SEP is a leading European venture capital firm, providing investment and hands on support to early stage and emerging companies in the information technology, healthcare and energy technology sectors.
Our aim is to support the best, most talented entrepreneurs and to help them build world class companies. With many successful trade sales and IPOs across Europe, the US and Asia, the SEP team focuses on global opportunities from the outset and has a strong track record of investing in leading technology companies from start-up through to pre-IPO.
With offices in London and Glasgow, the SEP team has significant venture capital and operational experience, which enables us to contribute to the success of the companies we invest in. We have backed many of Europe’s most successful technology companies including CSR, Wolfson Microelectronics and Searchspace and our current portfolio includes over 50 leading edge companies.
The Rothschild Group has been at the centre of the world's financial markets for over 200 years.
Its Paris-based Venture Capital team manages funds backed by leading European institutional investors. The team invests in first-class international projects led by exceptional entrepreneurs, in the Telecom, Semiconductor/EDA, Software and MedTech sectors. It invests between $1 million and $10 million to support companies through all phases of their growth.
The team provides insights and expertise through its entrepreneurial and operational background and its access to the worldwide Rothschild network.
Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization, makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide. Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software, and services targeting enterprise, home, mobility, health, consumer Internet, semiconductor manufacturing, and cleantech. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US$7.5 billion in approximately 1,000 companies in 45 countries. In that timeframe, 168 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and 212 were acquired or participated in a merger. In 2007, Intel Capital invested about US$639 million in 166 deals with approximately 37 percent of funds invested outside the United States.
We invest across the technology spectrum in industries that include communications and networking hardware and software, media, e-commerce, computer hardware and software, plus the medical technology and clean energy technology sectors. Since we started in 1997, we have used our unique skills to identify and nurture the high-technology companies of the future. With £460m under management, we have active investments in around 40 companies at any time, across Europe and selectively in Israel.
We have the vision to recognise a technology that is indeed special – a great leap forward, not just a new wrinkle. We have the imagination to see how a new product can exploit its technological advantage. We have the operational experience to nurture the right management team to make the vision a reality, helping fast growing companies to avoid pitfalls. We have a global network of technology investors and leaders that are able to help a new company succeed financially. And our team has a track record of investing successfully in high technology companies. We offer the right companies more than just capital. We offer vision, imagination, experience and a network of contacts across the globe.
The right companies are Amadeus companies.
ADC provides the connections for wireline, wireless, cable, broadcast, and enterprise networks around the world. ADC's innovative network infrastructure equipment and professional services enable high-speed Internet, data, video, and voice services to residential, business and mobile subscribers. ADC (NASDAQ: ADCT) has sales into more than 130 countries.
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 63,050 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies.
Motorola, Inc.
Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications. The company develops technologies, products and services that make mobile experiences possible. Our portfolio includes communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility solutions, digital set-tops, cable modems, mobile devices and Bluetooth accessories. Motorola is committed to delivering next generation communication solutions to people, businesses and governments. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.6 billion in 2007.
Motorola Ventures
Motorola Ventures is the global, strategic equity investment arm of Motorola, dedicated to creating profitable growth through external investments in disruptive technologies and exceptional talent. Focusing on discovery and innovation, Motorola Ventures seeks exciting outside technologies to turn great ideas into thriving businesses. Each investment is an alliance encapsulated by vision, creativity, and business acumen, complementing Motorola’s goal of Seamless Mobility.
Motorola Ventures began in 1999 as a small, Chicago-based team focusing primarily on domestic technology investments. Since then, Motorola Ventures has grown into one of the most active corporate equity investment arm in the world, with investments and offices around the globe and strategic partnerships worldwide.