Engineering Investors

Engineering Capital partners with great entrepreneurs driven by technical insights—before traditional venture firms are willing. We lead and anchor the seed round in companies with the ambition to shape future of information technology and define new categories.

Formation Venture Engineering is a Boston-based venture capital firm founded in 2018, specializing in the life sciences sector. The firm focuses on nurturing emerging technologies by investing in and building around game-changing innovations, with a strategic emphasis on identifying potential acquirers early in the process. This approach aims to engineer companies toward accelerated exits, thereby reducing human suffering and creating financial value. The firm's methodology includes aligning with acquirers for rapid scaling, assembling teams from industry leaders, and ensuring operational excellence to deliver uncommon value to entrepreneurs, investors, and the global community. Notable portfolio companies include Cell IDx, which was acquired by Leica Biosystems in November 2022, demonstrating the firm's successful execution of its venture engineering model.

We are a venture capital firm based in Kyiv that invests in technology companies with Eastern European DNA. This means that the founders are from Eastern Europe or the engineering & software development is done in the region. We believe Eastern Europe can be globally competitive in technology and that tech companies are going to account for an increasing amount of global GDP going forward. We are a Ukrainian company so it makes sense that we would jump in the pool and make a significant allocation of capital to this new economy. We focus on late seed and series A investments across the tech spectrum. We avoid gaming and gambling. Otherwise, the door is open. We work hard to keep our minds flexible and remain curious. We invest more than capital. We provide our founders with strategic support and a network of contacts in the United States and Europe to expand their companies internationally and accelerate growth. Even when we source opportunities from other geographies – especially the U.S. – we help our portfolio companies link up with talented engineers from Ukraine’s massive and growing IT sector. The access we offer to high-quality, low-cost Ukrainian engineering talent is the key reason established venture capital and technology firms in the United States invite us to join their cap tables.

PPF Group is a web of teams and thousands of people contributing unique experience and expertise from an array of disciplines. Every day, they work with phenomena, facts and events that not only help to shape the world we share today, but also mould the future of markets and services.Insights is a platform where PPF drops and shares selected topics and projects from its operations that can inspire and help many others to find a way forward.Facts and StrategiesPPF Group is an international investment group founded in the Czech Republic in 1991. It has grown to manage operations in 25 countries across Europe, North America, and Asia with financial services, telecommunications, media, real estate, mechanical engineering, and biotechnology as its core lines of business. Our priority is to create value by developing innovations, implementing new technologies, and improving the quality of management.PPF’s thirty-year history, its present-day standing, and its vision tell the story of the drive, work ethic, and professionalism of the many people who work to fulfill the vision and courage of Petr Kellner, PPF’s founder.PPF Group’s values and business strategies have remained constant in the areas that matter since its inception. We believe that growth and success are nurtured by developing long-term investment projects in both traditional and new sectors and by building modern infrastructure within a digital world. Our solid foundations were built by welding Czech talent and capabilities with global opportunities.Investments into innovation and advanced technologies combined with efficient management and operations enable PFF Group companies to offer highly competitive services that are constantly honed and updated to deliver value to our customers while also often inspiring others and facilitating a maturing of the market as a whole.We are also keenly aware of the broader social responsibility we shoulder. We go out of our way in our business to support talent and unlock opportunities for those who have the courage to follow their own path, change the world for the better, and inspire others to do the same.Our StrategyWe seek out possibilities and opportunities to develop companies, commerce, and services not only in fast-developing and high-potential fields, but also in areas that may be overlooked or perceived as too risky. Our priority is to create value at the companies in which we invest. We remain undaunted by the prospect of entering new markets and new – often synergetic – fields. When considering new business, we primarily target markets with high retail potential and those with rapidly developing infrastructure, and we focus on transactions where our contribution exceeds €100 million. We prefer to act as the majority owner, but we are also keen to work with partners espousing a business philosophy that dovetails with our own. We have built and will continue to shape PPF Group as a portfolio of companies where sectoral and geographical diversification offers stability and opportunities for vertical integration.We scout companies that need to restructure as we can provide them with strong financial backing, implement strict financial and corporate discipline, introduce promising business models, and improve the quality of management. The rate of returns on our investments relies on the professionalism and knowledge of our people and on the experience and expertise we have gained in the formation and restructuring of numerous companies in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia. Our teams, which through their efforts feed PPF’s success, share a common vision, as well as a high level of commitment, loyalty, and professionalism.No matter where we are, we strive to nurture and grow the values that underpin our approach to business. Our watchwords are readiness, responsibility, and creativity. We bring with us a spirit of enterprise, a global perspective, and the ability to spot and embrace new business opportunities. We are sensitive to and actively promote the need for sustainability and corporate social responsibility, and we respect the cultural and political differences of the markets where we operate. We foster relationships with the public sector and help build communities in all the countries where we do business.

CITES (Spanish acronym for Centro de Innovación Tecnológica Empresarial y Social) (Social and Business Technology Innovation Hub) belonging to Sancor Seguros Group, is an investor of early- stage venture capital with capabilities to incubate and accelerate science and technology-based startups. It accompanies startups by offering support in business, management, intellectual property and technology, and provides an exclusive incubation space with access to common laboratories fully-equipped with nanotechnology, biotechnology, engineering, and ICT for up to two years. It also offers support from the corporate areas of Sancor Seguros Group. CITES invests in verticals such as Insurtech, Fintech, ICT, Edutech, Agtech, Pharma, Healthtech and Life Science.

Capgemini Engineering, formerly known as Altran Technologies, is a global innovation and engineering consulting firm founded in 1982 in France by Alexis Kniazeff and Hubert Martigny. The company specializes in high-technology and innovation industries, with a strong focus on electronics and IT technology. In 2018, Capgemini Engineering reported revenues of €2.916 billion and employed over 46,693 people worldwide. In April 2020, Capgemini Engineering became a subsidiary of Capgemini following a friendly takeover, and was renamed Capgemini Engineering on April 8, 2021, after merging with Capgemini's Engineering and R&D services.

We’re an early-stage venture capital firm exclusively focused on health. We back creative people inventing novel therapeutics, designing the next-generation of medical devices, pioneering new technology for providers and risk-bearers, and bringing new clinical care models and wellness products to consumers. We take a scientific approach to investing, working with a distributed network of experts to peer-review prospective startups. We are a pioneer in venture capital technology, as our dedicated engineering organization enables advanced analytics and screening

Midven Limited is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investing in seed/start-up, early stage, growth, emerging growth, management buy-outs, and management buy-ins investments in small and medium sized enterprises. It does not invest in land, commodities, futures, shares, securities or other financial instruments; dealing in goods (other than in normal wholesale or retail trades); banking, insurance, money lending, debt factoring, hire-purchase financing and other financial activities; property development; farming, forestry or market gardening; operating or managing hotels or nursing or residential care homes. It also does not invest in ‘Restricted Sectors’ referred to in Article 32 of the EC Treaty. These include certain agricultural, and food related sectors and other sectors of which examples are synthetic fibres and yarns, motor vehicles and certain heavy industries. The firm does not provide grant funding. The firm is sector agnostic and prefers to invest in companies working in the field of technology, synthetic biology, manufacturing, engineering, medical, biotechnology, environmental technologies, information & communication technologies (ICT), digital media, saas, software, hardware, consumer, and service sectors. It invests in the Midlands region of United Kingdom with a focus on West Midlands, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and the Metropolitan Borough of the West Midlands (Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country) with exception for the Rainbow Seed Fund. It seeks to invest between $0.02 million and £5 million ($6.44 million) in its portfolio companies with a turnover up to €40 million ($45.06 million), net assets of no more than €27 million ($ 30.41 million), minimum EBITDA of £0.25 million ($0.35 million) and sale value maximum €40 million ($45.06 million) and debt investment value between £0.025 million ($0.03 million) to £2 million ($2.57 million). The firm invests through a mixture of ordinary equity shares and either redeemable preference shares, subordinated loans and quasi equity instruments. It always takes an equity stake in its portfolio companies and assumes role of board members or advisors. The firm seeks to exit from an investment within five to seven years through trade sale. Midven Limited was founded in 1990 and is based in Birmingham, United Kingdom with an additional office in London, United Kingdom and Harwell, United Kingdom. As of April 8, 2021, Midven Limited operates as a subsidiary of Future Planet Capital.

INVESCO | Inversiones Estrella WyM SAC is a company with 18 years of experience in the market, executing turnkey electrical and civil projects in the areas of electric power, industrial facilities, civil construction, and general infrastructure projects. Our specialties: • Engineering, procurement, and implementation of medium voltage electrical systems (substations and networks) • Assembly and maintenance of high voltage electrical systems (power substations and networks) • Predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance for low voltage, medium voltage, and high voltage electrical installations • Implementation of primary and secondary networks for urban developments nationwide • Execution of complementary civil and sanitary works email: comunicaciones@invesco.com.pe Follow us on our social networks: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/invesco.pe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/invesco.pe

About RB ASIA RB Partners Group established RB ASIA in Uzbekistan in 2017. The goal is to render investment advisory and corporate finance services for international companies that are interested in investing in Uzbekistan, as well as for local companies seeking investors, international partners and capital for business expansion.​​RB ASIA is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan.​RB ASIA is an accredited consultant of EBRD (European Bank of Reconstruction and Development) and it is involved in World Bank consultancy projects in Uzbekistan.Investment FocusRB Partners Group specializes in managing venture capital investments at the “seed” and “early” stages of development of companies in Russia and in the CIS region. We cooperate with outstanding developers of innovative products that solve complex problems. We are actively involved in all our investments. The company is serious about choosing an investment target, but as soon as we invest, we aim to apply all of our industry contacts, practical business building experience, and an understanding of local and international business cultures to help our companies more effectively reach their business. plans, and to achieve significant competitive advantage.RB ASIA is engaged in attracting investments to Uzbekistan, in such sectors as:BANKING SECTORTEXTILE INDUSTRYINDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTUREFOOD INDUSTRYINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIESCHEMICAL INDUSTRYINSURANCEPOWER ENGINEERINGTELECOMMUNICATION SERVICESHOTEL SECTORPHARMACEUTICS AND MEDICINEREAL ESTATERETAIL & WHOLESALE TRADE

FLSmidth is the leading supplier of engineering, equipment and service solutions to customers in mining and cement industries. With more than 135 years of experience and with activities in more than 100 countries worldwide, FLSmidth is productivity provider no. 1 to its customers. Sharing our customers’ ambitions, we bring better solutions to light by improving their safety standards and enhancing their performance.

Globant Ventures is the venture capital arm of Globant, a digitally native company where innovation, design, and engineering meet scale, focusing on transforming industries through AI, digital evolution, and enterprise software.

Paradigm is a research-driven venture capital firm specializing in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors. Founded in 2018 by Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of Coinbase, and Matt Huang, former partner at Sequoia Capital, Paradigm focuses on supporting innovative crypto/Web3 companies and protocols from their earliest stages. The firm employs a flexible, long-term, multi-stage, and global investment approach, often engaging with projects at inception and providing ongoing support as they evolve. Paradigm's hands-on involvement spans technical aspects such as mechanism design, smart contract security, and engineering, as well as operational areas like recruiting and regulatory strategy. The firm's portfolio includes notable investments in companies like Uniswap, FTX, BlockFi, Maker, and Sky Mavis. In June 2024, Paradigm raised $850 million for its third fund, dedicated to early-stage crypto projects, underscoring its commitment to advancing the cryptocurrency industry. Additionally, Paradigm launched the Policy Lab in September 2023, a platform aimed at producing research and advocacy on critical policy issues affecting the crypto ecosystem.

The bulk of the Fund’s investments are channelled to support projects that:help a person achieve his/her life and career goals through educationimprove the efficiency of companies and corporations in HR management andhuman resource creation/developmentfacilitate interaction on the educational services marketimprove the convenience and efficiency of job and employee searchhelp communities in education and career development We are a team of professionals in education, IT, investment, and project management.We look for pre-seed, seed, and post-seed projects, and in the Education, EduTech,and HRTech sectors, and have the potential to become leaders on the local marketand/or enter foreign ones.We are interested in projects that not only need financial support but also expertise andengineering support, as well as our extensive network of contacts in the areas ofeducation and HR.The Fund’s investments focus on:– LMS (learning management systems)– gamification in education– systems to help set up an individual education and career path– digital ID, assessing skills and competencies– personnel recruitment technologies– marketplaces– P2P technologies in education– community creation and management tools.

Rossmils is a competent investment and development company focused on overall real estate projects development, including engineering, renovation and expansionDesign, construction and management of residential and commercial property as well as hotels and resorts;Road infrastructure engineering and construction;Design, engineering and construction of manufacturing facilities;Merger and acquisition services;Investment brokerage.InvestmentExternal financingSupport of corporate and private investors, consultingInvestment managementRestructuring of investment portfoliosReal estateRestructuring of distressed assetsRedevelopmentHotel business (development and management)Property managementConsultingBrokerageCommercial sales and leasingConstructionPrime contractorPublic worksSpecial construction worksConstruction of infrastructure facilitiesIndustrial objectsResidential objectsProductionProduction of special railway equipmentManufacturing of special cranes (capacity up to 150 tons)Production of rolling stockManufacture and repair of rolling stockProduction of steel structures

Dennso AG is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in turnaround, buyout, seed, startup, and early stage investments. The firm typically invests in Food, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure, Health, Demography, Products & Innovation, Clean Tech, Engineering, Production, Services, Security Technologies, Information Technology, Education, Knowledge, Digital Security, Cooperation, and Service sector. It consider to invest in Europe with a focus on DACH country. The firm prefers to take majority stake in companies. Dennso AG is based in Hamburg, Germany.

Sýndreams is an Accelerator and venture capital firm specializing in seed, startup and growth capital investments. It typically invests in information technology, consumer discretionary, industrials, creative economy and agribusiness. Within consumer discretionary, it seeks to invests in consumer durables and apparel, consumer services, media, retailing, household durables, hotels, restaurants and leisure, media, internet and direct marketing retail, specialty retail, house wares and specialties, hotels, resorts and cruise lines, advertising, broadcasting, movies and entertainment, publishing, internet and direct marketing retail, specialty stores, collectibles, awards and seasonal goods, travel and tourism services, television, online specialty retail, healthcare and medical supply stores, collectibles, online leisure equipment retail, online healthcare and medical supply retail, antiques, Creative Economy, Industry 4.0,New Food and Food tech, online hobbies, games and toy retail. Within industrials, it invests in capital goods, commercial and professional services; construction and engineering, commercial services and supplies; construction and engineering, diversified support services; construction support services, commercial design services; engineering and surveying services, fashion and other design services; architectural services. Within information technology, it invests in software and services; software; systems software, home entertainment software; entertainment software; computer games. Within the creative economy sector, it seeks to invest in architecture, communications, advertising, events, arts, antiques, film, television, radio, software, games, music, gastronomy, tourism, editing and publishing. The firm invests in Brazil. The firm invests a minimum of $0.04 million in companies. It runs 12-month accelerator programs. The firm prefers to hold a minority stake on its investments, between 1% and 20%. The firm invests the personal capital of its management. Sýndreams was founded in 2012 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Theodorus is the venture capital firm specializing in directly investing, seed, pre seed and start-up investments. It prefers to invests in the biotechnology, medical device, engineering technologies, artificial intelligence and high tech sectors. The firm seeks to invest in North America region. The firm seeks equity investment maximum upto $2.88 million. Theodorus was founded in 2003 and is based in Brussels, Belgium along with additional office in Montreal, Canada.

Apicap SAS is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, growth capital, middle market, buyout, recapitalization, industry consolidation, mature, turnaround and PIPES transactions. It considers investments in all industries but mainly focuses on hotel and real estate sectors, energy, tourism, agrifood, industrials, infrastructure, sea transport containers, information technology, software, hardware, telecommunication, Internet, life science, distribution, retail, services, catering, fishing, tourism including leisure, accommodation, services; new energies (except solar) ; agriculture ; civil engineering works ; transport ; craft; maintenance ; IT services; transport services and sub-marine cables, media, audio-visual and motion picture production companies. The firm prefers to invest mainly in France including the islands of La Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Mayotte, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane (French Guiana), and Saint Martin and also considers investments in the rest of Europe. The company typically invests between €0.5 million ($0.66 million) and €20 million ($26.78 million) in companies with revenues between €1 million ($1.33 million) and €50 million ($66.68 million) and enterprise value of up to €150 million ($181.44 million). It can invest via shares, preferred shares, current account contribution or convertible bonds. It can take a minority or majority stake in its portfolio companies. The fund typically exits its investments through trade sale, initial public offering or secondary buyout. The firm was formerly known as OTC Asset Management. Apicap SAS was founded in 2001 and is based in Paris, France.

Atlamed SA is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts, later stage, mature, emerging growth and growth capital investments. The firm also provides advisory services. It seeks to invest across sectors including water treatment appliances; environmental and facilities services; software program editors; call center management software; system and platform integration; energy; healthcare equipment and services; plastic products; construction materials; construction and engineering; electrometallurgical products; boilers; facilities support management services; and security and alarm services. It invests between MAD 10 million ($1.03 million) and MAD 50 million ($5.13 million) in Moroccan small and medium enterprises with revenues up to MAD 100 ($10.28 million). The firm usually acquires minority and majority positions in its portfolio companies. Atlamed SA was founded on May 26, 2005 and is based in Casablanca, Morocco.

Dreamcraft Ventures is a Copenhagen-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Jesper Søgaard and Christian Kirk Rasmussen. The firm specializes in investing in tech-driven companies across Europe, from pre-seed to Series A stages. Dreamcraft Ventures focuses on three core verticals: B2B SaaS, Digital Entertainment, and FinTech. Their investment approach, termed 'venture engineering,' emphasizes a structured and reliable process to support founders in scaling their businesses. The firm has a track record of investing in 31 companies with a combined market capitalization of €1.8 billion. Notable portfolio companies include Hiber, AirHelp, NeoKe, and GRID.

Essence VC is an infrastructure-focused venture capital firm that invests in technical founders at the earliest stages, often before a company even exists. They specialize in helping founders develop their narrative, transition into leadership roles, build open-source communities, and scale engineering teams, leveraging deep operating experience in enterprise infrastructure and developer tools.

Severgroup is a private business group founded in 1993 with a diversified portfolio of assets, owned by Alexey MordashovThe Group was formed to develop established businesses and invest in attractive new projects. Severgroup’s core investment areas are currently: metallurgy and minerals, power plant engineering, gold mining, woodworking, tourism, wholefood e-commerce, banking, high-tech venture capital, media, advertising, and telecommunications.The Group directly or indirectly owns shares and interests in the following companies:Metallurgy• Severstal • Nord Gold • Aterra CapitalPower engineering• Power MachinesWoodworking • SvezaBanking • MetcombankTelecoms• CTC Media • Tele2 Russia • National Media GroupFast-moving consumer goods• TUI AG • TUI Russia • UtkonosVenture capital financing• S-Group Capital ManagementWe recognise that the success of every business lies in its people!A company’s profitability and sustainability are built on the commitment and drive of its managers and employees, and their capacity to problem-solve. The ongoing development of employees across our enterprises is a priority for the Group, and we are consistently developing innovative education programs and initiatives to improve employee engagement.We are committed to creating a positive business environment through implementing best practices. These have been proven over our decades of experience, managing companies recognised as leaders in their sectors. The Business System programs successfully employed at Severstal, Power machines and Sveza are just one example of these initiatives. The Business System programs significantly enhance investment efficiency through improving business processes and employee engagement.

What started as a stealth, artificial intelligence tech recruiting platform evolved into a new venture model.We began our journey in 2013 as a bootstrapped startup with the goal of disrupting the way that venture capital is done.We believed that applying unmatched data and technology to address the top pain points of early stage startups would produce an unfair advantage and outsized success for our portfolio.Since launching our first fund in 2015, we have scaled quickly to $1B in regulatory assets under management. We continue to build products and scalable processes to help our companies with the early stages of their journey.We began our journey in 2013 as a bootstrapped startup with the goal of disrupting the way that venture capital is done.We believed that applying unmatched data and technology to address the top pain points of early stage startups would produce an unfair advantage and outsized success for our portfolio.Our philosophy is simple. We find companies we believe in and then put our whole team behind them.We are a team of engineers, data scientists, founders, operators, and investors. We have PhDs, chess champions, race car drivers, and #1 cited journalists in our mix.We do OKRs, we measure NPS, and we are constantly using data and feedback loops to improve our products and services in support of foundersSignalFire is a complete redesign of the modern venture firm based on six years of careful study, development, and iteration on how to best fuel today's entrepreneur. Our distributed network approach gives you access to some of the world's best entrepreneurs, product & engineering leaders in virtually every key discipline and industry, provided by a centralized team of world class investors and engineers trained at General Catalyst, Bessemer, KPCB, Google, and Yahoo. We have developed a first of its kind centralized infrastructure to help with recruiting, business development, customer acquisition as well as educational & community events. We invest early at the seed stage in leaders with an uncommon passion and perspective for leveraging data and technology solutions to upend substantial markets.