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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Hor Cap LLP Hor Cap LLP
We are a new, specialist investor with the benefit of our partners having worked together previously for almost a decade. In January 2018, we identified a significant market opportunity to invest in technology and services businesses up to £50m in Enterprise Value and launched the Horizon Capital partnership. Our investment approach is based on a simple, repeatable value creation model with transformation at its core. Buy and build is at the heart of every Horizon Capital investment and we are a market leader in supporting companies pursuing this strategy. Our proven track record investing in technology and services business is unparalleled, with 80 add on acquisitions completed in our first 3 years. Our sector focus on technology and services coupled with our buy and build approach is what makes us truly unique.
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Horizen Ventures Management Horizen Ventures Management
Horizen Ventures was founded in April 2004 as an early stage investment company initially focused on India-based technology and internet firms. In 2006, Horizen Ventures signed an exclusive partnership deal with SoftBank China & India Holdings(SBCI). Between August 2006 and December 2015, SBCI made 28 investments and Horizen Ventures’ portfolio grew to 12 companies, 5 of which were co-investments with SBCI. In most of those cases, Horizen led the co-investment and SBCI participated pro-rata
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Horizon Capital Horizon Capital
Horizon Capital is a leading private equity firm in Emerging Europe backed by over 40 institutional investors, managing funds with assets under management of over $1.6 billion and a tenure of 29 years in the region. Horizon Capital is an active value-added investor, backing visionary entrepreneurs who lead transformational businesses in Ukraine and the region. Our strategy focuses on fast-growing, export-oriented companies that leverage Ukraine’s cost-competitive platform to generate global revenues primarily in IT, e-commerce and other innovative industries, and select domestic champions.
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Horizon Equity Partners Horizon Equity Partners
Horizon Equity Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in equity investments in development capital, initial public offering/listing, growth capital, acquisition finance, black economic empowerment through leveraged recapitalization, management buy-outs, leveraged buyouts, public-to-private transactions purchasing preferred or ordinary shares in publicly listed companies, and PIPES in small and medium sized enterprises. It also provides loan funding for acquisitions and mezzanine debt for buyouts and recapitalizations. The firm will not invest in seed and start-up enterprises and sectors such as real estate, mining, primary agriculture, gambling, tobacco, alcohol, pornography, indentured labour, and armaments. It seeks to invest in all stages of the development cycle including early stage, emerging growth, middle market, mid venture, late venture. It typically invests in cleantech, alternative energy, business process outsourcing, communications, payment technologies, retailing and distribution, logistics, food processing, industrial manufacturing, information technology, command, control and communication equipment, food, beverage, and tobacco, financial services, telecommunications( diversified telecommunication services), electronics, transaction technology, manufacturing, engineering, healthcare. The firm invests in companies based in Southern Africa with a focus on South Africa, but can also consider investments in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa in conjunction with a local co-investor. It primarily invests between $0.41 million and R100 million ($10.16 million) in unlisted companies with enterprise value between R20 million ($2.03 million) and R200 ($20.33 million) million. The firm usually obtains 10 percent to 49 percent stake in the company. In general, the firm seeks to invest as a minority shareholder and will take majority positions only in special cases. It can also organize and lead syndications with other venture capital firms for larger investments. It seeks to take syndication with co-investors. The firm would take a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm holds the investments for a period of three years to seven years. It would exit through trade sale to another corporation, listing on the JSE, listing on an international stock exchange, sale to a financial institution, and sale to management or other shareholders. The firm will select investments that have the potential to be exited internationally, whether by trade sale, listing or sale to an international financial buyer. Horizon Equity Partners was founded in 1996 and is based at Sandton, South Africa. <br /> <br /> Collapse
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Horizon21 Horizon21
Horizon21 is a Single Family Office with the purpose of serving the needs of the founder of the firm and his family. Horizon21 was founded in 2004 and employs about 10 people, with headquarters in <br /> Pfaeffikon SZ, Switzerland. The company is privately owned by its founder.
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Horizons ETF Management Horizons ETF Management
Horizons ETFs Management Inc. is an innovative financial services company and offers one of the largest suites of exchange traded funds in Canada. The Horizons ETFs product suite includes a broadly diversified range of solutions for investors of all experience levels to meet their investment objectives in a variety of market conditions. Horizons ETFs is a member of the Mirae Asset Global Investments Group.
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Horizons Ventures Horizons Ventures
Horizons Ventures, the private investment arm of Mr. Li Ka-shing, is a leading investor in some of the world’s most innovative companies and disruptive technologies, including Facebook, Waze, Spotify, Impossible Foods, Improbable and Zoom.
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Horsley Bridge Partners Horsley Bridge Partners
Horsley Bridge Partners (“HBP”) has been investing with the world’s leading private equity funds since 1983. Our track record of success reflects a highly focused strategy – the pursuit of top investment opportunities with outsized return potential. We measure ourselves not only by the returns earned, but by the integrity of our process and the longstanding relationships built with our clients, investment partners, and peers. HBP’s venture capital approach is highly selective, focusing on early stage strategies in technology sectors. We work in close partnership with the leading seed and early stage venture investors, maintaining enduring relationships built on trust and honest counsel. Our firm’s mission is to provide our clients unparalleled access to the most coveted new investment opportunities and early, meaningful exposure to the next generation of technology leaders. In the buyout space, HBP partners with ambitious teams executing differentiated strategies – groups who enhance businesses through active ownership and by accelerating growth. We emphasize smaller funds in hard-to-find places, where company-building expertise is most impactful. Recognizing selectivity is paramount to achieving outsized returns, we build concentrated portfolios where every investment can truly move the needle. With offices in San Francisco, London, and Beijing, HBP has applied its knowledge and experience in pursuit of opportunities in Europe, Asia, and other emerging markets for over two decades. Our international relationships often have close ties to the leading U.S. firms and practice a similar brand of hands-on investing. Innovation is more pervasive than ever. Our partnership with the leading international investors connects us to the ideas and opportunities shaping our collective future.
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Hotbed Hotbed
You make the investment decisions.....we do the rest <br /> <br /> Investment opportunities in alternative assets, such as private equity and commercial property, are often hard to find. Building a broad portfolio is even more of a challenge. <br /> <br /> Hotbed offers experienced private investors the opportunity to make direct investments in both unquoted companies and commercial properties. As a member of Hotbed, you select the deals in which you invest, retaining control of your capital up to the point of investment and creating a bespoke portfolio of your choice.
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Hotung Venture Capital Corp. Hotung Venture Capital Corp.
Hotung Venture Capital is a venture capital firm based in Taiwan which operates as a subsidiary of Hotung Investment Holdings. It is one of three subsidiaries of Hotung Investment Holdings focused on investments, joined by Daitung Development and Investment and Huiting Investments. It was formed through the merger of Hotung Venture Capital Corp, Litung Venture Capital Corp, and Futung Venture Capital Corp. <br /> <br /> Hotung Investment Holdings Ltd, a venture capital firm with operations in Taiwan, the US and China, was incorporated in March 1997 and has been listed on the Main Board of SGX-ST since August 1997. Hotung Investment Holdings Limited(和通投資控股有限公司)(“Hotung”) and together with its subsidiaries (the “Group”) is a premier venture capital investment management group, with almost 30 years of investment and fund management experience. Hotung has two business segments, namely, Venture Capital and Fund Management. <br /> <br /> Headquartered in Taiwan, the Group’s main core business is its venture capital business. Leveraging on its expertise and investment strategies, Hotung invests in innovative and promising businesses globally and across a variety of industries, that aim to improve general living standards. With a focus on companies that are in the start-up and expansion stages of development, Hotung works with its investee companies to build their business. Tapping on its strong network, resources and experience, Hotung is able to support the breakthrough in its investee companies’ products and services and grow along with its investees.
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