Service Provider Capital is a Colorado-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that funds seed-stage technology companies across domains such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, cybersecurity, fintech, e-commerce, education technology, hardware, robotics, information technology, health tech, and cannabis. The firm also co-invests in Series A rounds led by institutional venture funds, providing capital and guidance to startups in the United States, including the Midwest and Southeast regions.

Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 that backs technology companies across the United States, with a focus on the Pacific Northwest and West Coast. It invests across stages from seed to growth, typically in information technology, software, consumer internet, digital media and advertising, fintech, data analytics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, hardware and robotics, and often takes board seats in its portfolio companies. The firm supports early-stage to growth ventures, pursuing opportunities in areas such as the future of work and low-code/no-code, with typical investments ranging from $2 million to $10 million as lead investor.

Keiretsu Forum is an international investment community of accredited private equity investors, venture capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. Founded in San Francisco in 2000, it operates as a worldwide network that structures access to high-quality deal flow and investment opportunities through regional chapters across the United States, Europe and Asia. It is described as the world’s largest invitation-only angel investor network, with thousands of investor members who participate in funding opportunities for early- to growth-stage companies in technology, healthcare, energy, consumer products and other sectors. The forum emphasizes collaboration among members and partner resources to support due diligence, syndication and capital deployment, enabling private capital to back high-potential ventures.

Vulcan Capital is the private equity and venture capital arm of Vulcan, a global technology and investment organization founded by Paul G. Allen. It engages in investments across all stages of corporate development, including leveraged buyouts, growth and early-stage ventures, distressed/turnaround opportunities, and select public market strategies. The firm targets sectors such as healthcare, software, media and entertainment, Internet services, mobile, telecommunications, energy, data intelligence, and infrastructure, with a global reach focused on the United States, Europe, and Asia. Typical deal sizes range from about $10 million to $100 million, and investments can be held for up to a decade. Vulcan Capital is headquartered in Seattle, with an additional office in Palo Alto.

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, established in 2013. It targets individual accredited investors who previously had limited access to venture capital by enabling alumni from top entrepreneurial schools to invest together in ventures led by fellow alumni. The firm backs companies with an alumni connection and an institutional lead investor with sector expertise. It offers focused funds that provide accredited investors access to a diversified venture portfolio by type, sector, stage, and geography. The organization engages in seed, early-stage, and late-stage pre-IPO investments across technology, consumer, financial services, health care, life sciences, and other sectors.

Foundry Group is a Boulder, Colorado-based venture capital firm founded in 2007 that specializes in information technology, Internet and software companies across North America. It funds both early-stage and later-stage ventures and has launched multiple funds, including a fifth fund of about $225 million. Since inception it has invested in more than 100 companies as institutional investors and in more than 50 as angel investors, with a focus on software, digital services and related technology sectors.

New Enterprise Associates is a U.S.-based venture capital firm founded in 1977 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It invests in technology and healthcare companies across stages and geographies, supporting startups from seed to growth. The firm operates globally with investments in the United States, Asia, and Brazil among others, and has a long track record of portfolio IPOs and acquisitions. It has over $19 billion in cumulative committed capital.

Alliance of Angels is a Seattle-based angel group founded in 1997 with a network of more than 140 active investors that backs seed to early-stage startups. It has funded more than 200 companies and achieved 40+ exits, with investments spanning software-as-a-service, artificial intelligence, life sciences, technology, hardware, consumer, manufacturing, retail, and food industries across the United States and Canada, and a focus on the Pacific Northwest.

Kickstart Fund is a Utah-based seed-stage venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies in the Mountain West. Based in Cottonwood Heights/Salt Lake City, it provides smart capital, a connected founder community, and expert guidance to help portfolio companies grow. Founded in 2008, Kickstart has supported numerous startups and targets investments in software, information technology, and related technology sectors across Utah and neighboring Mountain West states, with a focus on helping founders scale through capital, mentorship, and strategic resources.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It pursues investments across multiple sectors, including information technology, healthcare, manufacturing, mobile, nanotechnology, financial services, internet, energy, media, and retail, and provides early to growth-stage funding coupled with strategic support to help founders build lasting, category-defining companies.

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. Headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, it concentrates on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with notable focus areas including fintech, cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and healthcare. Founded in 1995, Insight Partners manages over $75 billion in regulatory assets under management and has invested in more than 750 companies worldwide, with over 55 portfolio companies achieving an IPO. The firm combines capital with hands-on, right-sized software expertise to support portfolio companies on their growth journey from first investment to IPO.

Founders' Co-op is a Seattle-based seed-stage venture capital firm that focuses on software startups in the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 2008, it backs early-stage founders and aims to connect them with growth investors, while serving as a key source of regional dealflow for both local and out-of-region investors. As a long-standing seed-stage specialist in the Pacific Northwest, the firm operates as a registered investment adviser (RIA).

Trilogy International Partners is a private investment company that acquires and operates wireless telecommunications businesses in international markets with strong growth prospects. Based in Bellevue, Washington, it maintains regional offices in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The firm holds controlling interests in mobile operators in Bolivia, Haiti and the Dominican Republic and a non-controlling stake in a greenfield mobile venture in New Zealand. Its portfolio companies provide wireless voice and data services, including international long distance, roaming, and fixed broadband in some markets, serving more than 31 million people. Founded in 2005, Trilogy focuses on building scale in underpenetrated markets by leveraging cross-market experience.

PSL Ventures is a Seattle-based venture capital firm affiliated with Pioneer Square Labs' startup studio. It invests in early-stage technology-driven companies, including both studio-backed ventures and independent startups.

Big Basin Partners is a venture capital firm based in Sammamish, Washington, focusing on early-stage technology investments across sectors including computer hardware, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, semiconductors, internet software services, application software, medical devices, healthcare, alternative energy, and education. The firm works with entrepreneurs who have not yet raised traditional venture capital funds, helping them identify viable initial target markets and supporting early product and market validation to accelerate growth.

Ignition Partners is a Bellevue, Washington-based venture capital firm that backs software companies in the United States, focusing on B2B, enterprise software, SaaS, artificial intelligence, cloud technology, and cybersecurity. Founded in 1999, the firm provides capital along with hands-on operational support, industry insight, and strategic connections to help entrepreneurs turn ideas into scalable businesses. The team leverages experience from building successful technology companies and offers guidance across product, go-to-market, and scaling efforts, with a history of working with leaders in the software and technology sectors.

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, it funds software and technology companies across seed to growth stages, with emphasis on web and mobile applications, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, fintech, consumer Internet, artificial intelligence, and biotech-adjacent ventures. The firm focuses on technology-enabled businesses and provides strategic support and networks to portfolio companies.

Threshold Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. The firm pursues a high-conviction investment strategy and partners with entrepreneurs to build and scale innovative software, consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology companies, providing capital and strategic support to help startups reach product-market fit and accelerate growth.

Denny Hill Capital is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that supports early and growth-stage companies across a broad range of sectors, including building products, e-commerce, retail, clean technology, mobility, biotechnology, business software, entertainment software, social software, and oncology. The firm partners with portfolio companies to drive scale, profitability, and sustainable growth through capital efficiency, providing strategic and financial guidance from idea through expansion, and maintaining a hands-on, collaborative approach to help companies achieve long-term success.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London and Bangalore. It funds early- and growth-stage technology companies across software, cloud, SaaS, consumer, enterprise IT and related sectors, and it supports portfolio companies as they scale internationally. With a global network and more than three decades of experience, Accel seeks to help entrepreneurs build world-class, category-defining businesses. Notable investments include Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Braintree, Cloudera and Qualtrics, among others. Accel operates multiple funds and programs to back companies at different stages, continuing a long track record of backing ambitious technology founders around the world.

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that invests in early-stage technology startups. It specializes in pre-seed and seed rounds for capital-efficient companies, with a focus on the United States and Canada and occasional activity in Western Europe, Israel, Australia, and New Zealand. The firm typically makes 75 to 100 investments per year, with round sizes from 50,000 to 500,000 and pre-money valuations ranging from 1,000,000 to 3,500,000. Portfolio companies are typically located outside the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, and the firm aims to provide a clear yes or no on opportunities within about two weeks.

Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco, California-based venture capital firm that provides seed-stage and early-stage investments to technology startups. Founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma, the firm focuses on technology companies across software, telecommunications, media, and other TMT sectors, offering early funding and strategic guidance to its portfolio companies.

Maveron is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 1998 by Dan Levitan and Howard Schultz. The firm, with additional offices in San Francisco and New York, focuses on seed to growth-stage investments in consumer-focused companies across the United States. Maveron backs early-stage and later-stage consumer technology, retail and services businesses that empower consumers to live on their terms, investing selectively and often taking a lead role. Its portfolio has included consumer brands such as Zulily, Allbirds, General Assembly and Trupanion, among others. With about 800 million dollars under management, Maveron pursues opportunities across sectors including housing, education, health and wellness, e-commerce and other consumer-centric tech, and looks for differentiated brands and direct-to-consumer or innovative consumer models. The firm emphasizes partnering with entrepreneurs to build scalable consumer businesses and maintains a focus on the consumer continuum, from startups to growth-stage companies.

Voyager Capital is a Seattle-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage and growth technology investments, including software, analytics, cloud infrastructure, AI and related fields. The firm backs B2B companies and often participates in first venture rounds, offering domain expertise, go-to-market and team-building resources to help portfolio companies scale into market leaders. It operates with a Pacific Northwest emphasis and maintains an office in Portland, connecting to Western Canada as part of its geographic focus.

Unlock Venture Partners is a Seattle-based venture capital firm that backs seed-stage technology startups. Founded in 2017, it concentrates on early-stage software and other technology companies, primarily in the Seattle and Los Angeles markets. The firm pursues opportunities across metaverse, gaming, and Web3 applications, including use cases in digital media, fintech, insurance, e-commerce, and proptech.

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman. It allocates capital across public and private markets worldwide, with a focus on technology-enabled growth opportunities. The firm pursues public equity strategies, including long/short and growth investments, and private equity across early- to late-stage companies in multiple industries, seeking high-quality growth opportunities and guiding portfolio companies through their lifecycle.

Peterson Partners is an independent investment management firm based in Salt Lake City, Utah. It manages assets across private equity, seed-stage venture, search funds, and real estate, and adopts a value-add partnership approach with entrepreneurs, seeking more than capital. Founded in 2003, the firm has invested in over 200 companies, primarily in the United States with activity in Canada, Europe, Mexico, Brazil, and India. The firm targets a broad range of sectors, including business services, software, internet, retail, consumer health, transportation, industrials, fintech, digital commerce, and consumer technology.

Sahsen Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Seattle, founded in 2016. It invests in technology and biotechnology companies and seeks opportunities in life sciences, health, safety, education, and environment sectors, supporting both for-profit and nonprofit organizations.

Flying Fish Partners is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that focuses on early-stage investments in artificial intelligence and machine learning, including applied and platform AI as well as related tools and infrastructure. The firm backs startups across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, with an emphasis on companies using machine learning at the core of their strategy.

Sapphire Ventures is a global software-focused venture capital firm that backs technology companies across growth and early stages. With teams in Austin, London, Palo Alto, Menlo Park and San Francisco, it partners with management teams and other venture funds to scale companies toward category leadership. The firm manages a substantial asset base and its portfolio spans software, information technology, fintech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud and related technologies. A dedicated Portfolio Growth team provides hands-on support, tools and resources to help portfolio leaders execute growth strategies and scale operations, while Sapphire Ventures also operates platforms such as Sapphire Partners and Sapphire Sport to support portfolio companies and select venture fund initiatives. The firm emphasizes long-term relationships and strategic value creation through its global footprint and operator driven approach.

Boomtown Accelerators is a Boulder, Colorado-based startup accelerator that runs bespoke 12-week programs for seed and early-stage ventures across sectors including health tech, connectivity, hardware and IoT, adtech, and software. It provides participating teams with $20,000 in seed funding, access to discounts and perks, a tailored curriculum, strategic mentorship from partners and staff, office space, and opportunities such as Demo Day and exposure to potential customers and funding, helping startups turn ideas into scalable, market-ready businesses.

Lux Capital is a venture capital firm based in New York City and Silicon Valley that funds seed- and early-stage technology and science startups. It concentrates on deep tech across the physical and life sciences, investing in biochemistry, material science, electronics, infrastructure, aerospace, satellites, drones, and space technologies, as well as software, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, genomics and synthetic biology. The firm takes an active role in helping entrepreneurs build high-growth companies and has a track record of launching more than 20 portfolio companies. With a technically engaged approach, Lux supports portfolio progress by leveraging deep domain insight and industry connections to drive leadership and scale.

Sand Hill Angels is a Mountain View, California-based angel investor network in Silicon Valley founded in 2000. The group comprises around 60+ technology professionals who collaborate to form and grow startup companies by investing in private technology firms at early stages. Its members focus on technology sectors including clean technology, Internet, information sciences, and life sciences, with activity in areas such as semiconductors, enterprise software, storage, and communications, as well as medical devices, diagnostics, and bioinformatics. Sand Hill Angels typically invest in seed and Series A rounds, and occasionally later-stage bridges, often committing $300K to $500K at a pre-money valuation under $5 million. The network works openly with venture capital funds and other angel groups to support the Bay Area ecosystem.

Access Venture Partners is a Colorado-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies in the United States, with a focus on seed and Series A rounds. The firm concentrates on software, SaaS, cybersecurity, data analytics, and other technology-enabled sectors, and maintains offices in Westminster and Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1999, it seeks to partner with bold founders and provides active support beyond capital, including help with building teams, fundraising, business strategy, and recruiting to accelerate growth and prepare for exits. It has deployed capital into numerous portfolio companies since inception.

SpringRock Ventures is a Seattle-based venture capital firm that invests in healthcare and information technology companies across North America, spanning early and late-stage opportunities including seed or entrepreneur-in-residence investments. The firm focuses on digital health, SaaS, health consumerization and ecommerce of healthcare, medical devices, oral health, infrastructure, wellness, HIPAA-related services, security, genomics, and other innovative providers improving general health. Typical investments range from two to five million dollars, supporting companies with demonstrated customer acceptance in sectors such as healthcare IT, digital health, and related services.

Boulder Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Boulder, Colorado, founded in 1995. It targets early-stage information technology and life sciences companies, with investments primarily in Colorado and the Mid-Atlantic region. The firm aims to lead deals and typically makes initial investments of about $1-4 million, with total commitments in the $5-10 million range over a portfolio company's life cycle and potential follow-on funding. The firm has additional offices in Chevy Chase and Owings Mills, Maryland.

Flywheel Ventures is a Santa Fe-based venture capital firm that funds seed to early-stage technology companies, with a regional emphasis on the Southwest and Rocky Mountain states. The firm backs information technology, software and related sectors, including B2B products, software-as-a-service, semiconductors, networking, data services, and other technology domains, and seeks to invest in companies with solutions addressing global IT and urban systems challenges. It maintains offices in Albuquerque and San Francisco and typically acts as a lead investor, aiming to take a board seat and to syndicate for follow-on financing. While focused on the United States, its regional roots are in New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona, with investment activity also in California. Flywheel pursues seed-to-early-stage opportunities and up to growth capital for portfolio companies, collaborating with other firms to support scale.

Amazon is a multinational technology company that operates Amazon.com and AWS. Through its corporate venture capital arm, the Alexa Fund, based in Seattle, it invests in early- to growth-stage companies worldwide in areas such as artificial intelligence, voice technology, IoT, robotics, healthcare, fintech, and digital health, among others. The company also runs The Alexa Accelerator, powered by Techstars, a 13-week Seattle program that supports startups focused on transforming customer experiences through voice-powered interactions, with mentorship from Amazon technologists and industry leaders.

WestRiver Group is a Seattle-based investment firm founded in 2002 that provides integrated capital solutions to the global innovation economy, with platforms focused on technology, life sciences, healthcare, energy, and experiential sectors and the flexibility to invest across asset classes and capital structures. Through a broad network of partners and deep operational expertise, it works closely with portfolio companies and often assumes executive or board roles to help drive growth and strategic direction. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, WestRiver Group is registered as an investment adviser.

OrbiMed is a healthcare-focused investment firm based in New York, founded in 1989, with approximately $5 billion in assets under management. It engages in private equity, venture capital, and growth investments across the global healthcare landscape, spanning biopharmaceuticals, biotechnology, life sciences tools, medical devices, diagnostics, health care services, and digital health. The firm invests across the development spectrum, from startup ventures to mature companies, and pursues opportunities worldwide, including North America, Europe, Asia, Israel and India, leveraging a long-standing specialization in the sector. Through its diversified capital programs, OrbiMed partners with management to advance innovative therapies, tools, and services that address significant medical needs.

Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011, that manages investment portfolios and provides asset management services to clients across sectors, with a focus on software as a service companies, and analyzes market trends to inform its investment decisions while operating in finance, technology, and real estate.

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs science and technology companies across stages. The firm focuses on transformational technologies and has supported early backers of SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook, and Airbnb. It pursues a founder-friendly approach that provides significant support with minimal interference, and it invests globally across sectors including software, artificial intelligence, aerospace, energy, healthcare, cybersecurity, biotech, and information technology. The firm targets opportunities from seed to growth stages and emphasizes solving difficult problems through innovative technology.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm founded in 1911 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. It backs startups across seed to growth stages, focusing on software, cloud, cybersecurity, fintech, consumer and healthcare technologies, and high-growth business models. The firm operates internationally, supporting portfolio companies from early product development through scale, and has backed well-known names such as Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, Wix and others. BVP emphasizes helping founders establish durable foundations and guides companies through multiple growth phases, leveraging hands-on operational support, strategic networks, and cross-border expertise. With a diversified approach that includes consumer, enterprise and deep-tech investments, the firm seeks to build lasting companies that matter across global markets.

The Washington Research Foundation, established in 1981 and located in Seattle, is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing technology in the life sciences, information technology, and physical sciences. The foundation supports innovative research and early-stage entrepreneurs, contributing to the growth of Washington's technology economy. Its seed fund branch, WRF Capital, plays a crucial role in managing intellectual property and providing business support to local companies and institutions. As one of the leading venture capitalists in the Northwest, the foundation reinvests its financial returns into research and initiatives that foster new company spinouts. Through its efforts, the Washington Research Foundation aims to cultivate a vibrant research and enterprise community within the region.

Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 1972, the firm concentrates on early-stage, growth, and incubation investments, partnering with founders from inception through IPO and beyond. It backs ventures across technology-related sectors, including digital and information technology, life sciences, and healthcare, with a global reach that spans North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and Mainland China.

Hard Yaka is an investment firm based in Crystal Bay, Nevada. It engages in private equity and venture investments, focusing on technology and financial services sectors, including early-stage investments in exchange-related startups and opportunities in buyouts and distressed assets, often pursuing majority stakes.

Jazz Venture Partners is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs companies at the intersection of digital technology and neuroscience. It invests in technologies that extend human performance, including augmented reality, virtual reality, immersive gaming, artificial intelligence, and closed-loop human-computer systems. The firm seeks opportunities across health, mind-body wellness, peak mental and physical performance, accelerated learning and training, sports, and entertainment, and leverages a multidisciplinary team with backgrounds in investment, entrepreneurship, neuroscience, and technology to support portfolio companies.

FirstMile Ventures is a Colorado Springs-based venture capital firm that backs seed- and early-stage technology companies in the United States and North America. It focuses on B2B software, infrastructure technology, distributed ledger, and related IT sectors, including communications, networking, information technology, cloud services, and storage technologies. The firm typically makes initial investments in the low-to-mid US$0.05–1.5 million range and reserves capital for follow-on rounds, pursuing opportunities primarily in Colorado with a broader North American remit. It considers opportunities across the United States and Canada, and avoids investments in companies that require extensive research and development or exceed a total capital requirement of about US$10 million. FirstMile Ventures aims to help portfolio companies establish early momentum through strategic support as they scale.

Pioneer Square Labs is a Seattle-based startup studio that creates and launches technology startups. It provides end-to-end support including market research, concept validation, engineering, data science, visual and UX design, product management, recruiting, fundraising, marketing, company formation, finance, operations, legal and human resources services, helping founders move ideas from concept to launch. Founded in 2015, the firm focuses on technology-driven ventures in the Pacific Northwest.