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China Creation Ventures (CCV) was founded in 2017 by Wei Zhou, the former managing partner of KPCB China. Headquartered in Beijing, it invests mainly in early-stage startups in sectors such as finance and TMT. Series A funding accounts for around 70% of total investment. CCV manages USD and RMB funds collectively worth over RMB 3 billion.

Founded in 2007 by Soichiro Swimmy Minami, BizReach is a Tokyo-based recruitment firm that operates a full service headhunting and talent search platform. Its hallmark feature is an AI-powered software for shortlisting job applicants. Outside of Japan, the company also has a presence in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. BizReach raised funding through a Series A round in 2016. 

Established in 1978, Ultramagic Balloons is a Spanish balloon manufacturer based in the town of Igualada, in Barcelona province. It designs and manufactures hot air and high altitude balloons that are used by Zero 2 Infinity. It is the world's second-largest producer of high altitude balloons. It's sole investment to date was in the seed round of Zero 2 Infinity in 2010. 

Established in 2015, EQT Ventures is a Stockholm-based investor that describes itself as "half VC, half startup." It has invested in more than 50 companies, acting as lead investor in almost two-thirds of its investments, to date, of a total investment fund of €566m. EQT Ventures invests across sectors locally and globally and has successfully managed the exits of two Scandinavian startups. 

BraveGeneration is a Portuguese investment vehicle founded in 2015 for projects arising from the television series Shark Tank Portugal. South African entrepreneur Tim Vieira acts as its principal investor and mentor. The holding currently funds around 30 startups, both in tech and in other sectors. Consumers Trust is the first company it has invested in not to have appeared on the television show. 

Jonathan Neman is a co-founder and co-CEO of USA healthy-eating restaurant franchise Sweetgreen. As co-CEO, he has managed the salad chain since opening its first outlet in 2007, raising more than $470m in VC funding in the process. Neman is also an investor in various F&B startups, such as frozen food maker EatPops and Indonesian coffee chain Kopi Kenangan.

Formerly known as Tsinghua University Science Park (TusPark) Development Center founded in August 1994, Tus-Holdings was incorporated in 2000. The company takes full responsibility for developing, constructing, operating and managing TusPark.Tus-Holdings is the controlling shareholder, or shareholder, of over 800 listed and non-listed enterprises. The total assets under its management amount to nearly RMB 200bn.

Global Founders Capital is a global venture fund that invests in seed and Series A, or participates in later rounds. It typically does not invest in pre-launch. The venture fund was set up in 2013 by Rocket Internet chief Oliver Samwer, his brother Marc, and former Delivery Hero co-CEO Fabian Siegel as a €150 million fund for high-potential internet businesses. 

Jörg Mohaupt is the head of media at Warner Music Group and an angel investor who has funded several startups to date, many in the area of music. His other most recently known investments were in the August 2019 £2.2m seed round of British fintech for adolescents Penfold and in the May 2019 $1.7m seed round of Swedish music sampling store Tracklib.

Sierra Ventures is an American, private-owned venture capital firm founded in 1982. The company now manages a $1.5bn fund with a focus on domestic consumer solutions and advanced technology. It has helped more than 200 companies around the globe to grow, having raised more than $1.9bn in capital. Since 2006, it has been actively investing in India and China. 

The Woodford Patient Capital Trust is part of the larger group Woodford Funds. The company is based in Oxford and was formed in 2014, headed by veteran fund manager Neil Woodford. The Patient Capital Trust focuses on early- and early-growth-stage companies, with target returns of more than 10% yearly. The bulk of their portfolio comprises healthcare companies. 

Mohit Goel is one of India’s youngest real estate tycoons and an angel investor. He appeared as one of a panel of potential investors on the India reality TV show The Vault,  which features start-ups pitching their business ideas to angel investors in order to seek funding. Goel is CEO of Omaxe, a real estate firm based in New Delhi. As the second-generation head of the company, he was credited for structural changes aimed at turning the firm around amidst challenging market conditions and introducing fresh concepts and customer-centric ideas to strengthen the business. Goel is also the north zone head of CREDAI Youth Wing, an industry body bringing together the next generation of leaders in India’s real estate and property developer market. In 2014, he was named Young Male Entrepreneur of the Year at the Infra & Realty Sutra Awards and also received the Young Achiever’s Award at ABP News’ Real Estate Awards.

Cross-country adventure enthusiast who has traveled across all deserts in mainland China and uninhabited zones like Lop Nur, Altyn-Tagh and Hoh Xil. Xiu Tao founded his first company in 1996.

A former product manager at Google HQ and director of product at AdChina, Wang Yi was an electrical engineering major at Tsinghua University, and holds a PhD in computer science from Princeton University.

Ex-NetSuite software engineer Albert (who goes by one name) has a bachelor’s in Mathematics and Computer Science from Purdue University. He was a classmate of Traveloka co-founder and CEO Ferry Unardi at Purdue.

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