
Investors
Venture Firms
Azure Capital Partners
Founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with over $500 Million under management Azure’s goal is to identify, invest in and help build earlier stage information technology companies that are at the forefront of a transformative opportunity for growth. The Azure team is recognized for industry thought leadership and a unique professional investment approach to venture investing. Its proven methodology and primary research enable us to identify young companies in attractive markets whose business models provide sustainable competitive advantage. For more information, visit the Azure Capital Partners website.
Greylock Partners
Founded in 1965, Greylock has current committed capital in excess of $2 billion nad has help build over 300 growth companies. With offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston and Israel, Greylock has been involved, at an early stage, with companies such as red Hat, Phone.com (now Openwave Systems), DoubleClick, CheckFree, Legato (now part of EMC) and Ascend Communications (now part of Lucent). Greylock has sponsored more companies to successful initial public offerings than any other early-stage venture firm, with over 125 total and has been lead or co-lead investor in most of these companies. For more information, visit the Greylock Partners website.
Index Ventures
Index Ventures is dedicated to working with entrepreneurs who have the drive and ability to build world-class technology companies that can become global players in their market. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, with additional offices in London, Index focuses on initial stage investments in information technology and life sciences companies. Since the early 1990's, Index Ventures has been dedicated to building world-class information technology and life sciences companies. As one of the early venture firms in Europe, we are committed to the development of the venture capital industry across the continent and UK. For more information, visit the Index Ventures website.
Intel Capital
Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than U.S. $4 billion in approximately 1,000 companies in more than 30 countries. In that time, about 160 portfolio companies have been acquired by other companies and another 150 have gone public on various exchanges around the world. With an overall strategy to enable innovation, Intel Capital seeks out and invests in promising technology companies worldwide, focusing on both established and new technologies that help to develop industry standard solutions, drive global Internet growth, facilitate new usage models, and advance the computing and communications platforms. For more information, visit the Intel Capital website.
Platinum Neurone Ventures
Platinum Neurone Ventures (PNV) has been active since 2002 and is the result of the merger of the management teams of Platinum Ventures and Neurone Ventures I (1997) & II, Israel-based venture capital funds. With over $110 million under management, PNV targets investments in later-stage and growth-stage companies in the fields of Communications, Information Technology, Semiconductor and Medical Device sectors. PNV is headquartered in Tel-Aviv, Israel. For more information, visit the Platinum Neurone Ventures website.
SAP Ventures
Since 1996, SAP Ventures has been investing in companies that offer exciting new technologies and applications. SAP Ventures leverages its years of experience drawing on a network of powerful business relationships to help entrepreneurs and management teams recruit the best people, make the right technology decisions, win new business, and build their own partner networks. The goal of SAP Ventures is to grow businesses that create shareholder value for everyone involved and invest selectively in emerging technology that combines large market potential with high growth opportunity. SAP Ventures has invested in more than 50 direct equity deals, building a track record of success throughout their history. For more information, visit the SAP Ventures website.
Walden Israel Venture Capital
Walden Israel is one of the first Israeli venture capital funds dedicated to investing in early-stage start-ups. The investment team comprises experienced entrepreneurs and our international affiliation spans twenty-five years of experience in building over four hundred early-stage companies. With over $185 million under management in three funds, Walden Israel concentrates investments in the following areas: Enterprise Software and e/c-Commerce Technology; Communication and Internet Infrastructure and Healthcare. For more information, visit the Walden Israel Venture Capital website.