About

We focus our energy and talent at the intersection of Enterprise 4.0 companies and cross border innovation.

  • Human Capital: We designed BGV to go beyond the financing of portfolio investments and provide high value human capital expertise needed to help entrepreneurs build global B2B technology companies.
  • Cross Border: We are immigrant entrepreneurs-turned-venture-capitalists ourselves. We speak your language, we know your culture, and we’re well equipped with global resources and cross-border advisors to help you chart your journey.
  • Enterprise 4.0: We invest in the next generation of cloud native startups that combine artificial intelligence, intelligent automation and proprietary data to provide solutions that deliver actionable insights for enterprise businesses.

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