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Symbia VC is an energetic venture capital firm that serves as a sparring partner for innovative entrepreneurs and businesses. They invest in their sustainable and environmentally friendly core business throughout the wood and forestry value chain. We believe on supporting individuals who work relentlessly to change, improve, and initiate new thinking. We provide a supporting surrounding that enables us to redefine this industry as we know it for the long run.

Massar Associates, the predecessor organization of Massar International, was founded by Palestinian businessman Bashar Masri in 1994 as a vehicle to promote sustainable economic development in Palestine. Massar is an Arabic word meaning "path". The name symbolizes the vision of its founder to create a company which would successfully link the very best of local professionalism in Palestine with international best practices and an understanding of Western management perspectives in order to integrate the Palestinian economy fully into the global economy.

Collector Ventures is the investment vehicle of of Collector Bank, founded by Lena Apler.Collector Bank is a digital niche bank providing personal loans, credit cards, savings accounts, e-commerce payment solutions, factoring, and corporate lending with a strong emphasis on innovation and entrepreneurship.

Addington, founded by top-level executive and serial entrepreneur Ad Nederlof, invests in startups and scaleups that require funding and hands-on experience to accommodate growth. Addington aims at acquiring minority equity positions in startups and scaleups that require funding and targeted support in order to take the next step in their development. Addington’s expertise is highly varied, but best serves companies that offer scalable solutions on a recurring revenue model. Eligible companies ideally have a turnover of € 2 million and the potential to achieve continuous annual growth of 25 percent or higher. Besides funding, Addington provides guidance and advice based on many years of entrepreneurship and experience in international business. Addington holds standards and values that correspond with a genuine family business. To take full advantage of our expertise, a cultural match is a prerequisite. Internationally acclaimed business executive and entrepreneur Ad Nederlof is the classic example of “newspaper boy to captain of industry”. With little or no formal schooling to boast, he now holds a career of well over 50 years in the IT-industry – and the end is by no means in sight. Started off as a sales representative he worked his way up to executive positions until he could grow no further. Curious to put his vision of delivering excellent customer service to the test – and his own money where his mouth was – in 2005, at the age of 57, he started VANAD (‘owned by Ad’). Spurred by his enthusiasm, VANAD has grown from 20 to 2,000 employees since then. Throughout the years Ad added several rapidly growing companies to the portfolio. One of them, Enovation, he sold in 2018 for over € 100 million. Money he is now putting to work through Addington. With his vision, drive and insights as an invaluable bonus for entrepreneurs who – just like Ad – like to push further.

Cereal Docks is an Italian based company that operates as primary processor in the food supply chain. CD Group process oilseed and grains into feed and food grade ingredients such as meals, vegetable oils and lecithins. The company is focused to build a strong presence in the plant based ingredients as B2B proteins supplier like isolate, concentrate and textured ingredients solution. We have more than 250+ employees in 7 plants across Europe (Italy and Romania) with net sales up to 1 Billion US.

The mission of Grey Silo Ventures, the Corporate Venture Capital of Cereal Docks Group established to invest in the supply chain of non-animal-based ingredients and related innovative technologies, is to broaden horizons in the global food-tech sector while maintaining the original vocation as a processor of plant based sources and explorer of new opportunities for innovation and business diversification. Grey Silo Ventures is committed to study the great potential of new fermentation processes and innovative green proteins, by using them to create novel ingredients. The ag-tech world and cellular agriculture represent other areas of interest that are part of the value chain in which Cereal Docks Group operates. We want to play a leading role in the creation of an ecosystem of innovative food-related businesses as well as help to grow it with the aim of developing novel functional ingredients that are increasingly genuine and sustainable. We also strongly believe that investing in the projects of new company founders with a long-term and strategic vision means looking afresh to the future and innovation. A commitment that aims to seek new answers through innovation in a market where sustainability and a healthier and more inclusive diet are the new trends. Consumers have become increasingly demanding and Grey Silo Ventures is one of the key milestones of Cereal Docks strategy whose goal is finding the perfect balance between nowadays new market requirements and the needs of food manufacturers.

Superangel is early stage investment fund and company builder. We invest our time, experience and capital to help start and grow the next wave of European technology startups, focusing on "from founder to founder" concept where early stage capital is coupled with company building.

Siena Secondary Fund provides liquidity for early investors, founders and employees of high growth startups from the Nordics & CEE region. We target companies which are usually post series A, have solid business model and are still in high growth phase.

3LB Seed Capital is a privately owned holding company focused on seed investments in Italian startups form emerging sectors. 3LB Seed Capital enters into the start-ups equity essentially in the initial phases of their developments, more often as the first investor outside the circle of the founders. Our individual investments are generally sized between €30k and €60k; we invest in young entrepreneurs that really show us their strong focus and resilience in supporting their projects & ideas, and we establish with them a "business partners" relationship proper to angel investors. For larger investments, within the range of €500k, we share the risk with other investing partners, both individuals or investing syndicates and club-deals. Occasionally, when we have the opportunity to co-invest with our network of contacts in companies ahead in their development path, we follow with more significant funding rounds, beyond the threshold of 1 M€.

We partner with stellar entrepreneurs to realize their unique intuitions and reach their goals, inspired by values. Alchimia is an investment company primarily operating in the Venture Capital Sector. Leveraging the expertise of our team and our advisors, we invest and co-invest in high growth potential opportunities offering capital, as well as dedicated strategic and operational resources. We are sector agnostic and target innovative opportunities around the world. We share goals and passion with founders and look to connect them with our wide international network to bridge their expansion domestically as well as overseas. Investment Criteria Focus on Early Stage and Growth phases rounds for companies offering innovative products / services operating within a large addressable market. Target investments should ideally have potential for international expansion.

RedSeed is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on investments in hight-tech companies with no industry preferences.RedSeed team support the portfolio companies by defining business and commercial strategies, business plans, partnerships and exit strategies. RedSeed is based in Milan (Italy).

Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to improving health by funding scientific research. With a focus on both human and animal health, Wellcome Trust supports innovative projects and initiatives that aim to understand and address health challenges. The organization's funding extends across various disciplines, including biomedical science, public health, and medical innovation. Wellcome Trust's contributions play a crucial role in advancing medical knowledge, developing new treatments, and promoting global health equity. Through strategic investments and partnerships, Wellcome Trust continues to drive progress in healthcare, aiming to create a healthier future for all.