Sage Capital
Suite No 807, Four Seasons Hotel, 114 Dr E Moses Road, Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400018, India
Overview
Sage Capital is an Investment Manager focused on emerging market Real Asset and Private Equity opportunities. In addition to managing bespoke capital pools, Sage currently manages the SAGE NPE Fund I. Sage specializes in mezzanine and equity investments in mid-market Indian companies and real assets comprising of real estate and infrastructure. We believe that successful real asset investing is driven by local insight and execution, and the ability to manage business partners and assets through the investment cycle. We like to partner with owner-managers who are willing to tie personal success to the value created by the business. In areas where our team possesses deep domain knowledge and expertise, we also own and manage assets. The Sage team has ten decades of combined Indian and international experience that spans capital markets, investment banking, private equity, real estate, operations and legal & regulatory
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 1
Investment portfolio
- Imagr
Participated · Series A · Jan 2020
Imagr is a retail technology startup based in Auckland, New Zealand, that developed the SmartCart intelligent shopping trolley. The SmartCart harnesses computer vision and AI to automate checkouts and payments and improve the shopping experience. Led by CEO William Chomley, the company plans to deploy SmartCarts next year in Japan with H2O Retailing Corporation and in New Zealand with Farro Fresh. Imagr raised USD$9.5M in a pre‑Series A funding round. The financing was led by Toshiba Tec Corporation with participation from existing shareholders Sage Capital and Harald McPike. Imagr intends to use the funds to accelerate expansion in the Japanese and New Zealand markets and to pursue further international growth.
- Teamleader
Participated · Series C · Aug 2018
Teamleader is a Belgium-headquartered SaaS platform that helps small and medium-sized enterprises operate more digitally. The platform includes CRM and sales, project management, time tracking, and invoicing. Teamleader says it serves nearly 10,000 customers across six countries. A major focus is the Teamleader Marketplace, which is on track to support 1,000 integrations with an emphasis on localisation. The company created a $1 million fund for European developers to build integrations. Teamleader plans to use its Series C funding to accelerate its product roadmap, drive international growth and double down on a multi-local, country-specific approach. Teamleader is a Gent-based startup whose product is used by SMEs for CRM, project management, and invoicing. The company intends to evolve from a product into a fully fledged platform through integrations with other tools, including local software. CEO Jeroen De Wit said the new funding will be used to push into new markets and to further invest in the product. Teamleader follows a “multilocal strategy,” placing local teams in markets it operates in to provide client support and plans to make the local aspect of its product more tangible via integrations. It currently has offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, and Madrid and plans to open new offices in France and Italy. The company is focused on serving European SMEs and says the round positions it to pursue market leadership in the SME segment. Teamleader provides SMEs with an integrated administration platform featuring CRM, calendar, invoicing, sales, project planning, tickets, time tracking, voice calls (VoIP) and integrated applications. The company is based in Ghent, Belgium and is led by Jeroen De Wit. It had 24 employees and was continuing to hire. Teamleader has an office in Amsterdam, with Berlin and Paris planned to open in 2015. The company raised €2.5m in funding from Fortino. It intends to use the funds to further develop the software, professionalize the organisation and expand in Europe.
Team
John Duffy
Managing Principal & Co-Founder
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