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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Norfund Norfund
Norfund - The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries, is owned by the Norwegian Government and serves as an instrument in Norwegian development policy. Norfund contributes to poverty reduction and economic development in the poorest countries through investments in profitable businesses and transfer of knowledge and technology. <br /> <br /> Norfund invests equity and/or debt capital, always as a financial minority together with partners, international or Norwegian. <br /> <br /> The main sector for investment is clean energy, both through the hydro power company SN Power and through direct investments. Norfund is Norway's biggest investor in microfinance through the Norwegian Microfinance Initiative (NMI), and is also a prominent investor in small and medium sized businesses through regional funds and direct investments.
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NorgesInvestor NorgesInvestor
NorgesInvestor is an asset management group that focuses on creating strategic and financial values for institutional and private clients. Our business includes wealth management, investments in listed securities and private equity secondaries. NorgesInvestor was founded in 1996 by Stein H. Annexstad, Jan G. Hartvig and Trond E. Wennberg. Two of the founders still remain as managers. The NorgesInvestor group is financially solid, independent and privately owned. Our partners have extensive experience in finance, commerce and industry.
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Noro-Moseley Partners Noro-Moseley Partners
Providing leading entrepreneurs with energy, connections and expertise to build world-class companies. Entrepreneurial Focus: At NMP, our investment philosophy is centered squarely on the entrepreneurs with whom we partner. In addition to capital, the firm’s goal is to provide energy, connections and domain expertise to strong entrepreneurs in order to help them succeed. Sector Expertise: NMP is vertically-focused within the information technology and healthcare markets. Over the years, the firm has gained a strong reputation based on the team’s knowledge, experience and contacts within these verticals, and we have a significant track record of successful investing in both sectors. In addition, the geographic region where NMP principally operates contains deep expertise and substantial human capital in our areas of focus which support the growth of our portfolio companies with management talent, customers and strategic relationships. Experienced Team: The managers of NMP’s current fund, Noro-Moseley Partners IX, have more than 70 years of direct venture investing experience collectively and bring a diverse set of skills in areas of operations, information technology, consulting and finance. This experience, combined with the firm’s history of having invested in more than 190 portfolio companies through nearly three economic cycles, has allowed NMP to develop a long-term perspective and a keen understanding of the venture creation process.
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Norrsken VC Norrsken VC
Norrsken believes entrepreneurs building rapidly scalable businesses are our best bet to solving the hardest and biggest problems, such as poverty, famine, environmental issues, mental health and integration. It is a non-religious, non- partisan, non-profit foundation, founded in 2016. Norrsken supports entrepreneurs in two ways. The first is through a co-working space for 425 impact entrepreneurs in Stockholm. The second is through a VC fund backed by unicorn founders, which invests in companies with the potential to radically improve the world. In 2019, Norrsken announced the first step in its global expansion: Rwanda, where Norrsken is building the biggest hub for entrepreneurship in East Africa. <br />
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North Base Media North Base Media
North Base Media is an investment firm focused on news, business information, sports and gaming, entertainment media, and other digital-driven opportunities in growth markets. NBM creates value by bringing top-level international expertise and capital to invested companies that will benefit from the deep knowledge, reputation and extensive connections of NBM’s partners. NBM accelerates the digital adaptation and financial success of our partner companies, allowing them become recognized leaders in their national markets.
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North Block Capital North Block Capital
North Block Capital is a London based investment bank for the digital token capital markets that delivers advisory, capital markets, and asset management services.<br /> <br /> North Block Capital<br /> <br /> Blockchain Asset Management<br /> <br /> North Block Capital is a pioneer and the premier asset management firm investing in Blockchain enabled technology. <br /> <br /> We are Professional Investors and Entrepreneurs driving Innovation based on Blockchain Technology.
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North Branch Capital North Branch Capital
Founded in 2014, North Branch Capital is a lower middle market private equity firm, based in Oak Brook, IL, with a long history of investing alongside and partnering with management teams in industrial businesses. We specifically target businesses that lead with engineering excellence or value-added services in order to solve complex customer problems. We seek partnerships with strong leadership teams driving tremendous cultures, and we are much more than a source of capital or liquidity. With 50 years of collective operating experience, our collaboration with management teams is unique. This experience comes from the Partners of North Branch, not a network of executives or consultants. Follow us on Twitter: @northbranchcap TARGETED INDUSTRIES Value Added Distribution: Business to business with moderate average order size. Complimentary services or engineering component Niche Manufacturing: Non-commodity, highly engineered products. Low capital expenditure requirements Industrial Services: Unique service offering generating consistent, repeatable revenue INVESTMENT CRITERIA Revenue: $10 million to $75 million EBITDA: $2 million to $8 million Geography: United States and Canada for platform investments. Globally for add-ons
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North Castle Partners North Castle Partners
North Castle Partners is the leading small cap consumer private equity firm focused in the Healthy, Active, and Sustainable Living sectors. Our mission is to partner with entrepreneurs to build great companies that advance Healthy, Active, and Sustainable Living, while living by our core values and striving to create extraordinary value for these companies, their employees, investors, communities and the North Castle team. North Castle is a hands-on, value-added investor. We strive to create equity value by accelerating operating performance and profitable growth. We work collaboratively with entrepreneurs, founders and leadership teams to solve complex business problems by combining their experience and resources with our knowledge, network and real-world experience
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North-East Venture North-East Venture
North-East Venture is an international multi-stage venture fund based in Copenhagen. We are founded by entrepreneurs and we are genuinely excited about helping strong ideas succeed. We have the skills and the experience to add value in all stages of a young company’s growth. We thrive in close collaborations and we are well trained in recognizing when we can meaningfully contribute and when it’s time for founders and other key people to step up and do their magic. Our team is young and easy-going yet relentless in their pursuit of the right answers. <br />
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NorthCap Partners NorthCap Partners
Northcap is a venture capital company that provides funds and support for ICT companies based on the technologies of cloud computing, communications, mobile and mobility, online services, and e-commerce. It funds companies in three stages of development such as seed stage: invests in Danish companies from the first revenue onwards; early stage: invests i companies with a proven business model and a revenue of €1-2 million or more in the Northern part of Europe; and growth stage: invests in well-established Northern European companies with a revenue of €10-25 million. <br /> <br /> Northcap covers several essential areas of technology businesses development, including strategy, internationalization, sales processes, recruitment of employees, and organization.
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