400
IFC is part of the World Bank Group and the largest global development institution focused on the private sector.IFC’s Venture Capital (VC) group invests in sustainable technology-driven ventures that make an impact inemerging markets, while also realizing strong returns. The goal is to accelerate deployment of innovation inregions that need it the most. IFC VC invests both in local businesses based in emerging markets, as well asincreasingly in US/European companies with business solutions geared towards emerging markets. To date, IFChas invested almost US$1 billion in ventures in Global Internet (including ecommerce), health, education andcleantech.
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
• Adyen is a global omni-channel payment company
• Deliveroo delivers top quality food from premium local restaurants to homes andoffices
• Dropbox is a file sharing and cloud storaging solution
Full Portfolio • www.indexventures.com/companies/a-z
Index Ventures
• Timm Schipporeit
• Principal
• Email (assistant):
• Timm has spent his entire career working in the
European technology sector, having advised tech
companies on more than $20 billion of M&A, IPO
and capital raising transactions – including Adyen,
Alcatel-Lucent, Autotrader, First Data, SAP,
Siemens, Scout24, Supercell, Worldpay, Yandex
and Zalando among others. At Index, Timm focuses
on venture and growth investments in the DACH
region and across Europe.
• Previously: Morgan Stanley
• Companies: Collibra, MyOptique, Pets Deli
Offices London, San Francisco, Geneva
Founded 1996
Employees 58
Current Fund Size$550m (seed and venture)
$700m (growth)
Use of Debt N/A
AUM $5.8bn
Target Investment Size Up from $100k
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors
Business Services, Communications,
Entertainment, Fashion & Luxury, Fintech,
Healthcare, Infrastructure, Marketing, Retail,
Software, Travel & Leisure
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment Criteria N/A
Website www.indexventures.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone +44 20 7154 2020
Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm that backs the best and most ambitious entrepreneurs inEurope, the US and Israel, across all company stages, from seed to venture to growth. These leaders arebuilding truly transformative companies that are reshaping the world around us, including Adyen, BlaBlaCar,Dropbox, Deliveroo, Dubsmash, King, Squarespace, Sonos, SoundCloud and Supercell – among many others.
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Sergey Azatyan
• Managing Partner
• Email:
Sergey.Azatyan@inventurepartners.
com
• Inventure Partners since 2012
• Companies: Marshall Capital, MDM Bank
• Anton Inshutin
• Managing Partner
• Email:
om
• Inventure Partners since 2012
• Companies: Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank
• Taxi aggregator service allowing smartphone users to book a taxi
• Online tourist agency selling packaged tourist tours via its web-site
• Mobile payment solution allowing users to accept payments through mobile phones
Full Portfolio • www.inventurepartners.com/portfolio/
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
Inventure Partners is an innovative investment firm helping inventive entrepreneurs start and grow disruptivetechnology businesses. They look for teams with a novel approach to solving real problems and back a widerange of ventures across technology industry with an emphasis on internet, mobile, software and e-commercesegments. Although, their sweet spot is an investment of $1m - $5m, they are generally flexible on theinvestment size and can back attractive business models both at the earliest stages of their development as wellas at the reasonably late stages.
Offices Moscow
Founded 2012
Employees 8 (of which 8 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $100m
Use of Debt No
AUM $100m
Target Investment Size $1m - $5m
Target Geographies Russia, CIS, Europe, US
Target Sectors
Technology, Internet, Financial Technologies,
Marketing, Digital Media, Mobile,
Telecommunication
Investment Style Board and operational support on demand
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaEstablished business model and rapid growth
potential
Website www.inventurepartners.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +7 495 641 3635
Inventure Partners
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Iñaki Arrola
• General Partner
• Email: iñ[email protected]
• 8fit, Blinkfire, Carto, Chicisimo, Deporvillage, Icontainers, Ludei,
Mailtrack, Monkimum, Promofarma, Startupxplore, Wazypark
• Companies: coches.com, Vitamina K
• Carina Szpilka
• General Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Vitamina K, Fintonic, Monkimun, Yump, Wazypark, Womenalia
• Companies: ING Direct, Abanca, Grifols, Melia
• Ian Noel
• General Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Wuaki, Toprural, Softonic, Offerum, 11870, emagister,
Medicanimal, Monkimun, Holidog, Ojala.
• Companies: Bonsai Venture Capital, Simbiosis Venture Capital,
Citigroup Investment Banking
K Fund is an early stage VC firm that, with an entrepreneur-centric philosophy, aims to fuel the evolution of theSpanish startup ecosystem by investing in the best and brightest entrepreneurs and tech companies in theregion.
Their target is Seed & Series A investments in Spanish digital companies that think global from day one. Theyare looking forward to co-invest with international growth investors in Series A and Series B deals. K Fund islooking for companies building scalable business models in verticals such as SaaS, mobile and marketplaces.
Their obsession is to support entrepreneurs to accelerate growth with the team of Operating Partners, in areaslike Engineering, Marketing, Operations and Design.
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Offices Madrid
Founded 2016
Employees 7 (of which 7 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €50m
Use of Debt No
AUM €50m
Target Investment Size €100k - €7.5m
Target Geographies Spain
Target Sectors Marketplaces, SaaS, Mobile.
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria
Strong management teams; Scalability;
MVP and strong growth in KPIs;
Global mindset
Website kfund.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +34 630 850 924
KEY CONTACTS
• B2B platform that offers a comparison tool and algorithm for sanitary products that
helps dentists and vets to optimize the purchase of materials and to improve
supplier’s logistics
• B2C renewable energy supplier at a fair price
• Push notifications app of whatever you want
K FUND
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Matthias Hornberger
• CFO
• Email: [email protected]
• CFO of Kizoo. Part of the senior management team
since the IPO of the AG in 2000. He has a long-
standing experience in the investment sector and a
comprehensive knowledge of typical features of
successful business models on the Internet.
• The market-leading app for online learning makes it easy to access languages from
English to Indonesian either from home, or on the go with a smartphone or tablet.
Babbel combines high-quality courses with modern technology
• Enables any financial institution to easily deliver state-of-the-art banking through its
software-as-a-service cloud solution
• E-recruiting solution that enables organisations to optimise their recruiting process
Full Portfolio • www.kizoo.com/en/
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
Kizoo helps young start-up teams grow. We provide seed and early stage financing with a focus on SaaS,Internet & Mobile Services and Social Applications. Apart from their financial resources, they are happy to shareour longtime experience in development, marketing and product management in those markets.
Kizoo is looking for committed entrepreneurial teams with a clear focus to build high growth products.
Kizoo Technology Ventures
Offices Karlsruhe
Founded 2008
Employees 3
Current Fund Size €30m
Use of Debt No
AUM €11m
Target Investment Size €500k
Target Geographies Germany, Europe
Target SectorsSaaS, Internet & Mobile Services,
Social Applications
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria business model, management team
Website www.kizoo.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 721 51600
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Herman Kienhuis
• Managing Director (EVP)
• Email: [email protected]
• Managing director at KPN Ventures. MSc Chemical
Engineering (Groningen), MBA (INSEAD). Previously,
worked at McKinsey & Company, and strategy, M&A,
busdev/digital product development, venture capital
at Sanoma (Digital)
• Sjoerd Spanjer
• Investment manager
• Email: [email protected]
• Investment manager at KPN Ventures. MSc Business
Administration, MSc Financial economics (Erasmus
University Rotterdam). Previously M&A at ING
corporate finance, HCF, and White Forest, and
private equity and VC at NEON, and TNT
• SmartGrid and Internet of Things (IoT) enabler
• Cyber security threat intelligence platform for enterprise or MSS customers
• Industrial (ICS/SCADA) cyber security network monitoring solution
Full Portfolio • www.kpnventures.com/portfolio
KPN Ventures is the venturing arm of KPN, The Netherlands’ leading telecom & ICT company. KPN Venturesaims to create value-creating partnership with innovative European technology companies, providing access tocapital, expertise, network and KPN’s customer channels. It focuses on early-stage (series A/B) investments inEuropean technology companies in the segments: Internet of Things, Smart Home, e-Health, Cyber Security,Cloud Computing, Data & Analytics applications and Mobile / OTT services. KPN Ventures has its main office inRotterdam, The Netherlands and has invested in a.o. Actility, EclecticIQ and SecurityMatters.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Rotterdam, Amsterdam
Founded 2015
Employees 4 (of which 4 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €70m
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €500k - €2.5m
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors
Internet of Things, Connected Home, eHealth,
Cyber Security, Cloud Computing, Data &
Analytics, Mobile/OTT services, Telecom
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority, lead- and co-investments
Key Investment CriteriaCommercial traction (>€40k MRR), Potential
for strategic partnership with KPN
Website www.kpnventures.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +31 70 343 43 43
KEY CONTACTS
KPN Ventures
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Spotify is a commercial music streaming, podcast, and video service that provides
digital rights management–protected content from record labels and media
companies
• Oscar is a New York based technology-driven healthcare service and insurance
provider for US citizens. It has been created as a reaction to changes in the US
healthcare environment, commonly known as the “Obamacare” program
• Harry’s business model is to design and produce high-quality razors and shaving
equipment and sell them at a competitive price point despite high-quality design
Other investments
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin, Zurich, New York, Guernsey
Founded 2012
Employees 14
Current Fund Size €350m
Use of Debt No
AUM €500m
Target Investment SizeEarly Stage: €1m - €10m
Later Stage: More than €10m
Target Geographies US, Europe, Asia
Target SectorsInternet and mobile technology enabled
businesses
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority Shareholder
Key Investment CriteriaOutstanding Teams / Entrepreneurs,
global scale
Website www.lakestar.com
Contact Email via LinkedIn
KEY CONTACTS
Lakestar
Lakestar makes early and growth stage investments in technology-enabled businesses predominantly in Europeand the United States driven by exceptional entrepreneurs. We enjoy investing with a specific focus on businessmodels that can achieve global scale quickly.
Lakestar and its General Partners have historically invested in facebook, Spotify, Skype, airBnB, klarna, andKing.com, and more recent investments include Oscar, Algomi, Teralytics, GoEuro, AngelList, Maker Studios,Taulia and Harry’s.
The Lakestar team is on the ground in Berlin, London, Guernsey, New York City and Zurich.
NOAH Partner
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Martin Gedalin
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Founder of Lumia Capital
• Previously Focus Ventures, Oracle, NCR
• Companies: Hired, LeadGenius, EatStreet, Kabbage,
Xtime (acquired by Cox Automotive), OpenDNS
(acquired by Cisco)
• Chris Rogers
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined Lumia in 2012
• Previously Co-founder, Nextel Communications,
Head of Corporate Development, Sprint
• Companies: Careem, Pitzi, Hinge, DigitalGenius,
Trocafone
• Kabbage is a next generation financial services company utilizing propriety algorithms
to extend credit to small businesses online. The platform focuses on providing sub
$100K loans to a segment that is undeserved by traditional banks
• Hired is a two-sided marketplace that matches talent, particularly high-skilled tech
talent, with job opportunities. Hired is differentiated by the transparency and relevancy
achieved for both job-seekers and employers
• Careem is an app-based car service focused on serving the broader MENA region.
The app allows users to book cars online and through their mobile devices for
immediate or scheduled pickup using credit card or cash
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
Lumia is an expansion-stage VC partnering with leading tech companies in under-invested emerging marketsand forward-thinking US companies targeting these markets to accelerate growth. Lumia employs a hands-onstrategy, working closely with management teams by pairing Silicon Valley insights and contacts with globalknowledge sharing and relationships to propel companies through expansion-stage challenges andopportunities.
Lumia Capital
Offices San Francisco
Founded 2011
Employees 8
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment SizeExpansion Stage: $2m - $20m
Early Stage: $100k - $500k
Target Geographies US, Latin America, EMEA
Target SectorsMobile, Enterprise Cloud, Fintech,
Marketplaces
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaExpansion Stage: $10m+ Net Revenue
Early Stage: $1m Net Revenue
Website www.lumiacapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Douglas Russel
• Managing Director
• Email:
• Mr. Russell has served as Managing Director of
MassMutual Ventures, since its formation
• Previously: CFO, CIO, Senior VP of strategy and
corporate development at MassMutual’s retirement
income unit; Senior VP of cleint services at
Prudential Retirement; Senior VP of corporate
insurance unit at CIGNA; CFO at Aetna
International
MassMutual Ventures LLC (MMV) is a $100 million corporate venture capital firm with the mandate to backstartups and entrepreneurial businesses whose technologies have the potential to transform MassMutual’s coreinsurance, retirement and asset management businesses.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Boston
Founded 2014
Employees 4 (investor team)
Current Fund Size $100m
Use of Debt No
AUM $100m
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies North America
Target SectorsFinTech, data analytics, cybersecurity,
digital health, enterprise software
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority or Majority
Key Investment CriteriaBusiness model with the ability to transform
the insurance and investments services
Website www.massmutualventures.com/
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
MassMutual Ventures
• US equity trading venue owned exclusively by buy-side investors, including mutual
funds, hedge funds, and family offices
• Digital Guardian is a next generation data protection platform designed to stop data
theft. The DG platform performs across the corporate network, traditional endpoints,
mobile devices and cloud applications to make it easier to see and stop all threats
• Tamr, Inc., catalogs, connects and publishes the underutilized internal and external
data using a combination of machine learning with human guidance so enterprises
can use all their data for analytics
Full Portfolio • www.massmutualventures.com/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Tomasz Czechowicz
• Managing Partner, Founder
• Email: [email protected]
• Chief Investment Officer
• Sylwester Janik
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• MCI.TechVentures Fund Manager
• Companies: Auctionata, iZettle, Azimo, Invia.
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MCI Capital
Offices Warsaw
Founded 1999
Employees 30 (of which 30 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $580m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $625m
Target Investment Size $10m - $25m
Target GeographiesEurope
(CEE, Turkey, Israel, DACH, Scandinavia)
Target Sectors Fintech, e-commerce, marketplaces
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Mixed
Key Investment Criteria Markets and ticket size
Website www.mci.eu
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +48 694400787
• ATM - Polish company founded in 1994. The leader of the data center market with an extensive
fiber optic infrastructure. It operates in two segments: the segment of data center services and
telecommunications services. Listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since 2004
• Leader of the market of on-demand transport services and a major global B2B player
• Established in 2010, Gett (previosly: Gettaxi) largest and fastest-growing company offering
professional passenger transport services outside the USA. It is the fastest growing market player
in the United Kingdom and a strong leader in Russia (the largest European market) and Israel
• Number one provider of mobile payment services and apps in Europe and Latin America. From
card readers for smartphones and tablets to cash registers, sales tools and cash advances, all of
iZettle’s solutions are simple to set-up, super secure and designed to help small businesses grow.
Founded in 2010 with headquarters in Stockholm, iZettle is now available in 11 countries globally
Full Portfolio • mci.pl/en/portfolio
MCI Capital - European Leading Growth Capital Firm With Passion for Digital Transformation, based in Warsaw,Poland.Within the Group, there are currently 5 funds, including: MCI.TechVentures and MCI.EuroVentures. MCI Capitalis working with companies that disrupt old economy models: fintech, e-commerce, marketplaces, IoT, SaaS, e-travel.
The firm has over 15 years of experience in the market, with a track record of IRR over 23%. In that time, theyhave realized over 30 exits. Currently, 50% of the portfolio is located outside our origin market – Poland.MCI Capital is present in companies across Europe; from London to Moscow, and from Stockholm to Tel Aviv.The latest milestone exit was INVIA; from 2008 to 2016 MCI Capital has built a regional champion in e-travel andrealized 46% IRR on the investment.
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Raphael Strauch
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Before founding Nova Founders Capital, Raphael
worked as a Global Partner at Rocket Internet and as
Managing Director at Groupon in Asia. Prior to this,
Raphael was in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and Lazard in London and Frankfurt
• Mads Faurholt-Jorgensen
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Before founding Nova Founders Capital, Mads
worked as a Global Partner at Rocket Internet and
Managing Director at Groupon in Asia. Prior to this,
Mads was a Management Consultant at McKinsey and an Analyst with the Private Equity Fund DanKap.
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KEY CONTACTS
Nova Founders Capital
Offices Hong Kong, London
Founded 2012
Employees 30
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size $100k - $30m
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors Financial Services
Investment Style Long-term value adding investor
Deal Structures Minority and majority
Key Investment CriteriaGreat founders, right DNA, scalable and
sustainable
Website www.novafounders.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +85225678890
• Backed by ACE & Company, Mark Pincus, and Seier Capital amongst others,
CompareEuropeGroup is Europe’s fastest-growing financial comparison platform, with
a presence in 5 countries in Europe
• Backed by Goldman Sachs and Jardine Pacific amongst others, CompareAsiaGroup
is Asia’s fastest-growing financial comparison platform, with a presence in 8 countries
in Asia
• EdirectInsure Group operates leading online insurance platforms in Asia, offering
consumers an alternative to buy non-life insurance direct versus through brokers and
agents
Full Portfolio • www.novafounders.com/portfolio
Nova Founders Capital builds and invests in sustainable large-scale business models with a strong emphasis onthe fintech sector. They are very disciplined company builders and investors and understand how to efficientlygrow companies. The firm believes value can only be created through a rigorous focus on execution, operationalexcellence and constant innovation. Nova Founders Capital provides companies with the continuous financialand operational support they need to be successful.
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Jean-Marc Patouillaud
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Prior experience: Finovelec (Partner), iom
• Engineering graduate (Supelec) and MBA (HEC Paris)
• Bruno Cremel
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Omri Benayoun
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Internet of things data network infrastructure and operator
• Largest european video adserver
• Menswear fashion ecommerce site
Full Portfolio • www.partechventures.com/portfolio
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KEY CONTACTS
Partech Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, Paris and Berlin. Started in 1982, the firm is apartnership with $650 million under active management.The mission is to help outstanding entrepreneurs to succeed in a global economy. They look for companies witha substantial technology or innovation leverage, both in IT and Digital. They manage seed and venture funds,allowing themselves to invest from $250,000 to $10 million in the early institutional rounds of high growthcompanies. They believe in the unique transatlantic model of the firm. For them, long term success is based onbeing extremely open, proactive and supportive to the entrepreneurs. In 2014, Partech Ventures has beennominated the first non-American fund by the Private Equity Intelligence (Preqin) and ranked as the 7th bestworldwide venture capital fund.
Partech Ventures
Offices Paris , Berlin, San Francisco
Founded 1982
Employees
Omri Benayoun, Philippe Collombel, Bruno
Crémel, Nicolas El Baze, Romain Lavault,
Gabriel Matuschka, Mark Menell, Jean-Marc
Patouillaud
Current Fund Size $200m
Use of Debt No
AUM $650m
Target Investment Size Seed, earl-stage, growth stage
Target Geographies US and Europe
Target Sectors IT & Digital
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Joint control, minority
Key Investment Criteria N/A
Website www.partechventures.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +33 1 53 65 65 53
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Andrin Bachmann
• Partner
• Email:
• Instrumental investor in QXL Ricardo
• Co-founder Glocalnet of (Swedish telco)
• Companies: Auto1, FanDuel, DaWanda, DocPlanner,
Videdressing, etc.
• Natasha Ratanshi
• Principal
• Email:
• 2+ Years at Piton Capital, Previously M&A at
Goldman Sachs
Piton Capital is a venture capital and growth equity firm based in London. It focuses on investments in onlinecompanies with network effects, such as marketplaces and exchanges. Its founding partners have deepentrepreneurial and investment experience, and have been instrumental investors in Betfair and QXL Ricardo,amongst others. Piton’s current portfolio includes companies such as Auto1, Fanduel, DaWanda, RedBubble,Watchfinder, BullionVault, Watchfinder, and docplanner.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London
Founded 2010
Employees 6 (of which 6 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €200k - €20m
Target Geographies Worldwide
Target Sectors Any
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Any
Key Investment Criteria Online companies with network effects
Website www.pitoncap.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0) 207 408 0451
KEY CONTACTS
• FanDuel is the leading daily fantasy sports platform in the US
• AUTO1.com is an end-to-end marketplace for used cars
• Watchfinder is the leading end-to-end marketplace for second-hand watches
• Redbubble is an online marketplace where people can shop for lifestyle products featuring work
from independent artists and designers worldwide
• DocPlanner enables patients to find great, local physicians online and book an appointment
• DaWanda is the leading online marketplace for unique and handmade
Full Portfolio • www.pitoncap.com/portfolio/
Piton Capital
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Sake Bosh
• Managing Partner
• Sake Bosch is a founder and Managing Partner of
Prime Ventures as of 1999
• Sake is involved in 4C, Civolution, Dealerdirect,
Digital Origin, Forcare, Greetz, MarkaVIP, SaaSPlaza
and Takeaway.com
• Roel de Hoop
• Partner
• Roel is a Partner at Prime Ventures as of 1999
• Companies: Bright Computing, Falcon Social,
Mendix, GenKey and Applift
• Mendix enables business change by helping companies rapidly develop, deploy and
integrate business apps at a fraction of the time and cost
• With Takeaway.com hungry consumers can order their favourite takeaway food on
the company’s websites or through its mobile applications
• Through its mobile games marketing platform, AppLift helps mobile game advertisers
acquire loyal, quality gaming users at scale on a CPI basis
Full Portfolio • www.primeventures.com/portfolio_companies/
Prime Ventures is a leading venture capital and growth equity firm focusing on investing in European companiesin the technology and related industries and leverages its capital, experience and network to actively guide theminto global category leaders. The firm has invested in companies in the Benelux countries, the United Kingdom,France, Germany, Spain, Finland and Sweden. From its offices in The Netherlands and the UK the independentpartnership manages over €465m in committed capital.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Amsterdam, Cambridge
Founded 1999
Employees 9 (of which 9 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €170m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM €465m
Target Investment Size €5m - €25m
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors
Consumer internet, digital media, enterprise
software, mobile computing, communications,
infrastructure services, semiconductor
Investment Style Active support (board membership)
Deal Structures Sizable minority stake
Key Investment CriteriaFast growing European tech companies with
the first proof points of success
Website www.primeventures.com/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0) 20 7766 6900
KEY CONTACTS
Prime Ventures
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Thies Sander
• Founding Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Former CEO of TopTarif.de, Head of Strategy Office
at Adidas, Principal at The Boston Consulting Group
(Berlin/New York). Msc. WHU/Kellogg (Chicago),
ESC Reims
• Holger Witte
• Director Investor Relations
• Email: [email protected]
• Former Investment Manager Online at Bauer Media
Group, Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group,
Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen, Founder of
Intabid.com. MBA Columbia Business School
• Catawiki is a worldwide online auction house which unites buyers
and sellers of exceptional items and collectibles in a unique fashion
• International online money transfer service with low fees and guaranteed exchange
rates
• nu3 – your nutrition expert – is an ecommerce platform for nutrition and dietary
supplements with strong focus on vertical integration
Full Portfolio • http://www.project-a.com/portfolio/
Project A Ventures is a Berlin-based early-stage investor and operational VC in the digital technology space.With financial support and operational expertise, Project A helps startups to build up competences in key areassuch as IT, Performance Marketing, Business Intelligence and Organization Building, and thus contributes totheir sustainable success.
We mainly invest in founder-led businesses and focus on business models for which our experts-know-how andtools offer a competitive edge and allow the businesses to grow and scale faster. The underlying hypothesis is tomitigate the risk of early stage investing through professional execution.
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Offices Berlin
Founded 2012
Employees 90+
Current Fund Size €140m
Use of Debt No
AUM €200m+
Target Investment Size €500k - €10m (over various round)
Target Geographies Europe
Target SectorsMarketplaces/Ecommerce, Digital
Infrastructure/Adtech, SaaS, Digital Health
Investment Style Active / Operational VC
Deal Structures Everything is possible
Key Investment Criteria
Strong fit with our target sectors,
i.e. business models where our experts and
tools offer a competitive advantage
Website http://www.project-a.com/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 340 606 300
KEY CONTACTS
Project A Ventures
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
Rebate Networks
Rebate Networks GmbH is one of the leading operators and investors of local e-commerce platforms with
unbeatable online deals. The company founds and invests in innovative enterprises all over the world, such as
lashou.com in China, dailydeal.de in Germany or kuponvilag.hu in Hungary.
Operated from its headquarters in Berlin Germany, Rebate Networks develops global marketing and technology
strategies for an international network of high-tech e-commerce startups. Thereby the company successfully
combines revolutionary ideas, profitable business models as well as latest trends, and exports them to fast-
growing markets worldwide (to this date to more than 30 countries). Rebate Networks was founded by its CEO
Michael Brehm and chairman Stefan Glänzer in 2010.
Offices Berlin
Founded 2010
Employees N/A
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt N/A
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors E-commerce
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment Criteria E-commerce business
Website www.rebatenetworks.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 (0)30 275 904-87
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
• Online marketplace that allows people to buy and share deals on the best things to do
in their cities and beyond
• Location-based, social commerce platform for web-based and mobile users in China
• Largest dailydeal company in Hungary
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• Michael Brehm
• Co-Founder & CEO
• Co-Founder and managing director (CEO) of Rebate
Networks.
• Previously: executive director at VZ Netzwerke
• Thomas Baum
• Managing Director & CFO
• Managing director (CFO) of Rebate Networks
• Previously: Executive director at VZ Netwerke; CFO
and Co-Founder of yousmile.de AG and Mentasys
GmbH; CFO and executive board member of Jon
GmbH & Co
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Food subscription company that sends pre-portioned ingredients to users’ doorstep
each week
• Network of online food ordering sites with over 73,000 restaurant partners worldwide
• Europe’s largest online furniture store
Full Portfolio • https://www.rocket-internet.com/companies
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KEY CONTACTS
Rocket Internet is an Internet platform that identifies and builds proven internet business models and transfers
them to new, underserved or untapped markets where it seeks to scale them into market leading online
companies.
The platform is focused on proven online business models that satisfy basic consumer needs across four
sectors: e-Commerce, Marketplaces, Financial Technology and Travel. It has more than 36,000 employees
across its network of companies which operate in more than 110 countries on six continents.
Rocket Internet was founded in Berlin, Germany, in 2007.
Rocket Internet
Offices Berlin
Founded 2007
Employees 1,496
Current Fund Size$420m
(Rocket Internet Capital Partners Fund)
Use of Debt N/A
AUM$420m
(Rocket Internet Capital Partners Fund)
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies Global (excl. China and US)
Target SectorsFood & Groceries, Fashion, General
Merchandise, Home & Living, Travel
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority or Majority
Key Investment Criteria Proven online business models
Website www.rocket-internet.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 300 13 18-00
• Oliver Samwer
• Founder & CEO
• Alexander Kudlich
• Managing Director
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Europe’s most modern and entirely smartphone-based current account
• Art. Everywhere. Online Shop for Art, Apparel and Accessories
• The first fully digitalised insurance brokeR
Full Portfolio • www.redalpine.com/portfolio/
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KEY CONTACTS
Redalpine provides Venture Capital to highly scalable European start-ups. The mission is to help talented
entrepreneurs turn an ambitious vision into reality by providing money, experience, coaching and door opening.
Redalpine was established in 2007 by a group of successful serial entrepreneurs, business angels and start-up
coaches. Since the mid-eighties, they have co-founded and supported some of the most disruptive and
successful European high-tech start-up companies, including Xing, SoundCloud and Plazes. The two funds
currently in operation have invested in over 30 companies active within the ICT and life science sectors.
Redalpine Venture Partners AG
Offices Zurich
Founded 2007
Employees 8 (of which 8 in Europe)
Current Fund Size CHF 100m
Use of Debt No
AUM CHF 150m
Target Investment Size CHF 500k - 2m
Target GeographiesEurope
(with focus on Switzerland and Germany)
Target Sectors ICT, Life Sciences
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaEarly stage, highly scalable
technology/product, convincing founders
Website www.redalpine.com/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +41 44 271 15 30
• Peter Niederhauser
• Founder, Partner
• Email:
• Serial entrepreneur since 1986, co-founder of Miracle
Software, Business Angel
• Companies: Number26, Juniqe, Knip, InSphero,
Trekksoft
• Michael Sidler
• Founder, Partner
• PhD in Life Sciences, Consultant at Boston
Consulting group, Business developer at Prionics,
CTI- startup coach
• Companies: Redbiotec, Biognosys, Malcisbo, Onsite-
Lab (Medmira)
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Michael Brehm
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Michael is a serial tech entrepreneur and founder of
Rebate Networks. He was Managing Director of
German social networking site studiVZ.
• Companies: Atheneum Partners, Kreditech, KaufDA,
Brand4friends,Amiando, DailyDeal
• Videesha Kunkulagunta
• Principal
• Email: [email protected]
• Videesha is a passionate angel investor and digital
policy fellow of the German Marshall Fund, former
London based VC and EIR @TalkTalk PLC.
• Companies: MoBerries, Rise Technologies
• World‘s leading experts, empowering new business decisions. Last fundraise €10m
• Flexperto builds the central interface between your company and the customers
• Inventorum’s software enables small retailers to manage their offline and online
businesses by supporting daily processes
Full Portfolio • www.redstone.vc
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KEY CONTACTS
Redstone is a Berlin based Venture Capital firm. They work with industry leaders activating their capital,knowledge and network enabling entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.
Redstone believes in transparent and fast communication between the funds we manage and the start-ups theysupport. Working with the investors the firm enables entrepreneurs to access additional valued servicesalongside any capital investment.
The approach involves investing from several funds simultaneously to support our vision to invest globally atevery stage and in every sector
Redstone Digital
Offices Berlin
Founded 2014
Employees 14 (of which 11 in Europe)
Current Fund Size Managing 6 different funds
Use of Debt When applicable
AUM Managing 6 different funds
Target Investment Size Stage Agnostic
Target Geographies Europe
Target SectorsB2B, Fintech, Cybersecurity
Data, IoT, SaaS, AI
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Top team, €500k - €2m
Website www.redstone.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 27590487
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Michael Hecker
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Previously worked as a Venture Investor in Berlin
(e.g. MeinFernbus/Flixbus, High-Mobility), he was VP
for Strategy and Member of the Management board
at JSFC Sistema and VP for Strategy, M&A and
Corporate Development and Member of the
Management Board of MTS GroupCompanies
• Benno Jering
• Principal
• Email: [email protected]
• Previously worked with two boutique tech investment
banks in London and Credit Suisse’s TMT Investment
Banking team
Redline’s funds originate from Mr. Vladimir Evtushenkov, the majority shareholder and principal founder ofSistema, listed on the London Stock Exchange. Sistema is one of Russia’s largest publicly listed investmentcompanies and has been investing in various technology segments for over twenty years. Sistema is the majorityshareholder of Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), listed on the NYSE. MTS is the leading telecommunications group inRussia, Central and Eastern Europe, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as well as content andentertainment services. MTS services over 100 million mobile subscribers. In addition, through its many portfoliocompanies Sistema also holds leading positions in a range of other sectors, including Media, Radio, Security,Microelectronics, Healthcare, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, and Transportation. Sistema has a long history ofstrategic partnerships with global companies such as Deutsche Telekom, Allianz and Philips.
Redline is looking to back strong management teams, to buy into their vision and strategy, and lend its supportthrough all stages of their development
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London, Luxembourg
Founded N/A
Employees N/A
Current Fund Size €350m
Use of Debt No
AUM €350m
Target Investment Size Series A onwards
Target Geographies Europe, North America and Israel
Target Sectors Technology
Investment Style N/A
Deal StructuresMinority, with and without board
representation
Key Investment CriteriaTeam, IP, growth track record,
market potential
Website www.redline-capital.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
(exited to eBay)
Redline Capital
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Stuart Paterson
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• A founding Partner of SEP, Stuart has been investing
in technology companies for almost 20 years. He
focuses on investment opportunities in software,
internet and digital media.
• Companies: Babbel, Mister Spex, Peppermint
Technology, SportPursuit
• Martin Brennan
• Principal
• Email: [email protected]
• Martin has a particular interest in investment
opportunities in innovative e-commerce and
information technology businesses.
• Companies: Pulsant, Audiense, SportPursuit
• The world’s travel search engine. Over 50 million people use Skyscanner each month
to find flights, hotels and car hire and the Skyscanner app has been downloaded over
40 million times. The company has 800 employees worldwide
• The world’s most innovative education company. More than 1 million customers use
Babbel for online language learning and its products cover 8,500 hours of content in
14 languages. Babbel has a team of more than 450 people in Berlin and New York
• Car finance provider Zuto is pne of the UK’s fastest growing companies. Zuto has
developed software that matches up car buyers and loan providers. It’s platform now
attracts 400,000 monthly visitors and the company has over 350 employees
Full Portfolio • www.sep.co.uk/companies/
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) is the venture capital firm behind some of Europe's most exciting technologybusinesses. We are active and supportive long term investors and help management teams to build greatcompanies. Our investments include Skyscanner, the world’s leading independent travel search company, MisterSpex, Europe’s leading online eyewear company, Matchesfashion.com, a luxury omni-channel fashion retailer,data center business Pulsant, online language learning leader Babbel, sports apparel and equipmentecommerce retailer SportPursuit and online car finance provider Zuto.
We make equity investments of up to £20m in growth stage technology companies and have 20 years’experience of highly-effective collaboration with entrepreneurs, building valuable companies and realizing exitambitions. Our team is knowledgeable, well-connected and skilled in supporting growing companies across arange of sectors, having invested in over 150 businesses and secured over 110 exits.
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Offices London, Glasgow, Edinburgh
Founded 2000
Employees 44 (of which 44 in Europe)
Current Fund Size £200m
Use of Debt No
AUM £620m
Target Investment Size £5m - £20m
Target Geographies UK, Ireland, Europe
Target Sectors
Internet and consumer services, software and
cloud, IT services, healthcare IT, energy
efficiency
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority, replacement, MBO
Key Investment CriteriaEquity for growth stage technology
companies
Website www.sep.co.uk
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0)207 758 5900
KEY CONTACTS
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP)
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Markus Grundmann
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• MSc Business Informatics, MBA, software
development, management consulting
• Companies: Falcon.io, tado, Dedrone
• Alexander Buchberger
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• PhD Business Administration, business development,
sales & marketing
• Companies: Shore, Veact, Riskmethods
• CRM for SMBs
• Customer Management, Online Booking, Mobile, Marketing, Payments and Apps
• Marketing Automation for Automobile Sector
• Online and offline campaign management
• Supply Chain Risk Management
• Map, monitor and manage global supply chain risks
Full Portfolio • www.senovo.vc/en/portfolio
Senovo focuses on early stage B2B SaaS investments. The firm funds outstanding entrepreneurs and teamsbuilding world class products, and generally get involved soon after product launch, during the Series A. Thetypical investment size is €300k - €1m, with reserves to support the team in later rounds.Whether Senovo leads or co-invests with a partner, they believe it is beneficial for startups to havecomplimentary investors and usually syndicate the investments. So the rounds are typically €2m - €5minvestment in total.They are a small team with backgrounds in business, law, computer science and physics, and the aim is toprovide entrepreneurs with full-stack support. Senovo believes that startups are a team effort, that data fuelsgreat products, and that fast iterations are superior to big-bang releases. The firm views venture capital as aproduct for entrepreneurs, and work with you through the ups and downs.
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Offices Munich
Founded 2011
Employees 4 (of which 4 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €300k - €1m (€2m - €5m investment round)
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors B2B SaaS
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Product launched, initial traction
Website www.senovo.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 (0) 89 416 176 258
KEY CONTACTS
Senovo
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• The curated online marketplace for antiques, fine art, collectibles and vintage luxury.
• The global payment processing business providing internet and mobile based inter-
country consumer money transfer services
• A hyper-local mobile marketplace for buying and selling secondhand goods
Full Portfolio • taventures.vc/portfolio
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KEY CONTACTS
TA Ventures
Offices Kiev
Founded 2010
Employees 7 (of which 7 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size $100k - $1m
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors Tech, Fintech, Digital Health, Marketplaces
Investment Style Passive
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Team, innovative product, scalability
Website taventures.vc/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
TA Ventures has been supporting great tech companies since 2010. It has been privileged to invest inAuctionata, Azimo, Beepi, Dreamlines, FinanzCheck, NU3, SumUp, Wallapop and many other successfulcompanies. So far, TA Ventures has backed 97 startups and have achieved 22 exits.
TA Ventures focuses on investing in seed and Series A deals, and can write bigger checks at a later stage aswell. The company invests globally, though majority of its investments are in the US and Europe (Germany, UKand Ukraine). TA Ventures core investment areas are fintech, digital health, Big Data, SaaS, and onlinemarketplaces. However, they also invest across sectors.
• Viktoriya Tigipko
• Founding Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Founding Partner of TA Ventures. President of the
Odessa International Film Festival, one of the biggest
audience film festivals in Eastern Europe.
• Igor Semenov
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Igor Semenov has more than 15 years of experience
in venture capital business.
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Darktrace is one of the world’s fastest-growing cyber threat defence companies and the leader in
Enterprise Immune System technology. Some of the world’s largest corporations rely on
Darktrace’s self-learning appliance and have an experienced team of leading machine learning
specialists and government intelligence experts
• Iwoca is an award winning FinTech company providing instant loans to online retailers to improve
their working capital. It can help online sellers in the UK sell more by financing their growth based
on annual sales and customer feedback scores, factors that a traditional lender won’t consider
• Onfido delivers next-generation identity verification and background checks, helping its 1,000+
clients worldwide onboard more users and reduce fraud. Powered by machine-learning
technology, Onfido is a fast and simple way for businesses to verify identities and run adverse
history searches such as Criminal or Anti-Money Laundering Checks
Full Portfolio • http://www.taliscapital.com/dv_portfolio
Talis Capital is a London based venture capital firm, focused on B2B technology companies within three keyareas: Security, Business Intelligence (mainly sold as SaaS) and Financial Services. Talis Capital has completedover $350m of transactions since 2009.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices 1
Founded 2009
Employees 10 (of which 10 in Europe)
Current Fund Size Open mandate
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $200m+
Target Investment Size $1m - $10m
Target Geographies In Digital - Any
Target SectorsB2B - Security, Business Intelligence (mainly
sold as SaaS) and Financial Services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria http://www.taliscapital.com/digital_ventures
Website www.taliscapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 203 542 6260
KEY CONTACTS
Talis Capital
• Vasile Foca
• Co-Founder & Managing Partner
• Email:
• Vasile is a co-founder & managing partner of Talis Capital and has been
active in building and investing in companies for over 19 years. Vasile’s
entrepreneurial career began by co-founding INTRESCO Ltd and
Ukraine Capital Partners. Vasile is very active with the management of
all our portfolio companies and provides hands-on board support.
• Companies: Darktrace, Onfido, Iwoca, Clicktale, CensorNet, Navmii,
FuelQuest, Avalara, C3
• Matus Maar
• Co-Founder & Partner
• Email:
• Matus is a co-founder & partner at Talis Capital. Matus is both
experienced entrepreneur and private equity / venture capital investor.
Co-founder of two successful VC backed technology companies Pirate
Studios and Threads. As an investor he led or closed over 40 private
equity or venture capital deals.
• Companies: Darktrace, Reevoo, Onfido, Iwoca, Clicktale, Navmii,
bd4Travel, FuelQuest, Avalara, C3, Utelly, CensorNet, BamX, LoyaltyBay
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Largest global provider of online and mobile food ordering technology
• Operating in 33 countries, with 3,000 employees globally
• “The easiest way to your favorite food”
• Insurance broker app, allowing users to manage all insurances through one tool
• Offices in Germany and Switzerland, planning to expand further
• “The insurance consultant for your back pocket”
• Europe’s leading online marketplace for car trading with its own inventory
• Operating in more than 20 countries with more than 15000 active partner dealers
• “Designed by dealers for dealers”
Full Portfolio • www.targetglobal.vc/portfolio/
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
Target Global
Offices Berlin, Moscow, Tel Aviv, San Francisco
Founded 2012
Employees 15 (of which 12 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $300m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $350m
Target Investment Size $5m - $30m
Target Geographies Europe, Israel, US
Target SectorsB2C and B2 SMB companies in e-commerce,
fintech, travel, software, mobile
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaDigital transformation,
scalable international businesses
Website www.targetglobal.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 6098 3777 0
Target Global is an international VC firm with over $300 million in assets under management and offices inBerlin, Moscow, Tel Aviv and San Francisco. The company invests in fast-growing digital-enabled businessesoperating in B2C and B2 SMB markets.
The growth fund invests in Series B and later stage companies (both primary and secondary), with an investmentrange of $5 - 30m. The seed stage fund invests in late seed and early Series A rounds, with an investment rangeof $200 - 500k.
Target Global prides itself on the ability to be fast and flexible, with a focus on helping innovative businessesscale and expand globally. Since 2012 they have invested in more than 20 leading companies including DeliveryHero, Blue Apron, Dreamlines and Prosper.
• Yaron Valler
• Partner
• Email:
• Alex Frolov
• Partner
• Email:
• Shmuel Chafets
• Partner
• Email:
• Mike Lobanov
• Partner
• Email:
NOAH Partner
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Dr. Michael Münnix
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Software-Engineer, Entrepreneur, PhD in Physics
• Companies: Adsquare, Datapath.io, Swarm64, Senic
• Dr. Berthold von Freyberg
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Software-Engineer, Manager at Microsoft, TVM
Capital, PhD in Physics
• Companies: Instana, Simplaex, So1, Suitepad, TIS,
et al
• adjust is a mobile app tracking and analytics company that provides app businesses
of all sizes with a comprehensive business intelligence platform
• tado° makes a smart home climate control system for consumers. The company’s
solution increases the operating efficiency of home and apartment heating systems by
up to 30 percent
• Falcon.io provides a SaaS software platform which allows marketing departments to
Create, Launch and Measure social media campaigns in real time across multiple
social media types
Full Portfolio • www.targetpartners.de/en/#companies
Target Partners invests in young technology companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Through thepersonal commitment, a global network and the deep experience as entrepreneurs, managers and venturecapital investors, the company supports you in building a great company.The partners of Target Partners have years of collective experience as successful managers, entrepreneurs andventure capital investors in Europe and the USA.The partners of Target Partners founded or led companies themselves, developed or sold technology productsthemselves. They have seen numerous companies through to IPO and beyond. They understand the challengesan entrepreneur faces and that the road to success often isn't simple and straight.Both in Europe and the USA Target Partners has a large network in industry and venture capital. The companyopens doors for you to customers, business partners, experienced managers and financial markets. TargetPartners support you in business development and in international expansion.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Munich
Founded 1999
Employees 8 (of which 8 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €68m
Use of Debt No
AUM €300m
Target Investment Size €500k – €4m
Target Geographies German-speaking countries
Target Sectors B2B, SaaS, Infrastructure, Hardware
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Disruptive technologies
Website www.targetpartners.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 89 2070490
KEY CONTACTS
Target Partners
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Stefano Guidotti
• Founder and CEO
• Email: [email protected]
• Founded U-Start in 2013 and grew it till becoming the
largest investors club in Italy
• Vittorio Mauri
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Partner in U-Start since 2013, background in
consulting
• Outfittery is a personal shopping service for men, disrupting menswear online retail
with a next generation commerce based on technology.
• AirHelp is an online legal service that helps air passengers get compensation from
airlines when their flight gets cancelled, delayed or overbooked
• Secret Escapes is an exclusive members-only travel club offering discounted rates on
luxury hand-picked hotels
Full Portfolio • http://www.u-start.biz/companies.html
U-Start is a professional firm structuring club deals through a club of Italian and Swiss private investors workingalongside VC funds in series A to C rounds in digital and tech companies across Europe, Israel and US.
We drive venture capital investments for a wide array of private investors - family offices, high-net-worthindividuals, business angels – thanks to the U-Start Club, a leading elite group of investors with a deep passionfor innovation and venture investments.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Milan
Founded 2013
Employees 8 (of which 8 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt Yes
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €500k – €5m
Target Geographies Europe, Israel, US
Target Sectors Digital
Investment Style N/A
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Team, scalability, market, investment context
Website www.u-start.biz
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +39 346 25 21 643
KEY CONTACTS
U-Start
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Pay-by-phone parking company that facilitates parking and payments for cities,
operators and motorists
• PIM (Product Information Management) for omni-channel B2B and B2C
• Online apparel retailer focusing on women between ages 25 and 40
Full Portfolio • www.verdanecapital.com/holdings
Verdane Capital IX seeks to invest in growth companies in Northern Europe, active in the consumer internet,software, energy and advanced industrial technology sectors. The fund has the flexibility to invest in either acomplete portfolio, parts of a portfolio or a single company
The team seeks to thoroughly understand the opportunities and challenges facing each business and to workalongside management to develop structured growth and development plans. The team has deep sectorknowledge and networks, along with broad ownership experience from over 300 companies acquired since 2003.
Verdane IX is backed by international blue-chip investors, with a strong appetite for co-investment, meaningthere is ample capital available to fund large deals.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki
Founded 1985
Employees 24 (of which 24 in Europe)
Current Fund Size Skr 3bn (€310m)
Use of Debt No
AUM €900m
Target Investment Size €5m to €50m
Target Geographies Northern Europe
Target SectorsConsumer Internet, Software, Energy and
Advanced Industrial technology
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority, control and joint control
Key Investment Criteria High growth potential and technology-enabled
Website www.verdanecapital.com/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone+46 8 407 4200
KEY CONTACTS
Verdane Capital IX
• Henrik Aspén
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Companies: EasyPark, Eleven, Smava and previously
Codenomicon
• Pål Malmros
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Companies: eBuilder, inRiver, Newscycle and Trivec
• Staffan Mörndal
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Companies: Boozt, Caliroots, Mathem, Liaison and MM
Sports
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
Vito Ventures is a new early stage Venture Capital fund investing in the fields of the Internet of Things,Enterprise- and Energy-Tech with no geographical limitation. Based in Munich and following the fundamentalvalues of German engineering, Vito Ventures backs rigorous executors and creative visionaries buildingtransformative business models. By leveraging its industrial investor base, Vito Ventures helps entrepreneurs getaccess to extensive resources and deep technological domain expertise.
Offices Munich
Founded 2015
Employees 4 (of which 4 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €300k - €3m (in rounds up to €10m)
Target Geographies Global
Target SectorsIoT (B2B, B2C), Enterprise Tech,
Energy Tech
Investment Style Passive
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaProven product market fit,
Globally scalable product
Website www.vito.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
Vito Ventures
• Dr. Benedikt Herles
• Managing Partner
• e.ventures Investment Team
• Previously: Consultant at Bain & Company
• Dr. rer. pol. EBS University Wiesbaden
• Dipl. economics. LMU München
• Herbert Mangesius
• Associate
• Researcher in network and mathematical systems
theory, TU München, UC Louvain
• Dipl. Ing. Mechanical engineering, TU München,
École Polytechnique Paris. Hrs MA Technology
Management, CDTM
• Wirepas offers a unique de-centralized radio communications protocol that can be
used in any device, with any radio chip and on any radio band. It provides the most
reliable, optimized, scalable and easy to use device connectivity for its customers
• Service Partner ONE is the first digital service partner for innovative office
management. Since its establishment in spring 2015, the company has been
developing customized solutions for modern work in the office
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Dirk Meurer
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Founding partner of Vorwerk Ventures; more than 20
years of international investment experience
• Companies: HelloFresh, JUNIQE, Neato Robotics,
MeinAuto, Gestigon, Vaniday
• International meal kit delivery brand
• European marketplace for curtated art
• International online retailer for fashion & lifestyle products at the best price
Full Portfolio • corporate.vorwerk.de/vorwerk-ventures/en/portfolio/
Vorwerk Ventures is an investment vehicle of the Vorwerk Group. Its investment approach focuses on fastgrowing companies with direct-to-consumer business models. The corporate venture capital arm makes globalinvestments and holds shares in companies in Europe and the US.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Wuppertal (Germany)
Founded 2008
Employees 4 (of which 4 in Europe)
Current Fund Size not disclosed
Use of Debt Yes
AUM not disclosed
Target Investment Size €1m - €10m
Target Geographies Focus on Europe
Target Sectors direct to consumer
Investment Style passive
Deal Structures joint control, minority
Key Investment CriteriaTeam; ecommerce & social commerce;
proven concept; sizeable market; scalability
Website www.vorwerk-ventures.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49-202-564 1923
KEY CONTACTS
Vorwerk Ventures
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Marieke Christmann
• Investment Manager
• Marieke joined Zouk’s Growth Capital team in 2014.
She draws on 5 years of experience in investment
banking and private equity.
• Companies: ip.access, The Mobility House, Huddle
• Huddle is a secure cloud collaboration service that enables enterprise and
government organizations worldwide to securely store, access, share, sync and work
on files with everyone they need to
• iZettle is a payment acceptance company that was started in 2011. iZettle’s products
offer an easy way for micro and nano-merchants to accept card payments where they
have previously not been able to due to high charges
• SIGFOX is the premier provider of dedicated cellular connectivity for Internet of
Things and Machine-to-Machine communications
Full Portfolio • www.zouk.com/technology-portfolio
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
Zouk Capital invests in the clean and efficient economy. The distinctive dual track strategy of managing bothGrowth Capital and Infrastructure funds capitalizes on the wide spectrum of investment opportunities created bythe global shift to greater resource efficiency. The ambition is to build resource efficient companies and cleaninfrastructure assets that generate economic and sustainable value.
The specialist team of 17 investment professionals has unrivalled expertise and sector know-how. Network,transparency and operational experience are at the core of all the relationships with investors and portfoliocompanies.
Zouk Capital has been a pioneering investors in this sector since making the first clean investment in 2000. TodayZouk has €600 million under management and is one of the most established and active managers in the sector.
Zouk Capital
Offices London
Founded 2000
Employees 17
Current Fund Size €230m
Use of Debt N/A
AUM More than €600m
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies Europe, Middle East, Africa
Target Sectors IT technologies
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment Criteria
Commercially proven product;
revenue between €10m and €150m;
positioned to scale
Website www.zouk.com/home
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
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KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
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KEY CONTACTS
Bridgepoint
Offices 10 officies worldwide
Founded 1984
Employees 126 (of which 118 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €13bn
Use of Debt N/A
AUM €20bn
Target Investment SizeBuyouts: €75m - €400m
Development Capital: €10m - €75m
Target Geographies Mainly Europe
Target Sectors
Manufacturing & industrial, Healthcare,
Business Services, Consumer,
Media & Technology, Financial Services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria
Potential to grow through expansion across
borders, operational improvement, refocusing
of strategies, add-on acquisitions
Website www.bridgepoint.eu/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone+33 (0) 1 70 22 53 00 (Paris)
+44 (0) 20 7034 3500 (London)
• Infinitas Learning is a leading pan European educational publisher providing primary,
secondary and higher vocational educational material, content and services to 90,000
schools in six European countries.
• eFront is a specialist software provider of financial solutions for managing alternative
investments. Founded in 1999, the Paris headquartered company serves more than
700 customers and 100,000 users in 48 countries.
• The Azzurri Group is a casual dining restaurant group comprising the well know
Italian-inspired restaurants, ASK Italian and Zizzi and Coco di Mama, a fast growing
Italian-themed quick service food and coffee concept.
Full Portfolio • www.bridgepoint.eu/en/investment-portfolio/
Bridgepoint is a leading European middle market private equity firm with over €20 billion of committed funds todate from a world class investor base. Since 2000 it has completed €25.7 billion of transactions starting from€10.4 billion invested. The main investment focus is on established, market-leading companies valued up to €1billion that combine market leadership, diversification, brand strength, quality of products or services and first-rate management. Additionally the second fund, Bridgepoint Development Capital, is particularly dedicated toinvestments in companies valued up to €150 million. The company focuses on 6 principal sectors: businessservices, consumer, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing & industrials and media & technology.
• Xavier Robert
• Partner
• Xavier is a Partner and works out of the London/Paris
offices. He is responsible for Bridgepoint's Media &
Technology team and joined the Firm in 1998
• Previously: Total, Esrnst & Young, Ecole des Mines
• Companies: Calypso, eFront
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• UK’s leading curated marketplace for unique, high-quality and innovative products
and gifts
• Platform gathering carefully selected independent fashion brands and designers
• International market place for second hand fashion
Full Portfolio • www.burdaprincipalinvestments.com/investments
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices New York, Munich, London, Singapore
Founded N/A
Employees 6
Current Fund Size Hubert Burda Media balance sheet investing
Use of Debt No
AUM Not disclosed
Target Investment Size €5m - €25m
Target Geographies Europe, USA, Asia
Target SectorsDigital technology, digital media, market
places, content-driven eCommerce
Investment Style Active
Deal StructuresPredominantly minority,
board representation
Key Investment CriteriaProven business model, scalability,
right vertical and team
Website www.burdaprincipalinvestments.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
Burda Principal Investments (BPI), a division of Hubert Burda Media, provides long term growth equity for fastgrowing digital technology and media companies. Hubert Burda Media is one of Europe’s largest media andtechnology conglomerates with a strong investment track record in internet-centric businesses since 1998.We have been partners for visionary entrepreneurs, leveraging Burda’s capital, brands and sector expertise,particularly in the areas of business expansion, internationalisation and localisation.We are invested in a portfolio of highly successful consumer internet companies in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Inthe past, Hubert Burda Media has invested in internet platforms such as Etsy, zooplus, HolidayCheck, or XingAG.BPI is run by a dedicated team of investment professionals based in Munich, London and Singapore.
Burda Principal Investments
• Martin Weiss
• Managing Director
• Companies: Notonthehighstreet.com, Vinted, nebenan.de
• Previously EVP Strategy & Corporate Development at
Millicom, Founding Partner of Solon, McKinsey
• Christian Teichmann
• Managing Director
• Companies: BaubleBar, Showroom
• Previously Partner and Head of the London office of Solon,
and working for investment banks Lazard and Greenhill
• Benita Merz
• Investment Manager
• Previously Deutsche Bank Investment Banking Division /
M&A and Equity Capital Markets in London and Frankfurt
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• SaaS provider to the health, wellness and personal care industries
• Original investment in 2009; IPO in June 2015
• Copenhagen-based company offering analytics, research and advisory services for
managing reputation
• Original investment in 2013
• Speech and occupational therapy telemedicine provider
• Original investment in 2015
Full Portfolio • www.catalyst.com/our-investments/current-investments
Catalyst Investors
Catalyst Investors is a New York City-based growth equity firm focused on technology-enabled services includingSaaS, Business Services, and Communications Infrastructure. Founded in 1999 and investing out of its $377million fourth fund, Catalyst draws on its deep sector expertise and extensive network of industry leaders to workin true partnership with management to create long-term value. The firm makes both minority and majorityinvestments of $10 - $60 million in rapidly growing companies.
Offices New York
Founded 1999
Employees 17
Current Fund Size $377m
Use of Debt Case-specific
AUM $850m
Target Investment Size $10m - $60m
Target Geographies U.S., Europe
Target Sectors
SaaS, Wireless Infrastructure, Hosting, Digital
Media, Ed Tech, Business Services / BPO,
Healthcare, Clean Tech, Food Tech, Solar
Investment Style Active
Deal structures Majority or minority
Key Investment CriteriaRun-rate revenue of at least ~$10mm,
EBITDA positive or fully funded business plan
Website www.catalyst.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone (212) 863 – 4848
KEY CONTACTS
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
• Brian Rich
• Managing Partner & Co-Founder
• Email: [email protected]
• Brian is responsible for the general management and
investment policy of Catalyst Investors. He monitors all of the
firm’s investment opportunities and provides counsel for all
portfolio companies. A veteran investor, he has more than 20
years of experience in the business services, technology and
wireless sectors.
• Susan Bihler
• Principal
• Email: [email protected]
• Susan focuses on sourcing, evaluating, and structuring new
investment opportunities and managing the firm’s existing
portfolio companies. She joined Catalyst in 2009 and focuses
on opportunities in SaaS, Business Services / BPO, and
Healthcare.
• Companies: Ascentis, Clinicient, Datavail
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Nicholas Jordan
• Finstar Financial Group, CEO
• E-mail: [email protected]
• An investment banker with more than 20 years of
experience in senior and executive positions in
leading global financial institutions
• Companies: Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank
• Mark Ruddock
• FinstarLabs, CEO
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Joined Finstar in 2016 to help accelerate its financial
technology investment program.
• Mark’s 15 year career in venture-backed startups has
spanned enterprise software, mobile applications and
on-line financial services, and includes 2 exits.
• Companies: Wonga, Viigo, INEA
Finstar Financial Group
Offices Berlin, London, Riga, Moscow
Founded 1996
Employees 300 (of which 40 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $2bn
Target Investment Size $2m – $50m
Target Geographies Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa
Target SectorsFintech, data science, consumer lending,
mobile and internet
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Control, joint control, minority
Key Investment Criteria
Strong management teams
Scalable business model
Existing innovative product
Global market potential
Website www.finstar.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone 7 495 7879260 (2947)
Finstar Financial Group is a global private investment group. The Group operates in Europe, the US, Asia, LatinAmerica and the CIS.Finstar is focused on the fintech sector, but historically it has been highly successful in thefinancial services, IT, FMCG retail, media, and real estate sectors.
The Group has 20 years of operational experience launching new projects in developing markets, restructuringexisting companies to become more competitive, as well as sealing new partnerships and M&A agreements, andbuilding greenfield start-ups.
Finstar’s philosophy of partnership brings strategic value and insight to private equity and venture capital early-stage and growth investments, allowing its companies to succeed in complex developing markets, while raisingtheir investment prospects
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
• Finstar Labs identify, invest in and help create the cutting edge user experiences,
enabling technologies, and data science that will lay the foundation for the next
generation of alternative financial services.
• Spotcap is a new online credit platform that provides fast and flexible financing for
small businesses. Spotcap uses an innovative credit scoring technology that directly
evaluates real-time business data to provide fast and flexible financing
• Viventor has been partnering with various non-bank lenders from all over Europe, and
offering investments in their loans to every European with as little as 50 Euros in
savings. The peer-to-peer lending platform is now set to build a pan-European loan
marketplace that would be comparable to a Stock Market
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
FP is a leading global private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in technology businesses. Withapproximately $10bn in cumulative capital commitments and a team of over 40 investment professionals workingfrom offices in San Francisco and London, our objective is to work with management teams facing strategic oroperational inflection points and to use our differentiated experience, network, and resources to build value forshareholders, employees and customers.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices San Francisco, London
Founded 1999
Employees 56 (of which 10 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $2.85bn
Use of Debt Yes
AUM In excess of $8bn
Target Investment Size $25m - $1bn
Target Geographies North America and EMEA
Target Sectors Software, Internet, Services and Systems
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Control, joint control and minority
Key Investment CriteriaProviding capital to companies facing
strategic or operational inflection points
Website www.franciscopartners.com/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (020) 7907 8600
KEY CONTACTS
• Leading online wealth management platform
• Leading peer-to-peer financing platform
• Prescription price transparency platform
• Software that optimizes the business practices of service organizations
Full Portfolio • https://www.franciscopartners.com/investments
• Deep Shah
• Co-President
• Prior to FP, worked at Morgan Stanley in London
• Companies: ClickSoftware, Kewill, Lumata,
Metaswitch Networks, Smartfocus, SintecMedia
• Mario Razzini
• Vice President
• Prior to FP, worked at Citigroup and Arma Partners
• Companies: ClickSoftware, Metaswitch Networks,
Smartfocus
• Thibault Thevissen
• Associate
• Prior to FP, worked at Oliver Wyman in London
• Companies: Smartfocus
Francisco Partners
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Jörn Nikolay, Munich
• Managing Director, Head of DACH
• Email: [email protected]
• Leads investment activities in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland
• Portfolio companies include(d) Axel Springer Digital
Classifieds, FlixBus, Klarna
• Chris Caulkin, London
• Principal
• Email: [email protected]
• Leads Internet & Technology activities across
Europe, Africa, Middle East and Turkey
• Portfolio companies include(d) Argus Media, Yemek
Sepeti / Delivery Hero, Axel Springer Digital
Classifieds, Studio Moderna
General Atlantic is a leading global growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for growthcompanies. Established in 1980, General Atlantic combines a collaborative global approach, sector-specificexpertise, long-term investment horizon, and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with greatmanagement and build exceptional businesses worldwide.
General Atlantic has more than 100 investment professionals based in New York, Amsterdam, Beijing,Greenwich, Hong Kong, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Munich, Palo Alto, São Paulo, and Singapore.
Our three main differentiators are (i) the exclusive focus on growth investing, (ii) a patient capital base and (iii) aglobal, collaborative team consisting of investment professionals, our Resources Group and a Special Advisorsnetwork of current and former senior executives.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices
New York, London, Munich, Amsterdam,
Greenwich, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Mexico
City, Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Singapore
Founded 1980
Employees 260 (of which 25 in Europe)
Current Fund Size c. $10bn of long-term capital
Use of Debt Limited
AUM $20bn
Target Investment Size $25m – $400m
Target Geographies Global
Target SectorsInternet & Technology, Retail & Consumer,
Financial & Business Services, Healthcare
Investment StyleActive minority (70% of current portfolio are
minority investments)
Deal Structures All
Key Investment Criteria Growth
Website www.generalatlantic.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 207 484 3200
KEY CONTACTS
• Delivery Hero (through the acquisition of Yemeksepeti by Delivery Hero in May 2015)
• FlixBus
• Adyen
Full Portfolio • www.generalatlantic.com/portfolio
General Atlantic
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
OfficesLondon, Moscow, Istanbul,
New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney
Founded 2002
Employees 40 (of which 18 in Europe)
Current Fund Size Goldman Sachs Balance Sheet Investing
Use of Debt Selectively
AUM. NA
Target Investment Size $20m - $100m
Target Geographies Global
Target SectorsTechnology, Business Services, Software and
Technology-Enabled Services
Investment Style Late-Stage Venture Capital / Growth Equity
Deal Structures Minority equity / Convertible Debt
Key Investment CriteriaHigh Growth, Strong Management,
Large Addressable Market
Website www.gs.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0)20 7051 0000
KEY CONTACTS
The Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing group is Goldman Sachs’ investment platform dedicated toproviding long term capital to growth and middle-market companies. The group focuses on investing as a lead orminority investor and can provide both minority equity and debt financing, investing between $20m and $100mper deal.
Key differentiating factors are: (i) As a balance sheet investor we can provide any type of flexible capital rangingfrom common, preferred and structured equity to junior and senior debt, (ii) long term investment horizon, and (iii)a global, coordinated team with a more than 12 year track record investing in high growth companies indeveloped as well as emerging markets.
• Provider of enterprise collaboration and content management software (UK)
• Provider of an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform (France)
• Formerly Staff-Finder, an online marketplace for temporary workers (CH)
Other investments• Include Kaltura, Africa Internet Group, eKomi, Mobileye, One Two Trip, Clarizen,
iBoss, Dr. First, Billtrust, SugarCRM and Savo
Goldman Sachs
Private Capital Investing
• Christian Resch
• Head of GS Private Capital Growth
Equity Investing
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined Goldman Sachs in 2004
• Based in London
• Alexander Lippert
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined Goldman Sachs in 2013
• Based in London
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Michael Kumin
• Managing Partner
• Email:
• Responsible for transaction origination, investment policy,
fundraising, investor relations and the general management of
Great Hill Partners. His investment experience covers a broad
group of industries including media, Internet, software, and
business and consumer services.
• Investments: Wayfair, Momondo, SheKnows, The Shade
Store, Legacy, Educaedu, IGN, BuscaPé, D&B Credibility
• Peter Garran
• Principal
• Email:
• Responsible for originating, evaluating and managing
investments in the media, Internet, software and business
and consumer services sectors.
• Investments: The Shade Store, Momondo, SheKnows Media,
Educaedu, All Web Leads, D&B Credibility.
• One of the largest online home goods retailers focusing on hard-line specialty
categories, such as furniture, home improvement, housewares and office. Founded in
2002, Wayfair provides customers in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Germany
unparalleled selection, excellent customer service, and competitive prices
• Online travel media and technology company that provides travel search tools and
inspiration to millions of visitors a month across 30 core international markets
• Leading direct-to-consumer provider of custom window treatments sold through both
the Internet and its branded retail showrooms
Full Portfolio • www.greathillpartners.com/portfolio
Great Hill Partners
Great Hill Partners is a leading private equity investment firm focused on growth expansion financing and buyoutopportunities. The firm was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. Since its inception, Great Hillhas raised $3.8 billion in capital commitments to finance the expansion, recapitalization or acquisition of growthcompanies within the business and consumer services, media, communications and software industries. GreatHill's investment strategy is based on rigorous sector research, proactive origination, value-added company-building tactics, focus on majority ownership positions, conservative use of leverage, and emphasis on exits tolarge, strategic buyers.
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KEY CONTACTS
Offices Boston
Founded 1998
Employees 42
Current Fund Size $1.1bn
Use of Debt Occasional
AUM $3bn
Target Investment Size $25m - $150m
Target Geographies North America, Europe, Latin America
Target Sectors
B2B, Cloud, IT Infrastructure, Consumer,
Digital Media, eCommerce, Enterprise SaaS,
Financial Technology, Healthcare IT
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Control, Joint Control, Minority
Key Investment CriteriaGrowth Oriented;
All Stages Beyond Early Stage
Website www.greathillpartners.com
Contact [email protected]
Contact Phone+ 1-617-790-9435
+1-617-790-9475
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• David Bateman
• Senior Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• +10 years of experience in technology lending and
financing.
• Previously with ETV Capital and Broadview
International.
• Johan Kampe
• Senior Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• +15 years of experience in technology lending and
financing.
• Previously with ETV Capital and Silicon Valley Bank.
• Unruly
• MyOptique
• Worldstores
Full Portfolio • www.harbert.net/investment-strategies/private-capital/european-growth-capital/
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KEY CONTACTS
Harbert European Growth Capital Fund (“HEGCF”) is an investment partner to high growth entrepreneurialbusinesses across Europe in the technology and life sciences sectors. Led by an experienced team with a 10+track record of investing across Europe and over €121m in capital committed from institutional and privateinvestors, HEGCF is one of the leading European debt funds in Europe with a strong USA and Europeannetwork. The fund is based in London and is corner sponsored by Harbert Management Corporation, a USheadquartered independent investment firm, with $4.3bn in assets and committed capital under management asat 01 February 2015. The fund looks for investment opportunities in high growth businesses and has a growingportfolio of 28 companies. Key focus is on proven management teams in need of capital to fuel organic growth,working capital requirements, acquisitions, equipment purchases, bridge loans and various forms ofrecapitalization.
Harbert European Growth Capital Fund
Offices London
Founded 2013
Employees 9 (of which 9 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €121m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM €121m
Target Investment Size €1m - €25m
Target Geographies Pan-European
Target Sectors Technology and Life Sciences
Investment Style Growth Debt
Deal Structures Amortizing loans with equity incentive
Key Investment Criteria Growth stage companies with revenues
Website
www.harbert.net/investment-
strategies/private-capital/european-growth-
capital
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone +44 207 408 4120
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Global marketplace for local travel activities
• Stylist-led fashion eCommerce for men
• Connected fitness equipment and software
Full Portfolio • www.hcp.com/companies/?fund=highlandcapitalpartnerseurope
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KEY CONTACTS
Highland Capital Partners Europe invest in rapidly growing European internet, mobile and software companies
that address large market opportunities and have over €10m in annualised revenues. Their capital enables
management teams to accelerate growth and build a lasting, valuable business.
Through a dedicated pan-European growth equity technology fund, Highland Capital Partners Europe embraces
Highland Capital Partners’ global mission of helping great people build great companies. In the last 12 months
Highland Capital Partners Europe has invested in Bradwatch, eGym, NewVoiceMedia, GetYourGuide, Outfittery,
SocialPoint, AMCS and Intersec.
Highland Capital Partners Europe
Offices London, Geneva, Dublin
Founded 1988
Employees 10 (of which 10 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €250m
Use of Debt No
AUM €3.5bn
Target Investment Size €5m - €35m
Target Geographies Europe
Target SectorsSoftware, Internet,
Digital Media, Mobile
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment Criteria
Less than €10m in annualised revenues,
exceptional growth, strong market position,
proven product and outstanding team
Website www.hcp.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 20 7183 4325
• Laurence Garrett
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Laurence Garrett is a co-founder and Partner of
Highland Europe, Laurence primarily focuses on
growth opportunities in the information technology
sector for the European market.
• Companies: Brandwatch, eGym, Malwarebytes,
Matchesfashion.com, Talentsoft, Intersec, Social
Point, NewVoiceMedia
• Previously: partner at 3i, Deloitte
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Brings merchant banks and acquirers closer to their merchants and merchants closer
to their consumers. Cross-border payment gateway for retail transactions together
with a marketplace for value-added services and B2B apps
• Digitally controlled premium fitness strength equipment. Personalized 360 degrees
training measurement for consumers and high-value customer retention for gym
operators
• Big Data online credit scoring and loan underwriting. Fast, convenient, and
responsible credit available from anywhere, at any time and from any device
Full Portfolio • www.hpegrowthcapital.com/portfolio.html
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KEY CONTACTS
HPE Growth Capital (“HPE”) is a technology growth equity specialist targeting investments in high-growth firms
(c. 50 – 250 employees) in Northern Europe, with an emphasis on Germany and the Benelux.
Through our investments in fast growing profitable technology companies we seek to become active partners of
our portfolio companies with the objective to accelerate growth and create future market leaders through
internationalization, expansion of sales and marketing, operational excellence and buy-and-build.
We typically invest between EUR 10 and 30 million per investment in exchange for a significant minority stake
with a strong preference for primary capital to be used as catalyst for expansion. The skillset of HPE spans
across capital markets, lower mid-market technology advisory, operational corporate development and growth
investing in both the US and Europe.
HPE Growth Capital
Offices Amsterdam, Düsseldorf
Founded 2010
Employees 11 (investment team)
Current Fund Size €175m
Use of Debt No
AUM €370m
Target Investment Size €10m - €30m
Target GeographiesNorthern Europe
(emphasis on Germany & Benelux)
Target Sectors Technology
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Significant minority stakes
Key Investment Criteria
Proven technology & business model
Strong traction & growth potential
Outstanding management team
Min. €500k MRR or €10m revenue
Website www.hpegrowthcapital.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone + 31 (0) 20 714 34 00
• Manfred Krikke
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• 16 years of technology experience in Silicon Valley, incl.
investment banking, growth equity investing and operations
• Companies: eGym, Kreditech, PPRO
• Harry Dolman
• Partner & COO
• Email: [email protected]
• 25 years of management experience incl. Global Executive
Vice President Consumer Products at Walt Disney
• Companies: Cotesa, eGym, Airborne Oil & Gas
• Frederic Huynen
• Senior Associate
• Email: [email protected]
• 5 years of technology & growth investing
• Companies: AEVI, Kreditech, Airborne Oil & Gas
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Peter Dubens
• Managing Partner & Co-Founder
• Peter is the founder of Oakley and its associated group of
businesses, a privately owned asset management and
advisory group
• Over the last 30 years Peter has acquired, restructured and
consolidated public and private companies
• Rebecca Gibson
• Partner
• Email:
• Rebecca joined Oakley in 2014, where her focus is on deal
origination, execution, portfolio management and position
realisation
• Previously a Partner at Cinven, the European private equity
firm, and a strategy consultant at Bain & Company in the UK
& South Africa
• Parship is the leading online dating service for discerning singles in German-speaking
Europe
• Founded in 2008, Facile is Italy’s leading online destination for consumers to compare
prices for motor insurance, energy, telecoms and personal finance
• North Sails is the global market leader in sails and spars, with strong recurring
revenues from the sail replacement cycle and an expansive portfolio of patents
Full Portfolio • oakleycapital.com/portfolio/
Oakley Capital Private Equity is a firm founded by an entrepreneur from the business community, rather than aspin-out from a larger financial institution. Headquartered in London, Oakley Capital is a mid-market privateequity investor with over €750m under management, investing primarily in Western Europe.
Oakley focuses on primary deals, often buying from founders who are attracted by the entrepreneurial approachor doing carve outs, and it has particular experience in the TMT and online consumer sectors.
Oakley’s objective is to work proactively with portfolio company management teams, together with otherstakeholders, in order to create substantial shareholder value for investors.
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Offices London
Founded 2001
Employees 22 (of which 22 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €524m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM over €750m
Target Investment Size €30m – €100m
Target Geographies Western Europe, US
Target Sectors Digital Consumer, TMT
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Primarily majority
Key Investment CriteriaPrimary, proprietary, buy & build,
entrepreneur or founder led
Website www.oakleycapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0) 20 7766 6900
KEY CONTACTS
Oakley Capital Private Equity
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• John Connolly
• Principal
• Email: [email protected]
• John has been with Spectrum since 2009 and is
based in the firm’s San Francisco office
• Companies: GrubHub, Jimdo, Prezi, GoodRx,
Ancestry.com, TeachersPayTeachers, Finalsite and
Examsoft
• Mike Farrell
• Principal
• Email: [email protected]
• Mike has been with Spectrum since 2009 and is
based in the firm’s Boston office
• Companies: BATS, Jimdo, Jagex, Litmus, RainKing
and EagleView
Spectrum Equity is a leading growth equity firm that provides capital and strategic support to internet softwareand information services companies. For over 20 years, Spectrum has partnered with high growth companiesacross the information economy. Founded in 1994, with offices in San Francisco and Boston, the firm is currentlyinvesting its seventh fund with $1bn in capital.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices San Francisco, Boston
Founded 1994
Employees 24 (investment team)
Current Fund Size $1bn
Use of Debt Where appropriate
AUM $2.4bn
Target Investment Size $20m - $100m
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors Internet, software and information services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Flexible (minority and majority)
Key Investment Criteria Growth stage companies
Website www.spectrumequity.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone 415-464-4600
KEY CONTACTS
• Online and mobile food ordering platform with over 6.7 million active diners and
40,000 restaurants as users
• Provider of cloud-based, do-it-yourself website creation platform having helped users
create over 15 million websites
• Cloud-based presentation and storytelling software platform with over 1 billion views
and 60 million global users
• World’s leading provider of web-based survey solutions with more than 3 million
survey responses every day
Full Portfolio • www.spectrumequity.com/portfolio
Spectrum Equity
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
At TA Associates, we invest in exciting industries with the goal of helping management teams build theirbusinesses into great international companies. TA is one of the oldest and largest growth private equity firms inthe world. We offer our portfolio companies financial backing, strategic guidance and a significant network ofcontacts. Our more than 450 current and former portfolio companies and over 120 IPOs illustrate ourcommitment to provide steady support through the cycles of the global economy. We work with our companies tonavigate the complicated paths of public offerings, debt financings, and mergers and acquisitions.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
OfficesLondon, Boston, Menlo Park,
Mumbai, Hong Kong
Founded 1968
Employees 130 (of which 15 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $7bn
Use of Debt Sometimes
AUM $24bn
Target Investment Size $50m - $500m
Target Geographies US, Europe, Asia
Target SectorsTechnology, Healthcare, Consumer, Business
Services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority and Majority
Key Investment Criteria Top-line Growth and Profitability
Website www.ta.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 207 8230215
KEY CONTACTS
Full Portfolio • www.ta.com/portfolio/technology
TA Associates
• Morgan Seigler
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• TA Associates since 2003
• Companies: 10Bis, AVG, Bigpoint, CMOSIS, Eurowag,
Flashtalking, M&M Direct, ION Trading; eCircle,
Smartstream
• Naveen Wadhera
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• TA Associates since 2001
• Companies: ACT, Fractal, GlobeOp, BillDesk, ION Trading,
Cromax, RateGain, SmartStream, TCNS Clothing
Company, Tega Industries, Yeepay
• Zeynep Yavuz
• Investment Professional
• Email: [email protected]
• TA Associates since 2016; previously at Merrill Lynch
(10Bis)
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• World’s leading online and mobile marketplace for takeaway food. Proprietary
technology benefiting over 8 million users and over 45,700 takeaway restaurants.
• Online marketplace platform enabling high end fashion boutiques to sell branded
luxury apparel and accessories to consumers in more than 150 countries.
• Global travel metasearch engine. Serves >60 million unique monthly users worldwide
in over 30 languages and has direct connections to >1,200 travel partners.
• Leading global, multi-language open review community providing user-generated
review services to a wide range of businesses both online and offline
Full Portfolio • www.vitruvianpartners.com/investments
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KEY CONTACTS
Vitruvian is an independent private equity firm which specialises in growth capital investments, growth buyoutsand middle‐market buyouts in Europe. The firm focuses on investing in ‘dynamic situations’ – fast growingbusinesses in industries characterised by growth and change such as digital, software, media, telecoms,healthcare, financial services, business services and leisure.
Vitruvian is currently investing its second fund of £1bn and has offices in London, Munich and Stockholm.
Offices London, Munich, Stockholm
Founded 2007
Employees 40 (most of which in Europe)
Current Fund Size £1bn (€1.2bn)
Use of Debt Selectively, if appropriate
AUM €2.3bn across two funds
Target Investment Size €30m - €175m
Target Geographies Europe
Target SectorsInternet, Software, Media, Consumer,
Healthcare, Business/Financial Services
Investment Style Board and operational support on demand
Deal Structures Flexible: Majority and minority
Key Investment CriteriaStrong growth supported by
sustainable business model
Website www.vitruvianpartners.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 20 7518 2800
Vitruvian Partners
Stephen Byrne
Partner
• Member of founding team at Vitruvian, focus on tech and financial
services. Companies: Ebury and RL360
Thomas Studd
Partner
• At Vitruvian since 2009, focus on internet and software across verticals.
Companies: Farfetch, Just-Eat, Trustpilot, JacTravel, and Ebury
Jussi Wuoristo
Partner
• Member of founding team at Vitruvian, focus on internet and software
across verticals. Companies: Just-Eat, Snow, Benify and Unifaun
Thomas Holroyd
Vice President
• At Vitruvian since 2014, focus on consumer services, financial services,
and tech. Companies: JacTravel and Skyscanner
Michael Mitterlehner
Vice President
• At Vitruvian since 2014, focus on internet and software across verticals.
Companies: Farfetch, Just-Eat, Solvinity and Unifaun
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Abhishek Agrawal
• Managing Director & Head of Growth
Equity
• Previously at General Atlantic in New York
• Investments include: Alibaba, Flipkart, Spotify, Uber,
Magic Leap, Avvo, TrueCar, Scytl, Zuora, AKQA,
Klarna, Red Ventures, Dice, and Network Solutions
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KEY CONTACTS
Vulcan Capital is the multi-billion dollar investment arm of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen. Weare not limited by traditional deal structures, asset classes, or holding periods. Instead we take an entrepreneur-friendly approach and can invest in both private and public companies with a long term investmenthorizon. Vulcan’s growth equity fund is focused on making $10‐$100 million sized investments into leadinginternet and technology companies, including mid‐ to late‐stage venture capital, recaps, growth buyouts, andstrategic public market block investments.
Vulcan Capital
Offices Palo Alto, Seattle
Founded 1986
Employees 30+
Current Fund Size $5bn+
Use of Debt Yes
AUM Multi-billion
Target Investment Size $10m – $100m
Target Geographies US, Europe, Asia
Target SectorsInternet, Mobile,
Enterprise Software
Investment Style Growth stage
Deal Structures Minority or Majority, Debt or Equity
Key Investment Criteria Rapid revenue growth
Website capital.vulcan.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +1 650 329 5921
• Flipkart is the leading e-commerce destination in India
• Magic Leap is developing augmented reality technology
• Scytl is the global leader in secure election management and electronic voting
solutions
• Spotify is the world’s leading digital music platform
• Uber is the world’s largest transportation marketplace
Full Portfolio • http://capital.vulcan.com/
INVESTOR BOOK
DEBT
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Fatou Diagne
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Entrepreneur in Finance companies, CitiGroup, S&P,
SFR, Fractal-Labs.com
Full Portfolio • www.bootstrap-europe.com/transactions
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Offices Zurich, London
Founded 2015
Employees 3 (of which 3 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €40m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €1m – €5m
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors Techonologies & Life Science
Investment Style Passive
Deal Structures Venture Debt
Key Investment CriteriaFast Growth, can sustain monthy
reimbursments
Website www.bootstrap-europe.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +41 43 888 6050
KEY CONTACTS
Fast growth companies often require additional money to fuel scale, yet their founders and their investors do notwant to be diluted. Venture Debt is a way to postpone the next valuation event, and to provide a company withadditional time to increase its value prior to a future funding round or an acquisition. The Bootstrap Europe teamhas supported entrepreneurs and their investors in more than 200 European transactions. The Venture Debtfund is backed by successful entrepreneurs who in turn are providing a stable source of capital to the nextgeneration of innovators.
Bootstrap Europe
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
Size • €5m – €40m
Tenor: • 2 – 4 years
Return components: • Interest (cash or PIK), fees, equity kicker or exit fees
Repayment: • Structure tailored to borrower’s needs, incl. bullet, early repayment possible
TYPICAL LOAN TERMS
Offices London, Zurich
Founded 2006
Employees 20 (of which 20 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €500m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM €500m
Target Investment Size €5m – €40m
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors Agnostic, except biotech
Investment Style N/A
Deal Structures Flexible
Key Investment Criteria Proven commercialisation
Website www.esocapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +41 44 200 3822 / +44 203 642 2600
KEY CONTACTS
ESO Capital Group (“ESO”), founded in 2006, is a European special situations investment management groupwith offices in London and Zurich. ESO manages funds on behalf of institutional investors and has deployed over$500 million in capital since inception.
We invest across the capital structure and focus on privately-originated, off-the-run situations backed by theassets of European small and medium enterprises (SMEs), financial assets and real estate. Our two core areasof expertise include (i) acquiring undervalued and distressed assets, including loans as well as physical orfinancial assets, and (ii) providing capital to SMEs facing liquidity constraints, from high growth business toinsolvency situations. Key to our success is our proprietary pan-European sourcing network and a capitalpreservation investment approach.
• Olya Klueppel
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
ESO Capital Group
INVESTOR BOOK
BUYOUT
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Tom Salmon
• Director
• Joined 3i’s Private Equity team in June 2004 and is
based in the UK
• Companies: Audley Travel, JMJ, NCP, Boomerang,
Everis, Yellow Brick Road, Agent Provocateur, Hobbs
• Leading provider of tailor-made travel to over 80 destinations worldwide. It serves
mostly the UK and US markets.
• Developer of interior design and furniture concepts
• British fashion designer and retailer of women’s apparel, shoes and accessories,
operating at the premium end of the UK market
Full Portfolio • www.3i.com/our-business/private-equity/portfolio
3i
3i is a British private equity group that £13.5bn AUM. For over 65 years the firm invested in supporting peoplewho start, grow, change and buy businesses; delivering significant power to the people 3i works with through theknowledge, experience and global network of relationships. Ultimately, 3i is driven by a strong sense of values.The firm forms close partnerships with the companies they invest in and builds strong relationships based onintegrity, trust and mutual respect.3i’s ability to create value in its portfolio companies has always been underpinned by the differentiated scale ofits international resources, knowledge and networks.However, they also recognize the role of specialist resource in driving superior performance. With a track recordin delivering innovative value creation solutions, 3i has developed a highly-effective approach. Workingcollaboratively, the aim is simple: to give management the tools they need to build lasting capabilities andcompetitive advantage.
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Offices 9 officies worldwide
Founded 1945
Employees 266
Current Fund Size £3.7bn (private equity)
Use of Debt Yes
AUM £13.5bn
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies Europe and North America
Target Sectors Consumer, Industrial, Business Services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority and Majority
Key Investment Criteria EV between €100m and €500m
Website www.3i.com/
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone +44 (0) 20 7975 3131
KEY CONTACTS
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
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KEY CONTACTS
Bain Capital
Offices 14 offices worldwide
Founded 1984
Employees 900+
Current Fund Size More then $75bn
Use of Debt Yes
AUM More then $75bn
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors Across sectors
Investment Style N/A
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment Criteria N/A
Website www.baincapital.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
• World’s leading online survey platfrom
• Rent the Runway is revolutionizing fashion by allowing millions of women to rent
designer apparel and accessories
• Leading global cybersecurity business
Full Portfolio • www.baincapitalventures.com/portfolio/
Bain Capital, LP is one of the world’s leading private multi-asset alternative investment firms with more than $75billion of assets under management that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and thecommunities. Since the founding in 1984, Bain Capital has applied their insight and experience to organicallyexpand into several asset classes including private equity, credit, public equity and venture capital. Bain Capitalleverages its shared platform to capture cross-asset class opportunities in strategic areas of focus. With officeson four continents, the global team aligns Bain Capital’s interests with those of the investors for lasting impact.
• Giovanni Camera
• Vice President
• Previously: TMT M&A at J.P. Morgan, International
Finance Corporation, Msc from Bocconi University
• Youssef Salha
• Vice President
• Previously: consultant at Bain & Company, research
engineer at Arcelor, MS from Mines ParisTech
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
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KEY CONTACTS
Blackstone Group
Offices 21 offices woldwide
Founded 1985
Employees 2,190
Current Fund Size $100bn
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $356bn
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors Across sectors
Investment Style N/A
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment Criteria N/A
Website www.blackstone.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
• Germany’s leading online classifieds company. Scout24 operates two leading online
classified websites in Germany as well other market-leading online businesses in 6
other Western European countries.
• Leading provider of smart home technology and services in North America
• Provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions connecting payers,
providers, pharmacies, and patients
Full Portfolio • www.blackstone.com/the-firm/asset-management/private-equity
Blackstone is one of the world’s leading investment firms. Blackstone seeks to create positive economic impactand long-term value for the investors, the companies they invest in, and the communities in which they work.They do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. The firm wasfounded in 1985 by Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Peter G. Peterson,who retired as Senior Chairman in 2008.
Thirty years later, the firm has more than 2,000 employees in 21 offices worldwide. The portfolio companiesemploy more than 607,000 people across the globe.
• Octavian Popescu
• Principal
• Octavian is a Principal in Blackstone’s Tactical
Opportunities Group in London.
• Previously: senior associate at Centre Lane Partners,
associate at Bank of America
• Companies: Hafnia Tankers, GEMS Education
• William Nicholson
• Associate
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• David McGovern
• Principal
• Joined in January 2011
• Companies: Quorn Foods, Immediate Media, Fintrax
Group, Trainline, Photobox
Exponent is a private equity firm investing in UK headquartered businesses with enterprise values between£75m and £350m. They work with businesses across a broad range of sectors, where they can unlock value anddrive growth.
They do this by finding the right companies, identifying their potential and working with great people to developthem. Exponent's strong team ethos and approachable style are underpinned by over 190 years of collectiveexperience. Because of their extensive experience and because they understand what it means to be owners,they are shrewd providers of capital. Their aims are to make excellent returns for their investors and deliverprofitable relationships for their managers in a committed and personable way.
They are currently investing from their third fund of £1 billion raised in 2015.
Exponent Private Equity
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
• Largest theatre group in the world, operating 40 venues across London's West End,
the UK's regional cities and New York's Broadway
• Leading B2B manufacturer and services provider to in vitro diagnostic healthcare,
food safety and military bio-threat detection companies globally
• Provider of online discount deals in the UK and Ireland
Full Portfolio • www.exponentpe.com/portfolio/
Offices London
Founded 2004
Employees 15 (investor team)
Current Fund Size £1bn
Use of Debt No
AUM £1bn
Target Investment Size £75m - £350m
Target Geographies UK
Target Sectors Across sectors
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Buy-outs; Buy-ins
Key Investment CriteriaUK headquarter; strong market position;
EV between £75m and £350m
Website www.exponentpe.com/default.aspx
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 20 7845 8520
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
Providence Equity
Providence is the world's leading private equity firm focused on media, communications, education and
information investments. The firm manages funds with $37 billion in commitments and has invested in more than
130 companies globally since its inception in 1989. Providence is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island
and also has offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Beijing, and New Delhi.
OfficesProvidence, New York, London,
Hong Kong, Beijing, New Delhi
Founded 1989
Employees 241 (25 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $5.25bn
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $37bn
Target Investment Size $150m - $350m
Target Geographies USA, Europe & Asia
Target Sectors
Internet, Digital Media, Media,
Communications, Internet Infrastructure,
Education & Information Services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority or Majority
Key Investment Criteria Growth Equity
Website www.provequity.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0) 207 514 8800
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
• Leading online automotive marketplace
• Leading website for premium video content in the US
• China’s leading website for premium video content
• Pioneering global educational software provider
Full Portfolio • www.provequity.com
KEY CONTACTS
• Dany Rammal
• Managing Director
• Companies: Galileo, Study Group.
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Hinrich Stahl
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Responsible for Mayfair’s direct investments since
2004
• previously Apax Partners and McKinsey & Co.
• MBA INSEAD (Fontainebleau)
• Helge Lützen
• Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined Maryland in 2008
• previously Citigroup Global Markets
• ebs Oestrich-Winkel
• Global leader in Testing, Inspection & Certification (ship classification, oil & gas,
energy and business assurance/ISO certification)
• #3 global TIC services company, €2.5bn revenues, 13,500 employees
• 36.5% investment in DNV-GL (Mayfair merged its 100% investment in GL Group with
direct competitor DNV in 2013 to create global TIC leader)
• Innovative, Italian fast-casual restaurant concept
• 180 restaurants in 32 countries worldwide (€0.5bn system-wide revenues)
• Mayfair acquired 44% holding in 2011
• Support for global roll-out of the business
• #3 global sporting goods brand leading in the sport lifestyle segment
• Mayfair acquired 27% holding in 2005; sold to PPR in 2007
Maryland GmbH is the direct investment division of Mayfair SE, the private family office of Günter and DanielaHerz, former owners of the Tchibo Group. Maryland aims to establish a portfolio of long-term direct investments.The focus is on companies with a strong business model and long-term growth prospects preferably in brandedconsumer & retail, online/digital media, or the services sector. Transaction structures may range from minority tomajority holdings, private or public companies, typically on an all-equity basis.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Hamburg
Founded 2004
Employees 7 (of which 7 in Europe)
Current Fund Size Not disclosed
Use of Debt Yes
AUM Not disclosed
Target Investment Size €100m - €1bn
Target Geographies Europe, Americas
Target SectorsConsumer & Retail, Online,
Media, Business Services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Control, joint control, minority, etc.
Key Investment Criteria
Sustainable long-term growth prospects,
Unique proprietary assets, International/global
business model, Low capital intensity,
Strong management team
Website N/A
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 (0) 40 320 878 0
KEY CONTACTS
Maryland GmbH
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION
• Cezary Pietrasik
• Principal
• Joined Warburg Pincus in 2010 and focuses on
investments in the healthcare and consumer services
sectors as well as Emerging Europe across different
sectors. He has been actively pursuing opportunities
in the TMT, healthcare and retail sectors.
• Previously: Mid Europa Partners, J.P. Morgan
• European provider of Predictive Applications, enabling clients to make better
business decisions by leveraging insights from “big data” and innovative technologies
such as predictive modelling and machine-learning
• Leading on-demand mobile platform and application services that provides an
extensive range of services by connecting its millions of customers to 200k+ of
motorcycle and car driver partners, 35k+ food merchants and 3k+ service providers
• Provider of cloud-based predictive analytics aimed at improving student success and
persistence in higher education
Full Portfolio • www.warburgpincus.com/investments/
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
Warburg Pincus is a leading global private equity firm focused on thesis-driven growth investing at scale. Withmore than $40 billion in assets under management, the active portfolio of more than 120 companies is highlydiversified by stage, sector and geography. As an experienced partner to outstanding management teams,Warburg Pincus helps build durable companies with sustainable value. The firm has raised 15 private equityfunds, which have invested more than $58 billion in over 760 companies in more than 40 countries.
Warburg Pincus
Offices 12 offices worldwide
Founded 1966
Employees N/A
Current Fund Size $13.4bn
Use of Debt N/A
AUM $40bn
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors
Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare,
Consumer, Industrial, Business Services,
TMT
Investment Style N/A
Deal Structures Minority or Majority
Key Investment Criteria N/A
Website www.warburgpincus.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
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