Horizons Ventures
Horizons Ventures Limited is a venture capital firm based in Hong Kong with a focus on disruptive and technology-focused start-ups. Started in 2006, its start-ups are being spread around the world in 10 countries including the United States, Canada, UK, Sweden, Estonia, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg, Israel and China.
The company has funded some of the more well-known technology innovations of the last decade, including Skype, Siri, Facebook, Waze, Summly, Spotify and more. Its portfolio now consists of over 40 companies around the globe.
Horizons Ventures manages the private investment of Sir Li Ka-shing in the technology, media and telecommunications sector (TMT sector). Profits generated from the investment will contribute to his charity foundation Li Ka Shing Foundation, which dedicate to nurture a culture of giving, support reform initiatives in education and help advance medical research and services.
Portfolio
Hardware-Edged Electronics
Artificial Intelligence
- Cortica
- Ginger
- Tempo AI
- Desti
- Kuato Studios
- Trapit
- Sentient
- DeepMind Technologies
- Siri (Acquired by Apple in 2010)
Finance
Mobile Media & Social
- Spotify
- Magisto
- Stevie
- Wibbitz[1]
- Affectiva
- Bitcasa
- Hola
- Everything.me
- Invi
- Preen
- Traity
- HowDo
- UMPay
- Guardtime
- NBA China
- Zoom
- HzO
- CorePhotonics
- InteraXon
- Friendsurance
- FeeX
- Onavo
- Fixmo
- Skype (Acquired by eBay in 2005)
- Facebook (IPO in 2012)
- Summly (Acquired by Yahoo in 2013)
- Waze (Acquired by Google in 2013)
- Bitpay
- Bitstrips
- Slack
Analytics & Security
- Onavo
- Fixmo
- Shine Security
Data Driven
Sustainability
One-of-a-Kind
- Nipendo
- Mishor
- Kaiima
- NanoSpun
References
- ↑ "'How Wibbitz's Text-to-Video Technology is Changing EVerything You Know about Online Video' - interview with Wibbitz's co-founder Yotam Cohen on Startup Camel Podcast". Startup Camel. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ↑ "'Maritime Data Startup Windward Raises $10.8M To Track The Oceans". Techcrunch. Retrieved 27 April 2015.