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.

American Family Ventures is the venture capital arm of American Family Insurance Company. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, it focuses on early-stage investments, typically seed to Series B, in startups that redefine the insurance industry through technology. It seeks minority equity stakes and emphasizes active partnership, a broad InsurTech network, and value-add programs to support portfolio companies. The fund targets technologies related to insurance, FinTech, data analytics, IoT, and cybersecurity that can advance American Family’s core business and improve safety, efficiency, and quality of life. Typical investment sizes range from hundreds of thousands to several millions of dollars.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

IA Capital Group is a New York-based venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1992, specializing in insurtech and fintech. The firm backs early and growth-stage companies and also incubates startups, with investments spanning venture, growth equity, and buyouts in insurance technology, payments, and broader financial services sectors. It pursues opportunities in the United States, Canada, and North America, and often takes both majority and minority stakes. IA Capital collaborates with insurers through strategic venture programs and has a long track record of partnering with innovative companies in insurance technology and financial services to accelerate growth and scale adoption.

HPS Investment Partners is a global investment firm focused on non-investment grade credit across the capital structure. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, it operates a worldwide network of offices. 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 after Highbridge’s hedge fund strategies remained with J.P. Morgan. HPS manages a variety of strategies, including syndicated leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, privately negotiated senior secured debt, mezzanine, asset-based lending, and private equity, and serves clients across industries such as insurance, healthcare, media, retail, logistics, and marine.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London and Bangalore. It funds early- and growth-stage technology companies across software, cloud, SaaS, consumer, enterprise IT and related sectors, and it supports portfolio companies as they scale internationally. With a global network and more than three decades of experience, Accel seeks to help entrepreneurs build world-class, category-defining businesses. Notable investments include Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Braintree, Cloudera and Qualtrics, among others. Accel operates multiple funds and programs to back companies at different stages, continuing a long track record of backing ambitious technology founders around the world.

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.

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.

Venture Catalysts is an integrated incubator that provides funding, mentorship, and a broad network to early-stage startups. It offers investments ranging from 500K to 2 million per startup with incubation support for 18-24 months. Founded in 2016, it has built a large network of 4500+ angel investors across 36 cities in six countries, with co-investments from notable global investors. The organization prioritizes developing the startup ecosystem in Tier II and III cities in India, operating incubation programs in cities such as Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Raipur, Surat, Nagpur, as well as Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. It supports seed and Series A rounds, provides strategic guidance and business-lead generation through its network, and helps startups access education and opportunities for investor engagement. More than 10 incubatee companies have raised Series A in recent years, underscoring its role in early-stage investments and incubation leadership.

Antler is a global venture capital firm based in Singapore that backs early-stage technology companies. It runs incubation programs and provides a global community of co-founders, access to talent, expert advisors, expansion support, and capital to help startups grow. The firm targets a broad range of sectors, including healthcare, finance, software, energy, consumer and B2B technologies, and operates through regional programs across Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and beyond.

Alpha Wave Global is a growth and expansion investment firm based in Miami, Florida. It focuses on information technology investments and operates across private equity, private credit, and public markets. It serves as a registered investment adviser and maintains offices in New York, Miami, London, Monaco, Madrid, Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv, Bangalore, and Sydney.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

ManchesterStory Group is a West Des Moines, Iowa-based venture capital firm that invests in early- to growth-stage companies in the insurance, financial services, and healthcare sectors. Founded by Dave Miles and Matt Kinley, the firm concentrates on InsurTech, FinTech, and HealthTech and leverages industry expertise and a broad network of strategic relationships to support entrepreneurs solving complex market challenges. It aims to connect innovative startups with established players and investors to drive sustainable growth.

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.

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.

Entrepreneur First is a London-based accelerator and seed-stage technology investor that supports exceptional individuals to found technology companies. It uses a talent-first model, funding and mentoring people before teams form, and operates six-month programs in Europe and Asia with global offices in London, Paris, Berlin, Singapore, Bangalore, New York and San Francisco to connect founders with startup ecosystems. The organization funds early-stage ventures and takes an equity stake in the companies it helps establish, aiming to increase the supply of high-potential tech startups worldwide by pairing standout talent with mentorship and capital.

Finvolve is a venture capital investment firm based in Gurugram, India, founded in 2022 as a joint venture between India Accelerator and Finolutions. The firm seeks to invest in the business-to-business sector, operating as a bridge between traditional wealth management and the startup ecosystem.

Astorya.vc is a venture capital firm based in Paris, France, that targets seed- and early-stage technology startups across Europe, with focus areas including insurtech, fintech, digital health, mobility, smart homes, and cybersecurity.

Redpoint Ventures is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 and based in California, with offices in Woodside, San Francisco, and Beijing and Shanghai. It backs startups across seed, early, and growth stages in technology, media, consumer internet, and enterprise software, including energy-related technology. The firm supports founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones and manages $4 billion across multiple funds.

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.

Redalpine Venture Partners is a pan-European venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage investments in disruptive technologies, including software and health tech. It combines capital with operational expertise, coaching, and an international network to help entrepreneurs turn ambitious visions into scalable businesses. Founded in 2007, the firm has backed more than 70 portfolio companies across Europe and manages about USD 1 billion in assets, with activity across Europe from its offices in Zurich and Berlin. The firm supports portfolio companies with hands-on strategic and operational guidance and pursues a broad Europe-wide investment approach.

The EBRD is an international financial institution founded in 1990 and headquartered in London that provides project financing and advisory services to support private sector development and transformation in emerging markets. It finances banks, industries, and businesses, supports new ventures and investments in existing companies, and helps privatize and restructure municipal services in publicly owned entities. Through its banking and treasury activities, it offers loans, equity and quasi-equity investments, guarantees, and equity funds for smaller enterprises, along with trade finance and loan syndication. It works with commercial partners to invest in private enterprises across sectors including energy, manufacturing, ICT, infrastructure, agribusiness, and real estate, across Europe, the Middle East and beyond, including a significant footprint in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and the Caucasus. It provides policy reform dialogue and advisory services to support market modernization, governance, and reform. It has invested over €130 billion in more than 5,000 projects.

Zeal Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in Washington, DC, investing in early-stage technology companies. It concentrates on health equity, fintech and inclusion, and the future of work and learning, and prioritizes partnering with diverse management teams to build inclusive, high-impact portfolios.

Nexus Venture Partners is a venture capital firm headquartered in California with offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru that backs early-stage technology companies in the United States and India. The firm partners with founders from inception through seed and Series A, taking an active, hands-on approach to product development and growth. Its investment focus spans enterprise software, consumer products and services, fintech and payments, e-commerce, big data, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and machine learning, SaaS, and related technology sectors. Nexus supports companies as they scale, leveraging a global footprint and operators' experience from its team of ex-entrepreneurs to provide practical guidance and operating insight. It maintains substantial capital to support product-led businesses with international potential.

EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) that aims to transform urban mobility in Europe by supporting startups and scale-ups. It provides funding and support through its Impact Ventures division, including grants and equity investments, and delivers knowledge, training, and networking through partner-led programs. The initiative connects ventures with stakeholders in the public policy sector at regional, national, and European levels to scale solutions that improve livability and sustainability in cities. It seeks to become a leading European platform for impactful urban mobility, backed by co-funding from the EIT of up to €400 million for 2020-2026.

Xianghe Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on early and growth-stage investments in China’s TMT sector. Founded by Hesong Tang and Maggie Yang, former Baidu corporate development executives, the firm leverages strategic analysis and deep industry connections to identify and support transformative opportunities. The founders’ backgrounds include leadership in landmark deals in China’s internet landscape, such as iQiyi, Qunar, PPS and 91 Wireless, and experience across Baidu, other leading internet companies and VC funds.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 that supports the region's technology ecosystem. Based in Philadelphia, it acts as a capital provider and catalyst for early-stage and growing technology companies across information technology, health, and physical sciences by offering seed-stage funding and related resources to accelerate commercialization. The organization facilitates university–industry partnerships and regional initiatives that connect scientific research with market opportunities, with the aim of creating jobs and strengthening entrepreneurial communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Through its programs and partnerships, it supports adoption of new technologies and helps build a robust regional innovation ecosystem.