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.

Great Quest Fertilizer is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on advancing the Tilemsi phosphate project in Mali. Since 2009, it has acquired several phosphate concessions, defining an initial resource of 32.6 million tonnes at a grade of 23.4% P2O5.

Sarama Resources is an exploration company focused on discovering gold deposits in West Africa. It holds exploration licenses in Burkina Faso, Liberia, and Mali.

Swedfund is a government development finance institution based in Stockholm, with an office in Nairobi, established in 1979. It mobilizes capital and expertise for investments in private markets across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, including direct investments and fund of funds activities. It finances a range of instruments, from equity to loans and other debt-like structures, and supports knowledge transfer and equipment upgrades, including depreciation loans to Swedish small and medium-sized enterprises. It pursues minority investments, typically in the range of 5 to 100 million SEK, with board seats and participation in investment committees, and aims for exits in five to ten years. It operates as a bilateral development financier within the European Development Finance Institutions network.

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.

Investisseurs & Partenaires is an impact investment firm focused on African small and medium enterprises. Founded in 2002, it provides capital, technical and strategic support to portfolio companies to foster growth, job creation, and local value, while pursuing social, environmental and governance impact. The organization supports a network of pan-African funds and sponsors several Africa-facing impact funds, including initiatives in electricity access, with a team of about 30–40 professionals based in Europe and Africa. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships and hands-on assistance to help entrepreneurs strengthen strategy, governance and operations across sectors such as health, transport and microfinance.

Saviu Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, established in 2018. It pursues minority investments across seed, early, and later stages in Africa, focusing on commercial products and services in sectors such as retail, e-commerce, fintech, and mobility.

Canaan Partners is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1987 that operates globally with offices in Israel and India. It focuses on early-stage investments in technology and healthcare, including software, fintech, enterprise/cloud, marketplaces, digital health, biopharma, and medtech, and it has a history of backing startups that achieve exits.

Slow Ventures is a generalist early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco with additional presence in Boston and New York. Founded in 2011, it invests in technology‑driven startups and ventures at the intersection of science, society, and culture, supporting companies across sectors such as software, fintech, cryptocurrency, e-commerce, mobile, consumer and commercial services, financial services, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. The firm emphasizes helping founders through capital, resources, and industry connections to build sustainable, scalable businesses. It operates as a registered investment adviser.

Breyer Capital is a global venture capital and private equity investor founded by Jim Breyer in 2006. The firm pursues long-term, idea-driven strategic investments across core technology sectors, including social media, entertainment and media, digital health, and financial technologies, with broader interest in quantum, artificial intelligence, health tech, consumer software, media and gaming, enterprise data, security, and climate-related opportunities. It partners with early-stage startups, fast-growing companies, and established corporations to catalyze high-impact entrepreneurship in the United States and China and beyond. The team draws on a network of investors and founder/operator insights to frame investments and believes advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and virtual reality will transform technology and investment opportunities globally.

European Investment Fund (EIF) is a public institution established in 1994 to improve access to finance for Europe's small and medium-sized businesses. It designs and develops venture capital and guarantee instruments to support SMEs and to catalyse private investment, aiming to build a robust European equity ecosystem. EIF engages in venture capital, growth capital, and guarantee operations, backing innovative entrepreneurs primarily in technology and life sciences, as well as across other sectors. Through cornerstone investments and fund participation, EIF seeks to crowd in private investors and stimulate venture activity across Europe. Its equity portfolio has grown substantially, with assets under management exceeding EUR 14 billion, reflecting its broad role in strengthening SME finance and supporting entrepreneurship and growth.

HoaQ is a Dublin-based venture angel group founded in 2020 that invests in early-stage tech and tech-enabled startups across Africa. It also functions as a community of creators and operators that backs entrepreneurs in building scalable businesses for Africa and its Diaspora.

Future Africa is a Lagos, Nigeria-based venture capital firm and collective of mission-driven founders and funders dedicated to supporting Africa’s startups. The organization invests across a broad range of sectors including technology, software, data and artificial intelligence, agriculture and environment, e-commerce and consumer goods, education, finance and blockchain, health and wellness, mobility and logistics, media and entertainment, real estate, food and hospitality, and infrastructure. It seeks to build unicorns and advance purpose-driven prosperity across the continent, aiming to solve Africa’s biggest challenges by backing innovative ventures with strong growth potential. Through its network and capital, Future Africa supports entrepreneurs at various stages, fostering scalable businesses that can contribute to economic development and job creation.

Fast Forward Venture Studio is a venture studio that builds and backs companies to unlock prosperity through technology. It selects up to ten ideas and founding teams each year, prioritizing platform and infrastructure plays across sectors such as B2B, fintech, eCommerce, edtech, healthcare, logistics, deep tech, SaaS, future of work, and blockchain. The studio recruits entrepreneurs who aim to scale to at least ten million people and achieve more than ten million dollars in annual recurring revenue within three to five years. It invests pro rata in future rounds of its portfolio companies and makes selective pre‑seed investments in African startups. Fast Forward places founders first, especially African entrepreneurs, believing they can drive exponential impact, modernize economies, improve daily life, create jobs, and foster upward mobility.

Flourish Ventures is a San Francisco-based early-stage global venture capital firm that backs fintech-enabled entrepreneurs focused on financial health and prosperity for individuals and small businesses. The firm pursues patient, long-term investments and manages around $850 million. It backs founders across the United States and global markets, including Asia, Africa and Latin America, and concentrates on sectors such as big data analytics, challenger banks, consumer and SME lending, digitizing money, fintech, insurtech, regtech and financial infrastructure. Since its founding in 2019, Flourish maintains partnerships with more than 70 global fintech founders and 18 ecosystem partners, including researchers, policymakers and regulators, to foster a fairer, more inclusive economy.

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 with offices in San Francisco, Boston, and New York City. It focuses on early-stage investments across technology-enabled sectors, supporting founders with flexible, founder-centric backing. The firm has backed high-profile consumer and software companies such as Twitter, Discord, Oculus, Warby Parker, Tumblr, Niantic, and Anthropic, reflecting a tendency toward ambitious products and teams that reshape consumer, media, and technology markets.

Wamda Capital is a Dubai-based venture capital firm that invests in seed and growth-stage technology companies in the MENA region. It seeks to guide portfolio companies through multiple rounds of financing toward an exit. The firm targets sectors including financial services, consumer goods, software, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on high-growth startups. By backing entrepreneurs across the MENA ecosystem, Wamda Capital aims to accelerate digital transformation and build regional tech leadership.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. It is stage-agnostic and focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups, making seed and Series A investments. Typical checks range from 50,000 to 5,000,000 dollars. The firm supports early-stage companies across sectors such as e-commerce, fintech, ad tech, mobile, and software-as-a-service, seeking opportunities with high growth potential in the United States and internationally. Its portfolio includes a mix of consumer brands and marketplace platforms, reflecting an emphasis on business models that connect buyers and sellers or enable direct consumer experiences. FJ Labs aims to back entrepreneurs building scalable, disruptively positioned products and services, often partnering with founders early in their development to help accelerate growth.

Untapped Global facilitates data-driven investment opportunities for global investors in high-growth businesses across emerging markets. Its innovative Smart Asset Financing model provides real-time tracking of asset usage and revenue streams, ensuring transparency and profitability. With a presence in San Francisco, Brussels, and Africa, the company aims to create shared prosperity by unlocking economic opportunity in underserved regions.

Energy Access Ventures serves as an advisor to the Energy Access Venture Fund, an unlisted vehicle focused on improving access to sustainable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Crossbeam Venture Partners is a New York-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups, with a focus on FinTech and internet-enabled business models. The firm invests across the pre-seed to Series A stages and aims to support founders building tomorrow's economy.

Blue Collective is a Brooklyn-based investment firm that provides venture capital and private equity funding to startups and growth companies across technology, life sciences, consumer goods, and business services. It invests across the funding spectrum from pre-seed and seed to late-stage and growth, including growth capital, buyouts, and majority investments, with a focus on opportunities primarily in the United States. The firm maintains an industry-agnostic approach and emphasizes backing exceptional teams capable of building scalable, enduring businesses.

Musha Ventures is a venture capital firm that operates as an Africa-focused micro venture capital and angel fund. It targets early-stage technology investments in education, healthcare, fintech, agriculture, and supply chain, with a focus on opportunities across Africa and related regions. The firm seeks to support ambitious founders developing technology-enabled solutions and scalable businesses in these sectors.

Injaro Investments Limited is a venture capital firm established in 2009 and headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius, with additional offices in Accra, Ghana, and Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The firm specializes in seed and startup investments, focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises within the agricultural value chain in West Africa. Injaro Investments seeks to provide support through various investment forms, including debt, quasi-equity, and equity, to enhance the operations of companies involved in agriculture. This encompasses a wide range of activities from input suppliers to farmers and ultimately to consumers, aiming to strengthen the agricultural sector in designated countries across the region.