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FUND BOOK
EDITION
MAY 2016
FUND BOOK
VENTURE CAPITAL
Accel
KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs
Offices
Founded
FUND DESCRIPTION
Palo Alto, New York, London , Bangalore
1983
Employees
52 investment professionals (of which 12 in
Europe)
Current Fund Size
$2.8bn across the US, Europe ($500m) and
India
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Investment Size
No
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 in
1983, 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 be
responsible 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
$10bn
• Largest global social network
$1m -100m
• Largest global music subscription service
Target Geographies
Global
• Game studio behind among others Clash of Clans, highest ever grossing mobile app
Target Sectors
Technology and technology-enabled services
• www.accel.com
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Sonali DeRycker
Key Investment Criteria
Website
Exceptional entrepreneurs looking to build
category-defining businesses
• Partner
• Companies: Avito, Calastone, KupiVIP, Spotify,
Wallapop
www.accel.com
• Michael Treskow
Contact Email
Contact Phone
• CV: 15+ years European VC investing, Harvard
Business School
[email protected]
+44 20 7170 1000
• Principal
• CV: 10+ years technology investing, Stanford
Business School
• Companies: FundingCircle, GoCardless, Packlink,
SpaceApe, WorldRemit
Acton Capital Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
Munich
1999
12 in Europe, 1 in North America
€170m
No
Acton Capital Partners is a growth-stage venture capital fund, based in Munich. With investments in more than
65 companies since 1999, the Acton team brings a wealth of expertise and experience to the companies in
which it invests, delivering superior capital returns. With its last fund (2008-2013), Acton has invested in
companies 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 in
companies 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 and
mobile 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.
• London-based iwoca provides short-term financing to SMEs. Launched in 2012,
iwoca has already grown into one of Europe's leading fintech lenders.
ca. €350m
€5m - €20m
• Started in 2004 as the category pioneer, Momox is now the leading European recommerce provider in the media and fashion categories. Based in Berlin.
Europe (>70%)
RoW, particularly North America (up to 30%)
• Linas Matkasse is the leading European recipe bag service, delivering recipes
together with all required groceries as complete meal kits. Based in Stockholm.
Consumer Internet & B2SmallB (ECommerce, E-Services, Marketplaces, SaaS)
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
•
www.actoncapital.com
Active (seeking board membership)
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Qualified minority stakes
B2C or B2B-SaaS focus; cash-generative;
stage: growth, selectively early (no seed)
Website
www.actoncapital.com
Contact Email
[email protected]
Dominik Alvermann
Contact Phone
+49 89 2421 887-0
Christoph Braun
Fritz Oidtmann
Frank Seehaus
Sebastian Wossagk
Associate
Managing Partner
Managing Partner
Managing Partner
Managing Partner
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Astutia
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
FUND DESCRIPTION
Munich, Berlin
2006
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.
8 (of which 8 in Europe)
N/A
No
•  Berlin-based 99 Chairs offers online-based professional interior design and a wide
choice of high quality furniture to suit every pocket.
N/A
€100k – €1m
•  Connecting Global Minds – Internations is the worldwide expatriate network for the
growing number of people who live an work abroad.
Germany, Europe
•  With personalized search, integrated price comparison and shopping possibility,
Stylelounge makes shopping your favorite pieces even more convenient
E-Commerce, Digital Media, Enterprise
Solutions
Hands on
Minority stakes
Team, Market
Full Portfolio
• 
www.astutia.de
KEY CONTACTS
•  Benedict Rodenstock
•  Managing Partner
•  Email: [email protected]
Website
Contact Email
www.astutia.de
[email protected]
•  Bernd Schruefer
Contact Phone
•  Formerly at Hubert Burda Media, WEB.DE, Roland
Berger Strategy Consultants; MBA, Studied in
Bologna, St.Gallen and New York
•  Companies: Flaconi, Coureon, Stylelounge
+49 89 18908388 - 0
•  Formerly co-founder and head of investment business
at Extorel; investment banker at today‘s Unicredit
Group, studied Business Administration
•  Companies: Dreamlines, BettenRiese, 99Chairs
Atomico
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, Beijing, São Paulo,
Istanbul, Tokyo
2006
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.
N/A
No
• 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.
N/A
€5m – €50m
• EVRYTHNG is a Web of Things software company, making products smart by
connecting them to the Web.
Global outside Silicon Valley
• 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.
Technology
• www.atomico.com/portfolio
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority or Majority
• Yann De Vries
Growth stage innovative
technology companies
Website
http://www.atomico.com
Contact Email
Contact Phone
[email protected]
+44 (207) 499 1093
• 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.
AVentures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Kiev, San Francisco
2012
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 CEE
countries. 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 Fund
will 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.
$100m (currently fundraising); first closing
$50m by end of 2015 and final closing - 2016
No
• 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
N/A
$200k - $1.5m
• Mobile 3D Augmented Reality Solutions
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
CEE countries
• 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
Web- or digital economy-related, with focus
on technology driven & disruptive markets
• aventurescapital.com/projects
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority only
• Yevgen Sysoyev
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Solid growth in revenue or users, scalability,
outstanding team, “CEE angle”
• CEO, Managing Partner
• Board Member among other at Jooble and
Depositphotos
• Email: [email protected]
• Private equity and investment banker professional –
ICON Private Equity and Concorde Capital
• Andrei Kolodyuk
• Managing Partner
• Serial entrepreneur and co-founder of various
businesses, including City.com and Unitrade
• Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum
aventurescapital.com/
[email protected]
N/A
• Chairman of the UVCA, Ukraine Venture Capital and
Private Equity Association
Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator
Offices
Founded
FUND DESCRIPTION
1
2013
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.
Current Fund Size
N/A
Why us?
• One of the leading programs in Europe
• 250+ Mentors
• Network of Investors and corporates
• Opportunity to move to Silicon Valley
Use of Debt
N/A
AUM
N/A
N/A
Employees
• Number26 is the new way of banking
• ZenMate encrypts your internet connection while you browse
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Europe
• blogfoster is the fastest way to manage advertising on your blog
Digital business models
(no focus on hardware)
• www.axelspringerplugandplay.com/startups
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Active
Standard deal: €25k for 5% equity
(+ possible follow-on co-investments)
KEY CONTACTS
• Jörg Rheinboldt
(pre-) seed stage, strong team, scalability
• Managing Director
Website
• Companies: alando.de, eBay, M10, betterplace.org
www.axelspringerplugandplay.com
• Frauke Mispagel
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+49 30 2591 78001
• 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.
• 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
Balderton Capital
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
London
2000
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 execs
from Uber, Dropbox, Google and Yahoo.
$305m
No
$2.3bn
• Leading mobile casual games developer, based in Berlin
$1m - $20m
• The future of music publishing, ensuring their artists (representing ~40% of the top
100) are paid rapidly and fairly across all offline & online platforms
Europe
• World-leading online retailer, with proprietary tech stack, focussed on health & beauty
and active across Europe and the US
Tech
• www.balderton.com
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Daniel Waterhouse
Website
Contact Email
Team, disruptive
• Partner
• Companies: Loveknitting, Roli, Thread, Tictail, Top10,
TrademarkNow
• Rob Moffat
• Partner at Balderton since 2009, previously at Google
• Partner
• Companies: Wooga, Carwow, Prodigy Finance,
Nutmeg, Rentify, Patients Know Best
www.balderton.com
[email protected]
Contact Phone
• Daniel has over 15 years’ experience investing and
working with Internet and software companies
+44 20 7016 6800
Bauer Venture Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Hamburg, Stockholm
2014
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.
€100m
No
• Global leading meta-search and recommendation engine for food and recipies.
California-based.
N/A
€1m - €7m
• A leading calory and fitness tracking app. Featured by Apple. Stockholm-based.
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Nordics
• Global category leader in plus-size premium fashion for women. Aachen- and
London-based.
Digital Media & Publishing Tech
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
• N/A
Active, hands-on
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Flexible
• Iskender Dirik
Top-notch team // scaling by technology
Website
www.bauerventurepartners.vc
Contact Email
[email protected]
• Email:
[email protected]
• Sven-Olof Reimers
Contact Phone
+49 40 3019 1078
• Email:
[email protected]
• 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
• 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
Berlin Ventures
FUND DESCRIPTION
Offices
Berlin
Founded
2007
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
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.
N/A
No
• optiopay is a B2B2C payment provider which is processing pay-outs to customers and
places at this moment of purchasing power advertisement.
N/A
€50k - €500k
• 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.
Europe / USA
• 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.
Digital Media
• www.berllinventures.com
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
minority
Outstanding Team, market size,
growth potential
Website
www.berlinventures.com
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
N/A
• Jan Christoph Gras
• Founder of Berlin Ventures.
• Previously founder of myphotobook and epubli.
• Email:
[email protected]
• Marek Bärlein
• Founder of Berlin Ventures.
• Previously founder of myphotobook and epubli.
• Email:
[email protected]
Bessemer Venture Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
New York, Silicon Valley, San Francisco,
Boston, Israel, India
1911
45 investment professionals
$1.6bn
No
[Logo]
• 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.
[Logo]
• 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
$4.5bn
$100k - $75m
Target Geographies
North America, Europe, Israel, India
Target Sectors
Cloud / SaaS, Consumer, Security,
Marketplaces, FinTech, Healthcare,
Developer Platforms, Infrastructure,
Investment Style
Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) invests in early-stage, hyper-growth startups, partnering closely with
entrepreneurs to build durable businesses. We admire those who aren’t afraid to break with convention and are
driven to push the limits of what is possible with technology and product. We are a global firm with offices in New
York, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Boston, Israel, and India.
With more than $4bn under management, we invest anywhere from $100k to $75m in innovative companies like
LinkedIn, Yelp, Shopify, Pinterest, Box and Twilio. We have been active investors in Europe, partnering with
market leaders like Skype, Pipedrive, Wandera, NewVoiceMedia, TeamViewer, Criteo, Dashlane, Zopa, and
ZenMate. Over 100 BVP companies have gone public.
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Alex Ferrara
Website
Strong team, innovative product / technology,
customer adoption, rapid growth
• Partner
www.bvp.com
• Jordan Windmueller
Contact Email
[email protected] [email protected]
• Associate
Contact Phone
+1-914-833-9100
• 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
• Joined BVP in 2014. Focused on cloud software,
consumer internet, and autonomous systems.
Previously at BlackRock.
• Companies: Pipedrive, Dashlane, Social Tables,
ZenMate, LiveAuctioneers
bmp Beteiligungsmanagement AG
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
3
1997
20
With a background of experience of more than 250 investments in almost all technology segments, the majority
of which were early phase, bmp is one of the most experienced venture capital investors in Germany. Its
headquarters 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 Bankengruppe
and DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft.
bmp currently manages the IBG funds in Saxony-Anhalt, the VC portfolio of bmp Holding and the
Frühphasenfonds Brandenburg fund, which completed its investment phase following 24 investments at the end
of 2014.
€150m
N/A
€180m
• Tourplaning and mobile navigation for outdoor activities (www.komoot.de)
€500k - €10m
• Global Distribution System (GDS) for Intercity Buses (www.distribusion.com)
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Germany
• Developer of Software to plan, execute and reuse market research in innovation,
marketing and sales decisions (www.marketlogicsoftware.com)
Innovative, technology driven companies with
fast growing and sustainable business models
• www.bmp.com/portfolio
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Oliver Borrmann
Team, market, product, traction
• [email protected]
Website
www.bmp.com
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+49 30 203050
• Dr. Jan Alberti
• 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.
• 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.
BnL Growth Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Budapest
2015
N/A
Private equity
No
€1m – €5m
Target Geographies
CEE, EMEA
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
• CodeCool eases the recruitment pain of IT companies by bringing smart young
people to the market. CodeCool finds talented people and feed their motivation to
learn programming. Custom made learning paths for FinTech companies.
€10m
Target Sectors
BnL Grow th Partners is a private equity and smartmoney advisory boutique firm committed to boost innovation in
the FinTech sphere by funding and advis ing companies on product and market growth. The company provides
early stage funding of €1–5m and connects innovations with financial technology buyers and technology partners
through its extensive EMEA FinTech netw ork.
• 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.
Grow th Advisory, Investments, Fintech,
EMEA, Digital, Innovation, EduTech
Active
Mixed (Control, joint control, minority, etc.)
Smart Money
• bnlgrow th.com/#Portfolio
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• Viktor Balint
• BnL Grow th Partners-Managing partner
• Managing Parner
• MISYS-Director of Marketing Digital Channels
• Email: viktor.balint@bnlgrow th.com
• IND-Director of Marketing and Communication
www.bnlgrowth.com
[email protected],
[email protected]
viktor.balint@bnlgrow th.com
+36706218321, +36205199111
• PWC-Marketing and Communication Director
• Jozsef Nyiri
• BnL Grow th Partners-Managing partner
• Managing partner
• MISYS-Director of Innovation, Digital Channels
• IND-Chief Innovator
b-to-v Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Berlin, St.Gallen
2000
Founded in 2000, b-to-v Partners is a venture capital fund as well as the leading network of investing
entrepreneurs in Europe. The firm combines the industry expertise and experience of its members with the
venture capital expertise of its investment team. With investment teams in Internet & Mobile as well as in
Advanced Technologies, b-to-v invests €25m per year in high growth companies. In 2015, Florian Schweitzer
and Jochen Gutbrod of RI Digital/Raffay & Cie. joined forces to set up a new fund solely focused on digital
business models.
5 Internet Investment Team
€75m
No
€200m
• No. 1 German comparison of consumer credit offerings from more than 60 banks
€250k - €7.5m
• No. 1 European online marketplace for fixed term deposits
Target Geographies
80% DACH, 20% Global
• Leading mobile first insurance broker
Target Sectors
Consumer Internet, FinTech, Marketplaces
• www.b-to-v.com/companies/
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Dr. Jochen Gutbrod
Exceptional team, scalability, unique market
positioning, defendable assets
Website
www.b-to-v.com
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+41 71 242 2000
• General Partner
• Florian Schweitzer
• General Partner
• 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.
• 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.
Capnamic Ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
FUND DESCRIPTION
Cologne, Berlin
2012
8 (of which 8 in Europe]
Current Fund Size
N/A
Use of Debt
N/A
AUM
N/A
Capnamic Ventures is an independent venture capital enterprise with offices in Cologne and Berlin that invests in
business 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 team
can rely on the expertise acquired in the course of over 100 equity interests and 30 years of investment
experience. 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 media
group M. DuMont Schauberg. Further particulars are available at: www.capnamic.de.
• mobile tracking and analytics solution provider
€500k – €2.5m
• online platform for short- and adventure trips
Target Geographies
Germany, Europe
• online platform for luxury watches
Target Sectors
Digital Media
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Jörg Binnenbrücker
Digital Business Model, Team, Growth
Website
Capnamic.de
• Christian Siegele
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+49-221-67781930
Cavalry Ventures I GmbH & Co. KG
FUND DESCRIPTION
Offices
Berlin
Founded
2016
Employees
Current Fund Size
€20m
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
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 with
real 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 have
attracted 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 DOJO
Madness.
• Fastest growing real-estate brokerage platform in DE
• Flat rate, high touch service, on average 80% cheaper than a regular broker
€20m
€100k - €300k initial invest + follow-on
• B2B marketplace for fashion wholesale
• Changing the way brands and retailers work together by digitalizing fashion wholesale
Berlin, Germany, Europe and World
• Open marketing platform, combining customer data with cross-channel marketing
campaign management
• Integrates with data sources and marketing channels
Tech: Consumer and Enterprise
Active
• http://www.cavalry.vc/#portfolio-section
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Joint control and minority
Team, market, stage, Cavalry value add
• Rouven Dresselhaus
• Co-founder at Cavalry Ventures
• Previously (i.a.) angel investor in 35+ companies,
Capnamic Ventures, Morten Sondergaard, KPMG
• Stefan Walter
• Co-founder at Cavalry Ventures
• Previously (i.a.) Rheingau Founders, Montredo,
Crowdpark
www.cavalry.vc
[email protected]
Contact Phone
n/a
Cherry Ventures
FUND DESCRIPTION
Offices
Berlin
Founded
2012
Employees
Current Fund Size
Cherry Ventures is a Berlin-based Venture Capital fund, founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. The fund is
managed by Filip Dames, Daniel P. Glasner and Christian Meermann and provides seed and early-stage
investment for the best ideas and teams across Europe. Cherry Ventures offers portfolio companies a platform
with funding and know-how as well as access to a network of the most successful start-up entrepreneurs in
Europe. Since its launch in 2012, the Cherry Ventures I fund has successfully invested in more than 20
companies 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.
8
€150m
Use of Debt
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
No
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
•
cherry.vc/portfolio
€300k - €1m
Europe
Consumer Tech, Marketplaces, SaaS,
eCommerce Enabling
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
•
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email:
Minority
Disruptive Idea, Large Market,
Scalable Business Model,
Amazing Founder Team, Strong Execution,
Pragmatic Business Approach
cherry.vc
[email protected]
•
Filip Dames
•
Founded first company in 2008
•
Managing Partner
•
Joined founding team of Zalando as CEO of the
group‘s shopping-club
•
Daniel P. Glasner
•
Founded CityDeal and Quandoo
•
Managing Partner
•
Managing Director of Groupon International
Claltech
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
Tel Aviv
2014
Claltech serves as Access Industries' technology investment arm in Israel and invests in companies in the
consumer and enterprise sectors that have the potential to disrupt their industries. Access Industries is a
privately held U.S. group with global strategic investments. Its media and technology portfolio includes market
leaders such as Warner Music, Alibaba, Facebook, Square, Spotify, Perform Group, Rocket Internet, Zalando,
Deezer, Crowdsurge, Sentient Technologies, Lazada and many others.
3
$100m
No
• Yotpo is a reviews and user-generated content (UGC) marketing platform for online
businesses
N/A
$3m - $15m
• Zerto provides enterprise-class disaster recovery and business continuity solutions for
virtualized data centers and cloud environments
Israel
• ironSource offers a complete ecosystem for online and mobile downloaded
applications including all aspects of user acquisition, conversion, monetization,
integrated analytics and optimization
Enterprise software, consumer and B2B
internet and mobile
• http://www.claltech.com/
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
Daniel Shinar
Website
Contact Email:
Contact Phone
Exceptional entrepreneurs looking to build
category-defining businesses
CEO
[email protected]
• Companies: Rocket Internet (FRA: RKET), Glogal
Fashion Group, Yotpo, Ironsource, Zerto
http://www.claltech.com
[email protected]
+972-3-6075741
• 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.
Tomer Babai
• Claltech in 2014
Senior Analyst
• Previously: Clal Industries, PwC
[email protected]
• Companies: Zooz, Spectrum 700
Commerz Ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
FUND DESCRIPTION
Frankfurt am Main
2014
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.
Commerzbank Balance Sheet
No
N/A
• eToro is the world's leading social investment network company based in Israel
€2m – €10m
Globally
FinTech & Insurance
lead, Co-Lead, Follower, actively involved
with the Company
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Standard VC terms / minorities
Revenue traction, B and C rounds
N/A
• Stefan Tirtey
• MBA, Insead; Dipl.-Ing., RWTH Aachen
• Previously: Doughty Hanson, early investor in
SoundCloud
• Email:
[email protected]
• Patrick Meisberger
Contact Email
Contact Phone
[email protected]
+49 69 348773496
• Email:
patrick.meisberger@commerzventur
es.com
• MBA, Eastern Illinois University; MA Business
Administration, University of Cologne
• Previously: T-Venture, Allianz Venture
Coparion – accelerating momentum
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
FUND DESCRIPTION
Berlin, Cologne
2016
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 without
intervening in daily business operations. Thanks to 25+ years of team experience in venture capital and in
building companies, we discern potentials and open up new perspectives. We have the substance, tenacity and
creativity 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 key
accounts developed or successful product launches. Per company we invest up to €10m, usually in several
financing rounds of €500k - €3m each.
€225m
No
€225m
New fund, launched operations in March 2016
€500k – €3m per funding round
Germany
IT, Internet, High-Tech, Life Science
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Minority stake, with co-investors
„Traction“ (no seed funding)
• Christian Stein
• Creathor Venture
• Boston Consulting Group
• Email:[email protected]
• IBM
• Zadego/Easybooking
www.coparion.de
[email protected]
+49 30 5858 4400
• David Zimmer
• Quadriga Capital
• Waterland Private Equity
• Email:[email protected]
• Altira
• T-Mobile International
Creathor Venture
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Bad Homburg (Germany), Munich,
Cologne, Zurich, Stockholm
2006
As a leading European Venture Capital firm, Creathor Venture invests in technology-oriented companies and
entrepreneurs. The management team of Creathor Venture consists of the CEO Dr. Gert Köhler, Karlheinz
Schmelig, Cédric Köhler and Dr. Aristotelis Nastos. The team has been investing successfully in the early-stage
venture capital business for 30 years. During that time, the team has built more than 200 technology companies
successfully, conducted more than 20 international IPOs and has achieved exceptional returns for fund investors
and the financed entrepreneurs in the past, all in the position as lead investor. The current portfolio of more than
35 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, in
Cologne, in Zurich and in Stockholm.
€80m
No
€180m
• News aggregator for smartphone & tablet
€0 - €10m
• Digital insurance broker
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France,
Scandinavia
• Developer of the world‘s smartest connected biking system
Mobile, E-commerce, Media, Cloud, Internet
of Things, Sharing, Fintech, Life Science
• http://www.creathor.com/en/portfolio/
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Lead-Investor, Co-lead Investor, Investor
• Cédric Köhler
Website
outstanding management teams, business
concepts and potential for market leadership
• Companies: Insiteo, Viewster, stylefruits, Joiz
www.creathor.com
• Christian Weiss
Contact Email
[email protected]
• Investment Manager
Contact Phone
+49 6172 139 72 0
• 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.
• 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
Deutsche Börse DB1 Ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
Global (Frankfurt HQ)
2016
5 (DB1 Ventures)
DB1 Ventures’ is the Corporate Venture Capital arm for Deutsche Börse Group (DBG). DB1 Ventures aims to be
a 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 to
the DBG’s growth plans.
The Group Venture Portfolio Management team manages DB1 Ventures and the DB1 Ventures Investment
Committee, which is chaired by the DBG CEO.
Deutsche Börse Group Balance Sheet
No
N/A
€2m – €25m
Europe, US (Asia opportunistic)
Capital Markets, Data, Analytics, Alternative
Funding Platforms, Investment Technology
• www.deutsche-boerse.com/db1ventures
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Minority / Control
Growth stage bias, strategic investments
www.deutsche-boerse.com/db1ventures
[email protected]
+496921116699
• Ankur Kamalia
• Head of Venture Portfolio Management at DBG. Previously
Managing Director at UBS, and Portfolio Manager at Polygon
Investment Partners.
• Victor Hugo Gomez
• Senior Vice President
• Previously Innovation management for DBG’s Data business,
CEO and co-founder of Funding4Learning, Investment
Consultant at Mercer Consulting.
• MBA - WHU School of Management.
• MBA - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Monika Fuchs
• Previously Strategic Finance at DBG, Corporate finance at
• Vice President
Commerzbank, Rothschild, Deutsche Bank, KPMG and BMW.
• Email: [email protected] • Bachelor of business administration - ESB in Reutlingen and
Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE) in Madrid.
DN Capital
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, Menlo Park, Berlin
2000
N/A
€144m
No
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 its
objectives 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 A
Tiger, 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, and
actively 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.
• #1 music and media recognition on mobile devices.
• Valued at $1+ billion
N/A
• Leading search and business intelligence software company.
• Acquired by Oracle in 2011 for $1.1 billion
€250k - €20m
• Leading baby and toddler e-commerce platform in DACH
• IPO in May 2015
75% Europe (UK, Germany, France, Nordics)
25% US & ROW
• 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
Ecommerce, Marketplaces, Digital Media,
Enterprise software, Fin Tech, Mobile
Active
• http://dncapital.com/portfolio
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
N/A
• Nenad Marovac
Team, Market, Product, Traction and Deal
• Managing Partner and CEO
Website
Contact Email
www.dncapital.com
[email protected]
• Thomas Rubens
Contact Phone
+44 (0) 2073401600
• 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
• Barclays M&A. Graduated at University of Bristol.
He focuses on Ecommerce, Marketplaces, Software.
• Companies: Auto1, Book a Tiger, HomeToGo
ShipHawk, Quandoo
e.ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
San Francisco, Berlin, Hamburg, Tokyo,
São Paulo, Beijing
1998
30
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 and
helped 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 as
Groupon, Angie’s List, del.icio.us, Sonos and Farfetch. Operating offices in San Francisco, Hamburg, Berlin, São
Paulo, Beijing and Tokyo, e.ventures combines a global investment philosophy with the benefits of local
knowledge and insights.
N/A
No
• Farfetch.com brings together independent fashion boutiques to provide a wide
selection of the most elegant brands and styles
N/A
$500k - $30m
• Deposit Solutions helps investors find the best rates for fixed deposits
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Global
• Software that enables companies to match increasing demand for faster web
experiences at scale
Consumer Internet, Mobile, Digital Media
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Deal Structures
http://www.eventures.vc/portfolio/
Active
According to a startup‘s needs
KEY CONTACTS
• Christian Leybold
Website
Exceptional entrepreneurs with a strong team,
rapid growth, disruptive models
• General Partner
• Companies: i.a. Farfetch, Auctionata, CityDeal
(Groupon)
www.eventures.vc
• Andreas Haug
Contact Email
Contact Phone
[email protected]
+49 30 46724977 0
• Has led Internet Consumer investments since 2003
and previously worked with management consulting
companies and research centers
• 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)
Earlybird Digital West and East
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Berlin, Munich, Istanbul
Early Stage Venture invests in disruptive digital businesses in Europe.
1997
€150m
No
€750m
• Vertically integrated platform for moving services
€0.5m – €15m
• Banking product for smartphones
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Europe
• Enterprise-ready, open core, in memory computing software
Consumer and enterprise internet, fin-tech,
marketplaces, SaaS
Active
minority
Disruptive business models or technologies
with forward looking lock-in in large markets
lead by an outstanding team
• www.earlybird.com
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• Dr. Hendrik Brandis
• Co-Founder and Managing Partner
www.earlybird.com
• Dr. Christian Nagel
Contact Email
[email protected]
• Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Contact Phone
+49 30 46724700
• 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
• 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
Eight Roads Ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai,
Tokyo, Mumbai
1998
6 in Europe Ventures
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).
$250m in Europe
No
Alibaba is the world's best known e-commerce ecosystem providing C2C, B2C and B2B
sales services via web portals and mobile apps.
N/A
$5- $25m
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.
From London the Ventures team looks for
opportunities throughout Europe
Israeli-based AppsFlyer provides SaaS mobile marketing analytics and attribution
platform.
Consumer Internet, Software and Financial
Technology
Active
Diverse
Growth stage technology companies with the
ambition to become global leaders
Website
www.eightroads.com
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
Eight Roads is the proprietary investment arm of FIL, Fidelity International Limited, active in Ventures, Principal
Investments and Real Estate.
+44 20 7074 5400
Full Portfolio
https://eightroads.com/en/portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
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•  Asheque Shams
•  Email:
[email protected]
•  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
•  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.
Endeit
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Amsterdam, Hamburg
2006
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.
€125m
No
€275m
• Global leader in advanced location / mobile data technology
€3m - €10m
• Mobile workforce crowdsourcing platform
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
W-EU
• Leading publisher & producer of casual web/mobile games
Digital Media/Marketing, EdTech,
Ecommerce, Enterprise Services
• www.endeit.com
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Minority
Growth Phase, Internationalisation
•
Martijn Hamann
• 10 years in VC / Private Equity
•
Partner
• 12 years in M&A and Operations
•
Email: [email protected]
• Endeit (2006), Endemol (1996-2006), Investec (19941996)
•
Christoph Neuhaus
• 4 years in VC / Private Equity, 3 years in M&A
•
Managing Director DACH
•
• Corporate Finance Partners (2010-2012), Jung von
Matt (2006-2008)
www.endeit.com
[email protected], [email protected]
+31-653726743, +49-1726615538
Frog Capital
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
London
2008
€90m
No
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 companies
with a total transaction value over €1bn.
Frog is a committed long-term partner, investing in ambitious companies with revenue up to €30m and requiring
up to €20m of growth capital.
By applying industry knowledge, a network of relationships and operating expertise, Frog actively supports
exceptional company growth and builds significant shareholder value. For further information, please
visit www.frogcapital.com.
€180m
Leading European online money transfer service provider
€2m - €10m
Seamless content monetisation for digital publishers
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Europe
IT, Digital Media & Resource Efficiency
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Minority of majority
Generating €3m-€30m of revenue
• Joe Krancki
• Jens Düing
• Partner
• Principal
• Mike Reid
• Iyad Omari
• Partner
www.frogcapital.com
[email protected]
+44 (0)20 7833 0555
GENUI Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
FUND DESCRIPTION
Hamburg
2014
GENUI Partners is a private investment firm established by a group of exceptional entrepreneurs and investment
professionals. What sets GENUI apart is a unique combination of entrepreneurial ability, a strong network, and
expertise in processes and governance. The GENUI entrepreneurs have built up larger businesses successfully
and have also added value to enterprises by taking active ownership roles as non-executive board members
when making substantial investments in the respective companies.
6 in Europe
>€400m
Moderate use of debt
Undisclosed
• mymuesli is the leading food manufacturer for premium mass customised muesli in
Germany distributed online, in its own stores and through food retailers.
€15m - €75m
German speaking region (DACH)
Retail/e-Commerce, Consumer,
Business services, Education, Media/sport,
Medical technology and services, Software/IT,
Online classifieds, Customer loyalty systems
• Fashionette is the leading German market online boutique for luxury and premium
handbags and related accessories.
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Control, co-control, majority, minority
Strong management, profitable growthoriented business, established businesses
with proven and successful business model
• Patrick Gehlen
• Partner
www.genui.de
• Dr Oliver Serg
Contact Email
[email protected]
• Partner
Contact Phone
+49 40 320 8669 0
German Startups Group Berlin
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
2
2012
German Startups Group, a Berlin-based investment company and venture capital provider for Germany’s
flourishing startup scene, finances young growth companies and also supports their set-up, funding
acquisition, development, and – when the time is right – exit by providing them with business expertise. By
analysing technology trends and market developments, the team of German Startups Group identifies, across a
wide range of sectors, talented entrepreneurs with disruptive products or business models and high scalability, to
which they have early access thanks to their close connections in the startup ecosystem. Their
active investments, of which there are currently nearly 40, constitute a stage-agnostic cross-section of, in their
view, promising “startups made in Germany”.
N/A
No
N/A
• SoundCloud
€100k – €2m
• Delivery Hero
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
German-speaking Europe
• Mister Spex
E-commerce, software, mobile, FinTech,
German Engineering
• http://www.german-startups.com/#holdings
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Control, joint control, minority
• Christoph Gerlinger
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Entrepreneurial talent, scalability, disruptive
potential
• CEO
• External expert for CDU on “Digitalization”
http://www.german-startups.com/en
[email protected]
+49 30 6098890 80
• 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.
• Nikolas Samios
• Founder and CEO of Cooperativa Venture Services
• COO
• Former CEO of Brandenburg Ventures
Grazia Equity
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
FUND DESCRIPTION
2
2000
N/A
No
Grazia Equity, based in Stuttgart and Munich, is one of Europe’s top names in venture capital. Grazia specializes
in start-up or early-stage financing for innovative companies with market-changing potential and opportunities for
superior returns. Our successful track record and expanding global network now enable us to fund selected startups elsewhere in Europe as well as in the US.
Unlike traditional venture capital companies, Grazia works exclusively with private-sector capital, with no
institutional funding involved. That gives our portfolio companies all the advantages of speed, flexibility and a
pragmatic approach. This may sound more typical of a business angel but, at Grazia, we back up agility with the
solid 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 ideal
choice for businesses early in their life cycle.
N/A
€0 - €500k
•
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
•
http://www.grazia.com/en/portfolio.html
Germany, USA, GB
Internet, Digital Media, Mobile,
Telecommunication
Board seats if possible, networking on
demand
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
N/A
Attractive market potential + scalability,
significant added value
www.grazia.com
[email protected]
+49 711 90 710 90
•
Jochen Klueppel
•
Partner
•
Hanse Ventures BSJ
Offices
Founded
Employees
FUND DESCRIPTION
Hamburg
2010
30
Current Fund Size
N/A
Use of Debt
N/A
AUM
N/A
N/A
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
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.
•
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
•
www.hanseventures.com/en/portfolio/
Hamburg
Internet & mobile
Founding of 2-4 start-ups p.a.
Incubator model: Straight equity, resources
and infrastructure
Scalable online based concepts, talented
people and good match with Hanse Ventures
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• Jochen Maaß, CEO
• Founder of artaxo AG and Hanse Ventures
• Email:
[email protected]
• Degree in business informatics
• Alex Eulenburg, CFO
• 12 years TMT investment banking in London and
Hamburg
www.hanseventures.com
alexander.eulenburg@
hanseventures.com
+49 40 38 66 25 95
• Email:
alexander.eulenburg@hanseventure
s.com
• PhD in applied physics
High-Tech Gründerfonds
Management GmbH
FUND DESCRIPTION
Offices
Bonn
Founded
2005
Employees
Current Fund Size
€576m in 2 funds
Use of Debt
N/A
AUM
N/A
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is Germany’s most active and leading seed stage investor. We finance your
technology-driven company – whether you are active in the fields of cleantech or robotics, whether you are
developing new drugs, chemical processes or new software: come profit from our experience and the extensive
network of our team and its technological and entrepreneurial expertise.
€600k in the seed stage, with the potential for
up to a total of €2m per portfolio company in
follow-on financing.
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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.
Germany
Hardware, Automation, Industrial Software,
Optical Tech, Energy, Life Sciences, Media,
Internet, E-Commerce, Chemistry
• Kiwigrid is an energy management system, which is connecting producers of
renewable energy, consumers, storages, electric mobility and the energy grid with
Microgrids.
• http://high-tech-gruenderfonds.de/wpcontent/uploads/2015/01/HTGF_Portfoliomatrix.pdf
Full Portfolio
Active/Passive
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Control, joint control, minority, etc.
• Chiara Sommer
Website
N/A
• Companies: Junique, Asana Yoga, 99chairs
www.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de
• Stefanie Zillikens
Contact Email
[email protected]
• Head of Public Relations
Contact Phone
+49 228 82300 100
• 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
• 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-WilhelmsUniversität Bonn. She joined the HTGF in 2011.
Holtzbrinck Digital
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
Munich, London, Boston
N/A
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. Our
expertise, network and background enables us to support our portfolio companies in reaching the next level of
growth.
15
Evergreen
No
• Investment vehicle 100% owned by Holtzbrinck Digital that supports startups in the
space of scientific research technology
Not disclosed
€0.5m – €25m
• The pioneer and leading global enterprise platform for search experience
optimization, which combines SEO, content, social media, PR & analysis
Germany, UK; US; Global
• The leading German question-and-answer website and among the most popular 20
pages in Germany
Science, Education, Content, Health – Only
Internet & Software related
• www.holtzbrinck-digital.com
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Active, Board support
Minority & majority investments,
Open for syndication
Segment, Team, Product/Market, Proof-ofconcept
www.holtzbrinck-digital.com
KEY CONTACTS
• Markus Schunk
• Joined Holtzbrinck in 2004
• CEO
• Vast experience in digital media M&A transactions
• Michael Hock
• Holtzbrinck Digital since 2011
• 10+ years experience in VC/M&A
• Heading the Education & Science Investments
• Stefan Peters
• Holtzbrinck Digital since 2012
• 12+ years experience in M&A transactions
• Heading the Content & Health Investments
[email protected]
+49 89 452285100
HV Holtzbrinck Ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
2
2000
17
“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-up
phase. In this time, Holtzbrinck Ventures has financed over 150 companies, and has established itself as one of
the 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 by
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group), Audible (acquired by Amazon) and many more.
€285m
No
€635m
• Europe's largest online fashion company
€500k - €40m
• Fastest growing European long-distance bus operator
Target Geographies
Europe + high growth global markets
• Fully licensed automated robo-advisor for private wealth management
Target Sectors
Internet / Mobile / Digital
• www.holtzbrinck-ventures.com/portfolio
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Rainer Maerkle
Multi stage, early-in
Teams focused on execution
Website
www.holtzbrinck-ventures.com
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+49 89 20607751
• General Partner
• 13 years VC (Siemens, 3i, HV), high-tech operations
with Siemens, startup bus dev with 123people
• Email:
[email protected]
• Companies: Zalando, Scalable Capital, Outfittery,
Home24, Move24
• Dr. Christian Saller
• General Partner
• Founder & CEO swoodoo, Managing Director KAYAK
Europe, 5 years VC
• Email:
[email protected]
• Companies: Dreamlines, EasyTaxi, Onlinetours,
ozon.ru
hub:raum
(Deutsche Telekom Incubator)
Offices
Founded
Employees
FUND DESCRIPTION
Berlin, Krakow, Tel Aviv
Hub:raum provides seed funding for startups that have the potential to fundamentally transform important
markets for Deutsche Telekom.
2011
Startups receive capital to establish market traction as well as added benefits like work space, mentoring and a
pragmatic 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)
Current Fund Size
N/A
Use of Debt
N/A
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
€5m - €10m
€100k - €300k
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.
•
https://www.hubraum.com/portfolio
Europe
Digital business models with at least mid-term
synergy fit to Deutsche Telekom (e.g. IoT)
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
•
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Typically 10-15% equity
• Peter Borchers
Website
Seed, strong team + business model, at least
mid-term synergy fit with Deutsche Telekom
•
Verena has studied business administration at
Humboldt university Berlin and worked, amongst
others, for schoesslers.com as Senior Account
Manager.
hubraum.com
[email protected]
• Head of Communications / Events
Contact Phone
Peter co-founded and managed an internal
innovation unit for Deutsche Telekom (TInnovations GmbH) as well as his own internet
startup.
• Verena Vellmer
Contact Email
•
• Founder
+49 228 181-0
iAngels
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
FUND DESCRIPTION
Tel Aviv
2014
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.
17
$30m
No
AUM
Undisclosed
•
Automating visual software testing
$250k - $1m
•
Fraud free payments
Israel, Silicon Valley
•
Enterprise data-driven payments platform
IT & Enterprise Software, Internet, Fintech
•
Making the internet worldwide once again
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Passive
Deal Structures
Minority
Full Portfolio
https://my.iangels.co/#!/browse/startups
KEY CONTACTS
• Shelly Hod Moyal
Website
Lead Investor, Founding Team, Technology
iAngels.co
• Founding Partner
• Portfolio Companies: Applitools, Hola, TravelersBox, NFX
Guild, Nanorep
• Mor Assia
• Elite Intelligence Unit analyst in IDF, IBM, SAP, AmDocs,
Columbia MBA
Contact Email
Contact Phone
• Portfolio Companies: Zooz, Simplex, eToro, SeedCX,
Taranis, AlgoSeller, MissBeez
• David Assia
• Active Chairman
• Magic, Aladdin, Enformia, EasyBase, Delta Ventures,
Mashov Computers, MBA Tel Aviv University
• Portfolio Companies: Babylon, Walla, eToro, Paradigm
[email protected]
+972 52 259 9868
• Goldman Sachs, Avenue Capital, UBS, Executive MBA
Kellogg-Recanati
Idinvest Partners
FUND DESCRIPTION
Offices
Paris
Founded
1997
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
70
€110m / per year in the digital space
No
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 as
Criteo (IPO), Lastminute.com (sold to Travelocity), Dailymotion (sold to Orange in 2013), Deezer, Meetic (sold to
Match.com), Talend, Vestiaire Collective, Pretty Simple (the French studio behind Criminal Case), Withings (sold
to 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 Secret
Escapes, Peakon, Social Point, Kantox, Planday, Clear2Pay (sold to Fidelity), Financefox, Onfido etc. and our
ambition is to put more emphasis on that geographical expansion and be a pan-European venture firm. We focus
on taking minority investments at the Series A / Series B stage (with occasional participation in seed deals and
later stage transactions), both in the B2B and B2C space and take board seats in order to try to help building the
next “Eunicorns”.
€6.5bn, of which €1.5bn in VC
• Ad retargeting leader - NASDAQ successful IPO in 2013 with a €2.6bn market
capitalization.
€1m-€15m in VC investments
• The French Spotify rumored to have entered the very private Unicorn group of
startups.
• Global marketplace for the resale of luxury goods.
Europe
• Mobile dating app based on hyper location and real time.
Internet / Software
• http://www.idinvest.com/en/portefeuille/portefeuille-capital-croissance
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active / Board
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Minority
Team & market potential
http://www.idinvest.com
• Jonathan Userovici
• Joined Idinvest in 2015.
• VC Analyst
• Previously with Rocket Internet and Bank of America Merrill
Lynch.
• Chloé Giard
• Joined Idinvest in 2014.
• Associate
• Previously with Clipperton Finance and Bryan Garnier & Co.
Contact Email
[email protected]
• Guillaume Durao
• Investment Director
Contact Phone
+33 6 15 13 10 13
• Joined Idinvest in 2015. Previously with Mangrove Capital
Partners, Bryan Garnier & Co, Credit Agricole Investment
Banking and Canal+.
• Companies: Secret Escapes, Happn, Planday, Peakon.
International Finance Corporation
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
108 offices in 98 countries
1956
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 in
emerging markets, while also realizing strong returns. Our goal is to accelerate deployment of innovation in
regions that need it the most. IFC VC invests both in local businesses based in emerging markets, as well as
increasingly in US/European companies with business solutions geared towards emerging markets. To date, IFC
has invested almost US$1 billion in ventures in Global Internet (including ecommerce), health, education and
cleantech.
>4,000
Balance sheet investor
Flexible
$80bn
• Souq - Online retailer in the Middle East
$5m - $50m
• Coursera – Educational technology company
Target Geographies
Global Emerging Markets
• Lenskart - online optical store
Target Sectors
Technology and Technology-enabled
• www.ifc.org/vc/portfolio
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active board members
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Flexible
• Nikunj Jinsi
Website
Early stage to growth equity and Fund LP
investments
• Global Head Venture Capital
www.ifc.org/vc
• Ruzgar Barisik
Contact Email
[email protected]
• Senior Investment Officer
Contact Phone
+1 202 473 7400
INVENTURES
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
FUND DESCRIPTION
İstanbul
2009
4 (4 of them in Turkey)
$5m
No
AUM
$10m
$100k
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Inventures is the first and only seed stage investor in Turkey with the ability to secure the technological core of
any founding team. With broad experience and network in the sector, our growth strategies accelerates our
ventures in the path to success. We use a four tiered strategy of capital, technology, business development and
mentorship in order to provide maximum impact for entrepreneurs.
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• Largest Sports Nutrition E-Commerce Retailer in Turkey
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• Natural and Organic Food Online Retailer
[Logo]
• Location Driven Mobile Technologies
Full Portfolio
• http://www.inventures.com.tr/portfolio/
İstanbul, London, Tel-Aviv
E-commerce, SaaS, M-commerce
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority with common stock
• Yomi Kastro
Bright team, competitive advantage
Website
www.inventures.com.tr
Contact Email
[email protected]
• Email:
[email protected]
• Onur Turna
• Venture Associate
Contact Phone
+90 212 2700546
Inventure Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Moscow
2012
Inventure Partners is an innovative investment firm helping inventive entrepreneurs start and grow disruptive
technology businesses. We look for teams with a novel approach to solving real problems and back a wide range
of ventures across technology industry with an emphasis on internet, mobile, software and e-commerce
segments. Although, our sweet spot is an investment of $1m - $5m, we are generally flexible on the investment
size and can back attractive business models both at the earliest stages of their development as well as at the
reasonably late stages.
8 (8 in Europe)
$100m
No
$100m
• Taxi aggregator service allowing smartphone users to book a taxi
$1m - $5m
• Online tourist agency selling packaged tourist tours via its web-site
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Russia, CIS, Europe, US
• Mobile payment solution allowing users to accept payments through mobile phones
Technology, Internet, Financial Technologies,
Marketing, Digital Media, Mobile,
Telecommunication
• www.inventurepartners.com/portfolio/
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Board and operational support on demand
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Minority
Established business model and rapid growth
potential
www.inventurepartners.com
[email protected]
+7 495 641 3635
• Sergey Azatyan
• Email:
Sergey.Azatyan@inventurepartners.
com
• Inventure Partners since 2012
• Companies: Marshall Capital, MDM Bank
• Anton Inshutin
• Email:
[email protected]
om
• Inventure Partners since 2012
• Companies: Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank
Iris Capital
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
FUND DESCRIPTION
Paris, Cologne, Dubai, Riyadh, Montreal, San
Francisco, Beijing, Tokyo
1986
28
Iris Capital is a pan-European venture capital fund manager specializing in the digital economy. Since its
inception in 1986, the Iris Capital team has invested more than €1bn in more than 230 companies. Iris Capital
targets 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 and
experience, and has offices in Paris, Cologne, San Francisco, Montreal, Riyadh, Dubai, Beijing and Tokyo. In
2012 Iris Capital has entered into a strategic partnership with Orange and Publicis to manage their joint venture
capital initiative.
Multiple funds for different stages and
geographies under management
N/A
€1bn
• Search Analytics software provider, Germany/USA
€1m - €20m
• Online re-Commerce for entertainment products, Germany
Europe, North-America, Asia, MENA
• Big data integration software solutions, USA/France
Target Sectors
Early- and later- stage investments
in the digital economy
• Pan-European on-line video network, Germany
Investment Style
Proactive
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority, special situations
• Erkan Kilicaslan
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
High-growth potential coupled with
exceptional management teams
• Partner
• MBA Harvard, MSEE Bochum/Bordeaux, McKinsey &
Co., Technologieholding
• Companies: 1-2-3.tv, Searchmetrics, Tyntec, reBuy,
Mediakraft
• Curt Gunsenheimer
• MBA MIT, ESSEC Paris, Cornell, Goldman Sachs,
Robertson Stephens
www.iriscapital.com
[email protected]
+33 (0) 1 45 62 73 73
• Partner
• Email:
[email protected]
• Companies: Alyotech, Kyriba, Talend, dotsoft
K-Invest Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
1
2009
5
K – Invest is KLiNGEL‘s corporate venture capital unit. The KLiNGEL Group is a distance retailer operating 13
retail 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 and
data centric companies. We plan to grow our portfolio further and are ready to support start-ups not only with
funds between €0.5m and €2mm but also with corporate assets.
Evergreen
Working capital if necessary
Undisclosed
• Big data technology for media monitoring
€0.5m - €2m
• Vertically integrated accessories & jewelry social selling platform
Target Geographies
DACH
• Shipment Service: Integrative interface (API) connecting all major logistic companies
Target Sectors
(e-)commerce, fashion/consumer goods,
ad/retail-tech, logistics, data, generation 50+
• k-newmedia.de/k-invest/beteiligungen
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Active
Minority
market size, team, traction, options to
provide unfair advantage via KLiNGEL Group
k-newmedia.de/k-invest
KEY CONTACTS
• Dr. Christoph Hellman
• CEO
• 10+ years experience in consulting, business
development, corporate incubation
• Previously with Neckermann, dGroup
• Katja Kühnel
• 10+ years experience as founder and VC
• Previously with PWC, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft
Contact Email
[email protected]
Kizoo Technology Ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
FUND DESCRIPTION
Karlsruhe
2008
€30m
No
€11m
€500k
Target Sectors
We are looking for committed entrepreneurial teams with a clear focus to build high growth products.
3
AUM
Target Geographies
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 share
our longtime experience in development, marketing and product management in those markets.
• 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.
Germany/Europe
• E-recruiting solution that enables organisations to optimise their recruiting process.
SaaS, Internet & Mobile Services and Social
Applications
• http://www.kizoo.com/en/
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Matthias Hornberger
business model, management team
• CFO
Website
www.kizoo.com
• Frank Schüler
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+49 721 51600
• CFO of Kizoo. Part of the senior management team
since the IPO of the AG in 2000. He has a longstanding experience in the investment sector and a
comprehensive knowledge of typical features of
successful business models on the Internet.
• 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.
Lumia Capital
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
FUND DESCRIPTION
San Francisco, CA
2011
Lumia is an expansion-stage VC partnering with leading tech companies in under-invested emerging markets
and forward-thinking US companies targeting these markets to accelerate growth. Lumia employs a hands-on
strategy, working closely with management teams by pairing Silicon Valley insights and contacts with global
knowledge sharing and relationships to propel companies through expansion-stage challenges and
opportunities.
8
N/A
No
• 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.
N/A
Expansion Stage: $2m - $20m
Early Stage: $100k - $500k
• 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.
US, Latin America, EMEA
• 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.
Mobile, Enterprise Cloud, Fintech,
Marketplaces
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
Expansion Stage: $10m+ Net Revenue
Early Stage: $1m Net Revenue
Website
www.lumiacapital.com
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
N/A
• Zach Finkelstein
• Investor at Lumia Capital
• Vice President
• Previously Citigroup
• Companies: Xtime (acquired by Cox Automotive),
Hired, Kabbage, Careem, EatStreet, Sontra Cargo
Mangrove Capital Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Luxembourg
2000
13
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-commerce
company) and FreedomPop (the leading free mobile internet provider in the US), the firm has established itself
as one of the pre-eminent early stage investment firms. Mangrove chases bold, transformational ideas around
the world and invests across a variety of sectors, with an emphasis on mobile, e-commerce, media technologies
and fintech.
$180m
No
• Web platform to create HTML5 websites and mobile sites. IPO 2013
$650m
• Russia's leading online luxury fashion retailer.
$100k - $15m
• Israeli provider of productivity tools for online user experience.
Target Geographies
Europe, Israel, Russia, India
• The leading free mobile internet provider in the US.
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
mobile, ecommerce, media, fintech
Active
Minority
Category defining technologies, Disruptive
product or service, Exceptional and ambitious
founders
www.mangrove.vc
[email protected]
+352 26 25 34-1
• The largest Indian online shopping network focused on rural consumers
• www.mangrove.vc
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• Hans-Jürgen Schmitz
• Partner
• Mangrove Co-Founder
• 15 years of VC investing
• Portfolio: Helpling, Outfittery, Storeking
• Mark Tluszcz
• Partner
• Mangrove Co-Founder
• Portfolio: JobToday, FreedomPop, Wix
• Michael Jackson
• Partner
• With Mangrove since 2007
• Previously Tele 2, Skype
• Portfolio: Churchdesk, Nimbuzz, Riddle
MCI Capital
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
Warsaw
1999
$580m
Yes
$625m
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 Capital
is working with companies that disrupt old economy models: fintech, e-commerce, marketplaces, IoT, SaaS, etravel.
We have over 15 years of experience in the market, with a track record of IRR over 23%. In that time, we have
realized 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 and
realized 46% IRR on the investment.
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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.
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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
$10m - $25m
Europe (CEE, Turkey, Israel, DACH,
Scandinavia)
Fintech, e-commerce, marketplaces
Investment Style
Active
Deal Structures
Mixed
KEY CONTACTS
• Tomasz Czechowicz
Markets and ticket size
• Chief Investment Officer
• Managing Partner, founder
Website
Contact Email
www.mci.eu
[email protected]
• Sylwester Janik
• MCI.TechVentures Fund Manager
• Partner
• Companies: Auctionata, iZettle, Azimo, Invia.
Contact Phone
+48 694400787
Mountain Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
FUND DESCRIPTION
8
2005
N/A
Use of Debt
No
AUM
NA
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
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).
• MI24 is a modular technology platform for integrated Enterprise Video Content
Management
$300k – $1m
• Simplesurance is a leading e-commerce provider for product insurances
Central Europe, Emerging Markets
E-Commerce & Services, Digital Payments &
Fintech, Technology & Security
• Volders is a digital contract management platform
• Further portfolio companies among others: Exasol, Lingoda, Service Parner One,
Crealytics Customer Alliance, reBuy reCommerce, ePetWorld, Datapine, Clovia,
cekaja.com, qerja.com,…
Full Portfolio
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Dr. Cornelius Boersch
Website
Team, USP, Scalability, Market Potential
• Executive Chairman & Founder
www.mountain.partners
• Ingo Drexler
Contact Email
Contact Phone
[email protected]
+41 44 783 80 30
• Chief Investment Officer
• 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
• 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
Nokia Growth Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Helsinki, Geneva, Palo Alto, New Delhi,
Beijing
2005
NGP invests in entrepreneurs building intelligent solutions connecting everybody and everything. Providing deep
industry expertise and an extensive network helps entrepreneurs accelerate company growth. With offices in the
US, Europe, India and China, NGP extends the reach of companies making their products and services local
everywhere. Uniquely structured as an independent venture firm sponsored by Nokia, NGP offers the rigor of a
financial investor while facilitating strategic engagement with Nokia.
12 investors (of which 4 in Europe)
$500m
No
More than $1bn
• Comprehensive language learning system combining effective education methods
with state-of-the-art technology
[Logo]
$5m - $15m
• Real time app with everything you need to ride public transit smarter
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Europe, US, India and China
• Leading peer-to-peer car rental marketplace in Europe
Digital Health, Connected Enterprise,
Connected Car and Consumer IoT Solutions
• www.kingmakers.vc/portfolio
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Bo Ilose
Website
Proven business model, shipping product
www.kingmakers.vc
• Email:
[email protected]
• Walter Masalin
Contact Email
Contact Phone
[email protected]
N/A
• Principal
• Email:
Walter.Masalin@nokiagrowthpartner
s.com
• 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
• 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
Partech Ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
FUND DESCRIPTION
Paris , Berlin, San Francisco
1982
Omri Benayoun, Philippe Collombel, Bruno
Crémel, Nicolas El Baze, Romain Lavault,
Gabriel Matuschka, Mark Menell, Jean-Marc
Patouillaud
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.
$200m
Use of Debt
No
• Internet of things data network infrastructure and operator
AUM
Target Geographies
$650m
• Largest european video adserver
Seed, earl-stage, growth stage
US and Europe
• Menswear fashion ecommerce site
Target Sectors
IT & Digital
• www.partechventures.com/portfolio
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Joint control, minority
N/A
• Philippe Collombel
• Prior experience: Accenture (Partner), Carrefour
• Graduated from the « Institut d’Etudes Politiques » of Paris and of
the Kellog Graduate School of Business
• Email
[email protected]
www.partechventures.com
[email protected]
• Jean-Marc Patouillaud
• Prior experience: Finovelec (Partner), Alstom
• Engineering graduate (Supelec) and MBA (HEC Paris)
• Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+33 1 53 65 65 53
Piton Capital
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
London
2010
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
N/A
No
• FanDuel is the leading daily fantasy sports game.
N/A
• AUTO1.com is an end-to-end marketplace for used cars.
Target Geographies
€200k - €20m
• 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
Worldwide
• DocPlanner enables patients to find great, local physicians online and book an appointment
Target Sectors
• DaWanda is the leading online marketplace for unique and handmade
Any
• http://www.pitoncap.com/portfolio/
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Any
Online companies with network effects
Website
www.pitoncap.com
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+44 (0) 207 408 0451
• Andrin Bachmann
• Instrumental investor in QXL Ricardo
• Partner
• Co-founder Glocalnet of (Swedish telco)
• Email:
[email protected]
• Companies: Auto1, FanDuel, DaWanda, DocPlanner,
Videdressing, etc.
• Natasha Ratanshi
• 2+ Years at Piton Capital. Previously M&A at
Goldman Sachs
• Principal
• Email:
[email protected]
Point Nine Capital
FUND DESCRIPTION
Offices
Berlin
Founded
2011
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage internet investments
in areas such as Software as a Service (SaaS) and marketplaces. The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinski
and 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 the
closing of a new €55m fund, Point Nine Capital Fund III.
€55m
No
€100m
• Cloud-based Search-as-a-Service.
€100k - €2m
• Online food-ordering platform in 30+ countries.
Target Geographies
2/3 Europe, 1/3 North America
• Forms done awesomely.
Target Sectors
SaaS, online marketplaces
• http://www.pointninecap.com/portfolio/
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Pawel Chudzinski
Website
team, vision, product, market dynamics,
business model, early traction
• Co-Founder & Managing Partner
• @Pawell
• Companies: Brainly, Docplanner, Kreditech, Mambu
www.pointninecap.com
• Christoph Janz
Contact Email
N/A
Contact Phone
N/A
• Before co-founding Point Nine, Pawel was a cofounder and Partner at Team Europe, previously
Pawel used to be an investment banker with the US
M&A firm Greenhill & Co.
• @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
Portugal Ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
Porto, Lisbon
2012
20
Portugal Ventures focuses its early stage investment in innovative, scientific and technology-based companies
with competitive advantages for global markets. Founded in 2012, Portugal Ventures manages around €400m in
assets, and has more than 100 portfolio companies. To facilitate the access to seed capital, every 3 months
Portugal Ventures runs a new call for applications to ensure a strong engagement with the entrepreneurial
community and enable the fast processing of the deal flow, while ensuring quality evaluation with the
participation of a large pool of expert reviewers, both in Portugal and abroad. With the purpose of supporting the
development and growth of Portuguese start-ups, Portugal Ventures has established acceleration hubs in some
of the most dynamic ecosystems in the world (San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Berlin and London).
€100m
No
• Distributing marketplace for Android applications where customers can create and
manage their own store.
€400m
€100k - €2m
• Unique fully automated diagnostics solution that delivers blood analysis information to
physicians in minutes.
Portugal/Europe
• Leading designer dress rental in Europe.
Technology, Life Sciences & Med Tech,
Engineering & Manufacturing
• http://www.portugalventures.pt/en/content/portfolio
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active, board representation
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Significant minority
Team,
Innovation and differentiation at global scale
www.portugalventures.pt
• Teresa Fernandes
• AICEP Portugal Global – Trade & investment Agency
• Board Member
• Portugal Telecom, Oniway
• João Pereira
• Director, Technology
• 15 years of VC investing. Previously senior management
team member portuguese startups
• Finance Controller Sonae Distribuição (retail)
• Heitor Benfeito
• Director, Active Portfolio Development
• Portfolio board member
[email protected]
+351 211 589 100
Prime Ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
FUND DESCRIPTION
Amsterdam, Cambridge
1999
Prime Ventures is a leading venture capital and growth equity firm focusing on investing in European companies
in the technology and related industries and leverages its capital, experience and network to actively guide them
into 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 independent
partnership manages over €465m in committed capital.
€170m
Yes
€465m
• Mendix enables business change by helping companies rapidly develop, deploy and
integrate business apps at a fraction of the time and cost.
€5m - €25m
• With Takeaway.com hungry consumers can order their favourite takeaway food on
the company’s websites or through its mobile applications.
Europe
• Through its mobile games marketing platform, AppLift helps mobile game advertisers
acquire loyal, quality gaming users at scale on a CPI basis.
Consumer internet, digital media, enterprise
software, mobile computing, communications,
infrastructure services, semiconductor
Active support (board membership)
Sizable minority stake
• http://www.primeventures.com/portfolio_companies/
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• Sake Bosh
Website
Contact Email
Fast growing European tech companies with
the first proof points of success
• He is actively involved in Civolution, Dealerdirect,
Digital Origin, Greetz, MarkaVIP and Takeaway.com
• Roel de Hoop
• Roel is a Partner at Prime Ventures as of 1999.
• Partner
• Companies: Bright Computing, Falcon Social,
Mendix, GenKey and Applift
http://www.primeventures.com/
[email protected]
Contact Phone
• Sake Bosch is a founder and Managing Partner of
Prime Ventures as of 1999.
+31 20 20 508 20
Project A Ventures
FUND DESCRIPTION
Offices
Berlin
Founded
2012
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
90+
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.
$135m - $160m
No
$200m
• Catawiki is a worldwide online auction house which unites buyers and sellers of
exceptional items and collectibles in a unique fashion.
$500k - $10m (over various rounds)
• International online money transfer service with low fees and guaranteed exchange
rates.
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Europe
• nu3 – your nutrition expert – is an ecommerce platform for nutrition and er vary
supplements with strong focus on vertical integration.
Marketplaces/Ecommerce, Digital
Infrastructure/Ad tech, SaaS
Active / Operational VC
Everything is possible
Strong fit with our target sectors, i.e. business
models where our experts and tools offer a
competitive advantage
• http://www.project-a.com/portfolio/
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• Thies Sander
http://www.project-a.com/
• Holger Witte
Contact Email
[email protected]
• Director Investor Relations
Contact Phone
• 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
+49 30 340 606 300
• 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
Redalpine Venture Partners AG
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
Assets under Mgmt
FUND DESCRIPTION
1
2007
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.
CHF 50m
No
CHF 50m
• Europe’s most modern and entirely smartphone-based current account.
CHF 0.5m - 2m
• Art. Everywhere. Online Shop for Art, Apparel and Accessories.
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Europe
(with focus on Switzerland and Germany)
• The first fully digitalised insurance broker.
ICT, Life Sciences
Active
Minority
Early stage, highly scalable
technology/product, convincing founders
http://www.redalpine.com/
[email protected]
+41 44 271 15 30
• http://www.redalpine.com/portfolio/
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• Peter Niederhauser
• Founder, Partner
• Serial entrepreneur since 1986, co-founder of Miracle
Software, Business Angel
• Email:
[email protected]
• Companies: Number26, Juniqe, Knip, InSphero,
Trekksoft
• Michael Sidler
• PhD in Life Sciences, Consultant at Boston
Consulting group, Business developer at Prionics,
CTI- startup coach
• Founder, Partner
• Email:
[email protected]
• Companies: Redbiotec, Biognosys, Malcisbo, OnsiteLab (Medmira)
Redline Capital Management
Offices
FUND DESCRIPTION
London and Luxembourg
Redline Capital is a global Venture Capital and Growth Equity fund.
Founded
N/A
Employees
N/A
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.
$350m
Redline’s funded structure, without the need for LP drawdowns, allows for efficient and quick decision-making
and execution.
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
No
• IronSource is a world leading platform for software discovery, distribution and delivery
across platforms and devices.
$350m
• Iwoca offers flexible credit to small businesses across Europe, allowing them to take
advantage of opportunities previously only available to their larger peers
$10m - $35m
Target Geographies
Europe, North America, Israel
• SalesPredict helps B2B companies increase revenue by identifying their best
prospects and providing insights that accelerate sales cycles
Target Sectors
Technology and Life Sciences
• Touch Surgery is a surgery simulator that allows you to practice and rehearse
operations before ever setting foot in the operating room
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Equity
Minority, with and without board
representation
Team, IP, growth track record,
market potential
Other
KEY CONTACTS
• Brenno Jering
Website
www.redline-capital.com
Contact Email
N/A
Contact Phone
N/A
• Previously with two boutique tech investment banks in
London and Credit Suisse’s TMT Investment Banking
team
Redstone Digital
FUND DESCRIPTION
Offices
Berlin
Founded
2014
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Redstone is a Berlin based Venture Capital firm. We work with corporates activating their capital, knowledge and
network 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 capital
investment.
Our approach involves investing from several funds simultaneously to support our vision to invest globally at
every stage and in every sector.
Managing 6 different funds
When applicable
• World‘s leading experts and empowering new business decisions. Last fundraise
€10m.
Not disclosed
Stage Agnostic
• Point of sale software. Last fundraise €4m.
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and
Europe wide
• SaaS for online consultation. Last fundraise €1.35m.
B2B – Fin-tech, Cybersecurity, Data, Internet
of Things, B2B SaaS
• www.redstone.vc
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Samuli Sirén
€100k - €10m
Website
www.redstone.vc
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+49 30 27590487
• Michael Brehm
• Partner
• 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 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
Scottish Equity Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, Glasgow, Edinburgh
2000
£200m
No
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) is a leading UK venture capital firm. Operating from offices in London, Glasgow
and 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’s
leading independent travel search company, Mister Spex, Europe’s leading online eyewear business, and
MATCHESFASHION.COM, a luxury omni-channel fashion retailer. We build value by playing an active and
supportive 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 fifth
time in recent years. In addition to venture capital for high growth companies, we also provide infrastructure
finance for small scale clean energy projects.
• 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.
£620m
Up to £20m
• 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.
UK, Ireland, Europe
• 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.
Internet, e-commerce, SaaS, e-healthcare,
energy efficiency
Active
Minority, replacement, MBO
Equity for innovative technology or techenabled companies with substantial potential
for growth
• www.sep.co.uk/portfolio
Full portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• Stuart Paterson
• Partner
• Companies: Babbel, Mister Spex, Peppermint
Technology, SportPursuit
www.sep.co.uk
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+44(0)207 758 5900
• 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.
• Martin Brennan
• Principal
• Interest in investment opportunities in innovative ecommerce and information technology businesses.
• Companies: Pulsant, Audiense, SportPursuit
Seventure Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Paris, Munich
1997
N/A
No
Seventure Partners finance innovation and participate in the entrepreneurial adventure alongside our
entrepreneurs. We share their passion to succeed. Established in 1997, Seventure Partners is a key player in
European venture capital with more than €600m under management. As an active partner of French and
European 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 in
the 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 record
over more than 10 years. The team has completed over 50 exits, 15 of which were IPOs. Seventure Partners
supports wealth creation and technological development in Europe: our active support has enabled the creation
of over 3500 jobs directly.
• Enables businesses to accept mobile payments with all major credit cards on their
smartphone and tablet.
€600m
€1m - €5m
• Tesbirds provides mobile apps and websites crowdtesting (bug and usability testing).
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Germany
• Customers are able to compare and book trains, flights, long distance buses and ride
shares in one search.
Fintech, SaaS, innovative services
• http://www.seventure.fr/en/our-team/wolfgang-krause-venture-partner
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active/Passive
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
• Venture Partner
•
•
• Email:
[email protected]
•
• Maxime Mandin
•
• Wolfgang Krause
Website
Contact Email
Proven business model (no seed investment)
http://www.seventure.fr/en
[email protected]
• Associate
Contact Phone
+49 89 87 80 68 6-0
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
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
SevenVentures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
Munich, New York
2009
33
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. The
example 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 the
other services of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group. Together with the group network consisting of leading European
media companies, they always find the right path to growth.
Balance Sheet Investor
No
Not disclosed
€5m - €50m (Cash & Media)
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.
•
http://www.sevenventures.de/en/portfolio-en
Worldwide
(Companies entering the German market)
B2C
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
•
Active & Passive
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Sascha van Holt
B2C, Scalable, clear way to monetarization
•
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.
•
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.
• CEO
• Email:
[email protected]
Website
www.sevenventures.de
• Dr. Philipp Meixner
Contact Email
[email protected]
• Investment Director
• Email:
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+49 (0) 89/95 07 8699
Speedinvest
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Vienna, Silicon Valley
2011
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.
€60m
No
€70m
€200k - €500k
•
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.
•
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.
•
http://speedinvest.com/portfolio/
Hitbox.tv
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
DACH & CEE
Digital, Mobile, Core Technologies, Fintech
B2B & B2C
Active
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
• Oliver Holle
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Seed Stage, First Traction, MVP
• CEO
• 20+ years in technology, Serial Founder, Founder of
Speedinvest
• Companies: Wikifolio, Sipwise, Shpock,
• Daniel Keiper-Knorr
• Partner, Investor Relations
• 20+ years in Technology & Media, Serial Founder,
Co-Founder of Speedinvest
• Companies: Joblocal, Gaminside
http://speedinvest.com
[email protected]
+43 660 7725445
STS Ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Cologne
2010
N/A
No
STS Ventures concentrates all business angel activities of Cologne-based serial-entrepreneur and successful
investor Stephan Schubert.
Having founded and exited 4 companies, Stephan is a serial entrepreneur in the German internet industry. Since
the rise of the internet in Europe in the late 90s he has been investing in numerous technology driven startups
and has an outstanding track record in seed investing in successful ideas and teams. He is one of the most
active, connected and experienced business angels in Germany. If you are looking for a genuine entrepreneur
who has overcome a vast bunch of obstacles that you may face in the future, and seek honest and timely
feedback, 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.
N/A
• Full service retailer for mattresses and related products.
€50k - €2m
• Website offering electronic leaflets and offers from retailers to mobile customers.
Target Geographies
Europe
• Leading online retailer for hearing aids.
Target Sectors
all
• www.sts-ventures.de/#portfolio
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
minority
• Stephan Schubert
Website
excellent team, great unit economics & lock-in
effects
www.sts-ventures.de
• Niklas Walinski
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
• 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.
+4915732615490
• 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.
Talis Capital
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
FUND DESCRIPTION
London
Talis Capital is a London based venture capital firm, focussed on four key areas: Cyber Security, Business
Intelligence (mainly sold as SaaS), Fintech and Insurance tech. Talis Capital have completed over $350m of
transactions since 2009.
2009
Deal by Deal
Yes
$150m
•
One of the world’s fastest-growing cyber threat defence companies and the leader
in Enterprise Immune System technology.
$1m - $10m
•
Award winning FinTech company providing instant loans to online retailers to
improve their working capital.
In Digital - Any
•
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.
•
http://www.taliscapital.com/dv_portfolio
Cyber Security, Business Intelligence (mainly
sold as SaaS), FinTech and Insurance Tech
Active
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority
• Vasile Foca
http://www.taliscapital.com/digital_ventures
•
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,
•
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
Website
www.taliscapital.com
• Matus Maar
Contact Email
[email protected]
• Co-Founder & Partner
Contact Phone
+44 203 542 6260
Target Global
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
Berlin, Moscow, Tel Aviv, San Francisco
2012
11
$300m
N/A
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 operating
in B2C and B2 SMB markets.
Target Global growth fund invests in Series B and later stage companies (both primary and secondary), with an
investment range of $5-30m. The seed stage fund invests in late seed and early Series A rounds, with an
investment range of $200-500k.
Target Global prides itself on it ability to be fast and flexible, with a focus on helping innovative businesses scale
and expand globally. Since 2012 Target Global have invested in more than 20 leading companies including
Delivery Hero, Blue Apron, Dreamlines and Prosper.
$300m
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
•
http://www.targetglobal.vc/
Global
Digital companies targeting
B2C or B2 SMB space
Investment Style
N/A
Full Portfolio
Deal Structures
N/A
KEY CONTACTS
Amazing team;
companies targeting a large market or global;
digital-enabled businesses operating in a B2C
or B2 SMB space
Website
•
Late stage and serie B: $5m - $30m,
Seed stage and serie A: $200k – $500k
• Alexander Frolov
•
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.
•
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.
• General Partner
targetglobal.vc
• Yaron Valler
Contact Email
N/A
Contact Phone
N/A
• General Partner
UniCredit evo
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
FUND DESCRIPTION
London
2016
Partnership
UniCredit evo (equity venture opportunities) is a dedicated initiative focused exclusively on identifying and
investing in best-in-class financial technology startups, targeting mid stage startups and follow-on investments in
more mature and established FinTech businesses, as well as early stage digitally native financial services
startups working on more pioneering solutions. Through the investment partnership, UniCredit and Anthemis will
cover 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 retail
banking and consumer finance; investment and corporate banking; wealth and asset management; capital
markets and trading; payments and financial data; technology and infrastructure.
€175m
No
N/A
€5m - €15m
Global
FinTech
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
• Marco Berini
N/A
• Company: UniCredit
• Head of Group Innovation
Website
N/A
• Marco Pusterla
Contact Email
Contact Phone
[email protected]
N/A
• Head of Fintech Portfolio & Business
Intelligence
• Company: UniCredit
Vito Ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
Munich
2015
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 fundamental
values of German engineering, Vito Ventures backs rigorous executors and creative visionaries building
transformative business models. By leveraging its industrial investor base, Vito Ventures helps entrepreneurs get
access to extensive resources and deep technological domain expertise.
N/A
No
• 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.
N/A
€300k - €3m (in rounds up to €10m)
Global
IoT (B2B, B2C), Enterprise Tech,
Energy Tech
Investment Style
Passive
Deal Structures
Minority
KEY CONTACTS
• Dr. Benedikt Herles
Website
Contact Email
Proven product market fit,
Globally scalable product
www.vito.vc
[email protected]
• Daria Saharova
• Principle
• Herbert Mangesius
• Associate
Contact Phone
N/A
• e.ventures Investment Team, Consultant Bain & Company.
He held a Dr. rer. pol. From EBS University Wiesbaden and
Dipl. Economics from LMU München
• Previously: SevenVentures, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Jefferies
International, KPMG. Founder of Bellegs and Munich
Founders. He graduated in Dipl. Business Administration at
LMU München
• 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
Vogel Ventures GmbH
FUND DESCRIPTION
Current Fund Size
N/A
Vogel Ventures is the Corporate Venture Fund of Vogel Business Media. Vogel Business Media provides highquality specialist media platforms and internet portals to allow an exchange of knowledge between the
participants in each specific market. Readers and users of our specialist media are given top-quality specialist
information and knowledge which has been processed and edited by experts in the relevant sector, providing
general guidance and help with decision-making and also serving initial training and further training purposes in
professional daily work. Additionally, Vogel stages sector-related events and offers business networks allowing
direct exchanges between the participants in a specific market as well as offering wide-ranging services. Vogel
Business Media is particularly active in Europe, Asia and the USA via its own publishing facilities and numerous
licensed business partners. Also, Vogel has already been operating in China ever since 1996. Lately, it has also
been branching out into India since the beginning of 2011.
Use of Debt
N/A
AUM
N/A
Offices
Founded
Employees
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
1
2013
• Empowering Business Decisions – we form the bridge between leading professionals
and the top experts across the globe to accelerate business success.
€50k – €500k
• INVENTORUM is point of sale, inventory management, live reporting and ECommerce all in one iPad app. Save time and money while growing your business
with INVENTORUM.
Europe
• We are the Online Home Fashion Trade Show, where professional buyers connect
with home fashion vendors globally 24/7.
Automotive, Engineering, IT, Life Science,
Construction, Trade Shows, Events,
Marketing Agencies, Social Media
• www.vogelventures.de
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
joint control, minority, Media for Equity
• Matthias Bauer
Fit with the Vogel Business Media markets
Website
www.vogelventures.com
• Dieter Wendel
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+4930890481198
Vorwerk Ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Wuppertal, Germany
Vorwerk Ventures is an investment vehicle of the Vorwerk Group. Its investment approach focuses on fast
growing companies with direct-to-consumer business models. The corporate venture capital arm makes global
investments and holds shares in companies in Europe and the US.
2008
4
Not disclosed
Yes
Not disclosed
• On-demand grocery-delivery service.
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
€1m - €10m
• Marketplace for affordable art.
Focus on Europe
Direct to consumer
Passive
• Leading social commerce platform for fashion & furniture.
• www.corporate.vorwerk.de/vorwerk-ventures/en/portfolio/
Full Portfolio
Joint control, minority
KEY CONTACTS
Team, Ecommerce & social commerce,
Proven concept, Sizeable market, Scalability
• Dirk Meurer
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
www.vorwerk-ventures.de
[email protected]
+49 202 564 1923
• Founding partner of Vorwerk Ventures; more than 18
years of international investment experience
• Companies: HelloFresh, JUNIQE, Neato Robotics,
MeinAuto, Vaniday
FUND BOOK
GROWTH
ALSTIN Alternative Strategic Investments
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
FUND DESCRIPTION
Hannover, Munich
2011
5 - 10
$200m
Use of Debt
No
AUM
NA
Target Geographies
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-ofconcept, 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).
€2m - €50m
• Online booking platform for limousine rides
Germany, Austria, Switzerland
• E-commerce retailer for vitamins and nutritional supplements
Target Sectors
Technology / Internet,
Life Science / Health Care
• Provider of cash register software for the gastronomy
Investment Style
Active
• www.alstin.de
Full Portfolio
Deal Structures
Minority equity investments
KEY CONTACTS
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Leading technology / unique know-how,
products and services already established in
the marketplace (proof-of-concept) / no startups, skilled and motivated management team
www.alstin.de
[email protected]
+49 151 180 26540
• Dr. Jörg Goschin
• CEO, Managing Director
• Worked at: Blackstone, Cerberus Capital Management, BNP
Paribas, Boston Consulting Group, Bankhaus Metzler seel.
Sohn
• Email:
[email protected]
• Education: PhD. In Business Engineering (TU Darmstadt)
• Dr. Lukas Günther
• Email:
[email protected]
• 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.
Concentric
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, Copenhagen
2013
5
We are an open technology investment partnership, not a stereotypical VC, and we do not see ourselves as just
financial investors, more as business partners and builders
We add value by active management and working with companies before and after investing
We focus on investment opportunities born out of changing customer behaviour / demands across a number of
core sectors / verticals: payments, eCommerce, pervasive computing, big data etc. We have invested in ca. 40
companies over past 15 years.
We are supported by long-standing family office co-investors.
Targeting €20m - €50m
No
• Multilingual, multi-country, multi-marketplace platform allowing retailers to sell
products internationally
€15m
Up to €5m over life of an investment
• Online marketplace providing customers with discounted and flexible gym passes
disrupting the traditional membership-based market
Key innovation hubs of Western Europe
• Social event management / event discovery platform making it free and easy for
everyone to host, promote and discover events
Technology and digital media incl.
eCommerce, fintech, marketplaces, security
• Automated and fully scalable content marketing concepts, monetising social audience
for publishers and brands
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Significant minority equity positions
Original, scalable and defendable, Category
leaders, Post achieving product-market fit
• Denis Shafranik
• 9 years in investment banking
• Partner
• 5 years in VC technology investment
• Companies: PayasUgym, PSM, Neteven, Billetto,
ChargeMaster, etc.
• Kjartan Rist
• 15 years in technology (founder, advisor, investor,
Board)
www.concentricteam.com
[email protected]
• Partner
Contact Phone
+44 20 7839 8143
• Companies: VOSS Solutions, Shazam, NetClean,
Endeca, TopTable, etc.
DuMont Mediengruppe
Offices
FUND DESCRIPTION
Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg, Halle
Founded
1802
Employees
4,300
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Not applicable
/Corporate
Yes
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.
Not applicable
€5m – €50m
• 
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.
• 
http://www.dumont.de/medien-services.html
DACH
Marketplaces, AdTech, SaaS, eLearning,
LBS, Classifieds, Media, etc.
Passive
Control, joint control, minority
Revenues more than €10m per year
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
•  Patrick Wölke
•  MD DuMont Digital
•  Previous: MD Media Innovation Labs at Hubert Burda
Media
•  [email protected]
•  Companies: Hubert Burda, AOL Europe
•  Olaf Cordt
•  Senior Investment Manager M&A
•  Previous: Principal DuMont Venture
•  Companies: OTTO, Bertelsmann, several Startups
www.dumont.de
[email protected]
•  [email protected]
Contact Phone
+49 221 224 2654
DST Global
Offices
Hong Kong, London
Founded
2009
Employees
N/A
Current Fund Size
N/A
Use of Debt
N/A
AUM
N/A
FUND DESCRIPTION
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.
Target Investment Size N/A
Target Geographies
Global
Target Sectors
Internet and related
Investment Style
N/A
Deal Structures
Minority
KEY CONTACTS
• Tom Stafford
Key Investment Criteria Founder led category leading companies
Website
dst-global.com
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
N/A
General Atlantic
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
FUND DESCRIPTION
New York, London, Munich, Amsterdam,
Greenwich, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Mexico
City, Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Singapore
1980
$8bn of long-term capital
Limited
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.
• Axel Springer (initial investment in Axel Springer Digital Classifieds)
$18bn
$25m – $500m
• FlixBus
Global
Target Sectors
Internet & Technology, Retail & Consumer,
Financial & Business Services, Healthcare
Investment Style
Active minority (70% of current portfolio are
minority investments)
• Delivery Hero (through the acquisition of Yemeksepeti by Delivery Hero in May 2015)
• www.generalatlantic.com/portfolio
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
All
• Jörn Nikolay, Munich
Website
Contact Email
Growth
• Managing Director, Head of DACH
• Portfolio companies: Axel Springer Digital Classifieds,
FlixBus, Klarna
• Joined General Atlantic in 2008
• Chris Caulkin, London
• Leads Internet activities across Europe, Africa, Middle
East and Turkey
www.generalatlantic.com
[email protected]
• Principal
Contact Phone
+49 89 558 932 710
• Investments include Yemek Sepeti / Delivery Hero,
Axel Springer, Studio Moderna
• At GA since 2011, previously Warburg Pincus & BCG
Goldman Sachs
Private Capital Investing
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM.
Target Geographies
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, Moscow, Istanbul,
New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney
2002
The Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing group is Goldman Sachs’ investment platform dedicated to
providing long term capital to growth and middle-market companies. The group focuses on investing as a lead or
minority investor and can provide both minority equity and debt financing, investing between $20m and $80m per
deal.
Key differentiating factors are: (i) As a balance sheet investor we can provide any type of flexible capital ranging
from 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 in
developed as well as emerging markets.
Goldman Sachs Balance Sheet Investing
Selectively
N/A
• Provider of enterprise collaboration and content management software (UK)
$20m - $80m
• Formerly Staff-Finder, an online marketplace for temporary workers (CH)
Global
• Pan-African multi-verticals eCommerce platform
Target Sectors
Technology, Business Services, Software and
Technology-Enabled Services
Other investments
Investment Style
Late-Stage Venture Capital / Growth Equity
• Include eKomi, Mobileye, One Two Trip, Clarizen, iBoss, Dr. First, Billtrust,
SugarCRM, Savo and Tinkoff Credit Systems
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Minority equity / Convertible Debt
High Growth, Strong Management,
Large Addressable Market
• Christian Resch
• Joined Goldman Sachs in 2004
• Head of GS Private Capital Growth Equity Investing
• Based in London
www.gs.com
[email protected]
+44 20 7051 0000
• Alexander Lippert
• Joined Goldman Sachs in 2013
• Based in London
Harbert European Growth Capital Fund
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
London
2013
€121m
Yes
Harbert European Growth Capital Fund (“HEGCF”) is an investment partner to high growth entrepreneurial
businesses 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 private
investors, HEGCF is one of the leading European debt funds in Europe with a strong USA and European
network. The fund is based in London and is corner sponsored by Harbert Management Corporation, a US
headquartered independent investment firm, with $4.3bn in assets and committed capital under management as
at 01 February 2015. The fund looks for investment opportunities in high growth businesses and has a growing
portfolio 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 of
recapitalization.
€121m
• Unruly
€1m - €25m
• MyOptique
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Pan-European
• Worldstores
Technology and Life Sciences
Growth Debt
Amortizing loans with equity incentive
Growth stage companies with revenues
www.harbert.net/investmentstrategies/private-capital/european-growthcapital
N/A
+44 207 408 4120
• www.harbert.net/investment-strategies/private-capital/european-growth-capital/
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• David Bateman
• Senior Managing Director]
• +10 years of experience in technology lending and
financing.
• Previously with ETV Capital and Broadview
International.
• Johan Kampe
• Senior Managing Director
• +15 years of experience in technology lending and
financing.
• Previously with ETV Capital and Silicon Valley Bank.
H.I.G. European Capital Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
FUND DESCRIPTION
Hamburg, Germany
1993
H.I.G. Europe is the European affiliate of H.I.G. Capital and is exclusively dedicated to making private equity
investments in Europe. Integrated in the worldwide H.I.G. network the team of 50 investment professionals in our
European offices in Hamburg, London, Paris, Milan and Madrid is able to take fast and efficient decisions
through an independent European investment committee.
€825m
Yes
• Zmarta is a leading unsecured consumer loan broker with operations in Northern
Europe
€18bn
Not disclosed
• 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
Europe
• Intelius is an information commerce leader delivering comprehensive information
about individuals via cloud-based solutions through desktop and mobile applications
All sectors covered
Active
Flexible
Growth
Website
www.higeurope.com
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
H.I.G. Capital is a leading global private equity investment firm with €18 billion of equity capital under
management. The H.I.G. family of funds includes private equity, growth equity, real estate, debt/credit, lending
and 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.
+49 40 413306100
• http://higeurope.com/main/portfolio
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• Dr. Holger Kleingarn
• Dominik Böhm
• Senior Investment Manager
• Christian Kukwa
Highland Capital Partners Europe
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, Geneva, Dublin
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.
1988
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.
€250m
No
$3.5bn (Globally)
• Global marketplace for local travel activities
€5m - €35m
• Stylist-led fashion eCommerce for men
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Europe
• Connected fitness equipment and software
Software, Internet, Digital Media,
Mobile
Active
N/A
Less than €10m in annualised revenues,
exceptional growth, strong market position,
proven product and outstanding team
• www.hcp.com/companies/?fund=highlandcapitalpartnerseurope
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• Sam Brooks
• Partner
• Previously 6 years at Insight Venture Partners,
investing in expansion stage software and internetenabled businesses
• David Blyghton
• Associate at Highland Capital, focused on identifying,
evaluating, and executing growth stage technology
investments
www.hcp.com
[email protected]
• Associate
Contact Phone
+44 20 7183 4325
• Co-founder and Partner with Highland Capital Europe
since 2011
• Previously analyst at Deutsche Bank, UK M&A
• Oxford University, Chemistry
HPE Growth Capital
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
FUND DESCRIPTION
Amsterdam, Dusseldorf
2010
10 investment professionals and
10 industry advisors
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. HPE
has the ability to invest in both primary and secondary capital but has a strong preference for deals driven by a
need 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 of
our portfolio companies with the objective to accelerate growth and create future market leaders through
internationalization, expansion of sales and marketing, operational excellence and buy-and-build.
€180m
No
€260m
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• 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
€10m – €30m
Northern Europe (emphasis on Germany &
Benelux)
• European provider of alternative online payment solutions and e-money services
• FCA regulated e-money institution active in acquiring, issuing & processing
Technology
Active
Significant minority stakes
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]
• http://www.hpegrowthcapital.com/companies/
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• Manfred Krikke
• Partner
• Tim van Delden
• CIO
Contact Phone
+31 20 714 34 00
• 16 years of technology industry experience in Silicon
Valley, including investment banking, growth equity
investing and operations
• Companies: Kreditech, AOG, eGym
• 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
Insight Venture Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
New York
1995
Insight Venture Partners is a leading global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth
technology 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 to
foster long-term success.
75
$3bn
Yes
• 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
$8bn
$20m - $200m
• Every week HelloFresh sends fresh ingredients needed to prepare delicious recipes
at home.
Global
• Delivery Hero is a worldwide network of online food ordering sites with over 55,000
restaurants connected to its service.
Software, Internet & Tech-enabled Services
• www.insightpartners.com/portfolio
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Flexible
• Jeff Horing
Website
Contact Email
Growth
• Companies: Anaqua, Datasift, GFI, New Relic, Tintri,
Shutterstock, WIX, Zumba Fitness, Airwatch, Think Systems,
TeamViewer, Solarwinds
• Deven Parekh
• Deven Parekh is a managing director & manages
investments in e-commerce, consumer internet data, and
application software businesses on a global basis.
www.insightpartners.com
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+1 212 230 9200
• Jeff Horing has been a co-founder and managing director at
Insight Venture Partners since 1995..
• Companies: Alibaba, Automattic, Campaign Monitor, Twitter,
JD.com, Syncsort, iParadigms, BuddyMedia, Football
Fanatics, Tumblr, DrillingInfo, Despegar
Lakestar
Offices
Founded
Employees
FUND DESCRIPTION
Berlin, Zurich, New York, Guernsey
2012
Lakestar makes early and growth stage investments in technology-enabled businesses predominantly in Europe
and the United States driven by exceptional entrepreneurs. We enjoy investing with a specific focus on business
models that can achieve global scale quickly.
Lakestar and its General Partners have historically invested in Facebook, Spotify, Skype, AirBnB, Klarna, and
King.com, and more recent investments include Oscar, Algomi, Teralytics, GoEuro, AngelList, Maker Studios,
Taulia and Harry’s.
14
The Lakestar team is on the ground in Berlin, London, Guernsey, New York City and Zurich.
Current Fund Size
350
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
No
• Spotify is a commercial music streaming, podcast, and video service that provides
digital rights management–protected content from record labels and media
companies.
More than €500m
• 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.
Early Stage: €1m - €10m
Later Stage: More than €10m
• 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.
US, Europe, Asia
Internet and mobile technology enabled
businesses
Active
Minority Shareholder
Outstanding Teams / Entrepreneurs,
global scale
www.lakestar.com
via LinkedIn
Other investments
KEY CONTACTS
Maxburg Capital Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Munich
2014
Maxburg Capital Partners is an investment management company focusing on Germany and the Germanspeaking 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.
€300m
Possible
€300m
• Europe‘s leading E-tailer for pet supplies
€10m - €100m
• A global leader for flexible packaging for the food and pharma industry
Target Geographies
DACH
• Provider of pharmaceutical active ingredients (APIs)
Target Sectors
all
• http://maxburg.com/de/portfolio/
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Active
Flexible: Control, joint control, minority,
mezzanine
Flexible
Website
www.maxburg.com
Contact Email
[email protected]
KEY CONTACTS
• Moritz Greve
• Founding partner of Maxburg Capital
• Partner
• Companies: APAX Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs,
Morgan Stanley & Sparkasse Münsterland
• Florian Seubert
• Founding partner of Maxburg Capital
• Partner
• Companies: Founder & CFO of zooplus AG; Morgan
Stanley
Contact Phone
+49 89235135950
Orange Growth Capital
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
FUND DESCRIPTION
Amsterdam, London and Singapore
Orange Growth Capital is a Venture Capital firm focused on early stage investing in Financial Technology in
Europe and Asia. Orange Growth Capital focuses on Enablers and attackers.
2013
8
€100m - €250m
No
N/A
• Europe’s #1 Consumer Lending Platform
€1m - €10m
• Europe’s #1 Insurance disruptor
• Helping leading Financial Institutions fight against fraud
Europe and Asia
• Engaging the next generation of Traders
Financial Technology
Active
Minority
Product, Team and Go To Market
www.orangegrowthcapital.com
[email protected]
+44(0)7730502686
• http://ogc-partners.com/portfolio/
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
• Radboud Vlaar
• Hans de Back
• General Partner
• London/Amsterdam
• Singapore
• Reinier Musters
• Piotr Pisarz
• Associate
• London/Amsterdam
• London
The Riverside Company
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
FUND DESCRIPTION
North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific
1988
The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in growing businesses
valued at up to $400m. Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 420 transactions. The
firm’s international portfolio includes more than 80 companies.
The Riverside Europe Fund (REF) was founded in 1997 and invests in Europe-based companies with generally
less than €25m in LTM EBITDA. REF tries to invest at least €20m of equity over the lifetime of its investment to
support the further international growth or support all other required initiatives to accelerate growth.
Currently investing out of
Riverside Europe Fund V (REF V)
Yes
$5.47bn (Dec. 31, 2015)
[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
Less than €25 million in LTM EBITDA
North America, Europe and developed
countries of the Asia-Pacific region
Software & IT, Consumer Brands, Healthcare,
Specialty Mfg. & Dstr., Business Services,,
Education & Training, and Franchisors
Growth
Control, joint control and minority
Strong team, strong growth potential, clear
USP, competitive advantage, proven and
sustainable business model
KEY CONTACTS
• Lars Eriksson
• Managing Director, Head of
European Origination
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
https://www.riversidecompany.com
[email protected]
+46 8 545 03030 (Stockholm)
+49 89 242 248 90 (Munich)
• Patrick Schaich
• Principal, Origination
• 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.
• 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.
Spectrum Equity
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
San Francisco, Boston
1994
Spectrum Equity is a leading growth equity firm that provides capital and strategic support to internet software
and information services companies. For over 20 years, Spectrum has partnered with high growth companies
across the information economy. Founded in 1994, with offices in San Francisco and Boston, the firm is currently
investing its seventh fund with $1bn in capital.
24 (investment team)
$1bn
Where appropriate
• Online and mobile food ordering platform with over 6.7 million active diners and
40,000 restaurants as users
$2.4bn
$20m - $100m
• Provider of cloud-based, do-it-yourself website creation platform having helped users
create over 15 million websites
Global
• Cloud-based presentation and storytelling software platform with over 1 billion views
and 60 million global users
Internet, software and information services
• www.spectrumequity.com/portfolio
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Flexible (minority and majority)
• John Connolly
Website
Contact Email
Growth stage companies
• Principal
• Companies: GrubHub, Jimdo, Prezi, GoodRx,
Ancestry.com, TeachersPayTeachers, Finalsite and
Examsoft
• Mike Farrell
• Mike has been with Spectrum since 2009 and is
based in the firm’s Boston office
www.spectrumequity.com
N/A
• Principal
Contact Phone
001 415-464-4600
• John has been with Spectrum since 2009 and is
based in the firm’s San Francisco office
• Companies: BATS, Jimdo, Jagex, Litmus, RainKing
and EagleView
Summit Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, Boston, Menlo Park
1984
Summit Partners is a leading global growth equity firm. We work with owners and management teams to
maximize the long-term value of their companies. Since our inception in 1984, Summit has raised over $16bn of
capital on behalf of a prestigious group of institutional investors. We have invested in more than 400 companies
in technology, healthcare and other growth sectors. These companies have completed more than 135 public
offerings, and in excess of 150 have been acquired through strategic mergers and sales. Summit opened its
European office in 2001 and has since invested more than €1.5bn in capital across 12 European countries.
$6.5bn
Yes
• Largest online private sales platform in Europe with over €1bn in sales.
$16bn
• Leading European online payment processing company.
€20m to €250m
• Freemium antivirus protecting more than 180m computers and mobile devices
globally.
US, Europe, Asia
• End-to-end software development platform provider.
Technology, Internet, Digital Media
Mobile, Telecommunications
• http://www.summitpartners.com/companies
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Rapid top-line growth and profitable
• Scott Collins
• Summit Partners since 1996
• MD / Head of Europe
• Companies: Jamba!, Web Reservations International,
vente-privee.com, Ogone, AVAST Software, Global
Fashion Group, Lazada
• Johan Olsson
• Summit Partners since 2013
• Associate
• Companies: Global Fashion Group, Lazada
www.summitpartners.com
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+442076597500
TA Associates
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, Boston, Menlo Park, Mumbai, Hong
Kong
1968
At TA Associates, we invest in exciting industries with the goal of helping management teams build their
businesses into great international companies. TA is one of the oldest and largest growth private equity firms in
the world. We offer our portfolio companies financial backing, strategic guidance and a significant network of
contacts. Our more than 450 current and former portfolio companies and over 120 IPOs illustrate our
commitment to provide steady support through the cycles of the global economy. We work with our companies to
navigate the complicated paths of public offerings, debt financings, and mergers and acquisitions.
$7bn
Yes
$24bn
• Online food ordering marketplace, Israel, 2016.
$50m - $500m
• Online advertising technology, UK, 2013.
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
US, Europe, Asia
• Micro-stock photography marketplace, France, 2009 (exited).
Technology, Healthcare, Consumer, Business
Services
• http://www.ta.com/portfolio/technology
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Active
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Minority and Majority
Top-line Growth and Profitability
• Morgan Seigler
• TA Associates since 2003
• Companies: 10Bis, AVG, Bigpoint, CMOSIS,
Eurowag, Flashtalking, M&M Direct, ION Trading;
eCircle, Smartstream
• Stefan Dandl
• TA Associates since 2013; previously at J.P. Morgan
• Investment Professional
• Companies: CMOSIS, Eurowag, 10Bis
www.ta.com
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+44 207 823 0223
Technology Crossover Ventures
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, Palo Alto, New York
1995
Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), founded in 1995, is a leading provider of capital to growth-stage
technology companies, providing funds to later-stage private and public companies. With $7.7bn in capital
raised, TCV has invested in over 200 technology companies over the last 18 years. Selected investments include
Altiris, C|NET, ExactTarget, Expedia, Facebook, Fandango, FX Alliance, Go Daddy, Genesys Software,
Groupon, HomeAway, Netflix, RealNetworks, Redback Networks, RiskMetrics Group, Sitecore, Splunk and
Zillow. TCV has 11 partners and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA with offices in New York, NY and London.
80
$3bn
Occasionally
$8bn
€20m - €250m
•
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.
•
www.tcv.com/portfolio/
US, Europe, Israel
Internet, Software, Infrastructure, Business &
Financial Services
Board-level involvement and operational
support
Full Portfolio
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Category Leading Growth Businesses
•
John Rosenberg
•
General Partner, Head of Europe
•
Joined TCV in 2000, founded the London office in
2012
•
•
Companies: Think Finance, Thinkorswim, FX
Alliance, Capella Education
•
John Doran
•
•
Principal
Joined TCV in 2012. Previously with Summit
Partners and Morgan Stanley.
•
www.tcv.com
[email protected]
+44 (0)20 7004 2620
Vitruvian Partners
Offices
Founded
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, Munich, Stockholm
2007
Vitruvian is an independent private equity firm which specialises in growth capital investments, growth buyouts
and middle‐market buyouts in Europe. The firm focuses on investing in ‘dynamic situations’ – fast growing
businesses 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.
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
30 (most of which in Europe)
£1bn (€1.3bn)
Selectively, if appropriate
• 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.
€2.3bn across two funds
€30m - €175m
• Online marketplace platform enabling high end fashion boutiques to sell branded
luxury apparel and accessories to consumers in more than 150 countries.
UK, DACH, Nordics, Benelux
• Software Asset Management to help organisations optimize software licensing &
reduce costs across mobile, desktop, data center & cloud investments.
Internet, Software, Media, Consumer,
Healthcare, Business/Financial Services
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
• www.vitruvianpartners.com/investments
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Flexible: Majority and minority
•
•
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.
www.vitruvianpartners.com
•
•
Peter Read
Managing Director
• At Vitruvian since 2015, focus on growth investments.
[email protected]
•
•
Leonard Clemens
Director of Business Development (DACH)
• Member of the founding team at Vitruvian, focus on DACH region and
life sciences & healthcare
+44 20 7518 2800
•
•
Michael Mitterlehner
Vice President
• At Vitruvian since 2014, focus on internet and software across verticals.
Strong growth supported by
sustainable business model
Vulcan Capital
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
FUND DESCRIPTION
Palo Alto, Seattle
1986
Vulcan Capital is the multi-billion dollar investment arm of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen. We
are not limited by traditional Deal Structures, asset classes or holding periods. Instead we take an entrepreneurfriendly approach and can invest in both private and public companies with a long term investment
horizon. Vulcan’s growth equity fund is focused on making $10m ‐ $100m sized investments into leading internet
and technology companies, including mid‐ to late‐stage venture capital, recaps, growth buyouts and strategic
public market block investments
30+
Multi-billion
Yes
Multi-billion
• Flipkart is the leading e-commerce destination in India.
$10m – $100m
• Uber is the world’s largest transportation marketplace.
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
US, Europe, Asia
• Scytl is the global leader in secure election management and electronic voting
solutions.
Internet, Mobile,
Enterprise Applications
• www.capital.vulcan.com
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
Growth stage
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Minority or Majority, Debt or Equity
• Abhishek Agrawal
Rapid revenue growth
• 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
Website
capital.vulcan.com
• Nate Mitchell
Contact Email
[email protected]
• Growth Equity
Contact Phone
+1 650 329 5924
• Previously at Index Ventures in London
• Investments include: Flipkart, Uber, Avvo, Zuora,
Alibaba, Scytl, Magic Leap, TrueCar, Mimecast,
ASOS, Etsy
FUND BOOK
DEBT
Bootstrap Europe
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
FUND DESCRIPTION
Zurich, London
2015
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.
€40m
Use of Debt
Yes
AUM
N/A
Full Portfolio
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
•  http://www.bootstrap-europe.com/transactions
€1m – €5m
Europe
Techonologies & Life Science
Passive
Venture Debt
Fast Growth, can sustain monthy
reimbursments
www.bootstrap-europe.com
[email protected]
[email protected]
KEY CONTACTS
•  Stephanie Heller
•  Fatou Diagne
Contact Phone
+41 43 888 6050
•  Entrepreneur in Finance companies, Deutsche Bank,
Calyon, E.on, Fractal-Labs.com
•  Entrepreneur in Finance companies, CitiGroup, S&P,
SFR, Fractal-Labs.com
ESO Capital Group
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, Zurich
2006
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 provide
flexible debt solutions, with a targeted deal size is €7 to 40 million and a typical investment horizon of 2 to 5
years. Currently investing out of its 6th fund, ESO manages funds on behalf of institutional investors and has
deployed over €600 million in capital in over 55 deals.
20+ (of which 20+ in Europe)
€350m
Yes
€625m
€7m – €40m
TYPICAL LOAN TERMS
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
Europe
Agnostic, except biotech
N/A
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Flexible
Proven commercialisation
Website
www.esocapital.com
Contact Email
[email protected]
Contact Phone
+41 44 200 3822 / +44 203 642 2600
• Olya Klueppel
• Natalia Nowak
• Partner
• Karim Askar
• Marko Celic
• Director
• Associate
FUND BOOK
BUYOUT
EQT
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
FUND DESCRIPTION
In 15 countries over three continents
EQT Partners AB 1994
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.
In total: ~350
EQT VII: EUR 6.75bn, raised in 2015
EQT Mid Market: EUR 1.05bn, raised 2014
Yes
~ EUR 30bn capital raised in 18 funds
• Leading international provider of cloud-based Learning Management Systems (“LMS”)
Mid – to Large-Cap companies, Equity
investments will typically range between EUR
50 – 600 million
• 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
Europe
Online/Digital Media, Online Classifieds,
Online Advertising,
E-Commerce, Software, Payments,
Education, Mobile, Content Rights
• Leading global hotel B2B wholesale platform
• http://www.eqt.se/Portfolio-Companies/Current-Portfolio/
Full Portfolio
Buyout Investments
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Control, joint control
Growth opportunities, leading market position,
performance improvement potential
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
• Dominik Stein
• Joined EQT in September 2006
• Partner
• Head of TMT Sector
• Board member of Sportradar, Springer SBM, Bureau
van Dijk, Sitecore, Kuoni GTA
• Fabian Wasmus
• Joined EQT in January 2006
• Partner
• Deputy Head of TMT Sector
• Board member of Internetstores, Avenso, UDG,
Kfzteile24
www.eqt.se
[email protected]
[email protected]
+49 89 25 54 99 36
+49 89 25 54 99 50
Francisco Partners
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
Assets under Mgmt
FUND DESCRIPTION
San Francisco / London
1999
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.
$2.85 bn
Yes
In excess of $8bn
•  Leading online wealth management platform
$50mm - $1bn
•  Leading peer-to-peer financing platform
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
North America and EMEA
•  Software that optimizes the business practices of service organizations
Software, Internet, Services and Systems
Active
Control, joint control and minority
Providing capital to companies facing strategic
or operational inflection points
http://www.franciscopartners.com/
[email protected]
+44 (020) 7907 8600
Full Portfolio
•  http://www.franciscopartners.com/investments
KEY CONTACTS
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•  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
KKR
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
FUND DESCRIPTION
New York, London, Menlo Park, Hong Kong,
Tokyo, São Paulo and others
1976
190 Investment Professionals
50 Operational Professionals
Europe III (€6bn size)
Flexible
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.
$96bn globally
• Leading provider of wireless audio and home theatre products for the connected
home
Growth Equity: $10m - $100m
Private Equity: $100m - $2bn equity
• Community and e-commerce sites in the automotive, careers, home, shopping, and
travel and leisure verticals
Global
• Leading multi-vertical eRetailer focused on health & fitness, beauty & apparel
Media, Technology, Consumer, Retail,
Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare,
Infrastructure and others
• Provider of enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) software
• Innovator of artificial intelligence & machine learning software for IT automation
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Active
Flexible deal structuring, including minority
positions or partnerships
Best-in-class Mgt. team, operational &
technology excellence, growth potential,
profitability or clear path to profitability
KEY CONTACTS
• Philipp Freise
• Head of Media Europe
www.kkr.com
• Lucian Schönefelder
Contact Email
Contact Phone
[email protected]
+44 (20) 7104 2552
• Head of Digital Media Europe
Maryland GmbH
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
FUND DESCRIPTION
Hamburg
2004
7
Not disclosed
Yes
AUM
Not disclosed
€100m - €1bn
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Maryland GmbH is the direct investment division of Mayfair SE, the private family office of Günter and Daniela
Herz, 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 branded
consumer & retail, online/digital media, or the services sector. Transaction structures may range from minority to
majority holdings, private or public companies, typically on an all-equity basis.
• 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)
•
•
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Europe, Americas
Consumer & Retail, Online,
Media, Business Services
• #3 global sporting goods brand leading in the sport lifestyle segment
• Mayfair acquired 27% holding in 2005; sold to PPR in 2007
Active
Sustainable long-term growth prospects,
Unique proprietary assets, International/global
business model, Low capital intensity
Strong management team
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
KEY CONTACTS
• Hinrich Stahl
• Responsible for Mayfair’s direct investments since
2004
• Previously Apax Partners and McKinsey & Co.
• MBA INSEAD (Fontainebleau)
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
N/A
[email protected]
+49 (0) 40 320 878 0
• Helge Lützen
• Joined Maryland in 2008
• Director
• Previously Citigroup Global Markets
• ebs Oestrich-Winkel
Oakley Capital Private Equity
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
Use of Debt
AUM
Target Geographies
Target Sectors
Investment Style
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, UK
2001
€524m
Yes
over €750m
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.
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•  Parship is the leading online dating service for discerning singles in German-speaking
Europe.
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•  Founded in 2008, Facile is Italy’s leading online destination for consumers to compare
prices for motor insurance, energy, telecoms and personal finance.
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•  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/
€30 – €100 million
Western Europe, US
Digital Consumer, TMT
Active
Primarily majority
Primary, proprietary, buy & build, entrepreneur
or founder led
KEY CONTACTS
•  Peter Dubens
•  Managing Partner & Co-Founder
www.oakleycapital.com
[email protected]
+44 (0) 20 7766 6900
•  Rebecca Gibson
•  Partner
•  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 joined Oakley in 2014, where her focus is on
deal origination, execution, portfolio management and
position realisation
•  Email:
[email protected] •  Previously a Partner at Cinven and a strategy consultant
at Bain & Company in the UK & South Africa
TPG
Offices
Founded
Employees
Current Fund Size
FUND DESCRIPTION
London, San Francisco, Beijing, Chongqing,
Hong Kong, Melbourne, Moscow, Mumbai,
New York, Paris, São Paulo, Shanghai,
Singapore and Tokyo
1992
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.
Over 250 (of which 25 in Europe)
$19bn
Use of Debt
AUM
Yes
More than $100m
Target Geographies
Europe, US, Asia
Target Sectors
Technology, Internet, Digital Media
Full Portfolio
Investment Style
•
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.
•
www.tpg.com
$66bn
Active board members
KEY CONTACTS
Deal Structures
Website
Contact Email
Contact Phone
Market leaders; strong growth prospects; unit
economics that work
•
Karl Peterson
•
TPG since 1995
•
Head of Europe.
•
Former founder / CEO of Hotwire.com
•
•
Malte Janzarik
•
TPG since 2005
•
Vice President
•
www.tpg.com
[email protected]
+442075446518

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