Gimv
Gimv is a listed European investment company with more than 28 years of experience in private equity and venture capital. Gimv’s local buyout teams target small to medium sized companies in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Germany. In technology businesses Gimv provides venture capital to help startups expand or internationalise. Venture capital investments are made in Life Sciences, Technology and Cleantech.
As an active partner and coach, Gimv supplies not only financing, but also know-how and experience to the companies in its portfolio, reinforcing and supporting their growth. You can find more information on www.gimv.com. |
Encore Ventures
Encore Ventures is a leading European secondary team that acquires the portfolios of investments or limited partner interests in growth and venture-stage companies.
Encore looks to acquire positions in assets where owners are seeking liquidity. These situations range from corporations intent on monetising illiquid non-core assets or funding early-stage adjacent businesses to banks, hedge funds or limited partners who wish to rebalance their investment portfolios.
In October 2009 Encore acquired the European venture portfolio of 3i in a fund sized at up to £170m and backed by Coller Capital and HarbourVest Partners. This portfolio includes a significant number of European leading technology and healthcare-centric companies. |
New Venture Partners
Brightstar was BT's corporate technology incubator, responsible for creating, funding and spinning-out technology-based companies from BT. In March 2003, Brightstar was spun out of BT and joined with New Venture Partners to form New Venture Partners Brightstar, a new independent corporate venturing partnership. |
NIF
NIF Ventures is one of the leading venture capital companies in Japan, listed in JASDAQ. It was founded in 1982 and is associated with the Daiwa Securities Group. NIF Ventures has a portfolio of investments in 35 countries and about 600 invested companies have achieved successful IPOs. Currently, the funds under management are about 800 US dollars. In addition to its network of five branches in Japan, NIF Ventures has offices in Singapore, California, and is linked with Hotung Venture Capital, a leading Taiwanese venture capital firm. NIF Ventures has taken balanced investment style from start-up to later stage and their portfolio including ICT, life science, manufacturing, service industries and so on. |
