SOSV is a global venture capital firm that supports early-stage startups through active, founder-first development programs. Its flagship initiatives HAX and IndieBio provide facilities, engineering resources, services, and laboratory equipment to accelerate product development and prepare companies for subsequent funding rounds. SOSV focuses on deep technology across health, environmental, and cross-border software sectors, aiming to solve human and planetary health challenges. In addition to providing capital, the firm emphasizes intensive programmatic support to help portfolio companies move quickly from seed toward growth, including customer acquisition and scale. The firm operates globally with a bias toward startups targeting rapid international expansion, especially in Asia, and tends to back a small cohort of high-potential companies to accelerate their progress and attract leading investors.
Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Jackson, Wyoming, that funds research and invests in companies developing technologies to reduce CO2 emissions and advance decarbonization, with a focus on energy, transportation, industrial materials, and agriculture.
BP Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2007, investing in private technology companies to accelerate innovation across the energy sector. With over $400 million invested across more than 40 entities and over 200 co-investors, BP Ventures focuses on Oil & Gas Value Chain, Low Carbon Technologies & Fuels, and Energy Usage & Trading, delivering near-term business value while backing breakthrough innovations for a sustainable future.
Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.
Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. It provides capital and strategic guidance to startups across stages, focusing on technology-driven companies in areas such as artificial intelligence, climate and sustainability, enterprise software and services, fintech, digital health, medical technology and diagnostics, therapeutics, consumer products, and frontier technologies. The firm backs bold ventures with the potential to disrupt markets and improve lives, supporting companies from early to growth stages and working closely with entrepreneurs to apply science, technology and innovative business models. While primarily investing in North American technology companies, Khosla Ventures pursues opportunities globally and emphasizes experimentation and impact alongside financial returns. The firm also maintains related impact initiatives that support entrepreneurs addressing socio-economic challenges in emerging markets.
Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm based in Edinburgh. It focuses on investing in early-stage, high-growth technology companies across Northern England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is a leading European innovation engine focused on Sustainable Energy. It invests in early-stage climate tech and energy companies across Europe and the US, providing equity minority investments and added value services to de-risk projects.
Chevron Technology Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Chevron Corporation, focused on scouting, funding, testing, validating, and integrating emerging technologies into Chevron's core businesses. Founded in 1999 and based in Houston, with a presence in California, it identifies early-stage companies across the United States and pursues opportunities in areas such as industrial decarbonization, emerging mobility, energy decentralization, circular economy, water management, advanced materials, hydrogen infrastructure, sensors, and related digital technologies. The team collaborates with startups to develop and commercialize technologies that can enhance Chevron's operations, reduce costs, and improve performance, acting as an innovation partner that helps Chevron adopt new capabilities while aligning with the company's strategy.
OIC is a venture capital firm based in New York that specializes in providing capital solutions to mid-sized private companies and family-owned businesses. Founded by Nazar Massouh in 2015, OIC focuses on offering innovative credit, equity, and growth capital to support the deployment of sustainable infrastructure and technologies. The firm works collaboratively with its partners to turn ideas into actionable strategies, aiming to create long-term value for both businesses and investors. In addition to its general venture capital activities, OIC manages specialized funds, including the OIC Shine Fund and OIC Growth Fund I, which primarily invest in North American infrastructure projects.
Cycle Capital Management is a Montreal-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 that specializes in clean technology, ag-tech, and renewable energy investments across North America and China. It targets companies in development and commercialization stages and backs technology-enabled solutions spanning energy storage, energy efficiency, smart grids, green chemistry, sustainable mobility and smart city applications, as well as IoT for resource management and water technologies. The firm typically makes leading or minority investments in relatively small, growth-oriented companies with revenues up to CAD 1 million, with ticket sizes ranging from CAD 0.1 million to CAD 8 million. Investments are usually held for five to seven years, and Cycle Capital provides advisory support to portfolio companies. The firm operates primarily in Canada—with a focus on Québec—and maintains offices in Montreal, Toronto, and Qingdao to connect North American and Chinese opportunities.
Founded in 2013, Bluepoint Partners is a venture capital firm based in Daejeon, South Korea. It invests primarily in biotechnology, medical, cleantech, data, artificial intelligence, food tech, healthcare, technology, and industrial tech sectors. The firm also operates accelerator programs for startups in South Korea.
SFC Capital is a United Kingdom based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that focuses on early-stage investments, including pre-seed and seed rounds, in sectors such as software, technology, e-commerce, consumer products, enterprise solutions, green technology, medical technology, and hospitality. It backs UK startups through an Angel Network and seed funds, providing capital and guidance and offering access to SEIS- and EIS-qualifying investment opportunities. The firm is described as a leading seed investor in the UK.
Rockley Group is a venture capital firm headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom, with additional offices in Shanghai, China. The firm specializes in growth capital, expansion capital, and late-stage investments, primarily targeting technology-based businesses in sectors such as sustainability, energy, information technology, media, healthcare, and environmental technology. Rockley Group aims to invest in companies that contribute to global sustainability and enhance human well-being, focusing on high-potential markets in the United Kingdom and China, particularly in the Shandong and Shanxi regions. The firm typically engages in transactions ranging from €5 million to €15 million. Through its strategic investments, Rockley Group seeks to build valuable companies while unlocking hidden value for its stakeholders.
JetBlue Technology Ventures is the venture capital arm of JetBlue Airways, focused on technology investments in travel and hospitality. It targets early-stage startups and supports innovations across travel, hospitality, transportation, and related tech, with emphasis on airlines, airports, and aerospace manufacturers. The firm operates an accelerator program and makes equity investments in participating startups. Founded in 2016, it is based in California.
Founded in 2009 and based in New York City, BoxGroup is an early-stage investment fund focusing on pre-seed to Series A rounds. It invests globally, with a primary focus on New York City, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles. The firm typically allocates between $50,000 and $250,000 per investment across various sectors including consumer, enterprise, fintech, healthcare, life science, marketplace, synthetic biology, and climate.
Kenda Capital is an independently owned investment management firm based in The Hague, Netherlands. It focuses on growth and technology investments in the energy sector, including upstream oil and gas, downstream activities, renewables, and by-product recycling. The firm supports companies developing breakthrough technologies across exploration, subsurface visualization, well construction and automation, automated production operations, processing facilities and infrastructure, carbon dioxide and sulfur disposal, biofuels, renewable energy technologies, and water and fluid treatment. It seeks collaborations with entrepreneurs to address energy challenges.
Ecofuel Fund is a venture capital firm focused on cleantech startups. It provides seed and early‑stage capital to companies developing and commercializing clean technologies. The fund manages approximately $40.6 million in assets and is supported by investors including Investissement Québec, BDC Capital, Fondaction, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, and the Quebec consortium for industrial bioprocess research and innovation (CRIBIQ).
Established in 2012 and headquartered in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, Horizon 3 is a venture capital firm focused on investing in innovative start-ups operating within the biobased economy and food chain sector.
Akula Energy Ventures, founded in 1998 and based in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, specializes in the renewable energy sector. The company focuses on investing in various forms of sustainable energy, including solar, hydroelectricity, and biofuels. With a preference for opportunities in the United States and India, Akula Energy Ventures aims to foster innovation and development within the renewable energy landscape.
Riverstone Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York. It focuses on investing in early-stage climate technology startups across sectors such as electrification & storage, transportation, agriculture, emissions, natural resources, and efficiency.
Convergen Energy is an energy company focused on renewable fuels and power. It produces renewable fuel products and offers fuel pellets designed to reduce air emissions, helping power plants meet environmental and sustainability standards while balancing economic objectives.
GoGreen Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies within the renewable energy sector. Based in Brussels, Belgium, it invests primarily in Europe and North America, focusing on areas such as energy generation, efficiency, infrastructure, storage, transport, and biofuels.
Founded in 1994, the European Investment Fund operates as a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in incubation, direct, secondary indirect, and fund of funds investments. It focuses on disruptive early-stage technology enterprises and supports micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises across Europe, primarily at early stages. The fund invests between €0.25 million and €60 million per transaction, with a preference for investing €130 million into private equity and venture capital funds.
Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices across North America. It provides access to venture investing for individual accredited investors, particularly alumni networks, by offering diversified portfolios of venture opportunities and allowing members to invest alongside fellow alumni in ventures led by peers. The firm backs early-stage and later-stage opportunities across technology, consumer, healthcare, financial services, and other sectors, with a sector- and geography-agnostic approach. It typically invests between $10,000 and $3 million per deal and emphasizes the involvement of alumni connections and an institutional lead investor in opportunities. Alumni Ventures also offers focused funds to broaden participation, enabling accredited investors to access venture portfolios diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography. The model aims to democratize access to venture capital while maintaining rigorous selection standards through alumni networks.
AVAC Ltd. is a Calgary-based venture capital firm established in 1997, specializing in direct and fund-of-fund investments primarily in early-stage companies. The firm focuses on sectors such as agricultural technology, clean technology, and life sciences, with particular attention to value-added agribusiness, medical devices, and information and communication technologies. AVAC invests in pre-commercial and growth-stage companies, often providing capital in amounts up to $0.5 million. Its investment strategy emphasizes active involvement in portfolio companies, including participation on boards and management teams. Additionally, AVAC may grant funds to public research and not-for-profit organizations dedicated to agrivalue initiatives. The firm primarily targets companies located in Alberta, aiming to foster innovation and development within its investment sectors.
A Plus Finance, established in 1998 and headquartered in Paris, France, is an independent trust company that specializes in managing Common Investment Funds for Innovation and Proximity Investment Funds. The firm focuses on various innovative sectors, notably information technology, media, security, and the environment. With a team composed of financiers and entrepreneurs, A Plus Finance offers a unique blend of practical management insights and long-term strategic guidance to businesses. The firm manages funds totaling approximately €220 million and typically invests between €1 million and €4 million in individual projects. Additionally, A Plus Finance engages in real estate and private equity investments, further diversifying its portfolio.
Energy Impact Partners is a New York-based private investment firm focused on the energy transition. It backs entrepreneurs and established energy and industrial companies across venture, growth, credit and infrastructure, with an emphasis on energy efficiency, clean energy generation, smart grids, energy storage, distributed generation, and related digital and data-enabled services. The firm collaborates with partners to accelerate innovation in smart buildings, mobility, cybersecurity for energy systems, and comprehensive energy services, often pursuing co-investments. Since its founding in 2015, Energy Impact Partners has built a global footprint with offices in New York, San Francisco, Palm Beach, Cologne and London, enabling investments across North America and Europe. It seeks to align investments with environmental impact and scalable infrastructure, supporting the transition to sustainable energy and resilient energy systems.
Industry Ventures is a venture capital and investment firm established in 2000, headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Washington, D.C. and London. The firm pursues a flexible, technology-focused strategy that includes direct investments, secondary transactions, and primary commitments, as well as funds of funds investments in smaller venture capital funds and technology growth funds. It supports the full venture life cycle from seed and early-stage to growth and buyouts, and seeks opportunities across information technology, healthcare, software, fintech, communications, and related areas worldwide, with an emphasis on the United States and Europe. The firm manages substantial capital, with assets in the billions, and leverages an extensive network to provide liquidity and strategic value across vintages and stages.
Breakthrough Energy Ventures is an investor-led venture capital firm based in Kirkland, Washington, focused on climate and energy technology. It makes minority investments across seed, early, and later stages in companies delivering environmental services, climate technology, and cleantech solutions. The firm seeks scalable technologies that provide reliable, affordable power while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supports innovations that address energy access, infrastructure, and transportation needs. Its mission emphasizes patient, impact-oriented investing to accelerate the transition to low-emission energy systems.
Established in 1999, Innovation Works is a prominent investor in Southwestern Pennsylvania's technology sector. It provides capital and resources to early-stage companies with high growth potential and significant regional impact, particularly focusing on robotics, AI, medical devices, retail technologies, and enterprise software.
Brinc is a global venture acceleration firm headquartered in Hong Kong. It operates multidisciplinary accelerator programs across seven countries, focusing on startups in blockchain technology, AI, connected hardware, robotics, climate tech, food technology, and IoT. Brinc also supports corporations with innovation strategies and Web3-enabled businesses.
Old College Capital is the corporate venture arm of the University of Edinburgh, providing growth equity and development finance to early- and mid-stage spin-out and start-up companies connected to the university or the Edinburgh ecosystem. It supports commercialization and growth by investing typically £50,000 to £250,000 in portfolio companies and may offer follow-on funding. It can participate in co-investments with other institutions or angel groups and may appoint a non-executive director or an observer to the board. Founded in 2011 and based in Edinburgh, it concentrates on opportunities associated with the University of Edinburgh and its broader local tech community.
Novastar Ventures is a Kenya-headquartered venture capital firm that supports startups and growth-stage companies across Africa. It partners with bold entrepreneurs to build and scale business models that serve the mass market, with a focus on sectors including healthcare, education, energy, housing and sanitation, agribusiness, food, water, information technology and financial services. The firm targets opportunities in East and West Africa and maintains offices in Nairobi, Lagos and London to connect multiple centres of activity. Rather than a traditional fund manager, it acts as a venture catalyst, helping entrepreneurs design innovative solutions, access capital, and achieve durable impact for people and markets across the continent.
Refactor Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Burlingame, California, founded in 2016. It backs early-stage startups across hard tech, biotechnology, health, software, pharmaceuticals, and related sectors. The firm is led by Zal Bilimoria, formerly a partner at a16z and a product manager at Google, Netflix, and LinkedIn, who acts as the sole decision maker and typically writes 1-2 million dollar checks in pre-seed and seed rounds.
High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH is a venture capital firm based in Bonn, Germany, specializing in early-stage investments in high-tech startups. Established in 2005, the firm focuses on technology-driven companies across various sectors, including information and communication technology, life sciences, healthcare, automation, and cleantech. HTGF typically invests in companies that have been operational for no more than one year, aiming to contribute up to €0.6 million in initial funding and up to €3 million in follow-on financing. The firm seeks a minority stake, generally around 15%, and provides a subordinated loan convertible into equity, with deferred interest for up to four years to support liquidity. With a total investment volume of approximately €895.5 million across three funds, HTGF has successfully supported over 500 startups and attracted more than €2 billion in follow-on investments from external sources. The firm's investors include notable public and private entities, underscoring its role as a key player in fostering innovation and growth within the German startup ecosystem.
Ara Partners is an investment firm focused on industrial decarbonization, targeting ventures in energy efficiency, renewable energy, industrial process electrification, waste management, and sustainable chemicals. It provides growth capital and strategic support to help portfolio companies expand and improve environmental performance across industrial and manufacturing, chemicals and materials, energy efficiency and fuels, and food and agriculture sectors. Founded in 2017 and based in Houston, the firm has offices in Boston, Washington, D.C., and Dublin, and pursues opportunities that build and scale enterprises with meaningful decarbonization impact.
Transitions First is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. It focuses on investing in innovative technologies such as bio-manufacturing, synthetic biology, and chemicals within the construction and food industries.
Easo Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2018 and based in Donostia, Spain, aimed at fostering the growth of startups and SMEs in the Basque Country. Recognizing the lack of a supportive investment ecosystem in the region, Easo Ventures brings together nearly 100 local companies and entrepreneurs to provide not only financial backing but also valuable expertise and mentorship. The firm targets innovative projects with clear growth potential, offering a structured investment program tailored to different phases of development. Startups in their initial stages can access an acceleration program with an initial investment, while more established companies with proven business models can secure larger investments, supplemented by specialized support. Easo Ventures aspires to be a pivotal player in the Basque investment landscape, addressing the financing needs of emerging businesses and contributing to the region's economic development.
Amcor Corporate Venturing and Open Innovation is a corporate venture arm of Amcor that invests in companies developing new packaging technologies. It focuses on solutions that improve sustainability and performance, such as recycling systems, alternative barrier materials, paper‑based packaging, smart and connected packaging, biomaterials, and innovative business models for the packaging industry.
Founded in Mexico City in 2012, Hi Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in Latin American entrepreneurs with global aspirations. The company focuses on pre-seed, seed, and Series A stage startups across sectors such as fintech, commerce, smart cities, foodtech, HRtech, edtech, healthtech, B2C, and B2B.
Founded in 2011, DCVC is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm invests in early-stage companies utilizing deep tech to solve complex problems across sectors such as artificial intelligence, exascale computing, climate, engineering, materials science, robotics, space, water, biology, defense, and security.
Morningside is a venture capital firm that funds companies with novel science and technology. It pursues a long-term, value-building approach and emphasizes ethical conduct. Based in the greater Boston area, the firm has experienced professionals with backgrounds across life sciences, digital health, artificial intelligence, materials and technology. Established in 1986 as a family office for the Chan family, Morningside has supported education, research and healthcare through charitable commitments to institutions such as the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, UMass Chan Medical School, and the MIT Morningside Academy for Design.
Green Angel Ventures, founded in 2013 and based in London, England, is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments in climate innovation. The company specializes in identifying and supporting inventions that address climate change across various sectors, including energy, carbon removal, nature-based solutions, food and agriculture, transport, industry, and recycling. By evaluating impactful projects and providing necessary funding, Green Angel Ventures aims to foster the growth of innovative solutions that can effectively combat climate challenges on a global scale.
Established in 2001, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is a Canadian organization that funds and supports innovative cleantech projects. It focuses on moving groundbreaking technologies to market, creating jobs, driving economic growth, and promoting environmental benefits. SDTC operates independently but collaborates with various stakeholders from private industry, academia, and governments.
Threshold Ventures, formerly Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, that provides venture and growth capital to technology companies. It emphasizes a high-conviction investment approach and partners with entrepreneurs building software, consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology ventures.
Founded in 1997, Endeavor is a global non-profit organization dedicated to supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. With operations in nearly 40 countries, Endeavor's network comprises over 2,000 entrepreneurs who have created more than 3.9 million jobs and generated revenues exceeding $28 billion.
Founded in Malaysia in 2012, 1337 Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage startups. It invests in and supports idea-stage to growth-stage companies across various tech sectors, with a track record of helping over 24 startups achieve success.
Contrarian Ventures, established in 2017, is a global early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania, with additional offices in London and Amsterdam. The firm specializes in pre-seed, seed, and series A & B investments, focusing on the energy sector and e-mobility. Their portfolio spans smart grid, energy efficiency, big data, energy storage, e-car infrastructure, smart homes, and renewable energy solutions. Contrarian Ventures invests globally, with a particular focus on European and Israeli companies. They are known for their collaborative, hands-on approach, supporting founders and mobilizing resources for climate action through initiatives like Energy Tech Summit and Climate50.
Founded in 2022, Thia Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments in the dynamic fields of food, biotech, and health sectors.