Investors in Analytics

Insight Partners is the most trusted scale-up firm in the software industry. Their team of industry-leading experts partner with companies to drive extraordinary success that is fueled by know-how, grit, and hands-on collaboration. Founded in 1995, Insight currently has over $20 billion of assets under management and has cumulatively invested in more than 300 companies worldwide. Across their people and their portfolio, they encourage a culture around a core belief: growth equals opportunity.

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.

The Techstars Dubai Accelerator in partnership with GINCO is expanding Techstars’ presence in the Middle East. GINCO is a full service general contracting firm, covering the full lifecycle of the construction process from concept to execution and supervision. Dubai is known for their leadership in technology innovation. Pioneering entrepreneurs leading innovative companies solving challenges in transportation, construction, wellness, IoT, robotics, & beyond should apply, no matter your location.

Ulu Ventures provides early-stage investments to enterprise cloud and smart data companies. The seed-stage venture firm focused primarily on enterprise IT, Ulu focuses on the market opportunity created by the Stanford and Silicon Valley communities. It seeks to generate financial results using a disciplined, repeatable decision-making process that analyzes risk-reward trade-offs. Ulu also follows the logical principles of portfolio construction. This approach makes the firm conventional in the world of institutional investors but contrarian as compared to other VCs. In 2018, Clint Korver and Miriam Rivera established the firm in Palo Alto, California.

SOSV is venture capital firm and an accelerator specializing in technology startups. The firm also specializes in seed, early venture, growth capital, venture and growth-stage funding to disruptive startups. The firm typically invests in information technology with a focus on hardware, software, leap motion, sales and biotechnology, telecommunications, energy efficiency technology, energy, green energy, medical devices, transportation, robotics, internet, and social media; it also invests in the food sector. It seeks to invest globally with a focus on United States, Europe, and Asia including China. The firm typically invests between $0.01 million and $0.05 million and offers a two-four month program in exchange for equity. The firm prefers to invest as the lead investor. SOSV was founded in 1995 and is based in Princeton, New Jearsey with additional offices in United States of America, Europe, and Asia.

Coatue is a privately owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm invests in the public equity markets globally focusing on investments in technology, media and telecommunications in addition to other sectors. It employs long/short strategy to make its investments. Coatue Management was founded in 1999 and is based in New York City.

Battery Ventures is a private equity and venture capital investment firm specializing in seed, start-up, early and late stage ventures, leveraged buy-outs, acquisitions, growth equity, PIPES, spin-outs, roll-ups, later stage, take private transactions, mid-market buyouts, special situations, expansion deals, secondary transactions, and distressed situations. The firm seeks to invest in companies of all stages. The firm specializes in equity and debt investments in technology driven companies. It primarily invests in the following sectors: web infrastructure; e-commerce; internet; internet applications; digital marketing technologies; social applications; mobile applications and services; healthcare information technology; mobile development platforms; consumer internet; digital media; information and data services; software as a service; healthcare; content management and monetization; data collection and analysis technologies; enterprise software; enterprise IT; green IT; analytics; interactive multiplayer gaming; next generation financial products and transaction systems; IT infrastructure; online marketplaces, social media, network monitoring and management, mobile data, data centers, wired/wireless service providers, media, financial services and technologies; marketing services; technology enabled businesses and services; process control automation; specialty retail; media; education; clean technology; fintech, communications infrastructure; analytical instrumentation for laboratory applications; advanced technology; security; communication services; and infrastructure technologies focusing in the areas of big data, cloud computing infrastructure, open source, data center management, networking including networking for virtualized and cloud environment, virtualization, storage, disaster recovery, and semiconductors. For private equity investments, the firm focuses on companies operating in cleantech, software; financial services; technology enabled businesses; IT services and outsourcing; communications components, systems, and services; and industrial technology sectors. It also invests in, cable infrastructure; network and wireless infrastructure; security software and services; computing and storage infrastructure; application software; e-commerce products and services and retail; consumer technology; energy; and materials industries. The firm seeks to invest in companies globally and specifically based in United States; Canada; China; Europe; North America; India (focused on the, consumer finance; consumer internet; mobile; software; technology enabled services; BPO / ITES; components, infrastructure and communications services; and clean technology sectors); and Israel (focused on the, advanced materials and clean technology; communications services and infrastructure; financial services and technology enabled businesses; and semiconductors and components sectors). It seeks to make investments globally. It primarily invests between $5 million and $50 million over the life of the investment and has the ability to invest up to $100 million. The firm invests between $0.05 million and $50 million in seed and early stage investments or more in late stage or expansion investments. In case of private equity and buyout investments the firm can invest over $100 million equity in companies with revenues between $5 million and $200 million with an EBITDA from negative to $25 million. In case of investments in India, the firm invests $1 million to $10 million in early stage investments and between $20 million and $100 million in growth stage investments. It primarily acts as the lead institutional investor in its investments and also syndicates investments. The firm seeks to take board membership in its portfolio companies. It usually takes a minority or majority stake in its companies. It also invests private equity in undervalued companies. The firm invests about 20 percent of its funds to private equity. Battery Ventures was founded in 1983 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in Boston, Menlo Park, California; Herzliya, Israel; London, United Kingdom; Mumbai, India; New York City, New York and San Francisco, California.

Intel Capital, Intel's strategic investment program, is one of the largest worldwide corporate venture programs investing in the technology segment. With an overall strategy to stimulate advances in computing and communications, the Intel Capital team seeks out, and invests in, promising companies worldwide, working together to establish new and innovative technologies, develop industry standard solutions, drive Internet growth, and advance the computing platform. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than $11.6 billion in approximately 1,437 companies in 57 countries. In that timeframe, 212 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and 377 were acquired or participated in a merger.

Founded in 2010, Xiang He Capital is a Palo Alto-headquartered firm that targets early to growth-stage investments across the United States and China.

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed stage, very-early stage, expansion, early stage, mid stage, late stage, and growth stage start-ups, series A, and series B rounds. It makes investments in information technology with a focus on communications, security, applications and services media, social networks, big data, security, fashion, e-commerce, semiconductors, water purification, B2B commerce, SaaS, open source, networking, enabling platform, components and EDA, consumer and internet infrastructure, enterprise software, software, mobile software, bitcoin, gaming, and wireless, and cloud computing; life sciences and healthcare with a focus on healthcare infrastructure, antibodies, molecule drugs, drug discovery, drug development, screening and diagnostics and medical devices; education; commerce; marketplace; financial services, and payment; branded consumer products ; green technology; biotechnology; clean technology; financial technology; and therapeutic companies with a focus on cardiovascular, respiratory, oncology, CNS, immunology, and inflammation. The firm seeks to invest in Europe with a focus on Poland, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Berlin, London, and Stockholm; Ireland; Israel, with a focus on Tel Aviv; and United States with a focus on New York city and San Francisco. The firm can co-invest with local venture capitalists outside of Europe. The firm typically invests between €0.05 million ($0.069 million) and $72.61 million and can sometime invest as little as $500,000 in seed rounds. It may also invest $1 million or $2 million in very-early stages. The firm seeks to invest between $5 million and $20 million in a company over the life of an investment. It targets investments in companies having sales between $21.78 million and $29.04 million. The firm seeks to take a minority stake, have a board seat, and does not seek control its portfolio companies through ownership. It also invests into rounds for companies already in its portfolio but still young. Index Ventures was founded in 1996 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland with additional offices in San Francisco, California; London, United Kingdom; and St. Helier, Channel Islands.