Kimmeridge is an energy-focused alternative asset manager founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, with an in-house operations team in Denver. It concentrates on the energy sector and seeks to accelerate carbon neutrality by building environmentally responsible, low-cost energy assets. The firm pursues a three-pillar strategy: private investments in unconventional US oil and gas assets at the front end of the cost curve, public engagement to advocate for shareholders and drive reforms in energy companies, and carbon solutions to speed the energy transition toward net zero by leveraging its asset base and land aggregation capabilities. It supports its investments with fundamental research, sustainability reporting, and a commitment to safety, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility. The company maintains a global presence, including a UK affiliate regulated by the FCA and a presence in Abu Dhabi Global Market, and has raised over $6.5 billion of limited partner commitments since inception. The team exceeds 65 professionals across investment and operations led by noted executives.

Chevron is a global integrated energy and technology company that engages in the exploration, production, refining, and marketing of oil and natural gas, as well as chemicals, worldwide. Its operations encompass upstream activities, downstream refining and distribution, and related energy technologies aimed at improving efficiency and safety. The company emphasizes affordable, reliable, and increasingly cleaner energy to enable human progress and pursues technology-enabled improvements across the value chain, including decarbonization efforts and advancement of lower-carbon energy solutions. By leveraging scale and global access to energy resources, Chevron seeks to meet growing demand while enhancing energy security and economic competitiveness, investing in innovation to sustain operations and responsibly manage environmental and social impacts.

European Investment Fund is the EU's financing arm for small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-caps, providing financial instruments to improve access to affordable financing for businesses across their lifecycle, with a focus on innovation, growth, competitiveness, social impact and sustainability. The EIF leverages its capital base to foster public-private partnerships and allocates guarantees and equity funding to catalyze lending and investment for startups and small businesses throughout Europe, including EU member states, candidate countries and EFTA countries. It collaborates with partners to close funding gaps and support entrepreneurship and economic resilience.

EnCap Investments is a Houston-based private equity firm that focuses on energy, including upstream and midstream oil and gas, natural gas pipelines, gathering, processing, storage, and related infrastructure. It provides growth capital for reserve acquisitions and drilling projects and pursues opportunities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with a Dallas-area emphasis. Founded in 1988, EnCap supports independent energy companies through long-term partnerships, drawing on expertise in finance, operations, and strategic development while incorporating ESG considerations and the energy transition into its investment approach.

Africa Oil Corp is a Canadian oil and gas company with assets in Kenya and Ethiopia and Puntland in Somalia through its 41% equity stake in Africa Energy Corp. Its East African holdings form part of a prolific exploration play along the East African Rift Basin, with a land position exceeding 200,000 square kilometers. In Kenya’s Lokichar basin, the company holds a 50% interest alongside operator Tullow Oil, supporting ongoing exploration in the region.

NGP Energy Capital Management is a Texas-based private equity firm founded in 1988 that concentrates on energy-related investments. It backs companies across oil and gas exploration, production, midstream, and oilfield services, as well as energy efficiency, renewable energy, and carbon management initiatives. The firm pursues opportunities across the investment spectrum, including early-stage growth, buyouts, and expansion financings, and targets businesses in the United States, Canada, and other North American markets, with a global footprint through offices in North America and Europe. It supports the energy transition by funding technologies and platforms that improve efficiency, reduce emissions, and enable sustainable growth in the energy sector.

Citigroup is a diversified financial services firm headquartered in New York. It operates through two segments: Global Consumer Banking (GCB), which serves retail customers with traditional banking, Citi-branded cards, and related retail services, and Institutional Clients Group (ICG), which provides wholesale banking products and services to corporate, institutional, public sector, and high-net-worth clients. The ICG arm covers fixed-income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivatives, research, corporate lending, investment banking and advisory, private banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. Citigroup operates globally, serving clients across regions including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia. The firm emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility as part of its strategy, aiming to promote economic progress through its financial services and outreach initiatives.

Antelopus Energy is an exploration and production company focused on monetizing discovered and stranded resources in the Indian Subcontinent. It operates three contract areas: two offshore assets on the west and east coasts of India and one onshore area in Assam. The company specializes in value creation through reservoir management, deploying technologies such as chemical enhanced oil recovery, and emphasizes operational efficiency, rapid execution, safety, and sustainability.

Global Infrastructure Partners is an independent global infrastructure investment firm established in 2006 and based in New York. It focuses on core infrastructure assets in energy, transportation, digital, water and waste sectors, aiming to create long-term value for its investors. The firm uses a disciplined investment process that includes proprietary deal origination, thorough due diligence, strong stakeholder relationships, and active value creation across the investment life cycle. It integrates environmental, social and governance factors throughout its activities to support sustainable outcomes. Beyond equity investments, Global Infrastructure Partners operates a credit arm that provides non-equity financing across the capital stack for infrastructure projects. The firm manages capital for institutional investors and seeks to invest across regions, including Europe, North America and other markets, targeting infrastructure, energy services, utilities, and related assets. Global Infrastructure Partners emphasizes governance, risk management, and operational improvements to deliver risk-adjusted returns while contributing to reliable, essential infrastructure.

Oxy Low Carbon Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Occidental Petroleum, based in Houston, Texas. It invests in the development of low-carbon fuels and products and in sequestration services to support carbon capture projects globally.

Petrolia Energy is an oil exploration, development, and production company focused on acquiring low-risk, conventionally producing oil fields, primarily in the Southwest United States. The company aims to minimize risk and maximize the recoverability of existing reservoirs through selective acquisitions. Core assets include the Twin Lakes San Andres Unit, Slick Unit Dutcher Sands, Askarii Resources, and Minerva-Rockdale Field.

BP is a global integrated energy company engaged in the entire energy value chain, from upstream exploration and production of oil and natural gas to downstream refining, marketing, and trading of petroleum products, as well as shipping services to support distribution worldwide. The company also pursues growth in renewable and low-carbon energy, including wind, solar, and biofuels through its Alternative Energy initiatives. BP operates Air BP, its aviation fuels division, supplying AVGAS and kerosene jet fuels and servicing airlines and general aviation at airports across many countries. By combining large-scale traditional energy operations with investment in renewables, BP aims to meet current energy needs while pursuing a low-carbon transition.

GreatPoint Energy is a technology-driven energy company that develops catalytic hydromethanation to convert coal, petroleum coke, and biomass into low-cost, clean pipeline-quality natural gas while enabling carbon dioxide capture and sequestration. Its bluegas hydromethanation process converts carbon-rich feedstocks into a methane-rich gas stream, supporting the production of hydrogen and substitute natural gas for heating, power generation, industrial processes, and chemical production, with an environmental footprint aligned with environmentally friendly fuels. The company serves clients worldwide and has strategic investors including AES, Dow Chemical, Peabody Energy, and Suncor Energy. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Energy Capital Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2020 that focuses on early-stage investments in the natural gas value chain and energy expansion enabled by natural gas innovations. It collaborates with corporate partners to integrate startup technology with the scale of the energy industry, emphasizes ESG and digital transformation, and supports the development of green molecules for clean, safe, reliable energy.

Mubadala Investment Company is a sovereign wealth fund based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, managing a global portfolio of about USD 385 billion across six continents. It diversifies investments through platforms including private equity, UAE investments, credit and special situations, and real assets. The company pursues economic growth for Abu Dhabi, building national champions, supporting industrial clusters, and partnering with global entities to promote diversification, while adhering to ESG standards and responsible investing.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm founded in 1995 and headquartered in New Jersey. The firm focuses on seed-to-growth investments in deep tech sectors, including biotech and life sciences, hardware and robotics, and cross-border software with emphasis on markets in Asia. It supports startups from early stages with investment capital as well as resources such as laboratories, collaborative spaces, and expert mentorship to accelerate product development and market traction. SOSV operates purpose-built programs to help portfolio companies raise follow-on funding, scale operations, and reach customers, often through structured matchmaking and access to a global network of investors. With a broad portfolio spanning hundreds of companies worldwide, SOSV aims to foster innovation, build vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystems, and contribute to sustainable technological advancement.

Freeflow Ventures is a Berkeley, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in deep tech, health and life sciences. The firm backs companies addressing complex problems in human and planetary health and maintains a direct connection to Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. Founders and general partners David Fleck and Kevin Barrett bring extensive technology, life sciences and healthcare experience. The firm relies on a network of seasoned advisors and syndicate partners, including Fred Wilson, Chris Farmer and Chris Douvos, with backing from notable firms such as 8VC, Sequoia, Coatue, Catalio Capital Management, Nexus Venture Partners, OrbiMed, Dolby Family Ventures, Hillhouse Capital, Cultivation Capital, Techstars, Synovia Capital, Heritage, Wilson Hill, and Caltech.

The Stephens Group is a private family-owned investment firm with more than 90 years of experience, based in Little Rock, Arkansas. It manages roughly two billion dollars of active private investments and has completed over 200 investments, partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams to build long-term, sustainable value. The firm combines senior investment and operating professionals with the Stephens family to execute disciplined, flexible, and purpose-driven stewardship grounded in integrity, fairness, transparency, and respect. It focuses on well-defined sectors such as industrial products and services and vertical software, while pursuing opportunistic opportunities when there is a strong strategic fit, and it invests across sizes as appropriate. The Stephens Group aims to create enduring value through authentic partnerships and a patient, long-term approach to portfolio company growth and operational improvement.

Energy Spectrum Capital is a Dallas-based value-add investment firm focused on high-impact energy infrastructure opportunities across North America. It provides capital and strategic support to growth-oriented energy companies, with a focus on midstream assets, infrastructure services, and energy transition assets. The firm aims to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns through industry experience and a collaborative approach across the investment lifecycle. Founded in 1995, it typically makes equity investments ranging from $50 million to $200 million and pursues multi-year horizons in the United States and Canada.

Azimuth Capital Management is a North American private equity and venture capital firm focused on the energy sector. Founded in 2000 as Kern Partners and headquartered in Calgary, it invests in oil and gas exploration and production, oil sands, non-conventional resources, energy infrastructure, services and energy technology, with attention to the energy transition. It makes direct investments and co-investments, pursuing growth- and middle-market opportunities, typically committing about $7.6 million to $36 million and maintaining long-term holdings of more than ten years. The firm operates across North America, leveraging operating partners to support portfolio companies.

Voyagers.io is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that focuses on investments in health technology and climate technology sectors.

Climate Insiders is a climate-tech investor community founded in 2023 that supports hardware-based deeptech innovations with the potential to reduce at least one million tons of CO2e emissions. The organization aims to democratize climate-tech investing by enabling broad participation from individuals who wish to align their capital with climate-focused values. In addition to building an investment community, Climate Insiders operates as a media platform that provides podcast content and support for companies working on climate solutions, delivering empowerment and resources to help startups scale and advance decarbonization.

Lighthouse Capital Management is a venture capital firm based in Shanghai, founded in 2011. It specializes in early-stage investments in hardware equipment, the internet, and enterprise data services, with activity in both China and the United States. It has invested in more than 40 companies domestically and overseas.

TNF Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Geneva, Switzerland, with additional offices in Central, Hong Kong and Dubai. It provides funding across the investment spectrum—from seed and early stage to growth capital and private equity buy-outs—and pursues opportunities globally. The firm focuses on technology-related sectors, including financial market infrastructure, real-time communications, cybersecurity, trust-technology and commodity trading, and also explores wellness themes. It typically takes a majority stake and may invest alone or as a co-investor.

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.

Molten Ventures is a British venture capital firm based in London that backs Europe’s high-growth private technology companies across stages from seed to growth. The firm concentrates on sectors such as deeptech, consumer tech, healthtech, software-as-a-service, and enterprise software, and provides capital along with strategic support, networks, and domain expertise to accelerate growth. With two decades of experience, Molten Ventures seeks to identify transformative trends and invest in ambitious founders, aiming to create value through scaling companies and delivering exits via strategic acquisitions, trade buy-outs, or IPOs. The firm emphasizes partnering with founders to build global tech leaders, leveraging its multi-stage approach and broad perspective on the European technology ecosystem.

SDIC Innovation Investment Management is the private equity and venture capital arm of State Development & Investment Corp. It makes investments across technology and manufacturing sectors, including mobile internet, internet of things, cloud computing, big data, information technology services, industrial robotics, and intelligent manufacturing. The firm also targets high-end medical equipment, diagnostics, high-value consumables, modern agricultural equipment, ships and marine engineering, new materials, clean energy, energy conservation, and healthcare; for new energy vehicles it focuses on intelligent upstream and downstream supply chains, power batteries and systems, and related technologies. Founded in 2009, the company is based in Beijing with an additional office in Asia. The firm aims to support development and deployment of innovative technologies through private equity and venture capital investments.

Tribune Capital is a family office based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It provides patient, knowledge-based capital and pursues absolute-return strategies across a diverse set of asset classes, including public and private equity, private credit, fixed income, hedge funds, and real assets. The firm partners with strong management teams to drive growth and long-term capital appreciation, supporting portfolio companies with its network and experience. Its approach spans real estate, oil and gas, mining, and other sectors, emphasizing patient capital solutions and disciplined risk management.

Yara Growth Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Yara International. It invests in startups and funds in the food and agriculture sector, focusing on disruptive technologies that bridge science and agriculture, including agri-fintech, green hydrogen, and precision agriculture. The firm targets global opportunities and typically makes multi-million USD investments at various stages, often taking board seats to support portfolio companies. It pursues patient capital and a collaborative partnership approach, helping founders reshape agricultural practices for a sustainable future, and leverages Yara's network to provide strategic value without preferential treatment. The overarching aim aligns with responsible feeding of the world and protecting the planet.

AP Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm that focuses on investments leveraging Platinum Group Metals to address global challenges. It backs startups and growth-stage companies developing patentable technologies in areas such as hydrogen infrastructure (production, storage, distribution and end-use), hydrogen value chain, low-carbon hydrogen methods, electrolysis, energy storage, and durable electronics, as well as water treatment, sensors and medical devices. The firm emphasizes applications of PGMs to renewable energy integration, resource efficiency and a growing global population, and pursues a global investment mandate. Founded in 2014, AP Ventures operates from the United Kingdom.

Desjardins Group is a cooperative financial group headquartered in Montreal, Canada, founded in 1900. It offers a broad range of financial services to individuals and businesses, including personal banking products such as credit and prepaid cards, loans, fixed-rate investments, and insurance, as well as business financing, cash management, trade finance, payroll and HR solutions, and group retirement plans. The group also operates asset management, wealth management, venture capital, and securities businesses, providing institutional and corporate investment management, debt and equity capital markets, and research. Through its cooperative model and regional network, Desjardins supports development and growth across sectors in Quebec and across Canada while focusing on member and community prosperity.

VSquared Ventures is a Munich-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage deep-tech startups across artificial intelligence, quantum and novel computing, robotics, energy transition, space, biotechnology, and related fields. It supports transformative technologies that address societal challenges by providing strategic guidance and access to resources to help accelerate research, scale ventures, and bring breakthrough innovations to market.

PSV is an early-stage Nordic venture house established around three independent units: PSV Foundry, PSV Tech and PSV Hafnium, sharing a patient-capital ethos to help founders build meaningful deep-tech companies. Rooted at DTU and operating as a state-funded tech investor in Denmark, PSV supports more than 450 founders over two decades and maintains visibility into about 98% of the market to spot trends. It backs pioneering scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs across life sciences, information technology, advanced manufacturing and clean technology, with an emphasis on hands-on operational support and long-term partnerships. Beyond capital, PSV offers capabilities in brand and communications, legal, finance, people and culture, and ESG and impact integration tailored to each journey from first proof to global scale, focusing on sustainable growth and follow-on funding for portfolio companies across Denmark and the Nordic region.

Marubeni Corporation is a Tokyo-based global trading and investment company with a long history dating to 1858. It operates worldwide across multiple sectors, including food and agriculture, metals and minerals, energy and chemicals, transportation machinery, lifestyle, and IT solutions, engaging in import and export, midstream trading and processing, upstream production and downstream distribution, and project investment. The company pursues strategic initiatives in areas such as advanced mobility and AI technologies and maintains a broad network of offices and affiliates to support its activities, emphasizing governance and social contributions.

Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 that backs seed through growth-stage technology companies in the United States, with a focus on information technology, software, data and analytics, AI and machine learning, cloud infrastructure, developer tools, fintech, and related digital industries. The firm typically invests in the Pacific Northwest and West Coast markets, often acts as a lead investor and seeks board seats, and provides hands-on support to help founders build durable, category-defining businesses.

Deepbright Ventures is the venture capital investment arm of Hello Tomorrow, based in Mamer, Luxembourg, and founded in 2024. It backs deep tech startups with a focus on agrifood, energy, construction, advanced computing, healthcare, and manufacturing and materials.

Exergon is a European venture capital firm based in Paris that focuses on deep tech solutions driving the energy transformation. Founded in 2022, it seeks to invest in companies across energy production, mobility, hydrogen, energy storage, artificial intelligence, and nuclear energy sectors.

Maveron is a Seattle-based venture capital firm, founded in 1998 by Dan Levitan and Howard Schultz, with additional offices in San Francisco and New York. It focuses on consumer-centered investments across the United States, partnering with entrepreneurs who build brands and technology-enabled consumer experiences. The firm backs seed and Series A rounds and typically makes initial investments in the range of three to ten million dollars, often aiming to lead the round and take a seat on the portfolio company's board. Maveron emphasizes identifying shifts in consumer behavior and disruptive potential across industries such as housing, education, health, finance, food and entertainment, and seeks to support companies that empower consumers to live on their terms. The firm manages nearly $800 million in capital.

Perot Jain is a Dallas-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Ross Perot Jr. and Anurag Jain that focuses on seed and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to build industry-changing companies by providing timely capital, strategic guidance, and hands-on support, leveraging affiliated operating entities to accelerate customer traction and growth. It concentrates on early-stage opportunities in business-to-business technology, mobility, and sectors such as supply chain and logistics, government and defense, and property technology, backing companies across the United States and internationally in markets including India, Estonia, Israel, and Europe. Perot Jain aims to be a premier early-stage investor in the Southwest, distinguishing itself through active involvement and a broad network to help portfolio companies scale.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development provides project financing and banking products to banks, industries and private enterprises, including loans for projects, equity and quasi-equity investments, equity funds for smaller enterprises, guarantees and trade finance. It also offers policy reform dialogue and advisory services and supports loan syndication. The bank assists privatization and restructuring of municipal services and invests across sectors such as energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications and real estate in Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa, with a focus on market transition and private sector development. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in London, it seeks to promote sustainable growth, job creation and higher living standards through financial support, advisory services and policy reform.

GHS Investments is a private investment firm and family office based in New York that provides financing solutions for high-potential small-cap companies. It acts as an equity investor in public companies and supports the startup and growth of smaller enterprises, a role it has pursued since the late 2010s.

Alchemist Accelerator is a California-based accelerator that backs seed- and early-stage enterprise startups through a six-month program designed to accelerate product development, customer traction, and fundraising. It provides seed funding in the form of notes and requires teams with distinctive technical founders, offering structured mentorship, investor access, and a collaborative community. The program emphasizes business-to-business ventures and enterprise monetization, with a network of corporate and VC backers including Cisco Systems, Khosla Ventures, SAP Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and US Venture Partners. Alchemist supports a global cohort with both in-person and virtual participation, and has supported hundreds of startups, generating significant alumni funding and notable exits.

Conversion Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies, with a focus on cloud infrastructure, software, data, and related platforms. Founded in the early 2010s, the firm partners with ambitious founders to leverage emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing to address large-scale market opportunities. It provides capital and strategic support across development stages, helping portfolio companies navigate growth challenges, validate business models, and accelerate value creation. The firm emphasizes collaboration with entrepreneurs to build impactful companies across industries and to advance innovation within the technology sector.

Icos Capital is a venture capital firm focused on accelerating sustainability through investment in breakthrough climate technologies. It connects innovative companies with established corporations via a Collaborative Venturing Platform, providing growth financing, expertise, infrastructure, and market access. The firm targets European companies contributing to decarbonization, with investment themes including food systems, chemicals and materials, and decarbonization initiatives. It emphasizes sustainable profitability, rigorous research and due diligence, and ethical practices, supported by a network of industry partners and advisors, and has a team with extensive venture capital experience.

Founded in 1985, The Invus Group is a global private equity firm that partners with entrepreneurs, founders and management teams across the company lifecycle. Blending a family-office approach with multi-strategy investing, it supports transformative growth in sectors including consumer products and services, technology, life sciences, software, agtech, industrials, education and medical devices. The firm pursues long-term value creation through strategic insight, capital and execution, investing in companies from early stages to mature businesses and providing both lead investments and co-investments in private transactions worldwide. It maintains a global footprint with offices in New York, London, Paris and Hong Kong and has a flexible structure designed to align incentives with partners over time.

SMBC Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Tokyo with an office in Osaka, it provides growth capital and buyout investments to companies across information technology, life sciences, services, and manufacturing sectors. The firm supports companies at various growth stages by offering equity funding and strategic guidance within a broad financial services group.

European Innovation Council is an accelerator firm based in Brussels, founded in 2018, that supports top-class innovators, entrepreneurs, small companies and researchers with bright ideas. It concentrates on deep technology and co-invests with private investors in early-stage startups that have ESG impacts.

The Footprint Firm is an advisory and investment company focused on sustainability and impact. Founded in 2019 and based in Copenhagen, Denmark, it operates across the Nordic region, pursuing opportunities to translate sustainability ambitions into strategic advantages for established companies and to back startups developing scalable, sustainable solutions. The firm works across multiple sectors, including food, construction, materials, and technology, with an industry-agnostic stance aimed at supporting the transition economy. It emphasizes collaboration, transparency, and value creation through responsible growth and climate-related goals.

Third Point is a New York-based investment adviser founded in 1995 by Daniel S. Loeb. The firm pursues event-driven, value-oriented investing across multiple asset classes, including long and short equities, corporate and structured credit, private credit, collateralized loan obligations, and venture capital. It supports its activities with teams in investment research, risk management, trading, accounting, operations, investor relations, and legal and compliance. The firm operates through a corporate venture arm that backs early-stage and growth companies in technology and related sectors, while the parent organization manages broader capital strategies for its clients.

Motive Partners is a private equity firm and sector specialist focused on financial technology. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York with an office in London, the firm backs and builds fintech businesses to transform markets, models, and society. It targets long-term value by investing in financial technology companies across North America and Western Europe, spanning information technology, insurtech, capital markets software, B2B services, artificial intelligence, and related sectors. Motive Partners also operates Motive Ventures, its early-stage investment arm that backs fintech startups from pre-seed to Series A.