Investors in Growth

Toba Capital is an investment firm committed to helping create incredible technology companies. We specialize in business applications, IT, and internet infrastructure markets.

Since 1986, Pelion Venture Partners has been helping entrepreneurs turn early-stage concepts into tomorrow's industry-leading companies. Pelion invests in early-stage B2B software across the US. With 7 investment team members, Pelion has deep and diverse industry and investment experience. They are hands-on in their approach and work collaboratively with each portfolio company.

TVC Capital, LLC is a private equity and venture capital arm of Relational Group, LLC specializing in lower middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in acquisitions, growth equity, turnaround, development and expansion stage, later stage, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, growth and industry consolidation, and restructurings. It prefers to invest in software and software-enabled services (SaaS) offerings and industry verticals, e-commerce enablers, BI: enterprise and social analytics; collaboration and communication; CRM, sales and lead management, context aware computing enablers, enterprise resource planning, enterprise video, cloud enablement, fintech, digital health, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, education, financial services, predictive analytics, wireless telecommunication services, enterprise software, application software, online services, virtualization, mobile/location based applications, digital media, video, security, content and data management, storage, and internet pure plays. The firm targets companies based in the United States with a focus on Chula Vista to Santa Barbara territory. It typically invests between $2 million and $4 million in companies with revenues between $2.5 million and $10 million and with positive EBITDA. The firm prefer to have majority and minority interests and prefers to exit its investment between three years and five years. It was previously known as Titan Investment Partners. TVC Capital, LLC was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Founded in 1982, The Jordan Company is a middle-market private equity firm that invests in businesses across a wide range of industries. The firm is focused on leverage buyouts and recapitalizations.

Sequoia Capital Global Equities extends Sequoia Capital’s technology investing efforts into the public markets. SCGE currently manages over $7 billion and invests in companies across the global technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors, primarily focusing on software, internet, financial technology, and technology-enabled consumer businesses. The firm’s portfolio consists of concentrated, long-term investments in leading companies across the world. While the majority of the portfolio is comprised of public companies, SCGE also partners with entrepreneurs through late-stage private crossover investments, often investing alongside Sequoia Growth funds. The firm’s private portfolio includes emerging leaders in the United States, China, India, Brazil, Korea, and Israel. As these private companies become public, SCGE grows the partnership with additional investments at the IPO and beyond.

Merida Capital Partners is a private equity fund targeting fundamental growth drivers underpinning the rapid development of the cannabis industry. Our investment emphasis focuses on cultivation technologies, products and services associated with the evolution of cannabis as an agricultural product, a natural plant-based medicine, a constituent in pharmaceutical formulations, and a recreational consumer product.

Founded in 1971, Commonfund is an asset management company based in Connecticut. The firm primarily focuses on two activities which are:alternative strategies and outsourced investment management.

Established in 1992, GrowthWorks is an asset management firm that targets early-stage investments in cleantech, healthcare and technology sectors in Canada.

Collaborative Fund aims to be the leading source of capital and strategic support for creative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. The fund focuses on two themes: the increasing importance of values as they relate to the decisions people make about who they work for, what they buy, and how they spend their time; and the shift from an economy based on hyper-consumption to one based on Collaborative Consumption. These two forces present a significant opportunity for new technologies, products, and services to reinvent how society conducts business and transform daily lives. According to published reports, investors in the $6 million fund include GM O'Connell, Nicholas Negroponte, Jason Krikorian (co-founder of Sling Media), Ben Goldhirsh (heir to the Inc. Magazine fortune), and Brendan Synnot (founder of the 'Bear Naked' and 'Revelry' brands).

Founded in 2009, East Ventures is a Tokyo-headquartered investment firm with an office in Singapore and Indonesia, targeting early-stage technology companies. EV Growth is a joint venture between East Ventures, SMDV and YJ Capital that focuses on providing growth capital to startups in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia with an industry agnostic focus. The joint venture was started in March 2018.