B Capital Highlights AI-Driven Investment Momentum and Global Thought Leadership at 2025 Annual General Meeting and CEO Summit

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 23, 2025--

B Capital, a global multi-stage investment firm, today announced key highlights from its 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Summit. The events brought together more than 200 CEOs, investors and industry luminaries to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming businesses, investment strategies, leadership and global markets.

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With the theme “Venture at AI Velocity,” B Capital’s 2025 AGM and CEO Summit reflected the firm’s dedication to partnering with visionary founders building enduring, technology-enabled businesses around the globe. The event further demonstrated the firm’s commitment to harnessing leading-edge AI technology to drive results.

“Our strategy was designed for this moment,” said Howard Morgan, Chairman and General Partner of B Capital. “With our exceptional team, global reach and commitment to advancing AI responsibly, we’re shaping the next generation of transformative companies.”

Annual General Meeting: Venture at AI Velocity

B Capital’s 2025 AGM spotlighted firm updates and portfolio highlights, as well as emphasized the strong foundation the firm has built to drive the next phase of the AI evolution.

B Capital’s leadership underscored four key differentiators that will help position the firm to succeed in the current market environment:

“AI is not a sector, but rather, a foundational capability that amplifies everything we do,” said Eduardo Saverin, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of B Capital. “Our platform connects expertise, technology and global reach in a way that allows us to invest and operate at AI velocity.”

The AGM featured a lineup of key opinion leaders, including:

CEO Summit: Leadership and Purpose in an Era of Acceleration

Now in its second year, B Capital’s CEO Summit was designed to provide the firm’s portfolio company founders and CEOs with an opportunity to focus on leadership, while also learning from one another and world-class operators across industries. This year, B Capital convened roughly three dozen CEOs building transformative companies across tech, AI, healthcare and resilience tech.

“Our CEO Summit exemplifies the highly curated ecosystem we’ve built at B Capital, bringing together the brightest minds in technology and business to exchange ideas that shape industries,” said Raj Ganguly, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of B Capital. “Innovation is never a solo act – it’s learned, shared and constantly evolving. This summit reinforces how our value-add goes far beyond capital; it’s about building a community that drives meaningful, long-term impact.”

The program, which focused on scaling responsibly, leading through uncertainty and building enduring cultures, featured:

The CEO Summit concluded with a fireside chat with David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Chairman of The Carlyle Group.

About B Capital

B Capital invests globally in extraordinary founders and businesses shaping the future through technology. With more than $9 billion in assets under management and dedicated stage-based funds, the firm focuses on seed to early- and late-stage venture growth investments, primarily in the technology, healthcare and resilience tech sectors. Founded in 2015, B Capital has an integrated, global team across nine locations in the U.S. and Asia. The firm’s value-add platform, together with the consulting expertise of its strategic partner, The Boston Consulting Group, provides entrepreneurs with the tools and resources to scale quickly and efficiently, expand into new markets and build market-leading businesses. For more information, click here.

B Capital Highlights AI-Driven Investment Momentum and Global Thought Leadership at 2025 Annual General Meeting and CEO Summit

B Capital Highlights AI-Driven Investment Momentum and Global Thought Leadership at 2025 Annual General Meeting and CEO Summit

B Capital Highlights AI-Driven Investment Momentum and Global Thought Leadership at 2025 Annual General Meeting and CEO Summit

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's World Cup squad departed for the tournament a day late on Monday and left its assistant coach behind after problems securing travel visas for the United States.

South Africa plays co-host Mexico in the opening game of the World Cup on June 11 in Mexico City. It plays one of its group games in the U.S.

The team was due to depart on Sunday but that was delayed because it had not received visas for some players and staff members, the sports minister said.

Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie posted on X that the “debacle” over visas was caused by an administrative error by team officials and called it embarrassing. He demanded a report from the South African Football Association.

"We are being made to look like fools," McKenzie wrote on social media.

The association said on Monday it had secured visas for all the players and they departed from Johannesburg on a charter flight on Monday afternoon. However, SAFA President Danny Jordaan said assistant coach Helman Mkhalele was initially refused a visa by the U.S., with no reason given, and his travel documents were still outstanding.

“We hope that will also be resolved and all of our people will be going,” Jordaan told reporters at OR Tambo International Airport.

SAFA apologized for the 24-hour delay and said it received help from the South African Foreign Ministry and the U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg to resolve the visa problems.

South Africa will play at the World Cup for the first time since hosting in 2010. It also faces the Czech Republic in Atlanta and South Korea in Monterrey, Mexico, in Group A. The squad will be based in the Mexican city of Pachuca and plays a final warmup game there against Jamaica on Friday.

South Africa's team management came under scrutiny for an administrative error in World Cup qualifying when midfielder Teboho Mokoena played in a game against Lesotho despite being suspended. South Africa was stripped of its victory, threatening its hopes of qualifying.

The team overcame that to qualify top of its group by one point.

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FILE - South Africa players pose for a team photo before the Africa Cup of Nations group B soccer match between Angola and South Africa in Marrakech, Morocco, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

FILE - South Africa players celebrate their side's third goal during a World Cup 2026 group C qualifying soccer match between South Africa and Rwanda at Mbombela Stadium, in Nelspruit, South Africa, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

FILE - South Africa players celebrate after a World Cup 2026 group C qualifying soccer match between South Africa and Rwanda at Mbombela Stadium, in Nelspruit, South Africa, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

FILE - South Africa's Oswin Appollis celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during a World Cup 2026 group C qualifying soccer match between South Africa and Rwanda at Mbombela Stadium, in Nelspruit, South Africa, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana, File)