Rebel Venture Fund is a university-affiliated venture capital group based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Backed by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, it operates as a student-led fund that makes equity investments in private high-growth companies across Nevada and the broader Southwest. The fund follows a thesis-driven approach and targets sectors such as hospitality and hospitality technology, gaming and gaming technology, renewable energy, healthcare innovation, and logistics management. It supports entrepreneurs through capital and strategic guidance, leveraging the university's resources and student expertise to help early- and growth-stage ventures scale. In addition to funding, it offers opportunities for involvement and events that connect students with startups and investors, aiming to foster innovation and regional economic growth.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It provides capital alongside strategic guidance to a limited number of technology-focused companies across seed, early, and growth stages, supporting product development, company building, and market expansion. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships with founders and engages across a global footprint, with activity in the United States and internationally in regions such as China, India, and Israel.

VTF Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Las Vegas that backs pre-seed and seed-stage startups focused on commerce technology, digital brands, retail software as a service and related information technology sectors. The firm provides not only capital but operational support and access to a broad network to help portfolio companies scale. It favors teams with strong technical foundations and seeks companies with vertical integration, unique technical advantages or ownership of their supply chains, often requiring a functional MVP. Typical investments range from approximately $200,000 to $1 million. While rooted in Las Vegas, VTF Capital pursues opportunities across the United States and internationally, aiming to redefine commerce and the future of retail.

FundNV is a Nevada-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that concentrates on early-stage, revenue-generating startups in Nevada or those relocating to the state. It engages with the StartUpNV accelerator and affiliated companies to source opportunities and often participates in seed or pre-seed rounds. It provides initial funding in $50,000 tranches, with syndicated investments up to about $250,000, using standard terms such as convertible notes or SAFEs with roughly a 10% interest, a 20% discount to priced rounds, and caps of $5 million or less. The firm pursues a mix of private and public collaborations, including access to state-matched investments through the SSBCI program under Nevada’s Certified Investor framework. It also hosts weekly pitch events to identify promising startups and fosters local economic growth by supporting Nevada entrepreneurs.

Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm that broadens access to venture and private market investments for accredited investors, including alumni networks, by enabling co-investment alongside leading VC firms. It offers investment funds, investing clubs, portfolio opportunities, and educational resources through its AV Academy, and provides support to startup founders. The firm emphasizes transparency with access to due diligence materials and live discussions, and seeks to build a diversified portfolio through collaborative investing. Headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire, it operates with offices in New York, Boston, Menlo Park, Chicago, London and Tokyo to reach a broad investor base.

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that provides funding across all stages to science and technology companies pursuing transformative innovations. The firm backs startups addressing complex problems in areas such as aerospace, artificial intelligence, energy, health, cybersecurity, data analytics, and software, and has supported notable portfolio companies including SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook and Airbnb. Founders Fund emphasizes a founder-friendly approach that aims to offer substantial support with minimal interference, while potentially deploying capital globally as needed. The firm seeks to invest in companies with the potential to reshape industries and the future through advanced engineering, manufacturing, and information technology.

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 and based in Menlo Park, California. It provides capital across development stages from seed to late-stage growth and invests in software and technology companies across artificial intelligence, biotech and health, consumer technologies, cryptocurrency, fintech, enterprise software, infrastructure, and related sectors. Beyond funding, the firm offers operational support through a structured ecosystem of technical advisors, executive talent, and industry operators, and differentiates itself with strategic guidance, thought leadership, and programs to nurture talent. It maintains a global presence and supports portfolio companies with resources and networks to accelerate growth.

Human Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, founded in 2015. It positions itself as a partner for builders, investing in founders, teams, and startups that turn ambitious ideas into scalable companies. The firm backs a diverse portfolio across healthcare, technology, infrastructure, finance, and artificial intelligence, with early investments in Snowflake, Anduril, Livongo, and Brex. It emphasizes substantial capital deployment and strategic team development to help portfolio companies grow, and has reported over $1.3 billion in total capital committed. The firm focuses on long-term value creation and collaborates with founders to scale operations, recruit talent, and build durable organizations.

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, that funds and supports technology companies across stages and sectors, including artificial intelligence, healthcare, climate tech, digital health, and consumer technology. It provides capital and strategic guidance to help startups develop innovative products, scale operations, and build enduring businesses, with an emphasis on science-driven, high-impact ventures and unconventional ideas. Founded by Vinod Khosla, the firm seeks to back companies addressing large, underserved markets and to contribute hands-on support beyond funding.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm that backs deep-tech startups through multi-stage investments and hands-on programs. It focuses on pre-seed and early-stage funding across healthcare, AI, robotics, hardware, and cross-border software, and supports founders with intensive mentorship, prototyping facilities, and access to a broad investor network to accelerate product development and fundraising toward Series B. The firm operates dedicated deep-tech facilities, including IndieBio, renamed SOSV SF & NY, and HAX in Newark, providing laboratory and engineering space, and maintains a global footprint with offices in New York, Newark, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Pune, Shenzhen, and Tokyo. SOSV emphasizes long-term founder relationships and program-driven growth, backed by a substantial portfolio and capital deployed across multiple regions.

Akkadian Ventures is a San Francisco-based private equity and venture capital firm that focuses on growth-stage and secondary investments in technology companies. It provides liquidity solutions to founders, early employees, former employees, and other venture stakeholders through secondary direct investments and stock purchases, while remaining sector agnostic. The firm targets software, internet, and mobile technology companies and typically invests between 0.25 million and 10 million in revenue-generating private companies. Akkadian Ventures operates as a registered investment adviser and maintains offices in San Francisco, Denver, and Las Vegas.

Global Energy Metals is a resource exploration company focused on cobalt and other battery metals for the electrified economy. It builds and manages a diversified portfolio of exploration and growth-stage assets across North America, Europe and Australia, targeting cobalt, nickel, copper and lithium. The portfolio includes the Lovelock Mine and Treasure Box in Nevada, Monument Peak in Idaho, Råna Nickel in Norway, and Millennium and Mount Isa in Australia, with ongoing exploration and development programs. The company seeks to capitalize on rising demand from rechargeable batteries and electric vehicles by advancing projects through exploration and development and by pursuing partnerships and supply-chain arrangements with downstream manufacturers. It operates across Canada, the United States, Norway and Australia, evaluating opportunities in cobalt, nickel, copper, gold and base metals, and aims to deliver value through a diversified asset base in key battery metal regions.

Redhills Ventures is a private family investment firm and venture capital firm based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It funds high-growth technology and healthcare companies, with additional focus on finance and real estate sectors. The firm concentrates on early-stage, expansion rounds, and buyouts, typically committing between 0.25 million and 7 million per company and often acting as a co-investor. It seeks ventures with revenues under 100 million annually and strong management teams capable of executing growth plans. Redhills collaborates with other venture firms and limited partners to support companies through all growth stages, from startup to IPO. Founded in 1997 by Victor Chaltiel and co-founded by Antoinette M. Chaltiel, it operates from Las Vegas.

Flume Ventures is an operator-led venture firm founded by technology entrepreneurs and based in Incline Village, Nevada. It partners with visionary founders to scale next-generation technology, focusing on building transformative tools and platforms rather than managing a traditional portfolio. The firm provides strategic guidance, mentorship, and access to a broad network of operators and investors to accelerate growth. Flume emphasizes collaborative partnerships and mutual success, aiming to enable innovation across the technology sector.

Hybrid Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in Las Vegas that backs recurring-revenue technology companies, including information technology services and software. It positions itself as a minimally dilutive, alternative capital partner and typically provides initial investments of $1-5 million, with follow-on capacity up to $10 million to support growth. Since 2017, it has invested in multiple technology and tech-enabled services companies, aiming to accelerate scale and value creation.

Mudita Venture Partners is a human-centered, early-stage venture fund and studio based in Detroit, with Mudita Studios and a presence in Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis, Las Vegas, and Ann Arbor. It backs bold, principled entrepreneurs building AI-first B2B solutions that elevate how people live and lead, and it combines capital with hands-on operational support in a builder-led, co-creative model rather than traditional banking, focusing on post-revenue ventures and offering an approach powered by experienced operators and collaboration. The firm emphasizes a culture of collaboration, integrity, diversity, and impact beyond investment returns, and through Mudita Studios it transforms bold concepts into fundable companies by pairing visionary ideas with early capital and operational support to deliver an asymmetric risk-to-reward profile for its portfolio, with activities in North America.

Vesta Ventures is a venture capital investment firm founded in 2021 and based in Reno, Nevada, that focuses on investing in companies operating in the residential property technology sector.

SCCG Management is a Las Vegas-based advisory and management consulting firm founded in 1992. It serves the global gaming industry, including igaming, sports betting, and casino technology, with services spanning business strategy, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, market research, and business development.

DVI Equity Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in the Southwest United States. It focuses on micro-cap and early-stage technology investments, often serving as first institutional money in Series A rounds. The target sectors include information technology, big data, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and fintech. While there is a geographic preference for the Southwest (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Colorado, Utah), fit and growth potential drive opportunities beyond location. The firm emphasizes strategic value and support to help portfolio companies scale, rather than capital alone.

RAA Ventures is a venture capital and strategic capital firm that funds and supports technology-driven companies. Based in Las Vegas with operations in San Francisco and Puerto Rico, it engages in angel investments and venture funding for early- to pre-IPO opportunities. The firm backs a broad range of sectors, including internet marketing, technology, e-commerce, consumer products and services, media and entertainment, social media, energy production, infrastructure, and mobile gaming. It focuses on Web 2.0 areas such as SaaS, Fintech, and cloud computing, and pursues Web 3.0 sectors including DeFi and blockchain infrastructure, as well as deep tech fields like AI, robotics, and biotech. The objective is to identify innovative businesses with strong growth potential and to provide capital and strategic support to help them scale.

Paradigm is a venture capital firm and software development company focused on pioneering technologies across cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, robotics, and other emerging fields. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the firm backs unconventional founders at every stage, providing capital and strategic guidance while combining technical research with hands-on support to advance product development. It collaborates with builders early in projects and emphasizes open-source software development. Paradigm invests globally across sectors and has backed category-defining companies and protocols that reshape how people transact, build, and compute. The firm maintains offices in San Francisco, New York, and Washington, D.C., and expands its impact through fellowships and opportunities for researchers and engineers working at frontier technologies.

Sonoran Founders Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The fund focuses on seed and pre-seed investments in technology startups across sectors including SaaS, marketplaces, artificial intelligence, fintech, Ed-tech, and healthcare information technology. It adopts a founder-focused approach, leveraging a network of experienced founders, builders, and investors to provide hands-on mentorship and access to institutional investors. Typical checks range from $500,000 to $1 million, and the firm targets companies at or near product-market fit. The fund concentrates on the Sonoran Desert region of the American Southwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Southern California, and Texas, and prioritizes underrepresented entrepreneurs developing disruptive technologies.

Implistic Capital, founded in 2004 and based in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early-stage technology companies, particularly in the e-commerce and information technology sectors. The firm seeks to provide both time and capital to innovative businesses that have the potential to make a significant impact in the world. By supporting companies with transformative ideas and concepts, Implistic Capital aims to contribute to the emergence of the next major players in the 21st century.

Skywood Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in information technology and healthcare. Founded in 1998 and based in California, the firm predominantly makes equity investments and provides financial and operating support to help startup teams establish management, define plans, and secure early funding. It takes an active role in the early stages and leverages networks to bring additional resources as ventures mature. Skywood maintains a multi-state footprint with offices in California and Nevada to support its investment activity.

Imec.xpand is an independently managed venture capital firm based in Leuven, Belgium, with an office in Amsterdam. Founded in 2017, it focuses on supporting early-stage nanoelectronics-based innovation. The firm leverages the resources and network of imec, a world-leading R&D hub for nanoelectronics and digital technology, to help portfolio companies develop and scale technologies in areas related to deep tech, health, and agtech. By combining venture capital funding with access to imec's research ecosystem, imec.xpand aims to accelerate commercialization of novel nanoelectronics-enabled solutions.

Northern Gritstone is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, United Kingdom, that backs science and technology startups with potential for global scale in the North of England. The firm partners with leading northern universities to leverage research capabilities and academic output, supporting ambitious entrepreneurs from early development through growth. Its investment focus spans life sciences, artificial intelligence and software, healthcare, deep tech, advanced materials, clean energy, and related areas in which intellectual property and strong teams can drive meaningful impact. Northern Gritstone aims to deliver financial returns while contributing to regional innovation and societal progress, drawing on a diverse investor base and a long-term, hands-on approach to portfolio companies.

Gallery Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in innovative companies across various sectors. It is stage-agnostic, backing startups at different development stages, including seed, early-stage, and growth rounds. The firm supports founders through original thinking and founder-focused guidance, aiming to back category-defining companies in areas such as adaptive security, robotics, artificial intelligence, and fintech. Gallery Ventures emphasizes diverse portfolio-building and seeks to shape the future through strategic capital and hands-on partnership with entrepreneurs.

Hard Yaka is an investment firm based in Crystal Bay, Nevada, focusing on technology-driven sectors such as payments, digital identity, banking, and related fintech services, as well as exchange platforms and regtech. It engages in venture and private equity investments, including early-stage rounds and buyouts, often pursuing majority stakes in distressed opportunities. The firm has invested in over 250 companies and facilitated more than $3 billion in investments, supporting portfolio companies through digital transformation and universal access initiatives while emphasizing regulatory compliance.

Closed Loop Partners is a New York-based private equity and investment firm established in 2014 that accelerates the global transition to a circular economy. It invests across venture capital, private equity, and catalytic capital through three segments: Closed Loop Capital Management, the Closed Loop Center for the Circular Economy, and Closed Loop Builders, and operates to develop circular economy infrastructure and innovation. The firm backs sustainable consumer goods, packaging, and related technologies, including advanced recycling, across the United States, Canada, and beyond, engaging more than 50 corporations. It has deployed over seven and a half billion dollars in materials kept in circulation to reduce extraction and landfill reliance, and pursues private equity acquisitions and loans to expand circular economies across multiple industries. The firm emphasizes collaboration with retailers and consumer goods companies to build circular supply chains.

Deerfield Management is a New York-based healthcare investment firm that advances human health through investment, research, and philanthropy. It manages investment strategies across public and private markets in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical devices, digital health, and healthcare services, and supports early-stage innovation through strategic partnerships and dedicated facilities that foster scientific research and drug discovery. The firm operates a philanthropic foundation focused on education, healthcare access, and initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes.

Redpoint Ventures is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 and based in California. It invests in seed, early, and growth-stage technology companies across internet, software, infrastructure, fintech, consumer, AI, and related sectors. The firm provides capital and active support to founders, helping with product development, go-to-market strategies, and scaling operations, while also contributing through ecosystem content and thought leadership. Redpoint pursues global investment opportunities, including a presence in the United States and China, and operates a multi-office platform. The organization emphasizes hands-on portfolio company support, leveraging its networks to create value and inform the broader startup community. Redpoint manages multiple funds and has grown into a global firm with a track record of funding startups across stages.

Grab operates a mobile technology platform in Southeast Asia that connects ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, parcel services, and payments for consumers and businesses. Through its app, users access services such as rides, on-demand deliveries, and a digital wallet with merchant payments and loans, while enterprise offerings help organizations manage deliveries and employee mobility. The company also runs Grab Financial Group to provide payments, lending, and insurance services, and Grab Ventures as its corporate venture arm. Founded in 2012 by Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Ling, Grab is headquartered in Singapore and serves multiple markets in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Myanmar. It emphasizes driver-partner support, aims for sustainable mobility with fleet electrification, and pursues ongoing technology development, including artificial intelligence initiatives.

Notation Capital is a Brooklyn-based venture capital firm that concentrates on pre-seed and early-stage technology companies. It partners with product-obsessed founding teams, often at or before product-market fit, to provide capital and practical support aimed at go-to-market, growth, and scale. The firm backs hard tech, infrastructure, and software startups across the United States, with a focus on the New York region. Notation Capital emphasizes community building among founders, advisors, and investors to help navigate early growth. Its portfolio includes companies such as Alice, Bison Trails, and Carmera, reflecting a breadth of expertise across sectors. The firm seeks to add value through hands-on guidance, industry connections, and a focus on long-term company building.

CLI Ventures is a global venture capital and private equity investment firm founded in 2014 in Mountain View, California. The firm manages about $1 billion and maintains offices in Palo Alto, New York, Boston, San Diego, Beijing, and Shenzhen. It backs early to late-stage companies across healthcare, real estate, software and services, and has invested in more than 200 portfolio companies. CLI Ventures pursues multi-IPO and M&A exits, emphasizing innovative business models and technology-driven growth. Its portfolio includes Compass, a real estate platform; CRISPR Therapeutics, a gene-editing biopharmaceutical company; and Guardant Health, which provides genomic cancer testing to guide treatment decisions. By funding startups across multiple sectors and geographies, CLI Ventures aims to support scalable, market-leading businesses globally.

Alliance Consumer Growth is a New York-based private equity growth equity firm that partners with emerging consumer brands across food and beverage, personal care, beauty, pet care, restaurants, apparel and related consumer sectors. Founded in 2011, the firm pursues growth investments and acts as a minority partner by providing growth capital, strategic guidance, and resources to help brands scale. With offices in New York and Los Angeles, Alliance Consumer Growth focuses on consumer goods, retail, leisure and business services in the United States, aiming to preserve brand integrity and foster long-term founder relationships. The firm is registered as an investment adviser.

GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that reorganized in March 2024 into two distinct brands: Granite Asia and Notable Capital. Granite Asia, headquartered in Singapore, targets investments across the Asia-Pacific region, including Southeast Asia, Japan, China, India, and Australia. Notable Capital, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, pursues opportunities in the United States, Israel, Europe, and Latin America. The firm supports founders with resources and a community through events and podcasts, and has invested in notable companies such as Streamlit, HashiCorp, Grab, Affirm, Poshmark, Wish, and Airbnb.

Boost VC is a San Mateo-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on deep tech, investing in hardware and software across sectors such as aerospace, robotics, biotechnology, energy, climate, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, virtual and augmented reality, and related fields. Founded in 2012 by Adam Draper and Brayton Williams, the firm specializes in pre-seed rounds, often leading rounds up to about $2 million and providing substantial follow-on capital through a team of experienced investors, operators, and advisors from top institutions. It backs founders tackling ambitious challenges with the potential to significantly improve life for billions, seeking ventures capable of disrupting industries and addressing global needs.

Western Technology Investment is a venture debt firm based in Portola Valley, California, founded in 1980. It provides debt financing and related capital solutions to technology and life sciences companies, often combining debt with equity via warrants when appropriate. The firm targets revenue-generating early- to growth-stage businesses, offering flexible, founder-friendly credit facilities designed to minimize equity dilution and preserve operational freedom. Typical loan sizes span from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of dollars, with structures tailored to support rapid growth across stages, from seed to public listing. WTI conducts venture lending across North America and has a long track record of backing numerous technology and life science companies, aiming to accompany ventures through all phases of their journey.

Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm focused on technology for the built environment and the global real estate industry. Founded by Brendan Wallace in 2015, it is based in the United States and builds connections between real estate owners, developers, and operators and technology-led startups across property technology, climate technology, and related sectors. The firm invests in venture and growth-stage opportunities and leverages a broad network of corporate partners and strategic investors to accelerate adoption by real estate participants. It maintains a global footprint through partnerships with major owners and operators and seeks to back category-leading startups that transform how real estate is owned, managed, and built.

Feenix Venture Partners is a New York-based investment firm founded in 2017 that focuses on providing growth capital to consumer-facing and services-oriented businesses. The firm pursues early and mid-stage opportunities and actively participates throughout the financing lifecycle, offering strategic guidance and portfolio support. It uses a venture lending approach to growth capital, including a model that leverages credit card processing fee revenue to enhance lending economics, aiming to deliver strong returns for portfolio companies and investors. Target sectors include specialty retail, food and beverage, education, health and wellness, lifestyle brands, and business services.

Stonebridge Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2008. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage companies across various sectors, seeking to identify and support innovative startups with high growth potential. Stonebridge Ventures aims to provide not only financial resources but also strategic guidance to help these companies navigate their development and achieve long-term success. Through its investments, the firm fosters entrepreneurship and contributes to the growth of the startup ecosystem.

Shinhan Venture Investment is a Seoul-based venture capital firm founded in 2000. It invests across sectors including healthcare, gaming, industrials, energy, consumer and retail, as well as disruptive technologies and communications, and pursues both early-stage ventures and later-stage control investments driven by megatrends such as aging populations, IT convergence and alternative energy.

UNC Kenan-Flagler Private Equity Fund is a student-run private equity fund affiliated with the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Founded in 2007, the fund co-invests with partner private investment firms and pursues a broad range of investment strategies, including traditional buyouts, growth equity, venture, and mezzanine financings across industries. It operates as an educational vehicle to provide hands-on investing experience and career development for participants, and has overseen more than thirty investments across three active funds. The fund emphasizes educational opportunities, industry partnerships, and attractive returns, supported by a structured governance framework that includes management, an investment committee, and an alumni network, facilitating collaboration among students, faculty, alumni, and external partners.

RSVP Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Paul Vlasic and Raymond Spencer. Based in Michigan with activity in the United States and Australia, it applies a hands-on partnership approach to early-stage and growth investments across technology-driven sectors including information technology, cleantech, medical technologies, and sustainable living, with emphasis on green energy opportunities. The firm draws on decades of entrepreneurial management experience and supports portfolio companies through active involvement rather than mere capital, aiming to help them scale to market leadership. The team has a track record of backing ventures with solid revenue, strong gross margins, scalable products, and capable leadership, maintaining a diverse portfolio across the United States and Australia.

Kirenaga Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Winter Park, Florida. It targets transformative technologies across sectors including advanced manufacturing, data, ag-tech, transport, artificial intelligence and machine learning, robotics, drones, space, clean technology, education technology, and life sciences. The firm typically writes initial checks of about $1–3 million to provide 18–24 months of runway, supported by hands-on involvement and access to a national network of professionals, suppliers and talent to de-risk and accelerate growth. It pursues a positive societal impact alongside financial returns and focuses on lower-middle-market companies with annual revenues under roughly $25 million. Kirenaga sources opportunities in Central Florida and works with portfolio companies to help them scale, emphasizing an edge in technology and practical execution.

ACME Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco. It invests in deep-tech and technology-enabled startups across the United States and Europe, covering sectors such as aerospace and defense, physical AI, future of work, digital health, advanced materials, and next-generation manufacturing. The firm partners with founders to provide strategic guidance and industry connections, supporting growth beyond capital. Notable portfolio companies include Harmattan AI, Canopy, and Stendr, reflecting a focus on ambitious ventures that advance technical execution and market impact.

WI Harper Group is a San Francisco–based venture capital firm with a Beijing and Taipei presence. Founded in 1993, it backs early and early-growth companies across the United States, Greater China and the Asia Pacific, investing in sectors such as healthcare, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, robotics, fintech, sustainability and related deeptech fields. The firm emphasizes a hands-on, global-local approach, leveraging strategic networks and founder support to help portfolio companies scale. Over more than three decades it has backed hundreds of companies and delivered numerous exits and IPOs. WI Harper manages nine funds with over $1 billion in committed capital, reflecting its breadth and long-standing experience in cross-border investing.

PLG Ventures is a Santa Monica, California-based venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed and seed investments in technology-enabled startups. The firm takes a hands-on approach, helping founding teams develop leadership skills, shape company culture, and establish scalable foundations for growth. Led by founder Peter Goldberg, whose executive background informs portfolio guidance, PLG Ventures supports early-stage companies with practical strategies and mentorship. Founded in 2015, the firm focuses on technology ventures within the Southern California ecosystem.

TDF Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Washington, DC and Silicon Valley. Founded in 2004 and based in Chevy Chase, Maryland, the firm backs startups across enterprise markets in infrastructure, software and services, including IaaS, SaaS and XaaS, as well as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and related cloud and data technologies. It typically invests in seed and Series A rounds in North America, often committing about $0.5 million to $5 million per transaction and taking an active, hands-on role to support portfolio companies, with opportunities for co-investments.

Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture firm founded in 2004 and based in California, with offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco. It focuses on early-stage investments in software, consumer services, healthcare, financial technology, and other technology-enabled sectors across the United States and Canada, with a particular emphasis on AI-native ventures. The firm seeks founders with strong founder–market fit and the potential for rapid scale, and it typically takes an active, hands-on approach by partnering closely with portfolio companies from the seed round onward. Its approach centers on simplicity and transparency in terms and a long-term partnership that provides strategic guidance, go-to-market support, and operational advice beyond capital. Uncork Capital supports a diverse portfolio spanning consumer and enterprise software, AI, and technology-enabled services.