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.

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.

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.

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.

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture capital and angel investment firm that supports early-stage startups across the United States. Founded in 2009, the firm provides business development, financing, mergers and acquisitions guidance, and other strategic advice to portfolio companies, leveraging its networks to help founders at critical inflection points. SV Angel focuses on software and TMT sectors, including software-oriented consumer and enterprise initiatives, and acts as a hands-on partner to help startups grow, form strategic partnerships, secure financing, and pursue M&A opportunities.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wayra is Telefónica’s global open-innovation hub that connects entrepreneurs with Telefónica to generate joint business opportunities. Operating in ten countries—Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela—Wayra serves as the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems, providing access to networks, partners, and potential customers through acceleration programs and collaboration initiatives.

Animoca Brands is a global developer, publisher, and platform provider in the Web3, metaverse, and blockchain gaming space. It leverages gamification and blockchain to create and publish mobile games and IP-based products, including titles tied to well-known brands, while enabling digital property rights through non-fungible and fungible tokens. The company operates a platform that allows intellectual property holders to issue assets, monetize rights, and grow fan communities within Web3 ecosystems. It also supports a venture arm that finances and mentors creators and early-stage projects in blockchain, gaming, and related technologies. With regional initiatives to advance Web3 strategies for Japanese IP holders, Animoca Brands pursues global expansion of digital ownership, transparency, and new business models across gaming and branded content.

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.

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.

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 that provides early-stage and growth equity investments in technology companies. It supports portfolio companies with momentum and mentorship to accelerate growth toward long-term success and typically engages across seed to growth stages, potentially taking minority or majority stakes. The firm targets a broad range of sectors enabled by software and technology, including consumer, enterprise, fintech, crypto, healthcare IT, and related areas, and maintains a multi-region presence with offices in North America and Europe to back companies as they scale globally.

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.

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.

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.

Benchmark is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm, founded in 1995, that backs early-stage technology companies and collaborates closely with entrepreneurs to turn startups into transformational businesses. It focuses on seed to growth investments across mobile, marketplaces, social platforms, open source, infrastructure, and enterprise software, with activity in the United States and Europe. The firm adopts a hands-on approach, with partners taking board seats and providing strategic guidance, talent support, and operational help to portfolio companies. Benchmark’s track record includes numerous exits, reflecting an emphasis on building lasting technology leaders.

Greylock Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1965 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It invests across seed, early, and growth stages in consumer and enterprise software and related technology sectors, including cloud computing, data analytics, security, and infrastructure. The firm aims to support portfolio companies that create new markets and achieve scale, often taking board seats as part of its investment approach. Notable investments include Airbnb, Dropbox, Facebook, LinkedIn, Palo Alto Networks, Pure Storage, and Workday.

GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that, in 2024, separated into two distinct brands: Granite Asia, based in Singapore, which invests across the Asia-Pacific region including Southeast Asia, Japan, China, India and Australia; and Notable Capital, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, which invests in the United States, Israel, Europe and Latin America. The firm backs technology companies at various growth stages, providing capital and strategic support to help portfolio companies scale domestically and internationally, leveraging a multinational network to enable cross-border opportunities.

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 with offices in San Francisco, Boston, and New York City. It focuses on early-stage investments across technology-enabled sectors, supporting founders with flexible, founder-centric backing. The firm has backed high-profile consumer and software companies such as Twitter, Discord, Oculus, Warby Parker, Tumblr, Niantic, and Anthropic, reflecting a tendency toward ambitious products and teams that reshape consumer, media, and technology markets.

True Ventures is a Silicon Valley–based venture capital firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It invests in early-stage technology startups in the United States, providing seed and Series A financing and managing substantial capital across its active funds. The firm supports founders with a platform of programs and a large team of professionals, including founders-turned-investors, to help portfolio companies grow. True has backed more than 350 companies and helped them scale, creating over 85,000 jobs worldwide, and has been recognized as Venture Firm of the Year by the National Venture Capital Association in 2018.

Samsung Electronics is a global technology company headquartered in South Korea that designs, manufactures, and sells a broad range of electronics and related components. It operates across consumer electronics, information technology, mobile communications, and device solutions, producing smartphones, tablets, TVs, home appliances, PCs, memory and storage products, and semiconductors and displays. The company maintains a substantial global footprint, with research and development activities conducted through multiple laboratories and collaborations with startups and academia to advance core technologies. It also provides repair services and supports telecommunications infrastructure, positioning itself as a leader in semiconductor and display technologies within the electronics ecosystem.

Founder Collective is a seed- and early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2009 by entrepreneurs who have built and exited technology companies. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an office in New York, the firm makes early investments across the United States and globally. It is industry-agnostic but prefers ventures with an information technology component, including software and TMT-enabled businesses. The firm focuses on supporting founders at the seed and early stages, drawing on the experience of its partners who have firsthand startup experience.

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.

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm founded in 2001 and based in New York. It engages in private and public market investments focused on technology-driven growth, selecting opportunities across global companies. The firm employs public equity strategies including long/short and growth, and pursues private equity investments spanning early to late stages across various industries. Its approach emphasizes identifying high-quality growth companies and working with portfolio businesses throughout their lifecycle, with activity across the United States, China, India, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and other regions.

Union Square Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that funds technology startups across early, growth, and late stages. It concentrates on internet-native opportunities at the applications layer, internet services, and web services that generate large networks and network effects, with an emphasis on software, fintech, e-commerce, media, mobile, and related sectors. The firm typically makes initial investments around one million dollars, with occasional larger early-stage bets of two to three million, and it aims to deploy as much as twenty million dollars in a single company. Founded in 2003, Union Square Ventures operates globally with investments in companies based in New York, San Francisco, London, Berlin, and elsewhere, seeking scalable businesses that leverage information technology to transform markets and create significant network value.

Outlier Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that focuses on early-stage crypto and Web3 startups. It runs the Base Camp accelerator (launched in 2019), which has attracted thousands of applications and helped raise over $350 million in seed funding for a portfolio of more than 220 projects worldwide. The firm backs companies across DeFi, NFTs and blockchain infrastructure and has supported ecosystems including Fetch.ai, Boson Protocol, Secret Network, Blox Move, Swash and DIA Data. Base Camp collaborates with leading Web3 ecosystems, partnering with Aptos, Filecoin/IPFS, Polygon, Polkadot and FARFETCH to run dedicated accelerator programs, and offers advisory services through Ascent. Its blockchain-agnostic, open-stack approach envisions Web3 as an operating system for an Open Metaverse, prioritizing user sovereignty, data ownership and digital wealth.

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.

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.

Matrix Partners is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1977 that invests in early-stage technology companies across software, AI, B2B, consumer, fintech, health tech, and infrastructure. The firm partners with entrepreneurs from idea through Series A, providing hands-on support and board involvement drawn from its team of former founders and builders. It maintains a global footprint with dedicated teams in the United States, China and India, including Matrix Partners China and Matrix Partners India, and has a history of backing notable companies such as Apple, FedEx, Oculus, Canva, Zendesk, HubSpot, Postmates and Fivetran. Core focus areas include applied AI, B2B software-as-a-service, developer tools and infrastructure, digital health, fintech, and hardware-enabled software. Matrix Partners emphasizes long-term relationships, portfolio value creation and building industry-leading companies through a combination of local insight and global perspective.

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.

Makers Fund is a global venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments in interactive entertainment. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, with an additional office in Hong Kong, the firm targets seed to Series B rounds and invests across North America, Europe and Asia. It backs founders in information technology, media, B2B, gaming and advertising technology, leveraging an extensive network and deep industry experience to help portfolio companies scale. The team provides strategic guidance from product development to monetization, supporting creators and developers in navigating the evolving entertainment and technology landscape.

Korea Investment Partners is a Seoul-based venture capital and private equity firm with decades of experience in funding bold, innovative entrepreneurs. It operates globally with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale and manages multiple funds totaling several billions of dollars in assets under management. As the venture capital and private equity arm of Korea Investment Holdings, KIP backs a broad range of sectors including information technology, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, mobility and gaming, as it seeks to help companies scale and commercialize new technologies. The firm emphasizes long-term value creation and has built a diversified portfolio across Asia and beyond.

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.

First Round Capital is a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm that backs technology startups from pre-seed through Series A. It offers capital, a founder-focused community, and services designed to help companies grow from inception, with partners who take an active role in portfolio companies. The firm invests nationally across sectors including healthcare, consumer technology, fintech, hardware, artificial intelligence, and web3, with offices in San Francisco and New York. It emphasizes resources beyond funding and has adopted a diversity term sheet rider to promote inclusive entrepreneurship.

Precursor Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco that backs pre-seed and seed startups in North America. It focuses on B2B and B2C software applications and hardware, and invests across sectors including consumer, digital health, education, enterprise, fintech, marketplaces, SaaS, information technology and media. Founded in 2015, the firm aims to support founders at the earliest stages with activity largely in the United States and Canada.

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs science and technology companies across stages. The firm focuses on transformational technologies and has supported early backers of SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook, and Airbnb. It pursues a founder-friendly approach that provides significant support with minimal interference, and it invests globally across sectors including software, artificial intelligence, aerospace, energy, healthcare, cybersecurity, biotech, and information technology. The firm targets opportunities from seed to growth stages and emphasizes solving difficult problems through innovative technology.

BITKRAFT Ventures is a venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage investments in video gaming, esports, immersive technology, interactive media, Web3 and AI. The team is spread across San Francisco, Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, London, Madrid and Lisbon, enabling a global approach to digital entertainment and technology opportunities. The firm operates as a global investment platform with US-domiciled funds and positioning as a registered investment advisor. It focuses on supporting founders building new experiences in gaming, immersive tech and related media across key markets.

Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 1972, the firm concentrates on early-stage, growth, and incubation investments, partnering with founders from inception through IPO and beyond. It backs ventures across technology-related sectors, including digital and information technology, life sciences, and healthcare, with a global reach that spans North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and Mainland China.

Betaworks is a New York-based technology company that operates as an accelerator, an investment platform, and a community hub through Betaworks Studios. Founded in the mid-2000s, it supports early-stage startups by running accelerator programs and investing in technology-focused ventures. The organization emphasizes building and scaling startups across information technology, software-as-a-service, gaming, artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, and related frontier technologies. Betaworks Studios provides a membership space where entrepreneurs can meet, collaborate, attend events, and access guidance to advance projects. Through its activities, Betaworks aims to foster talent, accelerate product development, and connect founders with resources and peers.

Unpopular Ventures is a San Francisco, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that focuses on technology companies. It makes active investments across a broad range of startups, supporting companies through various growth stages. Since inception it has deployed approximately 75 million dollars across roughly 500 startups, including Zepto, Jeeves, and Yassir, reflecting a high level of ongoing deal activity.

NFX is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed-stage investments. The firm emphasizes a founder-first approach to transform how innovators are funded by aligning the startup experience with founders and the broader ecosystem. NFX builds an early-stage experience powered by software, applies network effects and growth techniques used by technology's most impactful companies, and has backed startups that have achieved significant exits across multiple industries and geographies. Its investments span a global footprint including the United States, Israel, Latin America, and Europe, and cover sectors such as software, data, bio, gaming, proptech, fintech and artificial intelligence.

Play Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that makes early-stage investments in global gaming startups, from pre-seed to Series A. It focuses on gaming-related sectors such as free-to-play and web3 games, and also considers opportunities in esports and game services as it helps founders scale their products internationally.

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.

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.

Titan Capital is a venture capital investment firm founded in 2011 and based in Gurugram, India. It prioritizes early-stage investments in companies headquartered in India and the United States, spanning consumer, internet, direct-to-consumer brands, health tech, business-to-business services, software-as-a-service, and fintech sectors. The firm supports world-class entrepreneurs aiming to generate wide-scale positive impact in India and globally.

Moonshots Capital is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2017. It focuses on seed and early-stage technology startups with moonshot potential, investing in areas such as dual-use technologies, fintech, consumer internet, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. The firm emphasizes a disciplined investment process to identify founders pursuing large, growing markets and products with the potential to redefine their sectors. Moonshots Capital operates as a registered investment adviser, aligning its practices with investor interests and maintaining a rigorous, research-driven approach to opportunity evaluation. The firm backs teams seeking ambitious, scalable solutions that can transform work and everyday life.

Upfront Ventures is a California-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1996 that backs technology-enabled startups. It primarily funds seed and pre-seed rounds, with follow-on investments, across software, information technology, fintech, healthcare technology, consumer internet, AI, and related sectors. The firm maintains a strong Southern California footprint while investing across the United States and selectively in Europe and Israel. Led by managing partners Yves Sisteron, Mark Suster, and Kara Nortman, Upfront Ventures has backed notable companies such as Ring, Maker Studios, Bird, GOAT, Apeel Sciences, and thredUP, reflecting its experience across consumer and enterprise tech.

Kima Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Paris with an office in London, founded in 2010 by Xavier Niel. It invests in seed and early-stage startups worldwide, often as lead investor, and supports founders with funding, an extensive network, and guidance to accelerate product development and growth. The firm emphasizes rapid decision-making and aims to smooth fundraising so founders can focus on building their business. Described as a network of founders and experts with a pay it forward mindset, Kima has invested in hundreds of startups across multiple countries, reflecting its global reach and active early-stage engagement.