Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. The firm backs entrepreneurs with venture assistance, strategic guidance, and capital, focusing on bold, early-stage technology companies. It invests across sectors including AI, climate and sustainability, enterprise software, consumer technologies, fintech, digital health, medtech and diagnostics, therapeutics, and frontier technologies. Based in Menlo Park, the firm manages several funds to support startups across stages, prioritizing ventures that address large markets and have potential for significant social and economic impact.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Herzliya. Founded in 2000, the firm backs companies across seed, early, and growth stages, investing in software, enterprise technology, consumer internet, fintech, healthtech, and cleantech sectors. It provides equity and debt financing and seeks opportunities globally, including the United States, Asia, and Israel. Lightspeed partners with entrepreneurs to scale businesses from inception through expansion, supporting a broad range of sectors such as AI, mobile, e-commerce, data infrastructure, and security. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships and hands-on involvement to help portfolio companies navigate growth and market dynamics.

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, founded in 2013. It connects accredited individual investors—especially alumni from top entrepreneurial schools—to venture opportunities by pooling investments and backing companies with alumni connections alongside institutional lead investors. The firm offers diversified portfolios through focused funds, syndicates, and investing clubs, enabling access to venture deals across sectors, stages, and geographies. It emphasizes transparency, due diligence, and co-investment with established venture capital firms.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It is an early and growth-stage investor that backs entrepreneurs building world-class technology companies across software, consumer, enterprise IT, information technology, healthcare, fintech, security, and media sectors. The firm emphasizes a global community of founders, operators, and resources, providing more than capital to help portfolio companies scale. Its investments span geographies including the United States, Europe, Israel, India, and other regions, and its portfolio has included notable companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, and many others. With decades of experience, Accel partners with teams to turn early-stage ideas into category-defining businesses and to accelerate growth through strategic guidance and networks. The firm focuses on practical, long-term support for scalable technology ventures.

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.

Index Ventures is a global venture capital firm with offices in London, San Francisco, and Geneva that partners with entrepreneurs to turn bold ideas into global businesses. Founded in 1996, the firm backs technology-driven startups across sectors including artificial intelligence, data, software, fintech, healthcare, media, mobility, and consumer platforms, providing early and growth-stage funding along with hands-on support to scale product, go-to-market, and operations. It has backed notable companies such as Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King, Slack, and Supercell, reflecting a history of helping portfolio teams grow internationally. The firm emphasizes long-term relationships and a collaborative approach to help startups realize global reach and market leadership.

Pioneer Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm established in 2017. It operates as an early-stage investor backed by a network of over 420 Y Combinator alumni, and it seeks to back top YC startups. The firm maintains a broad sector scope, investing in consumer products and services, information technology, financial technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, blockchain, life sciences, healthcare technology, real estate technology, ride-sharing, and SaaS and supply chain technologies, among others. Pioneer Fund positions itself as a generalist, technology-focused investor with activity across consumer, enterprise and emerging tech sectors.

TechNexus Venture Collaborative is a Chicago-based venture platform founded in 2007 that connects leading corporations with promising early-stage companies to co-create new business models, revenue streams, products, and scalable market access. It combines capital investment, incubation, and collaboration to accelerate opportunities and foster innovation across sectors including artificial intelligence, clean tech, mobility, and consumer electronics. Through co-investment, venture incubation, and strategic partnerships, TechNexus supports a broad portfolio of startups and provides startups and corporate partners with access to capital, expertise, and market networks. The platform also operates specialized entities such as SecondWave for venture turnarounds and ForgeX for deep tech commercialization, underscoring a long-term commitment to fostering innovation through physical collaboration and ecosystem-building. TechNexus is among the more active participants in the venture ecosystem, enabling corporates to access strategic partnerships while helping entrepreneurs scale.

Entrepreneur First is a London-based accelerator and early-stage technology investor that identifies exceptional technical founders and helps them launch startups. Founded in 2011, EF operates globally with offices in London, Paris, Bangalore, New York and San Francisco, connecting talent to Silicon Valley and other startup ecosystems. It runs six-month accelerator programs and seed funding across markets, supporting pre-team and pre-idea participants and often providing stipends or early investments in exchange for equity. EF focuses on proprietary technology and aims to move capable founders toward independent, scalable ventures across industries. Its portfolio is valued at over 13 billion dollars and includes unicorns and notable exits, reflecting a broad network of investors. By coordinating a global network, EF helps founders relocate and scale internationally.

Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 that funds early- to growth-stage technology and consumer companies in the United States, with a Pacific Northwest focus. It targets information technology, software, e-commerce, digital media, advertising, gaming, data and analytics, mobile, and infrastructure, including cloud computing, AI/ML, fintech, and hardware. The firm typically acts as a lead investor, takes board seats, and participates in rounds ranging roughly from two to ten million dollars, supporting companies through scale and growth.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It finances startups across seed, early, and growth stages, with a focus on technology-driven sectors such as information technology, internet, software, mobile, and telecommunications, as well as healthcare, energy, financial services, and related industries. The firm supports ambitious founders through capital allocation and guidance, aiming to help build durable companies that reach IPOs or acquisitions. Sequoia operates globally with investments in the United States and international markets, often engaging across multiple rounds and collaborating with portfolio companies throughout their growth lifecycle. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships, rigorous due diligence, and a hands-on approach to scaling operations, product development, and go-to-market strategies.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, focused on seed-to-growth investments in deep tech, life sciences, hardware and software, with a strong emphasis on human and planetary health. The company operates startup development programs such as HAX and IndieBio, offering facilities, labs, engineering resources, mentorship, and collaborative workspaces to help founders advance technology and accelerate fundraising. Beyond capital, SOSV provides hands-on support to accelerate product development, customer acquisition and scaling, connecting portfolio companies with a global network of partners and investors. Its ecosystem spans multiple regions and markets, including cross-border ventures in Asia, and it maintains a portfolio of startups that have progressed to subsequent funding rounds. In addition to direct investments, SOSV’s programs and resources are designed to help early-stage companies mature toward scalable, sustainable growth while fostering innovation across sectors that address health, climate, and technology challenges.

Point72 is a global asset management firm led by Steven A. Cohen that invests across multiple asset classes and strategies, including discretionary long/short equities, quantitative and macro approaches, and private investments. It launches and manages hedge funds and serves pooled investment vehicles for clients. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, Point72 operates affiliated offices in New York, London, Poland, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Singapore.

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm backs technology companies across stages from seed to growth, with a focus on software, back-end infrastructure, cloud computing, enterprise software and services, and consumer internet and fintech, often investing at the intersection of computer science and other industries; it supports portfolio companies with capital and resources to drive innovation and scale.

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.

Goodwater Capital is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Burlingame. It concentrates on early-stage investments in consumer technology companies and seeks to empower entrepreneurs who are building products and platforms that reshape everyday life. The firm backs ventures across a broad range of sectors, including housing, financial services, consumer products and services, healthcare, food, transportation, education, entertainment, and information technology and software. Through its investments, Goodwater Capital aims to drive meaningful, scalable impact and help improve lives on a global scale.

CRV is a Palo Alto–headquartered venture capital firm founded in 1970. It is one of the oldest active early-stage VC firms and invests from seed to Series B in technology, consumer, and healthcare companies, including life sciences and bioengineering, across North America. The firm uses a hands-on, value-added approach to support portfolio companies and help entrepreneurs build category-leading firms in high-growth technology and media sectors. CRV maintains offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Menlo Park, California, and manages roughly $1.5 billion. It has backed notable companies such as Twitter, Zendesk, Amgen, HubSpot, Yammer, EqualLogic, Sonus Networks, and Parametric Technology.

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator is a New York City-based technology accelerator and early-stage venture investor founded in 2011. The organization runs biannual, four-month programs that provide selected startups with an initial investment of $150,000 on a post-money SAFE in exchange for 6% equity, along with mentor-driven support, free office space, cloud hosting credits, and access to partners in legal, finance, accounting, and other business services. Since inception, ERA has invested in more than 350 startups whose alumni have collectively raised over $2 billion in external capital and reached more than $10 billion in market capitalization. The program emphasizes global reach, with alumni companies originating from around the world and operating across major industries.

Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma. It provides seed- and early-stage capital to technology startups, occasionally supporting later rounds such as Series B, and often invests alongside co-investors. The firm emphasizes strategic introductions and hands-on guidance to help portfolio companies scale, with a focus on software, TMT, and other technology sectors. By partnering with founders and other investors, Liquid 2 Ventures aims to align capital with long-term company growth.

Insight Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm that partners with growth-stage software, internet, and data-services companies to accelerate revenue growth and long-term value. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in New York, it focuses on software-enabled sectors including Fintech, Cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and Healthcare, and has backed more than 750 companies worldwide, with numerous portfolio companies achieving IPOs. The firm provides capital, hands-on operational guidance, and a broad network to help growing software companies move from product-market fit to IPO, assisting with product development, M&A, efficiency, and geographic expansion. As of 2022, Insight Partners reported over 75 billion in assets under management and maintains offices in New York, London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto to support its global portfolio.

Precursor Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm established in 2015 that concentrates on early-stage investments, including pre-seed and seed rounds, in North America. The firm backs both B2B and B2C software applications and hardware across consumer, enterprise, fintech, digital health, education, marketplace, media, and information technology sectors. It prioritizes investments in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Toronto, while considering other geographies. Typical check sizes range from $0.1 million to $0.25 million. Precursor Ventures also emphasizes backing founders early in their journey and has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.

Gaingels is a venture capital organization focused on supporting LGBTQ+ founders and leaders and their allies. It invests across stages and industries, building a global portfolio of 130+ companies and deploying around $70 million in capital. Beyond funding, Gaingels helps portfolio companies recruit diverse C-suite and board talent and fosters a global community of investors, operators, and entrepreneurs working toward inclusive leadership and positive social change through business.

Rebel Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that backs technology startups in the United States. It leverages a network of Y Combinator alumni and a proprietary machine learning model to assess startup potential, aiming to identify promising early-stage ventures with emphasis on education and training services, information technology, and healthcare.

Samsung Electronics is a global technology company headquartered in South Korea that designs, manufactures, and sells a broad range of electronics and information technology products. The company operates in consumer electronics, mobile communications, IT, and device solutions, offering smartphones, tablets, TVs, home appliances, PCs, memory and storage products, and other electronic components. It is a leading producer of semiconductors and display technologies and supplies components for its own devices as well as external customers. Samsung Electronics maintains a worldwide presence across regions including Korea, North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific, supports repair and service for its products, and invests in research and development to advance advanced materials, processing, and new architectures. It is widely regarded as the largest smartphone and television manufacturer in the world, underpinning a broad ecosystem of devices and technologies.

A* is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in San Francisco, California. It invests in early-stage technology startups and pursues a conviction-led approach, partnering with innovative founders across sectors such as online marketplaces, artificial intelligence, fintech, real estate, and transportation to support growth and disruption.

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.

Alchemist Accelerator is a California-based accelerator that backs seed-stage, business-to-business startups that monetize from enterprises rather than consumers. Founded in 2012, it runs a six-month program that combines mentorship, structured coaching, and investor access to help technically driven teams turn prototypes into market-ready products. The program typically provides seed funding in the range of $30,000 to $40,000 in notes and connects portfolio companies with a network of corporate and VC backers including Cisco, SAP Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, US Venture Partners, GE, and next47. The accelerator emphasizes teams with distinctive technical founders and a clear path to traction, fundraising, and enterprise customers, often supporting dozens of companies per year. Alumni include notable enterprise startups such as LaunchDarkly and Rigetti, reflecting a focus on scalable, enterprise-oriented solutions. Alchemist aims to accelerate growth by combining funding with intensive coaching and access to Silicon Valley’s ecosystem.

M12 is Microsoft's corporate venture capital arm that invests in early-stage technology startups across AI, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, developer tools, vertical SaaS, Web3 and gaming, and enterprise software. Based in San Francisco with activity in North America and Israel, it provides startups with access to Microsoft resources, partnerships, and potential integration opportunities to accelerate growth. Founded in 2016 as Microsoft Ventures, M12 also runs accelerator programs and supports later-stage startups within Microsoft's ecosystem.

Menlo Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1976 that provides capital for multi-stage consumer, enterprise, and life sciences technology companies. The firm uses market-driven analysis to identify investment opportunities across sectors such as marketplaces, consumer services, Dev/Ops, SaaS, fintech, cybersecurity, and life sciences technology. Its portfolio includes numerous notable companies and more than 70 public companies and more than 100 mergers and acquisitions, underscoring a track record of growth and successful exits. Menlo is active in supporting its portfolio companies through multiple stages of development and pursues investments across software, cloud infrastructure, and related technology areas.

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors that supports technology startups by pairing operating experience with access to capital, talent, partners and customers to help build globally scalable businesses. With activities across the United States, China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia, the firm provides hands-on support to portfolio companies, leveraging its ecosystem to help startups grow from early stages to global markets. The group emphasizes collaboration with founders and industry partners, active portfolio involvement, and a deep focus on software, data, security, healthcare and other technology sectors.

Based in Seoul, Korea Investment Partners is a leading venture capital and private equity firm with a global footprint, including offices in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale. With over 30 years of investment experience, it provides capital and growth funding to bold entrepreneurs across technology, media, healthcare, and manufacturing, backing notable companies such as Kakao, Naver, YG Entertainment, Osstem Implant, Bodyfriend, DoubleU Games, and Didi Chuxing. The firm manages multiple funds with assets under management in the billions and operates a global network to support portfolio companies from early to growth stages. It is a subsidiary of Korea Investment Holdings, aligning client interests with governance and long-term value creation.

HV Capital is a Berlin and Munich-based venture capital firm that partners with founders to build internet and technology companies from early stage to growth. Founded in 2000, the firm has invested in roughly 200 companies across Europe, including notable exits such as Zalando, Delivery Hero, FlixMobility and SumUp. HV Capital supports portfolio companies across sectors such as fintech, B2B, e-commerce, enterprise software, travel, education, mobility, healthcare and retail, and aims to back companies through multiple growth phases with a flexible approach. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships, a customer-centric and experimentation-driven ethos, and operates with a focus on helping companies scale in Europe.

Gradient Ventures is Google's AI-focused venture capital firm that backs early-stage artificial intelligence startups. Founded in 2017 and based in California, it provides capital and access to Google's resources, technical leadership, and industry networks to help founders advance AI-enabled products. The firm emphasizes practical guidance in areas such as recruiting, marketing, design, and engineering to help portfolio companies scale. It concentrates on software and AI-driven ventures, supporting a broad range of AI applications and offering mentorship and hands-on support throughout growth.

GSR Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies, including AI-enabled enterprise software, consumer platforms, and digital health and medical technology. The firm backs entrepreneurs pursuing disruptive businesses with the potential to dominate multi-billion dollar markets. Founded in 2004 and based in Menlo Park, California, it operates in the United States and China, supporting early-stage companies from inception through growth.

Quiet Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2017. It invests across a broad range of sectors including enterprise software, consumer, fintech, marketplaces, deep tech, healthcare, and crypto, seeking founders and teams with differentiated products and scalable models.

Greycroft is a venture capital firm focusing on technology start-ups with investments in the Internet and mobile markets. With offices in New York and Los Angeles, it helps entrepreneurs gain visibility, build strategic relationships, bring products to market, and scale businesses through its media and technology connections. The firm manages over $1 billion and has completed more than 200 investments across software, consumer internet, fintech, digital health, and other technology-enabled sectors, backing companies such as Scopely, Venmo, Thrive Market, and Shipt. It operates a spectrum of funds, from early-stage to growth, and leverages its network to support portfolio companies.

Bossa Invest is a venture capital investment firm based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011. It focuses on software as a service investments and provides investment services to clients, informed by market trend analysis, and serves sectors such as finance, technology, and real estate.

Spark Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco with offices in Boston and New York City. It backs founders developing innovative products across all sectors and stages, guiding them to achieve success on their own terms. The firm has funded notable companies including Twitter, Discord, Anthropic, Cruise, Niantic, Oculus, Warby Parker and Tumblr, illustrating its willingness to back consumer, software, and technology leaders. Spark Capital emphasizes flexibility over prescriptive playbooks, supporting entrepreneurs from seed through growth rounds, and partners with portfolio companies to help scale products and go-to-market strategies while spanning sectors such as consumer, software, fintech, media, and education.

Forum Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm, accelerator and venture studio focused on B2B SaaS startups. Founded in 2014 as Acceleprise, it supports early-stage founders through pre-seed and seed funding, high-touch programming, and a SaaS community. The Forum For Founders program provides $100k in pre-seed funding and 15 weeks of talks, events, mentorship and 1:1 guidance on go-to-market and fundraising. Forum Seed backs seed-stage SaaS startups, including those from its program. The organization operates an accelerator and venture studio and focuses investments in vertical artificial intelligence, AI agents, health tech, fintech, supply chain and the future of work. It has over 250 portfolio companies and connects founders to a broad network of investors and partners.

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.

VoicePunch is a Santa Monica-based company that operates as a venture capital firm and a community platform focused on voice, audio, and conversational AI technologies. Founded in 2019, it invests in early-stage startups and supports founders with capital, strategy, and access to a broad network of peers, partners, and opportunities. The organization serves as a hub for the voice technology community, facilitating collaboration through the DIALOG platform and events, and acting as an advocate for innovation in voice-enabled experiences. By connecting developers, researchers, startups, and industry leaders, VoicePunch aims to accelerate the development and adoption of voice and conversational AI across various industries, while sharing insights and fostering two-way dialogue within the ecosystem.

Global Brain is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 1998 that invests in technology companies from seed to pre-IPO stages and operates across Europe, North America, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The firm backs startups in sectors such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud and software-as-a-service, cybersecurity, advertisement, agritech, foodtech, climate technology, and commerce, among others, and emphasizes hands-on support and resources to portfolio companies. It manages pure investment funds as well as corporate venture funds formed with leading public companies, enabling strategic collaboration and broader networks. Over its history, Global Brain has invested in hundreds of startups and facilitated numerous exits including IPOs and mergers and acquisitions, underscoring its active role in building early-stage technology companies.

Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It backs companies across the technology spectrum, including digital health, life sciences, healthcare, consumer and enterprise software, fintech, cybersecurity, robotics, artificial intelligence, and other information technology sectors, supporting them from early stages through growth and beyond. The firm partners with founders from inception to IPO, providing capital and strategic guidance to help turn bold ideas into scale. It maintains specialized efforts to assist seed-stage founders, including software-driven tools and services aimed at recruiting, financing, and operations, drawing on decades of investing experience. Through its global reach, Kleiner Perkins seeks long-term partnerships with ambitious teams across regions to accelerate product development, market adoption, and value creation.

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture capital and angel investment firm that backs early-stage software and technology-enabled companies across the United States. The firm provides business development, financing and strategic advisory services, including M&A support, leveraging its network to help founders at critical inflection points. Known for a high-volume approach, SV Angel evaluates and backs a broad slate of startups each year, aiming to accelerate growth and help build lasting companies through hands-on guidance and connections.

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.

Wing Venture Capital is a Palo Alto based venture capital firm focused on early-stage and growth investments in B2B software and business tech. Founded in 2013, the firm emphasizes deep, long term engagement with founders and supports portfolio companies through a Founder Success Platform that provides resources, connections and operational guidance. Wing concentrates on AI driven data, cloud, mobile and security technologies, and seeks to back companies that transform how business is run. Its portfolio spans multiple sectors and includes notable outcomes such as Snowflake, Gong, Cohesity, Instart Logic, Juvo, Moogsoft, Palerra, Shape Security, FireEye, Nimble Storage, Opower and Ruckus Wireless. Wing pursues seed, Series A and other early rounds, offering hands on support, strategic value and a collaborative approach to building enduring, scalable businesses. The firm’s track record highlights numerous companies that have reached IPOs or achieved substantial valuations.

SmartHub is a venture capital firm and funding platform based in San Francisco that connects technology startups with investors and supports the investment process. It provides investors with tailored portfolios, research, deal structuring, legal paperwork, quarterly reporting, and protection of investment rights through exit, while offering startups rapid feedback, deal opportunities, strategic development support, networking, and fundraising guidance.

ZhenFund is a Beijing-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Bob Xu and Victor Wang in collaboration with Sequoia Capital China. It specializes in early-stage investments across technology-driven sectors including AI, e-commerce, education, fintech, life sciences, autonomous driving, and healthcare. The firm has built a broad network of more than 800 portfolio companies, including numerous unicorns, and supports entrepreneurs with mentorship and resources such as demo days, ZhenHR services, marketing and PR guidance, and fundraising assistance. Its active CEO network facilitates peer support via platforms like WeChat. ZhenFund also runs entrepreneur-focused initiatives such as ZhenSummer Grant, ZhenResidence, and ZhenCampus, aiming to foster innovation and practical market impact. The firm emphasizes founder quality and market need, seeking startups with ambitious goals and a hands-on approach to growth.

Mana Ventures is a San Francisco–based venture capital firm that funds early-stage deeptech and artificial intelligence companies. It backs startups across AI, software, space, healthtech, biotech, robotics, and autonomy, and provides strategic support such as business development, customer introductions, and fundraising guidance. Through its network, The Collective, Mana Ventures leverages connections with experienced founders, investors, and industry experts to help portfolio companies scale. The firm focuses on companies disrupting traditional industries and building frontier technologies, helping teams shape their vision, build strong management, and advance product development toward next funding rounds.

Greylock Partners is a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm founded in 1965 that invests across seed to growth stages in consumer and enterprise software and related information technology sectors. The firm backs entrepreneurs who redefine markets and often takes board seats to help guide portfolio companies such as Airbnb, AppDynamics, Cloudera, Docker, Dropbox, Facebook, LinkedIn, Palo Alto Networks, Pure Storage, and Workday. With offices in San Francisco and Wellesley, Greylock supports startups globally and focuses on software-enabled businesses including cloud/SaaS, data analytics, security, and services.