Left Lane Capital

We help exceptional founders to build exceptional companies by investing in future growth. We support entrepreneurs to become global leaders in their business. Through our two funds we invest in German and international tech companies from seedt to growth stage and help them to accelerate their (inter)national growth. We are an active shareholder and support through capital, know-how as well as network. Together with our LPs, consisting of our anchor investor the State of Hesse, family offices, German mid-sized companies up to major international corporations, we support our portfolio both strategically and operationally. Together with the founders, we pursue one goal: the development of top companies. Early Stage & Growth Capital Futury Capital is an early- and growth-stage investor focusing on tech startups in Germany and worldwide. With our early-stage fund we invest as lead or co-investor up to €500 thousand per round in tech companies in the seed to Series A stage. With our growth-stage fund we invest as lead or co-investor between €2-8 million per round in tech companies in the Series A to Series C stage. Together with our partner Headline, we can also support significantly larger and international rounds. As such, we support the sustainable development of successful companies. Investment Focus We love globally scalable business models and invest in a wide range of technology companies in both B2B and B2C environments. Our investment universe covers multiple industries, such as technology, software, consumer internet, artificial intelligence, adtech, fintech, eCommerce and more. Hardware companies with a technology/software component are considered, while companies from sectors such as biotech and chemicals are considered on a limited basis only. Added Value Our national and international network, the close cooperation with the global VC fund Headline and the close cooperation of the Werte-Stiftung associated with us and its affiliated companies and entrepreneurs provide access to potential customers, cooperations and strategic partners. Through the ReAct initiative, we address pressing challenges in the areas of climate, education and innovation and are committed to a positive future. The incubation and innovation platform Futury.eu connects young talents with companies from different industries to collaboratively realize sustainable future projects.

As capital becomes a commodity with more early-stage investors flocking to Africa, what will make us stand out will be our networks, relationships, and reputations. What we look forLarge Markets: A clear market opportunity that is massive and growing, captured through a scalable business model. We aim at reaching sustainable impact across a large audience by addressing deep markets, or investing in market-creating innovations. Scalable Economics: Tech-enabled businesses with proven, highly leverageable and defensible revenues, coupled with the ability to improve unit economics through cost and capital efficiency are able to achieve top-trend growth more easily than less efficient business structures. We are disciplined in ensuring the unit economics of the business we invest in are sustainable and attractive. Strong Agile Teams: We are looking for founders that combine strategic vision and executional capacity. Strong teams tend to be bound by a cohesive, inclusive, all-hands-on deck culture. We are seeking founders and teams guided by a clear value proposition and differentiated position in the market. Repeatable Growth: Solutions with highly replicable growth models and transferable problem-solution sets can most benefit from our growth investment and market expansion facilitation. As African markets are not uniform, we carefully model and test solution-market fit. How much funding will you get? If you are an African founder of a tech enabled startup that is solving a significant African development challenge please apply here. If you have little or no revenues, we will refer you to our Angel Fund for $10k to $100k funding consideration. If you have meaningful revenues with high growth potential, we may invest $50k-$250k.

Orbit Capital is an investment manager that supports tech & tech-enabled scale-ups in the CEE and DACH regions. It offers Growth Equity and Growth Debt financing, through two funds. Orbit Growth Equity invests in Europe's emerging stars that have reached the scale-up phase and are aiming for global expansion. We issue initial tickets ranging from €8-15 million and currently support four companies: Booksy, MEWS, Preply, and Rohlik. Orbit Growth Debt offers non-dilutive capital to accelerate the growth of tech companies. We invest €3-7 million per deal in companies boasting an ARR of €3 million. We have supported 10 companies across 15 deals, including Convious, Cloudtalk, Rohlik, ThreatMark, and Twisto Group.

Expanding Capital is a growth-stage venture capital fund that invested in breakthrough companies like Coinbase, Clover Health, Astra Rockets, Classpass, Bolt, Cameo, Roofstock, mParticle, EasyPost and many other unicorns. We're sector-agnostic and seek investments across any sector. That's because we have the conviction that the best companies emerge at the intersection of multiple technologies being utilized to attack persistent challenges. We're strongest in B2B/Saas, consumer tech, and eCommerce enablers. One of our competitive advantages is our international scope and presence. Expanding Capital is backed by institutional capital and titans of industry from Brazil and South America. To help portfolio companies, we provide strategic assets, introductions and help our portfolio grow in the emerging LatAm region.

We're a Copenhagen-based VC fund that specialises in providing seed funding for outstanding Danish startups. If you think VC is all about money, you’re wrong. We’re here on the mandate of our LPs to back founders that are able to form grand companies that solve some of the most important problems of our time and approx 70% of our portfolio converts to series A, which is well above the European standard among venture funds. We also participate in follow-up funding rounds syndicated with new international VCs. We have existed since 2004 and have raised close to €500M across 4 funds and 1 growth fund.. We raised €140M for our latest fund and have already made our first 11 investments with more to come. We take pride in helping our portfolio companies all the way to exit. We back exceptional Denmark-based founders all the way to exit. More than 70% of our companies convert from seed to Series A, making us one of the best-performing funds in Europe. We’ve made 60 investments, 10 exits and 5 IPOs over the past two decades and have just raised €140M for our next round. Come and grow with us. OUR STAGE: Seed - 12-18 months before Series A or early A-rounds OUR TICKET SIZE: €2-4M initial investment Is this the next category winner? It’s the first and most fundamental question we ask when considering any investment - and it’s why 70% of our investments convert to Series A. We gravitate towards solutions that ride the wave of underlying macro trends with transparency and/or user generated content. Our portfolio contains both consumer and Deep tech but the majority of our investments are within Fintech and SaaS. Actually, we’re the largest Fintech investor in Denmark. So what we really love...Team: Team is the numero uno driving force behind any startup success. For us, the perfect founding team are die hard executors with a bold and ambitious vision. We seek a strong mutual chemistry as - in our experience - it’s the foundation for a great long-term partnership. Early Customer Love: Being a late seed investor implies a true love for initial traction. While initial traction isn’t a guarantee of future success, it says something about your execution power and the initial product-market fit, both of which are important markers for us. Traction isn’t a uniform thing, but to give an example, we typically wouldn’t invest in a SaaS business before it reaches 50 KEUR MRR. Scalable Business: We invest in tech startups with the potential to reshape an industry, category, or vertical within 8-10 years. When investing, we understand that you’re not there yet but we still look for early signs of strong scalability - i.e. profitable repeatability. Timing: Timing (and also a bit of luck) are often key ingredients for success. We need to understand why the market needs your solution now? We love solutions that are built on strong forward-looking macro trends such as transparency, user-generated content, or you tell us. Deep Insights: There’s no ‘one’ way of building a category winner, but they are all rooted in tackling a unique and big problem. This often starts by having experienced the problem first-hand, or through substantial industry experience. We love founders who are extremely nerdy with the problems they solve. They have first-hand experience on the pain of their customers and know where the gain is. What typically makes us fall out of love...Business-to-government (B2G) - selling to the public sector A solution that solves low-priority problems - i.e. must be in top three for customer Solving overly time-bound problems - i.e. the problem becomes less relevant over time Inexperience combined with over confidence Homogenous founder team - though, we have invested in several solo founders 🤔 Not aware of what success demands in terms of organisation, product and commercial expertise Messed up cap table - Let's fix this together With you all the way Since 2004, we’ve made 60 core investments and doubled down on breakout companies like Dixa, Endomondo, Fullrate, Lunar, Templafy, Trustpilot, VEO and Vivino. To date, the companies that we’ve invested in have gone on to raise more than $2.6BN. When we invest, we invest far more than just capital. We know how to stay the course In almost 20 years of investing, we’ve lived through more than a few economic crises. We’ve invested in almost every type of industry and been on almost every type of venture journey. It’s this collective body of experience that is the essence of our value to you as a founder. We know which steps to take, which corners to cut, and when not to panic. A partner all the way to exit. We’re *not* spray and pray. We only ever invest in a few companies per fund and we have the time and money to help you to the finish line. Deep knowledge and a long-term commitment. We and our network of SEED Friends & Family have all been on the growth journey multiple times. We truly understand your business, share your vision, and will be by your side through the ups and downs. We collaborate with our founders on setting a strong board and management team. Someone you can confide in - both on what works and, even more importantly, what does not work. Close to founders. Proximity matters because it helps us build closer relationships with our founders. Plus it gives us the time and opportunity to have physical meetings when needed - some conversations are just easier face2face. The founder to CEO journey. We help the team grow from seed stage founder-centric team to a Series A mature management team (initial growth stage). Shape company for Series A. We re-engineer the process of raising a Series A and work methodically with GTM, metrics, unit economics, and a fundable team. We use our strong local network to help our companies find initial traction and make key hires. Raise next funding round. We have a strong network of international venture funds and we have worked with several of them for years. Furthermore, we have set aside a substantial amount of the fund for follow-on capital to provide you with a solid commitment going into the A round and beyond. Proven track record. Approx 70% of SEED Capital’s portfolio companies convert to series A, which is well above the European standard among venture funds, and a testament to our strategy of only investing in 3-5 new companies per year allowing an experienced team and capital to actually work with and support founders throughout their full journey. Join our #SEEDfamily. At times, the founder journey can be lonely. At other times, it can make you the happiest person on earth. With us, you’re not alone - you’ll be in great and mighty company.

CCV Capital is a global venture capital firm with a Silicon Valley pedigree, specializing in early-stage investments while inheriting the legacy of KPCB. Founded by Wei Zhou, the former managing partner of KPCB China, together with the original technology investment team, we seamlessly blend Silicon Valley DNA with unparalleled global reach and deep Asia resources. Drawing from extensive entrepreneurial experience, our founding team has proven exceptional in identifying and nurturing high-potential startups, achieving a 35% unicorn formation rate within our first decade. We have taken the lead in 80% of Series A funding rounds, guiding many to become sector pioneers in going public. What sets CCV Capital apart is our global approach. As globalization evolves, CCV Capital embraces Globalization 2.0 principles, supporting a decentralized, multi-centric approach to global expansion. We enable startups to establish a global presence through strategic regional offices, localized market involvement, and intelligent use of international resources.We empower startups on their strong competitive advantage, fast business growth, international footprint expansion by leveraging the synergies, such as supply chain, talent resource, and proven business model, among East Asia, Southeast Asia and America. Our globally diversified portfolio exemplifies our collaboration with visionary founders propelling innovations across industries. It spans the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania, featuring prominent enterprises like Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF), MetaApp, Multiway Robots, U Power, Newrizon, Palmpay, Realchar, Aventurier, Pebble, as well as sector leaders including JD.com (NASDAQ:JD), VenusTech (002439), CreditEase (NYSE:YRD), Rong360 (NYSE:JT), Arrail Dental (HKSE:06639), KJY water (301372), TanTan (acquired by NASDAQ:MOMO), Ximalaya FM, and Shukun Technology, underscoring our steadfast commitment to nurturing transformative global leaders.