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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Engie New Ventures Engie New Ventures
ENGIE New Ventures (ENV) was founded in 2014 as the corporate venture arm of the global energy provider ENGIE. Its €180 million fund is dedicated to making minority investment in technology startups that complement existing activities and resources to spur internal innovation within ENGIE. <br /> <br /> With offices in Paris, San Francisco and Tel Aviv, ENGIE New Ventures’ strategic fund-to-fund portfolio is one element of ENGIE’s multi-pronged strategies to reinvision existing business models and spark new opportunities in the rapidly changing energy sector. To date, ENV has deployed over EUR110M of capital across 23 investments worldwide, with an emphasis on Europe, North America, Israel and Asia.
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Engineering Capital Engineering Capital
Engineering Capital partners with great entrepreneurs driven by technical insights—before traditional venture firms are willing. We lead and anchor the seed round in companies with the ambition to shape future of information technology and define new categories.
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ENIAC Ventures ENIAC Ventures
Eniac Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City, founded in 2009 by Vic Singh, Nihal Mehta, Tim Young, and Hadley Harris. The firm specializes in leading Seed funding rounds for startups in sectors such as B2B, SaaS, Robotics, Technology, and Software. Eniac Ventures focuses on providing more than just capital; it offers extensive operational support, including talent recruiting, public relations, marketing, and business development. The firm invests in early-stage companies, typically providing funding between $100K and $3M. Eniac Ventures partners closely with entrepreneurs, leveraging over 80 years of combined experience to help them achieve product-market fit and scale. The firm is known for its founder-friendly approach, facilitating networking opportunities and community building among founders and industry experts. Eniac Ventures has backed notable companies like Airbnb, Reddit, and Alloy, demonstrating its commitment to supporting visionary founders from the earliest stages of their ventures.
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ENISA ENISA
We are Enisa We provide financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises that, like yours, want to boost their innovative entrepreneurship projects. We contribute We support viable business projects through a financing alternative that allows us to diversify the sources to which to go. That is why we can be a complementary option to your possible sources of public or private investment. Seek We are focused on supporting small and medium-sized companies with transformation potential, which are committed to entrepreneurship and innovation. Who endorses us We depend on the General Directorate of Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises, integrated, in turn, in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism. Our shareholders are: Directorate-General for State Heritage: 97.60% Centre for Industrial Technological Development: 2.21% Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving: 0.12% ICEX Spain Export and Investment: 0.07% Objectivity, neutrality and independence govern our funding and advisory work. Transparency guides all our procedures and actions. Experience and knowledge support our criteria and decisions. The commitment to people and their business projects is our reason for being. At Enisa we understand CSR as a strategic function, related to sustainability, competitiveness and the reputation of the company, whose objective is to create long-term value for the public of interest and society as a whole. Quality, environmental and information security management systems are the result of our commitment to guarantee and advance in the efficiency and sustainability of processes. Likewise, the adhesion to the United Nations Global Compact constitutes another step in our commitment to ethics and transparency. Growth Aimed at supporting the business projects of companies interested in expanding their business or achieving competitive improvement. Objective Finance business projects, based on a viable and profitable business model, that are looking for a competitive improvement or a change of model of their productive system, or that want to expand their productive capacity by acquiring new technology, increasing their range of products / services or diversifying markets. Beneficiaries Entrepreneurs who are contemplating competitive improvements for their SMEs, a project of consolidation, growth or internationalization.
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Ennovent GmbH Ennovent GmbH
Ennovent employs a unique organisational structure that combines the advantages of a business, network and community. This structure is designed to operate globally and deliver value to our partners.
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EnrichHer EnrichHer
EnrichHER is a deeply engaged network of women-led business owners. Our rapidly growing community provides tactical support and guidance, while we provide unique access to business financing. Our network has engaged with over 23,000 people through our online community and in-person activations. Through this ecosystem, EnrichHER provides a variety of financial resources that can help women-led businesses grow including small business loans, training, debit & credit cards, and affiliates & partnerships.
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Enspire Capital Enspire Capital
Enspire Capital is a venture capital and private equity investment company founded by Singapore technology entrepreneur K.S. Chay. We make both fund and direct investment in Asia and Silicon Valley. Enspire has presence in the Bay Area, Shanghai, Taipei, Singapore and Hong Kong. With a technology and entrepreneurship background, we are inspired to invest in creative ideas and talented early stage teams. We focus our direct investment in early stage technology companies in the area of Telecommunication, Media and Technology (TMT), Mobile, Cloud, SaaS and IoT. Through fund investment, we seek to invest in expansion stage companies from the fund portfolio. We bring deep sector expertise, operational excellence, Asia insight and network to our portfolio companies and funds, enabling them to become leaders of tomorrow.
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Enterprise Angels Enterprise Angels
Enterprise Angels is a membership-based investment network and a wider community of nationwide wholesale investors. Our objective is to connect experienced early stage investors with entrepreneurs and innovators. We believe that growing innovative, socially and environmentally responsible companies is the key to ensuring people, communities, businesses, the environment, and the economy thrive. Enterprise Angels was formed in 2008. Since that time Enterprise Angels has evolved into one of the largest, most active and best resourced Angel groups in the country with over 200 members, who have a wide range of expertise. Enterprise Angels is a unique model of early stage investing in New Zealand having a full-time team and a deep collection of qualified investors to assist entrepreneurs in obtaining the resources they need – funds as well as skills, expertise and connections. We regard this as a ‘best practice’ model for investing in early stage companies – an efficient capital raising process for entrepreneurs and investors adding real value as well as capital to investee companies.
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Enterprise Investors Sp. z o.o. Enterprise Investors Sp. z o.o.
Enterprise Investors is one of the largest private equity firms in Central and Eastern Europe. Active since 1990, the firm has raised nine funds with total capital exceeding EUR 2.5 billion. These funds have invested EUR 1.9 billion in 143 companies across a range of sectors and exited 130 companies with total gross proceeds of EUR 3.8 billion.
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Enterprise Ireland Enterprise Ireland
Enterprise Ireland is the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. We work in partnership with Irish enterprises to help them start, grow, innovate and win export sales in global markets. In this way, we support sustainable economic growth, regional development and secure employment. You can find detailed information on Enterprise Ireland's activities, strategy and performance in our Reports and Publications.. Research and Innovate The application of research and innovation to business challenges is critical to the success of the Irish economy. We provide supports for both companies and researchers in Higher Education Institutes to develop new technologies and processes that will lead to job creation and increased exports. Use this section of the site to learn more about our research and innovation supports for businesses and researchers in Higher Education Institutes. Export Development Overview Success in export markets is crucial to the long-term growth of Irish businesses and the Irish economy. Support for companies focused on growth through international sales is a priority for Enterprise Ireland. We are committed to facilitating the development of a strong exporting sector by offering flexible solutions to client needs. If you are a potential or emerging exporter, please visit to the Exporter Development section below. Enterprise Ireland is the state agency responsible for supporting the development of manufacturing and internationally traded services companies. We provide funding and supports for companies - from entrepreneurs with business propositions for a high potential start-up through to large companies expanding their activities, improving efficiency and growing international sales. Scroll down to select the relevant funding offer that best reflects your stage of development to browse our full range of funding supports. We also provide funding and supports for college based researchers to assist in the development, protection and transfer of technologies into industry via licensing or spin-out companies. The Covid-19 pandemic has created severe challenges for Irish businesses with significant job losses, worldwide disruption and an uncertain road ahead. These essential funding supports are designed to help businesses stabilise and adapt to the evolving situation, in preparation for getting back on the road to recovery. OUR PEOPLE How we are structured, our Board and senior managers, and careers at Enterprise Ireland. OUR LOCATIONS Information and contact details for our national and global network of offices. OUR SERVICES Our range of services and how to access support. OUR CLIENTS The types of businesses we support and how to become a client of Enterprise Ireland.
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