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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Lynett Capital
Lynett Capital is an early stage investment firm dedicated to the empowerment of frontier technology in the US and internationally
Lynx Equity Limited
Lynx Equity Limited is a Canadian-based manager of private equity funds. Lynx Equity blends a proven track record in identifying and building value in a diversified portfolio of companies based primarily in Ontario, Canada with a market niche that allows us to structure the most favourable transactions. Lynx Equity seeks to pursue investments in mid-market companies with the goal of building value through opportunistic acquisitions, strategic leadership and the timely use of financial expertise. Lynx Equity finances its capital requirements through the issuance of high-yield debentures to qualified Canadian investors. Investors enter into loan agreements with Lynx Equity for periods of 1-5 years. The loans pay monthly interest through a series of post-dated cheques provided to lenders when they enter into their agreement. Unlike traditional corporate finance in which loans are made between an individual company and investor, Lynx loans are guaranteed by all of the portfolio companies of Lynx Equity, thereby providing significant diversification in risk.
M Capital Partners
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With €500 million of assets under management and a portfolio of over 160 SMEs, M Capital Partners is a leading Private Equity firm in the French Small-cap market. Since 2015, M Capital is actively growing its venture portfolio (Seed – Series A and B) and has just launched a venture fund alongside FEI (European Investment Fund) and Occitanie region. In 2018, our affiliated companies employed over 11200 people and generated more than €2 billion in turnover. M Capital Partners has offices in Paris, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nice, and Lyon. We have built a team of 40 employees including 22 investment professionals, together with 19 senior advisors that strive to build world-class partnerships with entrepreneurs to help them take their businesses to the change their industries.
M Ventures
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M Ventures is the strategic, corporate venture capital arm of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Its mandate is to invest in innovative technologies and products with the potential to significantly impact Merck‘ KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany's core business areas. From our headquarters in Amsterdam and offices in the US and Israel we invest globally in transformational ideas driven by great entrepreneurs. M Ventures takes an active role in its portfolio companies and teams up with entrepreneurs and co-investors to translate innovation towards commercial success. M Ventures has a significant focus on early-stage investing and company creation including the creation of spin-offs to leverage Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany's science and technology base.
M. H. Carnegie
M.H. Carnegie & Co is an alternative asset manager with approximately AUD$900 million in committed funds under management across venture capital, private equity and real estate, with a successful track record since its establishment in 2010.
M12
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M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, invests in early-stage enterprise software companies with a focus on applied AI, business applications, infrastructure, security, and vanguard technologies. Since 2016, M12 has invested in over 100 companies, helping startups accelerate growth with unparalleled access to Microsoft. With offices in San Francisco, Seattle, London, Tel Aviv, and Bengaluru, M12 has the team and resources to support entrepreneurs globally. M12 is a return-driven fund investing independently of Microsoft's business units and technology offerings.
M25 Group
M25 is an early-stage venture firm based in Chicago, investing solely in companies headquartered in the Midwest. Since we launched in 2015, we've become one of the most active investors in our region. We are led by two of the youngest fund managers in the industry, and we enjoy challenging traditions. We invest broadly, and our unique, analytical approach to venture investing aims to reduce the risk, while maintaining the high returns typically associated with this stage of investing. We emphasize our expansive networks, and thrive on collaboration - helping to syndicate deals, encouraging fair terms as a best practice, and prioritizing relationships. And along the journey, we hope to share a few laughs, whether its over beers or board games.
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M3 Ventures
Transformative brand investing. Every relationship we’ve created was built upon the same belief. That a brand should be more than a collection of products and services. That, more than anything, a brand should be inspiring, empowering, and life-enhancing.
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It is at our core to impact as many people as we can by supporting the brands that propel us to become our best selves. This has become all the more important as we continue to see fundamental changes within consumer habits and consumption patterns. We’ve been witnessing a complete convergence of health and wellness with the ways in which emerging generations are engaging with brands and embracing innovative products as staples in their daily lives.
M34 Capital
At M34, we are committed to commercializing the most promising technologies seeded by federally funded research. We are a private investment company that practices a disciplined, evidence-based approach to define innovative business models capable of delivering new products and services that can positively impact the way we live, work and play.
M8 Capital
m8 Capital is a London-based firm investing in the mobile internet sector. m8 Capital acquires interests in companies which are positioned for leadership in key segments of the mobile internet market.
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The Firm works with portfolio company management and leverages the firm’s own resources and relationships to ensure that the portfolio company’s goals are reached.
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Rather than wait for innovation, m8 works with its portfolio companies to make innovation happen.
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