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

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. It backs early- and growth-stage technology startups and seeks investments across software, cloud, consumer, enterprise IT, fintech, security, media, and related sectors. The firm operates globally, supporting entrepreneurs in the United States, Europe, Israel, India, and other markets, with a track record of helping portfolio companies scale to category-defining leaders. Notable investments include Atlassian, Dropbox, Facebook, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Cloudera, DJI, Flipkart, Qualtrics, Lookout Security, and MoPub. Accel emphasizes hands-on mentorship and strategic guidance to build durable, world-class businesses that shape next-generation industries.

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

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

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

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 that provides early-stage and growth equity investments in technology companies. It supports portfolio companies with momentum and mentorship to accelerate growth toward long-term success and typically engages across seed to growth stages, potentially taking minority or majority stakes. The firm targets a broad range of sectors enabled by software and technology, including consumer, enterprise, fintech, crypto, healthcare IT, and related areas, and maintains a multi-region presence with offices in North America and Europe to back companies as they scale globally.

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

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

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

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

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm founded in 2001 and based in New York. It engages in private and public market investments focused on technology-driven growth, selecting opportunities across global companies. The firm employs public equity strategies including long/short and growth, and pursues private equity investments spanning early to late stages across various industries. Its approach emphasizes identifying high-quality growth companies and working with portfolio businesses throughout their lifecycle, with activity across the United States, China, India, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and other regions.

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

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 and based in London with additional offices in San Francisco and Geneva, supporting entrepreneurs shaping technology-driven global businesses by investing across early and growth stages in software, TMT, and related sectors including artificial intelligence, data, fintech, healthcare, and mobility, and partnering with founders to scale companies globally.

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

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

Battery Ventures is a technology-focused venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1983. It invests in category-defining technology companies across sectors such as application software, infrastructure software, consumer internet and mobile services, industrial technologies, and life science tools. The firm supports growth across various stages and geographies, including the United States, Europe, and Israel, with emphasis on software, TMT, and related tech-enabled opportunities. As a registered investment adviser, Battery Ventures backs companies that build scalable platforms and transformative products, helping them compete in rapidly evolving markets.

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

Redpoint Ventures is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 and based in Woodside, California, with offices in San Francisco, Beijing, and Shanghai. It partners with visionary founders to create new markets or redefine existing ones and makes investments across seed, early, and growth stages. The firm operates multiple funds and manages about four billion dollars in total. Its investment scope covers technology, media, and energy-related opportunities, including consumer Internet, software, enterprise IT services, fintech, and digital media, with a China-focused arm, Redpoint China Ventures, backing early-stage opportunities in China across technology, telecommunications, and related sectors. Redpoint seeks to be a lead or co-lead investor in its portfolio companies and pursues a global footprint, including the United States and international markets. The emphasis is on minority and early-stage bets in high-potential sectors, aiming to back founders with the potential to disrupt established industries.

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture capital and angel investment firm that supports early-stage startups across the United States. Founded in 2009, the firm provides business development, financing, mergers and acquisitions guidance, and other strategic advice to portfolio companies, leveraging its networks to help founders at critical inflection points. SV Angel focuses on software and TMT sectors, including software-oriented consumer and enterprise initiatives, and acts as a hands-on partner to help startups grow, form strategic partnerships, secure financing, and pursue M&A opportunities.

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

Norwest Venture Partners is a global technology venture capital and growth equity firm founded in 1961 and based in California. It invests across seed to growth stages in technology, software and TMT, business services, financial services, consumer, and healthcare sectors, in the United States and internationally. The firm has funded more than 600 companies and has over 140 active portfolio companies; it manages nearly $5 billion in venture capital. Norwest provides capital and a broad network and operating experience to help CEOs scale their businesses.

Samsung Electronics is a global technology company based in South Korea that designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of electronics and device solutions. Its portfolio spans consumer electronics (mobile devices, televisions, home appliances, cameras), information technology products (PCs, peripherals, printers), semiconductors, memory and storage, and display technologies. The company also provides telecommunications infrastructure and related services, and conducts extensive research and development to advance core technologies. With a global footprint across Korea, China, the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific, Samsung Electronics is a leading supplier of smartphones, memory chips, and displays, and it coordinates significant manufacturing and supply chain activities to support its varied product lines.

Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. The firm backs entrepreneurs with venture assistance, strategic guidance, and capital, focusing on bold, early-stage technology companies. It invests across sectors including AI, climate and sustainability, enterprise software, consumer technologies, fintech, digital health, medtech and diagnostics, therapeutics, and frontier technologies. Based in Menlo Park, the firm manages several funds to support startups across stages, prioritizing ventures that address large markets and have potential for significant social and economic impact.

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

Greylock Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1965 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It invests across seed, early, and growth stages in consumer and enterprise software and related technology sectors, including cloud computing, data analytics, security, and infrastructure. The firm aims to support portfolio companies that create new markets and achieve scale, often taking board seats as part of its investment approach. Notable investments include Airbnb, Dropbox, Facebook, LinkedIn, Palo Alto Networks, Pure Storage, and Workday.

Cisco Systems is a global technology company that designs, manufactures and sells networking hardware, software and related services. It offers routers, switches, network security products, wireless and mobility solutions, collaboration tools, data center technologies and observability software. Cisco serves businesses, organizations, service providers and individuals to build and manage networks, enable communications and enhance connectivity across industries. The company provides services in addition to its products, including technical assistance and advanced services, and manufacturing is largely outsourced with a large worldwide sales and marketing presence. With about 80,000 employees, Cisco is a leading provider of networking equipment and software, with a broad portfolio that includes security, collaboration (Webex) and enterprise networking solutions.

Gaingels is a venture investment organization focused on LGBTQ+-founded and led companies and their allies, investing across stages from pre-seed to pre-IPO and maintaining a global portfolio. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, it operates as a syndicate with more than 130 portfolio companies and around $70 million deployed. The organization supports inclusive leadership by backing ventures that promote diverse C-suite and board representation and actively assists portfolio companies in recruiting diverse executive talent. It also fosters a global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who pursue positive social change through business and successful investments.

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors that manages portfolios across the United States, China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia, and supports portfolio companies with hands-on operating experience, access to capital, talent, partners and customers to help them build truly global businesses. The firm backs early-stage and growth-stage technology and healthcare companies, including software infrastructure, developer tools, data, security, vertical SaaS, cybersecurity and health tech, and benefits from the founders and operators on its team who actively guide portfolio companies through product, GTM and strategic partnerships to drive scale.

Menlo Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1976 that provides capital for multi-stage consumer, enterprise, and life sciences technology companies. The firm uses market-driven analysis to identify investment opportunities across sectors such as marketplaces, consumer services, Dev/Ops, SaaS, fintech, cybersecurity, and life sciences technology. Its portfolio includes numerous notable companies and more than 70 public companies and more than 100 mergers and acquisitions, underscoring a track record of growth and successful exits. Menlo is active in supporting its portfolio companies through multiple stages of development and pursues investments across software, cloud infrastructure, and related technology areas.

Felicis Ventures is a Menlo Park, California based venture capital firm that backs founders building iconic companies and supports them with mentoring and advisory services in addition to capital. It concentrates on early-stage investments across sectors such as software, AI, health, security, consumer internet and frontier technologies, and pursues opportunities from seed to Series C. The firm seeks to reinvent core markets and often engages with portfolio companies globally, reflecting a diverse, international footprint. Founded by Aydin Senkut, Felicis Ventures has backed numerous technology companies since 2006.

GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that, in 2024, separated into two distinct brands: Granite Asia, based in Singapore, which invests across the Asia-Pacific region including Southeast Asia, Japan, China, India and Australia; and Notable Capital, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, which invests in the United States, Israel, Europe and Latin America. The firm backs technology companies at various growth stages, providing capital and strategic support to help portfolio companies scale domestically and internationally, leveraging a multinational network to enable cross-border opportunities.

Citigroup is a diversified financial services company that provides a broad range of products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. It operates through two main segments: Global Consumer Banking, which offers traditional retail banking, Citi-branded cards, and related services to retail customers; and Institutional Clients Group, which delivers wholesale banking, fixed income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivatives, equity and fixed income research, corporate lending, investment banking and advisory services, private banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services to corporate, institutional, public sector, and high-net-worth clients. The firm maintains a global footprint and emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility as part of its business strategy.

Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 that backs technology and consumer-focused companies at seed through growth stages. The firm invests across information technology and related sectors, including software, digital media, advertising, e-commerce, data analytics, mobile, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, hardware and robotics, fintech, and infrastructure. It focuses on the Pacific Northwest and the United States, supporting early-stage software and technology-enabled opportunities, while also exploring areas such as the future of work and low-code/no-code. Madrona aims to partner with innovative teams from inception through scale, helping them develop core platforms and go-to-market strategies.

Matrix Partners is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1977 that invests in early-stage technology companies across software, AI, B2B, consumer, fintech, health tech, and infrastructure. The firm partners with entrepreneurs from idea through Series A, providing hands-on support and board involvement drawn from its team of former founders and builders. It maintains a global footprint with dedicated teams in the United States, China and India, including Matrix Partners China and Matrix Partners India, and has a history of backing notable companies such as Apple, FedEx, Oculus, Canva, Zendesk, HubSpot, Postmates and Fivetran. Core focus areas include applied AI, B2B software-as-a-service, developer tools and infrastructure, digital health, fintech, and hardware-enabled software. Matrix Partners emphasizes long-term relationships, portfolio value creation and building industry-leading companies through a combination of local insight and global perspective.

Sapphire Ventures is a global venture capital firm that partners with management teams and venture funds to back technology companies and scale portfolio growth. With offices across Austin, London, Menlo Park, and San Francisco, it operates multiple platforms including Sapphire Ventures, Sapphire Partners, and Sapphire Sport to support companies, funds, and sport-related technology ventures. The firm backs early-stage to growth-stage companies across sectors such as software, information technology, fintech, cybersecurity, AI, and other technology-enabled industries, leveraging an operator-led portfolio growth team to provide strategic resources for scaling and value creation. Since its founding in the mid-1990s, Sapphire has invested in hundreds of companies worldwide, leading to public listings and acquisitions, and aims to elevate portfolio leaders to global category positions.

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

M12 is the corporate venture capital arm of Microsoft, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco. It invests in early- and growth-stage technology companies, focusing on enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, AI, cybersecurity, developer tools, vertical software, Web3, and gaming, with activity in North America and Israel. The firm seeks opportunities across cloud computing, machine learning, security and applied AI, often offering strategic value through access to Microsoft resources and partnerships. M12 also runs accelerator programs to support later-stage startups and help accelerate growth within its portfolio.

Seedcamp is a European seed-stage venture capital firm based in London that identifies and invests early in founders tackling large global markets with technology. It supports a community of more than 400 startups, including publicly listed UiPath and Wise and unicorns such as Revolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo and wefox, as well as fast-growing companies like Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. The firm accelerates founders by providing smart capital, a lifelong community, and a global network built on more than a decade of backing exceptional talent.

Uncorrelated Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Salil Deshpande and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It backs early-stage companies focused on infrastructure software and seeks opportunities in related areas such as decentralized finance, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and fintech.

CRV, originally Charles River Ventures, is a Palo Alto–based venture capital firm founded in 1970 that focuses on seed to Series B investments in technology, consumer, and healthcare companies across North America. The firm pursues a hands-on, value-added approach to help portfolio companies grow into category leaders, and it has a long track record of backing startups that later went public or were acquired. CRV manages about $1.5 billion in capital and maintains offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Menlo Park, California.

First Round Capital is a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm that backs technology startups from pre-seed through Series A. It offers capital, a founder-focused community, and services designed to help companies grow from inception, with partners who take an active role in portfolio companies. The firm invests nationally across sectors including healthcare, consumer technology, fintech, hardware, artificial intelligence, and web3, with offices in San Francisco and New York. It emphasizes resources beyond funding and has adopted a diversity term sheet rider to promote inclusive entrepreneurship.

Pioneer Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm established in 2017. It operates as an early-stage investor backed by a network of over 420 Y Combinator alumni, and it seeks to back top YC startups. The firm maintains a broad sector scope, investing in consumer products and services, information technology, financial technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, blockchain, life sciences, healthcare technology, real estate technology, ride-sharing, and SaaS and supply chain technologies, among others. Pioneer Fund positions itself as a generalist, technology-focused investor with activity across consumer, enterprise and emerging tech sectors.

Threshold Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, that pursues a high-conviction investment strategy and partners with entrepreneurs to build innovative consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology companies.

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

Soma Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that focuses on software-driven startups and seed-stage investments. It backs companies across B2B software, artificial intelligence, fintech, clean-tech, frontier-tech, prop-tech, cryptocurrency, health tech, and consumer sectors, with a global footprint spanning Africa, the Middle East, South America, and Asia. The firm has a track record of backing startups that grow into unicorns, reflecting an emphasis on founder-led software businesses with scalable models. Soma Capital operates as a registered investment adviser.

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

8VC is a technology and life sciences investment firm based in San Francisco that partners with founders to develop transformational technologies. The firm aims to create long-term economic and societal value through its investments, spanning healthcare, energy, consumer goods, financial services, infrastructure, information technology, manufacturing, enterprise, logistics, defense, and other sectors. By backing ambitious teams and providing strategic support, 8VC seeks to enable industry transformation and global innovation.

Notion Capital is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 that backs early-stage European technology companies, with a focus on cloud computing and software as a service. It targets Series A to D investments in B2B software and enterprise technologies, supporting portfolio companies to scale through capital and strategic guidance. The firm focuses on European markets in cloud, cybersecurity, fintech, data, and related software sectors to help startups grow and expand.

BoxGroup is a New York-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups, typically investing in pre-seed to Series A rounds. It supports companies across consumer, enterprise, fintech, healthcare, life sciences, marketplaces, and related sectors, prioritizing teams with strong vision and momentum. The firm seeks entrepreneurs launching movements in existing markets or creating new ones and aims to help category-defining businesses at the outset. While geographically active in major innovation hubs, BoxGroup evaluates opportunities across the United States and beyond, with a preference for early involvement and smaller initial checks.

Global Brain is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1998 that backs technology companies from seed stage through growth rounds. It targets a broad range of sectors including AI, cloud and software, fintech, robotics, life sciences, media, and mobility, and pursues global investments across Europe, North America, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The firm emphasizes hands-on support and resources for portfolio companies, aiming to help them scale beyond financing. It operates a pure investment fund alongside corporate venture funds formed with leading public companies across telecom, real estate, financial services, beverages, agriculture and food, logistics, and electronics.