The Venture Codex

Participated · Equity · Jul 2018

Swift is the parent company of esports organization Team SoloMid and additionally runs an influencer content network and web analytics services FortniteMaster and ProBuilds. Its core business centers on operating competitive esports teams and providing content and analytics products for gamers and influencers. Andy Dinh founded Team SoloMid as a teenager using proceeds from selling League of Legends guides and remains the company's majority owner and CEO. In 2013 Dinh transitioned from being a pro player to management. Team SoloMid's League of Legends team is one of the 10 inaugural North American League teams, a slot that reportedly required an estimated $10 million buy-in. The company has raised $37 million in a first round of funding, which the article links to the need to cover league buy-in fees and related obligations.

Participated · Series B · Sep 2014

GC-Rise Pharmaceutical develops and commercializes medical products for women and children in China and offers services to international partners including local registration, clinical trials, pricing, distribution, market promotion, brand-building and patient education. The company leverages experience in clinical development, clinical trials and registration in China alongside a commercial distribution and hospital sales force. It is led by CEO Wren Zhang and was founded in 2008 in Beijing. GC-Rise’s sales force covers over 1,000 hospitals in major Chinese cities and distributes products to 10,000 drug stores. The company plans to use new funding to strengthen commercialization capabilities, expand its product portfolio and build an online-to-offline (O2O) platform dedicated to women and children’s healthcare. The company’s combination of regulatory, clinical and commercial capabilities supports its go-to-market and partnership services.