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Eight Roads is the proprietary investment arm of FIL, Fidelity International Limited. Eight Roads is active in Ventures, Principal Investments and Real Estate. Inspired by Fidelity's almost 50 year history of direct private investing, Eight Roads teams in Asia and Europe work alongside associated funds around the world. This, alongside our proprietary capital source, gives substantial global scale, expertise and market reach.

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.

Passion Capital is a partnership of entrepreneurs that invests in and helps build leading digital media and technology companies headquartered in Europe. Passion Capital has been involved in some of Europe's largest exits, including Skype, Last.fm and QXL/Tradus. Since our 2011 founding we have made almost 100 investments across more than 50 companies

Balderton Capital is a leading European-focused early-stage venture capital firm. We like entrepreneurs who think big, with grand plans to build global-scale businesses. Balderton primarily invests at the Series A stage, after a startup has developed a product and gained some traction, however we will sometimes invest earlier. We invest only in technology companies founded in Europe.

Hummingbird Ventures builds the tech companies of tomorrow by empowering exceptional entrepreneurs with swift access to essential advice, radical candor, funding & organizational design expertise. Based in London and Antwerp, the Hummingbird team participated in 0->100m+ revenue startups in 10 countries.

Blumberg Capital is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage startups, especially in the fields of enterprise, security and fintech. Blumberg prefers to make its first investment in a company at the seed or pre-seed stage, and can invest in companies pre-product. Blumberg Capital is based in San Francisco but invests globally. We take a very hands-on approach with portfolio companies, usually taking board seats and assisting in decision making and recruiting.