Investors in Retail

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).

Pereg Ventures LLC is a venture capital firm specializing in growth capital, start-ups, and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to focus its investments in Post-Seed, Series A, and Series B. The firm primarily invests in ventures that solve real-world marketing problems, including market intelligence technologies, management technologies, wireless networking equipments, spend management tools, advertising solutions, retail tech, e-commerce, digital marketing, CPG, media and behavioral research, artificial intelligence, big data, block chain, and data management and online and mobile enablers, online direct marketing, development tools, marketing technology, and ventures delivering innovative market intelligence and analytics solutions for consumer-driven corporations. The firm prefers to make investments in United States and Israel. Pereg Ventures LLC was founded in 2012 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Our firm partners with private equity sponsors to help them create value for their portfolio companies. We invest junior capital to support their investments in growing and profitable middle market companies and enable them to build those companies into industry leaders. Delivering flexible solutions and reliable financial capacity, our firm is committed to being thoughtful and creative investment partners. NMP was founded in 2000. We operate as a standalone investment partnership that has an affiliation with Norwest Equity Partners (NEP), a middle market equity investment firm with a long-standing history dating back to 1961.

Founded in 2009, East Ventures is a Tokyo-headquartered investment firm with an office in Singapore and Indonesia, targeting early-stage technology companies. EV Growth is a joint venture between East Ventures, SMDV and YJ Capital that focuses on providing growth capital to startups in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia with an industry agnostic focus. The joint venture was started in March 2018.

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.

XRC Labs is an innovation accelerator for the next generation of disruptors in the retail and consumer goods sectors. We run two 14-week programs each year that bring together entrepreneurs, investors, brands and retailers to foster rapid innovation and unlock new opportunities in retail. Startups receive access to capital, mentoring, operational support and workspace in the heart of Manhattan, the epicenter of retail and consumer goods. We also work closely with best-in-class retailers, brands and technology companies to empower them to meet the needs of consumers today and for generations to come.

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.

Founded in 1992, Advantage Capital Partners is a venture capital firm specialised in equity and debt investments. The firm has worked with state and federal economic organisations to invest in small businesses and in low income areas.

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.

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.