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, investing primarily in seed and Series A rounds with typical checks ranging from 50,000 to 5,000,000. The firm backs visionary founders pursuing global transformations and aims to support growth toward market leadership. Its portfolio includes Alibaba and other marketplace and consumer offerings, with notable investments such as Coupang, Flexport, Delivery Hero, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, Adore Me, and Earnest.

Tiger Global Management is a global investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman. It invests in both private and public markets worldwide, with a focus on technology, internet, consumer, and financial services companies. The firm employs strategies across public equities, including growth and long/short approaches, and private investments across early to late stages, seeking high-quality growth opportunities throughout the lifecycle of portfolio companies. Its activities span globally, aiming to back innovative companies across diverse regions and industries. As a registered investment adviser in the United States, Tiger Global conducts its business through its own platform, dedicating capital to long-term partnerships with high-potential companies.

Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. Established in 2011, it concentrates on software as a service investments and aims to back startups across Latin America. The firm supports portfolio companies with strategic guidance, industry connections, and market access, helping them scale and reach customers. In addition to traditional VC activity, Bossa Invest offers corporate venture capital partnerships to help corporations innovate through startup collaboration. Through its ecosystem, the firm has built a network of partners and co-investors to broaden opportunities for growth and exits across diverse sectors.

Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm that provides accredited investors access to venture-stage and late-stage private market investments. It offers funds, syndicates, investing clubs, and co-investment opportunities with established venture capital firms, and it provides venture investing education through AV Academy along with resources for startup founders.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm focused on early-stage deep-tech and cross-border software companies, investing primarily from pre-seed through growth stages. It accelerates product development, regulatory progress, fundraising, and commercial strategy by providing founders access to purpose-built labs, engineering spaces, and a broad physical and virtual infrastructure across multiple locations. The firm's program-driven approach combines selective funding with hands-on support, mentorship, and a wide network of co-investors and partners to help portfolio companies scale. SOSV operates a suite of specialized facilities for deep-tech founders, including incubation programs that connect startups with customers, researchers, and investors, and it emphasizes long-term relationships through ongoing operational and strategic assistance. While active globally, it maintains strong ties to Asia-focused cross-border markets and supports a diverse portfolio spanning bio-tech, hardware, robotics, software, and related fields.

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with six global offices. It invests in seed to growth-stage companies across sectors including consumer, enterprise software, fintech, crypto, healthcare, and artificial intelligence, providing capital and strategic guidance to help founders scale. The firm emphasizes mentorship and hands-on support to portfolio companies and aims to accelerate ideas, careers, and ventures. General Catalyst manages a large pool of capital and operates multiple funds, funding minority and majority stakes to help companies achieve scale.

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that employs a quantitative, data-driven approach to fund technology startups at the earliest stages. Founded in 2012, it concentrates on capital-efficient companies that are generating revenue and typically seeks rounds of 50,000 to 500,000 dollars, often outside the traditional SF Bay Area and NYC hubs. The firm targets pre-product-market fit ventures across the United States and Canada, making a high volume of investments—hundreds of portfolio companies and more than two thousand investments since inception—with a philosophy of rapid, transparent decision-making and broad post-investment engagement. Its team leverages extensive operational experience to provide hands-on mentorship in areas such as sales, marketing, fundraising, and operations, aiming to support startups through critical growth phases and facilitate later-stage partnerships. RSCM positions itself as an operating-style fund focused on supporting founders, not a standard VC, and emphasizes building a diverse, founder-focused community through events and guidance.

Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that invests in technology startups across early to growth stages, including pre-seed, seed, and Series B rounds. The firm provides capital, founder guidance, operational support, and access to a broad network of entrepreneurs, investors, and industry contacts to help portfolio companies scale. It emphasizes hands-on involvement, long-term partnerships, and mentorship from experienced operators, offering strategic introductions and operational guidance throughout a company's lifecycle.

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz and based in Menlo Park, California. It makes capital deployments across multiple development stages from seed to growth and focuses on high growth technology companies across sectors including artificial intelligence biotechnology and health consumer technologies cryptocurrency fintech and enterprise software and infrastructure. Beyond funding the firm delivers operational support by connecting portfolio companies with a structured ecosystem of technical advisers executive talent and industry operators to help them scale. The firm also pursues initiatives to broaden access to technology and leadership reflecting a commitment to innovation and broad industry impact.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It provides capital and strategic guidance to technology companies across seed, early and growth stages, helping startups develop products, scale operations, and expand into new markets. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships, closely supporting leadership through multiple funding rounds and critical strategic initiatives as companies mature. Sequoia operates globally, with activity in the United States, China, India and Israel, among other regions.

Soma Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that focuses on software and technology companies, investing across B2B, SaaS, AI, fintech, clean-tech, frontier-tech, prop-tech, cryptocurrency, health tech and consumer sectors. The firm has backed notable startups including OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Rippling and Lambda School, reflecting a track record of identifying ambitious founders and supporting growth. Its investment activity spans global markets with presence in Africa, the Middle East, South America and Asia, and it emphasizes building strong relationships with founders to help them scale their businesses.

Global Brain is an independent venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1998. It invests in technology startups worldwide, with a focus on sectors such as artificial intelligence, cloud software, cybersecurity, fintech, advertising technology, agriculture technology, climate tech, and related fields. The firm targets seed to growth-stage opportunities and collaborates with corporate venture partners to provide hands-on support and resources to portfolio companies. It maintains flagship funds and ongoing investment programs and has backed numerous startups with several notable exits, reflecting an emphasis on global expansion and practical value creation for early-stage and growth companies.

Orbit Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on emerging markets, investing in technology companies that digitize traditional industries to raise living standards in a sustainable way. Based in Singapore, it backs digitalization across e-commerce, fintech, media, healthcare, education, and logistics in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. The firm emphasizes rapid iteration, operational excellence, and strategic partnerships, supporting portfolio companies with specialized task forces and a broad network of mentors and corporate partners. It provides hands-on support for partnerships, business development, fundraising, and growth, and maintains a long-term investment program with follow-on funding. The portfolio comprises about 260 companies, supported by 575 mentors and 212 corporate partners, and the firm hosts events that connect enterprise innovation leaders with founders.

Blume Ventures is a Mumbai-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups in India, focusing on seed and pre-Series A rounds. It targets tech-enabled ventures across sectors such as artificial intelligence, healthcare, fintech, e-commerce, real estate, and enterprise software, aiming to transform industries and address societal challenges. As a long-term partner, it provides capital alongside strategic guidance, ecosystem insights, and mentoring, and it often co-invests with angels and seed funds while offering follow-on financing to portfolio companies to support growth over multiple rounds.

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that provides funding across all stages to science and technology companies pursuing transformative innovations. The firm backs startups addressing complex problems in areas such as aerospace, artificial intelligence, energy, health, cybersecurity, data analytics, and software, and has supported notable portfolio companies including SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook and Airbnb. Founders Fund emphasizes a founder-friendly approach that aims to offer substantial support with minimal interference, while potentially deploying capital globally as needed. The firm seeks to invest in companies with the potential to reshape industries and the future through advanced engineering, manufacturing, and information technology.

Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate focused on supporting LGBTQ+ founders and leaders, investing in companies across stages and sectors and prioritizing inclusive teams and governance. It operates a global portfolio of companies and provides capital alongside resources to recruit diverse talent for C-suite and board roles. The network emphasizes collaboration among investors, operators, and entrepreneurs to advance positive social change through business.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 1974 that specializes in seed and development-stage investments. It supports startups across information technology, life science, electronics, high technology, AI, biotech, fintech, and healthcare sectors with a focus on opportunities relevant to the Japanese market. The firm engages in investment syndication and maintains offices in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya to facilitate regional deal flow and collaboration with MUFG affiliates. It aims to foster sustainable value creation by backing innovative companies at early and growth stages and by aligning portfolio activities with Japan’s technology and industry priorities.

Venture Catalysts is an India-based early-stage investment platform and venture capital firm that supports startups from pre-seed to Series B. It provides fundraising assistance, mentorship, and access to an extensive investor network, helping founders navigate capital raises and growth. The firm conducts institutional-grade due diligence and engages across technology, consumer, fintech, and healthtech sectors, offering ongoing capital and development support to its portfolio. Over ten years it has backed more than 400 startups, with more than 200 exits and uprounds. It operates an exclusive community for investors to participate in the early-stage ecosystem and delivers curated deals, events, and educational programs focused on founder empowerment and active investment participation.

Nexus Venture Partners is a California-headquartered venture capital firm with offices in Mumbai and Bangalore. Founded in 2006, it targets seed and early-stage investments in consumer, healthcare, business services, and technology companies across the United States and India, with a focus on product-first enterprises in areas such as enterprise software, e-commerce, big data, AI, SaaS, and related digital platforms. The firm partners with founders from inception through Series A, providing funding, strategic guidance, and access to its network of industry experts, and operates with a team of ex-entrepreneurs who bring hands-on, go-to-market and operational experience to help companies scale in the US and India.

Greycroft is a venture capital firm focused on technology startups and investments in the Internet and mobile markets. Based in New York with offices in Los Angeles, it supports entrepreneurs by enhancing visibility, enabling strategic relationships, and accelerating product market entry through its broad media and technology industry network. The firm manages over $1 billion in assets and has completed more than 200 investments since its inception, backing companies such as Acorns, Venmo, Huffington Post, Scopely, Thrive Market, Boxed, Shipt, and Whatnot. Greycroft emphasizes hands-on founder support and inclusive deal practices, including the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.

SMBC Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, backed by the SMBC Group. It makes venture and growth-capital investments across information technology, life sciences, services, and manufacturing, supporting portfolio companies with strategic guidance, management assistance, and connections to auditors, securities firms, and other investors through the SMBC network. Established in 2005 and headquartered in Tokyo with an Osaka office, the firm prioritizes long-term partnerships with founders to help scale businesses and address societal challenges. Its portfolio exceeds 400 companies that have gone public, including listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market in 2026. The firm leverages SMBC's global capabilities to provide value through cross-industry collaboration, governance and growth-oriented capital deployment within Japan and beyond.

East Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 and based in Singapore, focused on identifying and backing technology startups across Southeast Asia. The firm makes multi-stage investments from seed to growth, supporting early-stage founders and helping portfolio companies scale in Indonesia, Singapore, and the broader region. East Ventures emphasizes building a regional ecosystem, promoting digital innovation and entrepreneurship, and sustaining long-term value for its portfolio companies through active involvement in strategy, scale, and collaborations.

Goodwater Capital is a venture capital firm based in Burlingame, California, established in 2014. It concentrates on consumer and prosumer technology, investing across multiple stages with a founder-first, data-driven approach. The firm seeks to empower exceptional entrepreneurs to create positive change globally and supports portfolio companies through research insights and founder-focused resources. It backs a wide range of consumer technologies and services that aim to improve everyday life, bridging sectors such as housing, financial services, healthcare, and entertainment. The practice emphasizes helping founders scale by combining market insight with hands-on support.

Inflection Point Ventures is an Indian early-stage angel investment platform and network based in Gurgaon. Founded in 2018, it connects startups with a community of professionals, CXOs, HNIs and family offices, providing capital as well as mentorship, market access and strategic guidance through its extensive investor network. The firm emphasizes democratizing angel investing with low membership fees, small investment ticket sizes, a transparent process and rigorous upfront due diligence led by industry experts. It operates across sectors including healthcare, software, clean technology, deep tech, e-commerce, edtech, fintech, gaming and social platforms, focusing on committed and capable founders rather than a specific industry.

F6 Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm operating in the Middle East and Africa. It provides early capital and hands-on support, leveraging a robust network to help portfolio startups scale beyond borders. The firm has invested in over 300 companies across seven countries and manages more than $90 million in assets, focusing on Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A rounds. It emphasizes long-term partnerships, impact, and ESG, including support for female-led startups and youth employment. It aims to accelerate growth and innovation in emerging markets.

Société Générale is a multinational financial services group providing retail, corporate and investment banking, securities services and asset and wealth management. It delivers financing, advisory, market access and risk management solutions to individuals, businesses, financial institutions and public sector clients through a global network. The group pursues sustainable growth through impact financing and climate initiatives, including energy transition projects, cross-border payments and innovative technologies. It supports sectors such as agrivoltaics, infrastructure and cocoa, and embraces digital finance, including AI and stablecoins enabled services. The firm employs around 110,000 people and serves millions of clients in 58 countries with services spanning payments, cash management, custody, investment management and private banking.

A.P. Moller-Maersk is a global container logistics company that provides container shipping, terminals, ports, and end-to-end logistics and warehousing services. It operates worldwide, with its oceans segment as the largest contributor to revenue and earnings, supported by a large fleet and global terminal assets. The group aims to simplify trade by digitally connecting shipments and customers, and has pursued acquisitions to strengthen its logistics footprint while divesting noncore operations. The company seeks to position its logistics and terminal assets as its growth engine within a strategy focused on expanding end-to-end supply chain capabilities.

Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm with six offices across EMEA, backing founders from pre-seed to growth with sector-focused investment teams and long-term conviction. It provides day-one access to a global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, and top-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster. The firm targets six core verticals—AI & Infra, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Fintech & DeFi, Health & Bio, and Marketplaces & Consumer—and adopts a partnership approach that leverages deep industry expertise to help portfolio companies scale rapidly. Notable investments include Bitpanda, GoStudent, Tide, and Wayflyer, among others. Speedinvest focuses on long-term capital and global reach to support ambitious startups through multiple growth stages.

G Squared is a global venture capital firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in Chicago, with offices in San Francisco, Miami, and Zurich. The firm provides growth capital and liquidity solutions to technology companies, combining primary funding to support growth with direct secondary transactions and company-sponsored employee tenders to facilitate liquidity for early investors and employees as private companies stay private longer. It invests across software, consumer, fintech, mobility, and related tech sectors, including AI and data infrastructure, prioritizing long-term partnerships that aim to preserve management control during growth. Its portfolio includes household names such as 23andMe, Coursera, Instacart, Lyft, Pinterest, and Spotify, along with disruptors across growth stages such as Asana, Blend, Brex, Capsule, Flexport, Impossible Foods, Toast, and Turo.

8VC is a San Francisco-based private investment firm that backs early-stage and growth companies across a broad range of sectors, including life sciences, healthcare, energy, financial services, enterprise software, IT infrastructure, logistics, manufacturing, defense, and government. The firm pursues industry transformation by supporting portfolio companies with capital and hands-on initiatives to scale transformative technologies, from medical innovations and zero-emission transit to security compliance and infrastructure automation. Through an active portfolio-support model and a global network, 8VC partners with entrepreneurs to build durable companies and create long-term economic and societal value.

Pioneer Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that concentrates on early-stage investments, with a focus on startups emerging from Y Combinator and a broad mix of sectors including artificial intelligence, machine learning, consumer products and services, financial technology, information technology, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, and real estate technology. The firm builds a diversified portfolio of YC origin companies and leverages a network of experienced venture partners and operating partners to support portfolio growth. With deep integration into the Y Combinator ecosystem, Pioneer Fund aims to nurture innovative teams and help them scale through strategic guidance and hands on support.

New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in Menlo Park, California. It provides capital and operational support to companies across development stages, from seed to IPO, with a focus on technology and healthcare sectors. The firm collaborates with founders to address technical challenges, offering domain expertise to assist product development and market expansion. NEA invests across the United States, Asia and Brazil, and its portfolio includes software, consumer technology, medical devices, life sciences, healthcare information technology, and energy technology companies. With a long track record of helping entrepreneurs achieve growth, NEA emphasizes enduring partnerships and strategic guidance alongside funding to build transformational businesses through multiple stages of a company lifecycle.

IDG Capital is a global venture capital firm founded in 1993 and headquartered in Hong Kong, with offices across multiple continents and a team of hundreds of professionals. It invests across venture, growth, and secondary markets, backing founders in technology, healthcare, consumer, media, and related sectors, with a strong emphasis on China and broader Asia. The firm leverages a global network to support portfolio companies through various stages and geographies, helping with geographic expansion, partnerships, and strategic growth. IDG Capital has backed more than 1,800 companies across 10+ markets and 600+ exits, reflecting a long-term, value-driven approach and a track record of helping entrepreneurs scale internationally.

CDP Venture Capital is a leading Italian venture capital fund manager that oversees about €4.9 billion in assets under management across 15 direct and indirect funds. The firm concentrates its investments in sectors integral to Italy’s growth, aiming to place entrepreneurship at the center of economic development. It supports a mature portfolio, pursues ecosystem collaborations to strengthen investments and innovation, and is expanding through new vehicles such as Ulixes and Lumen Ventures' Lumen II, a seed-stage fund focused on insurtech, fintech, digital health, and cybersecurity. CDP maintains a substantial presence in Rome and Milan and offers opportunities through programs like XJOBS. The organization emphasizes transparency through regular investor materials and annual reports, reinforcing its role in advancing the venture capital ecosystem in Italy.

DST Global is an international internet investment firm that backs late-stage information technology and digital businesses. It focuses on growth opportunities in private markets and deploys capital through venture and private equity investments, engaging with founders and management teams to support development ahead of liquidity events. The firm conducts due diligence and structures investments, and it operates globally with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Beijing, and Hong Kong, with its registered presence in the Cayman Islands. Its portfolio spans information technology, mobile, internet of things, and e-commerce sectors within the internet economy.

GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that reorganized in March 2024 into two distinct entities: Granite Asia and Notable Capital. Granite Asia, headquartered in Singapore, focuses on investments across the Asia-Pacific region, including Southeast Asia, Japan, China, India, and Australia. Notable Capital, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, concentrates on the United States, Israel, Europe, and Latin America. The split enables more focused investment strategies and tailored support for portfolio companies within each geographic area, while the firm continues to back early and growth-stage startups across sectors.

Lerer Hippeau is a New York-based venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in a broad range of sectors, including fintech, blockchain, hardware and robotics, healthcare, consumer technologies, and media. Founded in 2010, it partners with founders from seed to early growth, providing strategic support and operational expertise as they build enduring companies. The firm maintains a diverse portfolio of both enterprise and consumer startups and emphasizes brand building, product vision, and founder collaboration.

Eclipse Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto that invests in early-stage companies shaping the physical economy. Founded in 2015, it focuses on industrial sectors such as manufacturing, infrastructure, and related technologies, aiming to increase efficiency, resilience, and profitability in physical industries. The firm leverages founders' operating experience—having built factories, shipped hardware, and scaled supply chains—to advise on strategy, technology validation, leadership recruitment, and customer acquisition, helping portfolio companies reach key milestones and first customers.

Vertex Ventures is a global venture capital firm network that backs early-stage technology startups and provides hands-on operating support through a cadre of operator-investors. As part of Vertex Holdings, it operates across the United States, China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia, with regional arms such as Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India that target high-growth startups seeking their first institutional funding in Singapore, India, Indonesia and other regional hubs. The firm pursues Series A and early-stage rounds in sectors including mobile internet, enterprise technology, fintech, consumer internet, healthtech and sustainability, leveraging its network of portfolio companies, partners, talent and customers to help founders scale to global markets. Vertex Ventures emphasizes not only capital but practical support, drawing on its global reach to provide strategic guidance, partnerships and market access. The network maintains a presence in major tech hubs and collaborates with local funds to combine local knowledge with global resources to accelerate growth across diverse markets.

BEENEXT is a global venture capital firm based in Singapore that partners with founder-first startups across diverse sectors and geographies. Founded in 2015, BEENEXT operates in 17 countries across five continents and supports entrepreneurs through a collaborative, network-driven approach that combines mentorship, knowledge exchange, and business co-creation. The firm backs early-stage ventures in fintech, mobility, sustainability, enterprise software, AI and analytics, cloud infrastructure, agritech, direct-to-consumer, and web3, among others, with a focus on long-term growth and resilient businesses. BEENEXT emphasizes strong relationships, community building, and ongoing support for founders, including assistance during challenging times, and connects portfolio companies to a global ecosystem of collaborators and partners. Notable portfolio companies include BharatPe, Instamojo, and Get My Parking, illustrating its global reach in fintech and beyond.

Jungle Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that backs technology-led startups across Southeast Asia and India, from seed to growth stages. The firm focuses on enterprise software, consumer technology, financial technology, big data, and related sectors, including B2B and B2C models, e-commerce, payments, and cloud-based platforms. It seeks long-term partnerships with founders, providing capital and hands-on support to build scalable, capital-efficient businesses capable of regional and global expansion. The portfolio spans regional and global category leaders, with the firm reportedly managing over a billion dollars in assets. Based in Singapore, Jungle Ventures collaborates with founders to accelerate growth toward unicorn status and potential IPOs, leveraging sector expertise and an international network to help portfolio companies scale in Asia and beyond.

Partech is a global venture capital firm founded in 1982 and headquartered in Paris, with offices in Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi, and San Francisco. It backs founders from seed through growth stage, combining capital, operational experience, and strategic support to help entrepreneurs scale. The firm invests across Europe and Africa in technology-enabled sectors such as software, financial services, cybersecurity, mobility, e-commerce, and healthcare, and manages a portfolio of around 220 companies across 40 countries with assets under management of approximately €2.5 billion.

HV Capital is a Munich, Germany-based European venture capital firm that invests in technology startups across Europe at all stages, from seed to growth and IPO readiness. The firm partners with founders to provide capital, strategic guidance, and access to a broad network, supporting companies through multiple funding rounds. It focuses on software, fintech, healthcare, consumer technology, and related deep-tech sectors such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, aerospace, and defense technology, and emphasizes a multi-stage investment approach combined with operational involvement and a long-term partnership.

Forum Ventures is a founder-first venture platform focused on B2B software, established in 2014 (originally Acceleprise). It operates as a venture studio, accelerator, and pre-seed fund that supports early-stage B2B SaaS startups from concept to growth. The model combines hands-on venture studio involvement from the start, an accelerator program to accelerate early-stage companies, and a pre-seed fund to finance and back founders, along with a supportive community of over 1,300 founders. Forum provides fundraising and product development assistance, including customer discovery and product-market fit, and leverages a network to help raise capital from leading firms such as Andreessen Horowitz and Salesforce Ventures among others. The organization runs Forum For Founders, a pre-seed program with funding and mentorship in a 15-week format focused on go-to-market and fundraising, and it maintains a portfolio of over 250 B2B SaaS companies. Based in New York, Forum Ventures targets AI, health tech, fintech, supply chain, and related sectors within B2B software.

Shunwei Capital is a Beijing-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that makes early- to growth-stage investments in internet, information technology, and high-tech sectors. It focuses on deep technology, smart manufacturing, Internet+, consumption, enterprise services, and electric-vehicle-related opportunities, supporting startups in China and selective international ventures with capital and hands-on guidance. The firm backs notable companies across mobile devices, wearables, AIoT, online video, and other consumer technology, including Xiaomi, iQIYI, Agora, Huami Technology, and Viomi, aiming to help founders scale globally and build globally respected businesses.

Info Edge Ventures, established in 2008, is the corporate venture capital arm of Info Edge, located in Gurgaon, India. The firm focuses on investing in early to growth stage companies across various sectors, including consumer technology, fintech, deep tech, e-commerce, and agritech. Its mission is to support emerging entrepreneurs and contribute to the digital revolution by enhancing consumer experiences and delivering value through innovative platforms.

Lux Capital is a New York–based venture capital firm that backs science- and technology-driven companies across sectors such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, advanced materials, space, energy, 3D printing, genomics, drones, and related fields. The firm provides capital together with strategic input on product development, company building, and long-term positioning, and it evaluates opportunities based on underlying science, potential industry impact, and feasibility of execution over extended horizons. Working with technical founders and research-driven teams, Lux aims to translate complex innovations into scalable businesses, help portfolio companies become better connected and more capable of achieving leadership, and support entrepreneurs through active involvement in building market-ready products and go-to-market strategies.

Kima Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm with a London office that backs early-stage startups worldwide, investing from seed to Series A, often as lead investor but also alongside co-investors, and taking a hands-on approach that pairs funding with mentorship, a broad founder network, and rapid decision-making to reduce fundraising friction. The firm focuses on technology companies and supports ambitious founders in building strong teams, learning quickly, and executing toward growth. It operates globally, having invested in over 400 startups across 24 countries in recent years, highlighting its active and scalable model. The firm was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, a notable entrepreneur and investor in the tech ecosystem, and positions itself as a network of founders and experts sharing a pay-it-forward mindset.

Project A Ventures is a Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012 that funds seed and Series A technology companies across Europe. The firm combines capital with extensive operational support, deploying a team of more than 100 experts in software engineering, data analytics, marketing, and recruiting to help portfolio companies scale. Its investments span sectors such as consumer tech, fintech, digital health, e-commerce, ad tech, cybersecurity, and enterprise software, with a pan-European approach and involvement in incubation and acceleration activities. Notable portfolio companies include Trade Republic and sennder. Project A emphasizes long-term founder partnerships and typically makes initial investments in the lower mid single-digit millions, with scope for follow-on rounds.

Chiratae Ventures is a Bengaluru-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups in India. It focuses on deep tech and invests across mobility, software-as-a-service, education technology, consumer technology, health technology, climate technology, fintech, agriculture, B2B, and other sectors. The firm runs programs to support entrepreneurs and connect portfolio companies with investors, including the Sonic DeepTech Program, which offers rapid investment decisions and investments up to $2 million. Chiratae has a strong track record, having backed unicorns and deployed about $1.4 billion across seven funds, with exits and IPOs that demonstrate its growth support. The company leverages a global network and resources to help portfolio companies scale and access international markets.