Physis Capital

aws Founders Fund is an Austrian venture capital fund. As co-investors, we invest in high-growth start-ups in their later seed and early stage phase. As a long-term partner, we offer both start-up and follow-up financing. As a subsidiary of Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws), aws Founders Fund has EUR 68.5 m under management. The objective of aws Founders Fund is to establish a partnership among equals with portfolio companies and to offer a supportive role in establishing a market position as well as achieving and maintaining sustainable growth. Overview of aws Founders FundVenture Capital for Start-UpsYou have already developed an innovative product or service? You would like to launch an innovative product or service onto the market? Are you a high-growth start-up looking for initial or follow-up financing options? Are you planning further investments to achieve your first growth spurt? For the above mentioned and other situations, aws Founders Fund can become a strong partner on your side. In the past, we have repeatedly proven that our involvement enables companies to unlock further entrepreneurial potential. We collaborate closely with the management team to enhance the strategic and operative performance of our portfolio companies, without interfering with day-to-day operations. In order to ensure optimal development of their business, our partners are granted excellent access to our international investor and corporate network, as well as our market expertise and the numerous support opportunities provided by aws.

We are an energetic team of serial entrepreneurs, super-angels & venture capital professionals with an established knack of choosing winners at their early stages. With our founders, we design & support robust models to create category leaders that deliver massive value for every stakeholder. Entrepreneurial experience to rely on 63% of top tier VCs have an entrepreneurial background – yep, that’s us! Excellent track record 150+ investments, 40+ exits, with 7 unicorns! You won’t find those stats anywhere else. Enormous ecosystem for founders We have a network of limited partners, co-investors, founders and family offices that traverse the globe.

Muḥammad Al-Khwārizmī, a 9th century Muslim polymath who produced works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography. The terms “algorism” and “algorithm” are derived from the name al-Khwārizmī. In Europe, the word “algorithm” was originally used to refer to the sets of rules and techniques used by Al-Khwarizmi to solve algebraic equations, later being generalized to refer to any set of rules or techniques. About Us Khwarizmi Ventures is a Saudi-based Venture Capital firm investing in early-stage startups with proven traction in the MENA region. Ever since its launch in 2018, Khwarizmi has seed-funded notable startups, assisted various founders, and scaled multiple regional companies. We aim to help leading companies of the future in accelerating their reach to their full potential. Investing our vast network and rich expertise in the MENA region, we pursue scalable opportunities and disruptive ideas as our core interest to solve the problems of today’s everchanging world. Vision To be the leading Venture Capital firm in the MENA Region and the preferred partner for startups. Why Khwarizmi?Our efficient investment process: We leverage our team and advisors’ backgrounds across entrepreneurship and VC to respond to founders in a timely manner, allowing them to focus on what's important: their core business. Our industry expertise: We offer broad investment experience combined with deep industry expertise on a local, regional, and global level. Our commitment to building a winning team: We support our founders in their biggest challenge: talent. Our partnerships with key players enable us to recruit the best-in-class talent in the region. We also provide access to top schools for sourcing talent through our network.

Askya is a venture capital firm investing in African startups, taking them from Seed to IPO and beyond. Catalytic Capital: We invest with conviction, and help you raise further funds down the road Long-Term: We take a long-term perspective, and focus on building great companies Active Support: We connect you with key people and resources to unlock game-changing opportunities A team of investors and operators dedicated to powering Africa’s digital revolution .

By co-investing Mozaic Investors is increasing the chances for each stakeholder to gain from being part of the syndicate. Investors gain by diminishing the high risk related with investing in new ventures and by increasing their portfolio diversity by being exposed to high reward opportunities. Startups gain from the opportunity to raise money in underserved markets where venture capital is limited and in very early stages of the company. They also gain from the vast network of experts and successful entrepreneurs that are part of the syndicate thus increasing the potential on the investment with the smart money. Mozaic is a response to a couple of important problems that the startup ecosystem in Moldova and in the region is facing. The Investors Perspective. Lack of startup investing knowledge: Investors, especially in Eastern Europe, are not used to invest high-risk capital with the awareness that they can lose everything invested and the understanding that they have to keep the founders motivated enough because they are the ones developing the products thus investors should take only a small share of equity. High-risk investing alone: Not having a validation process for the startups usually leads to risky bets that investors take. The limited deals they are exposed to, contribute to decisions when they chose only from what they can evaluate. Not knowing other investors that can share the risk with them decrease the performance of their investments, thus not incentivizing the investors to keep investing. Lack of legal framework: The high cost of legal work regarding an investment makes investors to restraining investing in startups. Unclear rules, unprivileged legislation for investors are not something that an investor can change alone. There should be a common action and suggestions made to the legislative body. Lack of startups deal flow: Diversifying the portfolio require an increasing number of investible startups to choose from. An individual investor has no time and means to know all the startups there are in the ecosystem that are looking for investment thus exposing himself only to the direct approaches. The Startups Perspective. Lack of venture capital: By venture capital we are referring to alternative financing when startups are raising capital from private investors where no other financial institution are ready to finance the initial ideas and startups. Traditional financial institutions usually require more financial data, guarants or other indicators that a newly formed entity simply do not have. Thus founders are unable to support the developing teams and launch the products. A venture capital is not a loan and investors are aware that they can lose it. Also the founders are not tied to reimburse it the in case of failure, thus incentivising more founders to work on more ambition and rewarding projects not putting themself and their families in debt. Founders not owning the company: By investing the most of the money or all the money in the startup traditionally is expected the investor to have the majority of the social capital and voting rights on the matters regarding the activity of the company. This fact is not helping the founder to feel that he is in charge of the company thus he is losing motivation and is not engaged enough to achieve the company’s goal. Lack of smart capital: By accessing the capital from investors, founders also gain the access to investors that are experienced entrepreneurs and connected people that can advice or introduce the founders to potential clients. Ethical money: By promoting the highest standards of ethics throughout the investment cycle, the investors must act with integrity and respect while dealing fairly and objectively with the founders. The ambition is to help early stage companies become industry-defining and sustainable businesses. The Ecosystem Perspective. Not fully functional ecosystem: By covering to a good degree the other components of the startup ecosystem like Infrastructure (coworking, prototyping facilities) and Knowledge (know-how, conferences, events) there is a lack in continuity and sinergy in startup creation process. Not having the Capital and Legal components of the startup ecosystem makes the other components unproductive. Startups looking to other countries or even moving to pursue their goals. High levels of uncertainty: Startup world is known by having a high dose of uncertainty, but by adding to this the fact that founders do not know how they will finance their startups or the next steps in scaling, they have anxieties that keep them from starting in the first place.

From Elon Musk betting his last dollar on Tesla to the Wright brothers flying in obscurity for six years before the world took notice. Building something truly original and world-changing has always required the builder to go All In. It takes everything you've got - time, capital, sweat, and tears. We respect and admire this commitment that every founder makes as they start their company. We are here to back you with our capital, time and network and go All In with you as you take the plunge. We are - All In Capital. All In Capital is a community of, and for founders, who are going All In We are a new type of VC fund that invests in Indian startups through a community of founders, who help us identify the next generation of founders to back. They also help support them through their company-building journey. Founded by Kushal Bhagia & Aditya Singh, we've partnered with 150+ founders so far. We provide more than just funding We invest USD 250K to 600K and lead pre-seed/seed rounds in Indian startups. We are usually the first ones to commit and wire so you can continue building! But beyond that you also get: 100+ Founder community: Find early users and ask for any help. Learn from the experience of our founding partners VC Intros & Connections: Warm intros to every fund across the globe and connections for anything you need help with - from product to marketing Narrative is King: Your startup's narrative attracts users, employees, and investors. Having done this with 100+ teams, we will help you craft the best possible narrative for your company! 2 AM Friends: For founders we back, we are always available - just a WhatsApp ping away!