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Alicorn invests and acquires stakes in technology companies, spanning our expert niches in high-tech, deep-tech and beyond. We inject capital, expertly advise and leverage our partners and network to unlock growth. Our unique investment model blends venture capital funding with private equity techniques.Growth-focused investment Secondaries Targeted expertise Follow-on funding Risk-adjusted returns Growth-focused investment. Alicorn’s unique investment model blends venture capital funding with private equity techniques. Bespoke, purpose-constructed deals that unlock growth in late stage companies. Secondaries. Alicorn specialises in secondary investments to unlock opportunity, provide much-needed liquidity release and give leaders the freedom to refresh their cap table. Targeted expertise. More than capital. Alicorn’s talented team boasts an exceptional track record of instigating growth, unpicking inhibitors and providing expert-level support to leaders. Follow-on funding. Flexible, agile and adaptable. We’re not a silent investor – we’re fans of opportunity, so we back leaders with the capital they need, when they need it. Risk-adjusted returns. Our focused fund delivers investors risk-adjusted returns, from an approach that shields investors from fundamental risk. Alicorn invests in great leaders, proven technologies and in tested markets. The Alicorn advantage Focused investment for risk-adjusted returns. Strategic Investments focused on verticals we know. We invest in established verticals, priming growth-stage businesses for acceleration. Our focused portfolio reflects verticals we know. Secondaries, backed by growth funding. We excel in applying our secondary private equity approach to mitigate risks, driving growth for businesses by addressing growth barriers. Expert investment & operational business advice. Alicorn’s team have been building, investing and operating businesses across software and hardware verticals for decades. Priming technology to flourish on the big stage. Purpose-constructed deals for realising late-stage growth. We invest in established verticals, priming late-stage businesses for acceleration. Our focused portfolio reflects verticals we know. Capital when you need it. Risk-adjusted by our secondary, private equity approach that unpicks growth inhibitors for businesses in the later stages. Keep leaders in control. Our team’s track record speaks for itself. Alicorn’s team have been building, investing and operating businesses across software and hardware verticals for decades. Solutions–not more problems. We’re pragmatic problem-solvers, not a silent investor. We’re here to provide capital, support and solutions to on-the-ground problems. Focused strategies – seizing opportunity. Our investment model focuses on opportunity: supporting confident leaders in realising strategic initiatives. We’re experts in: Adaptable funding (initial and follow-on). A flexible approach that finds high-potential assets (businesses), and uses our talent and expertise to increase value and maximise returns. Leading bridge rounds. Support when you need it. Gear your business up towards a major fundraising milestone with bridge rounds, led by Alicorn and our partners’ extensive networks Cap table recycling & early liquidity release. A flexible approach that finds high-potential assets (businesses), and uses our talent and expertise to increase value and maximise returns. Build investment. Alicorn constructs deals that maximise opportunity – be that through follow-on funding, pure venture capital, secondaries, bridge capital, or through additional funding rounds, we’re a growth partner – not a silent investor.

Our existing financial system is archaic.. Novel tech stacks have enabled a new form of markets... We bridge Wall Street's top capital allocators to digital finance. We back exceptional teams engineering the next generation of financial markets. We invest in teams building at the intersection of blockchain technology, financial markets, and data at the earliest stages. The digital finance shift is creating billions in economic value via reduced inefficiencies and the creation of new markets. Our firm is solely focused on this evolution.

Through our extensive relationships with family offices and high wealth groups across key locations including the GCC region, the Americas, EU and China, we source private capital for dynamic, high growth enterprise. Disruptive ideas demand smart capital to unlock true potential. Copernican was founded by Martin Thorp, a finance veteran who pioneered the development of corporate finance and transaction-led services by international ‘accounting’ firms whilst serving as Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen global corporate finance practice. Copernican's core team is complemented with our venture partner network providing access to unrivalled networks of investor groups and decades of specialist experience in sectors such as energy, healthcare and technology. Our extensive placing network brings deep relationships with family offices, high wealth groups and ultra high net worth individuals, enabling us to source global private capital to help deliver outstanding returns.

We are investors and operators searching for opportunities to back other entrepreneurs or buy businesses which are in need of digital transformation. We understand that some great businesses can take time to flourish. We are not afraid of down rounds, businesses in distress, or even in administration. We are not obsessed with unicorns, we are obsessed with great businesses or businesses that can be great. Sometimes we invest for small minority positions in companies with which we have little involvement. Other times we take controlling stakes in businesses we fully manage. We stick to our knitting and only invest in businesses we understand.

The end-result of our focus markets is a concentrated group of large companies controlling a majority of market share while maintaining healthy steady state margins. Intelligent investments in winner-take-all markets can produce outsized returns as compared to conventional competition markets.

With headquarters in London, UK, and Tel Aviv, Israel, Launchbay has built a global presence with strong connections in the local ecosystems in which the team operates and an active investment and portfolio construction approach. Launchbay supports technology companies across three main pillars: a flagship access fund for early-stage investments, a growth fund for selected later-stage opportunities, and a proprietary digital investment platform that facilitates primary and secondary deals across various stages Data-driven decision-making is a key aspect, where we utilize algorithms and scoring within the platform to address industry-wide challenges related to access and liquidity. Launchbay takes a particular interest in founders with an immigrant background because we recognize the distinct perspective, drive, and ambition that often accompany building successful businesses outside of one's home country. We believe in the success stories of the vision, capabilities, and growth potential demonstrated by founders with this type of experience.