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.

Polychain Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2016, that invests in blockchain technologies, protocols, and companies to advance global adoption of cryptocurrencies. The firm supports the development of the blockchain ecosystem and provides capital to projects across the space. It operates as a registered investment adviser (RIA).

Castle Island Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Boston that focuses on public blockchains, their infrastructure, and related applications. The firm backs companies creating infrastructure and application solutions to enable blockchain protocols to power scalable services for a broad user base.

Third Prime is a New York-based venture capital firm, founded in 2016, focused on seed and early-stage investments in technology-enabled companies across sectors such as business services, financial services, IT services, software, healthcare, consumer products and services, and real estate services. It operates from a New York headquarters with an additional office in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and pursues opportunities in the United States and Canada, supporting startups with growth-stage capital and strategic guidance.

Investisseurs & Partenaires is an impact investment firm focused on African small and medium enterprises. Founded in 2002, it provides capital, technical and strategic support to portfolio companies to foster growth, job creation, and local value, while pursuing social, environmental and governance impact. The organization supports a network of pan-African funds and sponsors several Africa-facing impact funds, including initiatives in electricity access, with a team of about 30–40 professionals based in Europe and Africa. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships and hands-on assistance to help entrepreneurs strengthen strategy, governance and operations across sectors such as health, transport and microfinance.

Founded in 2009, Block is a technology company specializing in financial services. It offers payment services to merchants and operates Cash App, a person-to-person payment network.

Maven 11 Capital is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 2015. The firm concentrates on blockchain and distributed ledger technology, including cryptocurrency and digital assets, and invests in ventures that utilize these technologies.

Lattice Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that invests in early-stage cryptocurrency and web3 sectors.

Winklevoss Capital is a venture capital firm based in New York with an additional office in Wilmington, Delaware, that makes early-stage investments in technology companies. The firm focuses on software, financial technology and other tech-enabled sectors such as retail and commercial services, adopting a selective portfolio approach and providing a full-service effort to help portfolio companies scale. Founded in 2012, the firm emphasizes cloud computing and financial technology as core areas of interest.

Blockchain Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, specializing in blockchain and crypto-enabled technologies. The firm backs entrepreneurs across multiple stages, providing capital as well as domain expertise, partnerships, recruiting, and strategic guidance to help build blockchain-focused companies. It pursues investments in both equity and tokens and has financed more than 170 companies and projects since its inception. The firm emphasizes its focus on the Bitcoin and broader blockchain economy, and has positioned itself as one of the first dedicated VC funds to support blockchain ecosystems, including accepting capital calls in Bitcoin. With a global outlook, Blockchain Capital backs companies across the crypto and blockchain technology sectors while offering venture-building services to help portfolio companies grow and scale.

Hutt Capital is a venture capital firm based in Portland, Oregon, focused on blockchain and cryptocurrency investments. Founded in 2018, the firm pursues a long-term, diversified approach and collaborates with other blockchain venture capital partners to back innovative ventures across the sector. The firm emphasizes token-agnostic exposure and seeks to offer institutional investors access with lower risk and volatility than more concentrated crypto strategies, while supporting disruptive developments in financial services, social platforms and technology enabled by blockchain.

Oxford Capital Partners is a United Kingdom based venture capital firm established in 1999 that concentrates on early-stage technology companies. It operates in Oxford and London and seeks to back a diversified portfolio of high-potential technology and technology-enabled start-up businesses across mobility, fintech, insurtech, retail, digital marketplaces, digital health, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Capitalize VC is an early‑stage venture capital firm located in Chicago, Illinois. It provides pre‑seed capital to technology companies that enable commerce, addressing key challenges faced by retailers, brands, creators, and manufacturers amid a changing market.

The Raba Partnership is a venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa, focused on African technology companies in logistics, supply chains, and financial services. It partners with founders building technology companies that tackle hard problems in emerging African ecosystems and is backed by a select group of venture capitalists, technology entrepreneurs, and families with global business experience.

Valar Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2010. Backed by Peter Thiel, it focuses on early-stage investments in technology companies, with a particular emphasis on financial technology (fintech) and software, targeting opportunities globally. The firm partners with entrepreneurs worldwide, seeking to support founders pursuing transformative technology outside Silicon Valley, and offers early-stage capital and strategic guidance to help scale businesses across global markets.

Fabric Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2012 and based in Luxembourg. It funds and supports companies across financial services, information technology, blockchain and cryptocurrency, software-as-a-service, B2B payments, fintech, technology, media and telecommunications. Active in the Web3 space, Fabric Ventures seeks to back bold ideas that contribute to a fair, productive and sustainable Open Economy.

Femto Partners is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage information technology and internet-related startups in Japan. It provides strategic guidance, helps assemble teams, grows customer bases, and attracts new investors for its portfolio companies. Founded in 2017, the firm supports entrepreneurs and management teams in turning innovative ideas into scalable businesses, with a focus on Tokyo-based opportunities within Japan.

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.

Breyer Capital is a global venture capital and private equity investor founded by Jim Breyer in 2006. The firm pursues long-term, idea-driven strategic investments across core technology sectors, including social media, entertainment and media, digital health, and financial technologies, with broader interest in quantum, artificial intelligence, health tech, consumer software, media and gaming, enterprise data, security, and climate-related opportunities. It partners with early-stage startups, fast-growing companies, and established corporations to catalyze high-impact entrepreneurship in the United States and China and beyond. The team draws on a network of investors and founder/operator insights to frame investments and believes advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and virtual reality will transform technology and investment opportunities globally.

Slow Ventures is a generalist early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco with additional presence in Boston and New York. Founded in 2011, it invests in technology‑driven startups and ventures at the intersection of science, society, and culture, supporting companies across sectors such as software, fintech, cryptocurrency, e-commerce, mobile, consumer and commercial services, financial services, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. The firm emphasizes helping founders through capital, resources, and industry connections to build sustainable, scalable businesses. It operates as a registered investment adviser.

Albion Capital Group is a United Kingdom-based asset manager and venture capital firm, founded in 1996 and headquartered in London. It invests in early-stage UK companies across sectors such as digital B2B software, technology services, health tech, cybersecurity, fintech, and AI, focusing on growth-oriented ventures that can scale in a data-driven economy. The firm typically supports rounds from seed to Series B, helping entrepreneurs achieve product-market fit, a clear go-to-market strategy, and long-term differentiation in disruption-driven markets. Albion also engages in university IP commercialization initiatives, including collaborations with the UCL Technology Fund.

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, it funds software and technology companies across seed to growth stages, with emphasis on web and mobile applications, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, fintech, consumer Internet, artificial intelligence, and biotech-adjacent ventures. The firm focuses on technology-enabled businesses and provides strategic support and networks to portfolio companies.

TSVC is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 and based in Los Altos, California. It specializes in early-stage investments in deep technology startups across the United States, focusing on software as a service, artificial intelligence, fintech, biotechnology, blockchain, and semiconductors. TSVC operates as a seed and early-stage investor with a track record of backing a broad portfolio of startups and notable exits, including Zoom, and has supported companies in data economy and healthtech among others. The firm is described as a pioneer in Silicon Valley seed investing, partnering with founders to provide technical guidance and capital to turn ambitious ideas into practical, scalable solutions.

Sony Financial Holdings is a Japanese financial holding company that oversees three core subsidiaries: Sony Life Insurance, Sony Assurance, and Sony Bank. Sony Life provides life insurance products and related protection offerings; Sony Assurance focuses on non-life insurance, including auto insurance, medical, and cancer coverage; Sony Bank delivers banking services such as deposits, mortgage lending, investment trusts, and foreign-currency margin trading. The company operates across life insurance, non-life insurance, and banking segments to serve diverse financial needs.

Global Brain is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1998 that backs technology companies from seed stage through growth rounds. It targets a broad range of sectors including AI, cloud and software, fintech, robotics, life sciences, media, and mobility, and pursues global investments across Europe, North America, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The firm emphasizes hands-on support and resources for portfolio companies, aiming to help them scale beyond financing. It operates a pure investment fund alongside corporate venture funds formed with leading public companies across telecom, real estate, financial services, beverages, agriculture and food, logistics, and electronics.

Founded in 2009, DG Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Digital Garage, based in Tokyo, Japan. It invests globally in FinTech, AI, Blockchain, SaaS, e-commerce, PropTech, Mobility, Healthcare, Insurance, and Marketplace sectors, targeting opportunities in the US, Canada, Asia, India, Japan, and Europe.

Keiretsu Forum is an international investment community of accredited private equity investors, venture capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. Founded in San Francisco in 2000, it operates as a worldwide network that structures access to high-quality deal flow and investment opportunities through regional chapters across the United States, Europe and Asia. It is described as the world’s largest invitation-only angel investor network, with thousands of investor members who participate in funding opportunities for early- to growth-stage companies in technology, healthcare, energy, consumer products and other sectors. The forum emphasizes collaboration among members and partner resources to support due diligence, syndication and capital deployment, enabling private capital to back high-potential ventures.

Flourish Ventures is a San Francisco-based early-stage global venture capital firm that backs fintech-enabled entrepreneurs focused on financial health and prosperity for individuals and small businesses. The firm pursues patient, long-term investments and manages around $850 million. It backs founders across the United States and global markets, including Asia, Africa and Latin America, and concentrates on sectors such as big data analytics, challenger banks, consumer and SME lending, digitizing money, fintech, insurtech, regtech and financial infrastructure. Since its founding in 2019, Flourish maintains partnerships with more than 70 global fintech founders and 18 ecosystem partners, including researchers, policymakers and regulators, to foster a fairer, more inclusive economy.

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 with offices in San Francisco, Boston, and New York City. It focuses on early-stage investments across technology-enabled sectors, supporting founders with flexible, founder-centric backing. The firm has backed high-profile consumer and software companies such as Twitter, Discord, Oculus, Warby Parker, Tumblr, Niantic, and Anthropic, reflecting a tendency toward ambitious products and teams that reshape consumer, media, and technology markets.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. It is stage-agnostic and focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups, making seed and Series A investments. Typical checks range from 50,000 to 5,000,000 dollars. The firm supports early-stage companies across sectors such as e-commerce, fintech, ad tech, mobile, and software-as-a-service, seeking opportunities with high growth potential in the United States and internationally. Its portfolio includes a mix of consumer brands and marketplace platforms, reflecting an emphasis on business models that connect buyers and sellers or enable direct consumer experiences. FJ Labs aims to back entrepreneurs building scalable, disruptively positioned products and services, often partnering with founders early in their development to help accelerate growth.

Wamda Capital is a Dubai-based venture capital firm that invests in seed and growth-stage technology companies in the MENA region. It seeks to guide portfolio companies through multiple rounds of financing toward an exit. The firm targets sectors including financial services, consumer goods, software, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on high-growth startups. By backing entrepreneurs across the MENA ecosystem, Wamda Capital aims to accelerate digital transformation and build regional tech leadership.

Seedstars is a Geneva-based venture capital and accelerator firm focused on emerging and frontier markets. It funds and accelerates high-growth technology ventures at the pre-seed and seed stages and operates programs to support entrepreneurship across regions including Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. The firm targets sectors such as financial services, healthcare, education, energy, information technology, and other technology-enabled solutions, and it runs initiatives and events to help startups scale, create impact, and access global networks.

Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2005, that provides seed and early-stage capital to startup companies across business products and services, consumer products and services, and technology sectors.

GreenHouse Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of Venture Garden Group, based in Ikeja, Nigeria. It targets investments in fintech and big data startups in sub-Saharan Africa as well as foreign startups seeking the African market.

GMO Venture Partners, established in 2005 and based in Tokyo, Japan, is the corporate venture capital arm of GMO Internet Group. It focuses on early and growth stage investments in sectors such as e-commerce, fintech, financial services, ad-tech, and enterprise SaaS. The firm has a significant presence in various regions, including Japan, China, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and the United States. Over the years, GMO Venture Partners has invested in more than 50 startups, with eight of these companies successfully going public.

MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups aiming for IPO. It focuses on companies in fintech, SaaS, healthcare, artificial intelligence, e‑commerce, foodtech, and environmental technology.

Investment Lab is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2020. The firm focuses on addressing social issues within the country by investing in Japanese companies that provide innovative solutions. By targeting businesses that aim to create positive societal impact, Investment Lab plays a role in fostering sustainable development and enhancing the well-being of communities in Japan. Through its investments, the firm seeks to support and scale ventures that contribute to meaningful change.

Blue Collective is a Brooklyn-based investment firm that provides venture capital and private equity funding to startups and growth companies across technology, life sciences, consumer goods, and business services. It invests across the funding spectrum from pre-seed and seed to late-stage and growth, including growth capital, buyouts, and majority investments, with a focus on opportunities primarily in the United States. The firm maintains an industry-agnostic approach and emphasizes backing exceptional teams capable of building scalable, enduring businesses.

Crossbeam Venture Partners is a New York-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups, with a focus on FinTech and internet-enabled business models. The firm invests across the pre-seed to Series A stages and aims to support founders building tomorrow's economy.

Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is a leading European innovation engine focused on Sustainable Energy. It invests in early-stage climate tech and energy companies across Europe and the US, providing equity minority investments and added value services to de-risk projects.

YJ Capital was the corporate venture capital arm of Yahoo Japan. Founded in 2012, it invested in artificial intelligence and software across all stages and sectors in Asia, the United States, and Israel, leveraging Yahoo Japan's operational experience and market-entry support. The firm operated with a single limited partner, enabling rapid decision making. On April 1, 2021, YJ Capital merged with LINE Ventures to form Z Venture Capital, integrating its portfolio and approach into the new entity.

SBI Investment is the corporate venture capital arm of SBI Holdings, based in Tokyo, Japan. It specializes in venture capital and growth capital investments, supporting the development and growth of private companies through fund investments and management of venture funds. The firm targets technology-driven sectors including information technology, artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, security, e-commerce, biotechnology and healthcare, life sciences, environmental energy, and related areas, with selective cross-border opportunities in China and Southeast Asia. Since its founding in 1996, it has invested in hundreds of companies, and many investments have exited through IPOs or mergers and acquisitions. The firm seeks long-term value creation by partnering with entrepreneurs at various stages and by providing strategic and financial support to scale operations.

Goodwell Investments is an Amsterdam-headquartered impact investment firm that provides early through growth-stage equity and hands-on support to inclusive businesses serving the majority world. The firm targets financially sustainable, scalable ventures in Africa and India, with emphasis on sectors such as financial services, agriculture, mobility and transport, education, health, and basic services. It pursues minority stakes and partners with entrepreneurs to expand access, inclusion, and livelihoods in underserved communities while seeking solid financial returns. Goodwell operates from Amsterdam with additional offices in Cape Town and Nairobi, reflecting its regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and India. By combining capital with strategic guidance, it supports portfolio companies to scale and improve access to essential goods and services across emerging markets.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 1974 with additional offices in Osaka and Nagoya. It focuses on seed, development stage, and startup investments across healthcare, life sciences, biotechnology, information technology, electronics, artificial intelligence, fintech, SaaS, and other high-technology sectors, with an emphasis on the Japanese market and relevance to Japan. The firm also engages in investment syndication for Japanese opportunities.

Musha Ventures is a venture capital firm that operates as an Africa-focused micro venture capital and angel fund. It targets early-stage technology investments in education, healthcare, fintech, agriculture, and supply chain, with a focus on opportunities across Africa and related regions. The firm seeks to support ambitious founders developing technology-enabled solutions and scalable businesses in these sectors.

Itochu is a leading Japanese general trading company established in 1858 by Chubei Itoh. As a sogo shosha, it conducts domestic and international trading across sectors including textiles, machinery, chemicals, metals, energy, food, and general merchandise, and engages in related services such as insurance, finance, construction, real estate, and warehousing. The group maintains a broad global footprint with offices in more than 80 countries and operates across investment and business ventures to support its trading activities. Through its information technology and other business units, Itochu also sponsors strategic ventures and partnerships, leveraging its extensive network to create value across industries. The company emphasizes diversified operations, long-term relationships with suppliers and customers, and growth across traditional trade, consumer products, and energy-related sectors.

Sanaga Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in Amsterdam. It actively invests in and supports new and emerging ventures across Africa, providing financing and coaching to help partners build capacity to achieve financial sustainability and scale their operations.