Blackstone Innovations Investments

Andreessen Horowitz backs bold entrepreneurs who move fast, think big, and are committed to building the next major franchises in technology. Founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, the firm provides entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights in innovation, executive and technical talent, market intelligence, policy and regulatory affairs, business development, and marketing and brand-building.

Union Square Ventures is a small collegial partnership based in New York that manages over $1B across seven technology-focused venture funds. Union Square Ventures is one of the most successful venture funds in the world and has been an early-stage investor in some of America's most successful startups such as Zynga, Indeed, Tumblr, Twitter, Lending Club, Etsy, Twilio and MongoDB. USV was founded in 2003 by Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham.

Grok Ventures is the private investing vehicle of Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder of Atlassian and one of Australia's most successful technology entrepreneurs. Grok Ventures invests in fast-growing technology-enabled businesses with world-class management teams who are solving big problems. Grok particularly likes food and energy companies. We have private, patient, long-term capital, with the flexibility to participate from early-stage or seed financing through to late stage funding rounds (although we prefer to be involved earlier).

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture fund that invests in revolutionary technologies. We focus on investing in smart people solving difficult problems - to do so, we will invest at all stages across almost any sector. Unlike many venture firms in Silicon Valley, this means that Founders Fund does not limit itself to internet-based technology and software. Founders Fund has and will continue to invest in areas including biotechnology, energy, hardware, and aerospace. Founders Fund was founded by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery and Luke Nosek in 2005 and raised its first fund that year. In 2016 Founders Fund raised a $1.3 billion fund, its sixth fund to date.

Greycroft Partners is a New York based venture capital firm with a flexible, long term investment approach. We can invest at any stage of a startup's lifecycle, and have separate funds that invest at earlier stages ($100K to $5m first cheque, with follow-on rounds up to $10m) and later stage pre-IPO rounds ($10m first cheque, up to $35m total). Greycroft is flexible on ownership percentage, check size, and board seats which means we can bring together syndicates that may be impossible with the stricter requirements of other funds. We are truly long-term, and we often hold investments for over ten years. Although we have a greater number of investments in the US, we can and have invested globally, including Europe and Asia. Our portfolio companies benefit from active, hands-on assistance from the partners. Greycroft's partners work as a team, which means our CEOs have access to the collective rolodex and expertise of the entire partnership. We leverage an extensive network of media and technology connections to help you gain visibility, build strategic partnerships, and successfully exit.

Octopus Ventures is one of Europe's most active experienced venture capital firms, and has invested in more than 100 companies since its 1999 founding. Octopus Ventures invests in both enterprise and consumer-focused startups, and participates from Seed (typical investment $1m) to Series A (typical investment $4m). Our team knows what it is like on the other side of the fence. Before joining Octopus, many of the team established themselves in other industries, from consumer goods and professional services to technology and telecoms, and several launched and sold their own startups.