Main Players in Venture Capital

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Main Players in Venture Capital

• Educational Presentation #4 - Venture Capital

• 11.11.24

• Property of the ESCP Alternative Investment Society

• Sources: Company websites, Pitchbook, FT, Bloomberg

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Section I: Multi Stage

ESCP Alternative Investment Society

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Section I: Multi Stage

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

Marc Andreessen (Co-Founder & General Partner)

• Founded: 2000

• BS. Computer Science (CS) from University of Illinois

• HQ: Menlo Park, USA

• Notable Investments: Twitter (X), Lyft, Airbnb

• Headcount: 147

• AUM: $42.98bn

Ben Horowitz (Co-Founder & General Partner)

• Last fund raised: Apr. 24 ($7.2bn)

• MS. CS from University of California

• Notable Investments: Databricks, Skype, Lyft

• Preferred Industries: Consumer Products and Services (B2C), Financial Services, Healthcare Technology Systems, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Software

Jeff Jordan (General Partner)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $1-100m

• MBA from Stanford University

• Notable Investments: Pinterest, Airbnb, Instacart

• Lead investor in Series C funding of Infinitus Systems, a builder of the first AI platform to automate healthcare phone calls

• Lead investor in Seed Round funding of Infinite Machine, a New York-based company revolutionizing urban transportation

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Section I: Multi Stage

Sequoia Capital

Jim Goetz (Partner)

• Founded: 1972

• MS&E. from Stanford University

• HQ: Menlo Park, USA

• Notable Investments: Whatsapp, Okta, Github

• Headcount: 60

• AUM: $54.65bn

Roelof Botha (Partner)

• Last fund raised: Juli. 23 ($2.5bn)

• MBA from Stanford University

• Notable Investments: Instagram, Eventbrite, Tumblr

• Preferred Industries: B2C, Financial Services, Healthcare Technology Systems, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Software, Energy

Alfred Lin (Partner)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $1-200m

• MS. Statistics from Stanford University

• Notable Investments: Doordash, Airbnb, OpenAI

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Lead investor in Later Stage funding of Reflection AI, developing advanced AI agents to bridge the gap to digital AGI

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Section I: Multi Stage

General Catalyst

Hemant Taneja (CEO & Managing Director)

• Founded: 2000

• MS. Electrical Engineering from MIT

• HQ: San Francisco, USA

• Notable Investments: Stripe, Snap, Livongo

• Headcount: 300

• AUM: $29.78bn

Paul Kwan (Managing Director)

• Last fund raised: Oct. 24 ($8bn)

• BA. Economics from Yale University

• Notable Investments: Airbnb, Snap, Oscar Health

• Preferred Industries: Commercial Transportation, Healthcare, Logistics, Other Business Products and Services, Other Commercial Services, Other Consumer Products and Services, Software, Transportation

Jeanette zu Fürstenberg (Managing Director Europe)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $5-200m

• MS. Management from ESCP Business School

• Notable Investments: Mistral AI, Helsing, Personio

• Lead investor in Seed Round funding of Sapien, a platform to create “autonomous coworkers” for finance professionals

• Lead investor in Series D funding of Armis Security, a platform to protect industrial and IoT systems by managing cyber risks

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Section I: Multi Stage

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Ravi Mhatre (Co-Founder & Managing Director)

• Founded: 2000

• MBA from Stanford University

• HQ: Menlo Park, USA

• Notable Investments: Riverbed, Grubhub, Stitch Fix

• Headcount: 67

• AUM: $26.45bn

Barry Eggers (Co-Founder & Partner)

• Last fund raised: In process of raising 3 new funds ($7bn)

• MBA from Stanford University

• Notable Investments: Snap, Impira, Pensando

• Preferred Industries: Communications and Networking, Consumer Durables, Consumer Non-Durables, Educational Software, Energy, Entertainment Software, Healthcare, IT Services, Media, Media and Information Services (B2B)

Bejul Somaia (Partner)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $3-200m

• MBA from Harvard University

• Notable Investments: OYO, Udaan, Magic Pin

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Lead investor in Series B funding of Tennr, an AI solutions that help healthcare organizations automate clinical and operational tasks

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Lead investor in Series A funding of k-ID, giving access to game developers and publishers via APIs

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Section I: Multi Stage

New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Scott Sandell (Chief Investment Officer)

• Founded: 1977

• MBA from Stanford University

• HQ: Menlo Park, USA

• Notable Investments: Salesforce, Snap, Robinhood

• Headcount: 72

• AUM: $25.12bn

Tony Florence (Co-CEO)

• Last fund raised: Jan. 23 ($6.2bn)

• MBA from Dartmouth College

• Notable Investments: Duolingo, Snap, Cvent

• Preferred Industries: Biotechnology, Commercial Services, Energy, Production and Refining, Financial Services, Healthcare Devices and Supplies, Healthcare Services, Healthcare Technology Systems, Internet Service Providers, Media, Software

Mohamad Makhzoumi (Co-CEO)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $5-100m

• MBA from University of Pennsylvania

• Notable Investments: GSMS,Omada, Pager

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Brenig Therapeutics, developing therapies for neurodegenerative disorders

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Lead investor in Series C funding of Zenas BioPharma, a global leader of inflammation and immunology-directed therapies

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Section I: Multi Stag

Index Ventures

• Founded: 1996

Daniel Rimer (Co-Founder & Partner)

• HQ: San Francisco, USA

• BA. History from Harvard University

• Headcount: 41

• Notable Investments: Discord, Dropbox, Etsy

• AUM: $4bn

• Last fund raised: Jul. 24 ($2.3bn)

Mike Volpi (Partner)

• MS&E. from Stanford University

• Notable Investments: Sonos, Kong, Wealthfront

• Preferred Industries: Communications and Networking, Healthcare Devices and Supplies, Media and Information Services (B2B), Movies, Music and Entertainment, Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Retail, Software

Neil Rimer (Co-Founder & Partner)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $2-60m

• MBA from Harvard University

• Notable Investments: Revolut, Deliveroo, Stack

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Lead investor in Series B funding of Hebbia, a startup that uses generative AI to search large documents and respond to large questions

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Lead investor in Seed funding of Hedra, an AI Video creation platform based on its video focused foundation model

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Section II: Incubator

ESCP Alternative Investment Society

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Section II: Incubator

Y Combinator

• Founded: 2005

Gerry Tan (President & CEO)

• HQ: Mountain View, USA

• BS. CS from Stanford University

• Headcount: 21

• Notable Investments: Instacart, Coinbase, Flexport

• AUM: $3.17bn

• Last fund raised: In process of raising 3 new funds ($2.2bn)

Paul Buchheit (Managing Director)

• MS. CS from Case Western Reserve University

• Notable Investments: Doordash, Instacart, Reddit

• Preferred Industries: Biotechnology, Commercial Transportation, Communications and Networking, Construction and Engineering, Education and Training Services (B2B), Financial Services, Government, Media and Information Services (B2B), Other Healthcare, Real Estate Services (B2C), Software, Transportation

Michael Seibel (Managing Director)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: <$0.15m

• BS. Political Science from Yale University

• Notable Investments: Reddit, Dropbox

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Lumeni Orbit (YC S24), which is developing a scalable network of megawatt to gigawatt-scale data centers in space, has closed a $10m Seed round

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Pharos (YC S24), which is leverage AI in streamlining hospital quality reporting for external clinical registries, has closed a $5m Seed round

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Section II: Incubator

Plug and Play Tech Center

• Founded: 2006

Saeed Amidi (Co-Founder & Managing Director)

• HQ: Sunnyvale, USA

• M. Management from Menlo College

• Headcount: 62

• Notable Investments: Paypal, Dropbox, Tenor

• AUM: $500m

• Last fund raised: Jun 23 ($100m)

Alireza Masrour (General Partner)

• MBA from Sharif University

• Notable Investments: N26, Kustomer, BigID

• Preferred Industries: Biotechnology, Commercial Transportation, Communications and Networking, Construction and Engineering, Education and Training Services (B2B), Financial Services, Government, Media and Information Services (B2B), Other Healthcare, Real Estate Services (B2C), Software, Transportation

Carolin Wais (Partner)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: <$0.10m

• MS. Management from ESCP Business School

• Notable Investments: Clara Technologies, Roleshare

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Transitry, dedicated to delivering data-driven solutions to accelerate the low-carbon transition, has raised $600,000 in a pre-seed round led by Plug and Play Tech Center

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

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Section III: Early Stage

ESCP Alternative Investment Society

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Section III: Early Stage

Accel

Kevin Comolli (Founding Partner)

• Founded: 1983

• MBA from Harvard University

• HQ: Menlo Park, USA

• Notable Investments: Supercell, Etsy, Atlassian

• Headcount: 106

• AUM: $25.41bn

Richard Wong (General Partner)

• Last fund raised: May 24 ($650m)

• MBA from MIT

• Notable Investments: UIPath, Atlassian, Checkr

• Preferred Industries: Computer Hardware, Consumer Durables, Consumer Non-Durables, Healthcare Devices and Supplies, Healthcare Services, Healthcare Technology Systems, Network Management Software

Luca Bocchio (Partner)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $5-30m

• MS. Management from Universita Cattanea

• Notable Investments: Trade Republic, Vinted, Swan

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Lead investor in Pre-Seed funding of Simplismart, a startup enhancing AI infrastructure for enterprises, focusing on generative AI applications and MLOps platforms

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

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Section III: Early Stage

Speedinvest

Oliver Holle (Founder & Managing Director)

• Founded: 2001

• M. Economics from Columbia University

• HQ: Vienna, Austria

• Notable Investments: Adverity, Fraugster

• Headcount: 55

• AUM: $1.21bn

Stefan Klestil (General Partner)

• Last fund raised: Jan 24 ($378m)

• MBA from WU Vienna

• Notable Investments: Wefox, Bitpanda, Curve

• Preferred Industries: Commercial Transportation, Communications and Networking, Consumer Products and Services (B2C), Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrial Supplies and Parts, Materials and Resources, Software

Mathias Ockenfels (General Partner)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $0.5-4m

• MS. Management from ESB Reutlingen

• Notable Investments: Tier Mobility, Coach Hub

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Lead investor in Seed funding of Mercanis, a procurement solution focused on the source-to-contract process

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

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Section III: Early Stage

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF)

Romy Schnelle (Managing Director)

• Founded: 1983

• M. Mgmt from Technical University of Ilmenau

• HQ: Bonn, Germany

• Notable Investments: Quobyte, Kiwigrid

• Headcount: 79

• AUM: $2.16bn

Bernd Georgen ( Partner)

• Last fund raised: Jun 24 ($706m)

• MBA from MIT

• Notable Investments: Fiagon, Humedics

• Preferred Industries: Computer Hardware, Consumer Durables, Consumer Non-Durables, Healthcare Devices and Supplies, Healthcare Services, Healthcare Technology Systems, Network Management Software

Markus Kressmann (Partner)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $0.5-30m

• M. Business from University of Goettingen

• Legal structure: public- Private

• Notable Investments: Quentic, NFON

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Lead investor in Pre-Seed funding of Yond, a FitTech startup offering a comprehensive solution for member management, receivables management and business analytics

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

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Section III: Early Stage

EarlyBird VC

Hendrik Brandis Ph.D (Co-Founder & Partner)

• Founded: 1997

• PhD. Aerospace from Technical University of Munich

• HQ: Berlin, Germany

• Notable Investments: Onefootball, Aiven, NFON

• Headcount: 44

• AUM: $2.16bn

Christian Nagel Ph.D (Co-Founder & Partner)

• Last fund raised: May 24 ($650m)

• PhD. Economics from University of St. Gallen

• Notable Investments: Tipp24, Interhyp

• Preferred Industries: Computer Hardware, Consumer Durables, Consumer Non-Durables, Healthcare Devices and Supplies, Healthcare Services, Healthcare Technology Systems, Network Management Software

Andre Retterath Ph.D (Partner)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $0.5-30m

• PhD. Economics from Technical University of Munich

• Notable Investments: Aleph Alpha, Keel

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Flanks, a comprehensive CRM for wealth managers and advisory firms, providing tools for wealth management, regulatory compliance and client interactions

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

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Section III: Early Stage

Picus Capital

Robin Godenrath (Co-Founder & Managing Director)

• Founded: 2015

• MS. Finance from WHU

• HQ: Munich, Germany

• Notable Investments: Personio, Kin Insurance, Billie

• Headcount: 22

• AUM: $1.16bn

Alexander Samwer (Co-Founder & Managing Director)

• Last fund raised: May 24 ($650m)

• MBA from Harvard University

• Notable Investments: Facebook/ Meta, Zalando

• Preferred Industries: Computer Hardware, Consumer Durables, Consumer Non-Durables, Healthcare Devices and Supplies, Healthcare Services, Healthcare Technology Systems, Network Management Software

Jeremias Heinrich (Co-Founder & Managing Director)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $0.5-5.38m

• MS. Engineering from Technical University of Munich

• Notable Investments: Goliving, Valor Infrastructure Partners

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Portfolio company Vega, which is developing an operating system to empower alternative asset managers in efficiently servicing and scaling their client base, has secured $20m in its latest Series A funding round

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

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Section IV: Late Stage

ESCP Alternative Investment Society

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Section IV: Late Stage

General Atlantic

William Ford (CEO)

• Founded: 1980

• MBA from Stanford University

• HQ: New York, USA

• Notable Investments: Sierra Space, Hireright

• Headcount: 374

• AUM: $96.40bn

Anton Levy (Co-President & Managing Director)

• Last fund raised: Feb 24 ($2.7bn)

• MBA from Columbia University

• Notable Investments: Tock, CNET Media

• Preferred Industries: Business products, business services, consumer products, consumer services, information technology, financial services, healthcare, TMT, and manufacturing sectors

Gabriel Caillaux (Co-President & Managing Director)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $50-500m

• M. Finance from ESCP Business School

• Notable Investments: Actis, Esker

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Lead investor in Series E funding of Insider, the leading marketing platform for delivering individualized, cross-channel customer experiences

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

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Section IV: Late Stage

Insight Partners

Jeffrey Horing (Co-Founder & Managing Director)

• Founded: 1995

• MBA from MIT

• HQ: New York, USA

• Notable Investments: AirWatch, Wix, Teamviewer

• Headcount: 246

• AUM: $90.10bn

Jeffrey Lieberman (Managing Director)

• Last fund raised: Sept. 24 ($10bn)

• M. Finance from University of Pennsylvania

• Notable Investments: DailyDeal, Getpaid, Paisley

• Preferred Industries: Capital Markets/Institutions, Commercial Banks, Communications and Networking, Computer Hardware, Educational Software, Entertainment Software, Financial Software, Government, Healthcare Devices

George Mathew (Managing Director)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $50-500m

• MBA from Duke University

• Notable Investments: Jasper, Census, Promethium

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Lead investor in Series B funding of Elisity, a developer of a cloud-based least privilege access and identity-based micro-segmentation platform designed for securing network access

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

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Section IV: Late Stage

Tiger Global Management

Griffin Schroeder (Partner)

• Founded: 2001

• MBA from Harvard University

• HQ: New York, USA

• Notable Investments: StockX, Vestiaire Collective

• Headcount: 16

• AUM: $52.41bn

Chase Coleman II (Founder & Partner)

• Last fund raised: April 24 ($2.2bn)

• BA. Economics from Williams College

• Notable Investments: Stripe, ServiceTitan

• Preferred Industries: Business products, business services, consumer products, consumer services, information technology, financial services, healthcare, TMT, and manufacturing sectors

Alex Cook (Partner)

• Preferred Equity Ticket: $10-300m

• MS. Business from Western University

• Notable Investments: True Layer, Stake, Progcap

• Co-invested £400m with QIA into a JV focused on transforming Canary Wharf assets into a life sciences hub

• Lead investor in Series A funding of Roon, a health platform that offers medical information for patients with challenging health conditions

• Lead investor in Late Stage funding of Kong, empowering organizations to efficiently publish and manage APIs across modern and legacy applications on any cloud or platform

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b

• Sold office campuses in Mumbai and Gurugram via its Indian REIT with GIC in a deal valued at $1.4b