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FUND BOOK
EDITIONMAY 2016
FUND BOOK
VENTURE CAPITAL
• Sonali DeRycker
• Partner
• CV: 15+ years European VC investing, Harvard
Business School
• Companies: Avito, Calastone, KupiVIP, Spotify,
Wallapop
• Michael Treskow
• Principal
• CV: 10+ years technology investing, Stanford
Business School
• Companies: FundingCircle, GoCardless, Packlink,
SpaceApe, WorldRemit
• Largest global social network
• Largest global music subscription service
• Game studio behind among others Clash of Clans, highest ever grossing mobile app
Full Portfolio • www.accel.com
Accel
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
Accel is a leading early and growth-stage venture capital firm, powering a global community of entrepreneurs.Accel backs entrepreneurs who have what it takes to build a world-class, category-defining business. Founded in1983, Accel brings more than three decades of experience building and supporting hundreds of companies.Accel's vision for entrepreneurship and business enables it to identify and invest in the companies that will beresponsible for the growth of next-generation industries. Accel has backed a number of iconic global platforms,which are powering new experiences for mobile consumers and the modern enterprise, including Atlassian,BlaBlaCar, Dropbox, Funding Circle, Etsy, Facebook, Flipkart, Funding Circle, Kayak, QlikTech, Simplivity,Spotify, Slack, Supercell, World Remit and others.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Palo Alto, New York, London , Bangalore
Founded 1983
Employees52 investment professionals (of which 12 in
Europe)
Current Fund Size$2.8bn across the US, Europe ($500m) and
India
Use of Debt No
AUM $10bn
Target Investment Size $1m -100m
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors Technology and technology-enabled services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaExceptional entrepreneurs looking to build
category-defining businesses
Website www.accel.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 20 7170 1000
KEY CONTACTS
Dominik Alvermann
Associate
Christoph Braun
Managing Partner
Fritz Oidtmann
Managing Partner
Frank Seehaus
Managing Partner
Sebastian Wossagk
Managing Partner
• London-based iwoca provides short-term financing to SMEs. Launched in 2012,
iwoca has already grown into one of Europe's leading fintech lenders.
• Started in 2004 as the category pioneer, Momox is now the leading European re-
commerce provider in the media and fashion categories. Based in Berlin.
• Linas Matkasse is the leading European recipe bag service, delivering recipes
together with all required groceries as complete meal kits. Based in Stockholm.
Full Portfolio • www.actoncapital.com
Acton Capital Partners
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
Acton Capital Partners is a growth-stage venture capital fund, based in Munich. With investments in more than65 companies since 1999, the Acton team brings a wealth of expertise and experience to the companies inwhich it invests, delivering superior capital returns. With its last fund (2008-2013), Acton has invested incompanies such as Linas Matkasse, Windeln.de, MyOptique Group, mytheresa.com, Etsy, Audibene, Momox,KupiVIP and Clio. Before 2008, the Acton team invested through the Burda Digital Ventures fund I and II incompanies like Ciao, HolidayCheck, Zooplus, OnVista, Cyberport, AbeBooks and Alando.
Acton’s current fund was initiated in 2014 with a volume of €170m and has so far invested in HomeToGo, Tictail,iwoca, GetSafe, Mambu, Mobify, Eloquii and Finanzcheck.de. The ideal investment candidates are Internet andmobile enabled companies in the consumer or B2B-SaaS space with proven and scalable business models,striving to take their growth opportunities to the next level.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Munich
Founded 1999
Employees 12 in Europe, 1 in North America
Current Fund Size €170m
Use of Debt No
AUM ca. €350m
Target Investment Size €5m - €20m
Target GeographiesEurope (>70%)
RoW, particularly North America (up to 30%)
Target SectorsConsumer Internet & B2SmallB (E-
Commerce, E-Services, Marketplaces, SaaS)
Investment Style Active (seeking board membership)
Deal Structures Qualified minority stakes
Key Investment CriteriaB2C or B2B-SaaS focus; cash-generative;
stage: growth, selectively early (no seed)
Website www.actoncapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 89 2421 887-0
KEY CONTACTS
• Benedict Rodenstock • Managing Partner • Email: [email protected]
• Formerly at Hubert Burda Media, WEB.DE, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants; MBA, Studied in Bologna, St.Gallen and New York
• Companies: Flaconi, Coureon, Stylelounge
• Bernd Schruefer • Managing Partner • Email: [email protected]
• Formerly co-founder and head of investment business at Extorel; investment banker at today‘s Unicredit Group, studied Business Administration
• Companies: Dreamlines, BettenRiese, 99Chairs
• Berlin-based 99 Chairs offers online-based professional interior design and a wide choice of high quality furniture to suit every pocket.
• Connecting Global Minds – Internations is the worldwide expatriate network for the growing number of people who live an work abroad.
• With personalized search, integrated price comparison and shopping possibility, Stylelounge makes shopping your favorite pieces even more convenient
Full Portfolio • www.astutia.de
Astutia
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
ASTUTIA is an independent investment company focusing on innovative founders and companies with outstanding growth potential. Our investments focus the areas of E-Commerce, Digital Media and Enterprise Solutions. We usually invest from early start-up to growth stages. Besides venture capital, we offer a truly international network and specialised know-how for entrepreneurs to support successful development and sustainable growth. Our latest exits include Flaconi, Amorelie and Dreamlines.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Munich, Berlin
Founded 2006
Employees 8 (of which 8 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €100k – €1m
Target Geographies Germany, Europe
Target Sectors E-Commerce, Digital Media, Enterprise Solutions
Investment Style Hands on
Deal Structures Minority stakes
Key Investment Criteria Team, Market
Website www.astutia.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 89 18908388 - 0
KEY CONTACTS
• Yann De Vries
• Partner
• Partner at Atomico in London. Previously Managing
director and co-founder of Redpoint e.ventures.
He holds a MSEE from the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology in Zurich (ETH) and an MBA from
Harvard Business School.
• Rovio is an entertainment media company based in Finland, and the creator of the
globally successful Angry Birds franchise, and the new Amazing Alex franchise.
• EVRYTHNG is a Web of Things software company, making products smart by
connecting them to the Web.
• Klarna, an online payments service that lets people shop safely and simply. With 6m
shoppers already using Klarna for simpler online payments, Klarna is rapidly
becoming the most trusted payment service in Europe.
Full Portfolio • www.atomico.com/portfolio
Atomico
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
Atomico is an international investment firm, focused on helping the world’s most disruptive technology companies scale and become global leaders. Founded in 2006 by Niklas Zennström, a co-founder of Skype, Atomico has made over 50 investments over four continents, including Skype, Supercell, Klarna, Truecaller, Zocdoc, GoEuro and The Climate Corporation, with an exclusive focus on the technology sector.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London, Beijing, São Paulo,
Istanbul, Tokyo
Founded 2006
Employees 27 (of which 23 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €5m – €50m
Target Geographies Global outside Silicon Valley
Target Sectors Technology
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority or Majority
Key Investment Criteria Growth stage innovative
technology companies
Website http://www.atomico.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (207) 499 1093
KEY CONTACTS
• Yevgen Sysoyev
• CEO, Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Board Member among other at Jooble and
Depositphotos
• Private equity and investment banker professional –
ICON Private Equity and Concorde Capital
• Andrei Kolodyuk
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Serial entrepreneur and co-founder of various
businesses, including City.com and Unitrade
• Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum
• Chairman of the UVCA, Ukraine Venture Capital and
Private Equity Association
• Petcube is a gadget and a mobile community app for pet owners that allows them to
watch, talk, and play with their pets using a smartphone
• Mobile 3D Augmented Reality Solutions
• Coppertino Inc. has crafted the best music player for MacOS and iOS— VOX. Their
goal is to provide a lightweight yet full-featured audio player that can play many
different file formats from various sources
Full Portfolio • aventurescapital.com/projects
AVentures
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
Since 1994 AVentures has implemented more than 30 projects in different sectors, such as IT, Telecom,Internet, clean tech, real estate, and has received wide recognition on the Ukrainian IT market.In 2012 AVentures Capital has launched a VC fund to support successful technology entrepreneurs in CEEcountries. The Fund`s investment focus will be proven business models in the consumer space of the Internet,as well as disruptive services and technologies in cloud computing and enterprise software in general. The Fundwill also consider opportunities in mobile technology, payment systems, online gaming and social media.We participate in seed and Series A-B rounds either as a lead investor or co-investor.Currently we have six companies in our portfolio.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Kiev, San Francisco
Founded 2012
Employees 5 (of which 4 in Europe)
Current Fund Size$100m (currently fundraising); first closing
$50m by end of 2015 and final closing - 2016
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size $200k - $1.5m
Target Geographies CEE countries
Target SectorsWeb- or digital economy-related, with focus
on technology driven & disruptive markets
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority only
Key Investment CriteriaSolid growth in revenue or users, scalability,
outstanding team, “CEE angle”
Website aventurescapital.com/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
• Jörg Rheinboldt
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Co-founded and worked with a wide range of
startups. Today, he primarily acts as investor and
mentor for startups with the goal to bring out the best
in people.
• Companies: alando.de, eBay, M10, betterplace.org
• Frauke Mispagel
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Investment Banker before starting her own startup.
She has worked in international business
development and digital M&A.
• Companies: JPMorgan Chase, Zalando, Bauer
Media, Axel Springer
• Number26 is the new way of banking
• ZenMate encrypts your internet connection while you browse
• blogfoster is the fastest way to manage advertising on your blog
Full Portfolio • www.axelspringerplugandplay.com/startups
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices 1
Founded 2013
Employees 7 (of which 7 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt N/A
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies Europe
Target SectorsDigital business models
(no focus on hardware)
Investment Style Active
Deal StructuresStandard deal: €25k for 5% equity
(+ possible follow-on co-investments)
Key Investment Criteria (pre-) seed stage, strong team, scalability
Website www.axelspringerplugandplay.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 2591 78001
KEY CONTACTS
Axel Springer Plug and Play is an early-stage accelerator supporting trail-blazing digital entrepreneurs from all over the world. Three times a year, we run a 100 day acceleration program. As a joint venture between Axel Springer SE and Plug and Play Tech Center Sunnyvale California, startups get access to a global network. We offer €25k in funding plus office space in the heart of Berlin, great mentorship, workshops, events and much more.
Why us?
• One of the leading programs in Europe
• 250+ Mentors
• Network of Investors and corporates
• Opportunity to move to Silicon Valley
Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator
• Daniel Waterhouse
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Daniel has over 15 years’ experience investing and
working with Internet and software companies
• Companies: Loveknitting, Roli, Thread, Tictail, Top10,
TrademarkNow
• Rob Moffat
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Partner at Balderton since 2009, previously at Google
• Companies: Wooga, Carwow, Prodigy Finance,
Nutmeg, Rentify, Patients Know Best
• Leading mobile casual games developer, based in Berlin
• The future of music publishing, ensuring their artists (representing ~40% of the top
100) are paid rapidly and fairly across all offline & online platforms
• World-leading online retailer, with proprietary tech stack, focussed on health & beauty
and active across Europe and the US
Full Portfolio • www.balderton.com
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London
Founded 2000
Employees 30 (of which 30 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $305m
Use of Debt No
AUM $2.3bn
Target Investment Size $1m - $20m
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors Tech
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Team, disruptive
Website www.balderton.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 20 7016 6800
KEY CONTACTS
Our focus is on early stage, European technology businesses, with ambitious founders and unique approaches.Balderton is the largest Europe focused early stage venture fund, with funds totalling $2.3bn. We invest between$1m to $20m into companies with the potential to disrupt huge industries, and the ambition to scale globally.We invest for the long term, with the ability to support our companies from start to exit.What makes us different is our equal partnership, including two founders of $bn companies and former execsfrom Uber, Dropbox, Google and Yahoo.
Balderton Capital
• Iskender Dirik
• Managing Director
• Email:
• MD at BVP, M&A for Bauer Media Group, Founder of
several Product-Startups, MD at Technology & Digital
Media Consulting Boutique, Management Consulting
• Companies: Navabi, Contorion
• Sven-Olof Reimers
• Managing Director
• Email:
• MD at BVP, M&A for Bauer Media Group, COO Bauer
Xcel Media, Publishing Director Bauer Media Group,
MD Bauer Interior GmbH
• Companies: Yummly, Lifesu
• Global leading meta-search and recommendation engine for food and recipies.
California-based.
• A leading calory and fitness tracking app. Featured by Apple. Stockholm-based.
• Global category leader in plus-size premium fashion for women. Aachen- and
London-based.
Full Portfolio • N/A
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Hamburg, Stockholm
Founded 2014
Employees 7 (of which 7 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €100m
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €1m - €7m
Target Geographies Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Nordics
Target Sectors Digital Media & Publishing Tech
Investment Style Active, hands-on
Deal Structures Flexible
Key Investment Criteria Top-notch team // scaling by technology
Website www.bauerventurepartners.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 40 3019 1078
KEY CONTACTS
Bauer Venture Partners focusses on Digital Media (Owned Content, Aggregators, Functional Apps, Classifieds)
and Publishing Technologies (Content Creation, Distribution & Monetization), early and later stages and the
German and Nordic Regions.
We are a financial, profit-oriented investor. But, if it provides value, we could offer the advantages of a strategic
investor: Access to the assets and infrastructure of one of the leading international media companies with a
strong footprint in markets like Germany, UK, Poland, USA, Australia, Nordics and more.
Bauer Venture Partners
• Jan Christoph Gras
• Managing Director
• Email:
• Founder of Berlin Ventures.
• Previously founder of myphotobook and epubli.
• Marek Bärlein
• Managing Director
• Email:
• Founder of Berlin Ventures.
• Previously founder of myphotobook and epubli.
• optiopay is a B2B2C payment provider which is processing pay-outs to customers and
places at this moment of purchasing power advertisement.
• As the leading German pure online player in fitness and sports nutrition, Vitafy
addresses the growing healthy living movement. Vitafy strives to create the number
one wellbeing e-commerce brand in Europe.
• SHORE is Germany’s leading and internationally expanding provider of web-based
business solutions for local service providers. SHORE uses state-of-the art
technology for a user-friendly communication.
Full Portfolio • www.berllinventures.com
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin
Founded 2007
Employees 4 (of which 4 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €50k - €500k
Target Geographies Europe / USA
Target Sectors Digital Media
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures minority
Key Investment CriteriaOutstanding Team, market size,
growth potential
Website www.berlinventures.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
Berlin Ventures is looking for outstanding teams with a disruptive idea. As entrepreneur-driven early stage
investor Berlin Ventures offers primary and secondary funding with ‘hands on’ support in all relevant areas such
as strategy, internationalization, marketing, logistics, product, follow-on funding, finance, KPI development,
human resources.
Berlin Ventures sees itself as a sparring partner, having the necessary entrepreneurial background alongside a
profound knowledge and network in order to build a successful and sustainable companies.
Berlin Ventures
• Alex Ferrara
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined BVP in 2005. Focused on application
software, cyber security, and Internet sectors.
Previously at Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers.
• Companies: Shopify, NewVoiceMedia, Pipedrive,
Social Tables, TeamViewer, Skype and others
• Jordan Windmueller
• Associate
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined BVP in 2014. Focused on cloud software,
consumer internet, and autonomous systems.
Previously at BlackRock.
• Companies: Pipedrive, Dashlane, Social Tables,
ZenMate, LiveAuctioneers
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• Shopify provides e-commerce software to SMBs and lets merchants set up a high-end
online store in only a few minutes without high-costs, hassles or need for tech
expertise.
[Logo] • NewVoiceMedia Ltd. is a global provider of cloud contact centre solutions.
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• Wandera pioneered the Secure Mobile Gateway to help organizations protect their
data from mobile threats and gain better visibility and control over their mobile data
usage.
Full Portfolio • www.bvp.com/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
OfficesNew York, Silicon Valley, San Francisco,
Boston, Israel, India
Founded 1911
Employees 45 investment professionals
Current Fund Size $1.6bn
Use of Debt No
AUM $4.5bn
Target Investment Size $100k - $75m
Target Geographies North America, Europe, Israel, India
Target Sectors
Cloud / SaaS, Consumer, Security,
Marketplaces, FinTech, Healthcare,
Developer Platforms, Infrastructure,
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaStrong team, innovative product / technology,
customer adoption, rapid growth
Website www.bvp.com
Contact Email [email protected] [email protected]
Contact Phone +1-914-833-9100
KEY CONTACTS
Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) invests in early-stage, hyper-growth startups, partnering closely withentrepreneurs to build durable businesses. We admire those who aren’t afraid to break with convention and aredriven to push the limits of what is possible with technology and product. We are a global firm with offices in NewYork, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Boston, Israel, and India.With more than $4bn under management, we invest anywhere from $100k to $75m in innovative companies likeLinkedIn, Yelp, Shopify, Pinterest, Box and Twilio. We have been active investors in Europe, partnering withmarket leaders like Skype, Pipedrive, Wandera, NewVoiceMedia, TeamViewer, Criteo, Dashlane, Zopa, andZenMate. Over 100 BVP companies have gone public.
Bessemer Venture Partners
• Oliver Borrmann
• Managing Partner
• CEO of bmp Beteiligungsmanagement AG. Since
1997 founder and member of the management board
of bmp Holding AG. Supported over 130 startups in
business development and financing, experience by
more then 50 trade sales and IPOs.
• Dr. Jan Alberti
• Partner
• Partner at bmp Beteiligungsmanagement AG.
Previously Investment Manager at bmp and General
Manager at GO:INcubator GmbH. Supported and
financed over 60 startups, in the field of SaaS, Big
Data, Enterprise Software, Mobile, Media.
• Tourplaning and mobile navigation for outdoor activities (www.komoot.de)
• Global Distribution System (GDS) for Intercity Buses (www.distribusion.com)
• Developer of Software to plan, execute and reuse market research in innovation,
marketing and sales decisions (www.marketlogicsoftware.com)
Full Portfolio • www.bmp.com/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices 3
Founded 1997
Employees 20
Current Fund Size €150m
Use of Debt N/A
AUM €180m
Target Investment Size €500k - €10m
Target Geographies Germany
Target SectorsInnovative, technology driven companies with
fast growing and sustainable business models
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Team, market, product, traction
Website www.bmp.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 203050
KEY CONTACTS
With a background of experience of more than 250 investments in almost all technology segments, the majorityof which were early phase, bmp is one of the most experienced venture capital investors in Germany. Itsheadquarters is in Berlin with branch offices in Magdeburg and Potsdam.In addition to direct investments, bmp's activities also include managing risk capital funds for KfW Bankengruppeand DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft.bmp currently manages the IBG funds in Saxony-Anhalt, the VC portfolio of bmp Holding and theFrühphasenfonds Brandenburg fund, which completed its investment phase following 24 investments at the endof 2014.
bmp Beteiligungsmanagement AG
• Viktor Balint
• Managing Parner
• Email: viktor.balint@bnlgrow th.com
• BnL Grow th Partners-Managing partner
• MISYS-Director of Marketing Digital Channels
• IND-Director of Marketing and Communication
• PWC-Marketing and Communication Director
• Jozsef Nyiri
• Managing partner
• Email: [email protected]
• BnL Grow th Partners-Managing partner
• MISYS-Director of Innovation, Digital Channels
• IND-Chief Innovator
BnL Growth Partners
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Budapest
Founded 2015
Employees N/A
Current Fund Size Private equity
Use of Debt No
AUM €10m
Target Investment Size €1m – €5m
Target Geographies CEE, EMEA
Target SectorsGrow th Advisory, Investments, Fintech,
EMEA, Digital, Innovation, EduTech
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Mixed (Control, joint control, minority, etc.)
Key Investment Criteria Smart Money
Website www.bnlgrowth.com
Contact [email protected],
viktor.balint@bnlgrow th.com
Contact Phone +36706218321, +36205199111
KEY CONTACTS
BnL Grow th Partners is a private equity and smartmoney advisory boutique firm committed to boost innovation inthe FinTech sphere by funding and advising companies on product and market growth. The company providesearly stage funding of €1–5m and connects innovations with financial technology buyers and technology partnersthrough its extensive EMEA FinTech netw ork.
• CodeCool eases the recruitment pain of IT companies by bringing smart young
people to the market. CodeCool f inds talented people and feed their motivation to
learn programming. Custom made learning paths for FinTech companies.
• SCOLVO is providing beautiful business apps via it’s ow n mobile enterprise UX
platform solution
• AdBank gives personalized discounts to banking customers from local merchants.
With Adbank’s platform, banks can utilize their existing data to deliver targeted,
merchant funded, cash-back discounts to their customers.
Full Portfolio • bnlgrow th.com/#Portfolio
• Dr. Jochen Gutbrod
• General Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Group CFO, CEO Digital Media and Deputy
Chairman of the Board at Holtzbrinck Publishing
Group, Head of Research Lombard Odier
• Companies: Auctionata, Azimo, Blacklane, Markafoni,
Outfittery, Raisn, SumUp, Westwing, Windeln.de, etc.
• Florian Schweitzer
• General Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Co-Founder b-to-v Partners, Board Member of the
Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance
Association (SECA), University of St.Gallen
• Companies: Data Artisans, Facebook, Finanzcheck,
Flaconi, Linguee, Orcam, Studitemps, XING, etc.
• No. 1 German comparison of consumer credit offerings from more than 60 banks
• No. 1 European online marketplace for fixed term deposits
• Leading mobile first insurance broker
Full Portfolio • www.b-to-v.com/companies/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin, St.Gallen
Founded 2000
Employees 5 Internet Investment Team
Current Fund Size €75m
Use of Debt No
AUM €200m
Target Investment Size €250k - €7.5m
Target Geographies 80% DACH, 20% Global
Target Sectors Consumer Internet, FinTech, Marketplaces
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaExceptional team, scalability, unique market
positioning, defendable assets
Website www.b-to-v.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +41 71 242 2000
KEY CONTACTS
Founded in 2000, b-to-v Partners is a venture capital fund as well as the leading network of investingentrepreneurs in Europe. The firm combines the industry expertise and experience of its members with theventure capital expertise of its investment team. With investment teams in Internet & Mobile as well as inAdvanced Technologies, b-to-v invests €25m per year in high growth companies. In 2015, Florian Schweitzerand Jochen Gutbrod of RI Digital/Raffay & Cie. joined forces to set up a new fund solely focused on digitalbusiness models.
b-to-v Partners
• Jörg Binnenbrücker
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Christian Siegele
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• mobile tracking and analytics solution provider
• online platform for short- and adventure trips
• online platform for luxury watches
Full Portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Cologne, Berlin
Founded 2012
Employees 8 (of which 8 in Europe]
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt N/A
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €500k – €2.5m
Target Geographies Germany, Europe
Target Sectors Digital Media
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Digital Business Model, Team, Growth
Website Capnamic.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49-221-67781930
KEY CONTACTS
Capnamic Ventures is an independent venture capital enterprise with offices in Cologne and Berlin that invests inbusiness models along the digital value added chain. These include growth markets such as mobile,eCommerce, gaming, payment, advertising and software-as-a-service models. The Capnamic Ventures teamcan rely on the expertise acquired in the course of over 100 equity interests and 30 years of investmentexperience. The investors chiefly are enterprises and entrepreneurial families. In addition to its own fund,Capnamic Ventures also takes care of the entire portfolio of DuMont Venture, the holding company of the mediagroup M. DuMont Schauberg. Further particulars are available at: www.capnamic.de.
Capnamic Ventures
• Rouven Dresselhaus
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Co-founder at Cavalry Ventures
• Previously (i.a.) angel investor in 35+ companies,
Capnamic Ventures, Morten Sondergaard, KPMG
• Stefan Walter
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Co-founder at Cavalry Ventures
• Previously (i.a.) Rheingau Founders, Montredo,
Crowdpark
• Fastest growing real-estate brokerage platform in DE
• Flat rate, high touch service, on average 80% cheaper than a regular broker
• B2B marketplace for fashion wholesale
• Changing the way brands and retailers work together by digitalizing fashion wholesale
• Open marketing platform, combining customer data with cross-channel marketing
campaign management
• Integrates with data sources and marketing channels
Full Portfolio • http://www.cavalry.vc/#portfolio-section
Cavalry Ventures I GmbH & Co. KG
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
Cavalry Ventures is a Berlin based (pre-) seed fund with true value add for founders.We are among the first investors in a startup and support our portfolio companies not only with capital but withreal operations know-how, access to an international network and active fundraising support.Prior to founding Cavalry Ventures, we have invested in more than 60 companies. Those companies haveattracted more than €2bn in follow-on funding across 15+ industries and boast more than 3,000 employees.As entrepreneurs we have built companies like Delivery Hero, plista, BOOK A TIGER, ProductsUp and DOJOMadness.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin
Founded 2016
Employees 8 (of which 8 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €20m
Use of Debt
AUM €20m
Target Investment Size €100k - €300k initial invest + follow-on
Target Geographies Berlin, Germany, Europe and World
Target Sectors Tech: Consumer and Enterprise
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Joint control and minority
Key Investment Criteria Team, market, stage, Cavalry value add
Website www.cavalry.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone n/a
KEY CONTACTS
• Filip Dames
• Managing Partner
• Founded first company in 2008
• Joined founding team of Zalando as CEO of the
group‘s shopping-club
• Daniel P. Glasner
• Managing Partner
• Founded CityDeal and Quandoo
• Managing Director of Groupon International
• Auto1 connects car buyers and sellers through its technology platform, enabling
them to trade seamlessly
• Technology platform for buying and selling pre-owned luxury watches in a
comfortable, safe and fast way
• Technology-based accounting software and service
Full Portfolio • cherry.vc/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin
Founded 2012
Employees 8
Current Fund Size €150m
Use of Debt No
Target Investment Size €300k - €1m
Target Geographies Europe
Target SectorsConsumer Tech, Marketplaces, SaaS,
eCommerce Enabling
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria
Disruptive Idea, Large Market,
Scalable Business Model,
Amazing Founder Team, Strong Execution,
Pragmatic Business Approach
Website cherry.vc
Contact Email: [email protected]
KEY CONTACTS
Cherry Ventures is a Berlin-based Venture Capital fund, founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. The fund ismanaged by Filip Dames, Daniel P. Glasner and Christian Meermann and provides seed and early-stageinvestment for the best ideas and teams across Europe. Cherry Ventures offers portfolio companies a platformwith funding and know-how as well as access to a network of the most successful start-up entrepreneurs inEurope. Since its launch in 2012, the Cherry Ventures I fund has successfully invested in more than 20companies and generated more than EUR 2bn in shareholder value. Auto1 Group, Flixbus, Lesara, Quandoo,Watchmaster and Amorelie are part of the Cherry Venture portfolio, among others.
Cherry Ventures
Daniel Shinar
CEO
• Leads Claltech investments in Israel and is an active
member of Access’s global tech team. Previously VP
of Strategy and Business Development at Clal
Industries.
• Companies: Rocket Internet (FRA: RKET), Glogal
Fashion Group, Yotpo, Ironsource, Zerto
Tomer Babai
Senior Analyst
• Claltech in 2014
• Previously: Clal Industries, PwC
• Companies: Zooz, Spectrum 700
• Yotpo is a reviews and user-generated content (UGC) marketing platform for online
businesses
• Zerto provides enterprise-class disaster recovery and business continuity solutions for
virtualized data centers and cloud environments
• ironSource offers a complete ecosystem for online and mobile downloaded
applications including all aspects of user acquisition, conversion, monetization,
integrated analytics and optimization
Full Portfolio • http://www.claltech.com/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Tel Aviv
Founded 2014
Employees 3
Current Fund Size $100m
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size $3m - $15m
Target Geographies Israel
Target SectorsEnterprise software, consumer and B2B
internet and mobile
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaExceptional entrepreneurs looking to build
category-defining businesses
Website http://www.claltech.com
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Phone +972-3-6075741
KEY CONTACTS
Claltech serves as Access Industries' technology investment arm in Israel and invests in companies in theconsumer and enterprise sectors that have the potential to disrupt their industries. Access Industries is aprivately held U.S. group with global strategic investments. Its media and technology portfolio includes marketleaders such as Warner Music, Alibaba, Facebook, Square, Spotify, Perform Group, Rocket Internet, Zalando,Deezer, Crowdsurge, Sentient Technologies, Lazada and many others.
Claltech
• Stefan Tirtey
• Managing Director
• Email:
• MBA, Insead; Dipl.-Ing., RWTH Aachen
• Previously: Doughty Hanson, early investor in
SoundCloud
• Patrick Meisberger
• Managing Director
• Email:
patrick.meisberger@commerzventur
es.com
• MBA, Eastern Illinois University; MA Business
Administration, University of Cologne
• Previously: T-Venture, Allianz Venture
• eToro is the world's leading social investment network company based in Israel
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Frankfurt am Main
Founded 2014
Employees 6 (of which 6 in Europe)
Current Fund Size Commerzbank Balance Sheet
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €2m – €10m
Target Geographies Globally
Target Sectors FinTech & Insurance
Investment Stylelead, Co-Lead, Follower, actively involved
with the Company
Deal Structures Standard VC terms / minorities
Key Investment Criteria Revenue traction, B and C rounds
Website N/A
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 69 348773496
KEY CONTACTS
Established in 2014, CommerzVentures is the corporate VC arm of Commerzbank investing in early and growth
stage start ups in the FinTech sector. At CommerzVentures we want to work with the best entrepreneurs who
can articulate why they can dominate a given market segment.
Our team has >25 years in venture capital. Typically we invest at series B/C stage and no less than €2m, initially.
CoV reports directly to the management board of Commerzbank AG. Martin Blessing (Commerzbank’s CEO)
chairs the investment committee.
Commerz Ventures
• Christian Stein
• Managing Director
• Email:[email protected]
• Creathor Venture
• Boston Consulting Group
• IBM
• Zadego/Easybooking
• David Zimmer
• Managing Director
• Email:[email protected]
• Quadriga Capital
• Waterland Private Equity
• Altira
• T-Mobile International
New fund, launched operations in March 2016
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin, Cologne
Founded 2016
Employees 7 (of which 7 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €225m
Use of Debt No
AUM €225m
Target Investment Size €500k – €3m per funding round
Target Geographies Germany
Target Sectors IT, Internet, High-Tech, Life Science
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority stake, with co-investors
Key Investment Criteria „Traction“ (no seed funding)
Website www.coparion.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 5858 4400
KEY CONTACTS
We are a pragmatic investor with an eye for the essentials and persistence for the long-run.We help young technology companies achieve swift and sustained growth. With assets under management of€225m we have the means to do so. We support entrepreneurial vision with our know-how, but withoutintervening in daily business operations. Thanks to 25+ years of team experience in venture capital and inbuilding companies, we discern potentials and open up new perspectives. We have the substance, tenacity andcreativity required to mutually manage difficult situations successfully. We only invest with other co-investors.Our focus is on the start-up and early growth phase. We appreciate initial successes, such as the sales and keyaccounts developed or successful product launches. Per company we invest up to €10m, usually in severalfinancing rounds of €500k - €3m each.
Coparion – accelerating momentum
• Cédric Köhler
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• As a managing partner at Creathor Venture, Cédric
Köhler specializes in the IT, telecommunications,
Internet, media and new materials sectors. Previously
business consultant at Solution Providers in Zurich.
• Companies: Insiteo, Viewster, stylefruits, Joiz
• Christian Weiss
• Investment Manager
• Email: [email protected]
• Investment Manager at Creathor and responsible for
companies in the technology sector. Previousy
Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company in the
TMT sector.
• Companies: Iconicfuture, Netbiscuits
• News aggregator for smartphone & tablet
• Digital insurance broker
• Developer of the world‘s smartest connected biking system
Full Portfolio • http://www.creathor.com/en/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
OfficesBad Homburg (Germany), Munich,
Cologne, Zurich, Stockholm
Founded 2006
Employees 18 (of which 18 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €80m
Use of Debt No
AUM €180m
Target Investment Size €0 - €10m
Target GeographiesGermany, Switzerland, Austria, France,
Scandinavia
Target SectorsMobile, E-commerce, Media, Cloud, Internet
of Things, Sharing, Fintech, Life Science
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Lead-Investor, Co-lead Investor, Investor
Key Investment Criteriaoutstanding management teams, business
concepts and potential for market leadership
Website www.creathor.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 6172 139 72 0
KEY CONTACTS
As a leading European Venture Capital firm, Creathor Venture invests in technology-oriented companies andentrepreneurs. The management team of Creathor Venture consists of the CEO Dr. Gert Köhler, KarlheinzSchmelig, Cédric Köhler and Dr. Aristotelis Nastos. The team has been investing successfully in the early-stageventure capital business for 30 years. During that time, the team has built more than 200 technology companiessuccessfully, conducted more than 20 international IPOs and has achieved exceptional returns for fund investorsand the financed entrepreneurs in the past, all in the position as lead investor. The current portfolio of more than35 companies is actively supported in development, growth and internationalization by a team of 18 staff.Creathor Venture manages funds of more than €180m and holds offices in Bad Homburg, near Munich, inCologne, in Zurich and in Stockholm.
Creathor Venture
• Ankur Kamalia
• Managing Director
• Email: ankur.kamalia@deutsche-
boerse.com
• Head of Venture Portfolio Management at DBG. Previously
Managing Director at UBS, and Portfolio Manager at Polygon
Investment Partners.
• MBA - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Victor Hugo Gomez
• Senior Vice President
• Email: victor.hugo.gomez.zerpa@deutsche-
boerse.com
• Previously Innovation management for DBG’s Data business,
CEO and co-founder of Funding4Learning, Investment
Consultant at Mercer Consulting.
• MBA - WHU School of Management.
• Monika Fuchs
• Vice President
• Email: [email protected]
• Previously Strategic Finance at DBG, Corporate finance at
Commerzbank, Rothschild, Deutsche Bank, KPMG and BMW.
• Bachelor of business administration - ESB in Reutlingen and
Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE) in Madrid.
Full Portfolio • www.deutsche-boerse.com/db1ventures
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Global (Frankfurt HQ)
Founded 2016
Employees 5 (DB1 Ventures)
Current Fund Size Deutsche Börse Group Balance Sheet
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €2m – €25m
Target Geographies Europe, US (Asia opportunistic)
Target SectorsCapital Markets, Data, Analytics, Alternative
Funding Platforms, Investment Technology
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority / Control
Key Investment Criteria Growth stage bias, strategic investments
Website www.deutsche-boerse.com/db1ventures
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +496921116699
KEY CONTACTS
DB1 Ventures’ is the Corporate Venture Capital arm for Deutsche Börse Group (DBG). DB1 Ventures aims to bea strategic partner of choice for early to growth stage companies (bias towards Series A and above rounds),which are core or adjacent to DBG’s strategy, generate attractive investment returns and add strategic value tothe DBG’s growth plans.
The Group Venture Portfolio Management team manages DB1 Ventures and the DB1 Ventures InvestmentCommittee, which is chaired by the DBG CEO.
Deutsche Börse DB1 Ventures
• Nenad Marovac
• Managing Partner and CEO
• Partner at Advent International. Nenad holds a MBA
from Harvard Business School. He focuses on Digital
Media, Ecommerce, Marketplaces, Mobile
• Companies: Auto1, Book a Tiger, Datanomic, Happn,
HomeToGo, Tbricks, Mister Spex, OLX, Purplebricks,
Quandoo, Shazam, Windeln
• Thomas Rubens
• Investment Manager
• Barclays M&A. Graduated at University of Bristol.
He focuses on Ecommerce, Marketplaces, Software.
• Companies: Auto1, Book a Tiger, HomeToGo
ShipHawk, Quandoo
• #1 music and media recognition on mobile devices.
• Valued at $1+ billion
• Leading search and business intelligence software company.
• Acquired by Oracle in 2011 for $1.1 billion
• Leading baby and toddler e-commerce platform in DACH
• IPO in May 2015
• C2B seller of used cars to dealerships using online to acquire inventory
• One of Europe’s fastest growing unicorns and valued at over €1 billion
Full Portfolio • http://dncapital.com/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London, Menlo Park, Berlin
Founded 2000
Employees N/A
Current Fund Size €144m
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €250k - €20m
Target Geographies75% Europe (UK, Germany, France, Nordics)
25% US & ROW
Target SectorsEcommerce, Marketplaces, Digital Media,
Enterprise software, Fin Tech, Mobile
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment Criteria Team, Market, Product, Traction and Deal
Website www.dncapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0) 2073401600
KEY CONTACTS
DN Capital is a global early stage and growth capital investor in software, mobile applications, digital media,marketplace and e-commerce companies. The firm has operations in London, Berlin and Menlo Park and itsobjectives is to identify, invest in and actively support its portfolio companies to become global leaders.
Portfolio companies include Shazam Entertainment, Auto1 Group, Apsmart (sold to Thomson Reuters), Book ATiger, Datanomic (sold to Oracle), Delectable, Endeca Technologies (sold to Oracle), Happn, HomeToGo,JacobsRimell (sold to Amdocs), Mister Spex, OLX (sold to Naspers), Performance Horizon Group, PurpleBricks(IPO), Quandoo (sold to Recruit Holdings), Tbricks (sold to Orc Holdings) and Windeln.de (IPO).
The professionals at DN Capital bring over 60 years of private equity experience to their investments, andactively work with portfolio companies to steward their growth through the various stages of development.Additional information about the firm and its portfolio companies can be found at http://www.dncapital.com.
DN Capital
• Christian Leybold
• General Partner
• Has led Internet Consumer investments since 2003
and previously worked with management consulting
companies and research centers
• Companies: i.a. Farfetch, Auctionata, CityDeal
(Groupon)
• Andreas Haug
• General Partner
• Has started several digital businesses as an
entrepreneur and has invested in startups for more
than 15 years
• Companies: i.a. Deposit Solutions, Sapato (Ozon),
KaufDa (Axel Springer)
• Farfetch.com brings together independent fashion boutiques to provide a wide
selection of the most elegant brands and styles
• Deposit Solutions helps investors find the best rates for fixed deposits
• Software that enables companies to match increasing demand for faster web
experiences at scale
Full Portfolio http://www.eventures.vc/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
OfficesSan Francisco, Berlin, Hamburg, Tokyo,
São Paulo, Beijing
Founded 1998
Employees 30
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size $500k - $30m
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors Consumer Internet, Mobile, Digital Media
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures According to a startup‘s needs
Key Investment CriteriaExceptional entrepreneurs with a strong team,
rapid growth, disruptive models
Website www.eventures.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 46724977 0
KEY CONTACTS
Built on a strong and shared culture of entrepreneurship, e.ventures is a venture capital firm with global scale.For more than 15 years, e.ventures has been supporting consumer Internet, media and mobile startups andhelped entrepreneurs build transformative companies. The firm invests out of dedicated funds in the U.S.,Europe, Brazil, China and Japan. e.ventures’ portfolio comprises various disruptive industry leaders such asGroupon, Angie’s List, del.icio.us, Sonos and Farfetch. Operating offices in San Francisco, Hamburg, Berlin, SãoPaulo, Beijing and Tokyo, e.ventures combines a global investment philosophy with the benefits of localknowledge and insights.
e.ventures
• Dr. Hendrik Brandis
• Co-Founder and Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Co-Founder and Partner. Previously he was a partner
in McKinsey. He hold a PhD in aerospace
engineering from TU Munich.
• Companies: nfon, B2X, Videdressing, Movinga,
Onefootball, Simscale, Enevo
• Dr. Christian Nagel
• Co-Founder and Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Co-Founder and Partner. Previously he was
management consultant at McKinsey. He holds a
PhD in management from University of St.Gallen.
• Companies: Auctionata, Bonagora, Cashboard,
number26, smava
• Vertically integrated platform for moving services
• Banking product for smartphones
• Enterprise-ready, open core, in memory computing software
Full Portfolio • www.earlybird.com
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin, Munich, Istanbul
Founded 1997
Employees 35 (of which 35 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €150m
Use of Debt No
AUM €750m
Target Investment Size €0.5m – €15m
Target Geographies Europe
Target SectorsConsumer and enterprise internet, fin-tech,
marketplaces, SaaS
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures minority
Key Investment Criteria
Disruptive business models or technologies
with forward looking lock-in in large markets
lead by an outstanding team
Website www.earlybird.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 46724700
KEY CONTACTS
Early Stage Venture invests in disruptive digital businesses in Europe.
Earlybird Digital West and East
• Asheque Shams • Email:
• Asheque focuses on consumer internet, software and mobile investments for Eight Roads Ventures in Europe; his passion is marketplace models for food, travel, fashion and transport. His previous experience includes time at Magister Advisors and Torch Partners.
• Jack Eadie • Email: [email protected]
• Jack focuses on software, mobile, financial technology and industrial technologies at Eight Roads Ventures. Prior to joining the ventures team Jack worked on public and private equity research for the principal investments group at Eight Roads and in Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs.
Alibaba is the world's best known e-commerce ecosystem providing C2C, B2C and B2B sales services via web portals and mobile apps.
Made.com is an online furniture retailer, by working directly with furniture makers Made.com is able to reduce costs while delivering quality, cutting-edge designs.
Israeli-based AppsFlyer provides SaaS mobile marketing analytics and attribution platform.
Full Portfolio https://eightroads.com/en/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
Eight Roads is the proprietary investment arm of FIL, Fidelity International Limited, active in Ventures, Principal Investments and Real Estate. Eight Roads Ventures backs technology entrepreneurs with aspirations for greatness. By combining a collaborative approach with the strength and resources of the Fidelity network and a 50-year history of investing, Eight Roads helps companies across the globe accelerate their growth and become leaders in their field. A strong track record includes investments in Alibaba, China PnR, CloudByte, Cúram (IBM), Kaizen Platform, Metaps, Plaid, Retty and Treatwell (Recruit).
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Mumbai
Founded 1998
Employees 6 in Europe Ventures
Current Fund Size $250m in Europe
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size $5- $25m
Target Geographies From London the Ventures team looks for opportunities throughout Europe
Target Sectors Consumer Internet, Software and Financial Technology
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Diverse
Key Investment Criteria Growth stage technology companies with the ambition to become global leaders
Website www.eightroads.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 20 7074 5400
KEY CONTACTS
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Eight Roads Ventures
• Martijn Hamann
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• 10 years in VC / Private Equity
• 12 years in M&A and Operations
• Endeit (2006), Endemol (1996-2006), Investec (1994-
1996)
• Christoph Neuhaus
• Managing Director DACH
• Email: [email protected]
• 4 years in VC / Private Equity, 3 years in M&A
• Corporate Finance Partners (2010-2012), Jung von
Matt (2006-2008)
• Global leader in advanced location / mobile data technology
• Mobile workforce crowdsourcing platform
• Leading publisher & producer of casual web/mobile games
Full Portfolio • www.endeit.com
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Amsterdam, Hamburg
Founded 2006
Employees 7 (of which 7 in Europe]
Current Fund Size €125m
Use of Debt No
AUM €275m
Target Investment Size €3m - €10m
Target Geographies W-EU
Target SectorsDigital Media/Marketing, EdTech,
Ecommerce, Enterprise Services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Growth Phase, Internationalisation
Website www.endeit.com
Contact Email [email protected], [email protected]
Contact Phone +31-653726743, +49-1726615538
KEY CONTACTS
Endeit invests in pan-European "Connected Consumer" firms in digital media & marketing, e-commerce and
enterprise services, supporting them to becoming leading international players in their industries.
With entrepreneurial roots in digital media, internationalisation and M&A, Endeit provides buy & build expertise,
while leveraging its network across Europe and the USA. Endeit supports serial entrepreneurs heading high
growth innovative companies with proven recurring scalable business models. Natural leaders who need
additional growth capital for branding and extending their product portfolio, or for growth Internationally.
Endeit is an independent investment firm, backed by both institutional and funds from successful entrepreneurs
in Internet, media and other industries.
Endeit
• Joe Krancki
• Partner
• Jens Düing
• Principal
• Mike Reid
• Managing Partner
• Iyad Omari
• Partner
Leading European online money transfer service provider
Seamless content monetisation for digital publishers
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London
Founded 2008
Employees 8 (of which 8 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €90m
Use of Debt No
AUM €180m
Target Investment Size €2m - €10m
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors IT, Digital Media & Resource Efficiency
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority of majority
Key Investment Criteria Generating €3m-€30m of revenue
Website www.frogcapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0)20 7833 0555
KEY CONTACTS
Frog Capital is a leading growth capital investor focused on technology-led businesses in Europe.
Frog’s experienced team has invested in over 100 companies, and in the last six years has exited companieswith a total transaction value over €1bn.
Frog is a committed long-term partner, investing in ambitious companies with revenue up to €30m and requiringup to €20m of growth capital.
By applying industry knowledge, a network of relationships and operating expertise, Frog actively supportsexceptional company growth and builds significant shareholder value. For further information, pleasevisit www.frogcapital.com.
Frog Capital
• Patrick Gehlen
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Dr Oliver Serg
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Hamburg
Founded 2014
Employees 6 in Europe
Current Fund Size >€400m
Use of Debt Moderate use of debt
AUM Undisclosed
Target Investment Size €15m - €75m
Target Geographies German speaking region (DACH)
Target Sectors
Retail/e-Commerce, Consumer,
Business services, Education, Media/sport,
Medical technology and services, Software/IT,
Online classifieds, Customer loyalty systems
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Control, co-control, majority, minority
Key Investment Criteria
Strong management, profitable growth-
oriented business, established businesses
with proven and successful business model
Website www.genui.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 40 320 8669 0
KEY CONTACTS
GENUI Partners is a private investment firm established by a group of exceptional entrepreneurs and investmentprofessionals. What sets GENUI apart is a unique combination of entrepreneurial ability, a strong network, andexpertise in processes and governance. The GENUI entrepreneurs have built up larger businesses successfullyand have also added value to enterprises by taking active ownership roles as non-executive board memberswhen making substantial investments in the respective companies.
GENUI Partners
• mymuesli is the leading food manufacturer for premium mass customised muesli in
Germany distributed online, in its own stores and through food retailers.
• Fashionette is the leading German market online boutique for luxury and premium
handbags and related accessories.
• Christoph Gerlinger
• CEO
• Founder and former CEO of Frogster Interactive
Pictures AG, which he took public. Former Head of
German operations Infogrames/Atari. Former CFO of
CDV Software Entertainment.
• External expert for CDU on “Digitalization”
• Nikolas Samios
• COO
• Founder and CEO of Cooperativa Venture Services
• Former CEO of Brandenburg Ventures
• SoundCloud
• Delivery Hero
• Mister Spex
Full Portfolio • http://www.german-startups.com/#holdings
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices 2
Founded 2012
Employees 10 (of which 10 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €100k – €2m
Target Geographies German-speaking Europe
Target SectorsE-commerce, software, mobile, FinTech,
German Engineering
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Control, joint control, minority
Key Investment CriteriaEntrepreneurial talent, scalability, disruptive
potential
Website http://www.german-startups.com/en
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 6098890 80
KEY CONTACTS
German Startups Group, a Berlin-based investment company and venture capital provider for Germany’sflourishing startup scene, finances young growth companies and also supports their set-up, fundingacquisition, development, and – when the time is right – exit by providing them with business expertise. Byanalysing technology trends and market developments, the team of German Startups Group identifies, across awide range of sectors, talented entrepreneurs with disruptive products or business models and high scalability, towhich they have early access thanks to their close connections in the startup ecosystem. Theiractive investments, of which there are currently nearly 40, constitute a stage-agnostic cross-section of, in theirview, promising “startups made in Germany”.
German Startups Group Berlin
• Jochen Klueppel
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• E-commerce enterprise specialized in the sale of glasses, sunglasses and contacts
• Fastest growing movie community in the world with large properties on facebook,
youtube, and 2 of the leading movie sites: moviepilot.de and moviepilot.com
• The first statistics portal in the world to integrate over 60,000 diverse topics of data
and facts from over 10,000 sources onto a single professional platform
Full Portfolio • http://www.grazia.com/en/portfolio.html
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices 2
Founded 2000
Employees 5 (of which 5 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €0 - €500k
Target Geographies Germany, USA, GB
Target SectorsInternet, Digital Media, Mobile,
Telecommunication
Investment StyleBoard seats if possible, networking on
demand
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment CriteriaAttractive market potential + scalability,
significant added value
Website www.grazia.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 711 90 710 90
KEY CONTACTS
Grazia Equity, based in Stuttgart and Munich, is one of Europe’s top names in venture capital. Grazia specializesin start-up or early-stage financing for innovative companies with market-changing potential and opportunities forsuperior returns. Our successful track record and expanding global network now enable us to fund selected start-ups elsewhere in Europe as well as in the US.Unlike traditional venture capital companies, Grazia works exclusively with private-sector capital, with noinstitutional funding involved. That gives our portfolio companies all the advantages of speed, flexibility and apragmatic approach. This may sound more typical of a business angel but, at Grazia, we back up agility with thesolid funding and business development expertise you would normally expect of a VC firm. This combination,paired with our uncompromising ethical standards and commitment to sustainability, makes Grazia the idealchoice for businesses early in their life cycle.
Grazia Equity
• Jochen Maaß, CEO
• Email: [email protected]
• Founder of artaxo AG and Hanse Ventures
• Degree in business informatics
• Alex Eulenburg, CFO
• Email: [email protected]
• 12 years TMT investment banking in London and
Hamburg
• PhD in applied physics
• Crowd-based high-end B2B translation services
• Network of voucher code sites in fast growing e-commerce markets
• Market place for second hand designer fashion and accessories
Full Portfolio • www.hanseventures.com/en/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Hamburg
Founded 2010
Employees 30
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt N/A
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies Hamburg
Target Sectors Internet & mobile
Investment Style Founding of 2-4 start-ups p.a.
Deal StructuresIncubator model: Straight equity, resources
and infrastructure
Key Investment CriteriaScalable online based concepts, talented
people and good match with Hanse Ventures
Website www.hanseventures.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 40 38 66 25 95
KEY CONTACTS
We are an incubator for internet ventures, combining…
• start-up concepts,
• talented people seeking to become founders who we scout and train,
• skills and resources to accelerate growth (like coding, online marketing, PR and recruitment),
• seed funding from our own resources and an extensive network of co-investors
… in order to build great companies.
Hanse Ventures BSJ
• Chiara Sommer
• Investment Manager
• Email: [email protected]
• Chiara Sommer holds a B. Sc. degree in Business
Studies specializing in Finance from Cass Business
School in London and from Bocconi University in
Milan. She joined the HTGF in 2013
• Companies: Junique, Asana Yoga, 99chairs
• Stefanie Zillikens
• Head of Public Relations
• Email: [email protected]
• Many years of experience in Corporate
Communication, Marketing and Public Relations in
different sectors.Stefanie Zillikens holds a degree in
nutrition science from the Friedrich-Wilhelms-
Universität Bonn. She joined the HTGF in 2011.
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• Mister Spex is the largest online retailer for designer glasses in Germany. The
company offers a wide variety of high quality glasses, sunglasses, sport glasses as
well as contact lenses, that can be bought at fair prices via Internet.
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• Holistic access rights management for IT infrastructures: Visualization, analysis,
recommendations, reporting and optimized administration (controlled by workflows) of
access rights within different IT systems.
• Kiwigrid is an energy management system, which is connecting producers of
renewable energy, consumers, storages, electric mobility and the energy grid with
Microgrids.
Full Portfolio• http://high-tech-gruenderfonds.de/wp-
content/uploads/2015/01/HTGF_Portfoliomatrix.pdf
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Bonn
Founded 2005
Employees 47 (of which 47 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €576m in 2 funds
Use of Debt N/A
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size
€600k in the seed stage, with the potential for
up to a total of €2m per portfolio company in
follow-on financing.
Target Geographies Germany
Target Sectors
Hardware, Automation, Industrial Software,
Optical Tech, Energy, Life Sciences, Media,
Internet, E-Commerce, Chemistry
Investment Style Active/Passive
Deal Structures Control, joint control, minority, etc.
Key Investment Criteria N/A
Website www.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 228 82300 100
KEY CONTACTS
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is Germany’s most active and leading seed stage investor. We finance yourtechnology-driven company – whether you are active in the fields of cleantech or robotics, whether you aredeveloping new drugs, chemical processes or new software: come profit from our experience and the extensivenetwork of our team and its technological and entrepreneurial expertise.
High-Tech Gründerfonds
Management GmbH
• Markus Schunk
• CEO
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined Holtzbrinck in 2004
• Vast experience in digital media M&A transactions
• Michael Hock
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Holtzbrinck Digital since 2011
• 10+ years experience in VC/M&A
• Heading the Education & Science Investments
• Stefan Peters
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Holtzbrinck Digital since 2012
• 12+ years experience in M&A transactions
• Heading the Content & Health Investments
• Investment vehicle 100% owned by Holtzbrinck Digital that supports startups in the
space of scientific research technology
• The pioneer and leading global enterprise platform for search experience
optimization, which combines SEO, content, social media, PR & analysis
• The leading German question-and-answer website and among the most popular 20
pages in Germany
Full Portfolio • www.holtzbrinck-digital.com
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Munich, London, Boston
Founded N/A
Employees 15
Current Fund Size Evergreen
Use of Debt No
AUM Not disclosed
Target Investment Size €0.5m – €25m
Target Geographies Germany, UK; US; Global
Target SectorsScience, Education, Content, Health – Only
Internet & Software related
Investment Style Active, Board support
Deal StructuresMinority & majority investments,
Open for syndication
Key Investment CriteriaSegment, Team, Product/Market, Proof-of-
concept
Website www.holtzbrinck-digital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 89 452285100
KEY CONTACTS
Holtzbrinck Digital invests globally in internet businesses in the areas of science, education, content and health.We support entrepreneurs with a long-term vision to build valuable companies in a global environment. Ourexpertise, network and background enables us to support our portfolio companies in reaching the next level ofgrowth.
Holtzbrinck Digital
• Europe's largest online fashion company
• Fastest growing European long-distance bus operator
• Fully licensed automated robo-advisor for private wealth management
Full Portfolio • www.holtzbrinck-ventures.com/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices 2
Founded 2000
Employees 17
Current Fund Size €285m
Use of Debt No
AUM €635m
Target Investment Size €500k - €40m
Target Geographies Europe + high growth global markets
Target Sectors Internet / Mobile / Digital
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaMulti stage, early-in
Teams focused on execution
Website www.holtzbrinck-ventures.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 89 20607751
KEY CONTACTS
“We like to invest at seed stage and quickly provide additional capital at the moment of initial success!”
HV Holtzbrinck Ventures has been investing in internet companies for 16 years, primarily during their start-upphase. In this time, Holtzbrinck Ventures has financed over 150 companies, and has established itself as one ofthe most successful venture capital firms in Europe. Past portfolio companies include Groupon (IPO), Quandoo(acquired by Recruit), Stylight (acquired by Pro7), Brands4Friends (acquired by Ebay), Parship (acquired byHoltzbrinck Publishing Group), Audible (acquired by Amazon) and many more.
• Rainer Maerkle
• General Partner
• Email:
• 13 years VC (Siemens, 3i, HV), high-tech operations
with Siemens, startup bus dev with 123people
• Companies: Zalando, Scalable Capital, Outfittery,
Home24, Move24
• Dr. Christian Saller
• General Partner
• Email:
• Founder & CEO swoodoo, Managing Director KAYAK
Europe, 5 years VC
• Companies: Dreamlines, EasyTaxi, Onlinetours,
ozon.ru
HV Holtzbrinck Ventures
• Vigour empowers media companies and operators to revolutionise online video
services using Vigour Video, a world class interface platform that captivates the
customers and connects their screens.
• Customers want excellent service on all channels. Flexperto’s video-enabled
communication solution provides more personal and more convenient service at
less cost in day-to-day interaction with customers.
• Teraki provides software solutions that significantly reduce and optimize big data
from IoT sensors to enable intelligent actions.
Full Portfolio • https://www.hubraum.com/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin, Krakow, Tel Aviv
Founded 2011
Employees 19 (of which 18 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt N/A
AUM €5m - €10m
Target Investment Size €100k - €300k
Target Geographies Europe
Target SectorsDigital business models with at least mid-term
synergy fit to Deutsche Telekom (e.g. IoT)
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Typically 10-15% equity
Key Investment CriteriaSeed, strong team + business model, at least
mid-term synergy fit with Deutsche Telekom
Website hubraum.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 228 181-0
KEY CONTACTS
Hub:raum provides seed funding for startups that have the potential to fundamentally transform importantmarkets for Deutsche Telekom.
Startups receive capital to establish market traction as well as added benefits like work space, mentoring and apragmatic access to Deutsche Telekom and its business partners.
Next to send stage investing, hub:raum runs a number of no-strings attached programs like ChallengeUp(together with Intel and Cisco) or Go-Ignite (together with Telefonica, Orange and Singtel)
hub:raum
(Deutsche Telekom Incubator)
• Peter Borchers
• Founder
• Email: [email protected]
• Peter co-founded and managed an internal
innovation unit for Deutsche Telekom (T-
Innovations GmbH) as well as his own internet
startup.
• Verena Vellmer
• Head of Communications / Events
• Email: [email protected]
• Verena has studied business administration at
Humboldt university Berlin and worked, amongst
others, for schoesslers.com as Senior Account
Manager.
• Shelly Hod Moyal
• Founding Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Goldman Sachs, Avenue Capital, UBS, Executive MBA
Kellogg-Recanati
• Portfolio Companies: Applitools, Hola, TravelersBox, NFX
Guild, Nanorep
• Mor Assia
• Founding Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Elite Intelligence Unit analyst in IDF, IBM, SAP, AmDocs,
Columbia MBA
• Portfolio Companies: Zooz, Simplex, eToro, SeedCX,
Taranis, AlgoSeller, MissBeez
• David Assia
• Active Chairman
• Email: [email protected]
• Magic, Aladdin, Enformia, EasyBase, Delta Ventures,
Mashov Computers, MBA Tel Aviv University
• Portfolio Companies: Babylon, Walla, eToro, Paradigm
• Automating visual software testing
• Fraud free payments
• Enterprise data-driven payments platform
• Making the internet worldwide once again
Full Portfolio https://my.iangels.co/#!/browse/startups
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Tel Aviv
Founded 2014
Employees 17
Current Fund Size $30m
Use of Debt No
AUM Undisclosed
Target Investment Size $250k - $1m
Target Geographies Israel, Silicon Valley
Target Sectors IT & Enterprise Software, Internet, Fintech
Investment Style Passive
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Lead Investor, Founding Team, Technology
Website iAngels.co
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +972 52 259 9868
KEY CONTACTS
iAngels is an angel investment network that enables investors worldwide to gain access to exclusive early-stage
technology deals in Israel. iAngels leverages analytics, due diligence and relationship capital so investors can
profit from the proven experience of professional angel investors in a transparent partnership under identical deal
terms. In just over two years, iAngels has invested in 50 companies, produced two exits and built a team of
professionals led by its founders Shelly Hod Moyal and Mor Assia.
iAngels
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Paris
Founded 1997
Employees 70
Current Fund Size €110m / per year in the digital space
Use of Debt No
AUM €6.5bn, of which €1.5bn in VC
Target Investment Size €1m-€15m in VC investments
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors Internet / Software
Investment Style Active / Board
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Team & market potential
Website http://www.idinvest.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +33 6 15 13 10 13
KEY CONTACTS
Idinvest Partners has one of the most active and successful Venture Capital teams in Europe.In the last 10 years, we have invested in ~100 companies in the digital space with landmark investments such asCriteo (IPO), Lastminute.com (sold to Travelocity), Dailymotion (sold to Orange in 2013), Deezer, Meetic (sold toMatch.com), Talend, Vestiaire Collective, Pretty Simple (the French studio behind Criminal Case), Withings (soldto Nokia in 2016) and Sigfox (which recently raised over $100m).
We are currently building our presence outside of France with investments in companies such as SecretEscapes, Peakon, Social Point, Kantox, Planday, Clear2Pay (sold to Fidelity), Financefox, Onfido etc. and ourambition is to put more emphasis on that geographical expansion and be a pan-European venture firm. We focuson taking minority investments at the Series A / Series B stage (with occasional participation in seed deals andlater stage transactions), both in the B2B and B2C space and take board seats in order to try to help building thenext “Eunicorns”.
• Ad retargeting leader - NASDAQ successful IPO in 2013 with a €2.6bn market
capitalization.
• The French Spotify rumored to have entered the very private Unicorn group of
startups.
• Global marketplace for the resale of luxury goods.
• Mobile dating app based on hyper location and real time.
Full Portfolio • http://www.idinvest.com/en/portefeuille/portefeuille-capital-croissance
Idinvest Partners
• Jonathan Userovici
• VC Analyst
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined Idinvest in 2015.
• Previously with Rocket Internet and Bank of America Merrill
Lynch.
• Chloé Giard
• Associate
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined Idinvest in 2014.
• Previously with Clipperton Finance and Bryan Garnier & Co.
• Guillaume Durao
• Investment Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined Idinvest in 2015. Previously with Mangrove Capital
Partners, Bryan Garnier & Co, Credit Agricole Investment
Banking and Canal+.
• Companies: Secret Escapes, Happn, Planday, Peakon.
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices 108 offices in 98 countries
Founded 1956
Employees >4,000
Current Fund Size Balance sheet investor
Use of Debt Flexible
AUM $80bn
Target Investment Size $5m - $50m
Target Geographies Global Emerging Markets
Target Sectors Technology and Technology-enabled
Investment Style Active board members
Deal Structures Flexible
Key Investment CriteriaEarly stage to growth equity and Fund LP
investments
Website www.ifc.org/vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +1 202 473 7400
KEY CONTACTS
IFC is part of the World Bank Group and the largest global development institution focused on the private sector.IFC’s Venture Capital (VC) group invests in sustainable technology-driven ventures that make an impact inemerging markets, while also realizing strong returns. Our goal is to accelerate deployment of innovation inregions that need it the most. IFC VC invests both in local businesses based in emerging markets, as well asincreasingly in US/European companies with business solutions geared towards emerging markets. To date, IFChas invested almost US$1 billion in ventures in Global Internet (including ecommerce), health, education andcleantech.
• Souq - Online retailer in the Middle East
• Coursera – Educational technology company
• Lenskart - online optical store
Full Portfolio • www.ifc.org/vc/portfolio
International Finance Corporation
• Nikunj Jinsi
• Global Head Venture Capital
• Email: [email protected]
• Ruzgar Barisik
• Senior Investment Officer
• Email: [email protected]
• Yomi Kastro
• Managing Partner
• Email:
• Onur Turna
• Venture Associate
• Email: [email protected]
[Logo] • Largest Sports Nutrition E-Commerce Retailer in Turkey
[Logo] • Natural and Organic Food Online Retailer
[Logo] • Location Driven Mobile Technologies
Full Portfolio • http://www.inventures.com.tr/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices İstanbul
Founded 2009
Employees 4 (4 of them in Turkey)
Current Fund Size $5m
Use of Debt No
AUM $10m
Target Investment Size $100k
Target Geographies İstanbul, London, Tel-Aviv
Target Sectors E-commerce, SaaS, M-commerce
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority with common stock
Key Investment Criteria Bright team, competitive advantage
Website www.inventures.com.tr
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +90 212 2700546
KEY CONTACTS
Inventures is the first and only seed stage investor in Turkey with the ability to secure the technological core ofany founding team. With broad experience and network in the sector, our growth strategies accelerates ourventures in the path to success. We use a four tiered strategy of capital, technology, business development andmentorship in order to provide maximum impact for entrepreneurs.
INVENTURES
• Sergey Azatyan
• Managing Partner
• Email:
Sergey.Azatyan@inventurepartners.
com
• Inventure Partners since 2012
• Companies: Marshall Capital, MDM Bank
• Anton Inshutin
• Managing Partner
• Email:
om
• Inventure Partners since 2012
• Companies: Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank
• Taxi aggregator service allowing smartphone users to book a taxi
• Online tourist agency selling packaged tourist tours via its web-site
• Mobile payment solution allowing users to accept payments through mobile phones
Full Portfolio • www.inventurepartners.com/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Moscow
Founded 2012
Employees 8 (8 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $100m
Use of Debt No
AUM $100m
Target Investment Size $1m - $5m
Target Geographies Russia, CIS, Europe, US
Target Sectors
Technology, Internet, Financial Technologies,
Marketing, Digital Media, Mobile,
Telecommunication
Investment Style Board and operational support on demand
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaEstablished business model and rapid growth
potential
Website www.inventurepartners.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +7 495 641 3635
KEY CONTACTS
Inventure Partners is an innovative investment firm helping inventive entrepreneurs start and grow disruptivetechnology businesses. We look for teams with a novel approach to solving real problems and back a wide rangeof ventures across technology industry with an emphasis on internet, mobile, software and e-commercesegments. Although, our sweet spot is an investment of $1m - $5m, we are generally flexible on the investmentsize and can back attractive business models both at the earliest stages of their development as well as at thereasonably late stages.
Inventure Partners
• Erkan Kilicaslan
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• MBA Harvard, MSEE Bochum/Bordeaux, McKinsey &
Co., Technologieholding
• Companies: 1-2-3.tv, Searchmetrics, Tyntec, reBuy,
Mediakraft
• Curt Gunsenheimer
• Partner
• Email:
• MBA MIT, ESSEC Paris, Cornell, Goldman Sachs,
Robertson Stephens
• Companies: Alyotech, Kyriba, Talend, dotsoft
• Search Analytics software provider, Germany/USA
• Online re-Commerce for entertainment products, Germany
• Big data integration software solutions, USA/France
• Pan-European on-line video network, Germany
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
OfficesParis, Cologne, Dubai, Riyadh, Montreal, San
Francisco, Beijing, Tokyo
Founded 1986
Employees 28
Current Fund SizeMultiple funds for different stages and
geographies under management
Use of Debt N/A
AUM €1bn
Target Investment Size €1m - €20m
Target Geographies Europe, North-America, Asia, MENA
Target SectorsEarly- and later- stage investments
in the digital economy
Investment Style Proactive
Deal Structures Minority, special situations
Key Investment CriteriaHigh-growth potential coupled with
exceptional management teams
Website www.iriscapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +33 (0) 1 45 62 73 73
KEY CONTACTS
Iris Capital is a pan-European venture capital fund manager specializing in the digital economy. Since itsinception in 1986, the Iris Capital team has invested more than €1bn in more than 230 companies. Iris Capitaltargets opportunities in service or technology companies, seeking growth capital in order to realize their strategy.It provides active support to its portfolio companies on the basis of its strong sector specialization andexperience, and has offices in Paris, Cologne, San Francisco, Montreal, Riyadh, Dubai, Beijing and Tokyo. In2012 Iris Capital has entered into a strategic partnership with Orange and Publicis to manage their joint venturecapital initiative.
Iris Capital
• Big data technology for media monitoring
• Vertically integrated accessories & jewelry social selling platform
• Shipment Service: Integrative interface (API) connecting all major logistic companies
Full Portfolio • k-newmedia.de/k-invest/beteiligungen
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices 1
Founded 2009
Employees 5
Current Fund Size Evergreen
Use of Debt Working capital if necessary
AUM Undisclosed
Target Investment Size €0.5m - €2m
Target Geographies DACH
Target Sectors(e-)commerce, fashion/consumer goods,
ad/retail-tech, logistics, data, generation 50+
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteriamarket size, team, traction, options to
provide unfair advantage via KLiNGEL Group
Website k-newmedia.de/k-invest
Contact Email [email protected]
KEY CONTACTS
K – Invest is KLiNGEL‘s corporate venture capital unit. The KLiNGEL Group is a distance retailer operating 13retail brands in 12 European countries.
We are investing in digitally driven start-ups having the potential to impact a distance retailer’s value chain. Thus,our investment activities are focused on (e)-commerce, fashion/consumer goods, ad/retail-tech, logistics anddata centric companies. We plan to grow our portfolio further and are ready to support start-ups not only withfunds between €0.5m and €2mm but also with corporate assets.
K-Invest Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG
• Dr. Christoph Hellman
• CEO
• Email: [email protected]
• 10+ years experience in consulting, business
development, corporate incubation
• Previously with Neckermann, dGroup
• Katja Kühnel
• Investment Manager
• Email: [email protected]
• 10+ years experience as founder and VC
• Previously with PWC, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft
• Matthias Hornberger
• CFO
• Email: [email protected]
• CFO of Kizoo. Part of the senior management team
since the IPO of the AG in 2000. He has a long-
standing experience in the investment sector and a
comprehensive knowledge of typical features of
successful business models on the Internet.
• Frank Schüler
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Managing Director of Kizoo. He has had top positions
within the company for more than 10 years. Among
his leads were the IPO of WEB.DE, the foundation of
the WEB.DE Club, Web telecommunication and the
premium pay offerings.
• The market-leading app for online learning makes it easy to access languages from
English to Indonesian either from home, or on the go with a smartphone or tablet.
Babbel combines high-quality courses with modern technology.
• Enables any financial institution to easily deliver state-of-the-art banking through its
software-as-a-service cloud solution.
• E-recruiting solution that enables organisations to optimise their recruiting process.
Full Portfolio • http://www.kizoo.com/en/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Karlsruhe
Founded 2008
Employees 3
Current Fund Size €30m
Use of Debt No
AUM €11m
Target Investment Size €500k
Target Geographies Germany/Europe
Target SectorsSaaS, Internet & Mobile Services and Social
Applications
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria business model, management team
Website www.kizoo.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 721 51600
KEY CONTACTS
Kizoo helps young start-up teams grow. We provide seed and early stage financing with a focus on SaaS,Internet & Mobile Services and Social Applications. Apart from our financial resources, we are happy to shareour longtime experience in development, marketing and product management in those markets.
We are looking for committed entrepreneurial teams with a clear focus to build high growth products.
Kizoo Technology Ventures
• Zach Finkelstein
• Vice President
• Email: [email protected]
• Investor at Lumia Capital
• Previously Citigroup
• Companies: Xtime (acquired by Cox Automotive),
Hired, Kabbage, Careem, EatStreet, Sontra Cargo
• Kabbage is a next generation financial services company utilizing propriety algorithms
to extend credit to small businesses online. The platform focuses on providing sub
$100K loans to a segment that is undeserved by traditional banks.
• Hired is a two-sided marketplace that matches talent, particularly high-skilled tech
talent, with job opportunities. Hired is differentiated by the transparency and relevancy
achieved for both job-seekers and employers.
• OpenDNS (acquired by Cisco) is a leading cloud-based network security and DNS
service company. Their Umbrella security service blocks advanced attacks, malware,
botnets and phishing threats outside of the network perimeter before they can reach
customers.
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices San Francisco, CA
Founded 2011
Employees 8
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment SizeExpansion Stage: $2m - $20m
Early Stage: $100k - $500k
Target Geographies US, Latin America, EMEA
Target SectorsMobile, Enterprise Cloud, Fintech,
Marketplaces
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaExpansion Stage: $10m+ Net Revenue
Early Stage: $1m Net Revenue
Website www.lumiacapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
Lumia is an expansion-stage VC partnering with leading tech companies in under-invested emerging marketsand forward-thinking US companies targeting these markets to accelerate growth. Lumia employs a hands-onstrategy, working closely with management teams by pairing Silicon Valley insights and contacts with globalknowledge sharing and relationships to propel companies through expansion-stage challenges andopportunities.
Lumia Capital
• Web platform to create HTML5 websites and mobile sites. IPO 2013
• Russia's leading online luxury fashion retailer.
• Israeli provider of productivity tools for online user experience.
• The leading free mobile internet provider in the US.
• The largest Indian online shopping network focused on rural consumers
Full Portfolio • www.mangrove.vc
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Luxembourg
Founded 2000
Employees 13
Current Fund Size $180m
Use of Debt No
AUM $650m
Target Investment Size $100k - $15m
Target Geographies Europe, Israel, Russia, India
Target Sectors mobile, ecommerce, media, fintech
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria
Category defining technologies, Disruptive
product or service, Exceptional and ambitious
founders
Website www.mangrove.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +352 26 25 34-1
KEY CONTACTS
Founded in 2000, Mangrove Capital Partners is an investment firm dedicated to finding and helping passionate,innovative entrepreneurs start and grow global, disruptive companies. With successes such as Brands4Friends(sold to eBay),Skype (sold to eBay), Wix (IPO in October 2013), KupiVip (Russia's leading luxury e-commercecompany) and FreedomPop (the leading free mobile internet provider in the US), the firm has established itselfas one of the pre-eminent early stage investment firms. Mangrove chases bold, transformational ideas aroundthe world and invests across a variety of sectors, with an emphasis on mobile, e-commerce, media technologiesand fintech.
• Hans-Jürgen Schmitz
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Mangrove Co-Founder
• 15 years of VC investing
• Portfolio: Helpling, Outfittery, Storeking
• Mark Tluszcz
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Mangrove Co-Founder
• 15 years of VC investing
• Portfolio: JobToday, FreedomPop, Wix
• Michael Jackson
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• With Mangrove since 2007
• Previously Tele 2, Skype
• Portfolio: Churchdesk, Nimbuzz, Riddle
Mangrove Capital Partners
• Tomasz Czechowicz
• Managing Partner, founder
• Email: [email protected]
• Chief Investment Officer
• Sylwester Janik
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• MCI.TechVentures Fund Manager
• Companies: Auctionata, iZettle, Azimo, Invia.
[Logo]ATM - Polish company founded in 1994. The leader of the data center market with an extensive fiber
optic infrastructure. It operates in two segments: the segment of data center services and
telecommunications services. Listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since 2004.
[Logo]
Leader of the market of on-demand transport services and a major global B2B player
Established in 2010, Gett (previosly: Gettaxi) largest and fastest-growing company offering
professional passenger transport services outside the USA. It is the fastest growing market player in
the United Kingdom and a strong leader in Russia (the largest European market) and Israel.
[Logo]
Number one provider of mobile payment services and apps in Europe and Latin America. From card
readers for smartphones and tablets to cash registers, sales tools and cash advances, all of iZettle’s
solutions are simple to set-up, super secure and designed to help small businesses grow. Founded
in 2010 with headquarters in Stockholm, iZettle is now available in 11 countries globally.
Full Portfolio http://mci.pl/en/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Warsaw
Founded 1999
Employees 30 (of which 30 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $580m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $625m
Target Investment Size $10m - $25m
Target GeographiesEurope (CEE, Turkey, Israel, DACH,
Scandinavia)
Target Sectors Fintech, e-commerce, marketplaces
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Mixed
Key Investment Criteria Markets and ticket size
Website www.mci.eu
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +48 694400787
KEY CONTACTS
MCI Capital - European Leading Growth Capital Firm With Passion for Digital Transformation, based in Warsaw,Poland.Within the Group, there are currently 5 funds, including: MCI.TechVentures and MCI.EuroVentures. MCI Capitalis working with companies that disrupt old economy models: fintech, e-commerce, marketplaces, IoT, SaaS, e-travel.
We have over 15 years of experience in the market, with a track record of IRR over 23%. In that time, we haverealized over 30 exits. Currently, 50% of our portfolio is located outside our origin market – Poland.We are present in companies across Europe; from London to Moscow, and from Stockholm to Tel Aviv.Our latest milestone exit was INVIA; from 2008 to 2016 we have built a regional champion in e-travel andrealized 46% IRR on the investment.
MCI Capital
• Dr. Cornelius Boersch
• Executive Chairman & Founder
• European Internet entrepreneur since 1990 with a
strong focus on fast growing technology firms.
Together with his partners, he has invested in over
200 start-ups and helped create more than 11,000
jobs in over 20 countries around the world
• Ingo Drexler
• Chief Investment Officer
• Responsible for Mountain´s direct investments and
initiated its company building activities. +10 years in
technology (founder, advisor, investor)
• Focus on SaaS, Digital Media, Marketplaces, Mobile
• MI24 is a modular technology platform for integrated Enterprise Video Content
Management
• Simplesurance is a leading e-commerce provider for product insurances
• Volders is a digital contract management platform
Full Portfolio
• Further portfolio companies among others: Exasol, Lingoda, Service Parner One,
Crealytics Customer Alliance, reBuy reCommerce, ePetWorld, Datapine, Clovia,
cekaja.com, qerja.com,…
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices 8
Founded 2005
Employees 50 (of which 23 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM NA
Target Investment Size $300k – $1m
Target Geographies Central Europe, Emerging Markets
Target SectorsE-Commerce & Services, Digital Payments &
Fintech, Technology & Security
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Team, USP, Scalability, Market Potential
Website www.mountain.partners
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +41 44 783 80 30
KEY CONTACTS
Mountain Partners is a global company builder and investor. Our business model is based on identifying,
incubating and/or investing in scalable technology and internet companies and business models. We also have
established an international hub network in selected emerging markets where we can help our companies
internationalise into these exciting markets.
Most recent portfolio exits included Secusmart (sold to Blackberry), Lieferando (sold to Takeaway), MeinProspekt
(sold to AxelSpringer), bab.la (sold to Oxford University Press) and RegioHelden (sold to Ströer).
Mountain Partners
• Bo Ilose
• Managing Partner
• Email:
• More than 20 years of experience in venture capital,
investment management, fundraising, organizational,
strategic development, sales, marketing.
• Companies: Heptagon, Moovit, Drivy, Fyber, Cedexis,
GetYourGuide, Innovis, InsideSecure
• Walter Masalin
• Principal
• Email:
Walter.Masalin@nokiagrowthpartner
s.com
• Over 10 years of technology and investment
experience. Walter has been working in a global team
his whole career overseeing investments for NGP.
• Companies: Babbel, MAG interactive, Moovit, Yogaia,
Omnidrone, Grand Cru, Fyber
[Logo]• Comprehensive language learning system combining effective education methods
with state-of-the-art technology
• Real time app with everything you need to ride public transit smarter
• Leading peer-to-peer car rental marketplace in Europe
Full Portfolio • www.kingmakers.vc/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
OfficesHelsinki, Geneva, Palo Alto, New Delhi,
Beijing
Founded 2005
Employees 12 investors (of which 4 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $500m
Use of Debt No
AUM More than $1bn
Target Investment Size $5m - $15m
Target Geographies Europe, US, India and China
Target SectorsDigital Health, Connected Enterprise,
Connected Car and Consumer IoT Solutions
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Proven business model, shipping product
Website www.kingmakers.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
NGP invests in entrepreneurs building intelligent solutions connecting everybody and everything. Providing deepindustry expertise and an extensive network helps entrepreneurs accelerate company growth. With offices in theUS, Europe, India and China, NGP extends the reach of companies making their products and services localeverywhere. Uniquely structured as an independent venture firm sponsored by Nokia, NGP offers the rigor of afinancial investor while facilitating strategic engagement with Nokia.
Nokia Growth Partners
• Philippe Collombel
• Managing Partner
• Prior experience: Accenture (Partner), Carrefour
• Graduated from the « Institut d’Etudes Politiques » of Paris and of
the Kellog Graduate School of Business
• Jean-Marc Patouillaud
• Managing Partner
• Prior experience: Finovelec (Partner), Alstom
• Engineering graduate (Supelec) and MBA (HEC Paris)
• Internet of things data network infrastructure and operator
• Largest european video adserver
• Menswear fashion ecommerce site
Full Portfolio • www.partechventures.com/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Paris , Berlin, San Francisco
Founded 1982
Employees
Omri Benayoun, Philippe Collombel, Bruno
Crémel, Nicolas El Baze, Romain Lavault,
Gabriel Matuschka, Mark Menell, Jean-Marc
Patouillaud
Current Fund Size $200m
Use of Debt No
AUM $650m
Target Investment Size Seed, earl-stage, growth stage
Target Geographies US and Europe
Target Sectors IT & Digital
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Joint control, minority
Key Investment Criteria N/A
Website www.partechventures.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +33 1 53 65 65 53
KEY CONTACTS
Partech Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, Paris and Berlin. Started in 1982, we are a
partnership with $650 million under active management.
Our mission is to help outstanding entrepreneurs to succeed in a global economy. We look for companies with a
substantial technology or innovation leverage, both in IT and Digital. We manage seed and venture funds,
allowing ourselves to invest from $250,000 to $10 million in the early institutional rounds of high growth
companies.We believe in the unique transatlantic model of our firm. For us, long term success is based on being
extremely open, proactive and supportive to our entrepreneurs. In 2014, Partech Ventures has been nominated
the first non-American fund by the Private Equity Intelligence (Preqin) and ranked as the 7th best worldwide
venture capital fund.
Partech Ventures
• Andrin Bachmann
• Partner
• Email:
• Instrumental investor in QXL Ricardo
• Co-founder Glocalnet of (Swedish telco)
• Companies: Auto1, FanDuel, DaWanda, DocPlanner,
Videdressing, etc.
• Natasha Ratanshi
• Principal
• Email:
• 2+ Years at Piton Capital. Previously M&A at
Goldman Sachs
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London
Founded 2010
Employees 6 (of which 6 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €200k - €20m
Target Geographies Worldwide
Target Sectors Any
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Any
Key Investment Criteria Online companies with network effects
Website www.pitoncap.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0) 207 408 0451
KEY CONTACTS
Piton Capital is a venture capital and growth equity firm based in London. It focuses on investments in online companies with network effects, such as marketplaces and exchanges. Its founding partners have deep entrepreneurial and investment experience, and have been instrumental investors in Betfair and QXL Ricardo, amongst others. Piton’s current portfolio includes companies such as Auto1, Fanduel, DaWanda, RedBubble, Watchfinder, BullionVault, videdressing, Take Eat Easy and docplanner
Piton Capital
• FanDuel is the leading daily fantasy sports game.
• AUTO1.com is an end-to-end marketplace for used cars.
• Watchfinder is the leading end-to-end marketplace for second-hand watches.
• Redbubble is an online marketplace where people can shop for lifestyle products featuring work
from independent artists and designers worldwide
• DocPlanner enables patients to find great, local physicians online and book an appointment
• DaWanda is the leading online marketplace for unique and handmade
Full Portfolio • http://www.pitoncap.com/portfolio/
• Pawel Chudzinski
• Co-Founder & Managing Partner
• @Pawell
• Before co-founding Point Nine, Pawel was a co-
founder and Partner at Team Europe, previously
Pawel used to be an investment banker with the US
M&A firm Greenhill & Co.
• Companies: Brainly, Docplanner, Kreditech, Mambu
• Christoph Janz
• Co-Founder & Managing Partner
• @Chrija
• Before co-founding Point Nine, Christoph was a serial
entrepreneur (Dealpilot.com 1997, Pagesflakes 2005)
and became an Angel Investor in 2008
• Companies: Clio, Contentful, Typeform, Zendesk
• Cloud-based Search-as-a-Service.
• Online food-ordering platform in 30+ countries.
• Forms done awesomely.
Full Portfolio • http://www.pointninecap.com/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin
Founded 2011
Employees 9 (of which 9 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €55m
Use of Debt No
AUM €100m
Target Investment Size €100k - €2m
Target Geographies 2/3 Europe, 1/3 North America
Target Sectors SaaS, online marketplaces
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteriateam, vision, product, market dynamics,
business model, early traction
Website www.pointninecap.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage internet investmentsin areas such as Software as a Service (SaaS) and marketplaces. The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinskiand Christoph Janz, have backed a number of highly successful internet companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio,Shiftplanning, Vend, Westwing and Zendesk at their earliest stages. In early 2015, Point Nine announced theclosing of a new €55m fund, Point Nine Capital Fund III.
Point Nine Capital
• Teresa Fernandes
• Board Member
• Email: [email protected]
• AICEP Portugal Global – Trade & investment Agency
• Portugal Telecom, Oniway
• João Pereira
• Director, Technology
• Email: [email protected]
• 15 years of VC investing. Previously senior management
team member portuguese startups
• Finance Controller Sonae Distribuição (retail)
• Heitor Benfeito
• Director, Active Portfolio Development
• Email: [email protected]
• 10 years of VC investing
• Portfolio board member
• Distributing marketplace for Android applications where customers can create and
manage their own store.
• Unique fully automated diagnostics solution that delivers blood analysis information to
physicians in minutes.
• Leading designer dress rental in Europe.
Full Portfolio • http://www.portugalventures.pt/en/content/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Porto, Lisbon
Founded 2012
Employees 20
Current Fund Size €100m
Use of Debt No
AUM €400m
Target Investment Size €100k - €2m
Target Geographies Portugal/Europe
Target SectorsTechnology, Life Sciences & Med Tech,
Engineering & Manufacturing
Investment Style Active, board representation
Deal Structures Significant minority
Key Investment CriteriaTeam,
Innovation and differentiation at global scale
Website www.portugalventures.pt
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +351 211 589 100
KEY CONTACTS
Portugal Ventures focuses its early stage investment in innovative, scientific and technology-based companieswith competitive advantages for global markets. Founded in 2012, Portugal Ventures manages around €400m inassets, and has more than 100 portfolio companies. To facilitate the access to seed capital, every 3 monthsPortugal Ventures runs a new call for applications to ensure a strong engagement with the entrepreneurialcommunity and enable the fast processing of the deal flow, while ensuring quality evaluation with theparticipation of a large pool of expert reviewers, both in Portugal and abroad. With the purpose of supporting thedevelopment and growth of Portuguese start-ups, Portugal Ventures has established acceleration hubs in someof the most dynamic ecosystems in the world (San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Berlin and London).
Portugal Ventures
• Sake Bosh
• Managing Partner
• Sake Bosch is a founder and Managing Partner of
Prime Ventures as of 1999.
• He is actively involved in Civolution, Dealerdirect,
Digital Origin, Greetz, MarkaVIP and Takeaway.com
• Roel de Hoop
• Partner
• Roel is a Partner at Prime Ventures as of 1999.
• Companies: Bright Computing, Falcon Social,
Mendix, GenKey and Applift
• Mendix enables business change by helping companies rapidly develop, deploy and
integrate business apps at a fraction of the time and cost.
• With Takeaway.com hungry consumers can order their favourite takeaway food on
the company’s websites or through its mobile applications.
• Through its mobile games marketing platform, AppLift helps mobile game advertisers
acquire loyal, quality gaming users at scale on a CPI basis.
Full Portfolio • http://www.primeventures.com/portfolio_companies/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Amsterdam, Cambridge
Founded 1999
Employees 9 (of which 9 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €170m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM €465m
Target Investment Size €5m - €25m
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors
Consumer internet, digital media, enterprise
software, mobile computing, communications,
infrastructure services, semiconductor
Investment Style Active support (board membership)
Deal Structures Sizable minority stake
Key Investment CriteriaFast growing European tech companies with
the first proof points of success
Website http://www.primeventures.com/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +31 20 20 508 20
KEY CONTACTS
Prime Ventures is a leading venture capital and growth equity firm focusing on investing in European companiesin the technology and related industries and leverages its capital, experience and network to actively guide theminto global category leaders. The firm has invested in companies in the Benelux countries, the United Kingdom,France, Germany, Spain, Finland and Sweden. From its offices in The Netherlands and the UK the independentpartnership manages over €465m in committed capital.
Prime Ventures
• Thies Sander
• Founding Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Former CEO of TopTarif.de, Head of Strategy Office
at Adidas, Principal at The Boston Consulting Group
(Berlin/New York). Msc. WHU/Kellogg (Chicago),
ESC Reims
• Holger Witte
• Director Investor Relations
• Email: [email protected]
• Former Investment Manager Online at Bauer Media
Group, Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group,
Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen, Founder of
Intabid.com. MBA Columbia Business School
• Catawiki is a worldwide online auction house which unites buyers and sellers of
exceptional items and collectibles in a unique fashion.
• International online money transfer service with low fees and guaranteed exchange
rates.
• nu3 – your nutrition expert – is an ecommerce platform for nutrition and er vary
supplements with strong focus on vertical integration.
Full Portfolio • http://www.project-a.com/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin
Founded 2012
Employees 90+
Current Fund Size $135m - $160m
Use of Debt No
AUM $200m
Target Investment Size $500k - $10m (over various rounds)
Target Geographies Europe
Target SectorsMarketplaces/Ecommerce, Digital
Infrastructure/Ad tech, SaaS
Investment Style Active / Operational VC
Deal Structures Everything is possible
Key Investment Criteria
Strong fit with our target sectors, i.e. business
models where our experts and tools offer a
competitive advantage
Website http://www.project-a.com/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 340 606 300
KEY CONTACTS
Project A Ventures is a Berlin-based early-stage investor and operational VC in the digital technology space.
With financial support and operational expertise, Project A helps startups to build up competences in key areas
such as IT, Performance Marketing, Business Intelligence and Organization Building, and thus contributes to
their sustainable success.
We mainly invest in founder-led businesses and focus on business models for which our experts’ know-how and
tools offer a competitive edge and allow the businesses to grow and scale faster. The underlying hypothesis is to
mitigate the risk of early stage investing through professional execution.
Project A Ventures
• Peter Niederhauser
• Founder, Partner
• Email:
• Serial entrepreneur since 1986, co-founder of Miracle
Software, Business Angel
• Companies: Number26, Juniqe, Knip, InSphero,
Trekksoft
• Michael Sidler
• Founder, Partner
• Email:
• PhD in Life Sciences, Consultant at Boston
Consulting group, Business developer at Prionics,
CTI- startup coach
• Companies: Redbiotec, Biognosys, Malcisbo, Onsite-
Lab (Medmira)
• Europe’s most modern and entirely smartphone-based current account.
• Art. Everywhere. Online Shop for Art, Apparel and Accessories.
• The first fully digitalised insurance broker.
Full Portfolio • http://www.redalpine.com/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices 1
Founded 2007
Employees 8 (of which 8 in Europe)
Current Fund Size CHF 50m
Use of Debt No
Assets under Mgmt CHF 50m
Target Investment Size CHF 0.5m - 2m
Target GeographiesEurope
(with focus on Switzerland and Germany)
Target Sectors ICT, Life Sciences
Investment Style Active
Deal structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaEarly stage, highly scalable
technology/product, convincing founders
Website http://www.redalpine.com/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +41 44 271 15 30
KEY CONTACTS
Redalpine provides Venture Capital to highly scalable European start-ups. Our mission is to help talented
entrepreneurs turn an ambitious vision into reality by providing money, experience, coaching and door opening.
Redalpine was established in 2007 by a group of successful serial entrepreneurs, business angels and start-up
coaches. Since the mid-eighties, they have co-founded and supported some of the most disruptive and
successful European high-tech start-up companies, including Xing, SoundCloud and Plazes. The two funds
currently in operation have invested in over 30 companies active within the ICT and life science sectors.
Redalpine Venture Partners AG
Redline Capital Management
• Brenno Jering
• Investment Manager
• Email: [email protected]
• Previously with two boutique tech investment banks in
London and Credit Suisse’s TMT Investment Banking
team
• IronSource is a world leading platform for software discovery, distribution and delivery
across platforms and devices.
• Iwoca offers flexible credit to small businesses across Europe, allowing them to take
advantage of opportunities previously only available to their larger peers
• SalesPredict helps B2B companies increase revenue by identifying their best
prospects and providing insights that accelerate sales cycles
• Touch Surgery is a surgery simulator that allows you to practice and rehearse
operations before ever setting foot in the operating room
Other
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London and Luxembourg
Founded N/A
Employees N/A
Current Fund Size $350m
Use of Debt No
AUM $350m
Target Investment Size $10m - $35m
Target Geographies Europe, North America, Israel
Target Sectors Technology and Life Sciences
Investment Style Equity
Deal StructuresMinority, with and without board
representation
Key Investment CriteriaTeam, IP, growth track record,
market potential
Website www.redline-capital.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
Redline Capital is a global Venture Capital and Growth Equity fund.
Redline’s funds originate from Vladimir Evtushenkov, one of Russia’s most successful entrepreneurs who started
as a Technology investor and entrepreneur more than 20 years ago. He is the majority shareholder and principal
founder of London listed JSFC Sistema, one of Russia’s largest publicly traded investment groups and the
controlling shareholder of NYSE listed MTS, the largest mobile phone service provider in Russia and CIS with
over 100 million subscribers.
Redline’s funded structure, without the need for LP drawdowns, allows for efficient and quick decision-making
and execution.
• Samuli Sirén
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Samuli is a serial entrepreneur. He previously worked
for a German corporate establishing their in-house
corporate venture arm for three years.
• Companies: Bonagora, Ubermetrics, PixRay,
Ladenzeile, Adspert
• Michael Brehm
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Michael is a serial tech entrepreneur and co-founder
of Rebate Networks. He iwas a managing director at
German social networking site StudiVZ.
• Companies: Kreditech, Atheneum Partners,KaufDA,
Brands4friends, Amiando, DailyDeal
• World‘s leading experts and empowering new business decisions. Last fundraise
€10m.
• Point of sale software. Last fundraise €4m.
• SaaS for online consultation. Last fundraise €1.35m.
Full Portfolio • www.redstone.vc
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin
Founded 2014
Employees 10 (of which 8 in Europe)
Current Fund Size Managing 6 different funds
Use of Debt When applicable
AUM Not disclosed
Target Investment Size Stage Agnostic
Target GeographiesDACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and
Europe wide
Target SectorsB2B – Fin-tech, Cybersecurity, Data, Internet
of Things, B2B SaaS
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria €100k - €10m
Website www.redstone.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 30 27590487
KEY CONTACTS
Redstone is a Berlin based Venture Capital firm. We work with corporates activating their capital, knowledge andnetwork enabling entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.
We believe in transparent and fast communication between the funds we manage and the start-ups we support.Working with our investors we enable entrepreneurs to access additional valued services alongside any capitalinvestment.
Our approach involves investing from several funds simultaneously to support our vision to invest globally atevery stage and in every sector.
Redstone Digital
• Stuart Paterson
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• A founding Partner of SEP, Stuart has been investing
in technology companies for almost 20 years. He
focuses on investment opportunities in software,
internet and digital media.
• Companies: Babbel, Mister Spex, Peppermint
Technology, SportPursuit
• Martin Brennan
• Principal
• Email: [email protected]
• Interest in investment opportunities in innovative e-
commerce and information technology businesses.
• Companies: Pulsant, Audiense, SportPursuit
• Over 50 million people are using Skyscanner each month to find flights, hotels and
car hire. Skyscanner app has been downloaded over 40 million times. Skyscanner for
Business, the company’s B2B arm, has seen revenue double over the last year.
• Europe’s leading online optician with over 2 million customers, partnerships with >550
local opticians, regional websites, efficient logistics and a product offering of 7,000
premium glasses from 60+ well-known designers.
• A global omni-channel retailer offering 450+ luxury womenswear and menswear
brands and delivering the best luxury fashion experience to an international client
base with over 3 million visitors per month.
Full portfolio • www.sep.co.uk/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London, Glasgow, Edinburgh
Founded 2000
Employees 40 (of which 40 in Europe)
Current Fund Size £200m
Use of Debt No
AUM £620m
Target Investment Size Up to £20m
Target Geographies UK, Ireland, Europe
Target SectorsInternet, e-commerce, SaaS, e-healthcare,
energy efficiency
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority, replacement, MBO
Key Investment Criteria
Equity for innovative technology or tech-
enabled companies with substantial potential
for growth
Website www.sep.co.uk
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44(0)207 758 5900
KEY CONTACTS
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) is a leading UK venture capital firm. Operating from offices in London, Glasgowand Edinburgh, we make equity investments of up to £20m in high growth technology, and technology enabled,companies.We are investors in some of Europe’s most exciting and innovative companies including Skyscanner, the world’sleading independent travel search company, Mister Spex, Europe’s leading online eyewear business, andMATCHESFASHION.COM, a luxury omni-channel fashion retailer. We build value by playing an active andsupportive role in the growth and development of our portfolio companies.SEP was named 'Venture Capital Firm of the Year' at the Unquote British Private Equity Awards 2015 for the fifthtime in recent years. In addition to venture capital for high growth companies, we also provide infrastructurefinance for small scale clean energy projects.
Scottish Equity Partners
• Wolfgang Krause
• Venture Partner
• Email:
• MBA and PhD degree from University of Munich.• 15 years experience in the information and telecom
industry, both in business development functions
and as an early stage investor.
• Companies: Payleven, Testbirds, From A to B,
Webdata
• Maxime Mandin
• Associate
• Email: [email protected]
• Master of Finance from EDHEC Business School.
Began his career in venture capital in 2009 at AXA
Private Equity and then at XAnge Private Equity in
Munich
• Enables businesses to accept mobile payments with all major credit cards on their
smartphone and tablet.
• Tesbirds provides mobile apps and websites crowdtesting (bug and usability testing).
• Customers are able to compare and book trains, flights, long distance buses and ride
shares in one search.
Full Portfolio • http://www.seventure.fr/en/our-team/wolfgang-krause-venture-partner
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Paris, Munich
Founded 1997
Employees 25 (of which 25 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM €600m
Target Investment Size €1m - €5m
Target Geographies Germany
Target Sectors Fintech, SaaS, innovative services
Investment Style Active/Passive
Deal Structures Control, joint control, minority, etc.
Key Investment Criteria Proven business model (no seed investment)
Website http://www.seventure.fr/en
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 89 87 80 68 6-0
KEY CONTACTS
Seventure Partners finance innovation and participate in the entrepreneurial adventure alongside ourentrepreneurs. We share their passion to succeed. Established in 1997, Seventure Partners is a key player inEuropean venture capital with more than €600m under management. As an active partner of French andEuropean technology firms with strong growth potential, we finance the development of innovative companies.Seventure is an established European lead investor. With more than twenty employees, including about fifteen inthe investment team, Seventure Partners has demonstrable in-depth expertise in many areas of technology,entrepreneurship, fund raising and corporate finance. Seventure has built an impressive investment track recordover more than 10 years. The team has completed over 50 exits, 15 of which were IPOs. Seventure Partnerssupports wealth creation and technological development in Europe: our active support has enabled the creationof over 3500 jobs directly.
Seventure Partners
• Sascha van Holt
• CEO
• Email:
• CEO of SevenVentures and head of the investment
business since its foundation in 2011. Previously he
worked as an investment professional for a top tier
private equity firm. Earlier assignments include
corporate positions and entrepreneurial work.
• Dr. Philipp Meixner
• Investment Director
• Email:
• Investment Director at SevenVentures. Previously
Philipp was in the M&A division of a US investment
bank and worked in a top tier management
consultancy. Philipp led many of the
firm’s investments with a focus in consumer internet
and consumer products.
• Market leader in the field of home food delivery services
• Shopping app for smartphones and tablets that offers customers rewards for
walking into stores
• Online subscription fashion retailer that carries selections of shoes, handbags,
jewelry and denim.
Full Portfolio • http://www.sevenventures.de/en/portfolio-en
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Munich, New York
Founded 2009
Employees 33
Current Fund Size Balance Sheet Investor
Use of Debt No
AUM Not disclosed
Target Investment Size €5m - €50m (Cash & Media)
Target GeographiesWorldwide
(Companies entering the German market)
Target Sectors B2C
Investment Style Active & Passive
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria B2C, Scalable, clear way to monetarization
Website www.sevenventures.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 (0) 89/95 07 8699
KEY CONTACTS
SevenVentures is the leading TV media investor worldwide. As the investment arm of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group,SevenVentures is the ideal partner for fast-growing B2C companies, particularly in the consumer goods, retail,and services sector, with the potential to achieve sustainable success through the use of TV advertising. Theexample of Zalando has shown how a company can rapidly become a market leader or familiar brand.
SevenVentures also supports companies seeking international growth with media power, capital, and all theother services of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group. Together with the group network consisting of leading Europeanmedia companies, they always find the right path to growth.
SevenVentures
• Oliver Holle
• CEO
• Email: [email protected]
• 20+ years in technology, Serial Founder, Founder of
Speedinvest
• Companies: Wikifolio, Sipwise, Shpock,
• Daniel Keiper-Knorr
• Partner, Investor Relations
• Email: [email protected]
• 20+ years in Technology & Media, Serial Founder,
Co-Founder of Speedinvest
• Companies: Joblocal, Gaminside
• They introduce subscribers to exciting spirits from around the world with a monthly
tasting pack of five different drinks. Customers learn about unique brands, and can
then purchase full bottles from Flaviar’s online store.
Hitbox.tv
• Next Generation Live Streaming Platform for Gamers. Hitbox enables Real Time
Interaction around Live Video and features the lowest video stream delay between
broadcaster and viewer - down to 2 seconds.
• TourRadar is the world’s trusted online marketplace to compare and book group
travel, with its headquarters in Vienna and regional service centers in Sydney and
San Francisco.
Full Portfolio • http://speedinvest.com/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Vienna, Silicon Valley
Founded 2011
Employees 14 (of which 12 in Europe]
Current Fund Size €60m
Use of Debt No
AUM €70m
Target Investment Size €200k - €500k
Target Geographies DACH & CEE
Target SectorsDigital, Mobile, Core Technologies, Fintech
B2B & B2C
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Significant minority
Key Investment Criteria Seed Stage, First Traction, MVP
Website http://speedinvest.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +43 660 7725445
KEY CONTACTS
Speedinvest lays its focus on European early stage technology. Besides financial investments, the fund actively
deploys its network and know-how to support its portfolio companies in their everyday challenges, offering operat
ional resources and business development in the US. Speedinvest’s office in Silicon Valley supports portfolio co
mpanies entering the US market.
Speedinvest
• Stephan Schubert
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Stephan is a serial-entrepreneur and founded the
leading companies OnVista, Ligatus and IS.Teledata.
He further has been investing into disruptive internet
companies for over 15 years.
• Niklas Walinski
• Investment Manager
• Email: [email protected]
• Niklas gained experience in the startup ecosystems
both in Germany as well as in SEA, and in M&A in
German small cap companies. He holds a business
degree from WHU - Otto Beisheim School of
Management.
• Full service retailer for mattresses and related products.
• Website offering electronic leaflets and offers from retailers to mobile customers.
• Leading online retailer for hearing aids.
Full Portfolio • www.sts-ventures.de/#portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Cologne
Founded 2010
Employees 2 (of which 2 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €50k - €2m
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors all
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures minority
Key Investment Criteriaexcellent team, great unit economics & lock-in
effects
Website www.sts-ventures.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +4915732615490
KEY CONTACTS
STS Ventures concentrates all business angel activities of Cologne-based serial-entrepreneur and successfulinvestor Stephan Schubert.Having founded and exited 4 companies, Stephan is a serial entrepreneur in the German internet industry. Sincethe rise of the internet in Europe in the late 90s he has been investing in numerous technology driven startupsand has an outstanding track record in seed investing in successful ideas and teams. He is one of the mostactive, connected and experienced business angels in Germany. If you are looking for a genuine entrepreneurwho has overcome a vast bunch of obstacles that you may face in the future, and seek honest and timelyfeedback, we are the right partner for you.- We highly commit to our portfolio companies and regularly do follow-on investments.- We only invest our own money and therefore decide and act quickly.- We maintain a strong network of partners for co-investments, access to VCs and legal support.
STS Ventures
• Vasile Foca
• Co-Founder & Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Co-founder and Managing Partner of Talis Capital. His
entrepreneurial career began by co-founding INTRESCO
Ltd and Ukraine Capital Partners. Vasile holds an MBA
degree from London Business School.
• Companies: Darktrace, Iwoca, Clicktale, CensorNet,
Navmii, FuelQuest, Avalara, C3,
• Matus Maar
• Co-Founder & Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Co-founder and Partner of Talis Capital focused on finding
exceptional opportunities and teams in the UK, Europe and
US.
• Companies: Darktrace, Reevoo, Iwoca, Clicktale, Navmii,
bd4Travel, Threads Styling, FuelQuest, Avalara, C3, Utelly,
CensorNet, BamX, LoyaltyBay, Pirate Studios
• One of the world’s fastest-growing cyber threat defence companies and the leader
in Enterprise Immune System technology.
• Award winning FinTech company providing instant loans to online retailers to
improve their working capital.
• Leader in enterprise Digital Customer Experience Analytics, optimising usability,
customer engagement and maximising conversion rates of any website across all
mediums. Serving over 2,000 customers worldwide including Fortune 500
businesses, ClickTale is the fastest growing company in its space.
Full Portfolio • http://www.taliscapital.com/dv_portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London
Founded 2009
Employees 10 (of which 10 in Europe)
Current Fund Size Deal by Deal
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $150m
Target Investment Size $1m - $10m
Target Geographies In Digital - Any
Target SectorsCyber Security, Business Intelligence (mainly
sold as SaaS), FinTech and Insurance Tech
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria http://www.taliscapital.com/digital_ventures
Website www.taliscapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 203 542 6260
KEY CONTACTS
Talis Capital is a London based venture capital firm, focussed on four key areas: Cyber Security, BusinessIntelligence (mainly sold as SaaS), Fintech and Insurance tech. Talis Capital have completed over $350m oftransactions since 2009.
Talis Capital
• Alexander Frolov
• General Partner
• General partner at Target Global. Alexander joined Target
Global in 2012 focusing on consumer internet and
marketplace. Previously he worked for the VC firm DJF
Espirit in London and led several ups in the tech field. He
holds an MBA degree from the London Business School
and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
• Yaron Valler
• General Partner
• General partner at Target Global. Previously he managed
Hasso Plattner Ventures and led the enterprise software
practice at Giva Venture Capital. Yaron holds an MBA from
INSEAD, France and bachelor of science in information
system engineering from Ben Gurion University, Israel.
• The largest global provider of online and mobile food ordering technology.
• Largest food subscription company in US delivering ready to cook meals all across
the country.
• Leading European online travel agency for cruises
Full Portfolio • http://www.targetglobal.vc/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin, Moscow, Tel Aviv, San Francisco
Founded 2012
Employees 11
Current Fund Size $300m
Use of Debt N/A
AUM $300m
Target Investment SizeLate stage and serie B: $5m - $30m,
Seed stage and serie A: $200k – $500k
Target Geographies Global
Target SectorsDigital companies targeting
B2C or B2 SMB space
Investment Style N/A
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment Criteria
Amazing team;
companies targeting a large market or global;
digital-enabled businesses operating in a B2C
or B2 SMB space
Website targetglobal.vc
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
Target Global is an international VC firm with over $300m in assets under management and offices in Berlin,Moscow, Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Target Global invests in fast-growing digital-enabled businesses operatingin B2C and B2 SMB markets.
Target Global growth fund invests in Series B and later stage companies (both primary and secondary), with aninvestment range of $5-30m. The seed stage fund invests in late seed and early Series A rounds, with aninvestment range of $200-500k.
Target Global prides itself on it ability to be fast and flexible, with a focus on helping innovative businesses scaleand expand globally. Since 2012 Target Global have invested in more than 20 leading companies includingDelivery Hero, Blue Apron, Dreamlines and Prosper.
Target Global
• Marco Berini
• Head of Group Innovation
• Email: [email protected]
• Company: UniCredit
• Marco Pusterla
• Head of Fintech Portfolio & Business
Intelligence
• Email: [email protected]
• Company: UniCredit
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London
Founded 2016
Employees Partnership
Current Fund Size €175m
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €5m - €15m
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors FinTech
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Significant minority
Key Investment Criteria N/A
Website N/A
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
UniCredit evo (equity venture opportunities) is a dedicated initiative focused exclusively on identifying andinvesting in best-in-class financial technology startups, targeting mid stage startups and follow-on investments inmore mature and established FinTech businesses, as well as early stage digitally native financial servicesstartups working on more pioneering solutions. Through the investment partnership, UniCredit and Anthemis willcover the entire lifecycle of emerging FinTech companies, with a primary focus on Europe and North America.The initiative will span across the early startup ideas phase to maturity and apply to different fields of retailbanking and consumer finance; investment and corporate banking; wealth and asset management; capitalmarkets and trading; payments and financial data; technology and infrastructure.
UniCredit evo
• Wirepas offers a unique de-centralized radio communications protocol that can be
used in any device, with any radio chip and on any radio band. It provides the most
reliable, optimized, scalable and easy to use device connectivity for its customers.
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Munich
Founded 2015
Employees 4 (of which 4 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €300k - €3m (in rounds up to €10m)
Target Geographies Global
Target SectorsIoT (B2B, B2C), Enterprise Tech,
Energy Tech
Investment Style Passive
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment CriteriaProven product market fit,
Globally scalable product
Website www.vito.vc
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
Vito Ventures is a new early stage Venture Capital fund investing in the fields of the Internet of Things,Enterprise- and Energy-Tech with no geographical limitation. Based in Munich and following the fundamentalvalues of German engineering, Vito Ventures backs rigorous executors and creative visionaries buildingtransformative business models. By leveraging its industrial investor base, Vito Ventures helps entrepreneurs getaccess to extensive resources and deep technological domain expertise.
• Dr. Benedikt Herles
• Managing Partner
• e.ventures Investment Team, Consultant Bain & Company.
He held a Dr. rer. pol. From EBS University Wiesbaden and
Dipl. Economics from LMU München
• Daria Saharova
• Principle
• Previously: SevenVentures, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Jefferies
International, KPMG. Founder of Bellegs and Munich
Founders. He graduated in Dipl. Business Administration at
LMU München
• Herbert Mangesius
• Associate
• Researcher in network and mathematical systems theory,
TU München, UC Louvain. He holds a Dipl. Ing. Mechanical
engineering from TU München and École Polytechnique
Paris. He obtained Hrs MA Tech Management, CDTM
Vito Ventures
• Matthias Bauer
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Dieter Wendel
• Investment Manager
• Email: [email protected]
• Empowering Business Decisions – we form the bridge between leading professionals
and the top experts across the globe to accelerate business success.
• INVENTORUM is point of sale, inventory management, live reporting and E-
Commerce all in one iPad app. Save time and money while growing your business
with INVENTORUM.
• We are the Online Home Fashion Trade Show, where professional buyers connect
with home fashion vendors globally 24/7.
Full Portfolio • www.vogelventures.de
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices 1
Founded 2013
Employees 5 (of which 5 in Europe)
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt N/A
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €50k – €500k
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors
Automotive, Engineering, IT, Life Science,
Construction, Trade Shows, Events,
Marketing Agencies, Social Media
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures joint control, minority, Media for Equity
Key Investment Criteria Fit with the Vogel Business Media markets
Website www.vogelventures.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +4930890481198
KEY CONTACTS
Vogel Ventures is the Corporate Venture Fund of Vogel Business Media. Vogel Business Media provides high-quality specialist media platforms and internet portals to allow an exchange of knowledge between theparticipants in each specific market. Readers and users of our specialist media are given top-quality specialistinformation and knowledge which has been processed and edited by experts in the relevant sector, providinggeneral guidance and help with decision-making and also serving initial training and further training purposes inprofessional daily work. Additionally, Vogel stages sector-related events and offers business networks allowingdirect exchanges between the participants in a specific market as well as offering wide-ranging services. VogelBusiness Media is particularly active in Europe, Asia and the USA via its own publishing facilities and numerouslicensed business partners. Also, Vogel has already been operating in China ever since 1996. Lately, it has alsobeen branching out into India since the beginning of 2011.
Vogel Ventures GmbH
• Dirk Meurer
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Founding partner of Vorwerk Ventures; more than 18
years of international investment experience
• Companies: HelloFresh, JUNIQE, Neato Robotics,
MeinAuto, Vaniday
• On-demand grocery-delivery service.
• Marketplace for affordable art.
• Leading social commerce platform for fashion & furniture.
Full Portfolio • www.corporate.vorwerk.de/vorwerk-ventures/en/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Wuppertal, Germany
Founded 2008
Employees 4
Current Fund Size Not disclosed
Use of Debt Yes
AUM Not disclosed
Target Investment Size €1m - €10m
Target Geographies Focus on Europe
Target Sectors Direct to consumer
Investment Style Passive
Deal Structures Joint control, minority
Key Investment CriteriaTeam, Ecommerce & social commerce,
Proven concept, Sizeable market, Scalability
Website www.vorwerk-ventures.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 202 564 1923
KEY CONTACTS
Vorwerk Ventures is an investment vehicle of the Vorwerk Group. Its investment approach focuses on fastgrowing companies with direct-to-consumer business models. The corporate venture capital arm makes globalinvestments and holds shares in companies in Europe and the US.
Vorwerk Ventures
FUND BOOK
GROWTH
• Dr. Jörg Goschin
• CEO, Managing Director
• Email:
• Worked at: Blackstone, Cerberus Capital Management, BNP
Paribas, Boston Consulting Group, Bankhaus Metzler seel.
Sohn
• Education: PhD. In Business Engineering (TU Darmstadt)
• Dr. Lukas Günther
• Investment Manager
• Email:
• Investment Director at Wellington Partners Venture Capital
(Munich, London 2007 - 2014). In his academic career he held
positions at Harvard University, University of Minnesota, and
University of Freiburg.
• Education: MBA degree from RSM Erasmus University.
• Online booking platform for limousine rides
• E-commerce retailer for vitamins and nutritional supplements
• Provider of cash register software for the gastronomy
Full Portfolio • www.alstin.de
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Hannover, Munich
Founded 2011
Employees 5 - 10
Current Fund Size $200m
Use of Debt No
AUM NA
Target Investment Size €2m - €50m
Target Geographies Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Target SectorsTechnology / Internet,
Life Science / Health Care
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority equity investments
Key Investment Criteria
Leading technology / unique know-how,
products and services already established in
the marketplace (proof-of-concept) / no start-
ups, skilled and motivated management team
Website www.alstin.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 151 180 26540
KEY CONTACTS
ALSTIN is a growth equity fund that combines customized support in sales, marketing & corporate management
with the provision of growth capital. We pursue minority equity investments in innovative, fast-growing companies
that operate in the sectors “Technology / Internet” and “Life Sciences / Health Care”, already achieved proof-of-
concept, and are based in German-speaking regions. To fuel growth and increase the value of our portfolio
companies, ALSTIN’s experienced entrepreneur and sales authority Carsten Maschmeyer, its well-attuned
investment team as well as experts of the Maschmeyer Group provide unique, tailor-made growth support for
portfolio companies through strategic sparring and mentoring, particularly in the fields of sales, marketing &
corporate management. ALSTIN only considers growth stage opportunities and does not focus on restructuring
cases, project financings or start-ups (seed-stage investments).
ALSTIN Alternative Strategic Investments
• Denis Shafranik
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• 9 years in investment banking
• 5 years in VC technology investment
• Companies: PayasUgym, PSM, Neteven, Billetto,
ChargeMaster, etc.
• Kjartan Rist
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• 15 years in technology (founder, advisor, investor,
Board)
• Companies: VOSS Solutions, Shazam, NetClean,
Endeca, TopTable, etc.
• Multilingual, multi-country, multi-marketplace platform allowing retailers to sell
products internationally
• Online marketplace providing customers with discounted and flexible gym passes
disrupting the traditional membership-based market
• Social event management / event discovery platform making it free and easy for
everyone to host, promote and discover events
• Automated and fully scalable content marketing concepts, monetising social audience
for publishers and brands
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London, Copenhagen
Founded 2013
Employees 5
Current Fund Size Targeting €20m - €50m
Use of Debt No
AUM €15m
Target Investment Size Up to €5m over life of an investment
Target Geographies Key innovation hubs of Western Europe
Target SectorsTechnology and digital media incl.
eCommerce, fintech, marketplaces, security
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Significant minority equity positions
Key Investment CriteriaOriginal, scalable and defendable, Category
leaders, Post achieving product-market fit
Website www.concentricteam.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 20 7839 8143
KEY CONTACTS
We are an open technology investment partnership, not a stereotypical VC, and we do not see ourselves as justfinancial investors, more as business partners and buildersWe add value by active management and working with companies before and after investingWe focus on investment opportunities born out of changing customer behaviour / demands across a number ofcore sectors / verticals: payments, eCommerce, pervasive computing, big data etc. We have invested in ca. 40companies over past 15 years.We are supported by long-standing family office co-investors.
Concentric
• Patrick Wölke • MD DuMont Digital • [email protected]
• Previous: MD Media Innovation Labs at Hubert Burda Media
• Companies: Hubert Burda, AOL Europe
• Olaf Cordt • Senior Investment Manager M&A • [email protected]
• Previous: Principal DuMont Venture • Companies: OTTO, Bertelsmann, several Startups
• Largest regional newspaper publishers in Germany and unites a spectrum of diverse companies in the fields of newspaper and advertising journals publishing, regional TV and radio broadcasting as well as eCommerce ticketing businesses.
• The Business Information unit is running the “Bundesanzeiger”, a mainly digital product for official German corporate announcements as well as a broad spectrum of B2B publishing and special interest products.
• Venture Capital investment portfolio of DuMont Mediengruppe, with portfolio companies such as: ReBuy.de, Lieferando, plista, Picanova, navabi, etc.
Full Portfolio • http://www.dumont.de/medien-services.html
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg, Halle
Founded 1802
Employees 4,300
Current Fund Size Not applicable /Corporate
Use of Debt Yes
AUM Not applicable
Target Investment Size €5m – €50m
Target Geographies DACH
Target Sectors Marketplaces, AdTech, SaaS, eLearning, LBS, Classifieds, Media, etc.
Investment Style Passive
Deal Structures Control, joint control, minority
Key Investment Criteria Revenues more than €10m per year
Website www.dumont.de
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 221 224 2654
KEY CONTACTS
Family owned DuMont Mediengruppe is one of the leading regional publishers in Germany. It is headquartered in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. Digital activities include transformation of its traditional regional Newspaper, classifieds, ticketing, regional radio and TV businesses as well as digital expansion through M&A. As 100% daughter company DuMont Digital is overseeing all digital activities, running an audience business unit (Product Management, Ad-Distribution, Development and Editorial) as well as the M&A-Team. DuMont Digital heavily aims to obtain access to successful teams to broaden its network of media companies.
DuMont Mediengruppe
• Tom Stafford
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Hong Kong, London
Founded 2009
Employees N/A
Current Fund Size N/A
Use of Debt N/A
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors Internet and related
Investment Style N/A
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Founder led category leading companies
Website dst-global.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone N/A
KEY CONTACTS
DST Global is a global investment firm focusing exclusively on Internet related companies. DST Global’s portfolio includes some of the world's leading and most valuable Internet assets.
DST Global
• Jörn Nikolay, Munich
• Managing Director, Head of DACH
• Email: [email protected]
• Portfolio companies: Axel Springer Digital Classifieds,
FlixBus, Klarna
• Joined General Atlantic in 2008
• Chris Caulkin, London
• Principal
• Email: [email protected]
• Leads Internet activities across Europe, Africa, Middle
East and Turkey
• Investments include Yemek Sepeti / Delivery Hero,
Axel Springer, Studio Moderna
• At GA since 2011, previously Warburg Pincus & BCG
• Axel Springer (initial investment in Axel Springer Digital Classifieds)
• FlixBus
• Delivery Hero (through the acquisition of Yemeksepeti by Delivery Hero in May 2015)
Full Portfolio • www.generalatlantic.com/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices
New York, London, Munich, Amsterdam,
Greenwich, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Mexico
City, Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Singapore
Founded 1980
Employees 240 (of which 30 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $8bn of long-term capital
Use of Debt Limited
AUM $18bn
Target Investment Size $25m – $500m
Target Geographies Global
Target SectorsInternet & Technology, Retail & Consumer,
Financial & Business Services, Healthcare
Investment StyleActive minority (70% of current portfolio are
minority investments)
Deal Structures All
Key Investment Criteria Growth
Website www.generalatlantic.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 89 558 932 710
KEY CONTACTS
General Atlantic is a leading global growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for growth
companies. Established in 1980, General Atlantic combines a collaborative global approach, sector-specific
expertise, long-term investment horizon, and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with great
management and build exceptional businesses worldwide.
Our three main differentiators are (i) the exclusive focus on growth investing, (ii) a patient capital base and (iii) a
global, collaborative team consisting of investment professionals, our Resources Group and a Special Advisors
network of current and former senior executives.
While most of our investments are minorities, we are active investors who steadily add value by leveraging our
global resources, helping our companies with growth acceleration, performance improvement, global access,
human capital and capital markets topics.
General Atlantic
• Christian Resch
• Head of GS Private Capital Growth Equity Investing
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined Goldman Sachs in 2004
• Based in London
• Alexander Lippert
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined Goldman Sachs in 2013
• Based in London
• Provider of enterprise collaboration and content management software (UK)
• Formerly Staff-Finder, an online marketplace for temporary workers (CH)
• Pan-African multi-verticals eCommerce platform
Other investments• Include eKomi, Mobileye, One Two Trip, Clarizen, iBoss, Dr. First, Billtrust,
SugarCRM, Savo and Tinkoff Credit Systems
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
OfficesLondon, Moscow, Istanbul,
New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney
Founded 2002
Employees 40 (of which 18 in Europe)
Current Fund Size Goldman Sachs Balance Sheet Investing
Use of Debt Selectively
AUM. N/A
Target Investment Size $20m - $80m
Target Geographies Global
Target SectorsTechnology, Business Services, Software and
Technology-Enabled Services
Investment Style Late-Stage Venture Capital / Growth Equity
Deal Structures Minority equity / Convertible Debt
Key Investment CriteriaHigh Growth, Strong Management,
Large Addressable Market
Website www.gs.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 20 7051 0000
KEY CONTACTS
The Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing group is Goldman Sachs’ investment platform dedicated toproviding long term capital to growth and middle-market companies. The group focuses on investing as a lead orminority investor and can provide both minority equity and debt financing, investing between $20m and $80m perdeal.
Key differentiating factors are: (i) As a balance sheet investor we can provide any type of flexible capital rangingfrom common, preferred and structured equity to junior and senior debt, (ii) long term investment horizon, and (iii)a global, coordinated team with a more than 10 year track record investing in high growth companies indeveloped as well as emerging markets.
Goldman Sachs
Private Capital Investing
• David Bateman
• Senior Managing Director]
• Email: [email protected]
• +10 years of experience in technology lending and
financing.
• Previously with ETV Capital and Broadview
International.
• Johan Kampe
• Senior Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• +15 years of experience in technology lending and
financing.
• Previously with ETV Capital and Silicon Valley Bank.
• Unruly
• MyOptique
• Worldstores
Full Portfolio • www.harbert.net/investment-strategies/private-capital/european-growth-capital/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London
Founded 2013
Employees 9 (of which 9 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €121m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM €121m
Target Investment Size €1m - €25m
Target Geographies Pan-European
Target Sectors Technology and Life Sciences
Investment Style Growth Debt
Deal Structures Amortizing loans with equity incentive
Key Investment Criteria Growth stage companies with revenues
Website
www.harbert.net/investment-
strategies/private-capital/european-growth-
capital
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone +44 207 408 4120
KEY CONTACTS
Harbert European Growth Capital Fund (“HEGCF”) is an investment partner to high growth entrepreneurialbusinesses across Europe in the technology and life sciences sectors. Led by an experienced team with a 10+track record of investing across Europe and over €121m in capital committed from institutional and privateinvestors, HEGCF is one of the leading European debt funds in Europe with a strong USA and Europeannetwork. The fund is based in London and is corner sponsored by Harbert Management Corporation, a USheadquartered independent investment firm, with $4.3bn in assets and committed capital under management asat 01 February 2015. The fund looks for investment opportunities in high growth businesses and has a growingportfolio of 28 companies. Key focus is on proven management teams in need of capital to fuel organic growth,working capital requirements, acquisitions, equipment purchases, bridge loans and various forms ofrecapitalization.
Harbert European Growth Capital Fund
• Dr. Holger Kleingarn
• Managing Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Dominik Böhm
• Senior Investment Manager
• Email: [email protected]
• Christian Kukwa
• Investment Manager
• Email: [email protected]
• Zmarta is a leading unsecured consumer loan broker with operations in Northern Europe
• Constructive Media is leading platform of digital media products competing at the intersection of casual gaming and digital education and serving users of all ages
• Intelius is an information commerce leader delivering comprehensive information about individuals via cloud-based solutions through desktop and mobile applications
Full Portfolio • http://higeurope.com/main/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Hamburg, Germany
Founded 1993
Employees 250 (of which 50 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €825m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM €18bn
Target Investment Size Not disclosed
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors All sectors covered
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Flexible
Key Investment Criteria Growth
Website www.higeurope.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 40 413306100
KEY CONTACTS
H.I.G. Capital is a leading global private equity investment firm with €18 billion of equity capital undermanagement. The H.I.G. family of funds includes private equity, growth equity, real estate, debt/credit, lendingand life sciences. We invest in all development phases of a company and finance growth situations, classic LBO,MBO and carve-out transactions as well as restructuring and turnaround projects.
H.I.G. Europe is the European affiliate of H.I.G. Capital and is exclusively dedicated to making private equityinvestments in Europe. Integrated in the worldwide H.I.G. network the team of 50 investment professionals in ourEuropean offices in Hamburg, London, Paris, Milan and Madrid is able to take fast and efficient decisionsthrough an independent European investment committee.
H.I.G. European Capital Partners
• Sam Brooks
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Co-founder and Partner with Highland Capital Europe
since 2011
• Previously 6 years at Insight Venture Partners,
investing in expansion stage software and internet-
enabled businesses
• David Blyghton
• Associate
• Email: [email protected]
• Associate at Highland Capital, focused on identifying,
evaluating, and executing growth stage technology
investments
• Previously analyst at Deutsche Bank, UK M&A
• Oxford University, Chemistry
• Global marketplace for local travel activities
• Stylist-led fashion eCommerce for men
• Connected fitness equipment and software
Full Portfolio • www.hcp.com/companies/?fund=highlandcapitalpartnerseurope
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London, Geneva, Dublin
Founded 1988
Employees 10 (of which 10 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €250m
Use of Debt No
AUM $3.5bn (Globally)
Target Investment Size €5m - €35m
Target Geographies Europe
Target SectorsSoftware, Internet, Digital Media,
Mobile
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures N/A
Key Investment Criteria
Less than €10m in annualised revenues,
exceptional growth, strong market position,
proven product and outstanding team
Website www.hcp.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 20 7183 4325
KEY CONTACTS
Highland Capital Partners Europe invest in rapidly growing European internet, mobile and software companies
that address large market opportunities and have over €10m in annualised revenues. Our capital enables
management teams to accelerate growth and build a lasting, valuable business.
Through a dedicated pan-European growth equity technology fund, Highland Capital Partners Europe embraces
Highland Capital Partners’ global mission of helping great people build great companies. In the last 12 months
Highland Capital Partners Europe has invested in Bradwatch, eGym, NewVoiceMedia, GetYourGuide, Outfittery,
SocialPoint, AMCS and Intersec.
Highland Capital Partners Europe
• Manfred Krikke
• Partner
• 16 years of technology industry experience in Silicon
Valley, including investment banking, growth equity
investing and operations
• Companies: Kreditech, AOG, eGym
• Tim van Delden
• CIO
• Tim is Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at
HPE. In his role he is responsible for the overall
investment strategy and is Chairman of the
Investment Committee.
• Companies: SFC, PPRO, Cotesa, AEVI
[Logo]• eGym develops premium fitness strength equipment
• Mobile app which provides analytical tools for end-users and trainers.
[Logo]
• Big Data online credit scoring and loan underwriting
• Fast, convenient, and responsible credit available from anywhere, at any time and
• from any device
• European provider of alternative online payment solutions and e-money services
• FCA regulated e-money institution active in acquiring, issuing & processing
Full Portfolio • http://www.hpegrowthcapital.com/companies/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Amsterdam, Dusseldorf
Founded 2010
Employees10 investment professionals and
10 industry advisors
Current Fund Size €180m
Use of Debt No
AUM €260m
Target Investment Size €10m – €30m
Target GeographiesNorthern Europe (emphasis on Germany &
Benelux)
Target Sectors Technology
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Significant minority stakes
Key Investment Criteria
Proven technology & business model, Strong
traction & growth potential, Outstanding
management team, Minimum MRR of €500k
or revenue of €10m
Website www.hpegrowthcapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +31 20 714 34 00
KEY CONTACTS
HPE Growth Capital (“HPE”) is a technology growth equity specialist targeting investments in high-growth firms(c. 50 – 250 employees) in Northern Europe, with an emphasis on Germany and the Benelux.We typically invest between €10m and €30m per investment in exchange for a significant minority stake. HPEhas the ability to invest in both primary and secondary capital but has a strong preference for deals driven by aneed for primary capital to be used as catalyst for expansion.Through our investments in fast growing profitable technology companies we seek to become active partners ofour portfolio companies with the objective to accelerate growth and create future market leaders throughinternationalization, expansion of sales and marketing, operational excellence and buy-and-build.
HPE Growth Capital
• Jeff Horing
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Jeff Horing has been a co-founder and managing director at
Insight Venture Partners since 1995..
• Companies: Anaqua, Datasift, GFI, New Relic, Tintri,
Shutterstock, WIX, Zumba Fitness, Airwatch, Think Systems,
TeamViewer, Solarwinds
• Deven Parekh
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Deven Parekh is a managing director & manages
investments in e-commerce, consumer internet data, and
application software businesses on a global basis.
• Companies: Alibaba, Automattic, Campaign Monitor, Twitter,
JD.com, Syncsort, iParadigms, BuddyMedia, Football
Fanatics, Tumblr, DrillingInfo, Despegar
• Trivago is Europe’s largest hotel meta-search destination, where visitors can easily
find the best deal by comparing prices from over 500,000 hotels and over 100
booking sites worldwide
• Every week HelloFresh sends fresh ingredients needed to prepare delicious recipes
at home.
• Delivery Hero is a worldwide network of online food ordering sites with over 55,000
restaurants connected to its service.
Full Portfolio • www.insightpartners.com/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices New York
Founded 1995
Employees 75
Current Fund Size $3bn
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $8bn
Target Investment Size $20m - $200m
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors Software, Internet & Tech-enabled Services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Flexible
Key Investment Criteria Growth
Website www.insightpartners.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +1 212 230 9200
KEY CONTACTS
Insight Venture Partners is a leading global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growthtechnology and software companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. Founded in 1995,Insight has raised more than $8bn and invested in more than 200 companies worldwide. Its mission is to find,fund and work successfully with visionary executives providing them with practical, hands-on growth expertise tofoster long-term success.
Insight Venture Partners
• Spotify is a commercial music streaming, podcast, and video service that provides
digital rights management–protected content from record labels and media
companies.
• Oscar is a New York based technology-driven healthcare service and insurance
provider for US citizens. It has been created as a reaction to changes in the US
healthcare environment, commonly known as the “Obamacare” program.
• Harry’s business model is to design and produce high-quality razors and shaving
equipment and sell them at a competitive price point despite high-quality design.
Other investments
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Berlin, Zurich, New York, Guernsey
Founded 2012
Employees 14
Current Fund Size 350
Use of Debt No
AUM More than €500m
Target Investment SizeEarly Stage: €1m - €10m
Later Stage: More than €10m
Target Geographies US, Europe, Asia
Target SectorsInternet and mobile technology enabled
businesses
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority Shareholder
Key Investment CriteriaOutstanding Teams / Entrepreneurs,
global scale
Website www.lakestar.com
Contact Email via LinkedIn
KEY CONTACTS
Lakestar makes early and growth stage investments in technology-enabled businesses predominantly in Europeand the United States driven by exceptional entrepreneurs. We enjoy investing with a specific focus on businessmodels that can achieve global scale quickly.
Lakestar and its General Partners have historically invested in Facebook, Spotify, Skype, AirBnB, Klarna, andKing.com, and more recent investments include Oscar, Algomi, Teralytics, GoEuro, AngelList, Maker Studios,Taulia and Harry’s.
The Lakestar team is on the ground in Berlin, London, Guernsey, New York City and Zurich.
Lakestar
• Moritz Greve
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Founding partner of Maxburg Capital
• Companies: APAX Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs,
Morgan Stanley & Sparkasse Münsterland
• Florian Seubert
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Founding partner of Maxburg Capital
• Companies: Founder & CFO of zooplus AG; Morgan
Stanley
• Europe‘s leading E-tailer for pet supplies
• A global leader for flexible packaging for the food and pharma industry
• Provider of pharmaceutical active ingredients (APIs)
Full Portfolio • http://maxburg.com/de/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Munich
Founded 2014
Employees 9 (of which 9 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €300m
Use of Debt Possible
AUM €300m
Target Investment Size €10m - €100m
Target Geographies DACH
Target Sectors all
Investment Style Active
Deal StructuresFlexible: Control, joint control, minority,
mezzanine
Key Investment Criteria Flexible
Website www.maxburg.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 89235135950
KEY CONTACTS
Maxburg Capital Partners is an investment management company focusing on Germany and the German-
speaking markets. Set up by three partners with long-standing and successful track records as entrepreneurs
and investors in public and private equity, Maxburg is actively seeking out long-term investments in stable and
profitable small and medium-sized companies with a view towards lasting and sustainable value creation.
With capital commitments of €300m, Maxburg is able to draw on an exceptionally flexible investment mandate:
we do not only actively invest using a broad range of equity and quasi-equity means – ranging from straight
equity to mezzanine and related options – but are also able to take sizeable positions with publicly listed
companies. We take minority as well as majority positions with our investment companies. On a deal-by-deal
perspective, we would usually commit between €10m and €100m per transaction.
Maxburg Capital Partners
• Europe’s #1 Consumer Lending Platform
• Europe’s #1 Insurance disruptor
• Helping leading Financial Institutions fight against fraud
• Engaging the next generation of Traders
Full Portfolio • http://ogc-partners.com/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Amsterdam, London and Singapore
Founded 2013
Employees 8
Current Fund Size €100m - €250m
Use of Debt No
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €1m - €10m
Target Geographies Europe and Asia
Target Sectors Financial Technology
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority
Key Investment Criteria Product, Team and Go To Market
Website www.orangegrowthcapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44(0)7730502686
KEY CONTACTS
Orange Growth Capital is a Venture Capital firm focused on early stage investing in Financial Technology inEurope and Asia. Orange Growth Capital focuses on Enablers and attackers.
Orange Growth Capital
• Radboud Vlaar
• Founding Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• London/Amsterdam
• Hans de Back
• General Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Singapore
• Reinier Musters
• Founding Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• London/Amsterdam
• Piotr Pisarz
• Associate
• Email: [email protected]
• London
• Lars Eriksson
• Managing Director, Head of
European Origination
• Email: [email protected]
• Leader of the Riverside’s European Origination team.
Previously, Mr. Eriksson worked as a private equity
professional with UBS Capital and as M&A advisor
with Arthur Andersen and Coopers
& Lybrand. He holds a MSc from Stockholm School
of Economics.
• Patrick Schaich
• Principal, Origination
• Email: [email protected]
• Part of the European origination team. Previously
Vice President, Investment Banking at Berenberg
Bank. He holds a BBA from the University of Nürtigen
and a MSc from the European School of Finance.
[Logo]• Located in Dresden, Germany, Bike24 is a provider of bicycle components and
related equipment.
[Logo]• Located in Shrewsbury, UK, Guestline is a provider of software for the
hospitality sector.
[Logo]• Located in Oslo, Norway, Mintra Trainingportal is a provider of e-learning training to
oil and gas companies.
Full Portfolio • https://www.riversidecompany.com/Portfolio.aspx
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific
Founded 1988
Employees 200 (of which 40 in Europe)
Current Fund SizeCurrently investing out of
Riverside Europe Fund V (REF V)
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $5.47bn (Dec. 31, 2015)
Target Investment Size Less than €25 million in LTM EBITDA
Target GeographiesNorth America, Europe and developed
countries of the Asia-Pacific region
Target Sectors
Software & IT, Consumer Brands, Healthcare,
Specialty Mfg. & Dstr., Business Services,,
Education & Training, and Franchisors
Investment Style Growth
Deal Structures Control, joint control and minority
Key Investment Criteria
Strong team, strong growth potential, clear
USP, competitive advantage, proven and
sustainable business model
Website https://www.riversidecompany.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone+46 8 545 03030 (Stockholm)
+49 89 242 248 90 (Munich)
KEY CONTACTS
The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in growing businessesvalued at up to $400m. Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 420 transactions. Thefirm’s international portfolio includes more than 80 companies.
The Riverside Europe Fund (REF) was founded in 1997 and invests in Europe-based companies with generallyless than €25m in LTM EBITDA. REF tries to invest at least €20m of equity over the lifetime of its investment tosupport the further international growth or support all other required initiatives to accelerate growth.
The Riverside Company
• John Connolly
• Principal
• Email: [email protected]
• John has been with Spectrum since 2009 and is
based in the firm’s San Francisco office
• Companies: GrubHub, Jimdo, Prezi, GoodRx,
Ancestry.com, TeachersPayTeachers, Finalsite and
Examsoft
• Mike Farrell
• Principal
• Email: [email protected]
• Mike has been with Spectrum since 2009 and is
based in the firm’s Boston office
• Companies: BATS, Jimdo, Jagex, Litmus, RainKing
and EagleView
• Online and mobile food ordering platform with over 6.7 million active diners and
40,000 restaurants as users
• Provider of cloud-based, do-it-yourself website creation platform having helped users
create over 15 million websites
• Cloud-based presentation and storytelling software platform with over 1 billion views
and 60 million global users
Full Portfolio • www.spectrumequity.com/portfolio
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices San Francisco, Boston
Founded 1994
Employees 24 (investment team)
Current Fund Size $1bn
Use of Debt Where appropriate
AUM $2.4bn
Target Investment Size $20m - $100m
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors Internet, software and information services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Flexible (minority and majority)
Key Investment Criteria Growth stage companies
Website www.spectrumequity.com
Contact Email N/A
Contact Phone 001 415-464-4600
KEY CONTACTS
Spectrum Equity is a leading growth equity firm that provides capital and strategic support to internet softwareand information services companies. For over 20 years, Spectrum has partnered with high growth companiesacross the information economy. Founded in 1994, with offices in San Francisco and Boston, the firm is currentlyinvesting its seventh fund with $1bn in capital.
Spectrum Equity
• Scott Collins
• MD / Head of Europe
• Summit Partners since 1996
• Companies: Jamba!, Web Reservations International,
vente-privee.com, Ogone, AVAST Software, Global
Fashion Group, Lazada
• Johan Olsson
• Associate
• Email: [email protected]
• Summit Partners since 2013
• Companies: Global Fashion Group, Lazada
• Largest online private sales platform in Europe with over €1bn in sales.
• Leading European online payment processing company.
• Freemium antivirus protecting more than 180m computers and mobile devices
globally.
• End-to-end software development platform provider.
Full Portfolio • http://www.summitpartners.com/companies
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London, Boston, Menlo Park
Founded 1984
Employees 85 (of which 18 in Europe]
Current Fund Size $6.5bn
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $16bn
Target Investment Size €20m to €250m
Target Geographies US, Europe, Asia
Target SectorsTechnology, Internet, Digital Media
Mobile, Telecommunications
Investment Style Board and operational support on demand
Deal Structures Minority or Majority
Key Investment Criteria Rapid top-line growth and profitable
Website www.summitpartners.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +442076597500
KEY CONTACTS
Summit Partners is a leading global growth equity firm. We work with owners and management teams tomaximize the long-term value of their companies. Since our inception in 1984, Summit has raised over $16bn ofcapital on behalf of a prestigious group of institutional investors. We have invested in more than 400 companiesin technology, healthcare and other growth sectors. These companies have completed more than 135 publicofferings, and in excess of 150 have been acquired through strategic mergers and sales. Summit opened itsEuropean office in 2001 and has since invested more than €1.5bn in capital across 12 European countries.
Summit Partners
• Morgan Seigler
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• TA Associates since 2003
• Companies: 10Bis, AVG, Bigpoint, CMOSIS,
Eurowag, Flashtalking, M&M Direct, ION Trading;
eCircle, Smartstream
• Stefan Dandl
• Investment Professional
• Email: [email protected]
• TA Associates since 2013; previously at J.P. Morgan
• Companies: CMOSIS, Eurowag, 10Bis
• Online food ordering marketplace, Israel, 2016.
• Online advertising technology, UK, 2013.
• Micro-stock photography marketplace, France, 2009 (exited).
Full Portfolio • http://www.ta.com/portfolio/technology
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
OfficesLondon, Boston, Menlo Park, Mumbai, Hong
Kong
Founded 1968
Employees 130 (of which 15 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $7bn
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $24bn
Target Investment Size $50m - $500m
Target Geographies US, Europe, Asia
Target SectorsTechnology, Healthcare, Consumer, Business
Services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Minority and Majority
Key Investment Criteria Top-line Growth and Profitability
Website www.ta.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 207 823 0223
KEY CONTACTS
At TA Associates, we invest in exciting industries with the goal of helping management teams build theirbusinesses into great international companies. TA is one of the oldest and largest growth private equity firms inthe world. We offer our portfolio companies financial backing, strategic guidance and a significant network ofcontacts. Our more than 450 current and former portfolio companies and over 120 IPOs illustrate ourcommitment to provide steady support through the cycles of the global economy. We work with our companies tonavigate the complicated paths of public offerings, debt financings, and mergers and acquisitions.
TA Associates
• John Rosenberg
• General Partner, Head of Europe
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined TCV in 2000, founded the London office in
2012
• Companies: Think Finance, Thinkorswim, FX
Alliance, Capella Education
• John Doran
• Principal
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined TCV in 2012. Previously with Summit
Partners and Morgan Stanley.
• Leading global video streaming and DVD rental service, based in Los Gatos,
California.
• #1 US-focused online home and real estate marketplace, based in Seattle,
Washington.
• Leading provider of web content management and online engagement solutions,
based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Full Portfolio • www.tcv.com/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London, Palo Alto, New York
Founded 1995
Employees 80
Current Fund Size $3bn
Use of Debt Occasionally
AUM $8bn
Target Investment Size €20m - €250m
Target Geographies US, Europe, Israel
Target SectorsInternet, Software, Infrastructure, Business &
Financial Services
Investment StyleBoard-level involvement and operational
support
Deal Structures Minority or Majority
Key Investment Criteria Category Leading Growth Businesses
Website www.tcv.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0)20 7004 2620
KEY CONTACTS
Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), founded in 1995, is a leading provider of capital to growth-stagetechnology companies, providing funds to later-stage private and public companies. With $7.7bn in capitalraised, TCV has invested in over 200 technology companies over the last 18 years. Selected investments includeAltiris, C|NET, ExactTarget, Expedia, Facebook, Fandango, FX Alliance, Go Daddy, Genesys Software,Groupon, HomeAway, Netflix, RealNetworks, Redback Networks, RiskMetrics Group, Sitecore, Splunk andZillow. TCV has 11 partners and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA with offices in New York, NY and London.
Technology Crossover Ventures
• Torsten Winkler
• Partner
• Responsible for the firm’s activities in DACH and focus on technology
and life sciences & healthcare.
• Jussi Wuoristo
• Partner
• Member of the founding team at Vitruvian, focus on internet and
software across verticals.
• Peter Read
• Managing Director• At Vitruvian since 2015, focus on growth investments.
• Leonard Clemens
• Director of Business Development (DACH)
• Member of the founding team at Vitruvian, focus on DACH region and
life sciences & healthcare
• Michael Mitterlehner
• Vice President• At Vitruvian since 2014, focus on internet and software across verticals.
• World’s leading online and mobile marketplace for takeaway food. Proprietary
technology benefiting over 8 million users and over 45,700 takeaway restaurants.
Listed on the LSE since 2014.
• Online marketplace platform enabling high end fashion boutiques to sell branded
luxury apparel and accessories to consumers in more than 150 countries.
• Software Asset Management to help organisations optimize software licensing &
reduce costs across mobile, desktop, data center & cloud investments.
Full Portfolio • www.vitruvianpartners.com/investments
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London, Munich, Stockholm
Founded 2007
Employees 30 (most of which in Europe)
Current Fund Size £1bn (€1.3bn)
Use of Debt Selectively, if appropriate
AUM €2.3bn across two funds
Target Investment Size €30m - €175m
Target Geographies UK, DACH, Nordics, Benelux
Target SectorsInternet, Software, Media, Consumer,
Healthcare, Business/Financial Services
Investment Style Board and operational support on demand
Deal Structures Flexible: Majority and minority
Key Investment CriteriaStrong growth supported by
sustainable business model
Website www.vitruvianpartners.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 20 7518 2800
KEY CONTACTS
Vitruvian is an independent private equity firm which specialises in growth capital investments, growth buyoutsand middle‐market buyouts in Europe. The firm focuses on investing in ‘dynamic situations’ – fast growingbusinesses in industries characterised by growth and change such as digital, software, media, telecoms,healthcare, financial services, business services and leisure.
Vitruvian is currently investing its second fund of £1bn and has offices in London, Munich and Stockholm.
Vitruvian Partners
• Abhishek Agrawal
• CIO / Head of Growth Equity
• Previously at General Atlantic in NY
• Investments include: Flipkart, Uber, Alibaba, Avvo,
TrueCar, Scytl, Zuora, Magic Leap, AKQA, Klarna,
Red Ventures, Dice, Network Solutions
• Nate Mitchell
• Growth Equity
• Email: [email protected]
• Previously at Index Ventures in London
• Investments include: Flipkart, Uber, Avvo, Zuora,
Alibaba, Scytl, Magic Leap, TrueCar, Mimecast,
ASOS, Etsy
• Flipkart is the leading e-commerce destination in India.
• Uber is the world’s largest transportation marketplace.
• Scytl is the global leader in secure election management and electronic voting
solutions.
Full Portfolio • www.capital.vulcan.com
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Palo Alto, Seattle
Founded 1986
Employees 30+
Current Fund Size Multi-billion
Use of Debt Yes
AUM Multi-billion
Target Investment Size $10m – $100m
Target Geographies US, Europe, Asia
Target SectorsInternet, Mobile,
Enterprise Applications
Investment Style Growth stage
Deal Structures Minority or Majority, Debt or Equity
Key Investment Criteria Rapid revenue growth
Website capital.vulcan.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +1 650 329 5924
KEY CONTACTS
Vulcan Capital is the multi-billion dollar investment arm of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen. Weare not limited by traditional Deal Structures, asset classes or holding periods. Instead we take an entrepreneur-friendly approach and can invest in both private and public companies with a long term investmenthorizon. Vulcan’s growth equity fund is focused on making $10m ‐ $100m sized investments into leading internetand technology companies, including mid‐ to late‐stage venture capital, recaps, growth buyouts and strategicpublic market block investments
Vulcan Capital
FUND BOOK
DEBT
• Stephanie Heller • Managing Partner • Email: stephanie@bootstrap-
europe.com
• Entrepreneur in Finance companies, Deutsche Bank, Calyon, E.on, Fractal-Labs.com
• Fatou Diagne • Managing Partner • Email: [email protected]
• Entrepreneur in Finance companies, CitiGroup, S&P, SFR, Fractal-Labs.com
Full Portfolio • http://www.bootstrap-europe.com/transactions
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Zurich, London
Founded 2015
Employees 3 (of which 3 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €40m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM N/A
Target Investment Size €1m – €5m
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors Techonologies & Life Science
Investment Style Passive
Deal Structures Venture Debt
Key Investment Criteria Fast Growth, can sustain monthy reimbursments
Website www.bootstrap-europe.com
Contact Email [email protected] [email protected]
Contact Phone +41 43 888 6050
KEY CONTACTS
Fast growth companies often require additional money to fuel scale, yet their founders and their investors do not want to be diluted. Venture Debt is a way to postpone the next valuation event, and to provide a company with additional time to increase its value prior to a future funding round or an acquisition. The Bootstrap Europe team has supported entrepreneurs and their investors in more than 200 European transactions. Our Venture Debt fund is backed by successful entrepreneurs who in turn are providing a stable source of capital to the next generation of innovators.
Bootstrap Europe
• Olya Klueppel
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Natalia Nowak
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Karim Askar
• Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Marko Celic
• Associate
• Email: [email protected]
Size: • €7m to 40m
Tenor: • 2 – 5 years
Return components: • Interest (cash or PIK), fees, equity kicker or exit fees
Repayment: • Structure tailored to borrower’s needs, incl. bullet, early repayment possible
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
TYPICAL LOAN TERMS
Offices London, Zurich
Founded 2006
Employees 20+ (of which 20+ in Europe)
Current Fund Size €350m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM €625m
Target Investment Size €7m – €40m
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors Agnostic, except biotech
Investment Style N/A
Deal Structures Flexible
Key Investment Criteria Proven commercialisation
Website www.esocapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +41 44 200 3822 / +44 203 642 2600
KEY CONTACTS
ESO Capital is an independent investment boutique focused on providing transitional capital to European SMEs,including high growth businesses. Founded in 2006, the firm has offices in London and Zurich. We provideflexible debt solutions, with a targeted deal size is €7 to 40 million and a typical investment horizon of 2 to 5years. Currently investing out of its 6th fund, ESO manages funds on behalf of institutional investors and hasdeployed over €600 million in capital in over 55 deals.
ESO Capital Group
FUND BOOK
BUYOUT
EQT
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
EQT seeks high-quality, market-leading, medium-sized to large companies in Northern and Central Europe with
significant value-creation opportunities. Targeted companies should have the potential for value creation by
investing in growth, in performance improvement, and e.g. active participation in industry consolidation through
add-on acquisitions. The typical equity investment opportunity ranges between EUR 50 million and EUR 600
million.
Offices In 15 countries over three continents
Founded EQT Partners AB 1994
Employees In total: ~350
Current Fund Size EQT VII: EUR 6.75bn, raised in 2015
EQT Mid Market: EUR 1.05bn, raised 2014
Use of Debt Yes
AUM ~ EUR 30bn capital raised in 18 funds
Target Investment Size
Mid – to Large-Cap companies, Equity
investments will typically range between EUR
50 – 600 million
Target Geographies Europe
Target Sectors
Online/Digital Media, Online Classifieds,
Online Advertising,
E-Commerce, Software, Payments,
Education, Mobile, Content Rights
Investment Style Buyout Investments
Deal Structures Control, joint control
Key Investment Criteria Growth opportunities, leading market position,
performance improvement potential
Website www.eqt.se
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 89 25 54 99 36
+49 89 25 54 99 50
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CONTACTS
• Leading international provider of cloud-based Learning Management Systems (“LMS”)
• Market leading provider of live sports information and services, operating at the
interface between sports and entertainment
• Leading global provider of Web Content Management software enabling customers to
create, manage and personalize digital content based on consumer behavior
• Leading global hotel B2B wholesale platform
Full Portfolio • http://www.eqt.se/Portfolio-Companies/Current-Portfolio/
• Dominik Stein
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined EQT in September 2006
• Head of TMT Sector
• Board member of Sportradar, Springer SBM, Bureau
van Dijk, Sitecore, Kuoni GTA
• Fabian Wasmus
• Partner
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined EQT in January 2006
• Deputy Head of TMT Sector
• Board member of Internetstores, Avenso, UDG,
Kfzteile24
• Deep Shah • Co-President
• Prior to FP, worked at Morgan Stanley in London • Companies: ClickSoftware, Kewill, Lumata,
Metaswitch Networks, Smartfocus, SintecMedia
• Mario Razzini • Vice President
• Prior to FP, worked at Citigroup and Arma Partners • Companies: ClickSoftware, Metaswitch Networks,
Smartfocus
• Leading online wealth management platform
• Leading peer-to-peer financing platform
• Software that optimizes the business practices of service organizations
Full Portfolio • http://www.franciscopartners.com/investments
Francisco Partners
FP is a leading global private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in technology businesses. With approximately $10 billion in cumulative capital commitments and a team of about 40 investment professionals working from offices in San Francisco and London, our objective is to work with management teams facing strategic or operational inflection points and to use our differentiated experience, network, and resources to build value for shareholders, employees and customers, thereby generating attractive investment returns for our investors.
Offices San Francisco / London
Founded 1999
Employees 56 (of which 9 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $2.85 bn
Use of Debt Yes
Assets under Mgmt In excess of $8bn
Target Investment Size $50mm - $1bn
Target Geographies North America and EMEA
Target Sectors Software, Internet, Services and Systems
Investment Style Active
Deal structures Control, joint control and minority
Key Investment Criteria Providing capital to companies facing strategic or operational inflection points
Website http://www.franciscopartners.com/
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (020) 7907 8600
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SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
KEY CONTACTS
• Philipp Freise
• Head of Media Europe
• Lucian Schönefelder
• Head of Digital Media Europe
• Leading provider of wireless audio and home theatre products for the connected
home
• Community and e-commerce sites in the automotive, careers, home, shopping, and
travel and leisure verticals
• Leading multi-vertical eRetailer focused on health & fitness, beauty & apparel
• Provider of enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) software
• Innovator of artificial intelligence & machine learning software for IT automation
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
OfficesNew York, London, Menlo Park, Hong Kong,
Tokyo, São Paulo and others
Founded 1976
Employees190 Investment Professionals
50 Operational Professionals
Current Fund Size Europe III (€6bn size)
Use of Debt Flexible
AUM $96bn globally
Target Investment SizeGrowth Equity: $10m - $100m
Private Equity: $100m - $2bn equity
Target Geographies Global
Target Sectors
Media, Technology, Consumer, Retail,
Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare,
Infrastructure and others
Investment Style Active
Deal StructuresFlexible deal structuring, including minority
positions or partnerships
Key Investment Criteria
Best-in-class Mgt. team, operational &
technology excellence, growth potential,
profitability or clear path to profitability
Website www.kkr.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (20) 7104 2552
KEY CONTACTS
Global Presence: 21 offices in 15 countries and a unique network for global roll-outs.
Focus on Operational Value Creation: KKR’s average holding period is 7 years and over 50 Operating Partners
(KKR Capstone) support companies with operational expertise.
Large portfolio: With 98 portfolio companies globally with more than 800,000 employees, KKR offers a unique
roll-out opportunity to B2B companies.
Highly Experienced in Partnership Transactions: BMG, Fotolia, Scout24 Schweiz, Ping Identity, and many
others.
Deep Sector Knowledge: >50 TMT deals with aggregate deal value in excess of $100bn.
Dedicated Growth Fund: Targeting tech-enabled growth investments ranging from $10m-$100m.
KKR
• Hinrich Stahl
• Managing Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Responsible for Mayfair’s direct investments since
2004
• Previously Apax Partners and McKinsey & Co.
• MBA INSEAD (Fontainebleau)
• Helge Lützen
• Director
• Email: [email protected]
• Joined Maryland in 2008
• Previously Citigroup Global Markets
• ebs Oestrich-Winkel
• Global leader in Testing, Inspection & Certification (ship classification, oil & gas,
energy and business assurance/ISO certification)
• #3 global TIC services company, €2.5bn revenues, 16,000 employees
• 36.5% holding in DNV GL (Mayfair merged its 100% investment in GL Group with
direct competitor DNV in 2013 to create leading TIC services company)
• Innovative, Italian fast-casual restaurant concept
• 150 restaurants in 28 countries worldwide (€350m system-wide revenues)
• Mayfair acquired 44% holding in 2011
• Support for global roll-out of the business
• #3 global sporting goods brand leading in the sport lifestyle segment
• Mayfair acquired 27% holding in 2005; sold to PPR in 2007
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices Hamburg
Founded 2004
Employees 7
Current Fund Size Not disclosed
Use of Debt Yes
AUM Not disclosed
Target Investment Size €100m - €1bn
Target Geographies Europe, Americas
Target SectorsConsumer & Retail, Online,
Media, Business Services
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Control, joint control, minority, etc.
Key Investment Criteria
Sustainable long-term growth prospects,
Unique proprietary assets, International/global
business model, Low capital intensity
Strong management team
Website N/A
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +49 (0) 40 320 878 0
KEY CONTACTS
Maryland GmbH is the direct investment division of Mayfair SE, the private family office of Günter and DanielaHerz, former owners of the Tchibo Group. Maryland aims to establish a portfolio of long-term direct investments.The focus is on companies with a strong business model and long-term growth prospects preferably in brandedconsumer & retail, online/digital media, or the services sector. Transaction structures may range from minority tomajority holdings, private or public companies, typically on an all-equity basis.
Maryland GmbH
• Peter Dubens • Managing Partner & Co-Founder
• Peter is the founder of Oakley and its associated group of businesses, a privately owned asset management and advisory group
• Over the last 30 years Peter has acquired, restructured and consolidated public and private companies
• Rebecca Gibson • Partner • Email:
• Rebecca joined Oakley in 2014, where her focus is on deal origination, execution, portfolio management and position realisation
• Previously a Partner at Cinven and a strategy consultant at Bain & Company in the UK & South Africa
[Logo] • Parship is the leading online dating service for discerning singles in German-speaking Europe.
[Logo] • Founded in 2008, Facile is Italy’s leading online destination for consumers to compare prices for motor insurance, energy, telecoms and personal finance.
[Logo] • North Sails is the global market leader in sails and spars, with strong recurring revenues from the sail replacement cycle and an expansive portfolio of patents.
Full Portfolio • http://oakleycapital.com/portfolio/
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
Oakley is a firm founded by an entrepreneur from the business community, rather than a spin-out from a larger financial institution. Headquartered in London, Oakley Capital Private Equity is a mid-market private equity investor with over €750m under management, investing primarily in Western Europe. We often buy from founders who are attracted by our entrepreneurial approach and we are comfortable with complexity so we have acquired many carve outs. Investing in a diverse range of portfolio companies, our objective is to work proactively with our portfolio company management teams, together with other stakeholders, in order to create substantial shareholder value for investors.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices London, UK
Founded 2001
Employees 22 (of which 22 in Europe)
Current Fund Size €524m
Use of Debt Yes
AUM over €750m
Target Investment Size €30 – €100 million
Target Geographies Western Europe, US
Target Sectors Digital Consumer, TMT
Investment Style Active
Deal Structures Primarily majority
Key Investment Criteria Primary, proprietary, buy & build, entrepreneur or founder led
Website www.oakleycapital.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +44 (0) 20 7766 6900
KEY CONTACTS
Oakley Capital Private Equity
• Karl Peterson
• Head of Europe.
• Email: [email protected]
• TPG since 1995
• Former founder / CEO of Hotwire.com
• Malte Janzarik
• Vice President
• Email: [email protected]
• TPG since 2005
• UK’s market leading online seller of bathrooms.
• World’s leading short term residential bookings marketplace.
• World’s leading private car / taxi booking service.
• UK’s #1 online teacher job and resources platform.
• World’s leading marketplace for teacher content exchange.
Full Portfolio • www.tpg.com
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs FUND DESCRIPTION
SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Offices
London, San Francisco, Beijing, Chongqing,
Hong Kong, Melbourne, Moscow, Mumbai,
New York, Paris, São Paulo, Shanghai,
Singapore and Tokyo
Founded 1992
Employees Over 250 (of which 25 in Europe)
Current Fund Size $19bn
Use of Debt Yes
AUM $66bn
Target Investment Size More than $100m
Target Geographies Europe, US, Asia
Target Sectors Technology, Internet, Digital Media
Investment Style Active board members
Deal Structures Minority or Majority
Key Investment CriteriaMarket leaders; strong growth prospects; unit
economics that work
Website www.tpg.com
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Phone +442075446518
KEY CONTACTS
TPG has a long history of successful investments in leading internet and media franchises such as Victoria
Plumb, AirBnb, Box, Sabre/Travelocity/Lastminute.com, Hotwire.com, Univision, Creative Artists Agency (CAA),
and RentPath (ApartmentGuide.com; Rent.com). We have also helped digitize many of the world’s leading offline
businesses through multiple online platforms, including NeimanMarcus.com, Petco.com, JCrew.com, and
Become.com. TPG has a long history of successful minority investments, including many with specific focus in
the digital media and internet sector. Minority investments within the media, digital media and internet sector
include AirBnb, Box, Uber, SurveyMonkey, Hotwire.com and CAA.
TPG