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43 RICHMOND GLOBAL has pioneered global venture capital since 1995 with an investment portfolio that spans five continents. They are active, early stage investors in the U.S. and active, growth stage investors in global markets. Richmond seeks to back tech and non-tech founders leading retail, consumer, tech-enabled service companies with a large addressible, global market. Noteable investments include: Salesforce, LearnVest and Athleta. RIVERWOOD CAPITAL is a globally-focused private equity firm that invests in high-growth businesses in the technology and services industries, across a variety of verticals and geographies. The firm was founded in 2008, has over $2 billion of capital under management, and is investing out of its second fund with $1.25 billion of committed capital. Their typical investment size ranges from $25-$125 million. Notable investments include: GoPro, Globant (Endeavor Entrepreneur) and the Melt. SPARK CAPITAL is a venture capital firm that invests in startups led by creative thinkers. Spark Capital invests out of a $450M early-stage venture fund, and a $375M venture growth fund. In total they manage five funds with $2B under management. Founded ten years ago, the firm has offices in Boston, New York and San Francisco. Notable investments include: Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare and Warby Parker. STRIPES GROUP is a leading growth equity firm that makes $10-100 million investments in Internet, Software, Healthcare IT and Branded Consumer Products businesses. The firm was founded in 2005 and is based in New York City. Notable investments include: Blue Apron and GrubHub. THE ABRAAJ CAPITAL GROUP is a leading private equity manager investing in global growth markets. Founded in 2002 by Arif Naqvi, the group has raised over US$8 billion and distributed US$ 3.5 billion to portfolio companies. Employing over 300 people, the group has 33 offices spread across 7 regional hubs in Bogota, Dubai, Istanbul, London, Mumbai, Nairobi, and Singapore. THE ROHATYN GROUP is a leading, specialized asset management firm focused exclusively on investing in emerging markets. Founded in 2002, the firm is headquartered in New York City and employs a network of 120 professionals in 16 offices across Asia, Europe and Latin America. Out of their Latin America team, the Rohatyn Group has made four investments to date – in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru – and seeks to partner with great entrepreneurs at a compelling growth-stage of their businesses, typically writing checks of $10M - $25M in Latin America. THE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS' FUND (TSEF), founded in 2011 and based in New York City, is a member-based partnership of committed investment capital focused on early stage equity stakes in impact-oriented companies. Leveraging an investment committee of industry-recognized investors and entrepreneurs, TSEF is able to catalyze capital and offer access to a broad, multi-industry network of advisors in order to create powerful and sustainable forces of change. Noteable investments include: Pigeonly, Frogtek and First Access. TIM VENTURES is the corporate venture arm of Telecom Italia, Italy's leading telecommunications company. TIM ventures does seed investments in innovative startups in the Internet, mobile, digital life, e-learning, e-health and green technologies sectors. TOKAI VENTURES is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage startups and seed capital investments, mainly in Latin America. Tokai Ventures was founded in 2007 and is based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Notable investments include: Workana, Keepcon (Endeavor Entrepreneur) and Satellogic (Endeavor Entrepreneur). ARIEL PFEFFER - the Founder and CEO of Trillionario.com - is an Uruguayan-based angel investor. He is an active member of the Club of Business Angels of IAE in Argentina and a Co-founder of the Punta Tech Meet Up. Ariel is also an international board member of the Young Presidents' Organization - World Presidents' Organization. With a keen interest in collaborative consumption and non-tech invesments, Ariel seeks to invest in growing companies, with proven track records, and a validated business model. VAST VENTURES is a NY-based, seed fund and early-stage investment fund focused on sustainable industries, innovation, and digital media and marketing companies. The managing partners of this fund are serial entrepreneurs and operators that leverage their networks and experiences to support the growth and scale of portfolio companies. Notable investments include: ZocDoc, rippleLabs, MeetUp, The Backplane, SideCar.

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