Granatus Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in Yerevan, Armenia, with additional offices in London and Singapore. It provides investment, networks and expertise to startups worldwide and focuses on sectors including artificial intelligence, data sciences, biotechnology, robotics, healthcare, education, food and agriculture, resource efficiency and advanced computing, aiming to leverage Armenia's potential as an emerging technology hub.

Founded in 2017, SmartGateVC is a venture capital firm specializing in seed investments for tech companies focused on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, internet of things, and emerging computational biotech. Based primarily in California with additional reach into Massachusetts, NYC, Armenia, and wider Eastern Europe, the firm typically invests up to $0.1 million at the seed stage.

BigStory VC is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and headquartered in Walnut, California. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage companies primarily located in Armenia, the United States, and Europe. With a commitment to supporting innovative startups, BigStory VC aims to foster growth and development in diverse industries through strategic investments.

Founded in 2021, Yellow Rocks! is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage companies with global expansion potential. They focus on disruptive technologies and aim for startups to reach $1 billion valuation. With a team distributed across the USA, Portugal, and Armenia, they leverage their collective experience from organizations like World Bank, IFC, Google, EPAM, MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Y Combinator, TechStars, MassChallenge, and 500 Startups.

Gazelle Finance is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Tbilisi, Georgia, with an additional office in Yerevan, Armenia. It targets high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises in Eurasia, especially in Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova, providing capital through buyouts, mezzanine and growth equity. The firm seeks minority stakes and typically invests for about five years, aiming to support expansion and operational development across sectors such as agribusiness, light manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare and education, hospitality and tourism, and retail and services. It avoids investments in weapons, tobacco, hard alcohol and gambling, and exits opportunities via trade sale or public listing.

IFU is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark, that specializes in providing equity, mezzanine financing, loans, and guarantees to projects in developing countries. Established in 1967, IFU focuses on creating and financing new businesses, joint ventures between Danish companies and local partners, and acquiring existing ventures. The firm primarily invests in sectors such as commercial services, biofuels, renewable energy, and irrigation systems, with a particular emphasis on climate and agribusiness. Investments are targeted at countries with a low gross national income per capita, as defined by specific criteria, and include regions across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. IFU typically invests between DKK 0.5 million and DKK 100 million and often seeks co-investment opportunities with Danish firms. The firm also supports small and medium-sized enterprises and provides advisory services for business investments in developing markets. With a preference for board membership, IFU aims to exit investments within five to seven years, ensuring a positive return for its stakeholders.

Lifeforce Capital is a United States-based investment firm specializing in healthcare and digital health. Founded in 2015, it functions as a venture capital and principal investment firm that backs companies developing healthcare solutions, digital health platforms, and software-enabled therapies. The firm seeks opportunities across healthcare and software sectors, aiming to advance new care delivery models and more efficient therapeutic development. It has offices in San Francisco, California and Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Section 32 is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Bill Maris. It concentrates on early-stage investments in life sciences, healthcare, and technology across the United States. The firm seeks to back frontier technologies that accelerate discovery, development, and dissemination of transformative solutions that improve the human condition. Its investment scope spans artificial intelligence, enterprise software, cybersecurity, fintech, quantum computing, computational biology, and biotechnology, with multi-million-dollar checks and a diversified portfolio of companies.

Casdin Capital is a New York-based investment firm focused on life sciences and healthcare. Founded in 2012 by Eli Casdin, the firm pursues private investments and research-driven opportunities across early- to late-stage companies in these sectors and is described as a venture capital firm and a registered investment adviser.

Canaan Partners is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1987 that operates globally with offices in Israel and India. It focuses on early-stage investments in technology and healthcare, including software, fintech, enterprise/cloud, marketplaces, digital health, biopharma, and medtech, and it has a history of backing startups that achieve exits.

SIX FinTech Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of SIX Group, based in Zurich, Switzerland. It invests in global early-stage fintech startups from seed to Series A, focusing on wealth management, capital markets, RegTech, and token ecosystems, and leveraging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, big data, IoT, and AR/VR. The firm targets opportunities in Switzerland, Western Europe, and opportunistically in other regions, with initial tickets typically ranging from CHF 0.2 to 3 million.

The EBRD is an international financial institution founded in 1990 and headquartered in London that provides project financing and advisory services to support private sector development and transformation in emerging markets. It finances banks, industries, and businesses, supports new ventures and investments in existing companies, and helps privatize and restructure municipal services in publicly owned entities. Through its banking and treasury activities, it offers loans, equity and quasi-equity investments, guarantees, and equity funds for smaller enterprises, along with trade finance and loan syndication. It works with commercial partners to invest in private enterprises across sectors including energy, manufacturing, ICT, infrastructure, agribusiness, and real estate, across Europe, the Middle East and beyond, including a significant footprint in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and the Caucasus. It provides policy reform dialogue and advisory services to support market modernization, governance, and reform. It has invested over €130 billion in more than 5,000 projects.

European Investment Fund (EIF) is a public institution established in 1994 to improve access to finance for Europe's small and medium-sized businesses. It designs and develops venture capital and guarantee instruments to support SMEs and to catalyse private investment, aiming to build a robust European equity ecosystem. EIF engages in venture capital, growth capital, and guarantee operations, backing innovative entrepreneurs primarily in technology and life sciences, as well as across other sectors. Through cornerstone investments and fund participation, EIF seeks to crowd in private investors and stimulate venture activity across Europe. Its equity portfolio has grown substantially, with assets under management exceeding EUR 14 billion, reflecting its broad role in strengthening SME finance and supporting entrepreneurship and growth.

Threshold Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. The firm pursues a high-conviction investment strategy and partners with entrepreneurs to build and scale innovative software, consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology companies, providing capital and strategic support to help startups reach product-market fit and accelerate growth.

Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm that makes seed and early-stage investments in technology-focused startups, including software, B2B, fintech and digital health. Based in San Carlos, California, the firm targets early-stage opportunities and has activity across the United States, Canada and Southeast Asia.

Mucker Capital is a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that backs seed and Series A startups in internet software and services, media, fintech, enterprise software, B2B and consumer products. It focuses on opportunities outside Silicon Valley, including Southern California and other underfunded ecosystems in the United States and Canada, and operates MuckerLab, a startup accelerator that provides program-based support. The firm engages in incubation and early-stage funding to help entrepreneurs scale with capital and hands-on guidance.

McKesson Corporation provides medicines, pharmaceutical supplies, information and care management products and services across the healthcare industry, operating in two segments. The company distributes medical supplies through its McKesson Medical-Surgical unit, offering medical supplies, healthcare solutions, distribution services and clinical resources, and provides pharmacy outsourcing services to hospitals through McKesson Medication Management, supporting healthcare providers, pharmacies and patients by delivering products and enabling information flow and care management across the healthcare system.

High-Tech Gründerfonds is a Germany-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology companies in Germany. Based in Bonn with an additional office in Berlin, it operates as a public-private partnership that supports high-tech startups across information technology, software, hardware, life sciences, chemistry and related fields. HTGF provides initial funding and follow-on capital to eligible young companies, often taking minority stakes and participating as lead or co-investor, while offering hands-on guidance from experienced investment managers and startup experts. Since its founding in 2005, the firm has backed numerous startups and facilitated the growth of portfolio companies through multiple funds aimed at early stages. The model combines both public support, involving government and financial institutions, with private investor participation to nurture startups from concept to market.

Razor Capital is a venture capital and investment firm focused on frontier markets. Based in London and founded in 2015, it invests across seed, early, and later stages and provides advisory services to entrepreneurs and growth companies. The firm operates with a cross-continent, multidisciplinary team and seeks to apply industry best practices to its portfolio companies. Razor Capital targets consumer products, consumer services, e-commerce, technology, media and telecommunications, and food tech sectors, aiming to back innovative ventures with growth potential in emerging markets.

Mayo Clinic is a non-profit medical organization based in Rochester, Minnesota, established in 1863. It provides comprehensive medical care, education in clinical medicine and biomedical sciences, and conducts extensive medical research across a broad range of specialties. The organization integrates patient care with education and research to advance medical practice and outcomes. It also advances innovation through Mayo Clinic Platform, a Rochester-based accelerator that incubates and invests in early-stage health-tech startups in collaboration with providers, pharmaceutical and device companies, health-tech developers, and patients; and Mayo Clinic Ventures, the organization's venture arm that partners with physicians and scientists to commercialize inventions and discoveries to improve patient care and support Mayo’s education and research missions.

SOLventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in Nicosia, Cyprus. It pursues early-stage investments in information technology and e-commerce, with a focus on advertising, fintech, mobile, and related sectors. The firm targets opportunities across Russia, the United States, and Europe, leveraging the partners' diverse experience to help startups accelerate growth and deploy capital efficiently.

dRx Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on healthcare technology and digital medicine. It makes early-stage investments in companies developing data-driven health solutions, artificial intelligence and machine learning, big data analytics, R&D optimization, patient care, and pharmaceutical supply chain and commercialization. The firm also backs technology platforms in mobile IT and digital health that expand access to care and transform medical practice. It operates as the investment arm of Novartis and Qualcomm, positioning its portfolio at the intersection of pharma, digital health, and data-driven healthcare.

Citigroup is a diversified financial services company providing a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. It operates through two main segments: Global Consumer Banking, which includes retail banking, Citi-branded cards, and consumer finance, and Institutional Clients Group, which covers wholesale banking, investment banking, fixed income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, research, corporate lending, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. The company maintains a global footprint across regions including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and Latin America, and emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility initiatives.

Founded in Munich, Germany in 2013, Possible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies developing frontier technologies with positive impacts on people and the planet. They focus on sectors such as technology, decentralized finance, energy, blockchain, climate, health, life sciences, and software.

Established in 2015, Tenity is an international innovation hub and early-stage investor specializing in financial technology (fintech), insurtech, web3, digital health, and related sectors. With a strong focus on Europe, EMEA, and APAC regions, the company has over a decade of experience accelerating fintech innovation globally.

Crosspring is a venture capital firm based in Zoetermeer, Netherlands, focused on early-stage investments in B2B and SaaS startups. It pursues pre-seed opportunities and supports companies across Eastern Europe and North America, investing in venture funds and, when suitable, making direct investments. The firm leverages decades of business knowledge and a wide partner network to assist entrepreneurs from early traction to international growth.

Ironfire Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm, founded in 2012, with offices in Beijing and Hong Kong. It makes direct investments across seed to Series B rounds in sectors including artificial intelligence, AI software, enterprise software, mobile and hardware, marketplaces, lifestyle, and consumer durables and apparel. The firm operates across borders and provides in-house design and research services to its portfolio companies to accelerate growth.

Based in San Mateo, California, Sierra Ventures is a Bay Area early-stage venture firm with over three decades of experience and more than $2 billion in assets under management. The firm invests globally, focusing on Seed and Series A rounds in Next Generation Enterprise and Emerging Technologies, and it typically leads investments while reserving capital for follow-on rounds. Its sectors include artificial intelligence and machine learning, big data, cloud, fintech, health tech, IoT, infrastructure, marketplaces, SaaS, and security, as well as emerging technologies such as 5G, devices, blockchain, robotics, and virtual/augmented reality. Initial bets are commonly between $500,000 and $7 million, with total investments per company ranging up to $15 million. Sierra Ventures often takes a board seat when leading a round. Although it maintains a global outlook, the firm concentrates on North America and pursues opportunities abroad in Israel and China. The firm supports portfolio companies with its network of entrepreneurs, operators, and experts to help accelerate growth.

Orion Resource Partners is an investment firm that provides flexible capital solutions to mining and natural resources companies worldwide. The firm focuses on debt, structured equity, and production-linked financing for base and precious metals projects, and also utilizes off-take arrangements, streaming, and royalties as part of its financing approach. With a disciplined, risk-adjusted investment process, Orion evaluates opportunities across publicly traded and private entities in the metals and materials sectors and offers capital solutions tailored to project development, production timelines, and capital structure needs. Headquartered in New York, the firm serves clients globally, aiming to align financing with value creation in mining ventures.

Imprimatur Capital is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2003 that focuses on early-stage investments in technology-driven companies built on strong intellectual property. It backs opportunities across the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, big data, gaming technology, digital health, robotics and simulation, as well as energy technologies including energy efficiency, energy storage and renewable materials. The firm operates internationally, with activity in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America and Latin America, seeking startups with scalable growth, proven teams and international potential, and it may take board seats to support governance and scale.

Mayfield Fund is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 1969. It concentrates on early-stage technology companies across enterprise software, information technology, consumer tech, semiconductors, and health tech fields, including human and planetary health. The firm partners with founders from inception to help build iconic companies, drawing on extensive operational experience and a broad network. Mayfield has backed hundreds of companies, resulting in numerous IPOs and mergers and acquisitions, and maintains a global investment footprint with a focus on scalable technology businesses.

U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 1981. It specializes in early-stage investments across information technology and healthcare, backing companies that develop enterprise software, IT security, consumer internet, mobile, e-commerce, digital health, and IT-enabled healthcare services. The firm partners with entrepreneurs to turn ideas into growth companies and emphasizes sectors such as software, cybersecurity, healthcare tech, and cloud-enabled platforms. Its team comprises former entrepreneurs, technologists, executives, and financial professionals who bring hands-on operational and industry expertise. Over its decades of activity, USVP has supported a broad portfolio across the West Coast and beyond, seeking to build durable businesses with scalable technology and strong markets.

Northwood Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm established in 1983 and based in Florida. Over three decades, it has been a leading investor in venture capital and buyouts, partnering with experienced management teams to pursue long-term value creation and superior cash-on-cash returns. The firm invests across growth stages and tailors its structures to meet portfolio needs. Its sector focus spans communications, manufacturing, and consumer goods and services, including retail and other consumer sectors, as well as financial services and information technology. Northwood emphasizes an entrepreneurial approach and long-term horizons, aiming to align with management teams to grow and transform companies across the United States.