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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AS Equity Partners AS Equity Partners
AS Equity Partners is a London based investment firm with offices in London and Zürich. AS Equity Partners exclusively targets control investments in the lower to middle-market for software, technology, and technology enabled businesses across Europe. Next to offering capital and financial solutions, we contribute hands-on operational expertise and multi-level support to help firms live up to their full potential. Its founders are recognized industry veterans with decades of experience in this field. <br />
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ASA Ventures ASA Ventures
Arif Saiyad & Associados (ASA) Ventures, established in 2003 in Portugal and headquartered in Dubai, works on hybrid models of Venture Capital.<br /> <br /> ASA is the combined strength of professional expertise and smart capital coming together, aiming to add value to the start-up ecosystem with a unique investment philosophy and in-house expertise working collectively making the investments and ventures successful. <br /> <br /> ASA’s diverse investment portfolio is composed of B2B and B2C companies spanning over various industries: from customer satisfaction, business optimization, retail, fashion, connectivity, networking, all the way to tech media. <br /> <br /> The group sees its presence in developing countries as a significant opportunity, allowing us to circulate ideas, research, technologies, talent, and best practices. ASA currently has operations in 5 countries with expansions planned into 5 more, all of which are developing economies with high growth potential and market gaps.<br /> <br /> ASA realizes that while consumers are primed and ready to lead digitally enhanced lives, businesses and governments have not fully embraced the digital opportunities yet; and that’s where ASA makes its mark. <br /> <br /> With extensive experience in developing and investing into startups and well-established investment process, ASA secures high-quality assets at attractive valuations; and with extensive technical and operating expertise on the international stage and well-established operating models evident through profitable sales and value, ASA turns around its portfolio companies into leaders in their domains. <br /> <br /> At ASA, we realize that digital solutions change the economics of doing business across borders, bringing down costs, creating markets, and user communities with global scalability; thus providing our businesses with a huge base of potential customers and effective ways to reach them.
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Asadel Partners Asadel Partners
Asadel Venture Holding is a venture capital fund managed by Asadel Partners. The fund is located in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and will invest in Southeast Asia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. The fund targets to invest in information technology sector and prefers investment ranging from USD 500 thousand to USD 5 million per company.
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Ascend Ascend
We invest wherever the Seattle Mariners play on TV.* When I say “we”, I mean me and Jen, our mighty Chief of Staff. Marketplace, Consumer Brands, Ecommerce, B2B Software are my sweet spots. Preferred stage is pre-seed, preferred check $250-$750K. Ascend’s Limited Partners (the people who have put their money into the fund) are a diverse group of technology leaders, financiers, and entrepreneurs.
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Ascend Capital Partners Ascend Capital Partners
Founded by two Wall Street professionals in 2002 with the goal of making companies successful by helping them raise capital and improve their management standards. This was done by taking an active role in running these companies (at the Board level and operationally) and helping to secure strategic partnerships. <br /> <br /> Over USD 100 million in assets generated from successful investments in China, and more recently in Europe. All invested funds come from our partners; no 3rd party money is managed. Since the partners are investing their own capital, they are dedicated to making their investments successful. <br /> <br /> Led by Monita Mo, one of the founders and a serial entrepreneur. Our partners have decades of experience across a wide range of industries and geographical regions. All investment partners have done business in Asia and bring an extensive network of contacts for our investments. Additionally, they have started, managed, and sold businesses and understand the challenges involved. <br /> <br /> See the need to share more developed technology to other markets, especially in China, where growth opportunities may be greater. That is why we are currently focusing on companies in Europe and other developed markets that have unique technologies that can be commercialized in their home markets, Asia, and the US.
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Ascend Wellness Holdings Ascend Wellness Holdings
Ascend Wellness Holdings is a market leading, vertically integrated operator with assets in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts and New Jersey. AWH is breaking down traditional walls in the cannabis marketplace to create a unique, in-store customer experience and providing exclusive brand partnerships. AWH owns and operates state of the art cultivation facilities, growing award winning strains and producing curated selection of products with effect-based categorization.
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Ascendent Capital Partners Ascendent Capital Partners
Ascendent Capital Partners is a China focused private equity investment company, managing capital from global renowned institutional investors and major Asian family offices. <br /> <br /> The founding partners and senior members have accumulated extensive investment and management experiences working with leading international financial institutions. They have successfully led and executed a large number of innovative and groundbreaking private equity investments and capital market advisory transactions in China and globally, and have established long-lasting relationship and in-depth collaboration with a large number of entrepreneurs in the region. <br /> <br /> Through leveraging its extensive network, strategic resources, professional judgment and execution capability, Ascendent endeavors to help its portfolio companies develop growth opportunities, realize strategic transformations and create higher value in the China’s dynamic business environment.
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Ascendo Ventures Ascendo Ventures
Ascendo Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund based in Seoul, South Korea. Through its strong relationships with Korean R&D hubs and the startup ecosystem, Ascendo has early access to source and engage top tier startups, with the primary objective of accelerating growth via cross-border business development. <br />
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Ascension Ventures Ascension Ventures
ADVANCING THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE Business Development • Operations • Mission Management SPACE STRATEGY AND EXECUTION We help space companies scale – making the commercialization of space accessible for everyone Ways in which we can help your business grow: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - Strategy - Sales - Branding - Relationships - Negotiations OPERATIONS - Scaling strategy - Process development - Efficiency improvement - Tool selection - Organization structure MISSION MANAGEMENT - Systems engineering - Technical integration - Trade studies - Launch vehicle and vendor selection, negotiation, integration
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Ascensive Assets Ascensive Assets
Ascensive Assets is an early stage venture fund that invests in ambitious founders building the next generation of blockchain-enabled technology. We look for projects that share our same vision for the future of open finance, self-sovereign data, and Web3 gaming, and have built a reputation for adding tangible value beyond capital.
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