StageDotO Ventures is a Boise, Idaho-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that invests in information technology companies across seed, early, and later stages. It seeks pre-Series A opportunities and emphasizes hands-on, day-to-day involvement to help portfolio companies grow, guided by a leadership team of experienced entrepreneurs and investors. The firm aims to build value through active support and strategic guidance, and it has celebrated multiple successful tech startup exits. StageDotO focuses on building a diversified technology portfolio by backing energetic founders and leveraging collective startup and investment experience.

Established in 2019, Sage Growth Capital is headquartered in Boise, Idaho. It specializes in providing revenue-based investments to growing companies across various industries that do not fit traditional bank or equity investing models.

SmartForest Ventures was an early-stage venture capital firm based in Portland, Oregon, founded in 2000 by Hugh Mackworth and Debi Coleman. The firm focused on investing in promising technology companies in the Pacific Northwest, particularly within the information technology sector. SmartForest aimed to foster the growth of innovative entrepreneurs by providing not only capital but also valuable expertise and mentorship, positioning itself as one of the region's first incubators. However, the firm phased out of business in 2015.

Founded in 2021 and based in Ketchum, Idaho, Satori Investment Partners is a private equity firm that pursues investments in cannabis companies aligned with transparency, drive, intellect, and conscious consumerism, supporting operators through the market’s regulatory and capital-raising challenges.

SWAN Venture Fund is an angel investment group based in the Seattle area, specifically Mercer Island, that backs seed and early-stage technology companies. It focuses on B2B software, IoT and scalable hardware, health IT, cybersecurity, and other tech-enabled sectors, with a geographic focus on British Columbia and the western United States, including California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The firm emphasizes value-driven partnerships and hands-on involvement by operators and industry experts, often participating in pre-seed rounds around $500k to $1.5 million to support capital-efficient companies with early revenues and competitive advantages.

Founded in 2009, Capital Eleven is an investment firm specializing in private equity and early-stage venture capital. It focuses on business-to-business, consumer durables, media, retail, financial services, information technology, non-financial services, real estate technology, software as a service, e-commerce, education technology, financial technology, food technology & manufacturing sectors within the United States.

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.

AccelFoods is an accelerator based in New York City that invests in early-stage food and beverage companies. It provides industry access, expertise, and infrastructure to help founders develop unique products and bring them to market. The company links startups with the broader food and beverage ecosystem to supply resources needed to create enduring brands.

Service Provider Capital is a Colorado-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that funds seed-stage technology companies across domains such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, cybersecurity, fintech, e-commerce, education technology, hardware, robotics, information technology, health tech, and cannabis. The firm also co-invests in Series A rounds led by institutional venture funds, providing capital and guidance to startups in the United States, including the Midwest and Southeast regions.

Deciens Capital is a venture capital firm based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 2017 by Daniel Kimerling and Zac Townsend. It backs early-stage fintech companies, providing capital and strategic support to help founders scale their ideas and accelerate the digital transformation of financial services through collaborations with industry leaders.

Serra Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Champaign, Illinois. Founded in 2008, it invests in technology companies at early and growth stages across the United States, with select international activity, focusing on information technology, deep technology, instrumentation, devices, B2B software as a service, and agricultural technologies.

Keiretsu Forum is an international investment community of accredited private equity investors, venture capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. Founded in San Francisco in 2000, it operates as a worldwide network that structures access to high-quality deal flow and investment opportunities through regional chapters across the United States, Europe and Asia. It is described as the world’s largest invitation-only angel investor network, with thousands of investor members who participate in funding opportunities for early- to growth-stage companies in technology, healthcare, energy, consumer products and other sectors. The forum emphasizes collaboration among members and partner resources to support due diligence, syndication and capital deployment, enabling private capital to back high-potential ventures.

Big Basin Partners is a venture capital firm based in Sammamish, Washington, focusing on early-stage technology investments across sectors including computer hardware, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, semiconductors, internet software services, application software, medical devices, healthcare, alternative energy, and education. The firm works with entrepreneurs who have not yet raised traditional venture capital funds, helping them identify viable initial target markets and supporting early product and market validation to accelerate growth.

Fyrfly Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focusing on data and intelligence, investing in startups and early-stage information technology companies. Founded in 2015, the firm seeks to back companies developing data-driven technologies in the information technology sector.

AVAC is a Canada-based venture capital firm established in 1997 and based in Calgary, Alberta, that targets early-stage opportunities in agricultural technology, clean tech, and life sciences. The firm pursues direct investments as well as fund-of-funds strategies, focusing on pre-commercial to seed-stage and growth ventures, with a preference for agrivalue companies, medical devices, agriculture research, and life science products. In information and communications technology it covers areas such as animal health, crop genetics, biomass, big data, precision farming, and smart farming applications, while in life sciences it backs new or enhanced foods, nutraceuticals, therapeutics, devices, and health-related products. AVAC typically invests modest amounts and seeks active board participation, sometimes pursuing royalties in pre-commercial deals, and it has historically operated with emphasis on opportunities in Alberta and the western Canada ecosystem. The firm may also provide grants to public research and not-for-profit entities supporting agrivalue innovation.

Refactor Capital is a Burlingame, California-based venture capital firm focusing on seed- and early-stage investments in hard technology, biotechnology, health, climate, and related sectors. The firm is led by Zal Bilimoria, a former partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a veteran product and engineering executive with experience at Google, Netflix, and LinkedIn, who typically leads seed rounds with checks in the 1–2 million range.

Vesta Ventures is a venture capital investment firm founded in 2021 and based in Reno, Nevada. It targets investments in companies developing residential property technology.

MetaProp is a New York-based venture capital firm that specializes in real estate technology (PropTech). Founded in 2015, the firm has invested in more than 175 technology companies across the real estate value chain and supports startups through programs such as PropTech Place, the MetaProp Accelerator at Columbia University, and related industry events like NYC Real Estate Tech Week. MetaProp also produces research and thought leadership, including the Global PropTech Confidence Index and PropTech 101, and engages with global markets across office, retail, residential, storage, hospitality, and leisure real estate sectors. Through its activities, MetaProp connects technology companies with real estate investors and strategic partners to advance innovation in the PropTech ecosystem.

Contour Venture Partners is a New York City-based early-stage venture capital firm that pursues seed and early-stage investments in technology-enabled companies. The firm concentrates on software and information technology, with emphasis on enterprise SaaS, vertical B2B SaaS, financial services, internet, media and TMT sectors, and often targets opportunities in New York and the surrounding market. It has a track record of supporting growth by building close relationships with management teams, focusing on flawless execution and long-term vision to establish sustainable competitive advantages. The firm aims to back companies that leverage innovative software solutions and technology to transform enterprise processes and financial services delivery.

Initialized Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that concentrates on early-stage technology investments, with a focus on seed opportunities. It manages multiple funds and has a team of investing partners, supporting technology startups through the initial funding stages.

Noro-Moseley Partners is a venture capital and growth equity firm based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 1983. It invests in technology and healthcare companies across the United States and Canada, with a focus on the Southeast. The firm backs early-stage and growth-stage companies in software, information technology, healthcare IT, data analytics, telemedicine, and other technology-enabled services, as well as related business services. It aims to support portfolio companies through multiple stages of growth and leverages its industry experience and network to help accelerate scale.

Commerce Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that focuses on commerce-related technology. The firm invests across mobile, retail/e-commerce, payments, fintech, and insurtech, as well as related financial services. It provides capital and active support to portfolio companies to help scale innovations in the commerce space, drawing on a network of entrepreneurs, senior executives, and corporate partners from its focus sectors.

Connecticut Innovations is a venture capital organization based in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1989, it provides strategic capital and operational insight to innovative companies across Connecticut, with investments spanning seed to later stages in sectors including software as a service, manufacturing, life sciences, clean tech, oncology, cybersecurity, infrastructure, big data, e-commerce, and technology driven industries such as energy, information technology, and photonics. The organization supports portfolio companies through flexible financing, strategic guidance, and introductions to partners and resources within the Connecticut ecosystem.

Ecosystem Integrity Fund is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that finances early-stage companies advancing environmental sustainability. The firm seeks to demonstrate that sustainable practices can coexist with solid financial returns and targets investments in sectors including energy, transportation, clean tech, climate resilience, agriculture and food, water, and waste management, with emphasis on resource efficiency, biodiversity, and environmental remediation. It pursues impact investments aligned with ESG goals and often supports companies across North America, with later vintages expanding to Canada and Europe. Investments typically occur at the early growth stage, with capital deployed to help portfolio companies scale solutions that reduce environmental impacts and strengthen ecosystem integrity.

Tandem Ventures is a Utah-based venture capital firm founded in 2022 and headquartered in Draper. It focuses on early-stage investments to back the next generation of entrepreneurs and help startups grow and succeed.

Motivate Venture Capital is a Chicago-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups in the United States and Canada. It targets both B2B and B2C companies with high growth potential in large markets, with focus areas including fintech, insurtech, payments, software and services, B2B marketplaces, and blockchain-related ventures such as crypto, DeFi, and web3. The firm also engages with broader technology sectors such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, supply chain technology, manufacturing, and financial services, aiming to partner with founders who bring domain expertise to scalable, innovative businesses.

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.

Nyca Partners is a New York–based venture capital firm focused on financial technology. Founded in 2014, it provides venture investments and facilitates connections between fintech startups and financial institutions, technology companies, and experienced investors and advisers.

First Trust Capital Partners is a venture capital investment firm based in Wheaton, Illinois. Founded in 2005, it concentrates on investing in companies in financial services and healthcare technology, with broader activity in technology and business services sectors.

Route 66 Ventures is a venture capital firm with a global footprint and a credit arm, based in Alexandria, Virginia. Founded in 2012, it backs seed through growth stage fintech and financial services companies, and also focuses on adjacent areas such as digital health, healthcare technology, wellness, and technology sectors. The firm operates a Venture Capital unit that invests across the financial services ecosystem worldwide, and a Credit unit that funds alternative lending platforms by purchasing whole loans or providing secured debt facilities, enabling balance sheet support for innovative business models.

Reach Capital is a venture capital firm focused on education technology and related sectors. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, it concentrates on early-stage investments in startups that develop technology tools, applications, content, and services to improve educational opportunities across K-12, higher education, and workforce reskilling. The firm backs edtech solutions for schools, districts, and learners, and aims to catalyze further investment in the growing edtech market. By supporting companies across B2B and B2C models, Reach Capital seeks to advance educational software and services that enhance learning outcomes and access throughout the United States.

Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Beverly Hills, California, founded in 2015, that invests in technology companies at early and mid stages and operates as a registered investment adviser.

Innova Memphis is a Tennessee-based venture capital firm founded in 2007 with roots in the Memphis Bioworks Foundation. It focuses on pre-seed, seed, and early-stage investments in high-growth biosciences, technology, and agri-tech companies in Tennessee. The firm supports startups from concept to market by providing capital, strategic guidance, and access to industry networks, including connections with established corporations for licensing, buy-outs, or further investments. By combining experienced management, market expertise, and venture capital, Innova Memphis aims to accelerate product development and create viable business units capable of standing independently and collaborating with mature market leaders when appropriate.

Forerunner Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused on consumer-led technology and branded consumer companies in North America. The firm targets early-stage and high-growth opportunities, backing entrepreneurs who connect offline and online commerce, social and mobile commerce, and internet marketplaces with enabling tools and services. It provides capital alongside strategic guidance and consumer insight to help portfolio companies scale within evolving retail and digital ecosystems. Its focus spans sectors such as consumer products and services, health and wellness, finance, entertainment, and productivity, with emphasis on opportunities where brands meet modern consumers and technology enhances the consumer experience.

Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 that backs technology companies across the United States, with a focus on the Pacific Northwest and West Coast. It invests across stages from seed to growth, typically in information technology, software, consumer internet, digital media and advertising, fintech, data analytics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, hardware and robotics, and often takes board seats in its portfolio companies. The firm supports early-stage to growth ventures, pursuing opportunities in areas such as the future of work and low-code/no-code, with typical investments ranging from $2 million to $10 million as lead investor.

7wire Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in Chicago. It focuses on early-stage investments in digital health, healthcare IT, mobile and technology-enabled services in the United States. The firm seeks to back companies that disrupt traditional approaches and provides funding along with operating guidance to help turn innovative ideas into scalable businesses. By combining capital with hands-on support and industry insight, 7wire Ventures aims to accelerate the development of digital health solutions and related technologies, guiding portfolio companies from early stages toward growth opportunities and lasting impact.

Fairview Capital Partners is an independent investment management firm focused on fund-of-funds in the private markets. Founded in 1994, it is headquartered in West Hartford, Connecticut, with an office in San Francisco. The firm specializes in venture capital, diverse and emerging managers, and direct co-investments, and serves institutional clients such as foundations, endowments, pension plans, and family offices. It manages the Fairview family of venture capital and private equity funds-of-funds and is minority-owned, reflecting its inclusive approach to leadership and investing. Since inception, the firm has overseen aggregate fund capitalization exceeding ten billion dollars.

Great North Ventures is a venture capital investment firm founded in 2017 and based in Maple Grove, Minnesota. It backs entrepreneurs using breakthrough technologies to modernize industries still dominated by analog processes, supporting startups from seed to Series B with guidance, capital, and connections. The firm looks for standout teams and execution capability, and it seeks opportunities beyond Silicon Valley, focusing on US-based founders and startups wherever they are located.

Allianz Life Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 2016, it pursues investments in technology, life insurance, employer markets, advisory channels, and retiree services companies across North America, aiming to leverage Allianz Life's financial strength and in-house expertise to support its portfolio partners.

The Washington Research Foundation, established in 1981 and located in Seattle, is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing technology in the life sciences, information technology, and physical sciences. The foundation supports innovative research and early-stage entrepreneurs, contributing to the growth of Washington's technology economy. Its seed fund branch, WRF Capital, plays a crucial role in managing intellectual property and providing business support to local companies and institutions. As one of the leading venture capitalists in the Northwest, the foundation reinvests its financial returns into research and initiatives that foster new company spinouts. Through its efforts, the Washington Research Foundation aims to cultivate a vibrant research and enterprise community within the region.

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.

Tech Coast Angels is the largest angel investor group in the United States, with more than 300 members organized into five networks across Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, the Central Coast, and the Inland Empire. Its members provide funding and guidance to early-stage, high-growth companies in Southern California, offering capital as well as mentorship, strategic advice, and access to a broad network of potential investors, customers, partners, and management talent. The group supports companies across industries, including life sciences, biotech, IT, software, services, retail, Internet, financial services, and consumer products. Tech Coast Angels has been recognized by CB Insights as one of the top 20 angel groups in the United States and leads in network centrality, reflecting extensive connections within the investment ecosystem.

Optum is a health services and innovation company dedicated to helping people live healthier lives. It designs a healthcare system that connects people, places, and ideas across the ecosystem to deliver personalized care, including medication, healthcare financial services, and guidance, along with technology and services for health plan providers. The company offers a broad range of medical services, including family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, women's health, substance use treatment, and mental health, as well as care for common conditions of the eyes, ears, skin, and nervous system. By integrating data, insights, and digital tools, Optum seeks to improve access, care coordination, and the efficiency of the medical system for patients, providers, and employers in collaboration with health plans and other partners.

Western Technology Investment is a venture debt firm founded in 1980 and based in Portola Valley, California. It specializes in providing debt and lease financing to revenue-generating, VC-backed technology and life sciences companies, including acquisition financing and fully usable growth capital. Typical financings range from $250,000 to $30 million, and in selected cases may include equity through warrants or a combined debt-and-equity structure. The firm targets companies with substantial scale, aiming for at least $25 million in annual sales within five years. As a registered investment adviser, Western Technology Investment structures its financing to support early through mid-stage growth, across North America. The firm emphasizes venture lending and has historically supported a broad range of technology and life sciences ventures.

HPS Investment Partners is a global investment firm focused on non-investment grade credit across the capital structure. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, it operates a worldwide network of offices. The firm originated as a unit of Highbridge Capital Management, a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and was acquired by its principals in 2016 after Highbridge’s hedge fund strategies remained with J.P. Morgan. HPS manages a variety of strategies, including syndicated leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, privately negotiated senior secured debt, mezzanine, asset-based lending, and private equity, and serves clients across industries such as insurance, healthcare, media, retail, logistics, and marine.

Gula Tech Adventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in the Maryland–Washington, DC area. It invests in seed and Series A cybersecurity startups, with focus areas including security engineering, cyber hygiene, threat management, and web security, as well as national security technology. The founders bring deep industry experience from Tenable Network Security, where Ron Gula co-founded and led the company and Cyndi Gula built operations, licensing and business practices, and they use that background to support portfolio companies with product roadmaps and fundraising efforts.

FINTOP Capital is a venture capital firm based in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 2016. It targets B2B software-as-a-service companies in the fintech space that have a proven product, real revenues, and leadership with industry experience. The firm maintains additional offices in Hoboken, New Jersey, and St. Louis, Missouri.

First American Financial is a financial services company focused on title insurance and related services, along with specialty insurance. Through its Title Insurance and Services segment, it issues title insurance on residential and commercial property and offers closing and escrow services, real property data and records access, valuation products, lien release and document custodial services, and related risk mitigation for real estate transactions. The Specialty Insurance segment provides property and casualty coverage for homeowners, renters, and auto insurance, as well as home service contracts. The company also delivers data analytics, regulatory compliance, and valuation and collateral risk services, and supports banking, trust, and wealth management activities, with a network of direct operations and agents in multiple regions.

SoGal Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that backs underrepresented founders at the pre-seed and seed stages, focusing on women and diverse entrepreneurs in the consumer, healthcare, and technology sectors. It seeks to fund companies solving underserved problems and improving how people live, work, and stay healthy for younger generations. Established in 2016, SoGal Ventures operates within the SoGal ecosystem, which also includes SoGal Foundation, a platform that expands equitable access to education, networks, and investment capital for diverse founders.

SDC Capital Partners is a New York-based investment firm that makes private equity and venture investments in information technology and communications infrastructure. The firm focuses on assets such as data centers, network and fiber infrastructure, wireless infrastructure, managed IT, and cloud services, and targets technology companies across North America and Western Europe.