PACEMAKER DJ APP RELAUNCHES WITH DIRECTLY LICENSED MUSIC FROM SONY AND WARNER
DYNEPIC WINS THE AFWERX COMBAT READY AVIATORS CHALLENGE!
KAPTIO FEATURED ON TRAVOLUTION
ZVERSE HONORED DURING THE 2020 S.C. MANUFACTURING CONFERENCE AND EXPO
ZVerse honored for manufacturing excellence. Read the article here >>
DYNEPIC NAMED AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM WINNER IN THE AFWERX RECRUITING, REIMAGINED CHALLENGE
CapA's portfolio company, Small Giant Games, to be acquired by Zynga for $700M!
CapA's INBAR HAHAM HONORED AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 INFLUENTIAL ISRAELIS IN NYC
QUESTIS Awarded as a top 10 Startup in Charleston!
Steve Wilbourne, CEO, Questis
CapA’s portfolio company, Questis, a financial wellness technology platform built for advisors by advisors, is thrilled to be recognized as a Top 10 Startup in South Carolina by The Tech Tribune. Read More >>
KAPTIO AWARDED ICELAND'S GROWTH STARTUP OF THE YEAR!
Kaptio, CapA’s TravelSaaS portfolio company based in Iceland continues to grow at an exponential pace, earning the prestigious award! Read More >>
CapA and partner Inbar Haham featured in Isreal's Yediot publication
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ZVerse strikes partnership with Xometry to deliver 3D design on-demand services to manufacturing customers, and raises additional capital from SCRA!
A great week to be in the "Z"verse!
CapA's co-founder and managing partner Tanya Marvin-Horowitz featured recently in the LinkedIn article "12 Women in Venture Capital .. "
Ms. Horowitz shares here VC career advice here >>
Small Giant Games Raises $41M
Small Giant Games, one of CapA's early investments, has raised $41M in their latest financing, and receives additional press coverage in by Forbes.
Capital A Partners Adds New NYC-Based Partner
Venture Capitalist Inbar Haham, Formerly of Magma Venture Partners and WIX, Joins CAP A as Partner
NEW YORK, NY, July 11, 2017 – Capital A Partners “CAP A”, a fund focused on funding early stage technology businesses in the Nordics and the USA, announced today the addition of its new New York City based partner, Inbar Haham.
Inbar joins CAP A as Partner effective immediately, four years after Managing Partners David Mendez and Tanya Marvin-Horowitz founded the fund. She joins the fund from Magma Venture Partners where she served in a Business Development role, responsible for assisting Magma and its portfolio companies in establishing presence in the United States. Magma is one of Israel's leading venture capital firms whose investments include Waze, Magisto, Appsflyer and Argus.
“We are excited to welcome Inbar to our team,” said Tanya Marvin-Horowitz, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of CAP A. “Inbar’s experience in working with global companies, as well as her core values and passion for technology and innovation position her well to help lead CAP A’s efforts in New York, as well as to provide access to startups in Israel.”
As partner, Inbar will lead investments in companies in Israel, as well as the Northeast, leveraging her expertise in helping these companies, as well as CAP A’s Nordic portfolio companies expand in the United States market. During her time at Magma, Inbar established a significant network of business development partners, service providers and other critical resources on behalf of Magma portfolio companies in Israel.
“Inbar’s leadership in the New York City venture capital ecosystem will be a critical component to enhance CAP A’s presence in the region, but also to bring her global mindset and set of skills to CAP A’s international and domestic portfolios,” said David Mendez, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of CAP A.
CAP A's MANTEX GOES IPO ON NASDAQ FIRST NORTH
May 10, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden. Mantex, one of CAP A's portfolio companies, has gone public on Nasdaq First North. The biomass scanning technology company has been working with global leaders such as International Paper and Andritz to deploy their systems throughout the Pulp & Paper industry worldwide. See the official press releases >>
Nasdaq First North Press Release:
Mantex Press Release:
CAPITAL A PARTNERS TEAMS WITH BUTTERFLY VENTURES TO LAUNCH A €24M NORDIC-BASED EARLY STAGE VENTURE FUND
Butterfly Venture Fund III is the 3rd fund for Butterfly Ventures
January 12, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden - Capital A Partners “CAP A” has joined forces with existing Finnish venture capital investor, Butterfly Ventures, to launch Butterfly Venture Fund III, a €24M early stage development and seed fund. Based in Finland, the fund will invest in Nordic-based startups focusing on hardware, software and digital technologies in the IoT, AI, VR and AR sectors.
Initial investors in the fund include Tekes Venture Capital Ltd, Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Fennia Mutual Insurance Company, Tradeka-invest Ltd, AI- Partners Ltd, LocalTapiola Pohjoinen Mutual Insurance Company and Gerako Ltd. The fund is launching with more than half of its target size and is open for additional investors to reach the €24M target.
”We haven’t invested in such an early stage venture fund before, but the focus area of the new Butterfly Ventures’ fund along with the versatility of the team and the success of their earlier investments convinced us. We have researched several funds and this was suitable for Fennia’s investment portfolio,” says Eero Eriksson, Deputy Managing Director of Fennia.
CAP A and Butterfly Ventures are already co-investors in Finland-based maritime IoT startup, Conexbird, from their previous respective funds. “We are excited to be working with such a successful and experienced Butterfly team as we embark on our first Nordic-based fund. CAP A has made investments in the Nordics since 2013; however, our partnership with Butterfly establishes a more substantial presence here and provides more resources to help build our portfolio companies into successful global enterprises,” states Tanya Marvin-Horowitz, CAP A’s Stockholm- based partner.
To date, Butterfly Ventures has invested in 40 portfolio companies and based on data from the Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA) it has roughly 15-20% market share of all early stage first time investment rounds in Finland. CAP A, based between Stockholm and the United States, has 18 portfolio companies; 4 in Sweden, 2 in Finland, 1 in Iceland and 11 in the United States. The new fund in the Nordics makes CAP A one of the first U.S. based VC funds to have a presence both in the United States and the Nordic Region.
About CAP A
CAP A is an early stage venture capital fund based between Charleston, SC, New York, NY and Stockholm, Sweden. The fund invests primarily in early stage B2B technology-based businesses in the United States and across the Nordics. The new partnership with Butterfly Ventures will provide CAP A with additional deal flow for Nordic companies seeking to expand into the United States market.
About Butterfly Ventures
Butterfly Ventures is an early stage focused startup development and venture fund management company based in Oulu, Finland, with presence in Helsinki, Stockholm and the United States. Partners in Finland include Matti Kanninen, Ville Heikkinen and Juho Risku, with Tanya Marvin-Horowitz in Stockholm, and David Mendez in the United States. Web: http://butterfly.vc.
Contact: Matti Kanninen, Managing Partner, Butterfly Ventures Phone: +358 (40) 5455877
matti@butterfly.vc
CAP A announces svenska aerogel IPO
December 19, 2016 – Capital A Partners "CAP A" is proud to announce that Svenska Aerogel AB, one of its first portfolio companies, has been approved for IPO on NASDAQ FIRST NORTH, scheduled for Tuesday, December 20, 2016. CAP A invested in Svenska Aerogel through a Swedish investment partner, The ReCap Group.
For the full story and information on the IPO, please read the release at the Svenska Aerogel website located here >>
For more information about Svenska Aerogel AB, go to: http://www.aerogel.se
-About The ReCap Group-
The ReCap Group provides alternative financing solutions on a risk-sharing basis for clean energy projects, specifically in relation to renewable energy, energy efficiency and waste management. http://www.recap.se.
Contact for ReCap: Marco Breggren, marco.berggren@recap.se.
CAP A JOINS PLUS8 IN PACEMAKER INVESTMENT
December 5, 2016 – 100 Milligrams Holdings AB("Pacemaker"), a Stockholm-based music technology business has closed a $1MM USD seed round of investment led by Spintop Ventures and U.S.-based venture capital firms Plus Eight Equity Fund LP and Capital A Partners "CAP A".
Pacemaker is the Instagram of Music on top of music streaming, currently integrated with Spotify and soon with more services. Pacemaker’s groundbreaking AI empowered creation make it possible for anyone to create mixtapes of professional quality.
The mixtapes are also shareable and editable thanks to Pacemaker’s proprietary format called the Recipe: (1) MIx = Recipe + Tracks; (2) Recipe = Mix - Tracks. I.e. a Recipe holds the metadata for how to put a number of tracks together in order to create a mixtape; The Recipe contains everything in a mixtape with the tracks subtracted. Holding no copyrighted information, Recipes can be shared freely and generate streams for tracks on music streaming services making sure that everyone is paid.
Pacemaker won the 2015 Apple Design Award, Best of App Store 2014 and 2015, and has over 3.5 million app downloads.
Recent press coverage:
The Verge
Engadget
Fact Magazine
Forbes
The Guardian
For more information about Pacemaker, go to: http://www.pacemaker.net.
ZVERSE AWARDED 2016 INNOVISION TECHNOLOGY AWARD
3D Printing software leader ZVerse has been awarded the 2016 SC InnoVision Technology Award. Read the news here >>