BrainStorm Ventures
Brainstorm Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm that was cofounded in 1999 by Eduardo Rallo and Keith Cox. We are headquartered in San Francisco and also maintain a presence in Mexico City.
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Our investment focus is on startups developing innovative technologies or applying existing technologies to new business models and markets. We have historically invested mostly in consumer companies; however, we also invest in enterprise companies, particularly those in industries familiar to us. Brainstorm Ventures invested early on in Zappos, OpenTable, Me.com, and KIO Networks.
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We have invested in, founded and scaled many successful technology and brick and mortar companies. As such, we have deep expertise and empathy for the entrepreneur. We work hard to add value as investors by introducing our portfolio companies to business development opportunities, top talent, sources of capital, and other resources as needed. We value fairness and transparency with our portfolio companies and limited partners alike.
Brait SE (Private Equity)
Brait is an investment company engaged in the business of structuring, raising and management of investment funds that are classified as alternative assets. The company's operations are organized into two business units: Private Capital, incorporating all activities in the private capital markets and Public Markets, incorporating all activities in the public or highly traded securities markets.
Brand Capital
The strategic investment arm of The Times Group, Brand Capital leverages brand-led growth and value creation via unique and pioneering investment models and programmes.<br />
Different from an archetypal private equity player, we work with established businesses as well as early stage entrepreneurs by contributing ‘Intellectual Capital’ to support the creation of a brand strategy and a planned media spread. We have 850+ investee companies across sectors as diverse as Retail, FMCG, Consumer Durables, Realty, Digital and Mobile and E-Retail to Health & Wellness, Financial Services and Consumer Services among others.
Brand Foundry Ventures
Brand Foundry Ventures (BFV) is an Institutional Venture Capital Firm investing in the Commerce and Digital Revolution. We lead "seed" financing rounds in innovation-driven brands and in a digital landscape where content-producing companies with strong brands can connect more directly with today's online, savvy consumer.
Brand New Matter
Brand New Matter is an early stage venture capital firm based in New York City and Darien, CT. We partner with exceptional entrepreneurs who are building a better future. If you want to change the world, we want to talk to you.
We’re proud to partner with and serve the talented teams of more than 100 early stage and emerging ventures.
Brandenburg Kapital GmbH
About us
We are Brandenburg Kapital, the region's leading venture capital investor.
As an active investor, we have put more than 160 companies on the road to success with venture capital and entrepreneurial know-how. We would be delighted to help you, too, get off to a flying start.
We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Brandenburg's Förderbank ILB. As a public venture capital company with a stable corporate environment, we ensure a strong equity base for startups and small and medium-sized enterprises in Brandenburg so that they can grow safely and sustainably.
The Seed and Growth Fund, currently worth around 100 million euros, is available for this purpose. The Seed and Growth Fund, which has been set up on behalf of the Brandenburg State Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, is currently financed with capital from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and ILB's own funds.
Together with our co-investors, we have invested about 750 million euros in Brandenburg's dynamic companies since 1993. We see ourselves not only as an investor, but also as a strategic sparring partner. We actively support our portfolio companies on their way from startups to international players.
Give your company a boost with our support! No matter how you want to (further) develop your business – you have a dedicated crew and the perfect equipment for your mission on board with our startup or growth financing, strong partner network and pragmatic support.
Investor with venture capital
Whether seed financing, growth financing or company succession – we provide venture capital to help startups and established companies to take off. Based on partnership, experience and entrepreneurial expertise.
Our portfolio
We invest venture capital in dynamic companies in the State of Brandenburg and accompany them as committed co-pilots on their financing rounds – from the founding to the exit.
Investments in three high-growth sectors
Our portfolio includes innovative startups in the seed phase and expanding companies in the growth phase.
Our team is there for you
Our industry specialists will actively help you to propel your company to the next stage. Let’s take off together!
BrandProject
We are an early stage venture capital firm, focused on investing in next generation consumer product, service, and technology companies. We are usually the first venture money, often in the pre-seed stage, and are often the sole investor in a round. We also make follow-on Seed, Series A&B investments in high growth businesses. We provide BrandProject portfolio companies with an unfair advantage. We’ve helped build some of the world’s leading consumer product and technology companies and our Acceleration Team uses these learnings to work with founding teams and support them through their critical stages of growth.
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Bratte
Bratte is a Startup Studio. We are passionate about building consumer-oriented products with positive social impact.
Our mission is to make the world smart, kind and fun by using using cutting-edge technologies.
Brava Investments
We find companies that show potential to achieve scale with strong fundamentals, and that are uniquely-positioned to outpace their peers and achieve above-market returns. We focus on industries where we can add value, that are exploding with growth (beta) and target companies that are developing cutting edge technology, research & development, and other innovations (including social innovation) to disrupt industries. Companies that are impacting the lives of women as key stakeholders in their business, and where a positive impact on women is a core bi-product of the business model and/or product(s).
Braveheart Investment Group
Braveheart Investment Group plc makes strategic investments in companies we judge will outperform. The group was formed in 1997 and since 2007 has been quoted on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange as ‘BRH.L’.
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Along with financial investment we also provide expert advice to the companies we back and help them make decisions around operations, strategy and risk. Our aim is to return cash to our shareholders while increasing the value of their shares.