Polychain Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that invests in blockchain protocols and companies, with a focus on information technology, fintech, and blockchain sectors, aiming to advance global adoption of cryptocurrencies.

Third Prime is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in seed and startup companies across sectors, including business-to-business and financial services, consumer, and technology. Founded in 2016, the firm typically writes checks ranging from $250,000 to $3 million and operates from New York with an additional office in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Its portfolio spans disruptive ventures such as Moonware, Octane, Everstar, Paywatch, GreenSpark, and Cubby, illustrating a focus on automation, financing solutions, AI-enabled energy, reforming consumer credit, metals recycling, and growth support for self-storage platforms. The firm emphasizes independent thinking, partnerships with portfolio companies, and backing innovations across multiple sectors.

Castle Island Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 2018. It specializes in the public blockchain ecosystem, investing in infrastructure and application companies that enable blockchain protocols to scale and reach broader adoption. The firm supports entrepreneurs building cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies, providing capital and strategic guidance to help startups develop services for a growing user base.

Investisseurs & Partenaires is an impact investment firm focused on Africa. Founded in 2002, it provides long-term capital and strategic, managerial, and technical support to small and medium-sized enterprises across Sub-Saharan Africa. The firm targets multiple sectors, aims to create local value, long-term employment and measurable social, environmental and governance impact. It builds long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs to strengthen business strategy, governance and operations. I&P maintains a pan-African footprint with offices in several countries and manages multiple cross-border investment funds that finance growth initiatives and electricity access projects. Through its investments, the firm seeks to maximize sustainable development outcomes on the continent.

Lattice Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2017, it invests in early-stage cryptocurrency and web3 sectors, providing support to founders in building defensible competitive advantages.

Maven 11 is a crypto-native venture capital firm focused on partnering with technically fluent founders who are challenging traditional ownership models. The firm concentrates on blockchain, cryptocurrency, distributed ledger technology, and related sectors, providing hands-on support to early-stage ventures. It operates with offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and the Cayman Islands, and emphasizes long-term partnerships to navigate evolving market dynamics. Founded in 2015, Maven 11 aims to back ambitious teams at the early stages, leveraging expertise in investment, trading, research, and product to help portfolio companies scale.

Winklevoss Capital is a venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in technology companies and provides a full-service approach to helping portfolio firms grow. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, with an additional office in Wilmington, Delaware, the firm focuses on disruptive startups in software, cloud computing, and financial technology, partnering with a selective group of companies to fund ideas and accelerate scale.

Hutt Capital is a Portland, Oregon-based blockchain-focused venture capital firm and platform established in 2018. It operates as a fund-of-funds platform connecting investors with leading blockchain venture capital firms worldwide and enabling direct and co-investments. The firm pursues a long-term, diversified approach to blockchain investing, providing institutional access to opportunities across established and emerging blockchain companies through fund, secondary, and direct investment strategies. Its objective is to offer token-agnostic exposure with reduced risk and volatility by leveraging a network of specialist VCs across the crypto ecosystem.

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.

Fabric Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 that invests across Web3, fintech, AI, robotics, distributed computing, and related technology sectors, with a focus on the Machine Economy and decentralized models. It operates globally from locations including New York, London, Luxembourg, and Dubai, and supports ventures from pre-seed to growth stages, including institutional investors and Web3 founders. The firm pursues a thesis-driven approach to back ambitious ideas aimed at enabling a more open, fair, productive, and sustainable economy through decentralized technology.

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 that invests in early-stage technology companies, with a focus on financial technology. Backed by Peter Thiel, it partners with entrepreneurs globally and supports growth beyond Silicon Valley, emphasizing differentiated products, scalable models, and international expansion. The firm targets fintech segments such as payments, digital banking, tax, wealth management, insurtech, and fintech infrastructure, aiming to build a diversified portfolio and help founders scale opportunities worldwide.

Femto Partners is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm that backs internet-related and information technology startups across seed, early and growth stages in Japan, with a focus on Tokyo. It provides strategic guidance, helps assemble teams, supports customer growth, and assists portfolio companies in attracting new investors. The firm concentrates on internet and technology ventures and maintains an active portfolio of notable platforms, including note and KARTE, demonstrating a track record of value creation and ecosystem engagement.

Breyer Capital is a global venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2006 by Jim Breyer. It focuses on high-impact entrepreneurs in the United States and China, making long-term, idea-driven investments in core areas such as social media, digital health, financial technology, and entertainment/media, along with related software and technology sectors. The firm partners with early-stage startups, fast-growing companies, and established global corporations, leveraging the founders' vision, a broad network of investors, and insights to frame strategic opportunities. It emphasizes artificial intelligence, machine learning, and virtual reality as key technologies shaping its investment thesis, with offices in Austin, Texas and Menlo Park, California.

Andreessen Horowitz is a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It funds technology startups across seed to late stages, with investments spanning software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software and services, consumer internet, fintech, artificial intelligence, crypto, infrastructure, and biotechnology at the intersection of computer science and life sciences. The firm emphasizes supporting portfolio companies through growth and strategic partnerships and maintains a broad tech-focused investment approach, aiming to add value beyond capital.

TSVC is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 and based in Los Altos, California, that focuses on early-stage, deep-technology startups. The firm backs technically ambitious founders, including immigrant founders, across sectors such as AI, software, robotics, semiconductors, biotech, fintech, and energy. It has built a broad portfolio since inception, with notable early bets on companies like Zoom, Carta, and Ginkgo Bioworks, reflecting a track record of helping early-stage teams scale to unicorns and public markets. TSVC emphasizes hands-on support and domain expertise in areas like AI, physics-based AI, and advanced manufacturing, and operates with a global outlook across the United States, Canada, and Asia. The firm is known for partnering with founders at the seed and early stages to develop defensible technology and impactful companies in the next wave of innovation.

Sony Financial Group is a Japanese financial holding company with three core subsidiaries: Sony Life Insurance, Sony Assurance, and Sony Bank. Sony Life provides tailor-made life insurance through detailed consulting by Lifeplanner specialists; Sony Assurance offers automobile, fire, medical, and other forms of insurance via Internet and telephone; Sony Bank provides deposits, mortgages, investment trusts, and foreign exchange margin trading through the Internet. The group operates across life insurance, non-life insurance, and online banking services, aiming to deliver comprehensive financial solutions through digital channels with an emphasis on governance and customer service.

Global Brain is an independent venture capital firm based in Tokyo that supports startups with extensive hands-on guidance and open innovation with large corporations. It manages over $2.7 billion in assets and has invested in more than 1,300 deals, with about 450 portfolio companies and a history of 42 IPOs and 89 M&A exits. The firm backs seed to growth-stage technology companies globally, spanning Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, and collaborates with corporate venture programs and public partners to accelerate portfolio growth. Its investments cover sectors such as artificial intelligence, space, education, HR tech, life sciences, and enterprise software, among others.

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 with offices in San Francisco, Boston, and New York. It invests in early-stage and growth companies across a wide range of sectors, including consumer, software, media, fintech, education technology, and internet services, supporting founders who pursue ambitious ideas and seek product-led strategies. The firm is known for backing prominent companies such as Twitter, Discord, Oculus, Warby Parker, Tumblr, Niantic, and others, reflecting a willingness to back disruptive teams and markets. Spark Capital emphasizes a founder-centric approach, prioritizing listening, product-market fit, independence of thought, and resilience, and aims to help portfolio companies scale on their own terms. By partnering across stages and geographies, the firm seeks to build enduring, value-driving businesses in the United States and beyond.

Flourish Ventures is a global early-stage venture capital firm focused on fintech and financial health, backing founders whose innovations expand access to affordable financial services for individuals and small businesses. The firm supports a diverse portfolio of fintech startups across digital banking, embedded finance, insurtech, digital lending, and related infrastructure, with activity spanning North America, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Flourish emphasizes ethical operations, a hands-on, value-added approach, and active founder development through workshops and 1:1 mentoring, aiming to nurture leadership at strategic inflection points. It partners with ecosystem players in research, policy, and regulation to foster a fairer, more inclusive economy, with notable attention to female founders in Southeast Asia and early-stage Indian startups. The company positions itself as a global catalyst for financial health and prosperity, helping founders build products that improve financial outcomes for individuals and small businesses.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. It is stage-agnostic, backing seed and Series A rounds, with an investment range of fifty thousand to five million dollars. Founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda, the firm leverages its network and experience in the marketplace sector to support founders aiming for rapid growth. The firm maintains a broad portfolio across e-commerce, on-demand services, fintech, and related technologies, with notable investments in Alibaba, Coupang, Delivery Hero, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, Adore Me, and Earnest. FJ Labs emphasizes partnerships with visionary founders and uses its sector expertise to help portfolio companies scale and achieve expansion.

Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, that funds seed and early-stage startups. The firm invests across technology, business products and services, and consumer products and services sectors, and manages a diverse portfolio of companies and funds. Founded in 2005, Monex Ventures aims to create new value by reassessing conventional concepts and exploring overlooked opportunities in the market.

GreenHouse Capital is a corporate venture capital firm and the venture arm of Venture Garden Group, based in Ikeja, Nigeria. It focuses on fintech and big data startups in sub-Saharan Africa and on foreign ventures targeting the African market. The firm provides strategic support beyond funding, leveraging its network to help founders scale, navigate challenges, and pursue international expansion by connecting portfolio companies with corporates and investors. It has built a broad portfolio across multiple countries and is actively raising its second fund with a planned commitment to back about 20 companies.

GMO VenturePartners is the corporate venture capital arm of the GMO Internet Group. Established in 2005 and based in Tokyo with a Singapore office, it invests in IT and fintech startups worldwide and leverages strategic synergies with GMO Payment Gateway to accelerate fintech transformation across its portfolio. The firm provides post-investment support, including internal financing within the group, and proactive deal sourcing. It manages multiple funds and backs a diverse set of companies across Japan, the United States, India, Southeast Asia, and beyond. As of December 2025, GMO VenturePartners has built a portfolio of approximately 227 companies with more than 20 IPOs and total capital around 30 billion JPY, including exits such as Mercari, Sansan, Money Forward, and Uzabase, underscoring its multi-regional, multi-stage approach to fintech and technology value creation.

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, based in Tokyo, Japan. It invests in Japanese and global startups across stages from seed to growth, supporting portfolio companies through a rigorous investment process and proactive post-investment involvement. The firm targets sectors such as fintech, SaaS, healthcare, AI, e-commerce, foodtech, environment, manufacturing, and consumer services, and pursues opportunities in emerging Asian markets as well as global opportunities. It maintains governance policies on anti-social forces, human rights, and privacy, reflecting a responsible approach to portfolio management. With decades of experience and a track record of backing high-potential ventures, the organization aims to help companies scale toward IPOs and long-term value creation. The venture capital arm positions itself as a partner that combines financial backing with strategic guidance to support growth and innovation in its portfolio.

Ground Squirrel Ventures is a Boston-based venture capital firm that funds climate-focused startups and related funds, with a focus on seed-stage opportunities in frontier markets. The firm backs commercially viable companies that address climate mitigation and sustainable development, prioritizing positive social and environmental impact. Its activity spans Africa, Haiti, Asia, Latin America, and the United States, and it conducts direct investments as well as fund investments, typically in the range of twenty-five thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. Ground Squirrel emphasizes solutions rooted in local contexts and seeks collaborations with other funds, co-investors, and ecosystem builders to promote reinvestment and sustainable growth, rather than traditional VC approaches. The firm is for-profit and operates from Boston, supporting ventures that can scale while contributing to climate resilience and local economic development.

Investment Lab is a Tokyo-based investment firm focused on solving social issues in Japan. Founded by seasoned finance professionals, the firm provides growth capital and financial advisory to Japanese growth companies pursuing SDG-driven solutions, while aligning investor opportunities with social impact themes. It supports companies in scaling from modest to substantial market capitalizations by leveraging its networks and financial expertise, aiming to advance Japan’s social problem solving, economic development, and sustainable investment culture. The team is based in Nihonbashi, Tokyo.

Crossbeam Venture Partners is a New York-based venture capital firm established in 2020 that invests in early-stage startups across FinTech and Internet economies. The firm focuses on early rounds, including pre-seed to Series A, supporting founders building products and platforms with potential to shape tomorrow's economy.

InnoEnergy is a European organization established in 2010 by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology to industrialize clean tech innovation and enable a global net-zero economy. It finances seed and early-stage climate and clean-tech companies across Europe and the United States, aiming to de-risk ventures and accelerate scale. Beyond funding, InnoEnergy develops the workforce and strengthens the clean-tech value chain through education and collaboration with industry, finance, policy, and academia in 21 EU countries and the US. By 2024 it had supported more than 1,400 companies, with over 100 active portfolio firms, and it tracks a potential CO2e reduction of 0.3 gigatons by 2030. The organization promotes industrial champions and talent development through programs, events, and partnerships that advance technologies in energy storage, batteries, wave energy, decarbonization, and other clean-tech sectors.

Goodwell Investments is an impact investment firm headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with additional offices in Cape Town and Nairobi. Founded to finance inclusive businesses that provide basic goods and services to underserved populations in Africa and India, it backs early to growth-stage companies across sectors such as financial services, agriculture, mobility and transport, health, energy, education, and related services. The firm seeks financially sustainable, scalable ventures that deliver meaningful social and economic impact, often targeting microfinance, rural banking, mobile payments, and other inclusive solutions. It combines capital with hands-on support, including strategic guidance and access to a network, and typically takes minority stakes with occasional board representation and advisory services. The approach emphasizes creating durable, local impact while pursuing solid financial returns for investors.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 1974 that funds seed, development-stage and startup companies in Japan, focusing on life sciences, healthcare, biotechnology, information technology, electronics and other high-technology sectors such as fintech and AI. It pursues cross-border opportunities and investment syndication, often collaborating with MUFG and international partners to support portfolio companies’ growth and access to overseas markets, and to connect Japanese portfolio companies with strategic partners and potential exits.

Musha Ventures is an Africa-focused micro venture capital firm and angel investor that provides early-stage capital to startups across the continent. It targets sectors such as education, healthcare, fintech, agriculture, and supply chain, supporting companies at initial funding rounds to help scale and address local challenges.

Sanaga Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam that invests in and supports early-stage ventures across the African continent and other emerging markets. The firm combines financing with coaching to help portfolio companies achieve financial sustainability and scale. It operates globally, pursuing opportunities in cities such as Lagos, Nairobi, Bangalore, Jakarta, São Paulo, Cairo, and emerging centers like Buea, Mombasa, and Medellín, with a focus on job creation, inclusion, climate, inequality, and opportunity. Sanaga connects talent with capital and builds ecosystems by designing accelerators, investment platforms, and innovation networks; mobilizing early-stage capital and strengthening investor networks; and enhancing governance, boards, and partnerships to enable sustainable growth. The firm is dedicated to closing the gap between ambition and execution to deliver growth with lasting impact.