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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VentureFriends VentureFriends
We support ambitious founders throughout their journey. Apostolos, an entrepreneur who co-founded, e-shop, e-food and doctoranytime, brought George into tech investing and both became angel investors in Beat in 2011. In the 5 coming years and after a couple of notable exits (e-food acquired by Delivery Hero and Beat acquired by Daimler), Apostolos and George identified the gap of seed funding in Greece and launched VF1. VF was born during the tough times of the Greek crisis with the mission to back ambitious tech entrepreneurs. In the previous years, we have backed some inspiring teams who have worked hard to build global companies. This is what we plan to continue doing. We will utilise our experience as entrepreneurs and investors to support globally ambitious founders throughout their entrepreneurial journey. 2011 Apostolos co-founds e-food and Doctoranytime. George joins forces with Apostolos into investing as angel investor in Beat (acquired in 2017 by Daimler). 2016 After 5 years of entrepreneurial and angel investing activity and some successful exits, VF1 a €20M euro fund is born to back ambitious teams and help them build international market leaders. 2018 VF2 is launched with a size of €50M building on the traction and valuable learnings gained from VF1. 2266 We probably won’t be there to become members of the Starfleet, but we hope we will have done our best for a better future through backing great founders who would have created impactful companies. We have been there, we understand what it takes & we view founders as partners. We connect with our founders and utilise our experience in their favour We are proud of our name which was actually suggested by one of our founders. We are founder first investors, getting our hands dirty from day one and we are next to you in the good and the bad times. All startups will get through tough times and you need to think twice who you would have next to you. Ask our founders 😉 We are an early stage investor investing in Seed and Series A startups. We are attracted to scalable B2C and B2B startups that can develop a sustainable moat over time and have a sweet spot for PropTech, FinTech, Marketplaces, TravelTech and SaaS.
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VentureOut Fund VentureOut Fund
VentureOut is a platform identifying and connecting technology companies from cities around the US and countries all around the world with the opportunities available to them in NYC and the US. We are all passionate entrepreneurs who believe great ideas are hatched all around the globe and we thrive on engaging with diverse startups, influential investors, corporates and governments to help drive the global innovation ecosystem.
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Ventures Platform Ventures Platform
Ventures Platform (VP) is a seed stage fund and accelerator that actively finds, funds and supports innovative companies solving real problems across the African continent. Our team mirrors the kind of founders we work with; hungry goalgetters with a deep rooted desire to win.
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VentureScience VentureScience
Venture/Science is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley with offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco. The firm applies rational fund management principles such as stochastic finance and multi-factor analysis to venture capital.
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VenturesOne (now Unknown Group) VenturesOne (now Unknown Group)
In 2021 VenturesOne merged with Unknown Group. The investment expertise of VenturesOne combined with Unknown’s experience in global startup scouting and corporate venturing strengthens the ambition to increase the success rate of innovations that address pressing local and global challenges. Unknown is an early-stage venture capital and business development firm, supporting founders and industry leaders to successfully bring innovations to the market: a “Venture Engine®️”
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VentureTech Alliance VentureTech Alliance
VentureTech Alliance was founded in 2001 as a venture investment management company targeting early-stage business investment in the semiconductor industry and other emerging technology areas. VentureTech currently manages funds totaling $165 million.VentureTech Alliance has a strong strategic partnership with TSMC, the IC foundry industry leader. However, VentureTech's investment activity is managed independently of this strategic partnership. <br /> VentureTech is devoted to the rapid growth and sustainable success of world-class high technology companies. VentureTech's focus is on early stage companies in the semiconductor industry and other emerging technology areas. Strategically, our interests may extend more broadly to other areas that might have the potential for long term synergy with our corporate strategic partner.
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Venturous Group Venturous Group
Venturous Group is a strategic capital group with its roots in venture capital, private equity, venture development and a single-family office. Its mission is to build 10 Smart Towns and smartify 100 million lives in China in order to improve quality of life. With offices in Beijing, Hangzhou, Hong Kong and Singapore it provides unique access to China's second transformation driven by rapid urbanization, digitization, IoT, AI and 5G. <br /> <br /> Venturous Group is launching Hero Fund to capture this second transformation.
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Venturra Capital Venturra Capital
Venturra is a Southeast Asia focused venture capital firm investing in early stage high-growth businesses. Our firm’s primary investment focus is in internet companies that are ready to expand internationally, in sectors including e-commerce, financial technology, marketplaces, healthcare and education. <br /> <br /> We believe in empowering outstanding entrepreneurs in creating the next defining technology companies across Asia. We back founders that have the dream to reshape markets with disruptive new business models that change industries.
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VERA CAPITAL VERA CAPITAL
Vera Capital is the private family investment office based in Istanbul. Established in 2015 by Ahmet Ozokur, 3rd generation member of Ulker Family and Yıldız Holding stakeholder, to manage some part of his own private wealth. We treat our people, entrepreneurs, business partners and suppliers with mutual respect and sensitivity. We value the diversity and unique contributions each individual brings to the table. This commitment to excellence is achieved through passion, leadership, empowerment and our dedication. Excellence of our conduct leads to distinctive outputs for our stakeholders. <br />
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Verdane Capital Verdane Capital
Verdane provides flexible growth capital to fast growing software, consumer internet, energy or high-technology industry businesses. Verdane funds are distinctive in that they can invest either in a single company, or in portfolios of companies. <br /> <br /> Verdane funds always seek to deliver more than capital to the businesses they invest in. Based on deep sector knowledge, Verdane works closely with the management teams of companies to help accelerate organic and non-organic growth. The businesses benefit from Verdane’s extensive networks across Northern Europe and beyond. These enable introductions to potential partners, key management hires, board members and local advisers in new regions. During Verdane funds’ ownership, realised core companies have achieved 90% revenue growth on average. <br /> <br /> Verdane has raised eight funds since 2003, with total committed capital at €1.8bn. Verdane Capital X, a SEK 6bn fund established in 2018, is currently making new investments, and Verdane Edda, established in 2018 with SEK 3bn in commitments is also making new investments. <br /> <br /> Verdane Capital Advisors has over 50 employees working out of offices in Berlin, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Oslo and Stockholm.
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