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.

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.

Branded Hospitality is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on investing in the hospitality and technology sectors. It supports growth through venture investments in innovative brands and scalable solutions that transform food service and hospitality. The company also offers solutions to corporate partners to enhance operational efficiency, brand visibility, and market reach, including influencer marketing, digital storytelling, and strategic partnerships. Its media arm produces industry content, most notably The Hospitality Hangout podcast, to engage decision-makers and share insights. By combining capital, strategic guidance, and media, Branded Hospitality connects emerging brands, technology providers, and partners to drive transformation in the hospitality industry.

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.

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin, Germany-based venture capital firm with a global focus that invests across seed, early, and later-stage companies. It maintains a stage-agnostic approach, seeking innovative ideas with potential impact and feasibility in global markets.

Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011, that manages investment portfolios and provides asset management services to clients across sectors, with a focus on software as a service companies, and analyzes market trends to inform its investment decisions while operating in finance, technology, and real estate.

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman. It allocates capital across public and private markets worldwide, with a focus on technology-enabled growth opportunities. The firm pursues public equity strategies, including long/short and growth investments, and private equity across early- to late-stage companies in multiple industries, seeking high-quality growth opportunities and guiding portfolio companies through their lifecycle.

East Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 and based in Singapore, investing in technology startups across Southeast Asia, including Singapore and Indonesia. It provides early-stage investments and, as described by sources, supports a multi-stage approach from seed to growth across sectors such as e-commerce, software, fintech, health tech, edtech, crypto, logistics, and AI. The firm has backed notable Southeast Asian tech companies, illustrating an active role in developing the regional startup ecosystem and supporting portfolio companies through growth in dynamic markets.

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. Headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, it concentrates on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with notable focus areas including fintech, cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and healthcare. Founded in 1995, Insight Partners manages over $75 billion in regulatory assets under management and has invested in more than 750 companies worldwide, with over 55 portfolio companies achieving an IPO. The firm combines capital with hands-on, right-sized software expertise to support portfolio companies on their growth journey from first investment to IPO.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London and Bangalore. It funds early- and growth-stage technology companies across software, cloud, SaaS, consumer, enterprise IT and related sectors, and it supports portfolio companies as they scale internationally. With a global network and more than three decades of experience, Accel seeks to help entrepreneurs build world-class, category-defining businesses. Notable investments include Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Braintree, Cloudera and Qualtrics, among others. Accel operates multiple funds and programs to back companies at different stages, continuing a long track record of backing ambitious technology founders around the world.

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.

Cleveland Avenue is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, established in 2015, that makes investments across seed-stage through growth-stage rounds in food and beverage companies, lifestyle consumer brands, AgTech, and technology.

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.

Source Code Capital is a Beijing-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that invests in Chinese technology companies across both early and growth stages. The firm centers its thesis on three drivers—Internet+, AI+, and Global+—and targets sectors including media and entertainment, consumer services, enterprise technology, finance, retail, transportation, housing, education, and healthcare. It has backed leading Chinese technology founders, including Bytedance, Meituan, and Homelink, and operates a post-investment platform that offers mentorship, resources, and global perspectives to help portfolio companies scale. Source Code Capital focuses on the TMT space in China and seeks to support innovative startups with long-term growth potential.

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm founded in 1911 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. It backs startups across seed to growth stages, focusing on software, cloud, cybersecurity, fintech, consumer and healthcare technologies, and high-growth business models. The firm operates internationally, supporting portfolio companies from early product development through scale, and has backed well-known names such as Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, Wix and others. BVP emphasizes helping founders establish durable foundations and guides companies through multiple growth phases, leveraging hands-on operational support, strategic networks, and cross-border expertise. With a diversified approach that includes consumer, enterprise and deep-tech investments, the firm seeks to build lasting companies that matter across global markets.

Goodwater Capital is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Burlingame. It focuses on early-stage investments in consumer technology and related sectors, including housing, financial services, software, healthcare, education, and entertainment. The firm seeks to empower exceptional entrepreneurs solving pressing problems and believes consumer technology can reshape culture and the global economy. By backing founders who create products and platforms that consumers love, Goodwater aims to drive significant, scalable impact and improve billions of lives.

Prosus is the international internet assets division of Naspers and a global consumer internet group and technology investor. It blends venture capital and operating capabilities to fund, acquire, build and scale technology businesses across multiple platforms and geographies. The company operates across the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, pursuing investments and active management in internet services, e-commerce, fintech, and related sectors. It maintains meaningful holdings in large technology platforms and online services, including Tencent, Mail.ru, Ctrip and Delivery Hero. Through its operating model, Prosus aims to identify high-potential companies and provide them with strategic support to scale globally, contributing to growth in the communities where they operate.

Celtic House Venture Partners is an independent Canadian investment firm based in Ottawa and Toronto. Founded in 1994, the firm focuses on technology and innovation, investing in software, digital media, communications, wireless, networking, and information technology sectors in Canada and the United States. It partners with management teams and repeat entrepreneurs to build technology companies from inception through to exit, with a track record that includes multiple IPOs and acquisitions. The firm manages several venture funds and supports growth across early and growth stages, often backing developers and entrepreneurs at the intersection of connectivity, automation, and network management. Celtic House emphasizes hands-on collaboration and sector expertise to identify and nurture promising technology companies.

Savory Fund is a growth and expansion investment firm based in Lehi, Utah that backs emerging restaurants in the food and beverage sector. The firm emphasizes a people-first approach and operates from a foundation of hands-on restaurant experience, with a team of veterans who have worked in operations and growth across the industry. By combining investment with operational know-how, Savory aims to help portfolio brands scale and evolve toward lasting, legacy brands in their markets.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Israel. The firm backs early and growth stage start-ups across sectors such as enterprise software, consumer technology, fintech, healthtech, cleantech, and information technology, and pursues opportunities in the United States, Asia, and Israel. It funds a broad range of rounds, including seed, early, later, and expansion, and also provides debt financing for start-ups and growth companies. Lightspeed focuses on helping entrepreneurs scale through capital, strategic guidance, and operational support, and maintains a diversified portfolio across enterprise, consumer, big data, mobile, and internet-enabled sectors.

Wayra is a corporate venture arm and innovation hub connected to Telefónica, operating as a global accelerator and open-innovation platform that links startups and scaleups with the Telefónica group. With a presence in ten countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela, Wayra collaborates with entrepreneurs to identify and develop joint business opportunities. It serves as the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems worldwide, providing access to networks, capital, mentorship, and potential pilot deployments. Wayra runs accelerator programs and themed calls, such as the Wayra Call and the Health Hub with partners, to support tech startups across sectors like health tech, cybersecurity, smart city, and IT, aiming to scale startups through engagement with Telefónica's global assets and corporate partnerships.

BEENEXT is a Singapore-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs early-stage technology startups. It focuses on seed and Series A rounds across the United States, Southeast Asia, Japan and India, with emphasis on information technology, enterprise software as a service, fintech and other tech-enabled sectors. The firm supports founders with operating experience, network and capital, and aims to build a platform of founders by founders for founders worldwide. Since inception, BEENEXT has invested in hundreds of companies globally, spanning domains such as AI, analytics, agritech, cloud infrastructure, cloud kitchen, e-commerce, edtech, health tech, insurtech, mobility and proptech.

LAUNCH is an Austin, Texas-based early-stage investment firm and accelerator platform that combines capital with education for startups. It provides syndicate funding and operates a suite of programs to support builders, including Founder University, the LAUNCH Accelerator, and Startup Tuneup, as well as events such as Remote Demo Day. The LAUNCH ecosystem pairs investment with structured training, community access, and practical guidance to help founders move from idea to growth. By coordinating funding and educational programs, LAUNCH aims to accelerate startup development and enable teams to scale.

RiverPark Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2006 that backs early-stage technology companies. The firm focuses on sectors including fintech, edtech, ecommerce, software as a service, and hospitality, and emphasizes enterprise technology and shifts in consumer behavior. It operates as a registered investment adviser and aims to support startups through capital and guidance as they scale.

DoorDash is a San Francisco-based on-demand delivery platform that connects merchants, consumers, and dashers through its DoorDash marketplace. It enables merchants to attract customers, arrange delivery, and access analytics, merchandising, and payment processing, and also offers a white-label logistics service called DoorDash Drive. Founded in 2013, DoorDash began as a delivery service for local restaurants and has since expanded to serve groceries, retail, and other goods, with international expansion through the acquisition of Wolt to reach Europe and Asia. The company focuses on building last-mile delivery infrastructure to support local businesses and improve community access to on-demand goods.

Gaingels is a venture investment organization focused on LGBTQ+-founded and led companies and their allies, investing across stages from pre-seed to pre-IPO and maintaining a global portfolio. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, it operates as a syndicate with more than 130 portfolio companies and around $70 million deployed. The organization supports inclusive leadership by backing ventures that promote diverse C-suite and board representation and actively assists portfolio companies in recruiting diverse executive talent. It also fosters a global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who pursue positive social change through business and successful investments.

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

Behind Genius Ventures is a San Diego-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that concentrates on pre-seed and seed investments. It backs early-stage companies across development tools, health and wellness, entertainment and media, gaming, e-commerce, fintech, and API-enabled product sectors, with a focus on product-led growth and helping founders navigate customer acquisition through modern strategies.

Feenix Venture Partners is a New York-based investment firm established in 2017 that provides growth capital through equity, debt, and hybrid investments to U.S. consumer-focused sectors, including retail, food and beverage, education, health and wellness, lifestyle brands, and consumer services. The firm also engages in direct lending to small and medium-sized businesses via a venture lending platform that monetizes credit card processing fees to improve lending economics, enabling a distinctive origination model and potential outsized returns for portfolio companies.

IDG Capital is a global investment firm that backs technology-focused companies across stages, from early to growth. With a blend of international reach and local market insight, the firm mobilizes resources to help portfolio companies scale in China, Asia, and beyond. It partners with private equity and venture capital fund managers and other investment entities, drawing on a broad base of limited partners including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, institutions, and family offices. The team combines deep local knowledge with global perspectives to identify opportunities and provide strategic support, governance, and access to networks that accelerate growth. IDG Capital targets software, information technology, consumer and healthcare sectors, among others, and pursues a long-term value strategy through active collaboration with management teams and ecosystem players rather than short-term financing alone.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 1974 with additional offices in Osaka and Nagoya. It focuses on seed, development stage, and startup investments across healthcare, life sciences, biotechnology, information technology, electronics, artificial intelligence, fintech, SaaS, and other high-technology sectors, with an emphasis on the Japanese market and relevance to Japan. The firm also engages in investment syndication for Japanese opportunities.

Established in 2017, Rich Products Ventures is a venture capital arm of Rich Products Corporation. It focuses on investments in nutrition, health, food, sustainable production, retail, e-commerce, food service, and supply chain sectors.

ANRI is a Tokyo-based Japanese venture capital firm founded in 2012 that backs seed and early-stage startups across a broad range of sectors, including information technology, software, hardware, energy, blockchain, life sciences, robotics, media, telecom, and business services. The firm manages multiple funds, including those focused on minority- and women-owned businesses and climate tech, with investments in areas such as solar and wind power, energy storage, hydrogen, CCUS, and artificial photosynthesis. ANRI pursues early-stage opportunities in tech-enabled industries and supports founders from inception through growth, seeking to back diverse teams and innovative business models.

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 and based in London with additional offices in San Francisco and Geneva, supporting entrepreneurs shaping technology-driven global businesses by investing across early and growth stages in software, TMT, and related sectors including artificial intelligence, data, fintech, healthcare, and mobility, and partnering with founders to scale companies globally.

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.

Felix Capital is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that backs early-stage startups at the intersection of technology and creativity. It focuses on the digital lifestyle, authentic brands, platforms, and related enabling software, and makes investments in consumer businesses and new digital brands and technologies for the art and lifestyle sectors, including internet services, sales, media, mobile, and SaaS. The firm primarily targets opportunities in Europe and the United States, and typically makes checks around 2 to 5 million USD per round, with wider ranges that can extend up to 10 million USD.

Math Venture Partners is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that invests in early to middle-stage technology companies in the United States and Canada. It targets sectors such as e-commerce, hardware-enabled software, marketplaces, software as a service, tech-enabled services, software and information technology, healthcare technology systems, ad tech, and IT services. The firm emphasizes a hands-on, partnership approach with entrepreneurs, seeking coachable teams with a strong customer acquisition focus, and has helped portfolio companies scale to successful exits.

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, it funds software and technology companies across seed to growth stages, with emphasis on web and mobile applications, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, fintech, consumer Internet, artificial intelligence, and biotech-adjacent ventures. The firm focuses on technology-enabled businesses and provides strategic support and networks to portfolio companies.

PeakBridge is a global impact venture capital firm focused on FoodTech, based in Luxembourg. It backs early-stage to Series B companies developing scalable, protectable technologies that aim to disrupt the food system and deliver positive climate and health outcomes. The firm invests across ingredients, alternative protein technologies, AI and digitalization, nutrition, and alternative farming, leveraging a network spanning multiple countries and a team with extensive Agri-Food operational and financial experience. PeakBridge is a partner of Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity and is affiliated with EIT Food as part of its ecosystem, enabling connections to capital, customers and strategic partners. The firm emphasizes technologies with climate and health benefits, supporting bold founders whose innovations can scale globally.

Genesia Ventures is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage investments in Japan and Southeast Asia. Founded in 2016, it has backed more than 90 companies across Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the United States. The firm targets software-enabled businesses and tech-enabled sectors such as digital media, AI, robotics, drones, AR/VR, information technology, manufacturing, real estate technology, space technologies, and related areas, with a broad portfolio spanning SaaS, marketplaces, fintech, healthcare, education, and other digital sectors. Genesia Ventures operates from Tokyo and maintains offices in Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City, supporting portfolio companies through regional and cross-border growth.

HV Capital is a Munich- and Berlin-based venture capital firm that supports founders in building internet and technology companies. Founded in 2000 as HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, it has financed around 200 startups across growth stages and has backed notable portfolio companies such as Zalando, Delivery Hero, FlixMobility and SumUp. The firm invests across a broad range of sectors including fintech, B2B, e-commerce, enterprise, travel, education, mobility, healthcare and retail, and provides capital from early to growth rounds, reflecting its ability to fund companies through multiple growth phases.

MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups aiming for IPO. It focuses on companies in fintech, SaaS, healthcare, artificial intelligence, e‑commerce, foodtech, and environmental technology.

Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco, California-based venture capital firm that provides seed-stage and early-stage investments to technology startups. Founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma, the firm focuses on technology companies across software, telecommunications, media, and other TMT sectors, offering early funding and strategic guidance to its portfolio companies.

Venture Catalysts is an integrated incubator that provides funding, mentorship, and a broad network to early-stage startups. It offers investments ranging from 500K to 2 million per startup with incubation support for 18-24 months. Founded in 2016, it has built a large network of 4500+ angel investors across 36 cities in six countries, with co-investments from notable global investors. The organization prioritizes developing the startup ecosystem in Tier II and III cities in India, operating incubation programs in cities such as Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Raipur, Surat, Nagpur, as well as Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. It supports seed and Series A rounds, provides strategic guidance and business-lead generation through its network, and helps startups access education and opportunities for investor engagement. More than 10 incubatee companies have raised Series A in recent years, underscoring its role in early-stage investments and incubation leadership.

SWaN & Legend Venture Partners is a Virginia-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 through the merger of SWaN Investors and Legend Ventures. Based in Leesburg, the firm focuses on technology-enabled consumer businesses across the United States, emphasizing consumer brands and customer service-oriented models. Its investments span sectors including consumer brands, content, digital commerce, education technology, food and hospitality, retail services, and wellness.

Indian Angel Network is an investor network founded in 2006 that brings together successful entrepreneurs and CEOs from India and around the world who are interested in investing in startup and early-stage ventures with the potential to create disproportionate value. The network provides capital as well as mentoring, broad networks, and inputs on strategy and execution, helping members assess potential and risks at the early stage.

American Express is a global financial services company headquartered in New York that provides charge and credit card products and related financial services. The company operates a large merchant network and offers card processing, expense management tools, fraud prevention, and customer loyalty programs. It serves consumers, small and mid-sized businesses, and large enterprises worldwide through segments including Global Consumer Services, Global Commercial Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services, delivering solutions via mobile and online platforms, direct sales teams, and partnerships. In addition to payment products, the firm offers travel-related services, merchant advisory and market insights, and data-driven services to support marketing and spending decisions.

DSG Consumer Partners is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that focuses on identifying and investing in consumer brands in India and Southeast Asia. It typically takes minority equity stakes but will pursue control transactions with the right management team, and provides capital for growth with liquidity options via secondary exits. Since 2004 it has backed leading consumer brands, including Sula Wines, Saffronart, Cleartrip, Bakers Circle, Mocha, Salt Water Café, Redmart, Mswipe Technologies, Exito Gourmet, Tierra Food, Saraf Foods and Veeba Food Services, aiming for long-term value creation in the consumer sector.

DNX Ventures is a San Mateo-based venture capital firm founded in 2011, with an additional office in Tokyo. It backs early-stage B2B startups, typically at seed and Series A rounds, across the United States and Japan, with focus areas including SaaS/cloud, cybersecurity, deep tech, sustainability, hardware, retail, and finance. The firm operates as a registered investment adviser and leverages a CXO network to help portfolio companies validate product-market fit and connect with Fortune 500 firms, enabling partnerships and commercial opportunities.

Monashees is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, investing in technology-enabled companies across South America and Mexico. It backs founders from early stages and supports growth through expansion funding, guided by a human-values-first approach that aims to improve people’s lives through technology. The firm’s portfolio spans artificial intelligence, climate tech, consumer, enterprise, fintech, healthcare, marketplaces, SaaS and services, reflecting activity in software, platforms and digital networks. The Monashees community includes more than 150 portfolio companies and 300 founders.