Silverton Partners is a Texas-based venture capital firm founded in 2006 that focuses on early-stage technology investments in the United States. Based in Austin, the firm provides capital and mentorship to startups, emphasizing long-term partnerships and practical guidance to help portfolio companies scale. It aims to support entrepreneurs with strategic input, operational expertise, and value creation across sectors such as software, fintech, cybersecurity, supply chain, and cloud services, helping them navigate growth and future funding rounds.

LiveOak Venture Partners is a Texas-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology and tech-enabled services, with operations in Austin and investments across Texas and North America. It acts as a full lifecycle investor, often engaging with portfolio companies from seed stage and supporting them through growth. The firm prioritizes software, information technology, and healthcare technology systems, building a diversified portfolio of technology companies through active collaboration with management to scale product development, go-to-market strategy, and operations.

Service Provider Capital is a Colorado-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that co-invests in seed and Series A rounds led by institutional venture funds. It operates six regional funds across the Rocky Mountain, Midwest, New England, Southeast, Texas, and Pacific Northwest regions and supports more than 600 portfolio companies with a network of more than 400 strategic investors, providing access to its LP and CEO networks, and facilitating connections with venture funds, strategic partners, potential customers, and key hires. Each regional fund is managed by dedicated partners to deliver timely, hands-on support for portfolio companies. The firm maintains a presence in Colorado with operations in Vail and Golden.

Mercury Fund is a Houston-headquartered venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage investments in technology companies in the U.S. Midcontinent, with a presence in Ann Arbor to access Middle America markets. The firm targets Seed and Series A rounds and invests across software and technology-enabled sectors including fintech, retail, logistics, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and defense. It employs an operationally focused approach, providing portfolio companies with repeatable systems, processes, and resources to accelerate product development, go-to-market strategies, and capital formation. Mercury Fund also backs disruptive AI and blockchain startups outside Silicon Valley, particularly in Texas and the Central U.S., and partners with both first-time and seasoned founders to leverage networks and resources for growth.

Capital Factory is a venture capital firm and accelerator based in Austin, Texas, with operations in Texas cities including Austin, Dallas, and Houston. It invests in software, media, and technology startups across seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage rounds and runs programs to accelerate growth by connecting entrepreneurs with investors, employees, mentors, and potential customers. Founded in 2009, Capital Factory positions itself as a central hub for startups outside Silicon Valley, supporting a large community of companies and fostering collaboration among startups, investors, and corporate partners.

Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices in New York, Boston, Menlo Park, Chicago, London, and Tokyo. It enables accredited investors, especially alumni networks, to access diversified venture opportunities by co-investing alongside leading venture capital firms. Through funds, syndicates, and investing clubs, it sources opportunities across stages and geographies, conducts rigorous due diligence, and aims for transparent, founder-friendly support. The firm backs a diversified portfolio of startups, including more than 1,600 companies, and has attracted substantial committed capital and a large community of individual investors, underscoring its mission to democratize access to venture capital while partnering with established VC firms.

Revolution is a Washington, D.C.-based venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Steve Case. It specializes in early- and growth-stage investments across technology-enabled sectors including software and services, consumer internet, media and entertainment, health, financial services, energy, and education, with a track record of backing entrepreneurs who build companies outside traditional coastal hubs. The firm emphasizes investing in underserved or emerging startup communities through its Rise of the Rest initiative, which spotlights regional ecosystems and funds seed- and early-stage companies outside New York, Silicon Valley, and Boston. Revolution operates multiple funds focused on entrepreneurs nationwide and seeks to partner with top-tier investors, often taking leading roles and board seats to help portfolio companies scale.

Capital Midwest Fund is a Mequon, Wisconsin-based venture capital firm that provides funding to Midwest-based companies across life sciences, information technology, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, consumer goods and business services. The firm concentrates on early-stage and revenue-stage investments in technology-enabled companies, including B2B software, health tech, industrials and other technology-driven sectors in the Central United States. It supports management teams with an understanding of current technology trends and demonstrated traction to drive growth and scale within the Midwest and Wisconsin.

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.

Serra Ventures is a Champaign, Illinois-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies across the United States, with a focus on AgTech, Fintech, and other disruptive technologies. The firm targets investments in information technology, deep tech, instrumentation, software-as-a-service, and device sectors, and maintains a presence in Chicago, San Diego, and Park City alongside its headquarters. Serra Ventures supports startups across the Midwest and West Coast, including companies leveraging artificial intelligence, robotics, and sustainable technologies, and has funded more than 100 startups. The firm emphasizes long-term growth and strategic support to portfolio companies, aiming to help them scale from early stages toward commercial success.

Next Coast Ventures is a Texas-based venture capital firm that partners with bold entrepreneurs building technology companies in growth markets. The firm focuses on early-stage investments and applies a thematic framework to identify opportunities with outsized potential. It provides more than capital, offering hands-on company-building resources, access to an extensive network of operators, and playbooks drawn from the founders’ own experiences. This operational support is designed to accelerate product development, market entry, and scaling for portfolio companies. By combining entrepreneurial insight with structured, theme-driven investing, Next Coast Ventures seeks to help founders navigate the make-or-break early stages and build durable, high-growth businesses. The firm emphasizes practical guidance and a collaborative ecosystem to fuel portfolio company success.

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 founded in 1979 that backs early-stage and mid-market technology companies. Based in Austin, the firm focuses on United States opportunities with an emphasis on Texas, investing across stages from seed to growth and later rounds. Its portfolio interests span software, enterprise information technology, internet and digital media, business services, and related technology-enabled sectors, aiming to support portfolio companies through significant growth and development.

ATX Venture Partners is an Austin-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that focuses on early-stage software investments across North America. It backs disruptive B2B software, APIs, marketplaces, frontier tech, and related applications, with interest in sectors such as AI, IoT, FinTech, and SaaS, typically in seed to Series A rounds. The firm often leads or co-leads first institutional rounds and invests from about $250,000 to $5 million in post-revenue companies, leveraging its network and value-add resources to accelerate growth. It operates across the United States and Canada, supporting portfolio companies with deep industry knowledge and a people-centric approach to scale in growing venture ecosystems, particularly in Austin and other major markets.

Corsa Ventures is an Austin, Texas-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in United States technology, software, cloud data services, social networks, information technology, and consumer startups. Focused on Texas and the Southwest, it backs companies leveraging cloud, big data, mobile, and social technologies to disrupt established business models. The firm provides not only capital but also execution expertise drawn from leadership with extensive operational and entrepreneurial experience, helping portfolio companies scale from startup to growth stage. Its investments span technology and consumer sectors, with notable exits to large technology firms.

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that targets early-stage, capital-efficient technology startups in the United States and Canada. The firm employs a data-driven, quantitative approach to investment decisions and aims for rapid yes-or-no conclusions, often within two weeks. Typical rounds encompass small checks in the low hundreds of thousands, with the potential for larger commitments in exceptional cases, and a portfolio-wide strategy that emphasizes diversification. Beyond capital, it provides hands-on mentorship in areas such as sales, marketing, and fundraising, leveraging a network of investors and seasoned operators to support portfolio companies after investment. The firm focuses on teams still refining product-market fit, including those outside traditional tech hubs, and seeks to help founders scale efficiently through structured operational support and transparent decision processes.

New Enterprise Associates is a United States-based venture capital firm founded in 1977 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It invests in technology and healthcare companies across multiple stages, from seed to growth and IPO, and provides strategic support in product development and market expansion. The firm targets sectors including software, AI, consumer technology, digital health, life sciences, and energy technology, and pursues opportunities worldwide. NEA emphasizes long-term partnerships with founders, drawing on domain expertise and a broad network to help portfolio companies scale. It maintains a diverse portfolio across the United States, Asia and other regions, reflecting a global approach to venture investing.

Hyde Park Angels is a Chicago-based angel investor group and venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage opportunities. Founded in 2007, it leverages a People First approach combining capital, an extensive business network, and operating expertise to support early growth. The group primarily backs technology, healthcare, business and financial services, consumer and industrial products companies, with a preference for Midwest-based ventures. Hyde Park Angels provides financial investment and strategic guidance to its portfolio companies from seed through scaling stages, aiming to accelerate growth, operational excellence, and market traction.

Chicago Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois. It partners with founders to invest in seed and early-stage technology companies and serves as an active, board-seat holding partner to help build enduring businesses across the Midwest and beyond. The firm backs a broad range of sectors including supply chain, logistics and warehousing, healthcare, fintech, enterprise tools, consumer media and education, data management, proptech, mobility, and other technology-enabled products and services. Typical initial investments range from approximately $250,000 to $1 million, with the aim of supporting companies as they scale. Its portfolio includes AeroPay, G2, Project44, SpotHero, and Sunbit, among others. Chicago Ventures emphasizes founder advocacy, disciplined capital, and hands-on involvement to create value in undercapitalized markets, seeking to back teams with differentiated value propositions and potential for growth in the Chicago region and the broader Midwest.

Beverly Capital is a family office pursuing a long-term, multi-asset investment approach. It allocates capital across private companies, real estate, private equity, and public equities, emphasizing direct investments and fund of funds participation. The group targets growth-oriented healthcare and business services opportunities, including niche medical products and services, and supports management-led buyouts and strategic recapitalizations. It invests in small to mid-sized companies with revenue typically in the low to mid tens of millions and seeks EBITDA in the low single digits to moderate multiples. In addition to direct investments, Beverly Capital co-invests with partner firms and serves as a primary investor in real estate portfolios through affiliated ventures. The family office also engages in philanthropy, backing community organizations through a family foundation established to benefit youth and underserved populations. The firm operates as a private family office focused on delivering long-term value for its investors and communities.

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that funds early-stage and growth companies across sectors including consumer, enterprise software, fintech, crypto, and healthcare. Based in San Francisco with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and other locations, it provides capital and strategic guidance to help entrepreneurs build scalable, durable businesses. The firm emphasizes the use of technology, including artificial intelligence, to accelerate growth and drive meaningful impact. General Catalyst partners with management teams to support product development, go-to-market strategies, and organizational growth, aiming to back companies with potential for wide adoption and long-term value creation, rather than focusing solely on near-term exits.

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.

Hyde Park Venture Partners is a Chicago- and Indianapolis-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on seed and Series A technology startups in the Midwest. The firm backs high-growth software, AI, and tech-enabled services companies, prioritizing strong founding teams and potential for rapid scale. It supports portfolio companies with hands-on mentorship across product development, go-to-market strategy, fundraising, and leadership development, leveraging a broad network of talent and partnerships to drive value creation. Hyde Park Venture Partners typically invests from idea stage through early revenue and participates in first or second institutional rounds to bridge seed capital to growth. The partners maintain a regional focus while evaluating opportunities beyond the Midwest when relevant and have a track record of notable portfolio companies such as ShipBob and G2.

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in science and technology companies across all stages, with a focus on transformational technologies and long-term impact. It backs startups addressing difficult problems in sectors such as aerospace, artificial intelligence, energy, information technology, software, advanced manufacturing and defense-related tech, and it emphasizes a founder-friendly approach that provides support with minimal interference. The firm has backed prominent companies including SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook and Airbnb, reflecting a history of early backing for high-growth ventures. Founders Fund seeks global opportunities and partners with entrepreneurs to navigate rapid technological change, from seed to growth investments.

M25 is a Chicago-based venture capital firm focused on the Midwest. Founded in 2015 and led by Victor Gutwein and Mike Asem, the firm backs early-stage technology startups across the region. It has invested in more than 90 startups across multiple cities and states, employing an analytical, collaborative approach to portfolio building. By supporting founders across diverse industries, M25 aims to be a central node in the Midwest startup ecosystem.

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.

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.

Gaingels is a venture capital organization focused on supporting LGBTQ+ founders and leaders and their allies. It invests across stages and industries, building a global portfolio of 130+ companies and deploying around $70 million in capital. Beyond funding, Gaingels helps portfolio companies recruit diverse C-suite and board talent and fosters a global community of investors, operators, and entrepreneurs working toward inclusive leadership and positive social change through business.

Green Park & Golf Ventures is a Dallas-based venture capital firm with more than five decades of combined operational and financial experience, led by Clay Heighten, M.D., and Carl Soderstrom. It focuses on early-stage healthcare and medical technology startups, offering strategic guidance and capital to portfolio companies. Drawing on a network built from prior healthcare ventures such as MedicalEdge Healthcare Group and PhyServe Physician Services, the firm supports growth through strategic resources and industry connections. It typically makes early investments in opportunities with innovative potential, with check sizes roughly from $0.1 million to $2 million, and pursues opportunities in North Texas and broader U.S. markets.

Rev1 Ventures is an Ohio-based venture studio and venture capital firm headquartered in Columbus that accelerates startups by combining capital with strategic guidance, connections, and access to physical innovation spaces such as Rev1 Labs and Rev1 at The Peninsula. Operating across the Midwest, it partners with corporate, community, and public-sector organizations to support ventures from prototyping through investment, helping companies in software, data analytics, digital health, fintech, insurtech, agritech, and advanced manufacturing scale and reach markets. The firm maintains a broad ecosystem and a capital continuum, leveraging collaborations with research partners and hospitals on healthcare spinouts and other innovation-driven opportunities.

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.

Geekdom Fund is a San Antonio-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups, with a focus on software and SaaS. Founded in 2014, it pursues a hands-on approach, regularly engaging portfolio companies to support fundraising, talent placement, and grant writing, and leveraging its network to assist companies in scaling. The firm operates within the Geekdom community and invests in companies across the United States and Canada.

8VC is a technology and life sciences investment firm that partners with founders to develop transformational technologies and build long-term value. Headquartered in San Francisco, the firm pursues industry-wide impact by backing companies across sectors such as healthcare, AI, cybersecurity, enterprise software, manufacturing, logistics, and energy, spanning seed to later-stage rounds. It emphasizes long-term partnerships and aims to enable industry transformation by supporting platforms and innovations that can replace legacy infrastructure. The firm also supports programs and communities that foster entrepreneurship and positive-sum value creation. Through its investments, 8VC seeks to advance breakthroughs that address critical challenges in life sciences and healthcare, while pursuing responsible growth and societal benefit.

7wire Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage digital health, healthcare IT, mobile and technology-enabled services. It partners with founders through an operator-led approach, leveraging deep industry experience and a network of health systems, payers, and life sciences collaborators to support scalable growth and long-term value creation. The firm provides funding along with hands-on operating guidance to help companies solve problems in healthcare and empower informed, connected health consumers. Its mission centers on disrupting the status quo by backing ventures that use digital technologies to improve outcomes, address critical challenges, and increase efficiency, and it has launched a growth fund to support continued industry impact.

OCA Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm, founded in 1999, that makes early-stage equity investments in technology companies across the United States and Canada, focusing on software, fintech, digital health, consumer software, and enterprise software, with emphasis on information technology and other scalable tech-enabled businesses.

Greycroft is a venture capital firm that backs technology startups, focusing on 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 scale successful businesses. Since its inception it has completed more than 200 investments in companies such as Acorns, Venmo, Scopely, Huffington Post, Thrive Market, and Shipt, among others.

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 not-for-profit venture development organization based in Indiana that nurtures emerging and existing high-potential businesses into high-performing, Indiana-based companies. It conducts rigorous business analysis and provides robust advisory services to connect ventures with resources needed for long-term success. The organization targets opportunities that identify market needs and can progress from research to product development to market deployment. By supporting high-performing Indiana-based companies, Elevate Ventures aims to strengthen local economies, create jobs, and attract talent to the Hoosier state. Rigorous due diligence helps assess long-term financial viability, while advisory services extend beyond capital to include mentorship and strategic partnerships with entrepreneurs, investors, and government entities to maximize return on investment. Elevate Ventures also addresses barriers such as management, business development, talent identification and retention, and technology development challenges, offering ongoing support to sustain growth. With experienced staff and external partners, it provides objective, in-depth guidance to help portfolio companies succeed over time.

UPMC is a nonprofit health system and insurer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a broad network of hospitals, outpatient centers, and physician practices serving communities in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, and internationally. It delivers patient-centered care across primary, specialty, transplant, cardiology, neuroscience, rehabilitation, and mental health services, and emphasizes research, clinical innovation, and community benefit. In addition to its care delivery, UPMC operates UPMC Health Plan, a health insurance member network, and UPMC Enterprises, the corporate venture and innovation arm that funds and supports translational sciences and digital health initiatives to bring new diagnostics, therapies, and care models to patients. The organization leverages clinical expertise and payer insights to develop solutions that improve access, quality, and affordability of care across its integrated health system.

TechNexus Venture Collaborative is a Chicago-based organization founded in 2007 that unites corporations and ambitious startups to create new business models, revenue streams, products, and scalable market access through capital, incubation, and collaborative venture activities. It facilitates corporate venture strategy, spinouts, and strategic partnerships via co-investment and incubation while operating specialized entities such as SecondWave for venture turnarounds and ForgeX for deep tech commercialization, as well as a coworking program under TeamWorking. With a portfolio of more than 150 companies that have attracted over $4 billion in follow-on capital, TechNexus fosters innovation across diverse sectors including AI, clean tech, and mobility, serving as a bridge between corporations, startups, and investors to accelerate growth and market access.

Innova Memphis is a Tennessee-based venture capital firm founded in 2007 by the Memphis Bioworks Foundation. It focuses on pre-seed, seed and early-stage investments in biosciences, technology, and agri-tech companies located in Tennessee. The firm provides capital and support to help startups develop and scale, including assistance in connecting with potential licensees, strategic partners, and opportunities for follow-on investments or acquisitions. By backing innovative ventures with strong technical capabilities, Innova Memphis aims to accelerate product development, market entry, and economic growth within the state.

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.

Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 that provides capital and strategic support to technology-driven startups across early- to late-stage cycles. It pursues opportunities in AI, digital health, healthcare technologies, sustainability, fintech, consumer and enterprise technology, and other frontier areas, focusing on innovative business models and world-class teams. The firm emphasizes a contrarian, long-term approach and seeks to help entrepreneurs address meaningful societal and economic challenges through science, technology, and design.

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.

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.

Ascension is a large, non-profit Catholic health system delivering compassionate, personalized care to diverse communities across multiple states in the United States. As one of the nation's largest Catholic and nonprofit health systems, it operates an extensive network of hospitals and affiliated providers, offering a broad range of services including primary, acute, and specialty care, along with community-benefit programs, patient portals, and support services. The system emphasizes access to care for the poor and vulnerable, price transparency, and patient-centered initiatives such as language services and programs to support families, patients, and communities. Through physician practice management, biomedical engineering, and information services, Ascension aims to provide safe and reliable healthcare, while maintaining a commitment to community benefit and charitable activities.

Dundee Venture Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Omaha with additional offices in Chicago, Boulder and Minneapolis. Founded in 2010 by Mark Hasebroock and colleagues, it focuses on commerce enablement, supply chain technology, fintech and related tech, typically backing seed and post-seed rounds across the United States. The firm commonly invests in the low hundreds of thousands to around a million dollars in initial rounds, with follow-on capital as needed, and often takes leadership or board observer roles in its portfolio. It emphasizes B2B SaaS, consumer networks, Internet services, eCommerce and digital healthcare, while avoiding sectors requiring government approval. The portfolio includes Gather AI and Vertical Insure, and the firm reports roughly $90 million in assets under management, reflecting a 12-year track record.

Jump Capital is a founder-focused, early-stage venture firm based in Chicago that backs fintech, application software, and infrastructure software companies. Founded in 2012, it emphasizes hands-on partnership, helping founders navigate strategic opportunities, hiring, and operational scaling, and provides support through an operating team and programs such as Jump Insights & Events and Portfolio Growth. The firm seeks to add value beyond capital with deep financial services expertise and a practical, growth-oriented approach to turning ambitious visions into scalable businesses.

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital platform founded by Rocket Internet that invests in early-stage technology companies worldwide. It operates as a globally oriented, stage-agnostic investor, partnering with exceptional founders across sectors and providing support from the initial growth phase through scale. The firm targets high-potential, rapidly expanding ventures and emphasizes impact and feasibility in evaluating opportunities. It is led by investment partners Cedric Asselman, David Sainteff, and Fabricio Pettena.

CincyTech is a Cincinnati-based venture capital firm focused on seed- and early-stage investments in healthcare, technology, life sciences and information technology, primarily in Southwest Ohio. It partners with founders to turn ideas into scalable companies by providing capital and strategic guidance, and works with research institutions to commercialize technologies and attract regional and national investment. The firm is known for supporting active seed activity in the Midwest and for collaborating with universities, hospitals and local organizations to build a regional portfolio of high-growth companies.