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Many leading investors in B2B SaaS have committed early to actively foster knowledge exchange and add value to the debate at ARRtist SUMMIT. Be it on stage, in a scheduled networking session, or in an informal chat. ARRtist SUMMIT provides ample opportunity for debate, problem-solving and getting to know each other.
Attending investors range from super early-stage VCs and super-angels to providers of alternative forms of growth capital and private equity funds to banks. What they all share is a proven track-record in software investments, a desire to invest into European SaaS models from pre-seed to Series C, and a willingness to learn from each other and to exchange ideas.
At Goldman Sachs, we believe progress is everyone’s business. That’s why we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices in all major financial centers around the world.
Building on more nearly 30 years combined investment & operational experience and three years of joint angel investing via Auxxo Beteiligungen, Bettine Schmitz and Dr. Gesa Miczaika launched the Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund. The vision of the fund is to drive equitable representation of women as founders and investors in venture capital.
Leveraging the global Carlyle investment platform with 2,200 people across five continents, the Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (CETP) team has been backing mission-driven B2B software entrepreneurs for more than 20 years. We seek to add value as a hands-on investor and our most recent growth equity investments include Hack The Box, Shopware and Phrase.
Cavalry Ventures is a European early-stage venture capital fund focusing on pre-seed and seed stages with EUR 120+ million in assets under management. In addition to the expertise of the partners, the portfolio companies gain access to a cross-sector, global and exclusive network of more than 200 angel investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, business experts, and many more, who provide advisory and operational support in areas such as strategy, organisational development, product development, sales, international expansion, recruiting and marketing.
Earlybird is a venture capital investor focused on European technology companies. Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all growth and development phases of a company and supports its portfolio companies with financial resources, strategic support, as well as access to an international network and capital markets. Earlybird invests out of a family of focused and independently-managed funds: Digital West (Western Europe), Digital East (Emerging Europe), Healthcare, Earlybird-X (Pre Seed), and Growth Opportunity. With EUR 2 billion under management across all fund streams, 8 IPOs, and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of Europe’s most established and active venture capital firms.
Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies and governments.
PSG Equity is a leading growth equity firm that partners with B2B software entrepreneurs and CEOs. Founded in 2014, PSG has since backed 130+ companies, and facilitated 470+ add-on acquisitions moving companies to multi-country, multi-product leaders. In total PSG has raised $17+ billion in capital across both its North American and European strategies.
Born in San Francisco 40 years ago and now headquartered in Paris, Partech is one of the most active tech investors in the world, bringing together capital, operational experience, and strategic support for entrepreneurs at seed, venture and growth stages. The company manages €2.5B and its current portfolio includes 240 companies in 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the US.
Riverside Acceleration Capital (RAC) provides flexible growth capital for expansion-stage B2B software and technology companies. Through revenue-based funding and subsequent growth capital, RAC provides the right amount of capital at the right time.
re:cap is a financing and data insights platform for both business and investors. For businesses from the innovation economy, re:cap provides the most tailored alternative debt financing and insights. Institutional investors, on the other hand, can use re:cap to turn data into game-changing insights for better financing decisions.
10x Founders is a network-driven investor backed by over 200 entrepreneurs and angels. The founding partners (Andreas Etten, Andrej Henkler, Claudius Jablonka, Felix Haas, Jan Becker, Jan Reichelt and Robert Wuttke) have made more than 300 investments and continue this early-stage investing now within 10x Founders. At the beginning of 2021, they came together with the vision to build the best early-stage investor for Europe’s most ambitious next startup founders.
ALSTIN Capital is an independent venture capital fund based in Munich. We invest in rapidly growing technology companies that have the potential to leverage the significant market potential of the future and become market leaders. We do not solely invest in convincing technology, but above all in the entrepreneurs behind the technology.
Altor is a private equity firm focused on investing in and developing medium sized companies in the Nordic region.
Atscale is a team of executives with a history of scaling businesses in tech-driven industries. Having experienced IPOs (NASDAQ), we have endured what it takes to create big companies. We believe that today’s start-ups are tomorrow’s economy and we want to help as many as we can reach their full revenue potential.
Blue Cloud Ventures, (BCV), is a software-focused growth equity venture capital with offices in Miami and New York City. The fund targets investments in leading SaaS, infrastructure and open source software companies. BCV offers entrepreneurs an alternative to raising a traditional growth round by being flexible on amount invested, ownership requirements, board representation and exit horizon. BCV supports entrepreneurs in raising the optimal growth round and enables early stage investors to double down on their most promising companies.
Bregal Milestone is a leading growth capital firm focused on providing growth capital and strategic assistance to ambitious, market leading technology companies. We are part of Bregal Investments, which has invested more than €15 billion to date.
Bregal Unternehmerkapital is part of a family-owned business that has grown over several generations. Funds advised by Bregal Unternehmerkapital ("BU") specialise in majority and minority holdings, particularly in mid-sized companies based in Germany, Switzerland and Austria – the “Mittelstand”. Its investment activity is based on long-term commitment and independent of developments in the financial markets. With patient capital, entrepreneurial expertise and a partnership approach, Bregal can focus on the performance of the portfolio companies and help them generate sustainable value.
Investments & Advisory for entrepreneurs, family offices and investors in structurally changing industries, Tech, Digital Media, GreenTech and sustainability investments
Dawn is Europe’s largest specialist B2B software investor, with total commitments of $1.9bn. Dawn partners with founders building the next generation of global software leaders, supporting them to harness extraordinary teams, exceptional technology and scalable business models to create category-defining global companies.
EMH Partners is a leading growth investment firm that partners with technology businesses and entrepreneurs. With its true entrepreneurial heritage, EMH helps businesses through strategic capital, deep industry expertise and a shared vision for growth. EMH Partners has more than €1.5bn in committed capital to build long-term value alongside entrepreneurs and management teams.
Endeit Capital is a growth capital firm fuelling internationalization and innovation since 2006. With local Partner teams in the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden, Endeit specializes in boosting European tech scale-ups that have outgrown the start-up phase. Endeit and its community of entrepreneurs and experts support these companies with capital and management guidance to reach maturity. Current and former portfolio companies include Parcellab, Happeo, Sharpist, Stravito, Tripactions, Tourradar, Bux, 3D Hubs, MetrixLab, Gastrofix, Blis and Leadfeeder. Endeit’s Partners draw on their broad operational experience in branding and internationalization, especially via buy & build.
Eurazeo is a leading global investment company, with a diversified portfolio of €32.5 billion in assets under management, including nearly €23.4 billion from third parties, invested in 530 companies. With its considerable private equity, venture capital, private debt as well as real estate and infrastructure asset expertise, Eurazeo accompanies companies of all sizes, supporting their development through the commitment of its nearly 360 professionals and by offering deep sector expertise, a gateway to global markets, and a responsible and stable foothold for transformational growth. Its solid institutional and family shareholder base, robust financial structure free of structural debt, and flexible investment horizon enable Eurazeo to support its companies over the long term.
We are a private equity fund founded by serial entrepreneurs. We focus on investments in profitable and growing internet and software companies with sales of between EUR 5 million and EUR 30 million. FLEX Capital specializes in majority holdings in the DACH region to help tech pioneers reach the next level of growth. In Germany there are over 11,000 medium-sized software and Internet companies that have developed into high-growth and profitable, sometimes world market leaders, on their own. As the "digital backbone", these tech pioneers carry out the innovative work that will continue to ensure our prosperity in the future. We want to support them in this – with investments and know-how.
We are an independent small-cap private equity firm focused on software investments, investing primarily in the DACH-region. Fundamentally entrepreneurial in spirit, Maguar differentiates itself and adds value to founder-run small cap technology firms by offering extensive software expertise and operational experience as founders and former CEOs of software companies, an extensive industry-specific network as well as transaction know-how.
Our investment focus is on enterprise SaaS, cybersecurity, fintech, healthtech, and climate tech companies, areas that are fundamentally transforming business processes and consumer relationships. We invest in companies that bring differentiated technology solutions and scalable business models to drive enterprise-level innovation.
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Nordwind Growth is one of the first German tech-focused growth investors. The team has worked together over several years, successfully scaling and expanding growth companies in the DACH region. We seek to back rapidly growing technology companies, across the software, hardware, tech-enabled services, and e-commerce sectors, by leading investment rounds of €10 to 40 million in equity in primary and secondary transactions.
Permira is a global investment firm that backs successful businesses with growth ambitions. Founded in 1985, the firm advises funds with total committed capital of €77bn and makes long-term majority and minority investments across two core asset classes, private equity and credit. The Permira private equity funds have made approximately 300 private equity investments in four key sectors: Technology, Consumer, Healthcare and Services.
Redstone is a European venture capital firm following selected investment strategies. Our focused approach with specialized investment teams for each strategy has enabled us to develop strong sector expertise and networks. This combination supercharges our portfolio companies.
We scale digital B2B businesses through our funding, Scaler Programme and Platform. We provide the funding, expertise, methodology and support tailored to your business needs at the right times. We focus entirely on the scale-up phase. We acquire and/or invest £2-£10 million into businesses with revenues usually between £1-£10 million and an enterprise value of £2-£30 million, and scale them to revenues of £10-£50 million and an enterprise value of £20-£200 million over 4-8 years.
Sofina is a Belgium-based investment company listed on the Brussels stock exchange and a supportive partner of entrepreneurs and families managing growing companies. Sofina invests both directly and through Private Equity funds. Its geographical scope is Europe, the United States, and Asia
Target Global is a pan-European technology investment firm with more than €3 billion in assets under management. It invests in companies across all stages of their lifecycle, from pre-seed to pre-IPO. Since 2012, Target has invested in global winners including Delivery Hero, Revolut, Auto 1 Group, Copper, Rapyd, Wefox, Flink, Cazoo, and many others. Target's experienced team of investors, many of whom began their journeys as founders and operators, help exceptional entrepreneurs build leading companies that target trillion-dollar markets.
We are an international investment firm that supports the most ambitious and talented entrepreneurs and companies to achieve their goals. From our fourth fund (VIP IV) of €4.0 billion, we invest €25m-€600m+ in high growth, dynamic situation buyouts and growth capital investments, from seven offices around the world with >140 professionals.
We back innovative and disruptive SaaS companies in finding product market fit and building efficient and scalable sales engines on the way to Series A. Since 2016, we have joined forces with extraordinary founders across different verticals in SaaS. We’ve walked the path with them since the earliest stages, being an entrepreneurial and hands on partner.
Founded in late 2019 by Martin Altorfer and Philippe Bubb, session.vc is a Swiss based early stage investor that backs bold entrepreneurs in the B2B Software and Consumer space in the DACH region.
Rigeto Unternehmerkapital advises entrepreneurs and family offices providing long-term capital to take majority or minority positions in profitable companies with revenues between € 5 and 100 million and further growth potential. Our ambition is to preserve an entrepreneur’s lifetime achievement and to transform the respective companies into true industry leaders by bringing in our network and experience, including from operational management.
BID Equity is a Private Equity firm focusing on software investments in Europe. We engage in operational value creation through buy & build, internationalization, and by advancing our portfolio companies' software-specific capabilities. Aiming for joint success, we form close partnerships with entrepreneurs, co-owners, and the management teams.
BORN2GROW invests in start-ups that offer truly innovative ideas, and a management team with the skills and grit to achieve sustainable growth. We partner with companies at an early stage, but our private funding allows us to form long-term relationships. By investing in a range of industries, we can partake in a variety of growth opportunities, and manage risk. Our start-up partners are at work in fields from biotechnology to software, and from medical technology to industry & automation.
Battery invests in potentially cutting-edge, category-defining businesses in markets including application software, IT infrastructure technologies, consumer-internet and mobile services, and industrial technologies. Founded in 1983, the firm backs companies at stages ranging from seed to growth and private equity, and invests globally from offices in Boston, Silicon Valley and Israel. Follow the firm on Twitter @BatteryVentures and on our Powered by Battery site for entrepreneurs, www.battery.com/powered.
Blume Equity is a climate-tech growth equity firm investing in companies driving sustainable outcomes for planet and people. We back outstanding founders and teams who share our conviction that value creation and purpose go hand-in-hand. We provide both financial and human capital to support pioneering companies that are solving the climate emergency scale profitably, with positive impact.
As an active investor, we have so far put more than 180 companies on the road to success with venture capital and entrepreneurial know-how. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Brandenburg's development bank ILB. As a public venture capital company, we ensure a strong equity base for startups and small and medium-sized enterprises in the state of Brandenburg on the basis of a stable group environment, so that they can grow securely and sustainably.
Expedition Growth Capital typically makes €10m - €30m growth capital and shareholder liquidity investments in European software companies. Having invested our first fund in ten rapidly growing, bootstrapped software companies, we are currently managing Expedition II, backed by leading investors and entrepreneurs from around the global software ecosystem. We can make significantly larger investments if required.
Five Elms Capital is a global growth equity firm that invests in fast-growing B2B software businesses that users love. Five Elms provides capital and resources to help companies accelerate growth and further cement their role as industry leaders.
Frog is a specialist European software scale-up investor. Our strategy is based on selecting the best scale-up phase investments and empowering technology CEOs to grow fast, by deploying our capital, our network and our support. At Frog we focus on ensuring long term commercial success for each and every business we invest in.
GRO is a Northern European Private Equity fund, specialized in mid-sized B2B software companies. GRO focuses on companies with strong products, which can help facilitate a change in performance through scaling sales and marketing, strengthening the leadership team and improving the operational performance. Software and digitalization significantly affect industries and business models. They enable productivity gains, and create new ways of doing business. Similarly, the business benefits of data-driven strategies and digital workflows are equally as important. At GRO, we are passionate about partnering and supporting companies that offer products and solutions that can help end-customers change their ways of doing business, and potentially transform their industries.
Hedosophia is a global investment firm supporting category defining Internet and technology companies
As a former founder and an active investor, I have a deep admiration for those who achieve against all odds. I invest in founders who follow their heart and passion to get the job done. They have the grit to embrace the pain, fight for their team, and push forward relentlessly in pursuit of their vision. Having been there myself, I know how difficult building a successful startup can be; now I want to support other founders to build thriving businesses. Through Fund One, I primarily invest in Angel, Pre-Seed to Series A, and occasionally in Growth. I focus on software and technology solutions that address meaningful problems but am vertical agnostic. I have worked as an entrepreneur, operating executive, investor, or advisor to private and public companies, including Algolia, Aircall, Axel Springer, Bonial, Coralogix, Epsor, Frontify, Getaccept, gohenry, HeyData, HierFoods, Hublo, Jobspotting, N26, Novos Labs, Planity, Platform.sh, Slush, SmartRecruiters, Stepstone, Welcome to the Jungle, Wo\men Inc., Yubo, and many more.
Russmedia Equity Partners Est. is an investor in and operator of online marketplaces, aggregators and SaaS solutions. We look back at over 20 years of experience in successfully investing in and operating digital companies. We currently run a profitable portfolio of 19 digital platform businesses across 6 countries in Europe. Headquartered in Schaan (Liechtenstein), we are investing € 100 million to significantly increase our commitment to international digital growth.
As a consultant and interim manager, Schaefer & Friends helps B2B software companies to establish plannable marketing and sales processes, along with angel investments.
As a private equity investor in high-growth UK and European SMEs valued between £10m and £200m, we work with niche market leaders and challenger businesses - ones that can transform themselves and disrupt the market in which they operate.
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