The Venture Reality Fund is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that makes early-stage investments in technology startups. Its focus includes artificial intelligence, spatial computing, and augmented, virtual, and mixed reality, as well as gaming, media and entertainment, and enterprise solutions. Geographically, it targets opportunities in North America and Japan, with a broader footprint across the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and South Korea, and the firm provides mentorship, capital, and strategic connections to support founders developing VR/AR, AI, and related platforms.
Boost VC is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Mateo, California. Founded in 2012 by Adam Draper and Brayton Williams, it concentrates on deep-tech startups across hardware and software, including aerospace, robotics, biotechnology, health, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, energy, climate, and immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality. The firm focuses on seed- and pre-seed-stage investments, often leading early rounds to support technology-driven ventures with high growth potential.
BITKRAFT Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Jens Hilgers. It maintains a global footprint with teams across North America, Europe and beyond, including Berlin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, Madrid, Singapore, Barcelona, Chicago and Lisbon. The firm specializes in early‑stage investments at the intersection of interactive entertainment, AI, gaming, esports and immersive technologies, backing companies in information technology and related media that develop video games, immersive experiences and web3-enabled platforms. BITKRAFT operates as a global investment platform with a focus on entrepreneurs shaping digital entertainment and next‑generation interactive experiences.
Andreessen Horowitz is a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It backs technology companies across stages, from seed to growth, with a broad focus on software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software and services, fintech, consumer internet, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and life sciences applications at the intersection of computer science and biology. The firm emphasizes long-term support for entrepreneurs, offering capital and resources to help companies scale, and operates through multiple investment vehicles to fund early and later-stage opportunities. Its portfolio targets information technology, software-enabled businesses, and technology-enabled services, reflecting a commitment to innovation and leadership in American technology.
Samsung Electronics is a global technology company based in South Korea that designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of products across consumer electronics, information technology, mobile communications and device solutions. It produces smartphones, tablets, TVs, home appliances, PCs and components such as memory chips, semiconductors and displays, and provides infrastructure equipment and medical devices, with a worldwide footprint and ongoing investment in research and development to advance technologies in AI, robotics, next generation displays and cloud infrastructure.
Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in San Francisco that funds early-stage technology companies. The firm focuses on applied AI, B2B software, fintech, health tech, infrastructure and hardware, and supports ventures from idea to Series A with a hands-on, founder-friendly approach drawn from its team of former entrepreneurs. It has backed and partnered with companies such as Apple, FedEx, Oculus, Canva, Zendesk and HubSpot, Postmates and Fivetran, illustrating a history of broad technology investments across the United States, China and India. Matrix Partners combines local knowledge with global experience to help portfolio companies scale into category-leading businesses.
Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and based in Manchester, New Hampshire. It connects accredited individual investors with startup deals and co-invests alongside established venture capital firms across multiple stages, from seed to growth. The firm provides access to diversified portfolios through funds, syndicates, and investing clubs, supported by a large network of community members and individual investors. It invests across sectors and geographies, with a focus on transparency and due diligence in collaborative investments with leading firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, and Y Combinator. Alumni Ventures operates internationally with offices in New York, Boston, Menlo Park, Chicago, London, and Tokyo and has raised substantial capital to back founders with strategic capital and resources.
SOSV is a global venture capital firm founded in 1995 and headquartered in New Jersey. The firm focuses on seed-to-growth investments in deep tech sectors, including biotech and life sciences, hardware and robotics, and cross-border software with emphasis on markets in Asia. It supports startups from early stages with investment capital as well as resources such as laboratories, collaborative spaces, and expert mentorship to accelerate product development and market traction. SOSV operates purpose-built programs to help portfolio companies raise follow-on funding, scale operations, and reach customers, often through structured matchmaking and access to a global network of investors. With a broad portfolio spanning hundreds of companies worldwide, SOSV aims to foster innovation, build vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystems, and contribute to sustainable technological advancement.
Hartmann Capital is a frontier tech investment firm that identifies and supports early-stage companies poised to disrupt commerce, society, and daily life. The firm invests across sectors including generative AI, brain-computer interfaces, XR and spatial computing, programmable biology, robotics, digital assets, healthcare technology, VR/AR, gaming, and creator tools. It serves as an institutional gateway to frontier tech, investing at pre-seed and seed stages and providing founder-friendly support, deep technical and industry expertise, and strategic connections to help portfolio companies scale. The team brings diverse backgrounds in technology, medicine, and entrepreneurship, collaborating with allocators to access innovative industries shaping health, finance, and technology.
Colopl Next is the corporate venture capital arm of Colopl, a leading Japanese gaming company based in Tokyo. Founded in 2015, Colopl Next invests globally in internet businesses and focuses on business-to-consumer and consumer services, lifestyle, health, gaming, artificial intelligence, blockchain, security, and augmented reality and virtual reality, with a commitment to supporting innovative entrepreneurs.
Animoca Brands is a global developer and publisher of mobile games and blockchain-enabled digital property rights platforms. The company applies gamification, blockchain technology, and artificial intelligence to create and monetize virtual assets and IP through Web3 and NFTs, enabling IP holders to issue tokens and build fan communities. Its portfolio includes games and IP-based products across mobile platforms and metaverse initiatives, and it advances digital property rights for creators, brands, and entertainment IP. Animoca Brands operates across multiple regions, including Asia Pacific, and maintains a venture capital arm that backs early-stage Web3 and AI initiatives to extend its ecosystem. The company's offerings combine traditional gaming with decentralized technologies to enable secure ownership, trading, and interaction with virtual assets such as NFTs and tokens within its platforms.
Mana Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that invests in early-stage artificial intelligence and deep-tech companies disrupting traditional industries and building frontier technologies. The firm supports portfolio companies beyond capital with services such as business development, customer introductions, and fundraising guidance. Mana Ventures also operates The Collective, a network of experienced founders, investors, and industry experts that is leveraged to help portfolio companies grow. The investment focus spans sectors including AI, software, space, healthtech, biotech, robotics, and autonomy, with emphasis on teams pursuing ambitious, technology-driven breakthroughs.
Vive X, established by HTC Vive, is a global accelerator fund focused on the virtual reality sector. Its mission is to cultivate and enhance the global VR ecosystem by supporting startups through education, investment, and mentorship. The fund operates in major cities including San Francisco, Beijing, Taipei, Shenzhen, and Tel Aviv, and manages an assets under management totaling $100 million. By providing resources and guidance, Vive X aims to foster innovation and growth within the VR industry.
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.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It provides capital alongside strategic guidance to a select set of companies across information technology, healthcare, manufacturing, mobile, nanotechnology, financial services, internet, energy, media, and retail, supporting them from early ideas through growth and even IPO stages. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships, working closely with leadership teams on product development, company building, and market expansion. Sequoia pursues opportunities at seed, early, and growth stages and maintains a global reach, investing in companies across the United States and other major markets, with interests in AI and other emerging technologies.
Outlier Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm established in 2014 that concentrates on early-stage investments in the crypto and Web3 space. It operates Base Camp, a scalable accelerator launched in 2019 to fund and mentor projects across DeFi, NFTs and blockchain infrastructure, including those pursuing metaverse use cases. The firm maintains a blockchain-agnostic approach and emphasizes user sovereignty within an Open Metaverse framework. Through its portfolio, partnerships and advisory services, Outlier Ventures supports the growth of Web3 ecosystems and aims to accelerate a large pipeline of startups, positioning itself as a leading and highly active investor in the crypto space by deal volume.
GFR Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm and the investment arm of GREE, operating through GREE VR Capital. It backs early-stage startups in gaming, entertainment, consumer technology, and related fields such as generative AI, blockchain, and creator economy, leveraging GREE’s experience in mobile gaming and digital media. The firm seeks global opportunities across the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa to help scalable ventures grow within gaming, media, and technology sectors.
Network VC is a venture capital firm established in 2019 and located in Menlo Park, California. The firm focuses on investing in startups across various sectors, leveraging a robust ecosystem to access a diverse pool of investment opportunities. This ecosystem is primarily built through initiatives like Unicorn Battles and CUP Startup, which create a significant funnel of startups. By tapping into this extensive network, Network VC aims to identify and support high-potential startups, thereby enhancing its investment success.
Glory Ventures is a Shanghai-based venture capital firm established in 2015 that backs early- and growth-stage startups. It pursues cross-border investments, notably in China and Israel, with a research-driven approach and a focus on intelligent hardware, IoT, AI, B2B enterprise services, consumption upgrade, and other technologies aligned with China’s industrial upgrading and the AI revolution. The firm seeks to build industrial ecosystems by integrating private equity and corporate resources, pursuing synergies across the broader value chain and considering exits through M&A or IPO. Its portfolio spans AI, IoT, FinTech, and advanced technologies, and it collaborates with industrial partners and established investors to accelerate adoption of deep-tech solutions across international markets.
WI Harper Group is a cross-border venture capital firm with offices in Beijing, Taipei, and San Francisco. Founded in 1993, it focuses on early and early expansion investments across the United States, Greater China, and the Asia Pacific, with a history of backing technology, healthcare, clean technology, and related sectors. The firm pursues a global-local approach, providing financing, strategic guidance, and partnerships to help startups through early growth toward exits such as IPOs or acquisitions.
Founders, Inc is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm and incubator focused on early-stage technology startups developing AI, AR/VR, gaming, hardware, Web3, cryptocurrency, DeFi, and related fields. The firm operates from its Fort Mason campus and provides seed funding typically between $100,000 and $250,000, along with a collaborative environment, hardware access, and fundraising guidance to help founders navigate challenges. It emphasizes long-term relationships, practical support, and a strong founder network to nurture innovation and accelerate growth.
Founded in 2020, the European Innovation Council is a Brussels-based venture capital initiative that supports top innovators, entrepreneurs, small companies, and researchers with bright ideas. It co-invests with private investors in early-stage startups, prioritizes deep technology ventures, and pursues ESG-positive impacts to accelerate commercialization and scale-up.
Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology companies, emphasizing capital-efficient startups across the United States and Canada. The firm targets pre-product-market-fit ventures and typically funds rounds in the tens of thousands to low hundreds of thousands of dollars, with round sizes commonly ranging from 50K to 500K. It employs a data-driven, rapid decision process and makes a high volume of investments annually, aiming to provide a firm yes or no within roughly two weeks. The team comprises seasoned founders who bring hands-on experience, and the firm operates like an operating company, delivering post-investment support and broad diversification across a large portfolio. Its activity spans multiple states beyond traditional hubs, reflecting a broad geographic reach and an emphasis on backing entrepreneurs overlooked by mainstream venture capital.
Mizuho Capital is a venture capital firm affiliated with Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank by assets, and is headquartered in Tokyo. Formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment, it traces its roots to subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan. The firm concentrates on information technology and biotechnology investments and also backs companies in information technology, internet-related services, healthcare, manufacturing, non-manufacturing and services sectors. It has approximately ¥49.6 billion under management.
U.S. Venture Partners is a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology and healthcare companies. With more than thirty years of operation, it helps entrepreneurs transform ideas into growth companies, focusing on enterprise software, IT security, consumer internet, mobile, e-commerce, and IT-enabled healthcare services. The firm targets startups in information technology and healthcare that can scale in the United States, and in some cases Israel, and it emphasizes collaboration with teams that include former entrepreneurs, technologists, executives, and industry experts. USVP invests in software, healthcare, cybersecurity, and related technology-enabled sectors, supporting portfolio companies through early development and scale-up.
High-Tech Gründerfonds is a Germany-based venture capital firm established in 2005 that funds early-stage technology startups in Germany. Based in Bonn with an office in Berlin, it supports companies across software, information technology, digital and industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry, IoT, energy, and related fields by providing initial capital and subsequent funding, complemented by active guidance from investment managers. The firm typically acts as a lead investor and cooperates with other investors to help portfolio companies advance from concept to market, with a focus on startups that have begun commercial operations. By combining financing with hands-on support, HTGF aims to help high-potential founders develop their technology, validate products, and scale within the German market.
Rothenberg Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage frontier technology startups. Its team of investors, operators, and community builders supports founders through portfolio success programs across virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, robotics, drones, space, next-generation hardware, IoT, and electric vehicles. Founded in 2012, the firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Amplify Partners is a Menlo Park-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012 that concentrates on seed and Series A investments in technology companies across the United States. It backs enterprise-focused founders solving technical problems in areas such as information technology, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data and analytics, cybersecurity, and biotechnology. The firm targets early-stage rounds and typically makes initial investments ranging from $50,000 to $1.5 million, supporting portfolio companies through multiple funding rounds. It avoids consumer internet and cleantech sectors and emphasizes backing technical entrepreneurs pursuing substantial market disruption.
Inflection Point Ventures is India's leading angel network that invests in early- to mid-stage startups. It mobilizes a broad community of CXOs, professionals, high-net-worth individuals and family offices to provide capital, mentorship, and access to markets and customers. The firm emphasizes democratizing angel investing through a low membership fee, small investment tickets, a transparent investment process, and comprehensive upfront due diligence led by industry experts. It operates across industries, focusing on committed and competent founders who can scale, and leverages its ecosystem to offer strategic guidance, networks, and validation to portfolio companies.
Advanced Micro Devices designs a broad range of digital semiconductors for PCs, gaming consoles, data centers, industrial and automotive applications. Its product lineup includes EPYC server CPUs, Ryzen processors, Radeon graphics, Instinct GPUs, and Versal adaptive SoC solutions, reflecting a focus on CPUs, GPUs and AI accelerators. AMD emphasizes an open ecosystem, offering software tools such as ROCm for AI development and supporting developer communities. The company serves diverse markets including data center, cloud, AI, gaming, and embedded systems, and pursues innovations in high-performance computing, security and efficiency across workloads from AI inference to immersive gaming.
Triptyq Capital is a Montreal-based venture capital firm that backs pre-seed and seed-stage technology startups. The firm focuses on gaming, digital entertainment, and related fields such as AR/VR/XR, web3, social platforms, music, creator economy, animation, 3D, and sports tech, prioritizing teams with strong leadership and scalable business models. It seeks opportunities across interactive media and emerging technologies, aiming to accelerate product development and market traction for early-stage ventures. Portfolio examples include LocusX, an AI-powered game development assistant, and Bounce, a platform that enhances campus life through social connections and event management.
Goodwater Capital is a San Francisco Bay Area–based consumer technology investment firm that backs consumer technology and fintech innovators globally, from Series A to IPO. It uses software-enabled, data-driven approaches to identify opportunities and to measurably improve lives across housing, healthcare, food delivery, financial services, education, entertainment and transportation. The firm provides entrepreneurs with detailed data, mentorship, startup curricula and strategic advice to scale from early traction to millions of customers and billions of dollars in value. Its portfolio spans housing, healthcare, fintech, ecommerce and consumer services, with measurable impact across millions of lives and large-scale transaction activity.
Metavest Capital is a venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa. It funds technology-driven companies, with a focus on blockchain, metaverse and NFT gaming projects, and it pursues investments across information technology, big data, e-commerce, financial technology, gaming, mobile, software as a service, and augmented reality.
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.
Anorak Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco that backs early technology companies. It focuses on teams with differentiated technology and strong leadership, supporting portfolio companies as they pursue product-market fit and subsequent financing. The firm emphasizes smart capital for every stage of growth and leverages a network of experienced advisors to help portfolio companies navigate technical challenges and scale. Since its founding, Anorak Ventures has backed numerous pre-seed and seed-stage ventures, aiming to generate meaningful value for founders and investors through strategic guidance and follow-on funding.
FOV Ventures is a European-based deep-tech venture capital firm headquartered in Espoo, Finland. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in artificial intelligence, spatial computing, 3D technologies, and robotics, backing founders from day zero with specialist support and a collaborative community. It identifies startups at the intersection of gaming tech powered by AI and real-time 3D, expansive XR, AI-driven wearables, ambient AI, world models, and physical AI, with the goal of building a portfolio across the full tech stack as digital and physical realms merge. With nearly a decade in the space, FOV Ventures plans to raise its next fund and back about 30 more startups by 2028.
Vulcan Capital is the private equity and venture capital arm of Vulcan, a global technology and investment organization founded by Paul G. Allen. It engages in investments across all stages of corporate development, including leveraged buyouts, growth and early-stage ventures, distressed/turnaround opportunities, and select public market strategies. The firm targets sectors such as healthcare, software, media and entertainment, Internet services, mobile, telecommunications, energy, data intelligence, and infrastructure, with a global reach focused on the United States, Europe, and Asia. Typical deal sizes range from about $10 million to $100 million, and investments can be held for up to a decade. Vulcan Capital is headquartered in Seattle, with an additional office in Palo Alto.
Shunwei Capital is a Beijing-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that focuses on early- to mid-stage investments in China’s internet and technology sectors. It targets opportunities across technology, media, telecommunications, high technology, new media, games, internet finance, and rural internet, with a focus on internet-enabled platforms and hardware such as IoT and mobile internet. The firm supports incubation and growth-stage rounds and has managed multiple funds targeting China and East Asia, including RMB and global vehicles. Its portfolio includes Xiaomi, Huami, iQiyi, and Viomi Technology, illustrating its track record of backing high-growth internet and hardware companies.
Manifest is a venture capital firm based in Belvedere Tiburon, California, focused on growth-stage investments in technology-driven sectors. The firm targets technology-enabled services, information technology, big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual reality, and other technology-based opportunities, seeking companies with strong management and clear paths to scale. Manifest employs a selective, hands-on approach, partnering with a limited number of portfolio companies to provide strategic guidance and capital tailored to growth needs, with the aim of helping each company realize its full potential and deliver lasting impact.
Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group is Lenovo’s accelerator and venture capital unit that backs core technology and internet-related ventures worldwide. It focuses on areas such as cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and robotics, aligning investments with Lenovo’s business research and development and strategic initiatives. By integrating Lenovo’s global resources and expertise, LCIG incubates startup ideas, funds early-stage innovations, and pursues new business directions to promote Lenovo’s future innovation and development.
Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. It provides venture assistance, strategic advice, and capital to technology-driven entrepreneurs across a broad range of sectors including artificial intelligence, digital health, sustainability, consumer and enterprise technology, and medical technologies, supporting startups from early to late stages. The firm emphasizes innovative business models and science- and design-driven approaches to building long-lasting companies, often working closely with portfolio founders to scale products, markets, and operations. Based in Menlo Park, California, Khosla Ventures pursues opportunities that address meaningful global challenges and aims to help entrepreneurs create durable businesses that deliver impact and growth.
Linear Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Shanghai, China. It concentrates on information technology, data application and data infrastructure, with a focus on frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, Internet of Things, and related applications. The firm invests across early to mid stages, backing technology startups globally and offering strategic guidance and industry connections to accelerate growth. By leveraging its network with technology executives and industry partners, Linear Capital aims to support portfolio companies in transforming industries through data-driven solutions and cutting-edge technology.
WXR Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage startups led by gender-diverse teams developing immersive technologies and artificial intelligence. It makes investments in North America across sectors including information technology, entertainment, education, healthcare, retail and training services from pre-seed to Series A. The firm prioritizes minority- and women-owned companies and minority stake investments, and it seeks opportunities at the intersection of immersive technologies and AI to drive inclusive innovation.
LAUNCH is an accelerator ecosystem that backs builders and supports entrepreneurship. It runs the LAUNCH Accelerator for early-stage startups, operates The Syndicate, a funding network, and offers educational initiatives such as Founder University, plus events like Remote Demo Day to showcase portfolio companies. Based in San Francisco, LAUNCH combines accelerator programs, a syndicate funding model, and founder-focused education to help startups grow, and it was founded by Jason.
Seedcamp is a London-based venture capital firm and Europe's seed fund that identifies and invests early in world-class founders solving large, global problems with technology. It supports startups through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community, and a global network built on more than a decade of backing exceptional talent. Founded in 2007, Seedcamp backs early-stage companies across technology-enabled sectors in Europe and beyond.
Brinc is a Hong Kong-based venture accelerator and network that operates 15 multidisciplinary accelerator programs across seven countries, focused on blockchain, AI, connected hardware, robotics, climate tech, clean energy, food technology, IoT, and related areas. It partners with corporations, governments, universities, and early-stage funds to run scalable programs, source new technologies, and explore distributed innovation strategies, including Web3-enabled ventures. The company collaborates with multinational customers and institutions to provide hands-on acceleration and venture-building opportunities, and it supports follow-on investment through its ecosystem. Brinc's training arm, Brinc AOA, offers fee-based programs for incubators, accelerators, and investment firms to raise program quality and build lasting relationships with startups. The business emphasizes practical, market-ready ventures and ecosystem development, positioning Brinc as a global facilitator of startup acceleration and corporate collaboration rather than a standalone fund.
Mercia Asset Management is a UK-based asset management firm focused on equity and debt investments. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Henley-in-Arden, it pursues a growth investment approach across venture, private equity and debt, offering what it calls a Complete Capital Solution. The firm manages funds including NPIF - Mercia Equity Finance and NPIF – Mercia Debt Finance to support SMEs and growth-stage companies, with a focus on enabling technology, manufacturing, life sciences, software and related sectors. Its aim is to deliver superior returns for business owners, shareholders and fund investors alike by aligning capital with strategic value creation.
Sfermion is a venture capital firm that invests in the metaverse and related digital assets. Founded in 2019 and based in Chicago, it backs technology companies leveraging Web3, artificial intelligence, and augmented/virtual reality. The firm concentrates on esoteric digital assets and ventures within the experiential internet, seeking opportunities where creation, connection, and competition converge in immersive digital experiences. Through its investments, Sfermion aims to support startups building platforms and applications that enable exploration, interaction, and value creation in metaverse ecosystems.
KB Investment is the venture capital and private equity arm of KB Financial Group, founded in 1990 and based in Seoul, South Korea. It invests in early-stage startups, selected buyouts and spinouts, turnaround and growth capital across information technology, biotechnology, hardware and software, semiconductors, gaming, healthcare and life sciences, clean tech and related industries. While primarily focused on South Korea, the firm also pursues opportunities in the United States, Southeast Asia and Israel. It supports portfolio companies with active guidance in strategy, operations and governance to help accelerate growth and value creation.
15th Rock is a venture capital firm based in Japan that invests in seed and early-stage technology companies, with a focus on human augmentation, AI, robotics, electronics, AR/VR, brain–machine interfaces, biotechnology, and information technology. Founded in 2019, it also operates a startup studio named Spirete to help portfolio companies grow through business matching, recruitment support, and expert introductions, drawing on a global network of investors. The firm backs ventures internationally, including the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan, and aims to advance the frontier of human potential by providing strategic funding and hands-on support to selected ventures.