Top 50 Social Impact Angel Investors in Europe in October 2024
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Social impact startups based in Europe. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social impact companies from Europe. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Social Impact Angel Investors in Europe in October 2024
Investor | Social Impact Europe investments |
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Alexander Hars | 2 |
Richard Brooke | 2 |
Nico Rosberg | 2 |
Shubhrendu Koche | 2 |
Thierry Petit | 2 |
Lena Apler | 2 |
Curt Hopkins | 2 |
Nigel Wray | 2 |
Giorgio Chiellini | 2 |
Wouter Born | 2 |
Marcus Watson | 1 |
E. U. | 1 |
Ilkay Gundogan | 1 |
Klaus Nyengaard | 1 |
Martin Tajur | 1 |
Leandro Sigman | 1 |
Stefano Lisi | 1 |
Guillaume Houzé | 1 |
Marcus Bäcklund | 1 |
Sir Stuart Rose | 1 |
Agah Uğur | 1 |
Nicolas Cary | 1 |
Louis d'Origny | 1 |
Sylvain Theveniaud | 1 |
Jason Calacanis | 1 |
Clemens Bollinger | 1 |
Jean-Marc Armitano | 1 |
Pascal Christian Weinberger | 1 |
Arlan Hamilton | 1 |
Peter Gabriel | 1 |
Jérôme Le Feuvre | 1 |
Richard Wang | 1 |
Luca Artoni | 1 |
Moussa Karim | 1 |
Jeppe Rindom | 1 |
Lucas Carne | 1 |
Armen Kocharyan | 1 |
Ara Abrahamyan | 1 |
Johann "Hansi" Hansmann | 1 |
Pierre Dubuc | 1 |
Florian Bressand | 1 |
Ali Karabey | 1 |
Bootstrapped Debt Financing | 1 |
Jörg-Matthias Butzlaff | 1 |
Arvi Tavast | 1 |
Maximilian Bock | 1 |
Sarah Drinkwater | 1 |
Jon Reynolds | 1 |
Hubertus Thonhauser | 1 |
Vahe Andonians | 1 |
Alexander Hars - Board member @ Zalster
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Sweden, Norway, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Bookis — Bookis is the Next-Generation Online Bookstore with Direct Author Compensation, making the sharing of stories and knowledge playfully easy - from all bookshelves, for everyone. We leverage community, technology and innovative distribution to enable radically easier peer-to-peer bookselling, with fair author compensation models. Building theworld's largest network of authors fighting for a more fair book industry worldwide.
- Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
- Brink Commerce — Brink Commerce offers leading eCommerce solutions. Boost growth, perfect customer experiences, and unlock agility with our Composable Commerce API.
Richard Brooke
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Social Impact, Sustainability
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Epic Impact — Epic is the app that rewards you for buying ethical products that are better for the planet, and empowers you to do more good, from offsetting your carbon footprint to donating to good causes.
Nico Rosberg is a sustainability entrepreneur, investor and 2016 Formula One World Champion.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Logistics, Manufacturing
- Funding Round, Seed, Angel
- Germany, Italy, France
Portfolio highlights
- Insify — Insify is an insurance company that offers digital insurance solutions to freelancers and small businesses. The company was founded in 2020 by Koen Thijssen and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Ivy — We are building a global API for instant bank payments
- Hyperline — Enjoy the most flexible billing platform for B2B SaaS businesses. Start today without a single line of code.
Shubhrendu Koche
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Sports, eSports
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- India, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
- Epic Impact — Epic is the app that rewards you for buying ethical products that are better for the planet, and empowers you to do more good, from offsetting your carbon footprint to donating to good causes.
- BazaarNXT — B2B Marketplace for Packaging Materials, Manufacturing & Distribution
Thierry Petit is a Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Showroomprive.com. Thierry is an Internet entrepreneur, he has nearly 20 years experience in creating start-ups. Thierry has created the first price comparison site in France (toobo.com) sold to Liberty Surf in July 2000. Thierry then created Showroomprive.com in 2006 in partnershipwith David Dayan, a recognized French specialist in stock clearance. Thierry managed to quickly establish the site as a major player in French e-commerce, generating 1bn€ revenue in 2021. Showroomprive.com organizes for its members exclusive sales events on designer brands (ready-to-wear, cosmetics, decoration, travel, ...), with significant reductions (70% on average). In August 2010, Thierry raised a capital of 50 million dollars through US investment funds from Accel Partners (historical investor in Facebook, Groupon, Etsy, ...). This capitalraising gives him the means to:
• Expand internationally and launch the site in Spain, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, and Belgium. • Develop its mobile strategy on all devices (today the mobile represents 50% of sales and 60% of traffic).
Today Showroomprive.com is:
• A team of 500 employees
• A community of 20 million members in Europe
• A turnover of 480 million euros in 2014 (38% growth vs. 2013)Thierry is the Vice-President of Digital France. Thierry is an Investor in several Internet companies and participates as a Business Angel in their development:
Eco-transition : Accenta Energie, BlaBla Car, Everdye, Impak Finance, Syroco, Unbottled, Vendredi
Health : Feeli, Lifen, May,
Education, Tourism, Leisure : CantooScribe, EachOne, Mobee Travel, SnapEvent
Sustainable production and consumption : Anka, Ankorstore, Alittlemarket, L'Armoire à Beauté, Back Market, Bonne Gueule, Selency, Vinted
Agriculture & Food : Les Alchimistes, Confiture Parisienne, FAIR? HighFlyers Capital, Inpulse, Javelot,
Lifestyle : Dancefloor, Masions d'Epinal, Redvisitor,
FinTech : Angelsquare, Lyanne, Memobank, October
RetailTech & AdTech : Ab Tasty, Agilitest, Commanders Act, Cubyn, Jolimoi, Hivency, Storetail, TwicPics, Weglot
Incubators and startups studios : 50 Partners, Sparkling Partners
Impact Funds : 2050, Asterion Impact, Daphni, The Galion.exe, Ring Capital
VC Funds : Accel Partners, FirstMinute, ISAI, QUMRA, SIDE.
More info : http://www.made-for-all.com
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Fashion
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- France, Côte d'Ivoire
Portfolio highlights
- Feve — Feve seeks to accelerate the agroecological and food transition while also protecting lives and the environment. Feve objective is to assist project leaders in establishing diverse and collaborative groups on medium-sized farms and to enable people to live better by generating synergies between production workshops, on-farm processing, and directsales.
- La Solive — La Solive provides professional course training services. They offer courses for energy renovation, vocational training, professional retraining, ecological transition, professions of the future, and concrete professions.
- mobee travel — Mobee travel is the first holiday booking plate form dedicated to reduced mobility people. We sell more than 30'000 accessibles accomodations all around the world and each of them are checked to ensure to our traveler's that everything's will be good for their needeed. If our traveler's need to have medical equipment duringtheir trip, we provide them on the spot before their arrival.
Lena Apler is the Founder and CEO of Collector Bank.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Fashion, Marketplace
- Funding Round, Seed, Angel
- Sweden
Tech CEO, Chairman and venture builder in sustainable tech, fintech and the future of work.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Fitness, Payments
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Keia Ltd — From acupuncture to yoga, browse, compare and book on the world's most extensive wellness platform from the comfort of your phone, tablet or laptop.
- Epic Impact — Epic is the app that rewards you for buying ethical products that are better for the planet, and empowers you to do more good, from offsetting your carbon footprint to donating to good causes.
Nigel Wray is a highly successful entrepreneur, and has been a shareholder in several companies amongst others, Domino's Pizza, Carlton Communications and Singer & Friedlander. He also has a strong commercial background built in a range of business sectors.Saracens does a lot of excellent work in its local, north London community.Nigel still calls the area home, too - having attended Mill Hill School, he now lives in Totteridge.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Fitness, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Glassette — Discover and collect beautiful, curated homeware from the best brands in the UK. Shop thoughtfully, live joyfully.
- Get A Drip — All of our Drips and Booster Shots are administered by our medical staff, consisting of GMC registered Doctors and NMC registered Nurses.
- Stubben Edge — Financial services for a new generation. Sign up free to sell better financial products, cheaper, faster and to more people with Flightdeck
Giorgio Chiellini
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Investment focus
- Gamification, Social Impact, Natural Resources
- Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- Italy
Wouter Born is a Founder at Born Capital. He attended IESE Business School.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- Pynk — Pynk is the Multi-Award Winning London Fintech that rewards you for making predictions on assets like Gold, NASDAQ and Bitcoin. Free sign up, start today!
- Hurree — Hurree is a pinboard for your analytics. Unify data from across your different tools and pin what matters most to you on one, easy-to-read dashboard.
- Skopos.AI — Lupasafe offers immediate and continuous complete insight into cyber security risks on people, process and IT.
Marcus Watson
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Investment focus
- Audio, Music, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Audoo — Audoo is a music-technology company revolutionising the landscape for public performance royalty collection through accurate, real-world data.
- Epic Impact — Epic is the app that rewards you for buying ethical products that are better for the planet, and empowers you to do more good, from offsetting your carbon footprint to donating to good causes.
- Magical Mushroom Company — We harness the natural flexibility and strength of mycelium, the material structure of fungi, to grow protective packaging at any scale by combining it with agricultural waste such as hemp, cork and sawdust.
E. U.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Apps, Social Impact
- Seed, Funding Round
- France, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- R-PUR — Premium antipollution mask since 2015
- WeWALK — WeWALK, making the white cane innovative and smart, allows visually impaired people to walk more independently and safely and thanks to its three revolutionary features, it promotes their participation in social life on an equal foot with everyone.Obstacle detection: : WeWALK detects obstacles at head and chest level with its onboard ultrasonicsensor and warns its users with vibration patterns.Pairs with smart phones: : When connected with the WeWALK application via Bluetooth, GPS navigation is easy with WeWALK without the need to take out the phone.It gets better with new integrations: Every integration made possible with software updates brings new features to WeWALK. With its smart city solutions, WeWALK enables visually impaired people to access beneficial information around them such as nearby cafes and shops, while also providing them the info for closest public transport stops and arrival times. WeWALK has been developed so that it can gain new features such as nde hailing in the future with its ability to be integrated with new applications. WeWALK integrations developed so far include "Google Maps" and Alexa virtual assistant service.
Ilkay Gundogan
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Apps, Social Impact
- Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- WeWALK — WeWALK, making the white cane innovative and smart, allows visually impaired people to walk more independently and safely and thanks to its three revolutionary features, it promotes their participation in social life on an equal foot with everyone.Obstacle detection: : WeWALK detects obstacles at head and chest level with its onboard ultrasonicsensor and warns its users with vibration patterns.Pairs with smart phones: : When connected with the WeWALK application via Bluetooth, GPS navigation is easy with WeWALK without the need to take out the phone.It gets better with new integrations: Every integration made possible with software updates brings new features to WeWALK. With its smart city solutions, WeWALK enables visually impaired people to access beneficial information around them such as nearby cafes and shops, while also providing them the info for closest public transport stops and arrival times. WeWALK has been developed so that it can gain new features such as nde hailing in the future with its ability to be integrated with new applications. WeWALK integrations developed so far include "Google Maps" and Alexa virtual assistant service.
- Terra — API that enables you to integrate with wearables, such as Garmin, Fitbit, Apple, Google, Polar, Eight Sleep, Oura and Others through a single source.
Klaus Nyengaard is the co-founder and Chairman of GenieBelt, a SaaS-based platform that develops project management software. He is also co-founder of the investment club, Nordic Makers. He serves as the co-chairman of Treatwell, a beauty and wellness community marketplace.
Nyengaard has previously been CEO & Chairman of Just-Eat pre-IPO, andbuild a number of tech companies.
In 1994, Klaus Nyengaard graduated from Aarhus University with a specialized degree in economics and management.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Denmark, United Kingdom, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Famly — Easy-to-use software for childcare providers. Our nursery management software makes administration, planning, and learning journals easy. Try it for free.
- Panion — Panion is a community-building tool that helps companies, schools, and organizations facilitate more social interactions amongst its members. The platform is entirely keyword searchable and filterable so members are able to search for each other based on common interests, values, goals or experiences and even narrow their searches by location,gender, age, language and much more. Members and admins can propose spontaneous events within the network and form social groups around an interest. Community admins are given a dashboard of analytics to track trends in their community and send segmented messages based on interest and location.
- Spotahome — Spotahome is a mid- to long-term residential rentals platform that is reinventing the property market. It offers the most complete property and room listings for stays above 30 days, bookable exclusively through online viewings which saves tenants and property owners time and money. The company creates the listing at no cost to the landlord - aprofessional photographer ("Homechecker") visits the property and creates the audio-visual materials including high quality photos, HD video tours, detailed floor plans and honest property and neighbourhood descriptions. By offering the most complete property listings, it allows tenants to book their property from anywhere in the world without the need for in-person viewings. It also offers guarantees against default payments and damages. Spotahome is growing rapidly, fueled by a $40M Series B funding round led by Kleiner Perkins, the first leading Silicon Valley VC in a Spanish company. It is present in 11 cities across 8 countries in Europe.Spotahome was launched by Alejandro Artacho, Bryan McEire, Hugo Monteiro and Bruno Bianchi in March 2014 and has offices in both Madrid, Spain and London, UK.
Martin Tajur is the co-founder of Pipedrive.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Recruiting
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Estonia, Poland, Ukraine
Portfolio highlights
- YuMuuv — YuMuuv is an employee wellness platform that uses science-based formulas to capture data and keeps track of physical activity & leaderboard.
- MX Labs — Allow your user to comprehensively monitor their vital signs. Check wellbeing, prevent misdiagnosis, and motivate lifestyle changes thanks to Shen.AI.
- SegmentStream — SegmentStream is a data intelligence platform which helps collect and unify from different data sources into own data warehouse for advanced analytics and attribution. Our solution is trusted by leading brands such as Benetton, Nespresso, New Balance, myToys, Eventim Group, and others.
Leandro Sigman
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Big Data, Delivery
- Seed, Funding Round
- Spain, Argentina
Portfolio highlights
- QuadMinds — QuadMinds is a SaaS company that offers logistics efficiency solutions in Latin America and Spain. QuadMinds go along with his clients throughout their digital transformation and adoption of innovative solutions for the business.The QuadMinds Platform allows companies to be more efficient in their logistics processes and offers a better service totheir clients at a competitive cost. Currently, more than 500 companies plan, certify and optimize their daily operations using the QuadMinds Platform. More than 125,000 delveries are optimized activities per day in our platform.
- Decelera — Decelera is the world's first startup decelerator (born from the 4 years experience of Menorca Millennials).Decelera is a growing company that focuses on generating differential value through a deceleration methodology for our stakeholders (startups, investors, business leaders, and corporations).Decelera is helping startups in finding thebest performing model to grow in a sustainable way and contribute to a better future.
Stefano Lisi
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Investment focus
- Communities, Social Impact, Sustainability
- Seed
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Piantando — Piantando sells plants connected to initiatives for the preservation of the planet engaged in the following areas: land, water, climate, biodiversity and local communities. Each plant is equivalent to a transparent and unique contribution, destined to an initiative certified by our Value Chain. Everyone become ambassadors of a new way of livinggreen and understanding their commitment to the planet.
Guillaume Houzé Directeur de l’Image et de la Communication, Membre du Directoire chez Groupe Galeries Lafayette
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Investment focus
- Art, Web Apps, Communities
- Seed, Angel
- Spain, France
Portfolio highlights
- Reforestum — Reforestum is the platform that allows everyone to see and understand the Voluntary Carbon Markets with full transparency and to manage and disclose organisations' offset portfolios with confidence.
- LaCollection — LaCollection is creating a new way of owning digital versions of a physical artwork by working with cultural institutions. Like a limited edition “digital lithography”, collectors are now able to own certified digital twins of masterpieces from the world’s greatest museums, galleries, and artists.
Senior Technology Executive - Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneur
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Investment focus
- Software, Security, Analytics
- Seed, Funding Round, Post-IPO Equity
- Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Betspawn —
- Irisity AB (publ) — At Irisity we're doing real-time video analytics powered by machine learning. Irisity is a public software company with headquarters at Lindholmen, Gothenburg, and offices in Israel, USA, UAE and Singapore, where the innovative spirit is flourishing. We develop smart algorithms to detect and predict suspicious activities while preservingpeople’s integrity. We believe that enhanced AI performance, ethics, and privacy go hand in hand, creating a positive mark within the camera security industry.Irisity’s patented solution IRIS™ can be integrated into any new or existing camera infrastructure, installed directly into the camera, on server or in the cloud, to safeguarding people and assets. IRIS™ product portfolio includes solutions on asset protection, traffic management, and forensic search capabilities for a broad spectrum of industries such as safe cities, education, transportation, infrastructure, and the security industry. All IRIS™ functionality is available with our patented real-time anonymization, ensuring GDPR and US NDA act compliance and ethical safeguarding
- Winningtemp — Improve your employee experience with Winningtemp's AI-powered software. Leverage real-time data and insights to improve engagement and reduce turnover.
Rose first joined Marks & Spencer in 1972, as a management trainee. Rose remained with Marks & Spencer until 1989, when he joined the Burton Group as Chief Executive in 1994. The Burton Group demerged, forming the Arcadia and Debenhams businesses.In 1997, he joined Argos as Chief Executive, where he was charged with defending thecompany against a takeover bid from the home shopping giant, Great Universal Stores (GUS). Ultimately, GUS did succeed in taking control of Argos, although Rose was widely praised for negotiating an increased price for the retailer.In a turbulent time in its history, Rose became the Chief Executive of Booker plc, where he oversaw the merger of the company with Iceland to form the Big Food Group.Rose joined the Arcadia Group in 2000 as Chief Executive and left in 2002 following its acquisition. Rose turned around the fortunes of the Arcadia Group, and sold the group for over £800m, netting himself around £25m as part of the deal.
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Investment focus
- Software, B2C, Social Impact
- Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Sunsave — Save money on your bills and gain energy independence with Sunsave solar panel and battery solutions. Get a free quote today.
- Netwealth — Netwealth uses cutting-edge technology and an expert team to provide a cost-effective wealth management service. See how we can help manage your investments.
- Glasswall — Glasswall is a cyber security software company. Its technology is designed to regenerate files and documents to a standard of 'known good' and deliver proactive protection. The company's software remediates file structures back into line with their published specification, removes risky Active Content, and regenerates files inmilliseconds in their original file format with visual content completely untouched, thereby, enabling companies to eliminate cyber threats and deliver safe, usable documents in their native format.
Agah Uğur
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Investment focus
- Software, Apps, CRM
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Missafir — Missafir is a PropTech start-up in Istanbul. We are the first short/mid term home rental management company in Turkey!We deliver for our customers through a combination of thoughtful interior design and attentive hotel-style services that deliver superior earnings from short/mid term rental management through our strength in data-drivendynamic pricing solutions.
- Mukellef | a Workhy Company — More than 20,000 entrepreneurs chose us for company formation, financial process management, tax return preparation, and bookkeeping services.
- Robomotion — What is Robotic Process Automation - RPA? Robomotion offers you the opportunity to automate your repetitive tasks such as Browser Automation, Content Marketing, SAP or Excel!
Nicolas Cary is the Co-Founder & Vice Chairman at Blockchain.com.
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Investment focus
- Dental, Bitcoin, FinTech
- Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- 32Co — 32Co is a medical technology platform that helps general dentists deliver clear aligner orthodontics to their patients.
- Safello — Safello is the Swedish way to buy crypto. Simple and secure with Mobile BankID and Klarna.
- Provenance — Provenance is a software solution for sustainability communications and supply chain transparency.
Louis d'Origny
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Investment focus
- Art, Auctions, Education
- Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- SAM Labs — SAM Labs provides everything you need to deliver the most engaging STEAM and Coding learning experience in your classroom with Hardware, Software and curriculum-aligned lesson plans
- Cryptograph — Made By Icons. Owned By You.
Sylvain Theveniaud - Managing Director @ Allianz Accelerator
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Investment focus
- AgTech, Finance, Aerospace
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- France, United States
Portfolio highlights
- carbonABLE — All-in one platform to execute your contribution strategy. Derisk, Drive, and elevate your carbon investments. Ongoing portfolio management, monitoring, reporting & auditability.
- INTERSTELLAR LAB — autonomous modules for crop cultivation on Earth and life-support in Space
Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United States, Australia, Canada
Clemens Bollinger
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Investment focus
- B2B, Marketplace, Outsourcing
- Pre-Seed
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- WeProfit — The B2B marketplace for software development. Hire curated and vetted development companies and bid on world class projects.
Jean-Marc Armitano
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Investment focus
- Web Apps, Communities, Marketplace
- Angel
- Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Reforestum — Reforestum is the platform that allows everyone to see and understand the Voluntary Carbon Markets with full transparency and to manage and disclose organisations' offset portfolios with confidence.
Pascal Christian Weinberger - CEO & Co-Founder @ Bardeen
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Investment focus
- EdTech, Software, Communities
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- Estonia, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Zowie — Zowie is the brain powering customer service automation. Plug in Zowie AI Chatbot in minutes, automate in hours. No code. Zowie self-learns. Get a free demo!
- simpleclub — simpleclub - the most popular digital learning platform in Germany with over 1 million users per month.Loved by both students and parents, simpleclub makes it easy for students and learners to understand anything related to any subject at school by investing less time and therefore reducing stress. At simpleclub we are all creators. We have builta product that millions of people already use and are falling in love with. Check out our app for Apple and Android.We are on a mission to disrupt the traditional school-based learning system by creating a learning experience personalised to every student. Created in 2015 by back then students, Alexander Giesecke and Nicolai Schork, simpleclub has grown to over 1M users and going. In 2020, simpleclub secured a seed round from HV Capital (formerly HV Holtzbrinck Ventures) to accelerate growth.
- Envelop Risk — Envelop Risk Analytics is a cyber insurance specialists, combining insurance expertise with artificial intelligence-driven cyber risk modeling.
Arlan Hamilton is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a venture capital firm dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Started from scratch in 2015, Backstage has now raised more than $12 million and invested in more than 150startup companies led by underestimated founders. In 2018, they launched a four-city accelerator program in Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia, and London.Arlan is the author of, It's About Damn Time, an inspirational and tactical business book for budding entrepreneurs and aspiring investors. She hosts the popular podcast, Your First Million, and has been featured on CNN, PBS, and others, and in 2019 became the first Black woman to have an entirely devoted episode of Emily Chang's Bloomberg 1.0.In October 2018, Arlan was featured on the cover of Fast Company magazine as the first Black woman non-celebrity to do so (following Oprah, Serena, and Beyonce).
In 2019, Arlan and her mother, Mrs. Earline Butler-Sims, announced their new scholarship program, which kicked off with Oxford University's first-ever undergraduate scholarship for a Black student, as well as a commitment to fund a full-ride scholarship for a Psychology student at Mrs. Sims' alma mater, HBCU Dillard University.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Communities
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- MicroAcquire — Buy and sell startups in as little as 30 days. Connect with 200k+ qualified buyers & browse 1,000s of vetted listings. Free escrow, legal docs & more. Join now.
- Patientory — Patientory empowers our users with actionable insights from health data, incentivizing them to take control of their health outcomes.
- Maven — Maven is where top creators teach cohort-based courses. We help you make a living teaching what you love.
Peter is clearly way more than a global music legend. He divides his time and energy between his music, humanitarian projects, business investments and his family.He became an investor and advisor to The Filter in 2006 and brings with him a clear vision of a need for smart filters to help us make sense of a world with too many choices. Workingwith Peter is inspiring – his passion and creativity help drive and motivate the team.
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Investment focus
- Music, TV, Supply Chain Management
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Belgium, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Tumelo — Tumelo is an impact-focused financial technology firm. Our mission is to enable retail investors and pension members to create and benefit from a more sustainable investment system. We do this by partnering with investment and pension providers, enabling them to provide their customers with transparency over the companies they own and ashareholder voice on issues they care about, such as gender equality or climate change. Our solution is white-label software delivered via APIs and/or a user dashboard. Our software integrates with existing investment platforms improving customer engagement, acquisition and retention for providers.
- Provenance — Provenance is a software solution for sustainability communications and supply chain transparency.
- Openwater — OPENWATER - THE FUTURE OF NEURAL DIAGNOSTICS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.
Jerome Le Feuvre is the Head of Development and Operations for Europe at Bytedance.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Gaming
- Seed
- France
Portfolio highlights
- Prizle — Prize turn some of your purchases online into free donations !
- Done — You know that moment when you find everything in the right place? No need to go in 15 different apps to do your work or talk with your team. It's all in Done and it's the only app you really need for work.
- Purchasely — In-App Subscription tool from subscription management to interface. Our Paywall builder gives Mobile Marketers full control to grow & retain subscribers.
Richard Wang - Partner @ DFJ DragonFund
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, FinTech, GovTech
- Angel, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- QinMi —
- AID:Tech — Identity based solutions for finance, payments & insurance. Leveraging blockchain, crypto & digital identity.
- Fog Works, Inc. — W3 Storage Lab has assembled a world-class team with a unique combination of P2P networking, blockchain, and entrepreneurial experience.
Luca Artoni
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Investment focus
- Communities, Social Impact, Sustainability
- Seed
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Piantando — Piantando sells plants connected to initiatives for the preservation of the planet engaged in the following areas: land, water, climate, biodiversity and local communities. Each plant is equivalent to a transparent and unique contribution, destined to an initiative certified by our Value Chain. Everyone become ambassadors of a new way of livinggreen and understanding their commitment to the planet.
Karim joined EFG Hermes in 2008, with primary responsibility for building the Group's infrastructure private equity platform. He lead the creation of the Vortex Energy Platform and raised and deployed over USD350m of equity in yielding renewable energy assets across Europe. Karim has recently been appointed Co-CEO of EFG Hermes InvestmentBank, responsible for the entire buy-side business of the Group.
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Investment focus
- Big Data, Sustainability, Impact Investing
- Funding Round
- Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Decelera — Decelera is the world's first startup decelerator (born from the 4 years experience of Menorca Millennials).Decelera is a growing company that focuses on generating differential value through a deceleration methodology for our stakeholders (startups, investors, business leaders, and corporations).Decelera is helping startups in finding thebest performing model to grow in a sustainable way and contribute to a better future.
Jeppe Rindom is CEO & Co-founder of Pleo.Before starting Pleo, Jeppe was the CFO of the Danish startup success, Tradeshift and he has been involved as an advisor and investor in several startups and fintech companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile Apps, B2B
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Sweden, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Monta — Monta is the operating platform powering the EV ecosystem serving drivers, companies, cities, and the electricity grid with one integrated solution.
- PocketLaw — PocketLaw is a user-friendly and affordable solution that allows you to create contracts, get legal guidance, manage your documents and contact lawyers.
- Fullview — Fullview let's you instantly monitor, control and analyze user sessions for faster real time customer support. No downloads. Easy to integrate.
Lucas Carne is Founder at Privalia.
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- Retail, Big Data, E-Commerce
- Funding Round, Series A
- Spain
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- Groupalia — Groupalia is an e-commerce platform that offers discounted flash sales on leisure packages, services, food, and other products in Spain and Italy.Leisure-related services offered by the platform include daily deals ranging from restaurants, spas, gyms, events, adventures, and more. Deals are sold through coupons which buyers receive by emailenabling them to print and hand the coupons to the suppliers on the day of consumption.Groupalia provides consumers with the opportunity to buy attractive services at reduced prices and helps suppliers benefit by enabling them to ensure higher volumes, occupancy rates, and brand awareness.Groupalia was launched in May 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.
- Decelera — Decelera is the world's first startup decelerator (born from the 4 years experience of Menorca Millennials).Decelera is a growing company that focuses on generating differential value through a deceleration methodology for our stakeholders (startups, investors, business leaders, and corporations).Decelera is helping startups in finding thebest performing model to grow in a sustainable way and contribute to a better future.
Armen Kocharyan
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- B2B, Marketplace, Outsourcing
- Pre-Seed
- Germany
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- WeProfit — The B2B marketplace for software development. Hire curated and vetted development companies and bid on world class projects.
Ara Abrahamyan
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- B2B, Marketplace, Outsourcing
- Pre-Seed
- Germany
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- WeProfit — The B2B marketplace for software development. Hire curated and vetted development companies and bid on world class projects.
Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.
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- Health Care, Fitness, Software
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Austria, United Kingdom, Spain
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- reebuild — Mit reebuild verwandeln Sie chaotische Papierberge in strategische Informationen.
- Storebox — Storebox is the first fully digitized self-storage solution in Europe, with more than 140 locations in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg. We offer storage spaces for private and business purposes, which are automatically accessible at any time. With our successful and recently awarded franchise system, we manage to grow and will continueto expand within Europe.Storebox is more than just a self-storage system. FULL-SERVICE CLICK & COLLECT Click & Collect directly in your neighbourhood? Storebox allows you to quickly and easily expand the Click & Collect offer for your customers to new districts, cities and countries. We coordinate the transport and customer communication for you.MICRO-HUBS FOR THE LAST MILE Use central warehouse locations in urban areas as a starting point for the last mile. Storebox as a micro-depot offers you the fastest way to your customers, allowing you to save time, money and emissions. Customer proximity and responsiveness through local storage: Benefit from our strategically positioned storage units and serve the needs of your customers as quickly as possible. At the same time, you can reduce unnecessarily driven kilometres by your employees in the field and thus save time and money.SPARE PARTS WAREHOUSE FOR SERVICE TECHNICIANS With Storebox you can store spare parts and goods directly where they will be used. In this way, you are in close proximity to the customer and save yourself long travel times for collecting the materials from a central warehouse. Create more efficiency by receiving deliveries of goods 24/7 directly to the Storebox and returning them if necessary.
- Ada Growth — Deine Mentorin in der Tasche. Gewinne, binde und entfalte die Potenziale der weiblichen Talente in deinem Unternehmen.
Pierre is the cofounder of OpenClassrooms. Together with Mathieu Nebra, Pierre created the precursor of OpenClassrooms in 1999, at age 11. He is now the CEO of the company, the first online campus in Europe and among the largest EdTechs in the world.
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- Wellness, Health Care
- Seed
- France
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- each One — each One delivers turnkey recruitment and training solutions dedicated to refugees and newcomers that make inclusion an incredible experience for businesses and their employees. They are reinventing inclusion by connecting companies and talents in new ways. The HR solutions reveal the full potential of multiculturalism and enable companies andtheir teams to fully benefit from it.
- Moka.care — Moka.care is a firm that provides a complete solution, allowing your employees to take care of their mental health through one-on-one sessions.
Florian joined Mirakl‘s executive team as Chief Operating Officer in 2017. He oversees and organizes ongoing operations, actively supports Sales and Customer success teams, and takes an active part in all strategic decisions. Florian joined Mirakl after 13 years at McKinsey, where he served players in retail and services in over 25 countries.Florian graduated from HEC and holds an Msc in management CEMS.
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- Web Apps, Communities, Marketplace
- Angel
- Spain
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- Reforestum — Reforestum is the platform that allows everyone to see and understand the Voluntary Carbon Markets with full transparency and to manage and disclose organisations' offset portfolios with confidence.
Ali Karabey is a managing director at 212, a venture capital fund that focuses on investments in internet, communication and technology companies.Karabey also currently serves on the boards of several e-commerce companies, including Butigo.com, an online fashion retail start-up focusing on fast fashion; Balerin.com, a front-runner in theonline personal care vertical; and Hazinem.com, an online jewelry store.After graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in finance, Ali resumed his career in Arthur Andersen’s New York office in the Corporate Finance department, executing mid-market transactions in the technology, media and telecommunications industries.In 2002, he joined Morgan Stanley Capital International and managed North American and European finance teams consecutively. He was also involved in the valuation, due diligence, and post-acquisition integration of acquisition targets.After Morgan Stanley, Karabey transferred to Deutsche Bank and focused on the bank’s principal investments.Prior to 212, Karabey moved back to Istanbul in 2008, where he provided consultancy services to clients in the government and private sector on PPP, project finance, and private equity advisory projects. Karabey is a member of Galata Business Angels, Istanbul’s premier angel investor organization, and also serves on the Endeavor Advisory Board.
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- Software, iOS, Marketing
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Turkey
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- WeWALK — WeWALK, making the white cane innovative and smart, allows visually impaired people to walk more independently and safely and thanks to its three revolutionary features, it promotes their participation in social life on an equal foot with everyone.Obstacle detection: : WeWALK detects obstacles at head and chest level with its onboard ultrasonicsensor and warns its users with vibration patterns.Pairs with smart phones: : When connected with the WeWALK application via Bluetooth, GPS navigation is easy with WeWALK without the need to take out the phone.It gets better with new integrations: Every integration made possible with software updates brings new features to WeWALK. With its smart city solutions, WeWALK enables visually impaired people to access beneficial information around them such as nearby cafes and shops, while also providing them the info for closest public transport stops and arrival times. WeWALK has been developed so that it can gain new features such as nde hailing in the future with its ability to be integrated with new applications. WeWALK integrations developed so far include "Google Maps" and Alexa virtual assistant service.
- Teleporter — Teleporter is the World of Gamers in VR that brings us together in one digital place for all the ways gamers get together. Focused on gamers, inspired by the world’s best MMORPGs, and amplified by video-gaming enthusiasts, we dream of building a universe for gamers using technology, artistry, and magic.Our players in Teleporter can play manybuilt-in games, watch game streams, find like-minded others, and hang out together in fantastic 3D environments. Teleporter: WoG universe feels like and works like a game, but it also allows players to do many different things they usually love to do with other gamers. Our dream is to shape the future of gamers getting together digitally.
- TeamSQL, Inc. — TeamSQL is a Multi-Platform SQL client built for collaboration, usability and performance. It supports popular database engines used by the majority and runs on macOS, Windows and Linux.
Bootstrapped Debt Financing
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- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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- Kornem Energy — Kornem Energy provides energy intelligence and mobile-fuel delivery and diesel delivery on demand for the needs of today, tomorrow, and our future.We are eliminating the traditional fuel supply chain infrastructure using IOT & a compact terminal-to-car logistics aggregation, through service, automation and mobility.This enables us todeliver fuel directly to the customers who can request fuel delivery wherever they are, through our mobile app, while bridging the gap between feedstock aggregation, quality-assurance and end-user accessibility.No more expensive real estate, no more extensive supply chain. Just #FuelToYou
- SymbaSync — SymbaSync™ helps organizations maximize return on employee investment by providing Human Resources Software to source, qualify, and engage employees to populate project teams. SymbaSync’s tools increase employee satisfaction improving employee ownership, engagement, and retention. SymbaSync provides a company with a complete overview of up-to-dateemployee skills, interests, and workplace preferences.
- Tactii — We do rapid prototyping on machine learning and analytics for small companies. Our main focus is to bring down the budget for small companies and startups who want to explore things in Machine Learning. Affordable Machine Learning for startups and small companies. We are partnering up with various startups and small companies.
Jörg-Matthias Butzlaff
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- B2B, Marketplace, Outsourcing
- Pre-Seed
- Germany
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- WeProfit — The B2B marketplace for software development. Hire curated and vetted development companies and bid on world class projects.
Arvi Tavast is the Director at Institute of the Estonian Language.
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- AgTech, Farming, Software
- Seed, Angel
- Estonia
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- Guaana — Your next hackathon, without the hassle. Built for speed and minimal human errors.
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- VitalFields — VitalFields is a digital agriculture company that offers an easy-to-use farm management system for farmers to plan, manage and analyze their field activities, including simplified tracking and reporting of all crop inputs to help ensure compliance with European Union environmental standards. Founded in 2011 and based in Tallinn, Estonia,VitalFields is available in several European countries.
Maximilian’s CV has many facets. He started as a physicist at Cambridge University in 2008. He later worked as a materials researcher in construction before founding Madanyu and Netwookie, two Tech4Good companies focused on emerging markets. To date, he has supported over 60 startups as a mentor and board member. Through his work, he has built astrong international investment and expert network with focus on England, France, and USA. As an investment manager in the hardware team, his focus is on nano- and quantum technology, materials and environmental research as well as Industry 4.0 and Future of Work.
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- SaaS, Rental, Fashion
- Seed
- Germany
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- UNOWN — Unown is a service and SaaS provider for the fashion industry. Our goal is to revolutionize the way we buy & sell clothing and thereby save 100,000 tons of CO2e every year. We believe that through our leasing, subscription and pre-loved services, we can use resources smarter and create higher value per asset.We enable brands to secure theirshare in the growing secondary markets. They lease out their assets through our revenue share model and get access to deep usage data. We enable customers to experience fashion with a completely new mindset. Our service allows them to rotate their wardrobe while maintaining an efficient and conscious lifestyle.
Atomico Angel
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- Fashion, Communities, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- France, Sweden, United States
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- Anyone — Anyone makes getting and giving advice easy through five-minute voice calls. Reserve your handle in the phone book of the future.
- Liberare (Formerly Intimately) — Intimately sells adaptive bras and underwear for women with disabilities. We sell the easiest bras to put on that are also fashionable. Front opening bras with the newest technology allow for easy dressing for everyone.
- Lucky Sweater — Welcome to the ultimate slow fashion community closet. Explore different styles, discover independent designers, and try new things with the slow fashion community.
Jon Reynolds is the Co-Founder and CEO at SwiftKey. He attended University of Cambridge during 2004 - 2007.
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- FinTech, Food Delivery, Supply Chain Management
- Series A, Seed, Series C
- United Kingdom, United States
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- Onfido — Onfido digitally proves a user’s real identity using AI technology, by verifying their photo ID and comparing it to their facial biometrics. It means users and businesses can verify their online identities anywhere and anytime, without compromising on experience, inclusion, privacy or security. Onfido powers over 1,500 fintech, banking, andmarketplace clients globally—helping them onboard more users while reducing risk. Identity underpins all transactions, and over the coming years, access to everything will be based on every user's ability to easily and securely prove their legal identity. This will change how we think of access—everything from opening a bank account to self-checking-in to a hotel, and ultimately voting.
- Provenance — Provenance is a software solution for sustainability communications and supply chain transparency.
- Hinge Health — We are the leading digital clinic for back, joint, and muscle pain. Explore how our online care solutions go beyond traditional physical therapy to provide lasting pain relief.
Hubertus Thonhauser - Managing Partner @ Enabling Future
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- Mobile, Mobile Apps, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- The Netherlands, Cyprus, Estonia
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- Guaana — Your next hackathon, without the hassle. Built for speed and minimal human errors.
- Bringoo — Bringoo is an application for grocery deliveries from local stores. Customers order their grocery on the Bringoo application and pay online. Our shoppers collect the order and our riders deliver them - all within 45 minutes.
- Synova Power — Plastic and its recycling must not be a problem for the world. Synova is revolutionizing the plastic recycling industry and approach.
Vahe Andonians
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- B2B, Marketplace, Outsourcing
- Pre-Seed
- Germany
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- WeProfit — The B2B marketplace for software development. Hire curated and vetted development companies and bid on world class projects.
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