Renew Capital is a venture capital firm focused on Africa, headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, established in 2007, that finances businesses operating in the impact and technology sectors across the continent and seeks to bridge critical gaps for Africa's growing companies by connecting them to a global network of impact investors.

Surya Capital is a principal investment firm focused on high-growth markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with emphasis on East Africa and Ethiopia. Not structured as a private equity fund, it provides patient and flexible capital to businesses, complementing capital with operational expertise by sourcing operating partners and strategic investors experienced in its sectors. The firm's management team leverages decades of private equity investment and business-building experience to partner with entrepreneurs on refining strategies, strengthening competitive advantages, and executing growth and expansion plans, while assisting with new financing and building execution capabilities. Its flexible approach includes greenfield, growth, and control investments, tailoring proposals to each opportunity while adhering to private equity governance standards. Surya Capital aims for win-win partnerships with local communities and stakeholders, combining rigorous governance with long-term value creation.

Africa Oil Corp is a Canadian oil and gas company with assets in Kenya and Ethiopia and Puntland in Somalia through its 41% equity stake in Africa Energy Corp. Its East African holdings form part of a prolific exploration play along the East African Rift Basin, with a land position exceeding 200,000 square kilometers. In Kenya’s Lokichar basin, the company holds a 50% interest alongside operator Tullow Oil, supporting ongoing exploration in the region.

IFU is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark, that specializes in providing equity, mezzanine financing, loans, and guarantees to projects in developing countries. Established in 1967, IFU focuses on creating and financing new businesses, joint ventures between Danish companies and local partners, and acquiring existing ventures. The firm primarily invests in sectors such as commercial services, biofuels, renewable energy, and irrigation systems, with a particular emphasis on climate and agribusiness. Investments are targeted at countries with a low gross national income per capita, as defined by specific criteria, and include regions across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. IFU typically invests between DKK 0.5 million and DKK 100 million and often seeks co-investment opportunities with Danish firms. The firm also supports small and medium-sized enterprises and provides advisory services for business investments in developing markets. With a preference for board membership, IFU aims to exit investments within five to seven years, ensuring a positive return for its stakeholders.

Aurum Ventures MKI is a venture capital firm based in Ramat Gan, Israel, that provides value-added growth capital to entrepreneurs in life sciences, healthcare, technology, and clean-tech. It backs cutting-edge technologies with strong commercial propositions that can mature into successful businesses and contribute to society. The firm deploys a hands-on, senior team that actively supports portfolio companies to strengthen strategy and execution and pursues a long-term investment horizon.

MiraclePlus is an accelerator based in Beijing, China, that invests in and accelerates early-stage information technology and SaaS startups. The program helps founders develop market-ready products and guides teams through a structured growth process, including preparing for investor presentations at Demo Day.

Gullit is a venture capital firm based in Cybercity, Mauritius, that backs and advises early-stage technology companies. It focuses on scalable startups in Africa across fintech, logistics, health tech, e-commerce, and artificial intelligence, providing funding and strategic support for seed and pre-seed rounds, debt acquisition, and restructuring.

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.

Novastar Ventures is a Kenya-headquartered venture capital firm focused on early to growth capital for businesses that serve Africa’s mass market. Founded in 2014, it operates from Nairobi with additional offices in Lagos and London, and partners with entrepreneurs to develop innovative business models that improve outcomes in healthcare, education, agriculture, energy, housing and sanitation, financial services, information technology, and consumer products. The firm concentrates on bottom-of-the-pyramid markets across East and West Africa and beyond, emphasizing solutions that drive value for the many rather than the few. It positions itself as a venture catalyst rather than a traditional fund manager, providing hands-on support to entrepreneurs to bring ideas to life and scale impact. Typical investments range from about $0.25 million up to $8 million, and the firm pursues investments that combine commercial returns with ESG and social impact.

Premier African Minerals is a mining company active in Africa that explores, evaluates and develops mineral properties, focusing on tungsten, lithium and tantalum. It operates projects through RHA and RHA Mauritius for wolframite, and through Zulu and Zulu Mauritius for lithium and tantalite, supported by its head office.

Inclusion Japan is a Tokyo-based organization that supports startups through incubation and early-stage development. Founded in 2011, it engages with venture companies and large corporations and operates the ICJ ESG Accelerator, an ESG-focused acceleration program designed to foster sustainable innovation.

Team Ignite Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in Northern California. It specializes in pre-seed and seed investments, backing ambitious founders building transformative startups. In addition to capital, it provides extensive support in sales, marketing, fundraising, recruiting, and go-to-market strategies to help hyper-growth companies scale.

CrossFund is an invitation-only venture collective and operator of an investment platform that helps founders raise early-stage capital and connect with accredited investors and mentors. It specializes in cross-border, early-stage technology companies in emerging markets, providing guidance and access to capital to support scalable growth.

Unigrains is a Paris-based private equity firm founded in 1963 that concentrates on the agribusiness sector, including agri-food and agro-industry. It invests globally through direct minority investments and through specialized funds, with a focus on agri-food and ag-tech companies, and also provides specialized financing to France's agribusiness sector.

Swedfund is a government development finance institution based in Stockholm, with an office in Nairobi, established in 1979. It mobilizes capital and expertise for investments in private markets across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, including direct investments and fund of funds activities. It finances a range of instruments, from equity to loans and other debt-like structures, and supports knowledge transfer and equipment upgrades, including depreciation loans to Swedish small and medium-sized enterprises. It pursues minority investments, typically in the range of 5 to 100 million SEK, with board seats and participation in investment committees, and aims for exits in five to ten years. It operates as a bilateral development financier within the European Development Finance Institutions network.

AHL Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that provides growth capital through minority equity, quasi-equity, and debt investments in African companies. It focuses on energy access, financial inclusion, agriculture, climate, and food sectors, with activity across Eastern and Southern Africa and offices in Vancouver, Nairobi, Lusaka, and Accra. The firm emphasizes rapid decision making and ongoing business support, with locally grounded teams to assist portfolio companies as they scale.

Fledge is an international network of accelerator programs and an early-stage investment firm based in Seattle. Founded in 2012, it operates accelerator programs worldwide for mission-driven for-profit startups that tackle social and environmental challenges such as poverty, sustainability, green energy, and inequality. The organization runs a ten-week accelerator and provides seed-stage funding, typically investing about $15,000 to $20,000 for equity in technology-savvy ventures. It maintains a global footprint with offices in Seattle, Lima, and Barcelona and supports thematic initiatives and relocation-oriented programs such as The Land Accelerator and the Impact Startup Visa, as well as cooperative ventures through Start.coop. By combining hands-on acceleration with early funding, Fledge aims to help scalable, impact-driven businesses grow and address real-world problems.

Pearl Capital Partners is a venture capital firm investing in small and medium-sized agribusinesses in East Africa, with a focus on Uganda. Founded in 2005, the company invests between $0.25 million to $2.5 million per company using a combination of equity, quasi-equity, equity-related, and debt investments.

Opes Impact Fund is an Italy-based venture capital firm that invests in companies focused on creating positive social impact. The firm provides capital and support to enterprises that aim to address societal challenges while pursuing sustainable growth.

Clearwater Capital Partners is an Asia-focused credit investment firm that joined Fiera Capital in 2018 to broaden access to Asia credit opportunities. The firm provides exposure to performing high-yield credit, direct lending, and special situations across onshore and offshore markets and multiple sectors and geographies, supported by an on-the-ground presence in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Chongqing. Since inception, Clearwater has completed more than 350 Asia investments totaling over USD 8.1 billion, underlining its experience in building dedicated lending platforms in the region.