Beringea KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIS INVESTOR DESCRIPTION Offices London and Detroit Beringea is a transatlantic venture capital investor that seeks to create lasting success for entrepreneurial companies. With offices in London and Detroit and over $715 million under management in the U.K. and the U.S., we provide patient capital and a transatlantic Active Markets United Kingdom, USA, and Europe footprint to back founders throughout their journey, helping them overcome barriers to scale and build international success stories. Our track record of three decades of successful investing across every major industry has inspired our own entrepreneurial ethos; cultivated an Founded 1988 exceptional network throughout the technology and investment communities; and fostered the experience required to create meaningful businesses and deliver value for our shareholders. Employees 30 (of which 22 in Europe) The diversity of background, opinion, and expertise throughout our transatlantic team reflects the community of founders and companies we support and enables us to collaborate effectively with our portfolio to capitalize on opportunities enabled by technology. Current Fund Size Multiple funds SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES Use of Debt Yes Monica Vinader is one of the UK’s fastest growing jewellery brands and an international retail success story – its AUM $715m+ unique luxury, yet affordable, jewellery is sold in the USA, Europe and Asia, with revenues breaking £35m in 2017. SMARTASSISTANT is a pioneering digital assistant, creating an artificially-intelligent adviser used by retailers and Target Investment Size $1m - $10m corporates to enable consumers and users to seamlessly walk through complex purchases or decisions. Target Geographies UK, USA, and Europe Aistemos is an artificial intelligence company that has ordered and analysed the world’s 100m patents, working with the likes of BAE Systems and ARM to map and understand global innovation trends. Target Sectors Software and AI, Retail, Digital Media Full Portfolio • www.beringea.co.uk/portfolio Investment Style Active KEY CONTACTS Deal Structures Minority Eyal Malinger • Former director of Corporate Development at Countrywide PLC where he oversaw investments in property technology; MBA from Harvard Business Key Investment Criteria Revenues of £1m+ Investment Director School Email: [email protected] • Companies: Poq, TV Player, SMARTASSISTANT, MPB.com, Aistemos, Perfect Channel, Simplestream Website www.beringea.co.uk Rob Dagger • Prior to Beringea, Rob worked as a senior consultant in Deloitte’s strategy practice, focusing primarily on projects for technology and media Contact Email [email protected] Investment Manager organisations. Email: [email protected] • Companies: Thread, WhistleSports, SMARTASSISTANT, ContactEngine, ResponseTap, Honeycomb Contact Phone +44 (0)20 7845 7820 INVESTOR BOOK 23
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