Energy Impact Partners is a New York-based private investment firm that focuses on the energy transition. It makes venture, growth, credit, and infrastructure investments across global energy, sustainability, and technology sectors, targeting areas such as energy efficiency, clean energy, smart grids, energy storage, and cybersecurity for critical infrastructure. The firm connects entrepreneurs with influential corporate partners to scale innovative climate-tech solutions and deliver strategic value to portfolio companies and corporate partners. With over $2.5 billion in assets under management, Energy Impact Partners operates globally from its New York base and maintains a broad network of industry players to support portfolio growth and decarbonization across markets.

Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm based in Jackson, Wyoming, that backs climate technology companies with the goal of reducing CO2 emissions, removing carbon from the atmosphere, and enabling sustainable solutions across multiple sectors. The firm invests in energy, transportation, industrial materials, and agriculture, supporting portfolio companies from concept through product launch and providing strategic guidance, industry connections, and a commitment to scientific rigor. It emphasizes market-driven solutions to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy and has highlighted partnerships with companies including Antora, Crux, and Commonwealth Fusion Systems.

Breakthrough Energy is a global platform that accelerates clean energy innovation to meet rising electricity demand and address climate change. It identifies and supports early-stage companies across manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and building, aiming to transform these sectors through affordable, reliable, zero-emission technologies. The organization scouts opportunities, partners with innovators, and deploys capital and resources to advance breakthrough solutions in areas such as carbon removal, cement decarbonization, hydrogen, sustainable metals, geothermal energy, and energy storage. Its approach emphasizes discovery, development, and deployment of breakthroughs, and it engages with researchers, entrepreneurs, and partners through outreach and newsletters to attract new innovations for a clean energy future.

Congruent Ventures is a climate-focused venture capital firm based in Oakland, California, that backs early-stage companies across North America developing transformative climate and sustainability solutions. The firm operates across four themes—Mobility and Urbanization, the Energy Transition, Food and Agriculture, and Sustainable Production and Consumption—and provides funding from formation capital through Series A to help founders scale efficiently. It manages more than $1 billion in AUM across early-stage climate funds, making it one of the largest climate-focused portfolios in early-stage venture. Congruent Ventures partners with entrepreneurs to build companies that address environmental challenges while maximizing impact with minimal resources.

InnoEnergy is a European organization established in 2010 by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology to industrialize clean tech innovation and enable a global net-zero economy. It finances seed and early-stage climate and clean-tech companies across Europe and the United States, aiming to de-risk ventures and accelerate scale. Beyond funding, InnoEnergy develops the workforce and strengthens the clean-tech value chain through education and collaboration with industry, finance, policy, and academia in 21 EU countries and the US. By 2024 it had supported more than 1,400 companies, with over 100 active portfolio firms, and it tracks a potential CO2e reduction of 0.3 gigatons by 2030. The organization promotes industrial champions and talent development through programs, events, and partnerships that advance technologies in energy storage, batteries, wave energy, decarbonization, and other clean-tech sectors.

DCVC is a deep-tech venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, with activities in San Francisco, that funds companies applying advanced science and engineering to major global challenges. The firm backs early- and growth-stage startups across artificial intelligence, exascale computing, climate tech, engineering, materials science, robotics, space, water, biology, defense, security, and other deep-tech sectors, and maintains specialized units such as DCVC Bio focused on life sciences. DCVC emphasizes scientifically rigorous teams and data-driven approaches, collaborating with researchers and entrepreneurs to accelerate development through AI, automation, and data-centric methods. It operates as a registered investment adviser and supports ambitious founders developing transformative technologies across software, big data, healthcare, and energy.

SET Ventures is an Amsterdam-based European venture capital firm founded in 2007 that focuses on energy technology and digital solutions for the energy transition. It invests in startups across Europe at early to growth stages, with emphasis on smart energy generation, distribution and storage, energy use, and related ICT and enabling technologies. The firm backs companies delivering scalable business models around intelligent software and hardware for energy efficiency, smart buildings, microgrids, electric mobility, and industrial processes, aiming to accelerate the shift to a carbon-free energy system. SET Ventures typically takes board seats to support portfolio companies through growth, drawing on its experience across multiple funds and exits to help scale.

NGP Energy Capital Management is a private equity firm headquartered in Irving, Texas, that specializes in energy investments across the value chain. Founded in 1988, it backs opportunities in oil and gas exploration and production, development, midstream and oilfield services, energy efficiency, natural gas gathering, power technology, and other energy-related businesses, with exposure to water resources, food and agriculture, and related sectors. The firm allocates capital across the investment cycle, including growth, buyouts, and co-investments, and pursues opportunities primarily in North America, supported by offices in Irving, Houston, London, Santa Fe, and Stamford. It emphasizes deep energy industry expertise and aims to create value through strategic partnerships with entrepreneurs while prioritizing responsible investing and risk-adjusted returns.

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.

Helen Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Helen, an energy company based in Helsinki, Finland, founded in 2019. It invests in early- and growth-stage startups in Europe and Israel across energy, e-mobility, circular economy, decarbonisation, renewable energy technology, smart energy and distributed energy solutions, and related digital technologies for the energy sector. Investments are made from its balance sheet.

Chevron is a global integrated energy company with exploration, production, refining and marketing operations worldwide. Through upstream and downstream activities, it engages in crude oil and natural gas exploration, development, production, refining of crude oil into petroleum products, and the distribution of fuels and chemicals. The company emphasizes delivering affordable and reliable energy while pursuing lower carbon intensity through technology and efficiency improvements to support a transition to cleaner energy. Operating across diversified markets, Chevron serves customers in energy, chemicals and related sectors and pursues innovations to enhance performance and energy security.

ATW Partners is a New York-based private investment firm founded in 2016 that pursues growth opportunities across industries such as financial services, energy, healthcare, and technology. The firm uses a flexible capital approach, investing in debt at the top of the capital structure to support high-growth companies while mitigating risk, and selectively providing equity to companies with strong potential and differentiated propositions. It combines technical, financial, and operational expertise to help portfolio companies scale, and maintains a global reach with activities in the United States, Latin America, and Europe.

Active Impact Investments is a Canadian venture capital firm focused on climate technology and environmental sustainability. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, it is a Certified B Corp that backs early‑stage climate tech companies with high growth potential across clean energy, transportation, infrastructure and carbon solutions, sustainable food and water, and the circular economy. The firm emphasizes a founder‑first approach and capital‑efficient support, offering guidance in sales, talent recruitment and fundraising, and leveraging a global network of operators and investors to accelerate growth. It targets companies with revenue in the low hundreds of thousands to a few million and aims to deliver market‑beating returns while delivering meaningful environmental impact. Active Impact operates across multiple funds and has over $140 million in assets under management, underscoring its capacity to back portfolio companies through multiple stages of growth.

Convective Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2022 and based in San Francisco that focuses on technology-driven solutions to enhance wildfire resilience. It invests in startups across all phases of wildfire—from prevention and risk mitigation to suppression and recovery—supporting founders developing tools for prevention, incident response, and climate resilience across industries affected by wildfires. The firm emphasizes a proactive, hands-on approach and operates initiatives such as the Red Sky Summit to accelerate development, scale portfolio companies, and connect founders with resources for resilience. By funding and guiding technology-based solutions, Convective Capital aims to address climate-related wildfire challenges and help communities and sectors improve preparedness and response.

Xora Innovation is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in Singapore that backs early-stage to late-stage deep-tech companies. It focuses on computing and communications, climate and energy, and artificial intelligence, with opportunities in Asia and North America, including energy, renewable energy, and biotechnology, and aims to accelerate the path to market.

Infracapital is a European infrastructure investor established in 2001 and part of M&G Investments, the UK and European investment management arm of Prudential plc. Based in London, it manages over £6 billion across six funds and 60 businesses and focuses on acquiring, building, and actively managing core infrastructure assets. The firm invests across water, energy, transportation, telecommunications and digital infrastructure, as well as social infrastructure such as healthcare facilities, educational facilities, government accommodation, and waste management. It targets both brownfield and greenfield opportunities, including renewables like wind and solar, energy storage, ports, airports, toll roads, bridges and other essential transport and utilities assets, with a preference for controlling stakes and board involvement. The approach emphasizes responsible investing, long-term growth, and collaboration with strategic partners across the UK, Continental Europe and Western Europe.

MassVentures is a Massachusetts-based venture capital firm established in 1978 as a quasi-public entity to support seed and early-stage startups in the Commonwealth's innovation economy. It funds high-growth ventures from concept to commercialization and focuses on deep tech areas such as quantum computing, clean energy, AI, and biotech, alongside information technology, healthcare, cybersecurity, e-commerce, mobile, manufacturing, and robotics. The organization is governed by an independent board and backed by experienced investment professionals, and it provides funding, mentorship, strategic guidance, and non-dilutive grants through programs including MV Capital, MV Accelerate, and MV Spinouts, often in collaboration with academic institutions. MassVentures has funded more than 190 companies and has played a key role in expanding Massachusetts' innovation ecosystem by building inclusive teams and connecting founders with capital and expertise.

CAS Star is a venture capital firm based in Xi’an, China, with an additional office in Beijing. It invests in high-tech sectors such as optoelectronic chips, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, aerospace, smart manufacturing, information technology, energy, oncology, advanced manufacturing, SaaS, and space technology, and it actively participates in technology-driven incubation. The firm aims to build a scientific and technological entrepreneurial ecosystem by collaborating with research institutions, angel funds, incubators, and entrepreneurship training to support technology entrepreneurs.

Daphni is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that invests primarily from seed to Series B in technology startups across Europe and the United States, with a focus on ventures delivering positive societal or environmental impact and on disruptive, science-driven deep-tech spanning biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and life sciences. The firm pursues a mission-driven, sustainability-focused approach and is reported to be B Corp certified. It builds a community of 400+ entrepreneurs, academics, and experts to support its portfolio and operates Flamel, an open-innovation platform that uses AI-driven components to enhance deal sourcing, due diligence and value creation. Daphni backs companies across sectors including financial services, information technology, SaaS, advertising technology, digital health and fintech, prioritizing technology solutions that address real-world needs with scalable impact.

Prelude Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage investments in climate-focused startups. It supports companies developing solutions to mitigate climate change across sectors including built environment, carbon management, computing, energy, food and agriculture, manufacturing and industrials, and mobility. Founded in 2013, the firm seeks to back category-defining companies with high potential for climate impact and scalable growth, providing capital and strategic guidance to help portfolio companies scale their technology and market reach.

Gigascale Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2023 and based in Palo Alto, California, that backs early-stage companies rebuilding the physical economy to achieve climate impact. It invests across clean energy, advanced manufacturing, grid infrastructure, and physical artificial intelligence, supporting ventures that decarbonize directly as well as those that provide enabling layers that make physical systems faster, cheaper to design, build, and deploy. The firm focuses on technologies and infrastructure that improve performance to drive climate progress and helps founders with technical, commercial, and financing guidance to scale promising technologies into essential infrastructure.

LS Power is a United States-based energy infrastructure company focused on developing, owning, operating, and investing in power generation and electric transmission assets. Since 1990 it has built a substantial portfolio of conventional and renewable generation resources and operates through three primary arms: LS Power Generation, LS Power Solutions, and LS Power Grid. The company develops utility-scale projects across solar, wind, hydro, natural gas-fired generation, and battery storage, and actively pursues opportunities in distributed energy resources and energy efficiency to improve reliability and affordability of the energy system. It aims to strengthen the U.S. grid and support a cleaner, more affordable energy future through responsible growth and strategic investment.

Vireo Ventures is a European seed- and pre-seed stage venture capital firm based in Berlin that invests in startups focused on energy, mobility, electrification, and related technologies. The firm targets European technology companies driving decarbonization and green transformation, including areas such as decentralized renewable energy, energy storage and green hydrogen, smart infrastructure for e-mobility, and data-driven technologies across industries. Vireo provides mentorship, strategic advice, and access to its network to support portfolio companies' growth, with emphasis on environmental, social, and governance considerations in its investment decisions.

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.

Volta Energy Technologies is a venture capital firm that focuses on battery and energy storage technologies, identifying and supporting entrepreneurs to solve critical technical challenges while offering strategic investors access to breakthrough innovations. It collaborates with corporate partners and has research partnerships, including with Argonne National Laboratory, to rigorously evaluate opportunities from both technical and commercial perspectives. The firm aims to connect promising innovators with corporate investors and strategic partners to enable the widespread adoption of electric vehicles and renewable power. Notable investments include Our Next Energy, Solid Power, and NanoGrafTech, reflecting a hands-on approach to scaling next-generation battery technologies and manufacturing capabilities.

BP is a global energy company engaged in the exploration, production, refining, and distribution of oil and gas, along with investments in renewable energy. It operates upstream activities worldwide, producing oil and natural gas, and downstream operations that convert crude oil into petroleum products and market them globally. The company trades energy commodities and provides shipping services to support its distribution network. It has expanded investments in renewable energy, including wind, solar, and biofuels, through its Alternative Energy division, reflecting a strategy to adapt to evolving energy demand and pursue a low-carbon future. BP also operates Air BP, its aviation fuels division, supplying aviation fuels and lubricants at numerous airports worldwide. The company maintains a global footprint across multiple energy segments and seeks to balance traditional hydrocarbon activities with technology-driven low-carbon initiatives, aiming to meet energy needs while reducing carbon emissions.

Superhero Capital is a Helsinki-based venture capital firm that concentrates on seed-stage investments in software-enabled startups across Finland and the Baltic states. It typically makes early-stage commitments of roughly €100,000 to €1 million and focuses on software, health tech, fintech, IoT, and other B2B technology-enabled sectors. The firm positions itself as a founder-friendly partner, seeking to understand founders’ challenges and offer support without taking control of the business. With a track record of backing a broad portfolio and substantial follow-on funding, Superhero Capital aims to help entrepreneurs scale in the New Nordics. While the primary focus is Finland and the Baltics, the fund has historically considered opportunities outside the region when aligned with its strategy.

Extantia Capital is a Berlin-based climate-first venture capital firm founded in 2020 that invests in deep decarbonization technologies and solutions across energy transition, climate tech, and sustainable industry. It pursues two strategies, Extantia Flagship, which backs scalable decarbonization tech companies, and Extantia Allstars, which invests in climate venture funds, combining financial support with strategic guidance. The firm focuses on mission-driven founders and aims to back companies capable of delivering substantial CO2e reductions, emphasizing commercially viable models and scalable impact. Beyond capital, Extantia provides portfolio companies with insights and resources to accelerate growth, aiming to drive the transition away from fossil fuels and foster innovation that enables a faster, cheaper, and more sustainable future. The operation centers on selecting high-impact startups aligned with ambitious climate outcomes, seeking to accelerate decarbonization and support leaders in re-engineering industries.

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm based in Munich that pursues a long-term investment strategy. It partners with ambitious technology companies across sectors such as fintech, HR, energy and climate, healthcare, logistics and mobility, real estate and construction, cybersecurity, crypto and web3, and e-commerce, providing strategic and operational support in addition to capital to help portfolio companies become global category leaders. The firm engages with pre-seed through Series A rounds, taking an active, founder-friendly approach that leverages marketing and sales expertise, talent acquisition, and access to its broad B2B and investor network to support growth, fundraising, and international expansion over the lifecycle of the companies. Picus emphasizes close collaboration, industry insight, and a flexible, long-term partnership with founders rather than a narrow financial investment.

Lerer Hippeau is a New York-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments across a wide range of sectors, including fintech, blockchain, hardware and robotics, healthcare, software, marketing services, media, and consumer goods. Founded in 2010, the firm backs founders from seed stage through near-term scaling, taking an active partner approach to help companies grow. With a broad portfolio in enterprise and consumer businesses, Lerer Hippeau is recognized as one of New York's most active early-stage investors and operates as a strategic partner for portfolio companies as they scale.

LG Technology Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of LG Group, founded in 2018 and based in Santa Clara, California. It invests in early-stage information technology, automotive, manufacturing, life sciences, energy, and advanced materials, with a focus on artificial intelligence, mobility, advanced materials, life sciences, next-generation displays, mobile technologies, and 5G, leveraging LG's global network to help portfolio companies form strategic partnerships, access resources, and scale.

Blue Bear Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 that invests in AI-powered and data-driven technologies for energy, infrastructure, and climate sectors. The firm targets early-stage digital technology companies across sustainable energy production, electric grid infrastructure, transportation, energy-intensive manufacturing, and related climate industries, and provides strategic support such as customer connections, talent sourcing, and market access through its industry network. With offices in Jackson, Wyoming, and Los Angeles, California, it focuses on opportunities in the United States across energy, renewables, industrial technology, and climate-related sectors.

True Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, that backs early-stage technology startups. It concentrates on seed and Series A investments and supports founders with a hands-on, long-term approach through the True Platform, a set of programs designed to inspire professional and personal growth. The firm manages multiple funds and has raised billions in capital, backing more than 350 companies and helping to create tens of thousands of jobs worldwide. True Ventures is known for providing operational and strategic support across its portfolio and for a disciplined focus on founders and market-changing ideas. The firm was recognized as Venture Firm of the Year in 2018 by the National Venture Capital Association, reflecting its track record in helping startups scale.

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.

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.

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.

Virescent Ventures is a Melbourne-based venture capital firm specializing in climate tech and cleantech startups. It invests in deep tech software and hardware that enable zero-emission solutions across sectors such as clean energy, mobility, food and agriculture, and the circular economy. The firm supports startups across early to growth stages and prioritizes technology-led innovation and scalable business models. Portfolio breadth includes hydrogen production, EV charging, sustainable agriculture, and carbon capture technologies.

Square Peg Capital is a Sydney-based venture capital firm, founded in 2012, with additional offices in Melbourne, Singapore and Tel Aviv. It focuses on early to growth-stage technology companies, particularly in artificial intelligence, fintech and software-as-a-service, targeting opportunities in Australia, Southeast Asia and Israel. The firm partners with founders through a founder-centric approach, offering strategic guidance and hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale globally. It backs online and technology businesses across the startup lifecycle and leverages its experience as former founders and operators to provide practical mentorship and operational insights.

Skip Capital is a Sydney-based venture capital firm that backs technology-enabled startups across all growth stages, including early, mid, late venture and late-stage rounds. It invests in sectors such as artificial intelligence, software as a service, health tech, IoT, energy, education, robotics, wellness, infrastructure, data, and decarbonization-focused opportunities, aiming to support scalable, high-growth businesses. Led by Kim Jackson as CEO and CIO and co-founded with Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar, the team combines expertise in finance, technology, engineering, and operations to pursue long-term, collaborative investments. The firm focuses on technology-driven companies with global potential and maintains a strong presence in Sydney, Australia.

Balderton Capital is a London-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage and growth technology companies across Europe. It supports founders at every stage with strategic guidance, introductions to professional service providers, and access to workshops and a broad network of executives. The firm emphasizes founder wellbeing as a core element of its approach and aims to foster sustainable growth, long-term value, and successful exits. Balderton typically targets sectors including information technology, fintech, software, security, consumer technology and related services, backing companies from seed to scale across Europe.

Inclimo is a Barcelona-based climate tech investment company that invests in early-stage startups developing technologies to decarbonize and transform sectors such as transport and mobility, energy and water, agrotech and food tech, circular economy, proptech, data tech, and related areas. The company evaluates opportunities using ESG factors and seeks to deliver financial returns while maximizing climate impact, aiming for systemic change through technology. It provides entrepreneurs with capital and strategic support, a defined investment process, and access to a network of co-investors, accelerators, and peers to accelerate growth. With a focus on sustainable growth and environmental outcomes, Inclimo collaborates with teams to strengthen business models, accelerate product-market fit, and scale solutions that reduce carbon emissions. The firm is based in Barcelona and offers tools and resources to guide companies toward profitability and measurable climate results.

Argo Infrastructure Partners is an independent infrastructure investment manager with a long-term approach, focusing on essential mid-market assets such as utilities, midstream, contracted power, data centers, and energy transition projects. It targets regulated and contracted assets to deliver stable cash yields and capital preservation over investment horizons, guided by responsible stewardship and sustainable investing. The firm manages about 7.5 billion of assets under management across approximately 18 assets, supported by a team of more than 30 professionals, and it emphasizes ESG practices and relationships with major U.S. utility companies and power generation assets.

Inven Capital is a European climate technology venture capital firm backed by the energy utility ČEZ and the European Investment Bank. Based in Prague, the fund oversees about 240 million euros and focuses on late-stage growth opportunities in innovative cleantech and smart energy startups across Europe and Israel. It targets sectors including energy efficiency, distributed generation, storage and grid flexibility, energy, Internet of Things, clean transportation, smart home, and decarbonization of households. The firm emphasizes founders with a clear impact vision and seeks to create long-term value through active support, pilots leveraging customer and asset bases, and access to a broad energy desk. It favors companies with proven business models and strong growth potential, offering strategic guidance and potential co-investment opportunities.

Kaleo Ventures is a Dallas-based venture capital firm investing in technology startups across Africa, with a focus on faith-aligned pre-seed and seed-stage companies. It maintains an office in Lagos and supports a portfolio of more than 90 companies, aiming to fund more than 40 startups each year. The firm provides mentorship and access to peer networks in African and U.S. tech ecosystems and leverages relationships with U.S. and European venture partners to help portfolio companies raise additional capital. Its approach emphasizes building strong cultures grounded in excellence and customer impact.

Creandum is a Stockholm-based European early-stage venture capital firm that invests in innovative technology and consumer goods companies across Western Europe and North America. Founded in 2003, the firm provides capital, operational expertise, and a broad industry network to help portfolio companies grow from seed to exit. Its advisory teams operate from offices in Stockholm, London, Berlin, and San Francisco and have supported notable tech companies such as Spotify, Klarna, Depop, Trade Republic, Pleo, and neo4j.

European Innovation Council is a European Union initiative established in 2018 to support deep-technology innovation and help startups, researchers, and small companies scale. It offers funding opportunities and business acceleration services, and engages in co-investment with private investors in early-stage ventures with ESG impact. The EIC emphasizes female entrepreneurship through programs such as Women TechEU and related awards, and provides resources to promote knowledge sharing and community building. Based in Brussels, it pursues a European-wide mandate to strengthen Europe's position in the global deep-tech ecosystem.

Next47 is an independent, global venture firm backed by Siemens. Based in Germany, it focuses on enterprise-oriented startups in systems, infrastructure, and applications that leverage artificial intelligence. The firm emphasizes rapid decision making and deep conviction with the teams it backs, aiming to translate early insight into scalable businesses. It leverages a global footprint and the Siemens ecosystem across industries to support portfolio companies. Next47 maintains offices in Palo Alto, Tel Aviv, London, and Munich, and invests across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Israel in software, infrastructure, and other information technology sectors.

Energy Growth Momentum is a London-based venture capital firm investing in the energy sector with a focus on digitization and decarbonization to enhance value and reduce carbon emissions. It provides capital, operational expertise, and an industrial network to support energy entrepreneurs during growth phases. Typical investments target around 10–15 million and cover production and generation, transmission and distribution, and demand management, reflecting a comprehensive approach to the evolving energy landscape. The firm is committed to climate action as a signatory of the UN Climate Neutral Now Initiative and reports annually to the UNFCCC.

BDC Capital is the private equity and venture capital arm of the Business Development Bank of Canada. Based in Montreal with offices across Canada, it engages in direct investments and fund of funds strategies, supporting growth and expansion for mid-market and early-stage companies. The firm focuses on information technology, energy, cleantech, and healthcare, including infrastructure and lifecycle segments, and typically makes early to development-stage investments in Canadian firms, with a preference for minority stakes and syndication. It pursues a range of exit options such as initial public offerings, strategic sales, or leveraged management buyouts. By combining capital with advisory resources, BDC Capital aims to help Canadian businesses scale, innovate, and compete internationally, often partnering with entrepreneurs across provinces like Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

Magnesium Capital is a London-based private equity firm focused on technology and tech-enabled services that support the energy transition. It backs European-headquartered growth- to mid-market companies with strong growth potential in sectors such as energy infrastructure technology, grid resilience, energy efficiency, and industrial decarbonization. The firm emphasizes partnership with entrepreneurial management teams, providing strategy, execution support, and leveraging a network to create sustainable value. Investments typically involve growth-oriented minority or control stakes in mid-market companies, with deal sizes in the tens of millions of euros, targeting enterprise values in the range of tens to low hundreds of millions. The firm operates across Europe and selectively North America, aiming to back companies at scale to accelerate the energy transition.