Benoit Wirz

Knight Foundation seeks to invest in assets in a manner that will achieve a total rate of return sufficient to replace the assets spent for grants and expenses and to recoup any value lost due to inflation. The Foundation diversifies their investments among various financial instruments and asset categories and uses multiple strategies and investment managers. Their investment policy focuses on allocating a high percentage of assets to equity and equity-like investments. Knight Foundation’s asset allocation policy targets five broad investment categories: fixed-income and cash, private equity, real estate, global equities, hedge funds and commodities.

Functions as a College/University

Functions as a College/University

Knight Foundation Venture invests in companies located in the United states. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements.

Brighteye Advisors is a venture capital firm which provides the seed and early stage capital for startups, operating in education, technology and media sectors. The firm targets companies located in Europe and Israel. It invests primarly in innovative edtech startups.

Develops mobile applications to find teaching works in schools