Find Retail Investors in Europe

Forward Partners

, U.K.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer

Description

Forward Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the e-commerce, marketplaces, and applied AI. The firm was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, England.

Crédit Mutuel Equity

Quebec - Montreal, France

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • DeepTech

Slingshot Ventures

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Investing In

Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Consumer

Verdane Capital

Oslo Norway, Germany

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • Impact • Consumer

FACIT.com

Stockholm, Sweden

Investing In

BioTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)

Description

Sweden's first and largest independent purchase and information guide for new cars. They want to make life easier for all buyers of new cars, saving you both time and money. Here you can search and compare all the brands under one roof while also finding where to buy the car, and at what price. They would like to emphasize that they FACIT.com do not sell any cars, and unfortunately they do not have knowledge of all car brands and products around a car

Tiger Global Management

San Francisco California - San Francisco Bay Area - New York City, U.K. - U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Food & Beverage • Payments • Investment Management • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer

Description

Tiger Global Management is an investment manager that deploys capital in two businesses - private equity partnerships and public equity funds. The firm invests in the technology, internet, telecom, media, retail and consumer sectors. The firm was founded in 2001 and is based in New York, New York.

Remote First Capital

Global - Berlin (Germany), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS • DeepTech • FoodTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Incubators • Music • Investment Management • LegalTech • Life Science • Mobile • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Nonprofits • Oncology • Pets • Online Social • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine) • Restaurants • Oil & Gas (& Mining) • Woman Focused • Industrials • Film Production (& Distribution) • Semiconductors • 3D Printing

Description

We invest in the next generation of remote work, global work infrastructure, and second-degree effects of it. Also engineering and no-code tooling

Generis Capital Partners

Paris, France

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Material Science • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile

Description

Generis Capital Partners is an independent venture capital firm that focuses on providing both equity and debt financing to growth companies. The firm invests in early technology companies operating in the healthcare, information, communication technology, clean technology and energy sectors.

EMERAM Capital Partners

Munich, Germany

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

Emeram Capital Partners is a private equity firm that was founded in 2012 and is based in Munich, Germany. It invests in companies operating in the consumer good, retail, industrial good, e-commerce, service and healthcare sectors.

German Startups Group

Berlin, Germany

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech

Description

German Startups Group is a venture capital firm with a focus on Germany's startup companies. The firm was founded in 2012 and operates a secondary market platform for tech assets since June 2018.

Atlantica Ventures

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Investing In

Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Payments

Montefiore Investment

Paris, France

Investing In

Other • IT (& TMT) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce)

Description

Montefiore Investment is a private equity firm which invests in the tourism, leisure, brands, specialized distribution, health, education, personal services. specialized B2B distribution and community service sectors.

Ardian

Paris, France

Investing In

Other • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Material Science • Aerospace (& Defense)

Description

Ardian is an investment firm that prefers to make private equity, venture capital, buyout, debt financing, infrastructure, expansion and add-on investments. The firm invests in the technology, media, aerospace, defense, healthcare, life science, real estate assets, building material, consumer good and service sectors. It was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Vitruvian Partners

London, U.K.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS • DeepTech • FoodTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Incubators • Music • Investment Management • LegalTech • Life Science • Mobile • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Nonprofits • Oncology • Pets • Online Social • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine) • Restaurants • Oil & Gas (& Mining) • Woman Focused • Industrials • Film Production (& Distribution) • Semiconductors • 3D Printing

Description

Vitruvian Partners is a private equity firm that makes buyouts and growth capital investments. The firm invests in the middle-market companies across a range of business sector which includes technology, media, telecoms, financial services, business services, life sciences, healthcare and consumer sectors.

Hutton Collins Partners

London, U.K.

Investing In

Other • IT (& TMT) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports)

Description

Hutton Collins Partners is a private equity firm based in London, United Kingdom. The firm seeks to invests into UK based middle market businesses.

Satya Capital

London, U.K.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness)

Description

Satya Capital is a London, United Kingdom based private equity investment firm. The firm invests in companies operating in the consumer, retail, healthcare and financial service sectors. It focuses on providing long-term growth capital to African businesses.

Active Partners

London, U.K.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Food & Beverage

Description

Founded in 2004, Active Partners is a private equity firm based in London, United Kingdom that focuses on investment in growth stage businesses. The firm typically invests in the food and hospitality, well being, health and sports/fitness, travel, media and entertainment, online media and eCommerce and other consumer technology sectors.

D4 Ventures

, U.S.A.

Investing In

FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Human Resources • Consumer

Description

Most Interested In

geoeconomics, power politics

SFC Capital

, U.K.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Impact • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer

Description

SFC Capital is a Direct Investment Firm based in London, United Kingdom. Established in 2012, the firm helps startups raise the initial funds needed to get off the ground, they do so by combining their angel syndicate with their seed investment funds. The firm's mission is to help promising start-ups raise funding through mentoring and venture capital. The assets are managed by the executive management team.

Nordic Capital

Stockholm, Sweden

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables)

Description

Nordic Capital is a Stockholm, Sweden based private equity firm which specializes in acquisitions, growth, expansion and turnaround investments. The firm primarily invests in companies based in German speaking and Nordic countries operating in the healthcare, business products and services, consumer products and services, financial services, biotechnology, energy, manufacturing and information technology sectors.

Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)

Description

Investment Focus Focus on Germany We focus on our home market, Germany, by drawing on the excellent network and exceptional deal flow available to us there. Moreover, Germany’s economy is by far the strongest and healthiest in Europe, and, in our opinion, will continue to remain so due to its numerous structural advantages: a vigorous SME landscape, (excessively) low interest rates given the economic upswing as well as the (excessively) low valuation of the euro, which encourages exports. The backbone of the German economy is made up not just of the well-known blue-chip companies traded on the DAX, but it is above all built on the country’s many listed and unlisted “second-tier” small- and medium-sized enterprises. And some of these SMEs have long since ceased to be the traditional family-owned-and-operated businesses of days gone by. Germany is currently undergoing a true start-up boom, and many German technology companies are not only able to hold their own against the competition from Silicon Valley and London – they are actually able to outperform them. Focus on 4 Sectors Over the years we have developed an explicit focus on the following four sectors: 1. Internet & Tech 2. e-commerce 3. Life Sciences 4. Media & Enter­tain­ment Heliad invests in both listed and unlisted companies in these sectors. Investment Strategy Special Situations Our goal is to achieve long-term, above-average returns for our shareholders, which we have clearly succeeded in doing every single year since we introduced our new investment strategy in October 2012. In our opinion, this is only possible if one is willing to strike out in new directions and go the extra mile. Globally, and particularly in Germany, an excessive amount of capital is available primarily for “standard deals” (buyouts, venture capital, etc.), which causes valuations to rise and, as a result, returns to fall. By contrast, Heliad focuses on Special Situations during a company’s life cycle. For Special Situations special know-how and, above, all, active hands-on management are required. We do not participate in conventional M&A bids or invest in a company whose valuation is largely speculative. The following are good examples of potential Special Situations, though the list should not be considered complete since the challenge of Special Situations is precisely that each one represents a “special” and unique investment opportunity: Restructurings/Turn Arounds: These involve companies that possess a sound core, i.e. a good product, but that are confronted with structural problems – for example poor management, poor liquidity, slow sales, or a combination of issues. Disruptive business ideas lacking the required entrepreneurial „kick“: These are companies with ideas and business models innovative enough to revolutionize a sector, but whose management teams – perhaps because it’s their first time creating a company – need an investor/partner that can bring its network and experience to bear so that the company can quickly and fully reach its market potential. Buy and Build, Role Up/Industry Consolidation & Platform Models: Many companies do not make sense as stand-alone investments, or are simply too small for institutional investors. However, by bundling them into a larger structure that is able to generate synergies, they can become very attractive investments. Our principle focus is on providing equity, but, depending on the situation, we can also offer loans or mezzanine financing. Strong operative Management Team as guarantee for success We are entrepreneurs ourselves and as such firmly believe that outstanding, entrepreneurial management is the key to success. A company’s management is therefore by far the most important criterion when we are deciding whether or not to make an investment. The companies we invest in either already have an excellent team of founders and/or managers, or we are able – perhaps in the course of a restructuring – to replace the existing management team with managers we’re familiar with. Subsequent to our investment, we work hand-in-hand with management and apply our extensive network and experience to quickly take the company to new heights. As part of standard corporate governance, we also actively exercise our shareholder rights as advisory council and/or supervisory board members. Active Value Creation It is of high importance to invest under particularly favorable terms. Equally important, however, is to ask what needs to be done to resolve the problems outlined above so as to significantly increase the value of the company as quickly as possible. What is the catalyst that will allow the investment to take off? And will it then be in a position so that it can be sold at a profit? On the one side the old adage applies: “The profit lies in the purchase.” But profits can only be reaped at the time of sale. So thinking already at the time of investment about the divestment strategy makes a lot of sense. And in this the interests of Heliad shareholders and Heliad management are in perfect alignment, because the 20% profit participation for Heliad management only applies to actual, realized profits. Since catalysts are as varied as the investments themselves, the following list contains only a few examples. The critical factor, however, is not to wait until the situation improves but rather to proactively take the steps necessary to improve the situation: Enlargement or replacement of the management team IPO – a change in perspective: We invest in both listed and unlisted companies but are above all interested in arbitrage effects that can be realized by taking private companies public. Achieving "critical mass": Many companies only become attractive to follow-on investors once they have achieved a critical mass in terms of revenues and profits. An active growth strategy, perhaps combined with an add-on acquisition strategy, offers a company wholly new prospects, thereby opening it up to entirely new strata of investors, which in turn increases its values. Strategic relevance: This applies to companies that are clearly future candidates for strategic buyers but which still need 2-4 years to be "ripe for purchase". Or better yet: a combination of several different catalysts Since we work constructively with all the stakeholders to implement the changes needed, our strategy can be succinctly described as “friendly activism.” Stock market listing provides high flexibility Heliad’s greatest advantage is that it is structured as a so-called “evergreen” vehicle, which means that, as opposed to a mutual fund or hedge fund, it is not subject to possible outflows but rather has permanent equity. The fact that Heliad is listed provides shareholders with liquidity since they can trade its shares daily. This allows Heliad to act independently of term financing and make both investment and disinvestment decisions on a case-by-case basis, which provides for a high degree of flexibility.

Selvedge Venture

, U.K.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • DeepTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine)

Techstart Ventures

Edinburgh - Scotland, U.S.A. - Ireland

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS • DeepTech • FoodTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Incubators • Music • Investment Management • LegalTech • Life Science • Mobile • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Nonprofits • Oncology • Pets • Online Social • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine) • Restaurants • Oil & Gas (& Mining) • Woman Focused • Industrials • Film Production (& Distribution) • Semiconductors • 3D Printing

Description

Most Interested In

Due to the nature of our fund - we only invest in startups with a presence in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Not Interested In

Due to the nature of our fund - we only invest in startups with a presence in Scotland.

Burda Digital Ventures

Munich Germany, Germany

Investing In

Retail (& E-Commerce)

Description

Burda Digital Ventures was the venture capital arm of Hubert Burda Media. The firm specialized in early stage investments. It primarily seeked to invest in the media, internet, commerce, entertainment and mobile sectors.

Edastra Venture Capital

Stockholm, Sweden

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce)

Description

Edastra Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that is based in Stockholm, Sweden. The firm invests in companies operating in the mobile, internet and consumer sectors.