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.

Big Idea Ventures is a global venture capital firm and accelerator operator focused on food technology and the bioeconomy. It provides capital, mentorship, and access to in‑house food scientists, test kitchens, and a broad network of advisors to startups through accelerators in New York City, Paris, and Singapore, and through university collaborations that translate cutting‑edge research into commercial ventures. The firm funds and accelerates companies developing alternative proteins, plant‑based ingredients, cell‑based meats, and related food, agriculture, health and sustainability technologies, with a portfolio spanning the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania. Backed by corporate and government partners, it aims to bridge research and commercialization and to scale breakthrough solutions by connecting entrepreneurs with industry networks, partners, and resources to build global innovation ecosystems.

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.

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.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is an international financial institution that provides project financing for banks, industries, and businesses, supports new ventures and investments in existing companies, and collaborates with public authorities to privatize and restructure municipal services. It offers a range of banking products and services, including loans, equity and quasi-equity investments, guarantees, advisory services, trade finance, and loan syndication across sectors such as energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, agribusiness, finance, ICT, and services. Through policy reform dialogue and partnerships with private and public sector actors, it promotes market-oriented reforms and private sector development across Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Headquartered in London, it operates with a regional focus across Southeastern and Central Europe, the Baltics, Eastern Europe and beyond, supporting sustainable growth and environmental and governance standards.

S2G Investments is a Chicago-based, multi-asset investment firm that targets venture, growth, and multi-stage opportunities in food and agriculture, oceans, and energy. It provides capital and strategic backing to entrepreneurs pursuing market-driven solutions to reshape food systems and energy resources. The firm backs companies across the food value chain, including agriculture, ingredients, infrastructure and logistics, safety and technology, retail and consumer brands, and ocean-focused ventures. With a track record spanning more than a decade and a substantial committed capital base, S2G emphasizes interconnected, policy-sensitive sectors and aims to drive sustainable innovation and enhanced value for portfolio companies.

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.

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman that manages capital across public and private markets worldwide. The firm focuses on technology, internet, consumer, and financial services sectors, pursuing high-quality growth opportunities through both public equity and private investments. It maintains a research-driven, long-term approach and acts as a registered investment adviser, building partnerships with innovative companies across multiple regions and growth stages.

Agronomics is a London-listed investment company that targets opportunities in sustainable food production technologies. It focuses on cellular agriculture and biomanufacturing, supporting ventures that apply biotechnology, synthetic biology, and tissue engineering to create food in controlled environments as alternatives to conventional farming. The firm builds a diversified portfolio within the clean food and bioscience sectors, aiming to generate value by backing innovators with potential to scale new production methods and advance responsible, scalable biomanufacturing solutions.

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.

PeakBridge is a venture capital firm focused on FoodTech and NutriTech, supporting early- to growth-stage companies across Europe, the United States, and Israel that develop scalable, climate- and health-oriented technologies to improve the global food system. As part of the Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity partnership, it provides capital and strategic guidance, drawing on a team with deep experience in food, agrifood, and finance to deliver comprehensive support. PeakBridge collaborates with corporates, investors, and knowledge institutes to help founders navigate supply chains, regulatory complexity, and market entry, and to accelerate routes to market. Its global network and multidisciplinary approach aim to create value for portfolio companies while driving positive impact in food, climate, and health tech.

Blue Horizon Corporation is a Zurich-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that invests in the agriculture and food ecosystem, including plant-based, food tech, and processing and distribution. It backs early-stage founders and growth-stage roll-ups across the biology, technology, and agriculture spectrum to build sustainable food systems. The firm partners with farmers, food producers, and distributors to scale mission-aligned ventures and pursues a Double Positive approach, aiming for strong financial returns alongside tangible environmental benefits. Blue Horizon maintains a European focus and has backed over 100 companies, including 3 unicorns, with 53% of portfolio companies founded by women. It supports its investments through active involvement and industry insights, helping portfolio companies scale across their lifecycle.

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.

Lever VC is an impact investment firm focused on the future of food and agriculture, backing early-stage companies that advance sustainable and technologically driven food production. The firm concentrates on alternative protein, including plant-based and cell-based meat, egg, and dairy, and also invests in related food, health, sustainability, and agriculture sectors. Based in New York, Lever VC maintains a global footprint with offices in Hong Kong and the United States and staff across Europe and Israel. Led by managing partners with deep experience in the alternative protein space, the firm seeks opportunities to connect with entrepreneurs developing innovative solutions that can disrupt traditional food systems.

DSG Consumer Partners is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that identifies and grows consumer brands in India and Southeast Asia. Founded in 2012, it builds brands brick by brick by providing capital plus mentorship, operational support, and strategic guidance to help them scale. The firm typically takes minority equity stakes in unlisted consumer companies, with flexibility for control deals when aligned with the management team, and pursues a long-term investment horizon of six to ten years. Its portfolio covers diverse consumer categories such as skincare, snacks, condiments, and lifestyle brands, and includes notable names like The Forest Essentials, Rael, SATURDAYS, BeFit, and others. DSGCP emphasizes hands-on brand-building, knowledge sharing through playbooks and market insights, and sustainable growth to accelerate regional expansion.

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.

Fireside Ventures is a Bengaluru-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage consumer brands and digital consumer startups across India. Founded in 2017, it operates as a consumer-focused investment platform guided by The Fireside Way, which emphasizes co-creating enduring value with founders, aligning investors for sustained growth, and responsible engagement with communities—doing well by doing good. The firm manages a multi-fund platform and supports portfolio companies with strategic guidance and resources. Its investments span everyday-life consumer brands across India, with a portfolio that includes Chosen, Kisah, Nester, Earthful, and Sports For Life, among others. Fireside also shares insights through initiatives such as Ignite and publishes investment theses to shape its work.

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.

CPT Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in London that specializes in seed investments in the alternative protein space and related food and materials technology. It backs early-stage companies developing plant-based proteins, biomass fermentation, recombinant proteins, and cell-based meat, with the aim of enabling growth toward exit options such as sale or IPO. The firm seeks to drive a food and materials technology revolution by replacing animals in the supply chain and promoting sustainable, ethical solutions, supported by a portfolio that includes notable players such as Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat, and Upside Foods.

Cleveland Avenue is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs early- to growth-stage companies across lifestyle consumer brands, food and beverage, AgTech, and technology. It provides financial backing and strategic guidance to accelerate growth and maximize value in portfolio companies. Notable investments include Eliyan, a semiconductor chiplet interconnect innovator; Zerocater, offering personalized corporate catering; 86 Repairs, providing restaurant equipment maintenance; Sunda, a Southeast Asian restaurant concept; and Aigen, developing solar-powered crop monitoring robots. The firm seeks opportunities across Agritech, Food & Beverage, Restaurant & Food Tech, Robotics/AI, Software Services, and Consumer Goods & Services, focusing on ventures with strong revenue potential from pre-revenue to substantial annual revenues.

AgFunder is a venture capital firm focused on agriculture technology and food technology, investing in deeptech and foundational technologies that address limiting factors in food, agriculture, human health and planetary health. The firm pursues an expansive investment approach across sectors such as artificial intelligence, agrifood, biotech and climate, backing companies that solve problems in the global food system. It emphasizes environmental and social impact, evaluates portfolio performance against sustainable development goals, and pursues global opportunities. Its portfolio spans automation, supply chain digitization and other innovations aimed at improving sustainability and resilience in food systems, and the firm maintains offices in San Francisco and Singapore.

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

Brinc is a Hong Kong-based venture accelerator and network that operates 15 multidisciplinary accelerator programs across seven countries, focused on blockchain, AI, connected hardware, robotics, climate tech, clean energy, food technology, IoT, and related areas. It partners with corporations, governments, universities, and early-stage funds to run scalable programs, source new technologies, and explore distributed innovation strategies, including Web3-enabled ventures. The company collaborates with multinational customers and institutions to provide hands-on acceleration and venture-building opportunities, and it supports follow-on investment through its ecosystem. Brinc's training arm, Brinc AOA, offers fee-based programs for incubators, accelerators, and investment firms to raise program quality and build lasting relationships with startups. The business emphasizes practical, market-ready ventures and ecosystem development, positioning Brinc as a global facilitator of startup acceleration and corporate collaboration rather than a standalone fund.

The European Innovation Council is a Brussels-based European Union organization established in 2018 to support deep‑tech innovation by helping startups, researchers and technology transfer activities move ideas toward market. It operates a portfolio of programs including Pathfinder, Accelerator, Transition, STEP Scale Up and Pre-Accelerator, and collaborates with partners to provide funding, mentorship and resources across the innovation lifecycle. The council emphasizes high-impact, science‑driven technologies with broad societal benefit and promotes inclusion, with initiatives to involve women‑led projects. It engages the wider ecosystem through awards, events and community initiatives and monitors impact through data platforms. By coordinating with private investors and other stakeholders, it aims to accelerate the scale-up of European deep‑tech firms and strengthen Europe’s position in global technology leadership.

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.

Venture Catalysts is an Indian early-stage investment platform and investor network that provides capital, mentorship, and growth support to startups from pre-seed to Series B. It connects founders with a nationwide community of more than 10,000 angel investors and backers, enabling fundraising, market access, and hiring, along with strategic guidance. The firm has invested in over 400 startups across technology, consumer, fintech, and healthtech, and supports portfolio companies through continuous capital and development services, guided by due diligence and a founder-first approach to building sustainable businesses. Operating as a multi-stage venture platform, it delivers value beyond funding by facilitating access to networks and resources that accelerate startup growth.

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.

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.

Rainmatter Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of Zerodha, based in Bangalore, India. It funds and incubates startups in fintech, climate, media, and health sectors across India, with emphasis on fintech and capital markets ventures. It provides well-equipped workspaces, mentorship, and funding ranging from $100,000 to $1,000,000 in exchange for minority stakes, supporting early-stage companies in India.

Global Brain is an independent venture capital firm based in Tokyo, founded in 1998, that backs technology startups worldwide and provides hands-on support and open innovation with large corporate partners. The firm targets early to growth-stage opportunities across sectors such as artificial intelligence, space, education, HR tech, life sciences, enterprise software, and consumer tech, with a global footprint in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia-Pacific. It has managed over 2.7 billion in assets and invested more than 1.4 billion across more than 1,300 deals, supporting hundreds of active portfolio companies and achieving a track record of IPOs and M&A exits. Global Brain emphasizes transformative growth through active portfolio management, strategic resources, and collaborations with corporate partners and institutional investors. The firm operates flagship funds and co-investment programs, and maintains engagement with a broad ecosystem to accelerate innovation.

Five Seasons Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage and growth investments in technology-driven food and agriculture companies across Europe. Founded in 2016, it backs agtech and foodtech startups, consumer brands, and technology-based businesses along the food and agriculture supply chain, helping them develop new categories, cleaner processes, and sustainable models. The firm typically makes seed to Series B investments, often in the €2–€10 million range, and prefers minority stakes with board participation. It emphasizes building portfolio companies that meet shifting consumer preferences for healthier, convenient, and transparently labeled products, and leverages a network of industry contacts and expertise to support scale and market leadership. The team operates from Paris and focuses on Europe, with particular interest in France and Italy.

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.

Stray Dog Capital is a venture capital firm based in Leawood, Kansas, that invests in early-stage companies in the food, agriculture, and biotechnology sectors, with a focus on innovations that reduce or replace animal use in the supply chain. It provides capital along with strategic guidance and access to a network to help portfolio companies scale, supporting ventures in plant-based foods, cellular agriculture, and related technologies across the United States, Europe, and other regions.

SFC Capital is a venture capital firm in the United Kingdom that focuses on early-stage investments, including pre-seed and seed rounds, mainly within the UK. Founded in 2012, it backs a broad range of sectors such as software, technology, e-commerce, consumer, enterprise software, fintech, digital health, food technology, and mobile. The firm combines an angel network with seed funds to provide capital and strategic support to British startups, offering access to SEIS- and EIS-qualifying opportunities and hands-on guidance to help portfolio companies scale.

JamJar Investments is a London-based venture capital firm founded by the founders of innocent Drinks, focusing on early-stage and growth consumer brands across Europe. It uses its operational, commercial and branding experience to help consumer businesses scale, spanning sectors such as food and beverage, personal care, pet products, jewellery and wellbeing. Typical initial investments range from around £0.15 million to £5 million, with potential follow-on funding, and the firm seeks companies with strong consumer appeal, solid metrics and potential for large exits, often £250 million or more. JamJar prioritizes complementary teams and products that work in both B2B and B2C models, and has backed brands including innocent, Runna, Deliveroo Premium, Tails, Tony's Chocolate, Yepoda, TwoJeys and Ahead. The firm supports European consumer businesses across the startup and growth spectrum, drawing on founders' experience in taking brands from inception to acquisition.

Great Circle Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on food, health, sustainability, and related consumer sectors, investing in innovative products and technologies across the food system. Based in New York and California, it backs companies with strong fundamentals and differentiated offerings, emphasizing science, culture, and execution to advance the evolving food landscape.

Artesian Capital Management is a Sydney-headquartered alternative investment manager founded in 2004. It manages equity and debt investments globally and has expanded from credit relative value strategies into venture capital activities, providing seed and early-stage funding as well as growth investments. The firm operates from offices in New York, London, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, and Shanghai, and partners with accelerators, incubators, angel groups, and university programs to source early venture opportunities. Artesian supports technology, climate, health, AI and robotics, education, and other sectors across Australia, China, and the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on high-impact, value-creating investments and ESG considerations. It serves a diverse client base including governments, pension funds, corporations, and financial planners, and emphasizes building in-house VC capabilities and VC as a Service alongside its asset management activities.

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.

A Europe-focused venture capital firm investing in technology-enabled startups across the agri-food value chain, with emphasis on agtech, foodtech, and regenerative agriculture. It backs entrepreneurs aiming to rebuild the food system into a nourishing, regenerative, and ultra-fresh supply, and leverages capital, sector knowledge, and a broad network of experts and stakeholders to support growth.

Prosus is a global consumer internet group and technology investor that builds, scales and acquires internet platforms across online marketplaces, classifieds, payments and fintech, food delivery, travel and education. It pursues growth through strategic equity investments, acquisitions and operating capabilities, leveraging a global footprint in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The company operates many leading internet platforms and supports its portfolio with ventures, capital markets activity and emphasis on AI initiatives. Headquartered in Amsterdam, Prosus is the international internet assets division of Naspers and focuses on value creation through technology-enabled platforms and ecosystems.

Döhler Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Darmstadt, Germany, founded in 2014. It pursues long-term, entrepreneurial investments in early-stage startups across sectors including B2B, healthcare, information technology, e-commerce, food technology, health technology, and the nutrition and technology ecosystem.

Nordic FoodTech VC is a Helsinki-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs Nordic food tech companies developing science- and engineering-driven solutions to transform the global food system. The firm concentrates on deep tech and early-stage opportunities across Northern Europe, with a portfolio that includes natural food colors from Chromologics, fats produced by precision fermentation from Melt&Marble, alternative proteins from Enifer and Hailia, sustainable fertilizers from Tracegrow, and technologies for water and waste management from NanoHalen and NPHarvest. The team comprises experienced investors, scientists, and industry professionals, and the firm emphasizes impact-focused investing in the Nordic and Baltic regions.

Tyson Foods is a global protein-focused food company that produces beef, pork and chicken in the United States and offers a broad portfolio of prepared foods under brands such as Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright Brand, State Fair and Aidells. It serves national restaurant chains and other foodservice customers and distributes through all major retail channels, including club stores, grocery stores and discount outlets, as well as schools, military bases, hospitals and international markets. The company emphasizes nutritious, convenient products, innovation and sustainability, supported by ongoing quality programs and investments in new capabilities. Through a diversified mix of fresh meats and prepared foods and a broad brand family, Tyson Foods aims to meet diverse customer needs across foodservice and retail worldwide.

Sustainable Food Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage food technology companies, focusing on cell-based, plant-based, and recombinant food products. Based in Durham, North Carolina, the firm pairs early founders with strategic guidance and industry expertise to help scale innovative food systems. The team includes Managing Partner Ryan Bethencourt, known for work with Wild Earth and IndieBio, and Mariliis Holm, Head of Scientific Diligence and Operations, who brings experience from food science leadership in major corporations and research institutions. The firm aims to support startups developing sustainable food solutions through strategic investment and hands-on guidance.

Sauce.vc is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in New Delhi, India. It invests in consumer-focused startups operating in food and beverages, personal care, apparel, and lifestyle sectors, supporting early-stage companies with a high-engagement model. The firm leverages a deep service partner network across India to assist portfolio brands in scaling, product development, go-to-market, and distribution.

Anicut Capital is a Chennai-based asset management and venture capital firm that provides flexible capital solutions to Indian entrepreneurs across growth stages. It manages distinct investment vehicles including seed, growth equity, and private credit, offering both debt and equity investments, and operates Anicut Angel Fund as its angel investment platform. The firm focuses on sectors such as direct-to-consumer, consumer goods, business-to-consumer, media, retail, information technology, the internet of things, and software-as-a-service, aiming to back ambitious companies with strategic guidance and long-term partnerships. Through its capital and partnerships, Anicut Capital supports entrepreneurs in scaling operations and achieving sustainable growth in the Indian market.

InvestEco Capital is a Canada-based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2002 and headquartered in Toronto. It targets investments in the North American food and agriculture sector, with a growing emphasis on sustainable brands and technologies that promote health, resource efficiency, and environmental outcomes. While its activities have spanned multiple sustainability themes, the firm has increasingly focused on food and agriculture, backing a range of North American brands and companies. InvestEco seeks to generate solid financial returns while helping portfolio companies scale and advance sustainability objectives within the food system.

SMBC Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, focusing on growth equity and buyouts across information technology, life sciences, services, and manufacturing. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Tokyo with an office in Osaka, it leverages the SMBC network to connect portfolio companies with large corporates, talent, and specialists, providing stage-appropriate, coordinated support through its integrated team. The firm pursues a long-term, growth-focused approach and invests across industries and stages, aiming to back companies that improve lives and address social challenges. Its portfolio has included more than 400 companies that have achieved initial public offerings, reflecting its emphasis on value creation alongside entrepreneurs.

Endeavor is a global non-profit organization dedicated to fostering high-impact entrepreneurship by identifying and supporting ambitious founders, helping them scale, and multiplying their impact across economies. It maintains a worldwide network spanning dozens of countries, connecting entrepreneurs with mentors, investors, and corporate partners, and providing programs that accelerate growth and knowledge sharing. By building communities of entrepreneurs, mentors, and partners, Endeavor aims to spur job creation and revenue growth across its portfolio and ecosystems. The organization operates initiatives that energize local ecosystems and enable cross-border collaboration, positioning Endeavor as a leading platform for scaling high-growth ventures worldwide.

SnackFutures is the corporate venture capital arm of Mondelez International. It focuses on innovating the snacking industry by investing in early-stage and growth-stage brands and technologies across Mondelez’s core categories of chocolate, biscuits, and baked snacks, as well as disruptors in wellness, sustainability, personalization, and new business models. The organization combines capital with strategic partnerships, leveraging Mondelez’s global resources, market insights, and extensive industry network to support portfolio companies. As an innovation hub, SnackFutures seeks to unlock emerging snacking opportunities worldwide and help small brands with scalable growth.