Top 50 Wine and Spirits Startup Investors (July 2026)
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Imaginary Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Beauty, Fashion | $2M–$110M |
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Distill Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | United States, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed | Food and Beverage, Wine and Spirits, Winery | |
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Brand Foundry Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Health Care, Consumer Goods | $1.2M–$75M |
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InvestBev
VC Fund
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5 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Food and Beverage, Wine and Spirits, Winery | $6.2M–$8M |
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DN Capital
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $300k–$65M |
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Snowball Effect
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand | Seed, Angel | Software, Health Care, Manufacturing | $558k–$3.5M |
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Max Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Sweden, Canada | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Health Care, Software | $1.3M–$28M |
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Inflection Point Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | India, United States, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Health Care | $114k–$9.1M |
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Tiller Partners
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $1M–$35M |
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Club Italia Investimenti 2
VC Fund
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4 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Mobile | $55k–$576k |
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CircleUp
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Food and Beverage, Food Processing, E-Commerce | $340k–$10M |
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ATX Venture Partners
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $700k–$55M |
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Allied Venture Partners
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Canada, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $100k–$7M |
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Great Oaks Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | United States, United Kingdom, Spain | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care | $750k–$42M |
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Gaingels
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, Mexico | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $1.1M–$100M |
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Whiterock Finance
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States | Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown | Food and Beverage, Software, Health Care | $131k–$6.7M |
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Sugar Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $1.8M–$20M |
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HSBC UK
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Canada | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A | Manufacturing, Retail, Transportation | $1M–$280M |
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Blue Falcon Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Wellness | $920k–$15M |
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ah! Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | India, Singapore, United States | Seed, Angel | Software, EdTech, Education | $100k–$1.5M |
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Greycroft
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce | $1.5M–$79M |
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Hillhouse Investment
VC Fund
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3 | China, United States, Singapore | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $2.9M–$220M |
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Reshape
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Israel, Colombia | Seed, Series A | Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Software | $1.5M–$40M |
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Wavemaker Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Singapore, Philippines | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $880k–$20M |
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Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, Argentina | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $1.3M–$20M |
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Döhler Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Food and Beverage, Health Care, Food Processing | $1.3M–$11M |
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Pente Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Food and Beverage, Wine and Spirits, Brewing | $186k–$19M |
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Angels Den
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Finland | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Mobile, Software | $33k–$763k |
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CapTable
VC Fund
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3 | Brazil | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, AgTech | $136k–$1.9M |
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Winklevoss Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Mexico | Seed, Series A | Software, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology | $600k–$50M |
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Challenjers Capital
VC Fund
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3 | China, United States, Japan | Series A, Angel, Seed | Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce | $425k–$14M |
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Hayden Zou
Angel
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3 | China | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage | |
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Blue Slide Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Food and Beverage, Software, Snack Food | $500k–$68M |
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Fabrice Grinda
Angel
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3 | United States, France, Brazil | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet | $786k–$55M |
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AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $367k–$21M |
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CSA Partners LLC
VC Fund
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3 | United States, France | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Enterprise Software | |
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James Robertson
Angel
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3 | China | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage | |
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CPE
VC Fund
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3 | China, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Series C | Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology | $2.8M–$1B |
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Arianna Simpson
Angel
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2 | United States, Philippines, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | $3.1M–$170M |
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Arielle Zuckerberg
Angel
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2 | United States, France, Mexico | Seed, Series A, Angel | Health Care, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $750k–$59M |
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Jason Calacanis
Angel
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2 | United States, Australia, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence | $100k–$14M |
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Ligaya Tichy
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Food and Beverage, Apps, News | $1.6M–$4.5M |
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Casey Neistat
Angel
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2 | United States, Israel, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Apps, Audio | $3M–$50M |
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Mistral Equity Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United States, China, Canada | Series A, Seed | Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Apps | |
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Kima Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | |
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Christen O'Brien
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed | SaaS, Logistics, Accounting | |
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Pankaj Jain
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Jordan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Analytics, SaaS, Mobile | |
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HashtagOne
VC Fund
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2 | United States | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | News, Mobile, E-Commerce | |
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The Hina Group
VC Fund
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2 | China, United States | Series A, Angel, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Medical | |
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Chakradhar Gade
Angel
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2 | India | Seed, Series A | Fashion, AgTech, Apps | |
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Based in New York City, Imaginary Ventures is a leading venture capital firm investing in the most generationally-defining consumer businesses.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Beauty, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 93
- Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Series A $7M–$25M; Series B $15M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- NuORDER — Unleash your true potential with NuORDER by Lightspeed. The leading B2B platform powering commerce for the world's best brands and retailers.
- EON — EON is retail's leading Digital ID platform. Our mission is to connect every item to make it interactive, intelligent and circular.
- Alec's Ice Cream — Alec's Ice Cream is a frozen food manufacturing company that offers organic, creamy, and delicious ice creams. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Petaluma, California.
Distill Ventures provide investment and support for spirits startups and entrepreneurs who want to create the global drinks brands of the future.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Wine and Spirits, Winery
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United States, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Lodestar — Lodestar is a pre-launch American Whisky created by relatives and members of the entertainment business.
- UME Plum Liqueur — UME is The Purple Potion for a New Era. UME Plum Liqueur is a delightfully tart, mildly sweet plum liqueur with a show-stopping royal purple hue at 17% ABV.
- Jackson McCrea Whiskey — We asked women what they like and the resuly is Jackson McCrea - a great tasting premium whiskey made by women for women - enjoyed by everyone.
Brand Foundry Ventures they invest in early-stage companies operating in the consumer and business sectors.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Consumer Goods
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 103
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7M; Series A $5M–$20M; Series B $12M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Zippy — Zippy engages in providing a simple, online, and fast loan. It aims to expand access to affordable homeownership through manufactured home loans. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Austin, Texas.
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Investing strategic capital across all facets of the adult beverage industry.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Wine and Spirits, Winery
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $6.2M–$8M
- Lead/follow: 87% lead, 13% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Lucky Energy — LUCKY F*CK is a better-for-you energy drink company.
- Renais Spirits — A bold and vibrant gin inspired by the people, produce and provenance of Burgundy, France.
- Shake Up Cocktails — Shake Up Cocktails uses authentic ingredients and vivid flavors to create all-natural, gluten-free, ready-to-drink cocktails suitable for any occasion.
DN Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on companies that plan to establish operations on both sides of the Atlantic, and strives to help its companies build international businesses. Founded in 2000, the company has operations in London and Silicon Valley. DN Capital’sprevious funds are top performers and the firm is one of the lead investors in companies such as Endeca (sold to Oracle), Shazam (one of the world’s leading mobile app), Auto1 (world's largest used car marketplace), Purplebricks (IPO London) and Quandoo (sold to Recruit).
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 295
- Round size: Seed $300k–$9M; Series A $3.1M–$25M; Series B $8.6M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- bonify — Bonify, a Berlin based FinTech-Start-up, enables customers to benefit from their credit scoring and financial data. The company gives customers free and easy access to their credit score and let them upload additional relevant data. Then, it offers tools and personalized recommendations to help optimize the customer’s financial situation.Foundedin 2015 by key executives of McKinsey and Zalando, bonify has received significant funding from internationally leading VCs and successful entrepreneurs.
- unique.ai — Automate personalized experiences to successfully transform your organization.
- Numa — Numa offers rooms & apartments in Europe's coolest neighbourhoods. See how simple travel can be. Sign up for exclusive discount. Book now!
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $558k–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ubco — UBCO is a New Zealand and US-based tech company that designs, develops, and distributes Utility Electric Vehicles and Portable Power Supplies for on-and off-road adventures, leisure and recreation, and commercial use where vehicle utility is required. UBCO have a desire to Power Your Purpose, through it's Utility Electric Vehicles (UEVs) thatcan change the way people ride, work, and play. UBCO currently has a digitally connected UEV platform which includes on- and off-road transport (2×2), portable power, accessories, and software. They provide a complete solution, from users to managers across a wide range of applications.
- Tether Limited — Tether develops a solution that continuously assesses, reports on, and rates the environmental quality and energy efficiency of homes, offices, and classrooms. Tether will not only enable continuous evaluation and feedback, but it will also provide ways to improve the environments in which users live, work, or learn.Through connected hardware andsoftware solutions, Tether promotes healthy living, learning, and working environments.
- Projectworks — Project Works is a cloud based workforce management platform designed to help professional & creative services businesses better manage their organisations in the areas of project management, project financials, and people management. Our mission is to provide a platform that enables world class services businesses to get the most out of theirexisting workforce, and enable them to grow.
Max Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in consumer tech and health-tech companies. Max Ventures primarily invests in digital commerce, digital media, fintech, and digital Health. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Sweden, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6.3M; Series A $4M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Cecil — From nature-based offset projects to biodiversity inventories, we simplify natural asset management for project developers, intermediaries, asset managers and investors.
- Sunbound — Sunbound provides payments, accounts receivable and financing solutions for Senior Living Operators.
- Hello Patient — Healthcare AI that gets your team off the phone & in front of patients
Inflection Point Ventures, with over 3300 CXOs and professionals, HNIs and Family Offices, is India’s leading angel network investing in early-to-mid stage startups. IPV supports new-age entrepreneurs with not just capital but also uses its wide network of investors to provide startups with access to new markets, customers, guidance and mentorship.Inflection Point Ventures is democratizing angel investing with low membership fee, lowest investment ticket size (per investor), transparent investment process and extensive upfront due-diligence led by industry experts. IPV is industry agnostic, with a focus on committed and competent founders.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 328
- Round size: Seed $165k–$2M; Pre-Seed $114k–$2.1M; Series A $774k–$9.1M
- Lead/follow: 78% lead, 22% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Uravu Labs — Uravu Labs - Renewable Water From Air. Water sustainability for the 21st century.
- Snap-E Cabs — Snap-E Cabs is an eco-friendly public electric transport service that allows people to travel safely.
- Mocero Health Solutions — Reimagining hospitals as connected ecosystems. One unified platform for better patient care.
iller Partners offers co-founding and funding possibilities for seed and early-stage ventures.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8.5M; Series A $2.5M–$22M; Series B $6M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bevz — Bevz is a software and services (SaaS) platform for local, independently operated liquor/convenience stores. Our vision is to transform the 100,000+ independent liquor stores across the nation with the technology, data, and support
- AppOnboard — AppOnboard is a Los Angeles-based software company empowering creators to build businesses without any programming experience. The company offers two no-code products: Buildbox, the largest no-code mobile game engine, and AppOnboard Studio, a mobile, interactive design studio that enables anyone to create playable ads and app prototypes.
- Frontier Car Group — Frontier Car Group is a berlin-based startup who develop, launch, and operate used-automotive marketplaces within emerging market economies, with operations in Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Pakistan, and Indonesia. Additionally, we are successfully engaging in two joint ventures with OLX in India and Poland. We increase theefficiency of selling and buying cars through technology, infra-structure creation, access to capital and innovative business models that allows all stakeholders to gain from our impact.
Club Italia Investimenti is a Milan-based venture capital firm that assists startups in raising seed capital.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $55k–$576k; Pre-Seed $110k–$219k
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.9M in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- UNGUESS (formerly AppQuality) — UNGUESS is the crowdsourcing platform for effective testing and real insights. Take the guesswork out of your work.
- Paragraph — Powerful stories and powerful storytellers. Each week find seven of the world's best shorts in text, audio, and video: http://bit.ly/1usXQd5
- La Passione — High quality Italian Road and Urban cycling wear at fair prices. We use only the finest materials and sell direct to you with no middleman. Shop now!
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 96
- Round size: Seed $340k–$4M; Series A $1.4M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $125M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- GEM — Discover plant based vitamins in delicious flavors, designed for whole body nutrition. Order as you go or choose a monthly vitamin subscription.
- Liquid I.V — Liquid I.V. is a health-science nutrition and wellness company.
- Partake Brewing — Partake Brewing is the craft non-alcoholic beer brand that focuses on flavor, health, socializing, and inclusivity for people who choose not to drink alcohol whether as a need or increasingly as a lifestyle choice.
ATX Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm in Austin Texas with funds investing in B2B software, marketplaces, and applications.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 117
- Round size: Seed $700k–$5M; Series A $885k–$28M; Series B $8M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Autonomize AI — AI That Runs Healthcare. For the Humans Who Make It Work. AI-Native Infrastructure: Rewiring Healthcare Operations for the Next Era.
- EcoPulse — Partner and innovate for a sustainable future!At EcoPulseⓇ we empower industries and companies with cutting-edge, AI-driven technologies to tackle the urgent PFAS "forever chemicals" problem.PFAS ("forever chemicals") is posing a growing challenge to manufacturers and retailers due to the severe health harms these syntheticchemicals can do to people and communities. With increasing global regulations and public attention, companies need smarter tools to analyze and mitigate PFAS risks.EcoPulse's PFAS AI™ software is an AI-first software specialized in analyzing and managing PFAS (forever chemicals) risks across material inventory and supply chain in manufacturing — uncovering hidden threats, streamlining compliance and mitigation actions, and saving millions in potential costs.
- Rendezvous Robotics — Changing how we build in space.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $750k–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M; Series A $1.5M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- Acceler8 — Acceler8 is a business intelligence platform that aims to replace traditional, calendar-driven workforce decisions with continuous, data-driven insights.
- Intellectible — Craft complex documents likes bids and proposals easily using AI
Great Oaks Venture Capital is a leading early-stage venture capital firm with a mission to support and invest in the most innovative and disruptive startups. Visit our home page to learn more about our portfolio companies, investment approach, and the experienced team behind our success.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 367
- Round size: Seed $750k–$5.4M; Series A $3M–$16M; Series B $6M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $40M in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- LuminosAI — Luminos AI provides software for legal and governance teams to assess and manage AI risk. The platform supports compliance testing, evaluation workflows, and automated reporting across classical, generative, and agentic AI systems.
- Snapp — Snapp uses AI agentic systems and LLMs with access to comprehensive sports databases, real-time APIs, and AI-powered content tools to truly engage the passionate fan. Our early adopters are sports bettors and fantasy players looking for detailed insights and personalized recommendations — delivered in an intuitive, easy-to-use experience.
- SingleStore — SingleStore is a provider of a database for operational analytics and cloud-native applications. It provides global enterprises with an intelligent database that works on any cloud on-premises or as a service runs transactions and analytics at the same time and lets clients promote their business through analytics and combine semi-structured datainto a consolidated big data platform.
Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT+ community and its allies, investing in companies with LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams, with a global portfolio of 130+ companies and $70M in deployed investment capital todate. The Gaingels network also actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1006
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.1M; Series A $5M–$40M; Series B $16M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- BQP — BosonQ Psi Pvt. Ltd. (BQP) is a state-of-the-art SaaS-based enterprise software venture leveraging the power of Quantum computing to speed up virtual simulations of Multiphysics and Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) nature. BosonQ Psi is at the forefront of this quantum revolution. Our vision is to become the premier multiphysics simulation softwareusing quantum computing. Our world-class software suite will include computational science fields of fluid dynamics, structural dynamics, thermal, chemical, and aeroacoustics. With such an innovative product, we will revolutionize the computational world by enabling high-fidelity simulations that are impossible to solve with current computing technology. Further, this product will aid aerospace, automotive, energy, manufacturing, biotechnology, civil engineering, and astrophysics industries in saving millions of dollars by reducing long turnaround times of simulations used in the design process and give higher accuracy to make significant design changes for giving rise to the next generation of an electric car, eVTOL, skyscraper, or even Mars Rover.The possibility to harness the power of quantum computers is endless, and we at BQP thrive on pushing the boundaries of quantum computing technologies to serve our clients. We have made it our mission to bring these possibilities into the hands of every person - from a researcher to a scientist, from a professor to a student. Our name, BosonQ Psi, pays tribute to the great Indian physicist Dr. Satyendra Nath Bose, after whose name the elementary particle in quantum mechanics, Boson, was named and further incorporates the fundamental quantity that describes the state of the quantum particle - Psi, thus symbolizing the company's fundamental goal to contribute in India's goal to be the leader in the Quantum realm and also become a global leader in Quantum paradigm shift in coming years.
- Willow Wealth — Willow Wealth is an alternative investment platform focused on generating income streams for investors. Get exclusive access to private market investments.
- Hubble Network — Connect a Bluetooth device to a global satellite network, delivering affordable, low-power tracking and monitoring for diverse industrial and commercial applications.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Debt Financing $131k–$2M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.9M–$6.7M
- Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- AROUND NOON. — AROUND NOON produces chilled, hot and frozen food-to-go products for retailers, coffee shops, contract caterers and other foodservice clients. The company manufactures sandwiches, wraps, salads, toasties, paninis, ciabattas, fruit and yoghurt pots, snack pots, granola yogurts, bakery items and natural fruit juices. It supplies grab-and-go rangesunder its own brands, including Twelve for all-day eats and Sweet Things for bakery. AROUND NOON also offers bespoke recipe development, in-house print and labelling, and nationwide distribution across the UK and Ireland.
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- Eolas Medical — App for healthcare teams, a team work space app to manage information, everything from clinical guidelines and education resources to communication, frequently asked questions, contacts and staff profiles
Sugar Capital invests in early stage companies across the commerce ecosystem.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $3M–$9.1M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$2.4M; Series A $8.9M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Lucky Energy — LUCKY F*CK is a better-for-you energy drink company.
- Motion — Motion is a visual analysis hub that helps marketers and creative teams identify what works to make high-performing creatives that convert.
- Starface World —
HSBC UK provides financial products and services and long-term general and industrial credit services.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Retail, Transportation
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 130
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $20M–$158M; Debt Financing $1M–$280M
- Lead/follow: 85% lead, 15% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Epos Now — Launched in 2011, Epos Now was founded on a belief that all businesses and entrepreneurs should be able to leverage the power of both cloud computing and modern technology to power their businesses. They help to improve both the lives of their customers and their businesses.
- Safer Sphere — Safer Sphere is a solutions provider for construction health and safety. They provide CDM advisors in the areas of health and safety in construction including construction design and management and project health and safety. They offer training and an e-Learning portal that includes health and safety courses.
- Halley Stevensons — Halley Stevensons is a manufacturer of waxed cotton and weatherproofed fabrics.
Blue Falcon Capital is an angel investment fund focused on early-stage investing, seed, start-up, and early-growth funding.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $920k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Chiyo — Fertility, pregnancy & postpartum meal delivery for new mothers. Eastern food therapy meets nutritional science, we use whole, nutrient-dense ingredients to help alleviate or avoid pregnancy symptoms like morning sickness, heartburn, gestational diabetes and more. OBGYN recommended, nutritionist curated, ready-to-eat.
- VOW — Meet Quick, a purpose-built Webflow template to promote SaaS and software apps without writing code. Its pre-built content will help you get your website up and running in no time at all.
- Brooklyn Health — Brooklyn Health is a company of clinicians, scientists, and engineers dedicated to enhancing digital health measurement.
ah! Ventures is India’s only curated, sector agnostic and the largest fundraising platform for early stage startups raising funds up to 10 MN USD. Very strong network of 3000+ Investors including 2000+ angel investors and 1000+ institutional investors & fund/family houses, Robust deal pipeline of more than 600 business plans/monthand Well-established brand as one of India’s premier aggregators with a cornucopia of offerings to catalyze startup growth.
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- Industry: Software, EdTech, Education
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: India, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 165
- Round size: Seed $119k–$1.5M; Angel $100k–$355k
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $16M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- MiStay — MiStay allows you to book hotel rooms only for the hours you need. 100% Safe. Pay Online or Pay at the Hotel. Hotels Available near Airport & Railway Stations. Book Now.
- Snap-E Cabs — Snap-E Cabs is an eco-friendly public electric transport service that allows people to travel safely.
- Ochre Spirits —
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 720
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Series A $3.2M–$25M; Series B $6.2M–$79M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $378M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Billie — Billie is a wellness company that offers shaving supplies and body products. Billie is committed to designing products that are uniquely built to provide women everyday TLC from top to toe. Billie believes that women shouldn't be an afterthought in the shaving category and that they deserve to have a great shave without having to pay more forit.Billie was founded in 2017 and is based in New York.
- Leena AI — Leena AI is an autonomous conversational AI-backed platform that helps enterprises better employee experience. The platform is powerful, flexible, and made to meets the needs of any enterprise. With Leena AI, companies can eliminate the need for HR staff to work on tasks such as answering policy-related questions, knowledge management,generating employee documents on demand, and managing employee tickets so they can focus on high-value activities.Leena AI plays well with 20 plus platforms, including SAP SuccessFactors, ADP, Oracle, Workday, and Microsoft Office 365. It is trusted by 1M employees across companies like Nestle, Puma, AirAsia, Coca-cola, Lafarge Holcim, and Abbott.The platform is capable of handling every aspect of employee experience across the employee lifecycle. From FAQ automation and employee engagement right up to employee onboarding, the platform aims to help organizations streamline all HR workflows.
- WorldWide Biggies — Worldwide Biggies, Inc. operates as a digital entertainment studio. It provides films and T.V, gametoons, games, and Webisodes for kids, families, and young adults through online. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in New York, New York.
Founded in 2005, Hillhouse is a leading global investment management firm, active across public equity, private equity, real estate and private credit. The firm invests over a long-term horizon and partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to deliver sustainable value creation for quality companies.Hillhouse is a full life-cycle private equityfirm, investing for the long term across opportunities in the healthcare, business services, consumer, and industrials sectors. The firm manages capital on behalf of global institutions such as non-profit foundations, endowments, and pensions.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: China, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 331
- Round size: Series A $2.9M–$142M; Series B $14M–$219M; Series C $15M–$220M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $11B in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Sainte — Sainte is a company which provides professional nutritional solutions for babies with different nutritional needs
- Vita Dynamics — Vita Dynamics involves learning through real-world interactions by developing robots that can physically engage with their environment, they can adapt more naturally and efficiently.
- NeueHCT — Horizon Continental Technology is a joint venture between Continental Group and Horizon Robotics
Reshape is a next-generation investor in technology-enabled companies that need real estate to scale.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Israel, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 110
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Series A $6M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.5M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Koppiku — Our CoffeeYour Way Our CoffeeYour Way Discover your new fave drinks From full-bodied coffees, to refreshing coolers View Menu View Menu koppiku latte (Hot/Iced) Cereal latte (Iced) koppiku milk tea (Iced) snow black (Iced) Americano (Hot/Iced) latte (Hot/Iced) cappuccino (Hot/Iced) Koppiku coconut latte (Hot/Iced) There is no Koppiku without You
- GiftShop — GiftShop is an e-commerce platform that enable customers to create unique merchandise and gifts for special occassions.
- Agora — Agora is the investment management software that's built to help you build.
Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 329
- Round size: Seed $880k–$5M; Series A $3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $136M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- uHoo — Air quality, now visible. Discover uHoo TRUSTED BY Elevate your health, focus, and performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miqSQuOVWjs&list=PLC-yooIAsXuwt0o22nxVp9wJrTCsjIvBE&index=7 WHY UHOO? Optimize your air to maximize your life. Indoor air quality affects your overall health and well-being. Let uHoo measure and monitor your air quality for a healthier indoor environtment. Less Allergies Know exactly what products and chemicals to
- Shikho — Shikho is a Bangladeshi education technology company on a mission to revolutionise the way Bangladesh learns today and democratise access to a high quality education. It is building a hyper-localised digital learning ecosystem designed specifically for the Bangladeshi national curriculum to serve a growing total addressable market of ~42 millionstudents. "Shikho - The Learning App" is available on the Google Play Store.
- WriterZen — Boost your SEO content production with WriterZen - the simplified workflow solution from keyword research to content writing, designed for all SEO levels.
Investing catalytic capital in promising seed stage companies located outside of Silicon Valley, NYC & Boston. Backed by a group of iconic entrepreneurs, executives & investors.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Argentina
Investor stats
- Total investments: 202
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6.5M; Series A $5.2M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $150M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Pryon — Pryon is the leading AI-as-a-Service platform for content and knowledge management. Pryon closes knowledge gaps, improving employee productivity, and enhancing customer experiences. Companies such as Georgia Pacific use Pryon to improve health and safety outcomes, eliminate compliance incidents, improve employee onboarding, and upgrade all aspectsof customer service and support.
- SupplyHive — SupplyHive is Supplier Performance Review Software. By enabling easy input of reviews, and employing artificial intelligence, the entire SupplyHive now elevates, every time a review or rating is posted - or accessed. SupplyHive was founded by Mike Anguiano, a serial entrepreneur who worked with a few key influencers across procurement, investors,leadership, and well-known suppliers. In January 2021, The board of directors brought on serial entrepreneur and innovative business leader Lou Sandoval to refine, build and scale the company. Sandoval successfully led the Seed financing round to raise $2M in a priced round with a valuation of $12M.
- PetFriendly — PetFriendly is a pet care subscription box for dogs and cats. From flea treatment to dog supplements we provide custom products for every life stage.
Döhler Ventures is a long-term oriented & entrepreneurial investor empowering early-stage startups in the nutrition & technology ecosystem.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $8.1M–$8.1M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- All G — All G is on a mission to harmonize the perfection of nature with science to deliver ethical and sustainable cultured dairy and plant-based meat alternatives to the world.
- Chromologics — Chromologics produce natural sustainable colors. Our flagship product is ChromoRed which performs better than existing natural, red colorants. ChromoRed is also applicable with vegan, kosher and halal diets.
- SuperBrewed Food — White Dog Labs is developing new probiotics for animals and humans. WDL is a biotechnology company founded upon synthetic biology and bioprocess development.
At Pente, we invest in entrepreneurs and operators who aim to build great businesses. The teams we partner with are true builders, whether they work with wireframes, code, physical products or ideas.We see the emergence of a kinder and more sustainable world, powered by a new generation of businesses. A world where life's luxuries areredefined as design being the central determinator of quality. We are working with the most promising founders and businesses to catalyze change with radical, empathetic visions for a better future.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Wine and Spirits, Brewing
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $186k–$2.4M; Series A $10M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WatchHouse — Cosy, unique coffee spots & eateries in London. We make great coffee and exceptional food within beautifully bespoke environments tailored around our local community. It is as simple as that. | Never worry about running out of coffee supplies again. The Modern Coffee experience from the comfort of your own home.
- Pentire Drinks — Made from unique plants native to the Cornish coastline, Pentire is a new botanical non-alcoholic spirit drink. A gin style drink that harnesses the power, beauty and immense flavour of plants, without the after effects. Buy online now.
- Mytos — The Infrastructure for Cell Manufacturing
Join 21,000+ investors backing the top 4% of UK startups. Access vetted, tax-efficient (SEIS/EIS) investment opportunities and exclusive pitch events.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $33k–$763k; Angel $79k–$354k
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AAZZUR — One-stop-shop for APIs and embeddable Front-end-modules connected to a smart marketplace for BaaS- and Fintech-Services
- OnCare — Home care software | care management system
- SupaPass — The most powerful content app maker on the market. Finally have all of your content, audience & paywall in one place to turn your audience into a business.
Captable is a startup investment platform that operates transactions through crowdfunding. They exist to simplify and make startup investments viable, as well as to connect the entire ecosystem, by leveraging business growth with high return potential for investors who want to contribute to the growth of startups. It makes connections at variouslevels for various agents in the innovation market with the goal of encouraging entrepreneurship through investment in startups. CapTable was founded in 2018 by Guilherme Enck and Paulo Deitos Filho.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $136k–$814k; Pre-Seed $181k–$1.9M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CowMed — CowMed is an agricultural service company of technological solutions for health, nutrition, and reproduction for milk cattle. It also develops animal monitoring products for precision livestock, generating value, and ensuring the sustainability of the business.The company was named 2018 - NEOVIA's Future Farm, 2017 - Ideas for Milk andAcceleration Criatec 3, and 2017 & 2016 Tecnova Notice SEBRAE.CowMed was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- E-Comprei — E-Comprei is a company that buys and sells beauty and hygiene products for small shop keeper.
- Weex — Carteira digital de experiências inédita no Brasil
At Winklevoss Capital, we believe in determined entrepreneurs. Risk-taking is just in their blood. By providing guidance, relationships and capital, we reinforce their pursuit of a frictionless world and a better human experience. Because those who dare to fail greatly, dare to achieve greatly.
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- Industry: Software, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 181
- Round size: Seed $600k–$7.5M; Series A $6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zcash — Zcash offers total payment confidentiality, while still maintaining a decentralized network using a public blockchain. Unlike Bitcoin, Zcash transactions automatically hide the sender, recipient, and value of all transactions on the blockchain. Only those with the correct view key can see the contents. Users have complete control and can opt-in toprovide others with their view key at their discretion.Zcash transactions do not depend on the cooperation of other parties. Additionally, full nodes in the Zcash network only need to store a small persistent state.
- Gemini — The crypto super app for trading, predicting, and earning. Buy 90+ cryptos, trade prediction markets, and earn with staking and the Gemini Credit Card.
- Zcash Open Development Lab — Zodl is a mobile wallet for sending and managing private Zcash transactions, with encrypted payments and full user control of funds.
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Browse database — It's Free!Challenjers Capital invests in China, and help build iconic brands of tomorrow. They determined to invest in the start-ups, which create authentic products and services, instead of companies, which inflate their margins with marketing fees.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Angel, Seed
- Geography: China, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $4M–$10M; Angel $425k–$1.5M; Series A $1.4M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Outopia — Outopia focuses on trail running, positioning itself in the next generation of professional outdoor sports market by developing innovative, high-performance gear, apparel, and accessories that combine cutting-edge materials, ergonomic design, and advanced technology to enhance endurance, safety, and overall experience for athletes and outdoorenthusiasts.
- Nowwa Coffee — Nowwa Coffee is a coffee chain brand that provides freshly ground coffee and tea, peripherals, roasting, and other products.
- Shangbai Global — Shangbai Global specializes in cross-border e-commerce for products like bed sheets, duvet covers, pillowcases, blankets, and cushions.
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- Industry: Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nine Rivers Distillery Company PLC — The story of what happened when a group of whisky loving friends decided it was time to put China on the international whisky map.
Blue Slide Ventures is an early stage personal and SPV investment vehicle focused on backing consumer, brand centric companies. Blue Slide Ventures is hands on at the seed stage to support key business needs and utilize our trusted network of partners.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Software, Snack Food
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $543k–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $500k–$900k; Series A $30M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ohza — Ohza crafts mouth-watering mimosas made with sparkling wine and real juice, but with fewer calories and less sugar. We're a ready-to-drink cocktail with good vibes only: all-natural, vegan, gluten-free, and preservative-free.
- MealMe — MealMe: We compare services for delivery pickup and groceries to ensure that we are the fastest food delivery app, the cheapest food delivery app, and the food delivery app with the largest selection.
- Snazzy — Snazzy is a teledentistry platform for teeth straightening. It offers affordable and accessible clear aligner treatment. Snazzy was founded in 2020 by Ayush Pateria and Keshav Chouksey and was headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana.
Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, France, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 140
- Round size: Seed $786k–$7M; Series A $1M–$50M; Series B $3.7M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alpagga — Alpagga is the online marketplace for purchase and sale of decommissioned agri-food equipments.
- OTPless — Authenticate customers with WhatsApp, SMS, Email, Biometrics, and more, with a 98% conversion rate on signup and sign-in.
- Accumulator — Accumulator is a U.S. private equity firm regulated by the SEC, operating as an index-like fund covering a wide range of privately held, growth-stage tech companies.
We are a community-powered VC fund making pre-seed / seed stage investments in Australian and New Zealand startups. Our community is rallied around a shared goal: to invest in the next generation of Australia and New Zealand startups at the very earliest stage, and then support them on their long a
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $367k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $410k–$2.2M; Series A $4.2M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
- BarterAds Pty Ltd — BarterAds is a programmatic advertising exchange that enables businesses to acquire customers without cash spend by converting unused ad inventory into a tradable asset. Instead of paying in fiat, companies earn and spend a proprietary internal currency called Barter Dollars, which are issued when they display ads on their owned media propertiessuch as websites, apps, or platforms.The platform operates as an auction-based exchange, similar to traditional ad networks, where advertisers bid for impressions using Barter Dollars. Inventory is matched contextually and priced dynamically through real-time bidding, ensuring efficient allocation of supply and demand across the network. This allows both advertisers and publishers to maximize the value of otherwise underutilized inventory.BarterAds primarily targets startups, SaaS platforms, marketplaces, gaming companies, and content publishers that have traffic but are constrained by rising customer acquisition costs. By removing the need for upfront cash spend, the platform provides a capital-efficient growth channel, particularly for small and mid-sized businesses.The system includes controls for brand safety, fraud prevention, and inventory quality through business verification, campaign approvals, and continuous monitoring. Barter Dollars are non-transferable and expire periodically, preventing hoarding and ensuring continuous circulation within the ecosystem.BarterAds is designed as a hybrid between barter networks and modern ad exchanges, combining the scalability and automation of programmatic advertising with a closed-loop, cashless economy. The company is headquartered in Australia and is focused on building a global network of advertisers and publishers who both contribute inventory and run campaigns within the platform.
- Samphire Neuroscience — Samphire Neuroscience provides solutions that specialize in women's health. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in London, England.
CSA Partners, LLC is a venture fund that invests in early stage, high growth companies.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Edda — Software Suite for Venture Capital, Corporate Venture Private Equity, Family Offices & Investment Bank Manage your dealflow, support your portfolio companies, track your performances in real-time and raise your next fund with edda.
- EVEN — EVEN empowers artists and fans to invest in each other.
- Pet Krewe — Pet costumes, dog costumes, cat costumes for Halloween, or any pet dress-up occasion. Free shipping.
James Robertson
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- Industry: Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nine Rivers Distillery Company PLC — The story of what happened when a group of whisky loving friends decided it was time to put China on the international whisky map.
CPE is a leading alternative asset manager, with asset classes spanning private equity, mezzanine and the public market. Founded in 2008 by a world class team of investment professionals and supported by over 200 domestic and international investors, CPE knows China like no one else and is a globally minded long-term value investor. The firm usesits sector expertise to generate deal flow and drive the value creation work during the post-investment stage. CPE follows a disciplined investment approach to preserve and grow its investors’ capital. The firm’s private equity portfolio of more than 100 companies is highly diversified by sector and stage of investment. CPE takes pride in its forward-looking investment philosophy and works hard to create value over the long-term for its investors and a better world. For more information, please visit www.citicpe.com.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: China, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 108
- Round size: Series A $2.8M–$1B; Series B $12M–$286M; Series C $38M–$400M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $70M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- ModelBest — Mianbi Smart enables large-scale model acceleration and application execution using artificial intelligence.
- Sangon Biotech — Sangon Biotech Co. (生工生物) is engaged in the research and development of chemical synthesis of DNA.It is a high-tech Sino-foreign joint venture established in 2003. After ten years of development, Sangon has become a professional biotechnology company that integrates research and development. Chemical synthesis DNA earned reputation for Sangonin the global market.In 2006, Sangon invested 50 million to build a manufacturing and industrial base in Songjiang Industrial Park, which has been put into use. Sangon produces various products such as DNA synthesis, DNA sequencing, Gene Synthesis, peptide synthesis, chemical agents, enzymes, molecular biology kit, cultivation medium, lab consumptive material, and miniature instruments.
- Orange Connex Global UK Limited — Orange Connex Global UK Limited is a technology-led fourth-party logistics provider (4PL) to enable global supply chains.
Arianna Simpson is the General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Philippines, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $3.1M–$10M; Series A $9M–$60M; Series B $105M–$170M
- Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Celo — Celo is global payments infrastructure that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone
- Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
- Freedom Robotics — Freedom Robotics creates powerful control and monitoring software to enable the next generation of robotics companies to build, operate, and scale robots and robotic fleets.
Arielle Zuckerberg the youngest sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is joining Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in October 2015, in a bid by the firm to inject youth and diversity into its line-up of partners. (TechCrunch)
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, France, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $750k–$13M; Series A $10M–$59M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Partender — Partender: Bar inventory, Online Ordering, and Accounting Software in 15 min. Save $1,200-$5,000 in time, labor, and reduced inventory loss.
- Juni Learning — Achieve your target score faster with Acely. Get a personalized study plan, an AI tutor, and 50+ practice tests for the SAT, ACT, and PSAT.
- The Ticket Fairy — Discover amazing events and buy tickets online. Find concerts, festivals, and experiences near you. Plus, powerful event ticketing platform for organizers with transparent fees.
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Browse database — It's Free!Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 431
- Round size: Seed $875k–$5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.1M; Series A $2.7M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dexla — Build B2B apps quickly with an AI-powered front-end software engineer. Type in what your company does and watch Buck build your app for you.
- Bonjuur — Housekeeping Membership that tidies up your house daily and cleans room by room, for a serene life. Welcome to Bonjuur Life.
- Contraline — Contraline is a medical device company that has developed a proprietary injectable hydrogel platform for use in reproductive and contraceptive applications. Contraline's first product, Adam, is implanted into the vas deferens through a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure and once implanted, the gel effectively blocks sperm. Adam isnon-hormonal, designed to last years, and easily reversible.
Ligaya launches new markets for consumer technology companies. She kickstarted Airbnb's international development as Global Head of Offline Marketing & Community during their most rapid growth phase. Prior to that, she was a Marketing Manager for Yelp, helping the company expand their footprint across the US. Ligaya now angel invests andadvises startups and serves as a mentor for 500 Startups. She is also a regular speaker at SXSW, various TEDx, and CMX Summit. Ligaya was also selected as a 2014 TechWomen by the US Department of State.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Apps, News
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CloudPeeps — CloudPeeps is a community, marketplace and platform that empowers freelancers and businesses to do their best work. Hire a team of quality professional freelancers to get the job done. Work the way you want, wherever you are!
- Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
- Holey Grail Donuts — Discover fresh, taro-based donuts cooked in organic Fera Fruit Oil. Weekly new flavors from local Hawaiian farms.
Casey Neistat is a Youtube sensation with 9.5 million subscribers and over 2 billion views. Neistat is also the co-founder of Beme, a video-editing social app.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Audio
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $3M–$9M; Series A $9.5M–$27M; Series B $15M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Creator Now — film school, reimagined for creators
- Nothing — Nothing is a London-based company removing the barriers between people and technology to create a seamless digital future.
- Self Protocol — Self is spearheading a secure, human-first internet by allowing users to verify their identities while maintaining their privacy. Self Protocol is an identity and proof-of-humanity solution that uses zero-knowledge technology to confirm personhood and distinctive traits, like age and nationality, without revealing private information.
Mistral Equity Partners is a private equity firm comprised of highly experienced investment professionals and seasoned industry executives.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, China, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- LOLA — Founded by women, LOLA's period and sexual wellness products are always made without synthetic fibers, fragrance, bleach, chemical additives, or dyes.
- Wisely — Enhance the customer experience to drive profit with our best-in-class restaurant software: Waitlist, Reservations, Table & Order Management, CRM, and CDP.
- Solarcore — Solarcore is a materials technology enterprise that specializes in the advancement of cutting-edge thermal solutions globally.
Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey.The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors;backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth.Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset.Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 440
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Olyzon — Olyzon offers adtech solutions for Connected TV, enhancing brand uplift, optimizing user engagement, and maximizing ROI for advertisers, content owners, and distributors.
- Tracklab — Tracklab is a B2B compliance software helping regulated companies manage their mandatory supplier documentations.
- Directo Tech, Inc - Travel Browser Extension — Contact the host directly with Directo Chrome extension. Save money, get better deals! Get it free!
Christen O'Brien
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- Industry: SaaS, Logistics, Accounting
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Partender — Partender: Bar inventory, Online Ordering, and Accounting Software in 15 min. Save $1,200-$5,000 in time, labor, and reduced inventory loss.
Pankaj Jain is the Managing Partner at Saka Ventures. Previously, he was a Partner at 500 Startups, a California based seed fund and accelerator program. Pankaj focuses on investing in early stage startups across New York City, India, South Asia and has led investments in over fifty companies at 500 Startups across 6 countries.Pankaj spent over12 years in the Financial industry at firms such as JP Morgan, Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and GlobeOp Financial Services in various operational roles including enterprise mortgage risk management, application development, market data infrastructure, trade management, pricing infrastructure and customer service areas.In 2007, Pankaj’s adventures in India began, where he started a company building an on-demand, employment marketplace for the under-served. In 2008, Pankaj became a co-founder of the HeadStart Network Foundation and the led the efforts in Delhi. In late 2010, he began setting up Startup Weekend in India.
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- Industry: Analytics, SaaS, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Jordan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- WhizAI — One of the augumented analytics platform used for consumers purpose. Attend a trained session on life sciences data and other patient analytics as a sole! Hurry up to take a weekly demo on the life science by the best expertise on this field.
- Cypherock — Welcome to Cypherock, where we are dedicated to building the world's safest cold wallet to protect your crypto. Discover Cypherock X1 with cutting-edge technology and robust security features.
- Paperstreet — Write beautiful company updates to engage your investors, advisors, and users.
Seed-stage venture capital firm investing out of a $22m fund.
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- Industry: News, Mobile, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Saucey — Get alcohol delivered to your door in 30-60 minutes. Beer, wine, liquor, and more from local stores.
- Elite Daily — Elite Daily is the ultimate digital destination for Gen Z women who are discovering the world, and themselves in the process. Elite Daily delivers authentic and relatable content across entertainment, dating, lifestyle, food, travel, astrology, fashion, and beauty.
Since The Hina Group's founding in 2003, They have become one of China's leading cross border investment banking and private equity firms. They leverage Their international experience, world-wide network, and local expertise to help China's top enterprises realize their global aspirations while providing Their internationalpartners, investors, and clients with the means to capitalize on emerging opportunities in China.Their team of over 50 professionals cooperates through Their offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and San Francisco to generate value for Their clients and partners by integrating world-class financial advice with in-depth knowledge of the Chinese market. Furthermore, Their investment banking and private equity businesses work synergistically to help Their clients and portfolio companies reach their maximum potential.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Angel, Series B
- Geography: China, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Liying Bio — Liying Bio is a biotechnology company that specializes in the development of innovative biological protein products.
- Deep Oxygen Technology — Deep Oxygen Technology is a cloud-native 3D video content AIGC engine service provider.
- Hydrogen New Technology — Hydrogen New Technology is a technology company engaged in the miniaturization technology and industrialization of high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Chakradhar Gade co-founded Country Delight in 2015. He attended the Indian Institute of Management in Indore.
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- Industry: Fashion, AgTech, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Beautywise — Beautywise is a dermatology-led supplement brand with the purpose of empowering everyone to embrace unique beauty by embracing long-term, evidence-based treatments that operate from inside.
- Harvested Robotics — Harvested Robotics is an ag-tech company that focuses on safeguarding farms from weeds and diseases by lasers, robotics, and AI technology.
- Ginglani Distillers — Ginglani Distillers operates as a whisky startup. Ginglani Distillers is the maker of Black Bow whisky.
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