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Mainsail Partners is a San Francisco-based growth equity firm that invests in bootstrapped software companies. For more than 15 years, the firm has partnered with exceptional founders and entrepreneurs across numerous end-markets. Mainsail has a team of experienced operating professionals to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses and accelerate growth. For more information, please visit www.mainsailpartners.com.
Nth Power is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco and is the first and most experienced venture capital firm funding promising startup companies in the growing sector of energy technology, materials and other related businesses. With $420 million under management in four funds and an investment record that begins in 1997, Nth Power is widely known and well regarded as the driving force behind many of the most successful energy technology companies. The firm’s leading history in energy related venture capital is the result of a deep network of energy entrepreneurs, universities and research institutions, unmatched corporate relationships and the backing of institutional capital. And because the firm is located in the center of much of where energy is innovating, Nth Power plays a visionary role in pushing forward the businesses that are addressing some of the worlds most pressing energy challenges.
Rubicon Venture Capital is a bi-coastal VC (SF and NYC) that invests in Late Seed and Series A & B venture capital financing rounds of high potential early stage disruptive technology companies. We are focused on backing consumer and enterprise technology companies in the internet, software and connected hardware verticals. This includes fintech, insurance tech, hospitality tech, marketing tech, big data, AI, machine leaning, enterprise Saas, B2B and B2C. We have co-invested in disruptive companies with notable VCs and angels such as Eric Schmidt, Peter Thiel, Google Ventures, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Menlo Ventures, Battery Ventures, Tomorrow Ventures, Greylock Partners, Formation 8, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, HBS Angels, Sand Hill Angels to name a few. Rubicon raises capital from corporates, individual high net worth investors, family offices and institutional LPs creating a powerful extensive global network. This provides our portfolio companies access to strategic relationships resulting in partnerships, talent, advisory boards, key customer introductions, leading venture capital firms for follow on funding and ultimately introductions and advice related to buyers for M&A or IPO. We enable our LPs to co-invest along side the fund on a deal-by-deal basis via innovative sidecar funds right up to IPO or M&A exit. Our goal is to add value to our portfolio companies providing them with access to a powerful constellation of successful Venture Partners and family offices that can help our portfolio companies reach success. Our extensive global network of limited partners and advisors enables our portfolio companies access to capital and strategic relationships resulting in partnerships, talent, advisory boards, key customer introductions and leading venture capital firms for follow on funding and ultimately introductions and advice related to buyers for M&A or IPO.
Founded in 2008, BootstrapLabs is a leading Venture Capital firm based in Silicon Valley and focused on Applied Artificial Intelligence. As entrepreneurs ourselves we understand firsthand the needs and challenges of building a startup, and we invest early in potentially disruptive technology startups with global potential. We believe “AI is eating software”, and invest in innovative and smart software platforms that create significant value for their users in large, global markets. Key sectors of interest include Transportation, Logistic, FinTech, Future of Work (FoW), Security, Internet of Things (IoT), HealthTech and others. BootstrapLabs tracks innovation around the globe and each year connects with over 1,000 founders from 60 countries. Portfolio companies include Prezi, AngelList, Zerply, Trusted Insight, AEye, Qurious.io, Roger.ai, Vidora, Sibly and others. Additionally, BootstrapLabs has curated, and continuously engages, an incredible network of experts across industries and skills, including AI, Big Data, IP, UX/UI, Lean Methodologies, Growth Hacking, etc. via conferences, events, workshops, office hours, and its proprietary advisory platform, BootstrapWorks.
The most powerful ideas, companies, and industries aren’t created overnight. With a community built on collective experience and fueled by curiosity, Slow understands the entrepreneurial journey. Investing at the center of technology and on the edges of science, society, and culture, Slow gives founders the resources, connections, experiences, and
DominateFund accelerates the growth and visibility of promising early-stage startups by coaching entrepreneurs in product, marketing, branding, media, customer acquisition, virality, user experience and design. Every startups needs attention to survive. Most of the time, this is attention from users, but startups also need to capture the attention of customers, enterprises, the press, other investors and top-tier prospects. Attention is a central component to a startup’s survival. DominateFund was founded by former Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr, along with partners Matt Schlicht and Mazy Kazerooni. The fund's work is based on the team's experience in marketing, media and branding, along with Parr's research for his upcoming book, "Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention".
Specialty finance company facilitating equipment financing in the IT, Healthcare and Renewable Energy sectors.
Commerce Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm focused on investing and empowering the next generation of technology innovators in the retail and financial services industries. Our deeply committed LP base is composed of a strategic blend of established entrepreneurs, corporate executives and market leading corporations, enabling us to meaningfully add value to our portfolio companies via introductions to potential clients, distribution partners, top tier advisers and potential key executive additions. We also pride ourselves on being a thought and strategy partner to our portfolio CEOs when we can be helpful, but not wasting their time otherwise. For more information about Commerce Ventures and our 40+ incredible portfolio companies, please visit commercevc.com.
Great entrepreneurs at the early revenue stage need more than capital to accelerate their business. NextWorld Capital leads Series A and B rounds and then helps entrepreneurs accelerate growth with our Global Enterprise Platform— designed to bring together the best enterprise startups and 100+ of the largest global corporates as customers and partners. NextWorld’s investments include Zuora (ZUO), Gong.io, DataStax, Copper, BrightRoll (acquired by Yahoo), and DynamicOps (acquired by VMware). NextWorld is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in London and Paris. www.nextworldcap.com
Commerce Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm focused on investing and empowering the next generation of technology innovators in the retail and financial services industries. Our deeply committed LP base is composed of a strategic blend of established entrepreneurs, corporate executives and market leading corporations, enabling us to meaningfully add value to our portfolio companies via introductions to potential clients, distribution partners, top tier advisers and potential key executive additions. We also pride ourselves on being a thought and strategy partner to our portfolio CEOs when we can be helpful, but not wasting their time otherwise. For more information about Commerce Ventures and our 40+ incredible portfolio companies, please visit commercevc.com.
The most powerful ideas, companies, and industries aren’t created overnight. With a community built on collective experience and fueled by curiosity, Slow understands the entrepreneurial journey. Investing at the center of technology and on the edges of science, society, and culture, Slow gives founders the resources, connections, experiences, and empathy required to build strong, sustainable companies.
Celebrating 20 years as a leading growth equity investor, FTV Capital has raised over $2.7 billion to invest in high-growth companies offering a range of innovative solutions in three sectors: enterprise technology & services, financial services, and payments & transaction processing. FTV’s experienced team leverages its domain expertise and proven track record in these sectors to help motivated management teams accelerate growth. FTV also provides companies with access to its Global Partner Network, a group of the world’s leading enterprises and executives who have helped FTV portfolio companies for nearly two decades. Founded in 1998, FTV Capital has invested in 107 portfolio companies and has offices in San Francisco and New York.
EuroUS Ventures invests in companies which have passed the significant early stage hurdles of product and market acceptance. Funding will be used by the company for the express purpose of developing a US operation. The additional ingredients for this success are: - Experienced guidance in new market development - Ventures Partners with strong operational backgrounds - Access to senior management talent to help develop US operations - Resources of a large business network for partnership opportunities - An early focus on exit strategy
Heavybit helps companies scale. We focus exclusively on companies building cloud infrastructure, developer tools, and APIs. Based in San Francisco, our program provides capital, strategic advice, operational services, and an expansive network to help grow companies of all sizes. The Heavybit community is the only one of its kind to focus solely on turning products loved by developers into successful businesses.sit http://heavybit.com.
Susa Ventures is an early stage technology fund investing in entrepreneurs building defensible products, technologies and tools that create, capture, distribute and leverage proprietary and unique data. For many of our investments, data is an enabling platform as well as a monetization engine.
Founders Fund is a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in science and technology companies solving difficult problems. The firm invests at all stages across a wide variety of sectors, including aerospace, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, energy, health and consumer Internet. The firm and its partners have been early backers of some of the most impactful companies of the past decade, including Airbnb, Facebook, Palantir and SpaceX. Founders Fund pursues a founder-friendly investment strategy, providing maximum support with minimum interference. Formed in 2005, the firm has more than $3 billion in aggregate capital under management.
Specialty finance company facilitating equipment financing in the IT, Healthcare and Renewable Energy sectors.
Hardware startups are hard. Hardware companies face unique barriers to design, manufacturing, distribution and retail. Highway1 offers a collaborative, hands-on environment to help startups move through these challenges and reach a looks like, works like prototype ready for funding. What our program offers: • Investment – Up to $100,000 investment in exchange for 8% equity or $50,000 for 5% • Engineering expertise – Full time EE and ME support • Prototype – 24/7 access to shared workspace and state-of-the-art prototyping labs • Scale – DFM advice from PCH manufacturing engineers • Design – Full time design staff & network with the biggest names in ID • Manufacturing demystified – an inside look at manufacturing • Community & Connections – network of hundreds of alumni, mentors and vendors • Fundraising – Refine your story and network with hardware investors Highway1 is a division of PCH, a custom product solutions company working with some of the world’s best brands.
Alpine Investors is a people-driven private equity firm with a mission to build enduring companies by working with, learning from and developing exceptional people. This PeopleFirst strategy involves finding great values-led CEOs and working closely with them as CEOs-in-Residence to find and pursue founder-owned businesses that are poised for growth but are looking for additional leadership post-transaction. Alpine then works to support these CEOs and invest in their continued development and growth as they lead the acquired company to new heights. Over 15 CEOs have worked with Alpine in this capacity, and the average revenue growth in a CEO-in-Residence led company has been over 200% during the life of Alpine’s investment. Alpine specializes in lower middle-market companies in the software, online and business services industries. We have raised over $900 million of committed capital and have invested in 52 companies since inception in 2001. The Alpine team includes 18 professionals with diverse investing, operations, management, and finance backgrounds. Visit us at www.alpine-investors.com to learn more.
DominateFund accelerates the growth and visibility of promising early-stage startups by coaching entrepreneurs in product, marketing, branding, media, customer acquisition, virality, user experience and design. Every startups needs attention to survive. Most of the time, this is attention from users, but startups also need to capture the attention of customers, enterprises, the press, other investors and top-tier prospects. Attention is a central component to a startup’s survival. DominateFund was founded by former Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr, along with partners Matt Schlicht and Mazy Kazerooni. The fund's work is based on the team's experience in marketing, media and branding, along with Parr's research for his upcoming book, "Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention".