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.

Connecticut Innovations is the state's venture capital arm and a governance-backed investment authority headquartered in New Haven. It provides capital and hands-on strategic support to innovative companies across sectors including software, manufacturing, life sciences, clean tech, cybersecurity, data analytics, and e-commerce, with a primary focus on Connecticut-based opportunities. The firm invests across seed, early and growth stages, combining flexible financing with operational guidance, introductions to partners, and network leverage to help portfolio companies scale. It manages a family of funds, including specialized vehicles for artificial intelligence and quantum technology, climate tech, bioscience, and general early-stage and growth investments. Through these funds, Connecticut Innovations aims to accelerate innovation, support job creation, and strengthen the state's technology ecosystem. The organization emphasizes practical support and ongoing partnership, seeking to turn innovative ideas into scalable businesses within Connecticut.

Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 that backs early-stage and growth companies across technology and consumer sectors. It concentrates on seed and Series A rounds and often serves as lead investor, taking board seats to support portfolio companies. The firm prefers investments in the Pacific Northwest and typically writes checks ranging from two to ten million dollars. Its focus areas include information technology, consumer Internet, software and services, digital media and advertising, wireless, networking, cloud computing, mobile, virtual reality, data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, fintech, hardware and robotics, and other infrastructure-enabled technologies, with emphasis on early-stage opportunities and long-term partnerships. It aims to transform ambitious ideas into scalable businesses through hands-on involvement and strategic guidance.

Pruven Capital is a venture capital firm and growth investor affiliated with Prudential Financial. Based in Palo Alto, California, it was founded in 2020 as the investment arm of Prudential, created in partnership with leading incumbents in the insurance and asset management sectors. The firm operates as a multi-stage investor, backing companies from seed to Series C and providing support to secure customers, partners, and distribution. It leverages deep connections with global financial services leaders to accelerate go-to-market efforts and scale portfolio companies. The firm focuses on fintech, insurance tech, real estate, and health care, and its portfolio includes Pismo, Bilt Rewards, and Newfront.

Inspired Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that backs early-stage startups, primarily at seed and Series A, across technology-enabled sectors. The firm operates as a generalist investor, making a limited number of investments annually, and focuses on capital-efficient, high-growth companies with strong potential. It provides more than funding by leveraging its network and expertise to support portfolio companies through growth and scale. Investments span healthcare, fintech, artificial intelligence, consumer technology, software-as-a-service, and related sectors, with activity across the United States, Canada, the Americas, and Africa. The firm emphasizes conviction and long-term partnerships with founders, aiming to help entrepreneurs build lasting, transformational businesses.

Tiger Global Management is a global investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman. It invests in both private and public markets worldwide, with a focus on technology, internet, consumer, and financial services companies. The firm employs strategies across public equities, including growth and long/short approaches, and private investments across early to late stages, seeking high-quality growth opportunities throughout the lifecycle of portfolio companies. Its activities span globally, aiming to back innovative companies across diverse regions and industries. As a registered investment adviser in the United States, Tiger Global conducts its business through its own platform, dedicating capital to long-term partnerships with high-potential companies.

Charge Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments in technology startups. It backs consumer, prosumer, and product-led founders across sectors such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, low-code tools, creator economy, marketplaces, D2C healthcare, enterprise software, mobility, AR/VR, blockchain, and other technology-enabled businesses. The firm concentrates its activity in the United States, with a regional emphasis on New York (including Brooklyn).

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.

Lux Capital is a New York City-based venture capital firm with a Silicon Valley presence that invests in seed-, early-, and growth-stage companies across science- and technology-driven sectors, including artificial intelligence, biotechnology, advanced materials, space and aerospace, energy, genomics, satellites, and drones. The firm provides capital together with strategic input on product development, company building, and long-term positioning, partnering with technical founders and research teams to translate complex innovations into scalable businesses. Lux emphasizes science-driven opportunity and takes an active, hands-on approach to helping portfolio companies achieve leadership in high-growth markets, with the investment team having helped build more than 20 companies from inception.

Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate focused on supporting LGBTQ+ founders and leaders, investing in companies across stages and sectors and prioritizing inclusive teams and governance. It operates a global portfolio of companies and provides capital alongside resources to recruit diverse talent for C-suite and board roles. The network emphasizes collaboration among investors, operators, and entrepreneurs to advance positive social change through business.

Battery Ventures is a technology-focused private equity and venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1983, it invests in technology companies across multiple stages, including growth equity and early-stage ventures, seeking category-defining businesses in markets such as application software, infrastructure software, consumer internet and mobile services, industrial technologies, and life science tools. The firm emphasizes thesis-driven investing, long-term partnerships with founders and management teams, and leverages a global network to support portfolio companies in scaling and accelerating growth.

Nissay Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1991 that provides seed, startup, growth, middle-stage, and later-stage financing across information technology, manufacturing, medical, distribution, and retail sectors. The firm focuses on growth and value-added investments with an emphasis on responsible investing and sustainable governance, supported by an established investment process. It manages multiple investment funds and supports portfolio companies through strategic guidance and operational backing to create long-term value and potential exits.

Union Square Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2003 that focuses on early-stage to growth-stage internet companies. It concentrates on the applications layer of the web, internet services, and web services that create large networks, with emphasis on businesses that generate network effects across sectors such as social media, marketplaces, developer tools, learning, health, fintech, web3 and decentralized systems, technology, and climate. The firm typically makes initial investments around 1 million dollars and can participate in larger rounds up to about 20 million dollars, often taking a lead role and working closely with founders to support growth. It pursues investments across major markets globally, including New York, San Francisco, London, and Berlin.

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with six global offices. It invests in seed to growth-stage companies across sectors including consumer, enterprise software, fintech, crypto, healthcare, and artificial intelligence, providing capital and strategic guidance to help founders scale. The firm emphasizes mentorship and hands-on support to portfolio companies and aims to accelerate ideas, careers, and ventures. General Catalyst manages a large pool of capital and operates multiple funds, funding minority and majority stakes to help companies achieve scale.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania is a non-profit organization based in Philadelphia that supports the region’s technology economy by providing capital, mentorship, and professional connections to technology companies across Southeastern Pennsylvania. Established in 1982, the program invests in early‑stage and established firms in information technology, health, and physical sciences, helping accelerate commercialization of scientific discoveries and strengthen the entrepreneurial community. It works with regional partners to attract investment and nurture startups into scalable businesses, contributing to job creation and regional economic development.

Meritech Capital Partners is a Palo Alto, California-based venture capital firm founded in 1999 that specializes in late-stage technology investments. It partners directly with founders to support companies revolutionizing their markets, prioritizing deep relationships over outsourced value-add resources. The firm focuses on software, communications, and networking sectors and maintains a track record of backing leading technology companies through rapid growth, including more than 60 IPOs across over 200 investments. Its hands-on approach and disciplined investment style reflect a preference for smaller, high-conviction portfolios. Notable portfolio companies include Meta, Roblox, Snowflake, Datadog, Salesforce, Tableau, Wealthsimple, and Serval.

Lead Edge Capital is a New York-based growth equity firm focused on software, internet, and tech-enabled services globally. Founded in 2011, it manages about $5 billion and relies on a network of more than 700 executives, entrepreneurs, and dealmakers to connect portfolio companies with customers, partners, talent, and advisors. The firm pursues growth and expansion investments, has backed more than 100 companies and achieved over 60 exits. With offices in New York City and Santa Barbara, Lead Edge positions itself as a flexible capital provider that supports portfolio growth with strategic resources.

RAISE is a European investment group and pioneer of engaged finance that connects large groups, institutional investors, mid-caps, startups and associations to create value through curated connections, synergies and strategic collaborations. With around €2 billion in assets under management and more than 80 investments since 2013, RAISE operates five investment strategies across France and Europe, including RAISE Invest, RAISE Ventures, RAISE Seed for Good, RAISE Immo Impact and RAISE REIM, along with InvestIr pour l’Enfance to support companies at every development stage. The group employs an internal innovation capability focused on tech and data, runs open innovation activities such as RAISE LAB seminars and Domaine La Plume to design new investment applications, and maintains a network of Operating and Sparring Partners to maximize value through targeted business matchmaking and acceleration programs. RAISE also operates a philanthropic arm, RAISE Sherpas, which channels carried interest to fund the foundation and has injected more than €38 million into startups and associations. The approach blends profitability with social impact, anchored in ESG and governance principles across France and Europe.

Europlay Capital Advisors is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, founded in 2002. It invests in healthcare, mobile, retail, media and information technology sectors and works with entrepreneurs to grow their businesses to the next level of success.

F6 Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm focusing on the Middle East and Africa. It provides capital, hands-on support, and a broad network to help visionary founders build and scale their businesses beyond borders. The firm backs early-stage startups across Africa, the GCC, and Levant, emphasizing sustainable impact and ESG in its investments. By supporting founders from idea-stage through growth, it aims to help startups reach customers, secure follow-on funding, and expand internationally, contributing to job creation and regional development.

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. The firm invests in software-enabled businesses across stages, from seed through growth, with a focus on artificial intelligence, healthcare, consumer technologies, fintech, crypto, enterprise software, and infrastructure. Beyond providing capital, the firm offers portfolio companies practical support through a structured ecosystem of technical advisors, executive talent, and industry operators to accelerate growth and scale. It is known for its broad technology focus and aims to build lasting companies from Silicon Valley to global markets.

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.

First Round Capital is a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2004. It concentrates on pre-seed, seed and Series A investments in technology, healthcare and consumer startups, and supports portfolio companies with a founder-centric approach that blends capital with community-building, custom software and founder services. The firm is known for backing early, disruptive companies and for initiatives such as diversity-oriented terms. Notable early investments include Uber, Square and Warby Parker, with a broader portfolio including Notion, Planet Labs, Verkada, Roblox and others. By emphasizing exceptional founders and unconventional ideas, it aims to help startups grow from inception to scale, acting as an asset manager focused on early-stage opportunities and founder success.

Seed Capital is a Copenhagen-based venture capital firm investing in Danish tech businesses with global ambitions. It focuses on late-seed opportunities, typically backing rounds of 2-4 million euros within total rounds of 2-10 million euros. The firm supports fintech, cybersecurity, and B2B AI, as well as SaaS, deep tech, and consumer startups, offering strategic guidance and fundraising support through a strong network. Its portfolio includes notable companies such as Trustpilot, Vivino, Lunar, Templafy, Dixa, and Forecast, illustrating an active role in helping portfolio firms scale internationally. Seed Capital emphasizes long-term partnerships and operates with Fund IV to back Nordic founders, and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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.

Mercury Fund is a Houston-based venture capital firm founded in 2005 that backs early-stage technology startups, focusing on the U.S. midcontinent and companies operating outside Silicon Valley. It leads seed and Series A rounds across fintech, retail, logistics, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, technology, and defense, and differentiates itself as an operator-first investor by providing resources and systems to support product development, go-to-market strategies, and capital formation. The firm manages more than $750 million in assets, has over 50 active portfolio companies, and has generated more than $18 billion in value creation through 30-plus exits. Mercury Fund collaborates with both first-time entrepreneurs and seasoned founders, leveraging its network of assets and partners to accelerate rapid, sustainable growth.

Human Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs builders and high-growth startups. The firm focuses on partnering with founders to deploy capital and build strong teams to scale across sectors including technology, healthcare, AI, infrastructure, and fintech. Its portfolio spans notable companies such as Snowflake, Anduril, Livongo, Brex, SpaceX, Neuralink, The Boring Company, Kalshi, Applied Intuition, and Transcarent, reflecting an emphasis on ambitious builders and transformative ideas. With substantial capital commitments and an active community of builders, Human Capital supports rapid growth and market disruption through strategic funding and hands-on partnership.

2bX is a Berlin-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that invests in European startups, with a focus on UrbanTech for European cities. It positions itself as more than a capital provider, offering hands-on support through mentorship, strategic guidance, and a broad network to help founders realize their vision. A diverse team emphasizes open communication, trust, and empowerment to foster lasting partnerships. The firm seeks to address urban challenges such as livability, climate resilience, density, and circularity by backing practical, scalable innovations. By concentrating on European city innovators, 2bX aims to advance solutions that improve urban life while delivering value for portfolio companies.

Florida Funders is a Tampa-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies across the United States, focusing on B2B software, fintech, cybersecurity, digital health, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and the future of work. The firm provides capital, investor access, operational guidance, and founder support through its network of entrepreneurs, venture partners, and accredited investors, and operates a hybrid model that combines venture investment with a robust community and a media distribution engine to amplify portfolio companies. It offers strategic introductions, community connections, and outreach to customers and investors to support growth from pre-seed to Series B. Since inception, Florida Funders has backed more than 100 companies with over $300 million in funding across four funds, supported by a network of over 2,000 accredited investors and operators.

York IE is a growth equity and advisory firm that supports B2B software-as-a-service companies from pre-seed to early growth by combining capital with a hands-on operating platform. It provides advisory services across product, go-to-market and finance, leveraging an experienced operating team, data and automation tools, and ecosystem relationships to help companies scale and monetize. The firm emphasizes practical execution, offering support in research and development, GTM, finance and administrative functions, and uses AI-powered analytics to accelerate deal flow and operational efficiency. Through partnerships with portfolio companies and external partners, York IE aims to accelerate growth and build long-term value for technology ventures.

Betaworks is a New York-based company, founded in 2008, that focuses on investing in, building with, and collaborating alongside creators and makers. It operates as an accelerator and founder-friendly platform, supporting early-stage technology ventures and initiatives across information technology, artificial intelligence, and related frontier tech. The organization runs Betaworks Studios, a membership space that enables members to meet, exchange ideas, receive advice, collaborate, work, and host events, reflecting Betaworks' emphasis on community and hands-on development. With activities spanning investment, company-building, and community programs, Betaworks pursues projects from concept to product, aiming to foster new consumer behaviors and opportunities enabled by AI, NLP, and other emerging technologies. The firm maintains a presence in New York and San Francisco and emphasizes collaboration with creators and builders to bring ambitious ideas to market.

Kalaari Capital is a Bengaluru-based venture capital firm established in 2006 that concentrates on early-stage technology-driven startups in India. It backs founders across information technology, mobile, healthcare, software products and services, e-commerce, media, climate and clean technologies, consumer internet, infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and renewable energy. The firm emphasizes a founder-first approach, provides strategic guidance through a strong advisory network, and seeks to help portfolio companies scale to global markets. Kalaari has invested in more than 140 startups and has managed over $850 million across four funds, reflecting its long-term commitment to India's fast-growing tech ecosystem.

Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on technology startups. Founded in 2009 by entrepreneurs who have built and exited technology companies, it emphasizes founder-aligned partnerships and capital efficiency, aiming to minimize dilution while supporting portfolio companies from idea to IPO. The firm takes a technology-centric, stage-agnostic approach within seed and early stages and makes investments across the United States and worldwide. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an office in New York City, Founder Collective leverages the experience of its founders to provide hands-on guidance to portfolio companies. It is built by a collection of successful entrepreneurs and concentrates on backing ambitious teams with potential to reshape industries, prioritizing authenticity, long-term value creation, and close collaboration with founders.

Refactor Capital is a Burlingame, California-based venture capital firm led by Zal Bilimoria as a solo capitalist. Founded in 2015, it concentrates on seed-stage hard-tech investments across the United States in sectors such as aerospace, AI, infrastructure, biotechnology, energy, healthcare and data technology. The firm aims to be a proactive partner for founders, providing strategic guidance alongside capital. Its portfolio includes Solugen, Astranis and BioRender, among others, with several portfolio companies having been acquired or gone public. Refactor Capital emphasizes long-term collaboration with early-stage companies and seeks to help founders scale technically ambitious ventures.

Peak is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 2007, that focuses on early-stage investments in software-as-a-service, marketplaces, and platform companies across Europe. It provides initial funding in the range of hundreds of thousands of euros to several million and supports technology-driven startups as they develop and scale digital products and services. The firm emphasizes a founder-centric approach, offering guidance beyond capital in areas such as product development, market expansion, organizational growth, and operational strategy to help portfolio companies reach subsequent growth stages.

Threshold Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm that backs founder-led technology companies from seed through growth stages. The firm concentrates on software, consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology, and supports portfolio companies with strategic guidance, product development, market positioning, talent, and go-to-market planning. Threshold emphasizes a high-conviction, hands-on approach and often serves as lead investor, taking board seats to help founders navigate scaling, market transformation, and operational challenges. The firm seeks to partner with entrepreneurs building scalable, technology-driven businesses across geographies, including the United States and selective international markets, and has a history of backing early-stage companies and driving long-term value through deep collaboration and operational insight.

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.

Kima Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 and backed by Xavier Niel, with an office in London. It ranks among the world’s most active early-stage investors, funding seed to Series A rounds and often acting as lead investor while collaborating with other backers. The firm supports founders worldwide with capital, a network of mentors, and practical guidance to accelerate growth, prioritizing speed and a smooth fundraising process so founders can focus on building their business. Kima emphasizes a hands-on approach and a pay-it-forward mindset, describing itself as a network of entrepreneurs and experts rather than merely an investor. Its portfolio includes hundreds of technology startups across many countries, reflecting a broad, Europe-focused footprint and a commitment to helping ambitious teams reach the next stage.

Inventures Investment Partners is a Brussels-based European impact investment firm that manages venture capital funds focused on generating financial returns and social impact. The firm operates two funds, Inventures I and Inventures II, which invest in early-stage and growth-stage European SMEs addressing health, education, environmental sustainability, and other societal goals aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It emphasizes integrating impact into core business models and seeks to empower entrepreneurs to drive sustainable growth by combining capital with strategic support and, where appropriate, co-investment opportunities from a broader investor network. Headquartered in Belgium, the firm pursues measurable social outcomes alongside profitability across its portfolio.

Greylock Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1965 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Wellesley, Massachusetts and San Francisco. It concentrates on consumer and enterprise software, investing across all stages from seed to growth and seeking category-defining teams. The firm emphasizes deep engagement, leveraging its network and resources to support portfolio companies, and it often takes a board seat. Greylock's approach combines a selective, high-engagement model with investments across software sectors such as applications, cloud and data, security, fintech, and related technology, aiming to back entrepreneurs who build new markets and lasting companies.

Gruhas is an investment firm founded in 2021 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India. It backs startups across sectors including climate tech and sustainability, built-world tech, artificial intelligence, media and consumption, and deep tech, pursuing a thesis-driven approach to investments. The firm collaborates with early-stage, venture and debt capital to support portfolio companies from seed to growth, and focuses on accelerating decarbonization and technological progress in the Indian startup ecosystem. Gruhas has backed more than 50 companies, creating about 3,000 jobs.

FuturePlay is a Seoul-based accelerator and early-stage investor focused on deep tech startups, providing capital, mentorship, and growth support from early stages through scale. Founded in 2014, it runs two acceleration programs, TechUP and TechUP+, the latter in collaboration with large enterprises in industry-specific cohorts and with the first TechUP+ sponsored by AmorePacific. The firm backs startups in areas such as autonomous vehicles, robotics, space technology, artificial intelligence, and related fields, helping portfolio companies with team building, business expansion, and global market entry. It has broadened its regional footprint toward Southeast Asia and works with global corporate backers and ecosystem partners. Portfolio companies include SOS LAB, Tidepool, and Innospace, which have progressed toward listings or significant milestones. Through its investments and programs, FuturePlay aims to fuel bold, technology-driven growth while connecting early-stage ventures with relevant markets and strategic partners.

Heavybit is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm and early-stage investor focused on enterprise infrastructure startups. Founded in 2013, it backs founders from Day 0 through Series A, typically providing $500K to $5M in investment. The firm combines capital with hands-on strategic support, platform leverage, and a strong community to help startups scale from concept to substantial ARR. It counts a portfolio of 90+ launched companies, including Tailscale, Sanity, LaunchDarkly, and Snyk, reflecting deep experience in infrastructure and developer-focused technology. Heavybit emphasizes integrity and long-term partnerships, guiding portfolio companies to redefine how teams build, deploy, secure, and scale enterprise software.

F7 Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies, with a focus on the future of work and consumer utility. Founded by operators with deep Silicon Valley experience, the firm leverages their leadership during the mobile era to identify opportunities shaped by AI and broader societal shifts. It emphasizes hands-on partnership, offering operational support and a strong professional network to help founders reach milestones. The firm pursues seed investments and seeks to empower bold founders to become future-defining leaders, drawing on a background of operator-led investing and a track record of working closely with portfolio companies.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It provides capital and strategic guidance to technology companies across seed, early and growth stages, helping startups develop products, scale operations, and expand into new markets. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships, closely supporting leadership through multiple funding rounds and critical strategic initiatives as companies mature. Sequoia operates globally, with activity in the United States, China, India and Israel, among other regions.

New York Angels is a New York City-based angel investment group founded in 2004, focusing on early-stage technology companies. It brings together more than 110 active angel investors and early-stage venture funds who screen and invest in opportunities across sectors including business-to-business platforms, digital media, financial services, medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health. The group receives over 2,200 financing applications annually and selects 12-16 companies each month for in-person screening, followed by an Investment Breakfast at month end where 2-4 opportunities are presented with the aim of closing within two months. Typical investments range from 100,000 to 1,000,000, with lead deals of up to 2,000,000. Members commit to investing at least 50,000 annually in early-stage deals, in addition to 3,500 annual dues, and entrepreneurs face no fees. Since 2002 the group has invested more than 100,000,000 in over 90 ventures, and it is regarded as a leader in organized angel investing; it was an early member of the Angel Capital Association and helped pioneer industry funding platforms. The organization operates in New York City and accepts self-submitted applications.

Shearwater Capital is a venture capital firm based in Edgecliff, Australia, that engages across all investment stages with a focus on B2B software, SaaS, technology and business software. It targets early and growth-stage companies and combines capital with practical guidance and operating experience to support entrepreneurs. Its portfolio includes AI-driven pay benchmarking, digital twins for media effectiveness, consumer insights platforms and AI-powered document conversion, as well as consumer ventures such as a fresh dog food subscription service and a cultural discovery platform. The firm is industry agnostic but seeks opportunities in rapidly growing markets with recurring revenue and strong product-market fit, prioritizing founders who demonstrate integrity and the ability to scale to category-leading companies.

Founded in 2016, DOMO.VC is a leading venture capital firm based in São Paulo, Brazil. It invests in early-stage technology startups across various sectors, including fintech, health tech, ed-tech, and more. The firm backs entrepreneurs with high growth potential, providing them with resources to establish themselves in competitive markets.

Founders Future is a Paris-based transatlantic venture capital firm founded in 2018, with a presence in Paris and San Francisco, investing in AI-first and frontier technology companies across Europe and the United States from pre-seed to Series A and growth stages. It emphasizes an operator-led, founder-first approach and leverages a broad network of co-investors to support portfolio companies across sectors such as AI, fintech, SaaS, healthcare, IT, and e-commerce.

Contour Venture Partners is a New York City based venture capital firm founded in 2005 that makes seed and early-stage investments in technology companies, with focus areas including enterprise software, vertical B2B SaaS, financial services technology, information technology, IoT and digital media. The firm partners with management teams to provide strategic guidance and operational support, aiming for long-term growth and a sustainable competitive edge. It emphasizes close collaboration, leveraging experience and industry expertise to help portfolio companies scale through multiple market cycles. Notable outcomes include guiding portfolio companies from seed to growth stages and exits, reflecting a track record of value creation in technology-driven ventures.