Insight Partners is the most trusted scale-up firm in the software industry. Their team of industry-leading experts partner with companies to drive extraordinary success that is fueled by know-how, grit, and hands-on collaboration. Founded in 1995, Insight currently has over $20 billion of assets under management and has cumulatively invested in more than 300 companies worldwide. Across their people and their portfolio, they encourage a culture around a core belief: growth equals opportunity.

Accel-KKR LLC is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital, debt investment and middle market investments. It also makes mezzanine investments. The firm seeks to invest in buyouts of divisions of larger companies, divisional carveouts, subsidiaries and business units or operating assets from public companies; acquisitions and recapitalizations of closely held private companies; and going-private transactions of small and micro cap public companies. In buyouts, the firm specifically targets assets that are considered or are likely to be considered non-core assets that will typically include businesses with business models that are inconsistent or are incompatible with the parent and may have been under-invested in for some period. It pursues acquisition and recapitalization of private companies that prefer to remain private or which currently do not have the scale and/or growth profile to access the public markets but whose shareholder desire liquidity and/or access to growth capital including acquisition financing including founder and family owned businesses. The firm pursues going private transactions in public companies that are either subscale for the public markets or whose management teams have a business plan that is most appropriately executed as a private company. It primarily invests in technology industry including software, Internet technologies, online services, internet retail and IT enabled services as well as in various sub-segments including enterprise and infrastructure software, vertical market application software, technical software, networking software, enterprise computing and data storage, storage networking, data communications, telecommunications equipment, Internet services, business process outsourcing, supply chain, and professional IT services. It seeks to invest globally. The firm commits a wide range of capital, from less than $10 million to over $100 million, and typically invests in companies with annual revenues between $10 million and $200 million. It prefers to acquire majority ownership position, control investments, and minority growth investments. The firm is an affiliate of Accel Partners and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Accel–KKR LLC was founded in February 2000 and is based in Menlo Park, California with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia and London, United Kingdom.

Sequoia Capital Global Equities extends Sequoia Capital’s technology investing efforts into the public markets. SCGE currently manages over $7 billion and invests in companies across the global technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors, primarily focusing on software, internet, financial technology, and technology-enabled consumer businesses. The firm’s portfolio consists of concentrated, long-term investments in leading companies across the world. While the majority of the portfolio is comprised of public companies, SCGE also partners with entrepreneurs through late-stage private crossover investments, often investing alongside Sequoia Growth funds. The firm’s private portfolio includes emerging leaders in the United States, China, India, Brazil, Korea, and Israel. As these private companies become public, SCGE grows the partnership with additional investments at the IPO and beyond.

Firestartr assists promising digital entrepreneurs in advancing their companies from seed stage to Series A and beyond. In addition to providing capital, Firestartr leverages its founders' entrepreneurial successes and extensive operational experience within leading technology firms to foster sustainable growth in its portfolio. The firm's deep domain expertise, coupled with a robust network of advisors, allows it to facilitate meaningful connections and deliver hands-on support, helping companies navigate critical stages of development effectively.

Serra Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Illinois, established in 1998. The firm specializes in investing in technology companies located in emerging technology centers in the Midwest and select areas on the West Coast. Serra Ventures focuses on various sectors, including information technology, devices and instrumentation, and agricultural technologies. By targeting these specific industries, the firm aims to support innovative startups that have the potential for significant growth and impact.

The Cove Fund is a family of seed-stage venture capital funds that provides startup funding for promising new Southern California ventures. The Fund is headquartered in “The Cove” at UC Irvine Applied Innovation, a centrally located and vibrant gathering place for entrepreneurs, innovators and investors in the Southern California startup ecosystem. The $5.6M Cove Fund I began investing in 2015 and currently has 16 companies in its portfolio. Cove Fund II launched in early 2018 with $13.5M in capital. The funds invest in early stage technology and life science companies in Southern California that demonstrate the potential to address large markets with highly differentiated products and services, and that can achieve significant value-creating inflection points with their seed funding.

LiveOak Venture Partners LP is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, series A, startups, and early stage lead investments. It prefers to invest in startups and technology companies with a focus on information technology, cleantech, wireless, enterprise, components and technology enabled services. The firm prefers to invest in Texas, with a focus on Austin, North Texas with a focus on Dallas, and the Southwest. The firm seeks to make an initial investment between $0.25 million and $4 million and further investments between $5 million and $8 million in the companies. The firm prefers to take a board seat on its portfolio companies. LiveOak Venture Partners was founded in 2012 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that powers a global community of entrepreneurs. Accel backs entrepreneurs who have what it takes to build a world-class, category-defining business. The company brings more than three decades of experience in building and supporting companies. Accel’s vision for entrepreneurship andbusiness enables it to identify and invest in the companies that will be responsible for the growth of next-generation industries. Accel-backed companies include Atlassian, Braintree, Cloudera, DJI, Dropbox, Dropcam, Etsy, Facebook, Flipkart, Lookout Security, MoPub, Qualtrics, Slack, Spotify, Supercell, Vox Media, and others. Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz founded it in Palo Alto, California in 1983.

The Techstars Dubai Accelerator in partnership with GINCO is expanding Techstars’ presence in the Middle East. GINCO is a full service general contracting firm, covering the full lifecycle of the construction process from concept to execution and supervision. Dubai is known for their leadership in technology innovation. Pioneering entrepreneurs leading innovative companies solving challenges in transportation, construction, wellness, IoT, robotics, & beyond should apply, no matter your location.

TVC Capital is a growth equity firm based in California that focuses on investing in software companies and software-enabled service firms across the United States. Founded in 2007, TVC Capital targets companies generating $2.5 million or more in annual revenue that are at or tracking towards profitability and in need of capital to accelerate their growth. The firm, which is comprised of operating executives with experience in all stages of corporate evolution, invests in a wide spectrum of software sectors and industry verticals that are poised for growth and consolidation. TVC Capital provides growth equity in minority interests, capital for recapitalizations, and buyouts, with a focus on companies in the Chula Vista to Santa Barbara territory. They typically invest between $2 million and $4 million in companies with revenues between $2.5 million and $10 million, with the goal of exiting investments between three to five years.