Proparco is a Paris-based organization established in 1977 that specializes in providing private sector funding for sustainable development initiatives. It focuses on financing and supporting companies and financial institutions across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Proparco targets key development sectors, including infrastructure—especially renewable energy—agriculture, financial institutions, health, and education. The organization aims to enhance the role of private entities in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the international community in 2015. By financing projects that create jobs, provide essential goods and services, and combat climate change, Proparco contributes to sustainable economic growth and development. Its financing solutions include loans, guarantees, equity, and quasi-equity options tailored to the needs of the private sector.

Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation is a Helsinki-based development-oriented investment firm established in 1980. It pursues direct and fund-of-fund investments in small and mid-sized enterprises in developing countries with Finnish links, aiming to deliver environmental and social impact. The firm focuses on sectors such as renewable energy, sustainable forestry and agriculture, financial institutions, digital infrastructure, manufacturing, health services, and related services, and it supports ventures that use Finnish technology. Typical commitments range from 1 to 10 million euros, with minority positions up to 30 percent and options for mezzanine financing or investment loans. It co-invests with other development finance institutions and can finance microfinance and infrastructure projects. The firm emphasizes projects aligned with Finnish development cooperation, including activity in Russia and various developing countries, and seeks to partner with entities that bring measurable development outcomes.

Strandline Resources Limited explores for mineral sands and other base metals across Australia and Tanzania. Its key projects include the Coburn Mineral Sands project in Western Australia, and the Fowlers Bay Nickel-Gold project in South Australia.

Fanisi Capital, established in 2009, is a Nairobi-based private equity firm that invests in early and growth-stage companies in East Africa, primarily Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda. The firm focuses on sectors with significant growth potential, including agri-business, healthcare, consumer goods, and education. Fanisi was founded by Norfund, the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries, and Amani Capital Limited.

Indiana Resources is an Australian exploration company focused on advancing a portfolio of mineral tenements across South Australia. Its primary projects include the Lake Labyrinth Shear Zone, Double Dutch, Earea Dam, and Boomerang, with interests in rare earths, gold, and base metals.

Finclusion is a FinTech accelerating company that provides financial services and credit products using AI-powered and data-driven lending for fraud prevention and credit granting. The company also offers buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services, salary advance schemes, loan services, and transactional banking to individuals and SMEs across 5 countries—South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Winshear Gold is a Canadian junior exploration company focused on advancing its SMP Gold Project in Tanzania towards production. The project, covering 238 km², is adjacent to the New Luika Gold Mine and has an indicated mineral resource of over 1 million ounces of gold.

Zephyr Management is a venture capital and private equity firm focused on middle-market and growth investments, including venture, growth equity, buyouts, and turnaround opportunities. It provides capital to small and medium enterprises across sectors such as financial services, business services, manufacturing, education, logistics, agriculture and food, packaging, telecommunications, distribution, environmental and facilities services, travel and publishing, healthcare, and consumer products. The firm typically takes both majority and minority stakes in companies with revenues roughly $30 million to $300 million and EBITDA between $2 million and $50 million, investing from about $0.2 million up to $75 million per deal. It targets opportunities in emerging markets and globally, with offices in New York, Bangalore, Nairobi, London, Mexico City, and the Cayman Islands.

FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, is a financial institution based in The Hague, Netherlands, founded in 1970 through a collaboration between the Dutch government and various financial entities. It focuses on supporting the private sector in developing countries and emerging markets across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe. FMO provides a diverse range of financial products, including long-term project financing, private equity, loans, guarantees, and mezzanine financing. Its investment portfolio is primarily allocated to financial institutions, energy, agribusiness, food and water, and private equity. By offering capital, expertise, and networks, FMO aims to foster sustainable economic development and empower local businesses and projects.

Warner Music Group is a leading global music company active in recording, publishing, and artist services, operating through international affiliates and licensees. It is one of the three major record companies. The company owns and operates labels such as Atlantic Records, Warner Records, and Elektra Records, generating the majority of revenue from recorded music, while its publishing arm, Warner Chappell, represents more than 180,000 songwriters and composers and controls a catalog of over one million songs. Warner Music works with a broad roster of artists including Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, and Dua Lipa. The company serves a global market with licensing and distribution across multiple regions and maintains a significant presence in the music publishing ecosystem.

Founded in 1994, AfricInvest is a Tunisia-based private equity firm with dedicated teams focused on North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. It manages USD1 billion across multiple funds, supported by local and international investors. The firm has invested in over 135 companies across 25 African countries, spanning high-growth sectors such as financial services, agribusiness, consumer/retail, education, and healthcare.

The African Development Bank is a multilateral development finance institution headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, established in 1964 to support Africa's economic development and social progress. It funds development projects and programs through loans, lines of credit, guarantees, and equity-like instruments, and provides risk management, treasury services, and trade finance support. It also offers concessional loans and grants, along with technical assistance for project selection, studies, capacity building, and implementation. By mobilizing public and private investment for both sectors, the bank aims to spur poverty reduction, improve living conditions, and foster sustainable growth across African economies.

The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), established in 1985, is a multilateral development financial institution with assets exceeding US$ 5 billion. Its mandate focuses on financing trade, promoting regional economic integration, and supporting sustainable development through various services, including trade finance, project and infrastructure finance, asset management, and business advisory services. Over the past five years, TDB has expanded its shareholder base from 19 to 35 members, which includes 22 Member States from the COMESA, EAC, and SADC regions, alongside 2 non-African countries and 11 institutional investors. During this period, the bank has seen a significant increase in shareholder equity funds by 150% and annual net profits by 100%, while successfully halving its non-performing loans. TDB operates regional offices in Nairobi, Harare, and Addis Ababa, with principal offices located in Bujumbura and Port-Louis.

Amplo is a global venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Spring, Texas. The company focuses on helping to build significant companies, specializing in financial services, venture capital, and financial exchanges. Through its investments, Amplo aims to support the growth and development of innovative businesses that have the potential to make a meaningful impact.

Bergen Asset Management, LLC is a New York-based global asset management firm that specializes in equity investments in high-growth publicly traded and private companies, with a primary focus on markets outside the United States. The firm adopts a sector-agnostic approach, allowing it to explore a diverse range of industries. However, it particularly favors sectors that demonstrate the potential for above-market medium-term appreciation, reflecting its strategic investment philosophy.

Beyond Capital is a nonprofit organization based in New York that focuses on impact investing in for-profit, early-stage companies across East Africa and India. Established in 2009, it aims to enhance the quality of life for consumers in low-income communities by investing in businesses that improve access to healthcare, sanitation, clean energy, agriculture, food security, and financial inclusion. While the organization seeks to achieve market-rate financial returns, its nonprofit structure allows it to prioritize its social mission alongside financial goals, aligning its investments with a commitment to fostering positive social change.

Ohara Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the development, manufacture, and distribution of a variety of pharmaceutical products. The company focuses on delivering high-quality medications to meet the needs of healthcare providers and patients. Through its comprehensive approach, Ohara Pharmaceuticals aims to contribute to the advancement of medical treatment options and improve patient outcomes.

Sunsino Venture Group is a venture capital firm based in Taipei, Taiwan, founded in 1994. The firm has invested in over 200 companies across Taiwan and the United States, focusing primarily on the healthcare, technology, and software sectors. With approximately US$150 million in assets under management, Sunsino Venture Group aims to support innovative companies that demonstrate growth potential in these industries.

Wonder Ventures, established in 2014 and based in Malibu, California, is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. The firm focuses on sectors such as software, blockchain, consumer, financial technology, healthcare, marketplace, transportation, and logistics, with a preference for companies based in Southern California. Wonder Ventures seeks innovative entrepreneurs with long-term visions to address global challenges, typically investing between USD 50,000 to USD 100,000 per company.

Private Infrastructure Development Group is an infrastructure investment firm that provides finance for infrastructure projects to support economic growth. Founded in 2002 and based in London, it focuses on infrastructure development in sub-Saharan Africa and in South and Southeast Asia, with offices in Nairobi, Singapore, and Casablanca. The firm mobilizes private capital to fund and implement projects across transportation, energy, water, and related sectors.

Nyca Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2014, headquartered in New York. It specializes in investing in early-stage financial technology companies, focusing on areas such as merchant payments services, alternative credit networks, digital advice, and improving financial services infrastructure.

Founded in 1973, Reinsurance Group of America is a global leader in life reinsurance. With approximately $2.9 trillion of life reinsurance in force and assets of $39.7 billion, it specializes in individual life reinsurance, group reinsurance, health reinsurance, financial solutions, facultative underwriting, and product development.

Founded in 2005, True Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology startups. With over $3 billion under management, they focus on seed and Series A financing across sectors like commerce, consumer, hardware, health, and infrastructure technologies.

Established in 1990, Norsad Finance is a development finance company that provides long-term funding for start-up/greenfield and expansion investments in Africa. It offers debt financing through various instruments, including senior debt, subordinated debt, income participation loans, convertible loans, and equity finance structures. The company also engages in co-financing with other institutions.

Helios Investment Partners, established in 2004, is a London-based private equity firm focused on Africa. It invests in a broad range of sectors, including telecommunications, media, financial services, power, and consumer goods, among others. The firm engages in various investment types such as buyouts, growth equity, and structured investments in listed entities. Helios typically invests between $15 million to $200 million per transaction, with a preference for board seats in its portfolio companies. It primarily targets Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya.

Vulcan Capital is the private investment group of Vulcan Inc., the organization founded by Paul G. Allen. Based in Seattle with an additional office in Palo Alto, it invests globally across all stages of corporate development, including leveraged buyouts, growth capital, distressed and turnaround situations, and early-stage venture, as well as public equity value investing. The portfolio spans healthcare, software, media and entertainment, internet services, energy and resources, financial services, information services, life sciences, and technology. It pursues global opportunities with a focus on the United States, Europe, and Asia, and typically targets transactions in the tens of millions of dollars, with ranges starting around $10 million and above. Investments can take the form of control or minority positions across a mix of securities, and holdings may extend a decade or longer.

Founded in 2016, HOF Capital is a global venture capital firm with $1 billion in assets under management. It invests in ambitious entrepreneurs across various stages, from idea to IPO, focusing on enterprise software, artificial intelligence, frontier tech, consumer, and fintech sectors.

Acrew Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, with an additional office in Palo Alto, California. It funds technology companies across seed to growth stages, focusing on data and security, fintech, health, artificial intelligence and machine learning, cybersecurity, and information technology, as well as infrastructure, financial services, and workplace technologies. The firm typically makes equity investments ranging from about $1 million to $15 million, often as lead or co-investor, and seeks to build long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs while diversifying perspectives and cap tables in its portfolio. The firm aims to support transformative technology companies and accelerate growth through capital and strategic guidance.

Established in 2016, Norrsken22 is a Cape Town-based investment firm focusing on growth-stage companies within the tech sector across Africa. The fund prioritizes investments in medtech, ed-tech, and fintech sectors, with a particular focus on key tech hubs such as Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Ghana.

DST Global is a venture capital firm established in 2009 that focuses on late-stage investments in internet and technology sectors. It backs rapidly growing companies in areas such as information technology, mobile, software, e-commerce, IoT, and other TMT-enabled businesses, often in late-stage rounds. The firm maintains a global footprint with offices in Menlo Park, New York, London, Beijing, and Hong Kong, enabling it to source opportunities and support portfolio companies internationally. Founded by Yuri Milner and partners Saurabh Gupta, John Lindfors, Rahul Mehta, and Tom Stafford, DST Global seeks to partner with ambitious internet and tech-enabled firms as they scale, including fintech and other software-enabled industries.

TotalEnergies is a diversified global energy company active in oil and gas, renewables, electricity and chemicals. It explores for, produces, refines and markets hydrocarbons, and engages in gas and power trading, with a presence in more than 130 countries and around 93,000 employees. The company is expanding in low-carbon energy through renewables such as solar and wind, biofuels and energy storage, and pursues research and development to improve reliability and efficiency of energy supply, aiming to meet growing demand today and in the future while supporting the energy transition.

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) serves as America's development bank, focusing on financing solutions to pressing challenges in the developing world. DFC collaborates with the private sector to invest in projects that foster job creation in emerging markets across various sectors, including energy, healthcare, critical infrastructure, telecommunications, and support for small businesses and women entrepreneurs. The corporation is committed to adhering to high standards that prioritize environmental sustainability, human rights, and worker rights in all its investments.

The Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO) is an economic development agency located in Brussels, Belgium, founded in 2001. Its primary goal is to foster a robust private sector in developing and emerging countries, facilitating access to sustainable growth and development. BIO directly invests in private sector projects, contributing significantly to the socio-economic development of the host countries. The agency's mandate emphasizes specific geographical targets, diverse financing tools, and a strong focus on the impact of its investments on development, aligning with international development goals. The management of BIO's assets is overseen by its executive management team, ensuring that its initiatives effectively support sustainable economic progress in the regions it serves.

MassChallenge is a global startup accelerator supporting early-stage entrepreneurs across various industries. Founded in 2009, it provides mentorship, resources, and networking opportunities through its programs worldwide.

Finnfund, established in 1980, is a Finnish government organization specializing in development finance. It offers long-term capital, primarily through loans and equity investments, to private projects in developing countries. Finnfund focuses on ventures that involve Finnish companies, technology, or partners, or those that generate significant environmental or social benefits.

Founded in 1999, LocalGlobe is a UK-based venture capital firm focusing on seed investments. It supports ambitious founders across various sectors, with notable portfolio companies including Citymapper, Improbable, Lovefilm, Moo, Tweetdeck, TransferWise, and Zoopla.

Founded in 2017, DFS Lab is an early-stage incubator focused on empowering communities in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia. It supports high-potential entrepreneurs refine and launch fintech businesses that profitably serve the poorest at scale.

Founded in 2013, AgFunder is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. It invests globally in agritech and food tech startups that are solving problems in the food system through automation, digitization of supply chain, food waste reduction, alternative proteins, and nutrition. The firm manages multiple funds and has invested in over 50 companies, aiming to deliver meaningful environmental and social impact across the food system.

Founded in 2022, Greyhorse Venture Fund is a New York-based venture capital firm focusing on innovative technology sectors. It invests broadly across AI, blockchain, fintech, insurtech, healthtech, and edutech, with a commitment to supporting ambitious founders creating a better future.

Omidyar Network, established in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, is a global impact investing firm that combines philanthropy and venture capital to catalyze social change. It invests in for-profit and non-profit organizations across sectors such as digital society, emerging technology, education, financial inclusion, governance, and property rights. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, typically committing between $1 million to $10 million in for-profits and $0.5 million to $5 million in non-profits. Omidyar Network operates globally, with a significant focus on India, and seeks to create opportunities for people to improve their lives and make a difference in their communities.

LeapFrog Investments, established in 2007, is a London-based private equity firm that focuses on growth-stage investments in the financial services and healthcare sectors. It primarily targets emerging markets, including Africa and Asia, with a particular emphasis on countries like Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The firm invests in businesses that provide essential financial and healthcare products and services, such as insurance, pensions, savings, credit, mobile payments, and medical products distribution. LeapFrog typically invests between $10 million and $50 million, aiming for both minority and majority stakes, and expects to exit its investments within four to seven years through IPOs, trade sales, or secondary sales.

DBL Partners is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies across cleantech, information technology, sustainable products and services, and healthcare. The firm pursues opportunities that combine innovative technology with positive social impact and solid financial returns. It supports entrepreneurs nationwide in the United States, helping nurture companies through the growth lifecycle and guiding them to scale sustainable solutions. By backing ventures that address environmental and social needs, DBL Partners aims to accelerate innovation while delivering economic value for investors and stakeholders.

Exor is a Dutch holding company controlled by the Agnelli family, with a diversified portfolio spanning automotive, real estate, and finance sectors. Known for its long-term approach, Exor actively manages investments to create value for shareholders while fostering opportunities for talent growth and societal contributions.

OurCrowd, established in 2013, is a global venture investing platform headquartered in Israel. It specializes in connecting accredited investors with curated, high-quality early-stage companies across various sectors, including healthcare, technology, energy, and transportation. OurCrowd invests in and supports its portfolio companies throughout their lifecycle, providing mentorship, industry connections, and follow-on funding opportunities. It is the most active venture investor in Israel and has a strong presence in the United States and other global markets.

Revolution is a Washington, D.C.–based venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Steve Case, with an additional office in San Francisco. It backs technology-enabled startups that disrupt traditional industries and supports both early-stage and growth-stage companies, often taking leadership roles in financings and serving on boards. The firm operates a family of funds, including Revolution Ventures and Revolution Growth, and seeks opportunities across sectors such as consumer internet, software and services, media, financial services, healthcare, and other technology-enabled businesses. It emphasizes geography, aiming to back high-potential ventures in regions beyond traditional hubs by pairing capital with hands-on involvement and broad entrepreneurial networks.

Founded in 1997, DOB Equity is a Dutch-based impact investor focused on making strategic investments in small to medium-sized companies across East Africa. The firm aims to generate positive social and economic impacts through its investments.

Founded in 2011, Musha Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York. It focuses on investing in early-stage companies across Africa, with a particular interest in sectors such as education, healthcare, fintech, agriculture, and supply chain.

Established in 1948, British International Investment is a UK government-backed development finance institution and impact investor. It focuses on long-term economic growth and sustainability in emerging markets by investing in infrastructure, health, agribusiness, and other sectors.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), established in 1956, is a member of the World Bank Group dedicated to fostering private sector development in emerging markets. It provides financial services, including loans and equity investments, ranging from $1 million to $100 million, with a focus on projects that drive economic growth and social impact. IFC invests across various sectors such as infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, education, technology, and financial services.

Public Investment Corporation is a government-owned investment management company based in Pretoria, South Africa, focused on managing investments for the public sector. It serves pension funds and other nationally critical funds, including the Government Employees Pension Fund and various social security, development, and guardian funds. The firm uses a mix of internal and external fund managers to deploy capital and is governed by a board of directors. While owned by the government, it operates in a manner comparable with private-sector asset managers and is one of the largest investment managers in Africa.