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.

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.

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.

Refactor Capital is a Burlingame, California-based venture capital firm focusing on seed- and early-stage investments in hard technology, biotechnology, health, climate, and related sectors. The firm is led by Zal Bilimoria, a former partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a veteran product and engineering executive with experience at Google, Netflix, and LinkedIn, who typically leads seed rounds with checks in the 1–2 million range.

Evolve Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in San Rafael, California. It invests in early-stage startups and supports founder teams through the growth phase, with a stated mission to reduce inner suffering and facilitate inner transformation at scale.

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.

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.

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.

Northstar Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, focusing on direct and fund of funds investments in technology‑driven startups and growth companies. It targets sectors including climate technology, healthy aging, digital media, data, entertainment services, telecommunications, healthcare, biotechnology, energy and related technologies, investing primarily in the United Kingdom with emphasis on the North East region (County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear). Typical direct investments range from £0.02 million to £0.75 million, with total commitments up to about £2 million, complemented by involvement in private equity funds, accelerators and incubators through fund of funds. The firm supports portfolio companies with resources such as a network of university partners, funders, non‑executive directors and talent to help generate talent, jobs and growth in the region. Founded in 2004, it operates from its Newcastle base.

Joyance Partners is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage startups in technology, health tech, consumer, internet, and mobile sectors across North America, Europe, and Asia. Founded in 2012, the firm seeks companies that, through science and technology, cultivate joy and improve how people live, with emphasis on health and consumer applications from pre-seed to Series A.

Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 that backs technology companies across the United States, with a focus on the Pacific Northwest and West Coast. It invests across stages from seed to growth, typically in information technology, software, consumer internet, digital media and advertising, fintech, data analytics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, hardware and robotics, and often takes board seats in its portfolio companies. The firm supports early-stage to growth ventures, pursuing opportunities in areas such as the future of work and low-code/no-code, with typical investments ranging from $2 million to $10 million as lead investor.

Play Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that backs early-stage gaming companies worldwide. It invests across pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds with a focus on free-to-play and web3 gaming, as well as related game services and esports opportunities. The firm pursues global investments, building a portfolio of game developers and studios through several funds, including Play Ventures I and II and the Play Ventures Opportunity Fund.

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.

Obvious Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2014. It invests in early and growth-stage startups across a broad range of sectors, including B2B, B2C, energy, healthcare, financial services, information technology, agriculture, and various technology areas such as AI, clean technology, and climate tech, with an emphasis on companies that pursue both profit and social impact. The firm operates as a registered investment adviser.

Cicada Capital is a venture capital firm based in Scottsdale, Arizona, that focuses on seed-stage investments and debt financing.

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.

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.

Patron is an early-stage venture firm leading seed rounds across gaming and consumer internet startups.

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.

Greycroft is a venture capital firm based in New York and Los Angeles that concentrates on technology startups, with a focus on the Internet and mobile markets. The firm uses its extensive media and technology industry connections to help entrepreneurs gain visibility, build strategic relationships, bring products to market, and scale successful businesses. Since inception Greycroft has invested in more than 200 companies and manages over $1 billion in capital. Its investment scope spans consumer internet, fintech, healthcare, and enterprise software, reflecting a broad approach to funding early- and growth-stage ventures in technology sectors.

Nippon Venture Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1996 and serves as the corporate venture capital arm of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. It engages in incubation, start-up and early-stage investments, supporting ventures across sectors such as communications, software, systems, devices, life sciences and environmental technologies, and also areas like brain information science, brain-computer interfaces, life-support robotics and wireless power. The firm collaborates with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies to nurture new ventures and aims for exit through IPO or sale of portfolio company stock.

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.

Wisdom Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that serves as a seed-stage fund investing globally in healthcare, compassion, and wellness startups. It relies on a partner-led team with extensive networks and a proven track record as investors, experts, and leaders to identify and support innovative ventures in these sectors.

Vorwerk Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Vorwerk & Co. KG, based in Berlin. It invests as a minority investor in growth- and seed-stage opportunities across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the United States, with a focus on consumer technology, direct-to-consumer business models, information technology, and consumer products and services. Its portfolio targets sectors such as consumer, food, health, and climate, emphasizing scalable models and potential strategic value to Vorwerk. Investments typically range from early seed to growth rounds, and the firm provides follow-on support as needed through Vorwerk's resources and network to help portfolio companies scale while aligning with Vorwerk's strategic priorities.

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.

Ascend Venture Group is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 that targets early-stage technology companies across North America. It partners with entrepreneurs to provide financial and strategic support to accelerate growth in software and related tech sectors.

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.

Jumpstart Foundry is a venture capital firm and accelerator based in Nashville, Tennessee, that funds and supports early-stage healthcare companies. It connects portfolio startups with industry stakeholders and provides guidance on strategic marketing, talent and growth, while operating a 14-week core program and a six-week micro-accelerator for startups, as well as a corporate-focused micro-accelerator. The firm concentrates on healthcare information technology, consumer health products and services, tech-enabled services, and diagnostic devices in the United States, aiming to accelerate growth, market adoption, and collaboration with industry leaders.

Invexor Venture Partners is a venture capital investment firm based in Santiago, Chile, founded in 2015. It targets innovative technology companies in Chile, providing venture and growth capital to fast-growth ventures and guiding them toward successful exits. The firm also offers strategic advisory services to small and medium-sized businesses and emphasizes governance, environmental, and social factors as part of its investment approach.

Haatch is a venture capital firm and incubator based in Stamford, United Kingdom, founded in 2013. It focuses on early-stage technology businesses, with emphasis on B2B SaaS and other digital platforms in the UK, and operates direct investments as well as fund-of-fund programs through SEIS and EIS structures. The firm typically participates in rounds from about £100,000 to £300,000 in early stages and can participate in rounds up to £2 million, applying a hands-on approach that includes building founder-led sales capabilities and strategic growth support. In addition to investments, Haatch Desks manages coworking spaces in Stamford, offering desks, postal addresses and private offices to members. Through its activity as an incubator and investor, Haatch leverages its network and experience to help portfolio companies scale and reach meaningful revenue growth.

Precursor Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage startups, focusing on pre-seed and seed rounds in North America. It invests in B2B and B2C software applications and hardware across sectors including consumer, digital health, education, enterprise, fintech, marketplace, SaaS, information technology, media, and more. The firm tends to support companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Toronto, with activity in other U.S., Canada, and Mexico markets. Typical investments range from USD 0.1 million to 0.25 million per company. Founded in 2015, Precursor Ventures emphasizes investing in people and has adopted a Diversity Term Sheet Rider.

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.

Ufi Ventures is the UK's specialist investor in VocTech ventures, providing seed-stage capital between £150k and £1m to companies building digital technologies that give people and businesses the skills needed for work now and in the future.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It pursues investments across multiple sectors, including information technology, healthcare, manufacturing, mobile, nanotechnology, financial services, internet, energy, media, and retail, and provides early to growth-stage funding coupled with strategic support to help founders build lasting, category-defining companies.

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.

The Ukrainian Startup Fund was established to support the local startup ecosystem. It has become the largest angel investor in Ukraine, having funded 130 startups and maintaining the most comprehensive database of local ventures and stakeholders, with over 3,000 applications processed.

Norwest Venture Partners is a global technology venture capital and growth equity firm founded in 1961 and based in California. The firm backs seed through growth-stage companies across the United States, India and Israel, with investments spanning technology, cloud and IT infrastructure, Internet and consumer products, SaaS, business services, financial services, healthcare, and other sectors. It has funded hundreds of companies and leverages a broad network and operating experience to help founders scale their businesses. Norwest pursues a flexible, long-term approach, tailoring its capital and support to each stage and company, and it deploys capital across multiple rounds from early checks to growth investments. The firm is known for partnering with CEOs and management teams to accelerate growth through strategic guidance, operational resources, and access to its portfolio network.

GreyMatter is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2021, focused on investing in mental health and emotional well-being companies and supporting bold founders developing solutions in mental health, wellbeing, and related areas.

Uncork Capital is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 as SoftTech VC. It concentrates on seed- and early-stage investments in software, consumer products and services, marketplaces, hardware, and other technology sectors, with a geographic focus on the United States and Canada. The firm backs startups across areas such as SaaS, fintech, e-commerce, health tech, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and provides strategic support including product development, go-to-market planning and business development to its portfolio companies.

Will Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2019, it backs startups in sports, entertainment, and consumer sectors, with an emphasis on e-sports and gaming. The firm uses sports as a lens to identify technologies with the potential to scale beyond the category and into large adjacent markets. It focuses on United States opportunities, supporting founders through the early stages of development.

Fuel Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups, focusing on marketplaces, platforms, fintech, and SaaS, primarily in the United Kingdom, with an Asia arm through Fuel Ventures Asia in Singapore. The firm provides hands-on support, combining mentorship, operational experience, and access to capital to help portfolio companies scale. Founded in 2015 by Mark Pearson, it pursues seed and growth investments in globally scalable online and mobile businesses, and its Asia entity extends the firm’s technology focus to the broader Asia market, reflecting an international growth orientation.

ULTRA.VC is an early-stage investor established in Limassol, Cyprus. It supports impact-driven entrepreneurs globally through its in-house accelerator program, offering practical assistance and guidance.

Blackbird Ventures is an Australasian venture capital firm founded in 2012 that backs technology startups from idea to IPO, investing from seed to later stages across Australia and New Zealand. The firm focuses on ambitious founders and aims to foster generational ownership. Its portfolio includes notable early rounds such as Canva and CultureAmp, and totals over 100 companies with a value exceeding $7B.

Insignia Ventures Partners is a Singapore-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that concentrates on early-stage technology investments in Southeast Asia. It backs startups across software, fintech, e-commerce, enterprise technology, and other technology-enabled sectors, with an emphasis on scalable business models and regional growth. The firm actively supports companies in areas such as B2B, consumer tech, education, healthcare, and logistics, helping founders navigate the regional market. It is led by Yinglan Tan, a former Sequoia Asia partner, and focuses on building enduring relationships with founders to accelerate product development and market expansion in Southeast Asia.

Learn Capital is a venture capital firm focused on education technology. It invests in early to mid-stage edtech startups worldwide, funding innovative learning platforms, content and services that expand access to education. The firm emphasizes global reach, including opportunities in emerging markets, and maintains offices in San Mateo, California; Austin, Texas; and Beijing, China.

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.

Venrex Investment Management is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2002 that invests in technology-enabled businesses and backs creative founders to launch and grow innovative ventures. It focuses on early-stage opportunities and seeks to support entrepreneurs with strategic funding and guidance, and approximately 43% of its investments involve female founders or co-founders.

Neotribe Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Menlo Park. It backs early to growth-stage startups developing breakthrough technologies in applied artificial intelligence, biotechnology, the Internet of Things, weather technology, and enterprise infrastructure, providing strategic capital and support to help portfolio companies scale and commercialize innovations. The firm pursues a hands-on approach to partnering with ambitious teams across geographies to address complex, high-impact problems, leveraging its network and expertise to accelerate product development and market adoption.

Unshackled Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on supporting immigrant founders developing startups in the United States. Founded in 2014 and based in California, the firm backs early stage companies led by immigrant entrepreneurs across sectors such as infrastructure, artificial intelligence, healthcare, space, and enterprise software. In addition to investing, Unshackled provides support to help founders build and scale their businesses, including visa and green card sponsorship to enable founders to devote full time to their companies. The firm seeks strong returns by backing diverse teams at the outset.

APX is a Berlin-based venture capital firm and accelerator that invests in early-stage startups across Europe. The firm is supported by prominent partners Axel Springer and Porsche, focusing on companies with scalable digital business models and global ambitions. Since its inception in 2018, APX has made over 60 investments in startups from 20 different countries, collaborating with more than 100 co-investors. The firm seeks out dynamic founding teams and sustainable business ideas, aiming to foster innovation and growth in various sectors. Currently, APX maintains a portfolio of 15 investments and continues to explore opportunities with inspiring entrepreneurs.