Investors in Meeting Software

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.

Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital fund, built by a collection of successful entrepreneurs. The firm is headquartered in New York City and Cambridge, but makes investments all over the world. With $50M under management, the fund is focused on East coast investments. Founder Collective is industry agnostic, but the firm prefers companies that have an information technology component.

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.

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.

Salesforce Ventures is the venture capital arm of salesforce.com, inc. specializing in startups, co-investments, and late venture investments in companies that are raising an institutional round of financing. The firm seeks to invest in artificial Intelligence, cloud computing, enterprise technology, mobile technology and mobile enterprise companies creating apps for mobile phones including programs that work on the Salesforce1 mobile platform, listed on the firm’s app exchange, machine learning and intelligence, verticals, internet of things, and wearable smart devices and connected products. It prefers not to lead deals. Salesforce Ventures is based in San Francisco, California.

Trind Ventures is an early stage VC fund based in Tallinn, Estonia. Investing in start-ups across Europe, from seed rounds all the way to sustainability, with a focus on ICT. Trind Ventures partners are Joel Aasmäe, Ivar Siimar, Kimmo Irpola and Taavi Lepmets.

Next47 GmbH is an venture capital arm of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft specializing in seed and startup investments. The firm typically invests in Artificial Intelligence, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Cyber Security, Autonomous Driving, IoT, Robotics, Advanced Manufacturing, Autonomous Machines, Blockchain Applications, and Connected (E-) Mobility, Distributed Electrification. Next47 GmbH was founded in October 2016 and is based in Munich, Germany with additional offices in Palo Alto, California; Beijing, China; Boston, Massachusetts; London, United Kingdom; Paris, France; Rosh Haayin, Israel; Shanghai, China; Stockholm, Sweden; and Tel Aviv, Israel.

Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that powers a global community of entrepreneurs. Accel backs entrepreneurs who have what it takes to build a world-class, category-defining business. The company brings more than three decades of experience in building and supporting companies. Accel’s vision for entrepreneurship andbusiness enables it to identify and invest in the companies that will be responsible for the growth of next-generation industries. Accel-backed companies include Atlassian, Braintree, Cloudera, DJI, Dropbox, Dropcam, Etsy, Facebook, Flipkart, Lookout Security, MoPub, Qualtrics, Slack, Spotify, Supercell, Vox Media, and others. Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz founded it in Palo Alto, California in 1983.

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.

Bessemer Venture Partners traces its roots to 1911 when Henry Phipps established what was to become Bessemer Securities Corporation (BVP's principal limited partner) as an investment firm for the benefit of his descendants, starting with his share of the proceeds from the sale of Carnegie Steel. Today, BVP manages more than $4 billion of venture capital invested in over 130 companies. The firm focuses its investments in Cleantech, Cloud Computing, Data Security, Financial Services, Healthcare, India Opportunities, Israel Opportunities and Online Retail. Generally, Bessemer leads the first institutional round of equity in its portfolio companies, with investments that range from $4 to $10 million. At times the firm will participate in a later round of funding, and occasionally will make very small seed stage investments of under $1 million, or incubate companies in its offices in New York, Silicon Valley, Boston, Sao Paulo, Mumbai, and Herzliya, Israel.