Breyer Capital

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Breyer Capital is a premier global venture capital and private equity investor focused on catalyzing high-impact entrepreneurs in the United States and China. Our team frames strategic investments anchored by the passion of founders, the insights of our network of world-class investors, and a conviction that artificial intelligence and machine learning will transform technology and investment opportunities globally. Technology is an enabler not a replacer.

Facebook

Jim Breyer led Facebook's first institutional funding round in 2005 and joined the board.

Legendary

Legendary is a leading media and data analytics company with films including the Dark Knight series, Jurassic World, and Interstellar. Jim Breyer invested in Legendary in 2011 and joined the board. The company was acquired in 2016 by the Wanda Group for over 3.5 billion dollars.

Kensho

Kensho harnesses massively-parallel statistical computing, user-friendly visual interfaces and breakthroughs in unstructured data engineering and predictive analytics to create the next-generation analytics platform for investment professionals.

IDG Capital Partners

IDG China Capital is a pioneer venture capital investor in China. The investment firm concentrates on technology, media, and telecom investments. IDG has invested in a number of outstanding Chinese companies, including the series A rounds of Tencent and Baidu. Breyer Capital is the US partner and sponsor of IDG China Capital.

CTRL-Labs

CTRL-Labs dedicates itself to answer the biggest questions in computing, neuroscience, and design. Their work to build a transformative brain-machine interface spans research and challenges at the intersection of computational neuroscience, statistics, and machine learning.

Etsy

Etsy is an innovative e-commerce marketplace where people around the world connect to buy and sell unique goods. Jim Breyer led a major early venture round in 2008 and joined the board.

Circle

Founded by Jeremy Allaire in 2013, Circle is building a cryptocurrency/blockchain ecosystem where consumers and merchants will easily and effectively be able to trade and utilize crypto assets. Jim Breyer, an early crypto adopter, led the Series A and joined the board.

Spotify

Spotify is a music streaming service founded by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon in 2006. In 2018, Spotify filed for direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Marvel

A leading entertainment company, acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2009 for over $4 billion. Jim Breyer served on the board of Marvel Entertainment and was the founding Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Finance Committee.

C3.ai

Founded by Tom Siebel, C3.ai has pioneered big data, AI, and IoT software solutions that deliver predictive insights for a range of industries. C3.ai is a leader in the large and rapidly growing enterprise AI platform and applications market.

PAIGE.AI

Paige.AI is revolutionizing clinical diagnosis and treatment in oncology through the use of artificial intelligence. Paige.AI has signed an exclusive license with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to gain access to its library of 25 million pathology slides.

21st Century Fox

21st Century Fox's content spans six continents across the globe, reaching 1.5 billion subscribers in more than 100 local languages every day. Jim Breyer joined the board in 2011. In December 2017 The Walt Disney Company announced plans to acquire 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion.

Jim Breyer led Facebook's first institutional funding round in 2005 and joined the board.

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Jim Breyer

Jim has been an investor in over 40 consumer internet/technology companies that have completed successful public offerings or mergers, including Facebook, Etsy, Legendary, Datalogix and Marvel Entertainment. As a lead investor and/or board member, Jim has assisted teams at over a dozen companies complete IPOs.

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