The EBRD is an international financial institution founded in 1990 and headquartered in London that provides project financing and advisory services to support private sector development and transformation in emerging markets. It finances banks, industries, and businesses, supports new ventures and investments in existing companies, and helps privatize and restructure municipal services in publicly owned entities. Through its banking and treasury activities, it offers loans, equity and quasi-equity investments, guarantees, and equity funds for smaller enterprises, along with trade finance and loan syndication. It works with commercial partners to invest in private enterprises across sectors including energy, manufacturing, ICT, infrastructure, agribusiness, and real estate, across Europe, the Middle East and beyond, including a significant footprint in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and the Caucasus. It provides policy reform dialogue and advisory services to support market modernization, governance, and reform. It has invested over €130 billion in more than 5,000 projects.

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.

Gazelle Finance is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Tbilisi, Georgia, with an additional office in Yerevan, Armenia. It targets high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises in Eurasia, especially in Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova, providing capital through buyouts, mezzanine and growth equity. The firm seeks minority stakes and typically invests for about five years, aiming to support expansion and operational development across sectors such as agribusiness, light manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare and education, hospitality and tourism, and retail and services. It avoids investments in weapons, tobacco, hard alcohol and gambling, and exits opportunities via trade sale or public listing.

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.

Chernovetskyi Investment Group is a Kyiv-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that invests in startups across early to late stages. The firm focuses on internet, IT, cloud computing, mobile applications, data management and big data, electronic payment systems, and software, and seeks opportunities in innovative development and technologies. It emphasizes collaboration with current project owners rather than taking over ownership and supports projects through development at all stages.

Emma Capital is a private equity and holding firm founded in 2012, with offices in Prague, Nicosia and London. It focuses on investments in the retail and consumer-oriented sectors, including opportunities in Asia, Greece and the republics of the former Soviet Union, and tends to take an active management role in portfolio companies.

QPDigital is a Kyiv-based venture capital firm founded in 2020 that focuses on technology startups in artificial intelligence, blockchain, gaming, fintech, digital healthcare, and information technology logistics. It supports portfolio companies by helping to optimize business models, expand client networks, strengthen the technical core, and connect with providers to raise growth capital.

GAWA Capital is an impact investment firm based in Madrid that supports social enterprises in underserved and low-income markets by providing debt and equity capital, with the aim of achieving financial returns for investors and measurable social development.

Northwood Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm established in 1983 and based in Florida. Over three decades, it has been a leading investor in venture capital and buyouts, partnering with experienced management teams to pursue long-term value creation and superior cash-on-cash returns. The firm invests across growth stages and tailors its structures to meet portfolio needs. Its sector focus spans communications, manufacturing, and consumer goods and services, including retail and other consumer sectors, as well as financial services and information technology. Northwood emphasizes an entrepreneurial approach and long-term horizons, aiming to align with management teams to grow and transform companies across the United States.