Breakthrough Energy Ventures is an investor-led venture capital firm based in Kirkland, Washington, providing patient capital to climate and energy technology companies across seed, early, and later stages. It concentrates on environmental services, climate change, climate technology, and cleantech, investing minority stakes to back technologies that deliver reliable, affordable power while reducing emissions and advancing zero-emission energy solutions.

MassVentures is a Massachusetts-based venture capital firm that provides seed and early-stage funding to high-growth startups in the Massachusetts innovation economy, helping concepts move from idea to commercialization. Founded in 1978 as a quasi-public corporation by the Legislature of the Commonwealth, it is governed by an independent board and managed by experienced venture investors. The firm focuses on information technology, healthcare, cybersecurity, e-commerce, mobile, manufacturing, and robotics sectors in Massachusetts and operates accelerator programs to support portfolio companies. MassVentures leverages the state's entrepreneurial ecosystem, educated workforce, and centers of innovation to back early-stage ventures.

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.

Climate Investments is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2016. It operates as the investment arm of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), a collaboration of ten major oil and gas companies pursuing the energy transition. The firm targets early- and growth-stage opportunities across a broad range of sectors including energy, technology, transportation, buildings, cement, steel, chemicals, power and agriculture, as well as related industrial fields. Its focus is on funding technologies and business models that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enable lower-carbon solutions, helping to accelerate decarbonization in the energy system and beyond.

Brookstreet Equity Partners is a London-based venture capital and private equity firm established in 2016 that provides growth capital and invests in small and medium-sized businesses. With offices in Athens and New York, the firm targets European opportunities across technology-driven sectors such as artificial intelligence, 4th Industrial Revolution applications, ESG-enabled digital transformation, cybersecurity, energy management, smart buildings and smart cities. It positions itself as a platform investor addressing the scale-up funding gap, taking a selective, hands-on approach to portfolio development. The firm pursues international opportunities and emphasizes themes such as AI, robotics, digital platforms and Longevity, while leveraging strategic advisory networks through partnerships like Candesic. Brookstreet focuses on growth-stage opportunities, aiming to generate value for portfolio companies and their stakeholders by active involvement and disciplined capital deployment.

Hiway Capital is a venture capital firm based in Guangzhou, China. Established in 2007, it focuses on investments across manufacturing, healthcare, new materials and energy, agriculture, and enterprise services.

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.

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.

Prelude Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that backs early-stage startups with the potential to mitigate climate change. It focuses on investments across sectors including advanced energy, food and agriculture, transportation and logistics, advanced materials and manufacturing, and computing, supporting the development of category-defining businesses in these areas.

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.

2150 is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies with a focus on shaping sustainable cities of the future. Founded in 2020 and based in Europe, it operates with a presence in London and Copenhagen.

EMV Capital is a venture capital firm and a wholly owned subsidiary of NetScientific plc, specializing in early-stage, high-growth deep-tech companies in life sciences, sustainability and industrials. Based in London, it operates in the UK and internationally, developing bespoke investment strategies for each portfolio company and supporting growth through primary and secondary equity and debt investments. It leverages a network of private investors, family offices, institutions and corporate VCs to help portfolio companies raise funding and reach key growth milestones.

KVIC is a government-backed investment institution in South Korea that allocates capital to venture activities by investing in venture capital funds globally and administering the Korea Fund of Funds on behalf of the government. Founded in 2005, the organization operates under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and supports the country's venture ecosystem through its fund-of-funds activities and public-backed funding. Headquartered in Seoul, KVIC also maintains offices in California, Shanghai, and Singapore to engage with international partners. The company includes a research division that produces monthly reports on venture capital and private equity trends, issues, and policy developments in Korea, complementing its investment mandate with market insight and policy analysis.

Foundamental is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments in construction, mining and related vertical technologies. It targets pre-seed to Series A rounds and reserves a substantial portion of each fund for follow-ons to support portfolio growth. The firm operates globally, with activity across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa, and maintains offices in San Francisco and Singapore to work closely with portfolio companies. Foundamental seeks to back builders and category-creating companies at the intersection of 3D design, construction, blue-collar workforce, robotics, supply chains, logistics, and industrial manufacturing, aiming to be an early partner from day zero. Its approach combines technology and industrial experience to help founders navigate early-stage challenges. Foundamental is positioned as a leading provider of vertical technology investment for the real world.

Leopard Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2007 and based in the Cayman Islands. It targets overlooked frontiers such as Cambodia, Haiti, and broader Southeast Asia, pursuing early-stage and expansion investments along with pre-IPO opportunities across sectors including financial services, affordable housing, renewable energy, agribusiness, and food and beverage. The firm manages investment funds and provides advisory services to startups leveraging breakthrough technologies to address global challenges. It operates through subsidiary activities and maintains representative offices in Phnom Penh and Port-au-Prince to support local ventures.

PT1 is an independent venture capital firm based in Berlin, Germany, that focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in real asset technologies and prop-tech across Europe. It backs founders developing solutions to energy transition, infrastructure resilience, climate adaptation, and other megatrends driven by resource scarcity, carbon budgets, and demand for space and skilled labor. PT1 utilizes an AI-enabled deal flow approach and a European network of experienced partners to source, fund, and support early-stage ventures. The firm operates within ERIC Group, a platform for collaborative investments in transformational megatrends, aligning financial return with access to data and technology for portfolio companies and investors alike.

BonVenture is a Munich-based venture capital firm that specializes in social and ecological technologies and social impact investments. It is noted as the first investment company in the German-speaking region to focus on social impact. It supports social entrepreneurs by providing capital, strategic guidance, and access to networks to help set up and grow organizations and scale social innovations through its funds.

LongRun Capital, founded in 2021 and based in Stockholm, Sweden, is a venture capital firm focused on Nordic companies, investing in energy, climate, advanced materials, technology and construction, and it provides seed investment management services to technology start-ups.

Adara Ventures is a Madrid-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies across Europe. The firm focuses on deep-technology sectors such as cybersecurity, data applications and infrastructure, DevOps, hardware components, and digital health, and seeks ambitious founders capable of scaling internationally. It maintains a European footprint, investing across Spain, Portugal, France, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, and supports teams from product development through initial go-to-market stages. By providing early capital and guidance, Adara Ventures aims to accelerate growth for innovative startups at the intersection of software, hardware, and related infrastructure technologies.

Maki.vc is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Helsinki, Finland, with Nordic roots and a global investment approach. It backs early-stage companies across deep tech, artificial intelligence and machine learning, healthcare technology systems, consumer products, and commercial services, investing across Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The firm emphasizes strong intellectual property, scientific advances, and deep customer understanding as it supports companies from inception through Series A and beyond.

New Climate Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Houston, Texas, that invests in carbon reduction and avoidance technology across energy, climate tech, food/ag tech, and related sectors. It pursues an active and diversified investment approach and supports founders with operational guidance, team-building, mentoring, and access to a global network of investors, startups, and corporations to help navigate the early stages of company growth.

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.

Stephens is a privately held investment banking and financial services firm founded in 1933 and based in Little Rock, Arkansas. It provides services across investment banking, insurance, capital management, institutional equities, research, private equity, fixed income, sales and trading, public finance, and wealth management, serving clients in sectors such as aerospace, consumer, energy, industrials, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, power, technology, telecommunications, and media.

AVAC is a Canada-based venture capital firm established in 1997 and based in Calgary, Alberta, that targets early-stage opportunities in agricultural technology, clean tech, and life sciences. The firm pursues direct investments as well as fund-of-funds strategies, focusing on pre-commercial to seed-stage and growth ventures, with a preference for agrivalue companies, medical devices, agriculture research, and life science products. In information and communications technology it covers areas such as animal health, crop genetics, biomass, big data, precision farming, and smart farming applications, while in life sciences it backs new or enhanced foods, nutraceuticals, therapeutics, devices, and health-related products. AVAC typically invests modest amounts and seeks active board participation, sometimes pursuing royalties in pre-commercial deals, and it has historically operated with emphasis on opportunities in Alberta and the western Canada ecosystem. The firm may also provide grants to public research and not-for-profit entities supporting agrivalue innovation.

Argonaut Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Sausalito, California. It concentrates on early-stage investments in online health and related internet businesses and offers strategic consulting, funding, business development, and design and technical support to help develop and monetize digital ventures. The firm also owns a portfolio of domain names and collaborates with others to develop domain assets. Its founders have extensive experience in building online health communities and related businesses, including notable health domains created and monetized through prior ventures. Argonaut leverages Silicon Valley networks to identify opportunities that connect consumers, healthcare professionals, and technology, aiming to translate insights into scalable digital platforms.

Normandie Participations is a venture capital firm based in Colombelles, France, founded in 2016. The firm invests primarily in small and medium-sized enterprises in Normandy through equity and quasi-equity, and it co-invests in Normandy-based companies. It supports early-stage ventures and operates FFWD Normandie, a subsidiary accelerator and incubator offering six-month and twelve-month programs for startups in Normandy, with initial investments up to €150,000, focusing on sectors such as agtech, agrotech, food science and retail. The organization aims to foster regional innovation and economic development by funding and accelerating local entrepreneurs.

CM Venture Capital is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm based in Beijing, China. It invests in minority stakes across seed, early, and later rounds in environmental services, energy, software, advanced manufacturing, cleantech, IoT, and materials technology, with a focus on hard-tech innovations that can improve efficiency, sustainability, and health. The firm supports a global portfolio spanning Asia, North America, and Europe, and provides hands-on guidance to help entrepreneurs develop, prove, and scale their innovations in competitive markets. Its funds are backed by corporate partners including BASF, General Electric, Heraeus, Petronas, SABIC, and Samsung. CM Venture Capital also engages in industry initiatives, such as sponsoring the Shanghai Strategic Emerging Industries Foundation and the Innovation China Conference, to connect entrepreneurs with investors and multinational companies.

TRICAPITAL is an established business angel syndicate located in Melrose, Scotland, founded in 2004. The organization consists of members who invest in a diverse portfolio of high-potential, high-growth start-ups and innovative companies primarily throughout Scotland and the north of England. TRICAPITAL collaborates with entities such as Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Investment Bank, as well as other angel syndicates, to identify and support dynamic businesses that align with its members' investment goals. The syndicate actively engages with the companies it backs, fostering their growth and development. TRICAPITAL is open to welcoming new investor members who share its commitment to nurturing the entrepreneurial landscape in the region.

British Design Fund is a London-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage, well-designed product companies in the United Kingdom. The firm focuses on IP-backed hardware innovations that can positively impact society and the environment, supporting entrepreneurs with scalable products to accelerate growth and create long-term value. By backing innovative designers and engineers, British Design Fund aims to nurture stand-out businesses across the UK, providing strategic capital and guidance to help them reach commercialization and scale while reinforcing responsible design and sustainability.

Capricorn Partners is an independent pan-European venture capital manager and asset manager based in Belgium that invests through technology-driven growth companies. The firm focuses on European opportunities and builds its portfolio around technology as a competitive advantage, with an investment team that combines deep technical expertise and broad industrial experience. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Leuven, Capricorn Partners targets sectors including information technology, software as a service, healthcare and life sciences, oncology, big data, digital health, manufacturing, clean technology, consumer sectors, and other technology-enabled businesses across Europe. The company seeks to support companies with scalable growth trajectories and technology-enabled business models.

Baruch Future Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco that makes early-stage investments in climate-focused and sustainability-oriented startups. The firm focuses on cleantech, efficient energy systems, air quality, water treatment, conservation, sustainable agriculture, and food security, as well as healthcare sectors such as diagnostics and therapeutics.

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.

Wind Capital is a European venture capital firm, founded in 2015, that pursues climate-focused, deeptech investments. It supports early-stage startups across sectors including renewable energy, new mobility, circular economy, clean air, sustainable agriculture, sustainable buildings, and water, investing primarily in seed and Series A rounds. As an impact-investing firm, it backs technologies designed to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

Metsä Spring is the corporate venture capital unit of Metsä Group that invests globally in startups connected to wood and forestry, and provides financing plus access to Metsä Group's international network and expertise.

Stephen Industries, established in 1992, is a Finland-based, family-owned venture capital firm. It focuses on investing in health tech, greentech, and deep tech sectors, aiming to support innovative, environmentally conscious solutions.

MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups aiming for IPO. It focuses on companies in fintech, SaaS, healthcare, artificial intelligence, e‑commerce, foodtech, and environmental technology.

Mirai Creation Capital is a venture capital investment firm based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2015. It backs private start-ups focused on intelligent technologies, robotics, and technologies that promote a hydrogen economy, electrification, new materials, and carbon neutrality.

WiL (World Innovation Lab) is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto with a Tokyo office, founded in 2013. It invests across seed to growth stages in technology companies in the United States and Japan, and broader Asia, focusing on sectors including consumer products and services, information technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, SaaS, fintech, insurtech, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, developer tools, industrials, health tech, wellness and sustainability. The firm aims to bridge startups with corporate and government partners to accelerate global growth, helping U.S. and European startups scale with Japanese partners and enabling Japanese ventures to expand internationally. WiL collaborates with corporate investors to advance innovation capabilities, supports new business creation, partnerships and organizational change, and acts as a cross-border catalyst across key innovation hubs. It also pursues investments in venture funds and provides support to LPs in corporate venture initiatives.

ADB Ventures is the venture platform and investment arm of the Asian Development Bank, focused on supporting seed and early-stage startups that develop impact technology solutions addressing sustainable development goals in Asia and the Pacific. Founded in 2020 and based in Manila, it targets technologies in clean energy and industry, sustainable mobility and supply chains, agriculture and food, circular economy and green materials, green finance and data, and inclusive and resilient communities.

Counteract Partners is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2020 that invests in climate technology sectors including energy, materials, resources, and agriculture technology, with a particular emphasis on carbon removal and emissions-reduction solutions at the earliest stages of company development.

SFO is a venture capital firm that supports entrepreneurs in cleantech, foodtech, mobility, digital transformation, and automation. It provides capital, strategic guidance, and access to a robust network of industry experts, investors, and partners. The firm is dedicated to fostering sustainable growth by combining entrepreneurial expertise with reliable equity financing, offering long‑term support without fixed investment timelines.

Green Angel Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage climate technology investments. It seeks to back inventions and startups with potential to mitigate climate change across sectors including energy, carbon removal, nature-based solutions, food and agriculture, transport, industry and recycling. The firm aims to support the commercialization and scaling of climate solutions and positions itself as a reference early-stage investor for UK climate innovation.

Voima Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Espoo, Finland, specializing in seed and early-stage investments in deep-tech startups. It backs science-driven companies across domains such as bio and new materials, medical technologies and life sciences, imaging and optics, IoT and electronics, robotics, software and ICT, and artificial intelligence. Focused on the Nordic and Baltic regions, Voima Ventures supports ventures from concept through early growth with value-added capital and strategic guidance to help address global challenges.

IBB Ventures is a Berlin-based venture capital firm and mezzanine investor affiliated with Investitionsbank Berlin. Founded in 1997, it concentrates on seed, early, and mid venture opportunities in technology-oriented companies and the creative industries, primarily based in Berlin. The firm backs information and communication technology, hardware and software, network and mobile technologies, new media, biotechnology, and media technology, as well as industrial technologies such as software, supply chain management, automation, manufacturing, and transport and energy tech. It also engages in entertainment, publishing, advertising, fashion and culture projects. Typical investments range from about €0.25 million to €3 million per transaction, and the firm often takes a board seat in its portfolio companies. The emphasis is on growth across tech-enabled ventures and digital media in the Berlin ecosystem.

Kyoto University Innovation Capital is the venture investment arm of Kyoto University, established in 2014 to provide investment and support to startups that commercialize knowledge and research outcomes from Kyoto University and other Japanese national universities. Based in Kyoto, Japan, the firm focuses on seed to early-stage investments and seeks ventures across healthcare, medical devices, biotechnology, drug discovery, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, machinery, clean technology, energy, new materials, food, and agriculture, including spin-off outcomes from university research.

Villgro is an incubator and early-stage investor headquartered in Chennai, India, focused on supporting social impact startups. It backs ventures across healthcare, education, agriculture technology, energy and related sectors, including healthtech, edtech, agtech, clean technology and non-financial services, by providing incubation support and seed funding. The firm typically undertakes equity or quasi-equity investments of up to about Rs 6 million (roughly US$0.1 million) to eligible startups. Established to nurture ventures at the earliest stages within the Indian region, Villgro operates as a platform to develop innovative solutions addressing social needs.

CDH Investments is an international alternative asset manager based in Beijing with offices in Hong Kong. Established in 2002, it runs a diversified platform across private equity, venture capital, growth, real assets, mezzanine, public equities, and wealth management, focusing on Greater China. The firm invests across stages from early to middle-market buyouts, targeting consumer, hard technology, new energy, and healthcare sectors, as well as related areas such as information technology, media, finance, and manufacturing. With experienced investment teams that have collaborated for years, CDH seeks to generate value through its China-focused approach, managing over $27 billion in assets.

UntroD is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that seeks to invest in companies operating in business-to-business, commercial products and services, energy, healthcare, the Internet of Things, cleantech, and technology sectors.

RAISE is a Paris-based investment group comprising a growth capital investment company and a non-profit endowment. It operates Raise Ventures as its venture capital arm, investing in Series A and B and other early to late-stage startups across Europe, with a focus on technology-enabled firms in France, and avoids biotech and medtech. The group manages funds such as Raise Venture Fund, a 2018 vintage vehicle targeting commercial services, mobile and TMT. RAISE Impact supports ambitious projects as a minority shareholder, focusing on strategic development and the measurement of impact across the investment period to advance systemic changes for people and the planet.

Merck & Co. is a global biopharmaceutical company that develops medicines and vaccines across multiple therapeutic areas, including cardiometabolic disease, cancer, and infectious diseases. The company’s cancer program centers on immuno-oncology with Keytruda, and its vaccines business includes Gardasil and pediatric vaccines. Merck also engages in animal health products and maintains a significant US presence, with a substantial share of sales generated in the United States. Headquartered in New Jersey, Merck focuses on research and development to discover and deliver innovative therapies that improve patient outcomes worldwide.