Tiger Global Management is an investment firm established in 2001 and headquartered in New York, with affiliate offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangalore, and Melbourne. The firm focuses on both private and public markets, seeking to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns for its investors over the long term. Its investment strategy emphasizes fundamentally oriented opportunities primarily in the global Internet, technology, telecom, media, consumer, and industrial sectors. In private equity, Tiger Global targets growth-oriented companies with a ten-year investment horizon, while its public equity strategy relies on thorough due diligence to identify long-term trends. The firm prioritizes values such as integrity, intellectual honesty, continuous improvement, teamwork, and a commitment to excellence and long-term thinking.
Accel-KKR LLC is a private equity firm focused on growth capital and middle market investments, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Atlanta and London. The firm specializes in buyouts of non-core divisions from larger companies, acquisitions of closely held private firms, and going-private transactions for small public companies. Accel-KKR targets businesses with revenues between $10 million and $200 million, often preferring majority ownership or control investments. Its primary investment area is the technology sector, which includes software, Internet technologies, and IT-enabled services, as well as various sub-segments like enterprise software, telecommunications equipment, and business process outsourcing. The firm seeks to provide liquidity and growth capital to companies that prefer to remain private or lack the scale to enter public markets. Accel-KKR commits capital ranging from less than $10 million to over $100 million, aiming to foster long-term growth in its portfolio companies.
Insight Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm established in 1995, specializing in growth-stage investments in software, internet, and data services companies. With over $20 billion in assets under management, the firm has invested in more than 300 companies worldwide. Insight Partners emphasizes a hands-on approach to collaboration, leveraging the expertise of its team to foster significant growth and success for its portfolio companies. The firm promotes a culture that views growth as a pathway to opportunity, positioning itself as a trusted partner in the software industry.
Ulu Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2008 by Clint Korver and Miriam Rivera. The firm specializes in seed-stage and early-stage investments, primarily targeting technology-enabled services across various sectors, including enterprise IT, educational technology, legal informatics, digital media, mobile, IoT, FinTech, AgTech, and online advertising. Ulu Ventures focuses on opportunities within the Bay Area, particularly in the Stanford and Silicon Valley ecosystems. The firm typically collaborates with other investors to make cumulative investments ranging from $500,000 to $1 million, emphasizing a disciplined approach to decision-making that carefully weighs risk-reward trade-offs. Ulu's investment strategy aims to identify viable exit opportunities for portfolio companies as they progress through their growth stages.
Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2011. It focuses on early-stage investments in technology-related companies, targeting sectors such as fintech, insurtech, deep tech, and consumer tech. The firm typically invests between €250,000 and €3 million, aiming for minority stakes of up to 20% in its portfolio companies. Speedinvest emphasizes operational support and seeks to collaborate closely with entrepreneurs, often taking on operational roles for six months to a year. With a network that extends to Silicon Valley, Speedinvest positions itself as a pivotal investment and development hub within Europe’s start-up ecosystem, actively investing in Central and Eastern European markets including Austria, Germany, and the UK.
FJ Labs is a U.S.-based investment firm established in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda, specializing in marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. The firm adopts a stage-agnostic approach, making investments primarily in seed and Series A rounds. Its investment range spans from $50,000 to $5,000,000. FJ Labs has a diverse portfolio, having invested in notable companies such as Alibaba Group, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, and ADORE ME.
SOSV is a venture capital firm headquartered in New Jersey, focused on seed-to-growth stage investments in sectors such as biotechnology, hardware, robotics, and cross-border software, particularly in Asia. Established in 1995, SOSV operates several global accelerator programs, including HAX for hardware, IndieBio and RebelBio for life sciences, Chinaccelerator and MOX for cross-border internet, Food-X for disruptive food technologies, and dlab for blockchain innovations. The firm invests in approximately 150 companies annually and emphasizes a strategy that combines early-stage funding with extensive support, facilitating product development, customer acquisition, and scaling. SOSV's commitment to nurturing revolutionary deep technologies and its proven track record position it among the top 10% of venture capital funds worldwide.
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.
Accel is an American venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz, with a focus on seed, early, and growth-stage investments in technology-driven companies. With offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, London, India, and China, Accel invests globally in sectors such as big data, software, digital media, cloud technologies, mobile technology, and consumer services. The firm has over three decades of experience in supporting entrepreneurs and has backed numerous successful companies, including Atlassian, Dropbox, Facebook, and Spotify. Accel's investment strategies are tailored to local markets, and it aims to empower entrepreneurs to create category-defining businesses that contribute to the growth of next-generation industries.
Archetype is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in incubation and seed to early-stage investments. Founded in 2006, the firm focuses on web and mobile services, online business, software development, and other internet-related sectors. Archetype also invests from its own capital, targeting B2B technology ventures. The firm aims to support innovative startups by providing the necessary resources and expertise to help them grow.