Citigroup is a diversified financial services company providing a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. It operates through two main segments: Global Consumer Banking, which includes retail banking, Citi-branded cards, and consumer finance, and Institutional Clients Group, which covers wholesale banking, investment banking, fixed income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, research, corporate lending, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. The company maintains a global footprint across regions including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and Latin America, and emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility initiatives.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. It is stage-agnostic and focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups, making seed and Series A investments. Typical checks range from 50,000 to 5,000,000 dollars. The firm supports early-stage companies across sectors such as e-commerce, fintech, ad tech, mobile, and software-as-a-service, seeking opportunities with high growth potential in the United States and internationally. Its portfolio includes a mix of consumer brands and marketplace platforms, reflecting an emphasis on business models that connect buyers and sellers or enable direct consumer experiences. FJ Labs aims to back entrepreneurs building scalable, disruptively positioned products and services, often partnering with founders early in their development to help accelerate growth.

Antler is a global venture capital firm based in Singapore that backs early-stage technology companies. It runs incubation programs and provides a global community of co-founders, access to talent, expert advisors, expansion support, and capital to help startups grow. The firm targets a broad range of sectors, including healthcare, finance, software, energy, consumer and B2B technologies, and operates through regional programs across Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and beyond.

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.

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.

HPS Investment Partners is a global investment firm focused on non-investment grade credit across the capital structure. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, it operates a worldwide network of offices. The firm originated as a unit of Highbridge Capital Management, a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and was acquired by its principals in 2016 after Highbridge’s hedge fund strategies remained with J.P. Morgan. HPS manages a variety of strategies, including syndicated leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, privately negotiated senior secured debt, mezzanine, asset-based lending, and private equity, and serves clients across industries such as insurance, healthcare, media, retail, logistics, and marine.

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.

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

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Israel. The firm backs early and growth stage start-ups across sectors such as enterprise software, consumer technology, fintech, healthtech, cleantech, and information technology, and pursues opportunities in the United States, Asia, and Israel. It funds a broad range of rounds, including seed, early, later, and expansion, and also provides debt financing for start-ups and growth companies. Lightspeed focuses on helping entrepreneurs scale through capital, strategic guidance, and operational support, and maintains a diversified portfolio across enterprise, consumer, big data, mobile, and internet-enabled sectors.

Established in 2015, Tenity is an international innovation hub and early-stage investor specializing in financial technology (fintech), insurtech, web3, digital health, and related sectors. With a strong focus on Europe, EMEA, and APAC regions, the company has over a decade of experience accelerating fintech innovation globally.

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.

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin, Germany-based venture capital firm with a global focus that invests across seed, early, and later-stage companies. It maintains a stage-agnostic approach, seeking innovative ideas with potential impact and feasibility in global markets.

European Investment Fund (EIF) is a public institution established in 1994 to improve access to finance for Europe's small and medium-sized businesses. It designs and develops venture capital and guarantee instruments to support SMEs and to catalyse private investment, aiming to build a robust European equity ecosystem. EIF engages in venture capital, growth capital, and guarantee operations, backing innovative entrepreneurs primarily in technology and life sciences, as well as across other sectors. Through cornerstone investments and fund participation, EIF seeks to crowd in private investors and stimulate venture activity across Europe. Its equity portfolio has grown substantially, with assets under management exceeding EUR 14 billion, reflecting its broad role in strengthening SME finance and supporting entrepreneurship and growth.

Outlier Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm established in 2014 that concentrates on early-stage investments in Web3, crypto, and decentralized technologies. It operates Base Camp, a multi-month accelerator program that attracts thousands of applications and provides incubation space, back-office support, and ecosystem partnerships to pre-seed and seed projects. The firm supports a diverse portfolio across DeFi, NFTs, and blockchain infrastructure, with emphasis on Metaverse use cases such as avatar marketplaces and play-to-earn gaming. Through collaborations with leading protocols and brands, including Aptos, Filecoin/IPFS, Polygon, and FARFETCH, Outlier Ventures expands its accelerator footprint and offers advisory services for later-stage teams under its Ascent program. Its approach remains blockchain-agnostic, aiming to accelerate a new web paradigm that prioritizes user sovereignty, data ownership, and digital wealth, while pursuing elevated deal activity and portfolio growth in the Web3 ecosystem.

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.

Ulu Ventures is a Palo Alto, California-based seed- and early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology-driven startups across IT, software, internet-enabled services, EdTech, FinTech, IoT, digital media, and related sectors in the United States, with a Bay Area emphasis. Founded in 2008, the firm backs diverse entrepreneurial teams and frequently co-invests with other angels or venture funds in early rounds. Ulu is noted as the first Latina-led venture fund in Silicon Valley and is among the largest in the country by assets under management, with over $200M.

Polychain Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2016, that invests in blockchain technologies, protocols, and companies to advance global adoption of cryptocurrencies. The firm supports the development of the blockchain ecosystem and provides capital to projects across the space. It operates as a registered investment adviser (RIA).

Goodwater Capital is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Burlingame. It focuses on early-stage investments in consumer technology and related sectors, including housing, financial services, software, healthcare, education, and entertainment. The firm seeks to empower exceptional entrepreneurs solving pressing problems and believes consumer technology can reshape culture and the global economy. By backing founders who create products and platforms that consumers love, Goodwater aims to drive significant, scalable impact and improve billions of lives.

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.

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.

Mubadala Investment Company is a sovereign wealth fund owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi that manages a diversified, global portfolio across industries including technology, aerospace, energy, real estate, healthcare, agribusiness, and financial assets. Created in 2017 from the merger of Abu Dhabi investment entities, it pursues long-term value and economic growth for Abu Dhabi by investing domestically and internationally. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the company operates with a worldwide presence, maintaining offices in major markets such as Rio de Janeiro, Moscow, New York, and San Francisco, and a joint venture in Hong Kong. It focuses on strategic, value-driven investments spanning multiple sectors and asset classes to support diversification of the emirate’s economy and generate sustainable returns over time.

Kudu Investment Management is a New York–based growth expansion firm that provides capital to asset management and wealth management firms undergoing ownership transitions or growth initiatives. The firm offers risk-sharing capital and minority-stake equity investments to support ownership transfers, partner liquidity, management buyouts, and acquisition or growth financing, enabling managers to pursue capital events while preserving independence. Founded in 2015, Kudu targets opportunities within asset and wealth management, helping firms achieve strategic changes without surrendering control.

WestCap is a strategic operating and investing firm based in New York with offices in San Francisco and London. The firm partners with visionary leaders to build generational businesses, providing strategic operating support and capital to guide companies through pivotal growth stages. WestCap targets technology, fintech, experience tech, real estate tech, healthtech, infratech, and asset-light marketplaces, and operates as a registered investment adviser. The team consists of seasoned industry executives and entrepreneurs who help management teams execute growth strategies, scale operations, and drive value creation. The firm has a track record of notable investments, including Airbnb, StubHub, Ipreo, Addepar, Hopper, iCapital, SIMON, GoodLeap, and NYDIG, illustrating its broad sector reach and ability to partner with leaders at critical inflection points. WestCap emphasizes long-term partnerships and disciplined, hands-on oversight to build durable, scalable businesses.

SFC Capital is a United Kingdom-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that makes early-stage investments in UK startups, including pre-seed and seed rounds. It backs companies across sectors such as software, technology, e-commerce, consumer, enterprise, green tech, medical technology, and hospitality, providing capital plus strategic guidance to support growth and product development. The firm operates a model that combines an angel network with seed funds to back SEIS- and EIS-qualifying businesses, aiming to offer exposure to a diversified portfolio while delivering hands-on support to portfolio companies.

FinTech Collective is a global venture capital firm based in New York with offices in New York and London that focuses on early‑stage fintech and related technologies. Founded in 2012, the firm backs entrepreneurs developing ways money moves and financial services platforms, spanning capital markets, wealth and asset management, banking, lending, payments, insurance, and DeFi. It targets seed to Series B investments and supports startups across a global footprint, including ventures in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with emphasis on information technology, software as a service, B2B payments, and blockchain infrastructure. By partnering with founders to scale, the firm aims to back technology‑driven shifts in the financial services landscape.

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

ICONIQ Capital is a global multi-family office and investment firm that provides financial advisory and family office services while making direct investments across asset classes. The firm emphasizes technology growth equity, venture capital, middle-market buyouts, and real estate, and operates an integrated platform that supports founders and high-net-worth clients. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Palo Alto and Singapore, ICONIQ Capital combines wealth management with strategic investments, including a growth-focused arm that backs growth-stage technology and other sectors through its ecosystem of portfolio companies.

Portage Ventures is a Toronto-based global fintech-focused venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage investments in promising Canadian financial technology companies with potential for global impact. Founded in 2016, the firm backs fintech and financial services startups pursuing innovations such as digital wealth management, insurance technology, and AI-enabled financial services, with a portfolio that spans Canada, the United States, and Europe.

CIBC is a Canadian multinational bank offering a full range of financial services to individuals, small businesses, corporations, and institutions. Its activities span commercial banking, wealth management, asset management, and investment banking, including corporate and investment banking, equity and debt financing, advisory services, and cross-border banking. The organization operates through divisions such as CIBC Bank (providing retail and commercial banking), CIBC Bank USA (Americas-based commercial banking), CIBC World Markets and CIBC Capital Markets (investment banking and capital markets), and asset management units including CIBC Asset Management and CIBC Global Asset Management. CIBC serves clients across North America with offices in Toronto, Chicago and other international locations, and focuses on serving mid-market companies, high net worth individuals, pension plans, and financial institutions. The bank emphasizes long-standing client relationships, community investment, and a broad geographic footprint in Canada and the United States.

Dragonfly Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that focuses on investments in the crypto and blockchain space, maintains a global ecosystem to connect participants in the decentralized economy and support opportunities in the crypto asset class including crypto startups and related infrastructure, and backs innovative teams developing blockchain technology, decentralized finance, and crypto infrastructure for cross-border opportunities.

Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in Vienna, with offices across Europe and in San Francisco. It specializes in early-stage investments in technology sectors including deep tech, fintech, health, industrial tech, marketplaces, software as a service and infrastructure, climate tech, crypto, and emerging markets. The firm runs specialized investment teams aligned to these industries and offers an in-house Platform+ team providing tailored operational support, such as growth marketing, human resources, US business development and networking assistance throughout the portfolio journey. Speedinvest seeks to be a hands-on partner, sometimes taking operational roles for a period to help portfolio companies scale, and emphasizes hands-on collaboration with founders to accelerate growth.

ParaFi Capital, established in 2018 and headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, is a specialized asset management firm focusing on digital assets. It offers liquid and venture strategies within the blockchain industry, having been one of the earliest institutional investors in this sector.

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

Mizuho Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm affiliated with Mizuho Bank, Japan’s second-largest bank by assets. It manages about ¥49.6 billion and focuses on information technology and biotechnology investments, while also backing internet-related services, healthcare, medical, manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors. The firm traces its origins to a 2002 merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment, and its predecessors were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan. It is regarded as one of Japan’s leading venture capital firms, with more than 600 Mizuho companies having gone public.

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.

QED Investors is a venture capital firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, founded in 2007. It specializes in fintech and financial services, making direct investments across seed, early, and growth stages and pursuing opportunities in the United States, Latin America, the United Kingdom, and other regions. The firm combines capital with hands-on support and emphasizes data-driven insight, direct engagement with portfolio companies, and a culture of experimentation and learning to help high-growth fintech firms scale.

Blockchain Founders Fund is a Singapore-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that invests in blockchain and related technology startups globally, including Web3, metaverse, games, DeFi and NFTs. It offers a go-to-market oriented venture program and venture-building services to support early-stage founders across business functions, helping them accelerate growth. The firm targets opportunities in the United States, Canada and Europe and seeks to connect exceptional founders across the blockchain ecosystem.

Fin Capital is a global asset manager founded in 2018 that focuses on full lifecycle investing in B2B fintech software companies. The firm partners with repeat entrepreneurs who have deep financial services experience and differentiated products, pursuing a hands-on approach across multiple markets. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Los Angeles, London, Miami, and New York, Fin Capital targets investments across eight fintech software sub-sectors, including Enterprise AI Enablement, BankTech, B2B Payments, CFO Tech Stack, Asset and Wealth Management, Capital Markets, RiskTech and Cyber, Vertical Fintech, and InsurTech. The firm emphasizes long-term relationships and active collaboration to support growth and scale within its portfolio.

Borderless Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 that invests in early-stage startups operating in web3 and infrastructure, with a focus on the Algorand ecosystem and related technologies such as Algorand Standard Assets. It partners with founders to accelerate access, bootstrap adoption and create value across Algorand and EdgeFi ecosystems.

MetaProp is a New York-based venture capital firm that specializes in real estate technology (PropTech). Founded in 2015, the firm has invested in more than 175 technology companies across the real estate value chain and supports startups through programs such as PropTech Place, the MetaProp Accelerator at Columbia University, and related industry events like NYC Real Estate Tech Week. MetaProp also produces research and thought leadership, including the Global PropTech Confidence Index and PropTech 101, and engages with global markets across office, retail, residential, storage, hospitality, and leisure real estate sectors. Through its activities, MetaProp connects technology companies with real estate investors and strategic partners to advance innovation in the PropTech ecosystem.

Pareto Holdings is a venture capital firm and venture studio founded in 2020 and headquartered in New York. It focuses on early-stage and pre-seed investments across industries and geographies, often backing entrepreneurs at the outset. The company invests its own capital rather than raising external funds and operates with a lean, globally distributed team. It has completed hundreds of investments to date, and provides hands-on support to startups through its venture studio activities.

Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, established in 2018 and based in London, is the venture capital investment arm of Fidelity International. The firm focuses on investing in fintech and technology companies, particularly those in the Series A-B funding stages, on a global scale. FISV aims to partner with innovative entrepreneurs who are transforming the Wealth and Asset Management landscape. By targeting category leaders that have the potential to create new markets, enhance portfolio returns, or disrupt traditional financial processes, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures plays a strategic role in advancing the fintech sector.

Anthemis Group is an independent growth and investment platform focused on financial technology and insurtech. Founded in 2010 and based in London, it supports startups across North America and Europe, targeting pre-seed through Series A investments. The firm manages multiple funds and seeks to back companies that advance resiliency, transparency, access and equity in the financial system. By combining capital with domain expertise and a network of entrepreneurs, institutions and researchers, Anthemis aims to accelerate innovation in finance and insurance. Its portfolio and activity span early-stage ventures in fintech and insurtech with a global reach, reflecting a commitment to shaping the future of financial services rather than merely managing assets.

Hack VC is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the cryptocurrency, fintech, and marketplaces sectors. The firm was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

MH Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm focused on the Web3 sector. Founded in 2021, it backs founder-led, early-stage Web3 projects and contributes to the growth of the Web3 ecosystem.

Nyca Partners is a New York–based venture capital firm focused on financial technology. Founded in 2014, it provides venture investments and facilitates connections between fintech startups and financial institutions, technology companies, and experienced investors and advisers.

Jump Capital is a venture capital firm based in Chicago and New York that makes seed and Series A investments in data-driven technology companies. It focuses on FinTech, B2B SaaS, IT and data infrastructure, and media, and backs opportunities across sectors including B2B, B2C, financial services, healthcare, information technology, AI and big data, cybersecurity, cloud, e-commerce, IoT, and education technology in the United States. The firm provides hands-on support through an operating platform and institutional resources to help entrepreneurs, partnering with management teams that benefit from real-world operating experience. Typical initial investment checks are between $2 million and $10 million.

MMC Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm that backs seed and early-stage technology companies, focusing on transformative software, AI and data science across sectors such as enterprise software, cloud and data infrastructure, fintech and data-driven health. Founded in 2000, the firm emphasizes a deep understanding of each company's technology and business model to act as a hands-on partner. It primarily invests in the United Kingdom, with a focus on Greater London, and tends to lead rounds or take a board seat while pursuing follow-on investments. Notable investments include Gousto, Interactive Investor, Copper, Signal AI and Synthesia. The firm seeks to support startups through initial rounds and extended growth funding, aiming to help founders scale through close collaboration and practical support.

BlackFin Capital Partners is a Paris-based private equity and venture capital firm focused on financial services and technology companies across Europe. Founded in 2009, the firm pursues a sector-driven approach, investing across early-stage to growth opportunities and often taking majority or influential minority stakes. It targets fintech, insurtech, regtech, payments, and other financial services, as well as technology-enabled businesses. BlackFin concentrates on continental Europe, with a presence in major European markets and an emphasis on partnering with management teams to accelerate growth, improve margins, and build platform companies through organic expansion and buy-and-build strategies.

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.