Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Porto, Portugal and part of the Banco Português de Fomento group. Founded in 2012 as a merger of AICEP Capital Global, InovCapital and Turismo Capital, it provides venture capital and expansion investments to small and medium enterprises in Portugal. The firm focuses on innovative, science and technology-based companies across digital technology, manufacturing, therapeutics and health technology, as well as tourism and industrial sectors, and seeks opportunities at pre-seed, seed and Series A stages as well as later expansion rounds to stimulate the Portuguese economy and support global growth.

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.

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.

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

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

IMM Investment is a Seoul-based independent private equity and venture capital firm established in 1999. The company engages in mezzanine and growth investments and pursues opportunities in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate restructuring, private equity, industry consolidation, management buyouts, spin-offs, recapitalizations, and cross-border transactions. It concentrates on medium-sized companies operating in information technology infrastructure, wireless communications, software, contents, and other technology-enabled sectors, with a particular emphasis on information technology, healthcare/biotech, and manufacturing. The firm typically takes an active role in governance and strategic direction and focuses on opportunities within South Korea and cross-border contexts. IMM Investment aims to support portfolio companies through growth, expansion, and consolidation, leveraging its long-standing relationships with institutional investors and investment professionals.

Mairdumont Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Mairdumont, investing in digital travel startups across Europe. Founded in 2015 and based in Ostfildern, Germany, with an additional office in Munich, it pursues minority stakes in early through late stage ventures within the tourism and travel technology space.

WI Harper Group is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm with a China-focused footprint, including offices in Beijing and Taipei. Founded in 1993, it invests in startup companies across the United States, Greater China, and the Asia Pacific in sectors such as healthcare, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, fintech, sustainability, and new media. The firm targets early and expansion-stage opportunities, supporting companies from seed to later rounds and helping bridge U.S. and Greater China markets through cross-border expertise.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Heartcore Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with offices in Copenhagen, Berlin and Paris. The firm manages multiple funds and invests in seed to growth-stage startups across Europe, with occasional investments in the United States. It backs consumer internet brands, software, health and wellness, e-commerce and other technology-enabled sectors, emphasizing support for ambitious founders and personal development alongside business growth. Heartcore has backed more than 70 founding teams across Western Europe and beyond, aiming to partner with entrepreneurs as trusted collaborators rather than traditional financiers.

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.

Altos Ventures is a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm, founded in 1996, with an office in Seoul. It concentrates on early-stage investments in consumer and technology companies, including software and TMT, with emphasis on founder-led, capital-efficient businesses. The firm backs companies across the globe, primarily in the United States and Asia, and participates in multiple stages from seed to later rounds, often taking minority stakes and supporting growth through follow-on funding.

Journey Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2019 that focuses on investments in tourism, travel technology, and hotel industries. It aims to be a collaborative partner for startups, offering capital, mentorship, and strategic business partnerships to help portfolio companies scale.

Hiventures is a venture capital investment firm headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. It backs startups across multiple sectors and supports high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises, with the aim of fostering a sustainable and competitive SME and enterprise ecosystem in Hungary and the broader Central and Eastern Europe region. The firm is described as one of the largest and most active venture capital partners in Central and Eastern Europe.

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.

Mumbai Angels is a Mumbai-based angel and venture capital firm established in 2006. It provides early-stage funding and serves as a platform for incubated ventures, helping startups in India scale and fostering collaborations with larger corporations and financial investors seeking growth opportunities. The firm focuses on identifying promising ideas, offering mentorship and access to capital to accelerate development across various sectors. Mumbai Angels has been acquired by 360 ONE.

Hackers/Founders is a Silicon Valley–based accelerator and venture capital firm that supports technology startups from seed to growth stages, equips founders, helps build vibrant tech ecosystems, and shares Silicon Valley insights with the broader entrepreneurial community.

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.

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

Seedcamp is a European seed-stage venture capital firm based in London that identifies and invests early in founders tackling large global markets with technology. It supports a community of more than 400 startups, including publicly listed UiPath and Wise and unicorns such as Revolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo and wefox, as well as fast-growing companies like Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. The firm accelerates founders by providing smart capital, a lifelong community, and a global network built on more than a decade of backing exceptional talent.

Citigroup is a diversified financial services company providing a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. It operates through two main segments: Global Consumer Banking, which includes retail banking, Citi-branded cards, and consumer finance, and Institutional Clients Group, which covers wholesale banking, investment banking, fixed income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, research, corporate lending, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. The company maintains a global footprint across regions including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and Latin America, and emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility initiatives.

Travel Capitalist Ventures is a Doha, Qatar-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that focuses on travel-sector investments across multiple stages. It identifies and invests in travel startups within global high-growth verticals, with an emphasis on fintech and software-as-a-service solutions. The firm brings hands-on experience in managing companies and deploying capital, and provides strategic guidance, introductions to prospective partners, and supplier relationships to support portfolio growth.

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

JamJar Investments is a London-based venture capital firm that backs European consumer-focused startups across seed to later stages. It invests across consumer services and products, technology and non-tech sectors, including food and drink, and focuses on high-growth consumer brands in both digital and non-tech areas. The firm typically makes initial investments in the range of £0.15 million to £1 million, with the option to follow on, and prefers teams of more than one founder, often taking a lead or co-investor role. Its approach draws on operational, commercial and brand experience developed through the founders’ work with innocent, including scaling it into a major brand and sale to Coca-Cola, which informs its support for entrepreneurs navigating growth challenges. JamJar seeks to back European businesses with potential to scale, offering practical guidance alongside capital.

Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in Vienna, with offices across Europe and in San Francisco. It specializes in early-stage investments in technology sectors including deep tech, fintech, health, industrial tech, marketplaces, software as a service and infrastructure, climate tech, crypto, and emerging markets. The firm runs specialized investment teams aligned to these industries and offers an in-house Platform+ team providing tailored operational support, such as growth marketing, human resources, US business development and networking assistance throughout the portfolio journey. Speedinvest seeks to be a hands-on partner, sometimes taking operational roles for a period to help portfolio companies scale, and emphasizes hands-on collaboration with founders to accelerate growth.

Amadeus IT Group is a global transaction processor for the travel and tourism industry, connecting airlines, hotels, rail, car rental and other providers with travel agencies through a distributed processing platform. It operates a portfolio of IT solutions that automate mission-critical processes such as reservations, inventory management and operations for providers, alongside a distribution network that enables real-time search, pricing, booking and ticketing for travel buyers. The company conducts its business through two segments, Distribution and IT Solutions, serving airlines, airports, hotels, tour operators, ground handlers and travel sellers worldwide. Founded in 1987 by major European carriers and headquartered in Madrid, Spain, it has developed into a leading player in the global distribution system space, with the GDS segment making up about 48% of revenue in 2024 and the IT Solutions segment about 52%, reflecting a balanced mix of software and transaction processing.

Bonsai Partners is a venture capital firm based in Madrid, Spain. It invests in European technology startups, pursuing both primary and secondary opportunities across pre-series A to series C rounds.

Artesian Capital Management is an Australian-based alternative investment management firm with a global footprint. Founded in 2004, it began with credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies and later expanded into principal investments in seed and early-stage ventures. The firm operates from Sydney and Melbourne and has extended to international locations, launching early-stage venture funds including a China-focused vehicle and outlining plans for Southeast Asia. It partners with accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs to back high-potential ventures and manages funds across equity and debt investments, currently overseeing over AUD 255 million.

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.

RateGain Travel Technologies is a software company that provides hospitality and travel technology solutions for hotels, airlines, tour operators, and other travel businesses. It offers a cloud-based suite for revenue optimization, distribution, rate intelligence, and brand engagement, including RevGain for price optimization, RezGain for channel management, BrandGain for guest satisfaction and online reputation management, and PriceGain-Air for price intelligence and channel management, along with a mobile app. The company supports clients across airlines, hotels, cruise lines, car rental firms, online travel agents, and wholesalers worldwide. Founded in 2004, it is headquartered in Noida, India, with offices in London, Santa Pola, Dubai, and McLean, serving a global customer base.

Battery Ventures is a technology-focused venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1983. It invests in category-defining technology companies across sectors such as application software, infrastructure software, consumer internet and mobile services, industrial technologies, and life science tools. The firm supports growth across various stages and geographies, including the United States, Europe, and Israel, with emphasis on software, TMT, and related tech-enabled opportunities. As a registered investment adviser, Battery Ventures backs companies that build scalable platforms and transformative products, helping them compete in rapidly evolving markets.

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.

ASMALLWORLD is a digital travel and lifestyle ecosystem centered on a private social network. Members use its app and website to connect with others, participate in online discussions, receive travel and lifestyle inspiration, and access a range of travel privileges and services. The platform enables hotel bookings, exclusive events, and premium experiences through its community. It operates two business segments, Subscriptions and Services, with subscription access deriving the majority of revenue. In addition to online interactions, the company facilitates in-person events worldwide, including launches, galas, exhibitions, and sporting events, which strengthen member engagement. By combining social networking with travel and lifestyle offerings, ASMALLWORLD aims to provide curated experiences and privileged access for its global community.

Howzat Partners is a venture capital firm established in 2006 with bases in Luxembourg and London. It makes investments across incubation, seed, startup, growth capital, and early to mid‑stage ventures, with a focus on digital businesses in internet, digital media, e-commerce, electronics, transportation, and gaming. The firm invests globally and often serves as a sounding board for portfolio companies, including co-investment activity with partners.

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.

Thayer Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm, founded in 2009, that focuses on investments in travel and hospitality technology companies. The firm backs early to growth-stage businesses developing software, SaaS, information technology, and other tech-enabled solutions that serve travel, transportation, lodging, airlines, cruise lines, gaming, and related sectors. By funding innovative technologies that support operators and suppliers across the travel ecosystem, Thayer Ventures aims to accelerate digital disruption in the industry.

Samsung Electronics is a global technology company based in South Korea that designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of electronics and device solutions. Its portfolio spans consumer electronics (mobile devices, televisions, home appliances, cameras), information technology products (PCs, peripherals, printers), semiconductors, memory and storage, and display technologies. The company also provides telecommunications infrastructure and related services, and conducts extensive research and development to advance core technologies. With a global footprint across Korea, China, the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific, Samsung Electronics is a leading supplier of smartphones, memory chips, and displays, and it coordinates significant manufacturing and supply chain activities to support its varied product lines.

Premiaweb is a venture capital firm based in Milan, Italy, investing in early-stage ventures across tourism and leisure, technology, digital marketing, healthcare, fintech, and science, and seeking opportunities to support entrepreneurial initiatives delivering digital-channel services.

TCV is a private equity and growth capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 1995, that provides capital to growth‑stage technology companies and offers management teams data‑driven insights, sector expertise, access to talent, and industry connections. It makes equity investments across minority, majority, and public deal structures in information technology, software, cybersecurity, big data, e‑commerce, healthcare, and other technology‑enabled sectors, and has invested billions in hundreds of technology companies. Notable exits include Airbnb, Facebook, Netflix, Peloton, and Zillow, demonstrating a track record of helping portfolio companies scale through growth and strategic guidance.

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors and venture capital firms that supports technology and healthcare startups across the United States, China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. It partners with entrepreneurs by offering hands-on operating experience and broad access to capital, talent, partners and customers to help build global businesses. The firm focuses on early to growth-stage investments in software infrastructure, developer tools, data, security, vertical SaaS, enterprise software and healthcare technologies, drawing on a wide international footprint that includes the US, Israel, Singapore and China. Vertex Ventures emphasizes active portfolio involvement and leverages the broader Vertex network to create value for portfolio companies through strategic guidance and partnerships.

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.

Kinnevik is an industry-focused investment company based in Sweden that builds digital consumer businesses by partnering with talented founders and management teams to create, invest in, and lead fast-growing companies in developed and emerging markets. The group seeks to deliver shareholder value while contributing positively to society through well-governed ventures and responsible governance. Founded in 1936 by the Stenbeck, Klingspor and von Horn families, Kinnevik concentrates on digital consumer platforms and related technologies across global markets.

Partech is a global tech investment firm headquartered in Paris, with offices in Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi and San Francisco. It provides capital, operational experience and strategic support to entrepreneurs from seed through growth, helping them scale through multiple stages. Founded in San Francisco about 40 years ago, Partech currently manages €2.5 billion in assets and backs a portfolio of roughly 220 companies across 40 countries and four continents.

Next Floor is a Korean mobile game developer founded in June 2011. It developed a portfolio of social games for smartphones, including Dragon Flight, IX-Runner, RPG 1 Minute and GreatMage. In July 2018, Next Floor was acquired by Line Corporation, a major Asian messaging app company.

Flashpoint is an international investment group focused on Western technology companies founded by expatriates from Emerging Europe and Israel. It manages six venture funds—a mix of four venture capital funds, a venture debt fund, and a secondary fund—and has assets under management in the hundreds of millions. The firm maintains offices in London, Tel Aviv, Budapest, Warsaw, Riga, Nicosia, and New York. It has invested in more than 50 companies, including Guesty, Chili Piper, and Office RnD, and has completed exits such as Shazam (sold to Apple) and Chess.com (sold to PokerStars founders and General Atlantic). The group targets software and business-to-business technology across Europe and Israel, with a preference for Western technology opportunities originated by expatriates from its focus regions.

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