FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda, the firm is stage-agnostic, prioritizing seed and Series A investments in scalable businesses with strong unit economics and potential to become market leaders. Typical checks run from fifty thousand to five million dollars. FJ Labs leverages a broad network to support portfolio companies in fundraising and growth and frequently co-invests with other global funds to amplify impact. The firm emphasizes rapid decision-making to speed deployment and pursues opportunities in large economies with mature venture ecosystems.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, focused on seed-to-growth investments in deep tech, life sciences, hardware and software, with a strong emphasis on human and planetary health. The company operates startup development programs such as HAX and IndieBio, offering facilities, labs, engineering resources, mentorship, and collaborative workspaces to help founders advance technology and accelerate fundraising. Beyond capital, SOSV provides hands-on support to accelerate product development, customer acquisition and scaling, connecting portfolio companies with a global network of partners and investors. Its ecosystem spans multiple regions and markets, including cross-border ventures in Asia, and it maintains a portfolio of startups that have progressed to subsequent funding rounds. In addition to direct investments, SOSV’s programs and resources are designed to help early-stage companies mature toward scalable, sustainable growth while fostering innovation across sectors that address health, climate, and technology challenges.

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, founded in 2013. It connects accredited individual investors—especially alumni from top entrepreneurial schools—to venture opportunities by pooling investments and backing companies with alumni connections alongside institutional lead investors. The firm offers diversified portfolios through focused funds, syndicates, and investing clubs, enabling access to venture deals across sectors, stages, and geographies. It emphasizes transparency, due diligence, and co-investment with established venture capital firms.

BMW Group is a premium automobile and motorcycle manufacturer headquartered in Munich, producing a range of vehicles from convertible sports cars and luxury sedans to touring motorcycles, and offering premium financial and mobility services worldwide. The company operates 31 production and assembly facilities in 15 countries and maintains a global sales network, making it a leading producer of premium automobiles and motorcycles. It emphasizes innovation in production technology, sustainability, digitalisation, and efficient dynamics to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. The group owns the BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce, and BMW Motorrad brands.

Samsung Electronics is a global technology company headquartered in South Korea that designs, manufactures, and sells a broad range of electronics and information technology products. The company operates in consumer electronics, mobile communications, IT, and device solutions, offering smartphones, tablets, TVs, home appliances, PCs, memory and storage products, and other electronic components. It is a leading producer of semiconductors and display technologies and supplies components for its own devices as well as external customers. Samsung Electronics maintains a worldwide presence across regions including Korea, North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific, supports repair and service for its products, and invests in research and development to advance advanced materials, processing, and new architectures. It is widely regarded as the largest smartphone and television manufacturer in the world, underpinning a broad ecosystem of devices and technologies.

European Investment Fund is the European Union’s financing arm for small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-caps, providing financial instruments to improve access to affordable financing throughout a business lifecycle. It leverages its capital base to attract private investment through guarantees and equity funding, fostering public-private partnerships and crowding in lenders and investors to support SMEs and startups across EU member states, candidate countries, and EFTA. The EIF focuses on innovation, growth, competitiveness, social impact, and sustainability, and supports financing for sectors such as information technology, life sciences, energy, and manufacturing, helping close funding gaps and contribute to Europe’s economic resilience and strategic autonomy.

NIO Capital is a Shanghai-based investment firm established in 2016 that targets early- and growth-stage opportunities in automotive, new energy and deep technology. Backed by NIO, it aims to back innovative teams shaping electromobility, autonomous driving, shared mobility, energy networks and advanced materials, providing strategic support and partnerships throughout the venture lifecycle to accelerate digital transformation and decarbonization.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It finances startups across seed, early, and growth stages, with a focus on technology-driven sectors such as information technology, internet, software, mobile, and telecommunications, as well as healthcare, energy, financial services, and related industries. The firm supports ambitious founders through capital allocation and guidance, aiming to help build durable companies that reach IPOs or acquisitions. Sequoia operates globally with investments in the United States and international markets, often engaging across multiple rounds and collaborating with portfolio companies throughout their growth lifecycle. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships, rigorous due diligence, and a hands-on approach to scaling operations, product development, and go-to-market strategies.

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that provides early-stage and growth equity investments in technology companies. Founded in 2000 and based in the United States, the firm backs startups across consumer, enterprise software, fintech, crypto, and health technologies, offering mentorship and strategic guidance to help ideas scale. It participates in seed and growth rounds, often taking minority or majority stakes, and supports portfolio companies with resources and networks across North America and Europe.

SDIC Innovation Investment Management is the private equity and venture capital arm of State Development & Investment Corp. It makes investments across technology and manufacturing sectors, including mobile internet, internet of things, cloud computing, big data, information technology services, industrial robotics, and intelligent manufacturing. The firm also targets high-end medical equipment, diagnostics, high-value consumables, modern agricultural equipment, ships and marine engineering, new materials, clean energy, energy conservation, and healthcare; for new energy vehicles it focuses on intelligent upstream and downstream supply chains, power batteries and systems, and related technologies. Founded in 2009, the company is based in Beijing with an additional office in Asia. The firm aims to support development and deployment of innovative technologies through private equity and venture capital investments.

Shunwei Capital is a Beijing-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that focuses on early- to growth-stage investments in China's internet and technology sectors. The firm emphasizes opportunities in the local internet industry and technology, including software, hardware, smart devices, and related areas such as new media, games, internet finance, and rural internet, with selective cross-border activity in East Asia. It manages multiple funds and pursues incubation, startups, and growth capital investments. Notable portfolio companies include Xiaomi, Huami, iQiyi, and Viomi Technology, reflecting the firm's emphasis on leading technology-enabled consumer and IoT businesses. Shunwei supports founders through capital and operational experience to help scale ideas into global companies.

Maniv Mobility is a New York-based venture capital firm established in 2015 that specializes in early-stage investments in the transportation and mobility sector. It supports startups developing advanced transportation technology, including safety enhancements and vehicle autonomy, and collaborates with investors such as OurCrowd to fund and guide portfolio companies. The firm focuses on accelerating innovation in mobility, working with entrepreneurs and financiers to overcome industry hurdles and advance a future of safer, more efficient, and cleaner urban transportation.

Porsche Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Porsche Automobil Holding SE. It invests in early-stage and growth companies across mobility, industrial technology, sustainability, and digital lifestyle, with focus on future technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and virtual and augmented reality, as well as climate-neutral power, battery technology, and cybersecurity. The firm partners with founders, leveraging Porsche’s engineering expertise and a global network to accelerate growth. It is headquartered in Stuttgart and maintains a global footprint with offices in Berlin, Ludwigsburg, Palo Alto, Tel Aviv, Shanghai, and Luxembourg.

Autotech Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in Menlo Park, California. It targets early-stage investments in mobility, ground transportation and related advanced technologies, including autonomous, connected, shared and electrified vehicles, as well as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, fintech and software-as-a-service, with a focus on the United States, Europe and Israel. The firm backs startups seeking to transform transportation and logistics, and supports them with capital, access to industry contacts—including corporate investors—market intelligence on the mobility landscape, talent recruitment, and fundraising assistance to bridge collaboration between startups and established players.

Antler is a global venture capital firm based in Singapore that backs early-stage technology companies. It runs incubation programs and provides a global community of co-founders, access to talent, expert advisors, expansion support, and capital to help startups grow. The firm targets a broad range of sectors, including healthcare, finance, software, energy, consumer and B2B technologies, and operates through regional programs across Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and beyond.

IDG Capital is a venture capital and private equity investment firm focused on funding technology companies across early to growth stages. It blends global perspective with deep local expertise in China and Asia, mobilizing international resources to support inbound and outbound opportunities. Headquartered in Hong Kong and established in 1993, the firm has built one of the first institutional investment platforms in China and maintains relationships with influential business leaders. It works with private equity and venture capital fund managers, investment advisors, and entities worldwide, managing funds in USD and RMB and backing portfolio companies with a long-term value approach, particularly in software, information technology, and related sectors.

SAIC Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of SAIC Motor, investing in direct and fund-of-funds opportunities with a focus on early and growth-stage mobility and automotive technology. It targets areas such as new energy vehicles, intelligent connected vehicles, automotive electronics, lightweight materials, and related information technologies, pursuing strategic investments and value creation for SAIC and partner investors. The firm generally concentrates its activity in China while maintaining a global footprint that includes the Silicon Valley, enabling collaboration with startups and technology partners to advance SAIC's vehicle platforms and industrial operations.

Shenzhen Capital Group is a government-backed venture capital and private equity firm based in Shenzhen, established in 1999. It concentrates on early-stage and growth investments in information technology, internet, new media, biopharma, new energy, environmental protection, advanced materials, high-end equipment manufacturing, and consumer sectors, with a focus on SMEs and enterprises in emerging industries. The firm seeks long-term value creation through active portfolio development, including post-investment services that support growth and commercialization. Beyond direct investments, it manages broader capitalization activities such as mutual funds, real estate funds, and asset securitization. Shenzhen Capital Group has built a large, diversified portfolio and has supported numerous companies through to initial public offerings in domestic and international markets.

Glory Ventures is a Shanghai-based venture capital firm that backs early- and growth-stage startups, with a cross-border focus on China and Israel. The firm concentrates on consumer market opportunities and sectors including intelligent hardware, IoT, AI, and computer vision, and also pursues B2B enterprise services, consumption upgrade, and related tech subsectors. It pursues a research-driven approach and seeks to create industrial ecosystems by integrating private equity resources and public-listed company assets to offer value-added support and strategic synergies. Exits are considered through mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings. Glory Ventures operates with a global perspective, actively investing in Israel and China and aiming to connect startups with established industrial players to accelerate adoption of deep-tech solutions. Through its ecosystem-building activities, Glory Ventures has cultivated relationships with notable investors and corporates and maintains a portfolio across AI, IoT, fintech, and related fields.

InMotion Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Jaguar Land Rover, based in London. It identifies and invests in startups that advance the automotive industry, working with Jaguar Land Rover experts to align portfolio companies with the group’s global strategy. The firm provides capital and resources to purpose-driven businesses and prioritizes environmental and societal impact alongside strategic and financial returns. Its investment scope includes enterprise software, industrial technology and climate-related technologies that complement Jaguar Land Rover’s mobility platforms and sustainable initiatives.

Qualcomm is an American fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services. It produces processors and connectivity solutions, software, displays, and charging products, and serves automotive, education, healthcare, Internet of Things, mobile computing, networking, smart cities, smart homes, and wearables. The company operates through three segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), which develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software for 3G, 4G, and 5G wireless communications; Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL), which licenses its intellectual property portfolio for wireless standards; and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI), which invests in early-stage ventures to support new products and services. A core product line is Snapdragon, the brand for its mobile processors and related platforms.

Stellantis is a global automotive manufacturer formed in January 2021 by the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Peugeot. It ranks among the world’s largest vehicle makers as the fourth-largest OEM by sales at the time of formation. The company offers a broad portfolio spanning mainstream passenger cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, and commercial vehicles under brands such as Fiat, Jeep, Chrysler, Ram, Peugeot, Citroën, Opel, Alfa Romeo, and Maserati. Stellantis pursues mobility solutions through electrification, software strategies, and an ecosystem of partnerships to drive sustainable mobility. In 2024, the group sold about 5.5 million vehicles, with regional shares of 47% in Europe, 26% in North America, and 17% in South America. The company emphasizes electrification, connectivity, and advanced software to support its global product lineup and diversified regional footprint.

Tiger Global Management is a New York-based investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman. It allocates capital to private and public markets worldwide, with a focus on technology, internet, consumer and financial services sectors, and regions including the United States, China, India, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The firm employs public equity strategies such as long/short and growth, alongside private investments across early to late stages, seeking high-quality growth opportunities and supporting portfolio companies throughout their lifecycle.

Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. The firm backs entrepreneurs with venture assistance, strategic guidance, and capital, focusing on bold, early-stage technology companies. It invests across sectors including AI, climate and sustainability, enterprise software, consumer technologies, fintech, digital health, medtech and diagnostics, therapeutics, and frontier technologies. Based in Menlo Park, the firm manages several funds to support startups across stages, prioritizing ventures that address large markets and have potential for significant social and economic impact.

Addor Capital is a Chinese venture capital firm headquartered in Nanjing, founded in 2014. It provides growth capital across seed-, early-, later-, and growth-stage companies operating in clean technology, health, new materials, advanced manufacturing, consumer services, cultural industries, and TMT, with a broader focus on green industries, technology, and life sciences. The firm finances early-stage ventures and holds securities of other companies, and it manages over 100 billion yuan in assets, pursuing ecological empowerment and long-term value creation.

Blume Ventures is a Mumbai-based Indian venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology ventures from seed to pre-Series A across sectors including consumer internet, enterprise SaaS, deep tech, fintech, climatetech and agritech, as well as healthcare and IT. The firm typically acts as one of the first institutional investors in its portfolio companies and provides follow-on funding, mentorship, and in-house resources to support growth. It emphasizes long-term partnerships, often investing with a horizon of eight to ten years, and frequently co-invests with angels and seed funds to bolster portfolio companies.

High-Tech Gründerfonds is a Germany-based venture capital firm that provides seed and early-stage financing to technology-focused startups. Founded in 2005, it operates as a public-private partnership with government and corporate investors to support German and European tech companies across digital technology, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry and related areas. The firm offers capital and expertise to help startups move from concept to market, typically engaging in initial rounds and follow-on funding to accelerate growth. Since inception it has backed hundreds of startups and supported follow-on rounds, helping to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship in Germany.

Advantage Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, with additional offices across the United States. The firm specializes in equity and debt investments, including growth equity, senior and subordinated debt, and mezzanine financing, with a focus on small businesses and underserved communities. It collaborates with state and federal economic programs to support local economic development and has financed companies in sectors such as manufacturing, technology, business services, energy, and agribusiness, including renewable and solar projects. The firm targets opportunities across growth stages and aims to create lasting economic impact by expanding opportunity in low-income areas through private investment and public-private partnerships.

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.

Hiway Capital is a venture capital firm based in Guangzhou, China. Established in 2007, it focuses on investments across manufacturing, healthcare, new materials and energy, agriculture, and enterprise services.

Bossa Invest is a venture capital investment firm based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011. It focuses on software as a service investments and provides investment services to clients, informed by market trend analysis, and serves sectors such as finance, technology, and real estate.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Herzliya. Founded in 2000, the firm backs companies across seed, early, and growth stages, investing in software, enterprise technology, consumer internet, fintech, healthtech, and cleantech sectors. It provides equity and debt financing and seeks opportunities globally, including the United States, Asia, and Israel. Lightspeed partners with entrepreneurs to scale businesses from inception through expansion, supporting a broad range of sectors such as AI, mobile, e-commerce, data infrastructure, and security. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships and hands-on involvement to help portfolio companies navigate growth and market dynamics.

Lux Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 that funds seed- and early-stage companies, with occasional growth investments, in science- and engineering-driven sectors. It backs ventures applying scientific research to commercial applications across artificial intelligence, biotechnology, advanced materials, electronics, aerospace and space technology, satellites, drones, robotics, synthetic biology, genomics, 3D printing, and related infrastructure. The firm provides capital alongside strategic input on product development, team building and long-term positioning, taking an active role to help translate complex innovations into scalable businesses. With offices in New York and Silicon Valley, Lux has helped launch more than 20 companies and manages several billion dollars in assets. It emphasizes deep scientific insight, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and an early-stage focus, aiming to connect portfolio companies with markets and industry leadership.

Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in San Francisco that funds early-stage technology companies. The firm focuses on applied AI, B2B software, fintech, health tech, infrastructure and hardware, and supports ventures from idea to Series A with a hands-on, founder-friendly approach drawn from its team of former entrepreneurs. It has backed and partnered with companies such as Apple, FedEx, Oculus, Canva, Zendesk and HubSpot, Postmates and Fivetran, illustrating a history of broad technology investments across the United States, China and India. Matrix Partners combines local knowledge with global experience to help portfolio companies scale into category-leading businesses.

FM Capital is a venture firm focused on transforming the transportation industry by partnering with entrepreneurs developing innovative, cleaner, safer, and more efficient mobility solutions for moving people and goods. It invests in automotive technology, transportation, and mobility companies across the automotive and mobility landscape, leveraging a proprietary sourcing process and hands-on management engagement to drive long-term portfolio performance. The firm seeks both strong financial returns and positive social impact through advances in safer vehicles, reduced emissions, and more equitable access to mobility.

State Development & Investment Corporation is a state-owned investment holding company based in Beijing, China, with a diversified portfolio spanning infrastructure investments, financial services, and international business; it engages in electric power, coal development, ports and shipping, urban environmental protection, biomass energy, health, and related sectors, and provides financial services, asset management, consulting, engineering design, property management, and project services, while pursuing direct investments and international trade and cooperation; the company aligns its development activities with national strategies, integrating industrial investment with financial services and global operations to support economic growth and optimize its asset mix through strategic planning and government-market collaboration.

IMM Investment is a Seoul-based independent private equity and venture capital firm established in 1999. The company engages in mezzanine and growth investments and pursues opportunities in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate restructuring, private equity, industry consolidation, management buyouts, spin-offs, recapitalizations, and cross-border transactions. It concentrates on medium-sized companies operating in information technology infrastructure, wireless communications, software, contents, and other technology-enabled sectors, with a particular emphasis on information technology, healthcare/biotech, and manufacturing. The firm typically takes an active role in governance and strategic direction and focuses on opportunities within South Korea and cross-border contexts. IMM Investment aims to support portfolio companies through growth, expansion, and consolidation, leveraging its long-standing relationships with institutional investors and investment professionals.

Sunsino Venture Group is a Taipei-based venture capital firm established in the early 1990s that invests in healthcare, technology and software companies. It has backed more than 200 companies in Taiwan and the United States, and reports assets under management of about US$150 million.

Trucks Venture Capital is a California‑based early‑stage venture capital firm focused on the transportation sector and related technologies. Based in San Francisco, the firm backs startups advancing the future of mobility, including autonomous, connected and shared vehicle solutions.

Automotive Ventures is a global seed-stage venture firm focused on mobility and automotive technology. Based in Atlanta, it invests in companies operating in mobility, cybersecurity, connectivity, autonomy, robotics, AI, energy, decarbonization, and auto commerce, guided by a strong thesis for the future of mobility. The firm provides industry expertise, a robust network that lends credibility and helps portfolio companies access early customers and partners, and empathetic founder support through ups and downs. With a seasoned team and average initial checks around $500,000, Automotive Ventures partners with exceptional founders to advance technology, scale operations, and broaden participation of industry players such as dealerships in automotive tech ecosystems.

BDC Capital is the growth equity and venture capital arm of the Business Development Bank of Canada. It provides direct investments and fund of funds, targeting early-stage to growth-stage companies across Canada, particularly in information technology, healthcare, industrial/energy, cleantech, and related tech sectors. It offers a full spectrum of capital from seed to growth, often taking minority stakes and co-investing with partners, with board representation as appropriate. The firm backs both stand-alone companies and women-led ventures, with typical initial and total investment ranges in the low to mid tens of millions CAD depending on stage. It operates across Canada, headquartered in Montreal with additional offices in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, and collaborates to help portfolio companies scale through strategic guidance, financing and exit options such as IPOs, strategic sales, or leveraged buyouts.

Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is a Europe-based innovation engine and investor focused on sustainable energy. It makes equity minority investments in early-stage climate tech and energy companies and provides value-added services to accelerate business cases, de-risk ventures, and scale technologies across Europe and the United States. Beyond financing, it supports workforce education and the development of resilient clean-tech value chains to advance a global net-zero economy.

Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group is Lenovo’s accelerator and venture capital unit that backs core technology and internet-related ventures worldwide. It focuses on areas such as cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and robotics, aligning investments with Lenovo’s business research and development and strategic initiatives. By integrating Lenovo’s global resources and expertise, LCIG incubates startup ideas, funds early-stage innovations, and pursues new business directions to promote Lenovo’s future innovation and development.

Cowin Capital is an investment firm based in Shenzhen, China, founded in 2000, specializing in private placement equity investments in small and medium-sized enterprises with a long-term horizon. It funds pioneering ventures across a range of sectors, including health, technology, telecommunications, energy, electronics and environmental protection, and supports growth from early stage through expansion. The firm has invested in hundreds of companies and has facilitated numerous exits or public listings, reflecting a track record of helping portfolio companies scale and reach new markets.

CAS Star is a venture capital firm based in Xi’an, China, with an additional office in Beijing. It invests in high-tech sectors such as optoelectronic chips, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, aerospace, smart manufacturing, information technology, energy, oncology, advanced manufacturing, SaaS, and space technology, and it actively participates in technology-driven incubation. The firm aims to build a scientific and technological entrepreneurial ecosystem by collaborating with research institutions, angel funds, incubators, and entrepreneurship training to support technology entrepreneurs.

Oriza Holdings is a Suzhou-based investment holding company and asset manager in China. Through multiple investment arms, it conducts equity and debt investments, venture and growth financing, and fund-of-funds activities, aiming to connect investment resources with industrial capabilities. The group manages substantial assets and supports innovation by fostering platforms that integrate capital with technology and entrepreneurship. It backs startups and growth-stage companies across information technology, healthcare, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, cloud computing, big data, and other TMT sectors, with a focus on the China region and Southeast Asia. The firm emphasizes early-stage to mature investments and collaborates with industry and academic partners to promote regional economic development, including initiatives such as regional innovation competitions and talent development programs. By aligning capital with strategic sectors, Oriza Holdings seeks to enhance value across its portfolio while contributing to China's innovation ecosystem.

Parkwalk Advisors is a London-based venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early-stage to growth-stage technology companies, with a particular emphasis on spin-outs derived from UK universities and research institutes. It targets UK-based, often unquoted companies across sectors such as artificial intelligence, big data, life sciences, materials, cleantech, future mobility, medical technology, quantum computing and related fields, and operates with a stage-agnostic approach from seed through later rounds. The firm leverages academic networks, technology transfer channels and venture networks to access deal flow and support portfolio companies. Founded in 2009, it has been aligned with IP Group as part of its corporate structure, reinforcing its focus on intellectual property-backed innovation. The company is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Citigroup is a global diversified financial services firm that provides a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions. It operates primarily through two segments: Global Consumer Banking, which offers traditional retail banking, Citi-branded cards, and related services to individual customers, and Institutional Clients Group, which delivers wholesale banking products and services including fixed-income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivatives, research, corporate lending, investment banking and advisory, private banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. The company maintains a worldwide footprint with operations across multiple regions and emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility as part of its growth and economic progress initiatives.

Proeza Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Monterrey, Mexico, with an additional presence in Houston, Texas. It focuses on early-stage investments in the mobility sector, targeting Seed and Series A rounds across the Americas and Western Europe. Typical initial checks are around 1.5 million USD, and the firm plans to back approximately 15 portfolio companies. Backed by Grupo Proeza, a corporate group with interests in mobility and agroindustry, Proeza Ventures supports startups developing industrial tech, smart components, new vehicles, mobility-as-a-service, and related digital data services.

Next Gear Ventures is a Tel Aviv, Israel-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments in sustainable and safer mobility. It backs startups in smart cities, clean electric propulsion, energy transition, and related sectors, as well as AI, digitization, and efficient manufacturing, supporting portfolio companies from initial stages through IPOs and M&As. The firm leverages a global network to create value and collaborates with ventures to drive innovation in mobility, aiming to foster growth and build a robust ecosystem for transformative advancements.