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EDP Ventures is the VC arm of EDP, or Energias de Portugal, a global energy company based in Portugal. It invests in early-stage startups both Portuguese and from other nations across varied sectors and is a promoter of renewable energies.

Founded in 2016, BHCP is an equity investment fund under BOC International. The wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of China offers investment banking and securities brokerage services. It mainly invests in companies at a later stage, usually after Series C round.

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. QIA was founded by the State of Qatar in 2005 with the aim to strengthen the country's economy. Headquartered in Doha, QIA invests globally and manages total assets worth nearly $300bn.

Upon graduating in Economics, Alex Chesterman joined Planet Hollywood International. He left seven years later as an executive vice-president. Chesterman went on to found Bagelmania, LoveFilm (later sold to Amazon), ScreenSelect and Zoopla. He is currently Zoopla’s CEO and one of the UK's leading digital entrepreneurs as well as a winner of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year. He has invested in 26 companies to date across sectors and his recent investments include in online flower marketplace Flowebx's Series A and in the seed rounds of proptech Thirdfort, online library Perlego and audio personal trainer Auro. 

Fu was born in Jiangxi province in March 1978. In 2005, he led a team that created free antivirus software Qihoo 360 Security Guard. In 2008, he became vice president at Matrix Partners China. A year later, Fu became CEO and chairman of picture software firm Conew Image, which merged with Kingsoft Security in November 2010 to create Kingsoft Network. Fu has served as CEO of the merged company ever since, which, in March 2014, was renamed Cheetah Mobile. He is also founder and general partner at Purple Cow Startups.

Mayfield Fund is one of Silicon Valley's oldest venture capital firms. Founded by Wally Davis and Thomas J Davis Jr in 1969, the VC is based in Menlo Park, California.Current investments include CRISPR-focused companies like Mammoth Biosciences and biotech startup iLoF,l which is focused on creating a digital library of optical fingerprints for non-invasive patient screening, early diagnostics and personalized medical treatments.. With a total of $2.5bn assets under management, the firm focuses mainly on early-stage to growth-stage investments. The VC has also backed startups like Marketo, Lyft and SolarCity. Most of Mayfield’s exits took place during the 2008 financial crisis and through subsequent funds.In April 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Mayfield announced two new funds which raised $750m in total. Mayfield XVI will invest in early-stage companies, while Mayfield Select II will focus on growth-stage companies outside its portfolio. The company said last year that it has raised a similar size fund every four years and has invested in 30 companies per fund. It primarily leads Series A investments.

Founded in Bayern in 2009, SevenVentures GmbH provides Media-for-Equity and Media-for-Revenue investment models to companies with a minimum turnover of €5m. The firm secures TV media coverage and cash payments for its investees, as the investment arm of German media group ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE that has a total monthly TV audience of 60m across seven free channels.In 2019, SevenVentures provided 1,000 advertising hours to 70 businesses. The firm’s media contributions are worth the equivalent of €3m–30m over a period of two to four years. SevenVentures also runs the SevenAccelerator and currently has 18 active portfolio companies. Recent investments in 2021 include the $54m Series B round of Austrian refurbished electronics goods marketplace Refurbed in August and the €35m funding round for German telemedicine platform Wellster Healthtech Group in June.

Founded in 2009, Guangdong China Science & Merchants Capital Management is a subsidiary of China Science & Merchants Investment (Fund) Management, with the support of the Guangdong government. It invests in pre-IPO companies, regional leading enterprises and fast-growing innovative startups.

Healthcare-focused investment firm Vivo Capital was formed in 1996. Today it has over US$1.8 billion under management, making investments into private and public healthcare companies in the US and Greater China, as well as into promising early-stage innovative healthcare companies.

Established in 1953, Gunung Sewu is a privately owned Indonesian conglomerate and investment management group that operates diversified businesses in insurance, food, real estate, consumer and resources. Founded by Om Go Soei Kie, aka Dasuki Angkosubroto, Gunung Sewu was originally a commodity trading enterprise.  

Founded in 2010, Jumei is one of the world’s leading online cosmetics shopping platforms. With over 30 million registered users, Jumei’s monthly sales have exceeded RMB 600 million and it is now one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies in China.

China Reform Capital Corporation, Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Reform Holdings Corporation, Ltd. It was established in August 2014 in Beijing and has registered capital RMB 10 billion. Its business includes equity investment, project investment, investment management, asset management and investment consulting.

Founded in 2009, Wacai.com is a personal finance platform. Its first product - a bookkeeping and wealth management app - was China’s first personal finance mobile application. It has invested in other financial bookkeeping and management platforms such as Qufaya.com, Beidd.com and Weijizhang.

Founded by the conglomerate Yuexiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited in 2011, Guangzhou Yuexiu Industrial Investment Fund Management is mainly engaged in equity investment, mezzanine investment and FOF investment. The firm managed total of assets worth over RMB 60bn by the end of 2018.

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