Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011. It focuses on software-as-a-service startups in Latin America, providing growth capital, mentorship, and access to a broad network of strategic partners and co-investors to help portfolio companies scale, and operates a corporate venture capital arm that collaborates with corporate partners through flexible operating models and end-to-end support.

Antler is a global venture capital firm and startup incubator based in Singapore that invests in early-stage technology companies and supports startups across sectors including healthcare, finance, consumer, and software. It builds a worldwide community of co-founders and provides access to talent, mentors, and expert advisors, along with expansion support and capital to help teams form, validate business models, and grow internationally. Antler emphasizes long-term partnerships with portfolio companies, continuing to back ventures through growth stages as they scale.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. It is stage-agnostic, backing seed and Series A rounds, with an investment range of fifty thousand to five million dollars. Founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda, the firm leverages its network and experience in the marketplace sector to support founders aiming for rapid growth. The firm maintains a broad portfolio across e-commerce, on-demand services, fintech, and related technologies, with notable investments in Alibaba, Coupang, Delivery Hero, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, Adore Me, and Earnest. FJ Labs emphasizes partnerships with visionary founders and uses its sector expertise to help portfolio companies scale and achieve expansion.

Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices in New York, Boston, Menlo Park, Chicago, London, and Tokyo. It enables accredited investors, especially alumni networks, to access diversified venture opportunities by co-investing alongside leading venture capital firms. Through funds, syndicates, and investing clubs, it sources opportunities across stages and geographies, conducts rigorous due diligence, and aims for transparent, founder-friendly support. The firm backs a diversified portfolio of startups, including more than 1,600 companies, and has attracted substantial committed capital and a large community of individual investors, underscoring its mission to democratize access to venture capital while partnering with established VC firms.

Based in Miami, Crowd Capital Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments in fintech and crowdfunding ecosystems. It targets companies that build crowdfunding infrastructure, data analytics and metrics, investor relations tools, and real-time data, as well as new financial products and portfolio management software. The firm emphasizes disruptive financial infrastructure originating in crowdfunding and extending to broader private capital markets, leveraging expertise and relationships in debt and equity crowdfinance to identify leading companies in a fast-growing global market.

Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate focused on supporting LGBTQ founders and inclusive leadership by investing across stages and partnering with other venture firms to back diverse, high-potential companies. It maintains a global portfolio of 130+ companies and has deployed tens of millions in capital to date. The organization actively helps portfolio companies identify and recruit diverse talent for C-suite and board roles and cultivates a worldwide network of investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a commitment to positive social change through business.

Draper Associates is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 1985 that funds early-stage startups worldwide, focusing on AI, robotics, biotech, defense, crypto, space, and other deep-tech sectors. It typically supports companies from pre-seed to Series A, seeks disruptive technologies with potential for transformative impact, and has backed notable companies such as Coinbase, SpaceX, and Robinhood. The firm emphasizes a long-term investment approach and aims to empower entrepreneurs to drive growth and innovation.

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that funds early-stage and growth companies across sectors including consumer, enterprise software, fintech, crypto, and healthcare. Based in San Francisco with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and other locations, it provides capital and strategic guidance to help entrepreneurs build scalable, durable businesses. The firm emphasizes the use of technology, including artificial intelligence, to accelerate growth and drive meaningful impact. General Catalyst partners with management teams to support product development, go-to-market strategies, and organizational growth, aiming to back companies with potential for wide adoption and long-term value creation, rather than focusing solely on near-term exits.

Global Brain is an independent venture capital firm based in Tokyo that supports startups with extensive hands-on guidance and open innovation with large corporations. It manages over $2.7 billion in assets and has invested in more than 1,300 deals, with about 450 portfolio companies and a history of 42 IPOs and 89 M&A exits. The firm backs seed to growth-stage technology companies globally, spanning Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, and collaborates with corporate venture programs and public partners to accelerate portfolio growth. Its investments cover sectors such as artificial intelligence, space, education, HR tech, life sciences, and enterprise software, among others.

Paradigm is a venture capital firm and software developer focused on investing in and building frontier technologies, with emphasis on crypto, artificial intelligence, robotics, and open-source platforms. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the firm blends technical research with hands-on collaboration with founders and teams to advance innovative projects. It supports open-source development through a fellowship program and seeks to back category-defining companies and protocols that reshape how people transact, build, and compute.

Maven 11 is a crypto-native venture capital firm focused on partnering with technically fluent founders who are challenging traditional ownership models. The firm concentrates on blockchain, cryptocurrency, distributed ledger technology, and related sectors, providing hands-on support to early-stage ventures. It operates with offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and the Cayman Islands, and emphasizes long-term partnerships to navigate evolving market dynamics. Founded in 2015, Maven 11 aims to back ambitious teams at the early stages, leveraging expertise in investment, trading, research, and product to help portfolio companies scale.

Ulu Ventures is a Palo Alto–based seed and early-stage venture capital firm that backs technology companies across enterprise software, B2B and B2C platforms, healthtech, sustainability, fintech, edtech, and blockchain. Founded in 2008, the firm pursues a disciplined, decision-science approach to investing, evaluating risk-reward trade-offs and reducing cognitive bias, often co-investing with other angels or VCs to deploy between $500k and $1M per opportunity. Ulu prioritizes diverse founder teams, including women, minority, URM, and immigrant founders, and supports bold ideas with strong growth potential from seed onward. Based in the Bay Area, it has backed a broad portfolio, including unicorns, reflecting a track record of helping startups scale. The firm emphasizes technology-enabled services and internet-centric opportunities.

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that targets early-stage, capital-efficient technology startups in the United States and Canada. The firm employs a data-driven, quantitative approach to investment decisions and aims for rapid yes-or-no conclusions, often within two weeks. Typical rounds encompass small checks in the low hundreds of thousands, with the potential for larger commitments in exceptional cases, and a portfolio-wide strategy that emphasizes diversification. Beyond capital, it provides hands-on mentorship in areas such as sales, marketing, and fundraising, leveraging a network of investors and seasoned operators to support portfolio companies after investment. The firm focuses on teams still refining product-market fit, including those outside traditional tech hubs, and seeks to help founders scale efficiently through structured operational support and transparent decision processes.

Volt Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2026 that focuses on supporting early-stage blockchain and cryptocurrency ventures. The firm provides investment expertise in decentralized finance, digital assets, and blockchain infrastructure, helping crypto startups secure funding and build scalable technology platforms.

Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm headquartered in Vienna that operates across six offices in Europe, the Middle East and beyond. It backs founders from pre-seed to growth through sector-focused investment teams and provides day-one access to a global network of corporate customers, experts and follow-on investors to help scale faster. The firm focuses on six verticals—AI and infrastructure, climate and industrial tech, deep tech, fintech and DeFi, health and bio, and marketplaces and consumer—and supports portfolio companies from initial funding through subsequent rounds. Speedinvest actively engages with its companies, leading a large share of initial investments and maintaining a high level of follow-on activity, with notable portfolio companies including Bitpanda, Moove, Tide, GoStudent and cylib. The firm operates across Europe and beyond, aiming to unlock momentum for builders through the power of more and to help them scale smarter and faster.

Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) is a Dubai-based venture capital firm with offices in Beirut, Dubai, Manama and Riyadh that invests in early and growth-stage technology companies across the GCC and Levant. The firm targets sectors including cloud-based software, fintech, e-commerce, mobility, IoT, education and health tech, and pursues cross-border opportunities within the region. MEVP provides patient, value-add capital and hands-on support to founders, combining funding with mentorship, networks and execution frameworks to help portfolio companies scale. It manages multiple funds—including early and growth-stage vehicles—funding ambitious teams in technology startups and maintaining a track record of exits and notable investments. MEVP emphasizes regional breadth and active involvement, aiming to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa.

GoParity is a Lisbon-based crowdfunding and online savings platform founded in 2017 that promotes sustainable projects by raising capital from investors. It operates on a peer-to-peer model that connects individuals and companies with projects in renewable energy, the blue economy, smart and sustainable cities, rural development, and social entrepreneurship, enabling investors to earn returns while generating measurable environmental and social impact. The platform supports transparent project tracking, including progress updates and repayments, and offers features such as auto-investments and savings plans to make sustainable investing accessible to a broad audience. Investments can start from small contributions, allowing citizens and small enterprises to participate in funding solar energy, ethical initiatives, and other sustainable ventures. GoParity aims to accelerate the transition to a more inclusive economy by channeling capital toward projects that deliver economic, social, and environmental benefits.

Andreessen Horowitz is a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It funds technology startups across seed to late stages, with investments spanning software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software and services, consumer internet, fintech, artificial intelligence, crypto, infrastructure, and biotechnology at the intersection of computer science and life sciences. The firm emphasizes supporting portfolio companies through growth and strategic partnerships and maintains a broad tech-focused investment approach, aiming to add value beyond capital.

ITOCHU Corporation is a historic, diversified trading company that traces its origins to 1858 and operates as a sogo shosha, engaging in domestic and overseas trade of textiles, machinery, chemicals, metals, energy, minerals, food, and related goods, as well as investments and activities in insurance, finance, construction, real estate, and warehousing through its global network. The group supports IT and services through units such as ITOCHU Technology Ventures, which backs information technology startups, and ITOCHU Techno-Solutions, which provides end-to-end IT lifecycle services including consulting, system integration, and outsourcing. With a presence in more than 80 countries, the company leverages its broad commercial and technological capabilities to connect suppliers and buyers while coordinating technology-enabled services across its network. In sum, ITOCHU combines trading breadth with strategic investments and IT-focused capabilities to create value across multiple industries worldwide.

UOB Venture Management is the corporate venture capital arm of United Overseas Bank, based in Singapore, that makes expansion or growth-stage investments in Southeast Asia and Greater China. It backs businesses across sectors including energy, consumer goods and services, environmental technology, industrials, healthcare, agriculture, and technology, with a focus on early to growth-stage companies. The firm typically invests up to about 25 million USD per deal and maintains offices in Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, and Jakarta, reflecting a regional footprint. Founded in 1992, it pursues opportunities in ASEAN and China, aligning with UOB's regional strategy while supporting portfolio companies through strategic collaboration and capital support.

FAAD Network is a venture investment ecosystem that connects startups with a broad investor network to accelerate growth in India. It provides funding access, mentorship, and market reach to early-stage, technology-driven ventures, while offering investors accessible deal flow, efficient screening, portfolio diversification, and syndication to collaborate on larger deals. Since its inception, FAAD Network has partnered with over 130 startups, achieved 15 exits, a 47% upround rate, and deployed more than 150 crore across 6,000+ investors while evaluating over 10,000 startups. The organization focuses on sector-agnostic, disruptive tech-enabled startups and emphasizes ongoing support beyond capital, including strategic guidance and market access, with the aim of fostering sustainable growth and delivering value to both founders and investors through curated opportunities and collaborative partnerships.

LAUNCH is a startup ecosystem founded by Jason Calacanis that supports early-stage companies through accelerator programs, venture funds, a syndicate, and a global media network. It has backed more than 1,000 companies, including Uber, Robinhood, Calm, and Superhuman, and runs programs such as Founder University, the LAUNCH Accelerator, Startup Tuneup, and Angel University Global, with cohorts that can be remote or hybrid and demo days that reach a global audience. Its investment path includes accelerator funding and follow-on rounds, complemented by The Syndicate’s capital through a broad investor network. In addition to funding, LAUNCH publishes media for founders and provides resources, connections, and opportunities to help build transformative companies at scale.

Flashpoint is an international investment group focused on high-growth technology companies originated in Europe and Israel. With assets under management in the hundreds of millions of dollars, it operates a multi-strategy platform including venture capital, venture debt, and secondary investments, backing software and B2B service companies across Europe, Israel and the United States. The firm maintains offices in London, New York and Tel Aviv, with a broader presence in European tech hubs. Its portfolio includes notable companies such as Guesty, Chili Piper and OfficeRnD, and it has achieved exits such as Shazam and Chess.com. The company emphasizes responsible development and seeks to balance financial returns with broader social impact.

Global Trust Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Istanbul, Turkey, established in 2022. It focuses on technology investments and supports startups across sectors such as payment systems, financial services, crowdfunding, gaming, education, and advertising services, aiming to drive local and international growth through technology investments.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 1974 that funds seed, development-stage and startup companies in Japan, focusing on life sciences, healthcare, biotechnology, information technology, electronics and other high-technology sectors such as fintech and AI. It pursues cross-border opportunities and investment syndication, often collaborating with MUFG and international partners to support portfolio companies’ growth and access to overseas markets, and to connect Japanese portfolio companies with strategic partners and potential exits.

Sateeq is an innovative online platform in India that facilitates investment in startups, allowing individuals to begin investing with a minimum amount of 5,000 INR. The platform offers a curated selection of highly-vetted investment opportunities across diverse sectors, enabling investors to participate in the early stages of startup development. By democratizing access to startup investments, Sateeq aims to provide a pathway for investors to potentially achieve higher returns while supporting emerging businesses.

1337 Ventures is a Malaysia-based venture capital firm and startup ecosystem builder focusing on early-stage technology solutions, social enterprises, and commerce in Southeast Asia. It operates the Alpha Startups Accelerator to help idea and MVP-stage startups launch, validate, and grow, and offers Leet Academy for education and Leet Capital, an equity crowdfunding platform, to support fundraising for startups and SMEs. The company provides services for corporates seeking innovation and operates a broader investor network including venture capital, angel investors, and equity crowdfunding. Based in Kuala Lumpur, it aims to expand across Southeast Asia, supporting portfolio companies with mentorship, resources, and programs to scale from idea to significant value in under 10 months.

BR Angels is an angel investment network based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2019. As a private non-profit association comprised of individual and corporate members, it promotes the development of startups in Brazil and focuses on early-stage investing and related financial services.

Sweater is a fintech company developing a fully managed venture capital fund that is open to everyday investors. The mobile-first platform provides direct access to venture capital and aims to empower a broad audience to participate in the founder journey by investing in venture-backed startups, while the company handles fund administration, compliance, and investor onboarding.

Neoclassic Capital is a global venture capital and investment firm focused on web3, blockchain technology, and digital assets. It seeks to back companies across consumer, gaming, intellectual property and entertainment, financial services, infrastructure, data analytics, payment solutions, scaling technologies, and wallet and custody services. The firm emphasizes bridging East and West, crypto and institutional capital, and private and public markets, drawing on cross-regional experience to identify high-impact founders and support growth with disciplined risk management and exits. With a track record in hybrid crypto investing, Neoclassic Capital aims to accelerate the web3 ecosystem while delivering value to founders, partners, and investors.

Shorooq Partners is a leading alternative investment manager in the Middle East and North Africa, founded in 2017 and based in Abu Dhabi. It runs venture capital and private credit funds that invest in technology companies, with sector focus including fintech, platforms, software, gaming, and Web3.0, and a preference for early-stage startups across the region. The firm operates across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, Egypt, and Korea, and functions as a group of affiliated entities under a common brand. It positions itself as a founder partner, company builder, and value investor, backing market-leading disruptors in fintech, software, and related technology sectors. Shorooq provides diversified, multi-asset investment opportunities for sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and institutional investors, leveraging local insights paired with global expertise. The business is regulated by the Abu Dhabi Global Market Financial Services Regulatory Authority.

Tech Coast Angels is an Irvine, California-based angel investor group and the largest of its kind in the United States, with more than 300 members across five regional networks in Southern California. The group provides early-stage capital and strategic guidance to high-growth startups across industries such as life sciences, software, IT, hardware, consumer products, finance, the Internet, services, and cleantech, and offers mentorship and access to a broad network of potential investors, customers, partners, and management talent. Founded in 1997, Tech Coast Angels operates primarily in the United States and Canada, supporting companies from launch through growth with capital and advisory support.

Hard Yaka is a venture capital firm based in Crystal Bay, Nevada, established in the early 2010s. It focuses on technology investments and aims to drive universal access to fundamental services such as payments, digital identity, and communications. The firm backs early-stage technology companies, including those building payments platforms, digital identity solutions, and related financial infrastructure, as part of a broader interest in digital transformation and regulatory tech. Through its portfolio, Hard Yaka has supported numerous startups across payments, digital identity, and banking sectors.

East Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 that focuses on technology startups across Southeast Asia. It is based in Singapore and backs companies from seed to growth stages, with a broad regional footprint spanning Singapore and Indonesia and broader SEA. The firm has a track record of investing in more than 300 startups and supporting hundreds of founders, often serving as an early backer for notable regional tech companies. East Ventures emphasizes sustainable development and social impact through ESG initiatives and engages in research and thought leadership to inform the regional digital ecosystem.

ah! Ventures is a Mumbai-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage startups across India. It operates as a sector-agnostic platform focused on funding, investment and growth, connecting entrepreneurs with a wide network of more than 3,000 investors including angel groups and institutions. The firm maintains a robust monthly deal pipeline and is known as a premier ecosystem that supports startups through initiatives such as First Gear and Open Pitch Day, enabling founders to access resources to scale and reach leading market positions.

Shima Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive web3 and blockchain technology companies, with a focus on information technology and gaming sectors in California, United States. It seeks to be a proactive, founder-friendly partner, providing capital and active support to startups in the rapidly evolving digital landscape. The firm offers resources for founders through its writings and maintains a job board, highlighting an ecosystem-oriented approach to backing innovative ventures.

Pantera Capital is a United States-based investment firm focused on blockchain technology and digital assets, including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead, the firm began as a macro hedge fund and shifted in 2014 to crypto-focused investing and advisory services. Headquartered in Menlo Park, it manages billions in assets and has been a pioneer in the U.S. crypto space, including launching the first U.S. cryptocurrency fund in 2013 and the first blockchain-focused venture fund. Pantera pursues venture equity, liquid tokens, and early-stage token strategies, backing a global portfolio of blockchain companies and token projects, with a meaningful share of activity outside the United States.

AngelList is a platform that connects startups with investors, talent, and capital infrastructure, offering fundraising tools for early-stage companies to raise capital through syndicates and venture funds, and providing a job platform for candidates to explore roles across startups. It also supports fund managers and investors with back-office and compliance services to streamline fund creation and management. AngelList is the parent company of AngelList Venture, AngelList Talent, and Product Hunt, and maintains a broad network of startups and investors in its ecosystem.

Frontline Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Dublin with offices in London and San Francisco, investing in early- and growth-stage business-to-business software companies across Europe and the United States. It focuses on helping globally ambitious B2B firms expand transatlantically, leveraging a hands-on approach and a cross-Atlantic network of operators and founders to support expansion milestones. The team comprises entrepreneurs and industry veterans with experience scaling ventures, aiming to add strategic value beyond capital and to guide portfolio companies through company-defining moments.

Davidovs Venture Collective is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in Los Altos Hills, California. It operates as a community-driven investing platform that brings together founders, operators, and angel investors to support early-stage companies. The firm leverages its collective network and hands-on experience to provide capital and value-added support, starting with small entry checks from a rolling fund and increasing commitments over time. It emphasizes partnering with experienced and repeat founders and aims to help portfolio companies scale across the United States. The investment focus is broad, spanning artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, future of fintech, enterprise 4.0, edtech, creator economy, food tech, agtech, and biotech, reflecting a diversified approach to technology-enabled sectors. By pooling expertise and resources, Davidovs Venture Collective seeks to accelerate growth for its startups through active involvement rather than passive funding.

Capital Factory is a venture capital firm and accelerator based in Austin, Texas, with operations in Texas cities including Austin, Dallas, and Houston. It invests in software, media, and technology startups across seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage rounds and runs programs to accelerate growth by connecting entrepreneurs with investors, employees, mentors, and potential customers. Founded in 2009, Capital Factory positions itself as a central hub for startups outside Silicon Valley, supporting a large community of companies and fostering collaboration among startups, investors, and corporate partners.

Mirana is a global investment firm specializing in Web3 technologies. It offers investment, advisory and legal services and operates Mirana Ventures, a venture capital arm that provides long-term capital and strategic partnerships to early-stage and emerging founders and fund managers. The firm typically invests from Pre-Seed to Series C, with check sizes generally ranging from 1 million to 40 million, and supports portfolio companies with operations, growth, product development and ecosystem connections. Its investment thesis centers on a decentralized and tokenized future, prioritizing decentralization, growth, category-defining projects, and risk management. Mirana seeks opportunities in areas such as new financial infrastructure, stablecoins, agentic commerce and identity/privacy to advance fintech and Web3 ecosystems.

FundersClub is an online venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California. It targets seed and Series A rounds in technology and technology-enabled startups, offering accredited investors access to a curated portfolio and ongoing portfolio analysis. The platform combines rigorous startup selection with a community-driven approach that supports founders through mentorship and networking opportunities, including programs such as FundersClub Catalyst. Notable portfolio companies include Instacart and Coinbase, demonstrating its early involvement in high-potential startups and its ability to connect investors with vetted opportunities.

Startup300 is an Austrian startup support organization based in Linz, founded in 2015. It operates as an angel investor network and business accelerator, providing consulting and investment services, coworking spaces, and event programs to Austrian startups, and it focuses on building and operating an ecosystem that supports startup growth.

IDG Capital is a global investment firm with over 30 years of experience, originating in China and headquartered in Hong Kong. It finances companies across venture capital, growth equity, buyouts, secondary markets and public markets, supporting a lifecycle from early stage to scale. The firm maintains a worldwide presence with offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, and backs a large portfolio through long-term, value-driven partnerships with founders. IDG Capital leverages a combination of local market insight and global resources to identify inbound and outbound opportunities in China and other Asian markets, while collaborating with sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and other institutional investors as limited partners. Its track record includes hundreds of exits and involvement in notable growth stories across technology, consumer, healthcare and other sectors, reflecting a disciplined approach to building lasting companies.

SyndicateRoom is a Cambridge-based fintech company that enables access to early-stage startup investment. It employs a data-driven portfolio approach to diversify risk and improve potential returns by building portfolios of UK startups and co-investing with experienced angel investors. The firm focuses on sectors including healthcare and information technology and positions itself as a platform for investors to participate in venture opportunities through a repeatable, systematic process rather than chasing individual bets.

We Founder Circle is an angel network and investment platform based in Mumbai, India, founded in 2020. It functions as a global community of successful founders and strategic angels that collaborates with early-stage startups to accelerate growth by providing seed funding, business development support, and access to international networks. By connecting entrepreneurs with experienced investors and mentors, it aims to foster strategic partnerships, guidance, and capital opportunities to help portfolio companies scale and reach new markets.

Innovation Works is a Pittsburgh-based venture capital firm and regional technology-support organization that funds seed-stage technology companies in Southwestern Pennsylvania. It provides capital, mentorship, and programmatic resources to startups in robotics, hardware, software, and life sciences, and operates accelerators and programs such as AlphaLab, the Robotics Factory, the Seed Fund, and Manufacturing Assistance to advance prototypes to production. As the Ben Franklin Technology Partner for Southwestern Pennsylvania, supported by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, it connects founders with capital, expertise, and a broad regional network to help companies grow faster. Throughout its history, Innovation Works has nurtured hundreds of startups and aided portfolio firms in raising substantial follow-on funding and achieving exits, underscoring its role as a leading early-stage investor and ecosystem builder in the region.

TSVC is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 and based in Los Altos, California, that focuses on early-stage, deep-technology startups. The firm backs technically ambitious founders, including immigrant founders, across sectors such as AI, software, robotics, semiconductors, biotech, fintech, and energy. It has built a broad portfolio since inception, with notable early bets on companies like Zoom, Carta, and Ginkgo Bioworks, reflecting a track record of helping early-stage teams scale to unicorns and public markets. TSVC emphasizes hands-on support and domain expertise in areas like AI, physics-based AI, and advanced manufacturing, and operates with a global outlook across the United States, Canada, and Asia. The firm is known for partnering with founders at the seed and early stages to develop defensible technology and impactful companies in the next wave of innovation.

GC Angels is an angel investor network in the North West of England, operating within The Growth Company. It focuses on early-stage digital, creative and technology startups, connecting entrepreneurs seeking equity funding with a diverse pool of pre-qualified investors. The network supports raises from £25,000 to £2 million and has backed more than 30 businesses since 2015, with a substantial portion receiving follow-on funding. GC Angels also provides growth support services and access to sector-specific syndicates, and collaborates with partners such as the British Business Bank to strengthen the regional startup ecosystem. The service evolved from a merger of Co-Angel and North West Business Angels, forming a single cohesive early-stage equity funding service that aligns with wider GC business finance and support initiatives.