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.

Africa Oil Corp is a Canadian oil and gas company with assets in Kenya and Ethiopia and Puntland in Somalia through its 41% equity stake in Africa Energy Corp. Its East African holdings form part of a prolific exploration play along the East African Rift Basin, with a land position exceeding 200,000 square kilometers. In Kenya’s Lokichar basin, the company holds a 50% interest alongside operator Tullow Oil, supporting ongoing exploration in the region.

Saarländische Wagnisfinanzierungsgesellschaft is a venture capital firm based in Saarbrücken, Germany. Established in 1997, it concentrates on early-stage investments in technology companies, including small and medium-sized firms, and supports the development of new products and market expansion by providing equity and quasi-equity financing.

Allianz X is the digital investment unit of Allianz Group, based in Munich, Germany. It makes late-stage investments in digital growth companies that are part of Allianz's insurance-related ecosystems, including mobility, connected property, connected health, wealth management and retirement, and data intelligence and cybersecurity. It serves as an interface between portfolio companies and Allianz's digital ecosystem and drives innovation across Allianz's operating entities and global lines of business, with a focus on insurtech and fintech sectors.

Future Africa is a Lagos-based venture capital firm established in 2016. It invests in early-stage startups across a broad range of sectors, including agriculture and environment, data and artificial intelligence, e-commerce and consumer goods, education, jobs and talent, finance and blockchain, food and hospitality, health and wellness, media and entertainment, mobility and transport, real estate, technology, software and infrastructure. The firm operates as a collective of mission-driven founders and funders, aiming to build unicorns and address Africa’s biggest challenges while promoting purpose and prosperity for a broad segment of society. Through collaboration with entrepreneurs and ecosystem partners, Future Africa supports startups to grow and innovate across the continent.

Digital Currency Group is a Stamford, Connecticut-based corporate venture capital and investment firm focused on the digital currency and blockchain ecosystem. It provides funding and support to fintech and blockchain companies across bitcoin, web3 infrastructure, decentralized finance, data, metaverse, and related sectors, and it owns and operates notable subsidiaries including CoinDesk, a media and events platform; Genesis Trading, a bitcoin brokerage; and Grayscale Investments, a digital currency asset management firm.

Presight Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in West Hollywood, California. It pursues seed, early, and later-stage investments across sectors including biotechnology, consumer, fintech, deep tech, food tech, cryptocurrency, healthcare, and technology, with a global approach to early-stage opportunities in software, frontier technologies, and biotech. The firm supports ambitious founders and is backed by notable investors such as Apeiron, the family office of Christian Angermayer, Moore Capital, Point72, Mike Novogratz, Martin Chavez, Alan Howard, and Brent Hoberman. It operates as a registered investment adviser.

RCF Management, LLC is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in investments in buyouts, early venture, later stage, emerging growth, growth capital, bridge, industry consolidation, PIPES, development capital, rollup, and distress situations. The firm does not invest in oil and gas sector. It typically invests in opportunities that arise due to corporate financial issues and not project related technical issues. The firm also provides bridge loans and credit support. It invests in all hard rock mineral commodities and in mining and metal companies, growth oriented mining companies, mining industry software, enterprise software, metal and mineral mining machinery and equipment and precious metals and mineral. The firm seeks to invest in junior mining companies with projects at the scoping study or pre-feasibility stage. The firm prefers to invest in innovation, emerging technologies, commercialization and/or market expansion of innovative mining technology products. It also invests in a range of debt-oriented funding alternatives to both development and operating stage companies. It seeks to invest globally with a focus on Australia, Europe, Canada and United States. It seeks to invest up to $500 million in a single transaction but prefers to invest initially from approximately $1 million to approximately $300 million and third party funding up to $1 billion. It also invests in the form of convertible debt, equity, royalties, letters of credit and direct project interests. The firm also focuses on earlier stage risk in exploration, early project de-risking, scoping studies, and strategic opportunities and provide funding across capital spectrum. The firm also participates in equity placements or on-market acquisitions of common stock and seeks to acquire controlling stakes and majority and minority. It seeks to exit its investments between three and five years through merger and acquisition, block sales to institutional investors, or market sales into liquidity and holds minority and majority stakes in its portfolio companies. It prefers to take a seat on the Board of its portfolio companies. RCF Management, LLC was founded in 1998 and is based in Denver, Colorado with additional offices in Perth, Australia; Toronto, Canada; Jericho, New York; Santiago, Chile; and London, United Kingdom.

KNF Ventures is the venture capital arm of Knife Capital, based in Cape Town, South Africa, focused on backing early- to growth-stage startups in technology and consumer sectors in South Africa. It pursues investments across software, healthcare, financial services, business products and services, and consumer areas such as beverages, food, Internet of Things and fintech, leveraging Knife Capital's network and experience to support portfolio companies.

E Squared Investments is a venture capital firm based in Bryanston, South Africa. It focuses on funding high-growth, values-driven businesses that emphasize sustainability and social responsibility. The firm provides both capital and hands-on guidance to help founders scale their ventures while maintaining an ethical foundation, with a mission to empower responsible entrepreneurs to drive economic development and transformation.

ThreeD Capital is a Toronto-based venture capital firm, founded in 1987, that makes seed, early-stage and growth investments across technology-enabled sectors such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, electric vehicles, esports, Internet of Things, junior resources, renewable technologies, and related areas. It employs a merchant banking approach, characterized by a selective investment mandate, high barriers to entry, and active involvement with portfolio companies, including strategic advice and access to its professional network to support growth and value creation.

Aberdeen International is a resource investment company and merchant bank focused on private, micro- and small-cap metals and mining companies. It pursues equity participation in pre-IPO and early-stage resource firms with undeveloped or undervalued high-quality resources, aiming to unlock value by supplying managerial, technical, and financial resources to help companies reach their potential. The firm operates across jurisdictions with low to moderate political risk and leverages its association with industry partners to actively build value in its portfolio.

High-Tech Gründerfonds is a Germany-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology companies in Germany. Based in Bonn with an additional office in Berlin, it operates as a public-private partnership that supports high-tech startups across information technology, software, hardware, life sciences, chemistry and related fields. HTGF provides initial funding and follow-on capital to eligible young companies, often taking minority stakes and participating as lead or co-investor, while offering hands-on guidance from experienced investment managers and startup experts. Since its founding in 2005, the firm has backed numerous startups and facilitated the growth of portfolio companies through multiple funds aimed at early stages. The model combines both public support, involving government and financial institutions, with private investor participation to nurture startups from concept to market.

Indian Angel Network is a New Delhi, India based network of angel investors founded in 2006 that brings together successful entrepreneurs and CEOs from India and around the world to support startup and early-stage ventures. The network provides capital alongside ongoing mentorship, extensive networks, and inputs on strategy and execution, helping assess potential and risks at the early stage. It invests in a broad range of sectors including technology, ecommerce, healthcare, agriculture, education, manufacturing, financial services, and consumer services, among others.

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.