Venture Capital Investors
About Foundation Capital
Foundation Capital is dedicated to the proposition that one entrepreneur’s idea, with the right support, can become a business that changes the world. Foundation Capital has helped companies like Atheros create the mobile Internet, EnerNOC invent the energy demand response market, and Netflix revolutionize media distribution and consumption, among many others. Foundation Capital is currently invested in more than 80 high-growth ventures in the areas of consumer, information technology, software, semiconductors, and clean technology including BoardVantage, Chegg, Coverity, MobileIron, Simply Hired, Sunrun, TubeMogul and Venafi. Foundation Capital’s nineteen IPOs include Control4, Envestnet, Financial Engines, Netflix, NetZero, Responsys and Silver Spring Networks.
Foundation Capital, based in Silicon Valley, is a leading investor in financial technology companies with a specific focus on the global P2P arena. Earlier investments in P2P include Lending Club (the world’s largest marketplace lender), as well as OnDeck and LendingHome. The firm recently released its manifesto “A trillion dollar market by the people for the people” which details the large opportunity in front of P2P marketplaces and the lenders participating on P2P platforms: foundationcapital.com/marketplace-lending.php
For more information, visit www.foundationcapital.com
About Index Ventures
Index Ventures is a leading venture capital firm investing in technology and life science companies. From offices in Geneva, London and San Francisco, Index is dedicated to discovering and supporting the best entrepreneurial teams wherever they are looking to build market-defining, global businesses. Since its inception in 1996, Index Ventures has backed visionary entrepreneurs who have taken on incumbents and built seminal companies including MySQL, Virata, Skype, Last.fm and Betfair. Its portfolio currently consists of more than 120 innovative companies based in 20 countries and 39 cities including Aegerion, asos, Climate Corp, Criteo, Dropbox, Etsy, Genmab, Just Eat, King, Hortonworks, MySQL, NumberFour, Pure Storage, Skype, SoundCloud, Sonos and Supercell — among many others.
About Union Square Ventures
Union Square Ventures (USV) is one of the world’s leading venture capital firms investing in internet and mobile internet businesses. Headquartered in New York City, USV backs passionate, experienced entrepreneurs focused on creating highly scalable services and significant value propositions for their end users. USV has been directly involved in the development of more than 40 companies, including Twitter, Lending Club, Tumblr, Foursquare, Kickstarter, Hailo and Zynga.
About Partech Ventures
Partech Ventures is an investor specialized in high-growth-potential internet and information technology companies. The Partech Ventures team benefits from a long-standing track record in the American and European Venture Capital markets. The team has a strong experience in the international development of companies. This investment strategy has been successfully applied for over 30 years and a large number of portfolio companies have successfully executed their IPOs or have been acquired by strategic players, including: Brands4Friends (EBAY), Business Objects (BOBJ), DailyMotion (ORANGE), Five9 (FIVN), Invensense (INVN), Qype (YELP). For more information, please visit partechventures.com.