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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Caravela Capital Caravela Capital
We back entrepreneurs that defy the mainstream to build extraordinary companies. Delivering both funding and expertise, we back early stage companies’ founders building their dreams. Our hands-on approach comprehends mentorships with successful startup founders.
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Carbon Equity Carbon Equity
Carbon Equity is a fund-of-funds investor based in Amsterdam, founded by Jacqueline van den Ende. The firm is characterized by its focus on climate technology investments and is expanding its strategy to include direct company investments. This strategic move is marked by the introduction of its first co-investment vehicle focused on climate tech scaleups, showcasing the firm's evolution beyond its core fund-of-funds model. Carbon Equity invests in climate tech sectors such as energy, industry, and materials. Their typical investment size ranges from $10-50 million, and they focus on launching new funds that provide diversified exposure to these private markets. They manage approximately €1241 million in assets across a suite of funds targeting renewable energy and energy infrastructure projects. The firm primarily operates in Europe, and its investment vehicle list includes Climate Tech Fund II and Climate Infrastructure Fund I. Notable investments by Carbon Equity include companies like Fervo Energy, which is building the largest enhanced geothermal plant; Form Energy, deploying a major energy storage project with Google; KoBold using AI to find critical minerals; AssetCool, improving power line efficiency with robotic coating technology; and Radiant, pioneering a new U.S commercial reactor design. These investments reflect Carbon Equity's commitment to backing next-generation infrastructure and breakthrough technologies in the climate tech sector.
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Carbon Removal Partners Carbon Removal Partners
Carbon Removal Partners AG (“CRP”) is a Swiss Venture Capital investment advisor focusing on investments in the emerging Carbon Dioxide Removal (“CDR”) sphere. CRP identifies and assesses early-stage companies and technologies in Switzerland, North America and Europe and provides access to capital. The founder of Carbon Removal Partners has been active in the CDR industry since its very beginning and is a pioneer in the area with a unique global network and industry knowledge. CRP’s team consists of both scientists and investment professionals. In 2024, CRP launched its first alternative investment fund focusing on early-stage investments in the CDR ecosystem.
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Carbon Ventures Carbon Ventures
We invest in efficient infrastructure - robust and ready for the future. Moving from fossil fuels to wind and solar, from old trucks to self driving ones, from local waste disposal to monitored waste management… These are some examples of how technology changes industries for the better - creating an efficient infrastructure to support our ever evolving economic growth.
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Cardinal Capital Group Cardinal Capital Group
ardinal Capital is the largest and most active provider of alternative capital in Ireland. Cardinal’s dedicated team of 15 investment professionals have significant experience of managing and investing in Irish companies across a wide range of sectors. The Cardinal team culture is one of inclusiveness and innovation, firmly built on ethics, professionalism and performance with a proven track record of delivering significant returns to our investors and partners. <br /> <br /> Cardinal’s track record derives from a disciplined and focused investment process which has facilitated over 50 private equity and real estate finance transactions with a total value in excess of €2.0 billion in the last 5 years. <br />
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CardinalStone Partners CardinalStone Partners
CardinalStone Partners Limited is a full-service investment banking firm and financial services company with diverse domestic and foreign clientele that began operations in June 2008. Headquartered in Lagos with offices in Abuja, Nigeria, the firm and its licensed subsidiaries offer services encompassing financial advisory, asset management, securities trading, share registration, and consumer finance on a retail and institutional scale and diligently work with its clients to create bespoke solutions for their needs.
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Carduso Capital Carduso Capital
Within the business climate around knowledge centres UG/UMCG there is an increase of start-ups and initiatives to investigate the possibilities there to. The most promising companies will at a certain moment search for venture capital to finance their growth. Carduso Capital wants to participate in this type of companies by putting in, besides capital, also their strategic knowledge. Carduso Capital recognises the several development stages of this type of companies. To hook up with these differences in financial needs, Carduso Capital created an internal Seed-facility with adjusted investment dimensions.
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Carlyle Group Carlyle Group
The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm with $222 billion of assets under management across 360 investment vehicles. Founded in 1987 in Washington, DC, Carlyle has grown into one of the world’s largest and most successful investment firms, with more than 1,725 professionals operating in 33 offices in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia.
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Carnaby Capital Carnaby Capital
Carnaby Capital is a successful private investment and digital asset management organisation who provide expertise in helping clients make investments in emerging and existing blockchain and cryptocurrency opportunities.<br /> <br /> CC's belief is that blockchain and distributed ledger technology has the power to bring widespread prosperity and is the single most important technical revolution since the propagation of mobile devices and the internet before that.<br /> <br /> With team members based in North America, Europe and Middle East we have a ground forces in key industry hubs around the world. Furthermore, our investment committee is made up of experienced investors, technologists and legal professionals who help pick optimum investments, in addition we have an effective information cloud which helps us find opportunities others are likely to miss. In an industry where investments quickly become oversubscribed we are ideally placed to make decisive and effective decisions on behalf of our clients.<br /> <br /> Since early 2017 we have backed some of the most exciting and ground breaking Blockchain projects of the future. In 2017 we invested over $10m into Blockchain start-ups and we expect this figure to continue increasing into the future.
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Carolinas Fintech Ventures Carolinas Fintech Ventures
CFV Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Charlotte, NC. We are passionate about working with early-stage fintech startups primarily based in the United States. Founded in 2017, CFV Ventures is a Seed and Series A financial technology fund based in Charlotte, NC. We are passionate about working with early-stage startups primarily based in the United States or affiliated with the Queen City Fintech Accelerator program.
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