SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.

Closed Loop Partners is a New York-based private equity firm founded in 2014 that focuses on investing in and scaling businesses across the United States and Canada to advance the circular economy. The firm operates through three integrated platforms: an investment group known as Closed Loop Capital Management, an innovation center called the Center for the Circular Economy, and an operating group called Closed Loop Builders, collectively serving as a platform for systems change. Closed Loop Partners manages venture capital, growth and buyout private equity, and catalytic private credit investment strategies on behalf of global corporations, with a focus on sustainable consumer goods, advanced recycling technologies, packaging innovation, and supply chain solutions that reduce waste and emissions. Its approach seeks to generate net positive environmental and social outcomes while delivering value and sustainable profitability for portfolio companies and partners.

Antler is a global venture capital firm based in Singapore that backs early-stage technology companies. It runs incubation programs and provides a global community of co-founders, access to talent, expert advisors, expansion support, and capital to help startups grow. The firm targets a broad range of sectors, including healthcare, finance, software, energy, consumer and B2B technologies, and operates through regional programs across Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and beyond.

BDC Venture Capital is a major Canadian venture capital investor that supports technology-based startups from seed through expansion. It provides financing, consulting services and securitization to help build strong Canadian businesses, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises and high growth potential. Established in 1975, it has invested in more than 400 companies spanning life sciences, telecommunications, information technology and advanced technologies, aiming to help Canadian companies become dominant players in their markets.

Established in 2001, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is a Canadian organization that funds and supports innovative cleantech projects. It focuses on moving groundbreaking technologies to market, creating jobs, driving economic growth, and promoting environmental benefits. SDTC operates independently but collaborates with various stakeholders from private industry, academia, and governments.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. It is stage-agnostic and focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups, making seed and Series A investments. Typical checks range from 50,000 to 5,000,000 dollars. The firm supports early-stage companies across sectors such as e-commerce, fintech, ad tech, mobile, and software-as-a-service, seeking opportunities with high growth potential in the United States and internationally. Its portfolio includes a mix of consumer brands and marketplace platforms, reflecting an emphasis on business models that connect buyers and sellers or enable direct consumer experiences. FJ Labs aims to back entrepreneurs building scalable, disruptively positioned products and services, often partnering with founders early in their development to help accelerate growth.

Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is a leading European innovation engine focused on Sustainable Energy. It invests in early-stage climate tech and energy companies across Europe and the US, providing equity minority investments and added value services to de-risk projects.

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

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

Daphni is a Paris-based venture capital firm and platform founded in 2015 that funds technology startups with a European footprint and international ambition. It operates as a VC platform supported by the daphnipolis community of more than 200 entrepreneurs, executives, academics, artists and advisors, and a digital platform that emphasizes efficiency and transparency. The firm focuses on user-oriented tech companies and seeks opportunities across Europe and the United States, investing primarily in early-stage to growth rounds, including seed, startup, early venture and Series B. It targets ventures addressing market-oriented users across B2B and B2C models and avoids traditional fund-specific language, aiming to back startups with scalable, user-centric approaches. Through its platform, Daphni aims to support founders with practical resources and a collaborative ecosystem to accelerate international expansion.

Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in Vienna, with offices across Europe and in San Francisco. It specializes in early-stage investments in technology sectors including deep tech, fintech, health, industrial tech, marketplaces, software as a service and infrastructure, climate tech, crypto, and emerging markets. The firm runs specialized investment teams aligned to these industries and offers an in-house Platform+ team providing tailored operational support, such as growth marketing, human resources, US business development and networking assistance throughout the portfolio journey. Speedinvest seeks to be a hands-on partner, sometimes taking operational roles for a period to help portfolio companies scale, and emphasizes hands-on collaboration with founders to accelerate growth.

Almi Invest is Sweden’s leading early-stage venture capital firm, investing in scalable startups across sustainability, industry, technology, and life sciences. It supports companies from pre-seed to Series A and co-invests with independent private investors to accelerate innovation and long-term success. The firm emphasizes active ownership, providing strategic guidance, board participation, and access to a broad investor network to help startups scale responsibly. Almi Invest operates as part of the Almi Group and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Almi AB, and regional partners, reflecting its public-private model. While focused on Sweden, its portfolio spans diverse sectors, with a mission to drive economic growth and environmental progress by backing entrepreneurs who create tangible impact.

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, established in 2013. It targets individual accredited investors who previously had limited access to venture capital by enabling alumni from top entrepreneurial schools to invest together in ventures led by fellow alumni. The firm backs companies with an alumni connection and an institutional lead investor with sector expertise. It offers focused funds that provide accredited investors access to a diversified venture portfolio by type, sector, stage, and geography. The organization engages in seed, early-stage, and late-stage pre-IPO investments across technology, consumer, financial services, health care, life sciences, and other sectors.

Green Angel Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage climate technology investments. It seeks to back inventions and startups with potential to mitigate climate change across sectors including energy, carbon removal, nature-based solutions, food and agriculture, transport, industry and recycling. The firm aims to support the commercialization and scaling of climate solutions and positions itself as a reference early-stage investor for UK climate innovation.

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

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

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 that supports the region's technology ecosystem. Based in Philadelphia, it acts as a capital provider and catalyst for early-stage and growing technology companies across information technology, health, and physical sciences by offering seed-stage funding and related resources to accelerate commercialization. The organization facilitates university–industry partnerships and regional initiatives that connect scientific research with market opportunities, with the aim of creating jobs and strengthening entrepreneurial communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Through its programs and partnerships, it supports adoption of new technologies and helps build a robust regional innovation ecosystem.

Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Jackson, Wyoming. It funds research and invests in technologies aimed at reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a focus on sectors such as energy, transportation, industrial materials, agriculture, and other climate-related innovations.

Regeneration.VC, based in Los Angeles, is an early-stage venture firm focused on advancing consumer-driven climate innovation rooted in circular and regenerative principles. The firm targets investments that span design, including materials and packaging, as well as consumer brands and products that promote sustainable use. Additionally, Regeneration.VC invests in reuse technologies, such as reverse logistics and marketplaces, designed to enhance environmental impact while also offering significant financial returns. Through its strategic approach, the company aims to support solutions that align economic growth with ecological sustainability.

Chalmers Ventures is a Swedish venture capital firm based in Gothenburg, with offices in Östersund, Sweden. It specializes in incubation, seed and early-stage, as well as growth capital investments, and operates several programs including incubation, a Startup Camp, an accelerator, and a technology transfer initiative. The firm prioritizes companies with a clear connection to the Gothenburg region and Sweden and seeks opportunities across information and communications technology, new materials, environmental engineering, medical technology and biotechnology. It typically makes minority equity investments and pursues balance sheet investments to support startups at multiple stages, from exploration to scaling, often collaborating with participants in its programs. Chalmers Ventures favors startups with strong technology focus and aims to foster the commercialization of research and innovation within the regional ecosystem.

Clean Energy Ventures is a Boston-based venture capital firm that invests in seed- and early-stage climate technology startups across North America, Europe and Israel. It focuses on advancing energy storage, grid connectivity, renewable energy production, clean transportation, and the water–energy nexus, supporting technologies and business models with scale potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The firm backs companies that address climate change through market-driven approaches and seeks to accelerate commercialization of disruptive clean energy innovations.

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

Breakthrough Energy Ventures is an investor-led venture firm based in Kirkland, Washington, affiliated with Breakthrough Energy. It provides patient, minority capital to seed, early, and later-stage companies advancing environmental services, climate technology, and clean energy solutions. The firm aims to fund technologies that deliver reliable, affordable power without increasing climate change and to mobilize investment in transformative energy innovations through collaboration with governments, research institutions, and other investors.

Ecosystem Integrity Fund is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that finances early-stage companies advancing environmental sustainability. The firm seeks to demonstrate that sustainable practices can coexist with solid financial returns and targets investments in sectors including energy, transportation, clean tech, climate resilience, agriculture and food, water, and waste management, with emphasis on resource efficiency, biodiversity, and environmental remediation. It pursues impact investments aligned with ESG goals and often supports companies across North America, with later vintages expanding to Canada and Europe. Investments typically occur at the early growth stage, with capital deployed to help portfolio companies scale solutions that reduce environmental impacts and strengthen ecosystem integrity.

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

Volta Circle is a London-based single-family office established in 2019 that invests in technology-driven startups across climate, food, and circularity with the aim of enabling founders to create maximum value, scale, and impact. The team operates across Europe and Asia, including Geneva, Milan, London, and Bangkok. The firm follows an evergreen approach, primarily targeting early-stage opportunities (seed to Series A) with capability for follow-on investments, and focuses on circular economy solutions that prevent pollution, enable closed-loop consumption, and valorize waste. Its investment focus covers supply chain optimization, novel materials, recommerce platforms, responsible brands, waste management, and advanced recycling. Volta Circle is backed by the founders of Indorama Ventures.

Rubio Impact Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, founded in the mid-2010s, that pursues impact-driven investments in mid- to growth-stage companies primarily operating in the Netherlands. The firm backs businesses across a broad range of sectors, including healthcare, education, nutrition and wellness, technology, energy, climate, agriculture, and related fields, emphasizing ventures with social and environmental benefits. It makes equity investments typically between €0.5 million and €8 million, supporting scalable solutions in both B2B and B2C models, including technology-enabled platforms such as AI, software and education technology.

EIT RawMaterials, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, supports the European raw materials sector by funding early-stage startups in mining, exploration, processing, recycling, and substitution. The organization also serves as a platform that connects business, academia, research, and investment to foster disruptive and breakthrough innovations. By engaging schools and higher education, it cultivates the next generation of raw materials professionals and researchers. Through its activities, it aims to strengthen innovation, collaboration, and competitiveness across the raw materials value chain in the European Union.

D3 Jubilee Partners is an impact investment firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, with a presence in San Francisco. It finances climate-related solutions, healthcare, and impact-focused technology companies, aiming to improve lives of low-income families, women, and immigrants, and to promote environmental sustainability. The firm also invests in ICT startups with high socio-environmental value in low-income countries, including Korea, the United States, South America, Africa, and India.

Flat6Labs is a Cairo-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm and accelerator in the MENA region. Since 2011 it has built a network of startup programs that support entrepreneurs from pre-seed through pre-Series A, and operates offices across the region including Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Jeddah, Manama, and Tunis. The firm regularly funds more than 100 startups annually and provides a range of investment tickets from 50,000 to 500,000, supported by a broad investor network and extensive mentorship, investor, and corporate connections. Flat6Labs focuses on accelerating the growth of technology-driven startups by combining capital with mentorship, partnerships, and opportunities to scale regionally.

SVG Ventures|THRIVE is an investment and accelerator firm based in Los Gatos, California, focused on sustainable agri-food, agritech, food tech, and related supply chains. The company provides support, acceleration, mentorship, validation, and venture-building services to early-stage technology companies, often in collaboration with public and private partners on strategy, innovation and global expansion. It prioritizes climate-smart and ESG-oriented opportunities and backs startups operating in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Since its formation in 2010, SVG Ventures|THRIVE has built a network to help portfolio companies scale through strategic guidance and industry connections.

Founders Future is a venture capital firm headquartered in Paris, founded in 2018. It specializes in early-stage investments, including startup studio activities, pre-seed, seed, and series A rounds, and backs startups across Europe. The firm targets a broad range of sectors such as software as a service, information technology, fintech, e-commerce, commercial products and services, transportation, semiconductors, retail, and food technology, with a focus on business-to-business and software-enabled solutions.

Radicle Impact is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that invests in companies operating in grid modernization, circular economy, electrification and mobility, climate, environmental and urban intelligence, regenerative agriculture, plant-based protein and cellular agriculture, energy, clean technology, manufacturing, food, financial services, fintech and consumer finance.

Overture VC is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, founded in 2021, that concentrates on early-stage climate-tech startups. It provides investment capital and practical government strategies to help portfolio companies navigate the regulatory landscape and access public sector support. By assisting founders in winning government support and addressing regulatory complexity, Overture VC aims to accelerate the development and deployment of climate solutions. The firm focuses on ventures that pursue a sustainable future and seeks to empower founders to scale their innovations by aligning policy, funding, and market pathways.

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

DCVC is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, that backs entrepreneurs pursuing deep-tech solutions to major global challenges. It invests in startups across artificial intelligence, exascale computing, climate tech, engineering, materials science, robotics, space, water, biology, defense and security, prioritizing companies that combine scientific breakthroughs with computational advantage to reduce capital expenditure and operating costs. The firm operates as a registered investment adviser and maintains specialized arms, including a life sciences focus through DCVC Bio, supporting early-stage biotechnology and related ventures. DCVC emphasizes interdisciplinary, data-driven collaboration to accelerate development and deployment of transformative technologies, and it partners with founders across seed to growth stages through multiple funds and programs.

Archipelago Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm that focuses on the circular economy and the plastics sector. Founded in 2020, it aims to support companies that remove barriers to circularity, reduce plastic waste, and lower greenhouse gas emissions in plastic supply chains, and it also incubates startups.

Revolution is a Washington, D.C.–based venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Steve Case. It backs technology-enabled companies at early and growth stages across the United States, with a focus on software, information technology, media and entertainment, financial services, health, energy, consumer products, e-commerce, education, and travel. The firm partners with entrepreneurs to build disruptive businesses, often taking leadership roles on boards and providing strategic support to accelerate growth. It maintains an emphasis on investing across diverse geographies, reflecting a belief that strong companies can emerge from non-coastal regions and that startup hubs outside traditional centers can yield high impact opportunities. Revolution operates multiple venture platforms and maintains a presence in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, collaborating with founders to create enduring value for customers and investors.

Energy Impact Partners is a New York-based private equity and venture capital firm that funds and supports companies enabling the energy transition. It invests globally across venture, growth, credit, and infrastructure to advance energy efficiency, renewable generation, smart grid, energy storage, and related software and services. The firm collaborates with entrepreneurs and industrial partners to scale innovative technologies and business models, pursuing co-investments with strategic allies to accelerate deployment of sustainable energy solutions.

Par Equity is a venture capital and private equity firm backed by Scottish Enterprise, based in Edinburgh with an office in San Francisco. It specializes in early‑stage and growth investments in technology companies, including software, deep tech and digital health, targeting opportunities in Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland, with cross‑border expansion between the United Kingdom and the United States. The firm funds proprietary technology and proven products poised for international growth, supporting UK companies expanding to the United States and US entrants seeking a UK presence. Typical investments range from £0.25 million to £2.5 million, with enterprise values up to about £10 million. It also provides angel capital to investee companies and focuses on cross‑border deals to accelerate scale.

New Enterprise Associates is a U.S.-based venture capital firm founded in 1977 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It invests in technology and healthcare companies across stages and geographies, supporting startups from seed to growth. The firm operates globally with investments in the United States, Asia, and Brazil among others, and has a long track record of portfolio IPOs and acquisitions. It has over $19 billion in cumulative committed capital.

Itochu is a leading Japanese general trading company established in 1858 by Chubei Itoh. As a sogo shosha, it conducts domestic and international trading across sectors including textiles, machinery, chemicals, metals, energy, food, and general merchandise, and engages in related services such as insurance, finance, construction, real estate, and warehousing. The group maintains a broad global footprint with offices in more than 80 countries and operates across investment and business ventures to support its trading activities. Through its information technology and other business units, Itochu also sponsors strategic ventures and partnerships, leveraging its extensive network to create value across industries. The company emphasizes diversified operations, long-term relationships with suppliers and customers, and growth across traditional trade, consumer products, and energy-related sectors.

Katapult Group is an Oslo-based accelerator and venture firm founded in 2016 that invests in early-stage technology startups, with a focus on climate and ocean-related initiatives. The company operates Katapult Accelerator, a program that supports startups in environmental, societal, and exponential technologies, and Katapult Ocean, an ocean-focused venture initiative. Together, these platforms aim to steward capital and innovation toward sustainable development, aligning impact with technology and fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Evergreen Climate Innovations is a Midwest-focused nonprofit organization that provides catalytic capital and strategic support to climate technology startups. Formerly Clean Energy Trust, it funds and mentors early-stage ventures to accelerate the development and deployment of climate solutions across the Greater Midwest. The organization aligns philanthropic and corporate contributions through its 501vc investment fund and builds an ecosystem of investors, donors, and collaborators to broaden access to innovation and deliver environmental, economic, and social impact.

BMW Group is a premium automobile and motorcycle manufacturer and mobility services provider, producing luxury cars and motorcycles for a global market under brands such as BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce, and BMW Motorrad. The group operates 31 production and assembly facilities in 15 countries and maintains a global sales network. It leads in production technology and sustainability through digitalisation and efficient, resource-conscious manufacturing and by pursuing Efficient Dynamics to continuously reduce fuel consumption and emissions. In addition to vehicles, the company offers premium financial and mobility services and aims to shape the future of individual mobility with innovations across hardware, software, and services.

Ara Partners is a private equity and infrastructure investment firm headquartered in Houston, Texas, with offices in Boston, Washington, D.C., and Dublin. The firm specializes in industrial decarbonization, investing in energy efficiency, renewable energy, industrial process electrification, waste management, and sustainable chemicals. It provides growth capital and buyout support to help portfolio companies scale and accelerate environmental progress, focusing on sectors such as manufacturing, chemicals and materials, energy efficiency, green fuels, and food and agriculture. The firm pursues impact investments and collaborates with portfolio companies to advance decarbonization across the industrial economy, and operates as a registered investment adviser.

Maki.vc is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Helsinki, Finland, with Nordic roots and a global investment approach. It backs early-stage companies across deep tech, artificial intelligence and machine learning, healthcare technology systems, consumer products, and commercial services, investing across Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The firm emphasizes strong intellectual property, scientific advances, and deep customer understanding as it supports companies from inception through Series A and beyond.

Nefco is an international financial institution that supports the early scale‑up of Nordic green technologies in global markets. It has financed and implemented more than 1,500 projects across energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean water and sanitation, waste management, and cleaner industrial processes. By providing capital for these initiatives, Nefco accelerates the transition to environmentally and climate‑friendly solutions worldwide.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. It backs early- and growth-stage technology startups and seeks investments across software, cloud, consumer, enterprise IT, fintech, security, media, and related sectors. The firm operates globally, supporting entrepreneurs in the United States, Europe, Israel, India, and other markets, with a track record of helping portfolio companies scale to category-defining leaders. Notable investments include Atlassian, Dropbox, Facebook, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Cloudera, DJI, Flipkart, Qualtrics, Lookout Security, and MoPub. Accel emphasizes hands-on mentorship and strategic guidance to build durable, world-class businesses that shape next-generation industries.