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Horizons Ventures

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Horizons Ventures
Private Ownership
ISIN🆔
IndustryPrivate Equity
Founded 📆2008
Founder 👔
Headquarters 🏙️Hong Kong
Area served 🗺️
Key people
Li Ka Shing (Founder and Chairman), Jason Wong (Managing Director), Solina Chau (Founder), Debbie Chang (Founder)
Members
Number of employees
15
🌐 Websitehorizonsventures.com
📇 Address
📞 telephone

Horizons Ventures Limited is a venture capital firm based in Hong Kong with a focus on disruptive and technology-focused start-ups.[1] It manages the private investment of Sir Li Ka-shing in the technology, media and telecommunications sector (TMT sector).[2] Investments include DeepMind, (later purchased by Google), Dollar Shave Club (purchased by Unilever), Siri (purchased by Apple), Facebook, Spotify, Impossible Foods and Zoom Video Communications.[3]

History[edit]

In 2007, Horizon Investments invested US$120 million in Facebook. When Facebook went public in 2012, Horizon Investments was estimated to have achieved a return on investment of at least 5 times.[4]

In February 2014, Horizon Investments participated in the investment in Hampton Creek, which is engaged in the research and development of artificial eggs.[5]

On May 31, 2018, Kneron (Keron), a new startup focusing on terminal artificial intelligence solutions.[6][7]

On May 14, 2022, according to news reports, Horizon Investments is preparing to open an office in Singapore to look for new investment opportunities.[8]

References[edit]

  1. "Horizons Ventures eyes investment in financial technology". EJ Insight. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  2. "Li Ka-Shing's Horizons Ventures Invests In Impossible Foods". China Money Network. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  3. "Zoom investment shines light on woman behind Li Ka-shing's tech bets". Financial Times. 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  4. 以色列最大的Startup外國投資者--維港投資
  5. 李嘉誠的人造蛋和他的另類投資
  6. 李嘉誠首度投AI晶片公司 1.4億 領投Kneron
  7. 人民日報 李嘉誠領投 Kneron
  8. "據報李嘉誠旗下維港投資於新加坡設辦事處".

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