PE/VC investors
Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) investors are the catalysts of innovation and growth in the business world. PE firms primarily target established companies, seeking to optimize operations and unlock value through strategic investments and management expertise. They focus on long-term growth and profitability, often preparing businesses for a future sale or IPO. VC investors, by contrast, are the adventurers of finance, injecting capital into high-potential startups and early-stage companies. They embrace risk for the possibility of outsized returns, often becoming invaluable advisors. Both investor types not only bring capital but also strategic guidance, industry connections, and market insights, propelling their portfolio companies towards success.
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A&NN Investments
A&NN Investments is an investment holding with focus on Russian market, founded in 2002 to pursue friendly acquisitions of businesses with good fundamentals, growth perspectives and apparent exit opportunities. Today, after almost 15 years, A&NN Investments is an investment firm with more than 2,4 billion USD of assets under management and 50 thousand people employed by companies comprising the fund's portfolio.
A1
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The leading investment company in Russia, part of Alfa Group, one of the largest private financial and industrial consortia in Russia.
A1 is a leading expert in resolving complex economic situations and corporate disputes. A1 implements all types of investment projects, including restructuring of bad corporate debt and crisis management.
A1 invests both its own funds and the capital of its investors, primarily the shareholders of Alfa Group.
The A1 strategy is aimed at
Repayment of loan obligations of a bankrupt enterprise
Increase the value of investments through the growth of the portfolio company (both organic and through M&A transactions).
Creation of a competitive business structure of the enterprise
The priority task of A1 is the sale of the asset at the peak of its value in order to obtain the maximum return on investment by the investor.
A feature of the investment process in A1 is a thorough and comprehensive legal study of projects.
The company has one of the strongest teams of highly professional lawyers with extensive experience in implementing projects both in Russia and abroad.
A1 invests its own and borrowed funds
Part of the largest private financial and industrial group in Russia
Has a long history of the brand
Many years of experience in investment business in Russia and the CIS
Competence in the field of protection of shareholder rights and investments
Long-term practice of repayment of problem loans and restructuring of collateral assets
Unique professional team
Willingness to invest your own funds
Expertise in most sectors of the economy
Joining the largest private financial and industrial group in Russia
Experience in international disputes, asset search and recovery in various countries/jurisdictions
A1
Occupying the position of an active investor, it also manages capital for those partners who do not have the opportunity to independently conduct a project, such as private equity funds and their clients. For them, cooperation with A1 allows them to achieve the necessary degree of integration into the project and control.
A1 uses its experience, capital and other resources to implement strategies for the growth of the value of portfolio companies. All of their shareholders are equally beneficiaries of the results of A1 initiatives aimed at achieving this growth.
Cooperation with A1 allows shareholders of companies to resolve complex corporate situations, provides an opportunity to exercise the rights of shareholders, as well as provide protection against hostile takeovers and other hostile actions.
Project implementation period – 2–5 years
Purchase of controlling/significant blocks of shares/stakes
Focus on major projects
Focus on projects with a clear perspective and exit strategy
Legal validity and enforceability of the investment strategy
An active role in value creation and the involvement of specialists for management
A1 manages the assets of enterprises in a crisis state. The goal is to bring them into an economically stable state and increase their capitalization. The company offers its experience in restoring the value of investments and loans and their maximum return.
Speaking in partnership with strategic investors, A1 takes the initiative in the areas of its key competencies:
Risk management
Corporate Finance
Conducting transactions
Strategic management
At the same time, a strategic investor usually plays a leading role in the operational, industry and technological spheres.
A1 and Alfa Group have a successful experience of cooperation with major international strategic investors. The most famous are partnerships with Telenor in the VimpelCom project, with British Petroleum in TNK-BP, with MTG in Story First, with Diageo in D Distribution and Smirnov, with TeliaSonera in MegaFon.
The mission of A1 is to contribute to the formation of a fair business environment in Russia through the protection of the legal rights of companies and entrepreneurs in corporate disputes.
The Advisory Board of A1 was formed in June 2020 at the initiative of the shareholders of the Alfa Group consortium. The Council is called upon to participate in the discussion and evaluation of the investment development strategy, current and new investment projects, public initiatives of the company. The Council is an advisory body, its activities play an important role in the implementation of the new corporate mission of the company. The A1 Advisory Council includes the largest economists, legal scholars, public figures of Russia.
A15
We are A15, we are An entrepreneurial company that creates digital products and technology brands, we believe in people. We aspire to empower the human race to overcome his limits and expand his capabilities, this is what we love to do.
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We are A15, we are NOW, current, we belong to the now.
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We are a constant representation of our youthful self.
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Innovation leads our thinking.
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We are DISRUPTIVE we create new markets and values.
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We strive to create meaningful impacts.
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We are GLOCAL the heart of the local and the mind of the global.
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We connect worlds and create bridges.
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And we are CURATORS we have an eye that see the opportunity and mind that makes it work.
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We select, connect & create...
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We are now, disruptive, glocal and curators.
a16z
Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic: We invest in seed to late-stage technology companies, across the consumer, enterprise, bio/healthcare, crypto, and fintech spaces. a16z has $12B in assets under management across multiple funds, including the $1.4B Bio funds, the $865M Crypto funds, and the Cultural Leadership Fund.
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a16z crypto
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a16z crypto is a venture capital fund that invests in crypto and web3 startups. We have over $7.6 billion assets under management across four funds, and have been investing in web3 – across all stages – since 2013, under the direction of founding general partner Chris Dixon, as part of Andreessen Horowitz.
A5 Capital
A5 Capital is an investment firm focused on the acquisition of and investment in small to mid-sized scalable businesses. A5 provides hands-on operating and growth guidance to its portfolio companies. A5 was founded in September 2014 and is based out of Pickering, Ontario.
AAC Capital Partners
AAC Capital is an investment company that supports successful entrepreneurs and management teams in accelerating the realization of international growth ambitions.<br />
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In partnership with management, we invest in healthy, medium-sized Benelux companies, active in growing markets. We provide growth capital , support with strategic issues and acquisitions and make our international network available.<br />
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Our investment professionals challenge entrepreneurial managers to think bigger. We inspire and coach. Are enthusiastic and accessible. Sober but direct. We communicate in the we form: management and AAC form one team .
AAF Management
AAF Management Ltd is an early stage venture capital firm focused on Seed/Series A investment opportunities with companies that have international expansion potential. Our goal as a strategic investment firm is to provide unprecedented access to brilliant entrepreneurs seeking to enter the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), larger Middle East & North Africa (MENA), and Western Asia markets.
Aarin Capital
Aarin Capital is a proprietary venture fund that invests in technology-intensive businesses in life-sciences & healthcare, education and other potentially large India-centric or India-first market opportunities.
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Technology and differentiation are key to the businesses that we invest in, led by passionate and driven founders. We aim to fund companies that seek to build sustainable and profitable value propositions right from their inception.
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Aarin also invests in entrepreneurial fund managers with investment theses that complement Aarin’s investment areas in terms of sectors and stages at which they engage with founders. The objective is to create and nurture an expansive platform of investment opportunities that broaden the access into the Indian start-up ecosystem.
