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.

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.

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.

HV Capital is a Munich- and Berlin-based venture capital firm that supports founders in building internet and technology companies. Founded in 2000 as HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, it has financed around 200 startups across growth stages and has backed notable portfolio companies such as Zalando, Delivery Hero, FlixMobility and SumUp. The firm invests across a broad range of sectors including fintech, B2B, e-commerce, enterprise, travel, education, mobility, healthcare and retail, and provides capital from early to growth rounds, reflecting its ability to fund companies through multiple growth phases.

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.

Edition Capital is a London-based venture capital firm that provides growth and early-stage funding to UK companies in entertainment, leisure, hospitality, lifestyle, well-being, content creation, IP, digital and technology sectors. Founded in 2015, it typically invests between £0.5 million and £5 million per round in post-revenue businesses, supporting expansion in areas such as marketplaces, live events, food and beverage, immersive experiences, and TV and music production.

Cool Japan Fund is an investment firm established in 2013 and based in Tokyo, Japan. As a public-private fund, it provides risk capital to companies across media and content, food and services, and fashion and lifestyle, with the aim of promoting overseas demand for high-quality Japanese products and services and supporting international expansion of Japanese brands.

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.

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.

ASMALLWORLD is a digital travel and lifestyle ecosystem centered on a private social network. Members use its app and website to connect with others, participate in online discussions, receive travel and lifestyle inspiration, and access a range of travel privileges and services. The platform enables hotel bookings, exclusive events, and premium experiences through its community. It operates two business segments, Subscriptions and Services, with subscription access deriving the majority of revenue. In addition to online interactions, the company facilitates in-person events worldwide, including launches, galas, exhibitions, and sporting events, which strengthen member engagement. By combining social networking with travel and lifestyle offerings, ASMALLWORLD aims to provide curated experiences and privileged access for its global community.

LEGO Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of the LEGO Brand, focused on investing in companies and ideas that enhance creativity, learning, and play. Its mission is to support entrepreneurs and initiatives that align with the LEGO philosophy, aiming to provide high-quality creative play and educational experiences to children globally. By fostering innovation in these areas, LEGO Ventures seeks to expand its reach and impact, ensuring that more children can benefit from engaging and enriching experiences.

Bestport Ventures is an independent, entrepreneurial provider of development capital to small, fast-growing companies in the United Kingdom. Founded in 2005 by Ole Bettum and James Stoddart, the firm aims to deploy its venture-investing experience through a focused vehicle serving an under-served segment of the market. It specializes in growth and expansion financing and also considers smaller management buyout or buy-in proposals. The firm pursues opportunities across sectors including business services, education, building materials, leisure, consumer services, internet/software, financial services, healthcare, and information technology, prioritizing investments in the United Kingdom. Typical commitments range from £2 million to £7 million, with the firm taking a seat on the board of portfolio companies. Based in London, Bestport Ventures partners with management teams to help scale operations and accelerate growth.

Seedcamp is a European seed-stage venture capital firm based in London that identifies and invests early in founders tackling large global markets with technology. It supports a community of more than 400 startups, including publicly listed UiPath and Wise and unicorns such as Revolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo and wefox, as well as fast-growing companies like Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. The firm accelerates founders by providing smart capital, a lifelong community, and a global network built on more than a decade of backing exceptional talent.

Darwin Venture Management is a venture capital firm headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with offices in Hsinchu and the United States. Founded in 2009, it manages funds across multiple stages, including Series A/B, late-stage, and secondary investments, and in 2022 launched an evergreen angel fund to enable nimble bets on promising early-stage teams, particularly from Taiwan’s universities and research institutes. The firm differentiates itself through cross-border and cross-stage exposure and by leveraging a technically strong team. Its investment focus spans biotechnology, software, consumer products, materials and equipment, semiconductors, healthcare, communications, and surveillance, with activity centered in Taiwan and Silicon Valley. Darwin Venture Management recently launched its eighth fund, Darjune.

Zero Gravity is a privately held space entertainment and tourism company that offers the only commercial experience on Earth allowing individuals to experience true weightlessness without traveling to space. The company emphasizes meticulous service and high-quality experiences, building on its history to provide adventure-based tourism.

SHUFL Capital is a venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2020. It invests in early-stage startups from pre-seed to Series A, focusing on the sleep, health, fitness and leisure sectors, and works with entrepreneurs to support growth.

American Outdoor Brands is a manufacturer of outdoor and firearms products serving hunting, fishing, camping, shooting, personal security and defense markets. The company designs and produces a broad range of gear, including shooting supplies, rests and vaults; premium knives and tools for fishing and hunting; land management tools for hunting preparedness; harvesting and post-hunt products; electro-optical devices such as hunting optics, firearm aiming devices, flashlights and laser grips; reloading, gunsmithing and firearm cleaning supplies; and survival, camping and emergency preparedness products. It sells through e-commerce and traditional distribution channels under the Marksman, Defender, Harvester and Adventure brands. The business is headquartered in Columbia, Missouri.

Exuberance Capital is a Swiss-based growth equity and venture capital firm that backs e-commerce companies and related luxury and digital services. Based in Kreuzlingen, the firm pursues investments across luxury yachting, luxury real estate, electronic commerce agencies, and integration services, and operates with an international scope to fuel the growth of online commerce platforms worldwide.

Axivate Capital is a growth equity and private equity firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that supports Dutch and European companies in digital media, e-commerce, internet and leisure, including travel and hospitality sectors. The firm invests in seed, early-stage ventures as well as buy-outs and growth capital, typically committing between €0.1 million and €5 million per participation and taking substantial minority or majority stakes. It partners with fast-growing companies that challenge large markets with disruptive business models or innovative technologies, offering hands-on value through strategic guidance, sector expertise and an extensive network rather than day-to-day management. Axivate aims to scale businesses for international growth and lasting value creation, aligning with management teams to accelerate expansion and transformation over a multi-year horizon. Founded in the early 2010s, Axivate operates primarily in Europe with a focus on Dutch and wider European opportunities.

Subhkam Ventures is a Mumbai-based investment firm operating as a family office and principal investment vehicle, engaging in private equity, venture capital, and public market investments. It seeks to invest in start-ups and midsized companies, providing initial-stage funding and growth capital across industries including infrastructure, biotechnology, financial services, aerospace, telecom, real estate, tourism, waste management, and healthcare.

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.

RTP Global is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology investments, supporting portfolio companies with strategic guidance and a broad global network. Founded in 2000, the firm operates with offices in New York, London, Bangalore, and Dubai, and has invested in companies across Europe, Asia, and North America, including several that later became multi-billion-dollar public companies such as Yandex, EPAM, Delivery Hero, RingCentral, Datadog, and Ozon.

Indico Capital Partners is an independent venture capital firm based in Lisbon, Portugal, focused on backing early-stage global technology companies. The firm primarily invests in software as a service, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, fintech, internet of things and other technology sectors, targeting seed to Series A rounds. Established in 2017 by experienced investors, Indico emphasizes a global perspective and supports portfolio companies with strategic guidance and access to international networks. It has backed notable Portuguese tech success stories and seeks to foster startups with a strong DNA in innovation from Portugal and beyond.

EEP Capital is a Brooklyn-based venture capital firm, established in 2022, that backs early-stage opportunities in the padel ecosystem and adjacent sports sectors. Its investment focus includes consumer-oriented Padel clubs, sports technology, and related consumer products, with an emphasis on partnering with local U.S. entrepreneurs to grow padel in the United States.

TheVentureCity is a Miami-based global venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage technology investments. It backs product-oriented startups across the United States, Europe, and the Americas, from pre-seed and seed to Series A. Investment sectors include software, fintech, health tech, AI, SaaS, logistics, cybersecurity, information technology, mobility, and digital health, with a broad interest in B2B and B2C models. The firm has more than $150 million under management and pursues a multi-stage approach, typically placing tickets from about $100,000 up to several million dollars in a portfolio of companies. By combining geographic reach with sector breadth, TheVentureCity supports portfolio companies through early growth and scale, aiming to accelerate product development, go-to-market execution, and international expansion.

LocalGlobe is a United Kingdom-based venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage investments. Based in London, it backs ambitious UK founders and seeks to help them turn early ideas into scalable businesses with global potential. The firm has backed notable early-stage companies including Citymapper, Improbable, Lovefilm, Moo, Tweetdeck, TransferWise, and Zoopla, reflecting a track record of spotting successful consumer and software startups. LocalGlobe invests across technology sectors such as software, e-commerce, fintech, and related fields, leveraging its London network to support portfolio companies as they grow. Active in the UK seed ecosystem since the late 1990s, LocalGlobe is recognized for identifying promising founders and helping them scale in the UK and beyond.

JAFCO is a Tokyo-based investment management firm established in 1973 that invests in private equity across Japan, Asia and the United States, with a focus on venture and buyout opportunities in technology-related sectors. It supports portfolio companies with financing and hands-on resources, including human resources, marketing and back-office operations. The firm maintains a broad Asia-Pacific footprint with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul and Beijing, and has a long track record of exits in its technology portfolio. It has mobilized substantial capital commitments across its funds and backs entrepreneurs to translate ideas into scalable businesses.

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm founded in 1911 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. It backs startups across seed to growth stages, focusing on software, cloud, cybersecurity, fintech, consumer and healthcare technologies, and high-growth business models. The firm operates internationally, supporting portfolio companies from early product development through scale, and has backed well-known names such as Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, Wix and others. BVP emphasizes helping founders establish durable foundations and guides companies through multiple growth phases, leveraging hands-on operational support, strategic networks, and cross-border expertise. With a diversified approach that includes consumer, enterprise and deep-tech investments, the firm seeks to build lasting companies that matter across global markets.

YFM Equity Partners is an independent private equity firm based in Leeds, United Kingdom, with offices in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield. Founded in 1982, it is owned by its senior management and investment team. The firm invests in growth and buyout opportunities across the United Kingdom, primarily targeting small and mid-sized companies in sectors including business services, software, manufacturing, technology-enabled services, and consumer brands. It typically makes equity investments in the range of a few million pounds per company (for example up to £10 million per company) and seeks to take board seats to support growth. Investments aim to exit within approximately five years through sale or listing. YFM focuses on SMEs and collaborates with management teams to drive expansion and value creation.

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.

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, it funds software and technology companies across seed to growth stages, with emphasis on web and mobile applications, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, fintech, consumer Internet, artificial intelligence, and biotech-adjacent ventures. The firm focuses on technology-enabled businesses and provides strategic support and networks 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.

Mangrove Capital Partners is a Luxembourg-based venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2000 that concentrates on early-stage technology companies. The firm aims to turn visions into reality by providing financing, strategic guidance, and industry relationships, with a history of backing notable unicorns such as Skype, Wix, WalkMe, Flo Health, K Health, and others. Mangrove targets internet and software businesses across sectors including online services, marketplaces, SaaS, mobile, security, and related infrastructure, with a geographic focus on Europe (including the Benelux, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Russia) and Israel, and opportunistically in the United States, Canada, and India. The practice combines long-term, patient capital with active involvement to help portfolio companies scale in growth phases.

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.

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.

123 Investment Managers is an independent investment firm based in Paris with offices in Lyon, specializing in private asset investments across venture capital, private equity, and fund of funds. It pursues direct investments in a broad range of stages from seed to mature growth and co-investment opportunities, primarily in technology, industry, renewable energy, and consumer sectors, and also in health-related and eldercare services, hotels, clinics, and other accommodation ventures. The firm focuses on Europe, with emphasis on France, Switzerland, the United States, and Canada, and targets portfolio company enterprise values roughly €5 million to €400 million, investing typically from about €0.8 million to €8 million per deal. It also offers multi-theme private asset strategies across tourism, healthcare, infrastructure, and real estate to help private and institutional clients access unlisted French companies and long-term value creation.

Founded in 2014, Elysian Park Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles. It invests primarily in sports-related companies operating across health, culture, commerce, and technology sectors.

Globis Capital Partners is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm that focuses on venture and mid-market investments in technology companies across Japan, including consumer and business sectors. Linked to the Globis Group, it blends local market presence with Western venture capital experience to offer hands-on support and industry expertise.

Unpopular Ventures is a San Francisco, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that focuses on technology companies. It makes active investments across a broad range of startups, supporting companies through various growth stages. Since inception it has deployed approximately 75 million dollars across roughly 500 startups, including Zepto, Jeeves, and Yassir, reflecting a high level of ongoing deal activity.

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.

Hiro Capital is a London-based venture capital firm focused on investing in games, esports, streaming, and digital sports, along with front-end content creators and back-end game technology and related service innovations. The firm backs opportunities across the United Kingdom, Europe and North America, typically at post-seed to Series A and B stages. It pursues a portfolio that blends consumer-facing entertainment with deep-tech applications such as cloud, mobile, streaming, big data, AI, wearables, and augmented/virtual reality. Founded in 2019, Hiro Capital aims to support early-stage companies that advance gaming and digital entertainment ecosystems through a combination of content and technology platforms.

Precursor Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage startups, focusing on pre-seed and seed rounds in North America. It invests in B2B and B2C software applications and hardware across sectors including consumer, digital health, education, enterprise, fintech, marketplace, SaaS, information technology, media, and more. The firm tends to support companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Toronto, with activity in other U.S., Canada, and Mexico markets. Typical investments range from USD 0.1 million to 0.25 million per company. Founded in 2015, Precursor Ventures emphasizes investing in people and has adopted a Diversity Term Sheet Rider.

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.

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.

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.

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.

NEOPLY is a South Korea–based accelerator and venture capital firm that supports early-stage startups with seed funding, mentoring, networking, and office space. Since 2008 it has incubated dozens of startups and provides follow-on investment opportunities, including consideration of blockchain-focused ventures. The company operates programs to accelerate growth for South Korean startups and helps founders navigate fundraising and go-to-market strategies.

Ardent Venture Partners is a Washington, DC-based venture capital firm founded in 2020 that backs early-stage technology startups. It invests in start-up technology companies located in the Mid-Atlantic region, Georgia, and Colorado, with a focus on AI-native applications, vertical SaaS, and B2B fintech. The firm aims to support founders building technology that transforms work by providing strategic guidance and capital to accelerate product development, market entry, and growth.

Overline is a venture capital investment firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, focused on seed-stage investments in the Southeast United States. Founded in 2020, it backs exceptional founders, leads seed rounds, sets terms, and supports portfolio companies to grow local entrepreneurship. The firm emphasizes building a vibrant, inclusive community that serves as a launchpad for the next generation of regional startups.

Slow Ventures is a generalist early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco with additional presence in Boston and New York. Founded in 2011, it invests in technology‑driven startups and ventures at the intersection of science, society, and culture, supporting companies across sectors such as software, fintech, cryptocurrency, e-commerce, mobile, consumer and commercial services, financial services, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. The firm emphasizes helping founders through capital, resources, and industry connections to build sustainable, scalable businesses. It operates as a registered investment adviser.