AI Infrastructure Investors

AICA is a non-profit organization designed to foster the development of entrepreneurial environment in Armenia . It is created to help start-ups and entrepreneurs with innovative ideas find high-caliber business professionals who would invest and help steer companies in their endeavors of high impact and growth. AICA is 20 members strong and growing. AICA brings together a very diverse group of CEOs, Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals from Armenia, Russia, Germany, Austria, Denmark, and the USA. Its members represent various industries ranging from cutting edge sphere in Biotech, Digital Healthcare, IT, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Biometrics to more traditional sectors of Manufacturing, Construction, Real Estate Development, Renewable Energy, Banking, Fin-tech, Food & Beverage, Consumer Products, Logistics and Retail. AICA boasts 5 members from YPO and members from top business schools from Armenia, Europe, and USA, including 3 graduates of Harvard Business School. Members of AICA serve on Boards of Multinational Companies and run VC funds; They are Serial Entreprenuers with multiple successful companies under their belts and Top-Notch experts in Management, International and US Law, International Marketing, Sales and Distribution; They invest as Angels in companies with high growth potential and guide them through the exciting but challenging path to success; They open doors to New Markets and Clients and dedicate their Networks, Connections, and most importantly Knowledge, Experience, and Time to help companies Beat the Market Odds.

ISAI, the French Tech Entrepreneurs’ fund (micro VC format), was founded by Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, Stéphane Treppoz, and Ouriel Ohayon and is managed by Jean-David Chamboredon, Christophe Raynaud and Pierre Martini. It gathers more than 250 entrepreneurs and aims at financing and supporting high potential digital companies, at the seed/post-seed stage (venture capital) or when they have already reached the break even stage (growth capital/LBO).

Baidu, Inc. operates an Internet search engine. The Company offers algorithmic search, enterprise search, news, MP3, and image searches, voice assistance, online storage, and navigation services. Baidu serves clients globally.

Baita is an accelerator and venture capital firm specializing in startups and growth capital investments. It primarily invests in information technology, telecom, internet of things, agribusiness, biotechnology, technology hardware and equipment, health, life sciences, energy, oil and gas and education technology. The firm seeks to invest in Brazil. It invests in companies with a maximum of R$0.15 million ($0.04 million). The firm seeks to take minority stake between 8% and 15%. Its acceleration program typically lasts between six to twelve months. The firm invests through its personal capital. Baita was founded in 2014 and is based in Campinas, Brazil.

Elaia is a leading European venture capital firm specializing in digital and deep tech startups. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Paris, France, Elaia has a strong track record of backing tech disruptors such as Mirakl, Criteo, Ornikar, Shift Technologies, and Aqemia. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, providing capital and support to ambitious tech entrepreneurs with global ambitions. Elaia's investment areas include deep tech, sustainability, AI, data science, and big data. The firm has a history of successful exits, including companies like Criteo and Orchestra Networks. In April 2024, Elaia formed a strategic partnership with Lazard to create Lazard Elaia Capital, a technology-focused private equity investment platform. This partnership aims to support technology and deep tech leaders at all stages of their development, from seed to public markets.

AltaIR Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in very early/seed stage tech companies, primarily in the areas of Internet and Mobile. The firm has extensive operational and investment experience in USA, Israel and Russia. We manage funds that invest in the world's most promising companies with disruptive ideas and great return potential. We invest in early and growth stage startup companies in various sectors. Our portfolio companies represent key players of the startup industry, top incubator graduates and promising teams.

Good AI Capital is a venture fund focusing on early-stage AI companies. With a mission-driven thesis of doing well by doing good, we invest in technical founders who are keen on applying AI towards solving some of the acutest problems faced across industries. This investment thesis is based on the conviction that a mission-driven organization can create competitive advantages in customer loyalty, corporate productivity, employee retention and talent sourcing and ultimately accomplishes outsized profitability. By blending this thesis with our partners’ successful entrepreneurial experiences, strategic partnerships as well as our deep technical expertise, we have a formula for identifying and building the most transformative AI companies of tomorrow in fintech, healthcare and enterprise software.

HAVAÍC is an investment and advisory firm that specialises in early-stage, high-growth African businesses with proven concepts and global prospects, offering investment opportunities to sophisticated individuals and institutional investors with an interest in venture capital in Africa. As a complementary offering, HAVAÍC provides corporate advisory and capital raising services to emerging, internationally scalable African businesses. Successful innovations have durability, broad impact, and high returns. Our investment philosophy is driven by identifying new products, processes or programs with disruptive growth potential, that have the power to significantly improve the status quo, with global relevance.

Kairos HQ is a U.S.-based private company that builds products in the housing and healthcare sectors. Founded in 2008 as The Kairos Society by Ankur Jain, it is headquartered in New York City. As of 2023, the firm managed US$300 million to invest in affordable housing and personal health startups. The Kairos Society was launched in 2008 by Ankur Jain while at Wharton Business School as a talent incubator. Some founders from Kairos later founded Periscope, Casper, FiscalNote, and Digital Genius. In 2017, The Kairos Society re-launched as a venture studio named Kairos HQ, building and investing in several companies in their focus areas. Rhino is an alternative to security deposits for renters. Little Spoon is a direct-to-consumer baby product brand. Cera is a homecare service for the elderly based in the United Kingdom. Kairos also invested in Bilt Rewards—a rewards program that lets renters earn points each time they make a rent payment—and menopause-focused company Alloy Health.

Revaia is a leading European sustainable growth investor, partnering with mission-driven entrepreneurs with global ambitions and sustainable leadership. Revaia helps these growth-stage companies navigate their entire life cycle from Series B to IPO and beyond. Revaia builds bridges between venture, private equity, and public markets and is a supportive sparring partner for entrepreneurs who are working to transform the world for the better. With offices in Paris and Berlin and presence in North America, its diverse team brings hands-on expertise and unique ESG know-how to the most promising technology scale-ups. Revaia is very proud to be supporting companies such as Algolia, Aircall, Coralogix, Deepki, Frontify, GoHenry, Hublo, Platform.sh, Planity, and Welcome to the Jungle.

We are the community of support for professional athletes and entrepreneurs, which accompanies you to discover, collaborate and undertake. Shorai is the driving force behind innovative companies that will transform the sports industry. Together we can create a portfolio of competitive companies that aspire to transform the sports industry.

AI Fund is a venture studio dedicated to building AI-based companies. Acting as a minor co-founder, they partner with innovators and tech pioneers to launch new ventures together. Their portfolio spans diverse sectors, including manufacturing, mental health, maritime shipping, education, and training, reflecting their commitment to revolutionizing industries through innovative AI applications.

Atairos is an independent private company focused on supporting growth-oriented businesses across a wide range of industries. Atairos provides a unique combination of active strategic partnership and patient long-term capital to high-potential companies and their management teams. Atairos launched in 2016 and has in excess of $5 billion of equity capital. Atairos has offices in New York City, Philadelphia and London. Focused on supporting growth-oriented businesses across a wide range of industries, Atairos provides a unique combination of active strategic partnership and patient long-term capital to high-potential companies and their management teams.

Boab provides vertically integrated startup development and investment programs backed by dedicated investment funds to help build scalable and sustainable innovation ecosystems. Boab provides access to strategic and financial returns for key stakeholders including government organisationS, corporations & industry groups, institutional and private investors, universities & research institutes. Boab provides bespoke programs, mentorship, investment and network capital for startups, scaleups, founders and entrepreneurs looking to scale, identify investors and partner with corporates delivering distribution and customers.

AIP, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in turnarounds; leveraged buyouts; management buyouts; corporate divestitures, PIPES, structured preferred equity investments; recapitalizations; equity bridging transactions; strategic add-on acquisitions; going-private transactions; debt with warrants; carve-outs; international expansion; re-financings; project management and finance; public equity and Canadian income trust offerings in middle-market and mature companies. The firm primarily invests in industrial services and manufacturing companies that are primarily engaged in selling to other businesses and have business-to-business selling relationships. It prefers to invest in industrials, Information Technology, and materials sectors. Within industrials, the firm focuses on commercial services and supplies, automotive, building products, capital goods, machinery, electrical equipment, commercial services and supplies, aerospace and defense, office services and supplies, industrial machinery, heavy electrical equipment, commercial printing, aerospace and defense, office furnishings and equipment, pumps and pumping equipment, industrial heating, industrial technology, logistics, transportation, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment and supplies, power generation equipment, office products, industrial air conditioning and cooling equipment, engines and turbines, air and gas compressors, transmission and distribution equipment, power transformers, and industrial fans and blowers. Within Information Technology sector, it prefers to invest in electronic equipment and instruments, electronic equipment manufacturers, electronic manufacturing services, security, control, surveillance and detection equipment, and electronics manufacturing equipment. Within materials, the firm focuses on chemicals, metals and mining, construction materials, containers and packaging, aluminum, diversified metals and mining, construction materials, fabricated structural metal products. The firm primarily invests in privately or publicly held companies based in North America with a focus on the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, serving domestic and global markets. It makes equity investment between $10 million and $150 million with additional amounts available from investment partners. The firm invests in companies with EBITDA between zero or negative up to $350 million; enterprise values between $50 million and $2000 million; sales greater than $500 million and acquisition values between $50 million and $500 million. The firm prefers control or material governance rights in its portfolio companies. American Industrial Partners was founded in 1989 and is based in New York, New York.

Baiterek's mission is to facilitate the sustainable economic development of Kazakhstan through financing and supporting the economy’s priority sectors, implement state policies, addressing socially oriented challenges and achieving the country’s long-term economic strategy.

The Gaingels network combines the most accomplished founders and investors committed to supporting the portfolio. Through the power of our network, founders are connected to a valuable, global network of LGBT/Ally investors, gaining access to capital, investors’ business acumen and contacts. In addition, as an affinity network, we care more, offer assistance, mentor and make introductions to propel these companies for further growth and M&A opportunities

Making minority investments into leading scale ups in fintech and adjacent SaaS companies. Nimble and entrepreneurial, but with the backing of a global group. Deep sector expertise, providing the resources of an international financial organisation, alongside our capital.

Sandaire is a family-owned international multifamily office offering expert investment, corporate finance, private equity and real estate advice to wealthy families and foundations seeking support with their long-term financial goals. These services are provided by a team of specialists who build partnerships by taking the time to understand each client’s needs and crafting innovative, tailored strategies aimed at fulfilling their aspirations.

Alpha AIF is a top-performing SME-focused venture fund in India, backed by SEBI registration and a 52.59% XIRR. It blends deep fundamental research, regulatory compliance, and transparent onboarding to deliver high-growth investment opportunities for accredited investors. With ₹170 crore committed and a 52.6% XIRR, Alpha AIF offers institutional-grade investing, led by industry veterans with 20+ years of equity and valuation expertise.

ChainRock is global digital asset advisory and investment group. We focus primarily on blockchain technology and digital assets.

Kairos is an identity verification company providing AI-powered facial recognition, liveness detection, and biometric verification services for global businesses.

Polychain is an investment firm committed to exceptional returns for investors through actively managed portfolios of blockchain-based digital assets, including bitcoin and subsequent technologies.

Samaipata is an early-stage founders’ fund investing in tech companies with network effects across Europe and beyond. The fund was founded in 2016 by two entrepreneurs, José del Barrio and Eduardo Díez-Hochleitner. José was the co-founder and CEO of the leading food-delivery platform in Spain (La Nevera Roja) which was sold for $100 million. Eduardo was founder of a 3D sound system sold to Dolby (IMM Sound), former Partner at Apax Partners, a prolific business angel, and the current Chairman at MásMóvil, recently valued at €20 billion, becoming the first Southern European Decacorn.