European Bank for Reconstruction and Development finances projects and provides advisory services to the public and private sectors. It supports new ventures and expansion in existing companies through project financing, loans, and equity or quasi-equity investments, including equity funds and guarantees, and it partners with private entities to invest across sectors such as banking, energy, manufacturing, infrastructure, information technology, and services. The bank also helps publicly owned entities privatize and restructure municipal services and engages in policy reform dialogue and advisory services, along with trade finance and loan syndication. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in London, it operates across regions including Southeastern and Central Europe, the Baltic States, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, Central Asia, and parts of the Middle East and Africa, aiming to foster market-oriented change and private sector development by mobilizing capital for sustainable investments. It has invested more than €130 billion in over 5,200 projects.

USF originally set up to promote the development of the local startup ecosystem and today is the largest local angel investor with already 130 funded startups and the most extensive startups database and stakeholders (over 3,000 applications).

Founded in 2013, SMRK is a venture capital firm based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on information technology startups across various sectors such as software for mobile OS, offline business' online presence, B2C services, and B2B services.

TA Ventures is a global venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups and select growth-stage opportunities. It writes initial equity checks and provides follow-on investment capacity to help portfolio companies scale, focusing on sectors including digital health, mobility and logistics, fintech, consumer tech, and enterprise software, as well as AI-enabled applications. The firm emphasizes swift execution and active support, leveraging its international network to connect portfolio companies with high-quality co-investors and to access cost-efficient R&D talent. Headquartered in Kyiv, TA Ventures operates across Europe, North America and other regions with additional offices in Frankfurt, Boston, Zurich, Grand Cayman, Nicosia and elsewhere, reflecting a global footprint. The firm shows a preference for opportunities in Ukraine and Israel, and aims to help Western market entrants in local ecosystems through collaboration, while typically avoiding board seats in some investments.

QPDigital is a venture capital firm established in 2020 and located in Kyiv, Ukraine. The firm specializes in investing in emerging technologies, focusing on sectors such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, digital healthcare, information technology, logistics, and gaming. QPDigital aims to enhance the business models of its portfolio companies by providing support in client acquisition, optimizing technical infrastructure, and facilitating connections with top industry providers. The firm is dedicated to fostering innovation and growth within its targeted sectors.

AVentures Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1994, headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine. It specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on software technology sectors such as cloud, storage, enterprise solutions, web, mobile, IoT, and other related areas. The firm primarily invests in Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on Ukraine, seeking to back exceptional entrepreneurs building global businesses.

Chernovetsky Investment Group is an investment company and venture capital firm based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is a leading venture capital player in Eastern Europe and supports projects at all development stages, from startups to mature companies. The firm emphasizes partnerships with current owners rather than takeovers, focusing on collaboration with existing management. Its investment priorities cover innovative development and technologies, with emphasis on internet and information technology, including cloud computing, mobile applications, data management, big data, electronic payment systems, and software.

Digital Future is a venture capital firm established in 2014 and based in Kyiv, Ukraine. The firm specializes in providing late seed and early-stage funding to companies primarily in the advertising technology, digital marketing, artificial intelligence, security, internet of things, SaaS, marketplace, B2B, and B2C sectors. Digital Future focuses on investing in companies with initial traction, scalable business models, and strong teams, targeting both the United States and European markets. The firm typically invests between $50,000 to $500,000 for seed and early-stage projects, with specific amounts allocated for local, CIS, and global initiatives. Digital Future aims for a stake of 10 to 15 percent in its investments and prefers projects with patent-pending technologies or intellectual properties. The firm also considers M&A proposals and projects at the Round A stage or older. Its portfolio includes companies from Ukraine, Europe, Israel, and the United States.

Established in 2017, Specialist VC is a venture capital firm headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. It focuses on investing in early-stage (pre-seed to series A) companies operating within the B2B, SaaS, FinTech, platforms, software-enabled hardware, and deep tech sectors across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Ukraine, and Belarus.

hi5 Ventures is a Kyiv-based venture capital firm focused on seed-stage Ukrainian technology companies. It leverages more than 15 years of investment experience and the specialized expertise of its limited partners to support early-stage startups with capital and strategic guidance.

Lviv Tech Angels is an angel investment network established in 2019 in Lviv, Ukraine, dedicated to fostering a vibrant startup culture in the region. Comprised of a community of investors, Lviv Tech Angels focuses on investing in the development of startups and product companies, thereby enhancing the innovative ecosystem of Lviv. The network aims to position the city and the surrounding area as an appealing destination for startups and businesses, ultimately contributing to the broader economic development of Ukraine. Through their investments, Lviv Tech Angels plays a critical role in supporting local entrepreneurs and nurturing the growth of the technology sector in the region.

Detonate Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2011 and based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It specializes in seed and early-stage investments, primarily funded by private Israeli investors. The firm manages in-house projects and takes an active role in its investments, employing a partner approach to ensure close collaboration and support. The management team possesses extensive expertise across various sectors, including technology, media, telecommunications, marketing, and strategic consulting. With a focus on nurturing and developing its portfolio companies, Detonate Ventures aims to contribute to the growth and success of the businesses in which it invests.

Presto Ventures is a Prague-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Přemysl Rubeš. It backs early-stage technology startups, with a focus on fast-growing companies in NATO and allied countries, spanning defense tech, resilience tech, deeptech, and dual-use technologies. The firm provides portfolio companies with resources and guidance to help them scale and reach both local and global markets, supporting Central and Eastern European founders as they bring innovative products and services to market.

Founded in Spain in 2013, Demium is an operational venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurial talent to create successful startups. It operates as an incubator, providing office space, methodology, mentoring, and seed investment to early-stage companies with a digital or technological focus.

3TS Capital Partners is a European technology-focused private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1999 and based in Helsinki, with offices in the United States and across Europe. It provides expansion capital and buyout funding for small and mid-sized technology companies, focusing on growth sectors such as technology and internet, media and communications, and technology-enabled services, including software, fintech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, e-commerce and digital platforms. The firm seeks to take significant minority or majority stakes and typically assumes a board seat to guide portfolio companies. It invests across Europe, often leveraging sector partners and co-investors to add value beyond capital, and supports international expansion and operational development to accelerate growth of scalable, tech-driven businesses.

Fison is a Ukrainian venture capital firm established in 2014, specializing in early-stage investments with a focus on startups. It primarily invests in innovative projects across mobile apps, e-commerce, and big data sectors, aiming to provide portfolio investment opportunities with lower risks.

Pracuj Ventures Sp. z o.o. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage, seed stage, technology startup investments. The firm focus to invest in human resources technologies and educational technologies. It prefers to invest in the companies based in Poland and Ukraine. The firm seeks to invest between zł0.5 million ($0.12 million) and zł2 million ($0.50 million). The firm invests for a period of three to seven years. The firm prefers to make co-investments. The firm seeks to require an executive, non-executive, advisor or observer board seat. Pracuj Ventures Sp. z o.o. was founded in 2019 and is based in Warsaw, Poland.

Earlybird Venture Capital GmbH & Co. KG is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage, startups, growth and development stage, late, and expansion investments in private companies in seed, series A and B with a potential for later follow on investments. The firm typically invests in disruptive global consumer and enterprise internet and technology businesses, mobility and logistics, internet of things, marketplaces, communities, social networks, blockchain, mobile services, insurance, enterprise productivity, vertical integration, data, analytics and artificial intelligence, cloud computing, software/information technology, communications, healthcare, diagnostics, convergent technologies, and technology enabled services companies. It also invests in internet services, financial technology, cleantech, health technologies, web servers, B2B commerce, e-commerce software, digital media technologies, hardware, diversified financial services, media, medical technology, medical devices and biotech platform technologies. The firm typically invests in globally focusing on companies based in Europe, with an emphasis on German-speaking countries and Central Eastern Europe. The firm also invests in United States of America, Ukraine, GSA, Nordics, United Kingdom, Benelux, France, Southern Europe, Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia, Romania, Western Europe, Poland, Montenegro, Moldova, Macedonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Kosovo, Hungary, Estonia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Germany, Turkey, and Jordan. It initially invests between €200,000 million ($0.22 million) and €5 million ($7.18 million) and can participate in subsequent rounds up to a total investment of €10 million ($14.37 million) to €15 million ($21.56 million) per Portfolio Company. The firm prefers to be the lead investor, take a minority stake, and a board membership in the portfolio companies. Earlybird Venture Capital GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 1997 and is based in Berlin, Germany with additional offices in Munich, Germany; Istanbul, Turkey; and the United States.

Founded by successful Ukrainian entrepreneurs, Vesna Capital is a venture capital firm based in Kyiv. It focuses on investing in early-stage, scalable startups from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Nordic regions.

Acrobator Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Amsterdam with additional operations in Kyiv and Tbilisi, backing technology founders from pre-seed to growth stages. The firm focuses on software-driven companies across Western and Eastern Europe, the United States, and CIS regions, supporting ventures that provide infrastructure, AI and ML capabilities, fintech, data services, cybersecurity, and market-enabled platforms. Sectors of interest include SaaS, big data, education technology, advertising and marketing technology, e-commerce, and human resource technology, among others. Acrobator emphasizes leveraging founders' networks, data access, and market access to accelerate growth and cross-border expansion, particularly bridging Eastern and Western markets. Typical investment sizes range from roughly €0.05 million to €0.5 million in early rounds, with a broader scope to participate in subsequent stages as needed. The firm seeks to partner with ambitious teams building scalable technologies and solutions that address global digital economy needs.

Roosh is a Ukrainian company that creates and invests in AI and ML-focused projects. Its business ecosystem is composed of: — Neurons Lab specializes in research, development, and consulting in AI/ML: helping small and medium-sized businesses create solutions in the field of artificial intelligence. — Venture studio Pawa is responsible for finding, developing and scaling ML ideas and projects, turning them from concept to fully-fledged companies — Venture fund Roosh Ventures, which focuses on the US and EU markets, invests in ambitious startups at various stages, and helps develop an international network. — AI HOUSE is a non-profit initiative responsible for building and developing a community of AI/ML specialists in Ukraine. — The educational platform AI HOUSE CLUB was added to the ecosystem, which enables ML specialists to accelerate their career in the field of ML. — IT university SET University, which provides educational opportunities for Ukrainian students all over the world and strives to grow future technological innovators and entrepreneurs according to global education standards. — Deep-tech startup ZibraAI and AI startup Reface.

Founded in 2022, Slava Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It focuses on investing in pre-seed and seed stages within the information technology sector, with a particular interest in companies based in the Ukraine region.

Founded in 2016, GR Capital is a pan-European venture capital firm that invests in fast-growing tech companies with proven teams and scalable models. Focusing on health, wealth, housing, and mobility sectors, the firm provides growth capital and strategic connections to support expansion across markets, talent pools, operations, and opportunities.

Integer.pl Group is one of the most successful private postal groups in Europe. In only 3 years, the InPost parcel lockers technology can be found in the following countries: Australia, Chile, Great Britain, Italy, Ireland, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala. By offering a unique customer experience to its users, as illustrated by an NPS (NET PROMOTER SCORE, as for February 19th) of 89%, Integer.pl Group aims to build a strong global footprint in the global logistics sector. The innovative nature of the InPost parcel locker solution was confirmed by a number of awards that the Group has won, including World Mail Awards 2013, Retail Innovation of the year (2013), Delivery Innovation Excellence UK (2014).

The company accelerates the entertainment industry with creative solutions in broadcasting, augmented reality, visual effects, interactive experiences, etc. Networks, brands, and agencies around the world turn to WePlay Studios for content development, production execution, and highly targeted brand integrations. Founded in Kyiv, Ukraine, by Yura Lazebnikov and Oleg Krot, the company has dual headquarters in Los Angeles, California, and Kyiv, Ukraine, with high-tech arenas and studios specialized for creating content of any kind. Today, WePlay Studios is the strategic partner of One True King, the largest streaming community in the United States, and the production partner of the Enthusiast Gaming organization. The WePlay team was shortlisted for the Sports Emmy Awards for 2022 for outstanding coverage of an esports event and a finalist of the 2021 Esports Awards for Creative Team of the Year, among many other awards. WePlay Studios is proud to have developed, produced, hosted, and broadcast over 30 esports and gaming events, amassing nearly two million followers and 235 million views on Twitch.

AngelSyndicate is an independent venture investment group founded in 2016 and based in Kyiv, Ukraine. The organization focuses on supporting innovative and transformative projects within the country, aiming to foster growth and development in the local startup ecosystem. By connecting investors with promising ventures, AngelSyndicate plays a crucial role in nurturing entrepreneurial talent and facilitating the emergence of game-changing businesses in Ukraine.

ZBS Capital is a venture capital firm based in Kyiv, focused on the crypto, blockchain, and Web3 sectors. It backs early-stage projects by providing financing and strategic advisory to help progress technology development, tokenomics, and growth plans. The team combines expertise across blockchain, marketing, and finance, with a global perspective. The firm emphasizes rigorous, fundamentals-driven evaluation, including technology progress, social impact, and market readiness, to guide investment decisions and support portfolio companies in achieving milestones and broader ecosystem goals.

TPY Capital is a venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 2011, it specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on technology startups in areas such as data and analytics, fintech, human augmentation, enterprise software, and frontier technologies like quantum computing.

Established in 2019 and headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine, Adventures Lab is a venture capital firm that invests in early to late-stage technology companies. They focus on fast-growing B2C and B2B businesses with strong teams, clear visions, and proven business models.

MTech Capital is a venture capital firm with offices in Santa Monica and London that invests in technology companies across insurtech, wealthtech, asset management, health and wellness, employee benefits, and enterprise software. Founded in 2018, it backs founders who aim to transform the insurance industry and related financial services through technology, and it makes investments across stages in North America and Europe, including Israel.

Founded in 1998, Globalive Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments. It focuses on technology and infrastructure sectors globally, with offices in Toronto, New York, and San Francisco.

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. The firm focuses on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with emphasis on fintech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, DevOps, and healthcare. Based in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, Insight Partners has backed more than 750 companies worldwide and has more than 55 portfolio companies that have achieved an IPO. As of 2022, the firm reports over $75 billion in assets under management. It seeks to fund and work closely with visionary executives, providing practical, hands-on software expertise to support growth from initial investment through to IPO.

Network VC is a venture capital firm established in 2019 and located in Menlo Park, California. The firm focuses on investing in startups across various sectors, leveraging a robust ecosystem to access a diverse pool of investment opportunities. This ecosystem is primarily built through initiatives like Unicorn Battles and CUP Startup, which create a significant funnel of startups. By tapping into this extensive network, Network VC aims to identify and support high-potential startups, thereby enhancing its investment success.

Founded in 2018, Flyer One Ventures is an international early-stage venture capital firm based in Warsaw, Poland. It focuses on investing in early-stage startups from the CEE region operating on global markets worth over $10 billion. The firm primarily invests in sectors such as Mobile, Health Tech, EdTech, B2B SaaS, Gaming, FoodTech, and AI/ML.

Founded in 2015, Vistara Growth is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital for mid-late stage technology companies across North America. It provides flexible financing solutions, including debt, equity, or combinations thereof, with typical investment sizes ranging from $4 million to $30 million. The firm focuses on software, technology, and tech-enabled services sectors.

Invest AG is the private equity and venture capital arm of Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich Aktiengesellschaft, specializing in investments in small and medium-sized enterprises. Established in 1994 and headquartered in Linz, Austria, the firm manages a portfolio of approximately 180 million euros, focusing on expansion and growth financing, management buyouts, and other financial strategies, while avoiding investments in tourism and restructuring. It generally invests between 1.5 million and 15 million euros, seeking a stake of no more than 49 percent in the companies it supports. The firm operates primarily in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with a particular emphasis on the Upper Austrian region for young entrepreneurs. Invest AG has invested in over 140 companies across various sectors and aims to exit its investments through methods such as IPOs and trade sales. The firm prides itself on providing long-term stability and expertise to its partners, assisting them in operational, commercial, and strategic matters.

Headquartered in San Francisco with offices globally, Citi Ventures explores, incubates, and invests in innovative ideas across fintech, data analytics, commerce, security, marketing, property tech, distributed ledger technology, and digital assets. It collaborates with Citi colleagues, clients, and the broader innovation community to drive discovery of new value.

Allied Venture Partners is an angel network based in Calgary, Canada, established in 2020. It is recognized as Western Canada’s largest angel syndicate, focusing on early-stage technology startups. The firm aims to support the growth of software and technology companies throughout Canada and the United States by providing investment and resources to promising ventures.

Next47 is an independent, global venture firm backed by Siemens AG that concentrates on enterprise-focused technology companies. It makes fast decisions and shares deep conviction with the teams it backs, aiming to unleash maximum potential. The firm leverages its own global footprint and the Siemens ecosystem spanning hundreds of countries and regions to provide resources and collaboration opportunities. It invests primarily in software, infrastructure, and other information technology sectors, including enterprise AI-enabled solutions.

Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.

Founded in 2017, OTB Ventures is a leading European venture capital firm focused on DeepTech investments. With a unique advantage in accessing Central and Eastern European deal flow, the company invests primarily in early growth stage startups (late Seed to Series B) developing innovative technologies in SpaceTech, AI & Automation, FinTech, and Cybersecurity verticals. Headquartered in Amsterdam with an additional office in Warsaw, OTB Ventures manages over $300M.

Founded in 2012, Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm based in Saint Louis, Missouri. The firm focuses on early-stage investing in life sciences, health technology, software, IT, agriculture tech, and geospatial tech sectors.

IA Capital Group, established in 1992 and headquartered in New York, is a private equity firm specializing in venture capital investments. It focuses on the insurtech and fintech sectors, targeting early and growth-stage companies in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The firm invests between $1.5 million and $10 million, typically taking majority or minority stakes in companies with sales exceeding $2 million. IA Capital's portfolio spans various sub-sectors, including payments, financial infrastructure, insurance technology, lending, and wealth management. Additionally, the firm manages strategic venture capital programs for multiple insurers and incubates new companies.

Almaz Capital is an international venture capital firm based in California that invests in early-stage, capital-efficient technology companies. It operates as a bridge between Eastern European and former Soviet engineering talent and the U.S. market to help build global businesses. The firm focuses on high-growth sectors such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, data engineering, cybersecurity, industrial Internet of Things, and networking infrastructure. Since its founding in 2008, Almaz Capital has backed more than 30 portfolio companies and achieved multiple exits, attracting investors including Cisco, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the International Finance Corporation. The firm's approach combines cross-border expertise with hands-on support to accelerate growth in technology startups across the United States and Europe.

Nationwide Ventures, LLC is a financial investment firm based in Columbus, Ohio, established in 2016. The company focuses on investing in early, mid, and late-stage startups, particularly in the sectors of fintech, insurtech, and innovative solutions for retirement and financial services. By concentrating on customer-centric platforms that utilize digital, mobile, and analytics technologies, Nationwide Ventures aims to enhance the experiences of its clients. The firm typically invests between $1 million and $5 million, seeking to pilot new technologies and test novel solutions and business models.

Vertex Ventures is a global venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments. With offices across the U.S., China, Israel, India, and Southeast Asia, they focus on enterprise and infrastructure companies, supporting innovative entrepreneurs with operational expertise and access to capital.

Viola Group is Israel's technology-focused investment group that operates a multi-strategy platform to support technology entrepreneurs from early stage to growth. Based in Herzliya and founded in 2000, the group manages over $3 billion in assets and oversees several specialized units, including Viola Ventures (early-stage venture capital), Viola Growth (growth capital), Viola Credit (private credit), Viola Partners (private investor fund), and Viola FinTech (cross-stage fintech investments). Viola Group primarily backs Israeli technology companies and related ventures, while also pursuing global opportunities. The firm provides more than capital by offering strategic guidance, board participation, and access to a broad international network to help portfolio companies scale in software, cybersecurity, fintech, AI, semiconductors, and other tech-enabled sectors. The approach emphasizes long-term value creation through investments across multiple stages and active portfolio support.

Innovestor is a Nordic venture capital investor based in Helsinki, Finland. It provides funding and strategic support to growth companies and offers investors access to carefully selected opportunities. The firm focuses on technology, life sciences, health, and related sectors such as cleantech, industrial technologies, consumer, and enterprise software, leveraging a team of experienced professionals and industry experts. The company is supervised by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority.

Founded in Munich, Germany in 2021, YZR Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments in health tech sectors across Europe.

Established in 2006, ICU Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine. It focuses on investing in early-stage technology companies with Eastern European roots, particularly in fintech, deep tech, mobility, and enterprise software sectors. The firm provides not only capital but also strategic support and international networking opportunities to foster growth.