Array Ventures

Founded in 2011, IvyCap Ventures is one of India's leading homegrown venture capital funds leveraging IIT and IIM alumni networks to power the Indian startup ecosystem. Headquartered in Mumbai with offices in Delhi, Bengaluru, US and Singapore, the company is currently managing assets in excess of USD 530 million with a portfolio of 30+ companies spread across sectors such as ConsumerTech, HealthTech, Fintech, EdTech, Saas, Enterprise Tech, DeepTech and others. We are a sector agnostic fund stemming from our strong belief in people’s power to spark innovation & disruption. We invest in early to growth stage start-ups (Seed Pre-series A, Series A and Series B) that are building innovative technology-based products, services & business solutions and have the potential to scale and adapt to lead in a cut-throat market and became India’s first homegrown VC fund to have successfully created a dragon company' As a homegrown VC fund, we are proud to have more than 20 institutional investors investing across our funds. Promising start-ups, in addition to funding, could receive invaluable advice and scale-up support within the IvyCap Ventures ecosystem under the Mentorship Program. We also have an alumni-driven engagement platform for all the stakeholders in the start-up ecosystem under the name IvyCamp which helps in enabling engagement, accelerating business, design corporate innovation programs, and help early stage start-up communities to connect with investors. IvyCap Ventures also have direct support from over 5,000+ IIT and IIM graduates globally. Our core philosophy lies in creating enduring value for all our stakeholders through capital and expertise. We nurture relationships with our investors, and portfolio companies and believe in creating a meaningful impact while generating financial returns. Our current portfolio includes Purplle.com, Bewakoof.com, Biryani By Kilo and more, together we are accomplishing a meaningful difference.

We invest across consumer and enterprise and have partnered with thousands of inspiring entrepreneurs over the past two decades. We have a track record of backing great entrepreneurs at the earliest stages. Since 1999, Redpoint Ventures has partnered with visionary founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones. The firm invests in startups across the seed, early and growth phases. Redpoint has backed over 465 companies with 140 IPOs and M+As, including 2U, HomeAway, Heroku, Netflix, PureStorage, Twilio and Zendesk, and incubated market disruptors like Android. In total, the firm manages $4 billion across multiple funds. Redpoint is based in Menlo Park and has offices in San Francisco, Beijing and Shanghai.

Our mission is to generate value in our community by providing funding and resources to local, early-stage entrepreneurs. TVV seeks to invest in companies in the HealthTech, Life Sciences, SaaS, and AI verticals.

Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations to build and forge long-standing companies. With more than 135 IPOs and 200 portfolio companies in the enterprise, consumer and healthcare spaces, Bessemer supports founders and CEOs from their early days through every stage of growth. Bessemer’s global portfolio includes Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, PagerDuty, DocuSign, Wix, Fiverr, and Toast and has $19 billion of assets under management. Bessemer has teams of investors and partners located in Tel Aviv, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York, London, Boston, Beijing and Bangalore. Born from innovations in steel more than a century ago, Bessemer’s storied history has afforded its partners the opportunity to celebrate and scrutinize its best investment decisions (see Memos) and also learn from its mistakes (see Anti-Portfolio). Our core values guide how we aspire to work together - and with entrepreneurs to lay strong foundations from idea to growth:Curiosity: Curiosity drives us to question and explore, helping us inspire others and overcome our cynicism. It is only with an eager and open mind that we recognize the greatest opportunities and experience the joy of discovery. Learning & Mentorship: Bessemer recognizes that an enduring institution must continually invest in and care for its people, while ensuring an equitable, inclusive environment for individual growth. We recognize that each of us is at once a student and a teacher, with the capacity to learn and mentor throughout one's career and in life. Innovation: Courageous and independent thought spurs the innovation that keeps us ahead of the curve. We welcome divergent opinions, encourage challenges to prevailing practice, and seize opportunities to progress as an organization. Intellectual Honesty: Our most important relationships depend on the mutual trust that arises from intellectual honesty. We strive to obtain and share information with a keen awareness of our cognitive and professional biases. Empowerment: The effectiveness of the organization rests on each of us seizing the opportunity to take ownership of something. We empower and encourage one another to use our best judgment in the pursuit of opportunities and in confronting challenges. Collaboration: Our lasting success is a result of high-performing individuals working in concert. We recognize individual performance and appreciate that our collective performance requires a selfless approach to assisting one another, a diverse team and a genuine commitment to collaboration. Our Diversity Commitment We believe people thrive when they can be their authentic selves. We recognize that privileges and biases influence everyone's life journey. We aim to raise awareness of them and rigorously examine their impact on our culture and decision making. This is our approach to pursue a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment. Diversity: We embrace a range of independent views to reach effective decisions. Therefore, we seek to work with people who represent different races, genders, backgrounds, and other identities. Equity: We take responsibility for our roles in creating equal access to opportunity. We promote practices, policies, and behaviors to address inequality across our community. Inclusion: We want every member of our community to feel they can be themselves, be heard, and be supported. We appreciate that our differences will make us better. We recognize that it will take both hard work and patience to improve our understanding and to achieve the results we seek. We bring a beginner's mindset to this work and are committed to holding ourselves accountable in this journey. Roadmaps. Our working atlas. Fueled by our curiosity to understand the changing world around us, we practice courageous and independent thought through our roadmaps - ongoing deep dives of the technologies and companies that are shaping the future. Honoring the audacious. Our most important relationships depend on the mutual trust that arises from intellectual honesty. We tip our hats to the opportunities we missed and the entrepreneurs we learned from. Forging new connections. Our partners and operating advisors collaborate to help entrepreneurs navigate areas that are critical to building and scaling their business - such as building a leadership team, developing go-to-market strategies, and strengthening product value.

We’re not afraid of revolutionary change because it’s been at the center of our trajectory for more than 30 years across more than a dozen industries. We’ve taken technology from our imaginations into households worldwide, and we’re always looking for the next great idea - not because it’s a straight line to profit but because we’re risk-takers who love a good story. OUR GOAL IS NOT TO FORETELL THE COURSE OF THE REVOLUTION. We aim to contribute to its construction. Across our diverse and forward-thinking portfolio in AI, education, medical devices, SaaS, and marketplace businesses, our core focus is harnessing and nurturing talent with a strong emphasis on unleashing the full potential of data, insights, and machine learning to unlock new possibilities and create a better future. We bring more than just capital to the table. We work closely with founders to provide strategic guidance, mentorship, and access to our extensive industry experts and advisors network. We believe in the power of collaboration and are committed to working with our portfolio companies to help them succeed. OUR STORY For many years, the brothers served as co-CEOs of Insight Enterprises, with Eric retiring to Chairman Emeritus in 2009 while Tim remains Chairman of the Board to this day. Throughout their tenure, Eric and Tim played were critical in cultivating Insight’s culture of innovation and exceptional customer service and empowering their employees. This culture that has helped Insight earn numerous awards and recognition over the years. In addition to building Insight into a Fortune 500 company, Eric and Tim have remained active in the business community as principals of AZ Crown Investments. Through this venture, they provide early-stage funding and mentorship to promising startups in various of industries, including technology, healthcare, and consumer products. Drawing upon their wealth of experience and expertise, they have helped numerous companies succeed. Beyond their work with AZ Crown Investments, the brothers also serve on the boards of multiple companies and organizations. They are dedicated to making a positive impact in their communities and beyond, supporting various philanthropic initiatives. Eric and Tim have established themselves as true leaders in the business world through their commitment to entrepreneurship, mentorship, and philanthropy.

CE-Ventures is the corporate venture capital platform of Crescent Enterprises, focusing on strategic investments in early- to late-stage high-growth companies and select venture funds globally. The platform was launched in 2017 and initially capitalised with $150 million to be invested by 2020, 50% of which is targeted towards the MENA region. CE-Ventures targets start-ups that offer synergies with Crescent Enterprises’ operations across supply chain management tech, medical tech, enterprise software as a service (SaaS), and niche consumer emerging tech, among others. The platform focuses on wide-ranging emerging technologies pervasive across industry sectors such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of things (IoT), and blockchain. CE-Ventures partners with purpose-driven entrepreneurs and start-ups to catalyse disruptive technologies and generate long-term returns. Focus Areas EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Internet of Things Big data ENERGY-TECH Industrial drones Energy storage Cleantech Upstream oil & gas production ENTERPRISE/SAAS Cybersecurity Software Infrastructure FIN-TECH Payments & Infrastructure Open/Neo Banking Insure-tech MED-TECH Medical devices Biotech Healthcare services SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES Distribution Trucking & Last mile delivery Warehousing Related technologies ED-TECH Virtual classroom/Immersive learning (AR/VR) Learning management systems Collaborative & social learning Computer-aided assessment FOOD-TECH/AG-TECH Cloud kitchens Food e-commerce Smart Farming & Vertical Farming Drones & Robots