Investors in Services

Banca Transilvania (BT) is the Bank for Entrepreneurial People in Romania. BT is ranked 2nd amongst Romanian banks, in terms of assets. Banca Transilvania’s mission is to support the development of the business environment, through innovative products and services, offered with professionalism. The bank’s history began in Cluj-Napoca in 1994, at the initiative of a group of business people.

Aschendorff NEXT GmbH & Co. KG is the company for digital corporate investments within the Aschendorff Group. They invest in companies with innovative, digital business models and good growth prospects that operate under independent brands in regional, national or even international markets. They do not see themselves only as an investor. Together with their co-investors and experts from the media, technology and start-up world, they form a powerful network that supports and accompanies their portfolio companies on their way to a successful future.

U VENTURES is a part of LOBBE group of companies that promotes innovative business models, corporate ventures and digital transformation.

Big Issue Invest is the UK's first 'social merchant bank,' by social entrepreneurs, for social entrepreneurs. As a social enterprise ourselves, we understand how good businesses can achieve great things." Nigel Kershaw - Chair, The Big Issue Group.

The Broadcast Content Fund aims to help the sustainable growth of Scotland’s broadcast production sector, encouraging the development of new projects, the scaling up of already successful activities and the production of commissioned programmes. The Fund has an allocation of £3m for the period 2018/19 and will prioritise projects which have the potential to generate lasting benefits to build companies of scale, reflect or promote Scottish culture, creativity and diversity, as well as projects which offer significant opportunities to people currently under-represented in the screen sector.

The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is an NHS England Initiative delivered in partnership with the Country’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), hosted by UCLPartners. It supports delivery of the Five Year Forward View by accelerating the uptake of high impact innovations for the patient, population and NHS staff benefit, and providing real-time practical insights on spread to inform national strategy. Fellows supported by the NIA all share a set of values and passion for scaling evidence-based innovation to benefit a wider population, with a commitment to share their learnings. Some impressive results have been achieved by Fellows since the NIA launched in July 2015: 1,423 additional NHS sites now using NIA innovations; £45.2m in external funds secured; 52 awards won; 226 jobs created; and 21 innovations selling internationally. In addition, impact data is already available at adopter sites and this demonstrates earlier intervention, reductions in complications and emergency admissions, alongside cost savings.

SHS Ventures, a joint venture of the energy industry and steel industry in the Saarland, is driving the corporate venture capital activities of VSE and SHS. SHS Ventures is specifically looking for young start-up companies including in the fields of Industry 4.0, infrastructure and the energy industry.

Multi-strategy Investment Fund helping its investors achieve great returns by dynamically allocating capital (and risk) to various investment universes: Public Equity, Fixed Income and Alternatives (PE/VC mostly) and various geographies given the dynamically changing global macroeconomic environment and regional perspectives and therefore the investment landscape and risk-return dynamics. Particular emphasis from mid-2018 has been on Venture Capital. The Fund started to invest in Late-stage venture companies, but we are selectively investing into Growth- and trying Early-stage as well. In Venture Capital, we always try to achieve high absolute returns, but also helping our companies achieve synergies by working with each other.

Segenia Capital is a venture capital firm that provides companies and family offices professional, tailored and efficient access to the asset class venture capital. Segenia Capital enables its investors to make direct investments in technology companies as well as investments in venture capital funds in Europe and the Silicon Valley. The Segenia Capital Venture Capital Platform creates values by connecting corporate and financial investors to the Startup & Venture Capital ecosystem. The company has been operating with a BAFIN registration since 2019 and counts strategic investors such as pwc and the Ecclesia Group among its investors.

CPI Enterprises is an investment firm.CPI is an innovation catalyst for the adoption of advanced tech and manufacturing solutions that benefit people, places, and our planet. CPI is a technology innovation centre and part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult.

Founded in 2018, OBRATORI is the CVC fund of L'Occitane Group. The fund invests financial and human capital in early stage startups. As pre-seed | seed specialists, we support responsible founders with ambitious game-changing projects. Our role? We team up with entrepreneurs and support them to create, get started, take risks and reach the first decisive milestones.

PM Equity Partner invest in entrepreneurs and growth companies that share Their vision of profitable sustainability and sustainable profitability. As a long-term investment partner Their support includes scientific substantiation, business development and marketing excellence in the following domains. They have travelled the world, speak many languages, and They are a no-nonsense team. They are the corporate venture capital and private equity investment arm of Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM). Meet the team that keeps its feet firmly on the ground and always aims high.