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Bao-y Van Cong

Partner at Target Global

London, England

Overview 

Bao-Y Van Cong is a Partner at Target Global in London, with a background in investment banking and management consulting. Notable career highlights include leading investments in companies like Robovision and Crisp, and serving on the boards of various tech startups as an investor. Van Cong has an impressive track record of investing in successful companies at different stages, such as Robovision at Series A and Crisp at Series C, and has held key roles at reputable firms like Morgan Stanley and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2023 - Current

  • Investment Director

    2020 - 2023

    Target Global is a pan-European technology investment firm with more than €3 billion in assets under management. It invests in companies across all stages of their lifecycle, from pre-seed to pre-IPO. Since 2012, Target has invested in global winners including Delivery Hero, Revolut, Auto 1 Group, Copper, Rapyd, Wefox, Flink, Cazoo, and many others. Target's experienced team of investors, many of whom began their journeys as founders and operators, help exceptional entrepreneurs build leading companies that target trillion-dollar markets. To date, Target has backed 15 unicorns, had 21 exits and 7 realized IPOs. Target has six offices around the world with investing offices across Berlin, London, Tel Aviv, and Barcelona. To learn more about Target Global, please visit: https://www.targetglobal.vc.

  • Investment Manager

    2019 - 2020

  • VC and Growth Associate

    2017 - 2019

  • Investor & Board Member

    2024

  • Board Member

    2022

  • Investor & Board Member

    2021

  • Investor & Board Member

    2021

  • Investor & Board Member

    2021

  • Investor & Board Member

    2020 - 2023

  • Investment Banking Associate

    2017 - 2017

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2016 - 2017

  • Investment Banking Analyst I Media and Telecoms

    2014 - 2016

Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.

  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst

    2014 - 2014

    - Advisory for Top Tier European insurance company on live M&A buy side deal – leading work stream for Q&A process interacting with client and advisors independently - Advisory for European bank on live M&A sell-side deal – conducted valuation for part of business - Contributed to and lead several work streams for three pitch books on European banks

Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.

  • Intern Consulting Financial Services

    2013 - 2013

    - Implemented SEPA in leading German bank alongside two consultants – sparring partner for subproject transaction banking - Researched legal, operations and IT in the financial industry for three client proposals, preparation of proposal documents with MS PowerPoint winning one new project

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