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Karma Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage deep tech software startups across Europe. We back exceptional founders building defensible technology, typically at the late-seed or Series A stage.  

Together with successful founders, key academic and industry partners, Venturelab designs and operates programs to bring Switzerland's best startup talents to the next level. Our mission is to support entrepreneurs towards successful fundraising and business growth throughout the evolution of their company. Venturelab has 15 years of experience bringing Switzerland’s best entrepreneurs to the heart of technology hotspots: Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, Barcelona, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong. Companies founded by the 360 Venture Leaders alumni have created more than 3,500 jobs and raised more than 1.7 billion Swiss francs in capital. We are also particularly proud of the success of our mandate to run the operations of the Venture Kick Foundation since its launch in 2007. So far, the program of financial support, training and network, has led to the creation of 519 companies and +7,000 jobs. Venture Kick alumni companies have attracted a total of 3.5 billion francs, and represent 54 companies ranked at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2019.

Aboa Advest is a family-owned investment company focusing on startups and other growth companies. Founded in 2015, we have been particularly interested in impact investing: Impact investing generates a beneficial social or environmental impact, as well as a financial return. (*) We are an active investor in Finnish growth companies. We revised our investment strategy in January 2020: our primary focus is to invest in Venture Capital funds. To date we have invested in two buyout funds and five VC funds, adding value in DeepTech startups. Our investment strategy is based on a long-term perspective: we expect a significant return on our investments in 10 years time.

Tera Ventures is an international investment firm based in Estonia. Tera helps some of Europe's most disruptive technology companies scale and become global leaders. We back ambitious founders and their compelling visions at pre-seed and seed stage. Founded in 2016, Tera Ventures has 12 active investments in its first fund (that we previously managed under SmartCap). We are also proud of our previous exits from GrabCAD, Modesat, VitalFields, Startup Wise Guys, and others. The team at Tera Ventures consists of investors and advisors from around the world who have created exceptional value and personally made the journey from founders to acquisition or IPO of several digital tech companies. We believe in and strongly support founders and great teams and possess a very Silicon Valley-approach to helping our companies – we have worked in all weather conditions and life cycles of startups and are there to support our clients' success. We are tenacious, ambitious and experienced in making it happen.

Vendep Capital is a B2B SaaS specialist VC operating in the Nordics and Baltics. They invest in the best early stage software entrepreneurs, providing funding ranging from 0.1–3M euros depending on the stage.

Innovestor was founded in 2014 to solve a very tangible problem for technology entrepreneurs: lack of capital for growing the business. At the same time, we had identified an increasing demand among private investors to gain access to promising early-stage technology startups. Our first product, an online co-investment platform, was developed and brought to market to address this opportunity. The business gained traction, and our community grew. We were able to attract ambitious founders and smart investors to the platform. Meanwhile, we had reached another conclusion: a more impactful way to support founders is by backing the lifecycle of a company, not just a single round of funding. For achieving that at meaningful scale, the most suitable model is a VC fund.

8 Media Ventures invests media-for-equity in high growth D2C companies. We offer advertising space from our market leading media partners. Together with our network and know-how in building high-growth brands, we act as a sales catalyst for the companies we invest in. We make minority investments in early-stage companies with their base in the Nordics and ambition to scale. We look for companies with strong brand potential, great talent in key positions, a proven go-to-market model and sound unit economics.

Project Investments: As strategic investors in early stage blockchain projects, we invest between $100,000 to $5,000,000 dollars in startups that meet our criteria prior to ICO. Project Stewardship: In addition to project capital, we offer our expertise and advice to startups, and help guide them through the pitfalls of early stage growth. Project Promotions: As part of our commitment to projects we choose to back, TLG embarks on a promotional campaign for each startup prior to ICO. TLG Ventures has broad access to social media personalities and influencers that are able to leverage their platforms and bring positive media awareness to each project.

Reaktor Ventures is laser-focused helping seed stage companies become global leaders. The best business models are simple. Ours is no different. We want to invest our time and money into the best seed stage companies and help them create new markets and become global leaders in their industry. We take pride in making all Reaktor's 300 professional available for our companies for free. There is no limits. We want to help as long as you want our support. We invest from tens of thousands all the way up to one million euro. We are based in Helsinki, Finland but invest in companies around the world.

Helmet Capital is a responsible private equity investor that focuses on investing in successful domestic companies. We make direct majority investments in small and medium-sized enterprises, utilizing the funds of individuals, family businesses, and institutional investors within our network. For our portfolio companies, we provide broad industry expertise and knowledge to support growth in various situations, including market consolidations, generational transitions, internationalization, and growth financing. We participate actively in the operations of our portfolio companies, primarily engaging at a strategic level, and when needed, we also provide support and consultation to management in operational matters. We are driven by the desire to enable the success of our target companies and investor partners and create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential.

Wave Ventures provides pre seed funding for extremely promising startups in the Nordics. Supporting the next wave of Gen Z founders from the Nordics. The company also offers a range of innovative products and services including sustainable plastics,

Nexit Ventures is a technology growth capital firm focused on digital disruption. We invest primarily in disruptive and scalable European growth companies. We have our home bases in the Nordic countries and Silicon Valley creating a transatlantic bridge. The continuous and active presence on both sides of the Atlantic connects technologies, markets, partners, resources, and exit opportunities, creating significant value for our portfolio companies.