GAWA Capital is impact investment company that promotes social and economic development by leveraging private capital markets. It raises and manages investment funds to support the growth of social enterprises in under-served markets, while seeking financial returns for investors and a positive impact for society.
Accion is a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a pioneering legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing. We catalyze financial service providers to deliver high-quality, affordable solutions at scale for the three billion people who are left out of – or poorly served by – the financial sector. For more than 50 years, Accion has helped tens of millions of people through its work with more than 90 partners in 40 countries.
TMT Investments PLC is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in startups, small and mid-sized companies. It does invest in pre-growth projects. It prefers to invest in technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors. It seeks to invest in mobile software applications, cloud solutions, online travel services in emerging markets, business SaaS tools, Social discovery shopping, e-payment systems, cloud solutions, social networking, and internet-based companies. The firm is not geographically restricted in its investments. It considers investments of at least $0.15 million. For private companies, the firm typically invests at least USD$ 0.25 million. For pre-growth stage it invests between $0.25 million and $1 million and for growth stage it invests between $0.25 million and $3 million. The firm typically stays invested from two to four years. It prefers to realize its investments through the sale or merger of a company; the sale of securities of a company by means of public or private offerings; or the disposal of public equity investments through the stock exchanges on which they are listed. For private companies, the firm invests in growth and pre-growth stages in small and mid-sized companies. It prefers to invest in private companies seeking capital for growth and development, consolidation or acquisition, or as a pre-IPO financing. It prefers to invest in the form of equity and convertible loans. The firm prefers to secure at least blocking stakes and board representation in the private companies it invests in. It considers equity investments in lower than blocking stakes only where it sees ways to increase the stakes to blocking or controlling stakes at a later date. The firm also seeks to invest in publicly traded equities which have securities listed on a stock exchange or over-the-counter market and also provides convertible loans. These investments may be in combination with additional debt or equity-related financing, and with other value added financial and/or strategic investors. TMT Investments PLC was established in 2010 and is based in St Helier, Jersey.
First Round Capital is a venture capital firm willing to invest in pre-revenue companies, often providing a company's first outside capital. The partners look to take an active role in most of the companies they invest in. First Round Capital invests nationally and has additional offices in San Francisco and New York. The firm's typical initial investment is around $500,000. First Round Capital has coordinated the first ever VC-sponsored Exchange Fund. This fund allows qualified First Round Capital entrepreneurs to contribute a small piece of the stock they own in their company and share in the performance of all the other companies in the fund. Members of the First Round Capital Community have raised over $2.5 billion in follow-on capital to date. First Rounds's $20 million in total initial investments (in those companies that have been in the portfolio for over a year) have been followed by $850 million in financing from later-stage venture firms - a roughly 36-1 ratio.
Alumni Ventures Group, formerly known as Launch Angels Management Company, LLC, is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, startups and early-stage investments. The firm is sector and geographic agnostic. Alumni Ventures Group was founded in 2013 and is based in Winchester, Massachusetts.
BoxGroup is an early stage investment fund. Our typical investment ranges from $50,000 to $250,000.
We are based in New York City (and proud of that). We actively invest in New York, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles though we don’t believe geography is a constraint.
Our goal is to back the best entrepreneurs regardless of location or stage. We view investing as a journey where we support companies based on conviction in the team. We look to partner with extraordinary entrepreneurs building disruptive technology companies and with visions to create the next generation of category defining businesses.
Wexford Capital is an investment advisor which boasts $6.5 billion of assets under management. According to its website, it manages a series of hedge and private equity funds. It is based on Greenwich, CT.
Established in 2002, Frontier Venture Capital is a California-headquartered private equity firm targeting early-stage investments in technology companies in the United States.
GSV Ventures is a global venture capital fund focused on the rapidly growing digital education market from Pre-K to Gray. We back early and late stage entrepreneurs transforming the $7 trillion digital education and future of work sectors. Investments include Coursera, ClassDojo, Degreed, and Guild Education. GSV is also the convener of the world renowned ASU+GSV Summit. The 11th annual summit gathered 35,000 founders, investors, educators, and policy makers from 135 countries.