Thayer Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm, founded in 2009, that focuses on investments in travel and hospitality technology companies. The firm backs early to growth-stage businesses developing software, SaaS, information technology, and other tech-enabled solutions that serve travel, transportation, lodging, airlines, cruise lines, gaming, and related sectors. By funding innovative technologies that support operators and suppliers across the travel ecosystem, Thayer Ventures aims to accelerate digital disruption in the industry.

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.

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.

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.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. It is stage-agnostic and focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups, making seed and Series A investments. Typical checks range from 50,000 to 5,000,000 dollars. The firm supports early-stage companies across sectors such as e-commerce, fintech, ad tech, mobile, and software-as-a-service, seeking opportunities with high growth potential in the United States and internationally. Its portfolio includes a mix of consumer brands and marketplace platforms, reflecting an emphasis on business models that connect buyers and sellers or enable direct consumer experiences. FJ Labs aims to back entrepreneurs building scalable, disruptively positioned products and services, often partnering with founders early in their development to help accelerate growth.

Branded Hospitality is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on investing in the hospitality and technology sectors. It supports growth through venture investments in innovative brands and scalable solutions that transform food service and hospitality. The company also offers solutions to corporate partners to enhance operational efficiency, brand visibility, and market reach, including influencer marketing, digital storytelling, and strategic partnerships. Its media arm produces industry content, most notably The Hospitality Hangout podcast, to engage decision-makers and share insights. By combining capital, strategic guidance, and media, Branded Hospitality connects emerging brands, technology providers, and partners to drive transformation in the hospitality industry.

Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011, that manages investment portfolios and provides asset management services to clients across sectors, with a focus on software as a service companies, and analyzes market trends to inform its investment decisions while operating in finance, technology, and real estate.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London and Bangalore. It funds early- and growth-stage technology companies across software, cloud, SaaS, consumer, enterprise IT and related sectors, and it supports portfolio companies as they scale internationally. With a global network and more than three decades of experience, Accel seeks to help entrepreneurs build world-class, category-defining businesses. Notable investments include Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Braintree, Cloudera and Qualtrics, among others. Accel operates multiple funds and programs to back companies at different stages, continuing a long track record of backing ambitious technology founders around the world.

Hiventures is a venture capital investment firm headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. It backs startups across multiple sectors and supports high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises, with the aim of fostering a sustainable and competitive SME and enterprise ecosystem in Hungary and the broader Central and Eastern Europe region. The firm is described as one of the largest and most active venture capital partners in Central and Eastern Europe.

Feenix Venture Partners is a New York-based investment firm established in 2017 that provides growth capital through equity, debt, and hybrid investments to U.S. consumer-focused sectors, including retail, food and beverage, education, health and wellness, lifestyle brands, and consumer services. The firm also engages in direct lending to small and medium-sized businesses via a venture lending platform that monetizes credit card processing fees to improve lending economics, enabling a distinctive origination model and potential outsized returns for portfolio companies.

Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Porto, Portugal and part of the Banco Português de Fomento group. Founded in 2012 as a merger of AICEP Capital Global, InovCapital and Turismo Capital, it provides venture capital and expansion investments to small and medium enterprises in Portugal. The firm focuses on innovative, science and technology-based companies across digital technology, manufacturing, therapeutics and health technology, as well as tourism and industrial sectors, and seeks opportunities at pre-seed, seed and Series A stages as well as later expansion rounds to stimulate the Portuguese economy and support global growth.

IMM Investment is a Seoul-based independent private equity and venture capital firm established in 1999. The company engages in mezzanine and growth investments and pursues opportunities in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate restructuring, private equity, industry consolidation, management buyouts, spin-offs, recapitalizations, and cross-border transactions. It concentrates on medium-sized companies operating in information technology infrastructure, wireless communications, software, contents, and other technology-enabled sectors, with a particular emphasis on information technology, healthcare/biotech, and manufacturing. The firm typically takes an active role in governance and strategic direction and focuses on opportunities within South Korea and cross-border contexts. IMM Investment aims to support portfolio companies through growth, expansion, and consolidation, leveraging its long-standing relationships with institutional investors and investment professionals.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It pursues investments across multiple sectors, including information technology, healthcare, manufacturing, mobile, nanotechnology, financial services, internet, energy, media, and retail, and provides early to growth-stage funding coupled with strategic support to help founders build lasting, category-defining companies.

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

Palm Tree Crew is a global entertainment, hospitality, and investment company that develops a consumer brand, produces music festivals, operates destination venues, and backs early-stage startups to enable cultural experiences and related services. It was co-founded by Kygo alongside Myles Shear and Austin Criden, and the group conducts live events, talent management and hospitality ventures through its brand and related ventures.

American Express is a global financial services company headquartered in New York that provides charge and credit card products and related financial services. The company operates a large merchant network and offers card processing, expense management tools, fraud prevention, and customer loyalty programs. It serves consumers, small and mid-sized businesses, and large enterprises worldwide through segments including Global Consumer Services, Global Commercial Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services, delivering solutions via mobile and online platforms, direct sales teams, and partnerships. In addition to payment products, the firm offers travel-related services, merchant advisory and market insights, and data-driven services to support marketing and spending decisions.

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

LAUNCH is an Austin, Texas-based early-stage investment firm and accelerator platform that combines capital with education for startups. It provides syndicate funding and operates a suite of programs to support builders, including Founder University, the LAUNCH Accelerator, and Startup Tuneup, as well as events such as Remote Demo Day. The LAUNCH ecosystem pairs investment with structured training, community access, and practical guidance to help founders move from idea to growth. By coordinating funding and educational programs, LAUNCH aims to accelerate startup development and enable teams to scale.

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman. It allocates capital across public and private markets worldwide, with a focus on technology-enabled growth opportunities. The firm pursues public equity strategies, including long/short and growth investments, and private equity across early- to late-stage companies in multiple industries, seeking high-quality growth opportunities and guiding portfolio companies through their lifecycle.

Howzat Partners is a venture capital firm established in 2006 with bases in Luxembourg and London. It makes investments across incubation, seed, startup, growth capital, and early to mid‑stage ventures, with a focus on digital businesses in internet, digital media, e-commerce, electronics, transportation, and gaming. The firm invests globally and often serves as a sounding board for portfolio companies, including co-investment activity with partners.

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. Headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, it concentrates on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with notable focus areas including fintech, cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and healthcare. Founded in 1995, Insight Partners manages over $75 billion in regulatory assets under management and has invested in more than 750 companies worldwide, with over 55 portfolio companies achieving an IPO. The firm combines capital with hands-on, right-sized software expertise to support portfolio companies on their growth journey from first investment to IPO.

Enlightened Hospitality Investments is a growth and expansion investment platform affiliated with Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group based in New York. It focuses on driving growth for hospitality and technology companies by leveraging the resources and professionals of Union Square Hospitality Group to identify opportunities both inside and outside its portfolio. The company targets value-aligned opportunities in sectors spanning restaurants, hotels, leisure, and information technology, aiming to support management teams through strategic guidance and operational support to accelerate expansion.

Citigroup is a diversified financial services company providing a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. It operates through two main segments: Global Consumer Banking, which includes retail banking, Citi-branded cards, and consumer finance, and Institutional Clients Group, which covers wholesale banking, investment banking, fixed income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, research, corporate lending, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. The company maintains a global footprint across regions including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and Latin America, and emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility initiatives.

Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm focused on technology for the global real estate industry. Founded in 2016, it is described as the largest venture capital firm dedicated to technology for the Built World and manages about $3.0 billion in commitments and assets. The firm maintains a global network of more than 90 strategic limited partners from over 15 countries, including major real estate owners, operators and corporate backers. It connects real estate owners and operators with entrepreneurs who are redefining the Built World, seeking transformational investments and collaborations with portfolio companies across real estate technology, climate tech and related sectors.

Global Brain is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1998 that backs technology companies from seed stage through growth rounds. It targets a broad range of sectors including AI, cloud and software, fintech, robotics, life sciences, media, and mobility, and pursues global investments across Europe, North America, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The firm emphasizes hands-on support and resources for portfolio companies, aiming to help them scale beyond financing. It operates a pure investment fund alongside corporate venture funds formed with leading public companies across telecom, real estate, financial services, beverages, agriculture and food, logistics, and electronics.

Journey Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2019 that focuses on investments in tourism, travel technology, and hotel industries. It aims to be a collaborative partner for startups, offering capital, mentorship, and strategic business partnerships to help portfolio companies scale.

SFC Capital is a United Kingdom-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that makes early-stage investments in UK startups, including pre-seed and seed rounds. It backs companies across sectors such as software, technology, e-commerce, consumer, enterprise, green tech, medical technology, and hospitality, providing capital plus strategic guidance to support growth and product development. The firm operates a model that combines an angel network with seed funds to back SEIS- and EIS-qualifying businesses, aiming to offer exposure to a diversified portfolio while delivering hands-on support to portfolio companies.

Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in Vienna, with offices across Europe and in San Francisco. It specializes in early-stage investments in technology sectors including deep tech, fintech, health, industrial tech, marketplaces, software as a service and infrastructure, climate tech, crypto, and emerging markets. The firm runs specialized investment teams aligned to these industries and offers an in-house Platform+ team providing tailored operational support, such as growth marketing, human resources, US business development and networking assistance throughout the portfolio journey. Speedinvest seeks to be a hands-on partner, sometimes taking operational roles for a period to help portfolio companies scale, and emphasizes hands-on collaboration with founders to accelerate growth.

PLG Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2015, that provides pre-seed and seed capital to technology-enabled startups. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in the technology sector and engages with founding teams to support leadership development and scalable growth, operating primarily in Southern California with an additional office in Los Angeles.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Israel. The firm backs early and growth stage start-ups across sectors such as enterprise software, consumer technology, fintech, healthtech, cleantech, and information technology, and pursues opportunities in the United States, Asia, and Israel. It funds a broad range of rounds, including seed, early, later, and expansion, and also provides debt financing for start-ups and growth companies. Lightspeed focuses on helping entrepreneurs scale through capital, strategic guidance, and operational support, and maintains a diversified portfolio across enterprise, consumer, big data, mobile, and internet-enabled sectors.

CDP Venture Capital is an Italian venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in Rome. It invests in startups and growth companies across Italy, spanning sectors such as consumer products and services, information technology, fintech and insur-tech, healthcare and life sciences, software as a service, artificial intelligence and machine learning, virtual reality, big data, advanced manufacturing, energy, education and training, agriculture materials, and other technology-driven areas. By backing early and growth-stage ventures, it aims to support Italy's economic development and the innovation ecosystem.

Faraday Venture Partners is a Madrid-based venture investment firm that operates as a private investors club to support early-stage startups across Europe. The organization analyzes innovative projects in need of private financing, identifying investment opportunities for partners, co-investors, and business angels. It provides project analysis and confidential due diligence, guides active management of investment stakes, and conducts acquisition and exit assessments of existing portfolio interests. The firm emphasizes ongoing involvement with portfolio companies, offering personalized support and resources to entrepreneurial ventures and facilitating strategic empowerment initiatives. Founded in 2011, Faraday Venture Partners focuses on building long-term relationships with portfolio companies and partners, combining rigorous evaluation with hands-on guidance to foster growth and successful exits.

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 with offices in San Francisco, Boston, and New York City. It focuses on early-stage investments across technology-enabled sectors, supporting founders with flexible, founder-centric backing. The firm has backed high-profile consumer and software companies such as Twitter, Discord, Oculus, Warby Parker, Tumblr, Niantic, and Anthropic, reflecting a tendency toward ambitious products and teams that reshape consumer, media, and technology markets.

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 and based in London with additional offices in San Francisco and Geneva, supporting entrepreneurs shaping technology-driven global businesses by investing across early and growth stages in software, TMT, and related sectors including artificial intelligence, data, fintech, healthcare, and mobility, and partnering with founders to scale companies globally.

Mizuho Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm affiliated with Mizuho Bank, Japan’s second-largest bank by assets. It manages about ¥49.6 billion and focuses on information technology and biotechnology investments, while also backing internet-related services, healthcare, medical, manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors. The firm traces its origins to a 2002 merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment, and its predecessors were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan. It is regarded as one of Japan’s leading venture capital firms, with more than 600 Mizuho companies having gone public.

Imbiba is a London-based private equity and growth capital investor focused on the leisure and hospitality sector in the United Kingdom. With over 19 years of investment and operating experience, it backs entrepreneurs and provides hands-on support in property, strategic marketing, and finance to help hospitality brands scale. The firm concentrates on start-ups, early-stage and growth opportunities in restaurants, hotels, leisure and lifestyle brands, investing across the United Kingdom.

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin, Germany-based venture capital firm with a global focus that invests across seed, early, and later-stage companies. It maintains a stage-agnostic approach, seeking innovative ideas with potential impact and feasibility in global markets.

G Squared is a Chicago-based venture capital investment firm founded in 2011. The firm backs companies across B2B and B2C sectors, including software, fintech, insurtech, mobility, SaaS, IoT, e-commerce and data technologies, with a broad focus on growth and technology-enabled services. It aims to support private companies as they stay private longer by providing both primary capital to fuel growth and transitional capital to facilitate liquidity for early investors, employees and other sellers. G Squared partners with portfolio companies throughout their lifecycle, adopting a differentiated approach from traditional venture firms. The firm has backed well-known consumer and enterprise platforms such as 23andMe, Coursera, Instacart, Lyft, Pinterest and Spotify, along with next-generation disruptors like Asana, Blend, Brex, Capsule, Flexport, Impossible Foods, Toast and Turo.

CyberAgent Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of CyberAgent, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 2006, it pursues seed- and early-stage investments in technology companies across Asia-Pacific and the United States, with a focus on internet and information technology sectors. The firm maintains a regional footprint in Asia, including South Korea, China, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, and provides strategic support to startups as they scale.

Notion Capital is a London-based venture capital firm that funds early-stage technology companies, with a focus on B2B software as a service, cloud computing and enterprise technologies. Founded in 2009, it operates across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, offering entrepreneur-led support to help high-potential startups scale. The firm backs companies in a broad range of sectors including cloud, SaaS, cybersecurity, fintech, data, ad tech, logistics, mobility, IT services, insurtech and health tech, typically at Series A and beyond, with an emphasis on software-driven and cloud-based business models.

Tao Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2002. The firm focuses on investing in sectors such as technology, transportation, healthcare, education, and sustainable food, with an emphasis on businesses that create a positive social and environmental impact. Tao Capital Partners actively supports companies throughout various stages of their development, aiming to foster growth and innovation in its portfolio. The firm also explores opportunities in alternative energy, agriculture, consumer products, real estate, and hospitality, demonstrating a broad approach to investment in sustainable and impactful industries.

Origin Ventures is a Chicago-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1999. It invests in software, online marketplaces and digital content companies with potential for rapid growth, often supporting them after achieving product-market fit. The team comprises former operators and engineers with hands-on venture experience, and the firm is noted for strong realized performance, ranking among the top 5% of U.S. venture capital firms. Typical initial investments range from several hundred thousand to several million dollars, reflecting a flexible approach to seed and Series A rounds. The firm backs portfolio companies across sectors such as electrification, labor, autonomy and robotics, commerce and logistics, AI-native software, and related infrastructure.

ROCH Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Paris, France, founded in 2022. It invests in travel and hospitality technology companies, with opportunities primarily in Europe and Israel.

QED Investors is a venture capital firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, founded in 2007. It specializes in fintech and financial services, making direct investments across seed, early, and growth stages and pursuing opportunities in the United States, Latin America, the United Kingdom, and other regions. The firm combines capital with hands-on support and emphasizes data-driven insight, direct engagement with portfolio companies, and a culture of experimentation and learning to help high-growth fintech firms scale.

Gaingels is a venture investment organization focused on LGBTQ+-founded and led companies and their allies, investing across stages from pre-seed to pre-IPO and maintaining a global portfolio. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, it operates as a syndicate with more than 130 portfolio companies and around $70 million deployed. The organization supports inclusive leadership by backing ventures that promote diverse C-suite and board representation and actively assists portfolio companies in recruiting diverse executive talent. It also fosters a global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who pursue positive social change through business and successful investments.

Indian Angel Network is an investor network founded in 2006 that brings together successful entrepreneurs and CEOs from India and around the world who are interested in investing in startup and early-stage ventures with the potential to create disproportionate value. The network provides capital as well as mentoring, broad networks, and inputs on strategy and execution, helping members assess potential and risks at the early stage.

Draper Startup House is a global entrepreneur ecosystem platform that combines venture-hostel services, coworking spaces, and entrepreneurship programming with access to venture capital. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it operates a network of hubs and programs designed to connect founders with opportunities, mentorship, and a global community of innovators. The company runs an accelerator program, Draper Startup House Accelerator, which provides early-stage funding up to $100,000 and support for startups through cohorts, mentorship, and a collaborative environment. Through its ties to the Draper Venture Network, Draper Startup House supports founders worldwide with opportunities to pitch, partner, and scale, while emphasizing real human connection and collaboration to foster experimentation, growth, and impactful ventures.

Bonsai Partners is a venture capital firm based in Madrid, Spain. It invests in European technology startups, pursuing both primary and secondary opportunities across pre-series A to series C rounds.

RateGain Travel Technologies is a software company that provides hospitality and travel technology solutions for hotels, airlines, tour operators, and other travel businesses. It offers a cloud-based suite for revenue optimization, distribution, rate intelligence, and brand engagement, including RevGain for price optimization, RezGain for channel management, BrandGain for guest satisfaction and online reputation management, and PriceGain-Air for price intelligence and channel management, along with a mobile app. The company supports clients across airlines, hotels, cruise lines, car rental firms, online travel agents, and wholesalers worldwide. Founded in 2004, it is headquartered in Noida, India, with offices in London, Santa Pola, Dubai, and McLean, serving a global customer base.

IDG Capital is a global investment firm that backs technology-focused companies across stages, from early to growth. With a blend of international reach and local market insight, the firm mobilizes resources to help portfolio companies scale in China, Asia, and beyond. It partners with private equity and venture capital fund managers and other investment entities, drawing on a broad base of limited partners including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, institutions, and family offices. The team combines deep local knowledge with global perspectives to identify opportunities and provide strategic support, governance, and access to networks that accelerate growth. IDG Capital targets software, information technology, consumer and healthcare sectors, among others, and pursues a long-term value strategy through active collaboration with management teams and ecosystem players rather than short-term financing alone.