Refactor is a seed-stage venture firm led by Zal Bilimoria and based in Burlingame, California. It backs US-based hard-tech startups that build physical systems across aerospace, energy, bio, critical materials, immune health, and AI infrastructure, prioritizing durable moats, long development cycles, and sticky customer value. The firm makes first-dollar checks to founders rebuilding industries and operates with a founder-first approach. Its portfolio includes Solugen, Astranis, PathAI, Clover Health, Knowde, Berkeley Yeast, 64-X Bio, Phytoform, Onyx Bio, Headspace, and other ventures. Refactor has notable exits and scale, including Uniform Teeth's acquisition by Impress, Kip's acquisition by Modern Health, and Clover Health's public listing. Zal Bilimoria joined a16z in 2013, helped launch their Bio Fund, and founded Refactor in 2015 as an early spinout. The firm is based in Burlingame and invites ambitious teams to submit opportunities for consideration.

Reach Capital is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in education technology, digital health, and workforce sectors. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, the firm backs founders who expand access to opportunity by improving learning, health, and work outcomes. It concentrates on edtech and educational software companies across the United States, supporting ventures from seed funding through Series A/B rounds and pursuing both commercial growth and social impact.

Owl Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that concentrates on education technology. It backs edtech companies across the education lifecycle—early childhood through higher education and career learning—and provides active, domain-expert support to help founders scale their businesses into category-leading companies. The firm operates across multiple funds and has a global footprint with teams in major markets, underscoring its commitment to expanding access and improving outcomes in learning and work.

Rethink Impact is a venture capital firm that focuses on backing technology-driven companies addressing global challenges in health, education, environmental sustainability, and economic empowerment. Headquartered in White Plains, New York, with additional offices in San Francisco and Washington, DC, the firm targets mission-driven founders, particularly those led by women or with prominent female leaders, and invests in minority and women-owned companies. It provides growth capital in the range of roughly two to fifteen million dollars, supporting late Seed through Series C rounds and beyond as needed to accelerate scale. The firm emphasizes ESG and impact investing, aiming to generate positive social and environmental outcomes while delivering financial returns, and supports portfolio companies with strategic guidance to leverage mission as a competitive advantage.

Goodwater Capital is a San Francisco Bay Area based consumer technology investment firm that backs early-stage startups worldwide, focusing on consumer technology and fintech. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, it supports ventures from Series A to IPO using software enabled, data driven approaches to help founders scale and reach millions of customers. It provides portfolio companies with detailed data, concierge services, startup curricula, and strategic advice to accelerate growth across housing, healthcare, food delivery, financial services, education, entertainment, and transportation. The portfolio targets consumer products and services, software, and related sectors, aiming to drive measurable social impact and substantial value for both entrepreneurs and investors.

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.

Learn Capital is a California-based venture capital firm that specializes in education technology and workforce development. Founded around 2009–2010 and headquartered in San Mateo with additional offices in Austin and Beijing, the firm funds and supports early-stage to growth-stage edtech ventures and education-focused startups worldwide, including opportunities in emerging markets in Latin America. It backs digital learning platforms, learning software, online courses, skills training tools, and tech-enabled education services, providing capital as well as strategic guidance, market development and operational collaboration to portfolio companies. The firm’s investments span notable education technology and related firms such as Coursera, Udemy, Andela, Amplify, Emergence, NewGlobe and Ascent, reflecting an emphasis on improving access to education and skills development.

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.

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.

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.

Emerge Venture Lab is a venture capital firm and accelerator focused on early-stage education technology startups in the United Kingdom and Europe. Based in London, it makes initial investments typically between £0.05 million and £0.2 million with the aim of reaching around £0.1 million monthly recurring revenue within 12 to 18 months, and seeks equity stakes of 3% to 10% (usually about 8%), plus potential participation in up to 20% of the next round at a 20% discount. The accelerator runs two three-month programs annually and accepts roughly four startups per quarter from hundreds of proposals, prioritizing teams of two or more and companies serving schools or higher education with revenue over $5 million. The firm also runs the Market Entry Programme for a later-stage company and operates in the European Union region.

Educapital is a European venture capital firm focused on education technology and the learning sector. Founded in 2017 and based in Paris, it backs edtech startups across Europe from late seed to Series B, providing capital and access to a large edtech community to help portfolio companies scale into European and global leaders. The firm supports ventures in areas such as personalized learning, AI-powered educational tools, financial literacy, cybersecurity, and language acquisition, and has backed multiple European companies while managing a substantial asset base.

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.

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.

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.

Kapor Capital is an Oakland-based venture capital firm, the investment arm of Kapor Center for Social Impact, focused on seed and early-stage, tech-enabled startups. It targets companies that address inequities and expand opportunities for underrepresented communities, emphasizing diversity in its portfolio. The firm invests primarily in the United States across sectors such as education, health, fintech, work, and consumer finance, and provides strategic support and resources to help portfolio companies scale and advance social impact. It operates as a venture capital investor rather than a grantmaker.

NewSchools Venture Fund is a venture philanthropy organization based in Oakland, California, founded in 1998, that funds and supports entrepreneurs and education ventures—nonprofit and for-profit alike—aimed at transforming public K-12 education, with a focus on underserved communities. It blends philanthropic funding with venture-capital approaches, providing grants, investments, and incubation support to scalable ideas in education, including education technology, school models, and related services. The organization seeks to close the achievement gap, improve student outcomes, and share lessons learned while convening educators and leaders and advocating for smart education policies to accelerate adoption and impact.

Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm founded in 2004 by Pierre Omidyar and Pam Omidyar. It provides a mix of investments and grants to partner with like-minded organizations to scale opportunities, improve lives, and strengthen communities. The organization focuses on social impact through two initiatives, Access to Capital and Media, Markets and Transparency, and supports ventures across information technology, fintech, education, and governance, including independent journalism and civil society. It works with both for-profit and non-profit ventures to advance digital inclusion, responsible technology, and open civic processes, often backing early-stage to growth-stage companies and nonprofits worldwide. As part of The Omidyar Group, it aligns with a broader mission to foster courageous leadership, good governance, informed and engaged citizens, and thriving communities in the digital age.

Strong Ventures is a Los Angeles, California-based venture capital firm that backs seed-stage startups across the United States and South Korea. It provides more than capital by offering hands-on support, mentorship, and access to a broad network to help entrepreneurs scale and compete in global markets. The firm invests across sectors including software as a service, content, mobility, food technology, e-commerce, healthcare, fashion, fintech, blockchain, and gaming, prioritizing practical guidance, strategic thinking, and collaborative execution to build durable companies.

EdVentures is a corporate venture capital firm affiliated with Nahdet Misr Group, based in Giza, Egypt, that invests in education technology startups across Egypt, the MENA region and Africa. It supports ventures across multiple stages, offering incubation, acceleration and investment, along with technical and financial resources to help startups grow and scale. The firm focuses on EdTech and innovations in learning and aims to advance education, technology and social development in its ecosystem through active involvement in events and partnerships.

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.

Brighteye Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 that focuses on education technology and human-centered learning and work solutions. It backs early-stage startups at Pre-Seed to Series A across Europe, North America, Israel and the Middle East, investing primarily in software and edtech companies. The firm emphasizes a people-first approach, leveraging a broad network of mentors, operators, and talent connections to support portfolio companies with strategic insight and operational experience. It publishes research and insights on the future of learning and work.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm that provides early-stage and seed investments alongside structured accelerator programs and deeply resourced facilities to accelerate product development. Focused on deep tech, human and planetary health, and cross-border software, SOSV backs startups from pre-seed onward and runs programs that accelerate technical development, regulatory strategy, and fundraising. The firm maintains labs and engineering spaces with specialist staff in multiple regions, including the United States and Asia, to support portfolio companies in biosafety, chemistry, mechatronics, analytics, and electrical engineering. Programs such as HAX and other live events offer founders access to prototyping, testing, and investor networks. Annually, SOSV makes around sixty pre-seed investments (up to roughly $550k each) and participates in numerous follow-on rounds, leveraging a global portfolio and extensive co-investor network to help deeply technical startups scale and reach markets.

Citigroup is a global financial services holding company that provides a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions. The company operates through two main segments: Global Consumer Banking, offering retail banking and Citi-branded cards and related services; and Institutional Clients Group, offering wholesale banking products and services including fixed-income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivatives, research, corporate lending, investment banking, and advisory services. Citigroup serves clients across North America, Latin America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The firm includes Citi Private Bank for private banking and Citi Community Capital as its community development lending arm, and the Citi Foundation funds social and economic progress initiatives. Citi emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility, supports affordable housing and economic development, and maintains a global footprint with offices in major cities and leadership in several markets.

Wayra is Telefónica's corporate venture capital and global open innovation hub. It connects startups with Telefónica's business units through a venture-client model and open-innovation programs, enabling joint opportunities and faster scale. The group operates across 10 countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela, to engage ecosystems and bring together entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders. Wayra has invested in more than 1,200 startups with total funding exceeding €260 million, focusing on digital health, travel tech, and other technology-enabled sectors. Through collaborations with large organizations such as AstraZeneca and Kunsen, and partnerships like TUI Care Foundation and Target 8.9 for the TUI Futureshapers initiative, Wayra helps accelerate growth and drive impact for both startups and Telefónica's business units.

Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 that provides capital and strategic support to technology-driven startups across early- to late-stage cycles. It pursues opportunities in AI, digital health, healthcare technologies, sustainability, fintech, consumer and enterprise technology, and other frontier areas, focusing on innovative business models and world-class teams. The firm emphasizes a contrarian, long-term approach and seeks to help entrepreneurs address meaningful societal and economic challenges through science, technology, and design.

Blume Ventures is a Mumbai-based venture capital firm that backs seed- and early-stage technology startups in India. It focuses on tech-driven ventures across consumer internet, enterprise software/SaaS, and deep tech, and pursues long-term partnerships with founders. The firm typically supports companies at pre-Series A, often acting with a hands-on, collaborative approach and co-investing with angels and seed funds, with follow-on investments as portfolio companies grow.

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin-based global venture capital platform that invests in early-stage technology companies with high growth potential. Founded in 2013 and backed by Rocket Internet, it operates across global markets with a stage-agnostic approach, supporting entrepreneurs from initial development through scale. The firm concentrates on software and TMT sectors, seeking exceptional founders with scalable ideas and providing backing to help companies grow, thrive, and reach global markets. It emphasizes identifying and nurturing innovative technology businesses worldwide and evaluating opportunities based on potential impact and feasibility.

Sequoia Capital is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 1972. It provides capital and strategic guidance to technology-focused startups, typically engaging with a limited number of portfolio companies at a time and supporting them through the business lifecycle. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships, assisting with product development, company building, and market expansion as companies scale from idea to growth across global markets.

Precursor Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in pre-seed and seed rounds across North America. It focuses on B2B and B2C software, AI and hardware, with activity in consumer, enterprise, fintech, education, digital health, marketplaces and related sectors. The firm prefers to invest in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Toronto, though it considers other geographies and has a broader U.S., Canadian, and Mexican footprint. Typical checks range from about $0.1 million to $0.25 million. Since its founding in 2015, Precursor Ventures has backed hundreds of teams and emphasizes investing in people over products, aiming to form long-term partnerships with founders. The firm highlights founder-first support and a team with deep operating and domain expertise to help portfolio companies scale.

New Enterprise Associates is a United States-based venture capital firm founded in 1977 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It invests in technology and healthcare companies across multiple stages, from seed to growth and IPO, and provides strategic support in product development and market expansion. The firm targets sectors including software, AI, consumer technology, digital health, life sciences, and energy technology, and pursues opportunities worldwide. NEA emphasizes long-term partnerships with founders, drawing on domain expertise and a broad network to help portfolio companies scale. It maintains a diverse portfolio across the United States, Asia and other regions, reflecting a global approach to venture investing.

Inflection Point Ventures is India's leading angel network that invests in early- to mid-stage startups. It mobilizes a broad community of CXOs, professionals, high-net-worth individuals and family offices to provide capital, mentorship, and access to markets and customers. The firm emphasizes democratizing angel investing through a low membership fee, small investment tickets, a transparent investment process, and comprehensive upfront due diligence led by industry experts. It operates across industries, focusing on committed and competent founders who can scale, and leverages its ecosystem to offer strategic guidance, networks, and validation to portfolio companies.

GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that restructured in 2024 into two brands: Granite Asia and Notable Capital. Granite Asia, headquartered in Singapore, concentrates on investments across the Asia-Pacific region, including Southeast Asia, Japan, China, India, and Australia. Notable Capital, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, concentrates on investments in the United States, Israel, Europe, and Latin America. The organization backs technology companies across early to growth stages and maintains an active portfolio strategy across regions. Notable investments include Streamlit, HashiCorp, Grab, Affirm, Poshmark, Wish, and Airbnb. The firm provides resources for founders through its platform and founder portal.

ZhenFund is a Beijing-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Bob Xu and Victor Wang in collaboration with Sequoia Capital China. The firm focuses on backing technology-driven startups at the seed and early stages, prioritizing exceptional founding teams and practical, founder-friendly partnerships. ZhenFund supports entrepreneurs with mentorship and resources, plus an ecosystem of programs such as a startup pre-accelerator, scholarships, campus connections, and AI-focused events to accelerate product development. Its portfolio includes numerous high-growth companies, including several unicorns, reflecting its emphasis on rapid execution, continuous learning, and bold innovation. Through a broad network of founders, investors, and talent, ZhenFund seeks to help ambitious teams move quickly and create the future.

City Light Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 that invests in early- and growth-stage U.S. companies pursuing technology-enabled solutions in education, climate and environment, safety and care, and healthcare. It prioritizes revenue-generating businesses that deliver measurable social impact, aiming to back category-defining companies and scale their positive outcomes. The firm emphasizes data-driven decision-making and hands-on support to help portfolio companies reach scale, with investments across stages while maintaining a focus on scalable impact.

Imaginable Futures is a global philanthropic investment firm established in 2020 that advances education equity by deploying capital, partnerships, and learning initiatives across public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Adopting a systems approach, it supports locally led solutions and collaborates with partners to scale interventions, share learnings, and expand access to resources and opportunities for learners of all ages in regions including Africa, Latin America, the United States, and India. It has invested $200 million in more than 100 partners worldwide and operates as part of the Omidyar Group, founded and funded by Pierre and Pam Omidyar.

Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 that backs early-stage technology companies across AI, B2B software, consumer technology, fintech, hardware, and related sectors. The firm emphasizes an active, founder-friendly approach, helping portfolio companies from idea through Series A with hands-on guidance and strategic support. It maintains a global presence with regional activities in China and India, incorporating local expertise with a global perspective. Its track record includes investments in notable technology companies such as Apple, FedEx, Oculus, Canva, Zendesk, HubSpot, Postmates, and Fivetran, illustrating a history of supporting world-class teams through multiple stages of growth.

Flat6Labs is an accelerator firm and entrepreneurship platform operating in emerging markets. Founded in 2011 and based in Cairo, it supports founders to build, launch, and grow transformative startups through acceleration programs, ecosystem development, and tailored innovation services. The firm has expanded across the Middle East and Africa with offices in Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Jeddah, Manama, and Tunis, and it runs regionally focused programs such as StartMashreq and Nawah Pre-Accelerator, along with sector initiatives in FinTech and PropTech. Flat6Labs collaborates with international partners and government initiatives to accelerate scale and regional impact, and it maintains programs and partnerships across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, and Pakistan. The company aims to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems and bridge local startups to global markets.

Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation is a not-for-profit venture capital firm based in Richmond, Virginia, and the operational arm of the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority. It supports early-stage innovation by facilitating financing, infrastructure, and policy initiatives to help Virginia technologists, entrepreneurs, and startups launch and grow businesses, create high-quality jobs, and accelerate economic growth across the Commonwealth. The organization focuses on technology sectors, provides resources and funding opportunities, and runs initiatives such as Lab-to-Launch. It collaborates with industry partners, including major pharmaceutical companies, to establish advanced manufacturing facilities, underscoring its role in building a robust innovation ecosystem in Virginia.

Service Provider Capital is a Colorado-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that co-invests in seed and Series A rounds led by institutional venture funds. It operates six regional funds across the Rocky Mountain, Midwest, New England, Southeast, Texas, and Pacific Northwest regions and supports more than 600 portfolio companies with a network of more than 400 strategic investors, providing access to its LP and CEO networks, and facilitating connections with venture funds, strategic partners, potential customers, and key hires. Each regional fund is managed by dedicated partners to deliver timely, hands-on support for portfolio companies. The firm maintains a presence in Colorado with operations in Vail and Golden.

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.

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.

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.

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.

SEEK Limited, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, provides online employment marketplace services in Australia and internationally. It operates through two segments, Asia Pacific & Americas and SEEK Investments, and engages in online matching of hirers and candidates and related career services. The company also invests in early-stage businesses and technologies in the human capital management market and distributes and provides higher education courses, including online education offerings and related offline services.

Founded in 2009, DST Global is a global venture capital and growth investment firm that provides capital to late‑stage internet and technology companies, identifying growth opportunities in private markets and deploying capital through venture and private equity investments in established digital businesses. The firm engages with founders and management to support growth ahead of liquidity events, conducts due diligence, and structures investments. With a global footprint and offices in major centers such as Silicon Valley, New York, London, Beijing, and Hong Kong, DST Global pursues a diversified portfolio across the internet economy.

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.

Pear VC is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 in San Francisco that concentrates on pre-seed and seed-stage technology investments. The firm provides comprehensive support to its portfolio companies, including in-house recruiting, talent acquisition, go-to-market strategy, fundraising assistance, and PR and marketing programs, with tailored founder-focused playbooks and investor introductions. Pear emphasizes long-term partnerships with founders and seeks to build strong networks through initiatives such as Pear Garage. Its investment scope covers artificial intelligence, software as a service, enterprise technology, healthcare, biotechnology, climate technology, fintech, and consumer sectors, among others. Historically, Pear has seeded notable startups early, highlighting its role in helping exceptional founders shape the future of technology.

Kima Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm and one of the world's most active early-stage investors. It backs startups worldwide, typically at seed to Series A, often as lead investor but also alongside other investors. The firm provides funding, a broad network, and hands-on support to help founders recruit teams, learn rapidly, and focus on growth. It emphasizes a pay-it-forward mindset and aims to streamline fundraising so entrepreneurs can return to building their business. Founded in 2010 and backed by Xavier Niel, Kima Ventures has its headquarters in Paris and a London office, and has invested in over 400 startups across 24 countries. Its portfolio spans technology sectors in Europe and beyond, and it often takes a significant minority stake while co-investing with angels and other funds.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania is a nonprofit organization founded in 1982 that supports the technology ecosystem in Southeastern Pennsylvania by providing capital, guidance, and connections to early-stage technology companies. It acts as a seed-stage capital provider for the region's technology sectors, facilitates university-industry partnerships to accelerate commercialization, and undertakes initiatives to strengthen the entrepreneurial community across Philadelphia and surrounding counties, with a focus on creating jobs and fostering regional innovation.