Qiming Venture Partners is a China-based venture capital firm founded in 2006, with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Hong Kong, and Singapore. It manages USD and RMB funds totaling about 9.5 billion in capital and backs early- and growth-stage technology, consumer, and healthcare companies. The firm has backed more than 530 portfolio companies, with over 200 exits via IPOs or M&A, and more than 70 unicorn or super unicorn companies.

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.

Dreamit Ventures is a Philadelphia-based venture capital firm and accelerator founded in 2008. It invests across seed to later stages in technology-driven sectors, including healthcare, cybersecurity, software, consumer and business products, and real estate tech. The company operates intensive programs that provide funding, mentorship, office space, and access to customers, partners, and potential investors through formats such as Customer Sprints and Investor Sprints. It typically offers seed funding up to $50,000 for a minority stake, and has supported hundreds of startups, including notable exits such as LevelUp (acquired by GrubHub) and SeatGeek. Dreamit also runs domain-specific initiatives like DreamIt Health, focusing on digital health, medical devices and health IT.

Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. The firm backs entrepreneurs with venture assistance, strategic guidance, and capital, focusing on bold, early-stage technology companies. It invests across sectors including AI, climate and sustainability, enterprise software, consumer technologies, fintech, digital health, medtech and diagnostics, therapeutics, and frontier technologies. Based in Menlo Park, the firm manages several funds to support startups across stages, prioritizing ventures that address large markets and have potential for significant social and economic impact.

Torch Capital is a New York-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs consumer technology companies and the infrastructure layers that power them. It supports visionary founders using technology to transform how consumers and businesses operate, focusing on opportunities in the consumer and technology sectors.

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 that provides early-stage and growth equity investments in technology companies. It supports portfolio companies with momentum and mentorship to accelerate growth toward long-term success and typically engages across seed to growth stages, potentially taking minority or majority stakes. The firm targets a broad range of sectors enabled by software and technology, including consumer, enterprise, fintech, crypto, healthcare IT, and related areas, and maintains a multi-region presence with offices in North America and Europe to back companies as they scale globally.

OSF HealthCare is a not-for-profit Catholic health care system based in Peoria, Illinois, serving Illinois and Michigan. Founded in 1877, it operates eight acute care facilities, two colleges of nursing, and a primary care network with over 600 physicians and advanced practice providers. The system owns OSF Saint Francis Inc. and OSF Home Care Services, and supports OSF Healthcare Foundation. It spans facilities in Illinois and Michigan, delivering comprehensive, integrated care to more than 2.5 million people. Guided by values such as justice, compassion, integrity, teamwork, employee well-being, stewardship and leadership, OSF HealthCare pursues compassionate care aligned with Catholic ethical principles.

Mayo Clinic is a non-profit medical organization based in Rochester, Minnesota, established in 1863. It provides comprehensive medical care, education in clinical medicine and biomedical sciences, and conducts extensive medical research across a broad range of specialties. The organization integrates patient care with education and research to advance medical practice and outcomes. It also advances innovation through Mayo Clinic Platform, a Rochester-based accelerator that incubates and invests in early-stage health-tech startups in collaboration with providers, pharmaceutical and device companies, health-tech developers, and patients; and Mayo Clinic Ventures, the organization's venture arm that partners with physicians and scientists to commercialize inventions and discoveries to improve patient care and support Mayo’s education and research missions.

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.

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.

Innova Memphis is a Tennessee-based venture capital firm founded in 2007 with roots in the Memphis Bioworks Foundation. It focuses on pre-seed, seed, and early-stage investments in high-growth biosciences, technology, and agri-tech companies in Tennessee. The firm supports startups from concept to market by providing capital, strategic guidance, and access to industry networks, including connections with established corporations for licensing, buy-outs, or further investments. By combining experienced management, market expertise, and venture capital, Innova Memphis aims to accelerate product development and create viable business units capable of standing independently and collaborating with mature market leaders when appropriate.

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.

CU Healthcare Innovation Fund is the corporate venture capital arm of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. It invests in healthcare companies that have established partnerships with campus institutions, focusing on digital health, therapeutics and devices, supported by a $50 million fund.

High-Tech Gründerfonds is a Germany-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology companies in Germany. Based in Bonn with an additional office in Berlin, it operates as a public-private partnership that supports high-tech startups across information technology, software, hardware, life sciences, chemistry and related fields. HTGF provides initial funding and follow-on capital to eligible young companies, often taking minority stakes and participating as lead or co-investor, while offering hands-on guidance from experienced investment managers and startup experts. Since its founding in 2005, the firm has backed numerous startups and facilitated the growth of portfolio companies through multiple funds aimed at early stages. The model combines both public support, involving government and financial institutions, with private investor participation to nurture startups from concept to market.

Eight Roads Ventures is a global venture capital firm and the corporate venture capital arm of Fidelity International, with offices in the United Kingdom, China, India, Japan and the United States. It manages a substantial asset base and has backed hundreds of companies across technology, healthcare, financial services and consumer technologies, including software, SaaS, enterprise tech and fintech. The firm typically makes early to growth‑stage investments, often takes minority stakes and seeks board representation in its portfolio companies. With an international footprint, Eight Roads Ventures supports growth across Europe, Asia and North America, including Greater China, and collaborates with associated funds to back technology‑driven businesses.

Chiratae Ventures is a Bengaluru-based venture capital firm operating as a global network of funds with about 3.6 billion under management and a portfolio exceeding 220 companies. The network comprises multiple independent partnerships serving North America and Asia, leveraging the IDG platform and its resources to support early-stage companies. Chiratae backs Indian startups across sectors including mobility, software as a service, education technology, consumer technology, health technology, climate technology, financial technology, agricultural technology, B2B, and deep technology. The firm has established international partnerships across the United States, Korea, China, India, and Vietnam to help portfolio companies scale and access global markets.

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.

Keiretsu Forum is an international investment community of accredited private equity investors, venture capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. Founded in San Francisco in 2000, it operates as a worldwide network that structures access to high-quality deal flow and investment opportunities through regional chapters across the United States, Europe and Asia. It is described as the world’s largest invitation-only angel investor network, with thousands of investor members who participate in funding opportunities for early- to growth-stage companies in technology, healthcare, energy, consumer products and other sectors. The forum emphasizes collaboration among members and partner resources to support due diligence, syndication and capital deployment, enabling private capital to back high-potential ventures.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 that supports the region's technology ecosystem. Based in Philadelphia, it acts as a capital provider and catalyst for early-stage and growing technology companies across information technology, health, and physical sciences by offering seed-stage funding and related resources to accelerate commercialization. The organization facilitates university–industry partnerships and regional initiatives that connect scientific research with market opportunities, with the aim of creating jobs and strengthening entrepreneurial communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Through its programs and partnerships, it supports adoption of new technologies and helps build a robust regional innovation ecosystem.

Rex Health Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of UNC Rex Healthcare, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 2012, it targets early-stage investments in healthcare and related technology sectors, including healthcare software as a service, life sciences, and health technology, primarily in the United States. It partners with entrepreneurs and companies to bring innovative products and services to the healthcare marketplace.

Red Cedar Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in East Lansing, Michigan. It makes early‑stage investments in high‑tech startups commercializing intellectual property created at Michigan State University, supporting the commercialization of MSU research through its connection to the MSU Research Foundation as a wholly‑owned subsidiary. The firm focuses on Michigan-based technology ventures, helping entrepreneurs bring university-origin innovations to market.

8VC is a technology and life sciences investment firm based in San Francisco that partners with founders to develop transformational technologies. The firm aims to create long-term economic and societal value through its investments, spanning healthcare, energy, consumer goods, financial services, infrastructure, information technology, manufacturing, enterprise, logistics, defense, and other sectors. By backing ambitious teams and providing strategic support, 8VC seeks to enable industry transformation and global innovation.

Frist Cressey Ventures is a Nashville-based venture capital firm focused on healthcare and digital health. Founded in the mid-2010s, it makes early- and growth-stage investments in technology and service businesses that offer viable solutions to improve quality of care, system integration, patient outcomes, and population health. The firm emphasizes value-added partnerships to accelerate growth and scale within the healthcare sector.

Norwest Venture Partners is a global technology venture capital and growth equity firm founded in 1961 and based in California. The firm backs seed through growth-stage companies across the United States, India and Israel, with investments spanning technology, cloud and IT infrastructure, Internet and consumer products, SaaS, business services, financial services, healthcare, and other sectors. It has funded hundreds of companies and leverages a broad network and operating experience to help founders scale their businesses. Norwest pursues a flexible, long-term approach, tailoring its capital and support to each stage and company, and it deploys capital across multiple rounds from early checks to growth investments. The firm is known for partnering with CEOs and management teams to accelerate growth through strategic guidance, operational resources, and access to its portfolio network.

Omidyar Network is an impact investing firm founded in 2004 by Pierre and Pam Omidyar. It supports social entrepreneurs through both investments and grants, aiming to improve lives and communities by funding organizations that harness technology and innovation. The firm operates as a philanthropic investment organization, focusing on catalyzing social impact across areas such as access to capital, media, markets and transparency, governance, citizen engagement, and information access. It backs both for profit and non-profit ventures, spanning seed to growth stages, and emphasizes responsible tech, digital inclusion, and strengthening institutions and democratic processes. The organization seeks to empower individuals and communities through investments that promote better governance, informed citizenship, and thriving communities worldwide.

Mass General Brigham is an integrated academic health care system that connects a full continuum of care across medical facilities and services. It emphasizes patient care, research, and education while advancing innovative solutions in medicine. The organization serves as the principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and contributes to biomedical research.

WI Harper Group is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm with a China-focused footprint, including offices in Beijing and Taipei. Founded in 1993, it invests in startup companies across the United States, Greater China, and the Asia Pacific in sectors such as healthcare, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, fintech, sustainability, and new media. The firm targets early and expansion-stage opportunities, supporting companies from seed to later rounds and helping bridge U.S. and Greater China markets through cross-border expertise.

Murex Partners is a Seoul-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that pursues thesis-driven investments across enterprise, healthcare, and consumer sectors, with emphasis on technology-enabled areas such as digital health, mobility, fintech, AI, smart city, and digital content.

UPMC is a nonprofit health system and integrated global health enterprise headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It develops and delivers Life Changing Medicine by leveraging technology, translating science into cures, and accelerating innovation worldwide. The organization includes UPMC Health Plan, a large insurer serving hundreds of thousands of members with commercial and government programs, a broad provider network, and high-quality care as indicated by NCQA ratings. Through its hospitals and physicians, UPMC pursues accessible, high-value health care and wellness solutions, supported by a mission to advance medicine through research and collaboration.

Kurma Partners is a Paris-based investment management company focused on funding innovation in healthcare and biotechnology across Europe. Established in 2009, it targets early-stage to development capital for life sciences companies and digital health ventures, spanning healthcare, biotechnology, and related technology sectors. The firm pursues a hands-on approach to support research-driven startups, leveraging connections with research institutes and hospitals to advance therapeutic and medical innovations. Through its activity as a private equity and venture investor, Kurma Partners seeks to back companies throughout their growth trajectory, from initial concept to market readiness, helping them navigate clinical development, regulatory pathways, and commercialization in the European market.

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs science and technology companies across stages. The firm focuses on transformational technologies and has supported early backers of SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook, and Airbnb. It pursues a founder-friendly approach that provides significant support with minimal interference, and it invests globally across sectors including software, artificial intelligence, aerospace, energy, healthcare, cybersecurity, biotech, and information technology. The firm targets opportunities from seed to growth stages and emphasizes solving difficult problems through innovative technology.

HealthVerity is a Philadelphia-based provider of healthcare data and patient informatics technologies that enable pharmaceutical manufacturers, hospitals, and payers to discover, license, and integrate patient data from traditional and emerging sources to build a comprehensive, privacy-protected data set. The company's cloud platform supports data discovery, de-identification, accurate patient matching, and secure data exchange across the healthcare ecosystem, helping organizations connect and illuminate patient journeys while maintaining interoperability and privacy. By delivering a unified data fabric and governance tools, HealthVerity aims to increase transparency and enable deeper insights across the industry. Founded in 2014, the company has pursued collaborations with industry partners such as Parexel and Medidata Solutions.

StartUp Health is a health innovation platform founded in 2011 that supports a global portfolio of health technology companies through a network of entrepreneurs known as Health Transformers. Its mission is to achieve health moonshots by advancing solutions across Access to Care, Cost to Zero, Cure Disease, End to Cancer, Women’s Health, Children’s Health, Nutrition and Fitness, Brain Health, Mental Health and Happiness, Addiction, Longevity, and Pandemic Response. The organization oversees more than 330 portfolio companies across six continents and 26 countries, working with leading health systems and investors to accelerate adoption and impact. By connecting entrepreneurs with health systems, researchers, and investors, StartUp Health aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people worldwide and transform healthcare delivery over a multi-decade timeframe.

1984 Ventures is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm that makes direct investments in technology startups, from seed and startup rounds to early growth opportunities. Founded in 2017, the firm backs ventures across software and services with focus areas including AI and machine learning, open source, SaaS, fintech, healthcare, consumer, e-commerce, marketplaces, proptech and infrastructure, as well as supply chain. It typically does not take board representation and seeks opportunities in seed, startup, and growth capital transactions. The firm emphasizes practical, scalable products and defensible technology, aiming to support founders through the early stages of company development.

Oak HC/FT is a Stamford, Connecticut-based venture and growth equity firm that concentrates on healthcare information services and financial technology. It supports entrepreneurs with strategic counsel, board‑level participation, and access to an extensive network of industry leaders to drive transformation in these sectors. The firm draws on Oak Investment Partners’ sector expertise to build and grow innovative businesses, with a history of notable exits and large valuations. Founded in 2014, Oak HC/FT targets both growth‑stage and early‑stage companies in the United States, aiming to deliver strong value for investors.

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.

Northzone is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 and headquartered in London, with offices in New York, Oslo and Stockholm. The firm backs technology-focused companies across stages, prioritizing software, hardware, and AI-enabled businesses, along with sectors such as healthcare, semiconductors, blockchain, gaming, fintech, and marketplaces. Northzone seeks to help founders scale internationally by connecting portfolio companies with customers, partners and talent through its global network. The firm has built a track record of partnering with category-defining founders and has a Nordic to European footprint complemented by a U.S. presence to support cross-border growth. Northzone emphasizes technology-driven models with potential for rapid expansion and tends to invest in companies at early to growth stages, leveraging its multi-region reach to support portfolio companies in scaling globally.

Established in 1985, this organization supports early-stage commercialization and financing for innovative technologies, entrepreneurs, and companies within Virginia. It focuses on seed funding and assisting innovators to launch new businesses, create high-paying jobs, and stimulate economic growth across the state.

Hatteras Venture Partners is a Durham, North Carolina-based venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2000 that focuses on funding life sciences and healthcare companies in the United States. Its activities center on biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics, healthcare information technology, and related human medicine opportunities, with investments spanning pre-seed to growth stages. The firm typically makes initial investments in the range of half a million to four million dollars and participates in follow-on rounds up to around twenty million, and it operates as a Small Business Investment Company (SBIC). Hatteras also backs adjacent sectors such as software and health services within the Southeast, leveraging an experienced team to support value creation in early-stage biomedical ventures.

Essex Woodlands, founded in 1985, is a prominent healthcare venture capital firm that has raised nearly $2.5 billion through eight funds. With principal offices in Palo Alto, Houston, New York, and London, the firm employs a team of 23 professionals who collectively possess over 300 years of experience in the healthcare sector. Essex Woodlands focuses on diversified healthcare investing and has played a significant role as a lead investor in the founding and financing of more than 100 companies across various segments, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, services, and information technology. The firm is committed to early-stage investments while also having a strong track record in late-stage healthcare investments, encompassing mature venture, growth equity, and PIPE opportunities.

Primary Venture Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm based in New York that invests in technology companies from pre-seed through Series A, with a global reach. It backs companies across B2B SaaS, fintech, healthcare, infrastructure, and supply chain, including notable portfolio companies such as Alloy, Chief, Electric, K Health, Slice, and Vestwell. The firm employs a low-volume, high-conviction approach and dedicates substantial resources to operational support through an Impact team that helps with hiring, customer acquisition, and fundraising to accelerate growth. A broad Expert Network of over 200 seasoned operators, a Talent Program, and advisory services in finance, market development, and content marketing equip founders to build world-class teams and scale. Primary partners with portfolio companies to position them for Series A and beyond, leveraging hands-on guidance and strategic networks.

DNX Ventures is a San Mateo-based venture capital firm founded in 2011, with an additional office in Tokyo. It backs early-stage B2B startups, typically at seed and Series A rounds, across the United States and Japan, with focus areas including SaaS/cloud, cybersecurity, deep tech, sustainability, hardware, retail, and finance. The firm operates as a registered investment adviser and leverages a CXO network to help portfolio companies validate product-market fit and connect with Fortune 500 firms, enabling partnerships and commercial opportunities.

Legend Capital is a Beijing-based venture capital firm and the investment arm of Legend Holdings, established in 2001 to become a leading venture capital manager in China. It manages up to about US$700 million across four funds and focuses on high-growth ventures with operations in China or markets related to China, particularly in early-stage information technology including network applications and services, outsourcing and professional services, and infrastructure components such as IC design, as well as mid-market growth in consumer goods, clean technology, healthcare, equipment manufacturing, and modern services. As an active investor, Legend Capital provides portfolio companies with strategic resources, business development support, and market guidance to help them scale in the Chinese market. Notable investments include Joyo.com, SinoCom, Solarfun Power, Spreadtrum Communications, China Sunshine Paper, and VanceInfo, among others.

MVM Life Science Partners is a London-headquartered private equity firm with an office in Boston that focuses on life sciences and healthcare. Founded in 1997, it targets early-stage and growth opportunities in medical technology, biotechnology and healthcare services, including diagnostics, drug delivery, gene therapy, vaccines, medical devices, life science tools and digital health. The firm pursues investments across Europe and North America, supporting companies with differentiated technology and substantial market potential, often taking active ownership to help scale operations and expand globally.

Calm/Storm Ventures is a Vienna-based boutique venture capital firm and founder network founded around 2019–2020. It makes early- and growth-stage investments across Europe and the United States, with a focus on digital health, health tech, healthcare, software, AI, fintech, and related sectors. The firm emphasizes health and wellbeing solutions and supports entrepreneurs through lifelong learning, empowering them with unique access to successful founders.

Rev1 Ventures is a Columbus, Ohio-based venture capital firm and investor startup studio that combines capital and strategic services to help startups scale and corporates innovate. It aligns founders with corporate and research partners to access customers and markets, supported by a capital continuum from corporate and community partners and state programs such as Ohio Third Frontier. The firm manages over $100 million in capital and pursues seed- and early-stage opportunities across software, healthtech, life sciences, digital health, and related sectors, with a focus on Ohio and regional companies.

3one4 Capital is a Bangalore-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs technology-led startups in India and the United States. The firm focuses on themes including SaaS, fintech, digital health, consumer internet, enterprise automation, and related adjacencies, with an emphasis on large, growing markets and distinctive product-market fit. It pursues a deep-involvement approach, collaborating with founders and domain experts to refine strategy, build defensible businesses, and accelerate revenue growth and impact. With a portfolio of over 80 companies and a substantial corpus and assets under management, 3one4 Capital supports portfolio companies through strategic guidance, operational resources, and cross-border insights designed to expand market reach and value creation.

Founders' Co-op is a Seattle-based seed-stage venture capital firm that focuses on software startups in the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 2008, it backs early-stage founders and aims to connect them with growth investors, while serving as a key source of regional dealflow for both local and out-of-region investors. As a long-standing seed-stage specialist in the Pacific Northwest, the firm operates as a registered investment adviser (RIA).

Storm Ventures is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in enterprise technology. Founded in 1997, it backs early-stage B2B software, data infrastructure, cybersecurity, digital health, and related technology companies across the United States. The firm draws on founders' experience as entrepreneurs to provide hands-on support and strategic capital, helping portfolio companies scale while respecting founders' autonomy when not needed. Storm Ventures operates from the California Bay Area and pursues a disciplined, founder-friendly approach to building technology businesses.

White Fund is an early-stage investment firm based in Liège, Belgium, focusing on healthcare and medical technology companies. It targets Belgium-based startups in the medical devices and medtech sectors, including prevention, diagnostic, monitoring, and treatment solutions, with potential expansion to neighboring regions. The firm supports early-stage ventures with proof of concept and initial market traction, typically investing about €2-€3 million per project across two to three financing rounds, and targets exits in five to seven years.