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28 GENERAL ATLANTIC (GA) is a leading global growth investor with a history of adding value and building market leading companies. Their long-term investment horizon, global reach and collaborative approach focuses on taking a company to the next level of growth. GA has $8B of total committed capital and a portfolio valued at $12B. GA focuses on four sectors: Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Technology. Notable investments in Endeavor companies include Mercado Libre (Argentina), Yemeksepeti (Turkey), Clip (Mexico), and PropertyFinder (UAE). HLAYISANI'S GROWTH FUND is focused on mid-market, high-growth private equity investments focused on South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and East African countries. The team believes there are unique investment growth opportunities in the SME ecosystem, with a strategic focus on the ICT and Manufacturing sectors by providing capital and strategic support to enterprises that operate within the agriculture, education, ICT, medical and manufacturing sectors. HUMMINGBIRD VENTURES is a venture capital fund for high-growth digital media and software companies. They are focused on partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs at an early stage (Pre-seed through Series A). The fund has been particularly active in marketplaces (Deliveroo, Frontier Car Group), SaaS (Showpad), fintech (Kraken, Brigit), healthcare (BillionToOne) and gaming (Peak Games, Gram Games — recently exited to Zynga). With offices in Antwerp, London and Istanbul, Hummingbird focuses on companies that started in Europe, Turkey or the Middle East. They typically invest between €5K to €2M. Notable investments in Endeavor companies include Souqalmal (UAE), Armut (Turkey), Peak Games (Turkey), Gram Games (Turkey), Menaclick (Morocco), Cicekepeti (Turkey), and more. INNOGEST is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 with €200M AUM and offices in Turin, Milan, Geneva and San Francisco. They invest primarily in the healthcare and digital sectors at the early stage. In the healthcare field, Innogest invests with a focus on medical devices, diagnostics and digital health and with particular attention to therapeutic areas such as cardiovascular, neurology, and oncology. In the digital field, Innogest invests with a focus on foodtech, fintech, fashion-tech and lifestyle verticals. KINGSWAY CAPITAL is a London-based fund investing across Frontier/Emerging Markets, with a focus on consumer and tech companies. KNIFE CAPITAL manages a series of funds and initiatives, ranging from Business Acceleration to Series A to larger Series B transactions. The common denominator is the focus on scale-ups with a proven product-market fit in at least one beachhead market and a link either from or into Africa. NASPERS is a $100B+ global Internet and entertainment group with investments and operations across the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Naspers companies hold leading positions in traditional media, video entertainment, ecommerce, classifieds, marketplaces, fintech, food delivery, and other online platforms. Naspers is a unique blend of venture capital and operating company that funds, acquires, builds and scales technology businesses. Naspers was an early investor in Tencent in China, mail.ru in Russia and Flipkart in India. Notable investments in Endeavor companies include Movile (Brazil), Creditas (Brazil), and In Loco (Brazil).

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