EQT Ventures

We believe creating something of true significance starts with seeing things others do not. This ability shows up in rare Founders. Those who think independently and creatively. Outsiders who never compromise their point of view, and never give up. As Founders, we reinvented industries with this mindset. As investors, our approach is no different – our goal is to transform how innovators are funded. We fund you first and we fund you fast. Then we help you get it right fast. Then we help you raise your next round at levels that are often embarrassingly high. We bring the Founders we back exponential yet little-known techniques for network effects and growth. We make visible the typically unseen methods and give you unfair advantages. Having built 10 companies with more than $10 billion in exits across multiple industries and geographies, we’re entrepreneur-first because we were entrepreneurs first. And we’re determined to guard the backs of the next generation of fearless founders.

WE HELP SUPPORT TALENTED ENTREPRENEURS’ WILDEST DREAMS. WE PROVIDE THEM WITH AN ECOSYSTEM OF GLOBAL PARTNERS AND PURPOSE-DRIVEN THINKERS – ALL WITH SHARED VALUES FOR CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND POSITIVE IMPACT. THE IDC VENTURES TEAM UNDERSTANDS THE POWER OF FOUNDERS AND SHARING PLATFORMS TO BUILD FUTURE WINNERS. Our network is valuable. That’s how we’ve successfully helped investors provide value in deal flow, diligence, and market and industry expertise. As entrepreneurial experts, we’ve enabled partnerships and new opportunities for founders since 2019.

We want to invest in solutions to problems which impact a lot of people. If you are simply iterating a market, 7percent is not for you. We seek the 200x winners and pass on the less risky, less ambitious opportunities. We are looking for moonshots. We back the technologies and products that in ten years people will wonder how the world ever lived without - the breakthrough companies and technologies. What's in a name? “A good early stage growth rate is 5-7% a week. If you can hit 10% a week you’re doing exceptionally well, but if you can only manage 1%, it’s a sign you haven’t yet figured out what you’re doing“ Paul Graham - Y Combinator Why take our moneyMaybe don't. Not every entrepreneurial business should take venture funding. The venture capital journey is best for big risk, big outcome businesses. A startup is a company which is different because it is able to g Ex-founder led with Silicon Valley ambition. For >10 years we have been investing at pre-seed and seed as angel investors then VC’s. With experience operating as founders in both the U.K. and U.S. we have the confidence to back you to reach for the stars, with access to the expertise and capital via the three networks we co-founded. Read more here. Our Mantra: to help not hinder your startup. This is a guiding principle in everything we do. Because our Partners are ex-Founders themselves, this helps us empathise. We have a better understanding than many other investors, of the challenges you will experience when building a company from scratch, because we’ve done it ourselves. We have: Founded, grown and sold successful tech startups Founded tech startups and failed Taken angel or VC investment for our own startups and raised it for others Built transatlantic reach across startup ecosystems, from West and Eastern European to North America Backed >150 companies over the past 10 years, as a firm or as angels.

The Venture Guides provide an ecosystem of support for founders and CEOs. We believe in leveraging our experience and relationships in the infrastructure software domain and beyond to help you build your business. “I do not know anyone with the Venture Guides team’s combined smarts, work ethic, experience, and history of success. It is exciting to work with the Venture Guides team. When you do, good things are going to happen.” - Jack Sweeney, 7-time CEO, COO, Turbonomic, and Venture Guides Advisor

Pinecone is a "venture studio" – a company dedicated to building impactful businesses by collaborating with driven founders. We focus on turning ambitious ideas into successful and meaningful ventures. STUDIO VS. INCUBATOR/ACCELERATOR – WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? Unlike incubators and accelerators, venture studios generate their own ideas, create startups from scratch, provide funding, recruit founders, and actively participate in operations without a fixed timeline. Studios also assume a significant portion of the responsibilities and risks associated with ideation, validation, and launch, making them more deeply involved in the long-term success of their startups compared to other startup support models. WHY CO-FOUND WITH PINECONE? Co-founding with Pinecone is akin to getting 10+ co-founders on your team, for the "price" of one. Through mentorship, network and access to capital, we greatly increase your chances – and speed – of success. WHO CAN CO-FOUND WITH PINECONE? We partner with people who are determined to create something big, something meaningful. You should possess an unfair advantage, whether industry insights, skills or network/distribution. We mainly base our decision on trust, a shared vision and ambition are must-haves. We also look for traits like: resilience, adaptability, resourcefulness, curiosity, humility, passion, and drive. Last, but not least, we consider the ability to rally people behind a vision, a rare, yet decisive, skill. CAN PINECONE INVEST IN MY STARTUP? While our main focus is to build companies from scratch, with or without a co-founder from the start, we occasionally will look at investment opportunities that align with our portfolio. Such strategic investments should bring value to our existing portfolio companies or vice versa. WHERE IS PINECONE LOCATED? Pinecone is based in Oslo, Norway. However, we operate globally with partners of several nationalities and locations, and we invest and build companies globally, too.

Fondé par des entrepreneurs pour des entrepreneurs, Founders Future investit capital financier et capital humain dans les startups de la tech et du digital. Entreprise à mission, nous contribuons à développer un entrepreneuriat ambitieux et responsable pour anticiper les futurs enjeux de notre société. Dans l’exercice de notre métier, nous sommes déterminés à générer un impact positif en termes social, sociétal et environnemental. Notre volonté ? Capter les grandes évolutions de notre société, repérer les entrepreneurs qui savent les anticiper, et les guider pour transformer leur vision en réalité. En un mot, nous construisons ensemble les modèles d’entreprise du futur et aidons à en structurer les fondations. Pour y parvenir, quatre valeurs nous orientent : engagement, conviction, exigence, audace. Co-construire les entreprises du futur prend du temps. Respectueux de l’initiative entrepreneuriale, nous envisageons donc nos relations avec les fondateurs dans la durée. Nous les préparons, les orientons, les conseillons, dans les périodes difficiles comme dans les moments plus sereins. Nous faisons équipe avec eux. Et c’est là notre plus grande fierté ! NOS VALEURS ENGAGEMENT. Respectueuse de l’initiative entrepreneuriale, notre équipe accompagne le fondateur à chaque étape du développement de son entreprise. Nous nous impliquons dans la durée et agissons en partenaires, dans les moments difficiles comme dans les instants plus sereins. CONVICTION ET EXIGENCE. Parce que nous choisissons des entrepreneurs experts dans leur domaine, visant l’excellence dans la mise en œuvre et restant humbles à chaque étape du développement, nous avons à cœur de les emmener au sommet. Des entrepreneurs, ambitieux et responsables, qui partagent notre exigence et nos convictions. C’est là une des conditions d’un partenariat efficace et durable. AUDACE. Nous savons repérer les entrepreneurs qui répondront aux enjeux d’un monde qui change toujours plus vite. Nous osons investir temps et capital dans les entreprises qui captent les tendances sociétales et proposent des solutions innovantes.