IFU is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark, that specializes in providing equity, mezzanine financing, loans, and guarantees to projects in developing countries. Established in 1967, IFU focuses on creating and financing new businesses, joint ventures between Danish companies and local partners, and acquiring existing ventures. The firm primarily invests in sectors such as commercial services, biofuels, renewable energy, and irrigation systems, with a particular emphasis on climate and agribusiness. Investments are targeted at countries with a low gross national income per capita, as defined by specific criteria, and include regions across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. IFU typically invests between DKK 0.5 million and DKK 100 million and often seeks co-investment opportunities with Danish firms. The firm also supports small and medium-sized enterprises and provides advisory services for business investments in developing markets. With a preference for board membership, IFU aims to exit investments within five to seven years, ensuring a positive return for its stakeholders.

Sol Global Investments is a Canada-based investment firm pursuing growth-oriented, thematic investments and strategic partnerships across growth industries. It emphasizes capitalizing on opportunities that disrupt traditional markets through a private-equity style approach and aims to support companies from early stages to expansion, with a focus on cannabis-related opportunities and other high-growth sectors on an international scale.

Blue Equity is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2004 and based in Louisville, Kentucky, with additional offices in New York and Mexico City. It invests across a broad range of industries, including oil and gas, media, talent representation, sports and entertainment, beverage brands and retailing, e-commerce, hospitality, logistics and distribution, real estate, and related sectors such as wine and spirits distillation and global communications. Blue Equity partners with existing management teams to stabilize, strengthen and expand operations, applying growth capital and strategic expertise to create value. The firm pursues a broad set of strategies, including growth capital investments, buyouts, turnarounds, industry consolidation and add-on acquisitions, and typically seeks operating control or significant influence in many investments. It engages with companies across stages from idea or seed opportunities to mature enterprises.

Oasis500 is a venture capital firm and accelerator based in Amman, Jordan, that supports early‑stage startups across multiple sectors, including technology, education, health, fintech, agtech, consumer solutions, and more. It identifies aspiring entrepreneurs, provides initial investment, and accelerates selected ventures for about 180 days through an intensive program that emphasizes growth, capability building, and access to a network of mentors. Startups in Oasis500’s program benefit from mentorship and connections to investors to facilitate follow‑on funding as they scale. By facilitating entrepreneurship and innovation, Oasis500 contributes to the development of Jordan’s and the wider MENA region’s startup ecosystem.

The Raine Group is an integrated merchant bank that advises and invests in high-growth sectors across technology, media and telecommunications, with a global footprint including offices in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, Paris, Shanghai and Singapore. Founded in 2009, the firm pursues growth capital investments and advisory services in entertainment, digital media, sports, information technology, mobile and retail across the United States, Europe and Asia, leveraging deep industry experience and a broad network of strategic relationships to support portfolio companies and clients.