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Hubert Burda Media first entered the market over one hundred years ago as a family business specialized in printing. Since then, it has become one of Germany's biggest media companies, synonymous with robust and closely interlinked media brands. They also partner with and invest in startups. With around 10,500 employees and over 500 brands world-wide, Hubert Burda Media is one of Germany’s largest technology and media companies.

ABB Technology Ventures (ATV) is the strategic venture capital unit of ABB (NYSE: ABB). ATV scouts the globe for breakthrough power and automation technology partners aligned with ABB’s goal to write the future of industrial digitalization. Since its formation in 2009, ATV has invested nearly $200 million into high potential technology companies spanning a range of sectors including robotics, industrial IoT, machine learning, 3D printing, cybersecurity and distributed energy. Business-led strategic venture capital for breakthrough industrial technology startups.

ATPI, one of the most exciting and dynamic brands in the travel industry. An independent global company, with over 100 offices worldwide. Our range of complementary in-house services is rare. And our thorough understanding of travel management is matched by our expertise in planning and producing major events. Today's travellers have complex demands – both for speed and efficiency and for cost-effective solutions.

Future Fifty is a leading programme that enables the UK’s most successful late-stage tech companies to come together, build a powerful and supportive network, and problem-solve with peers. With the help of the tech community, the programme supports these companies in achieving their global ambitions, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK, and inspiring the next generation in their tech ecosystem. It’s free to join, and they don’t take an equity stake in your business either. From fintech to online shopping, telematics to edtech, the Future Fifty offer a glimpse into the UK’s digital future. So without further ado, check out this year’s exceptional cohort.

MVP Factory: A Ness Digital Engineering Company leverages expertise from business, design, engineering and data science to help organizations do digitization “right”. We have developed a systematic approach to ideate, validate and launch digital products and services following lean and agile methodologies - delivering business impact at start-up speed. Entrepreneurs ourselves, we are innovating digital consulting. We design, build and scale digital products & ventures. With leading enterprises and entrepreneurs.

WPP Ventures is the strategic corporate venture capital fund for WPP, the world's largest communications services group. WPP is a world leader in marketing communications services, offering a wide range of solutions in Advertising, Media Investment Management, Data Investment Management, Public Relations & Public Affairs, Branding & Identity, Healthcare Communications. WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities.

Elevator Ventures is the Corporate Venture Capital entity of Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) headquartered in Vienna. Its primary focus is on early stage and growth investments in Fintech and related enabling technologies in Central and Eastern Europe. In the role of a leading growth partner for Fintech's in CEE, Elevator Ventures leverages RBI Group`s expertise, network and corporate strength in order to help promising scaleups expand across this dynamic region and beyond.

Nesta Ventures is a venture capital arm of NESTA specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. The company seeks to invest in seed, startup, early stage, growth, and expansion companies. It invests in medium term equity, quasi-equity, and debt investments. Nesta seeks to invest in all legal structures from registered charities to companies limited by shares and private companies.

Ringier Digital Ventures AG is a venture capital firm and focuses on investments in innovative digital start-ups. Ringier is a Swiss-based diversified media company focused on media, sports media and marketplaces. The Group comprises around 140 companies in 20 countries, which operate a range of leading media & sports media brands as well as digital marketplaces. 83 percent of the operating profit comes from the digital business.

REV is a global venture capital partnership. We are backed by one of the world's largest content, technology and analytics companies, RELX Group. Our mission is to help build companies that can transform their markets through the application of data, technology and analytics. Since 2000 we have invested over $200m in Big Data, Digital Health, Internet and Enterprise Technology companies.

Skymind is the world’s first dedicated AI ecosystem builder, enabling companies and organizations to develop their own AI applications and provide them with the tools to be innovators in their industry. We provide clients with world-class support and access to Eclipse Deeplearning4j and other open-source tools, as well as global capital funding for promising AI innovation and talent development. The company provides unmatched AI expertise utilizing the technology suite Konduit, which incorporates Eclipse Deeplearning4j and other open-source AI software.

Partech is a global investment firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin, and Dakar. They bring together capital, operational experience, and strategic support for entrepreneurs at seed, venture, and growth stages across multiple continents, with over a $1.5B investment capacity. Investments range from $200K to $50M in a wide range of technologies and businesses for enterprises and consumers, from software, digital brands, and services, to hardware and deep tech across all major industries. Companies backed by Partech have completed more than 20 initial public offerings and more than 50 strategic exits above $100M.