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Passport Capital, LLC is a San Francisco-based, global investment firm founded by John H. Burbank III in 2000. Passport Capital seeks to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns through a combination of macroeconomic analysis, fundamental research and quantitative tools. It employs top-down, macroeconomic analysis to identify durable, secular changes not reflected in asset prices. It conducts rigorous fundamental research in an attempt to identify individual securities that most effectively express the firm's investment views. Finally, the firm employs quantitative tools to construct portfolios aimed at delivering superior returns within specific risk and liquidity targets. Passport Capital is a federally registered investment adviser with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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.
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.
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.
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".
Seed Equity Ventures is a registered Broker Dealer with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a member of both FINRA and SIPC, providing Investment Banking services to startups and growth companies from around the world. We believe the best entrepreneurs in the world should be funded, no matter who they are or where they live. Investors throughout the world should have a voice to choose what the future should look like. They should be able to support entrepreneurs that will build that future. Right now, only entrepreneurs in a few select areas who know the right people can be funded and only then if the entrepreneurs' vision matches a VC or Angel Investors criteria or schedule. There are a few thousand VCs in the world who control which entrepreneurial ventures live and which die. We believe that power should be given to millions of people globally. Seed Equity was founded to provide growth equity to entrepreneurs and their startups in exciting industries. Whether they are located in San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Bangalore, London, Shanghai or Tel Aviv, Seed Equity's mission is to help find the best and brightest entrepreneurs and connect them with global investors. www.seedequity.com
Passport Capital, LLC is a San Francisco-based, global investment firm founded by John H. Burbank III in 2000. Passport Capital seeks to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns through a combination of macroeconomic analysis, fundamental research and quantitative tools. It employs top-down, macroeconomic analysis to identify durable, secular changes not reflected in asset prices. It conducts rigorous fundamental research in an attempt to identify individual securities that most effectively express the firm's investment views. Finally, the firm employs quantitative tools to construct portfolios aimed at delivering superior returns within specific risk and liquidity targets. Passport Capital is a federally registered investment adviser with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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.
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
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.
The first early-stage fund dedicated to Augmented Reality (AR). Our fund invests in early stage startups that are developing the fundamental building blocks of augmented reality and are using AR+VR superpowers to change the world. Learn more about Super Ventures, our investment thesis and our portfolio at www.superventures.com.
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.
HGGC is a leading global private equity firm with over $4.3 billion in cumulative capital commitments and oversees portfolio companies that employ more than 60,000 employees globally. Over its history, HGGC has completed platform investments, add-on acquisitions, recapitalizations and liquidity events with an aggregate transaction value of over $17 billion.
The first early-stage fund dedicated to Augmented Reality (AR). Our fund invests in early stage startups that are developing the fundamental building blocks of augmented reality and are using AR+VR superpowers to change the world. Learn more about Super Ventures, our investment thesis and our portfolio at www.superventures.com.
Mithril is a global investment firm founded by Ajay Royan and Peter Thiel. We provide capital to leading growth companies by partnering with teams who use technology to build transformative and durable businesses, often in industries long overdue for change. Each of these businesses is unique, but all face common challenges to unlocking long-term growth. We help navigate these critical inflection points by investing in size and with conviction.
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.
Hall Capital Partners LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor that builds and manages customized, global, multi-asset class portfolios for families, endowments, and foundations. Hall Capital Partners oversees over $30 billion in assets for approximately 130 advisory clients and a platform of pooled vehicles from offices in San Francisco and New York. Hall Capital Partners does not endorse any third party postings or commentary.
Andreessen Horowitz is a $7.5 billion venture capital firm focused on software investments. The firm backs startups of all stages and its investments include Affirm, Airbnb, Apeel, Buzzfeed, Coinbase, Databricks, Devoted Health, DigitalOcean, Freenome, GitHub, Instacart, Lime, Lyft, Okta, PagerDuty, Pinterest, Shield.ai, Slack, Tanium, TransferWise, and Yubico.
Forerunner Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm dedicated to investing in ambitious entrepreneurs to define and dominate a new generation of commerce
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.