High-Tech Gründerfonds is a Germany-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology companies in Germany. Based in Bonn with an additional office in Berlin, it operates as a public-private partnership that supports high-tech startups across information technology, software, hardware, life sciences, chemistry and related fields. HTGF provides initial funding and follow-on capital to eligible young companies, often taking minority stakes and participating as lead or co-investor, while offering hands-on guidance from experienced investment managers and startup experts. Since its founding in 2005, the firm has backed numerous startups and facilitated the growth of portfolio companies through multiple funds aimed at early stages. The model combines both public support, involving government and financial institutions, with private investor participation to nurture startups from concept to market.

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.

Foundamental is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments in construction, mining and related vertical technologies. It targets pre-seed to Series A rounds and reserves a substantial portion of each fund for follow-ons to support portfolio growth. The firm operates globally, with activity across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa, and maintains offices in San Francisco and Singapore to work closely with portfolio companies. Foundamental seeks to back builders and category-creating companies at the intersection of 3D design, construction, blue-collar workforce, robotics, supply chains, logistics, and industrial manufacturing, aiming to be an early partner from day zero. Its approach combines technology and industrial experience to help founders navigate early-stage challenges. Foundamental is positioned as a leading provider of vertical technology investment for the real world.

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.

Matrix Partners is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1977 that backs technology companies from idea through Series A and beyond. The firm focuses on software, AI, B2B, consumer, fintech, health tech, infrastructure, and related sectors, with a global footprint in the United States, India, and China. Its team comprises former founders and operators who work closely with portfolio companies and often join boards to support growth. Matrix Partners has backed a broad slate of successful companies in its decades-long history, including Apple, FedEx, Oculus, Zendesk, HubSpot, Canva, and Postmates, illustrating a pattern of helping developers and builders scale toward IPO or strategic exits. The firm's China arm extends its early-stage and growth investments in the Chinese market, reinforcing its international reach.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. Headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, it concentrates on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with notable focus areas including fintech, cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and healthcare. Founded in 1995, Insight Partners manages over $75 billion in regulatory assets under management and has invested in more than 750 companies worldwide, with over 55 portfolio companies achieving an IPO. The firm combines capital with hands-on, right-sized software expertise to support portfolio companies on their growth journey from first investment to IPO.

Bentley Systems is a software company that develops infrastructure design, construction, and operations tools. It provides MicroStation for modeling and visualization, ProjectWise for project information management and collaboration, AssetWise for asset information management, and PlantSight for digital plant operations, along with SYNCHRO XR for mixed-reality construction planning. The company also offers iModelHub, OpenSite Designer, and iModel.js to accelerate digital twins and data interoperability across desktop, cloud, and hybrid environments. Its solutions support engineers, architects, planners, contractors, fabricators, IT managers, and operators, enabling design, modeling, simulation, project management, and data management of infrastructure assets. The largest end market is public works and utilities. Bentley Systems has strategic alliances with Siemens and Microsoft. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, the company focuses on enabling lifecycle workflows and digital twins for infrastructure projects.

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that invests in early-stage technology startups. It specializes in pre-seed and seed rounds for capital-efficient companies, with a focus on the United States and Canada and occasional activity in Western Europe, Israel, Australia, and New Zealand. The firm typically makes 75 to 100 investments per year, with round sizes from 50,000 to 500,000 and pre-money valuations ranging from 1,000,000 to 3,500,000. Portfolio companies are typically located outside the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, and the firm aims to provide a clear yes or no on opportunities within about two weeks.

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.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London and Bangalore. It funds early- and growth-stage technology companies across software, cloud, SaaS, consumer, enterprise IT and related sectors, and it supports portfolio companies as they scale internationally. With a global network and more than three decades of experience, Accel seeks to help entrepreneurs build world-class, category-defining businesses. Notable investments include Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Braintree, Cloudera and Qualtrics, among others. Accel operates multiple funds and programs to back companies at different stages, continuing a long track record of backing ambitious technology founders around the world.

Brick & Mortar Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that focuses on technology for the built environment. It invests in software and hardware solutions across architecture, engineering, construction, facilities management, as well as related industries such as real estate and hospitality. The firm differentiates itself by taking a hands-on, active role as a partner to its portfolio companies, leveraging deep industry knowledge and relationships to help them scale. Founded in 2015, Brick & Mortar pursues early-stage opportunities across the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia.

Bayern Kapital is the venture capital arm of LfA Förderbank Bayern, the Bavarian development bank. Based in Landshut, Germany, it finances research and development and the market introduction of new products, product diversification, and expansion of market share for Bavarian companies. It focuses on high‑tech sectors such as information technology, software, life sciences, biotechnology, nanotechnology, micro-systems, materials and environmental technologies, and supports small and medium-sized enterprises located in Bavaria. Typical investments range from €0.25 million to €9 million, targeting seed through growth stages, and the firm has backed more than 250 startups and growth companies since its founding in 1995.

Asimov Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City with an additional office in Seattle. The firm backs technology startups, focusing on 3D printing, robotics, drones, and related computing sectors. It targets seed and first-round investments in companies that apply advanced manufacturing and automation to practical applications, and it supports founders through product development, go-to-market planning, and scaling opportunities across the United States.

Navitas Capital is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 that targets technology-enabled solutions for the built world. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the firm focuses on real estate and construction sectors, including intelligent buildings, construction technologies, energy and related information technology. Navitas supports early- and growth-stage companies in the United States, offering capital, industry insight and market access to help portfolio companies scale. The firm typically operates within the real estate technology and infrastructure space and may take board seats on lead investments.

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors and venture capital firms that supports technology and healthcare startups across the United States, China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. It partners with entrepreneurs by offering hands-on operating experience and broad access to capital, talent, partners and customers to help build global businesses. The firm focuses on early to growth-stage investments in software infrastructure, developer tools, data, security, vertical SaaS, enterprise software and healthcare technologies, drawing on a wide international footprint that includes the US, Israel, Singapore and China. Vertex Ventures emphasizes active portfolio involvement and leverages the broader Vertex network to create value for portfolio companies through strategic guidance and partnerships.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 1974 with additional offices in Osaka and Nagoya. It focuses on seed, development stage, and startup investments across healthcare, life sciences, biotechnology, information technology, electronics, artificial intelligence, fintech, SaaS, and other high-technology sectors, with an emphasis on the Japanese market and relevance to Japan. The firm also engages in investment syndication for Japanese opportunities.

Mana Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in the San Francisco Bay Area that concentrates on early-stage investments in frontier technologies, artificial intelligence, and other deep tech sectors, with a focus on disrupting traditional industries. The firm supports portfolio companies in refining their vision, building strong teams, developing the right products, and securing subsequent funding, while helping technology and consumer brands navigate growth and strategic challenges.

Global Brain is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1998 that backs technology companies from seed stage through growth rounds. It targets a broad range of sectors including AI, cloud and software, fintech, robotics, life sciences, media, and mobility, and pursues global investments across Europe, North America, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The firm emphasizes hands-on support and resources for portfolio companies, aiming to help them scale beyond financing. It operates a pure investment fund alongside corporate venture funds formed with leading public companies across telecom, real estate, financial services, beverages, agriculture and food, logistics, and electronics.

Samsung Electronics is a global technology company based in South Korea that designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of electronics and device solutions. Its portfolio spans consumer electronics (mobile devices, televisions, home appliances, cameras), information technology products (PCs, peripherals, printers), semiconductors, memory and storage, and display technologies. The company also provides telecommunications infrastructure and related services, and conducts extensive research and development to advance core technologies. With a global footprint across Korea, China, the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific, Samsung Electronics is a leading supplier of smartphones, memory chips, and displays, and it coordinates significant manufacturing and supply chain activities to support its varied product lines.

Mizuho Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm affiliated with Mizuho Bank, Japan’s second-largest bank by assets. It manages about ¥49.6 billion and focuses on information technology and biotechnology investments, while also backing internet-related services, healthcare, medical, manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors. The firm traces its origins to a 2002 merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment, and its predecessors were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan. It is regarded as one of Japan’s leading venture capital firms, with more than 600 Mizuho companies having gone public.

Suffolk Technologies is a Boston-based venture capital platform that funds the built environment technology ecosystem. It provides capital, resources, and networks to help daring founders bring innovations in construction, architecture, engineering, real estate, and infrastructure from concept to scale. The firm backs early and growth-stage startups transforming real estate development, property management, smart cities, and related sectors, leveraging its industry expertise to accelerate the adoption of breakthroughs across the built world. Suffolk Technologies has been recognized as a leading construction technology investor, with leadership including Wan Li Zhu, Jit Kee Chin, and Puneet Mahajan.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 that supports the region's technology ecosystem. Based in Philadelphia, it acts as a capital provider and catalyst for early-stage and growing technology companies across information technology, health, and physical sciences by offering seed-stage funding and related resources to accelerate commercialization. The organization facilitates university–industry partnerships and regional initiatives that connect scientific research with market opportunities, with the aim of creating jobs and strengthening entrepreneurial communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Through its programs and partnerships, it supports adoption of new technologies and helps build a robust regional innovation ecosystem.

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.

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.

Root Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco that was founded in 2013. It funds early-stage technology companies driven by technical teams and focuses on deep-tech areas such as hardware, robotics, software and manufacturing, as well as related technology sectors. The firm supports startups through capital and guidance to advance product development and scale operations, with an emphasis on engineering excellence and market-leading potential.

Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011, that manages investment portfolios and provides asset management services to clients across sectors, with a focus on software as a service companies, and analyzes market trends to inform its investment decisions while operating in finance, technology, and real estate.

Shenzhen Capital Group is a government-backed venture capital firm established by the Shenzhen Government in 1999. It focuses on cultivating national industries and brands, promoting economic transformation, and developing emerging sectors. The firm invests primarily in small to medium-sized enterprises and innovative high-tech companies across start-up, growth, and transformation stages, targeting industries aligned with national policies such as information technology, internet and new media, biopharma, new energy, environmental protection, chemical engineering, new materials, high-end equipment manufacturing, consumer goods, and modern services. Through its portfolio, it aims to build national champions and support industrial upgrading in China, leveraging its capital base to support long-term value creation.

SMBC Venture Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Tokyo, with an office in Osaka, the firm invests in growth capital and buyouts across multiple sectors. It targets information technology, life sciences, services, and manufacturing, supporting portfolio companies with strategic value and access to SMBC's network and resources.

Threshold Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. The firm pursues a high-conviction investment strategy and partners with entrepreneurs to build and scale innovative software, consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology companies, providing capital and strategic support to help startups reach product-market fit and accelerate growth.

Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco, California-based venture capital firm that provides seed-stage and early-stage investments to technology startups. Founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma, the firm focuses on technology companies across software, telecommunications, media, and other TMT sectors, offering early funding and strategic guidance to its portfolio companies.

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, established in 2013. It targets individual accredited investors who previously had limited access to venture capital by enabling alumni from top entrepreneurial schools to invest together in ventures led by fellow alumni. The firm backs companies with an alumni connection and an institutional lead investor with sector expertise. It offers focused funds that provide accredited investors access to a diversified venture portfolio by type, sector, stage, and geography. The organization engages in seed, early-stage, and late-stage pre-IPO investments across technology, consumer, financial services, health care, life sciences, and other sectors.

Genesia Ventures is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage investments in Japan and Southeast Asia. Founded in 2016, it has backed more than 90 companies across Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the United States. The firm targets software-enabled businesses and tech-enabled sectors such as digital media, AI, robotics, drones, AR/VR, information technology, manufacturing, real estate technology, space technologies, and related areas, with a broad portfolio spanning SaaS, marketplaces, fintech, healthcare, education, and other digital sectors. Genesia Ventures operates from Tokyo and maintains offices in Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City, supporting portfolio companies through regional and cross-border growth.

Desktop Metal designs and manufactures additive manufacturing solutions for engineers, designers, and manufacturers worldwide. The company offers Production System for industrial manufacturing, Shop System for machine shops, Studio System for office metal 3D printing, and Fiber desktop 3D printer, along with materials and software that enable on-demand digital mass production with speed, cost efficiency, and high part quality. It serves automotive, aerospace, healthcare, consumer products, heavy industry, machine design, and research and development. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage Internet investments, with a focus on software-as-a-service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile. It backs startups from their earliest stages and has supported notable companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio, Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk. The firm operates across Europe and North America, targeting SaaS, software, and related digital businesses, and seeks to help portfolio companies scale through critical growth phases.

Energize Capital is a global alternative investment manager focused on accelerating digital transformation in energy and sustainability. Founded in 2016, the firm has funded 21 companies and is backed by strategic and institutional limited partners including CDPQ, InvEnergy, Schneider Electric, General Electric, and Caterpillar. It partners with portfolio companies to help them progress from early commercialization to growth and, where appropriate, access public markets, leveraging deep industry and operational expertise to drive value across the energy transition.

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.

Greycroft is a venture capital firm based in New York and Los Angeles that concentrates on technology startups, with a focus on the Internet and mobile markets. The firm uses its extensive media and technology industry connections to help entrepreneurs gain visibility, build strategic relationships, bring products to market, and scale successful businesses. Since inception Greycroft has invested in more than 200 companies and manages over $1 billion in capital. Its investment scope spans consumer internet, fintech, healthcare, and enterprise software, reflecting a broad approach to funding early- and growth-stage ventures in technology sectors.

SFC Capital is a United Kingdom-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that makes early-stage investments in UK startups, including pre-seed and seed rounds. It backs companies across sectors such as software, technology, e-commerce, consumer, enterprise, green tech, medical technology, and hospitality, providing capital plus strategic guidance to support growth and product development. The firm operates a model that combines an angel network with seed funds to back SEIS- and EIS-qualifying businesses, aiming to offer exposure to a diversified portfolio while delivering hands-on support to portfolio companies.

Orion Infrastructure Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Nazar Massouh that provides capital solutions to business owners and operators. It focuses on mid-sized private companies and family-owned businesses, offering creative credit, equity, and growth capital to support the deployment of sustainable infrastructure and technologies. The firm emphasizes collaboration with partner companies to transform ideas into action and create long-term value for both portfolio companies and investors.

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.

Established in 2020, Bentley iTwin Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Bentley Systems. It invests in startups and emerging companies developing digital twin solutions for infrastructure design, simulation, construction, and operations.

F&G Venture is a venture capital firm established in September 2012 by a former rotating CEO of Huawei and a partner of Fidelity Asia. It focuses on investments in companies experiencing exponential growth in information technology sectors, including IT infrastructure, cloud computing, Internet of Things, SaaS, big data, microchips, and semiconductors, and also targets high-end manufacturing businesses such as modules, intelligent devices and equipment, robots, and drones.

10D is a venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel, established in 2018. It focuses on early-stage investments in Israeli startups across deep tech, digital health, digital transformation, enterprise SaaS, fintech, and Industry 4.0. The firm typically participates in Seed and Series A rounds, with initial investments in the range of one to five million dollars and follow-on investments up to about ten million dollars. Formerly known as Ofek Ventures, 10D seeks startups that leverage deep technology to disrupt markets and create new business models. Its portfolio includes companies such as Seebo, DayTwo, and StuffThatWorks. The firm operates from Tel Aviv and has been led by industry executives including Yahal Zilka, Rotem Eldar, and Itay Rand.

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 with offices in San Francisco, Boston, and New York City. It focuses on early-stage investments across technology-enabled sectors, supporting founders with flexible, founder-centric backing. The firm has backed high-profile consumer and software companies such as Twitter, Discord, Oculus, Warby Parker, Tumblr, Niantic, and Anthropic, reflecting a tendency toward ambitious products and teams that reshape consumer, media, and technology markets.

Linear Venture is a Shanghai-based venture capital firm established in 2014 that concentrates on early and mid-stage technology investments, with a focus on data intelligence, data infrastructure, and frontier technologies. The firm backs startups in areas such as internet, mobile internet, fintech, artificial intelligence, robotics, big data, IoT, and smart appliances, aiming to apply data-driven solutions to transform industries and digitize value chains. It collaborates with a network of investors and industry veterans and supports portfolio companies with sector expertise and resources to accelerate growth. Linear Venture operates multiple funds including RMB and USD vehicles managed by Linear Capital, and pursues opportunities primarily in China.

GRIDS Capital is a venture capital firm focused on deep technology, investing in AI, robotics, life sciences, infrastructure, and advanced materials, among others. Founded in 2016 and based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the firm backs startups at the intersection of science and technology that develop new algorithms, models, systems, devices, and products. Its portfolio spans sectors such as autonomous transportation, IoT, cybersecurity, nanotechnology, energy, 3D printing, virtual and augmented reality, aerospace, and agriculture technology. GRIDS Capital aims to support researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs in transforming scientific advances into practical applications that address global challenges. The firm emphasizes long-term value creation through foundational technologies and scalable platforms.

Lux Capital is a venture capital firm based in New York City and Silicon Valley that funds seed- and early-stage technology and science startups. It concentrates on deep tech across the physical and life sciences, investing in biochemistry, material science, electronics, infrastructure, aerospace, satellites, drones, and space technologies, as well as software, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, genomics and synthetic biology. The firm takes an active role in helping entrepreneurs build high-growth companies and has a track record of launching more than 20 portfolio companies. With a technically engaged approach, Lux supports portfolio progress by leveraging deep domain insight and industry connections to drive leadership and scale.

Founded in 2022, Iron Prairie Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Leawood, Kansas. It invests in industrial technologies with the potential to drive innovation and progress across manufacturing, infrastructure, construction, supply chain, and logistics sectors.

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.