IA Capital Group, established in 1992 and headquartered in New York, is a private equity firm specializing in venture capital investments. It focuses on the insurtech and fintech sectors, targeting early and growth-stage companies in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The firm invests between $1.5 million and $10 million, typically taking majority or minority stakes in companies with sales exceeding $2 million. IA Capital's portfolio spans various sub-sectors, including payments, financial infrastructure, insurance technology, lending, and wealth management. Additionally, the firm manages strategic venture capital programs for multiple insurers and incubates new companies.
HPS Investment Partners is a global investment firm focused on non-investment grade credit. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, it operates with offices worldwide. The firm originated as a unit of Highbridge Capital Management, a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and was acquired by its principals in 2016, with J.P. Morgan retaining the hedge fund strategies. HPS manages a broad set of capital-structure strategies, including syndicated leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, privately negotiated senior secured debt, mezzanine financing, asset-based leasing, and private equity, serving clients across industries such as insurance, healthcare, media, retail, logistics, and marine.
MTech Capital is a venture capital firm with offices in Santa Monica and London that invests in technology companies across insurtech, wealthtech, asset management, health and wellness, employee benefits, and enterprise software. Founded in 2018, it backs founders who aim to transform the insurance industry and related financial services through technology, and it makes investments across stages in North America and Europe, including Israel.
Founded in 2013, Autotech Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It manages over $400 million to invest in startups innovating in connected, autonomous, shared, and electrified vehicles, as well as related mobility services. The firm provides capital, industry contacts, market intelligence, talent recruitment support, and fundraising assistance to its portfolio companies.
Anthemis Group is an independent investment firm founded in 2010 and headquartered in London. It operates as a multi-stage asset management platform focused on financial services and technology, particularly fintech and insurtech. The firm targets opportunities from pre-seed through growth stages and invests in, grows, and sustains companies across North America and Europe to advance resiliency, transparency, access, and equity in the financial system. By supporting a diverse ecosystem of startups, investors, entrepreneurs, institutions, and researchers, Anthemis aims to accelerate innovation in finance.
Beams FinTech Fund is a Mumbai-based investment firm focused on growth-stage and expansion opportunities in India's fintech and technology sectors. It targets fintech, financial services, technology, software, and SaaS companies in India, typically investing around USD 8 to 10 million and aiming to build a portfolio of about 10 to 12 companies. Founded in 2021.
Founded in 2010, American Family Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed to series B investments. It focuses on companies developing technologies and business models relevant to the future of insurance, with an emphasis on FinTech, data analytics, IoT, cybersecurity, and home automation. The firm invests between $500k to $2m per round.
Founded in Berlin in 2013, Global Founders Capital is a venture capital firm supporting entrepreneurs across various stages and global markets. It focuses on software and TMT sectors, investing based on potential impact and feasibility.
JamJar Investments LLP is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2013, specializing in seed and early-stage investments primarily in the consumer services and products sectors, as well as technology and non-tech industries, including food and drink. The firm targets high-growth consumer brand businesses in Europe and typically invests between £0.15 million and £1 million in initial rounds, with the capacity for follow-on investments. JamJar is distinctively led by the founders of innocent drinks, who bring over 14 years of operational and commercial experience from building the brand to its acquisition by Coca-Cola. This background enables JamJar to understand the entrepreneurial journey, including its challenges and potential solutions, and fosters a collaborative investment approach, often preferring to work with teams rather than individuals.
Viola Group is Israel's technology-focused investment group that operates a multi-strategy platform to support technology entrepreneurs from early stage to growth. Based in Herzliya and founded in 2000, the group manages over $3 billion in assets and oversees several specialized units, including Viola Ventures (early-stage venture capital), Viola Growth (growth capital), Viola Credit (private credit), Viola Partners (private investor fund), and Viola FinTech (cross-stage fintech investments). Viola Group primarily backs Israeli technology companies and related ventures, while also pursuing global opportunities. The firm provides more than capital by offering strategic guidance, board participation, and access to a broad international network to help portfolio companies scale in software, cybersecurity, fintech, AI, semiconductors, and other tech-enabled sectors. The approach emphasizes long-term value creation through investments across multiple stages and active portfolio support.
Octopus Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm that backs technology-enabled startups across Europe, with a bias toward the UK. It invests across stages, from idea/concept through seed, Series A/B to growth, typically taking lead rounds and board seats. The firm targets sectors including health, fintech, deep tech, consumer, and B2B software, as well as climate and digital health, and provides hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale, not only capital. Annual activity amounts to several hundred million pounds, with equity investments ranging from relatively small rounds to tens of millions. It seeks to partner with founders for multi-year growth, and has backed notable companies such as ManyPets, Cazoo, Depop, Elvie, and WaveOptics. Operations span London and New York, aided by a network of partners in the US and Asia.
Greycroft is a venture capital firm that concentrates on technology start-ups, with a focus on the internet and mobile markets. It operates from offices in New York and Los Angeles, and uses its media and technology industry connections to help portfolio companies gain visibility, build strategic relationships, bring products to market, and grow successful businesses. Founded in 2006, Greycroft has invested in more than 200 companies across sectors such as consumer internet, financial technology, healthcare, and enterprise software, and manages over $1 billion in capital. The firm emphasizes early-stage investing and collaborates with entrepreneurs to support growth, while pursuing diversity initiatives including a diversity term sheet rider.
Founded in 2015, FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm focusing on stage-agnostic investments in marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investment range varies from $50,000 to $5,000,000, typically at seed or series A stages.
Portage Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm specializing in fintech and financial services investments. It targets early-stage opportunities with global potential, backing promising fintech companies across Canada, the United States, and Europe. Founded in 2016, the firm focuses on helping startups scale in the financial technology sector.
Founded in Singapore in 2017, Antler is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests globally. It focuses on backing exceptional founders from day one, offering a global community network of co-founders, talent, advisors, expansion support, and capital across various sectors such as technology, healthcare, finance, consumer goods, and more.
Pie Insurance is a technology-enabled workers’ compensation insurer that provides online coverage to small businesses. The company uses high-quality data sets and analytics to segment and price policies, assess risk, and pass savings to owners, supported by an online experience and a price predictor that estimates risk profiles and pricing. It began selling policies in 2018 and is based in Washington, DC, led by co-founder and CEO John Swigart. Pie targets small and medium-sized enterprises, aiming to increase transparency in coverage and empower business owners to make informed purchasing decisions. The business emphasizes straightforward, data-driven underwriting and seeks to expand through strategic initiatives to offer scalable workers’ comp solutions via a digital platform.
Ulu Ventures is a Palo Alto, California-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm that backs technology-driven startups across the United States. Founded in 2008, it focuses on internet-enabled consumer and business services and a broad range of sectors including EdTech, FinTech, healthcare, sustainability, enterprise IT, SaaS, IoT, digital media, mobile, agtech, and marketplaces. The firm emphasizes backing diverse entrepreneurial teams and typically engages in co-investments with other investors to pursue meaningful exits. It is described as the first Latina-led venture fund in Silicon Valley and is among the larger seed-focused vehicles in the region.
Fiat Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that focuses on early-stage fintech startups, providing capital and strategic guidance to help portfolio companies scale and become leaders in the fintech sector.
Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011, that manages investment portfolios and provides asset management services to clients across sectors, with a focus on software as a service companies, and analyzes market trends to inform its investment decisions while operating in finance, technology, and real estate.
P101, established in 2013, is an Italian venture capital firm headquartered in Milan. It specializes in early-stage investments, primarily in Italian technology companies, with a focus on the digital sector. The firm aims to provide not only capital but also expertise and resources to support the growth of new ventures. P101 was launched by Andrea Di Camillo, a seasoned investor with over two decades of experience, including co-founding Banzai and Vitaminic. The firm's name pays homage to the first personal computer sold on a large scale, Programma 101, an Italian innovation from the 1960s.
MS&AD Ventures is the corporate venture arm of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2018, it invests in seed to Series B startups and supports early to growth-stage companies worldwide. The focus includes big data, insurance and financial services, risk tech, InsurTech, fintech, IoT, climate, cyber security, mobility, health, and AI and analytics. The venture arm seeks strategic opportunities, often providing early-stage capital typically in the range of $0.5 million to $3 million, to align innovations with MS&AD's insurance and risk-management businesses. Through its investments, it aims to back technologies that advance underwriting, claims, risk assessment, and customer experience across global markets.
Founded in 2014, CommerzVentures is a venture capital firm specializing in early and growth-stage investments in financial services technology (Fintech) and insurance technology sectors. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, the firm invests primarily in Europe, Israel, and the United States, with an initial investment size ranging from €2 million to €10 million.
Sequoia Capital Israel is a venture capital firm that backs startups and growth companies across seed to late-stage rounds, with a focus on Israel. It invests across sectors including fintech, financial services, internet, mobile, technology, and healthcare, spanning banking, payments, advertising, ecommerce, data, security, software, and related enabling tech. Typical commitments range from 100,000 to 1 million in seed, 1 to 10 million in early venture, and 10 to 100 million in growth rounds. The firm is based in Tel Aviv and operates as part of Sequoia Capital's global network.
Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 in Palo Alto, California, that backs early and growth-stage technology startups worldwide. It concentrates on software, cloud, data, mobile, digital media, and adjacent sectors, including consumer and enterprise technology, fintech, security, and healthcare. The firm supports entrepreneurs with long-term guidance and the resources needed to build world-class, category-defining companies. Accel maintains offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, London, and Bangalore, and has backed a broad portfolio featuring notable companies such as Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, and Cloudera.
Munich Re Ventures is the venture capital arm of Munich Re, a leading global reinsurance and risk solutions provider. It is an early-stage investor that is stage-agnostic with a preference for Series A and B and growth capital, investing in startups developing technologies at the intersection of risk and business models. The firm targets areas such as insurtech, climate tech, cybersecurity and privacy, health tech, and built world, as well as digital health and mobility, seeking to back companies that transform risk transfer and risk management. It works closely with Munich Re Group businesses worldwide to fund and partner with emerging companies, guided by strategic objectives of the parent company and the broader insurance industry, and it manages over a billion dollars in assets.
Mundi Ventures, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Madrid, Spain, is a venture capital firm managing three funds totaling over €170 million. The first two funds are vertical agnostic, focusing on B2B deep-tech investments, with funding amounts ranging from €1 million to €5 million per deal. The third fund specializes in InsurTech, concentrating on European startups and investing between €1 million and €7 million in Series A, B, and C funding rounds. Mundi Ventures invests across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, information technology, cybersecurity, big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. The firm maintains an operational presence in Barcelona, London, and Seattle, and enhances its portfolio companies' growth by leveraging a global network known as the "Mundi Club," which consists of nearly 700 executives across more than 40 cities worldwide.
Nauta Capital is a pan‑European venture capital firm based in London with offices in Barcelona and Munich. It focuses on early‑stage technology companies, primarily B2B software, and targets series A, late seed and series B rounds. With over half a billion assets under management and a team of about 20 professionals, the firm is recognized as one of Europe’s largest B2B focused VCs. Its approach is sector‑agnostic within technology, prioritizing B2B SaaS with strong network effects, vertically oriented enterprise software transforming large industries, and deep‑tech applications that address challenges faced by large enterprises.
Founded in San José, Costa Rica in 2012, Carao Ventures is a pioneering venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in Central America and other small- to medium-sized countries in Latin America. It invests in promising startups across various industries such as software, biotech, healthtech, fintech, AI, and construction tech. Carao's distinctive model combines best practices from VC firms, venture-building, and startup accelerators, offering a unique value proposition for both startups and investors interested in frontier markets.
SOSV is a global venture capital firm that supports early-stage startups through active, founder-first development programs. Its flagship initiatives HAX and IndieBio provide facilities, engineering resources, services, and laboratory equipment to accelerate product development and prepare companies for subsequent funding rounds. SOSV focuses on deep technology across health, environmental, and cross-border software sectors, aiming to solve human and planetary health challenges. In addition to providing capital, the firm emphasizes intensive programmatic support to help portfolio companies move quickly from seed toward growth, including customer acquisition and scale. The firm operates globally with a bias toward startups targeting rapid international expansion, especially in Asia, and tends to back a small cohort of high-potential companies to accelerate their progress and attract leading investors.
Finvolve, established in 2022, is a venture capital firm based in Gurugram, India. It operates as a joint venture between India Accelerator and Finolutions, focusing on facilitating investments in the B2B startup ecosystem.
Venture Catalysts is recognized as Asia's largest integrated incubator, established in 2016, which offers investments ranging from $500,000 to $2 million per startup, along with incubation support for 18 to 24 months. It has successfully incubated notable companies such as BharatPe, Fynd, and Innov8, which have emerged as leaders in their respective categories. With a robust network of over 4,500 angel investors across 36 cities in six countries, including India, Hong Kong, and the UAE, Venture Catalysts has attracted participation from prominent global investors like YCombinator and Greenoaks. The organization focuses on nurturing the startup ecosystem in Tier II and III cities in India, conducting incubation programs in locations such as Ahmedabad, Lucknow, and Surat, as well as major metros. In addition to providing seed and Series A funding, Venture Catalysts excels in startup development, strategic guidance, and investor education, ensuring substantial returns for its investors. Its leadership in the early-stage investment landscape is underscored by the successful fundraising of over ten incubatees in a challenging market environment, solidifying its reputation as a top early-stage investor in India.
Nationwide Ventures, LLC is a financial investment firm based in Columbus, Ohio, established in 2016. The company focuses on investing in early, mid, and late-stage startups, particularly in the sectors of fintech, insurtech, and innovative solutions for retirement and financial services. By concentrating on customer-centric platforms that utilize digital, mobile, and analytics technologies, Nationwide Ventures aims to enhance the experiences of its clients. The firm typically invests between $1 million and $5 million, seeking to pilot new technologies and test novel solutions and business models.
Founded in 2010 and based in Chicago, Illinois, Listen Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early-stage investments. It focuses on consumer-focused technology sectors.
Elefund is a United States-based venture capital firm headquartered in Mountain View, California, that concentrates on early-stage investments in consumer-facing services and technology companies across the United States. It targets a broad range of sectors, including insurtech, e-commerce, digital health, manufacturing, health technology, software as a service, fintech, enterprise, and consumer applications. The firm has backed companies with widespread impact and job creation, reflecting a focus on scalable ventures with the potential to reach millions of users.
Insight Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1995 that acts as a software investor, partnering with growth-stage technology and software companies. The firm concentrates on Fintech, Cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and Healthcare, providing capital and hands-on support to help management teams scale. Headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, Insight Partners has more than $75 billion in assets under management, has invested in over 750 companies worldwide, and more than 55 portfolio companies have reached an IPO.
Faering Capital is a Mumbai-based private equity and venture capital firm focused on growth capital investments in India. It targets companies across financial services, consumer and retail, business services, and healthcare, providing growth funding to scale operations, expand markets, and execute strategic initiatives. The firm typically allocates several million dollars per investment and supports portfolio companies through growth phases. Founded in 2009, Faering Capital operates from Mumbai and pursues opportunities in India's evolving economy.
Founded in 2007, SBI Ven Capital is a venture capital firm based in Singapore. It invests primarily in financial services and technology sectors across Asia.
Goodwater Capital is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that targets early-stage investments in consumer technology and related sectors, including housing, financial services, consumer products and services, healthcare, food, transportation, education, and entertainment. It backs exceptional entrepreneurs who create products and platforms that consumers love, with a focus on solving pressing problems and shaping the culture and global economy. Through its investments, Goodwater aims to enable startups capable of delivering broad, measurable improvements in billions of lives, reflecting a commitment to long-term positive impact.
Founded in 2017 and based in Guadalajara, Mexico, Redwood Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech startups with high growth potential across various sectors, including healthcare, financial services, energy, consumer products, and business services. The firm takes an industry-agnostic approach, focusing on companies with scalable business models.
ManchesterStory Group is a West Des Moines, Iowa-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-to-growth-stage investments in InsurTech, FinTech, and HealthTech. The firm partners with innovative startups to accelerate growth, leveraging industry expertise and a broad network to bridge startups with established players in insurance, financial services, and healthcare. It pursues opportunities across the United States and emphasizes collaboration and sustainable value creation through strategic relationships with industry participants.
Astorya.vc is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Paris, France. The firm specializes in investing in seed-stage and early-stage startups within various technology sectors, including insurtech, fintech, digital health, mobility, smart houses, and cybersecurity. Primarily focused on opportunities in Europe, Astorya.vc aims to support innovative companies that are developing cutting-edge solutions in these fields.
Blue Bear Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in California. It specializes in investing in early- and growth-stage companies that apply AI and data-driven technologies to energy infrastructure, as well as ventures in energy, renewable energy, industrials, and climate-focused tech. The firm targets opportunities in the United States and Western Europe, spanning grid modernization, sustainable energy production, energy-intensive manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and climate resilience. Blue Bear Capital supports information technology and TMT-enabled solutions that advance energy systems, grid reliability, and decarbonization, funding startups that address climate challenges with technology and analytics. The firm positions itself as a focused partner for companies operating at the intersection of energy and technology, offering strategic capital to accelerate deployment of clean energy and grid innovations.
Established in 2016, Insurtech Gateway facilitates entry into the insurance industry for early-stage founders by providing underwriting support, investment capital, and strategic guidance. They foster collaboration between insurers, technology partners, and insurtechs, supporting portfolio companies from incubation to Series A funding.
Brinc is a global venture acceleration firm headquartered in Hong Kong. It operates multidisciplinary accelerator programs across seven countries, focusing on startups in blockchain technology, AI, connected hardware, robotics, climate tech, food technology, and IoT. Brinc also supports corporations with innovation strategies and Web3-enabled businesses.
Alpha Wave Global is an investment company with expertise in private equity, private credit, and public markets. Established in 2012, the company focuses on partnering with exceptional founders and management teams in growth-stage companies, primarily within the information technology sector.
Exceptional Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 2022, it invests in entrepreneurs and businesses that improve people's lives, with a focus on health tech, food tech, and financial well-being. The firm supports ventures at the outset of their growth by providing capital and guidance to turn innovative ideas into practical solutions that advance wellbeing and everyday living.
Established in 2016, Start Ventures is a global early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal. The company focuses on investing in B2B startups within the financial services sector, including fintech and insurtech.
NewAlpha Asset Management is an asset management firm based in Paris, France, specializing in venture capital and private equity investments. Founded in 2004, the firm focuses on early-stage investments, particularly in the financial technology sector, and has established itself as a significant player in the European fintech ecosystem. It offers tailored investment solutions and services for institutional clients, including pension funds, insurance companies, and banks. NewAlpha primarily invests in startups and emerging companies during the seed and Series A stages, typically targeting investments of €2 million to €4 million. The firm has a preference for companies with valuations between €15 million and €80 million, and it aims to hold its investments for up to 10 years. With a strong emphasis on growth equity and an ambitious ESG approach, NewAlpha has built a diverse portfolio and has partnered with leading venture capital funds to enhance its investment strategy.
responsAbility Investments is a leading impact asset manager headquartered in Zurich that manages assets for institutional and private investors. The firm oversees about USD 3 to 3.5 billion across some 450 ESG-managed high-impact companies in roughly 90 emerging economies, with investments spanning financial inclusion, climate finance, sustainable food, and related sectors. Since its founding in 2003, it has built a global presence with offices in cities including Bangkok, Lima, Mumbai, Nairobi, Oslo, Paris and Tbilisi, and it maintains a FINMA-registered framework. The firm pursues responsible investing by combining financial returns with measurable social and environmental outcomes aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Zeal Capital Partners is a venture capital firm established in 2020 and located in Washington, D.C. The firm specializes in investing in early-stage technology companies, particularly those that address health equity, financial technology and inclusion, and the future of work and learning. Zeal Capital Partners focuses on collaborating with diverse management teams to foster the growth of innovative businesses in these sectors.