Hearst Communications is a multinational, diversified media and information company that publishes newspapers and magazines, operates television and radio stations, and owns cable networks. It provides information, analytics, and workflow solutions to finance, healthcare, and transportation markets. The group oversees a portfolio of consumer brands such as Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, and O, The Oprah Magazine, and has holdings in Hearst Television and in major cable networks, including ESPN and A+E Networks. Founded in 1887, the company is based in New York City.

Founded in 1878, The E.W. Scripps Company operates as a diversified media enterprise with a portfolio of local and national media brands. It serves audiences through 60 television stations, offering news, information, and entertainment content across various platforms. The company's operations include broadcast television stations, digital operations, network programming, and original podcasts. Additionally, it runs Scripps National Spelling Bee and supports journalism education and literacy initiatives through the Scripps Howard Foundation.

GE Equity invests globally across various sectors, focusing on established companies with high growth potential. It takes minority ownership positions and offers growth capital, buy-out co-investments, secondary direct purchases, recapitalizations, and LP investments.

Channel 4 Ventures, established in 2015, is the corporate venture capital arm of Channel Four Television, located in London, United Kingdom. The firm focuses on investing in high-potential brands within the media and consumer marketplaces, targeting companies at various stages from pre-Series A to pre-IPO. In exchange for equity stakes, Channel 4 Ventures offers these brands the opportunity to enhance their growth through TV advertising, leveraging the extensive reach and influence of the Channel 4 network. This approach aims to foster innovation and support the development of promising businesses in a competitive landscape.

Teleste offers integrated products and services to build and maintain networked societies. Its solutions deliver television and broadband services, enhance public safety, and optimize public transport usage.

STV Group is a Scottish digital media company that creates and broadcasts television programming in the United Kingdom. It operates in broadcast, digital, and production segments, delivering news, entertainment, dramas, soaps, and factual content on air through STV channels and online via STV Player and stv.tv. The group runs digital services in four Scottish cities: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee, providing local news, events and multimedia content across apps and websites. STV develops and distributes programming, including international partnerships to co-invest and distribute formats outside the UK. Revenue mainly comes from broadcasting and selling advertising airtime and space, with ongoing internet services and production activities. The company is based in Glasgow and has its roots in 1957.

Great Chiliocosm Capital, established in 2016 and based in Beijing, China, is a venture capital firm that specializes in investments within the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors, as well as the entertainment industry. The firm was founded with the backing of notable limited partners, including prominent parent funds and listed companies. With a focus on value investment, Great Chiliocosm Capital aims to create a robust capital ecosystem by linking high-quality assets across various segments, particularly in pan-entertainment fields such as gaming, animation, film, television, e-sports, and the online economy. Noteworthy investments include leading entities in the domestic live broadcasting and animation sectors, reflecting the firm's commitment to identifying and nurturing innovative projects that have the potential for significant impact and growth.

Relativity Media is a diversified media and entertainment company that produces, finances, and distributes films, television content, music publishing, and professional sports services. It operates across various platforms including theatrical, digital, transactional, streaming, and broadcast channels.

IMM Investment Corp. is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The firm specializes in mezzanine financing and actively participates in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, corporate restructuring, private equity deals, industry consolidation, management buyouts, spin‑offs, recapitalizations, and cross‑border transactions. It targets medium‑sized companies across a broad spectrum of sectors, including information technology infrastructure, wireless communications, entertainment and content, franchising, cement, software, electricity, food and beverage, machinery, game software, chemicals, paper manufacturing, and automobile parts. The investment strategy allocates 20 % to startups, 40 % to expansion, and 40 % to mezzanine opportunities, with a focus on IT infrastructure (security, application services, e‑commerce), content (education, gaming, animation), and digital hardware (network equipment, semiconductors). The firm also pursues secondary investments and prefers companies rated T5 or higher by the Tech Credit Bureau, maintaining an active management role in its portfolio.

Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital and growth equity firm founded in 1961 and headquartered in California, with a presence in Menlo Park and Palo Alto. It backs technology-driven companies across stages, from seed to growth, primarily in the United States, with extensions into India and Israel. The firm invests in sectors including software, information services, business services, financial services, healthcare, enterprise technology, and consumer products and services. Norwest emphasizes a proactive, partnership-based approach, leveraging its extensive network, operating experience, and a broad range of resources to help CEOs and founders scale their businesses. Across its portfolio, Norwest has supported hundreds of companies through multiple rounds of financing, aiming to partner with teams that demonstrate strong market position, revenue traction, and durable growth potential. The firm seeks to combine capital with strategic guidance, enabling portfolio companies to accelerate product development, go-to-market execution, and international expansion where appropriate.

Established in 2022 and based in New York, Eberg Capital is a venture capital firm focused on investing in the sports entertainment sector.

New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in Menlo Park, California, with offices in the United States, India and China. It makes investments across technology and healthcare startups at multiple stages, from seed to growth, including software, cloud, data, internet services, fintech, AI, e-commerce, and enterprise technology, as well as healthcare information technology, life sciences, medical devices, and biopharma. It also considers energy technology and infrastructure opportunities, such as solar, batteries and smart grids. The firm pursues a global approach, with activity in the United States, Asia and other regions, and supports companies through rounds of financing ranging from small to sizable investments as they scale. NEA focuses on building portfolios in software, IT services, consumer technology, and healthcare technology, backing ambitious entrepreneurs across sectors and geographies.

Progress Ventures is a Boston-based venture capital firm and the venture capital arm of Progress Partners. It focuses on early-stage investments in marketing and media technology, with emphasis on B2B marketing, advertising technology, and related platforms within the digital ecosystem. The firm partners with experienced entrepreneurs and commits capital to start-ups seeking to become integral parts of the digital marketing and content landscape, typically targeting seed to Series A rounds in North America. By backing companies that enable new platforms and services in media, advertising, and marketing technology, Progress Ventures aims to support growth and innovation in the digital economy.

S4S Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm, founded in 2022, that focuses on early-stage investments across four domains: Martech, Adtech, Data Technology, and AI/Creative Technology.

AperiamVentures is a venture capital firm that concentrates on the digital transformation of marketing. The team combines decades of experience as founders, operators, and investors, applying practical insight to help portfolio companies scale in a changing landscape. The name Aperiam originates from Aperio, Latin for open, reflecting a guiding ethos of transparency and collaboration. The firm works closely with the marketing ecosystem to support its portfolio companies, aiming to advance the adoption of innovative technologies and business models across the marketing function.

South Central Ventures, established in 2015, is a venture capital firm headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia, with additional offices in Belgrade, Serbia; Ljubljana, Slovenia; and Skopje, Macedonia. The firm specializes in direct investments in early-stage technology companies, focusing on sectors such as Information and Communications Technology (ICT), SaaS, HealthTech, FinTech, and digital media. It primarily invests in the Balkans, with a typical investment size ranging from €0.1 million to €3 million per company, aiming for a stake between 25% and 49%. South Central Ventures has invested in approximately 40 early-stage tech companies, playing a significant role in the regional start-up ecosystem.

The Raine Group is an integrated merchant bank and growth capital investor focused on technology, media, entertainment and sports. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, it advises and funds high-growth companies and leverages a global network to create value for portfolio companies and clients across the United States, Europe and Asia. The firm pursues growth capital investments in media, entertainment, sports, lifestyle, information technology, mobile and retail sectors, applying industry expertise and strategic relationships to support scale and transformation.

Founded in 2014, J&T Ventures is a Prague-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups from Central and South Eastern Europe. The firm focuses on companies with proven product market fit, typically investing between EUR 0.3 million to EUR 3 million per company.

Accomplice is a Boston-based venture capital firm, with an additional office in San Francisco, specializing in seed and early-stage investments in technology startups. It primarily invests in companies focused on cybersecurity, eSports, data analytics, SMB class software, emerging hardware platforms, and marketplaces. Accomplice uniquely leverages community platforms like AngelList, Boston Syndicates, and Maiden Lane to empower and fund exceptional founders. With a majority of its investments in Boston and additional investments throughout the U.S., Canada, and the E.U., Accomplice is one of the most active early-stage firms in New England.

Founded in Tokyo in 2006, Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early-stage investments in B2B tech startups. The company focuses on sectors such as software-as-a-service, fintech, deep tech, AI/ML, healthcare, sustainability, and marketing tech across Asia and the Americas.

Jump Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in Chicago and New York. It pursues seed and Series A investments through a thesis-led, sector-focused, operating-centric approach, backing data-driven technology companies across FinTech, B2B software-as-a-service, IT and data infrastructure, media, and related areas in the United States. The firm seeks partners with experienced management teams and provides an operating platform and resources to support growth. Initial investment checks typically range from 2 million to 10 million. Jump Capital emphasizes practical, hands-on involvement and aims to align with entrepreneurs seeking a trusted partner with real-world operating experience.

Inveready is a prominent alternative investment firm based in Southern Europe, specializing in early-stage venture capital and debt investments primarily in the technology sector. Established in 2007, the company manages over €2 billion in assets across more than 35 funds, encompassing various investment strategies, including biotechnology, private equity, and infrastructure. Inveready has a diverse portfolio with over 250 active companies and has successfully executed 64 exits, with several portfolio companies being acquired by major multinational corporations such as Intel, Symantec, IBM, and Facebook. Additionally, some of its investments are publicly listed on stock exchanges, including NASDAQ and Euronext Growth.

Lead Ventures is a Budapest-based venture capital firm affiliated with MOL, focusing on financing growth-stage companies in Central Europe. It provides equity investments in the scale-up phase, with typical ticket sizes of EUR 2–10 million, and targets mobility, energy and sustainability, as well as B2B services and software, while remaining open to other high-potential sectors. The firm supports portfolio companies with capital and access to a broad professional network to accelerate market validation and regional expansion. It is backed by MOL and additional financial institutions dedicated to supporting the startup ecosystem.

Lighthouse Capital Management is a venture capital firm established in 2011 and headquartered in Shanghai, China. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, primarily focusing on hardware equipment, internet services, and enterprise data solutions. Lighthouse Capital manages two RMB funds and a dollar fund, with a portfolio that includes over 40 growth projects across mainland China and international markets. The firm emphasizes angel and venture capital equity investments in high-quality content and innovative products. With billions of dollars in total assets under management, it actively invests in companies with a combined market value exceeding 100 billion dollars.

Greycroft is a venture capital firm that concentrates on technology start-ups, with a focus on the internet and mobile markets. It operates from offices in New York and Los Angeles, and uses its media and technology industry connections to help portfolio companies gain visibility, build strategic relationships, bring products to market, and grow successful businesses. Founded in 2006, Greycroft has invested in more than 200 companies across sectors such as consumer internet, financial technology, healthcare, and enterprise software, and manages over $1 billion in capital. The firm emphasizes early-stage investing and collaborates with entrepreneurs to support growth, while pursuing diversity initiatives including a diversity term sheet rider.

Flashpoint is an international investment group focused on Western technology companies founded by expatriates from Emerging Europe and Israel. The firm manages multiple venture funds, including four venture capital funds, a venture debt fund, and a secondary fund, with assets under management around 500 million dollars. It serves a global investor base of more than 120 family offices and high-net-worth individuals. Flashpoint maintains offices in London, Tel Aviv, Budapest, Warsaw, Riga, and Nicosia, and has backed more than 50 portfolio companies, with notable exits such as Shazam to Apple and Chess.com to the PokerStars founders and General Atlantic.

Second Alpha Partners is a New York-based private equity firm that specializes in secondary investments in private companies, acquiring shares from existing shareholders and providing direct capital. It targets opportunities in the United States and Canada, with a focus on technology, media, telecommunications, software, SaaS, and technology-enabled services. The firm pursues growth equity and investments in middle-market and late-stage, venture-backed companies across the technology, media, telecom, and related sectors, with offices in New York and Cambridge.

Shenzhen Capital Group Co., Ltd (SCGC) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by the Shenzhen Government. The company is dedicated to fostering national industries, developing national brands, and promoting economic transformation through investments in emerging sectors. SCGC primarily targets small to medium enterprises and innovative high-tech companies, focusing on those in various stages of growth, including startups and those undergoing transformation. Its investment portfolio spans industries that align with national policy support, such as information technology, internet services, new media, biopharmaceuticals, new energy, environmental protection, chemical engineering, and high-end equipment manufacturing. With a registered capital of 5.42 billion RMB and significant assets under management, SCGC has established itself as a leader in the venture capital landscape, having invested in numerous companies, many of which have achieved public listings across global capital markets.

Founded in 2014, Third Wave Digital is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California. It focuses on investing in early-stage companies within the digital media sector.

Sunsino Venture Group is a venture capital firm based in Taipei, Taiwan, founded in 1994. The firm has invested in over 200 companies across Taiwan and the United States, focusing primarily on the healthcare, technology, and software sectors. With approximately US$150 million in assets under management, Sunsino Venture Group aims to support innovative companies that demonstrate growth potential in these industries.

Founded in 2017, Angel Investors Marlborough is an angel network based in Blenheim, New Zealand. It focuses on investing in early-stage startups.

Y&R Capital, established in May 2015, is a venture capital firm based in Beijing, China, focused on high-tech incubation and service management. It was jointly founded by Zhejiang Ganzhan Investment Management Co., Ltd. and Beijing Bochuang Xingsheng Technology Co., Ltd. The firm emphasizes investment in strategic emerging industries, particularly in the fields of medical health, artificial intelligence, robotics, and intelligent manufacturing. Y&R Capital aims to identify and support innovative companies that exhibit growth potential in these sectors, aligning its investment strategy with the evolving technological landscape.

HPS Investment Partners is a global investment firm focused on non-investment grade credit. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, it operates with offices worldwide. The firm originated as a unit of Highbridge Capital Management, a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and was acquired by its principals in 2016, with J.P. Morgan retaining the hedge fund strategies. HPS manages a broad set of capital-structure strategies, including syndicated leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, privately negotiated senior secured debt, mezzanine financing, asset-based leasing, and private equity, serving clients across industries such as insurance, healthcare, media, retail, logistics, and marine.

Founded in 2010, AppWorks is a Taipei-based venture capital firm that invests in seed and early-stage startups across Southeast Asia. The firm focuses on sectors such as artificial intelligence, internet of things, web3, and blockchain. Additionally, it offers acceleration services to support its portfolio companies.

Trinity Capital is a lending firm that provides debt-based financing to growth-stage and venture-backed companies, including venture debt, revolving lines, senior and subordinated debt, and equipment financing. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, it was founded in 2008 and collaborates with venture capital firms, technology banks, and portfolio companies to tailor financing solutions that help startups preserve equity while obtaining capital. The firm focuses on technology-driven and knowledge-based sectors, including healthcare, information technology, software as a service, financial services, consumer products, manufacturing, energy, cleantech, and nanotechnology, and supports growth, early-stage to later-stage ventures, buyouts, and acquisitions. Trinity Capital aims to partner with venture-backed startups seeking flexible capital to fuel growth, scale operations, or navigate strategic transactions.

WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm founded in 1993 with offices in San Francisco, Beijing, and Taipei. It focuses on early and early expansion investments across the United States, Greater China, and the Asia Pacific region, with emphasis on technology, healthcare, clean technology, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, robotics, fintech, IoT, insurtech, blockchain, media, and wellness sectors. The firm supports startups from seed to later stages and has a track record of more than 300 investments with over 80 exits. It manages more than $1 billion in capital across multiple funds and maintains a team of investment professionals in its core hubs. WI Harper seeks opportunities that combine scientific or tech innovations with scalable business models, aiming to help companies grow internationally and leverage cross-border opportunities.

McCombs Partners is the corporate venture arm of McCombs Enterprises, founded in 2005 and based in San Antonio, Texas. It operates as the investment management arm of the parent company, funding startups and growth-stage businesses across sectors such as automotive, financial services, logistics, medical, and sports. The firm seeks opportunities that align with McCombs Enterprises' strategic interests, leveraging the parent’s resources and network to support portfolio companies.

Tiger Global Management is a New York based investment firm that manages public and private market strategies to pursue technology-driven growth opportunities worldwide. Founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman, the firm invests in leading global companies across various industries, with a particular emphasis on technology-enabled growth. In public markets it employs long/short and growth strategies, while in private markets it targets opportunities from early to late stage. The firm operates globally, including the United States, China, India, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, and works with portfolio companies across their lifecycle to drive long-term value.

Menlo Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 1976 that provides capital to consumer and technology companies across the United States. It funds seed through growth-stage ventures in sectors including computer hardware, software, big data, fintech, and healthcare, as well as related areas such as life sciences technology and smart cloud infrastructure. Based in San Francisco, the firm pursues a market-driven approach to identify opportunities and supports portfolio companies through multiple stages of development. Menlo Ventures emphasizes backing capital-efficient businesses with potential to disrupt large markets and maintains an active role in the companies it supports, alongside a track record of notable investments in diverse technology and consumer sectors. The firm seeks opportunities in early and growth-stage companies across the technology spectrum and strives to partner with teams delivering innovative products and services.

Founded in 2007, S3 Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. It specializes in Series A to C investments, focusing on information technology, medical devices, enterprise software, SaaS, marketing, financial services, and sales sectors. The firm primarily invests in the Southwestern United States, with a focus on Texas and Austin. S3 Ventures typically considers equity transactions of $10 million to $20 million, aiming for exits through acquisition or IPO.

Ventech is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 1998 that invests in seed and early-stage startups. It operates with a European footprint including offices in Paris, Munich and Helsinki, and maintains a presence in Asia through its China arm in Shanghai. The firm adopts an industry-agnostic approach, funding opportunities in software and hardware across B2B and B2C models, and focuses on sectors such as cloud infrastructure, development tools, vertical solutions, consumer platforms, media and climate tech. Ventech supports portfolio companies as they scale and pursue global growth, leveraging its international network to help startups become global leaders.

Founded in 1972, Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It specializes in investing in early-stage, growth, and incubation companies across various sectors including technology, healthcare, life sciences, and consumer goods. The firm partners with founders from inception to IPO, supporting them to maximize the potential of their ideas.

Founded in 2014, Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate dedicated to supporting the LGBT+ community. It invests globally in companies led by LGBT+ founders or C-suite executives at all stages of growth, focusing on inclusivity and positive social change.

IDG Capital is a Beijing-based venture and growth-stage investment firm that backs technology-enabled companies across global markets, with a strong emphasis on China and Asia. It invests across seed, early, later, and growth stages and pursues buyouts, with interests spanning information technology, software, consumer products and services, healthcare, energy, SaaS, mobile, TMT, and advanced manufacturing. The firm leverages a worldwide network of limited partners, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, institutional investors, and philanthropic and educational endowments, to support portfolio companies. With deep local market knowledge and extensive relationships with business leaders, IDG Capital combines global perspective with local execution to facilitate inbound and outbound opportunities in China and the broader Asian region.

Founded in Toronto in 2011, Golden Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing across North America. They support founders building innovative products and services, focusing on sectors such as fintech, consumer goods, enterprise software, and more.

Wayra UK is the corporate venture arm and accelerator of Wayra, the global open-innovation program of Telefónica. It runs accelerator programs for early-stage technology startups across industries including health care, information technology, cybersecurity, smart transport and smart city, and 5G, providing investment and acceleration support. The unit connects startups with Telefónica’s networks and partners to enable collaboration and scale opportunities, aiming to generate joint business opportunities between innovators and Telefónica. As part of a worldwide network spanning multiple countries, Wayra UK positions itself as a bridge between entrepreneurs and corporate-scale opportunity, facilitating access to capital, mentorship, and business development.

Founded in Dubai in 2006, The Legatum Group is a privately owned global investment firm. It invests in public equity markets worldwide and makes private equity and venture capital investments across various sectors, including finance, technology, education, health, and energy.

Advancit Capital is a venture capital firm based in Norwood, Massachusetts, founded in 2011. It concentrates on early-stage investments in media, entertainment, web3 and technology, including software and technology-enabled services. The firm aims to form long-term partnerships with driven entrepreneurs and provides value-added resources and strategic industry guidance to help portfolio companies grow through critical growth stages.

Taiwania Capital, founded in 2017 and based in Taipei, Taiwan, is a venture capital firm focused on fostering economic growth in Taiwan through strategic partnerships with global companies. The firm manages multiple funds, including those that target early-stage investments in various sectors such as enterprise software, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and information technology. Additionally, Taiwania Capital has dedicated funds for specific regions, investing in markets like the United States, Japan, Israel, and Eastern and Northern Europe. Its investment strategy encompasses a wide range of industries, including healthcare, biotechnology, and consumer products, aiming to support innovation and development in these fields.

Avalon Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1983 with operations in San Diego and Boston. The firm concentrates on seed and early-stage investments in technology and life sciences companies across the United States. It supports founders pursuing disruptive ideas in rapidly changing markets and seeks opportunities in information technology, software, telecommunications, and biopharma areas. Avalon often collaborates with other investors to expand opportunities and provides strategic guidance during the critical development phase of portfolio companies. The firm emphasizes a hands-on approach, leveraging its entrepreneurs-turned-investors background to help early ventures navigate product, market, and regulatory challenges.