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.

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.

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.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London and Bangalore. It funds early- and growth-stage technology companies across software, cloud, SaaS, consumer, enterprise IT and related sectors, and it supports portfolio companies as they scale internationally. With a global network and more than three decades of experience, Accel seeks to help entrepreneurs build world-class, category-defining businesses. Notable investments include Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Braintree, Cloudera and Qualtrics, among others. Accel operates multiple funds and programs to back companies at different stages, continuing a long track record of backing ambitious technology founders around the world.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

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.

LAUNCH is an Austin, Texas-based early-stage investment firm and accelerator platform that combines capital with education for startups. It provides syndicate funding and operates a suite of programs to support builders, including Founder University, the LAUNCH Accelerator, and Startup Tuneup, as well as events such as Remote Demo Day. The LAUNCH ecosystem pairs investment with structured training, community access, and practical guidance to help founders move from idea to growth. By coordinating funding and educational programs, LAUNCH aims to accelerate startup development and enable teams to scale.

Greycroft is a venture capital firm based in New York and Los Angeles that concentrates on technology startups, with a focus on the Internet and mobile markets. The firm uses its extensive media and technology industry connections to help entrepreneurs gain visibility, build strategic relationships, bring products to market, and scale successful businesses. Since inception Greycroft has invested in more than 200 companies and manages over $1 billion in capital. Its investment scope spans consumer internet, fintech, healthcare, and enterprise software, reflecting a broad approach to funding early- and growth-stage ventures in technology sectors.

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.

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.

Wayra is a corporate venture arm and innovation hub connected to Telefónica, operating as a global accelerator and open-innovation platform that links startups and scaleups with the Telefónica group. With a presence in ten countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela, Wayra collaborates with entrepreneurs to identify and develop joint business opportunities. It serves as the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems worldwide, providing access to networks, capital, mentorship, and potential pilot deployments. Wayra runs accelerator programs and themed calls, such as the Wayra Call and the Health Hub with partners, to support tech startups across sectors like health tech, cybersecurity, smart city, and IT, aiming to scale startups through engagement with Telefónica's global assets and corporate partnerships.

AperiamVentures is a venture capital firm focused on the digital transformation of marketing. The team has decades of experience as founders, operators and investors. The name Aperiam is derived from Aperio, Latin for Open, reflecting a collaborative approach with the marketing ecosystem on behalf of its portfolio.

Kima Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Paris with an office in London, founded in 2010 by Xavier Niel. It invests in seed and early-stage startups worldwide, often as lead investor, and supports founders with funding, an extensive network, and guidance to accelerate product development and growth. The firm emphasizes rapid decision-making and aims to smooth fundraising so founders can focus on building their business. Described as a network of founders and experts with a pay it forward mindset, Kima has invested in hundreds of startups across multiple countries, reflecting its global reach and active early-stage engagement.

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.

Mizuho Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm affiliated with Mizuho Bank, Japan’s second-largest bank by assets. It manages about ¥49.6 billion and focuses on information technology and biotechnology investments, while also backing internet-related services, healthcare, medical, manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors. The firm traces its origins to a 2002 merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment, and its predecessors were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan. It is regarded as one of Japan’s leading venture capital firms, with more than 600 Mizuho companies having gone public.

Norwest Venture Partners is a global technology venture capital and growth equity firm founded in 1961 and based in California. The firm backs seed through growth-stage companies across the United States, India and Israel, with investments spanning technology, cloud and IT infrastructure, Internet and consumer products, SaaS, business services, financial services, healthcare, and other sectors. It has funded hundreds of companies and leverages a broad network and operating experience to help founders scale their businesses. Norwest pursues a flexible, long-term approach, tailoring its capital and support to each stage and company, and it deploys capital across multiple rounds from early checks to growth investments. The firm is known for partnering with CEOs and management teams to accelerate growth through strategic guidance, operational resources, and access to its portfolio network.

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.

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.

IDG Capital is a global investment firm that backs technology-focused companies across stages, from early to growth. With a blend of international reach and local market insight, the firm mobilizes resources to help portfolio companies scale in China, Asia, and beyond. It partners with private equity and venture capital fund managers and other investment entities, drawing on a broad base of limited partners including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, institutions, and family offices. The team combines deep local knowledge with global perspectives to identify opportunities and provide strategic support, governance, and access to networks that accelerate growth. IDG Capital targets software, information technology, consumer and healthcare sectors, among others, and pursues a long-term value strategy through active collaboration with management teams and ecosystem players rather than short-term financing alone.

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.

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.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 1974 with additional offices in Osaka and Nagoya. It focuses on seed, development stage, and startup investments across healthcare, life sciences, biotechnology, information technology, electronics, artificial intelligence, fintech, SaaS, and other high-technology sectors, with an emphasis on the Japanese market and relevance to Japan. The firm also engages in investment syndication for Japanese opportunities.

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman. It allocates capital across public and private markets worldwide, with a focus on technology-enabled growth opportunities. The firm pursues public equity strategies, including long/short and growth investments, and private equity across early- to late-stage companies in multiple industries, seeking high-quality growth opportunities and guiding portfolio companies through their lifecycle.

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.

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.

High Alpha is an Indiana-based venture studio and early-stage investor focused on B2B SaaS. Headquartered in Indianapolis, it builds and scales business-to-business software companies by combining studio services—design, finance, talent, marketing, branding, and go-to-market—with capital support to create enterprise-scale ventures. Founded in 2015, the firm concentrates on early-stage software and SaaS opportunities in the United States.

SFC Capital is a United Kingdom-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that makes early-stage investments in UK startups, including pre-seed and seed rounds. It backs companies across sectors such as software, technology, e-commerce, consumer, enterprise, green tech, medical technology, and hospitality, providing capital plus strategic guidance to support growth and product development. The firm operates a model that combines an angel network with seed funds to back SEIS- and EIS-qualifying businesses, aiming to offer exposure to a diversified portfolio while delivering hands-on support to portfolio companies.

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.

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.

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.

Alchemist Accelerator is a seed-stage enterprise startup accelerator that runs a six-month program to accelerate product development, market entry, and fundraising. It provides seed funding to admitted teams and offers mentorship, structured milestones, and access to a broad corporate and venture investor network. The accelerator prioritizes teams with distinctive technical founders and a business model focused on monetizing through enterprises rather than consumer markets, and it supports ventures in the business-to-business sector through a collaborative ecosystem.

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.

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.

SMBC Venture Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Tokyo, with an office in Osaka, the firm invests in growth capital and buyouts across multiple sectors. It targets information technology, life sciences, services, and manufacturing, supporting portfolio companies with strategic value and access to SMBC's network and resources.

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.

SignalFire is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in seed- and growth-stage technology companies across North America. It provides data-driven insights and tailored advisory programs across sectors such as health, fintech, and cybersecurity, and supports founders with a centralized infrastructure for recruiting, business development, and customer acquisition through a distributed network of entrepreneurs, product and engineering leaders, and investors. The firm seeks to back leaders leveraging data and technology to disrupt large markets, combining hands-on support with broad connectivity to help portfolio companies scale.

Founder Collective is a seed- and early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2009 by entrepreneurs who have built and exited technology companies. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an office in New York, the firm makes early investments across the United States and globally. It is industry-agnostic but prefers ventures with an information technology component, including software and TMT-enabled businesses. The firm focuses on supporting founders at the seed and early stages, drawing on the experience of its partners who have firsthand startup experience.

BlackSheep Ventures is a European venture capital firm with an entrepreneurial background that invests in MadTech—technology-based companies focused on AI, big data, automation, and their B2B applications for the marketing and advertising industry—across seed to early growth rounds, including Round B.

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.

Progress Ventures is a Boston-based venture capital firm, the venture capital arm of Progress Partners. It focuses on early-stage investments in emerging platforms within media, marketing technology, and related B2B advertising and information technology sectors, backing startups aiming to become integral parts of the digital marketing and content ecosystem.

Haatch is a venture capital firm and incubator based in Stamford, United Kingdom, founded in 2013. It focuses on early-stage technology businesses, with emphasis on B2B SaaS and other digital platforms in the UK, and operates direct investments as well as fund-of-fund programs through SEIS and EIS structures. The firm typically participates in rounds from about £100,000 to £300,000 in early stages and can participate in rounds up to £2 million, applying a hands-on approach that includes building founder-led sales capabilities and strategic growth support. In addition to investments, Haatch Desks manages coworking spaces in Stamford, offering desks, postal addresses and private offices to members. Through its activity as an incubator and investor, Haatch leverages its network and experience to help portfolio companies scale and reach meaningful revenue growth.

Matrix Partners is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1977 that backs technology companies from idea through Series A and beyond. The firm focuses on software, AI, B2B, consumer, fintech, health tech, infrastructure, and related sectors, with a global footprint in the United States, India, and China. Its team comprises former founders and operators who work closely with portfolio companies and often join boards to support growth. Matrix Partners has backed a broad slate of successful companies in its decades-long history, including Apple, FedEx, Oculus, Zendesk, HubSpot, Canva, and Postmates, illustrating a pattern of helping developers and builders scale toward IPO or strategic exits. The firm's China arm extends its early-stage and growth investments in the Chinese market, reinforcing its international reach.

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.

Moonshots Capital is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2017. It focuses on seed and early-stage technology startups with moonshot potential, investing in areas such as dual-use technologies, fintech, consumer internet, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. The firm emphasizes a disciplined investment process to identify founders pursuing large, growing markets and products with the potential to redefine their sectors. Moonshots Capital operates as a registered investment adviser, aligning its practices with investor interests and maintaining a rigorous, research-driven approach to opportunity evaluation. The firm backs teams seeking ambitious, scalable solutions that can transform work and everyday life.

Viola Group is an Israel-based technology-focused investment group with multiple dedicated arms, including Viola Ventures, Viola Growth, Viola Credit, Viola Partners and Viola FinTech. Founded in 2000, the group provides long-term capital and value-added support to tech companies across stages, from early venture to growth and credit financing, with a broad geographic reach in Israel and globally. Viola Group manages over three billion dollars in assets and has backed more than 200 technology companies, leveraging specialized teams, extensive networks, and strategic partnerships to help portfolio companies scale in sectors such as software, cybersecurity, fintech, semiconductors, and deep technology. The firm operates as a multi-strategy house, allowing independent arms to pursue distinct investment approaches while sharing services and expertise to drive durable returns for global institutional investors and private partners. Its approach combines capital with hands-on partnership to build transformational technology businesses.

Primer Sazze Partners is an accelerator and early-stage venture capitalist firm based in San Jose, California, with an additional office in Seoul, South Korea. It concentrates on consumer technology, marketplaces, e-commerce and related services, information technology, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, augmented reality, health technology, mobile and other tech sectors. The firm typically supports pre-seed to Series A rounds and is willing to lead rounds or participate in larger syndicates, while also operating an accelerator program. Primer Sazze Partners targets investments in the United States, South Korea and Southeast Asia. The firm emphasizes hands-on support to entrepreneurs, drawing on operational expertise in areas such as product development, SEO and content strategy to help turn ideas into scalable businesses.

Redpoint Ventures is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 and based in California, with offices in Woodside, San Francisco, and Beijing and Shanghai. It backs startups across seed, early, and growth stages in technology, media, consumer internet, and enterprise software, including energy-related technology. The firm supports founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones and manages $4 billion across multiple funds.

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.

Venture Catalysts is an integrated incubator that provides funding, mentorship, and a broad network to early-stage startups. It offers investments ranging from 500K to 2 million per startup with incubation support for 18-24 months. Founded in 2016, it has built a large network of 4500+ angel investors across 36 cities in six countries, with co-investments from notable global investors. The organization prioritizes developing the startup ecosystem in Tier II and III cities in India, operating incubation programs in cities such as Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Raipur, Surat, Nagpur, as well as Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. It supports seed and Series A rounds, provides strategic guidance and business-lead generation through its network, and helps startups access education and opportunities for investor engagement. More than 10 incubatee companies have raised Series A in recent years, underscoring its role in early-stage investments and incubation leadership.

JAFCO is a Tokyo-based investment management firm established in 1973 that invests in private equity across Japan, Asia and the United States, with a focus on venture and buyout opportunities in technology-related sectors. It supports portfolio companies with financing and hands-on resources, including human resources, marketing and back-office operations. The firm maintains a broad Asia-Pacific footprint with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul and Beijing, and has a long track record of exits in its technology portfolio. It has mobilized substantial capital commitments across its funds and backs entrepreneurs to translate ideas into scalable businesses.