Nokia Growth Partners is a venture capital firm sponsored by Nokia. NGP invests in growth-stage companies globally with offices in India, China, US and Europe.
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Nokia Growth Partners (NGP)
1. NOKIA GROWTH PARTNERS
An independent global growth-stage investor backing entrepreneurs focused on building a connected world.
November 20, 2014
2. 1998
2005
2014
Nokia Growth Partners
was founded in 2005 as
a growth stage venture
fund sponsored by
Nokia.
Nokia has a long and successful history of
promoting innovation
through venture
sponsorships dating
back to 1998.
Today NGP’s team consists
of 12 active investment professionals in the US, China, India and Europe with a portfolio of 50+ companies and 15+ exits.
Nokia has invested over $1.6B in different venture funds over the years, NGPs total funds under management is $700M. New funds raised in January 2013 and in April 2014.
3. Market Opportunity
NGP Industry Expertize
Nokia Strategy
Nokia Growth Partners is a financially disciplined independent investor with onelimited corporate partner –Nokia.
For us, the best investment opportunities lie
in financially attractive markets where there is a strategic fitwith Nokia and where NGP already has deep proprietary industry expertize and network.
UNIQUE CORPORATE VENTURE MODEL
5. BO ILSOE
Partner
WALTER MASALIN
Principal
JOHN GARDNER
Partner
ANNIE LIN
Senior Associate
PAUL ASEL
Partner
UPAL BASU
Partner
ANUPAM RASTOGI
Principal
VIVEK GOYAL
Analyst
DAVID TANG
Partner
LU GUO
Principal
KEVIN LAU
Associate
ALLEN ZHU
Senior Analyst
ONE TEAM –GLOBAL REACH
6. With decades of investing experience, we have prepared minds and understand our sectors inside out. Our industry insight, global perspective and broad network increases the likelihood of success for the companies in which we invest.
In April 2014, we raised a $100 million Connected Car fund to aid HERE, Nokia’s mapping and location intelligence business, through developing key partnerships that can extend HERE’s business.www.here.com
CONNECTED CAR
MOBILE CONSUMER
LOCAL COMMERCE
APPLIED DATA & ANALYTICS
CONNECTED ENTERPRISE
THEMATIC FOCUS
7. APPLIED DATA
& ANALYTICS
CONNECTED CAR
& OTHER
MOBILE
CONSUMER
CONNECTED
ENTERPRISE
LOCAL
COMMERCE
Chinese mobile
advertising network
Programmatic media buy & digital advertising
Digital CRM data provider
Location powered online advertising
Advanced micro-optics
maker
Smartphone image sensor technology
Smartphone array cameras
Power integrated circuits
Connected car services
In-store analytics for
online & offline retail
Travel meta-search site
Online classiedsplatform
Classiedssite in India
Digital entertainment platform
Mobile language learning
Mobile social games
Mobile social games
Mobile social games
Intelligent lighting systems
Managed IT hosting for
products and services
Carrier grade messaging
security
Cloud services
Retail execution platform
Programmatic
advertising platform
Open source video platform
SELECTED INVESTMENTS
9. IPO in France 2012
IPO in Japan 2011
IPO in India 2005
Acquired by
Qualcomm 2012
Acquired by
NTT Data 2012
Acquired by
Ebay2011
Acquired by
Nuance 2011
Acquired by
Dolby 2008
Acquired by
Broadcom 2007
Acquired by
Qualcomm 2006
IPO in United States 2013
IPO in United States 2004
Acquired by
Alibaba2014
SUCCESSFUL EXITS
Acquired by
Yahoo 2014
Acquired by
Reliance Industries
Ltd. 2014
Acquired by
RNTS media 2014
10. THANK YOU
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