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As an independent investment firm, ASTUTIA Ventures invests since 2006 in innovative start-ups with outstanding growth potential. Our investment focus is in the areas of smart cities, future of commerce and digital lifestyle. To entrepreneurs and companies in their early growth stages, we offer venture capital, a truly international business network and specialized know-how in order to support successful development and sustainable growth.
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For almost 40 years, we’ve partnered with companies to reach new markets, embrace new technologies, launch new products and grow. We’ve built partnerships with management teams to overcome every challenge and relationships that have stood the test of time. We’re always looking toward the future. Pushing the boundaries of technology. Building a diverse team of many talents. At the side of great businesses to help build a better tomorrow.
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Real estate is unlike any other investment. It is accessible to almost everyone and it is one of the few types of investment where you can affect the value by how hard you yourself work. There is nothing you as an investor can do in any of these cases to improve the value of your investment. All you can do is choose to invest your money in a smart way and then wait for things that are out of your control to give you a return. If you invest in property, on the other hand, you can use sweat equity to improve the value of your
real estate investment. You can in other words trade some of your time and energy in exchange for a higher return on your investment. This makes real estate a perfect investment for people who are trying to build a fortune on their own.
By buying real estate and investing sweat equity into it, you make it possible for yourself to see a lot higher returns than would otherwise be possible. This allows you to increase your net worth a lot faster than would be possible if you did not invest sweat equity into your real estate portfolio.
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Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company with 85,000 employees, that operates in about 50 countries around the world. It includes the entertainment group RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds. The company generated revenues of €20.2 billion in the 2022 financial year. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. This combination promotes first-class media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world. Bertelsmann aspires to achieve climate neutrality by 2030.
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Almaz Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in tech startups addressing global markets. Almaz Capital has a unique model with physical presence and relationship network in Silicon Valley and Europe. We help bridge companies from the CEE region to the US, specifically Silicon Valley.
We strive to provide entrepreneurs and investment partners with insights and relationships. Beyond providing capital, we help entrepreneurs build their businesses by opening doors to potential customers and partners, finding great talent and providing access to investors and advisors from around the world
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At 37 Angels, our mission is to reduce the gender gap in angel investing. We achieve this primarily through education. Our approach to learning is collaborative, as we encourage and expect that all members participate in conducting diligence and sharing their expertise with each other. Most members will begin their membership with our angel investing bootcamp, a rigorous program taught by our founder who is a professor of venture capital at Columbia Business School. Our bootcamps are experiential in nature - participants immediately put the learning to practice by conducting diligence on a real startup under the mentorship of our team and seasoned angel investors.
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Centricap is a multi-stage venture capital firm with an innovative fund structure that provides greater flexibility and opportunity for limited partners than a traditional fund. Our promise is that we selectively invest in great ideas and great management teams that are supported by a robust and thoughtful plan. Centricap's team, affiliates, and investing members are experienced entrepreneurs, financiers, executives, and private investors with proven track records of success with creating, funding, building, and crystalizing value for our portfolio companies. We do this by being highly involved in helping our portfolio companies with operational and financial strategy and execution to help them realize their potential.
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BoldCap is a seed stage fund focused on backing global B2B software startups from India. We invest high conviction capital in 6-8 companies every year. We are focused on providing GTM support to our portfolio founders. At BoldCap we understand the journey from 0 to 1, having been ex-operators ourselves. As the first ones to commit to a round, we are by design long-term investors who are committed to supporting our portfolio companies through every step of their growth journey. urney.
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AlpInvest, a core division of The Carlyle Group, is a large global private equity investor. We have deep, global experience managing primary fund commitments, secondary investments and co-investments.
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Family Media Partners owns, invests in and advises a portfolio of technology companies, in addition to managing a branding and digital advertising agency.
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CEA is a leading provider of investment banking services locally, nationally and internationally. With a team of highly experienced personnel worldwide, CEA has an unequaled depth and breadth of industry knowledge, expertise and long-standing industry relationships.
CEA has completed over 1,000 transactions totaling $60+ billion in more than 60 countries and, through its affiliates, previously managed or co-managed private equity funds with $1.15 billion under management. The CEA reputation and track record of success are built on delivering innovative, value-added solutions and services to clients worldwide.
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Deson & Co., founded in 2000, is a boutique investment, mortgage and merchant bank that focuses on Real Estate and Technology. Working in tandem with world-class sponsors, owners, and management teams, our firm defines and implements creative strategies, invests in and arranges debt and equity, and provides transaction preparedness and mergers advisory services.
Infused with a practical understanding of business transactions, a world-wide network of capital sources and strategic contacts, and an entrepreneurial spirit, Deson & Co. executes principal investments, financings, and exits, across its specialized areas of industry expertise.
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The foundation of the Hinduja Group was laid by Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja, a self-made young entrepreneur from the fabled town of Shikarpur (then in undivided India). An entrepreneur, committed philanthropist and a visionary, Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja (P. D. Hinduja) entered the international arena with an office in Iran (the first outside India) in 1919. The twin pillars of the business were Merchant Banking and Trade. The Group remained headquartered in Iran till 1979.
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Gemini Investors is a private company investor with a focus on the smaller end of the middle market, investing in established companies with experienced management teams and good growth prospects. We can provide both equity and debt capital and our investment can represent either a minority ownership or a control transaction. Areas of particular investment interest for us are: Business Services, Consumer Products and Services, Healthcare, Later Stage Technology, Manufacturing & Distribution, and Waste & Recycling. Gemini has invested in over 170 different companies throughout the United States since our firm was founded in 1993.
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We enable high-growth, disruptive companies to achieve their full potential. Partnering with exceptional teams who are transforming the way we live and work. Providing deep domain expertise and strategic counsel across our five core sectors of focus. Utilizing tested value creation strategies to accelerate company growth and enhance strategic value .
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Marcum provides a full spectrum of traditional tax, accounting, and assurance services; financial, risk, and transaction advisory services; valuation, forensic and litigation services; technology consulting and managed services; and an extensive portfolio of specialty and niche industry practices. Business owners and managers choose Marcum for our pragmatic, industry-focused insights. Our mission is to help your organization become more successful.
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Jerusalem Venture Partners (“JVP”) is a repeatedly ranked international top-quartile venture capital firm dedicated to building world class companies by identifying innovative technologies for early-stage investments and scaling them to international market leaders. JVP was established in 1993 by Dr. Erel Margalit who has been ranked by Forbes as the leading non-American venture capitalist and by The Marker, a leading Israeli economic newspaper, as the first Israeli venture capitalist “with the golden touch”. JVP has a longstanding history of spanning all stages of venture capital from early stage through growth.
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Keiretsu Forum is a global investment community of accredited private equity angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. Keiretsu Forum was founded in the San Francisco East Bay in California in 2000 by Randy Williams. Keiretsu Forum is a worldwide network of capital, resources and deal flow with 53 chapters on 4 continents. Keiretsu Forum members invest in high-quality, diverse investment opportunities. Keiretsu Forum and Keiretsu Capital (the exclusive worldwide fund partner of Keiretsu Forum) are ranked as the most active venture investors in the USA. The Keiretsu community is also strengthened through its involvement in social and charitable activities.
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Landmark Angels is an angel investor group comprised of high net-worth investors and Family Offices. We are a decentralized group. Each member makes their own investment determinations and is responsible for conducting their own due diligence. When an individual investor or Family Office seeks to pursue an investment of $250k (or more) they typically become the lead investor for the group and are complemented by additional members.
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KIT Capital is an entrepreneur-led family office with primary investment, business development, and business turnaround activities in the Andean region of Latin America and the United States. As a leading family office, KIT Capital has a proven track record of driving business success through expert investment and consulting services. real estate investments.
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MMV Capital Partners is focused on providing growth capital to emerging technology and life sciences companies throughout North America. It has financed over 200 companies that range from being very early stage to established enterprises. MMV’s creative financing solutions have helped the entrepreneurs of these companies realize their growth potential and reach critical milestones at all stages of development.
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RCC Ventures LLC is an independent debt advisory firm that excels in providing multiple debt instruments and flexible financing solutions for mid-market, private equity, and venture-backed businesses at any stage of development, both domestically as well as internationally. We have the proven capacity to provide you with strong capital backing from our stable of over 200 respected institutional lenders, and our flexible structures accommodate inherent operational volatility.
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Kugarand Capital Holdings, LLC is a leading strategic advisory and investor relations firm helping entrepreneurs prepare for and obtain early stage and growth capital. KCH rolled out the LAUNCHfn 'Access to Capital System'TM in 2007 and it has proven to be an effective system for entrepreneurs to connect with early stage venture capital and small business investors.
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Mediatech Capital Partners, under its holding company, Technology Partners (Holdings) LLC, is a private merchant bank established in 1996 to serve developing and established businesses in rapidly evolving media and technology-based industries.The firm acts as an advisor and business accelerator, often investing its own capital in promising situations, while providing clients with informed advice, assisting in the refinement of new business models, assessing and improving shareholder value, introducing strategic corporate relationships, and creating new value from existing and/or under-realized assets.
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Maine coon is a large, domesticated cat breed known for its big, fluffy and cute physical appearance. One of the most striking characteristics of Maine Coon kittens is their substantial size. This famous furry creature can grow up to 40 inches long and exists in a stunning 75 different color combinations.
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Lexus Capital is a private investment fund founded with the mission of helping private company founders, employees and early investors achieve liquidity and diversification from their highly concentrated, illiquid shareholdings. Alan Donenfeld, Founder of Lexus, realized that founders and employees create more value for all shareholders if they realize liquidity on some of the significant value they had created prior to a sale or IPO.
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The FundStudio platform provides middle and back office functionality from post-trade execution to shadow accounting and a state-of-the-art report writer to slice-and-dice portfolios on demand. It excels in a multi-asset class environment with diverse instrument coverage including equities, options, futures, FX and fixed income through to asset-backed securities and credit derivatives.
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New Mountain Capital, LLC, together with its affiliates (“New Mountain”), manages private equity, credit and net lease capital with aggregate assets under management of approximately $50 billion*. New Mountain has raised over $40 billion of committed capital across private equity, credit and net lease investment strategies.New Mountain Capital emphasizes intensive fundamental research and a growth-oriented, “value-add” investment approach, rather than reliance on excessive risk, as the best path to high and consistent long-term returns.
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New York Angels is a group of diverse, active, engaged, and successful Angel investors that provide support—financial, mentoring, and network related—to early stage Founders and Startups, while also contributing to the understanding of Angel investing (early stage Venture) as an asset class and supporting the ongoing development of the early stage ecosystem.
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Samsung Electronics constantly reinvents the future. We explore the unknown to discover technologies to help people all over the world lead happier, healthier lives. We create a culture of infinite possibilities. The deep trust and loyalty of our customers drives us to continually grow and lead innovation. We are expanding our highly differentiated mobile devices, as well as working hard to develop next-generation innovation. All researchers and developers throughout the world are working to discover the next life-changing technologies to create new values and make a better world.
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Sandbox fosters innovation to drive lasting change in industries that are crucial to our future: healthcare, insurance and food & agriculture. At the heart of everything we do is an insatiable drive to change the system and impact people's lives.
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OurCrowd's professional team is comprised of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investors, and geeks with decades of combined experience building businesses, raising capital, and investing in Israeli and global startups. We are passionate about selecting the biggest ideas being developed by the top startups from Israel and beyond, and sharing those opportunities with you.
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NAV.VC is invested in seed and early-stage companies in technology businesses wrapped around emerging, disruptive consumer trends. We are not seeking new portfolio companies at this time.
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At The Raptor Group, we source and invest in companies across various stages and asset classes, ranging from early stage to both private and public equity to funds.Backed by the Family Office of Jim Pallotta, The Raptor Group focuses on various industries including, but not limited to, technology, fintech, sports, consumer, media, entertainment, and healthcare.tsized investment returns.
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Pegasus is a leading global private markets impact investment manager. As the first U.S. private equity fund manager accredited by the Green Climate Fund, we are dedicated to fostering sustainable growth while providing attractive returns for our investors.
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SFE holds ownership interests in the companies below where we are either actively involved, influencing development through board representation resulting from our equity ownership or the company represents a significant value but we do not have significant influence resulting from our equity ownership.
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Oak Hill began its investment activities in 1986 as the family office of Robert M. Bass. His goal was to build a firm that delivered strong risk adjusted returns and fostered a culture that incorporated his philosophy of “doing well while doing good.”This unique heritage is ingrained in the firm’s culture and runs through the General Partner’s significant capital commitment to each of its funds. We seek to work harder to see things others do not. We take ownership, embrace change, and strive to add value. We invest in one another.
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As entrepreneurs, we have been in your shoes, so the Originate team supports our portfolio companies well beyond our financial resources. We share our experiences and perspectives from our own lessons learned, and from our unique skill sets. Also help you steer through the challenges that are often inevitable: tough personnel issues, hiring the right people, creative fund-raising, and sharing the little wins that are oh-so important. We can be a sounding board or be all-ears when needed, too. Our most important order of business–make sure the CEO has the right plan and resources to bring the vision to life.
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VantagePoint Capital Partners is a global venture investor supporting companies from start-up to scale-up with a special focus on energy innovation and efficiency. With over $4 billion under management, VantagePoint provides not only capital, but strategic resources, important partnership alliances and ongoing support to its diverse group of portfolio companies and entrepreneurs.
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We are an investment firm with more than 25 years of experience backing transformational healthcare and biotech companies. Our healthcare portfolio companies target innovative care delivery models, such as digital health, consumer-centric businesses, patient and provider solutions, and data science and analytics. Our life sciences and biotechnology portfolio companies focus on molecules and platforms, therapeutics and genomics.
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Mercury is an early-stage venture capital platform that seeks out transformative software startups, led by exceptional founders, in communities across America.To date, Mercury has created over $9 billion of value with an operationally-focused venture investment strategy helping startups achieve rapid, sustainable growth.Mercury partners with first-time entrepreneurs who require support and guidance, as well as seasoned founders seeking to leverage the assets and talent of our growth partner network.
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Blue 9 Capital is a New York City-based family office that invests in private companies through direct equity and fund investments. For over 30 years, we have supported founders and management teams with capital and value-added insights. Blue 9’s flexible investment mandate includes buyouts, growth, and venture capital across a range of sectors. Blue 9 VC invests in early-stage companies and emerging managers across FinTech, Health Tech, Industrials, and Consumer Tech. We are multi-stage investors, and we partner with capable founders employing differentiated business models and innovative technologies.
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Motorola exists to design, create and deliver purposeful innovations to people across the globe so they transform the way they discover, share and connect with the world around them. Since 1928, we’ve been driven to move the industry forward. At Motorola, we strive to provide people with more access to the intuitive mobile products and services needed to make everyday life easier, more uplifting, and more enjoyable for all.
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Hellman & Friedman (H&F) is one of the oldest and most experienced private equity investment firms operating today. We are well respected for our distinctive investment philosophy and focused approach targeting large-scale equity investments in companies in select sectors. H&F has offices in San Francisco, New York and London. We are focused on a single private equity strategy. We generally seek to build a concentrated portfolio of scale investments in industries we know well and have developed significant expertise.
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Coral Capital Solutions is a commercial finance company providing working capital to small and midsize businesses mainly through financing their Purchase Orders and Accounts Receivable. We also provide Asset Based Loans against receivables, POs and inventory. We are well capitalized, using our own equity to fund clients and therefore have the ability to consummate transactions quickly from commitment to funding. We maintain a flat and nimble organizational structure that allows clients and referral sources direct access to principals and decision makers.
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Alerion Partners was formed in 2004 to leverage the proven successes and unique blend of skills of its investment professionals. An experienced, dynamic and collaborative team, the partners have worked closely together in varying capacities since the 1990s.Alerion has proven expertise in accelerating a company's development, gained from our investment professionals' unique experiences participating directly in all stages of companies' value creation cycles. Alerion's investment professionals have achieved considerable successes as investors, entrepreneurs, operators and managers. This comprehensive range of skills and perspectives allows for a truly unique ability to work with companies to help them achieve considerable growth.
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Drawing from our experience as one of Canada’s most active investors in technology and innovation, we work with exceptional founding teams to build category-leading companies. We engage with emerging teams with strong track records and a data-driven mindset to apply new, cloud-based technologies to the evolving needs of businesses. These collective efforts have created over 75 technology companies and have resulted in over 30 IPO and M&A transactions in the past 20 years. Since 2019, our affiliated fund, Celtic House Asia Partners (CHAP), has been working alongside Celtic House Venture Partners, building a portfolio of 30+ tech companies by drawing on their investment team’s collective experiences as first-generation immigrants and leveraging their network of immigrant and serial founders.
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Oak Hill began its investment activities in 1986 as the family office of Robert M. Bass. His goal was to build a firm that delivered strong risk adjusted returns and fostered a culture that incorporated his philosophy of “doing well while doing good.”This unique heritage is ingrained in the firm’s culture and runs through the General Partner’s significant capital commitment to each of its funds. We seek to work harder to see things others do not. We take ownership, embrace change, and strive to add value. We invest in one another.