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Office Locations:
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26 Carlyle Square
London, SW3 6EY
UK
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Business Services
Education & Training
Information Technology
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Kortschak Investments (KILP) invests in promising start-up and growth stage companies and is the principal investment vehicle for WMAS Management, a diversified investment holding company managed by venture capitalist, Walter Kortschak. Kortschak is also a senior advisor and former managing partner of Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm. He has served as a director of more than 50 companies, including 20 public companies. Highlights of his career include backing McAfee as a 3-person start-up in 1991, which went public and was then sold in 2010 to Intel for $7.7 billion and investing in E-TEK Dynamics, a pioneer in optical networking in 1997, which grew to over $1 billion in revenue and was sold for $19 billion to JDS Uniphase. Kortschak Investments has $1.3 billion capital invested and $7.8 billion in equity proceeds. Investments tend to be $250,000-$1 million in sectors spanning technology, climate tech and health care.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage (includes "pre-seed," or concept stage) | No Revenue |
Early Stage | Minimal Revenue |
Growth Stage (also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage (also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
Private Equity | |
Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
Large Cap | >$1B |
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