Speedinvest is a European venture capital fund for tech start-ups. The company collaborates with entrepreneurs in achieving their goal of building great companies. It is involved in early stage investments and specializes in operational support.
Speedinvest partners with a global network, that includes operations in Silicon Valley, to become a key investment and development hub for Europe’s start-up community.
Based in Taipei, AppWorks is the largest startup accelerator in Greater Southeast Asia.
AppWorks launched its Taipei-based accelerator program in 2010 to help Greater Southeast Asian Internet startups optimize their products and business strategies. Every six months, AppWorks Accelerator recruits 30-40 promising startups working on AI, blockchain, and other rapidly growing verticals. With 328 startups and 925 founders in its alumni network to date, the AppWorks Ecosystem is the largest of its kind in Asia. All AppWorks startups collectively generate US$ 2.5B in annual revenues, provide 9,586 jobs and are valued at US$ 3.6B.
AppWorks also manages a total of US$61 million in VC funds, typically investing in seed to Series C companies.
BOOST&Co is a European-based company that specializes in providing debt solutions to innovative SMEs. Their tailored financing solutions are designed to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. Unlike traditional lenders, BOOST&Co does not follow a fixed lending model, instead, they create unique loan packages that cater to the specific needs of each SME. With a focus on precision lending, BOOST&Co values autonomy and independence, ensuring that they do not interfere with the operations of the businesses they support. By managing their own capital and making independent decisions, BOOST&Co distinguishes itself as a flexible and reliable partner for SMEs seeking financial assistance to drive growth and innovation.
Serra Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Illinois, established in 1998. The firm specializes in investing in technology companies located in emerging technology centers in the Midwest and select areas on the West Coast. Serra Ventures focuses on various sectors, including information technology, devices and instrumentation, and agricultural technologies. By targeting these specific industries, the firm aims to support innovative startups that have the potential for significant growth and impact.
The Cove Fund is a family of seed-stage venture capital funds that provides startup funding for promising new Southern California ventures. The Fund is headquartered in “The Cove” at UC Irvine Applied Innovation, a centrally located and vibrant gathering place for entrepreneurs, innovators and investors in the Southern California startup ecosystem.
The $5.6M Cove Fund I began investing in 2015 and currently has 16 companies in its portfolio. Cove Fund II launched in early 2018 with $13.5M in capital. The funds invest in early stage technology and life science companies in Southern California that demonstrate the potential to address large markets with highly differentiated products and services, and that can achieve significant value-creating inflection points with their seed funding.
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.
Saarländische Wagnisfinanzierungsgesellschaft (SWG), established in 1997, is a Germany-based financial services firm dedicated to supporting emerging technology companies and innovative businesses. The organization aims to facilitate the growth and development of these enterprises by providing equity and quasi-equity financing. SWG focuses on assisting companies in their early stages as well as established firms looking to develop new products and enhance their marketing efforts. By offering tailored financial support, SWG plays a significant role in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship within the European venture capital landscape.
Cotidiano is an accelerator based in Brasilia, Brazil, specializing in seed and startup investments. They have invested in over 30 startups across Brazil, offering a 12-week acceleration program twice a year with a R$100k investment for selected companies. With a focus on digital projects like Fintech, Internet of Things, agribusiness, environment, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality, Cotidiano aims to help build viable startups in Brazil. They prefer to invest in teams of at least two people, with a minority stake ranging from 5% to 12%. Additionally, they run educational programs, events, webinars, hackathons, and conferences to support the growth of the startups in their portfolio. Founded in 2016, Cotidiano is dedicated to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in the Brazilian startup ecosystem.
Ulu Ventures provides early-stage investments to enterprise cloud and smart data companies.
The seed-stage venture firm focused primarily on enterprise IT, Ulu focuses on the market opportunity created by the Stanford and Silicon Valley communities. It seeks to generate financial results using a disciplined, repeatable decision-making process that analyzes risk-reward trade-offs. Ulu also follows the logical principles of portfolio construction. This approach makes the firm conventional in the world of institutional investors but contrarian as compared to other VCs.
In 2018, Clint Korver and Miriam Rivera established the firm in Palo Alto, California.