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Pravega, believing deeply in the transformative power of entrepreneurs, invests financial and professional resources, to build the future leaders of India's Fintech and Enterprise sectors.

Monte Carlo Capital combines the best of Angel Investing and Venture Capital. Monte Carlo Capital’s strategy is built around attracting exceptional startups by offering a strong value proposition to companies, both in terms of financial and human capital, and supporting them all the way to exit. We invest via a Fund and as a syndicate via SPVs. Our Edge We start investing in the Valley of Death in the financing cycle 😇 Business Angels: EBAN estimates the average business angel invests EUR 25K per company, and a business angel network invests on average EUR 180K per company. Most angel groups are local, lacking the finance, scale and scope to support businesses as they grow. 💵 VCs: At the same time, venture funds with the ability to help scale a business globally will usually not invest less than a few million. 🎯 Our Sweet Spot: Companies looking to raise EUR/USD/GBP 500K-1.5M with a big idea, are too big for regular Angel Investors, and too small for big VCs. Yet, those businesses typically have a proof of concept, and struggle to find financing. This is where we like to come in. Businesses We Seek 💁 Great Team: First, we seek exceptional founding teams, with a common vision and the ability to execute. 💡 Solving Problems: We invest in a broad range of sectors (Deep Tech, SaaS, Fintech, etc). We seek businesses solving problems, or disrupting an industry, and providing a significant improvement to existing solutions. 📊 Big Market: We seek a significant RoI on our investments. We invest in businesses addressing a big market. Combining the Best of Angel & VC Investing 💁 Founder Focused: Like angels, we are a group of private investors, with an alignment of interest with both founders and our co-investors. 👨‍💼 Lead Investor: We can deploy an amount of capital usually only available to early-stage venture funds. We often lead follow-on financings and have invested up to USD 5 Mio in a single business. 🌐 International Presence: We have invested in 3 continents and have access to a worldwide group of advisors. Deal Sourcing Deal sourcing is critical to our process. Thanks to a reputation built from more than 10 years, we receive over 2,000 business plans each year from a broad range of sources. We have some natural inbounds from entrepreneurs who hear about us, as well as other Super Angel Investors or VCs. Our Ecosystem 👨‍💼 Advisors: Extensive network of advisors who can assist with deal sourcing, due diligence, mentoring, financing and client introduction. 📈 VCs: We have built a network of seed and pre-seed VCs and Super Angels who share opportunities with (us because they see) us as added-value co-investors. 😇 EBAN: Ian is on the board of the European Business Angels Network (EBAN), the pan-European trade association for business angels and early stage investors representing 100+ early stage investment organizations with 10,000+ angels in Europe. 📢 Conferences: Ian is a regular speaker at venture capital and start up conferences around the world. Ian was most recently a keynote at conferences in New York, Dubai, Hong Kong, Brussels, Geneva and Monaco. 🏆 Awards: Ian won the 2019 “Best European Business Angel” award, EBAN’s most prestigious award. He also won the “best performing new member” when he first joined EBAN. 👷‍♂️ Ikove: Monte Carlo Capital has a partnership agreement for the financing of businesses built by US based Venture builder Ikove Capital (www.ikovecapital.com). Ikove has built 20+ deep tech businesses so far. Due Diligence Due diligence, alongside deal sourcing is the most important driver of return. Various advisors may be called on during the process. We spend time speaking with the founders and key members, going through the strategy and financial plans, looking at competition, licensing agreements (for university spin-offs), corporate structure, etc. Working With Our Portfolio Companies ➕ Added Value: As lead, we may appoint someone to the board, advisory board or we may become a board observer. We add value wherever we can, providing mentorship where needed. We have also brought chairman, directors, clients, JV partners etc to our portfolio companies. 🌍 Global Ecosystem: Our network of HNWI and family office investors, advisors and overall ecosystem are based in Europe (including the UK), the US, as well as Asia. 🤝 Follow-on Investments: We often follow-on in our investments over multiple rounds, and can bring in follow-investors.

Chamaeleon is a new early-stage venture capital firm that brings together 3 partners that have long collaborated as investors, operators and entrepreneurs that will focus on investing in truly transformative companies. We have learnt from our experience to see near and far, to be global and local, to be strategic and pragmatic, all at the same time. Our “superpowers” have helped numerous entrepreneurs craft breakout successes and with Chamaeleon, we will take it to the next level. For an industry that is fueled by technology, its innovations and the sometimes stratospheric returns on its investments, venture capital - in particular in early-stage - is an industry surprisingly lacking in technology, at its core. Although the operating models and playbooks used to source and do due diligence on start-ups - in our opinion, the two most core activities in VC - have evolved over time, there are very few impactful innovations around the core technology stacks that VC firms actually develop or bring together. Therefore, we are bringing a full-stack approach to VC investing with our own early-stage investing technology stack at the center of everything we do. We will also use these platforms to create value to portfolio companies and our own investors/LPs. This partnership has invested in companies like App Annie, DraftKings, Gusto, Kakao, Outsystems, Robinhood, Rubrik, Virta Health, Cloudflare, Ometria, among many other “household” names. We have led and managed 5 VC funds between us with enviable returns, including top 2 to 5 percentile funds. We have created verifiable impact at-scale as operators in such household names as NCSOFT, McKinsey & Co, GSM Association, SK Telecom, Sonae. We have jumped off a cliff before and started our own companies… and we are doing it all over again, because we don’t rest on our laurels, because we have a fundamental new way of looking and executing in this space, because we love and feel blessed by being in venture capital… and because, deep down, we just want to do this, together. Last, but most certainly not the least, we are big believers that as much as technology will augment us… as much as our insights and instincts will support our decisions, people are still at the center of all of this. We have built unique networks of truly astonishing and generous people, not just in the geographies where we will have our offices, but around the world, where we will operate. All of us have worked in at least 3 different continents and will continue bringing to entrepreneurs all the resources that we have access to as individuals, as a firm, but also from our broader ecosystem of investors/LPs, advisors, friends. We will continue bringing a humanistic values-based approach to this profession (we don’t call it a job, around here): we will continue treating entrepreneurs’ start-ups as their babies… because they are; when we are tough, we will continue being thoughtful, fair and charitable.

At Rota Tech Ventures, we fast-tracked our way into the tech investment scene, quickly earning a standout spot among asset management firms since our start in 2024. Specializing in high-potential B2B and B2C companies in sectors like Fintech, Mobile and SaaS, we're not just investors - we're partners in innovation. Our approach blends capital investment with a shared vision for success, boldly steering our portfolio companies towards market leadership. How We Work?Target Investment: We set ambitious goals to provide tech ventures with the capital they need for growth and success. Investment Strategy: Every chosen company receives our dedicated support, with flexible investments tailored to their unique needs. Our partnership is about collaboration, not domination. Time Horizon: We're in it for the long haul. Our fund covers a decade, reflecting our dedication to sustained growth and prosperity. Balanced Portfolio: Our strategy emphasizes prudent diversification. We limit investment in any single company, ensuring a well-balanced and risk-aware approach.

FTV was an early partner to companies at the Intersection of financial services and technology. We continue to help exceptional companies anticipate and meet evolving market demand. In 1998, as the financial services industry was beginning to channel the power of the Internet, our founders, Jim Hale, Bob Huret and Richard Garman, sought to leverage deep connections from their financial services careers to aid entrepreneurs with innovative technology and service offerings targeted at the corporate enterprise. Known then as FTVentures (Financial Technology Ventures), we began cultivating this strategic network of executives who shared exceptional market insight into the pain points and opportunities that enterprises were facing. Armed with this information, we invested in high-growth companies that were delivering solutions to meet these enterprise needs. We then tapped these strategic connections to open doors and accelerate commercial opportunities for our portfolio companies. In 2008, we renamed our firm FTV Capital to better reflect our growth equity strategy. Since our founding, we have raised $6.2 billion across seven funds and invested in over 140 high-growth companies, creating more than $40 billion in enterprise value. We attribute that success to our persistent work to harness the value of our deep domain expertise and our strategic connections, now called the Global Partner Network, to deliver transformative growth opportunities to our portfolio companies across our consistent core sectors of enterprise technology and services and financial technology and services.

Whether you are an early-stage start-up or pre-IPO, our approach provides support from initial investment through subsequent funding rounds to a successful exit. We deliver liquidity. Unlock access to premium liquidity from one of the most established firms in the diversified trading space. With no outside investors, we have significant flexibility and look to invest in companies we believe in. We offer insights and expertise. Get valuable insider expertise from a firm that understands your business beyond its capital requirements. We provide access to relevant teams and subject matter expertise to test products, measure success and deliver critical feedback. We have a track record of success. We only invest in arenas we know well - and often had a direct hand in helping to build. This targeted approach has served us well and we have supported a number of companies to develop products, inform strategy and raise strategic capital, increasing value together. We focus on finance and enterprise tech. We invest in firms with capable and proven management teams and strong growth. In addition, we have the flexibility to continue to support our companies as they scale, through initial and follow-on financings.