Silverton Partners is a Texas-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2006 and headquartered in Austin. It targets technology companies across the United States and offers more than capital through mentorship and strategic guidance drawn from its partners' operating backgrounds. The firm concentrates on seed and early-stage investments in software, cloud services, fintech, cybersecurity, and other technology-enabled sectors, supporting growth, subsequent funding rounds, and scale. With a focus on long-term partnerships, Silverton Partners works closely with entrepreneurs to build durable businesses using a practical, hands-on approach and extensive networks to help navigate market challenges and achieve milestones.

LiveOak Ventures is a Texas-based venture capital firm headquartered in Austin. Founded in 2012, it focuses on early-stage technology companies and tech-enabled services, with a primary concentration in Texas and opportunities across North America. The firm operates as a full lifecycle investor, often engaging at seed stage and guiding portfolio companies through growth. Its funds have backed software, information technology, and healthcare technology systems companies, with Fund I targeting software and TMT and writing checks typically around 6 to 8 million across 15 to 17 companies, Fund II focusing on Texas IT with 1 to 10 million investments, and Fund III pursuing healthcare technology systems and information technology in Texas, aiming to back about 25 to 30 companies.

Service Provider Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2014 and based in Golden, Colorado, with operations in Vail, Colorado. The firm co-invests in Seed and Series A rounds led by institutional venture funds and maintains six regional funds covering Rocky Mountain and View regions across Midwest, New England, Southeast, Texas, and the Pacific Northwest. It has a portfolio of more than 600 companies and a network of over 400 strategic investors, connecting portfolio companies to potential investors, customers, and partners. Service Provider Capital emphasizes timely support and accessibility, covering its own legal fees to expedite processes and offering investment terms that avoid restrictive rights. It operates as an independent entity not affiliated with its portfolio companies.

Mercury Fund is a Houston-based venture capital firm founded in 2005 that invests in early-stage technology companies, including software, fintech, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing. It emphasizes capital-efficient businesses and provides operational support through a collaborative approach to help founders achieve product growth and go-to-market success. The firm typically leads Seed and Series A rounds and pursues opportunities beyond Silicon Valley, focusing on the U.S. midcontinent and underserved regions.

Capital Factory is a Texas-based venture capital firm and accelerator founded in 2009, headquartered in Austin with activity in Dallas and Houston. It supports software and technology startups across seed, early, and growth stages by providing funding, mentorship, and access to an ecosystem that includes investors, employees, mentors, customers, and potential co-founders. The organization serves as a central hub for startups outside Silicon Valley, offering coworking space, events, and a statewide network that connects entrepreneurs with corporate partners and government initiatives to identify innovative opportunities and accelerate growth.

Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and based in Manchester, New Hampshire. It connects accredited individual investors with startup deals and co-invests alongside established venture capital firms across multiple stages, from seed to growth. The firm provides access to diversified portfolios through funds, syndicates, and investing clubs, supported by a large network of community members and individual investors. It invests across sectors and geographies, with a focus on transparency and due diligence in collaborative investments with leading firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, and Y Combinator. Alumni Ventures operates internationally with offices in New York, Boston, Menlo Park, Chicago, London, and Tokyo and has raised substantial capital to back founders with strategic capital and resources.

Revolution is a Washington, D.C.-based venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Steve Case that backs technology-enabled startups and growth-stage companies across the United States. The firm focuses on sectors such as consumer internet, media and entertainment, software and services, financial and health care, energy, and related information technology fields, often pursuing sizable investments and taking active roles in portfolio companies. Revolution operates through a family of funds and initiatives, including early-stage and growth vehicles, and emphasizes investing in startups outside traditional coastal hubs through programs like Rise of the Rest to spur regional innovation and scale. The firm supports entrepreneurs from inception through later stages, collaborating with regional ecosystem leaders and co-investors to help companies expand nationally.

Capital Midwest Fund is a venture capital firm based in Mequon, Wisconsin, focused on early-stage investments in the U.S. Midwest and Central United States. It backs companies across sectors such as life sciences, information technology, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, B2B services, consumer goods, media, transportation and health technology, seeking growth opportunities in the Midwest and nationwide. Since its founding in 2010, the firm has supported startups that aim to scale through technology-enabled products and services, with a preference for companies that leverage regional strengths in manufacturing, healthcare and software. Capital Midwest Fund emphasizes constructive, hands-on partnering to help portfolio companies achieve scale, profitability and competitive advantage.

McCombs Partners is the investment management division of McCombs Enterprises, based in San Antonio, Texas. Founded in 2005, it invests in startups and companies across the automotive, financial, logistics, medical, and sports sectors as part of McCombs Enterprises' portfolio-building activities.

Advantage Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in New Orleans, with offices across the United States. It specializes in equity and debt investments, including growth equity, senior debt, mezzanine debt, and subordinated loans, focusing on small businesses and underserved communities to drive local economic development. The firm targets companies at various growth stages in sectors such as manufacturing, technology, business services, energy, agriculture, and renewables, and also participates in rural and minority-led ventures. Its strategy combines debt and equity financing, often supporting ventures with capital needs from roughly half a million up to several million dollars, and it collaborates with state and federal programs to extend financing. Known for impact investing, Advantage Capital aims to create jobs and broad-based economic growth by investing in communities with limited access to traditional risk capital.

Serra Ventures is a venture capital investment firm based in Champaign, Illinois. It backs technology companies at early stages and beyond, with a focus on information technology, deep tech, instrumentation, devices, software-as-a-service, B2B software, and agricultural technologies. The firm primarily targets opportunities in the Midwest and West Coast, investing in companies across the United States and select international locations.

Next Coast Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in Austin, Texas. The firm focuses on early-stage technology companies, with emphasis on startups located outside traditional coastal markets. It invests in sectors including information technology, consumer products, enterprise software, healthcare, finance, cybersecurity, and e-commerce, primarily in Texas and other non-coastal states. Next Coast Ventures combines capital with hands-on support, offering a robust network of industry experts and a venture partner program to help portfolio companies accelerate growth and execution. The firm pursues data-driven sourcing and practical guidance to help entrepreneurs scale, identify market opportunities, and build lasting companies.

S3 Ventures is a Texas-based venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2007 and headquartered in Austin. It invests in seed through growth rounds, focusing on business technology, digital experiences, healthcare technology, software, and related sectors. The firm targets opportunities in the Southwestern United States, with an emphasis on Texas, and provides patient capital plus strategic resources to help entrepreneurs build high-impact companies. S3 Ventures has backed numerous startups across seed, Series A and beyond, aiming to support innovative solutions in technology, healthcare, and life sciences while helping teams scale responsibly.

Austin Ventures is a Texas-based venture capital and private equity firm that concentrates on early-stage and mid-market technology companies in the United States, with a strong emphasis on Texas opportunities. The firm targets enterprise information technology, software and SaaS, internet and digital media, and related services such as business services and system integration, as well as energy services, industrial and manufacturing sectors. It pursues growth and expansion investments and often leads or takes significant stakes, frequently seeking board representation on portfolio companies.

ATX Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, established in 2014. The firm focuses on seed and early-stage software investments, with emphasis on B2B software, APIs, cloud technologies, AI and machine learning, and related sectors such as supply chain tech, FinTech, InsurTech, and the future of work. It pursues opportunities across the United States, including targeted activity in Texas, and seeks companies developing disruptive applications, marketplaces, and frontier tech. The firm supports startups through early funding rounds and aims to back ventures with scalable technology platforms and practical business models in growing markets.

Corsa Ventures is an Austin-based early-stage information technology venture capital firm founded in 2011. It invests in United States–based startups operating in technology, software, social networks, information technology, cloud data services, and consumer sectors, with a focus on opportunities in Texas and the Southwest. The firm backs companies that leverage cloud, big data, mobile, and social technologies to disrupt established business models and revenue streams. The team brings deep operational experience and access to global networks to help portfolio companies grow from startup to scale across the United States.

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology companies, emphasizing capital-efficient startups across the United States and Canada. The firm targets pre-product-market-fit ventures and typically funds rounds in the tens of thousands to low hundreds of thousands of dollars, with round sizes commonly ranging from 50K to 500K. It employs a data-driven, rapid decision process and makes a high volume of investments annually, aiming to provide a firm yes or no within roughly two weeks. The team comprises seasoned founders who bring hands-on experience, and the firm operates like an operating company, delivering post-investment support and broad diversification across a large portfolio. Its activity spans multiple states beyond traditional hubs, reflecting a broad geographic reach and an emphasis on backing entrepreneurs overlooked by mainstream venture capital.

New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in Menlo Park, California, with a global investment reach. It provides capital and operational support to early, growth, and later-stage companies across a wide range of industries, including software, consumer technology, healthcare technology, life sciences, energy technology, infrastructure, and AI-enabled services. NEA collaborates with founders to address technical challenges, guide product development, and expand markets, leveraging its domain expertise to help portfolio companies scale from seed stages through IPO. The firm invests across the United States, Asia, and other regions, often supporting companies from early stages to scale, and has a long track record that includes numerous IPOs and acquisitions. NEA emphasizes a hands-on partnership approach and seeks opportunities across sectors that enable transformational businesses through technology and data-driven innovation.

Hyde Park Angels is a Chicago-based venture capital firm and angel investor group focused on seed and early-stage investments, primarily in the Midwest. It backs companies in technology, healthcare, business and financial services, consumer and industrial products, and supports ventures from seed through scaling. The organization employs a People First model that combines venture funding, a robust business network, and operating expertise to provide capital, strategic guidance, and hands-on support to portfolio companies. Founded in 2007, Hyde Park Angels leverages its members' experience to help founders execute, grow, and build enduring businesses, while stimulating local economic development through portfolio success.

Beverly Capital is a family office based in Evanston, Illinois, that allocates capital to healthcare companies in the central United States. It targets small growth-oriented companies in the lower middle market, typically with annual revenue in the range of $3 million to $100 million and EBITDA of $1 million to $8 million. The firm conducts direct investments and co-invests with other capital providers, drawing on the personal capital of its directors and advisors. Its focus spans various healthcare subsectors, including facility-based services, physician practice management, medical billing and collection, pharmaceutical services, specialty distribution, managed care services, niche medical products and equipment, and group purchasing organizations.

Chicago Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm focused on seed- and early-stage technology companies in Chicago and the Midwest. It backs technology-enabled products and services across sectors including software, digital health, healthtech, fintech, e-commerce, consumer web and mobile, and enterprise tools. Typical initial investments range from $0.25 million to $1 million per company, and the firm has deployed funds targeting Midwest and Illinois opportunities, with past funds aiming to back roughly 25 to 27 portfolio companies. Chicago Ventures traces its origins to the I2A Fund, reflecting a focus on catalyzing entrepreneurship in Illinois and the surrounding region.

Insight Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1995, focused on growth-stage software, internet, and data services companies. It partners with high-growth technology and software businesses to accelerate revenue growth and long-term value creation, offering capital, operational guidance, and an extensive network to support scale from product-market fit to IPO and beyond. The firm has a track record across sectors including Fintech, Cybersecurity, AI, DevOps, and Healthcare, and as of its latest disclosures manages over $75 billion in assets with a portfolio that spans hundreds of companies. Headquartered in New York City, Insight Partners maintains offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto.

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with additional offices in North America and Europe. It provides seed to growth-stage investments in technology companies, with emphasis on software, consumer and enterprise applications, fintech, crypto, health tech, and AI-enabled businesses. The firm supports portfolio companies with capital, strategic guidance, mentorship and operational assistance to help them scale and innovate across industries, including healthcare, fintech and consumer technology. General Catalyst manages multiple venture funds and pursues both early-stage and growth investments, often taking minority to majority equity positions. The firm has a global reach and a history of backing companies that become industry leaders, with ongoing focus on resilience and applied AI.

M25 is a Chicago-based venture capital firm focused on the Midwest, founded in 2015 by Victor Gutwein and Mike Asem. It invests in pre-seed and seed-stage technology startups headquartered in the Midwest and has backed a large portfolio across multiple cities and states in the region. The firm emphasizes an analytical approach and collaborative partnership with founders to support growth, aiming to be a key participant in the Midwest startup ecosystem across various technology sectors.

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs science and technology companies across multiple stages. It focuses on ambitious projects in aerospace, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, energy, health, software, and consumer Internet, among others. The firm has been an early backer of SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook and Airbnb, illustrating a track record of supporting transformative technologies. It pursues a founder-friendly approach that provides substantial support with minimal interference, helping portfolio companies scale while maintaining strategic flexibility.

Hyde Park Venture Partners is an Illinois-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies in the Midwest. Based in Chicago with an Indianapolis office, the firm concentrates on seed and Series A rounds for high-growth startups in software, SaaS, marketplaces, and technology-enabled services, with emphasis on B2B software and enterprise software, consumer marketplaces, and healthcare IT. Hyde Park Venture Partners engages actively with portfolio companies, assisting with product development, business strategy, and financing, and often assumes board or advisory roles to support growth and exits. The firm emphasizes founder partnerships and leverages its Midwest network to help portfolio companies scale across sectors such as AI-enabled services, logistics, fintech, and healthcare technology.

Citigroup is a global financial services company headquartered in New York that operates through two main segments, Global Consumer Banking and Institutional Clients Group. GCB serves retail customers with traditional banking, cards, and related services, while ICG provides wholesale banking, fixed income and equity trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivatives, research, corporate lending, investment banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services to corporate, institutional, public sector, and high-net-worth clients. The group maintains a broad, worldwide footprint across Asia, Europe, the Americas, and beyond and emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility. Citi Ventures serves as the corporate venture capital arm investing in fintech, data analytics, AI, and other technology sectors, while Citi Foundation supports inclusive growth and community initiatives that align with the firm’s broader goals.

Moonshots Capital is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2017. It focuses on seed and early-stage technology startups with moonshot potential, investing in areas such as dual-use technologies, fintech, consumer internet, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. The firm emphasizes a disciplined investment process to identify founders pursuing large, growing markets and products with the potential to redefine their sectors. Moonshots Capital operates as a registered investment adviser, aligning its practices with investor interests and maintaining a rigorous, research-driven approach to opportunity evaluation. The firm backs teams seeking ambitious, scalable solutions that can transform work and everyday life.

Sputnik ATX is an Austin, Texas-based accelerator and venture capital firm founded in 2017. It combines capital with training and mentorship to help early-stage startups, especially outside Silicon Valley, across sectors including aerospace, agriculture, biotechnology, consumer products, and clean technology. The accelerator runs two cohorts annually and provides investment ranging from about $100,000 per company, with follow-on funding available up to several hundred thousand dollars, typically via SAFE notes. It emphasizes a hands-on program with mentorship and access to a wide founder-friendly network, and it does not take board seats or charge fees. The firm prioritizes diverse founders and aims to turn strong ideas into scalable businesses through practical support and connections.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. The firm concentrates on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups and is stage-agnostic, investing across seed and Series A rounds. It seeks scalable companies with strong unit economics and potential to become market leaders, often co-investing with other global funds to broaden its impact. FJ Labs emphasizes rapid decision-making and leverages its broad network to support portfolio companies in fundraising and growth, helping startups scale across large markets and ecosystems.

HPS Investment Partners is a global investment firm that specializes in alternative credit and non-investment grade debt. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, it offers capital solutions to institutional investors, financial advisors, and other clients across the credit spectrum, including private credit, asset-based finance, and liquid credit. The firm manages a range of strategies, from syndicated leveraged loans and high-yield bonds to privately negotiated senior secured debt, mezzanine, asset-based lending, and related private equity, with a focus on rigorous risk management and long-term partnerships. With a global footprint, it maintains offices around the world to serve diverse industries and client needs.

Green Park & Golf Ventures is a Dallas-based venture capital firm founded by Clay Heighten, M.D., and Carl Soderstrom. Backed by decades of combined operational and financial experience, it seeks to back early-stage medical and healthcare startups with disruptive potential and large addressable markets. The firm provides strategic guidance and capital across sectors including medical devices, diagnostics, imaging, healthcare technology, therapeutics, biotechnology, consumer health, and related IT solutions, with a focus on opportunities in the North Texas region. Through a disciplined, partnership-driven approach and a strong professional network, Green Park & Golf Ventures helps portfolio companies accelerate growth and navigate complex healthcare ecosystems, leveraging prior ventures and industry know-how. The emphasis is on achieving above-market returns while advancing medical innovation and patient care.

Rev1 Ventures is an Ohio-based venture studio and early-stage investor that combines capital with strategic services to help startups scale and corporates innovate. Based in Columbus with a Midwest footprint, it builds and supports ventures across sectors such as enterprise software, data analytics, healthcare IT, life sciences, agtech, energy, fintech, and advanced manufacturing. The organization operates an ecosystem that goes beyond funding, offering guidance, connections, and innovation spaces like Rev1 Labs and Rev1 at The Peninsula, and collaborates with corporate, community, and public-sector partners to move ventures from prototyping through investment rounds. It targets a broad startup ecosystem in Ohio and the broader United States, leveraging a capital continuum from corporate and community partners as well as regional programs to accelerate growth.

Geekdom Fund is a San Antonio, Texas-based venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in technology startups, with a focus on software, including business software and SaaS, and exposure to pre-seed and seed rounds. The firm operates across the United States and Canada and provides hands-on support to portfolio companies, such as pitch assistance, talent referrals, and grant writing, reflecting an active, partner-led approach to helping its portfolio companies grow.

7wire Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that focuses on early-stage digital health, healthcare IT, and technology-enabled services in the United States. It uses an operator-led approach and leverages a network of strategic health systems, payers, and life science partners to support scalable growth and long-term value creation for portfolio companies. The firm provides funding and hands-on operating guidance to early and growth-stage startups, aiming to transform innovative ideas into world-class healthcare solutions.

OCA Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm established in 1999 that focuses on early-stage technology investments in the United States and Canada. It backs companies in software, fintech, digital health, consumer software, and enterprise software, with a preference for scalable technology-enabled businesses in information technology and related sectors. The firm seeks to partner with startups in the United States and Canada, supporting growth in sectors such as software, digital health, fintech, and business services through early-stage funding.

Greycroft is a venture capital firm focused on technology startups and investments in the internet and mobile markets. With offices in New York and Los Angeles, it leverages a broad network in media and technology to help entrepreneurs gain visibility, build strategic relationships, bring products to market, and grow successful businesses. The firm has managed over $1 billion in assets and has made more than 200 investments across consumer internet, fintech, software, and related tech sectors, supporting both early and later-stage companies as they scale. Greycroft also pursues inclusive investment practices, including a diversity-focused term sheet rider.

Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma. It provides seed- and early-stage capital to technology startups, occasionally supporting later rounds such as Series B, and often invests alongside co-investors. The firm emphasizes strategic introductions and hands-on guidance to help portfolio companies scale, with a focus on software, TMT, and other technology sectors. By partnering with founders and other investors, Liquid 2 Ventures aims to align capital with long-term company growth.

Elevate Ventures is a nonprofit organization that supports Indiana-based startups and growing companies with high growth potential. Through rigorous business analysis and advisory services, it helps identify market needs and guide ventures from research to product development to market. Beyond capital, Elevate Ventures partners with entrepreneurs, investors, and state and local organizations to address barriers such as management, business development, talent recruitment and retention, and technology development, aiming to sustain long-term growth. The organization emphasizes unbiased, in-depth assessments and long-term resources to improve financial viability and return on investment while contributing to local job creation and economic development in Indiana.

8VC is a San Francisco-based technology and life sciences investment firm that partners with founders to develop transformative technologies and create long-term economic and societal value. The firm pursues investments across sectors including healthcare, energy, consumer goods, financial services, information technology, manufacturing, enterprise software, logistics, and cybersecurity, and across stages from seed to later rounds. It emphasizes long-term partnerships and supports portfolio companies through programs such as fellowships and community-building efforts that foster collaboration and growth. 8VC seeks to back companies leveraging breakthrough technologies to address critical challenges and drive innovation, aiming to generate durable value for founders and stakeholders.

TechNexus Venture Collaborative is a Chicago-based venture platform founded in 2007 that connects leading corporations with promising early-stage companies to co-create new business models, revenue streams, products, and scalable market access. It combines capital investment, incubation, and collaboration to accelerate opportunities and foster innovation across sectors including artificial intelligence, clean tech, mobility, and consumer electronics. Through co-investment, venture incubation, and strategic partnerships, TechNexus supports a broad portfolio of startups and provides startups and corporate partners with access to capital, expertise, and market networks. The platform also operates specialized entities such as SecondWave for venture turnarounds and ForgeX for deep tech commercialization, underscoring a long-term commitment to fostering innovation through physical collaboration and ecosystem-building. TechNexus is among the more active participants in the venture ecosystem, enabling corporates to access strategic partnerships while helping entrepreneurs scale.

Innova Memphis is a Tennessee-based venture capital firm founded in 2007 with roots in the Memphis Bioworks Foundation. It focuses on pre-seed, seed, and early-stage investments in high-growth biosciences, technology, and agri-tech companies in Tennessee. The firm supports startups from concept to market by providing capital, strategic guidance, and access to industry networks, including connections with established corporations for licensing, buy-outs, or further investments. By combining experienced management, market expertise, and venture capital, Innova Memphis aims to accelerate product development and create viable business units capable of standing independently and collaborating with mature market leaders when appropriate.

EnCap Investments is a Houston-based private equity firm that focuses on energy, including upstream and midstream oil and gas, natural gas pipelines, gathering, processing, storage, and related infrastructure. It provides growth capital for reserve acquisitions and drilling projects and pursues opportunities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with a Dallas-area emphasis. Founded in 1988, EnCap supports independent energy companies through long-term partnerships, drawing on expertise in finance, operations, and strategic development while incorporating ESG considerations and the energy transition into its investment approach.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm founded in 2000 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi and Herzliya Pituach. The firm backs entrepreneurs across the United States, Asia and Israel, from seed through growth stages, in sectors including enterprise software, consumer technology, fintech, cleantech and related information technologies. It provides capital through equity and debt financing and sometimes incubation support to help startups scale. With a diversified, cross-border approach, Lightspeed supports companies from early ideas to expansion, partnering with management teams to address large markets and accelerate product development, go-to-market strategies and operational execution.

Biosciences Research and Commercialization Center is the university-backed investment center at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, established in 2003 by the Michigan Legislature. It focuses on startup and gap funding for Michigan-based life sciences and medical device ventures during commercialization, prioritizing companies with a substantial presence in Michigan and a link to Southwest Michigan. The center aims to accelerate the translation of research into commercial products by supporting entrepreneurs and scientists through funding and collaboration with university technology transfer offices and corporate partners. Typical investment ranges from twenty-five thousand to two hundred fifty thousand dollars per deal, reflecting its early-stage support for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and diagnostics. The center leverages Kalamazoo's life sciences ecosystem and regional expertise to foster venture activity and commercialization in the state's life sciences sector.

Texas HALO Fund is a Houston-based venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage investments across multiple industries and geographies. It backs startups with strong management teams and meaningful growth prospects, with a historical emphasis on healthcare and information technology sectors and a multi-fund approach aimed at diversified portfolios.

Jump Capital is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that concentrates on early-stage investments across financial services, fintech, software, infrastructure, and related technology sectors in the United States. The firm pursues a founder-focused, low-ego partnership approach and backs startups in areas such as healthcare, information technology, the Internet of Things, e-commerce, marketing technology, artificial intelligence, big data, cybersecurity, gaming, and other tech-enabled markets.

CincyTech is a Cincinnati-based venture capital firm that specializes in seed-stage investments in healthcare, life sciences and technology companies, primarily in Southwest Ohio and the Midwest. It helps identify and transform innovation into venture-worthy opportunities by providing advice and capital to entrepreneurs, helping research institutions commercialize technology through startups, and catalyzing investment from individuals and institutions into regional companies. Founded in 2007, CincyTech is supported by Ohio Third Frontier and numerous foundations, corporations, municipalities and individuals, with founding partners including Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the University of Cincinnati, and the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber.

Threshold Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, that backs early-stage technology companies across sectors including software, consumer platforms, fintech, and healthcare. The firm provides capital at seed and Series A stages and supports portfolio companies with strategic guidance, operational input, and access to a broad industry network. It pursues hands-on, active partnerships, helping founders with product development, market positioning, hiring, and go-to-market planning to address evolving market needs and enable scalable growth.

Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 and headquartered in Menlo Park. It provides capital and strategic guidance to technology companies across stages, investing in sectors including artificial intelligence, digital health, sustainability, climate tech, and consumer technology. The firm seeks startups with innovative technologies or business models and offers hands-on support to help build enduring companies. It manages multiple funds and runs initiatives such as Khosla Impact, which supports high-impact for-profit ventures addressing the needs of low-income populations and emerging markets. Through funding and guidance, it backs transformative technologies and scalable businesses in the United States and globally.