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London · Series A–Series C · 20 people tracked
Also known as HSBC Bank Plc · HSBC GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (USA) INC. · HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC. · HSBC Strategic Innovation Investments · HSBC Strategic Innovation Investments (SII); the corporate venture capital arm of HSBC · HSBC venture group
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HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations, founded in 1865, operating across global markets.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 20 people
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Founder mafia
The HSBC mafia →127 people who came through HSBC went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 35 of 38 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×16Fintech ×14AI & Machine Learning ×11SaaS ×11Crypto & Web3 ×7Data & Infrastructure ×5Cloud Computing ×4Cleantech ×3
HQs:United States×17United Kingdom×6Hong Kong×1Ireland×1India×1Singapore×1
Investments · 38 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 62025 · 42024 · 32023 · 22021 · 22019 · 118 dated
Teads operates an AI-powered omnichannel advertising platform that connects brands with audiences across screens, serving advertisers and publishers on the open internet.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentNew York City, US
Yaron Galai(Co-Founder and Chair of the Board)Emmanuel FischmeisterinDavid Kostman(Chief Executive Officer and Director)inBertrand Quesada(Founder)Loic Soubeyrand(Founder)Pierre Chappaz(Founder)
Co-investorsAdelieElaiaJazzya InvestmentsLightspeed Venture PartnersStratim CapitalTempoCap+4 more
Aiera provides AI-enabled infrastructure that gives institutional research teams permissioned, entitlement-aware access to proprietary financial content such as broker research, expert insights, transcripts, filings, live earnings calls, and news through a single searchable environment.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US
Ken Sena(Founder)inBryan Healey(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardLogan Allin(Director)inCharles M. Hazard, Jr.(Director)inDiane Schumaker-Krieg(Director)
Co-investorsBank of AmericaDeutsche BankEvercoreJefferiesUBSFin Capital+3 more
Digital Asset (DA) is the creator of the Canton Network, a privacy-enabled blockchain for global financial markets that supports tokenization of real-world assets and connects traditional and decentralized finance.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US
Yuval Rooz(Co-Founder & CEO)inEric Saraniecki(Co-Founder & Head of Network Strategy)Shaul Kfir(Co-Founder)inJuan Lorenzana(Executive Officer)inEdward Lawrence Janulis(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesR136 VenturesSmash Capitala16z cryptoBNP ParibasBroadridge+23 more
Fano Labs develops speech and language AI solutions for enterprise communication environments, with models trained on diverse linguistic nuances including dialects and conversational patterns relevant to Asia.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSHong Kong, HK
Dr. Miles Wen(Co-Founder & Chairman)Professor Victor Li(Co-Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsGobi PartnersHorizons VenturesOpenspace VenturesSaltagen VenturesAlibaba Entrepreneurs FundAEF Greater Bay Area Fund
Monese offers mobile money accounts and cards along with financial tools such as credit-building, lending, and budgeting products for consumers managing everyday finances.
ConsumerFintech
Norris Koppel(Founder)in
Co-investorsAnthemis VentureKinnevikOutward VCQVenturesSpecialist VCSpring Capital+4 more
Solidatus provides data governance and quality management solutions for data products, enabling organizations to monitor data integrity, track lineage, govern access, and understand product metrics and costs.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSHouston, US
Co-investorsAlbionVCSalica Investments
Spark Systems builds an ultra-low latency electronic FX (eFX) trading and liquidity aggregation platform for banks, hedge funds, and other institutional financial clients, with features covering price construction, risk control, auto-hedging, and white-labeling.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSingapore, SG
Wong Joo Seng(Founder & CEO)Ye Ting Song(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)Devang Bhatia(Chief Revenue Officer)Goh Boon Yam(Chief of Product & Sales)Chaitanya Peddada(Chief Operating Officer)
Co-investorsGoldman SachsIntegra PartnersOSK Ventures InternationalVickers Venture Partners
UrbanVolt is Ireland's leading solar-as-a-service provider offering fixed-price power purchase agreements to businesses seeking to reduce carbon emissions and energy costs without upfront capital investment.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyImpact & Social GoodDublin, IE
Co-investorsVerdaneBusiness Venture PartnersIreland Strategic Investment Fund
Acora is a Microsoft Partner providing managed IT services, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure solutions to UK businesses, with particular focus on the insurance sector and mid-market enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareUK, GB
David Rabson(CEO)inRichard Conway(Group CTO)in
Axoni provides a distributed ledger platform for post-trade processing and settlement in financial markets, serving institutional clients in capital markets operations.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Greg Schvey(CEO)Jeffrey Schvey(CTO)inGreg (CEO)(Chief Executive Officer)Jeff (CTO)(Chief Technology Officer)Lindsay Drabczyk(People Operations Manager)Kristina Karcic(People)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCoatue ManagementCommunitas Capital PartnersDCVC (Data Collective)Digital Currency GroupY Combinator+16 more
Bud is an AI-powered autonomous worker that uses a computer, browser, and coding capabilities to complete tasks independently.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Kevin Lu(CEO)inBach Tran(CTO)in
Co-investorsLeonis CapitalOutward VCSky9 CapitalY Combinator9Yards CapitalBoxGroup+2 more
Candex provides a platform to manage vendor engagement, tracking, and payment for organizations, eliminating manual administrative overhead in procuring and paying service vendors.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US
Co-investorsCamp One VenturesCommerce VenturesCraft VenturesEdenred VenturesNFXPartech Ventures+9 more
Canton is a privacy-enabled public blockchain (Layer 1) that connects previously siloed financial systems, letting regulated institutions exchange tokenized assets and data with privacy controls and real-time synchronization.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Yuval Rooz(Founder)
Co-investors1/1 Capital10SQ Capital (TenSquared)LongHash Venturesa16z cryptoAlumni VenturesAndreessen Horowitz+19 more
The Canton Foundation fosters the development and governance of the Global Synchronizer, a blockchain infrastructure that enables atomic transactions across sovereign blockchains while preserving privacy.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsUDHCUniversal DeFi Holding Companya16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBNP ParibasCircle Ventures+7 more
CleanMax (Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions Limited) develops clean energy infrastructure and sustainable energy solutions to help industries and large corporates reduce their carbon footprints.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyMumbai, IN
Kuldeep Jain(Founder)in
Co-investorsAugment InfrastructureBNP ParibasDBS Bank
CloudBees Unify Feature Management is a control layer for software delivery that decouples code deployment from customer exposure, letting engineering teams ship continuously while leaders retain visibility, governance, and risk control.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Jose, US
Sacha Labourey(Founder)inFrançois Déchery(Founder)inMichael Neale(Founder)inMoritz Plassnig(Chief Executive Officer)inPhilippe Van Hove(Chief Revenue Officer)inRaj Sarkar(Chief Marketing Officer)in
Co-investorsCamber PartnersDelta-v CapitalFoundryLightspeed Venture PartnersMatrixNewView Capital+6 more
Crypto.com operates a cryptocurrency exchange and digital asset platform serving 150 million users across 90 countries, with a mission to accelerate global adoption of cryptocurrency.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Kris Marszalek(Co-Founder & CEO)inRafael Melo(Co-Founder & CFO)inBobby Bao(Co-Founder, Head of Crypto.com Capital)
Co-investorsMoonhill CapitalAvalanche FoundationBalderton CapitalBlockchain CapitalBNP ParibasBpifrance+10 more
White Plains, US
Guy Mounier(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardFrancois Veron(Director)Philippe Chambadal(Director)
Co-investorsAster CapitalNewfund CapitalTrue Global Ventures
A direct-to-consumer beauty brand that produces hair care and styling products including dry shampoos, volumizing mousses, styling creams, and fragrance mists.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceWellness & FitnessArizona, US
Co-investorsVerity Venture PartnersWillow Growth PartnersJP Morgan Chase
Deeper Network makes Deeper Connect, a VPN router that provides whole-home and office network privacy, encryption, and built-in cybersecurity for all connected devices, including IoT.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityHardwareSanta Clara, US
Hui Liu(Director)Xiaoshuai (Cheryl) Liu(Director)
Co-investorsTaisu VenturesYoubi Capitala16z cryptoBNP ParibasBroadridgeCME Ventures+3 more
Digital Biology (Digit Bio) develops precision biologics and combination therapies for solid tumors, using its M×P (Molecules × Phenotypes) Platform that combines high-resolution imaging, next-generation sequencing, computation, and AI to map the spatial molecular organization of tumor tissues.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtech
Co-investorsFifty YearsA91 PartnersGoldman SachsMorgan StanleyPeak XV PartnersSteadview Capital
Whitelabel buy-now-pay-later platform for retail finance at the point of sale.
Christer Holloman(Founder)Todd Latham(CEO)Anders Hallsten(Founder)Fredrik Borgquist(Founder)
Co-investorsDawn CapitalDG Daiwa VenturesDN CapitalFINTECH CircleGlobal BrainGreen Shores Capital+8 more
Elliptic provides blockchain forensics and compliance investigation tools that help financial institutions trace cryptocurrency transactions across multiple networks and assets to detect illicit activity and generate regulatory reports.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechLondon
James Smith(Founder)inAdam Joyce(Founder)inTom Robinson(Founder)inSimone Mainiin
BoardEyal Rabinovich(Director)inWalter Kortschak(Director)in
Co-investors1k(x)AlbionVCDigital Currency GroupEvolution Equity PartnersMiddlegame VenturesMouro Capital+13 more
Ello builds an AI-powered 1:1 reading tutor for children, using custom low-latency AI models optimized for child-specific speech recognition and personalized teaching.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSan Francisco, US
Elizabeth Adams(Founder)inTom Sayer(Founder)inCatalin Voss(Founder)inTom S(Founder)Elizabeth Adams(Chief Clinical Officer)inTwinx Clutario(People Ops Admin)
Co-investorsElysium VenturesFelicis VenturesHomebrewK9 VenturesProject A VenturesProject Ventures+11 more
Emeritus (Eruditus) offers executive education programs delivered in collaboration with top global universities, serving individual professionals and companies through group enrollments, private cohorts, and tailored content.
EdTechFuture of Work
Co-investorsAlexander Geza Marcus PejacsevichBertelsmann India InvestmentsLiquidity CapitalMars Growth CapitalPeak XV PartnersProsus Ventures
Greenly provides an AI-based platform for carbon accounting, greenhouse gas assessment, product life-cycle analysis (LCA), and ESG compliance reporting.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechSaaSAstoria, US
Matthieu Vegreville(Founder)inAlexis Normand(Founder)inArnaud Delubac(Founder)in
Co-investorsEnergy Impact PartnersFelicis VenturesSTATION FWind VentureXAngeBenhamou Global Ventures+5 more
Kangaroo Self Storage operates secure self-storage centres across Scotland and the North West of England, serving commercial, domestic, and student customers with personal storage units and additional facilities like offices and parking spaces.
Logistics & Supply ChainPropTechAltrincham, GB
Co-investorsSROA
Kyriba provides cloud SaaS treasury and finance solutions with a focus on data security, compliance, and financial controls for corporate treasury functions.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Diego, US
Dubois Remy(Executive Officer)Gene Lynes(Executive Officer)inFabrice Levy(Executive Officer)inJean-Luc Robert(Executive Officer, Director)inMelissa Di Donato(Chair and CEO)in
BoardYves Sisteron(Director)in
Co-investorsEscalate Capital PartnersGeneral AtlanticIris CapitalSixth StreetUpfront VenturesBpifrance
Medivet operates a veterinary practice partnership model in which vets co-own their clinics alongside the company, sharing in profits and equity while receiving central support across HR, finance, marketing, procurement, and compliance.
HealthtechMedical DevicesWatford, GB
Co-investorsInflexion
myenergi makes the zappi EV charger, a smart home charging device that can draw power from the grid or integrate with solar and other renewables, with three charging modes and control via the myenergi app.
CleantechEnergyHardwareStallingborough, GB
Lee Sutton(Co-founder)inJordan Brompton(Co-founder & CMO)in
Co-investorsEnergy Impact Partners
Pleo provides smart company cards with individual spending limits and automated expense management, giving admins a real-time overview of purchases and tools to flag or freeze cards.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Jeppe Rindom(Founder)inNiccolo Perra(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationBain Capital VenturesCoatue ManagementIsomer CapitalKinnevikStripes+5 more
PremFina is a UK-based FCA-regulated FinTech providing premium finance, which lets policyholders spread the cost of insurance premiums into monthly Direct Debit installments.
FintechInsurTechUK, GB
Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalEmery CapitalRakuten CapitalDraper EspritRubicon Venture CapitalTalis Capital+2 more
Prophecy is an agentic data preparation and analysis platform that uses Claude Code-based AI agents to generate visual, low-code data workflows from natural-language prompts, which business users and analysts can inspect, refine, validate, and deploy.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
Vikas Marwaha(Founder)inRaj Bains(Founder)inMaciej Szpakowski(Founder)inRohit Bakhshi(Founder)
Co-investorsBerkeley SkyDeck FundDallas Venture CapitalDig Ventures Management LimitedInsight PartnersPathlight VenturesPenny Jar Capital Venture+5 more
Tradeshift provides an AI-powered accounts payable automation and e-invoicing platform that helps enterprise buyers digitize invoice processing, onboard suppliers, and stay compliant with e-invoicing regulations.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Christian Lanng(Founder)inGert Sylvest(Founder)inMikkel Hippe Brun(Founder)inPeter van Pruissen(Executive Officer)in
BoardStephen Chandler(Director)inNoriaki Okubo(Director)
Co-investorsFuel Venture CapitalMouro CapitalNotion CapitalRuna Capital10x FoundersAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)+9 more
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Bill Safran(Founder)Huw Rees(Founder)
Co-investorsNotion Capital
Westfalia Fruit is a global fresh produce distributor specializing in avocados and other fruits, operating farms and partnerships across multiple continents to supply retail and foodservice customers.
AgTechCircular EconomyFoodTechImpact & Social GoodTzaneen, ZA
Dr. Hans Merensky
Co-investorsAgDevCo
Zolve provides financial products and tools aimed at people relocating to the United States, helping newcomers access banking and credit without an established US financial history.
Fintech
Raghunandan G(Founder)inPiyush Agarwal(Founder)Raghunandan Gangappa(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelDG Daiwa VenturesGMO VenturePartnersLightspeed India PartnersSparta GroupTrifecta Capital Advisors+3 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Waffo
Exits · 3
1 IPOs · 2 acquisitions · showing 2TeadsNASDAQ: TEADVizolutionacq. by Lightico
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCleanMax · finance.yahoo.com · May 27, 2026
Elliptic · fintech.global · May 13, 2026
PremFina · fintech.global · Apr 8, 2026
Acora · acora.com · Dec 22, 2025
Aiera · aiera.com · Aug 21, 2025
Canton · canton.network · Jun 24, 2025
Fund performance · per public LP disclosures
as of Sep 2025| Fund | Vintage | Committed | Net IRR | TVPI | DPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSBC Private Equity Fund IILPs: Oregon Public Employees Retirement System | 1997 | — | 8.2% | 1.33x | 1.33x |
Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has HSBC made?
- HSBC has 38 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 10 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does HSBC invest at?
- HSBC invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C stages.
- What sectors does HSBC focus on?
- HSBC focuses on Crypto & Web3.
- Where is HSBC located?
- HSBC is headquartered in London, GB.
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