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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SMDV SMDV
SMDV partners with entrepreneurs building exceptional technology companies that aim to change the landscape in Indonesia and the region by providing venture investments, strategic network, and mentorship. Entrepreneur ourselves, we work to understand each company’s needs and contribute to their market leadership and culture building. We invest in different stages of the companies’ life cycle, primarily in their growth stage.
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Smedvig Capital Smedvig Capital
Smedvig Capital was founded in 1996 and has invested over £800m of internal capital. <br /> <br /> We invest £2-15M in fast growing UK based businesses, with a focus on those that are technology enabled. We take as much interest in your business as you do and the team share a passion for working with entrepreneurs. <br /> <br /> We believe a hands on approach with our portfolio companies maximises value for everyone and care deeply about understanding their dynamics, culture and strategic positioning.
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Smilegate Investment Smilegate Investment
Smilegate Investment has a history of venture investment in Korea. <br /> <br /> We have been discovering new industries and companies that <br /> will lead the future, even in the hot markets of venture booms and in the cold markets of the financial crisis <br /> . <br /> <br /> We are <br /> a growth partner of an investment company that works together to ensure that the investment company demonstrates its value in the market .
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Smok Ventures Smok Ventures
SMOK Ventures invests in early stage startups in Central and Eastern Europe. Our key geography is Poland, but we’ve invested in founders from all over the CEE region: Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Bosnia and Czechia. We prefer to invest in Delaware C-Corp companies with a significant business or workforce in the CEE. We are happy to invest directly in any CEE country that is part of the European Union as well. So far out of 37 investments, 18 are headquartered in Poland, 12 are Delaware C-Corps, 2 are in Estonia and 5 are in other CEE countries. We are not interested in startups without a significant connection to CEE, i.e. no workforce in CEE, none of the founders is of CEE-origin, and startup is not based in CEE. Working with an investor is a long-term partnership. We need to be sure we will be able to communicate, help each other out and build awesome things together.
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Smollan Smollan
Smollan is an international retail solutions company delivering growth for clients across five continents by covering every aspect of how a Brand is managed at the point of sale. With extensive industry experience, an exceptional human platform and sophisticated systems, Smollan has provided consistent excellence in operational execution to retailers and manufacturers for three generations.
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SMRK VC Fund SMRK VC Fund
SMRK is a Ukrainian fund specialized in venture capital investment. We help startups on various stages of maturity. The company was founded in Autumn, 2013 and its main focus is on IT-products on seed and Round A. We work with those ideas which are oriented to the global market and are useful for the consumer. We’re seeking ideas that can run the world. SMRK team knows everything about IT-startups because we were on your side and went through a tough way: once we were beginners but now we’re major experts in investing. We’ve already helped a lot of projects to grow and expand by investing from $100k up to $1M at one check.
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Snowhawk Snowhawk
Snowhawk LP is a private investment firm established in 2022, focusing on strategic majority investments in businesses that drive the digital economy's transition. The firm specializes in three key sectors: cloud, connectivity, and technology services, which are essential for digital infrastructure and operations. As a digital opportunities platform, Snowhawk partners with experienced management teams to enhance competitive advantages and foster organic growth. The firm employs mergers and acquisitions as a core strategy to build operating leverage and create value. Notably, Snowhawk has collaborated with Nuveen for a strategic equity investment in Prime Data Centers, supporting its expansion in North America and Europe. The leadership team at Snowhawk brings a wealth of investment and operational expertise, positioning the firm for long-term growth and performance.
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SOAVE Asset Management SOAVE Asset Management
Soave Asset Management Ltd. was created with the precise task of offering to the client a service of excellence, which, within the scope of a model service characterised by the client being at the absolute centre, continuously integrates traditional approaches, in line with the experience of individual partners, with innovative service procedures and technology. Our role is as point of reference for the comprehensive assets management needs of the client, via the ability to connect services of great added value with a higher level of interpersonal relationship than would otherwise be possible. Via the professionalism of our staff, careful scheduling and the efficiency of investment solutions, utilising existing synergies, we wish to be a consistent point of reference for the client and all of his or her related needs for an integrated management of assets.
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Sobera Capital GmbH Sobera Capital GmbH
Sobera Capital is an independent private equity company specialized in secondary directs, limited partnership secondaries and secondary management with a focus on growth and small cap companies in ICT, healthcare and selected other industries. Among others, Sobera Capital advises the venture capital funds Sobera Capital Fund I (secondary direct), Berlin Capital Fund (secondary direct), Sobera Capital Fund II (secondary direct), S-Refit AG (secondary management) and Sobera Capital Fund IV (secondary direct). The partners have relevant track record in providing secondary solutions to private equity market participants covering the entire value chain from acquistion through management up to liquidation. In particular, Sobera Capital acquires funds, stabilizes distressed funds, realizes value by actively managing exit processes of companies and is thereby providing liquidity, legal and administrative solutions.
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Social Capital Social Capital
At Social Capital, we make big bets on transformational ideas, technology, and people. We strategically invest in smart, profit-minded opportunities and forward-thinking social investments that have the potential to shape a better future. Social Capital invests from a balance sheet of permanent capital to support entrepreneurship at all stages.
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