Investors in Services

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.

MMC Ventures Ltd is a venture capital firm specializing in early, seed, series A, series B, mid, late stage, startup, and growth capital investments. It does not invest in start-ups, biotech and drug discovery companies. The firm seeks to invest in materials, energy, consumer, media internet healthcare, financial services and business services, consumer staples, creative industries, financial technology, artificial intelligence, machine learning, b2b technology and marketplaces, enterprise software, API economy, the digital economy, leisure, education, business support services, business software, digital media, e-commerce, technology sectors including cleantech and media. It invests in businesses that use software, the internet and data. The firm primarily invests in companies based in the United Kingdom with a focus on Greater London. It typically invest minimum of £25,000 ($0.03 million) in the companies and also between £0.5 million ($0.65 million) and £3 million ($5.05 million) in the first round and £5 million ($7.84 million) and £7 million ($10.98 million) in each company over time. The fund typically invest minimum of £25,000 ($0.03 million) and £7 million ($10.98 million) in each company over time. The firm prefers to be first institutional investor and seeks to have a board seat or observer rights in its portfolio companies. It prefers to lead its investments, can also co-invest and also makes follow-on investments. It usually takes a minority stake. The firm seeks to exit its investments between three to five years. MMC Ventures Ltd was founded in 2000 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Perwyn is an entrepreneurial, privately-funded investment firm benefiting from an ‘evergreen’ fund structure that brings flexibility and differentiates us from our peers. Perwyn seek opportunities to invest in development capital and buy-out situations in businesses with £10-100 million in revenues and aim to be the first round of private equity investment in Perwyn deals. Perwyn team is a unique combination of private equity professionals, operational managers and family-office investors.

Foresight Group is an alternative asset manager with a strong 30-year track record and specific expertise in environmental and solar infrastructure and private equity. Foresight Group is a leading independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing investment funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for 30 years. With current assets under management of over £2.2 billion, raised from the UK and international private and high-net-worth individuals, family offices, pension funds and other institutional investors, Foresight strives to generate increasing dividends and capital appreciation for its investors over the long term. Foresight has offices in UK, USA, Italy, and Australia.

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors who manage portfolios in the U.S., China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. The firm is a trusted partner to some of the world’s most innovative entrepreneurs, supporting them with unmatched operating experience and deep access to the capital, talent, partners and customers they need to build truly global businesses.

NCI is a private investor company that offers their skills for investing in the public and private markets.

Founded in 2004, Core Capital is a London-based private equity firm targeting investments in lower mid-market companies. As at May 2018, ESO Capital Partners agreed to acquire Core Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum, bringing together the two London-based fund managers’ debt and equity finance capabilities. The combined business will continue the two managers’ previous focus on backing northern European SMEs, investing up to €40 million in complex deals. The combined firm will provide hybrid capital solutions ranging from senior debt to equity.

MASSACHUSETTS CAPITAL RESOURCE COMPANY was established in 1977 as a limited partnership privately owned and funded by Massachusetts-based life insurance companies. The Company’s mission was to create a source of risk capital to fill the senior debt to equity funding “gap” experienced by growing companies. Their investment activity complements, rather than competes with, the financing provided by senior lenders and equity investors. Mass. Capital provides higher risk growth and acquisition capital to manufacturing, distribution, service and technology companies. They focus on emerging growth and middle market companies with operations in Massachusetts. Their investments are structured to fit the specific needs of portfolio companies and to complement funding available from senior lenders and equity investors.

A Plus Finance, which is headquartered in Paris (France), is an independent trust company specialising in the management of Common Investment Funds for Innovation (FCPI) and Proximity Investment Funds (FIP). A Plus Finance is involved in all innovative sectors, particularly in the IT, media and security fields. The A Plus Finance team includes financiers and entrepreneurs, thus providing companies with both an awareness of the daily constraints of management and a long-term perspective on the development of their business. Managing funds amounting to nearly €220m, A Plus Finance invests between €1 million and €4 million per project.per

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