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.

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.

Seraphim Capital is a London-based venture capital and growth equity firm focused on the space technology sector. It invests globally across multiple stages, from early pre-seed to growth and pre-IPO, and supports portfolio companies with access to a broad network of corporate partners, government agencies, and industry experts. The firm seeks to back space-enabled businesses, including Earth observation and related applications, leveraging its experienced team and worldwide reach to drive growth, partnerships, and value creation through the full company lifecycle.

Innovation Works is a Pittsburgh-based venture capital firm established in 1999 that targets seed-stage technology companies in Southwestern Pennsylvania. It provides capital, business guidance, and other resources to high-potential startups and is the region's largest seed-stage investor. The organization also helps manufacturers adopt new technologies and pursues investments in robotics, artificial intelligence, medical devices, retail technologies, and enterprise software.

Drone Fund is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm investing in drones and related technologies. It provides capital investment and financing and supports portfolio companies with services such as intellectual property strategy, innovation planning, and drone policy guidance, aiming to build a drone ecosystem where startups and partners can benefit from collaboration and resources.

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.

Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011, that manages investment portfolios and provides asset management services to clients across sectors, with a focus on software as a service companies, and analyzes market trends to inform its investment decisions while operating in finance, technology, and real estate.

Shenzhen Capital Group is a government-backed venture capital firm established by the Shenzhen Government in 1999. It focuses on cultivating national industries and brands, promoting economic transformation, and developing emerging sectors. The firm invests primarily in small to medium-sized enterprises and innovative high-tech companies across start-up, growth, and transformation stages, targeting industries aligned with national policies such as information technology, internet and new media, biopharma, new energy, environmental protection, chemical engineering, new materials, high-end equipment manufacturing, consumer goods, and modern services. Through its portfolio, it aims to build national champions and support industrial upgrading in China, leveraging its capital base to support long-term value creation.

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.

Hiventures is a venture capital investment firm headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. It backs startups across multiple sectors and supports high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises, with the aim of fostering a sustainable and competitive SME and enterprise ecosystem in Hungary and the broader Central and Eastern Europe region. The firm is described as one of the largest and most active venture capital partners in Central and Eastern Europe.

Fontinalis Partners is a Detroit- and Boston-based venture capital and private equity firm focused on next-generation mobility and related technology sectors. The firm invests across the mobility ecosystem, including connected vehicles, data and analytics, intelligent infrastructure, location-based services, mobility transactions, and new mobility models such as car sharing and ride sharing, as well as software and cloud-based services. It operates on a stage-agnostic basis, backing early to growth-stage companies across the United States, and aims to leverage management experience, strategic relationships, and transportation innovation expertise to scale portfolio companies. The firm often takes board seats and maintains offices in Detroit and Boston; it is not affiliated with Ford Motor Company and was founded in 2009.

Lux Capital is a venture capital firm based in New York City and Silicon Valley that funds seed- and early-stage technology and science startups. It concentrates on deep tech across the physical and life sciences, investing in biochemistry, material science, electronics, infrastructure, aerospace, satellites, drones, and space technologies, as well as software, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, genomics and synthetic biology. The firm takes an active role in helping entrepreneurs build high-growth companies and has a track record of launching more than 20 portfolio companies. With a technically engaged approach, Lux supports portfolio progress by leveraging deep domain insight and industry connections to drive leadership and scale.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Israel. The firm backs early and growth stage start-ups across sectors such as enterprise software, consumer technology, fintech, healthtech, cleantech, and information technology, and pursues opportunities in the United States, Asia, and Israel. It funds a broad range of rounds, including seed, early, later, and expansion, and also provides debt financing for start-ups and growth companies. Lightspeed focuses on helping entrepreneurs scale through capital, strategic guidance, and operational support, and maintains a diversified portfolio across enterprise, consumer, big data, mobile, and internet-enabled sectors.

Superhero Capital is a Helsinki-based venture capital firm focused on seed-stage investments in technology-enabled companies in Finland and the Baltics. It concentrates on software and related sectors such as B2B software, health tech, fintech, IoT and SaaS, supporting insight-driven startups. Founded in 2015, the firm operates across Finland and the Baltic states.

Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security and aerospace company that researches, designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, and sustains advanced technology systems and services for defense and space. It operates through four segments: Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems, and Space Systems, covering combat aircraft, missiles and defense systems, helicopters, ships and submarines, radar and sensors, satellites, space transportation, and related support services. The company serves government customers worldwide and provides engineering, logistics, cybersecurity, and information services. Founded in 1912 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin maintains a broad portfolio across defense, space, and security solutions with a long-standing role in major national security programs.

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.

Trimble is a technology solutions company that connects office and field workflows and manages asset lifecycles across construction, geospatial, and transportation industries. Its solutions integrate positioning technologies such as GPS, lasers, and optics with software tailored to user needs, and are delivered via hardware, software, and wireless connectivity to link field operations with back-office processes. The company operates through three segments: AECO (Architects, Engineers, Construction and Owners) providing software solutions for the construction community; Field Systems delivering hardware and software for field operations; and Transportation and Logistics serving trucking and freight markets. Trimble serves customers in surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety, and mapping. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Main Sequence Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Eveleigh, Australia, established in 2017. It invests in deep tech spinouts, startups, and company creation that address global challenges, supporting ambitious founders to build new global industries. The firm draws on Australia's leading research, leveraging work from CSIRO and Australian universities and research agencies. It is backed by CSIRO, the Australian Federal Government, and private investors.

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.

Incubate Fund is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2010 and based in Tokyo, Japan, with an office in Singapore, that backs technology startups across Asia and North America. It concentrates on providing initial capital to entrepreneurs building software, platforms and digital services in sectors such as media, entertainment, gaming, online commerce, logistics, medical, financial services, real estate and housing, with a preference for mobile, social and web-based offerings. The firm has built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia and has helped portfolio firms reach public markets or achieve exits through M&A since its inception, reflecting an active role in funding and supporting growth-oriented ventures. Through its international footprint and early-stage focus, it supports founders through initial rounds and strategic guidance to accelerate development and scale.

Artesian Capital Management is an Australian-based alternative investment management firm with a global footprint. Founded in 2004, it began with credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies and later expanded into principal investments in seed and early-stage ventures. The firm operates from Sydney and Melbourne and has extended to international locations, launching early-stage venture funds including a China-focused vehicle and outlining plans for Southeast Asia. It partners with accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs to back high-potential ventures and manages funds across equity and debt investments, currently overseeing over AUD 255 million.

SFC Capital is a United Kingdom-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that makes early-stage investments in UK startups, including pre-seed and seed rounds. It backs companies across sectors such as software, technology, e-commerce, consumer, enterprise, green tech, medical technology, and hospitality, providing capital plus strategic guidance to support growth and product development. The firm operates a model that combines an angel network with seed funds to back SEIS- and EIS-qualifying businesses, aiming to offer exposure to a diversified portfolio while delivering hands-on support to portfolio companies.

Bayern Kapital is the venture capital arm of LfA Förderbank Bayern, the Bavarian development bank. Based in Landshut, Germany, it finances research and development and the market introduction of new products, product diversification, and expansion of market share for Bavarian companies. It focuses on high‑tech sectors such as information technology, software, life sciences, biotechnology, nanotechnology, micro-systems, materials and environmental technologies, and supports small and medium-sized enterprises located in Bavaria. Typical investments range from €0.25 million to €9 million, targeting seed through growth stages, and the firm has backed more than 250 startups and growth companies since its founding in 1995.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It pursues investments across multiple sectors, including information technology, healthcare, manufacturing, mobile, nanotechnology, financial services, internet, energy, media, and retail, and provides early to growth-stage funding coupled with strategic support to help founders build lasting, category-defining companies.

Global Brain is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1998 that backs technology companies from seed stage through growth rounds. It targets a broad range of sectors including AI, cloud and software, fintech, robotics, life sciences, media, and mobility, and pursues global investments across Europe, North America, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The firm emphasizes hands-on support and resources for portfolio companies, aiming to help them scale beyond financing. It operates a pure investment fund alongside corporate venture funds formed with leading public companies across telecom, real estate, financial services, beverages, agriculture and food, logistics, and electronics.

European Investment Fund (EIF) is a public institution established in 1994 to improve access to finance for Europe's small and medium-sized businesses. It designs and develops venture capital and guarantee instruments to support SMEs and to catalyse private investment, aiming to build a robust European equity ecosystem. EIF engages in venture capital, growth capital, and guarantee operations, backing innovative entrepreneurs primarily in technology and life sciences, as well as across other sectors. Through cornerstone investments and fund participation, EIF seeks to crowd in private investors and stimulate venture activity across Europe. Its equity portfolio has grown substantially, with assets under management exceeding EUR 14 billion, reflecting its broad role in strengthening SME finance and supporting entrepreneurship and growth.

TSVC is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 and based in Los Altos, California. It specializes in early-stage investments in deep technology startups across the United States, focusing on software as a service, artificial intelligence, fintech, biotechnology, blockchain, and semiconductors. TSVC operates as a seed and early-stage investor with a track record of backing a broad portfolio of startups and notable exits, including Zoom, and has supported companies in data economy and healthtech among others. The firm is described as a pioneer in Silicon Valley seed investing, partnering with founders to provide technical guidance and capital to turn ambitious ideas into practical, scalable solutions.

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture capital and angel investment firm that supports early-stage startups across the United States. Founded in 2009, the firm provides business development, financing, mergers and acquisitions guidance, and other strategic advice to portfolio companies, leveraging its networks to help founders at critical inflection points. SV Angel focuses on software and TMT sectors, including software-oriented consumer and enterprise initiatives, and acts as a hands-on partner to help startups grow, form strategic partnerships, secure financing, and pursue M&A opportunities.

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman. It allocates capital across public and private markets worldwide, with a focus on technology-enabled growth opportunities. The firm pursues public equity strategies, including long/short and growth investments, and private equity across early- to late-stage companies in multiple industries, seeking high-quality growth opportunities and guiding portfolio companies through their lifecycle.

Qualcomm is a U.S.-based fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets wireless technologies, processors, connectivity solutions, software, and charging products. Its Snapdragon processors and related platforms serve mobile devices, automotive, and Internet of Things applications, while its technologies span 3G, 4G, and 5G wireless networks, networking, and multimedia. Qualcomm operates through three main activities: chip business providing integrated circuits and system software; licensing of intellectual property for wireless standards; and strategic initiatives investing in early-stage technologies. The company serves industries including automotive, healthcare, smart cities, wearables, and smart homes, and maintains a broad ecosystem that supports developers and partners worldwide.

Gaingels is a venture investment organization focused on LGBTQ+-founded and led companies and their allies, investing across stages from pre-seed to pre-IPO and maintaining a global portfolio. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, it operates as a syndicate with more than 130 portfolio companies and around $70 million deployed. The organization supports inclusive leadership by backing ventures that promote diverse C-suite and board representation and actively assists portfolio companies in recruiting diverse executive talent. It also fosters a global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who pursue positive social change through business and successful investments.

IDG Capital is a global investment firm that backs technology-focused companies across stages, from early to growth. With a blend of international reach and local market insight, the firm mobilizes resources to help portfolio companies scale in China, Asia, and beyond. It partners with private equity and venture capital fund managers and other investment entities, drawing on a broad base of limited partners including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, institutions, and family offices. The team combines deep local knowledge with global perspectives to identify opportunities and provide strategic support, governance, and access to networks that accelerate growth. IDG Capital targets software, information technology, consumer and healthcare sectors, among others, and pursues a long-term value strategy through active collaboration with management teams and ecosystem players rather than short-term financing alone.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 1974 with additional offices in Osaka and Nagoya. It focuses on seed, development stage, and startup investments across healthcare, life sciences, biotechnology, information technology, electronics, artificial intelligence, fintech, SaaS, and other high-technology sectors, with an emphasis on the Japanese market and relevance to Japan. The firm also engages in investment syndication for Japanese opportunities.

Congruent Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Oakland and San Francisco that specializes in early-stage investments in climate technology and sustainable solutions across North America. The firm backs technology companies in mobility and urbanization, energy transition, food and agriculture, and sustainable production and consumption, with opportunities spanning hardware, software, and services that can scale while reducing energy and resource use. Founded in 2017, Congruent Ventures emphasizes positive environmental impact alongside growth and operates as an exempt registered adviser.

High-Tech Gründerfonds is a Germany-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology companies in Germany. Based in Bonn with an additional office in Berlin, it operates as a public-private partnership that supports high-tech startups across information technology, software, hardware, life sciences, chemistry and related fields. HTGF provides initial funding and follow-on capital to eligible young companies, often taking minority stakes and participating as lead or co-investor, while offering hands-on guidance from experienced investment managers and startup experts. Since its founding in 2005, the firm has backed numerous startups and facilitated the growth of portfolio companies through multiple funds aimed at early stages. The model combines both public support, involving government and financial institutions, with private investor participation to nurture startups from concept to market.

Shunwei Capital is a Beijing-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that focuses on early to growth-stage investments in China's internet and information technology sectors. It seeks opportunities in technology, media, telecommunications, high technology, new media, games, internet services, and rural internet, with an emphasis on internet-enabled businesses and related IT applications. The firm concentrates on Chinese startups while pursuing selective cross-border opportunities in East Asia, and it supports incubation and scaling through multiple funds. Its investors include sovereign wealth funds, fund of funds, university endowments, and family offices, reflecting a diversified capital base to back ambitious entrepreneurs in the digital economy.

Oxford Science Enterprises is a university-partnered venture firm that collaborates with the University of Oxford to translate fundamental technologies into companies. It funds life sciences, artificial intelligence and software, healthcare, and deep-tech ventures addressing major challenges such as nuclear fusion, quantum computing, and infectious disease treatments. Founded in 2015, it has raised more than £600 million to build a technology ecosystem and leverages its network of investors, entrepreneurs and sector experts to pursue co-investment, recruit senior management, and launch spin-outs from Oxford research.

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.

Merck Ventures is the strategic corporate venture capital arm of Merck. It invests in innovative technologies and products with the potential to significantly impact Merck’s core business areas, and takes an active role in portfolio companies by collaborating with entrepreneurs and co-investors to translate innovation into commercial success. Based in Amsterdam with offices in the United States and Israel, Merck Ventures pursues global, early-stage investing and company creation, including spin-offs that leverage Merck’s science and technology base.

Glory Ventures is a Shanghai-based venture capital firm that backs startups across early and growth stages, with a focus on information technology, IoT, artificial intelligence, and consumer-oriented ventures. The firm pursues a cross-border approach, particularly between China and Israel, and builds an ecosystem by integrating industrial resources from private equity markets and public companies to create strategic synergies. It targets subsectors such as B2B enterprise services, consumption upgrade, and IoT, and seeks value-added exits through M&A or IPO. Its portfolio includes AI, IoT, fintech, and related technologies, with several companies attracting follow-on investments from industrial capital and notable investors.

Puhua Capital is an equity investment firm based in Hangzhou, China, founded in 2004. The firm specializes in venture capital, focusing on early to middle-stage projects within the internet, health, and technology sectors. Puhua Capital not only invests funds but also provides crucial resources and management expertise to the enterprises it supports. With a portfolio that includes nearly 300 promising start-ups, Puhua Capital aims to foster innovation and growth in its targeted industries.

Outlier Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm established in 2014 that concentrates on early-stage investments in Web3, crypto, and decentralized technologies. It operates Base Camp, a multi-month accelerator program that attracts thousands of applications and provides incubation space, back-office support, and ecosystem partnerships to pre-seed and seed projects. The firm supports a diverse portfolio across DeFi, NFTs, and blockchain infrastructure, with emphasis on Metaverse use cases such as avatar marketplaces and play-to-earn gaming. Through collaborations with leading protocols and brands, including Aptos, Filecoin/IPFS, Polygon, and FARFETCH, Outlier Ventures expands its accelerator footprint and offers advisory services for later-stage teams under its Ascent program. Its approach remains blockchain-agnostic, aiming to accelerate a new web paradigm that prioritizes user sovereignty, data ownership, and digital wealth, while pursuing elevated deal activity and portfolio growth in the Web3 ecosystem.

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.

Eclipse Ventures is a Palo Alto-based seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs early-stage companies aiming to modernize physical industries. The firm emphasizes hands-on partnership, with a team of former operators who guide portfolio founders on operating practices, fundraising, and strategic growth to build generational companies. Its investments target industrial and technology-enabled sectors, including manufacturing, logistics, transportation, healthcare, energy and storage, AI, robotics, semiconductors, IoT, and related areas such as defense, construction, agriculture, and supply chain infrastructure. By focusing on making physical industries more efficient, resilient, and profitable, Eclipse seeks to support companies that redefine how durable sectors operate and scale.

BDC Venture Capital is a major Canadian venture capital investor that engages across the development cycle from seed to expansion, concentrating on technology-based companies with high growth potential that can become market leaders. It supports the growth of Canadian businesses through financing, consulting services, and securitization, with a focus on small and mid-sized enterprises. Since its inception in 1975, it has invested in more than 400 companies spanning life sciences, telecommunications, information technology, and advanced technologies, aiming to foster innovation and scale across the Canadian economy.

Inflection Point Ventures is an Indian angel investor network based in Gurgaon, founded in 2018. It connects startups in early to mid stages with a broad network of institutional and individual investors, including CXOs, high-net-worth individuals and family offices, to provide capital, mentorship and market access. The organization emphasizes accessibility and transparency in angel investing, with a low membership fee and small initial investment per investor, supported by extensive upfront due diligence led by industry experts. It operates across multiple sectors, including healthcare, software, clean technology, deep technology, e-commerce, edtech, fintech, gaming and social platforms, HR tech, IoT, logistics, mobility, proptech, retail technology, sports and fitness, and consumer durables. By leveraging its network, Inflection Point Ventures aims to assist entrepreneurs with guidance, customer acquisition and strategic connections, helping founders scale startups in diverse domains.

Draper Associates is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage startups worldwide, investing from pre-seed to Series A and maintaining an industry-agnostic, opportunistic stance. It seeks transformative ideas across AI, robotics, biotech, fintech, crypto, space, defense, software as a service, cloud, new media, gaming, and other deep technologies, aiming to support teams with the potential to disrupt markets and drive substantial growth. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Greylock Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1965 and based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and San Francisco. The firm invests across seed through growth stages in consumer and enterprise software, cloud/SaaS, data and analytics, security, and related information technology sectors, and may participate in areas such as advertising, fintech, health tech, and open source infrastructure. It often seeks board oversight of portfolio companies and prioritizes investments in the United States, India, China, Europe and Israel, with occasional activity in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Britbots is a United Kingdom-based early-stage venture firm focused on robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence technologies. Founded in 2016, it supports robotics startups by helping them access field trials with early customers and by arranging funding for growth. The firm engages with media and public bodies to share insights from UK robotics entrepreneurs and to raise the profile of robotic innovations suitable for real-world deployment.

Crosslink Capital is a venture capital and growth equity firm founded in 1989 and based in Menlo Park, California. It backs technology companies across the United States from seed to growth stages, with emphasis on software, internet services, digital media, energy technologies, and communications infrastructure. The firm seeks to partner with founders building market-disruptive, category-defining companies and has supported a range of notable exits and current holdings, including Bleacher Report, Omniture, Postmates, Chime, and DataStax. By engaging across early and later stages, Crosslink aims to help portfolio companies scale from initial development to market leadership.