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Bouken Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based VC fund backed by Bouken Capital. We look beyond the hype, focusing on AI-driven automation, productivity, and optimization that accelerates industry transition and creates high-value jobs. Our fund is managed by a team of battle-tested senior leaders, executives and top-tier talent from companies like Google, Meta, TikTok, McKinsey, Intel, Zillow, Twilio, Microsoft, and Yahoo, alongside partners from leading VC firms and ex-startup founders. Our investment team holds advanced degrees from institutions including Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon and Northwestern.

Plug and Play is a global innovation platform founded in Silicon Valley in 2006. We connect the people and organizations that drive technology forward, and turn those connections into real business outcomes. We run accelerator programs, facilitate corporate-startup pilots, invest in early-stage companies, and help governments and institutions build innovation ecosystems. Our network includes corporations, startups, investors, universities, and mentors across more than 20 industries and 60 locations worldwide. Since inception, weve accelerated thousands of startups and invested in over 2,500 companies. Our portfolio includes PayPal, Dropbox, LendingClub, Honey, and N26. Industries we work in: Advanced Manufacturing · Aerospace & Defense · Agtech · Animal Health · Brand & Retail · Crypto & Digital Assets · Deeptech · Energy · Enterprise & AI · Fintech · Food & Beverage · Health · Insurtech · Lifetech · Maritime · Media & Advertising · Medtech · Mobility & Physical AI · New Materials & Packaging · Real Estate & Construction · Semiconductors · Smart Cities · Sportstech · Supply Chain · Sustainability · Travel & Hospitality Where we operate: Americas: Silicon Valley · New York · Los Angeles · Washington D.C. · Detroit · Seattle · São Paulo · Alberta Europe: London · Munich · Stuttgart · Paris · Amsterdam · Barcelona · Madrid · Milan · Turin · Gothenburg · Vienna · Istanbul · Antwerp · Vilnius · Tirana · Yerevan · Tbilisi · Limassol · Tashkent Middle East & Africa: Riyadh · Abu Dhabi · Cairo Asia-Pacific: Tokyo · Osaka · Kyoto · Singapore · Seoul · Shanghai · Beijing · Shenzhen · Jakarta · Kuala Lumpur · Phnom Penh · GIFT City

Capital Q Ventures was founded with a simple vision of serving our Venture Partners and the financial needs of our Investors while promoting collaboration in the communities we become members of. We strive to continually enrich the financial industry with the most creative and highest performing alternative investments. We believe that assisting Venture Partners, rewarding Investors, and helping our communities are not mutually exclusive pursuits. Over the past 20 years, our Executive Team has developed deep relationships with a vast network, where we have had the privilege to work. This group of trusted colleagues and friends provides us the greatest foundation for the most promising investment opportunities, along with valuable insight. The obvious evolution of this work is to create premier alternative Investment products, providing access to our excellent investment opportunities to investors who may be seeking above-market risk-adjusted returns, from an experienced management team. We put the full weight of our resources behind our Ventrue Partners companies’ because their success translates to our success and because we know it delivers the highest returns to our investors. From the very beginning, we are committed to the success of the companies in our Portfolio and want to deliver the resources that inspire them, their employees, families, and communities. And we’re in it for the long haul.

Founded in 2013, Miami Angels is one of Floridas largest, longest-running, and most active angel networks. We are industry agnostic, focusing primarily on post-product, post-revenue, early-stage technology companies.