Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner and Tom Perkins that specializes in incubation, seed-stage and early-stage investments across technology, software, life sciences and greentech. The firm operates globally and established a China unit in 2007 to back early-stage digital, greentech and life science companies in China. Throughout its history, KPCB has backed more than 600 ventures, with portfolio companies including Google, Amazon, Netscape, Sun Microsystems, Genentech and Genomic Health, many of which have gone public and together employ hundreds of thousands of people. KPCB supports a broad entrepreneurial ecosystem through sector initiatives spanning information technologies, life sciences and green tech, aligning long-term partnerships with founders to scale market-changing ideas.

Established in 1999, Catapult Ventures is a UK-based independent asset management firm specializing in early-stage investments. With over two decades of experience, the team focuses on technology, life sciences, and healthcare sectors across the United Kingdom.