Sweater Ventures

Portage Ventures is a global investor dedicated to supporting FinTech companies. The Portage team has deep entrepreneurial and industry experience and provides founders with privileged access to the firm’s partners, in-house experts, and broader global ecosystem. Portage Ventures has a presence in Canada, the US, Europe and Asia. Portage is a part of multi-asset class alternative investment platform Sagard.

At Morgan Stanley, we connect capital to ideas so that businesses can grow, new products can be created, and communities can thrive. Even in today’s well developed markets, access to capital is uneven, and investors miss opportunities to fund potentially successful ventures in underserved populations. Through our Inclusive Ventures Group, we aim to help broaden access to capital for overlooked innovators, and spotlight others who are succeeding in investing in this space.

We deploy financial, human and intellectual capital in service of a better system. We support pre-seed to growth stage companies that embed finance in their products, services and operations. Our Mission To build a more equitable world through a more accessible, transparent and fair business and financial ecosystem. Our Ecosystem We bring together investors, entrepreneurs, incumbent players, market innovators, influencers, change agents, academics and policymakers. Together, we harness the transformative power of technology, finance, people, ideas and capital, so all of us can thrive. Guiding PrinciplesAuthentic Collaboration: Transformative change in the financial system is an evolution, not a revolution. We cultivate a collaborative ecosystem to invest, grow and transform across the globe. Virtuous Cycle Outcomes: The world needs a more resilient, sustainable and inclusive financial system. We invest in companies that embody non-zero sum mindsets and are committed to generating a net positive impact on the world. Diversity and Inclusivity: We believe that to successfully cultivate change in our industry and our world, teams must commit to diversity, equity and inclusivity at their core. We have built our company on this principle and we only invest in companies that do the same.

Dedication, Sweat and Tears. The life of a champion and the realities of entrepreneurship. Founders face many of the same life changing experiences and emotions as athletes. Much like luge racers, founders moving fast, encounter sudden twists and turns , and have to plan their course while in motion. They have to manage risk, overcome fear and thrive on an insatiable desire to win. They strategize, compete with all their energy and push beyond their limits. At Luge Capital, we seek these rare trailblazers in the financial industry. We help these daring and crazy entrepreneurs build global fintech champions. We invest in Seed and Series A, when companies are still planning their course. We believe we can help most by getting involved early, when you can’t see the finish line and the odds are not always in your favor. We’re in the trenches with you from the beginning, when you need us, using every tool in our arsenal. When we invest, it’s for the long term. Your success is our success. Great teams can do great things. We seek passionate teams who are eager to challenge the norms with better ways of delivering financial services, who think big, whose ambition is to solve real problems that affect people globally. We seek out the resilient ones, the agile and the relentlessly optimistic. We search for those who have unique insight about a global market and an unfair advantage. As founders, operators, and investors, we know what it means to walk in your shoes. We understand the sacrifice and dedication it takes to build a global champion. The journey is tough and sometimes lonely. We believe in treating your team the same way we treat ours: with respect, transparency, honesty, and empathy. To help portfolio companies grow, we collaborate with world-renowned financial institutions and investors that provide industry insights and resources. Our strategic LPs can become customers, partners, advisors, co-investors and even future acquirers of our portfolio companies.

Societe Generale Ventures is a strategic and invested Venture Capital Partner, creating powerful synergies with startups and leveraging on the strength of Societe Generale group’s to accelerate: The group digital transformation The development of new business models to provide responsible and innovative financial solutions to our clients Our portfolio startups growth, in order to develop the world’s future tech leaders Our commitment Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and innovation are at the heart of Societe Generale Ventures’s strategy. This is why we have chosen to focus on impact and responsible investing, by funding responsible startups such as Lumo, La Ville E+ and Shine (B Corp). In addition, SG Ventures is committed to promoting gender equality in the field of venture capital investing and to accelerating the financing of female entrepreneurs. In 2020, we reaffirmed our commitment by signing the Sista Charter for CVC.