Founded in 1999, ePlanet Ventures seeks to provide superior returns to its investors by making private equity investments on a global basis in companies where the application of innovation in technology and/or business models has the potential to create high-growth, category-dominant companies. The firm is focused on business environments suitable for the creation of category-dominant companies such as: (i) very fast growing emerging sectors, where a company can achieve dominance in its market segment; (ii) established technology markets, where the pace of innovation and change is accelerating, and within which new start-up companies can thrive; and (iii) businesses with high gross margins in large markets. ePlanet has offices in Silicon Valley, London, Seoul, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Bangalore, and Tokyo, and has made over 100 investments across the globe. The firm's portfolio companies have achieved an aggregate market value of over $50 billion.