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.

Tesla Capital is an international early-stage impact venture capital firm headquartered in Singapore. The firm focuses on three primary areas of impact: supporting frontier technologies that address climate change and promote sustainability, equality, and inclusion; fostering technopreneurship in the frontier region of Central Asia through mentorship and investment; and encouraging diversity and cultural exchange to celebrate global diversity. Tesla Capital aims to invest in and empower startups that are dedicated to creating meaningful solutions for pressing global challenges.

Founded in 2022, Caucasus Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Baku, Azerbaijan. It focuses on investing in pre-seed technology startups across the Caucasus region, Turkey, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.

EBRD Venture Capital Investment Programme is the venture capital arm of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Based in London, it focuses on technology companies at early and growth stages and is stage agnostic. The firm seeks to identify, invest in, and collaborate with entrepreneurs and management teams to build world-class companies with global ambitions, aiming to become leaders in their markets. It primarily targets technology firms located in Central and Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia, with related coverage in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean region. Typical investments range between €2 million and €25 million over the life of the investment.

TNF Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Geneva, Switzerland, with additional offices in Central, Hong Kong and Dubai. It provides funding across the investment spectrum—from seed and early stage to growth capital and private equity buy-outs—and pursues opportunities globally. The firm focuses on technology-related sectors, including financial market infrastructure, real-time communications, cybersecurity, trust-technology and commodity trading, and also explores wellness themes. It typically takes a majority stake and may invest alone or as a co-investor.

DOMiNO Ventures is a venture capital fund founded in 2021 and based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It backs founders building high-tech and digital-first companies across AI, deep tech, cleantech, healthtech, fintech, HR tech, edtech, gametech, cybersecurity and life sciences, with a global investment scope. The firm maintains an international footprint, headquartered in Amsterdam with a hub in Istanbul and a presence across Europe and the surrounding region, including Estonia, Poland, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. DOMiNO Ventures focuses on supporting startups solving contemporary problems and aims to accelerate the development of technology-enabled solutions.

White Hill Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2021 and located in Astana, Kazakhstan. The firm focuses on investing in fast-growing technology and IT companies across various stages and industries worldwide. With a team boasting over 20 years of investment experience in both local and global markets, White Hill Capital aims to identify and support innovative enterprises within the technology sector.

Da Vinci Capital is an investment group focused on alternative investments, private equity and structured products. Founded in 2007 by Oleg Jelezko, the firm is based in Guernsey and London and operates in Russia and the CIS with exposure to emerging European markets, and maintains a presence in the United States and Western Europe. It targets mid-market and growth opportunities in financial infrastructure, payment processing, IT services and technology, and consumer and business services, typically investing $5 million to $100 million in companies valued at $100 million to $1 billion. The group seeks minority stakes, with the option for controlling positions in some buyouts, and aims for board representation where possible, planning exits through strategic sales, secondary sales or IPOs. Da Vinci Capital emphasizes a diversified approach through private equity and structured products and maintains offices and a network across Europe and the CIS.

Big Sky Capital is a venture capital investment firm based in Astana, Kazakhstan. It backs early-stage founders in emerging markets building enterprise software as a service solutions, with a Founder First approach grounded in the founders’ experience as serial entrepreneurs. The firm emphasizes practical support to help portfolio companies scale, addressing product development, market access, and execution challenges in the enterprise SaaS space.

Singulariteam, founded in 2012 and based in Tel Aviv, is a venture capital firm and angel investor with offices in Moscow, Auckland, Almaty, and Singapore. It provides early-stage and seed funding for technology companies, concentrating on artificial intelligence, robotics, augmented and virtual reality, nanotechnology, and related fields, with fintech as a target area. The firm assesses teams and ideas quickly, emphasizes long-term partnerships, and supports portfolio companies through ongoing involvement and professional guidance. Israel remains a central investment focus.

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.

Quest Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm focused on the digital economy across Asia. It backs early- and growth-stage startups in artificial intelligence, e-commerce and marketplaces, entertainment, finance, food, insurance, logistics, media, property, sports and the Islamic digital economy, with a portfolio that includes 99.co, Carousell, Carro, Oddle, Shopback, Xfers, Hepmil, Glife, VulcanPost and Yummy Corporation. Backed by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, it counts sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, family offices and accomplished executives and entrepreneurs across Asia among its supporters. The firm operates an enterprise innovation initiative in collaboration with Applied Innovation Institute to drive transformation in sectors such as alternative food, aviation, banking, insurance, logistics and smart cities, serving clients including Applied Materials, Coca-Cola, HP, Nissan and Tencent. It pursues impact and ESG initiatives focused on financial inclusion, gender, healthcare and education. By end-2023 its portfolio exceeded 100 companies operating in more than 150 cities across Asia, collectively employing over 4,400 people.

MOST Ventures is a Kazakhstan-based venture investment firm focused on technology startups across Europe, Asia and the Central Eurasian region. Based in Almaty, the company operates within the MOST Ecosystem, a mature network that provides financial and non-financial support to technology ventures, including those involved in fintech and digital financial services. The ecosystem comprises UMAY Angels Club, MOST Business Incubator, MOST Hub and MOST Media. MOST Ventures backs early-stage companies, typically in seed and Series A rounds, aiming to help founders build globally scalable products and businesses across software, hardware, IT services and related technology sectors.

RTP Global is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology investments, supporting portfolio companies with strategic guidance and a broad global network. Founded in 2000, the firm operates with offices in New York, London, Bangalore, and Dubai, and has invested in companies across Europe, Asia, and North America, including several that later became multi-billion-dollar public companies such as Yandex, EPAM, Delivery Hero, RingCentral, Datadog, and Ozon.

Sturgeon Capital is a London-based investment boutique established in 2006, specializing in the development of technology businesses in frontier markets. The firm operates as an asset manager and provides venture capital funding, primarily targeting startups in financial technology, business-to-business services, software, and marketplace sectors. Sturgeon Capital aims to foster innovation and growth by supporting leading tech ventures in emerging economies.

Tokyo University of Science Investment Management is a venture capital investment firm based in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 2014, it operates as a group company of Tokyo University of Science and pursues venture investments, with an additional focus on real estate opportunities. The firm supports early- and growth-stage companies through financial backing and strategic collaboration aligned with the university's research strengths.

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.

I2BF Global Ventures is a New York-based international venture capital firm founded in 2005 with a global investment mandate. It manages over $400 million and is investing from its fifth fund. The firm backs technology, cleantech, biotechnology, materials science, information technology, and space technology companies, with a focus on SaaS, hardware-enabled B2B solutions (AI, IoT, AR, VR, robotics, RPA and automation), digital healthcare, and new media. It maintains teams in New York, London, and Los Angeles, and pursues a hands-on, global venture strategy. Since inception it has backed over 60 startups and exited around 12, reflecting an active approach across Asia Pacific, the United States, Europe, and other regions.

Presight Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in West Hollywood, California. It pursues seed, early, and later-stage investments across sectors including biotechnology, consumer, fintech, deep tech, food tech, cryptocurrency, healthcare, and technology, with a global approach to early-stage opportunities in software, frontier technologies, and biotech. The firm supports ambitious founders and is backed by notable investors such as Apeiron, the family office of Christian Angermayer, Moore Capital, Point72, Mike Novogratz, Martin Chavez, Alan Howard, and Brent Hoberman. It operates as a registered investment adviser.

AloqaVentures, established in 2021, is a corporate venture capital firm based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It is the investment arm of Aloqabank and focuses on supporting early-stage startups, specifically at the pre-seed and seed levels. The firm's investment interests lie primarily in the technology sector, including information technology, e-commerce, cloud technology, artificial intelligence, and financial technology, as well as software.

Nissay Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1991 that provides funding across seed, start-up, growth, middle, and later-stage investments, focusing on information technology, manufacturing, medical, distribution, and retail sectors.

Beyond Next Ventures is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 2014 that supports seed-stage and early-growth-stage companies in Japan and India. It focuses on deep tech and science-driven ventures across sectors including agriculture, food tech, climate tech, digital, space, drug discovery, biotech, electronics, robotics, medtech, and healthcare, with the aim of nurturing transformative technology and bringing innovations to market to benefit society.

Nippon Venture Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1996 and serves as the corporate venture capital arm of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. It engages in incubation, start-up and early-stage investments, supporting ventures across sectors such as communications, software, systems, devices, life sciences and environmental technologies, and also areas like brain information science, brain-computer interfaces, life-support robotics and wireless power. The firm collaborates with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies to nurture new ventures and aims for exit through IPO or sale of portfolio company stock.

SkyChee Ventures, founded in 2013 and based in Santa Clara, California, is a venture capital firm that specializes in Hardware as a Service investments. The firm leverages competitive Asian manufacturing capabilities alongside global software and talent to foster innovative business models and generate new revenue opportunities. With a focus on early-stage technology-enabled investments, SkyChee Ventures targets various sectors including hardware, B2B, blockchain, consumer products, fintech, cultural tourism, frontier technology, media, e-commerce, robotics, and health technology. By combining technological innovation with value-added services, the firm aims to create substantial value in global markets.

Established in 2020 and headquartered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, UzVC is a venture capital firm focusing on investments within the information technology sector.

Alchemist Accelerator is a seed-stage enterprise startup accelerator that runs a six-month program to accelerate product development, market entry, and fundraising. It provides seed funding to admitted teams and offers mentorship, structured milestones, and access to a broad corporate and venture investor network. The accelerator prioritizes teams with distinctive technical founders and a business model focused on monetizing through enterprises rather than consumer markets, and it supports ventures in the business-to-business sector through a collaborative ecosystem.

Established in 2022, Sumisho Venture Partners is a Tokyo-based corporate venture capital firm. It focuses on investing in early-stage startups operating within the energy, social infrastructure, retail, consumer goods, healthcare, and agriculture sectors.

Venture Labo Investment is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2000, which provides financial support to its portfolio companies across growth stages and seeks to invest in businesses operating in artificial intelligence, fintech, robotics, information technology services, cloud services, biotechnology and medical sectors, and health and healthcare.

Marubeni Corporation is a Tokyo-based general trading company, a sogo shosha, that operates as a global trading intermediary across a broad range of sectors. It handles import and export and participates in upstream production and downstream distribution, with activities spanning energy, petroleum, metals, chemicals, minerals, and non-resource businesses such as machinery, food, textiles, real estate, and retail. The company trades and processes a wide array of goods, provides engineering, procurement and construction services, and invests in infrastructure, power generation, and related projects. With a history dating back to the 19th century, Marubeni maintains an extensive international footprint, enabling cross-border sourcing, market development, and supply chain services for customers worldwide.

iTech Capital is a Riga, Latvia-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that pursues global investments in high-growth internet-enabled technology companies. It focuses on software, IT services and information technology platforms across sectors such as fintech, ad tech, online travel and ticketing, e-commerce, big data, SaaS, artificial intelligence and machine learning, ed-tech, legal tech, and marketing tech, targeting early to growth-stage opportunities from Series A and beyond.

BlueOrchard Finance is a global impact investment manager and lender focusing on debt financing for microfinance institutions. Founded in 2001 and based in Switzerland, the firm operates worldwide to advance inclusive finance and deliver financial and social returns to investors. It has provided over USD 2 billion in microfinance loans to institutions in emerging markets, supporting financial inclusion and poverty reduction. The company offers financing solutions across credit and blended finance to address development challenges such as education, job creation and women's empowerment, contributing to a sustainable and inclusive financial system.

JAFCO is a Tokyo-based investment management firm established in 1973 that invests in private equity across Japan, Asia and the United States, with a focus on venture and buyout opportunities in technology-related sectors. It supports portfolio companies with financing and hands-on resources, including human resources, marketing and back-office operations. The firm maintains a broad Asia-Pacific footprint with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul and Beijing, and has a long track record of exits in its technology portfolio. It has mobilized substantial capital commitments across its funds and backs entrepreneurs to translate ideas into scalable businesses.

responsAbility Investments is a leading impact asset manager based in Zurich, Switzerland. It manages about USD 3 to 3.5 billion in assets invested in around 450 ESG-managed high-impact companies across 90 emerging economies. Since its inception in 2003, responsAbility has directed more than USD 10 billion into private debt and private equity in financial inclusion, sustainable food and climate finance sectors whose business models directly support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The firm operates globally with offices in Bangkok, Lima, Mumbai, Nairobi, Oslo, Paris and Tbilisi, and is owned by Swiss and international financial institutions, private investors and its employees. It is registered with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority.

CAS Star is a venture capital firm based in Xi'an, China, with an additional office in Beijing. It engages in high-tech industry investment and incubation, aiming to build a scientific and technological entrepreneurial ecosystem that connects research institutions, angel funds, incubators, and entrepreneurship training to support technology entrepreneurs. The firm targets sectors including optoelectronic chips, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, aerospace, smart manufacturing, information technology, energy, oncology, advanced manufacturing, software as a service, and space technology.

Based in Paris, A Plus Finance is an independent investment firm specializing in venture capital and the management of funds dedicated to innovation. It focuses on information technology, environment and e-business in France, and also pursues opportunities in real estate and private equity. The team combines financiers and entrepreneurs, providing practical management insight and a long-term development perspective for portfolio companies. The firm manages about €220 million in assets and typically invests between €1 million and €4 million per project, reflecting a goal of supporting growth-stage and promising early-stage ventures in the French 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.

ANRI is a Tokyo-based Japanese venture capital firm founded in 2012 that backs seed and early-stage startups across a broad range of sectors, including information technology, software, hardware, energy, blockchain, life sciences, robotics, media, telecom, and business services. The firm manages multiple funds, including those focused on minority- and women-owned businesses and climate tech, with investments in areas such as solar and wind power, energy storage, hydrogen, CCUS, and artificial photosynthesis. ANRI pursues early-stage opportunities in tech-enabled industries and supports founders from inception through growth, seeking to back diverse teams and innovative business models.

Noventiq is a global solutions and services provider specializing in digital transformation and cybersecurity. It offers three product lines—Software and Cloud, Services, and Hardware—and serves customers across about 60 countries, including Latin America, EMEA, and APAC, with India among them. The company delivers cybersecurity services, future workplace solutions, IT infrastructure and multi-cloud deployment, transformation and management, digital solutions, and Software Asset Management to help enterprises modernize IT, secure operations, and optimize cloud strategies.

TransLink Capital is a Palo Alto-based independent venture capital firm that provides seed-to-expansion stage investments in technology companies. Founded in 2007, the firm maintains offices across Asia and targets opportunities in the United States, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other regions including Europe and Israel. It backs early to growth-stage firms across sectors such as AgTech, Fintech, artificial intelligence, IoT, enterprise software and SaaS, mobility, digital health, retail tech, consumer platforms, robotics, and semiconductors. Typical investments span a few million dollars, reflecting a focus on companies poised to scale internationally and form strategic partnerships, particularly between the United States and Asia. By leveraging relationships with major Asian companies, TransLink Capital helps portfolio companies establish long-term partnerships and expand their footprint in Asia and beyond.

15th Rock Ventures is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm, founded in 2019, that concentrates on seed and early-stage investments in human augmentation and related information technology sectors. The firm backs startups working in robotics, electronics, AR/VR, brain-machine interfaces, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and other IT-enabled technologies, with a global reach across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. Its investment focus aims to support innovations that expand human capabilities and improve everyday life in the era of advanced lifespans.

French Partners is a venture capital firm and co-investment platform founded in 2016 and based in Geneva, Switzerland. It operates as a co-investment club for qualified investors to back and support companies led by French entrepreneurs internationally. The firm targets startups and growing SMEs with revenues up to several tens of millions of euros and aims to accelerate their international presence. It typically makes minority investments ranging from €1 million to €5 million, either on its own or with co-investors.

Internet Initiatives Development Fund is a Moscow-based venture capital firm and accelerator that supports early-stage technology startups in Russia. It provides financial and mentorship support to pre-seed through Series A companies, with investments typically ranging from several million to a few hundred million rubles, and has backed hundreds of startups. The organization runs an acceleration program across Russia and aims to attract investment and improve transparency and cooperation among entrepreneurs, investors, and state agencies. Its portfolio spans a broad range of tech sectors, including software, fintech, artificial intelligence, big data, cybersecurity, Internet of Things, education technology, healthtech, adtech, SaaS, and other internet-enabled industries.

Chernovetskyi Investment Group is a Kyiv-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that invests in startups across early to late stages. The firm focuses on internet, IT, cloud computing, mobile applications, data management and big data, electronic payment systems, and software, and seeks opportunities in innovative development and technologies. It emphasizes collaboration with current project owners rather than taking over ownership and supports projects through development at all stages.

Artesian Capital Management is an Australian-based alternative investment management firm with a global footprint. Founded in 2004, it began with credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies and later expanded into principal investments in seed and early-stage ventures. The firm operates from Sydney and Melbourne and has extended to international locations, launching early-stage venture funds including a China-focused vehicle and outlining plans for Southeast Asia. It partners with accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs to back high-potential ventures and manages funds across equity and debt investments, currently overseeing over AUD 255 million.

SAIF Partners is an Asian private equity firm founded in 2001 and based in Hong Kong, with local teams in Hong Kong, China and India. It provides growth capital to companies across Information Technology, Internet, Mobile, Consumer products and services, Healthcare, Cleantech, Education, Modern Agriculture, Financial Services and Manufacturing, pursuing minority and growth investments in early- to later-stage companies primarily in China and India. The firm manages over $4 billion in capital.

HR&ED-tech is an investment accelerator focused on supporting technology startups in the human resources and education technology sectors. This firm specializes in helping early-stage companies thrive, particularly in emerging markets such as India, Indonesia, the Middle East, and North Africa. By providing access to funding, expertise, and a robust network, HR&ED-tech aims to unlock the potential of startups in these fields. In 2023, the firm introduced Scalez, an advisory program designed to assist startups in securing funding and expanding their operations into new markets. Through these initiatives, HR&ED-tech plays a crucial role in fostering innovation and growth in the HR and EdTech industries.

QPDigital is a Kyiv-based venture capital firm founded in 2020 that focuses on technology startups in artificial intelligence, blockchain, gaming, fintech, digital healthcare, and information technology logistics. It supports portfolio companies by helping to optimize business models, expand client networks, strengthen the technical core, and connect with providers to raise growth capital.

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.

Runa Capital is a technology-focused venture capital firm founded in 2010, headquartered in Luxembourg with additional offices in Berlin, Palo Alto, and London. The firm concentrates on early-stage investments in software and deep-tech, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, open-source platforms, cloud infrastructure, fintech infrastructure, and enterprise software, with emphasis on SaaS and solutions for regulated industries. It manages multiple funds and aims to back revenue-generating companies, helping them scale globally through hands-on support and an expansive professional network. The team combines entrepreneurial experience from tech and software businesses, led by founders Ilya Zubarev, Serg Bell, and Dmitry Chikhachev, who have collaborated for many years. Runa Capital targets opportunities across North America and Europe, with activity in other regions, seeking to turn growth-stage companies into international champions through strategic guidance and global reach.

Brinc is a Hong Kong-based accelerator and early-stage venture firm that runs 15 multidisciplinary accelerator programs across seven countries. It accelerates startups in blockchain, artificial intelligence, connected hardware, robotics, climate tech, clean energy, food technology, and the Internet of Things, aiming to advance sustainable, inclusive innovation. Brinc also supports corporations with distributed innovation strategies, sourcing of new startups and technologies, and venture-building for Web3-enabled businesses. The company collaborates with a diverse network of global corporations, government bodies, universities, fast-growing companies, and investors to run programs and pilot joint initiatives, helping entrepreneurs access mentorship, pilots, and opportunities for subsequent funding through partnerships. Brinc positions itself as a bridge between startups and strategic partners to accelerate product development and market access.