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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Lighthouse Advisors India Private Limited
We are investors and entrepreneurs who believe that India is the most dynamic and vibrant economy in the world today, and will remain so for the coming century, with each new decade being more exciting than the last. With our roots originally in the United States, in the mid-2000s we turned our focus and efforts to the burgeoning entrepreneurial spirit here in India, and Lighthouse was born
Lighthouse Equity Partners LLC
Lighthouse Equity Partners is a private equity investor focused on growth-oriented small and mid-sized businesses located in Western Canada and the Western United States. Led by career private capital investors, Joe Lucke and Steve Hnatiuk, Lighthouse counts many of Western Canada's most successful entrepreneurs and executives as its limited partners. Lighthouse's principals have invested over $500 million across more than 50 private companies in eight private capital funds over the past 20 years. Lighthouse was formed with the sole intention of focusing our experience, capital, and network of resources on smaller, entrepreneurial Western-based companies with strong growth potential.
Lighthouse Ventures
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Lighthouse Ventures is an early-stage and acceleration venture capital, focused on technology projects with predilection to the Czech market.
Our mission in Lighthouse Ventures is to nurture inspiring ideas throughout their critical early stage, financially as well as professionally, with an international team of highly experienced tech veterans, bringing together expertise in entrepreneurship, startup mentoring, mergers and acquisitions and media and marketing as well as a strong business network in the Czech Republic and abroad.
Lighthouse Ventures benefits from synergies and co-operation with leading Czech startup incubators, tech-partners, universities and governmental institutions for smart cities projects. It also maintains a network of highly skilled and experienced mentors, in benefit of its portfolio companies.
Lighthouse Seed Fund benefits from the support and financing of the Czech ESIF Fund of Funds (CZFoF). The Czech ESIF Fund of Funds is an initiative created by cooperation between the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic and EIF and financed under the European Regional Development Fund within the programme Venture Capital OP EIC (program Rizikový kapitál OP PIK).
Lightship Capital
Lightship engages Executives-in-Residence with experience at corporations including Yum! Brands, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and more. Our EIRs are thoughtfully matched to our portfolio companies based on industry, experience, and their ability to create meaningful wins for our founders.
Lightspeed Management Co LLC
Lightspeed Management Company, L.L.C. operates as a venture capital firm. The Company invests in clean-tech, communications, digital media and wireless, enterprise infrastructure, and Internet media sectors. Lightspeed Management Company serves customers worldwide.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the Enterprise, Consumer, and Health sectors. Over the past two decades, the Lightspeed team has backed hundreds of entrepreneurs and helped build more than 400 companies globally, including Snap, Affirm, Nest, Nutanix, AppDynamics, MuleSoft, OYO, Guardant, and GrubHub. Lightspeed and its affiliates currently manage $10.5B across the global Lightspeed platform, with investment professionals and advisors in Silicon Valley, Israel, India, China, Southeast Asia and Europe.
Lightstone Ventures
Lightstone Ventures was founded in 2012, when the healthcare teams from Advanced Technology Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures joined forces, to invest in therapeutic-oriented companies across the life sciences sector. Lightstone believes in founders with vision and commitment. We believe funding exceptional entrepreneurs funds bright futures for patients.
Lightyear Capital
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PRIVATE EQUITY CAPITAL FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES
Specialized
Lightyear is a specialist in financial services, a dynamic and diverse industry representing a significant portion of the U.S. economy. Financial services is opportunity rich but oft-overlooked: regulatory, tax, accounting, and business model complexities all require expertise. Our knowledge, gained over 21 years in financial services, positions Lightyear well to navigate the opportunities of this specialized space.
Experienced
Our Investment Committee has, on average, invested together at Lightyear for 14 years and worked in financial services for over 25 years, including in senior operational roles. Having completed 50 investments since 2000 through its affiliated investment funds, the Lightyear team has extensive experience investing in and managing financial institutions.
Lightyear is deeply embedded in financial services, having invested in the industry for 21 years through multiple market cycles and environments. We believe our expertise in financial services and its sub-sectors allows Lightyear to identify opportunities and offer resources beyond capital to portfolio companies.
Lima Ventures
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LV is committed to identify unique & innovative technologies, develop and successfully expand them to the international arena. Based on the expertise and experience of its Venture Management Team, LV has identified 6 main focus areas.
Collaboration with outstanding initiators with exceptional insights, from inception through all levels of progress.
Lima Ventures supports visionary founders as well as provides certain services to early startups. We seek innovative technology-driven entrepreneurs who generate and lead companies that will inspire millions.
Limerston Capital Ltd.
Limerston Capital was founded by Joao Rosa, James Paget and Martim Avillez. The three founding partners have previously held senior positions at TDR Capital, Anchorage Capital Group, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Nomura, HSBC and Citi. Together they have successfully invested in a number of deals, across multiple sectors.
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Limerston Capital manages over £300m and has a proven value-based and operationally focused investment strategy, which is delivered by a dedicated team of 12 investing and operating professionals from its single office headquarters in London.
