Horizons Ventures
| Private Ownership | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Private 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 |
| 🌐 Website | horizonsventures.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
In 2007, Horizons Ventures invested US$120 million in Facebook. When Facebook went public in 2012, Horizons Ventures was estimated to have achieved a return on investment of at least 5 times.[4]
In February 2014, Horizons Ventures 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, Horizons Ventures is preparing to open an office in Singapore to look for new investment opportunities.[8]
References
- ↑ "Horizons Ventures eyes investment in financial technology". EJ Insight. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ "Li Ka-Shing's Horizons Ventures Invests In Impossible Foods". China Money Network. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ "Zoom investment shines light on woman behind Li Ka-shing's tech bets". Financial Times. 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ↑ 以色列最大的Startup外國投資者－－維港投資
- ↑ 李嘉誠的人造蛋和他的另類投資
- ↑ 李嘉誠首度投AI晶片公司 1.4億 領投Kneron
- ↑ 人民日報 李嘉誠領投 Kneron
- ↑ "據報李嘉誠旗下維港投資於新加坡設辦事處".
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