Orion Resource Partners is an investment firm that provides flexible capital solutions to mining and natural resources companies worldwide. The firm focuses on debt, structured equity, and production-linked financing for base and precious metals projects, and also utilizes off-take arrangements, streaming, and royalties as part of its financing approach. With a disciplined, risk-adjusted investment process, Orion evaluates opportunities across publicly traded and private entities in the metals and materials sectors and offers capital solutions tailored to project development, production timelines, and capital structure needs. Headquartered in New York, the firm serves clients globally, aiming to align financing with value creation in mining ventures.

CIBC Capital Partners is a Toronto-based investment firm specializing in direct, fund, and mezzanine investments. It provides subordinated debt and equity to mid- and late-stage private or public companies for growth financing, acquisitions, management buyouts, and recapitalizations. The firm prefers investments in later-stage companies undergoing financial restructurings, with a focus on sectors such as Industrials, Healthcare, Biotechnology, Financials, and Technology. It typically invests CAD10-20 million ($9.81-$19.61 million) per company, based primarily in Canada, Europe, and Australia.

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.

Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Jackson, Wyoming, that funds research and invests in companies developing technologies to reduce CO2 emissions and advance decarbonization, with a focus on energy, transportation, industrial materials, and agriculture.

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.

Breakthrough Energy Ventures is an investor-led venture capital firm based in Kirkland, Washington, focused on climate and energy technology. It makes minority investments across seed, early, and later stages in companies delivering environmental services, climate technology, and cleantech solutions. The firm seeks scalable technologies that provide reliable, affordable power while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supports innovations that address energy access, infrastructure, and transportation needs. Its mission emphasizes patient, impact-oriented investing to accelerate the transition to low-emission energy systems.

EnCap Investments is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1988 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, with an additional Dallas office. It specializes in investments across the oil and gas value chain, including upstream exploration and production, and midstream infrastructure such as natural gas pipelines, gathering, processing, compression, storage, and transportation. The firm also targets energy infrastructure and clean energy initiatives within the energy transition. It typically provides equity on a deal-by-deal basis, with typical investment sizes in the tens to hundreds of millions of dollars, and may support reserve acquisitions and drilling projects. Its geographic focus includes the United States, Canada, and Mexico. EnCap Investments pursues opportunities in early-stage to growth-oriented companies and is registered as an investment adviser, emphasizing partnerships with operators and infrastructure developers to build long-term value in the oil, gas, and energy services sectors.

Founded in 1953, BDC Capital is a Canadian investment firm specializing in growth and expansion financing. It focuses on information technology, technology, energy, cleantech, and healthcare sectors across Canada.

Eldorado Gold Corp is a Canadian gold and base metals producer with mining, development, and exploration projects in Europe, Asia, and South America, and operations in Turkey, Canada, and Greece. It maintains a portfolio of assets including Kisladag, Efemcukuru, Skouries, Perama Hill, and Certej, and emphasizes responsible operations, safety and environmental standards, and partnerships with local communities.

Kimmeridge is an energy-focused alternative investment manager and investment firm based in New York. Founded in 2012, it concentrates on the energy sector, providing private investments and equity asset management, and developing carbon solutions to accelerate the energy transition. The firm pursues opportunities in early-stage unconventional exploration, backed by in-house geology, land, and operations expertise, and it owns and operates its energy assets directly.

Africa Oil Corp is a Canadian oil and gas company with assets in Kenya and Ethiopia and Puntland in Somalia through its 41% equity stake in Africa Energy Corp. Its East African holdings form part of a prolific exploration play along the East African Rift Basin, with a land position exceeding 200,000 square kilometers. In Kenya’s Lokichar basin, the company holds a 50% interest alongside operator Tullow Oil, supporting ongoing exploration in the region.

Founded in 1994, the European Investment Fund operates as a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in incubation, direct, secondary indirect, and fund of funds investments. It focuses on disruptive early-stage technology enterprises and supports micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises across Europe, primarily at early stages. The fund invests between €0.25 million and €60 million per transaction, with a preference for investing €130 million into private equity and venture capital funds.

Established in 2001, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is a Canadian organization that funds and supports innovative cleantech projects. It focuses on moving groundbreaking technologies to market, creating jobs, driving economic growth, and promoting environmental benefits. SDTC operates independently but collaborates with various stakeholders from private industry, academia, and governments.

Clean Energy Ventures is a Boston-based venture capital firm that invests in seed- and early-stage climate technology startups across North America, Europe and Israel. It focuses on advancing energy storage, grid connectivity, renewable energy production, clean transportation, and the water–energy nexus, supporting technologies and business models with scale potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The firm backs companies that address climate change through market-driven approaches and seeks to accelerate commercialization of disruptive clean energy innovations.

Calibre Mining Corp is a Canada-based company focused on the exploration, development and production of gold and other metals in Nicaragua. It operates a multi-asset portfolio of projects in the Mining Triangle region, including the Pan Gold Mine, Borosi Gold Project, Valentine Gold Mine, Limon Mine and Mill, Libertad Mine and Mill, and Gold Rock, as well as the Borosi Concessions. The company pursues value through discovery and development of gold resources across its properties, with most revenue derived from the sale of gold and silver from its Nicaragua-based operations.

Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.

Premier African Minerals Ltd explores, evaluates, and develops mineral properties across Africa, focusing primarily on tungsten, lithium, and tantalum elements.

Founded in 2011, DCVC is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm invests in early-stage companies utilizing deep tech to solve complex problems across sectors such as artificial intelligence, exascale computing, climate, engineering, materials science, robotics, space, water, biology, defense, and security.

Ecosystem Integrity Fund is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that finances early-stage companies advancing environmental sustainability. The firm seeks to demonstrate that sustainable practices can coexist with solid financial returns and targets investments in sectors including energy, transportation, clean tech, climate resilience, agriculture and food, water, and waste management, with emphasis on resource efficiency, biodiversity, and environmental remediation. It pursues impact investments aligned with ESG goals and often supports companies across North America, with later vintages expanding to Canada and Europe. Investments typically occur at the early growth stage, with capital deployed to help portfolio companies scale solutions that reduce environmental impacts and strengthen ecosystem integrity.

Desjardins Capital is the private equity and venture capital arm of Mouvement des caisses Desjardins, based in Quebec, Canada. It provides growth capital, mezzanine, and select debt financing to early-stage through mature companies across industrial, manufacturing, technology, and service sectors, with emphasis on health care, life sciences, and biotechnology. The firm also supports cooperatives, including worker-owned and housing cooperatives, and network cooperatives, financing development, acquisitions, expansions, and succession plans. It primarily invests in Quebec and surrounding regions, and can finance growth, acquisitions, management buyouts, and modernization. Investments may be equity or debt, including unsecured loans, with instruments ranging from senior debt to equity, and tenures typically five to eight years for equity and three to five years for debt. The firm often takes minority stakes with board participation. It does not invest in natural resource exploration or financial services. Desjardins Capital traces its roots to 1974 and operates within the Desjardins Group.

Overture VC is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, founded in 2021, that concentrates on early-stage climate-tech startups. It provides investment capital and practical government strategies to help portfolio companies navigate the regulatory landscape and access public sector support. By assisting founders in winning government support and addressing regulatory complexity, Overture VC aims to accelerate the development and deployment of climate solutions. The firm focuses on ventures that pursue a sustainable future and seeks to empower founders to scale their innovations by aligning policy, funding, and market pathways.

Aberdeen is a global investment company focused on the resource sector. It actively invests in and builds private, micro-, and small-cap resource companies, providing managerial, technical, and financial resources to unlock their potential.

AENU is an impact venture capital firm based in Berlin that backs early-stage climate-tech and social impact companies across Europe. The firm pursues systemic transformation in venture capital toward impact, accessibility, and stakeholder alignment, aiming for long-term investments that solve the climate crisis and advance social equality. Its focus spans climate and ecosystems, energy, food and agriculture, resources, buildings, mobility, enterprise solutions, and equality and education initiatives.

Nomadic Venture Partners is a Denver-based venture capital firm established in 2021 that funds early-stage companies in digital and light hardware solutions across the United States and Canada, with a focus on climate technology and decarbonization in natural resources, manufacturing, and transportation sectors.

Troilus Gold is a Canadian development-stage resource company focused on the potential restart and mineral expansion of the former producing Troilus gold and copper mine in Quebec.

NGP Energy Capital Management is a private equity and venture capital firm focusing on energy investments. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, with offices in Houston, London, Santa Fe, and Stamford, it manages a family of energy-focused funds. The firm invests across the energy value chain, including oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, oilfield services, energy efficiency, alternative energy, natural gas gathering and processing, and power technology, as well as related areas such as water resources, food and agriculture, and coastal protection. It targets a range of capital events from seed and startup funding to growth equity, middle-market and later-stage buyouts, and may co-invest in direct oil and gas property interests alongside portfolio companies. Typical investments span from a few million to several hundred million dollars, with a North American focus and selective international opportunities. The firm aims to partner with management teams to support growth and help navigate the challenges of the energy industry.

Cowin Capital is an investment firm based in Shenzhen, China, founded in 2000, specializing in private placement equity investments in small and medium-sized enterprises with a long-term horizon. It funds pioneering ventures across a range of sectors, including health, technology, telecommunications, energy, electronics and environmental protection, and supports growth from early stage through expansion. The firm has invested in hundreds of companies and has facilitated numerous exits or public listings, reflecting a track record of helping portfolio companies scale and reach new markets.

Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is a leading European innovation engine focused on Sustainable Energy. It invests in early-stage climate tech and energy companies across Europe and the US, providing equity minority investments and added value services to de-risk projects.

Novo Resources is a gold exploration company focused on evaluating, acquiring, and exploring properties in Australia. Its primary projects include the Beatons Creek and Marble Bar paleoplacer gold projects in Western Australia.

Great Quest Fertilizer is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on advancing the Tilemsi phosphate project in Mali. Since 2009, it has acquired several phosphate concessions, defining an initial resource of 32.6 million tonnes at a grade of 23.4% P2O5.

Global Energy Metals focuses on acquiring and developing high-quality cobalt assets to provide investors exposure to the growing demand for cobalt in rechargeable batteries and electric vehicles. The company's portfolio includes projects in Canada, Australia, and the United States, with a strategic partnership with Beijing Easpring Material Technology Co. for project finance, metallurgical support, and material purchase.

Founded in Sweden, Pale Blue Dot is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups addressing global challenges with innovative and sustainable solutions. They focus on sectors such as energy, food and agriculture, transportation, and materials.

Brainforest is an impact venture studio and accelerator based in Zürich, Switzerland, founded in 2019. It supports early-stage ventures focused on forests, climate change, agriculture, biodiversity, and health by providing financial backing and strategic development to scale sustainable solutions.

Icehouse Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Auckland, New Zealand. Founded in 2003, it backs brave Kiwi founders with unique insights building global companies and focuses on investing in early-stage companies across New Zealand.

Platina Resources is a mineral exploration company focused on acquiring, exploring, and developing projects rich in precious metals such as gold, platinum group metals, zinc, and base metals. Its primary assets include the Challa Gold Project in Western Australia and the Skaergaard Project in Greenland.

KORE Mining focuses on precious metal exploration and development in North America. It holds the Imperial and Long Valley gold development projects in California, United States, and the FG Gold and Gold Creek exploration projects in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. The projects offer multimillion-ounce gold development opportunities and have the potential for near-surface, open-pit, heap-leachable deposits. The exploration portfolio shows strong discovery potential within an established mining district, combining relatively low technical risk with meaningful advancement potential.

Petrolia Energy is an oil exploration, development and production company that focuses on acquiring low-risk, conventionally producing oil fields to minimize risk and maximize recovery of existing reservoirs. It concentrates on acquisitions in the Southwest United States and its assets include the Twin Lakes San Andres Unit, Slick Unit Dutcher Sands, Askarii Resources, and Minerva-Rockdale Field.

Antelopus Energy is an exploration and production company focused on monetizing discovered and stranded resources in the Indian Subcontinent. It operates three contract areas: two offshore assets on the west and east coasts of India and one onshore area in Assam. The company specializes in value creation through reservoir management, deploying technologies such as chemical enhanced oil recovery, and emphasizes operational efficiency, rapid execution, safety, and sustainability.

Talara Capital Management is a real asset investment firm focused on the global resource, infrastructure, and industrial sectors. The firm pursues both private and public investments with a long-term fundamental approach aimed at delivering superior returns for investors. In its private strategy, Talara partners with management teams to develop upstream oil and gas properties in the lower middle market, while its public strategy provides endowments, pensions, and other clients with exposure to liquid real assets. The investment team emphasizes value across interconnected supply chains through concentrated equity portfolios and leverages insights from both private and public portfolios to access deal flow and market intelligence. As an employee-owned firm that serves client needs, Talara aims to build lasting relationships and maintain high levels of service.

Ananda Impact Ventures is a Germany-headed venture capital firm with an office in London that makes early-stage investments across Europe in consumer goods, healthcare, technology and education, targeting ventures that address social and ecological challenges with scalable, sustainable impact and focusing on sectors such as health, inclusion, aging populations, long-term unemployment, future of work, and sustainable consumption across the DACH region, the United Kingdom, Benelux and the Nordics.

Great Western Exploration is an Australian mineral exploration company focused on gold, copper, nickel and base metals. It holds interests in multiple Western Australian projects, including Finlayson Gold Target, Golden Corridor, Atley Gold, Lake Way Potash near Wiluna, Yerrida South, and the Yerrida North joint venture, as well as the Yandal West gold project. The company operates through Mineral Exploration and Finance and Administration segments and has been active since 2007, based in Perth. It evaluates and develops mineral properties, pursuing acquisition and exploration of assets with potential for gold, copper, zinc and sulfide deposits.

Lexington Gold is a company engaged in gold exploration and development. Its primary focus lies on projects in the United States and South Africa.

Magna Terra Minerals is a Toronto-based precious metals exploration company focused on advancing highly prospective gold projects in top-tier mining jurisdictions. With a significant interest in Argentina's Deseado Massif, the company aims to capitalize on the country's improving political environment and experienced management team.

Voyager Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 with offices in San Francisco and New York. It pursues early-stage investments in climate technology and decarbonization, spanning mobility, energy, materials, food, the built environment, analytics, industrial systems, and carbon removal, typically in pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds.

New Pacific Metals is a Canadian-based mining company focused on the exploration and development of silver, gold, lead and zinc properties in Bolivia and Canada. In Bolivia, the company advances the Silver Sand project and other properties including Carangas and Silverstrike. In Canada, it owns the Tagish Lake Gold Project in Yukon, which it acquired in 2010; the project features infrastructure such as an all-weather road, a 300-tonne-per-day mill, a tailings reclamation site, service buildings and an all-weather camp. The company operates from its Vancouver headquarters and pursues value through its mineral portfolio in Bolivian and Canadian districts.

Aruma Resources is an Australian gold exploration company focused on discovering high-grade sediment-hosted gold deposits. Its primary projects are located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, covering a total area of approximately 1,572 square kilometers.

Midnight Sun Mining explores and evaluates mineral properties in Africa, focusing on the discovery of world-class copper deposits within the prolific Zambian-Congo Copperbelt. Its primary asset is the Solwezi Project in Zambia, strategically located adjacent to major mining operations.

Sarama Resources is an exploration company focused on discovering gold deposits in West Africa. It holds exploration licenses in Burkina Faso, Liberia, and Mali.

IQT focuses on advancing innovative technology solutions tailored for the intelligence and defense sectors. By fostering the development of cutting-edge tools, IQT aims to enhance the capabilities of these communities in their efforts to ensure national security. The organization plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between emerging technologies and their practical applications within government agencies, ultimately contributing to the safety and protection of the nation.

BMW i Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Bayerische Motoren Werke, investing in technology companies that support BMW's current and future mobility, transportation, and services businesses. Based in Mountain View with offices in San Francisco and Germany, the firm pursues global investments, including North America, Europe, and Israel. It focuses on early to growth-stage opportunities in automotive technology, software, SaaS, AI and machine learning, hardware, energy, digital platforms, and related sectors such as supply chain, fintech, e-commerce, and oil and gas. BMW i Ventures seeks to accelerate portfolio companies by combining capital with strategic guidance, helping them scale quickly and deliver real-world impact across manufacturing, transportation, and services within BMW's ecosystem and beyond.