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Established in 2006, European private equity firm Vitruvian Partners focuses on asset-light companies in its targeted sectors. The firm has a successful track record with more than 85 transactions completed. Vitruvian Partners invests £25 million to over £150 million in companies typically valued at £50 million to over £500 million.

The Madrid-based JME Venture Capital invests mostly in early-stage Spanish technology startups, from seed to Series A rounds. The fund was launched in 2016, worth €50 million, and is headed by CEO Javier Alarcó and CIO Samuel Gil.JME VC is part of the Fundación José Manuel Entrecanales, an innovation and entrepreneurship foundation started and headed by José Manuel Entrecanales Domecq, the boss of Spanish infrastructure giant Acciona.

Bpifrance Large Venture is the growth equity arm of French state investor Bpifrance. It is a €1bn VC fund focused on high-growth, capital-intensive, innovative tech and life sciences companies that have already raised capital. It invests minority stakes of at least €10m as well as co-invests alongside current or new investors in rounds of at least about €20m. It has invested €600m to date and currently has 34 portfolio companies, including 18 listed ones.

Cleosent Randing began his entrepreneurship journey after his graduation from Simon Fraser University in Canada. He read degrees in Business Administration and Economics in 2009.Besides Valuklik and Pinnacle, Cleosent also owns and runs two other ventures. He is a director of NuGlobe Solutions, a call center outsourcing company that he founded in 2010. He is also operating an e-commerce website for insurance products named PasarPolis.com that he recently set up in October 2015.Since April 2016, Cleosent has been an active member and director of the Indonesia Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC).  He is also a director of the Canadian Alumni in Indonesia (Calindo).

Oscar Pierre (b.1992) trained as an aerospace engineer at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona (UPC) in Spain and later at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, USA. He interned at Airbus, before starting his entrepreneurial career in 2014 by founding startups like Zikkomo and FUO Concept. Zikkomo is a platform that drives education in Malawi through multiple Active Africa ONG projects. FUO Concept was an e-commerce marketplace for local handicrafts.Pierre is now the CEO and co-founder of Glovo, an on-demand delivery platform with operations in 22 markets worldwide.

Juan Margenat, a civil engineer with an MBA, is a serial entrepreneur. He is also an active business angel within the Spanish investment ecosystem. He has invested in and mentored tech startups like Kantox, Habitissimo, Deporvillage and Captio. Margenat is the founder and former CEO of PlanB!, part of the leading tourist company Barcelo Group, and Weekendesk Iberia, one of the largest gift-experience companies in Spain. With his extensive experience in tourism and commerce, Margenat is sought after for support within the Barcelona tech-community.He is currently co-founder and COO of Marfeel, a mobile ad-tech company with offices in Barcelona and New York.

Founded in 2012, ClearVue Partners focuses on the consumer sector, e.g., new retail, lifestyle, health and wellness and digital consumption. ClearVue Partners typically invests US$10–50 million in growth-stage startups. Investment deals are spearheaded by a team with experience in the US and Greater China and an advisory group of recognized businessmen from the consumer industry. Its headquarters is in Shanghai.

LGT Venture Philanthropy is an independent charitable foundation that supports organizations and companies which implement solutions that contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals. It strives to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged people, contribute to healthy ecosystems and build resilient, inclusive and prosperous communities. LGT supports the growth of innovative social organizations by providing them with a tailored combination of growth capital, access to business skills, management know-how and strategic advice.

Mariko Asmara Yoshihara is the managing director and chairperson of PT JAC Indonesia, which is part of the multinational JAC Recruitment group. She is also one of the most active angel investors in ANGIN, a prominent network of Indonesia’s top angel investors. Her investment focus lies in empowerment, capacity building and agriculture.

The Stanford Management Company (SMC) invests through the Merged Pool that oversees the majority of its investable assets. Its portfolio includes diverse equity-oriented strategies: domestic and foreign public equities (27%), real estate (8%), natural resources (7%) and private equity (30%). Private equity is maintained at 30% of the Merged Pool based on its risk-return criteria. The Merged Pool was valued at $29.6 bn as of June 30, 2019.The private equity division operates through selected external partners for early and later-stage investments. According to the university’s latest investment report, the SMC is working to improve its investment portfolio that has become over diversified during the last four years, making it difficult to maintain quality and drive superior returns. The number of active partners has been reduced to 75 including 37 new ones added in the last four years. The new partners have generated a net internal rate of return of 29.3% over the last four years.

China Merchants Venture, a subsidiary of China Merchants Group, was founded in November 2015. It is headquartered in Shenzhen and has opened offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Israel and Silicon Valley. The company invests in finance, real estate, logistics, transportation, healthcare, AI, among other industries. Of the RMB 5 bn capital under its management, RMB 2bn is earmarked for a fund of funds (FOF) and the other RMB 3 bn for direct investment. As of April 2019, the FOF has invested in 28 early and growth stage funds, and directly invested in over 50 startups.  

Ma Xiaojun has 10+ years of experience in real estate, having founded Hengjia Real Estate in Shanghai and a holiday accommodation venture (Lvjiawang) in Sanya, Hainan, managing over 300 units.

Founded in Chicago in 2011, Hyde Park invests in Midwestern US and occasionally Canadian startups from early-stage usually through two investment rounds across tech sectors.  It currently has 62 startups in its portfolio and has managed 12 exits to date. Its most recent investments in January 2021 include Canadian e-commerce site BlackCart’s $8.8m Series A round and US podcast database Podchaser’s $5.7m Series A round. In November 2020, it invested in real estate productivity software NestEgg’s $7m Series A round. 

A Cambridge-based investor, founded in 2006, that exists to support spin-off companies created at the city’s university with an emphasis on social impact.  It currently has 57 companies in its portfolio, almost entirely in the areas of life and physical sciences, which have, in total, raised over £2bn in further investment and grant funding.Its most recent investments include in the June 2021 £3m seed round of Gallium Nitride semiconductor engineering company Porotech and in the January 2021 $20m Series A round of quantum computing innovators Riverlane. 

Having backed some of the most successful US tech companies such as Facebook, PayPal and SpaceX, Oakhouse Partners is a micro-VC headquartered in San Francisco. Led by Jason Portnoy, Andrew Maguire and Stephanie Fernandez, the firm mainly backs companies based in the Bay Area and within the US. Currently focused on breakthrough technologies like blockchain, robotics, 3D printing and CRISPR, Oakhouse Partners typically participates in seed rounds with investments of $250,000–500,000 and in Series A rounds of $1m–1.5m. 

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