Lerer Hippeau is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that focuses on early-stage investments, primarily at seed and early stages. The firm backs entrepreneurs across multiple sectors including fintech, blockchain, food and beverage, hardware and robotics, healthcare, marketing services, media and entertainment, and supply chain and logistics, and maintains a hands-on approach to portfolio support. It holds a diverse portfolio of early-stage companies such as Guideline, K Health, Allbirds and Zipline, and is described as one of the most active investors in New York with a history of helping founders grow from idea to scale.

Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices in New York, Boston, Menlo Park, Chicago, London, and Tokyo. It enables accredited investors, especially alumni networks, to access diversified venture opportunities by co-investing alongside leading venture capital firms. Through funds, syndicates, and investing clubs, it sources opportunities across stages and geographies, conducts rigorous due diligence, and aims for transparent, founder-friendly support. The firm backs a diversified portfolio of startups, including more than 1,600 companies, and has attracted substantial committed capital and a large community of individual investors, underscoring its mission to democratize access to venture capital while partnering with established VC firms.

Founder Collective is a seed- and pre-seed-focused venture capital firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with offices in New York City and Boston. It backs early-stage technology startups across the United States with a founder-aligned, long-term approach that emphasizes capital efficiency and durable value over rapid ownership targets. The firm is sector-agnostic and prioritizes people and execution, partnering with exceptional founders from idea to IPO. Its portfolio includes notable companies such as Uber, SeatGeek, WHOOP, Shield AI, The Trade Desk, and Suno. The team combines hands-on partnership with an extensive network to support portfolio companies throughout growth and scale.

BoxGroup, founded in 2009, is a New York-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups, typically at pre-seed to Series A, across sectors including consumer, enterprise software, fintech, healthcare, life sciences, SaaS, marketplaces, e-commerce, climate tech, and frontier technologies. The firm emphasizes supporting solo founders and bold ideas, evaluating teams with conviction and aiming to fund ventures at the start of emerging markets. Investment sizes vary from tens of thousands to around a million dollars, with a global outlook and a stated focus on New York City, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles, though geography is not a constraint. BoxGroup operates as a boutique investor in the early stages of portfolio companies, often engaging without taking board seats.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm that provides early-stage and seed investments alongside structured accelerator programs and deeply resourced facilities to accelerate product development. Focused on deep tech, human and planetary health, and cross-border software, SOSV backs startups from pre-seed onward and runs programs that accelerate technical development, regulatory strategy, and fundraising. The firm maintains labs and engineering spaces with specialist staff in multiple regions, including the United States and Asia, to support portfolio companies in biosafety, chemistry, mechatronics, analytics, and electrical engineering. Programs such as HAX and other live events offer founders access to prototyping, testing, and investor networks. Annually, SOSV makes around sixty pre-seed investments (up to roughly $550k each) and participates in numerous follow-on rounds, leveraging a global portfolio and extensive co-investor network to help deeply technical startups scale and reach markets.

Greycroft is a venture capital firm that concentrates on technology startups and investments in the Internet and mobile markets. With offices in New York and Los Angeles, Greycroft leverages a wide network of media and technology industry connections to help entrepreneurs gain visibility, build strategic relationships, bring products to market, and grow successful businesses. The firm manages more than $1 billion in assets and has completed over 200 investments in companies such as Acorns, Venmo, Huffington Post, Boxed, Braintree, Scopely, Shipt, Thrive Market, Maker Studios, and The RealReal. Greycroft focuses on partnering with founders to accelerate growth and scale product-driven businesses.

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that funds early-stage and growth companies across sectors including consumer, enterprise software, fintech, crypto, and healthcare. Based in San Francisco with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and other locations, it provides capital and strategic guidance to help entrepreneurs build scalable, durable businesses. The firm emphasizes the use of technology, including artificial intelligence, to accelerate growth and drive meaningful impact. General Catalyst partners with management teams to support product development, go-to-market strategies, and organizational growth, aiming to back companies with potential for wide adoption and long-term value creation, rather than focusing solely on near-term exits.

Primary Venture Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm based in New York that backs technology startups across sectors including B2B software, mobile, fintech, healthcare, and energy. The firm pursues a low-volume, high-conviction approach and provides extensive hands-on support through an in-house expert network, talent initiatives, and financial and market development advisory aimed at helping portfolio companies recruit, commercialize, and raise subsequent rounds. With global reach from pre-seed through Series A, Primary partners with founders to accelerate growth and increase their chances of achieving significant milestones, leveraging specialized operators and resources to help companies navigate growth challenges and scale effectively.

Torch Capital is a New York-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs consumer technology startups and the infrastructure that powers them. It focuses on AI-powered companies and a broad portfolio spanning AI/Infrastructure, Health & Wellness, Culture & Entertainment, Finance & Governance, and Ecommerce, with the aim of transforming how consumers and businesses operate. The firm takes a hands-on approach, supported by an experienced team of entrepreneurs, executives, and industry veterans who provide strategic guidance and access to networks to help portfolio companies scale and achieve impact. Founded in 2018, it pursues active collaboration with founders to advance disruptive technologies.

Andreessen Horowitz is a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It funds technology startups across seed to late stages, with investments spanning software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software and services, consumer internet, fintech, artificial intelligence, crypto, infrastructure, and biotechnology at the intersection of computer science and life sciences. The firm emphasizes supporting portfolio companies through growth and strategic partnerships and maintains a broad tech-focused investment approach, aiming to add value beyond capital.

Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate focused on supporting LGBTQ founders and inclusive leadership by investing across stages and partnering with other venture firms to back diverse, high-potential companies. It maintains a global portfolio of 130+ companies and has deployed tens of millions in capital to date. The organization actively helps portfolio companies identify and recruit diverse talent for C-suite and board roles and cultivates a worldwide network of investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a commitment to positive social change through business.

RRE Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm with a multi-decade history, investing in early-stage technology companies across sectors such as artificial intelligence, fintech, enterprise software, healthcare, hardware, robotics, space, consumer tech, crypto, and climate. Founded in 1994, the firm pursues seed and Series A investments and operates with a boutique approach that emphasizes close founder relationships, long-term backing, and hands-on guidance through all growth stages. It distinguishes itself by leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance due diligence and portfolio management, aiming to support founders with strategic mentorship, loyalty, and adaptable partnerships.

FirstMark Capital is a New York City-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies. It emphasizes a founder-first approach, helping exceptional entrepreneurs access networks, customers, and top talent to accelerate growth. The firm focuses on enterprise and consumer software and has backed a broad portfolio that includes Pinterest, Shopify, DraftKings, Discord, Airbnb, Riot Games, InVision, and Synthesia, among others. FirstMark provides portfolio companies with resources such as exclusive summits and full-lifecycle recruiting, aiming to build a strong ecosystem through long-term partnerships and community support. It continues to invest in innovative companies and trends in technology, including AI-enabled ventures, seeking to help founders scale and achieve meaningful impact from its New York base.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. It is stage-agnostic, backing seed and Series A rounds, with an investment range of fifty thousand to five million dollars. Founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda, the firm leverages its network and experience in the marketplace sector to support founders aiming for rapid growth. The firm maintains a broad portfolio across e-commerce, on-demand services, fintech, and related technologies, with notable investments in Alibaba, Coupang, Delivery Hero, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, Adore Me, and Earnest. FJ Labs emphasizes partnerships with visionary founders and uses its sector expertise to help portfolio companies scale and achieve expansion.

Union Square Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2003 that invests across the internet sector, focusing on the applications layer of the web, internet services, and mobile platforms that create large networks. The firm backs founders building social media, marketplaces, developer tools, fintech, health, learning, climate tech, and web3-enabled businesses, emphasizing companies with strong network effects and scalable user bases. USV takes a hands-on approach, often acting as a lead investor and aiming for meaningful ownership, with typical initial investments around one million dollars and potential follow-ons up to about twenty million dollars per company. The firm operates globally with portfolio interests spanning New York, San Francisco, London, Berlin, and beyond, and pursues long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs to drive growth and transform markets.

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator is a New York City-based technology accelerator and early-stage investment program founded in 2011. The organization runs two four-month cohorts each year, investing $150,000 on a post-money SAFE in exchange for about 6% equity in participating startups. Beyond capital, ERA provides a mentor-driven program, free office space, cloud hosting credits, and access to professional services through partners. Since its inception, ERA has invested in more than 400 startups, and its alumni have collectively raised over $2 billion in capital and reached more than $10 billion in market value.

Notation Capital is a Brooklyn-based venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage technology investments, including pre-seed and seed opportunities in the New York region. It supports technical founding teams and helps them go-to-market and scale, with emphasis on hard tech, infrastructure, and product development. Its portfolio spans sectors such as B2B, energy, financial services, healthcare, information technology, artificial intelligence, climate technology, cryptocurrency, education technology, and health technology, reflecting a commitment to building product-focused companies through capital and network support.

First Round Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused on pre-seed, seed, and early-stage investments in technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors. It aims to build a community of technology entrepreneurs and provides founder-focused services to help companies grow from inception, including hands-on involvement and networking opportunities. The firm has offices in San Francisco and New York and typically makes initial investments around $500,000, with a track record of helping portfolio companies raise follow-on capital and advance to later rounds. Notable portfolio companies include Uber, Square, and Warby Parker.

Great Oaks Venture Capital is a New York-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in seed and Series A rounds for tech-based startups. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York, the firm typically backs pre-seed to Series A financings, with investments ranging from $50,000 to $500,000. While generalist, its focus areas include software, healthcare, financial services, marketplaces, and enterprise sectors, and it partners with ambitious founders across the United States. Over two decades, it has built a portfolio and is recognized as a top early-stage investor.

Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 that provides capital and strategic support to technology-driven startups across early- to late-stage cycles. It pursues opportunities in AI, digital health, healthcare technologies, sustainability, fintech, consumer and enterprise technology, and other frontier areas, focusing on innovative business models and world-class teams. The firm emphasizes a contrarian, long-term approach and seeks to help entrepreneurs address meaningful societal and economic challenges through science, technology, and design.

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm established in 1992 that concentrates on seed to early-stage technology investments, notably in software and AI, primarily in the United States. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships with founders and provides strategic support, business development, financing and M&A advice, leveraging its extensive network to offer introductions and resources beyond capital. Its portfolio includes OpenAI, Databricks, Eventbrite, Cedar and Vercel, illustrating a track record of backing transformative technology companies and helping them grow.

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in London with offices in San Francisco and Geneva. It partners with technology entrepreneurs across software, AI, fintech, healthcare, data, media, mobility and related sectors to provide early and growth-stage capital and strategic guidance. The firm supports portfolio companies through all development stages, including sourcing opportunities, due diligence, structuring financing, and ongoing advisory interactions, leveraging a global network of industry connections to help founders scale, enter new markets, attract customers and partners. Notable portfolio companies include Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King, Slack and Supercell. Index Ventures emphasizes backing exceptional teams with ambitious ideas and provides resources to help them execute growth plans, product development, and market expansion globally.

New Enterprise Associates is a United States-based venture capital firm founded in 1977 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It invests in technology and healthcare companies across multiple stages, from seed to growth and IPO, and provides strategic support in product development and market expansion. The firm targets sectors including software, AI, consumer technology, digital health, life sciences, and energy technology, and pursues opportunities worldwide. NEA emphasizes long-term partnerships with founders, drawing on domain expertise and a broad network to help portfolio companies scale. It maintains a diverse portfolio across the United States, Asia and other regions, reflecting a global approach to venture investing.

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman that manages capital across public and private markets worldwide. The firm focuses on technology, internet, consumer, and financial services sectors, pursuing high-quality growth opportunities through both public equity and private investments. It maintains a research-driven, long-term approach and acts as a registered investment adviser, building partnerships with innovative companies across multiple regions and growth stages.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. The firm provides capital and strategic guidance to early-stage and growth-stage technology companies, often entering at the idea or formation stage and maintaining involvement as companies scale. It concentrates on a limited number of portfolio companies at a time and emphasizes long-term partnerships, collaboration among its internal teams and founders, and support in areas such as product development, company building, and market expansion. Its sector focus includes information technology, healthcare, manufacturing, mobile, nanotechnology, financial services, internet, energy, media and retail, with a global reach across the technology ecosystem.

C2 Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in AI-powered solutions for legacy, dirty, dull, and dangerous industries, with a focus on robotics and enterprise software. The firm emphasizes hands-on support beyond capital, operating as an operator-led platform that helps founders with product development, go-to-market, capital raises, exits, and strategic scaling. It connects portfolio companies with other founders, builders, and operators to provide practical guidance and to shorten the path to commercial impact. By prioritizing workflow integration, analytics, and demonstrable business value, C2 Ventures aims to bridge the gap between early-stage startups and traditional investors while backing companies that improve productivity in sectors such as construction, manufacturing, and field operations.

RiverPark Ventures is a New York-based early-stage, industry-agnostic venture capital firm that backs innovative companies at the intersection of enterprise technology and evolving consumer behavior. It emphasizes leadership, clear market need, and disruptive models that shorten value chains, with a preference for recurring revenue and capital-efficient, milestone-driven growth. The firm combines capital with hands-on guidance and strategic support, leveraging an operator-centric approach and research capabilities to help portfolio companies scale from initial investments through growth rounds.

New York Ventures is the venture capital arm of Empire State Development, the state of New York’s economic development agency. It supports innovation and economic growth across communities in New York by investing in startups and emerging companies and coordinating with state programs that foster technology, job creation, and regional development, including START-UP NY, Innovation Hot Spots, the Regional Economic Development Councils, Centers of Advanced Technology and Centers of Excellence networks, and the SUNY 2020 Initiative.

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 with offices in San Francisco, Boston, and New York. It invests in early-stage and growth companies across a wide range of sectors, including consumer, software, media, fintech, education technology, and internet services, supporting founders who pursue ambitious ideas and seek product-led strategies. The firm is known for backing prominent companies such as Twitter, Discord, Oculus, Warby Parker, Tumblr, Niantic, and others, reflecting a willingness to back disruptive teams and markets. Spark Capital emphasizes a founder-centric approach, prioritizing listening, product-market fit, independence of thought, and resilience, and aims to help portfolio companies scale on their own terms. By partnering across stages and geographies, the firm seeks to build enduring, value-driving businesses in the United States and beyond.

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital platform founded by Rocket Internet that invests in early-stage technology companies worldwide. It operates as a globally oriented, stage-agnostic investor, partnering with exceptional founders across sectors and providing support from the initial growth phase through scale. The firm targets high-potential, rapidly expanding ventures and emphasizes impact and feasibility in evaluating opportunities. It is led by investment partners Cedric Asselman, David Sainteff, and Fabricio Pettena.

Citigroup is a global financial services holding company that provides a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions. The company operates through two main segments: Global Consumer Banking, offering retail banking and Citi-branded cards and related services; and Institutional Clients Group, offering wholesale banking products and services including fixed-income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivatives, research, corporate lending, investment banking, and advisory services. Citigroup serves clients across North America, Latin America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The firm includes Citi Private Bank for private banking and Citi Community Capital as its community development lending arm, and the Citi Foundation funds social and economic progress initiatives. Citi emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility, supports affordable housing and economic development, and maintains a global footprint with offices in major cities and leadership in several markets.

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in science and technology companies across all stages, with a focus on transformational technologies and long-term impact. It backs startups addressing difficult problems in sectors such as aerospace, artificial intelligence, energy, information technology, software, advanced manufacturing and defense-related tech, and it emphasizes a founder-friendly approach that provides support with minimal interference. The firm has backed prominent companies including SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook and Airbnb, reflecting a history of early backing for high-growth ventures. Founders Fund seeks global opportunities and partners with entrepreneurs to navigate rapid technological change, from seed to growth investments.

Lux Capital is a venture capital firm focused on investing in companies at the intersection of science, technology, and industry. The firm backs ventures applying research across sectors including artificial intelligence, biotechnology, advanced materials, space, and energy, with an emphasis on translating complex innovations into scalable businesses. Lux provides capital together with strategic input on product development, company building, and long-term positioning, and takes an active role to help founders navigate technical and market challenges. The firm evaluates opportunities based on the underlying science, potential industry impact, and feasibility of execution over extended horizons. With offices in New York and Silicon Valley, Lux collaborates with technical founders, researchers, and teams to build durable market leaders and accelerate scientific breakthroughs into real-world applications.

Contour Venture Partners is a New York City–based early-stage venture capital firm that backs seed and early-stage technology companies. The firm concentrates on enterprise software, software-as-a-service, financial services, information technology, and related tech sectors, including vertical B2B SaaS, the Internet of Things, and digital media, with a focus on the New York City ecosystem. It emphasizes partnering with founders and management teams to build durable businesses through focused execution and long-term value creation.

Canaan Partners is a global early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1987 and headquartered in San Francisco. It focuses on supporting technology and healthcare startups at the seed and early stages, investing across sectors such as fintech, enterprise software and cloud, marketplaces, frontier technologies, biopharma, digital health and medtech. The firm maintains an international footprint with offices in Israel and India and backs entrepreneurs by leveraging a broad network of strategic partners, customers and follow-on investors to help transform innovative ideas into global companies.

Two Sigma is a global investment firm applying scientific rigor and data-driven approaches to financial markets. It manages more than $70 billion in assets, has executed over 5 billion trades, and leverages data from thousands of sources to inform its investment decisions. The firm employs about 1,700 people, including 250+ PhDs, with roughly two-thirds of its workforce focused on research and development. It operates across Investment Management, Securities, and Real Estate, and makes investments via Sightway Capital. Two Sigma emphasizes curiosity, collaboration with academic institutions, and the use of advanced technologies such as AI and distributed computing to develop systematic tools and insights that guide its investment activities.

Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011. It focuses on software-as-a-service startups in Latin America, providing growth capital, mentorship, and access to a broad network of strategic partners and co-investors to help portfolio companies scale, and operates a corporate venture capital arm that collaborates with corporate partners through flexible operating models and end-to-end support.

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that targets early-stage, capital-efficient technology startups in the United States and Canada. The firm employs a data-driven, quantitative approach to investment decisions and aims for rapid yes-or-no conclusions, often within two weeks. Typical rounds encompass small checks in the low hundreds of thousands, with the potential for larger commitments in exceptional cases, and a portfolio-wide strategy that emphasizes diversification. Beyond capital, it provides hands-on mentorship in areas such as sales, marketing, and fundraising, leveraging a network of investors and seasoned operators to support portfolio companies after investment. The firm focuses on teams still refining product-market fit, including those outside traditional tech hubs, and seeks to help founders scale efficiently through structured operational support and transparent decision processes.

Samsung Electronics is a global technology company headquartered in South Korea that designs, manufactures, and markets a broad portfolio of consumer electronics, IT and mobile devices, and advanced components. The company sells smartphones, tablets, televisions, home appliances, printers, and PCs, and supplies memory and storage products, semiconductors, displays, and telecommunications infrastructure. It operates a leading semiconductor business and a dominant memory chip and display supply chain, supported by a wide network of global research and development efforts focused on AI, 5G, energy storage, and next generation materials. Samsung Electronics coordinates manufacturing, services, and repair capabilities and engages in open innovation with startups and academic partners through its research centers and corporate venture initiatives. It pursues growth across consumer, enterprise, and industrial segments and aims to deliver integrated device solutions and services worldwide, with emphasis on sustainability and governance to create long-term value for customers, employees, and society.

ICONIQ Capital is a global multi-family office and investment firm based in San Francisco that provides financial advisory and family office services while managing direct investments across asset classes. The firm focuses on technology-driven opportunities, including enterprise software, fintech, information technology, artificial intelligence, and healthcare IT, and pursues growth equity, venture capital, middle-market buyouts, and real estate. It serves influential families and organizations, acting as a trusted advisor to facilitate strategic relationships, governance, and impact initiatives. ICONIQ operates with a network of offices in San Francisco, London, Palo Alto, Singapore, and New York, and maintains a registered investment adviser framework. Through growth platforms such as ICONIQ Growth, the firm supports early-stage to later-stage software and information technology companies, leveraging a broad ecosystem of leaders and founders to accelerate value creation. The company emphasizes a global reach and a disciplined, long-term investment approach.

Everywhere Ventures is a New York based venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and early-stage startups worldwide. Founded in 2017, it operates as a community-powered platform that pools capital, mentorship, and strategic introductions through ten micro funds, backed largely by more than 500 founder and operator limited partners. The firm invests in early rounds across sectors including software, money, health, and work, providing hands-on support and practical guidance to founders from inception to traction. It emphasizes founder-led collaboration and peer learning, leveraging the experience of operators and entrepreneurs who have built successful companies to help the next generation of startups.

Battery Ventures is a global technology investment firm founded in 1983 and based in Boston. It provides growth equity and venture capital to technology companies across sectors including application software, infrastructure software, consumer, industrial technology, and life science tools, investing in early through late stages and supporting buyouts. The firm operates internationally with offices in multiple locations and emphasizes a team-based, thesis-driven approach and close relationships with company leadership. Over its history, Battery Ventures has backed more than 450 companies, reflecting a focus on technology-driven growth and long-term partnerships.

Point72 is a global asset management firm led by Steven A. Cohen that invests across multiple asset classes and strategies worldwide, including discretionary long/short equities, quantitative, macro, and private investments. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, it maintains affiliated offices in New York, London, Poland, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Singapore, and provides investment management services to pooled vehicles while launching and managing hedge funds for clients. The firm also operates a venture capital arm that backs fintech, AI/ML, and enterprise technology companies from seed through growth stages, with offices in New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Stamford.

Brand Foundry Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2014, that invests in early-stage companies in the consumer and business sectors.

Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It specializes in early-stage, growth, and incubation investments, partnering with founders from inception to IPO and beyond. The firm backs entrepreneurs across a broad range of sectors, including technology, digital media, life sciences, healthcare, consumer products and services, software, cybersecurity, and infrastructure, providing strategic guidance and networks to help companies scale and create long-term value.

New York Angels is a New York-based angel investment group founded in 2004 as the successor to the NYNMA Angel Investor Program. It is a membership organization of more than 110 active angel investors and early-stage venture funds that screen and present early-stage technology companies. Members typically invest between $100,000 and $1,000,000 per deal, with lead investments up to $2 million. The group receives thousands of financing applications annually, selects 12–16 companies each month for in-person screening, then hosts an Investment Breakfast at month end where 2–4 opportunities are presented with a goal to close rounds within about two months. Membership is by invitation and requires a minimum annual commitment of $50,000 in early-stage tech deals plus $3,500 in annual dues. Entrepreneurs may self-submit proposals via the group's website, and no fees are charged to entrepreneurs. The organization supports early-stage technology ventures across sectors such as business-to-business platforms, digital media, financial services, medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health.

Company Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in healthcare, fintech, data, artificial intelligence, software-as-a-service and enterprise software. It operates residency programs, notably Grand Central Tech in New York City and a Nashville residency, to support pre-seed to seed-stage startups and pre-Series A teams in AI, data automation, healthcare, fintech and SaaS, providing office space, mentorship, partnerships, and access to its investment team. Through these programs, the firm helps portfolio companies with fundraising and growth, and has facilitated substantial VC funding for program participants.

NextView Ventures is a high-conviction, hands-on seed venture capital firm with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Boston. It backs ambitious founders across North America, partnering from inception to scale and drawing on decades of experience building iconic companies. The firm emphasizes thematic investing and supports portfolio companies with practical guidance, resources, and networks to help them reach growth milestones. Notable early investments include WHOOP and Bobbie, and NextView provides founders with access to resources such as founder portals, webinars, and curated perspectives through blogs and podcasts. The team operates collaboratively to offer authentic insight and bold support, and it maintains a strong emphasis on helping entrepreneurs build companies of consequence while maintaining close founder relationships.

Slow Ventures is a San Francisco-based generalist early-stage venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Boston, and New York. Founded in 2011, it invests across security, fintech, SaaS, crypto, consumer, healthcare, and the creator economy, supporting founders developing technology-driven businesses at the center of technology and on the edges of science, society, and culture. The firm emphasizes long-term growth and a conviction-driven approach, offering resources, connections, experiences, and empathy to help build resilient companies. Notable investments include Airtable, Gusto, OpenPhone, Ro, Solana, and Teamshares.

Tribeca Venture Partners is a New York-based multi-stage venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Brian Hirsch and Chip Meakem. It invests in technology-focused companies across sectors such as digital media, e-commerce, fintech, education technology, ad tech, and AI/ML, as well as software, hardware, healthcare, security, and related areas, often at seed and early stages, and emphasizes practical, hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale. The firm has backed more than 60 companies and has a track record of strong follow-on activity from Series A to Series B, with notable milestones including Gather AI’s $40 million Series B, AlphaSense’s substantial ARR growth, and Quantum Circuits’ acquisition by D-Wave. Tribeca maintains an active New York network and engages founders through insights and collaboration.