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

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.

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.

Plus Eight Equity Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and based in Miami, Florida, that focuses on early-stage investments in entertainment, technology and music technology. It collaborates with leaders in the electronic music industry to identify proprietary investment opportunities and to support portfolio companies through organizational development and organic growth. Drawing on deep experience in music and music technology and broad networks across music, technology, finance and operations, the firm aims to create value for its startups by leveraging industry relationships and domain knowledge.

GP Bullhound is a London- and globally oriented technology advisory and investment firm founded in 1999. It provides independent strategic and financial advice to technology companies, including mergers and acquisitions, private placements, IPOs, and capital-raising activities. The firm combines technology insight with access to a global network of buyers and capital across Europe, the United States, and Asia, helping entrepreneurs and growth companies navigate complex transactions. In addition to advisory work, GP Bullhound maintains an investment arm that backs technology-focused opportunities across seed to late-stage rounds, with a track record of working with category-leading clients. With offices across Europe, the United States, and Asia, the firm serves sectors including software, fintech, media, and other technology-enabled services, aiming to help teams build scalable, billion-dollar businesses.

Lakestar is a Zurich-headquartered venture capital firm founded in 2012 that backs technology-enabled companies across Europe and beyond. It targets sectors such as deep tech, digitalization, artificial intelligence, financial technology, and healthcare, and supports founders from seed to growth through advisory services in marketing, recruitment, technology, product development, and regulatory insight. The firm has backed high-profile global companies including Skype, Spotify, Facebook, Airbnb and Revolut, and maintains a presence in Berlin, Zurich and London to assist portfolio companies in expanding into new markets, particularly in Europe and the United States.

Raised In Space Enterprises is an investment firm founded in 2019 and based in Los Angeles, focused on music and technology investments across the music value chain, including creation, registration, distribution, fan engagement, touring and ticketing, and monetization, aiming to raise the value of music through technology.

Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in Vienna, with offices across Europe and in San Francisco. It specializes in early-stage investments in technology sectors including deep tech, fintech, health, industrial tech, marketplaces, software as a service and infrastructure, climate tech, crypto, and emerging markets. The firm runs specialized investment teams aligned to these industries and offers an in-house Platform+ team providing tailored operational support, such as growth marketing, human resources, US business development and networking assistance throughout the portfolio journey. Speedinvest seeks to be a hands-on partner, sometimes taking operational roles for a period to help portfolio companies scale, and emphasizes hands-on collaboration with founders to accelerate growth.

Powerhouse Capital is a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm focused on global technology opportunities in media, entertainment and interactive gaming. The firm bases its investment approach on four pillars—Sight (visual content), Sound (audio, music and podcasts), Play (gaming, sports and esports) and Live (the experience economy)—and targets direct-to-consumer platforms powered by data. With a cross-border lens on the United States and Canada, Powerhouse Capital pursues sectors where rapid scale and content-driven value creation can occur. It was founded in 2019 by veterans of Evolution Media to bring operating experience and strategic insight to high-growth companies in its target spaces. The firm aims to connect and support the broader Los Angeles ecosystem, helping portfolio companies scale through specialized knowledge and industry relationships.

Fyrfly Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focusing on data and intelligence, investing in startups and early-stage information technology companies. Founded in 2015, the firm seeks to back companies developing data-driven technologies in the information technology sector.

Moonshots Capital is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2017. It focuses on seed and early-stage technology startups with moonshot potential, investing in areas such as dual-use technologies, fintech, consumer internet, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. The firm emphasizes a disciplined investment process to identify founders pursuing large, growing markets and products with the potential to redefine their sectors. Moonshots Capital operates as a registered investment adviser, aligning its practices with investor interests and maintaining a rigorous, research-driven approach to opportunity evaluation. The firm backs teams seeking ambitious, scalable solutions that can transform work and everyday life.

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

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs science and technology companies across stages. The firm focuses on transformational technologies and has supported early backers of SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook, and Airbnb. It pursues a founder-friendly approach that provides significant support with minimal interference, and it invests globally across sectors including software, artificial intelligence, aerospace, energy, healthcare, cybersecurity, biotech, and information technology. The firm targets opportunities from seed to growth stages and emphasizes solving difficult problems through innovative technology.

Precursor Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco that backs pre-seed and seed startups in North America. It focuses on B2B and B2C software applications and hardware, and invests across sectors including consumer, digital health, education, enterprise, fintech, marketplaces, SaaS, information technology and media. Founded in 2015, the firm aims to support founders at the earliest stages with activity largely in the United States and Canada.

TCV is a private equity and growth capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 1995, that provides capital to growth‑stage technology companies and offers management teams data‑driven insights, sector expertise, access to talent, and industry connections. It makes equity investments across minority, majority, and public deal structures in information technology, software, cybersecurity, big data, e‑commerce, healthcare, and other technology‑enabled sectors, and has invested billions in hundreds of technology companies. Notable exits include Airbnb, Facebook, Netflix, Peloton, and Zillow, demonstrating a track record of helping portfolio companies scale through growth and strategic guidance.

Imaginary Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage opportunities at the intersection of retail and technology in Europe and the United States. Founded by Natalie Massenet and Nick Brown, the firm focuses on consumer-oriented sectors such as e-commerce, fashion, lifestyle, and beauty, and on technology-enabled retail models and marketplaces. It supports startups that enhance how consumers discover, buy, and engage with brands online. Its portfolio includes notable consumer brands and platforms in fashion and beauty, such as Farfetch, Reformation, Everlane, Glossier, and Daily Harvest.

The Raine Group is a merchant bank that advises and invests in high-growth technology, media, telecom, entertainment, digital media and sports sectors. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, the firm combines advisory services with growth capital investments and leverages deep industry experience and a broad network to support portfolio companies and clients across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Lumikai is a venture capital firm based in New Delhi, India, focused on early-stage investments in technology, gaming, and interactive media startups in India. It is described as the first gaming and interactive media venture fund.

Wayra is Telefónica’s global open-innovation hub that connects entrepreneurs with Telefónica to generate joint business opportunities. Operating in ten countries—Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela—Wayra serves as the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems, providing access to networks, partners, and potential customers through acceleration programs and collaboration initiatives.

Point72 Asset Management is a global investment manager led by Steven A. Cohen that invests across multiple asset classes and strategies, including discretionary long/short equities, quantitative approaches, macro strategies, and private investments. The firm serves pooled investment vehicles, launches and manages hedge funds, and uses fundamental analysis to guide its investments. It is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, with affiliated offices in New York, London, Poland, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Singapore.

Waverley Capital is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in media, technology and entertainment, with activity in sports. Founded by Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Daniel Leff, it is headquartered in New York and maintains an additional office in Palo Alto, California. The firm seeks investments across the United States and engages in follow-on rounds for portfolio companies.

Gibraltar Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that funds early- to mid-stage technology-driven companies serving consumers and small- to medium-sized businesses in Canada and the United States. It focuses on technology-enabled sectors such as consumer services, information technology, SaaS, e-commerce, and mobile, and provides capital alongside strategic support to accelerate growth, including go-to-market guidance and access to senior decision-makers to open new channels. The firm participates in growth equity and debt financing, including venture debt and expansion capital, with a typical multi-year holding period and emphasis on Series A and B rounds to scale portfolio companies.

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.

Established in 2020, CRIT Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It focuses on investing in technology companies at various stages of development.

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that invests in early-stage technology startups. It specializes in pre-seed and seed rounds for capital-efficient companies, with a focus on the United States and Canada and occasional activity in Western Europe, Israel, Australia, and New Zealand. The firm typically makes 75 to 100 investments per year, with round sizes from 50,000 to 500,000 and pre-money valuations ranging from 1,000,000 to 3,500,000. Portfolio companies are typically located outside the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, and the firm aims to provide a clear yes or no on opportunities within about two weeks.

Founded in 2016, Afore Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs pre-seed technology startups across the United States. It specializes in product-centric founders at the earliest stage and frequently leads pre-seed rounds as an institutional investor alongside high-value angels. The team combines deep product experience with investing know-how and typically writes checks ranging from $0.5 million to $1.5 million, focusing on software and other technology-enabled ventures.

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.

SmartHub is a venture capital firm and funding platform based in San Francisco that connects technology startups with investors and supports the investment process. It provides investors with tailored portfolios, research, deal structuring, legal paperwork, quarterly reporting, and protection of investment rights through exit, while offering startups rapid feedback, deal opportunities, strategic development support, networking, and fundraising guidance.

Behind Genius Ventures is a San Diego-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that concentrates on pre-seed and seed investments. It backs early-stage companies across development tools, health and wellness, entertainment and media, gaming, e-commerce, fintech, and API-enabled product sectors, with a focus on product-led growth and helping founders navigate customer acquisition through modern strategies.

KB Investment is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1990 as the investment arm of KB Financial Group. It manages assets through a venture and growth platform and backs early-stage startups, select buyouts, spinouts, turnaround situations, and growth capital. The firm targets a broad range of sectors, including information technology, biotechnology and life sciences, healthcare, hardware and software, consumer products and services, and clean tech, with a primary focus on South Korea and selective international opportunities. It supports portfolio companies with hands-on guidance in strategy, operations and governance and leverages KB Financial Group’s network to aid growth and value creation. The firm is described as active in social ventures aligned with sustainable development goals, reflecting an emphasis on responsible investing alongside financial returns.

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

Third Prime is a New York-based venture capital firm, founded in 2016, focused on seed and early-stage investments in technology-enabled companies across sectors such as business services, financial services, IT services, software, healthcare, consumer products and services, and real estate services. It operates from a New York headquarters with an additional office in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and pursues opportunities in the United States and Canada, supporting startups with growth-stage capital and strategic guidance.

Serra Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Champaign, Illinois. Founded in 2008, it invests in technology companies at early and growth stages across the United States, with select international activity, focusing on information technology, deep technology, instrumentation, devices, B2B software as a service, and agricultural technologies.

Pantera Capital is a Menlo Park-based investment firm and venture capital firm focused exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and blockchain technology. Founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead, the firm initially managed macro hedge fund investments before concentrating on crypto-focused advisory services. It operates as a private investment adviser and backs seed- through later-stage companies across blockchain, fintech, software, cybersecurity, and related infrastructure.

Almi Invest is Sweden’s leading early-stage venture capital firm, investing in scalable startups across sustainability, industry, technology, and life sciences. It supports companies from pre-seed to Series A and co-invests with independent private investors to accelerate innovation and long-term success. The firm emphasizes active ownership, providing strategic guidance, board participation, and access to a broad investor network to help startups scale responsibly. Almi Invest operates as part of the Almi Group and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Almi AB, and regional partners, reflecting its public-private model. While focused on Sweden, its portfolio spans diverse sectors, with a mission to drive economic growth and environmental progress by backing entrepreneurs who create tangible impact.

Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 1972, the firm concentrates on early-stage, growth, and incubation investments, partnering with founders from inception through IPO and beyond. It backs ventures across technology-related sectors, including digital and information technology, life sciences, and healthcare, with a global reach that spans North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and Mainland China.

XSeed Capital is a Portola Valley, California-based venture capital firm that makes early-stage technology investments in the United States. Founded in 2006, it targets software, information technology, and related technology sectors and often provides seed funding with follow-on capital through multiple rounds. The firm seeks differentiated portfolio companies that deliver unique customer value and works to help entrepreneurs build value, reach risk-reduction milestones, and progress toward subsequent value inflection points.

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.

DB1 Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Deutsche Börse Group, based in Frankfurt, Germany. It invests in early-stage to growth-stage fintech and technology companies, seeking to be a strategic partner of choice for ventures aligned with Deutsche Börse Group's strategy, with the aim of generating attractive returns and adding strategic value to both portfolio companies and Deutsche Börse Group's growth plans.

Hackers/Founders is a Silicon Valley–based accelerator and venture capital firm that supports technology startups from seed to growth stages, equips founders, helps build vibrant tech ecosystems, and shares Silicon Valley insights with the broader entrepreneurial community.

BITKRAFT Ventures is a venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage investments in video gaming, esports, immersive technology, interactive media, Web3 and AI. The team is spread across San Francisco, Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, London, Madrid and Lisbon, enabling a global approach to digital entertainment and technology opportunities. The firm operates as a global investment platform with US-domiciled funds and positioning as a registered investment advisor. It focuses on supporting founders building new experiences in gaming, immersive tech and related media across key markets.

Denny Hill Capital is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that supports early and growth-stage companies across a broad range of sectors, including building products, e-commerce, retail, clean technology, mobility, biotechnology, business software, entertainment software, social software, and oncology. The firm partners with portfolio companies to drive scale, profitability, and sustainable growth through capital efficiency, providing strategic and financial guidance from idea through expansion, and maintaining a hands-on, collaborative approach to help companies achieve long-term success.

Firestartr is a London-based venture capital firm, founded in 2012, that supports digital startups from seed stage through Series A and beyond. It provides more than capital, drawing on the founders' operating experience with leading technology companies to drive sustainable growth in its portfolio. With a broad network of advisors, Firestartr facilitates strategic introductions at the right time and offers hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale. The firm targets software and digital infrastructure sectors, including SaaS, cloud, digital media, fintech, and e-commerce, and it seeks to back ambitious entrepreneurs to accelerate product development, market entry, and business maturity.

Chaac Ventures is a Santa Monica, California–based venture capital firm founded in 2015. It concentrates on early-stage technology companies, with a focus on Princeton University–originated ventures and the Los Angeles tech ecosystem, while maintaining flexibility to invest outside these networks. The firm targets opportunities in software, cybersecurity, big data, SaaS, artificial intelligence, and machine learning within information technology sectors.

Bright Venture Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Shenzhen, China. It focuses on early- and middle-stage investments across technology-related sectors, including information technology, internet, cloud computing and advanced manufacturing, and seeks opportunities in adjacent areas such as media, telecommunications, culture and media, healthcare education, entertainment consumer, and new retail. The firm pursues investments in both private equity in the primary market and secondary stock opportunities.

Morningside is a Boston-based investment firm founded in 1986 as a family office for the Chan family. It makes venture capital investments in companies with novel science and technology, with deep expertise in life sciences, digital health, artificial intelligence, materials, and technology. The firm takes a long-term approach to building companies and emphasizes ethical conduct. In addition to its investment activities, Morningside supports charitable initiatives in education, research and healthcare, including collaborations with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, UMass Chan Medical School, and the MIT Morningside Academy for Design.

Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. The firm backs entrepreneurs with venture assistance, strategic guidance, and capital, focusing on bold, early-stage technology companies. It invests across sectors including AI, climate and sustainability, enterprise software, consumer technologies, fintech, digital health, medtech and diagnostics, therapeutics, and frontier technologies. Based in Menlo Park, the firm manages several funds to support startups across stages, prioritizing ventures that address large markets and have potential for significant social and economic impact.

KVIC is a government-backed investment institution in South Korea that allocates capital to venture activities by investing in venture capital funds globally and administering the Korea Fund of Funds on behalf of the government. Founded in 2005, the organization operates under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and supports the country's venture ecosystem through its fund-of-funds activities and public-backed funding. Headquartered in Seoul, KVIC also maintains offices in California, Shanghai, and Singapore to engage with international partners. The company includes a research division that produces monthly reports on venture capital and private equity trends, issues, and policy developments in Korea, complementing its investment mandate with market insight and policy analysis.

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures is a Brooklyn-based seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012. It historically invested in early and seed-stage technology companies across New York, spanning sectors such as information technology, software-as-a-service, fintech, e-commerce, healthcare, consumer services, hardware, and AI/ML. The firm aimed to back startups in the Greater Brooklyn Area by leading or co-leading rounds. Several sources indicate the firm is no longer actively seeking new investments.

Expert DOJO is a venture capital firm and accelerator based in Santa Monica, California, that supports early-stage startups through funding and acceleration programs. It focuses on pre-seed and seed companies worldwide, prioritizing visionary technology ventures and minority or female-founded teams. The firm engages with a global portfolio, providing capital typically in the range of tens of thousands to around one million dollars, with follow-on support to scale. Its programs aim to help startups gain traction and accelerate growth beyond what they could achieve independently.