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-Siemens-
Offices: Boston, Massachusetts; San Jose, California & Munich, Germany
Siemens Venture Capital is organized for all Siemens' businesses worldwide
and plays a key role in the Siemens global network of innovation. Their
goal is to identify and fund investments in emerging and innovative technologies
which will enhance the core business scope of Siemens. SVC is headquartered
in Munich, Germany and has offices based in the US in San Jose, California
and Boston, Massachusetts. Siemens currently has investments in more than
70 start-up companies and 25 venture capital funds.
Offices: London, England; Paris, France; Munich, Germany & Chicago,
Illinois
Silverfleet Capital is an independent private equity firm owned by its
partners and investing on behalf of a diversified group of international
institutional investors. They have been investing in private equity
deals for over 20 years, having previously been the private equity arm
of Prudential plc and operating under the name PPM Capital. They have
over €1.5 billion in funds under management.
Offices: Paris-Lyon, France
Sigefi Private Equity is remunerated in the form of fixed management fees
that are largely identical for all of the main funds and companies of the
Group. It also receives performance bonuses in line with international standards.
Financial investors and investee CEOs are assured that they are entrusting
their capital or shares to a management company that is not subject to the
uncertainties of potential changes in strategy by a given shareholder or
the conflicts of interest that arise with a dominant shareholder (bank,
industrial group).
Offices: London, England
Smedvig Capital is a private equity firm that has been instrumental in the
growth of over 30 businesses since its founding in 1996. They believe that
equity investing should incorporate high levels of involvement and support
working with management on strategy, finance, operational improvements and
business development initiatives. Their team shares a common background
in strategy consulting, with additional experience in operations, start-ups
and banking.
Offices: London, England
Somerset Capital was founded by James Miller, a former investment banker,
in September 1999 as a private equity placement agent and corporate finance
advisory firm. The firm's principal activity is to raise capital from European
and international investors for private equity managers. The firm also provides
bespoke services to private equity managers and investors, including advising
on secondary placements of limited partnership interests and European investor
relations services. -SPEF-
Offices: Paris, France
As an active partner of high growth companies, SPEF Venture has been investing
in innovation since 1997. SPEF Venture manages some 340 M€ in assets and
invests in Life Sciences and information technologies across the whole of
Europe through 9 Banque Populaire Innovation FCPIs and 2 FCPRs. The 17 professional
investment managers at SPEF Venture have extensive experience and strong
skills and knowledge in the areas of Life Sciences and ICT, venture capital
deals, industrial transfers and stock market initial public offerings.
Offices: Munich, Germany; Herzliya, Israel & San Jose, California
STAR is a venture capital group that invests in early stage, high tech companies
in the United States, Germany and other European countries, and Israel.
STAR focuses on companies that are already active internationally, or intend
to establish international business activities. STAR currently holds close
to $1 billion under management, and has invested in over 150 companies,
31 of which are traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York, and the
Neuer Markt in Frankfurt.
Offices: Helsinki, Finland; London, England & San Diego, California
Stratos Ventures is a European seed and early stage venture capital firm
with a sector focus on information and communication technology. Stratos
Ventures helps entrepreneurs in creating leading companies in the high growth
areas of wireless communication, convergence and photonics. Their roots
are in the Nordic region, which is regarded as the most advanced area in
the world for wireless communication technologies and services.
Offices: London, England
SVG Capital's investment objective is to achieve capital appreciation by
investing principally in private equity funds that are managed or advised
by Permira, a leading international private equity specialist. In addition,
SVG Capital invests in private equity funds that invest in Japan, North
America, Asia and the life sciences sectors, and in unquoted and quoted
businesses through specialist funds and co-investments alongside these funds.
The Company may also invest in other private equity related assets and alternative
asset classes.
Offices: New York, New York; London, England & Munich, Germany
Syntek Capital is an investment holding company established to sustain and
develop promising businesses where it can contribute true and tangible value-added
support (in addition to mere financing), by leveraging industry expertise,
exclusive networking capabilities and a clearly defined investment focus.
Syntek invests in high potential, growth and later-stage companies with
existing substantial revenues and proven technologies in the Media, and
Advanced Technology & Software sectors.
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