Founded on July 1st 2005 in the German city of Potsdam, Hasso Plattner Ventures has set out to support young entrepreneurs with the successful transformation of their ideas into marketable products. SAP co-founder Prof. Dr. H.C. Hasso Plattner provided the lion’s share of this investment capital, along with InvestitionsBank of Brandenburg and CMEA Ventures (HPV I).
Cedar Fund is a venture capital firm, investing in early stage, Israel-related high technology companies since 1997. With over $325 million under management ($100M of which raised in 2008) Cedar has a quality investment track record. Cedar invests in outstanding entrepreneurs pursuing high growth markets with distinguished technologies in the telecommunications, networking, Internet-infrastructure and enterprise software areas. While investing in all stages, Cedar Fund’s early stage expertise includes Pre-Seed, seed and first round.
