5Y Capital, previously known as Morningside Venture Capital, is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Shanghai, China, with additional offices in Beijing and Hong Kong. Founded in 1992, it specializes in early-stage investments across a wide range of sectors, including healthcare, technology, fintech, consumer services, media, and education. The firm manages approximately USD 3 billion in funds, leveraging investments from prominent sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and other institutional investors. With an initial investment threshold of over USD 500,000 per portfolio company, 5Y Capital focuses primarily on opportunities in China and other emerging markets in Asia and the Pacific. It is a subsidiary of the Morningside Group, which has a long-standing commitment to socially responsible investing and philanthropic initiatives, particularly in education and scientific research.
Placeholder is a venture capital firm established in 2017 and based in New York City. It focuses on investing in decentralized information networks, operating with a thesis-driven approach to identify and support innovative projects in this space. The firm seeks to harness the potential of emerging technologies and decentralized systems to foster new business models and enhance information accessibility.
Pantera Capital is an investment firm based in Menlo Park that specializes exclusively in Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and associated companies. Founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead, a former chief financial officer and head of Macro Trading at Tiger Management, the firm initially focused on global macro hedge fund investments until it transitioned in 2014 to concentrate on the digital currency sector. Pantera Capital recognizes Bitcoin as a transformative financial technology, likening its potential impact on payments to the Internet's influence on communications and commerce. The firm is backed by notable shareholders, including Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, and Ribbit Capital.
Coinbase is an online platform based in San Francisco that enables merchants, consumers, and traders to buy, sell, and store various cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. Founded in 2012, Coinbase provides users with the ability to create digital wallets and connect their bank accounts for seamless transactions. The platform also offers merchant payment processing tools designed to support high-traffic websites. Additionally, Coinbase Ventures serves as the company's investment arm, focusing on early-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups. With a mission to foster an open financial system globally, Coinbase continues to play a significant role in the evolving landscape of digital currency.
As one of the largest and most active venture capital fund partners in Central and Eastern Europe our mission is to create new ways of equity funding for innovative small and medium-sized enterprises with high growth potential as well as more traditional businesses for the purpose of establishing a sustainable and competitive SME and enterprise ecosystem both in Hungary and in the region
Founded in 2009, Founder Collective is a venture capital firm headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and San Francisco, California. The firm specializes in seed-stage and early-stage investments, primarily targeting technology-related companies across various sectors, including e-commerce, healthcare, advertising, mobile, and the Internet of Things. With approximately $50 million under management, Founder Collective focuses on East Coast investments while maintaining a global reach. The firm is built by a network of successful entrepreneurs and is industry agnostic, though it prefers companies with a strong information technology component.
Science is a California-based investment firm founded in 2012 that focuses on early-stage investments in technology companies, with a particular interest in markets in the United States and India. The firm specializes in incubation, seed, and early-stage investments across various sectors, including fintech, blockchain, mobile media, Internet of Things, gaming, and mobile applications. Science has co-founded and invested in over 60 companies, demonstrating a commitment to identifying entrenched markets and societal shifts, as well as fostering disruptive ideas through highly focused teams. With a preference for minority stakes in its portfolio companies, Science operates from its headquarters in Santa Monica and maintains additional offices in Karnataka, India, and Yerevan, Armenia.
Value Creation Capital is a private equity firm based in Bilthoven, Netherlands, founded in 2005 by Aldebert Wiersinga, Jos Bourgonje, and Wilfried van Haeren. The firm specializes in investing in growth companies, management buyouts, and management buy-ins, specifically within the information technology sector and high-tech companies. Its investment focus includes software as a service (SaaS), managed services, web services, nanotechnology, cybersecurity software, managed security services, safety management, data analytics, data visualization, and the Internet of Things. Value Creation Capital typically invests between $200,000 and $2 million, primarily in the Benelux region. In addition to financial investments, the firm offers services in development and operations, finance and planning, and management and governance, and also engages in co-investments.
Firestartr helps the most promising digital entrepreneurs take their companies from seed stage to Series A and beyond. Beyond providing capital, they draw on their entrepreneurial successes and senior operational experience with leading technology companies to support sustainable growth in their portfolio. Their deep domain expertise, combined with an unrivalled network of advisors, enable us to make meaningful connections at the right time and propel companies with hands-on support.
Global Founders Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in Berlin, Germany, with a focus on empowering entrepreneurs globally. The firm is stage agnostic, investing in companies across various sectors, including internet, software, fintech, e-commerce, and telecommunications. Global Founders Capital typically invests in the equity of young technology companies, with a preference for startups located in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Vietnam, Colombia, Europe, the United States, and China. Investment amounts range from €0.01 million to €10 million, with specific allocations varying by stage: seed investments typically between €0.1 million and €1 million, early-stage investments between €1 million and €3 million, and growth-stage investments between €3 million and €8 million. The firm often seeks to be the lead investor and aims to secure board representation in its portfolio companies.