Leading Solo VC Ozi Amanat Collects $300 Million
03 December 2022 - 2:21PM
Business Wire
- Backed by high-profile institutional investors and corporate
partners, in addition to well-known family offices and
ultra-high-net-worth individuals
- Led by Ozi Amanat, an international investor and venture
capitalist, the firm is moving into Miami.
- K2 Global investments include 18 IPOs to date and more than 50
portfolio companies such as Uber, Spotify, Airbnb, Coinbase, Warby
Parker, Impossible Foods, Oatly, Allbirds, Palantir, Scopely, and
Paytm.
- Over $300m raised to support the next wave of disruptive and
innovative food tech, climate tech and artificial intelligence
companies.
“We believe smaller, emerging VC's have a good chance of
achieving outsized returns because we are outsiders, and often, so
are many start-up founders.” - Ozi Amanat
K2 Global http://www.k2global.co, a venture capital firm focused
on early-stage companies, closed $300 million of committed capital
to invest in promising technology start-ups. K2 Global has backed
Uber, Spotify, Airbnb, Coinbase, Warby Parker, Impossible Foods,
Oatly, Allbirds, Palantir, Scopely, and Paytm.
Founded in 2015, K2 Global is one of the world’s largest solo
venture capitalists. K2 will invest in fintech, food tech, consumer
tech, deep tech, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Along with providing capital, the firm will support start-ups to
expand globally by helping them navigate foreign markets utilizing
K2’s established network of industry leaders, strategic partners,
and limited partners.
“We are excited to play a substantial role in scaling up the
economic growth in our focused regions,” said Ozi Amanat.“While
large venture funds have raised and deployed capital at increasing
higher levels of velocity K2’s relatively smaller scale and
personal relationships allow us flexibility and patience to invest
in special opportunities.”
About K2 Global
K2 Global is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. K2’s
limited partners are prominent leaders in industry in Singapore,
the United States, India, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand,
Malaysia, and Australia. K2’s investors have strategic holdings in
real estate, manufacturing, healthcare, media, technology,
textiles, plastics, food, beverage, distribution, telecom, and
hospitality. K2’s limited partners include family offices,
institutions, sovereign wealth funds, venture capital firms, and
strategic investors across three continents.
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