GROWTH. DRIVEN BY REASON. | Creating value in Europe & North America since 1999. Acton Capital is a leading European growth-stage venture capital firm with a presence in Munich and Vancouver. Since 1999, the Acton team invests in tech-enabled business models across industries, to create value for the long run. With more than two decades of investment experience, Acton Capital has supported +100 startups on their way to market leadership, incl. global category leaders like AlphaSights, Clio, HomeToGo or Mambu. IMPRINT: Acton Capital Partners GmbH // Widenmayerstr. 29, 80538 Munich, Germany // Register Court Munich: HRB 171321 // VAT No: …

Our Techstars program is focused on innovations that make the world better. At the center of one of the most diverse and thriving tech ecosystems, our Techstars program is focused on innovations that make the world better.

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

The most founder-focused event on Earth. Slush 2023 is on Nov 30–Dec 1, Helsinki. Tickets out now: slush.org/tickets The most founder-focused event on earth is happening on Nov 20–21, 2024, in Helsinki. Pre-register now: slush.org/pre-register Slush is a non-profit with a mission to create and support entrepreneurs that are changing the world. We do that by connecting founders, investors, and startup operators through events, online communities, educational content and more. International, High-growth, Startups, and Investors

We back purpose-driven entrepreneurs tackling the world’s biggest challenges. Lightrock is a global impact investor with a focus on growth capital that backs purpose-driven entrepreneurs tackling the world’s biggest challenges. Lightrock invests in companies that pursue scalable and tech-driven business models around the key impact themes of people, planet, and productivity/tech for good. Lightrock’s portfolio includes more than 90 high-growth companies in 14 countries across Europe, the USA, Latin America, Asia, and Africa, supported by a diverse team of over 100 professionals based in 6 offices across these regions, including Lightrock’s headquarters in London. Founded by Prince Max von Liechtenstein, …

We match mature businesses with the startup world We match mature businesses with the startup world. Helve is an innovation management company that supports clients' growth by designing custom solutions to enable their transformational change initiatives across sectors. We host open accelerator programmes, internal incubators, hackathons and sprints, scout startups across the globe and facilitate pilot project development, launch in the market. At Helve we take the best out of both worlds and mix them together - the agility, risk appetite and growth mindset of startups and the structured approach, experience and resources of mature companies.

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Making second-hand the first choice worldwide. Vinted Marketplace is the largest online international C2C marketplace in Europe dedicated to second-hand fashion, with a growing member base of over 80 million registered members spanning 20 markets in Europe and North America. With a mission to make second-hand the first choice worldwide, Vinted enables people to sell and buy second-hand clothes and lifestyle items from each other, helping give those items a second or even third life. Vinted Go is a new brand and business from Vinted, and focused on developing products and solutions for more seamless shipping and delivery across Europe. …