Investors

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment group with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv. As the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, BVP has partnered as an active, hands-on investor in Ciena, Ingersoll Rand, Parametric, Skype, Staples, VeriSign, and W.R. Grace, among many others. More than 100 BVP-funded companies have gone public on exchanges in Canada, India, London, and the United States.

For more information visit www.bvp.com

With €3 billion under management, Idinvest Partners is a European leader in private equity specialized in the low and middle market segments. The company has developed several complementary areas of expertise:

• Equity investments in buyout deals for both midsize and young innovative European companies


• Primary investments in European private equity funds focusing on the middle market segment


• Secondary investments (acquisitions of positions in private equity funds)


• Mezzanine investments in Europe (direct investments, secondary, primary)


• Private equity consulting (discretionary / non-discretionary portfolio management services)

For more information visit http://www.idinvest.com.

Elaia Partners is an independent private equity firm, specializing in investments among companies in the Digital Economy.  Created in 2003 and based in Paris, Elaia Partners help develop and advance young entrepreneurs in their break-through technology models, from the very beginning.  With their broad technology know-how, Elaia partners are experts in identifying the fundamental trends of the digital landscape.  Since 2003, the group has actively invested almost 80M€ in 25 companies including Criteo, Total Immersion, Ornis, Orchestra Networks, Ykone and Wyplay. 

For more information, please visit: www.elaia.com  

SoftBank Capital makes early and growth stage investments in companies that connect people, devices and the world. SoftBank Capital invests in category leaders in consumer and enterprise mobile, online advertising, ecommerce, social media and cloud computing. We have been making investments since 1995, with recent exits including Buddy Media, Hyperpublic, Huffington Post, OMGPOP, Pivot and ZipList. Our investors include SOFTBANK Corp., which introduced the iPhone to the Japanese market and recently announced the strategic acquisition of Sprint; Yahoo! Japan, the largest search engine and content portal in Japan; and Alibaba Group, the largest online B2B company in China.

To learn more, visit www.softbank.com.

Adams Street Partners is a global private equity investment management firm that offers comprehensive solutions for its investors.

As one of the leading independent, employee-owned firms, Adams Street has established a reputation for strong performance, an extensive knowledge base and a disciplined investment approach that values quality over quantity.

For over 40 years, Adams Street has gained the experience to successfully manage through some of the most challenging investment cycles. The collective knowledge of the Adams Street team works collaboratively to leverage the global resources of the Firm in navigating the complexities of the private equity markets.

Our mission is to be the premier private equity investment manager in the world by sustaining world-class investment performance and the confidence of our investors through our deep understanding of the global private equity marketplace and exemplary client service.

For more information, please visit http://www.adamsstreetpartners.com/

SAP Ventures is a leading investment firm that seeks to partner with outstanding entrepreneurs and venture firms worldwide to build industry-leading businesses. The SAP Ventures team has experience investing in primary partnerships and direct opportunities. They are an independent manager affiliated with SAP AG, the leading global enterprise software company, and leverage their relationship with SAP AG and its ecosystem for the benefit of their portfolio companies and underlying fund managers. Their goal is to generate superior financial returns, and their corporate partner also benefits from the exposure to innovative and disruptive companies and trends.

SAP Ventures' strategy is to invest in growth stage information technology companies. They define growth stage companies as those that have a proven product and business model, and have started scaling their revenue. Typically, they invest $5M to $12M initially and can invest significantly larger amounts over the life of a company. They prefer to take an active role, take board seats and lead their investments, but also participate in larger syndicates of investors.

They invest in technology businesses that serve enterprises as customers or have enterprises as go-to market partners. They are also excited about companies which service consumers in their professional lives.

They are looking to partner with the best companies anywhere in the world.  They are particularly keen on companies in the US, Europe, India, Brazil and China. While most of the core investment team is in the US and Europe, they leverage the worldwide presence of their corporate partner, SAP AG, for opportunity sourcing, diligence and value add after the investment process.

They recognize that outstanding entrepreneurs have a significant number of options in regards to how they finance their businesses and seek to add value with their expertise, relationships and geographic reach in addition to their capital.  They believe their corporate partner, SAP AG, and its eco-system significantly differentiate their ability to help businesses grow.

For more information, please visit http://www.sapventures.com/

Yahoo! JAPAN is a leading internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations in Japan. Yahoo! JAPAN seeks to provide online products and services essential to users' lives, and offers a full range of tools and marketing solutions for businesses to connect with Internet users in Japan. Yahoo! JAPAN is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

For more information visit http://www.yahoo.co.jp/