Carao Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in San José, Costa Rica. It specializes in early-stage investments across Latin America, with emphasis on software, artificial intelligence and machine learning, biotech and healthtech, fintech, consumer products, e-commerce, and related technology-enabled sectors. The firm focuses on opportunities in smaller LatAm markets in Central America, the Northern Andean region, the Dominican Republic, and select other countries, aiming to back startups with high potential that may lack local funding resources. Carao combines early-stage VC practices with venture-building and accelerator-style support to help portfolio companies grow and access a broader investor network. The leadership is headed by Allan Boruchowicz.

Dale Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in San Jose, Costa Rica. It invests in companies across financial and business services, technology and media, real estate, and consumer and retail sectors, and it provides strategic and analytic resources to its portfolio companies.

Integer.pl Group is a leading private postal group in Europe that has rapidly expanded its InPost parcel locker network across numerous countries worldwide. Within three years, the company deployed its locker technology in Australia, Chile, Great Britain, Italy, Ireland, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Guatemala. The service has earned high customer satisfaction, reflected in a Net Promoter Score of 89% as of February 2019, and has received several industry awards, including the World Mail Awards 2013, Retail Innovation of the Year 2013, and Delivery Innovation Excellence UK 2014. Integer.pl Group continues to build a strong global footprint in the logistics sector through its innovative locker solutions.

NFX is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focusing on pre-seed and seed investments in technology startups. It positions itself as founder-centric, aiming to improve the early-stage experience through software-enabled processes and by applying growth techniques that leverage network effects. The firm describes its founders as entrepreneurs first and seeks to back the next generation of creators by aligning with their needs and the broader ecosystem. Its investment scope spans software, fintech, e-commerce, data products, marketplaces, and related tech sectors across regions, supported by multiple funds to back early-stage opportunities.

QED Investors is a venture capital firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, founded in 2007. It specializes in fintech and financial services, making direct investments across seed, early, and growth stages and pursuing opportunities in the United States, Latin America, the United Kingdom, and other regions. The firm combines capital with hands-on support and emphasizes data-driven insight, direct engagement with portfolio companies, and a culture of experimentation and learning to help high-growth fintech firms scale.

Founded in 1997, XT Venture Capital is a prominent investor in Israeli startups. With over two decades of experience, they have invested in over 80 companies across various technology sectors and stages, contributing to their growth and success.

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.

Dreamit Ventures is a Philadelphia-based venture capital firm and accelerator founded in 2008. It invests across seed to later stages in technology-driven sectors, including healthcare, cybersecurity, software, consumer and business products, and real estate tech. The company operates intensive programs that provide funding, mentorship, office space, and access to customers, partners, and potential investors through formats such as Customer Sprints and Investor Sprints. It typically offers seed funding up to $50,000 for a minority stake, and has supported hundreds of startups, including notable exits such as LevelUp (acquired by GrubHub) and SeatGeek. Dreamit also runs domain-specific initiatives like DreamIt Health, focusing on digital health, medical devices and health IT.

Maya Capital is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Founded in 2018, it concentrates on early-stage technology companies in Latin America, including Brazil, and seeks to support ventures that drive accessibility, transformation and efficiency across the region.

Pear is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Pejman Nozad and Mar Hershenson. It focuses on early-stage technology investments in North America, with an emphasis on pre-seed and seed rounds, across sectors including artificial intelligence, software as a service, enterprise technology, healthcare, biotechnology, fintech, climate technology, deep tech and consumer markets. Based in San Francisco, Pear provides capital and hands-on support to exceptional founders to help build scalable companies.

Jenson Funding Partners is a United Kingdom-based venture capital firm established in 2012 that provides early-stage and growth capital to technology startups. The firm concentrates on digital businesses, including B2B software, e-commerce and marketplaces, with activity across Fintech, EdTech, climate, Web3 and AI sectors and a preference for founders with strong domain expertise. It focuses on opportunities in the United Kingdom and seeks to support portfolio companies through multiple growth phases.

Endeavor is a nonprofit organization that supports high‑impact entrepreneurs through a global network spanning nearly 40 countries. It backs more than 2,000 entrepreneurs whose companies generate over $28 billion in combined revenues, employ more than 3.9 million people, and attracted more than $4 billion in capital in 2020. The organization offers an entrepreneur‑first model that connects founders with mentors, peers, and opportunities to scale and pay it forward. Its global ecosystem includes affiliates such as Endeavor Miami, which focuses on early‑stage technology firms and reflects the network’s regional and sectoral reach.

Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco, California-based venture capital firm that provides seed-stage and early-stage investments to technology startups. Founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma, the firm focuses on technology companies across software, telecommunications, media, and other TMT sectors, offering early funding and strategic guidance to its portfolio companies.

XFactor Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage investments, primarily pre-seed and seed rounds, in companies with billion-dollar market opportunities and at least one female founder. The firm backs startups across a wide range of sectors, including deep tech, B2B software, SaaS, digital health, fintech, consumer technology, direct-to-consumer brands, and e-commerce, with a national focus on the United States. It commonly seeks minority stake investments and emphasizes diversity and inclusion, supporting minority- and women-owned ventures. Through its portfolio, XFactor Ventures aims to back ambitious founders at the earliest stages, pairing capital with strategic guidance to accelerate growth and market impact.

Felicis Ventures is a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm that backs founders building iconic, boundary-transcending companies. It focuses on early-stage investments across software, information technology, consumer internet, AI, health, and security, and complements capital with active mentoring and advisory support. The firm pursues global opportunities, maintains a diverse portfolio, and has backed over 120 technology companies, with around 50 exits. It was founded by Aydin Senkut, a former Google executive, and emphasizes reinvention of core markets and frontier technologies.

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin, Germany-based venture capital firm with a global focus that invests across seed, early, and later-stage companies. It maintains a stage-agnostic approach, seeking innovative ideas with potential impact and feasibility in global markets.

Wollef Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Mexico City, Mexico. The firm invests in technology-focused startups across Latin America, with emphasis on digital, software, digital economy, software-as-a-service, internet of things, big data, fintech, and mobile sectors. It targets early-stage rounds, including pre-seed, seed, and Series A investments, and prioritizes opportunities in Spanish-speaking Latin America, with a strong presence in the Mexican market.

The Ark Fund is a venture capital firm based in Mexico City that invests in early-stage startups across fintech, consumer, health, education, and enterprise software. With a regional emphasis on Latin America, it provides networked capital and aims to support entrepreneurs through structured deal flow, investment training, and a collaborative community. The firm seeks to help startups validate their markets and reach initial customers, positioning them for subsequent funding rounds and growth across the region.

Epakon Capital Management is a venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 2020. The firm pursues early-stage, high-growth investments in category-defining businesses across fintech, web3, marketplaces and logistics, and software, with a focus on four verticals: B2B SaaS, transportation and logistics, consumer, and fintech.

Transform Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that specializes in late-stage technology investments. It backs high-growth, revenue-generating companies and operates with an impact-driven model, donating 50% of general partners' profits to causes chosen by Transform investors and founders.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

Unorthodox Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2017. It distinguishes itself by partnering with founders who demonstrate disruption and discipline, rather than relying on traditional financiers. The firm emphasizes operators who have actually run and grown companies, offering hands-on collaboration to support consumer products and services. Its approach reflects the background of its founder, Carey Smith, who bootstrapped Big Ass Fans to a $500 million sale, guiding portfolio companies with practical, operating experience. The emphasis is on practical growth and operational know‑how rather than purely financial engineering.

Cibersons is a venture capital and technology investment firm based in Asunción, Paraguay, with additional operations in San Francisco. Founded in 1987, the firm invests in startups and in other funds, supporting early and growth-stage technology companies. Its focus areas include artificial intelligence, robotics, space technology, fintech, and blockchain, reflecting an emphasis on cutting-edge sectors. The organization operates as a multinational investor seeking opportunities across markets, providing capital and strategic resources to portfolio companies.

Industry Ventures is a San Francisco-based investment firm that specializes in venture capital liquidity solutions and fund investments. Founded in 2000, the firm manages over eight billion dollars in assets and pursues a flexible, multi-strategy approach that includes secondary investments, primary commitments, and funds of funds in the private technology sector. It operates a global network with offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, and London to connect limited partners with venture capital opportunities and to support smaller venture funds and growth-stage investments. Industry Ventures’ platform emphasizes access to later-stage secondaries and technology growth equity, aiming to provide liquidity options and diversified exposure within the venture ecosystem.

Innogen Capital is a Latin America–focused venture capital firm that backs early-stage and growth technology companies across Central America, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia. It prioritizes proven business models and, where applicable, companies with a social impact mission, supporting growth through its network of professionals across diverse fields. Based in San Salvador, El Salvador, the firm aims to provide partners with expertise and exposure through strategic connections within the region.

Questa Capital is a United States-based venture growth equity firm founded in 2016 that concentrates on healthcare and technology. The firm targets healthcare sectors, including medical devices, healthcare services, health tech, and broader technology areas such as big data, SaaS, and AI. It invests across the United States and typically commits between $10 million and $40 million per company, reflecting a growth-oriented approach. Questa Capital seeks disruptive business models that improve patient care and efficiency, partnering with strong management teams to build market-leading companies. It operates as a registered investment adviser and aims to generate attractive returns for investors and management teams.

New Enterprise Associates is a U.S.-based venture capital firm founded in 1977 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It invests in technology and healthcare companies across stages and geographies, supporting startups from seed to growth. The firm operates globally with investments in the United States, Asia, and Brazil among others, and has a long track record of portfolio IPOs and acquisitions. It has over $19 billion in cumulative committed capital.

Greenspring Associates is a global fund of funds management and investment advisory firm based in Owings Mills, Maryland. Founded in 2000, it serves institutions and high-net-worth individuals worldwide by offering commingled funds and customized partnership structures, and by investing in venture capital fund managers as well as early- and growth-stage venture-backed companies and secondary opportunities. The firm manages a substantial amount of committed capital and leverages a broad network to support venture investing across regions including North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia. In 2021 Greenspring Associates was acquired by StepStone Group, aligning its venture-focused platform with StepStone’s global investment services.

Quadrille Capital is a Paris-based private equity and venture capital firm that makes global investments in technology and energy. Founded in 2001, it originated as Quilvest Ventures before spinning out in 2012, and maintains offices in Paris and San Francisco. The firm focuses on information technology, internet, healthcare, cleantech, and energy sectors, including oil services, exploration and production, midstream, power, and renewables. It supports both fund investments and direct portfolio opportunities, offering access to high-performing funds and selective portfolio companies, and pursues customized partnerships with corporate groups.

Katapult Group is an Oslo-based accelerator and venture firm founded in 2016 that invests in early-stage technology startups, with a focus on climate and ocean-related initiatives. The company operates Katapult Accelerator, a program that supports startups in environmental, societal, and exponential technologies, and Katapult Ocean, an ocean-focused venture initiative. Together, these platforms aim to steward capital and innovation toward sustainable development, aligning impact with technology and fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Founded in 2017 and based in Mendoza, Argentina, Embarca Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on pre-seed to seed-stage startups operating in the technology sector across Latin America.

Magma Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Santiago, Chile, with offices in California, Colombia, Mexico, and China. Founded in 2014, it backs Latin American entrepreneurs aiming to launch and scale in the US market and also supports global startups with Latin American tech teams targeting the US. The firm focuses on fintech, insurtech, blockchain, and marketplaces, with activity across information technology and software-as-a-service sectors. Magma Partners also manages the Sino-Latin American accelerator, a program that facilitates business between Chinese and Latin American startup ecosystems.

Crown Predator Holdings is a New York based family office investment firm that pursues capital allocations across early and growth stage companies as well as special situations and leveraged transactions. It leads and co-invests across industries, capital structures, and investment styles, leveraging a broad network to add value as a partner rather than merely an investor. The firm makes control, active minority, and passive minority investments and conducts add-on acquisitions where appropriate. While it maintains a diversified approach across sectors, healthcare and related fields are repeatedly noted as a focus. Crown Predator Holdings operates with a long-term, relationship-driven mindset typical of family office investment firms, prioritizing strategic alignment and value creation through active partnership.

Northstar Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, focusing on direct and fund of funds investments in technology‑driven startups and growth companies. It targets sectors including climate technology, healthy aging, digital media, data, entertainment services, telecommunications, healthcare, biotechnology, energy and related technologies, investing primarily in the United Kingdom with emphasis on the North East region (County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear). Typical direct investments range from £0.02 million to £0.75 million, with total commitments up to about £2 million, complemented by involvement in private equity funds, accelerators and incubators through fund of funds. The firm supports portfolio companies with resources such as a network of university partners, funders, non‑executive directors and talent to help generate talent, jobs and growth in the region. Founded in 2004, it operates from its Newcastle base.

Potential VC is the corporate venture arm of Potential Group, based in Lightwater, United Kingdom. It functions as an accelerator and venture capital firm that supports seed and early-stage technology startups in the United Kingdom and internationally. The organization provides mentoring, fundraising guidance, and direct financial support through its syndicates and accelerator programs. It typically invests between £10,000 and £90,000 in the United Kingdom and £100,000 to £500,000 elsewhere, with valuations generally between £200,000 and £2 million. Founded in 2015, Potential VC focuses on very early-stage technology ventures.

AngelList is a U.S.-based platform for startups, angel investors, and job seekers that enables fundraising, recruiting, and product discovery. It operates AngelList Venture, AngelList Talent, and Product Hunt, and has backed more than 20 unicorns. The platform supports millions of job seekers and has helped founders launch over 100,000 products. AngelList India offers a startup platform to fundraise, recruit, and launch in the Indian market.

Kindred Capital is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs early-stage and seed companies across Europe and Israel. It operates an equitable venture model in which every founder backed by the firm becomes a co-owner of the fund. The firm is sector-agnostic, with a focus on B2B, infrastructure and technology companies, and typically makes equity investments between 0.5 million and 2 million USD. Kindred Capital emphasizes aligning ambitions with portfolio companies and pursuing long-term partnerships built on shared ownership and mutual success.

SAATCHiNVEST is the corporate venture arm of the advertising group M&C Saatchi, located in London, United Kingdom. It makes seed and early-stage investments in technology startups, aiming to support early-stage companies with potential in digital and technology-enabled markets.

IU Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Indiana University, based in Bloomington, Indiana. It supports the university community by providing strategic investment and resources to pursue new venture opportunities, including assistance to students, faculty, staff, and alumni seeking to develop startups. The organization targets investments in business-to-business, healthcare, and technology sectors, aiming to connect aspiring ventures with university expertise and networks, and to foster entrepreneurship within the IU ecosystem.

TMCT Ventures is a venture capital firm located in California that focuses on investing in high‑growth companies across a range of industries. The firm seeks to provide capital and strategic support to early‑stage and expanding businesses, aiming to foster innovation and create long‑term value for its portfolio companies.

Robert W. Baird & Co. is an employee-owned financial services firm offering wealth management, capital markets, asset management and private equity capabilities. Founded in 1919 and headquartered in Milwaukee, it provides advisory and investment banking services, asset management and private equity solutions to individual, institutional and municipal clients, and operates through offices and affiliates in the United States, Europe and Asia, with a focus on growth-oriented lower- and middle-market companies.

Meritech Capital Partners is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, founded in 1999. It focuses on late-stage and growth-stage investments in technology companies, with emphasis on software, information technology, communications and networking, and TMT sectors in North America, primarily the United States. The firm provides substantial capital to enable scaling of established tech companies.

Octane Capital Management is a venture capital firm focused on investments in later-stage private and newly public technology companies. Based in Mountain View, California, the firm concentrates on funding technology companies at pivotal growth stages.

Clearstone Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1998 and based in Santa Monica, California, with offices in Santa Monica and Menlo Park. It focuses on early-stage technology investments, including fintech and payments, enterprise technologies, data-driven marketplaces, software and consumer technology, and related infrastructure such as security and data center technologies. The firm pursues early and growth-stage opportunities, often serving as lead investor and taking a board seat while investing roughly in the range of $1 million to $15 million per round and supporting portfolio companies through 18–24 months of working capital between rounds. It has backed notable technology companies in various sectors and has a diverse set of limited partners, including large state and university-affiliated investors.

Negocios Digitales is a venture capital firm based in Caracas, Venezuela, that funds technology-driven startups and supports the creation and growth of digital ventures across Venezuela and broader Latin America. The firm targets digital technology, telecom services, and online services, and often takes minority stakes with board representation to help portfolio companies scale. It combines strategic capital, industry knowledge, and financial resources to accelerate development of innovative digital solutions. Founded in 2000, its activity spans Venezuela, Spain, Canada and the United States, reflecting a regional focus on emerging technology opportunities and cross-border growth.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London and Bangalore. It funds early- and growth-stage technology companies across software, cloud, SaaS, consumer, enterprise IT and related sectors, and it supports portfolio companies as they scale internationally. With a global network and more than three decades of experience, Accel seeks to help entrepreneurs build world-class, category-defining businesses. Notable investments include Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Braintree, Cloudera and Qualtrics, among others. Accel operates multiple funds and programs to back companies at different stages, continuing a long track record of backing ambitious technology founders around the world.

Idealab is a Pasadena, California-based technology incubator and early-stage venture firm founded in 1996. It supports startups in information technology, energy, consumer products and services by providing incubation services, seed capital, and help in recruiting a CEO and founding team. The organization offers a broad set of resources to portfolio companies, including office space and related services, development and technology support, graphic design, marketing, competitive research, legal and accounting assistance, and business development guidance, as well as strategic branding and corporate-structure advice. Idealab also collaborates with other venture capital firms and strategic investors to maximize the growth and potential of its ventures.

Benchmark is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm, founded in 1995, that backs early-stage technology companies and collaborates closely with entrepreneurs to turn startups into transformational businesses. It focuses on seed to growth investments across mobile, marketplaces, social platforms, open source, infrastructure, and enterprise software, with activity in the United States and Europe. The firm adopts a hands-on approach, with partners taking board seats and providing strategic guidance, talent support, and operational help to portfolio companies. Benchmark’s track record includes numerous exits, reflecting an emphasis on building lasting technology leaders.