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24 INVESTORS AND CORPOR ATE CLIFFSNOTES AMASIA is a venture capital firm that specializes in helping technology firms achieve international scale. The firm focuses on pre-Series A to Series B stage, with some flexibility for later stage. They are most interested in companies that are either US based and expanding into Asia, or Asia based and could benefit from Silicon Valley expertise. Beyond strategic assistance, executive recruiting and other customary value addition, a key element of Amasia's differentiation is a global mindset and access to an international network. Their cross-border investment and operating experience, as well as access to leaders in business and government, help portfolio companies achieve international scale. Notable investments in Endeavor Entrepreneurs include Coins.ph, Platzi, Inbenta, and GO1. ASIA PARTNERS is a private equity firm focused on the next generation of high-growth technology companies in Southeast Asia. The team specializes is providing the vital growth capital to help proven business model scale regonally, addressing the Series B/C funding gap prevelent in Southeast Asia. Asia Partners is made up of investors and operators who draw upon their collective experience of growing eight multi-billion dollar companies, three in Southeast Asia, to provide founders with operating expertise to scale. ASIA VENTURE GROUP is a private internet holding company founded by Tim Marbach. The firm is geographically agnostic and invests in consumer internet companies, fintech, edtech, and more. Asia Venture Partners tends to enter at the seed stage with sub $1m USD tickets. Several portfolio companies have successfully raised several hundred million USD in follow-on venture capital and employ several thousand employees across the global. BEENEXT is a venture capital firm investing in early stage technology startups from India, Southeast Asia, Japan, and USA. The firm is most interested in SaaS companies with a social or marketplace element. Notable investments in Endeavor Entrepreneurs include Coins.ph and Sprout Solutions. CATHAY INNOVATION is a global venture capital partnership, created in affiliation with Cathay Capital. It was founded around the shared conviction that supporting innovation entrepreneurs by providing them with a platform bridging 3 continents – North America, Europe and Asia – constitutes a particularly powerful value-creation strategy. As a multi-stage fund, Cathay Innovation partners with visionary entrepreneurs who are committed to driving change through technology. Cathay is particularly interested in the digitalization of traditional sectors. Cathay Innovation has invested in Endeavor company OnTruck. CICSO INVESTMENTS looks to invest in disruptive, next-gen technologies for enterprises. Each year they invest $200-$300m USD across domains comprising Enterprise Networking, Cybersecurity, Collaboration, IOT, Cloud, and others. At present, Cisco Investments has a portfolio of 120+ companies globally and 24 companies within the APAC/Japan region. Cisco has invested in Endeavor company Worldsensing.