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, investing primarily in seed and Series A rounds with typical checks ranging from 50,000 to 5,000,000. The firm backs visionary founders pursuing global transformations and aims to support growth toward market leadership. Its portfolio includes Alibaba and other marketplace and consumer offerings, with notable investments such as Coupang, Flexport, Delivery Hero, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, Adore Me, and Earnest.

Bossa Invest is a São Paulo-based venture capital firm that provides equity funding and strategic support to startups across Latin America. It focuses on software as a service (SaaS) and leverages a wide network of more than 4,000 partners and co-investors to connect portfolio companies with strategic guidance, potential customers, and funding opportunities. Beyond capital, the firm offers mentorship, market insights, and access to corporate partners to help startups scale and pursue exits. It also engages in corporate venture activities, assisting large companies to accelerate innovation through collaboration with startups under flexible investment structures. Since its founding, the firm has invested in more than 1,500 startups and achieved over 100 exits.

Founded in 1974, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with additional offices in Osaka and Nagoya. It invests mainly in seed, startup, and development-stage companies in Japan and businesses connected to the Japanese market. Its focus areas include life sciences, healthcare, biotechnology, information technology, software, electronics, fintech, and other high-technology sectors.

Greycroft is a venture capital firm focused on technology startups and investments in the Internet and mobile markets. Based in New York with offices in Los Angeles, it supports entrepreneurs by enhancing visibility, enabling strategic relationships, and accelerating product market entry through its broad media and technology industry network. The firm manages over $1 billion in assets and has completed more than 200 investments since its inception, backing companies such as Acorns, Venmo, Huffington Post, Scopely, Thrive Market, Boxed, Shipt, and Whatnot. Greycroft emphasizes hands-on founder support and inclusive deal practices, including the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.

Missouri Technology Corporation is a public-private partnership created by the Missouri General Assembly to stimulate entrepreneurship and accelerate the growth of high-tech ventures in Missouri, with emphasis on life sciences and technology and leveraging the state's agricultural heritage. It provides venture capital investments and administers programs such as the IDEA Fund, grants for physical infrastructure and regional nodes, investor education and advocacy, and operates an innovation network with resource navigation to assist companies pursuing funding, partnerships, and participation in the Angel Tax Credit program. The organization focuses on promoting entrepreneurship and the expansion of high-tech companies in Missouri and supports a broad ecosystem for research, development, and commercialization.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. It invests primarily at the pre-seed stage in deep technology startups, with follow-on support for companies developing technologies related to human and planetary health. Its programs provide founders with capital, engineering and product-development support, laboratory and workspace access, and connections to investors and industry partners. SOSV operates globally, with founder facilities in New York, Newark, and San Francisco, and a focus on cross-border opportunities, including in Asia.

True Global Ventures is a global venture capital firm that backs AI-first startups at the late seed to Series A stage. It differentiates itself by providing hands-on support beyond capital, including strategic partnerships, executive recruitment, and international expansion through a network of operating partners in major tech hubs such as San Francisco, New York, Paris, London, Stockholm, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The firm focuses on software, internet, and mobile applications with scalable models and an emphasis on AI applications that address real-world pain points across sectors including cybersecurity, marketing, energy optimization, and financial technology. With a strong emphasis on international reach, the firm leverages its global perspective to help portfolio companies grow, scale internationally, and access follow-on financing.

Team Ignite Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in Northern California. It concentrates on early-stage investments, notably in B2B software, fintech, and artificial intelligence sectors, including pre-seed and seed rounds. The firm operates with a network-first strategy to provide broad access to opportunities and to connect startups with a supportive ecosystem of investors, advisors, and co-investors. It emphasizes active involvement with portfolio companies and long-term partnerships, leveraging experience to support founders. The firm has invested in hundreds of companies and aims to accelerate growth through its cooperative network and programmatic support.

Virginia Venture Partners is the corporate venture capital arm of the Virginia Innovation Partnership, based in Richmond, Virginia. It invests in technology, energy, life science, and non-technology startups at early stages, supporting entrepreneurs and co-investors within Virginia’s innovation ecosystem. The firm aims to align strategic interests with Virginia’s economic development goals, leveraging VIPC's resources to accelerate commercialization and seed financing for high-potential ventures across the state.

Soma Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that focuses on software and technology companies, investing across B2B, SaaS, AI, fintech, clean-tech, frontier-tech, prop-tech, cryptocurrency, health tech and consumer sectors. The firm has backed notable startups including OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Rippling and Lambda School, reflecting a track record of identifying ambitious founders and supporting growth. Its investment activity spans global markets with presence in Africa, the Middle East, South America and Asia, and it emphasizes building strong relationships with founders to help them scale their businesses.

Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in startups from seed through late-stage, including pre-IPO companies, and provides strategic capital and support to founders. It gives accredited investors access to diversified venture portfolios and co-investment opportunities, including investments in companies connected to alumni communities. The firm is based in Manchester, New Hampshire, and operates across North America, with additional offices in London and Tokyo.

The Invention Lab is a Seoul-based venture studio and open-innovation advisor serving startups and corporates in Korea and Southeast Asia. It offers end-to-end capabilities across New Business Design, Venture Scale-up and Management, and Strategic Partnerships, leveraging data insights and AI to move from insight to validated concepts and scalable growth. The Studio Core Platform provides a structured process, capital and blended financing, talent and operator pools, and infrastructure validation to support execution. The firm sources deals and connects ventures with external ecosystems to drive market expansion, including overseas expansion for selected ventures. Founded in 2017, it focuses on consumer tech, digital health, vertical O2O, commerce and SaaS, with notable engagements across F&B, mobility/autotech/fintech platforms in Vietnam, and B2B/SaaS AI applications.

Scalare Partners is a Sydney-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies in Australia. It provides capital and hands-on support, including workspace and strategic guidance through initiatives like the Founders Union startup services hub. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships and alignment with founders' visions, investing its own capital and offering mentorship to help startups scale. By combining investment with practical resources, Scalare Partners aims to help technology startups grow and compete globally.

SMBC Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. Founded in 2005, it is based in Tokyo with an additional office in Osaka and focuses on growth capital and buyouts across information technology, life sciences, services, and manufacturing. The firm leverages the broader SMBC Group network to support portfolio companies with strategic guidance, access to customers and partners, and connections to auditors, securities firms, and other investors. It emphasizes forming long-term partnerships with management, helping portfolio companies scale and create value, and bridging them to large corporations, talent, and industry experts. Its approach is industry- and cycle-agnostic, targeting growth-oriented companies that address social needs while delivering resilient value.

Craft Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that funds early-stage and growth companies across consumer, enterprise, and financial services, with a focus on business-to-business technology. The firm blends entrepreneurial experience with investing acumen and emphasizes a founder-first approach, providing access to playbooks, senior talent, and a high-value, low-maintenance partnership to help founders build scalable, enduring companies. Founded in 2017, Craft Ventures aims to back innovative teams and technologies by combining strategic guidance with hands-on support, leveraging a team of experienced operators and investors to identify next-generation opportunities in emerging technologies.

FirstLight Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm that backs digital startups across SaaS, AI, automation, marketplaces and media, investing from seed to Series A. It focuses on B2B and B2C opportunities and emphasizes hands-on guidance to help portfolio companies grow from concept to scale, leveraging real business experience. The firm rebranded from UB Ventures in November 2024 and operates from Tokyo, encouraging collaboration with entrepreneurs and investors to drive growth in the digital economy.

TheVentures Company is a Seoul-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that invests in early-stage technology companies in AI, mobility, edtech, and biology. It supports portfolio companies with on-staff experts in recruiting, public relations, marketing, early-stage customer acquisition, fundraising, strategy, and engineering and design, including co-building products with the founding team. The firm emphasizes speed and founder-friendly processes, reportedly delivering rapid decisions and minimizing founder time. With over 260 investments and a network of successful founders, TheVentures provides capital alongside operational support and access to a community of peers. It actively supports follow-on funding rounds and assists in expansion into the US and Southeast Asia, prioritizing strong teams and solutions addressing unmet needs in rapidly growing markets.

Flex Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments in artificial intelligence, B2B, and enterprise sectors. Founded in 2017 by operating founders from companies such as LiveRamp and BrightRoll, it provides early capital typically in the low to mid six figures while maintaining significant reserves to support follow-on rounds. The firm pledges voting shares back to founders, avoids heavy overhead, and aims for rapid decisions, usually within a week. Beyond capital, it offers hands-on support, direct access to partners, a broad network of founders, operators, and investors, and ongoing capital for growth. Flex Capital emphasizes a long-term partnership with bold, technically ambitious visions and acts as a partner rather than a traditional investor, helping portfolio companies raise subsequent rounds, secure customers, and access strategic angels.

Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that invests in technology startups across early to growth stages, including pre-seed, seed, and Series B rounds. The firm provides capital, founder guidance, operational support, and access to a broad network of entrepreneurs, investors, and industry contacts to help portfolio companies scale. It emphasizes hands-on involvement, long-term partnerships, and mentorship from experienced operators, offering strategic introductions and operational guidance throughout a company's lifecycle.

Brinc is a global venture accelerator and early-stage investor headquartered in Hong Kong. It operates multidisciplinary accelerator programs across several countries, focusing on blockchain, artificial intelligence, hardware and IoT, climate tech, food tech, and related technologies to help startups scale. Brinc partners with corporations, governments, and institutions to source and support innovative startups, develop distributed innovation strategies, and build Web3-enabled ventures. The company provides founders with resources such as training, mentorship networks, and online tools, and maintains a broad ecosystem through collaborations and co-investment opportunities, with recent expansion into North America and strategic ecosystem initiatives.

STRIVE is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 2019 that supports seed- to early-stage startups across Japan, Southeast Asia, and India with proactive, hands-on partnerships. It positions itself as an entrepreneur’s co-pilot, helping launch and scale businesses through practical guidance and strategic backing beyond traditional investments. The firm backs internet and mobile tech, SaaS, and related sectors, focusing on companies with strong management and market potential, and its portfolio includes TalentX.

Sumisho Venture Partners is the Tokyo-based corporate venture capital arm of Sumitomo Corporation. Founded in 2022, it invests in startups from Series A onward in areas including energy, social infrastructure, retail, consumer products, healthcare, and agriculture. It supports portfolio companies by connecting them with Sumitomo’s business assets and platforms, helping them expand markets and grow internationally. The company operates from Tokyo and works within Sumitomo’s global venture network.

Venture Catalysts is an India-based early-stage investment platform that connects startups with angel and institutional investors. It supports companies from pre-seed to Series B with fundraising assistance, due diligence, investor syndication, mentorship, and access to an investor network. It also provides investors with curated startup opportunities and community resources.

BEENEXT is a global founder-first venture capital firm based in Singapore that backs early-stage and growth-oriented startups across sectors such as fintech, mobility, enterprise SaaS, sustainability, healthtech, and agritech. The firm emphasizes a founder-centric, community-driven approach that pairs rapid investment cycles with active portfolio support, mentorship, and knowledge exchange. BEENEXT builds a worldwide network of founders, investors, and collaborators to help startups scale internationally, with 180 companies invested in 17 countries across five continents. The firm aims to create lasting impact by fostering collaboration, openness, and continuous learning throughout its ecosystem.

Founded in 1996 and based in Tokyo with an additional office in Osaka, Nippon Venture Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, start-up, and early-stage investments across industries including brain information science (such as brain-computer interfaces), life support robotics, and wireless power. It pursues a hands-on, support-focused model developed with major Japanese business leaders and corporate partners to nurture founders and ventures. The firm has a broad portfolio and a track record of IPO exits on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market, with 175 IPOs achieved as of September 2026. Nippon Venture Capital maintains a neutral stance across industries to foster Japan’s next generation of ventures.

DBJ Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of the Development Bank of Japan, based in Tokyo. Founded in 2010 through the integration of two DBJ Group venture firms, it operates as a subsidiary of the Development Bank of Japan and targets frontier technologies and business models across sectors such as information technology services, biotechnology, and healthcare. The firm mobilizes the resources of the DBJ Group to provide tailored investment solutions, ranging from growth-stage equity to financing arrangements that leverage DBJ's networks. It also supports venture startups through a value enhancement team that assists in commercializing intellectual property and technologies from firms, research labs, and universities, helping them gain market traction. By combining long-term capital with strategic know-how, DBJ Capital aims to contribute to Japan's economic revival and the creation of new industries while supporting portfolio companies through multiple growth stages.

Ulu Ventures is a Palo Alto based venture capital firm that invests in seed and early‑stage technology companies. Founded in 2008, it backs businesses across enterprise software, fintech, healthtech, sustainability, edtech, and blockchain, with additional emphasis on internet-enabled consumer and business services, digital media, mobile, and online advertising. The firm typically co-invests with other angels or venture funds, contributing roughly 500,000 to 1,000,000 per opportunity. It emphasizes diverse founding teams, including women, minority, URM, and immigrant founders, viewing diversity as a driver of performance. Ulu operates with a regional focus on the Bay Area, particularly Silicon Valley, and supports portfolio companies through strategic guidance and networks.

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that employs a quantitative, data-driven approach to fund technology startups at the earliest stages. Founded in 2012, it concentrates on capital-efficient companies that are generating revenue and typically seeks rounds of 50,000 to 500,000 dollars, often outside the traditional SF Bay Area and NYC hubs. The firm targets pre-product-market fit ventures across the United States and Canada, making a high volume of investments—hundreds of portfolio companies and more than two thousand investments since inception—with a philosophy of rapid, transparent decision-making and broad post-investment engagement. Its team leverages extensive operational experience to provide hands-on mentorship in areas such as sales, marketing, fundraising, and operations, aiming to support startups through critical growth phases and facilitate later-stage partnerships. RSCM positions itself as an operating-style fund focused on supporting founders, not a standard VC, and emphasizes building a diverse, founder-focused community through events and guidance.

SignalFire is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs seed and early-growth technology companies. It focuses on sectors including artificial intelligence and machine learning, software-as-a-service, health and pharma tech, fintech, cybersecurity, dev tools, and consumer businesses. The firm differentiates itself through data-driven insights and hands-on portfolio support, offering advisory programs and access to a distributed network of engineers, product and domain experts. It leverages its Beacon AI platform to monitor talent, market trends, and opportunities, enabling proactive recruiting, business development, customer acquisition, and strategic guidance for portfolio companies. SignalFire emphasizes large-scale founder support, with structured programs and a track record of high founder engagement, aiming to help companies scale beyond capital alone.

Japan Post Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of Japan Post Holdings, based in Tokyo and founded in 2017. It invests in startups and growth companies that align with the Japan Post Group's core businesses, leveraging the group's nationwide network of about 24,000 post offices and related assets to support portfolio companies. It runs incubation and acceleration programs covering management, operations, sales, finance, supply chain, marketing and delivery, with a focus on mutual value creation for communities and the group. The approach emphasizes co-creation and practical collaboration between portfolio firms and the Japan Post Group to enhance regional space utilization, advance autonomous delivery and expand services. By backing ventures that can accelerate growth and improve offerings, Japan Post Capital aims to maximize value across the group for customers and regions alike.

Mercia Ventures is an early‑stage to scale‑up investment firm that provides growth capital to ambitious UK businesses. With a national presence, it offers tailored support and expertise to help companies expand and achieve their strategic objectives.

DRG Fund is a Tokyo-based seed-stage venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs from the pre-foundation stage to conceive, launch, and scale new ventures, providing both investment and hands-on support to early-stage startups. The firm combines capital with strategic guidance to unlock latent potential and enable founders to challenge themselves in the startup world. It is led by General Partner Ryu Kusakabe, who has extensive experience in equity capital markets and startup-investor initiatives, and backs a diverse portfolio of early-stage ventures across sectors. DRG Fund also offers entrepreneur-oriented resources such as office hours and inquiry channels to connect founders with guidance and support throughout the venture journey.

Presidio Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Sumitomo Corporation, based in California. It invests in early-stage technology companies across sectors including enterprise IT, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, fintech, digital media, mobility, the Internet of Things, and robotics. The firm supports portfolio companies with capital and business development expertise to help them scale and enter global markets, leveraging Sumitomo’s extensive network to connect startups with customers, partners, and resources. Presidio focuses on opportunities in industries that shape everyday life and aims to accompany portfolio companies from early-stage investment through growth and IPO.

NFX is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs pre-seed and seed-stage startups across software, data products, AI, bio, gaming, space and proptech, among others. The firm pursues a founder-first approach, aiming to improve the startup experience through software-enabled processes and by sharing growth techniques that leverage network effects. With a track record of backing companies that achieve exits totaling more than $10 billion across multiple industries and geographies, NFX presents itself as a resource for founders and the ecosystem. It operates an ecosystem that includes programs like NFX Guild and initiatives to support scientist-founders, while offering practical guidance and community-driven support to help entrepreneurs with fundraising, growth, and building durable companies.

Orbit Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on emerging markets, investing in technology companies that digitize traditional industries to raise living standards in a sustainable way. Based in Singapore, it backs digitalization across e-commerce, fintech, media, healthcare, education, and logistics in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. The firm emphasizes rapid iteration, operational excellence, and strategic partnerships, supporting portfolio companies with specialized task forces and a broad network of mentors and corporate partners. It provides hands-on support for partnerships, business development, fundraising, and growth, and maintains a long-term investment program with follow-on funding. The portfolio comprises about 260 companies, supported by 575 mentors and 212 corporate partners, and the firm hosts events that connect enterprise innovation leaders with founders.

Inflection Point Ventures is an Indian early-stage angel investment platform and network based in Gurgaon. Founded in 2018, it connects startups with a community of professionals, CXOs, HNIs and family offices, providing capital as well as mentorship, market access and strategic guidance through its extensive investor network. The firm emphasizes democratizing angel investing with low membership fees, small investment ticket sizes, a transparent process and rigorous upfront due diligence led by industry experts. It operates across sectors including healthcare, software, clean technology, deep tech, e-commerce, edtech, fintech, gaming and social platforms, focusing on committed and capable founders rather than a specific industry.

Turkey Development Fund is an economic development agency based in Istanbul, established in 2019. It invests in startups and funds that support Turkey's sustainable development, with a focus on strengthening strategically important economic sectors and developing the nascent venture capital ecosystem. Assets are managed by a board of directors, providing governance for investment decisions.

Mayfield Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 1969 and based in Menlo Park, California. It invests in early and growth-stage technology companies, providing long-term capital and strategic guidance to help founders develop products, scale operations, and expand into new markets. The firm focuses on information technology leaders across enterprise software, consumer technology, artificial intelligence, data infrastructure, semiconductors, and related sectors, with a global perspective that includes opportunities in the United States, India, Europe, and other regions. Over its history, Mayfield has backed more than 500 companies, delivering numerous IPOs and mergers and acquisitions. The firm manages over $2.5 billion in assets and emphasizes a hands-on, founder-centric approach to building breakthrough businesses.

Rebel Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage startups with a focus on big data, SaaS, information technology, software, TMT and artificial intelligence. The firm emphasizes data-driven decision making and leverages proprietary analytics and machine learning to identify high-potential YC-affiliated startups. Backed by Y Combinator alumni, Rebel Fund draws on experience in investing, business, law, finance and technology to build a diversified portfolio. It has invested in hundreds of startups and seeks statistically favorable returns, including a strong deal flow pre-Demo Day, according to its disclosures. Rebel Fund positions itself as an AI-enabled investor that analyzes YC data to guide early funding decisions.

Venrock is a venture capital firm founded in 1969 as the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family. It concentrates on seed and first-round investments in technology and healthcare, with a broad remit across information technology, life sciences, media, energy, and emerging tech. The firm backs early- and growth-stage companies and has supported a number of notable portfolio companies, including Apple Computer, Intel, Illumina, Gilead Sciences, Endeca, Imperva, DoubleClick, Athenahealth, Centocor, Check Point Software, Nest, SlideShare, and Tudou. Venrock emphasizes partnering with entrepreneurs to build enduring companies and leverages its long history in technology and healthcare to help founders navigate growth, strategy, and complex markets.

MIRAIDOOR is a specialized investment and fund-management firm focused on regional revitalization and corporate venture capital. Based in Tokyo, Japan, it operates funds to support local ecosystems, including the Local Creation Fund, Osaka Social Issue-Solving Fund, CVC Fund, and Theme Fund, providing end-to-end support from deal sourcing to exit. The firm emphasizes governance and sustainable growth in local markets and backs portfolio companies such as YStory, Sinumy, Public Connect, and Dioseve. It has demonstrated capital markets milestones through exits on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market in 2025–2026, illustrating value creation and practical financing solutions for successors and ongoing investor relations.

Relic Holdings is a Japan-based corporate innovation platform that aims to turn bold challenges into scalable businesses by building the infrastructure for co-creating ventures. It operates with three integrated pillars: a proprietary software as a service for new business development, an end-to-end co-creation and total-solution suite that guides projects from ideation to commercialization, and open-innovation through joint ventures and venture investments. The company coordinates a broad ecosystem including space-related and creative technologies, crowdfunding and innovation management platforms, and related growth services designed to accelerate new-venture creation, scaling, and market impact.

Village Global is an early-stage venture capital firm and accelerator based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2017, it targets pre-seed and seed investments across sectors such as fintech, healthcare technology, financial services, information technology, mobile, SaaS, artificial intelligence, and supply chain. The firm is backed by a network of prominent entrepreneurs and industry figures, including Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg, and emphasizes resources, mentorship, fundraising support, and peer-to-peer learning to help high-growth tech startups scale. In addition to funding, Village Global operates as a network that connects founders with experienced mentors, partner forums, and exclusive events, aiming to democratize access to valuable insights and opportunities. The firm maintains a focus on B2B, B2C, and technology-enabled ventures and positions itself as a supportive, founder-centric investor.

Forum Ventures is a founder-first venture platform focused on B2B software, established in 2014 (originally Acceleprise). It operates as a venture studio, accelerator, and pre-seed fund that supports early-stage B2B SaaS startups from concept to growth. The model combines hands-on venture studio involvement from the start, an accelerator program to accelerate early-stage companies, and a pre-seed fund to finance and back founders, along with a supportive community of over 1,300 founders. Forum provides fundraising and product development assistance, including customer discovery and product-market fit, and leverages a network to help raise capital from leading firms such as Andreessen Horowitz and Salesforce Ventures among others. The organization runs Forum For Founders, a pre-seed program with funding and mentorship in a 15-week format focused on go-to-market and fundraising, and it maintains a portfolio of over 250 B2B SaaS companies. Based in New York, Forum Ventures targets AI, health tech, fintech, supply chain, and related sectors within B2B software.

Pegasus Tech Ventures is a Silicon Valley–based venture capital firm that provides venture capital as a service to corporations, connecting corporate partners with high-growth technology startups worldwide. The company supports global expansion and collaboration across North America, Asia, and Europe, leveraging a team of more than 100 professionals with offices in multiple countries. It focuses on sectors including information technology, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, robotics, fintech, healthcare, consumer electronics, automotive, and hardware, and maintains a broad portfolio with over 300 investments, 88 exits, and 29 IPOs.

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture capital and angel investment firm that supports startups through capital, strategic guidance, and hands-on operational help. The firm assists founders with capital raising, business development, strategic networking, talent acquisition, and corporate transactions, leveraging a broad network to connect portfolio companies with partners, executives, and ecosystem resources. It emphasizes founder-focused support, offering strategic insights, governance guidance, and practical assistance at key growth inflection points to help technology companies scale. SV Angel invests across enterprise software, consumer, fintech, high tech, and information technology sectors, and has a history of backing notable companies such as OpenAI, Databricks, Eventbrite, Cedar, and Vercel.

Mizuho Capital is the venture capital arm of Mizuho Financial Group, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It identifies and invests in ambitious startups and growth companies, leveraging Mizuho’s financial expertise, network, and strategic guidance to help portfolio firms scale and access public markets. The firm pursues investments across information technology, internet-related services, healthcare, manufacturing, non-manufacturing, and other services, aiming to back differentiated technologies and business models. Through disciplined investment and close collaboration with management teams, Mizuho Capital seeks to create lasting value and support portfolio companies toward successful exits, including initial public offerings. The firm has a track record of multiple IPOs in its portfolio and operates as the corporate venture arm of a major Japanese bank, with a large network and capital backing its activities.

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator is a New York City-based technology accelerator founded in 2011. It runs two four-month cohorts annually, providing seed capital, hands-on mentorship, and a coworking environment for early-stage startups. The program includes an initial investment of $150,000 on a post-money SAFE in exchange for 6% equity, along with free office space, cloud hosting credits, and access to professional services through partner firms. ERA has supported more than 400 startups that have collectively raised over $2.5 billion in capital and achieved more than $10 billion in market capitalization. The accelerator leverages a mentor network of more than 500 industry experts, serial entrepreneurs, and corporate executives, and maintains active engagement through Demo Day and ongoing news updates. TIME named ERA among America’s Best Accelerators in 2026.

Draper B1 is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm based in Valencia, Spain, founded in 2010. It invests in B2B and B2B2C startups, including internet and mobile applications, with a focus on ambitious founders. The firm provides hands-on support through active portfolio management and access to a global network to help startups grow and scale. Its approach centers on people, growth, and value-added guidance beyond funding.

ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm that supports seed- and early-stage internet startups. Founded in 2015, it leverages group resources to add value beyond capital, offering development consulting by engineers, sales support, and international marketing assistance to portfolio companies. The firm seeks to help startups become global leaders in the internet sector.