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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Maveron
Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm. Founded in 1998 by Dan Levitan and Howard Schultz, the firm has offices in San Francisco and Seattle. Maveron investments include Zulily, Allbirds, Common, August Home, eBay, Capella Education, General Assembly, and Trupanion. Maveron's name was coined from the words "maverick" and "vision."
Max Ventures
Max Ventures was born out the Basset Investment Group and its founder, Max Stenbeck. Max was a fearless investor who had a passion for technology and the people behind the innovations. Since September of 2013, we've built a successful investment track record by backing entrepreneurs who possess extraordinary personal and professional skills. Some of our notable investments include Boxed, ZoomCar, Button, and Drone Racing League.
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Max Ventures continues the same approach to early-stage investing by backing entrepreneurs who have unique consumer insights and are relentless about getting things done.
Maxam Capital Corp.
Maxam Capital Corp. formed the Maxam Opportunities Fund (“Maxam”) to focus on structured investments in both publicly traded and private companies. We seek to fill the void in the Canadian capital market between traditional private equity (majority/control required) and the public markets. Maxam provides strong companies with a capital solution
Maxburg Capital Partners
Maxburg Capital Partners is an investment management company focusing on Germany and the German-speaking markets. Set up by three partners with long-standing and successful track records as entrepreneurs and investors in public and private equity, Maxburg is actively seeking out long-term investments in stable and profitable small and medium-sized companies with a view towards lasting and sustainable value creation.
Maxfield Capital
Maxfield Capital - we help startups go global. We specialize on early stage opportunities that are prepared to tackle global markets.<br />
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Our original approach aims at creating global success stories by bridging the gap between high quality engineering and commercial execution.<br />
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Some startups face scarcity of technical talent, the others lack business scaling skills or experience challenges of small domestic markets. We help them to bridge these gaps by connecting superb global entrepreneurs with top-notch technical talent. This is a key value-add to our portfolio companies.<br />
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Today we prioritize post-PC era technologies that narrow the divide between humans and machines. These technologies have potential to create significant impact in the years to come.<br />
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• Big data and analytics, cognitive computing and Internet of Things that provide decision support with automation to humans and awareness with intelligence to machines<br />
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• Enterprise of the future embraces technologies that augment, replace or work together with humans to improve productivity, transform customer experience and gain competitive advantage<br />
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• Always/everywhere platform and applications including ambient and location intelligence, gestures control, mobile health monitoring, and virtual assistance among others.<br />
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Our team of experienced professionals has strong technology operating background, solid venture investing experience and long history in key global innovation ecosystems.<br />
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Maxfield Capital is currently consider investment opportunities in Eastern Europe, USA and Israel.<br />
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Our investment strategy covers: - seed stage companies via in-house seed program - series A/B
Maxis
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Maxis Girişim Sermayesi Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş. ("Maxis") was established in November 2017 in the light of the legislative regulations that offer new opportunities in our country's venture capital activities in accordance with world standards. Within the scope of CMB's Communiqué on Principles Regarding Venture Capital Investment Funds, Maxis will establish and manage venture capital investment funds that meet the capital needs of venture capital promising venture companies with qualified investors with a long-term perspective who are interested in venture capital investments. Maxis aims to respond to the expectations of investors for returns appropriate to the risk they receive by realizing successful application examples of the venture capital investment funds model, which is widespread in the world, in different investment themes in Turkey and to create permanent value with the management contribution it will provide to the sustainable rapid growth and institutionalization of venture companies. In this process, investment opportunities will be evaluated by benefiting from close collaborations to be established with Turkey's leading venture capital companies.
Venture capital investment funds to be established and managed within the scope of the Company's activities are defined as assets that have no legal personality and are established periodically in order to operate the portfolio created by acquiring venture capital qualified assets determined by the Capital Markets Board of Turkey on behalf of shareholders with the money collected from qualified investors with a long-term investment perspective. Venture capital, which has a significant weight in the world as a long-term capital investment type and has started to develop in Turkey since the 2000s, is within the scope of strategic planning; It aims to make investments in companies, to contribute to the growth and corporate development of companies and to obtain profit by disposing of companies at the end of the targeted period. Venture capital mutual funds, where the risks are higher than other types of investments, also have high expectations of returns. The duration of venture capital investment funds in the world is usually determined as 10 years.
Maya Capital
To transform Latin America through entrepreneurship. Together, we will create an unbreakable cycle of innovation, empowerment and change. MAYA is a startup investing in startups. We are led by authentic, motivated and diverse leaders who envision the impossible. Our success is directly tied to that of our entrepreneurs, so we believe in long-term partnerships.
Mayan Capital Fund
Mayan Capital Fund is a group of Investors with experience in successful businesses, who know how to recognize and do business based on acceleration, linking and work processes, that is why our model of involvement in invested companies guarantees greater probabilities of economic success in companies we invest. We participate in companies as temporary partners, that is to say we seek to invest, accelerate business and finally sell our participation to the founding partner or to a strategic partner, in this way we align the interests of the founder of the company, the fund and its shareholders.
Mayfair Equity Partners LLP
Mayfair Equity Partners is a private equity firm specialising in growth capital investments and buyouts in the TMT and Consumer sectors. We focus on building strong partnerships with exceptional management teams, supporting them to deliver their plans faster and with less risk.
Mayfield Fund
We follow a people-first, markets-second approach to investing. We primarily invest at the early stages of companies, with selective investments in companies at the later stage. We are currently investing out of our fifteenth early-stage fund, the $400 million Mayfield XV, and our first growth stage fund, the $125 million Mayfield Select.
