Seaya Cathay Latam

Seaya Ventures is a multi-sector fund investing in outstanding and mission-driven founders of European tech companies. We are convinced that companies with a long-term mission provide better financial returns, attract top talent and are more resilient in the face of adversity. We look for impact-driven leaders with high standards seeking out both prosperity and purpose; long-term thinkers focused on responsible scaling, who are solving real problems, redefining industries, and promoting sustainable development.

We’ve written a new venture capital playbook – a global platform that unifies tech investment across continents, investors, entrepreneurs and leading corporations to accelerate innovative startups even further and stronger onto the global stage. As a multistage fund with offices across San Francisco, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore, we invest in startups positively impacting the world through technology. Investing globally We invest in startups at the center of the digital revolution across North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. We work with visionary and mission driven teams to help them grow and lead markets. We back startups at the inflection point of growth, with revenues between $5M to $20M, that will benefit from guidance on refining the company, maximizing performance and creating long lasting value. Our initial check sizes range from $5M to $40M. We can lead or follow, and keep reserves for follow-on investments. We leverage the larger social evolutions at play, taking into account a startup’s contribution towards sustainability, analyzing the global competitive landscape, and integrating the insights of our Fortune 500 ecosystem. Investing for good We built our strategy around the idea that the future of venture capital, startups, incumbent companies, and innovating for good - is converging. A startup’s contribution to sustainability is a critical component to our investment philosophy, taking into account various issues such as economic growth, social interests and safeguarding the planet. Our values ONE TEAM FOR ONE WORLD As one global team from various backgrounds and cultures, we strongly believe that sharing diverse perspectives and knowledge significantly benefits everyone. ADD VALUE BY BEING USEFUL We believe our vision of a collaborative ecosystem, with global reach and local expertise, is best achieved by building trust between different stakeholders and constantly being useful to our partners in achieving their goals. SAY WHAT YOU DO AND DO WHAT YOU SAY We firmly believe in sincerity, transparency and being the kind of partner who always gives it straight and delivers on their commitments. FOR PASSIONATE ENTREPRENEURS We want to empower passionate entrepreneurs who can demonstrate that they have the determination and clarity in purpose to turn visions into reality. FOR THE DETERMINED AND COURAGEOUS Startup success requires a high personal price and we believe in standing by our entrepreneurs to help, both in good and challenging times. CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER We are proud to work with those who share our vision and commitment to sustainability and are positively impacting the world through technology. How we started Cathay Innovation is a global venture capital partnership, created in affiliation with Cathay Capital. Our story began in 2015 when Cathay Capital Founder and serial entrepreneur Mingpo Cai met Denis Barrier, a French venture capitalist and innovator in his field. Together, they infused the Cathay Capital platform with venture capital.

We know it’s time for LATAM. Opportunities are vast and wide; experienced operators are building more startups than ever before. As founders, we don’t primarily back projects, we back founders: Who How what We understand deep regional problems, and look for operators obsessed with them. We love investing in people captivated by a specific, targeted problem; who are willing to try a million ways of solving it. If we invest in you, it’s because we believe in you. We let founders succeed following their ideas, convictions and objectives. We hate micromanaging and a big brother attitude. We’re here for the long-ride. We are looking for very long partnerships. We will work together from the start line to the finish line. We execute extremely targeted interventions. We will come in when you need us, execute, and help fix any issue. We support companies in between this framework: Soft landing: Entering a new country in Latam? We can support you expanding operations. Investment: We are very experienced raising capital, and our VC network expands throughout regions. Network: Whoever you need to contact, we most probably have access to them. You’re an email away from the most experienced operators in the region.

With offices in Paris, London, Seoul and Singapore, our mission is to broaden the horizon of European technology by providing leading start-ups with the capital for growth and access to Asian markets. Our strong ties with many leading Asian corporates, together with our network in Asian tech ecosystems offer our portfolio companies much more than just capital. Founded in 2016 by Fleur Pellerin, former French Minister for Innovation and Digital Economy, Korelya Capital (a Korelya Groupe company) is an investment platform with over EUR 500 million under management. We back the most ambitious founders in their journey to build global technology champions by sharing our passion, experience and market reach. We are thesis-driven investors supporting exceptional founders at every step of their journey We seek out exceptional and talented European founders who put global ambition at the core of their mission and then work relentlessly with them to achieve it. We focus our sourcing on well-defined investment theses and criteria and we are quick to recognise if a business is not for us. Once we partner with a founder, we are highly engaged: we know the challenges of scaling across multiple markets faced by our companies and we leverage our network and expertise to make the journey a success. Advocates of a sustainable tech ecosystem. For decades, sustainable development has steadily grown in public opinion and business and political agendas globally. Organizations large and small are increasingly accountable for their social and environmental footprint. While legal and statutory obligations today almost exclusively concern large corporations, we believe sustainability should be an integral part of corporate agendas at every stage of a company’s journey, for both ethical and economic reasons. We are convinced that companies embracing societal and environmental challenges will drive superior value creation in the long term. Europe has a clear head start and an unmissable opportunity to create the next generation of sustainable global leaders. That is why at Korelya we chose to set ourselves ambitious yet realistic sustainability goals, with an action plan designed to lead by example and promote our strong beliefs amongst our portfolio companies.

Capria is the leading venture fund and network investing in extraordinary tech startups of the Global South. Capria helps activate strong relationships between hundreds of founders and leading local VC firms in the tech-hubs of the Global South – from Sao Paulo to Lagos to Bangalore to Jakarta. Capria brings state of the art venture capital innovation combined with global best practices of impact and ESG management to select and manage its portfolio of market-leading companies serving the fastest growing economies of the world. Capria’s network of investing partners collectively manage assets more than USD 1B, deployed in the best startups in their regions. Capria has offices in Seattle, Bangalore, Nairobi and Washington DC.

HASAN.VC identifies, nurtures and invests in the top companies that graduate from our Virtual Accelerator Program. Our VC Fund is funded by our Angel Investor group, an active community that spans multiple continents, united by our mission to Uplift Humanity. HASAN.VC is born in Southeast Asia and is built for global impact.