Unicorn Exposure
Exposure to a diversified portfolio of the leading VC-backed, unicorn companies who are at the forefront of global innovation
Pre-IPO Opportunities
Unicorn Focus
Experienced Team
Proprietary Access
Alicorn’s Investment Universe: Post Series C Global Unicorns
The focus of Alicorn will be growth/late stage unicorn companies to achieve a favourable risk/return profile
Key Investment Highlights
Unique Access
Global, proprietary network provides access to opportunities that are otherwise unavailable to all but large, marquee investors
Secondary Discounts
Potential for entry prices at a discount to prior funding rounds in return for providing liquidity to existing shareholders
High Return Potential
Systemic shift in value creation from public to private markets as companies defer IPOs and stay private longer
Diversification Benefits
Global asset class with a different risk-return profile, which assists in providing diversification benefits for investor portfolios
Track Record
Investment team with a strong track record of delivering returns for investors across market cycles
Meet The Team
Our Investment Committee & Advisory Committee
Benjamin Weiss
Chairman of the Investment Committee
- Founding Managing Partner of the CE Ventures and iVenturesAsia funds that managed $100 million in AUM
- The fund has received Most Active VC Fund Award in Israel for past 3 Consecutive Years (2016, 2017, 2018) with 30 new investments
- Venture Partner for Softbank Ventures Asia since 2014 with more than 20 years of experience in 7 countries Led 4 portfolio exits including to Google, Facebook, Snapchat and Samsung Electronics
- Held a diverse range of roles in Asia, including with Salomon Smith Barney, Macquarie Bank, ShinseiBank, AXA, CLSA and Baker and McKenzie
Kevin Chin
Investment Committee
- Founder of Arowana & Co and has been primarily responsible for delivering Arowana’s returns since its inception
- Successfully led 5 IPOs in the last decade across NASDAQ, ASX and NZX exchanges and originated 4 fund vehicles (listed and unlisted)
- Previously led the investment, turnaround and global scale up of enterprise AI software company RuleBurst Haley, which was later acquired by Oracle
- Career includes positions at Arowana & Co., ERMG, RuleBurst Haley, J.P. Morgan, Lowy Family Group, Deloitte, Ord Minnett and PwC
Shimi Shah
Investment Committee
- Track record as a successful entrepreneur and venture capital investor in building high growth start-ups and SMEs across EMEA and the UK
- Established FORSA LLC, a $100m investment company for women in the Middle East under Dubai World ownership
- Established a £50m public-to-private commercialisation fund for Partnerships UK PLC before taking it private and building it to a $250m defence technologies fund with several successful portfolio exits
- Previously CIO of Hanson Capital and Hanson Internet Partners in Palo Alto and London, prior to being an Investment Executive at 3i PLC
Paul Gardi
Investment Committee
- Entrepreneur and investor who has built, operated and exited multiple companies across all stages of the value stack and invested in many more
- Previously EVP of Ask Jeeves, where as head of strategy and operations worldwide he was a key contributor to the company being awarded the most successful turnaround in 2004, when it was the top performing stock on the Nasdaq and was later acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp Advertising Solutions with Paul being appointed CEO
- Now heads the AIM accelerator and investment vehicle with initiatives including CNET Networks (activist investor – acquired by CBS), AdChina (seed investor and adviser – acquired by Alibaba), Zynga Game Networks (co-authored the original business plan – public exit), UBER and Canva
Ed Fernandez
Advisory Committee
- Early Stage & Start-up Venture Capital practitioner, Board Advisor, Entrepreneur and Investor based in Palo Alto
- Mentor and Advisor at Singularity University Ventures and Berkeley’s SCET Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology
- Co-founder & partner at Naiss.io, a Venture Capital & Technology advisory boutique. Formerly, corporate executive at BlackBerry and Nokia.
Peter Huynh
Advisory Committee
- Singapore based venture capital investor focused on SaaS, Data, FinTech and AI across Asia Pacific
- Co-founder and partner of Qualgro, a Singapore-based venture capital firm whose first fund has completed 16 investments since August 2015
- Led and designed Singtel Group and Optus’ corporate venture fund, and investor and mentor at Startmate, Australia’s premier accelerator program
Robert Stevenson
Advisory Committee
- Veteran technology and entertainment executive and current CEO of KEYPR
- Former executive at GAIKAI (acquired by Sony), CPO/executive head of PlayStation Now & Head of Content Strategy for Oculus VR (acquired by Facebook)
- Multiple start-ups and exits, as well as work on turnarounds and high growth corporate ventures
Hugh Durrant-Whyte
Advisory Committee
- Expert in the field of robotics, automation, machine and deep learning as well as data science
- Led the Rio Tinto Centre for Mining Automation helping implement the use of autonomous mining trucks
- Currently Chief Scientific Advisor for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence, previously CEO of NICTA, Australia’s ICT Research Centre of Excellence
Our team have advised, operated and invested in some the world’s leading companies
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Nicole Glaros
CEO
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John Smith
Director
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