Second Century Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm focused on accelerating innovation in real estate technology and related sectors. Backed by the National Association of REALTORS, it leverages a broad industry network to support portfolio companies, offering strategic partnerships in addition to capital. The firm invests in companies that apply artificial intelligence, digital experiences, and security across real estate, financial services, insurance, and home services. Through its REACH program, SCV provides a global community and collaborative resources to help portfolio companies scale, with partnerships spanning dozens of countries. Since its inception, it has mobilized substantial capital for its portfolio and cultivated hundreds of strategic relationships, reflecting the aim to be a catalyst for emerging technologies and talent transforming the global real estate industry.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. It is stage-agnostic, backing seed and Series A rounds, with an investment range of fifty thousand to five million dollars. Founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda, the firm leverages its network and experience in the marketplace sector to support founders aiming for rapid growth. The firm maintains a broad portfolio across e-commerce, on-demand services, fintech, and related technologies, with notable investments in Alibaba, Coupang, Delivery Hero, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, Adore Me, and Earnest. FJ Labs emphasizes partnerships with visionary founders and uses its sector expertise to help portfolio companies scale and achieve expansion.

Antler is a global venture capital firm and startup incubator based in Singapore that invests in early-stage technology companies and supports startups across sectors including healthcare, finance, consumer, and software. It builds a worldwide community of co-founders and provides access to talent, mentors, and expert advisors, along with expansion support and capital to help teams form, validate business models, and grow internationally. Antler emphasizes long-term partnerships with portfolio companies, continuing to back ventures through growth stages as they scale.

Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 that focuses on technology for the real estate industry and the built environment. It invests in real estate technology, climate and energy sectors, and related tech solutions globally, seeking to partner with owners, operators and other investors to scale breakthrough innovations. The firm maintains a broad network of strategic partners and institutional investors and supports portfolio companies through collaboration, distribution, and access to industry networks, aiming to accelerate growth, reduce asset obsolescence, and advance resilience in the built world.

MetaProp is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on real estate technology (PropTech). Founded in 2015, the firm invests in early- and growth-stage PropTech companies across the real estate value chain worldwide, supporting innovations in software, hardware, data, and related services that transform property ownership, development, management, and operations. MetaProp operates ecosystem initiatives including the PropTech Place innovation hub and the MetaProp Accelerator at Columbia University, hosts global events such as NYC Real Estate Tech Week, and produces industry publications like PropTech 101 and PropTech Confidence Index. The firm partners with international real estate brands to back portfolio companies, contributing capital, mentorship, and a broad professional network.

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm based in Munich that pursues a long-term investment strategy. It partners with ambitious technology companies across sectors such as fintech, HR, energy and climate, healthcare, logistics and mobility, real estate and construction, cybersecurity, crypto and web3, and e-commerce, providing strategic and operational support in addition to capital to help portfolio companies become global category leaders. The firm engages with pre-seed through Series A rounds, taking an active, founder-friendly approach that leverages marketing and sales expertise, talent acquisition, and access to its broad B2B and investor network to support growth, fundraising, and international expansion over the lifecycle of the companies. Picus emphasizes close collaboration, industry insight, and a flexible, long-term partnership with founders rather than a narrow financial investment.

Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011. It focuses on software-as-a-service startups in Latin America, providing growth capital, mentorship, and access to a broad network of strategic partners and co-investors to help portfolio companies scale, and operates a corporate venture capital arm that collaborates with corporate partners through flexible operating models and end-to-end support.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is an international financial institution that provides project financing for banks, industries, and businesses, supports new ventures and investments in existing companies, and collaborates with public authorities to privatize and restructure municipal services. It offers a range of banking products and services, including loans, equity and quasi-equity investments, guarantees, advisory services, trade finance, and loan syndication across sectors such as energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, agribusiness, finance, ICT, and services. Through policy reform dialogue and partnerships with private and public sector actors, it promotes market-oriented reforms and private sector development across Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Headquartered in London, it operates with a regional focus across Southeastern and Central Europe, the Baltics, Eastern Europe and beyond, supporting sustainable growth and environmental and governance standards.

Andreessen Horowitz is a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It funds technology startups across seed to late stages, with investments spanning software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software and services, consumer internet, fintech, artificial intelligence, crypto, infrastructure, and biotechnology at the intersection of computer science and life sciences. The firm emphasizes supporting portfolio companies through growth and strategic partnerships and maintains a broad tech-focused investment approach, aiming to add value beyond capital.

Mubadala Capital is an asset management firm based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It operates as the financial investment arm of Mubadala Investment Company, a government-backed sovereign investor. Mubadala Capital manages investments across private equity, public equity, credit, and venture capital. It pursues opportunities across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa in sectors including enterprise software, cloud and digital infrastructure, logistics, mobility, tech-enabled healthcare, fintech, insurtech, consumer, and marketplaces.

Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices in New York, Boston, Menlo Park, Chicago, London, and Tokyo. It enables accredited investors, especially alumni networks, to access diversified venture opportunities by co-investing alongside leading venture capital firms. Through funds, syndicates, and investing clubs, it sources opportunities across stages and geographies, conducts rigorous due diligence, and aims for transparent, founder-friendly support. The firm backs a diversified portfolio of startups, including more than 1,600 companies, and has attracted substantial committed capital and a large community of individual investors, underscoring its mission to democratize access to venture capital while partnering with established VC firms.

Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 that provides capital and strategic support to technology-driven startups across early- to late-stage cycles. It pursues opportunities in AI, digital health, healthcare technologies, sustainability, fintech, consumer and enterprise technology, and other frontier areas, focusing on innovative business models and world-class teams. The firm emphasizes a contrarian, long-term approach and seeks to help entrepreneurs address meaningful societal and economic challenges through science, technology, and design.

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital platform founded by Rocket Internet that invests in early-stage technology companies worldwide. It operates as a globally oriented, stage-agnostic investor, partnering with exceptional founders across sectors and providing support from the initial growth phase through scale. The firm targets high-potential, rapidly expanding ventures and emphasizes impact and feasibility in evaluating opportunities. It is led by investment partners Cedric Asselman, David Sainteff, and Fabricio Pettena.

RET Ventures is a Park City, Utah-based venture capital firm that specializes in real estate technology, with a focus on the multifamily and single-family rental markets. It connects real estate tech startups with a broad network of strategic investors and rental-asset owners who oversee millions of units, providing early access to real-world usage and market insights. The firm backs startups that address practical leasing, operations, and resident experience challenges and supports them through advisory guidance, an accelerator program, and industry events such as the Multifamily Kickoff Summit. As a registered investment adviser, RET Ventures pursues opportunities at the intersection of technology and real estate to drive measurable value and scalable impact.

Navitas Capital is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California, focused on financing transformative technology for the built world. It invests in early- and growth-stage companies across real estate, construction, and related sectors, with emphasis on intelligent buildings, advanced materials, smart systems, energy efficiency, and workflow technologies. The firm backs companies addressing housing, property services, and infrastructure challenges by leveraging AI, digitization, and sustainability solutions. Navitas typically supports portfolio companies from seed through scale, offering strategic guidance, market access, and, when leading investments, board participation. Investments span the United States and Canada, reflecting a focus on technology-enabled solutions for real estate and construction industries, and its approach centers on long-term partnerships to drive innovation and value creation in the built environment.

Camber Creek is a venture capital and private equity firm that concentrates on real estate technology and related software-enabled real estate businesses. With offices in New York and Rockville, the firm backs innovative companies that improve real estate operations, data transparency, and cash flow, spanning portfolio examples such as digital verification services, flexible rent payment platforms, inspection software for multifamily properties, and data platforms for real estate lending. Camber Creek provides strategic guidance, introductions to partners, and follow-on investment to help portfolio companies scale within the real estate technology sector.

Citigroup is a global financial services holding company that provides a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions. The company operates through two main segments: Global Consumer Banking, offering retail banking and Citi-branded cards and related services; and Institutional Clients Group, offering wholesale banking products and services including fixed-income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivatives, research, corporate lending, investment banking, and advisory services. Citigroup serves clients across North America, Latin America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The firm includes Citi Private Bank for private banking and Citi Community Capital as its community development lending arm, and the Citi Foundation funds social and economic progress initiatives. Citi emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility, supports affordable housing and economic development, and maintains a global footprint with offices in major cities and leadership in several markets.

OakNorth is a UK-based digital bank and specialist lender focused on growth-oriented small and medium-sized businesses underserved by traditional banks, often described as the Missing Middle. Using data-driven credit assessment and forward-looking scenario analysis, it offers bespoke debt finance for growth across sectors such as commercial real estate, hospitality, and other SME needs without requiring equity dilution. Since 2015, OakNorth has expanded to the United States and the United Kingdom, providing facilities for CRE and C&I financing, as well as fund finance with tailored structures to support investment strategies. The bank emphasizes speed, transparent terms, and long-term partnerships, supported by OakNorth Analytical Intelligence, which measures risk and guides sustainable lending decisions. Its lending has contributed to job creation and housing development, including affordable and social housing, and a high share of new lending comes via referrals and repeat borrowers. OakNorth aims to empower entrepreneurs by combining entrepreneurial finance with technology-driven insights to help businesses scale through economic cycles.

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that funds early-stage and growth companies across sectors including consumer, enterprise software, fintech, crypto, and healthcare. Based in San Francisco with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and other locations, it provides capital and strategic guidance to help entrepreneurs build scalable, durable businesses. The firm emphasizes the use of technology, including artificial intelligence, to accelerate growth and drive meaningful impact. General Catalyst partners with management teams to support product development, go-to-market strategies, and organizational growth, aiming to back companies with potential for wide adoption and long-term value creation, rather than focusing solely on near-term exits.

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in science and technology companies across all stages, with a focus on transformational technologies and long-term impact. It backs startups addressing difficult problems in sectors such as aerospace, artificial intelligence, energy, information technology, software, advanced manufacturing and defense-related tech, and it emphasizes a founder-friendly approach that provides support with minimal interference. The firm has backed prominent companies including SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook and Airbnb, reflecting a history of early backing for high-growth ventures. Founders Fund seeks global opportunities and partners with entrepreneurs to navigate rapid technological change, from seed to growth investments.

Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate focused on supporting LGBTQ founders and inclusive leadership by investing across stages and partnering with other venture firms to back diverse, high-potential companies. It maintains a global portfolio of 130+ companies and has deployed tens of millions in capital to date. The organization actively helps portfolio companies identify and recruit diverse talent for C-suite and board roles and cultivates a worldwide network of investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a commitment to positive social change through business.

Goodwater Capital is a San Francisco Bay Area based consumer technology investment firm that backs early-stage startups worldwide, focusing on consumer technology and fintech. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, it supports ventures from Series A to IPO using software enabled, data driven approaches to help founders scale and reach millions of customers. It provides portfolio companies with detailed data, concierge services, startup curricula, and strategic advice to accelerate growth across housing, healthcare, food delivery, financial services, education, entertainment, and transportation. The portfolio targets consumer products and services, software, and related sectors, aiming to drive measurable social impact and substantial value for both entrepreneurs and investors.

Pi Labs is a London-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on digital and sustainable built-world solutions. Established in 2015, it backs startups across Europe and North America in sectors such as Sustainable Construction, Efficient Buildings and Infrastructure, AI, robotics, fintech, health tech, and SaaS, typically at pre-seed to Series A rounds of £350,000 to £2,000,000, with follow-on investments. The firm operates multiple funds, including Funds I, II and III, and supports founders through a long-term partnership model and an accelerator program. Its portfolio aims to drive transformative change in the built environment by advancing technology-enabled approaches to design, construction, and building operations.

Moderne Ventures is a Chicago-based strategic venture capital and growth equity firm founded in 2015 that backs technology companies across real estate, mortgage, finance, insurance, and home services, with emphasis on enterprise software as a service, artificial intelligence, robotics, deep tech, sustainability, data, and digital transaction management. It invests from seed through Series B and operates an industry immersion program to accelerate portfolio growth, while collaborating with corporate partners to unlock scale. The firm runs key programs including the Moderne Passport, which connects portfolio companies with a network of corporate executives to drive adoption and market access, and uses its ecosystem to foster disruption and cross-industry application of technologies.

Service Provider Capital is a Colorado-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that co-invests in seed and Series A rounds led by institutional venture funds. It operates six regional funds across the Rocky Mountain, Midwest, New England, Southeast, Texas, and Pacific Northwest regions and supports more than 600 portfolio companies with a network of more than 400 strategic investors, providing access to its LP and CEO networks, and facilitating connections with venture funds, strategic partners, potential customers, and key hires. Each regional fund is managed by dedicated partners to deliver timely, hands-on support for portfolio companies. The firm maintains a presence in Colorado with operations in Vail and Golden.

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that targets early-stage, capital-efficient technology startups in the United States and Canada. The firm employs a data-driven, quantitative approach to investment decisions and aims for rapid yes-or-no conclusions, often within two weeks. Typical rounds encompass small checks in the low hundreds of thousands, with the potential for larger commitments in exceptional cases, and a portfolio-wide strategy that emphasizes diversification. Beyond capital, it provides hands-on mentorship in areas such as sales, marketing, and fundraising, leveraging a network of investors and seasoned operators to support portfolio companies after investment. The firm focuses on teams still refining product-market fit, including those outside traditional tech hubs, and seeks to help founders scale efficiently through structured operational support and transparent decision processes.

Zigg Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on real estate technology and proptech, with investments spanning information technology, business and consumer products, and services. Founded in 2018, it backs real estate technology startups across stages, supporting portfolio companies with strategic guidance, governance involvement, and market positioning to drive growth. The firm emphasizes accelerating innovation at the intersection of real estate and technology and has a global reach across the real estate tech ecosystem, including sectors such as mortgage technology, jobsite management, data analytics, construction software, and related services.

NFX is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that specializes in pre-seed and seed-stage investments across software and related technology sectors. The firm pursues a founder-centric approach, aiming to improve the early-stage experience with software-enabled processes and to share growth techniques that leverage network effects. Beyond funding, NFX cultivates a founder community and offers resources intended to help entrepreneurs, scientists, and managers transition into leadership roles and scale their companies. Through its investments and ecosystem, NFX seeks to back ambitious founders and help bring bold, technology-driven ventures to market.

OMERS is one of Canada's largest defined benefit pension plans, serving municipal employees in Ontario. It administers retirement and related benefits for hundreds of thousands of members and oversees a diversified global investment portfolio. Through its investment divisions, OMERS allocates capital across public markets and private markets, including private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and credit, with a focus on long-term value creation and governance, environmental, social, and governance considerations. The organization supports pension stability by investing directly and through partnerships, emphasizing sustainability, stewardship, and prudent risk management.

Mizuho Capital is the venture capital arm of Mizuho Financial Group, based in Tokyo, Japan. It invests in innovative startups and growth-stage companies, leveraging the Mizuho ecosystem (including Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Securities, and Mizuho Trust & Banking) to support portfolio companies. The firm focuses on information technology and biotechnology, while also backing opportunities across internet-related services, healthcare, manufacturing, and services sectors. It originated in 2002 through the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment, and is part of a broader corporate group with ties to Mizuho Bank. The firm has a history of portfolio companies going public and maintains a recognized presence in Japan's venture capital landscape.

Kima Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm and one of the world's most active early-stage investors. It backs startups worldwide, typically at seed to Series A, often as lead investor but also alongside other investors. The firm provides funding, a broad network, and hands-on support to help founders recruit teams, learn rapidly, and focus on growth. It emphasizes a pay-it-forward mindset and aims to streamline fundraising so entrepreneurs can return to building their business. Founded in 2010 and backed by Xavier Niel, Kima Ventures has its headquarters in Paris and a London office, and has invested in over 400 startups across 24 countries. Its portfolio spans technology sectors in Europe and beyond, and it often takes a significant minority stake while co-investing with angels and other funds.

Global Brain is an independent venture capital firm based in Tokyo, founded in 1998, that backs technology startups worldwide and provides hands-on support and open innovation with large corporate partners. The firm targets early to growth-stage opportunities across sectors such as artificial intelligence, space, education, HR tech, life sciences, enterprise software, and consumer tech, with a global footprint in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia-Pacific. It has managed over 2.7 billion in assets and invested more than 1.4 billion across more than 1,300 deals, supporting hundreds of active portfolio companies and achieving a track record of IPOs and M&A exits. Global Brain emphasizes transformative growth through active portfolio management, strategic resources, and collaborations with corporate partners and institutional investors. The firm operates flagship funds and co-investment programs, and maintains engagement with a broad ecosystem to accelerate innovation.

LiveOak Venture Partners is a Texas-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology and tech-enabled services, with operations in Austin and investments across Texas and North America. It acts as a full lifecycle investor, often engaging with portfolio companies from seed stage and supporting them through growth. The firm prioritizes software, information technology, and healthcare technology systems, building a diversified portfolio of technology companies through active collaboration with management to scale product development, go-to-market strategy, and operations.

BitStone Capital is an international venture capital firm and company builder that selectively invests in innovative digital real estate, construction, proptech and contech, as well as climate technology, and accelerates growth with its own resources. It supports portfolio companies with extensive industry networks, technology know-how and hands-on support across product development, market entry and scale-up, aiming to drive sustainable transformation in the real estate and construction sectors in Germany and Europe.

SFC Capital is a venture capital firm in the United Kingdom that focuses on early-stage investments, including pre-seed and seed rounds, mainly within the UK. Founded in 2012, it backs a broad range of sectors such as software, technology, e-commerce, consumer, enterprise software, fintech, digital health, food technology, and mobile. The firm combines an angel network with seed funds to provide capital and strategic support to British startups, offering access to SEIS- and EIS-qualifying opportunities and hands-on guidance to help portfolio companies scale.

Primary Venture Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm based in New York that backs technology startups across sectors including B2B software, mobile, fintech, healthcare, and energy. The firm pursues a low-volume, high-conviction approach and provides extensive hands-on support through an in-house expert network, talent initiatives, and financial and market development advisory aimed at helping portfolio companies recruit, commercialize, and raise subsequent rounds. With global reach from pre-seed through Series A, Primary partners with founders to accelerate growth and increase their chances of achieving significant milestones, leveraging specialized operators and resources to help companies navigate growth challenges and scale effectively.

Ribbit Capital is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that invests in financial services and fintech companies worldwide. It backs startups building infrastructure, platforms, or tools to transform how financial services are delivered, accessed, or experienced, with activity in lending, payments, insurance, banking, and digital assets. The firm also invests in information technology, mobile, and insurance technology sectors as part of its broad fintech focus, supporting early- to growth-stage companies that aim to disrupt financial services.

1Sharpe Ventures is a full‑spectrum institutional investment management firm spanning precision credit, real estate and technology. It invests globally, has deployed more than $8 billion since 2016, and allocates capital across the capital stack of real estate, structured finance and technology through credit, housing and venture strategies. The firm partners with entrepreneurs, operators and lenders to back early‑stage and growth opportunities, aiming to unlock value in real assets and innovative businesses, and it pursues responsible investing as a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.

QED Investors is a fintech-focused venture capital firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, founded in 2007. The firm backs companies across the financial services lifecycle from pre-seed to IPO and provides hands-on guidance drawn from deep operating experience to help founders optimize unit economics, compliance, growth, and partnerships. It maintains a global footprint with investments across the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia, and has built a portfolio of more than 250 companies in 27 countries, including 31 unicorns, with billions of dollars of assets under management.

Alate Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on real estate technology. Founded in 2018 and based in Toronto, Canada, the firm invests in startups that aim to transform how the built environment is designed, built, and managed across commercial, residential, and industrial real estate. Beyond capital, Alate Partners provides hands-on support and access to a network of real estate owners, operators, and managers, offering strategic guidance, customer introductions, and domain expertise to help portfolio companies scale.

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.

GroundBreak Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm focused on real estate, construction technology and property technology. It backs early-stage PropTech startups—from ideation to Series A—providing capital and domain expertise to support growth. The firm aims to invest five to ten companies annually, with a North American emphasis, and leverages experience in real estate and construction to help founders scale. GroundBreak seeks to advance housing affordability, energy efficiency, and improved community experiences by connecting venture capital with industry players and policy initiatives across the building value chain.

Angel Bridge is an angel investor group based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2015. It operates as a principal investor, backing early-stage startups in IT services and deep-tech, while also considering opportunities across other sectors. The firm typically engages in Seed to Series B rounds and expects to support portfolio companies with capital, aiming for exits through an initial public offering or a merger and acquisition. It commonly targets investments up to about one billion yen per portfolio company, reflecting a focus on high-potential ventures.

Ulu Ventures is a Palo Alto–based seed and early-stage venture capital firm that backs technology companies across enterprise software, B2B and B2C platforms, healthtech, sustainability, fintech, edtech, and blockchain. Founded in 2008, the firm pursues a disciplined, decision-science approach to investing, evaluating risk-reward trade-offs and reducing cognitive bias, often co-investing with other angels or VCs to deploy between $500k and $1M per opportunity. Ulu prioritizes diverse founder teams, including women, minority, URM, and immigrant founders, and supports bold ideas with strong growth potential from seed onward. Based in the Bay Area, it has backed a broad portfolio, including unicorns, reflecting a track record of helping startups scale. The firm emphasizes technology-enabled services and internet-centric opportunities.

European Investment Fund is the EU's financing arm for small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-caps, providing financial instruments to improve access to affordable financing across businesses throughout their lifecycle. It focuses on supporting innovation, growth, competitiveness, social impact, and sustainability across the EU, including funding for infrastructure investments. By leveraging its capital base, the EIF fosters public-private partnerships to amplify investment and shares risk with banks, funds, and other partners to mobilize lending to SMEs and equity funding for startups through guarantees and equity instruments across EU member states, candidate countries, and EFTA states.

Pioneer Fund is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2017. It concentrates on investing in startups, with a focus on those arising from Y Combinator, and leverages an extensive network of alumni and seasoned venture partners to inform investment decisions and provide ongoing operational support to portfolio companies. The firm pursues opportunities across a broad range of sectors, including consumer products and services, financial technology, information technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, education technology, healthcare, real estate technology, ridesharing, and software-as-a-service, aiming to help innovative startups scale and succeed.

Terracotta Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It concentrates on funding construction and proptech startups across Latin America, with a focus on the Central and South American region. The firm participates in seed, early-stage, and later-stage rounds.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 1974 that funds seed, development-stage and startup companies in Japan, focusing on life sciences, healthcare, biotechnology, information technology, electronics and other high-technology sectors such as fintech and AI. It pursues cross-border opportunities and investment syndication, often collaborating with MUFG and international partners to support portfolio companies’ growth and access to overseas markets, and to connect Japanese portfolio companies with strategic partners and potential exits.

Desjardins Group is a cooperative financial group headquartered in Montreal, Canada, founded in 1900. It offers a broad range of financial services to individuals and businesses, including personal banking such as credit and prepaid cards, loans, fixed‑rate investments, student financing and insurance, and business banking such as financing, supplier and client accounts management, payments, international cash management, trade finance, group retirement savings and payroll and HR management. It provides asset and wealth management, advisory, and capital markets activities through its network of caisses and subsidiaries, and serves diverse sectors including retail, software, energy, healthcare and information technology. The group operates primarily in Quebec and across Canada, reflecting a cooperative model that emphasizes member ownership and networked service delivery.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. The firm provides capital and strategic guidance to early-stage and growth-stage technology companies, often entering at the idea or formation stage and maintaining involvement as companies scale. It concentrates on a limited number of portfolio companies at a time and emphasizes long-term partnerships, collaboration among its internal teams and founders, and support in areas such as product development, company building, and market expansion. Its sector focus includes information technology, healthcare, manufacturing, mobile, nanotechnology, financial services, internet, energy, media and retail, with a global reach across the technology ecosystem.