Hard Yaka is an investment firm based in Crystal Bay, Nevada, founded in 2010. It pursues technology investments across private equity and venture capital, including buyouts and distressed opportunities, and it frequently seeks majority stakes. The firm focuses on digital transformation infrastructure, including portable identity, payments, marketplaces, and regtech, and also backs early-stage opportunities in exchange space startups, targeting verticals within exchange markets as well as horizontals such as messaging and payments across exchange sectors.

Y&R Capital, established in May 2015, is a venture capital firm based in Beijing, China, focused on high-tech incubation and service management. It was jointly founded by Zhejiang Ganzhan Investment Management Co., Ltd. and Beijing Bochuang Xingsheng Technology Co., Ltd. The firm emphasizes investment in strategic emerging industries, particularly in the fields of medical health, artificial intelligence, robotics, and intelligent manufacturing. Y&R Capital aims to identify and support innovative companies that exhibit growth potential in these sectors, aligning its investment strategy with the evolving technological landscape.

Founded in 2022, WaVe-X is a venture capital firm based in Wiener Neudorf, Austria. It focuses on investing in early-stage startups operating within the logistics, mobility, proptech, and construction tech sectors, with ticket sizes starting at €/$200,000.

SBI Investment is the corporate venture capital arm of SBI Holdings, based in Tokyo, Japan. It funds and supports the growth of private venture companies by managing venture capital funds and attracting capital from institutional partners. The firm backs a broad range of technology-driven sectors, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, fintech, information technology, cybersecurity, e-commerce, biotechnology, life sciences, healthcare, and environmental energy. Through regional operations such as SBI Investment Korea, it engages with startups in Korea and focuses on sectors including healthcare, consumer, ICT, entertainment, information services, and manufacturing. SBI Investment aims to create value by helping portfolio companies scale, form strategic partnerships, and pursue exits via initial public offerings or acquisitions, reinforcing its role in fostering innovation and core industries in the 21st century.

Founded in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. As a global corporate venture capital fund, it invests in early-stage technology companies, focusing on mobile and adjacent industries. With over $4 billion under management, Qualcomm Ventures has invested in more than 350 companies across 15 countries.

Addor Capital is a growth capital investment firm established in 2014 and located in Nanjing, China. The firm specializes in providing investment services by financing early-stage ventures and acquiring securities of various companies. Addor Capital focuses on a diverse range of sectors, including clean technology, health, new materials, advanced manufacturing, consumer services, cultural industries, and technology, media, and telecommunications. Its investment strategy encompasses seed-stage, early-stage, later-stage, and growth-stage companies, primarily within China.

Founded in 2014, AC Ventures is a Southeast Asian venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups across various industries such as digital enablement, financial technologies, agriculture technologies, logistics, e-commerce, consumer technology, MSME solutions, waste management, renewable energy, and sustainability solutions. The firm manages over US$500 million across five funds.

Founded in 1999, Zero2IPO is a leading integrated service provider in the China venture capital and private equity industry. Headquartered in Beijing with offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Silicon Valley, Zero2IPO offers a broad range of services to enable entrepreneurs and investors to reach their next level of success.

Founded in 2016, K Fund is a Madrid-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments in digital-first companies across Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. It aims to promote the evolution of the Spanish startup ecosystem.

Founded in 2016, Kalon Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It invests in high-growth technology companies with innovative business models, focusing on sectors such as banking, insurance, retail, media, and entertainment.

Founded in 2021, Elevation Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Aliso Viejo, California. It invests in early-stage climate tech and sustainability companies.

Notation Capital is a Brooklyn-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups, including pre-seed and seed rounds. It partners with technically oriented founding teams and concentrates on software, AI, health tech, fintech, logistics, climate tech, cybersecurity, and related infrastructure, with a regional focus on New York. The firm provides capital and hands-on support to help startups refine go-to-market strategies and scale, typically investing in the low hundreds of thousands of dollars in initial rounds. Founded in the mid-2010s, Notation Capital operates to accelerate growth for early-stage technology ventures within the United States.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, with additional offices in Osaka and Nagoya, founded in 1974. It concentrates on seed to development stage and startup investments across healthcare, biotech, information technology, electronics, high technology, life sciences, fintech, ICT, SaaS, and AI sectors. The firm targets opportunities in Japan and with relevance to the Japanese market, and it participates in investment syndication for Japanese investments to support entrepreneurs and innovation within the domestic economy.

AngelWise is a venture capital firm founded in 2022 and headquartered in Hasselt, Belgium. The firm specializes in pre‑seed and seed‑stage investments, primarily in the information and communication technology sector. It provides comprehensive support to early‑stage startups, helping them advance to subsequent growth phases.

Noshaq is a venture capital firm based in Liège, Belgium, founded in 1985. It provides seed, startup and growth capital to small and medium-sized companies, with a focus on the Liège region. The portfolio covers sectors such as energy, sustainable development, biotech, digital, Industry 4.0, real estate, quality food, cultural and creative industries, life sciences, agriculture and food, and reconversion. Noshaq typically takes a minority stake and may secure a seat on the board. In addition to equity investments, the firm offers convertible bonds, financing solutions, loans and support for strategic projects.

Qbic Fund is a Ghent-based venture capital firm that backs spin-off companies arising from the Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp university networks and affiliated research institutes, including VITO. It maintains strategic partnerships with these universities and VITO to gain early access to promising research and to support portfolio ventures from assessment to hands-on development. The firm focuses on life sciences, new materials, and information technology, with emphasis on software, deeptech, biotech and medtech opportunities. Through its university and research collaborations, Qbic Fund provides technical guidance and industry connections to help startups accelerate commercialization and growth.

Seeder Fund is a Brussels-based venture capital firm that focuses on digital startups across seed, growth and scaling stages. It provides early-stage financing and growth capital to digital companies, with seed investments up to EUR 200,000 to validate value propositions, up to EUR 300,000 to support Series A readiness, and up to EUR 1,000,000 for scale-ups. The firm emphasizes involvement with portfolio companies and has a history of investing in digitally oriented ventures in Belgium, prioritizing opportunities in which it has already supported in the initial round.

Founded in 2019, Conexus Venture Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Regina, Canada. It invests time, knowledge, and capital into high-growth tech startups operating primarily in the information technology sector, with a focus on ag-tech and food-tech sectors.

Founded in 2012, IrishAngels is an early-stage venture firm based in Chicago. It focuses on investing in promising pre-seed and seed stage startups across the US, with a primary interest in B2B SaaS, consumer, and medical companies.

Venture Catalysts is recognized as Asia's largest integrated incubator, established in 2016, which offers investments ranging from $500,000 to $2 million per startup, along with incubation support for 18 to 24 months. It has successfully incubated notable companies such as BharatPe, Fynd, and Innov8, which have emerged as leaders in their respective categories. With a robust network of over 4,500 angel investors across 36 cities in six countries, including India, Hong Kong, and the UAE, Venture Catalysts has attracted participation from prominent global investors like YCombinator and Greenoaks. The organization focuses on nurturing the startup ecosystem in Tier II and III cities in India, conducting incubation programs in locations such as Ahmedabad, Lucknow, and Surat, as well as major metros. In addition to providing seed and Series A funding, Venture Catalysts excels in startup development, strategic guidance, and investor education, ensuring substantial returns for its investors. Its leadership in the early-stage investment landscape is underscored by the successful fundraising of over ten incubatees in a challenging market environment, solidifying its reputation as a top early-stage investor in India.

Founded in 2011, Slow Ventures is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm. It invests in innovative companies operating at the intersection of technology, science, society, and culture across various sectors such as software, biotechnology, e-commerce, fintech, and more.

Founded in 2010, AppWorks is a Taipei-based venture capital firm that invests in seed and early-stage startups across Southeast Asia. The firm focuses on sectors such as artificial intelligence, internet of things, web3, and blockchain. Additionally, it offers acceleration services to support its portfolio companies.

LAUNCH is a California-based organization that supports entrepreneurs and fosters innovation within the technology sector. Established in 2010, it encompasses multiple initiatives, including the LAUNCH Fund, which focuses on early-stage investments in technology-related companies. Additionally, LAUNCH operates an incubator designed to nurture startup development. Its flagship event, the LAUNCH Festival, attracts over 12,000 participants, including venture capitalists, angel investors, founders, and industry professionals, serving as a premier platform for startups to showcase their innovations. The organization also produces the podcast "This Week in Startups," which discusses trends and insights in the startup ecosystem. Through its various endeavors, LAUNCH aims to empower founders and promote the growth of emerging companies.

Founded in 1998 and based in Wellington, New Zealand, Movac is a venture capital firm primarily investing in early-stage technology companies across New Zealand.

HPS Investment Partners is a global investment firm focused on non-investment grade credit. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, it operates with offices worldwide. The firm originated as a unit of Highbridge Capital Management, a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and was acquired by its principals in 2016, with J.P. Morgan retaining the hedge fund strategies. HPS manages a broad set of capital-structure strategies, including syndicated leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, privately negotiated senior secured debt, mezzanine financing, asset-based leasing, and private equity, serving clients across industries such as insurance, healthcare, media, retail, logistics, and marine.

New Zealand Growth Capital Partners is a venture capital firm established in 2002, with offices in Auckland and Wellington. The firm focuses on supporting early-stage and seed-stage technology companies in New Zealand, aiming to stimulate private investment in this sector. It primarily invests in small to medium-sized enterprises and is particularly interested in various technology-related fields, including financial services, information technology, big data, the Internet of Things, mobile applications, software as a service, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. New Zealand Growth Capital Partners typically invests up to $1.5 million in each portfolio company, emphasizing direct investments as well as participation in fund of funds.

CLI Ventures is a global investment firm managing over $1 billion across venture capital and private equity. Established in 2014, it maintains offices in Palo Alto, New York, Boston, San Diego, Beijing, and Shenzhen. The company has invested in over 200 portfolio companies, primarily focusing on healthcare, real estate, software, and service sectors.

Founded in 2013, Maverick Ventures Israel is a venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv. It focuses on early-stage investments across Israel, primarily in technology start-ups. The fund provides funding for innovative Israeli companies, seeking brilliant ideas and entrepreneurs.

Invest AG is the private equity and venture capital arm of Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich Aktiengesellschaft, specializing in investments in small and medium-sized enterprises. Established in 1994 and headquartered in Linz, Austria, the firm manages a portfolio of approximately 180 million euros, focusing on expansion and growth financing, management buyouts, and other financial strategies, while avoiding investments in tourism and restructuring. It generally invests between 1.5 million and 15 million euros, seeking a stake of no more than 49 percent in the companies it supports. The firm operates primarily in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with a particular emphasis on the Upper Austrian region for young entrepreneurs. Invest AG has invested in over 140 companies across various sectors and aims to exit its investments through methods such as IPOs and trade sales. The firm prides itself on providing long-term stability and expertise to its partners, assisting them in operational, commercial, and strategic matters.

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices across North America. It provides access to venture investing for individual accredited investors, particularly alumni networks, by offering diversified portfolios of venture opportunities and allowing members to invest alongside fellow alumni in ventures led by peers. The firm backs early-stage and later-stage opportunities across technology, consumer, healthcare, financial services, and other sectors, with a sector- and geography-agnostic approach. It typically invests between $10,000 and $3 million per deal and emphasizes the involvement of alumni connections and an institutional lead investor in opportunities. Alumni Ventures also offers focused funds to broaden participation, enabling accredited investors to access venture portfolios diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography. The model aims to democratize access to venture capital while maintaining rigorous selection standards through alumni networks.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rebel Fund is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in the United States. It focuses on education, training services, information technology, and healthcare sectors.

Founded in 2019, GreenPoint Partners is a venture capital investment firm based in New York. It invests in seed-stage to growth-stage companies operating in real asset, innovation, and technology sectors.

Cactus Venture Partners is an early-growth stage venture fund focused on technology startups. Established in 2020, it supports founders driven by both purpose and financial success, providing active support, business-building practices, and network access to help build sustainable, rapidly scaling businesses.

Established in 2015, Sunstone Management is a venture capital firm headquartered in Irvine, California. It focuses on investing in early-stage tech companies within the United States.

Lifetime Ventures is a pre-seed venture capital firm that funds early-stage startups by backing founders with distinctive, unconventional talent to build durable businesses designed to endure for decades.

Assembly Ventures, founded in 2020 and based in Detroit, Michigan, is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in mobility companies. The firm focuses on supporting entrepreneurs and businesses that enhance the movement of people, goods, data, and energy in the Western world. By strategically backing early-stage ventures, Assembly Ventures aims to drive innovation within the mobility sector, addressing the evolving needs of transportation and logistics.

Tera Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tallinn, Estonia. It backs ambitious founders from the Baltics, Scandinavia and Central and Eastern Europe working on digital technologies with global scaling ambitions. The firm supports portfolio companies with access to expertise and hands-on guidance to grow from pre-seed and seed stages toward exits, and maintains a non-controlling approach to align founder motivation with ownership. Tera operates with a regional footprint and connects to markets in the UK, the US and Asia, wired through a global advisory network. It maintains a presence in Estonia, Finland and California to help portfolio companies expand internationally. The firm focuses on software, information technology and related digital sectors, leveraging its networks to facilitate market entry and growth.

Established in 2005, SMBC Venture Capital is a Tokyo-based corporate venture capital arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. It invests primarily in early-stage companies operating within the information technology, life sciences, services, and manufacturing sectors.

Sequoia Capital Israel is a venture capital firm that backs startups and growth companies across seed to late-stage rounds, with a focus on Israel. It invests across sectors including fintech, financial services, internet, mobile, technology, and healthcare, spanning banking, payments, advertising, ecommerce, data, security, software, and related enabling tech. Typical commitments range from 100,000 to 1 million in seed, 1 to 10 million in early venture, and 10 to 100 million in growth rounds. The firm is based in Tel Aviv and operates as part of Sequoia Capital's global network.

Quake Capital, established in 2016, is a venture capital firm and startup accelerator with a global presence. It invests in seed-stage ventures across diverse industries, with a focus on consumer-facing technologies leveraging 5G. Quake Capital operates accelerator programs in key tech hubs like Austin, Los Angeles, and New York City, recruiting teams from around the world. It also has a presence in Europe, collaborating with prominent partners such as Deutsche Telekom and RTL in Cologne, Germany. The firm's Los Angeles office, situated in the heart of the city's thriving tech scene, specializes in media and entertainment startups. Quake Capital's unique access to top universities and collegiate entrepreneurs, cultivated over two decades, sets it apart in the venture capital landscape.

BayBG Venture Capital is a Munich-based venture capital firm that backs technology startups in Bavaria. Founded in 1972, it uses an evergreen investment approach that avoids traditional fund constraints. The firm primarily provides equity investments and can also offer venture debt to help maturing startups reach break-even while limiting founder dilution. As a private investment company, it can act as lead investor or co-investor and may serve as a private lead investor for other investors. The firm focuses on supporting growing Bavarian tech companies throughout their development.

Founded in 2007, SGI (Samho Green Investment) is the first and only venture capital firm in Korea focused on the green growth sector, including renewable energy, green and agricultural technologies. We engage in venture capital and private equity investments for mergers & acquisitions and buyouts, and conduct business as well as engineering consulting for our portfolio and client companies. Our investment focus areas are green technology (greentech) commercialization, green infrastructure and agricultural technologies (agritech), as well as early-stage project development. We have an experienced team of in-house greentech specialists and an extensive domestic and international greentech network, which assists us in deal sourcing, value creation and exit management.

Founded in 1999, OCA Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments primarily in technology and highly-scalable services businesses. The firm's investment focus areas include digital health, fintech, consumer software, and enterprise software.

Founded in 2013, Third Sphere is a venture capital firm based in Brooklyn, New York. It focuses on investing in early-stage climate action companies, with a track record of over 100 portfolio companies that unlock greenhouse gas reductions and resilience through innovative strategies.

Tb Innovations is an investment firm established in March 2020 and headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The firm specializes in managing corporate venture funds that target start-up companies at various stages, including seed, early, middle, and late stages. Tb Innovations concentrates its investments in sectors such as fundamental technology, next-generation energy, materials, artificial intelligence, electronic devices, robotics, information technology, life sciences, bio healthcare, and agriculture. The firm's strategic approach aims to foster innovation and development across these diverse industries.

Industriebank LIOF NV is a development and investment company based in Limburg, dedicated to enhancing the province's economic prosperity. It focuses on bolstering the local economy through its core activities, which include Acquisition, Participation, Development/Innovation, and the management of Business Parks. LIOF aims to attract and support the establishment of both domestic and foreign companies, provides venture capital to promising local businesses, and implements initiatives to enhance the competitiveness of Limburg's commercial landscape. Additionally, it coordinates the development of new business parks to create favorable conditions for growth. LIOF serves as a vital link between government entities and the business community, adopting a strategic approach that prioritizes long-term economic development. The organization is committed to understanding and addressing the needs of the business sector.

Founded in 2005, Demeter Partners is a Paris-based private equity firm specializing in investments that drive the ecological transition. It focuses on seed to late-stage companies and infrastructure projects across Europe, with a particular emphasis on France. The firm invests between €0.5 million and €30 million, typically taking minority stakes and seeking board seats.

Mirai Creation Fund, established in November 2015 and managed by SPARX Group, is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan. The Fund specializes in investing in private start-ups that leverage advanced technologies and innovative business models across various sectors. Initially focused on intelligent technologies, robotics, and hydrogen economy solutions, the Fund expanded its investment scope in 2018 to include electrification and new materials. With backing from prominent entities such as Toyota Motor Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mirai Creation Fund has built a robust portfolio by supporting promising companies both in Japan and internationally, while emphasizing sustainability and carbon neutrality.

The Westly Group is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2007, it concentrates on clean technology and digital transformation, backing startups that digitize and improve energy, mobility, buildings, manufacturing and industrial sectors. The firm targets seed, early and mid-stage ventures focused on sustainability, with investments spanning energy, water and transportation, as well as broader infrastructure and cybersecurity applications. By partnering with entrepreneurs transforming large industries, The Westly Group seeks to accelerate the development and deployment of technologies that enhance efficiency, reduce environmental impact and enable smarter, more resilient systems.

Founded in Tokyo in 1998, Global Brain is a venture capital firm focusing on seed to late-stage investments across various sectors globally. They have invested in over 300 startups, facilitating 25 IPOs and 61 M&As through hands-on support services.