Sapphire Ventures is a venture capital firm that partners with expansion-stage enterprise software and AI-enabled companies to build industry-leading businesses. The firm focuses on post-product-market fit companies and selective venture funds, providing support to scale go-to-market, operations, and leadership. With over $10 billion in assets under management and a multi-location footprint in the United States and London, Sapphire leverages its experience to help portfolio companies grow and achieve exits, including a track record of numerous IPOs and acquisitions.

William Blair is a Chicago-based global financial services firm founded in 1935, with offices in London, San Francisco, Tokyo, Vaduz, and Zurich. It provides investment banking, equity research, institutional and private brokerage, and asset management to individual and institutional clients, and offers portfolio management, sales and trading, mutual funds, and venture capital financing. The firm also conducts private equity investments through its investment arm. Serving clients across industries, William Blair emphasizes in-house research to support investment decisions and advisory services, and offers private wealth management and investment solutions. With a history of client service and a collaborative culture, the firm pursues global opportunities while maintaining a commitment to community engagement through programs such as Global Community Partners.

Affentranger Associates is a Zurich-based venture capital firm founded in 2002 that concentrates on technology and industrial companies in Switzerland and neighboring markets. The firm pursues value creation through active involvement and hands-on management, operating as a principal investor to pursue sustainable long-term returns by pairing capital with operational improvements in portfolio companies.

Anker Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in Ruggell, Liechtenstein. It manages capital and contributes to resource allocation in the economy.

Klint Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage, technology-driven ventures in the Nordic and European markets. Based in Sweden and Liechtenstein, it partners with international investors to back scalable startups across sectors such as battery storage, gaming, mobility, healthcare, and consumer goods. The firm emphasizes flexible, long-term collaborations that extend beyond capital, offering strategic guidance, operational support, and assistance with hires, go-to-market execution, and regulatory compliance. With a commitment to building strong operational foundations, Klint Ventures seeks to scale Nordic innovation globally by supporting portfolio companies through growth and internationalization.

Seed X Liechtenstein is a venture capital firm based in Schaan, Liechtenstein, that backs early-stage European startups in fintech, insurtech, proptech, legaltech and enterprise applications. It provides capital from pre-seed to Series A and specializes in infrastructure-heavy, regulation-aware B2B businesses operating in regulated markets. The firm emphasizes a long-term, conviction-driven approach, prioritizing the success of founding teams and a deep understanding of regulatory environments over diversification. It supports portfolio companies with a strong network of experienced entrepreneurs and decades of technological, financial and industrial know-how to help them scale.

HV Capital is a European venture capital firm based in Munich that backs technology startups across Europe at all stages, from seed to growth. Founded in 2000, HV Capital partners with founders to provide capital, strategic guidance, and access to a broad network to support long-term development. The firm invests across software, fintech, healthcare, and consumer technology, pursuing multi-stage investments and helping portfolio companies scale through successive rounds within the European innovation ecosystem.

Earlybird Venture Capital is a Europe-focused venture capital firm founded in 1997 and based in Berlin, with additional offices in Munich, Istanbul, and the United States. It invests in technology companies across development and growth stages, including software, artificial intelligence, fintech, health technology, mobility, the Internet of Things, and related digital sectors, focusing on European founders with selective U.S. opportunities. In addition to capital, Earlybird provides strategic support and access to an international network and capital markets. The firm manages over €2 billion and has a track record of portfolio exits, including 8 IPOs and 30 trade sales.

Notion Capital is a London-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs European technology companies in B2B software as a service and enterprise technologies. Founded in 2009, it invests primarily in series A to D rounds across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, with a portfolio spanning ad tech, cloud enterprise, fintech, cybersecurity, AI-driven software, commerce enablement, logistics, mobility, health tech and other enterprise tech sectors. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships and hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale from early traction to significant growth, leveraging its entrepreneurs' experience, networks, events and resources to navigate market trends and growth challenges.

Partech is a global technology investment firm headquartered in Paris, founded in 1982, with offices in Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi and San Francisco. It backs founders from seed to growth by combining capital, operational experience and strategic support. The firm maintains about €2.5 billion in assets under management and a portfolio of around 220 companies across 40 countries and four continents, investing across fintech, AI and machine learning, consumer technology, enterprise software, cybersecurity and related tech-enabled sectors.

Placeholder Venture Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that invests in decentralized networks and Web3 services, focusing on early-stage companies and networks across blockchain ecosystems and related infrastructure.

Speedinvest is a venture capital firm headquartered in Vienna, Austria, with offices in Berlin, Paris, London, Munich, and San Francisco. It invests in startups from pre-seed through growth stages, primarily across Europe and the wider EMEA region. Its focus areas include artificial intelligence and infrastructure, climate and deep tech, fintech, health and biotechnology, and consumer businesses.

1kx is a research-driven, fundamentals-focused global venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in New York, specializing in blockchain technologies and the on-chain economy. It conducts rigorous underwriting and maintains a long-term, hands-on approach, investing at key inflection points to accelerate transformative projects across industries. The firm emphasizes a thesis called Cost of Trust 2.0 and pursues opportunities that reduce the cost of trust through decentralized finance, stablecoin payments, and underlying protocols. With more than 160 investments across market cycles, 19 profitable exits and 12 unicorns, 1kx demonstrates a disciplined focus on enduring value and founder support. It publishes research on onchain markets and revenue, and engages with a diverse global investor base including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, endowments, foundations, funds of funds, corporations, and family offices, to back ambitious ventures over multi-cycle horizons.

Robot Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that invests in early-stage fintech and blockchain companies, including pre-seed rounds, with a focus on founders who demonstrate ambitious visions and contrarian perspectives.

Maven 11 Capital is a crypto-native venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with operations in the Cayman Islands. Founded in 2015, it focuses on investing in blockchain and distributed ledger technology companies, including ventures, digital assets, and digital currencies in the cryptocurrency sector. The firm provides early-stage guidance and actively works with portfolio companies on technical and operational aspects, prioritizing strong relationships, technical fluency, and long-term partnerships with ambitious founders who pursue bold innovation and new ownership models in crypto.

M12 is the corporate venture capital arm of Microsoft, established in 2016 as an early-stage investor focused on enterprise software and emerging technologies. The fund backs seed through growth-stage companies across AI, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, developer tools, vertical software-as-a-service, and Web3 and gaming, with a global footprint led by North America and Israel. By leveraging Microsoft’s ecosystem, M12 provides portfolio companies with strategic connections, customers, and business benefits to accelerate growth. It operates an accelerator program and other support initiatives, and has backed numerous startups to date. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, with activity across North America, Europe, and Asia as part of its technology investment mandate.

Freigeist Capital is a venture capital firm based in Bonn, Germany, that focuses on supporting European tech startups from the Seed and pre-Series A stages. It provides not only capital but also extensive hands-on support, including mentorship, strategic roadmap development, and access to a wide network of business partners, experts, and customers. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships and purpose-driven innovation, with attention to emerging technologies such as AI, robotics, and quantum computing, aiming to help portfolio companies become global leaders.

NFX is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs pre-seed and seed-stage startups across software, data products, AI, bio, gaming, space and proptech, among others. The firm pursues a founder-first approach, aiming to improve the startup experience through software-enabled processes and by sharing growth techniques that leverage network effects. With a track record of backing companies that achieve exits totaling more than $10 billion across multiple industries and geographies, NFX presents itself as a resource for founders and the ecosystem. It operates an ecosystem that includes programs like NFX Guild and initiatives to support scientist-founders, while offering practical guidance and community-driven support to help entrepreneurs with fundraising, growth, and building durable companies.

Jump Crypto is a blockchain technology company focused on building decentralized consortiums to address systemic bottlenecks and drive innovation. Its core activities include trading based on market insights, developing open-source crypto infrastructure to facilitate new organizational models, and providing capital investments to scale promising projects. The company also publishes research content through white papers, blogs, and analysis. Jump Crypto states it does not operate business lines that accept funds from external investors and cautions that fraudulent entities may impersonate the organization.

Polychain Capital is a San Francisco-based investment firm that focuses on blockchain-based digital assets. It invests in blockchain protocols and related companies to advance the global adoption of cryptocurrencies and actively manages portfolios of blockchain assets with the goal of delivering attractive returns for investors.

MH Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in London. It focuses on early-stage investments across Web3 and related technology sectors, including B2B, B2C, energy, financial services, information technology, blockchain, fintech, and SaaS. The firm emphasizes founder-driven, ecosystem-building approaches, backing early-stage startups and protocols that advance open infrastructure, cryptography, and decentralized networks. With a global reach, MH Ventures supports founders and projects worldwide, providing strategic guidance and resources to help grow and scale next-generation digital infrastructure and decentralized ecosystems.

Protofund is an early-stage venture fund based in New Jersey, founded in 2021, that makes pre-seed, seed, and early-growth investments. It backs startups in blockchain/web3 and consumer products, prioritizing passionate teams building innovative technologies and consumer experiences. The firm focuses on supporting founders through initial funding rounds to help them scale and realize market potential.

Elevation Capital is a venture capital firm based in Gurgaon, India, focused on early-stage investments across sectors including consumer and enterprise technology, logistics, media, retail, financial services, healthcare, information technology, advanced manufacturing, blockchain and food tech, with activity in the United States and Asia. Founded in 2002, the firm backs seed to Series A rounds and emphasizes deep tech and disruptive business models, partnering with audacious founders to scale market-leading companies in consumer tech, fintech, enterprise AI, and healthcare. It leverages deep domain expertise and a collaborative approach to support portfolio companies through pivots and growth, and has backed 13 unicorns that have generated $75 billion in market capitalization.

Ropart Asset Management is a Greenwich, Connecticut-based private equity firm that directly invests in small- to midsize companies across business services, healthcare services, consumer products, financial services, software and technology, fintech, and blockchain-related sectors. The firm uses a flexible strategy across the capital structure, pursuing platform or control investments, growth equity, mezzanine lending, venture capital, and opportunistic distressed or special situations opportunities. RAM leverages a broad network to source revenue collaborations, strategic alliances, and M&A opportunities, and typically takes board seats or lead positions to drive value creation. Post-investment, it partners with management to strengthen governance, operations, and strategic initiatives to build long-term company value. RAM has operated since 2001 and maintains multiple funds to support its investment activities.

Swiss Startup Group is a venture platform that scouts, builds, accelerates, and invests in startups, supporting entrepreneurs through the development and growth of promising ventures.

Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, TCV provides growth capital to private and public technology companies at various stages. It invests across areas including software, financial technology, internet and mobile services, cybersecurity, healthcare technology, and digital commerce, and supports companies with sector expertise and strategic guidance. TCV has additional offices in London and New York and invests in North America, Europe, Australia, Israel, and select other markets.

KR1 is a European-focused digital assets investment and venture capital firm founded in 2016 that backs blockchain and decentralized technologies. It invests in foundational networks and early-stage European blockchain and digital asset ventures to support the development of a tokenized economy. The firm maintains a diversified portfolio across major and emerging networks, including Ethereum, Polkadot, Celestia, Cosmos, and Kusama, and seeks to participate in the growth of decentralized infrastructure, tooling, and ecosystem development. KR1 emphasizes ongoing reporting and strategic positioning within the decentralized technology landscape, aiming to advance secure and scalable blockchain networks and related financial infrastructure across European markets.

Signature Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Aying, Germany, founded in 2019, specializing in early-stage investments in blockchain, distributed ledger technology and Web3. It backs pre-seed to Series A startups with a global reach and a focus on Europe. Led by Juliane Hahn, Founding Partner, and Dr. Georg Stricker, Tech Partner, the firm combines deep technical and legal expertise with a first-principles approach, working closely with an ecosystem of blockchain industry players, other venture capitalists, corporates and academia. Signature Ventures seeks to empower founders building an open, secure, privacy-centered next-generation internet and to shape the decentralized future.

VERSO Holdings is a family-owned merchant banking group focused on investment, advisory services, and execution. It operates in the financial sector, offering equity and debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, pre-IPO advisory, private equity, wealth management, real estate financing, and venture capital. The firm emphasizes practical value through sweat-equity principles and clear execution. It maintains a corporate venture arm, VERSO Fund, which invests in B2B, B2C, clean technology, education technology, and food technology, and serves as a platform for innovative ventures. Additionally, VERSO Capital acts as an independent merchant banking boutique serving international ultra-high-net-worth and institutional clients on transactions typically at least USD 100 million. Based in Luxembourg, the group aims to support ambitious founders and complex strategic transactions with disciplined risk management.

Gamma Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria, focused on investing in technology and growth companies across Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Central and Eastern Europe. It targets early to growth-stage opportunities in information and communication technologies, software and IT services, life sciences including biopharmaceuticals and medtech, electronics and cleantech, and related sectors. The firm primarily invests in EU-based companies with a focus on Austria, Germany, Switzerland and CEE countries such as Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic. Typical tickets range from €0.3 million to €2 million per round, with co-investment and syndication for larger rounds; minority stakes and board participation are common. Founded in 2002, Gamma Capital Partners operates from Vienna and seeks to create value through active involvement and strategic support.

Atlas Venture is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage biotechnology and life sciences companies. Founded in 1980, it focuses on translating breakthrough science into medicines and medical technologies, often employing a seed-led venture creation approach and taking lead investor roles with board representation. The firm operates with dedicated Life Sciences and Technology teams and invests across the United States and Europe, supporting startups through initial funding and early growth. Its portfolio emphasizes biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical devices, and related platforms, reflecting a commitment to advancing innovative healthcare solutions.

Wellington Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1998 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, with offices in London and Zurich. It invests in early- and growth-stage companies across Europe, focusing on life sciences, healthcare, and technology, including digital health, industrial biotechnology, software, and electronics.