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.

Anthemis Group is an independent growth and investment platform focused on financial technology and insurtech. Founded in 2010 and based in London, it supports startups across North America and Europe, targeting pre-seed through Series A investments. The firm manages multiple funds and seeks to back companies that advance resiliency, transparency, access and equity in the financial system. By combining capital with domain expertise and a network of entrepreneurs, institutions and researchers, Anthemis aims to accelerate innovation in finance and insurance. Its portfolio and activity span early-stage ventures in fintech and insurtech with a global reach, reflecting a commitment to shaping the future of financial services rather than merely managing assets.

MTech Capital is a venture capital firm with offices in Santa Monica and London that backs technology companies across insurtech, wealthtech, asset management, health and wellness, employee benefits, and enterprise software. Founded in 2018, the firm invests across stages and focuses on opportunities in North America and Europe, with activity also noted in Israel.

IA Capital Group is a New York-based independent venture capital firm focused on insurance technology and financial technology. Founded in 1992, the firm backs early- and growth-stage insurtech and fintech companies across areas such as payments, financial infrastructure, property and casualty insurtech, life and health insurtech, lending, capital markets, wealth technology, and retirement technology. It also incubates startups and runs strategic venture programs with insurers, collaborating with 16 insurers to support portfolio growth. The firm pursues direct investments across venture and growth stages in the United States, Canada, and parts of Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, typically taking both majority and minority stakes. IA Capital Group operates independently in the venture space and focuses on opportunities at the intersection of insurance and financial services.

American Family Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of American Family Insurance. Founded in 2010 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, it makes early-stage investments in startups—primarily seed to Series B—in technologies and business models relevant to the future of the insurance industry, including insurtech, FinTech, data analytics, IoT, and cybersecurity. It seeks minority equity positions and typically invests roughly $0.5 million to $2 million, with some rounds reported up to $5 million, and supports portfolio companies through its insurtech network and value-add programs to advance safety, efficiency and quality of life in insurance and related sectors.

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

Munich Re is a global reinsurance company that offers reinsurance and related risk solutions, including agricultural reinsurance, life and health reinsurance, corporate risk solutions, and cyber risk coverage, as well as consulting services. It underwrites reinsurance for property, casualty, life, health, and cyber risks and supports primary insurers and other clients through risk transfer, risk assessment, and analytics to help manage exposure and capital.

State Auto is a Columbus, Ohio based insurer founded in 1921 to address inequities in the insurance industry and to support independent agents. It provides personal and commercial insurance products through independent agencies and wholesale brokers, including personal auto, homeowners, condo renters, property, farm and ranch, and a range of commercial lines such as commercial auto, fire and allied, general liability, and workers' compensation, with investment operations serving affiliated insurers. The company operates through Personal Insurance, Commercial Insurance, and Investment Operations segments. It also runs State Auto Labs, a venture arm that connects startups with capital and insurance expertise to advance transformative technologies in the industry. Headquartered in Columbus, State Auto emphasizes a long history of service to policyholders and a distribution model led by independent agents.

JamJar Investments is a London-based venture capital firm that backs European consumer-focused startups across seed to later stages. It invests across consumer services and products, technology and non-tech sectors, including food and drink, and focuses on high-growth consumer brands in both digital and non-tech areas. The firm typically makes initial investments in the range of £0.15 million to £1 million, with the option to follow on, and prefers teams of more than one founder, often taking a lead or co-investor role. Its approach draws on operational, commercial and brand experience developed through the founders’ work with innocent, including scaling it into a major brand and sale to Coca-Cola, which informs its support for entrepreneurs navigating growth challenges. JamJar seeks to back European businesses with potential to scale, offering practical guidance alongside capital.

Bolttech is an international InsurTech company that develops an AI-based point-of-sale insurance platform. This platform offers a range of insurance products, including device protection, travel, motor, property, life, and digital insurance to consumers. Bolttech aims to create a technology-enabled ecosystem for protection and insurance, with a notable presence in Asia.

CommerzVentures is a Frankfurt-based venture capital firm backed by Commerzbank that invests in early- and growth-stage financial services, fintech and insurtech companies. Founded in 2014, the firm focuses on Series A and later rounds, targeting opportunities in Europe, Israel, and the United States, with initial investments typically between two and ten million euros. It supports portfolio companies by providing access to decision makers in banking and insurance, and operates as an independent investment management entity since 2019, with a geographic emphasis on Europe, Israel, and the USA in collaboration with entrepreneurs who have vision.

Beams FinTech Fund is a Mumbai-based venture capital firm that concentrates on fintech, financial services, technology, software and SaaS companies in India. It supports both early-stage and growth-stage opportunities, investing in Indian startups to help scale operations and technology platforms across the sector.

Development Bank of Wales is an independent financial institution that provides commercial funding to Welsh small and medium-sized enterprises. It mobilizes private and public funds, including European funds, to support growth through a range of debt and equity solutions, such as micro loans, bridge and development finance, expansion capital, and selective equity investments. The bank focuses on Welsh companies across sectors including technology, manufacturing, and services, supporting startups as well as established SMEs within Wales.

C2 Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that makes early-stage investments, typically at pre-seed and seed rounds. It targets robotics and enterprise software solutions for legacy industries, often described as dirty, dull, and dangerous. The firm emphasizes hands-on, operational support and positions itself as an operator-led investment platform, surrounding portfolio companies with founders, builders, and operators to help them execute and scale.

Viola Group is an Israel-based technology-focused investment group with multiple dedicated arms, including Viola Ventures, Viola Growth, Viola Credit, Viola Partners and Viola FinTech. Founded in 2000, the group provides long-term capital and value-added support to tech companies across stages, from early venture to growth and credit financing, with a broad geographic reach in Israel and globally. Viola Group manages over three billion dollars in assets and has backed more than 200 technology companies, leveraging specialized teams, extensive networks, and strategic partnerships to help portfolio companies scale in sectors such as software, cybersecurity, fintech, semiconductors, and deep technology. The firm operates as a multi-strategy house, allowing independent arms to pursue distinct investment approaches while sharing services and expertise to drive durable returns for global institutional investors and private partners. Its approach combines capital with hands-on partnership to build transformational technology businesses.

Avinew is an insurance technology company that uses driving data, artificial intelligence and telematics to offer usage-based insurance programs for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, enabling premium discounts based on safety and driving behavior for individual drivers and fleet operators.

MAIF provides liability insurance to residents who are unable to obtain automobile insurance in the private market.

Founded in 2016, Next Insurance is a technology-driven online insurance agency specializing in small businesses. It offers a range of business insurance products, including general liability, professional liability, commercial auto, and workers' compensation, serving various sectors such as contractors, fitness, cleaning, and education. The company uses technology to streamline claims investigation, aiming for transparency within 48 hours.

NIO is a leading Chinese premium smart electric vehicle maker that designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electric SUVs and sedans, distinguished by ongoing technological innovations in battery swapping, connectivity, and autonomous driving. The company pursues a user-centric approach by offering comprehensive charging and energy services, including home charging, battery swapping, mobile charging, public fast charging, and on-demand charging solutions, supported by a cloud-enabled Power ecosystem. NIO operates internationally in Hong Kong, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, in addition to the Chinese market, and provides value-added services such as insurance and maintenance through its service network. The business emphasizes delivering a premium ownership experience through integrated hardware, software, and services across its vehicle lineup.

Autotech Ventures is a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that makes seed- to growth-stage investments in mobility, transportation, and related deep-tech sectors. The firm focuses on ground transportation innovations such as connected, autonomous, shared and electrified vehicles, and supporting services across manufacturing, logistics, and infrastructure. It offers portfolio companies capital to execute plans, access to a broad network of industry contacts and corporate investors, market intelligence on the transportation landscape, assistance with recruiting talent, and fundraising support to attract additional capital. By connecting startups with established mobility players, Autotech Ventures aims to accelerate the deployment of a new transportation ecosystem and deliver financial returns through early involvement in disruptive mobility technologies.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

MS&AD Ventures is the corporate venture arm of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, based in Menlo Park, California. It invests in early-stage companies across sectors including property, insurance technology, ESG, health care, financial technology, and the future of transportation, seeking startups that leverage data and technology to advance the insurance and broader financial services ecosystems.

Endeavor is a nonprofit organization that supports high‑impact entrepreneurs through a global network spanning nearly 40 countries. It backs more than 2,000 entrepreneurs whose companies generate over $28 billion in combined revenues, employ more than 3.9 million people, and attracted more than $4 billion in capital in 2020. The organization offers an entrepreneur‑first model that connects founders with mentors, peers, and opportunities to scale and pay it forward. Its global ecosystem includes affiliates such as Endeavor Miami, which focuses on early‑stage technology firms and reflects the network’s regional and sectoral reach.

Ulu Ventures is a Palo Alto, California-based seed- and early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology-driven startups across IT, software, internet-enabled services, EdTech, FinTech, IoT, digital media, and related sectors in the United States, with a Bay Area emphasis. Founded in 2008, the firm backs diverse entrepreneurial teams and frequently co-invests with other angels or venture funds in early rounds. Ulu is noted as the first Latina-led venture fund in Silicon Valley and is among the largest in the country by assets under management, with over $200M.

Portage Ventures is a Toronto-based global fintech-focused venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage investments in promising Canadian financial technology companies with potential for global impact. Founded in 2016, the firm backs fintech and financial services startups pursuing innovations such as digital wealth management, insurance technology, and AI-enabled financial services, with a portfolio that spans Canada, the United States, and Europe.

Insurtech Gateway is a London-based accelerator that supports insurtech startups, offering underwriting support, access to capital, and guidance on designing and building their products. The organization connects startups with insurers and technology partners to foster collaboration and innovation, guiding them from inception through growth and scale. It aims to create a safe environment for insurers to innovate and for insurtechs to scale.

Fiat Ventures is a venture capital investment firm founded in 2021 and based in San Francisco, California, that concentrates on early-stage fintech companies, providing funding and strategic support to help grow next-generation market-leading startups.

Ribbit Capital is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Meyer Malka. It makes early-stage investments globally, focusing on financial services and technology sectors. The firm backs companies that aim to transform financial services, supporting innovative startups across information technology and related fields.

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.

BlueOrchard Finance is a global impact investment manager and lender focusing on debt financing for microfinance institutions. Founded in 2001 and based in Switzerland, the firm operates worldwide to advance inclusive finance and deliver financial and social returns to investors. It has provided over USD 2 billion in microfinance loans to institutions in emerging markets, supporting financial inclusion and poverty reduction. The company offers financing solutions across credit and blended finance to address development challenges such as education, job creation and women's empowerment, contributing to a sustainable and inclusive financial system.

Partech is a global tech investment firm headquartered in Paris, with offices in Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi and San Francisco. It provides capital, operational experience and strategic support to entrepreneurs from seed through growth, helping them scale through multiple stages. Founded in San Francisco about 40 years ago, Partech currently manages €2.5 billion in assets and backs a portfolio of roughly 220 companies across 40 countries and four continents.

Cherry Ventures is a Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm led by entrepreneurs with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify. It backs European founders, usually as their first institutional investor, and supports them in go-to-market and scaling efforts. The firm has backed seed-stage startups across Europe, with a portfolio including FlixBus, Auto1 Group, Infarm, Rows, Forto, and TourRadar. It maintains a presence across Europe with offices in London, Paris, and Stockholm, and focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in sectors such as B2B software, fintech, industrials, health tech, climate tech, and consumer.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. It backs early- and growth-stage technology startups and seeks investments across software, cloud, consumer, enterprise IT, fintech, security, media, and related sectors. The firm operates globally, supporting entrepreneurs in the United States, Europe, Israel, India, and other markets, with a track record of helping portfolio companies scale to category-defining leaders. Notable investments include Atlassian, Dropbox, Facebook, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Cloudera, DJI, Flipkart, Qualtrics, Lookout Security, and MoPub. Accel emphasizes hands-on mentorship and strategic guidance to build durable, world-class businesses that shape next-generation industries.

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

P101 is a Milan-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that concentrates on early-stage investments in digital and technology startups, with a focus on Italian companies. The firm backs entrepreneurs across sectors such as fintech, ad networks, delivery, e-commerce, mobile, social platforms, travel and wellness, providing capital and strategic resources to accelerate growth. Typical investments range from €0.5 million to €5 million. Founded by Andrea Di Camillo, the firm aims to support Italian digital innovation through active, hands-on engagement and industry expertise.

ONEVC is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 with offices in São Paulo, Brazil and Silicon Valley. It focuses on seed-stage investments in Latin America, backing early technology companies with the potential to address large, multi-billion-dollar markets and demonstrated product-market fit. The firm maintains a generalist, category-defining approach, investing early in a selective portfolio of transformational companies with the potential to become market leaders. Its partners bring more than 50 years of combined venture experience across angel investments, growth funding, and technology IPOs, and have backed over 70 companies in Silicon Valley and Brazil.

Revolution is a Washington, D.C.–based venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Steve Case. It backs technology-enabled companies at early and growth stages across the United States, with a focus on software, information technology, media and entertainment, financial services, health, energy, consumer products, e-commerce, education, and travel. The firm partners with entrepreneurs to build disruptive businesses, often taking leadership roles on boards and providing strategic support to accelerate growth. It maintains an emphasis on investing across diverse geographies, reflecting a belief that strong companies can emerge from non-coastal regions and that startup hubs outside traditional centers can yield high impact opportunities. Revolution operates multiple venture platforms and maintains a presence in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, collaborating with founders to create enduring value for customers and investors.

Flourish Ventures is a San Francisco-based early-stage global venture capital firm that backs fintech-enabled entrepreneurs focused on financial health and prosperity for individuals and small businesses. The firm pursues patient, long-term investments and manages around $850 million. It backs founders across the United States and global markets, including Asia, Africa and Latin America, and concentrates on sectors such as big data analytics, challenger banks, consumer and SME lending, digitizing money, fintech, insurtech, regtech and financial infrastructure. Since its founding in 2019, Flourish maintains partnerships with more than 70 global fintech founders and 18 ecosystem partners, including researchers, policymakers and regulators, to foster a fairer, more inclusive economy.

Kaszek Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in São Paulo, Brazil, with origins in Argentina. It invests in early-stage technology companies across Latin America, focusing on Seed, Series A and Series B rounds, and provides portfolio companies with strategic and operational guidance, including growth, product, technology, and fundraising support. The firm targets software, fintech, education, healthcare, e-commerce, marketplaces, and related sectors, aiming to back innovative businesses across the region. By combining capital with hands-on expertise and an extensive network, Kaszek Ventures helps founders scale from inception to growth-stage phases.

Faering Capital is a Mumbai-based investment firm that participates in private equity and venture capital, focusing on growth capital investments in Indian companies. It targets opportunities across financial services, consumer and retail, healthcare and business services, supporting growth with capital and strategic guidance. Typical commitments range from approximately $6.4 million to $17.1 million per portfolio company.

Nauta Capital is a pan-European venture capital firm backing early-stage B2B software companies. Headquartered in London with offices in Barcelona and Munich, it operates across Europe and targets Series A to late seed and Series B investments in technology ventures. The firm focuses on B2B software with strong network effects, vertically oriented enterprise tech for large industries, and deep-tech applications that address enterprise challenges, including sectors such as retail tech, revenue tech, fintech, insurtech, health tech, enterprise software, developer tools, infrastructure, AI and ML, and security and privacy. With more than half a billion in assets under management and a team of around 20 professionals, Nauta is regarded as one of Europe’s larger B2B-focused investors.

VentureFriends is a venture capital firm based in Athens, Greece, specializing in seed and pre-seed investments in tech-enabled startups across Europe. It backs early-stage companies in fintech, proptech, marketplaces, B2B software as a service, e-commerce, IT, and related sectors, with typical checks ranging from a few hundred thousand to a couple of million euros and potential follow-ons. The firm emphasizes a founder-friendly approach, drawing on the experience of ex-entrepreneurs and angel investors to support growth and go-to-market efforts. Investments target companies capable of building durable moats and scalable businesses, primarily in Europe, with activity across the broader EMENA region. The firm is credited with establishing a presence in Athens and focusing on a broad tech-enabled toolkit for portfolio development, networks, and strategic guidance.

Gobi Partners is a Pan-Asian venture capital firm founded in 2002 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong. It manages about US$1.5 billion in assets and supports entrepreneurs from early to growth stages in emerging and underserved markets across Asia. Having raised 15 funds, it has invested in over 350 startups and nurtured 10 unicorns. The firm maintains a network across major Asian markets, including Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Manila, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore and Surabaya. It is committed to sustainable value creation and is a participant of the United Nations Global Compact, aligning its strategies with principles on human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.

BlackFin Capital Partners is a Paris-based private equity and venture capital firm focused on financial services and technology companies across Europe. Founded in 2009, the firm pursues a sector-driven approach, investing across early-stage to growth opportunities and often taking majority or influential minority stakes. It targets fintech, insurtech, regtech, payments, and other financial services, as well as technology-enabled businesses. BlackFin concentrates on continental Europe, with a presence in major European markets and an emphasis on partnering with management teams to accelerate growth, improve margins, and build platform companies through organic expansion and buy-and-build strategies.

ManchesterStory Group is an investment firm based in West Des Moines, Iowa, focusing on early-to-growth-stage companies across financial services, technology, and healthcare. It concentrates on InsurTech, FinTech, and HealthTech sectors, partnering with entrepreneurs to scale companies in the United States. The firm draws on industry expertise and a broad network of strategic LPs, including leading insurers, to create value through collaboration and sustainable growth.

Listen Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that backs seed and early-stage consumer-focused technology and goods companies in the United States. The firm concentrates on supporting early-stage brands and operates as a registered investment adviser.

Octopus Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm that supports start-ups across stages from idea to IPO. It allocates over £200 million annually to invest in sectors including health, fintech, deep tech, consumer, and B2B software, aiming to generate positive impact. The firm provides more than capital, offering time, energy, and hands-on guidance to help portfolio companies scale. Its approach involves close collaboration with founders and leveraging a network of partners in the United States and Asia, with operational presence in London and New York. Notable investments include ManyPets, Cazoo, Depop, Elvie, and WaveOptics. By combining sector focus with active founder support, Octopus Ventures seeks to back ambitious companies that can grow into market leaders.

responsAbility Investments is a leading impact asset manager based in Zurich, Switzerland. It manages about USD 3 to 3.5 billion in assets invested in around 450 ESG-managed high-impact companies across 90 emerging economies. Since its inception in 2003, responsAbility has directed more than USD 10 billion into private debt and private equity in financial inclusion, sustainable food and climate finance sectors whose business models directly support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The firm operates globally with offices in Bangkok, Lima, Mumbai, Nairobi, Oslo, Paris and Tbilisi, and is owned by Swiss and international financial institutions, private investors and its employees. It is registered with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority.

Ondine Capital is a venture capital firm based in Shanghai, China. Founded in 2018, it concentrates on investing in consumer technology startups in Southeast Asia, with emphasis on retail, education, logistics, and general technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors.

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.