FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda, the firm is stage-agnostic, prioritizing seed and Series A investments in scalable businesses with strong unit economics and potential to become market leaders. Typical checks run from fifty thousand to five million dollars. FJ Labs leverages a broad network to support portfolio companies in fundraising and growth and frequently co-invests with other global funds to amplify impact. The firm emphasizes rapid decision-making to speed deployment and pursues opportunities in large economies with mature venture ecosystems.

Antler is a global venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Singapore that invests in technology companies and incubates startups across diverse sectors. It supports founders from day one with a worldwide community of co-founders, access to talent, expert advisors, and expansion support, complemented by capital to help launch and scale ventures. Through regional funds and programs, Antler backs early-stage ventures across geographies, facilitating collaboration among founders and providing resources to help teams recruit, validate ideas, and enter markets.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It is an early and growth-stage investor that backs entrepreneurs building world-class technology companies across software, consumer, enterprise IT, information technology, healthcare, fintech, security, and media sectors. The firm emphasizes a global community of founders, operators, and resources, providing more than capital to help portfolio companies scale. Its investments span geographies including the United States, Europe, Israel, India, and other regions, and its portfolio has included notable companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, and many others. With decades of experience, Accel partners with teams to turn early-stage ideas into category-defining businesses and to accelerate growth through strategic guidance and networks. The firm focuses on practical, long-term support for scalable technology ventures.

Tiger Global Management is a New York-based investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman. It allocates capital to private and public markets worldwide, with a focus on technology, internet, consumer and financial services sectors, and regions including the United States, China, India, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The firm employs public equity strategies such as long/short and growth, alongside private investments across early to late stages, seeking high-quality growth opportunities and supporting portfolio companies throughout their lifecycle.

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, founded in 2013. It connects accredited individual investors—especially alumni from top entrepreneurial schools—to venture opportunities by pooling investments and backing companies with alumni connections alongside institutional lead investors. The firm offers diversified portfolios through focused funds, syndicates, and investing clubs, enabling access to venture deals across sectors, stages, and geographies. It emphasizes transparency, due diligence, and co-investment with established venture capital firms.

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Redwood City, California. It backs entrepreneurs across seed and growth stages and invests across consumer, enterprise and healthcare sectors. The firm has backed notable companies such as Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, PagerDuty, DocuSign, Wix, Fiverr and Toast, and it has about $19 billion in assets under management.

Insight Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm that partners with growth-stage software, internet, and data-services companies to accelerate revenue growth and long-term value. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in New York, it focuses on software-enabled sectors including Fintech, Cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and Healthcare, and has backed more than 750 companies worldwide, with numerous portfolio companies achieving IPOs. The firm provides capital, hands-on operational guidance, and a broad network to help growing software companies move from product-market fit to IPO, assisting with product development, M&A, efficiency, and geographic expansion. As of 2022, Insight Partners reported over 75 billion in assets under management and maintains offices in New York, London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto to support its global portfolio.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, focused on seed-to-growth investments in deep tech, life sciences, hardware and software, with a strong emphasis on human and planetary health. The company operates startup development programs such as HAX and IndieBio, offering facilities, labs, engineering resources, mentorship, and collaborative workspaces to help founders advance technology and accelerate fundraising. Beyond capital, SOSV provides hands-on support to accelerate product development, customer acquisition and scaling, connecting portfolio companies with a global network of partners and investors. Its ecosystem spans multiple regions and markets, including cross-border ventures in Asia, and it maintains a portfolio of startups that have progressed to subsequent funding rounds. In addition to direct investments, SOSV’s programs and resources are designed to help early-stage companies mature toward scalable, sustainable growth while fostering innovation across sectors that address health, climate, and technology challenges.

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that provides early-stage and growth equity investments in technology companies. Founded in 2000 and based in the United States, the firm backs startups across consumer, enterprise software, fintech, crypto, and health technologies, offering mentorship and strategic guidance to help ideas scale. It participates in seed and growth rounds, often taking minority or majority stakes, and supports portfolio companies with resources and networks across North America and Europe.

Bossa Invest is a venture capital investment firm based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011. It focuses on software as a service investments and provides investment services to clients, informed by market trend analysis, and serves sectors such as finance, technology, and real estate.

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.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Herzliya. Founded in 2000, the firm backs companies across seed, early, and growth stages, investing in software, enterprise technology, consumer internet, fintech, healthtech, and cleantech sectors. It provides equity and debt financing and seeks opportunities globally, including the United States, Asia, and Israel. Lightspeed partners with entrepreneurs to scale businesses from inception through expansion, supporting a broad range of sectors such as AI, mobile, e-commerce, data infrastructure, and security. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships and hands-on involvement to help portfolio companies navigate growth and market dynamics.

Global Founders Capital is a global venture capital firm and platform established by Rocket Internet, founded in 2013 and based in Berlin. It operates as a stage-agnostic investor that backs early-stage technology companies worldwide, working with exceptional founders across diverse sectors and providing support from the initial growth phase. The firm emphasizes global reach and seeks opportunities in software and technology sectors, aiming to help high-potential teams scale rapidly.

Blume Ventures is a Mumbai-based Indian venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology ventures from seed to pre-Series A across sectors including consumer internet, enterprise SaaS, deep tech, fintech, climatetech and agritech, as well as healthcare and IT. The firm typically acts as one of the first institutional investors in its portfolio companies and provides follow-on funding, mentorship, and in-house resources to support growth. It emphasizes long-term partnerships, often investing with a horizon of eight to ten years, and frequently co-invests with angels and seed funds to bolster portfolio companies.

Shorooq Partners is an alternative investment firm based in the Middle East and North Africa that backs technology-focused companies through venture capital and private credit. Founded in 2017, it operates across regional offices and partners with founders to support growth in sectors such as fintech, platforms, software, gaming, and Web3.0. The group emphasizes hands-on collaboration, founder support, and value creation, and has backed notable fintech, software, and tech-enabled companies across the region. Its regional footprint includes Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, Cairo, and other major markets, enabling cross-border deal flow and strategic value for portfolio companies.

HV Capital is a Berlin and Munich-based venture capital firm that partners with founders to build internet and technology companies from early stage to growth. Founded in 2000, the firm has invested in roughly 200 companies across Europe, including notable exits such as Zalando, Delivery Hero, FlixMobility and SumUp. HV Capital supports portfolio companies across sectors such as fintech, B2B, e-commerce, enterprise software, travel, education, mobility, healthcare and retail, and aims to back companies through multiple growth phases with a flexible approach. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships, a customer-centric and experimentation-driven ethos, and operates with a focus on helping companies scale in Europe.

Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups. Founded in 2011 and based in Vienna, Austria, it operates across Europe with offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco, and serves founders from pre-seed to growth stages. The firm runs sector-focused investment teams in Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions, and provides day-one access to a global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders and follow-on investors to help startups scale smarter and faster. It also offers an in-house Platform+ team of operational experts delivering growth marketing, HR, US business development and networking support throughout the company’s journey.

Pioneer Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm established in 2017. It operates as an early-stage investor backed by a network of over 420 Y Combinator alumni, and it seeks to back top YC startups. The firm maintains a broad sector scope, investing in consumer products and services, information technology, financial technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, blockchain, life sciences, healthcare technology, real estate technology, ride-sharing, and SaaS and supply chain technologies, among others. Pioneer Fund positions itself as a generalist, technology-focused investor with activity across consumer, enterprise and emerging tech sectors.

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm backs technology companies across stages from seed to growth, with a focus on software, back-end infrastructure, cloud computing, enterprise software and services, and consumer internet and fintech, often investing at the intersection of computer science and other industries; it supports portfolio companies with capital and resources to drive innovation and scale.

Index Ventures is a global venture capital firm with offices in London, San Francisco, and Geneva that partners with entrepreneurs to turn bold ideas into global businesses. Founded in 1996, the firm backs technology-driven startups across sectors including artificial intelligence, data, software, fintech, healthcare, media, mobility, and consumer platforms, providing early and growth-stage funding along with hands-on support to scale product, go-to-market, and operations. It has backed notable companies such as Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King, Slack, and Supercell, reflecting a history of helping portfolio teams grow internationally. The firm emphasizes long-term relationships and a collaborative approach to help startups realize global reach and market leadership.

Headline is a global venture capital firm with a footprint in seven cities worldwide, investing across geographies and leading rounds at multiple stages. Its Early Stage Funds are based in the US, Europe, Asia, and Brazil to support local deal flow, while a San Francisco–based Growth Fund leads Series B and later rounds from a global perspective. The firm operates Headline Asia, the Tokyo-based Asia arm formerly Infinity Ventures, which backs companies across East, South, and Southeast Asia in sectors including business software, fintech, healthcare, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and cloud technologies. Its portfolio includes notable names such as Sonos, The RealReal, Farfetch, Bumble, Acorns, and Sorare. Headline Asia IV, a 2020 vintage fund based in Tokyo, pursues minority investments across East, South, and Southeast Asia.

Seedcamp is a European seed-stage venture capital firm based in London that identifies and invests early in founders tackling large global markets with technology. It supports a community of more than 400 startups, including publicly listed UiPath and Wise and unicorns such as Revolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo and wefox, as well as fast-growing companies like Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. The firm accelerates founders by providing smart capital, a lifelong community, and a global network built on more than a decade of backing exceptional talent.

PeerCapital is a venture capital firm founded in 2022 and based in Bengaluru, India. It backs early-stage, tech-first startups across India, with a focus on health tech, fintech, consumer tech, software-as-a-service, and enterprise solutions.

BEENEXT Capital Management is a Singapore-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs early-stage technology startups. The firm concentrates on information technology, software-as-a-service, fintech, and other tech-enabled sectors, and it typically participates in seed and Series A rounds. It has a global focus with activity in the United States, Southeast Asia, Japan and India. BEENEXT supports founders through its operational experience, network, trust, and strategic guidance, aiming to create a platform of founders by the founders for the founders across the globe. The portfolio includes companies in AI, analytics, agritech, cloud infrastructure, e-commerce, and related technology-enabled businesses.

Fuel Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm that makes early-stage technology investments in the United Kingdom, focusing on marketplaces, platforms, software as a service, and fintech businesses, and it operates Fuel Ventures Asia, established in Singapore in 2023 to pursue technology opportunities in Asia; the firm provides capital together with mentorship, hands-on guidance, and access to networks to help startups scale internationally.

Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage Internet investments, with a focus on Software-as-a-Service, online marketplaces, and mobile. Founded in 2008, it supports European and North American startups from their earliest stages and has backed companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio, Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk. The firm typically takes minority stakes and co-invests with business angels and other venture investors, aiming to help portfolio companies scale in software, SaaS, and B2B marketplaces.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It finances startups across seed, early, and growth stages, with a focus on technology-driven sectors such as information technology, internet, software, mobile, and telecommunications, as well as healthcare, energy, financial services, and related industries. The firm supports ambitious founders through capital allocation and guidance, aiming to help build durable companies that reach IPOs or acquisitions. Sequoia operates globally with investments in the United States and international markets, often engaging across multiple rounds and collaborating with portfolio companies throughout their growth lifecycle. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships, rigorous due diligence, and a hands-on approach to scaling operations, product development, and go-to-market strategies.

Thrive Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm that focuses on building and investing in internet, software, and technology-enabled companies. The firm backs startups across early- and growth-stage rounds and seeks opportunities in the software and tech-enabled sectors. Thrive has participated in high-profile rounds, including the early funding of Instagram, highlighting its involvement in internet and consumer technology platforms.

Kima Ventures is a Paris-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs technology startups from seed to Series A rounds and often acts as lead investor while collaborating with other funds. It emphasizes speed and founders’ needs, aiming to simplify fundraising and provide immediate capital, a strong network, and hands-on support to help teams recruit, focus, and scale. The firm operates globally, with involvement in startups across multiple countries and maintains a London office alongside its Paris headquarters. Founded in 2010 by Xavier Niel, Kima Ventures prioritizes a broad portfolio and significant minority stakes, working with a network of founders and experts to support portfolio companies beyond capital.

NFX is a San Francisco–based venture capital firm that backs pre-seed and seed-stage startups across software, data products, fintech, AI, biotech and related areas in the United States, Israel, Latin America and Europe. The firm adopts a founder-first approach, aiming to improve the startup experience with software-enabled processes and by teaching founders growth techniques built around network effects. Drawing on experience from entrepreneurs who have built companies with large exits, NFX provides more than capital by offering mentorship, strategic guidance and access to The Guild, a broad network of hundreds of active founders. The firm seeks to help founders navigate fundraising and rapid scaling, while investing through early-stage funds and initiatives to support science-driven ventures and technology platforms.

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests across seed to growth stages in science and technology companies addressing difficult problems. The firm backs ventures across sectors such as aerospace, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, energy, health, consumer Internet, software, and related technologies, seeking transformative impact. It maintains a founder-friendly approach that emphasizes strong support with minimal interference. Founders Fund has backed notable companies including SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook, and Airbnb, and pursues a global investment footprint across the United States and beyond.

Soma Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs early-stage software companies. It emphasizes founder-led partnerships and seed investments across sectors such as B2B SaaS, AI, fintech, and other technology areas, with a focus on software-driven businesses poised to reshape industries. The firm has a notable portfolio of unicorns valued in the tens of billions, including Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Rippling, and Lambda School, among others. By supporting founders with long-term partnerships and strategic guidance, Soma Capital aims to help portfolio companies scale globally.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1974 that focuses on seed to development-stage investments in information technology, life sciences, electronics, biotech, fintech, and related high-technology sectors. The firm seeks opportunities in the Japanese market and often participates in investment syndicates to support startups. It supports companies pursuing technologies such as AI, SaaS, and healthcare innovations, and operates with offices in Osaka and Nagoya in addition to its Tokyo headquarters.

BoxGroup is a New York-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs technology startups from pre-seed to Series A across consumer, enterprise, fintech, healthcare, life sciences, marketplaces, and related sectors. The firm supports entrepreneurs working at the start of movements in existing markets or new markets yet to be created and seeks category-defining companies. It has invested across SaaS, mobile, biotech, climate tech, and other tech, with typical checks ranging from tens of thousands up to about one million dollars. BoxGroup targets opportunities in New York City, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles, takes a global investment view, and historically does not take board seats.

Norwest Venture Partners is a global technology venture capital and growth equity firm based in California. Founded in 1961, it has funded hundreds of companies across seed to growth stages in software, IT infrastructure, Internet and consumer, enterprise services, financial services, healthcare, and life sciences. The firm operates across North America, Israel, India and other markets, leveraging a broad network and operating experience to help CEOs and founders scale. It provides capital and strategic guidance, supporting portfolio companies through multiple rounds as needed, and offers resources designed to accelerate growth and build long-term value. Norwest emphasizes a collaborative approach, partnering with entrepreneurs to navigate milestones and expand market reach, with the goal of fostering durable, high-impact businesses.

Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma. It provides seed- and early-stage capital to technology startups, occasionally supporting later rounds such as Series B, and often invests alongside co-investors. The firm emphasizes strategic introductions and hands-on guidance to help portfolio companies scale, with a focus on software, TMT, and other technology sectors. By partnering with founders and other investors, Liquid 2 Ventures aims to align capital with long-term company growth.

Founder Collective is a seed- and early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2009, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an office in New York. It invests in technology startups across the United States at seed and pre-seed stages, supporting founders from initial concept through outcomes. Built by successful entrepreneurs, the firm prioritizes founder alignment and capital efficiency, fostering a community of founders through insights and collaboration. The investment approach emphasizes long-term partnerships with ambitious, technology-focused teams, investing in software and TMT sectors.

Forum Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm, accelerator and venture studio focused on B2B SaaS startups. Founded in 2014 as Acceleprise, it supports early-stage founders through pre-seed and seed funding, high-touch programming, and a SaaS community. The Forum For Founders program provides $100k in pre-seed funding and 15 weeks of talks, events, mentorship and 1:1 guidance on go-to-market and fundraising. Forum Seed backs seed-stage SaaS startups, including those from its program. The organization operates an accelerator and venture studio and focuses investments in vertical artificial intelligence, AI agents, health tech, fintech, supply chain and the future of work. It has over 250 portfolio companies and connects founders to a broad network of investors and partners.

Venture Catalysts is an early-stage investment platform connecting startups and investors. It provides continuous capital and development support to its portfolio companies and operates an exclusive investor community that gives members access to the early-stage startup ecosystem.

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

Pareto Holdings is a New York-based venture capital firm and venture studio founded in 2020. It pursues early-stage investments across all industries, with an emphasis on pre-seed opportunities, and operates with its own capital. The firm maintains a small, globally distributed team and is noted for making a high volume of investments, having completed more than 500 to date. It supports portfolio companies beyond funding through its venture studio activities, helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses as part of an integrated backing model.

SMBC Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Tokyo with an office in Osaka, it provides growth capital and buyout investments to companies across information technology, life sciences, services, and manufacturing sectors. The firm supports companies at various growth stages by offering equity funding and strategic guidance within a broad financial services group.

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm headquartered in Munich that pursues a long-term, flexible capital approach. It targets pre-seed, seed and Series A rounds across sectors including financial services, HR, energy and climate, healthcare, logistics and mobility, real estate and construction, crypto and web3, deeptech and e-commerce. The firm works closely with ambitious founders to help build category leaders by offering strategic guidance and operational support, including marketing and sales expertise, talent access, and connections to its broad B2B and investor network to assist fundraising. With a philosophy of staying engaged throughout the lifecycle of portfolio companies, Picus Capital has backed more than 50 ventures to date, combining disciplined investment thinking with entrepreneurial pragmatism.

LocalGlobe is a UK-based venture capital firm in London that focuses on seed and impact investing and has supported early-stage UK founders since 1999. It has backed notable companies such as Citymapper, Improbable, Lovefilm, Moo, Tweetdeck, TransferWise, and Zoopla. The firm has established multiple funds over the years and invests across sectors including software, fintech, e-commerce, consumer services, cybersecurity, digital health, insurtech, AI and machine learning, TMT and transportation.

East Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 and based in Singapore, focused on early-stage technology companies across Southeast Asia, including Singapore and Indonesia. It operates as a platform offering multi-stage support from seed to growth and backs a broad range of sectors such as e-commerce, software, fintech, health tech, ed-tech, logistics, gaming, and climate tech. With a regional focus and extensive ecosystem involvement, East Ventures has backed more than 300 startups in Southeast Asia, establishing itself as a leading investor in the region.

Foundamental is a global early-stage venture capital firm focused on vertical technology for the real world, with emphasis on construction, 3D design, blue-collar workforce, robotics, supply chains, logistics, industrial manufacturing, and aerospace. Founded in 2019 and based in Berlin, it operates across the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe, backing ambitious founders from pre-seed to Series A and reserving a majority of its fund for follow-ons. Notable portfolio companies include Infra.Market, Enter, Speckle, Snaptrude, and Wiz Freight.

Jungle Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that finances technology startups in Southeast Asia and India. It backs early- to growth-stage companies across B2B, B2C, fintech, software, and data-driven sectors, emphasizing scalable, capital-efficient business models. The firm collaborates with founders to support growth from early stages to regional expansion, aiming to build enduring technology leaders in the region.

ICONIQ Capital is a private global multi-family office and merchant bank that provides financial advisory and family-office services while managing direct investments across asset classes. The firm concentrates on technology growth equity, venture capital, middle-market buyouts, and real estate opportunities, serving influential families and organizations worldwide. Founded in 2001 by former Wall Street wealth managers as Mark Zuckerberg’s family office, ICONIQ Capital has since expanded to serve a broader client base beyond Silicon Valley. It is based in San Francisco with additional offices in New York, Palo Alto, and Singapore, focusing investments in North America and Europe.

Everywhere Ventures is a New York–based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that operates a community-powered platform linking capital, mentorship, and guidance from hundreds of founders and operators who serve as limited partners. The firm uses ten micro funds to invest primarily at the pre-seed stage, supporting early entrepreneurs across the money, health, and work verticals.

New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in Menlo Park, California, with a global investment reach. It provides capital and operational support to early, growth, and later-stage companies across a wide range of industries, including software, consumer technology, healthcare technology, life sciences, energy technology, infrastructure, and AI-enabled services. NEA collaborates with founders to address technical challenges, guide product development, and expand markets, leveraging its domain expertise to help portfolio companies scale from seed stages through IPO. The firm invests across the United States, Asia, and other regions, often supporting companies from early stages to scale, and has a long track record that includes numerous IPOs and acquisitions. NEA emphasizes a hands-on partnership approach and seeks opportunities across sectors that enable transformational businesses through technology and data-driven innovation.