Found 1,153 investors
Future Perfect Accelerator
Germany
Future Perfect Accelerator is an accelerator firm by Healthy Together and is based in Berlin, Germany. The firm seeks to provide grants. The firm prefers to support startups from the logistics, education services, software, education technology, and supply chain technology sectors.
Accelerator
Incubator
Futureproof VC
United States
Mr. Joshua Terry is the Founder and serves as President at Acis Capital Management and its affiliate, Shorewood Management. He has over a decade of experience investing in a wide range of asset classes, including structured products, bank loans, high yield bonds, distressed investments, credit default swaps, real estate, and equities. After co-founding Acis in 2011, he helped grow the firm to $3.7 billion in assets under management before he departed in 2016. At Acis, he served as a portfolio manager for all accounts, including an award winning-hedge fund, several separately managed accounts, and seven CLOs. He became the sole owner of Acis in 2019. he previously ran the trading desk and structured products team at Highland Capital Management, where he also served on the investment committee and managed fixed income portfolios totaling over $10 billion of assets. He started his career in investment banking at Stephens Inc. He currently serves as Chairman of the Finance Committee on the Board of Governors of Uplift Education and as a Director of Friends of the Katy Trail. In 2018, he was one of five finalists for the Good Works Under 40 Award presented by the Dallas Foundation and Dallas Morning News. He received a BBA in Finance and Economics, summa cum laude, from Baylor University, where he played on the men's soccer team. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Individual/Angel
Gabriel Otte
United States
Mr. Cary Pollack served as Partner at Ignite Venture Partners. Mr. Pollack has taken companies public and has successfully started and exited five companies of his own. He ran an international charity and helped create diplomatic relations between Israel and Croatia. Over his 40-year career in finance he has earned a reputation for integrity and results. The first half of Pollack's career was spent on Wall Street, where he was an executive at Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse First Boston, and Lehman Brothers. For the past 20 years he has been an investor in more than ten companies, a consultant to many more, mentored innumerable executives and served on the boards of both public and private companies. Some of Pollack's more noteworthy investor/director portfolio companies over this time-frame have been; Liboza Holdings, Inc., ABA Holding Company, Inc., ClubCom, Inc., Eptheca Solutions and Cable Satisfaction International. Pollack is an Executive-in-Residence at the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Pollack has been active in the non-profit sector as both an operator and board member. He was the President of Access/Middle East, focused on disseminating fact-based communications regarding Middle-East affairs. He was Director of Met Council which advocated for and met the multiple needs of New York City's Jewish poor. And was Director/Founder of the NYC Branch of American Liver Foundation which advocated and promoted education and research for the prevention, treatment and cure of liver disease. Pollack has a BA from Lehman College of New York and a Masters of International Affairs/Diplomacy from Columbia University.
Individual/Angel
Gaja Capital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
India focused mid-market private equity firm that invests in emerging sectors such as Education, Financial Services and Consumer
Education
Financial Services
Venture Capital
Private Equity Firm
Gakken Accelerator
Japan
Founded in 2009, Gakken Accelerator is an accelerator program of Gakken Group based in Tokyo, Japan. The program seeks to help businesses based in the education sector.
Accelerator
Incubator
Gareth Moore
United States
Mr. Vamsi Sistla serves as Advisory Partner at Laconia Capital Group. He is an innovative technologist with over 18 years of experience in the Television, Digital Media & Financial industries. He has built various enterprise quality software and technology (Web and Mobile) platforms. Vamsi currently serves as CTO for OfferBoard and Technical Advisor to various early stage startups. Previously, Vamsi co-founded - Telvetto (2nd Screen Social TV Platform), Mogozz (Mobile Events Platforms) and Captivision Networks (iTV Educational Channel). Vamsi is an active Angel investor in ARC Angels, Eniac Ventures (1 & 3) and TIE SV Angels. He is also active in social & impact enterprises as a mentor (Microsoft Ventures, The Unreasonable Institute, TechStars London IoT Spring 2013 Session, 37Angels and Americas Amazing Teens Project), advisor to various early stage startups and a board member (The Good Life Organization & Chaupal India).
Individual/Angel
Gateway Capital
South Africa
Gateway Capital is a growth investment firm that seeks to invest in the private education sector. Its investment focuses on prime delivery of education, technology supporting education delivery and infrastructure for educational institutions. The firm was founded in 2007 and is based in Sandton, South Africa.
Growth Capital
Gaza Sky Geeks
Palestine
Operator of a startup accelerator firm intended to empower Palestinians with the tools and community to work in the global digital economy. The company offers co-working space, pre-seed accelerator and technology education hub in Gaza, helping freelancers, designers, developers and startup founders with ideas, code and build brighter futures by selling products and services online.
Accelerator
Incubator
GCI Capital Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
GCI Capital is a proprietary investment firm focused on financial technology, information technology, and education.
Private Equity Firm
Gellify
Italy
Founded in 2016, Gellify is a venture capital firm based in Bologna, Italy. The firm seeks to invest in innovative companies operating in the business-to-business software, manufacturing, energy & resources, technology, retail & consumer goods, services, financial services, healthcare, and education sectors.
Venture Capital
Gene Capital
Beijing, Beijing, China
Gene Capital is a venture capital fund founded by Cao Yundong, co-founder of TAL Education Group, in 2014.
Finance
Financial Services
Venture Capital
Geoff Hamm
United States
Mr. Paul Silvis is the Founder at SlicoTek and serves as its Head Coach. He is the Board Member at Chromatan. He serves as a Board Member at mIQroTech. Mr. Silvis founded Restek in 1985 to manufacture innovative, high-quality chromatography products. The company's sales exceed $60 Million and continue to outpace competitors by consistently maintaining double-digit growth and profits. On January 1st 2009 Mr. Silvis turned over the reins of Restek's chromatography business to the employees through an ESOP stock purchase. While Mr. Silvis will remain on the Board, he will primarily focus on growing a new technology company called SilcoTek, which applies Chemical Vapor Deposition to metal and glass creating a surface similar to ultra-high temperature Teflon. Mr. Silvis received a B.S. in Chemistry/Life Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1977 and graduated from the Penn State SMEAL executive MBA program from Penn State in June 2006. He has completed numerous entrepreneurial leadership courses such as Birthing of Giants, Masters of Business Dynamics, Inc. 500 and Entrepreneur of the Year education sessions. Mr. Silvis also currently serves on Penn State's Board of Trustees, and has been the guest speaker for numerous leadership programs at Penn State and many local businesses. Also, he is Head Coach at SilcoTek.
Individual/Angel
Geoffrey Hyatt
United States
Mr. Laurent Grill serves as Lead Investor at Luma Launch. He is an Entrepreneur turned Venture Capitalist who works with start-up founders to successfully build scalable teams, strong company cultures and disruptive products. He also serves as Investment Committee Member at USC Marshall Venture Fund. He believes that there is a fundamental need for additional support in the early stage ecosystem in Los Angeles and other budding technology hubs around the US and globally. This desire to support these growing tech communities led him to his current role as Venture Lead at Luma Launch, a seed to series-a corporate venture with an accelerator program and internal incubation team. Luma Launch is focused on early stage startups at the convergence of evolving technology and content markets, capitalizing on internal and external resources to create successful products. He has founded, expanded and managed multiple start-ups ranging from a music education technology platform, Miso Media, to the leader in the Massage-on-Demand space, Zeel. His experience working in the early stage start up scene has given him the tools necessary to understand the needs of founders in the infancies of their companies. He is a longtime supporter of multiple non-profits, led by his former service as a Board of Director of the Red Cross. Part of his desire to invest in industry changing companies is to identify successful products that can also drive socially impactful change in their local and international communities. He served as Board Observer at Retina AI.
Individual/Angel
George Gund Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
George Gund Foundation focuses on art, economic development, and community revitalization, education, environment, and human services.
Private Equity Firm
Gera Venture Capital
Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gera is a venture capital firm based in Brazil that finances early stage education investments.
Venture Capital
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Education
Government
Government Office
Giacomo Ghiraldo
France
Mr. Thierry Debarnot is a Co-Founder and serves as President & Chief Executive Officer at Gaming Campus. He is a Co-Founder of DigiSchool. Thierry began entrepreneurship at the age of 19, with the idea of making educational content available to students online. He then created Média Étudiant, which would later become digiSchool, leader in online education in France. He was named by AngelSquare as the 1st investor under 35 years old. Thierry is in charge of the development of Gaming Campus and of future projects.
Individual/Angel
Giovanni Marinaccio
India
Mr. Mohan Kumar is the Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Avataar Venture Partners. He serves as a Board Member at Perfint Healthcare & Heal software. He serves as Advisor at Pentathlon Ventures and ImaginXP. He also served as Senior Advisor at Norwest Venture Partners. He serves as a Board Member at Capillary Technologies. he brings in extensive operational, technology and investment experience, having worked at leading global organizations in various senior positions and personally investing in technology start-up companies. He is based in NVP India's Bengaluru office and serves as an advisor on investments in next-generation technologies, Healthcare and Education. He advised NVP's investments in Attune Technologies, Borqs, Capillary Technologies, CRMnext, Manthan Systems, NationWide Primary Healthcare Services, Ovum, Perfint Healthcare, and Zenoti. Prior to joining NVP India, he served as Corporate Vice President of Mobile Devices Software at Motorola where he was instrumental in creating mobile platform middleware, user interface technology and applications across 3GSM, CDMA and WiFi / WiMax mobile phones. He has also been an angel investor and is active in helping start-up companies in the areas of mobile solutions, content and applications, namely Allgo Systems, Azingo, Quantum, SpaceTime and Mistaken. Having worked in various vice president roles at Motorola, he played an integral role in setting up design centers in Asia and Europe. He was responsible for Software and Telecom products in the ASIAPAC region with annual revenues of more than US$2 billion. During his tenure there, he was responsible for the design centers achieving the highest quality level in software engineering (SEI Level 5), the first organization in the world to obtain this quality level. He also built strong relationships with VAS providers in ASIAPAC and helped them develop various premium paid services. He also successfully developed and launched mobile phone models for the European/ASIAN market. Prior to serving in multiple senior roles at Motorola, he worked with Texas Instruments as a technical architect on DSP Technologies and helped set up Texas Instruments' business unit in Bangalore. He holds a B.Tech degree in electronics & communication engineering from Institute of Technology, Benares, India. Later he took part in the Leadership/Management Program at the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago. He serves as Board Member at iProf. He also serves as Board Member at CRMnext.
Individual/Angel
Giza Capital Partners
Egypt
Giza Capital Partners is an investment firm based in Egypt. The firm seeks to acquire a medium-sized company in Egypt and operating in the healthcare, manufacturing, renewable energy, logistics and education sectors.
Private Equity Firm
GK Ventures
Brazil
Founded in 2019, Good Karma Ventures exists to bring together talent, resources and knowledge behind visionary solutions committed to tackling relevant problems in today's world. The firm is an impact growth investment firm seeking minority stakes, with governance, in established and growing companies, in the education, health and climate change sectors.
Impact-investing Firm
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