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24 AMADEUS CAPITAL PARTNERS Amadeus Capital Partners is a leading technology VC firm with multiple investment strategies, including a dedi- cated emerging markets fund. Since its inception in 1997, the firm has raised over $1bn for investment and backed more than 100 companies in the software, mobile, internet, cyber security and medical technology sectors. The investment team is global with offices in the UK, Sweden, USA, India and South Africa. Notable investments include: Bidu and Descomplica. AMERICAN EXPRESS VENTURES AMEX Ventures is the strategic investment group within American Express. They seek to drive innovation by leveraging investments in disruptive startups – in areas that include next generation payments, collaborative commerce, multi-channel engagement, B2B payments, and data analytics. They are interested in both domestic and international investment opportunities. Notable investments include: Clip, Instacart, and Radius. ATOMICO Atomico is an international technology investment firm headquartered in London, with offices in Beijing, Istan- bul, São Paulo, and Tokyo. Founded in 2006 by Niklas Zennström, a co-founder of Skype, Atomico has made over 50 investments over four continents. They seek to invest in outstanding companies that have a proven game-changing technology or a disruptive business model, that are showing real signs of traction, and have the potential to become or are already an international category leader with a brand loved by users and customers. Notable investments include: Bebestore, Restorando and PedidosYa. AVENTIO Aventio is a technology investment banking advisory services company focused on helping entrepreneurs, companies and investors with an ambition to build large scale sustainable technology businesses located in emerging markets. Aventio is powered and supported by Odin Financial Advisors, one of the leaders among independently owned investment banking services firms operating in Turkey with a focus on mergers & acquisi- tions, sell-side and debt advisory transactions. AXA STR ATEGIC VENTURES AXA Strategic Ventures invests globally in companies that leverage differentiated technology and scalable business models to drive innovation and define the future of insurance and asset management. Sectors of inter- est include enterprise software, financial technology, insurance technology, big data as well as innovations in travel, health, property and auto verticals. ASV is a €230M ($250M) VC fund investing in seed and early stage companies through ASV Early Stage, and in growth companies through ASV Capital. Their typical check size ranges from €300K for seed investments up to €15M for growth equity investments. BERYTECH Berytech is a Lebanese investment fund. Berytech Fund II is backed by 17 Lebanese banking groups and has USD $51.5 M in assets under management. They focus on 5 sectors including information & communication technologies, digital content, industrial design, renewable energy & fashion and design.