Citigroup is a diversified financial services company providing a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. It operates through two main segments: Global Consumer Banking, which includes retail banking, Citi-branded cards, and consumer finance, and Institutional Clients Group, which covers wholesale banking, investment banking, fixed income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, research, corporate lending, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. The company maintains a global footprint across regions including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and Latin America, and emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility initiatives.

Imaginable Futures is a global philanthropic investment firm established in 2020 as a venture of The Omidyar Group. It operates as a not-for-profit investor focused on education, funding and partnering across public, private and social sectors to address systemic learning challenges. Through on-the-ground collaboration with learners, families and communities, the firm supports transformative ideas and scalable solutions worldwide, including Africa, Latin America, the United States and India. Since its founding, it has deployed roughly $200 million in more than 100 partnerships to advance learning opportunities and human potential.

OneCause is a nonprofit fundraising technology company that provides online and event fundraising software to help nonprofits raise more money and improve the giving experience. The platform supports mobile bidding, online fundraising, peer-to-peer campaigns, event management, payment processing, online ticketing, mobile donations, text-to-give, and registration and checkout. Based in Indianapolis, OneCause has been recognized on the Inc. 500 list of Fastest Growing Companies and received a Techpoint MIRA award for Mobile Technology Excellence and Innovation.

Omidyar Network is an impact investing firm founded in 2004 by Pierre and Pam Omidyar. It supports social entrepreneurs through both investments and grants, aiming to improve lives and communities by funding organizations that harness technology and innovation. The firm operates as a philanthropic investment organization, focusing on catalyzing social impact across areas such as access to capital, media, markets and transparency, governance, citizen engagement, and information access. It backs both for profit and non-profit ventures, spanning seed to growth stages, and emphasizes responsible tech, digital inclusion, and strengthening institutions and democratic processes. The organization seeks to empower individuals and communities through investments that promote better governance, informed citizenship, and thriving communities worldwide.

Takeda is a global pharmaceutical company, and Japan's largest drug maker, focused on researching, developing, manufacturing, marketing and distributing prescription medicines and related therapies. Its core therapeutic areas include oncology, gastroenterology, neuroscience, rare diseases, and plasma-derived therapies, which together account for the majority of revenue. The company operates globally with a diversified geographic mix, deriving more than half of sales from the United States, about 20% from Japan, and about 20% from Europe and Canada. Takeda pursues innovation across drug discovery and development, maintains a portfolio spanning pharmaceuticals and biologics, and emphasizes patient-centric care and collaboration with researchers to advance clinical proof concepts and address unmet medical needs.

ICONIQ Capital is a global multi-family office and investment firm that provides financial advisory and family office services while making direct investments across asset classes. The firm emphasizes technology growth equity, venture capital, middle-market buyouts, and real estate, and operates an integrated platform that supports founders and high-net-worth clients. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Palo Alto and Singapore, ICONIQ Capital combines wealth management with strategic investments, including a growth-focused arm that backs growth-stage technology and other sectors through its ecosystem of portfolio companies.

Founded in 2010, New Media Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early-stage funding for media and tech startups focused on progressive political change. It invests in areas such as mobile/software development, advocacy platforms, online organizing, civic engagement tools, elections systems, and new media content.

Beyond Capital Fund is an impact investment organization based in New York, established in 2009. It makes for-profit, early-stage investments in startups in East Africa and India, targeting health care access, sanitation, clean energy, agriculture and food security, and financial inclusion to improve the lives of people in low-income communities. The fund seeks market-rate returns but is structured as a nonprofit, which allows it to emphasize its social mission alongside its financial mandate.

Verizon Communications is a United States telecommunications company that provides data, wireless and internet services to consumers, businesses, and government entities. It operates 4G LTE and 3G networks and offers wireless plans, fixed broadband, and media and information services, together with enterprise products such as private networking, cloud connectivity, unified communications, and security. The company serves mass market, business, government and wholesale customers and maintains a broad portfolio of devices and services, including IoT solutions and value-added services. Based in New York, Verizon emphasizes connectivity and digital solutions across industries and maintains a venture arm to support early-stage technology development and a foundation focused on education and community initiatives.

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.

Boston Impact Initiative is a nonprofit organization that operates an impact investment program designed to empower communities of color. It seeks to build a future in which entrepreneurs of color and their communities have financial, social, and political power to create a sustainable, inclusive, and equitable economy. The organization provides integrated capital to social enterprises and to community-controlled real estate ventures to increase wealth and asset-building opportunities for communities of color. It also engages in field-building and education to advance economic and racial justice as a core element of community-based investment strategies.

Higher Ground Labs is an accelerator and venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2017, it supports seed-stage software startups focused on progressive political technology and related civic tools. The firm provides capital, mentorship, programming, and hands-on assistance to individuals and early-stage companies aiming to win campaigns and advance civic tech. Its investment scope includes cybersecurity, data analytics, fintech, and the future of work, with a focus on tech-enabled sectors and software that powers political campaigns. Higher Ground Labs combines funding with structured programs to help founders scale, leveraging a network of partners to accelerate growth and impact in the United States.

Pivotal Ventures is a single-family office based in Redmond, Washington, established in 2015. It invests in women-led companies and in funds that offer market-based solutions to societal challenges, aiming for both social impact and financial returns. The organization also makes grants to initiatives addressing caregiving, youth mental health, paid family leave, and expanding women’s political and technological influence.

NewSchools Venture Fund is a philanthropy-driven investment organization founded in 1998 that supports innovation in public education. It funds and mentors education entrepreneurs pursuing solutions aimed at closing the achievement gap, with emphasis on underserved communities. As a venture philanthropy firm, it blends charitable grants and investments to back nonprofit and for-profit education ventures, including education technology tools, charter school initiatives, and services that improve school outcomes. The organization provides capital, incubation support, and strategic guidance to teams across the United States, with a focus on scalable, high-impact models that can reach more students. Based in Oakland, California, NewSchools coordinates with donors and policymakers to advance effective solutions and share evidence about what works in education.

Sahsen Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Seattle, founded in 2016. It invests in technology and biotechnology companies and seeks opportunities in life sciences, health, safety, education, and environment sectors, supporting both for-profit and nonprofit organizations.

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.

Advantage Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, with additional offices across the United States. The firm specializes in equity and debt investments, including growth equity, senior and subordinated debt, and mezzanine financing, with a focus on small businesses and underserved communities. It collaborates with state and federal economic programs to support local economic development and has financed companies in sectors such as manufacturing, technology, business services, energy, and agribusiness, including renewable and solar projects. The firm targets opportunities across growth stages and aims to create lasting economic impact by expanding opportunity in low-income areas through private investment and public-private partnerships.

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.

Gold House Ventures is a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm established in 2017 that invests in startups led by Asian Pacific founders and co-founders, supporting diverse entrepreneurship by providing capital and resources. The firm targets a broad range of sectors including technology, software, financial services, consumer, and related industries.

Ontario Centre of Innovation is a not-for-profit organization based in Toronto, Ontario, that promotes research-to-commercialization in the province. It supports industry-academic collaboration and the commercialization of academic research, helping researchers license technology or form spin-off companies, and it provides early-stage support to startups to accelerate Ontario's economy. The organization focuses on sectors such as advanced health technologies, information and communications technologies and digital media, advanced manufacturing, cleantech including energy and environment, water, and social innovation, with activity aimed at turning research into practical, market-ready solutions.

Global Innovation Fund is a London-based non-profit venture capital organization that supports the development, testing, and scaling of innovations aimed at improving the lives of the world's poorest people. It provides grants and risk capital to a range of actors, including for-profit firms, non-profit organizations, researchers, and government agencies, to fund early-stage ideas and help bring breakthrough solutions to scale and measurable impact.

Splash Capital is a venture capital investment firm based in Las Vegas, founded in 2009. It is backed by a non-profit with the mission to enable new companies that could not exist otherwise, and returns from successful investments are reinvested to fund future startups.

The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra is a public foundation based in Helsinki, Finland, established in 1967 and supervised by the Finnish Parliament. It promotes innovation and sustainable development to advance the economic prosperity and well-being of Finnish people, supporting health and well-being, social problem solving, efficient use of materials and energy, and the ecological use of natural resources. Its initiatives include programs such as Health Care, Food and Nutrition, and Environmental, which guide and fund projects that improve care delivery, nutrition technology, and environmental sustainability.

Opes Impact Fund is an Italy-based venture capital firm that invests in companies focused on creating positive social impact. The firm provides capital and support to enterprises that aim to address societal challenges while pursuing sustainable growth.

Northstar Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, focusing on direct and fund of funds investments in technology‑driven startups and growth companies. It targets sectors including climate technology, healthy aging, digital media, data, entertainment services, telecommunications, healthcare, biotechnology, energy and related technologies, investing primarily in the United Kingdom with emphasis on the North East region (County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear). Typical direct investments range from £0.02 million to £0.75 million, with total commitments up to about £2 million, complemented by involvement in private equity funds, accelerators and incubators through fund of funds. The firm supports portfolio companies with resources such as a network of university partners, funders, non‑executive directors and talent to help generate talent, jobs and growth in the region. Founded in 2004, it operates from its Newcastle base.

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.

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.

Elevate Ventures is a not-for-profit organization based in Indiana that nurtures and develops emerging and existing high-potential businesses into high-performing Indiana-based companies. It conducts rigorous business analysis and provides robust advisory services, connecting companies with resources needed for long-term success. Beyond capital, Elevate Ventures partners with entrepreneurs, investors, and local and state organizations to address barriers such as management, business development, talent identification and retention, and technology development challenges. The organization emphasizes unbiased, in-depth perspectives and objective recommendations through a seasoned staff and external partners, supporting growth, job creation, and economic development in Indiana. It seeks ventures identifying marketplace needs and capable of transitioning from research to product development to market, aiming to sustain business success over time.

Launch NY is a U.S. Treasury-designated community development financial institution and nonprofit venture development organization based in Buffalo, New York. It provides pro bono mentoring and capital access to high-growth startups across Upstate New York, with a focus on catalyzing an entrepreneurial culture in the western half of the region, spanning 27 counties. The organization identifies, supports and invests in high-growth, high-impact companies across sectors including advanced manufacturing, biomedical, chemicals, materials, cleantech, consumer goods and services, information technology, web technology, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, mobile technology, sensors, nanotechnology, and food and beverages.

UPMC is a nonprofit health system and integrated global health enterprise headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It develops and delivers Life Changing Medicine by leveraging technology, translating science into cures, and accelerating innovation worldwide. The organization includes UPMC Health Plan, a large insurer serving hundreds of thousands of members with commercial and government programs, a broad provider network, and high-quality care as indicated by NCQA ratings. Through its hospitals and physicians, UPMC pursues accessible, high-value health care and wellness solutions, supported by a mission to advance medicine through research and collaboration.

Propel Capital is a venture capital firm based in Brooklyn, New York, making impact investments across the United States. It funds early-stage and growth ventures and supports nonprofit, for-profit, and political organizations through flexible, patient capital designed to back innovative, catalytic ideas at critical development junctures. The firm emphasizes trust in its partners, high risk tolerance for new approaches, and a focus on durable social impact solutions that advance a just and equitable future. Propel Capital often seeks board seats in its portfolio companies to help guide strategy and governance.

PhiTrust Partenaires is a Paris-based impact investment firm providing private equity, venture capital and venture debt to for-profit companies with positive social and environmental impact. It targets early to growth-stage opportunities across sectors including agriculture, energy, finance, healthcare, technology and services, seeking both majority and minority stakes and occasional board representation. The firm invests globally with a focus on Europe, West Africa, North America, Asia and South America, typically committing €0.3–0.6 million in companies valued €0.5–€20 million, offering equity or debt at below-market rates. It also funds not-for-profit initiatives through endowment activities. Founded in 2005, PhiTrust Partenaires operates within the PhiTrust group and emphasizes socially conscious investing that combines social impact with financial performance.

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.

BR Angels is an angel investment network based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2019. As a private non-profit association comprised of individual and corporate members, it promotes the development of startups in Brazil and focuses on early-stage investing and related financial services.

Next Wave Impact is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in Denver, Colorado. It invests in seed, early-stage, and later-stage companies with a focus on impact and ESG, pursuing a diversified portfolio across sectors such as education, health, water, fintech and financial access, inclusion and security, green technology and cleantech, agriculture and food, sustainable consumer products, and new social enterprise business models, aiming to generate financial returns while delivering social and environmental benefits.

Mozilla is a technology organization focused on open internet software and services. It develops the Firefox web browser and the Thunderbird email client, promoting user control, privacy, and openness across web, mobile, and developer platforms. The organization advances open standards and the open internet through initiatives associated with the Mozilla Foundation, a nonprofit that mobilizes volunteers, allies, and activists to promote openness, innovation, and participation online. Mozilla's work aims to ensure a fast, secure, and accessible internet and to foster a healthy digital ecosystem for users worldwide.

Revolution is a Washington, D.C.-based venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Steve Case. It partners with entrepreneurs to disrupt traditional industries by backing technology-enabled startups across multiple stages through its portfolio of funds, including Revolution Ventures and Revolution Growth. The firm emphasizes hands-on support, often taking board seats and aiming to help companies scale from early growth to market leadership. Revolution maintains roots in the United States with offices in Washington, DC and San Francisco and pursues investments across the country, not limited to coastal hubs. It seeks opportunities in sectors such as consumer internet, media and entertainment, software and services, financial services, health care, energy, and other mass-market industries, prioritizing opportunities that are capital efficient and scalable. Through initiatives like Rise of the Rest, Revolution funds seed- and early-stage companies located outside major hubs to foster regional startup ecosystems and broaden entrepreneurship nationwide.

Lumina Impact Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Lumina Foundation and makes impact investments in education technology. It extends the foundation’s work beyond grant funding by engaging the private sector to generate ideas, build knowledge, and attract new capital to expand learning opportunities. The arm supports entrepreneurs of color and founders from low-income backgrounds and fosters a collaborative, founder-friendly ecosystem. By leveraging Lumina’s networks, it connects portfolio companies with trusted advisors and other non-financial resources that can accelerate growth. It primarily invests in early-stage companies developing innovative technologies and tech-enabled platforms that create opportunities for people to learn after high school.

Serious Change is an organization focused on establishing a secure and sustainable energy system for Britain. It relies on current research to quantify the scale of challenges in energy production and uses analysis to ensure government energy statistics are accurate. The group maintains neutrality, examining numbers without vested interests, and aims to present evidence-based conclusions to inform policy. Its objective is a long-term energy framework that supports the country's economy and people and to counter misinformation about Britain’s energy system.

Entangled Group is a San Francisco-based venture capital and incubation firm focused on the education ecosystem. It incubates, invests in and consults for education startups, offering strategy consulting, access to expertise, non-profit management, sales acceleration and revenue-generation services. The group supports the creation and growth of education companies through its education technology studio, which provides product development, staffing, marketing, distribution, capital and other operational resources, often collaborating with universities to test and accelerate adoption. Entangled Group aims to advance long-term educational impact by combining entrepreneurial support with strategic partnerships and practical resources for early-stage ventures.

Big Issue Invest is a London-based investment firm established in 2005 that concentrates on early-stage funding for social enterprises across the United Kingdom. It describes itself as the UK's first social merchant bank, operating by social entrepreneurs for social entrepreneurs to enable mission-driven businesses to scale and generate social impact.

The FSE Group is a UK-based not-for-profit investment group consisting of several subsidiaries that deliver funds and related services. Surpluses are reinvested to support its mission rather than being distributed to shareholders. The group provides funding through its subsidiary finance and fund management entities, including Finance East, which funds businesses in the East of England, and a regulated fund manager that delivers regulated activities. The organization focuses on early-stage and growth-stage ventures in renewables and social enterprise, aiming to support startups and growing businesses with regional and sector-specific funding.

Upaya Social Ventures is a social ventures firm that supports early-stage entrepreneurs in marginalized communities by providing capital and advisory services to create dignified, stable jobs. It operates a project-based accelerator and conducts consulting with established organizations on innovative initiatives, enabling startups to scale and employ families in need while promoting self-reliance and inclusive economic opportunity.

New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is an independent, non-profit venture capital and research funding organization based in Fredericton, Canada. It invests in growth-oriented companies and in research and development with commercialization potential, providing equity capital, professional support, and networking to attract further capital and industrial partnerships. NBIF differentiates itself by making equity investments and attaching rights to intellectual property to help commercialize projects, rather than offering loans or grants alone. Returns are reinvested to fund more projects, with an aim to build New Brunswick's capacity to innovate across five strategic industries. The foundation manages about $40 million and has helped leverage more than $160 million in additional capital.

i2E is a not-for-profit venture development organization based in Oklahoma City that supports technology-driven startups through investment and advisory services. Backed by state partners including the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology as part of Oklahoma's Innovation Model, it was founded in 1997 and focuses on nurturing firms in software, healthcare, and information technology sectors in Oklahoma.

Mayo Clinic is a non-profit medical organization based in Rochester, Minnesota, established in 1863. It provides comprehensive medical care, education in clinical medicine and biomedical sciences, and conducts extensive medical research across a broad range of specialties. The organization integrates patient care with education and research to advance medical practice and outcomes. It also advances innovation through Mayo Clinic Platform, a Rochester-based accelerator that incubates and invests in early-stage health-tech startups in collaboration with providers, pharmaceutical and device companies, health-tech developers, and patients; and Mayo Clinic Ventures, the organization's venture arm that partners with physicians and scientists to commercialize inventions and discoveries to improve patient care and support Mayo’s education and research missions.

Epsilon Health is a venture capital firm based in Washington, DC, founded in 2017, that invests in healthcare, information technology, and technology-enabled services. It operates as a healthcare-focused investor, supported by and organized for a regional not-for-profit health consortium.

Lundbeckfonden is an independent non-profit foundation based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Established in 1954, it aims to maintain and expand the Lundbeck Group’s activities and to provide financial support for research in biomedical and natural sciences. The foundation's assets are managed by a board of directors and it is supervised by the Danish Civil Affairs Agency.

FootPrint Coalition is a media and investment group founded by actor Robert Downey Jr. and based in Los Angeles. It uses robotics and nanotechnology to clean up the planet, blending high-impact media with early-stage and opportunistic growth investments, and directs grants and attention to environmental nonprofit strategies surfaced through its research.

SoGal Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that backs underrepresented founders at the pre-seed and seed stages, focusing on women and diverse entrepreneurs in the consumer, healthcare, and technology sectors. It seeks to fund companies solving underserved problems and improving how people live, work, and stay healthy for younger generations. Established in 2016, SoGal Ventures operates within the SoGal ecosystem, which also includes SoGal Foundation, a platform that expands equitable access to education, networks, and investment capital for diverse founders.