Endeavor is a nonprofit organization that supports high‑impact entrepreneurs through a global network spanning nearly 40 countries. It backs more than 2,000 entrepreneurs whose companies generate over $28 billion in combined revenues, employ more than 3.9 million people, and attracted more than $4 billion in capital in 2020. The organization offers an entrepreneur‑first model that connects founders with mentors, peers, and opportunities to scale and pay it forward. Its global ecosystem includes affiliates such as Endeavor Miami, which focuses on early‑stage technology firms and reflects the network’s regional and sectoral reach.

Wamda Capital is a Dubai-based venture capital firm that invests in seed and growth-stage technology companies in the MENA region. It seeks to guide portfolio companies through multiple rounds of financing toward an exit. The firm targets sectors including financial services, consumer goods, software, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on high-growth startups. By backing entrepreneurs across the MENA ecosystem, Wamda Capital aims to accelerate digital transformation and build regional tech leadership.

Middle East Venture Partners is a Dubai-based venture capital firm with offices in Beirut, Bahrain, and Riyadh. It backs early and growth-stage technology companies across the GCC and Levant, pursuing cross-border investments in North Africa and Turkey. The firm focuses on sectors such as cloud-based software, ICT, fintech, e-commerce, education technology, digital services, consumer technology, logistics, and hospitality tech, typically taking minority stakes and investing about 0.2 to 5 million USD per deal. It manages around 260 million USD in assets and was founded in 2010.

Catcha Group is a venture capital firm based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, focused on backing disruptive technology companies. It has a track record of investing in small- to medium-sized businesses to achieve rapid growth, profitability, and potentially an IPO, by taking sizeable stakes and mentoring portfolio companies to unlock their potential. The firm emphasizes supporting its portfolio teams through challenges and helping them become leaders in their fields, with a hands-on approach to value creation.

Canbank Venture Capital Fund is the corporate venture capital arm of Canara Bank, based in Bangalore, India. It invests in technology-driven companies, including nanotechnology and information technology, to support growth and value creation. Founded in 1989, the firm operates with a focus on established technological or market positioning and aims to mobilize capital from public sector banks, financial institutions and insurance companies to back a broad portfolio of Indian companies.

Saned Partners is a Beirut-based venture capital firm that operates as an independently managed early-stage investment firm in the Middle East and North Africa. It backs startups across information technology, telecommunications, media, light manufacturing, food and beverage, and consumer services sectors, with a focus on helping them grow and reach profitability. The firm pursues partnerships with entrepreneurs by providing resources, guidance, and access to networks to turn ideas into scalable, best-in-class businesses, aiming to catalyze economic and social development in the MENA region.

Pegasus Tech Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that backs emerging technology companies worldwide. The firm employs a multidisciplinary team of over 100 professionals with offices in seven countries, providing capital and strategic guidance to startups. It targets opportunities across information technology, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, robotics, fintech, health IT, and related areas, as well as consumer electronics, automotive, enterprise software, gaming, hardware, and other technology sectors. Pegasus Tech Ventures supports entrepreneurs aiming to scale internationally, leveraging its global reach to assist expansion into North America, Asia, and Europe, backed by deep domain expertise and a broad network to accelerate growth and innovation.

Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security and aerospace company that researches, designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, and sustains advanced technology systems and services for defense and space. It operates through four segments: Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems, and Space Systems, covering combat aircraft, missiles and defense systems, helicopters, ships and submarines, radar and sensors, satellites, space transportation, and related support services. The company serves government customers worldwide and provides engineering, logistics, cybersecurity, and information services. Founded in 1912 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin maintains a broad portfolio across defense, space, and security solutions with a long-standing role in major national security programs.

KK Fund is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage technology startups in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, with activity also extending to South Korea. It backs seed and early-stage companies operating in mobile and internet technologies across diverse sectors, including fintech, edtech, healthtech, IoT, blockchain, HR tech, mobility, entertainment tech, and proptech. The firm provides capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs to help accelerate product development, go-to-market efforts and regional expansion.

Cradle Fund is a not-for-profit venture capital investment firm and funding agency based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Established in 2003 under the Ministry of Finance, it funds potential and high-calibre tech startups through its early-stage programs, including pre-seed and seed support, and has evolved from a grant provider to also offering equity investment via its venture arm, Cradle Seed Ventures. The organization supports startups beyond funding by delivering commercialization assistance, coaching, and value-added services to accelerate growth. It focuses on technology-driven sectors such as ICT, biotechnology and life sciences, material sciences, and other high-growth technologies. Cradle Fund emphasizes helping Malaysian tech startups scale by combining grants with equity funding and mentoring, aiming to be a leading source of pre-seed, seed, and startup funding and commercialization support in Malaysia.

Gaorong Capital is a Beijing-headquartered venture capital firm that targets early-stage technology investments in the Asia-Pacific region, with interests spanning telecommunications, media, life sciences, cosmetics, and other technology sectors.

Oak Investment Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1978 and based in Connecticut. It operates as a multi-stage investor, focusing on high-growth opportunities in information technology, internet and consumer sectors, financial services technology, healthcare information and services, and clean energy. The firm engages in buyouts, growth equity, mid- to late-stage financings, spinouts and PIPE investments in private and public companies, typically targeting investments from about 10 million to 150 million dollars. Oak supports startups, emerging growth companies and recapitalizations, offering deep domain expertise and steady guidance across its portfolio. While primarily investing in the United States, it pursues selective international opportunities in Europe, Israel, India, South Korea and China, and operates from offices in Connecticut and other major U.S. hubs.

Worldview Technology Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 and based in San Jose, California, with additional offices in Shanghai, China, and Roden, Germany. It concentrates on technology companies in communications, semiconductors, internet/digital media, wireless, enterprise infrastructure and software, investing across growth stages with an emphasis on early-stage opportunities. The firm leverages its executives’ and entrepreneurs’ experience to provide strategic support, often taking board seats to guide portfolio companies. With a history spanning multiple funds and a track record of backing leading technology companies, Worldview seeks to help portfolio firms scale in the United States and international markets. The firm has supported a number of notable companies through exits including IPOs and acquisitions, reflecting its long-standing emphasis on building technology leadership.

Walden International is a San Francisco–based venture capital firm that concentrates on cross-border investments between the United States and Asia, providing capital, relationships and operating expertise to help portfolio companies scale. The firm supports early and expansion-stage opportunities across sectors including information technology, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, SaaS, software, semiconductors, and related technologies, leveraging a global footprint and deep operating experience to help entrepreneurs compete in international markets.

Meritech Capital Partners is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, founded in 1999. It focuses on late-stage and growth-stage investments in technology companies, with emphasis on software, information technology, communications and networking, and TMT sectors in North America, primarily the United States. The firm provides substantial capital to enable scaling of established tech companies.

Sumitomo Corporation Equity Asia, established in Hong Kong in 2002, operates as the corporate venture arm of Sumitomo Corporation, a major multinational conglomerate in Japan. The firm focuses on investing in various sectors, including enterprise information technology, big data, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, digital marketing, fintech, and digital healthcare. As part of the larger Sumitomo Corporation Group, which comprises over 800 subsidiaries and associated companies worldwide, SCEA leverages its extensive resources and expertise to identify and support innovative ventures in these dynamic fields.