Investors in Collaborative Consumption

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).

Global Founders Capital Management GmbH is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, early, growth, emerging growth, mid venture and late ventures. The firm focuses on investing in the equity of young technology companies. It prefers to invest in internet, software, Fintech, e-commerce and wireless projects. The firm invests globally with a focus on Southeast Asia, Middle East, North Africa, Vietnam, Colombia, Europe, the United States, and China. The firm prefers to invest between €0.01 million ($0.01 million) and €10 million ($12.9 million). The firm invests between €0.1 million ($0.137 million) and €1 million ($1.38 million) during the seed stage, €1 million ($1.38 million) and €3 million ($4.14 million) during the early stage, and €3 million ($4.14 million) and €8 million ($11.03 million) during the growth stage. It prefers to be the lead investor and have a board seat in its portfolio companies. Global Founders Capital Management GmbH was founded in 2006 and is based in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. It operates as a subsidiary of Rocket Internet AG.

A Rockstart Accelerator is an intensive startup program that helps entrepreneurs take their companies from early traction to the global market in 6 months. It provides investment, office space, highly specialized knowledge, and access to a broad network of international mentors, partners and investors. During this program, the startups enroll in 30+ workshops on Lean Startup, Growth Strategies, Fundraising, Sales, PR & Marketing, Team & Personal development, Legal & Finance and more. After 100 days the entrepreneurs present their companies to investors, partners, entrepreneurs and industry journalists in Demo Day. Finally, in a month-long program in Silicon Valley startups expand their international network and learn from the world’s leading tech scene.

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow. We want to become the closest partner of our portfolio companies by working together on key strategic decisions and operative challenges. As a privately financed venture capital investor with long-term and flexible capital we are looking for exceptional founders who are committed to building category leaders throughout the next 5-10+ years. We invest in early-stage technology ventures with a focus on Real Estate, Finance & Insurance, Human Resources, Renewable Energy, Mobility, and Health. Picus makes initial investments in pre-seed, seed and series A ventures thereby starting to work together with entrepreneurs in various stages of their companies ranging from ideation phase to initial traction. We follow a very long-term investment approach investing significant amounts throughout the lifecycle of the companies. We have invested in over 50 companies to date. At Picus we work in a culture combining the discipline of a financial investor with the creativity and pragmatism of an entrepreneur. We follow a comprehensive and well-structured investment approach in order to identify the most attractive and ambitious investment opportunities in our target industries and geographies. Within our core investment team every member has a distinctive industry competence and a functional or geographic focus. We are working closely together with our portfolio companies to develop large and successful market leaders. This comprises in particular leveraging our marketing & sales expertise and our global market perspective to provide strategic advice, providing HR management to grant access to top talent, connecting our portfolio companies with our broad B2B & investor network as well as supporting the fundraising process.

Bpifrance assists companies, booting up the listing on the stock exchange, credit equity. Bpifrance includes OSEO , CDC Entreprises , FSI and FSI Regions to offer in your area of financial solutions at every stage of the life of your business. These companies will be made ​​to Bpifrance after the General Meeting of 12 July 2013. They become the same day, first Bpifrance Finance (ex- SLA ) and secondly Bpifrance I nvestment (comprising CDC Entreprises , FSI and FSI regions ). CDC Entreprises, FSI and FSI Regions will be in the second half, after obtaining social and regulatory approvals, merged into one management company: Bpifrance Investment. The role of Bpifrance is to support the financing of the French economy.

IDInvest Partners SA, previously known as AGF Private Equity, S.A, is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct investments, fund of funds investments, secondary investments, co-investments/ LBOs, growth capital, private debt / mezzanine, capital restructuring, senior loans, buyouts, spin off, refinancing, recapitalization, financing internal growth and acquisitions and debt refinancing in low and middle market segments. For direct investments, it focuses on venture capital and private equity investments and finances the creation and development of young companies and invests primarily in the first or second venture capital financing rounds. The firm also invests in younger or early venture and seed, and start-up companies, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, middle market, turnaround and mature companies. It invests in all sectors but it has a particular focus on information technology mainly on Web-based and web services, internet of things, e-commerce, Internet/media, digital software, systems software, smart cities, high-tech-intensive businesses in the software, semiconductors development companies, fintech, intelligent objects, telecommunications, enterprise software and networking equipment, mobile messaging, office and home productivity software, networks, retail, food, materials, infrastructure, distribution, components; environmental sectors and technologies mainly for preservation of natural resources, waste management and emissions reduction; innovative projects focusing on new technologies to encourage low carbon energy models, eco-mobility, healthcare focusing on biopharmaceuticals, biotechnology, diagnostics, medicine of the future, medical instruments and services, white biotechnologies, and life sciences; and clean technology focusing on renewable energy, energy efficiency and savings, alternative energy sources, renewable power generation, biogas, marine power, solar energy, and sustainable development sectors, photovoltaics, windmill, energy storage and storage technologies, and digital power such as in smart grid and intelligent power systems as well as in energy and resource efficiency, electric vehicles, electronics, air and water treatment, agriculture green chemicals, clean transportation, and carbon finance sectors. It also invest in climate change, smart city, agricultural modernization, food safety, health, environmental technologies, financial technologies, digital technologies, agri food industries, agricultural technology, Internet sectors, the clean energy production sector, especially in renewable energy, wind and solar power, biomass, geothermal, enterprise software, fintech, artificial intelligence, big data, virtual reality, Internet of Things (IoT), cybersecurity, robotization, chemical industry, materials, packaging. For fund of funds investments, the firm targets primary funds, secondary transactions, and co-investments in French funds, including mature private equity, venture capital and mezzanine funds, focusing on the middle market segments. It participates in leverage buyout co-investment operations on a case-by-case basis and also makes secondary acquisitions of stakes in funds or asset portfolios. It concentrates its investments in leverage buyout funds. However, the firm diversifies its investments moderately through venture capital funds in order to benefit from research and development into new products in Europe. The firm prefers to invest in mid-cap and unlisted small and medium size companies, though it also considers investments in listed companies based in the European Union focusing on France with a particular preference on the former French regions of Pays-de-la-Loire, Île-de-France, Centre, Brittany, Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Burgundy, Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées even if their commercial activities extend to other geographical areas. It also invests in North America including United States, in North-East Asia, mainly in China, Japan and Korean and in Germany, Benelux and Northern Europe such as Switzerland and Norway. The firm provides private equity consulting in discretionary/non-discretionary investment services. It typically invests between €0.5 million ($0.7 million) and €40 million ($45.52 million) in each round, in companies with revenues of €1 million ($1.41 million) to €200 million ($227.53.44 million) and enterprise value between €10 million ($13.53 million) and €1000 million ($1353.52 million). The firm has the capacity to invest up to €10 million ($13.53 million) per company over several rounds of financing. IDInvest Partners SA invests between €2 million ($2.71 million) and €10 million ($13.53 million) per round and up to €15 million ($20.30 million) over the entire financing cycle. The firm typically invests between €3 million ($4.06 million) and €20 million ($27.07 million) per deal in LBOs. It acts as the leader or co-leader in its investment operations and generally takes a seat on the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board of its portfolio companies. The firm takes minority stakes of 10% to 35% in its investee companies but when co-investing it can take majority stakes. It seeks to exit its investments in three to five years. It was formerly part of Allianz till 2010. IDInvest Partners SA was founded in 1997 and is based in Paris, France with additional offices in Frankfurt, Germany and Shanghai, China. IDInvest Partners SA operates as a former subsidiary of Groupe IDI.

Eurazeo SE is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in growth capital, leveraged buyouts, and buyins of a private company, and investments in mid-market and listed public companies. The firm seeks to invest in medium-sized or large companies, SMEs, high growth companies, and real estate management and investment activities. It does not have any restrictions regarding the sectors in which it invests but prefers to invest in services, leisure and mobility, real estate, fintech, investment activities, distribution, industry, luxury, consumer goods, business services, consumer and retail brands, and health sectors. The firm seeks to invest in consumer brands with a focus on beauty, personal care, household care, juvenile products, apparel, accessories, home, jewelry, leisure, health, fitness, beverage, and food companies based in United States and Europe. It typically invests in companies with a differentiated concept and global growth potential. The firm identifies companies upstream, carefully selecting them primarily from sectors driven by digital transformation and focusing on changes in lifestyle and consumption (mobility, online buying, collaboration models, etc.) It primarily invests in United States, France, Italy, and other European countries. The firm typically invests between $10 million and €800 million ($892.55 million) in companies with enterprise values of more than €150/200 million ($163.74 million/$218.30 million) and $7108.9 million. It limits each investment to less than 10 percent to 15 percent of its net asset value. The firm can also invest where its equity or quasi-equity stake is between €175 million ($195.25 million) and €800 million ($892.55 million). It prefers to acquire majority stakes in its portfolio companies. The firm may invest in public companies either taking the public company to private, and then doing a leveraged buyout or in the form of private investment in public equity (PIPE). The firm invests for a period of five to seven years. It exits its investment by sale to a manufacturer, sale to a financial investor, or through an IPO. Eurazeo SE was founded in 1969 and is based in Paris, France with additional offices in New York, New York; Shanghai, China and São Paulo, Brazil.

Established in 1995, Valor Equity Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm that is focused on providing investments in consumer, infrastructure, industrial services and manufacturing sectors in the United States.

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.

Brand Foundry Ventures is a consumer only venture capital firm based in New York. The firm seeks to invest in e-commerce, mobile commerce, consumer products, and consumer devices.