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Alberto Knapp Bjeren has more than 20 years of experience in the tech startup ecosystem in Spain and internationally. He is the CEO of London-based digital tech PR agency Wunderman Thompson. He also founded the agency’s Madrid-based digital consultancy The Cocktail that has offices in London, New York, Mexico City and Bogota.Knapp is also a partner and advisor at Seaya Ventures, a Spanish VC with investments in startups like Cabify and Glovo. As an angel investor, he has participated in the pre-seed and seed rounds of Spain’s femtech WOOM and other undisclosed startups.
Alberto Knapp Bjeren has more than 20 years of experience in the tech startup ecosystem in Spain and internationally. He is the CEO of London-based digital tech PR agency Wunderman Thompson. He also founded the agency’s Madrid-based digital consultancy The Cocktail that has offices in London, New York, Mexico City and Bogota.Knapp is also a partner and advisor at Seaya Ventures, a Spanish VC with investments in startups like Cabify and Glovo. As an angel investor, he has participated in the pre-seed and seed rounds of Spain’s femtech WOOM and other undisclosed startups.
Juan Jose Juste Ortega is an economist with a long career in the banking and financial sector. He held executive roles in multiple banks such as Lloyds Banking Group and Citi, and was Director of Chase and Société Générale in Madrid. For over 10 years, he worked as general subdirector in Caja Madrid. Concurrently, he was CEO and Executive President of the CIFI, a non-bank institution experienced in financing infrastructure and energy in Latin America and the Caribbean. From 2015 to 2018, Juste Ortega was Director of Read Madrid football clubHe is currently diversifying his investments by backing Spanish tech startups.
Juan Jose Juste Ortega is an economist with a long career in the banking and financial sector. He held executive roles in multiple banks such as Lloyds Banking Group and Citi, and was Director of Chase and Société Générale in Madrid. For over 10 years, he worked as general subdirector in Caja Madrid. Concurrently, he was CEO and Executive President of the CIFI, a non-bank institution experienced in financing infrastructure and energy in Latin America and the Caribbean. From 2015 to 2018, Juste Ortega was Director of Read Madrid football clubHe is currently diversifying his investments by backing Spanish tech startups.
Greater Bay Area Homeland Development Fund
With the aim of supporting Hong Kong to develop into a world-class tech innovation center and cooperating with Guangdong and Macau enterprises to support the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, large-sized mainland enterprises operating in Hong Kong, Hong Kong companies, mainland private firms and new economy enterprises initiated Greater Bay Area Homeland Development Fund in 2018. With a total capital volume of over HK$100bn, it is managed by Greater Bay Area Homeland Investments. The fund will also provide help to enterprises in the Greater Bay Area to export products to overseas markets.
With the aim of supporting Hong Kong to develop into a world-class tech innovation center and cooperating with Guangdong and Macau enterprises to support the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, large-sized mainland enterprises operating in Hong Kong, Hong Kong companies, mainland private firms and new economy enterprises initiated Greater Bay Area Homeland Development Fund in 2018. With a total capital volume of over HK$100bn, it is managed by Greater Bay Area Homeland Investments. The fund will also provide help to enterprises in the Greater Bay Area to export products to overseas markets.
Deutsche Telekom is Germany's largest telecoms company, with operations in over 50 countries and more than 178 million mobile customers. It is a major investor in tech companies and has managed more than 20 investments and seven acquisitions to date. Its most well-known acquisition is teleco operator T-Mobile for €828m in 2014. Recent investments include HypeLabs' US$3m seed round and the €6m Series A round of automated IoT platform Axonise.
Deutsche Telekom is Germany's largest telecoms company, with operations in over 50 countries and more than 178 million mobile customers. It is a major investor in tech companies and has managed more than 20 investments and seven acquisitions to date. Its most well-known acquisition is teleco operator T-Mobile for €828m in 2014. Recent investments include HypeLabs' US$3m seed round and the €6m Series A round of automated IoT platform Axonise.
AngelPad is a New York and San Francisco-based accelerator program for seed-stage companies. Established in 2010, AngelPad has been ranked by MIT and others as the number one acceleration program in the US. It has invested in more than 150 companies, with recent investments in HypeLabs from Portugal and the US$4.5m seed round of local autonomous logistics vehicle maker Gatik.
AngelPad is a New York and San Francisco-based accelerator program for seed-stage companies. Established in 2010, AngelPad has been ranked by MIT and others as the number one acceleration program in the US. It has invested in more than 150 companies, with recent investments in HypeLabs from Portugal and the US$4.5m seed round of local autonomous logistics vehicle maker Gatik.
With a specific focus on clean energy, Innogy Innovation Hub was established in 2014 and currently has 53 startups in its portfolio spanning from Austria to Bangladesh. Recent investments include HypeLabs' US$3m seed round and the €4m Series A round of augmented and mixed reality solutions provider Holo-Light.
With a specific focus on clean energy, Innogy Innovation Hub was established in 2014 and currently has 53 startups in its portfolio spanning from Austria to Bangladesh. Recent investments include HypeLabs' US$3m seed round and the €4m Series A round of augmented and mixed reality solutions provider Holo-Light.
BayWa Venture GmbH is a subsidiary company of BayWa AG, the German agriculture, energy and construction conglomerate.Putting digitalization at the core of its agriculture strategy, the company is looking to expand its core business into digital services within the existing businesses. It is investigating new digital business models and stand-alone concepts through collaboration with emerging startups focusing on cutting-edge technologies in the agrifood tech space.BayWa started to invest in startups in 2012 mainly focused on online customer management, services and sales platforms. In 2015, the company purchased Farm Facts, a German farm management SaaS and in 2017 invested in Abundant Robotics, a US-based automated harvest company. One of the firms’ most recent investments has been Evja, an Italian startup developing precision farming hardware based on advanced agronomic models and machine learning technology.
BayWa Venture GmbH is a subsidiary company of BayWa AG, the German agriculture, energy and construction conglomerate.Putting digitalization at the core of its agriculture strategy, the company is looking to expand its core business into digital services within the existing businesses. It is investigating new digital business models and stand-alone concepts through collaboration with emerging startups focusing on cutting-edge technologies in the agrifood tech space.BayWa started to invest in startups in 2012 mainly focused on online customer management, services and sales platforms. In 2015, the company purchased Farm Facts, a German farm management SaaS and in 2017 invested in Abundant Robotics, a US-based automated harvest company. One of the firms’ most recent investments has been Evja, an Italian startup developing precision farming hardware based on advanced agronomic models and machine learning technology.
Based in New York City, Lerer Hippeau mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups based in the US. Founded in 2010 by managing partners Kenneth Lerer, Ben Lerer and Eric Hippeau, the VC operates several funds offering initial investments of $1m per startup. Kenneth Lerer is the co-founder of Huffington Post and longtime chairman of BuzzFeed. Hippeau was the CEO of Huffington Post and ex-managing partner of Softbank Capital that invested in Huffington Post.Its 400+ startups also get support for business growth by tapping into tech ecosystems like New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Its 80+ exits include Giphy (GIF) that was acquired by Facebook and home-fitness studio Mirror acquired by Lululemon. However, the IPO by portfolio company Bed-in-a-box online retailer Casper was below market expectations. The loss-making e-commerce unicorn went public at $12 a share in February 2020, closing at $13.50 on its first day out, for a market capitalization of less than half the $1.1 billion Casper was valued at in a private funding round in 2019.
Based in New York City, Lerer Hippeau mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups based in the US. Founded in 2010 by managing partners Kenneth Lerer, Ben Lerer and Eric Hippeau, the VC operates several funds offering initial investments of $1m per startup. Kenneth Lerer is the co-founder of Huffington Post and longtime chairman of BuzzFeed. Hippeau was the CEO of Huffington Post and ex-managing partner of Softbank Capital that invested in Huffington Post.Its 400+ startups also get support for business growth by tapping into tech ecosystems like New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Its 80+ exits include Giphy (GIF) that was acquired by Facebook and home-fitness studio Mirror acquired by Lululemon. However, the IPO by portfolio company Bed-in-a-box online retailer Casper was below market expectations. The loss-making e-commerce unicorn went public at $12 a share in February 2020, closing at $13.50 on its first day out, for a market capitalization of less than half the $1.1 billion Casper was valued at in a private funding round in 2019.
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.
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.
Based in Sao Paulo, Maya Capital was co-founded in 2018 by Lara Lemann and Mônica Saggioro. The VC manages two funds that invest in early-stage startups in Latin America. The first is worth $26m and the second raised $15m in October 2020. Half of the amount raised will be invested in new startups, while the balance will fund Series A rounds of portfolio startups.Together with co-investors like Kaszek Ventures and Y Combinator, the VC has invested in 25 startups in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. Investments include plant-based foodtech NotCo, the car-rental operator Kovi and online education platform Trybe. Maya aims to increase its portfolio to 35 startups, focusing on post-Covid opportunities in diverse sectors like health, finance, mobility and logistics.
Based in Sao Paulo, Maya Capital was co-founded in 2018 by Lara Lemann and Mônica Saggioro. The VC manages two funds that invest in early-stage startups in Latin America. The first is worth $26m and the second raised $15m in October 2020. Half of the amount raised will be invested in new startups, while the balance will fund Series A rounds of portfolio startups.Together with co-investors like Kaszek Ventures and Y Combinator, the VC has invested in 25 startups in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. Investments include plant-based foodtech NotCo, the car-rental operator Kovi and online education platform Trybe. Maya aims to increase its portfolio to 35 startups, focusing on post-Covid opportunities in diverse sectors like health, finance, mobility and logistics.
SoftBank announced its second Vision Fund of about $108bn in July 2019 to invest in technology startups across the world. SoftBank had originally planned to contribute $38bn to the new fund. However, its Vision Fund I was badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and losses resulting in lower valuations of its investments in Uber and WeWork.In February 2020, the Japanese conglomerate decided to inject more money into the Vision Fund II before raising new funds from other LPs. With $10bn committed to the second fund by the SoftBank Group, the new fund has now invested in 13 portfolio companies including co-leading the Series C round for XAG in November 2020.
SoftBank announced its second Vision Fund of about $108bn in July 2019 to invest in technology startups across the world. SoftBank had originally planned to contribute $38bn to the new fund. However, its Vision Fund I was badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and losses resulting in lower valuations of its investments in Uber and WeWork.In February 2020, the Japanese conglomerate decided to inject more money into the Vision Fund II before raising new funds from other LPs. With $10bn committed to the second fund by the SoftBank Group, the new fund has now invested in 13 portfolio companies including co-leading the Series C round for XAG in November 2020.
Established in 2015, Unovis Asset Management is a New York-based investor focussed on the alternative protein sector. It has raised two funds to date, the New Crop Capital Trust and The Alternative Protein Fund. It aims to transform the global food system by investing in solutions that facilitate sustained behavioral change and eliminate the consumption of animal protein products. It partners with entrepreneurs developing innovative plant-based and cultivated replacements to animal products, including meat, seafood, dairy and eggs. It currently has 33 companies in its portfolio and has managed three exits to date including Beyond Meat. Its recent investments include the undisclosed convertible note round of Spanish plant-based meat startup Foods for Tomorrow in May 2020 and in the $28m seed round of US plant-based startup Alpha Foods in February 2020.
Established in 2015, Unovis Asset Management is a New York-based investor focussed on the alternative protein sector. It has raised two funds to date, the New Crop Capital Trust and The Alternative Protein Fund. It aims to transform the global food system by investing in solutions that facilitate sustained behavioral change and eliminate the consumption of animal protein products. It partners with entrepreneurs developing innovative plant-based and cultivated replacements to animal products, including meat, seafood, dairy and eggs. It currently has 33 companies in its portfolio and has managed three exits to date including Beyond Meat. Its recent investments include the undisclosed convertible note round of Spanish plant-based meat startup Foods for Tomorrow in May 2020 and in the $28m seed round of US plant-based startup Alpha Foods in February 2020.
Founded in 1997, Seventure Partners is one of Europe’s most prolific VC investors with a portfolio of over 200 startups across both tech and non-tech sectors. The French VC has also managed more than 40 exits in total. It mainly focuses on fintech and insurtech, French and German startups and in life sciences in Europe, North America and Asia.Its five funds cover different market segments, ranging from €24m–€200m, with investments of €500,000–€10m per round. Total funding for a company can reach €20m, right through the early to late stages. Recent investments include the $6.7m Series A round of US biotech Dermala and the $10.7m Series A round of US self-cleaning water bottle startup LARQ.
Founded in 1997, Seventure Partners is one of Europe’s most prolific VC investors with a portfolio of over 200 startups across both tech and non-tech sectors. The French VC has also managed more than 40 exits in total. It mainly focuses on fintech and insurtech, French and German startups and in life sciences in Europe, North America and Asia.Its five funds cover different market segments, ranging from €24m–€200m, with investments of €500,000–€10m per round. Total funding for a company can reach €20m, right through the early to late stages. Recent investments include the $6.7m Series A round of US biotech Dermala and the $10.7m Series A round of US self-cleaning water bottle startup LARQ.
Indonesia’s first unicorn, Gojek started out providing on-demand app-powered motorcycle taxi services. The company quickly grew as it added more services, making use of its large fleet of riders and eventually branching out into logistics and payments. It has recently made investments in other companies, including Bangladeshi bike-taxi service Pathao, insurtech startup PasarPolis and has acquired payment tech companies Midtrans, Kartuku and Mapan.
Indonesia’s first unicorn, Gojek started out providing on-demand app-powered motorcycle taxi services. The company quickly grew as it added more services, making use of its large fleet of riders and eventually branching out into logistics and payments. It has recently made investments in other companies, including Bangladeshi bike-taxi service Pathao, insurtech startup PasarPolis and has acquired payment tech companies Midtrans, Kartuku and Mapan.
Founded in 2015, M25 is an early-stage VC based in Chicago, investing solely in companies headquartered in the US Midwest across tech sectors, almost exclusively at seed stage. It currently has 77 companies in its portfolio and has managed eight exits to date. Its most recent investments include in gaming monetization app Metafy’s $3m seed round in December 2020 and in the $2.7m seed round of mobile online store creation app CASHDROP in August 2020. It invests from $100,000 at the idea stage through to $25m per startup.Im sorry but I dont see that investing in 15 different sectors is actually a focus that is why I put General. it´s mosre like what sectors do they not invest in?
Founded in 2015, M25 is an early-stage VC based in Chicago, investing solely in companies headquartered in the US Midwest across tech sectors, almost exclusively at seed stage. It currently has 77 companies in its portfolio and has managed eight exits to date. Its most recent investments include in gaming monetization app Metafy’s $3m seed round in December 2020 and in the $2.7m seed round of mobile online store creation app CASHDROP in August 2020. It invests from $100,000 at the idea stage through to $25m per startup.Im sorry but I dont see that investing in 15 different sectors is actually a focus that is why I put General. it´s mosre like what sectors do they not invest in?
China's Yuanfudao now the world's most valuable edtech with $2.2bn new funding
Yuanfudao’s second tranche of its Series G funding follows the $1bn it raised in March, bringing its valuation to $15.5bn
Indexa Capital: Investment opportunities for the everyman
Spanish startup Indexa Capital has created an automated wealth manager that delivers a higher return on investment than Spanish banks
4YFN: Investment booms across Europe during pandemic
Speaking at the recent 4YFN conference, prolific European startup investor Mattias Ljungman provided a highly optimistic assessment of the continent's current ecosystem strength and climate for seed funding
Ajaib targets millennials with easy-to-use investment app
Y Combinator alumnus Ajaib recently acquired a local brokerage to add stock trading to its products
New Food Invest: Plant-based cheese, the next investment boom?
With alt-protein startups experiencing a global funding boom, industry experts and investors share their views about emerging trends in diverse food sectors
South Summit 2021: European seed investment is booming post-Covid
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Propcrowd lets small investors access high ROI real estate with collective investment platform
Propcrowd disrupts real estate investing with its crowdfunding platform that buys, refurbishes and sells houses, then dividing the returns among small investors
Clarity AI uses machine learning and data analytics to effectively assess and score environmental, social and governance performance of companies and investment portfolios
Spanish startups protest the lack of relevant aid, compared with other EU countries; investors warn of “disastrous” new foreign investment restriction
European agritech is the new global focus, as startup investments nearly doubled in 2019
Last year, European agritech surpassed China for the first time in investments received, with openings in multiple subsectors from big data to blockchain
Shilling Capital Partners: Growing Portuguese tech businesses from seed
An early mover, the influential angel investing firm is accelerating local techs into Brazil and globally
Future Food Asia 2021: Impact assessments – getting the metrics right
Common impact measures are useful but each situation requires specific, sometimes subjective considerations. The priority is to gauge if the impact has led to positive changes
Daniel Oliver: Building a "Facebook" for investments in biotech startups
The biologist and crowdfunding expert has pioneered the growth of Spanish biotech startups, providing access to early-stage investments, with support from scientific experts worldwide
Portugal pumps up to €60m into new initiatives to avert backslide in startup ecosystem
Government funding to ensure the strategically important and social impact startups don't fail, post-Covid
Financial planning startup Halofina raises pre-Series A from Mandiri Capital, Finch Capital
The funding is meant to “bridge” the company toward a 2020 Series A round as it launches a new subscription plan and works with financial advisors
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