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.

Big Idea Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on food technology and alternative proteins. It invests in early-stage and growth-stage startups globally, with emphasis on plant-based and cell-based protein solutions, and manages funds that support the development of new protein technologies and the commercialization of related university intellectual property. The firm collaborates with strategic partners and governments to advance food security and the creation of new food ecosystems, maintaining an international presence and a broad portfolio across multiple countries.

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.

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.

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.

DSG Consumer Partners is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that focuses on identifying and investing in consumer brands in India and Southeast Asia. It typically takes minority equity stakes but will pursue control transactions with the right management team, and provides capital for growth with liquidity options via secondary exits. Since 2004 it has backed leading consumer brands, including Sula Wines, Saffronart, Cleartrip, Bakers Circle, Mocha, Salt Water Café, Redmart, Mswipe Technologies, Exito Gourmet, Tierra Food, Saraf Foods and Veeba Food Services, aiming for long-term value creation in the consumer sector.

AccelFoods is an accelerator based in New York City that invests in early-stage food and beverage companies. It provides industry access, expertise, and infrastructure to help founders develop unique products and bring them to market. The company links startups with the broader food and beverage ecosystem to supply resources needed to create enduring brands.

S2G Investments is a multi-stage investment firm that targets venture and growth-stage companies in food and agriculture, oceans, and energy sectors. It provides capital to businesses shaping the future of food systems and energy resources and supports entrepreneurs and leadership teams with market-driven solutions intended to deliver greater value, improved results, and superior performance relative to conventional options.

Blue Horizon Corporation is a Zurich-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that backs European companies in agriculture, food tech, beverages, and related sectors. The company focuses on plant-based and other innovations that improve the food system and works with farmers, food producers, and distribution networks to advance sustainable products and processes across the value chain. It operates in European B2B and B2C markets, seeking to combine capital with strategic guidance to help portfolio companies scale and reach customers while delivering environmental and social impact.

Cleveland Avenue is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, established in 2015, that makes investments across seed-stage through growth-stage rounds in food and beverage companies, lifestyle consumer brands, AgTech, and technology.

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.

Lever VC is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments in the food and agriculture technology space, with a particular emphasis on sustainability, health, and the alternative protein sector. Founded in 2017 by managing partner Nick Cooney, the firm supports startups developing plant-based and cell-based proteins, novel ingredients, and related technologies across the broader food system. Lever VC operates globally, maintaining offices in New York and Hong Kong, with staff and partners across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other regions. The firm backs early-stage companies across categories such as food technology, ag technology, farm inputs, crop technology, and consumer products, helping entrepreneurs scale from concept to market.

Brinc is a Hong Kong-based accelerator and early-stage venture firm that runs 15 multidisciplinary accelerator programs across seven countries. It accelerates startups in blockchain, artificial intelligence, connected hardware, robotics, climate tech, clean energy, food technology, and the Internet of Things, aiming to advance sustainable, inclusive innovation. Brinc also supports corporations with distributed innovation strategies, sourcing of new startups and technologies, and venture-building for Web3-enabled businesses. The company collaborates with a diverse network of global corporations, government bodies, universities, fast-growing companies, and investors to run programs and pilot joint initiatives, helping entrepreneurs access mentorship, pilots, and opportunities for subsequent funding through partnerships. Brinc positions itself as a bridge between startups and strategic partners to accelerate product development and market access.

CPT Capital is a London-based venture capital firm specializing in seed-stage and longer-term investments in the food and materials technology sectors, with a focus on alternative proteins such as plant-based, recombinant, and cell-based meat. The firm backs visionary founders to drive the transformation of the supply chain and to replace animals in production, pursuing opportunities across seed through potential exit via sale or IPO. Founded in 2017, CPT Capital emphasizes investments in food and materials technology and seeks to support companies that accelerate the food revolution.

AgFunder is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Silicon Valley and Singapore. It invests in agriculture technology and food technology companies worldwide, targeting startups that can positively transform the food system and deliver measurable environmental and social impact. The firm focuses on automation, digitization of the supply chain, food waste reduction, alternative proteins, nutrition, and related agtech and foodtech sectors. AgFunder manages a portfolio of more than 50 companies across multiple funds and maintains a global network to support portfolio growth. It also operates AFN, a media platform that engages a global ecosystem of subscribers around food tech and agtech topics.

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.

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.

The EBRD is an international financial institution founded in 1990 and headquartered in London that provides project financing and advisory services to support private sector development and transformation in emerging markets. It finances banks, industries, and businesses, supports new ventures and investments in existing companies, and helps privatize and restructure municipal services in publicly owned entities. Through its banking and treasury activities, it offers loans, equity and quasi-equity investments, guarantees, and equity funds for smaller enterprises, along with trade finance and loan syndication. It works with commercial partners to invest in private enterprises across sectors including energy, manufacturing, ICT, infrastructure, agribusiness, and real estate, across Europe, the Middle East and beyond, including a significant footprint in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and the Caucasus. It provides policy reform dialogue and advisory services to support market modernization, governance, and reform. It has invested over €130 billion in more than 5,000 projects.

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.

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.

GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that, as of March 2024, operates as two separate brands: Granite Asia, based in Singapore, which invests across the Asia-Pacific region including Southeast Asia, Japan, China, India, and Australia; and Notable Capital, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, which invests in the United States, Israel, Europe, and Latin America. Founded in 2000, the firm has a long track record of providing expansion and early-stage capital to technology companies in the United States and China, and it supports portfolio companies across software, IT, cloud, and related technology sectors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

PeakBridge is a global impact venture capital firm focused on FoodTech, based in Luxembourg. It backs early-stage to Series B companies developing scalable, protectable technologies that aim to disrupt the food system and deliver positive climate and health outcomes. The firm invests across ingredients, alternative protein technologies, AI and digitalization, nutrition, and alternative farming, leveraging a network spanning multiple countries and a team with extensive Agri-Food operational and financial experience. PeakBridge is a partner of Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity and is affiliated with EIT Food as part of its ecosystem, enabling connections to capital, customers and strategic partners. The firm emphasizes technologies with climate and health benefits, supporting bold founders whose innovations can scale globally.

Agronomics is an Isle of Man–based investment firm focused on biotechnology, cellular agriculture, biomanufacturing and related biopharma sectors. It manages capital across funds, equity and equity-related products, and invests in both listed and private companies to build a diversified portfolio in biotechnology and modern foods. The firm originated in 2011 as Port Erin Biopharma Investments, underscoring a long-standing emphasis on biopharma and biotech opportunities.

Goodwater Capital is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Burlingame. It focuses on early-stage investments in consumer technology and related sectors, including housing, financial services, software, healthcare, education, and entertainment. The firm seeks to empower exceptional entrepreneurs solving pressing problems and believes consumer technology can reshape culture and the global economy. By backing founders who create products and platforms that consumers love, Goodwater aims to drive significant, scalable impact and improve billions of lives.

Artesian Capital Management is an Australian-based alternative investment management firm with a global footprint. Founded in 2004, it began with credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies and later expanded into principal investments in seed and early-stage ventures. The firm operates from Sydney and Melbourne and has extended to international locations, launching early-stage venture funds including a China-focused vehicle and outlining plans for Southeast Asia. It partners with accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs to back high-potential ventures and manages funds across equity and debt investments, currently overseeing over AUD 255 million.

Inflection Point Ventures is an Indian angel investor network based in Gurgaon, founded in 2018. It connects startups in early to mid stages with a broad network of institutional and individual investors, including CXOs, high-net-worth individuals and family offices, to provide capital, mentorship and market access. The organization emphasizes accessibility and transparency in angel investing, with a low membership fee and small initial investment per investor, supported by extensive upfront due diligence led by industry experts. It operates across multiple sectors, including healthcare, software, clean technology, deep technology, e-commerce, edtech, fintech, gaming and social platforms, HR tech, IoT, logistics, mobility, proptech, retail technology, sports and fitness, and consumer durables. By leveraging its network, Inflection Point Ventures aims to assist entrepreneurs with guidance, customer acquisition and strategic connections, helping founders scale startups in diverse domains.

Five Seasons Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the food and agriculture supply chain across Europe. It backs innovative food technology companies and consumer food products aimed at healthier choices, cleaner labels, sustainability, and new business models. The firm provides capital, technology, and a broad industry network to help entrepreneurs develop new food categories, improve processes and ingredients, and deploy technology-driven approaches. It typically participates in seed and early-stage rounds, often taking minority stakes and engaging with portfolio companies through board seats, with a geographic emphasis on Europe, particularly France and Italy.

Sustainable Food Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Durham, North Carolina, focused on funding early-stage food technology companies developing cell-based, plant-based, and recombinant products.

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.

East Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 and based in Singapore, investing in technology startups across Southeast Asia, including Singapore and Indonesia. It provides early-stage investments and, as described by sources, supports a multi-stage approach from seed to growth across sectors such as e-commerce, software, fintech, health tech, edtech, crypto, logistics, and AI. The firm has backed notable Southeast Asian tech companies, illustrating an active role in developing the regional startup ecosystem and supporting portfolio companies through growth in dynamic markets.

Unovis Asset Management is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that concentrates on plant-based and alternative-protein startups. It partners with entrepreneurs developing plant-based and cultivated replacements for animal products across meat, seafood, dairy, and eggs, aiming to transform the global food system by supporting innovations that reduce animal protein consumption.

SnackFutures is Mondelez International's innovation hub focused on unlocking emerging snacking opportunities worldwide. It identifies new trends and leverages entrepreneurial talent and technologies to build and grow small brands with large-scale potential, while pursuing growth opportunities across the snacking category.

Tyson Foods is a multinational protein-focused food company that produces a substantial share of the United States beef, pork and chicken and offers a broad portfolio of prepared foods under brands such as Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, Aidell's and State Fair. It is a leading protein provider to national restaurant chains and a wide range of foodservice customers, including schools, military bases, hospitals and international buyers. The company distributes through all major retail channels, including club stores, grocery stores and discount outlets, and its product line spans raw poultry, beef and pork as well as ready-to-eat and ready-to-prepare items across retail and foodservice segments.

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.

Fireside Ventures is a Bengaluru-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage consumer brands and digital startups in India, focusing on consumer products and services across sectors.

Founded in Calgary, Canada in 2016, District Ventures Capital is a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage companies within the food and beverage sectors, with a particular emphasis on health and wellness.

Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.

Clear Current Capital is a venture capital investment firm based in Vero Beach, Florida, targeting seed and early-stage investments in plant-based foods, cultivated meat, and fermentation-based food companies, pursuing sustainability-driven impact alongside financial returns.

Astanor Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on the agri-food sector, including agriculture, and technology-enabled companies across the agri-food value chain. The firm backs innovators in agtech and foodtech with the aim of creating nourishing, regenerative, and sustainable food systems. It emphasizes impact and climate outcomes, blending capital with deep sector knowledge and a broad network of entrepreneurs, researchers, farmers, technologists, and policymakers to support portfolio companies. With a Europe-focused footprint and investments that span across regions, Astanor Ventures seeks scalable solutions that advance food security, sustainability, and transparency throughout the food value chain.

Unigrains is a Paris-based private equity firm founded in 1963 that concentrates on the agribusiness sector, including agri-food and agro-industry. It invests globally through direct minority investments and through specialized funds, with a focus on agri-food and ag-tech companies, and also provides specialized financing to France's agribusiness sector.

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.

Nordic FoodTech VC is a Helsinki-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage Nordic food tech companies. It focuses on startups across the Nordic region, including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, supporting innovations in food production, processing, distribution and consumer tech. As a dedicated investor in the future of food, the firm aims to help founders scale their technologies and build a sustainable food system throughout the region.

Stray Dog Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies developing alternatives to animal use in the supply chain. It backs startups across the food, beverage, and biotechnology sectors in the United States and Europe, providing capital and strategic support to help grow sustainable businesses. The firm is based in Leawood, Kansas.

New Crop Capital is a specialized private venture capital firm that funds early-stage startups developing products and services that replace foods derived from conventional animal agriculture. It focuses on innovations in the meat, egg, and dairy sectors, which represent a $700 billion global market ripe for disruption, and seeks ventures addressing vulnerabilities in traditional animal-based production by offering scalable alternatives that contribute to a more sustainable and resilient food system.

Mumbai Angels is a Mumbai-based angel and venture capital firm established in 2006. It provides early-stage funding and serves as a platform for incubated ventures, helping startups in India scale and fostering collaborations with larger corporations and financial investors seeking growth opportunities. The firm focuses on identifying promising ideas, offering mentorship and access to capital to accelerate development across various sectors. Mumbai Angels has been acquired by 360 ONE.

SVG Ventures|THRIVE is an investment and accelerator firm based in Los Gatos, California, focused on sustainable agri-food, agritech, food tech, and related supply chains. The company provides support, acceleration, mentorship, validation, and venture-building services to early-stage technology companies, often in collaboration with public and private partners on strategy, innovation and global expansion. It prioritizes climate-smart and ESG-oriented opportunities and backs startups operating in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Since its formation in 2010, SVG Ventures|THRIVE has built a network to help portfolio companies scale through strategic guidance and industry connections.