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.

Emergent Ventures is a San Mateo, California-based venture capital firm that backs seed-stage software and artificial intelligence startups. It focuses on intelligent software across enterprise automation, AI-powered tools, cloud management, DevOps, and related sectors, and seeks opportunities in the United States, with activity in India. The firm partners early with founders to help them achieve product-market fit and develop go-to-market strategies, providing strategic guidance to accelerate product development and market adoption.

WestWave Capital is a California-based investment firm founded in 2017 that focuses on early-stage technology companies in the United States, prioritizing seed and Series A rounds. The firm targets software-related sectors such as software-as-a-service, security, cloud infrastructure, blockchain, analytics, and the Internet of Things, and supports enterprises developing deep technology solutions.

Fama Ventures is a Boca Raton, Florida-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that focuses on seed- to early-stage technology startups. The firm provides seed funding and strategic guidance to help entrepreneurs position and tell compelling stories, reach relevant audiences, attract customers, and raise institutional funding. It leverages a broad network, including fama PR and relationships with entrepreneurs, influencers, strategic partners, and other venture capitalists, to support portfolio companies as they launch and scale.

West is a venture studio based in San Francisco, California, established in 2011. Specializing in designing, building, and launching purpose-driven brands, West enables companies to define and defend their market opportunity with a brand that resonates with consumers. Through their brand studio, they work with startups to deliver results for a combination of fees and equity, while their venture fund selectively invests in their studio clients.

Public Media Solution focuses on delivering scalable, high-performance public relations, mobile and web applications, software solutions, blockchain, and SPN services to diverse industries in Pune, Maharashtra and worldwide. The company creates, manages, and supports software products, social networks, marketplaces, real‑time business analytics, eCommerce portals, composite sync, and associations. Its services offer high adaptability, visibility, and personalized training to achieve effective outcomes.

Relativity Media is a media and entertainment company that produces, finances, and distributes content across film, television, music publishing, and digital media. The company operates as an independent studio acquiring and distributing commercial films across theatrical, digital, transactional, streaming, and broadcast platforms, while also creating and distributing movies, television, sports, and music content for diverse audiences. It provides professional services such as sports development, including contract negotiation, marketing, media relations, fan management, and related entrepreneurial ventures, and sells and distributes third-party films.

KAROT is a full-service strategic content studio that provides production capabilities and services to create unique content for brands. It leverages its studio resources and market knowledge to develop content for businesses, helping brands convey messages effectively and leave a stronger impression on consumers.

Dentsu Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Dentsu Group, focused on investing in startups from seed to growth stages. Based in Tokyo, Japan, it seeks opportunities in the marketing and communications sectors across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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.

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.

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.

True Global Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that backs very early-stage technology companies led by serial entrepreneurs. It focuses on internet, software and mobile applications, with an emphasis on scalable business models and international growth. Typical investments range from 0.1 to 0.6 million USD, complemented by hands-on support and access to the partners’ networks to accelerate customer acquisition, international expansion, financing introductions, acquisitions or exits, and recruitment. The firm has a global reach, with activity across Silicon Valley, New York, Europe and Asia, and avoids investments in hardware, cleantech and medtech.

Founded in 2017, Coinvest Capital is a venture capital firm based in Vilnius, Lithuania. It invests in startups and companies across various stages and sectors, with a current focus on DefenceTech, DeepTech, BigData, SaaS, ClimateTech, Life Sciences, Biotech, MedTech, Impact Investing, and supporting women founders.

Iron Wolf Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania, founded in 2018. It is an EU-based seed and early-stage investor with a global outlook, focusing on information technology, fintech, marketplaces, IoT, SaaS, artificial intelligence, machine learning and other deep-tech sectors, particularly in the Baltic region while maintaining international reach. The firm blends entrepreneurial and financial experience to support building international businesses, leveraging networks in the Baltics and London. It seeks ESG-aligned investments.

Ripple Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm that backs early-stage technology companies in North America. The firm concentrates on pre-seed and seed investments in software-enabled businesses, with emphasis on enterprise software, B2B SaaS, creator tools, and developer tools for Web 2.0 and Web3. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Ripple Ventures pursues opportunities across the United States and Canada, supporting entrepreneurs to scale their solutions and address complex industry problems with scalable software.

Garage Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Waterloo, Canada, founded in 2013 and focused on investing in Canadian companies.

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.

Nissay Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1991 that provides funding across seed, start-up, growth, middle, and later-stage investments, focusing on information technology, manufacturing, medical, distribution, and retail sectors.

East Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 and based in Singapore, investing in technology startups across Southeast Asia, including Singapore and Indonesia. It provides early-stage investments and, as described by sources, supports a multi-stage approach from seed to growth across sectors such as e-commerce, software, fintech, health tech, edtech, crypto, logistics, and AI. The firm has backed notable Southeast Asian tech companies, illustrating an active role in developing the regional startup ecosystem and supporting portfolio companies through growth in dynamic markets.

Founded in 2010, New Media Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early-stage funding for media and tech startups focused on progressive political change. It invests in areas such as mobile/software development, advocacy platforms, online organizing, civic engagement tools, elections systems, and new media content.

Archangel Ventures is a Melbourne-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage Australian technology startups, with a focus on information technology and software as a service. It partners with technology founders to build scalable, high-growth companies within Australia, offering capital and strategic guidance to help startups commercialize innovations and expand in the Australian market.

Thyra Global Management is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that focuses on investing in technology and consumer startups.

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.

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.

DGF Investimentos is a São Paulo-based venture capital firm founded in 2001 that focuses on emerging technology and software companies in Brazil. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, particularly in software and technology-driven businesses, including B2B software, and has a history of backing high-growth startups with several notable exits such as Logocenter, Daitan Group, Mastersaf, RD Station and Reclame Aqui.

WI Harper Group is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm with a China-focused footprint, including offices in Beijing and Taipei. Founded in 1993, it invests in startup companies across the United States, Greater China, and the Asia Pacific in sectors such as healthcare, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, fintech, sustainability, and new media. The firm targets early and expansion-stage opportunities, supporting companies from seed to later rounds and helping bridge U.S. and Greater China markets through cross-border expertise.

Gold House Ventures is a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm established in 2017 that invests in startups led by Asian Pacific founders and co-founders, supporting diverse entrepreneurship by providing capital and resources. The firm targets a broad range of sectors including technology, software, financial services, consumer, and related industries.

Playfair Capital is a London-based venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed technology investments. It is a sector-agnostic, generalist investor operating across the UK and Europe, employing a contrarian, high-conviction, low-volume approach that typically makes around six to eight investments per year and provides ongoing support to portfolio companies post-investment. Founded in 2013, the firm has backed more than 70 companies, including Thought Machine, Andela, Mapillary, Recycleye and Omnipresent, across multiple funds.

Based in Paris, A Plus Finance is an independent investment firm specializing in venture capital and the management of funds dedicated to innovation. It focuses on information technology, environment and e-business in France, and also pursues opportunities in real estate and private equity. The team combines financiers and entrepreneurs, providing practical management insight and a long-term development perspective for portfolio companies. The firm manages about €220 million in assets and typically invests between €1 million and €4 million per project, reflecting a goal of supporting growth-stage and promising early-stage ventures in the French market.

NOW Japan is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2017, focused on impact investments and technology sectors.

Established in 2015 and headquartered in Istanbul, Boğaziçi Ventures is a prominent investment firm specializing in the technology sector. With a track record of over a hundred investments across diverse verticals and geographies, they actively support their portfolio companies through mentorship and knowledge transfer, fostering international success.

SX Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital and investment firm established in 2000 that specializes in technology-focused opportunities. It pursues investments across information technology services, artificial intelligence, fintech and big data, as well as the internet of things, mobile technologies and software-as-a-service, and targets private IT-related ventures while offering growth support beyond capital to help portfolio companies scale.

DG Incubation provides investment and management support to startups that aim to challenge the world, operating through an incubation business and fund management.

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

Spiral Capital LLP. is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, early venture, mid venture and late venture investments. It prefers to invest in healthcare, industrials, transportation, air freight and logistics as well as emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, the Internet of things, and block chain. The firm seeks to invest in East Asia and Japan. It was formerly known as Spiral Ventures Japan LLP. Spiral Capital LLP was established on 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Leader Ventures is a private investment firm that provides debt and equity financing to venture-backed private companies across information technology, life sciences, and clean tech. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco, it invests primarily in the United States and supports early to late-stage companies through venture loans and equity investments tailored to development stage. The firm finances equipment or assets and growth capital for companies that lack assets or cash flow to obtain traditional debt financing, drawing on experience in lending, investing, and building startups.

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.

Left Lane Capital is a Brooklyn-based venture capital firm, established in 2019. It invests in high-growth internet and consumer technology companies across North America, Europe, and Israel, providing growth capital and supporting early-stage opportunities. The firm emphasizes durable partnerships with founders and aims to back businesses that build products or platforms with strong user engagement and long-term customer relationships.

Ignition Point Venture Partners, established in 2021, is a corporate venture capital arm based in Tokyo, Japan. The firm focuses on investing in technology and social impact sectors.

SparkLabs Group is a venture capital firm and global accelerator network based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2013. It funds and mentors early-stage startups through its own investments and accelerator programs, aiming to help entrepreneurs develop, grow, and scale internationally. The group operates a global ecosystem that supports startups across multiple continents, providing mentorship, networking, and access to resources to navigate global markets.

Twelve Below is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that invests in software-enabled technology companies and is registered as an investment adviser.

Canaan Partners is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1987 that operates globally with offices in Israel and India. It focuses on early-stage investments in technology and healthcare, including software, fintech, enterprise/cloud, marketplaces, digital health, biopharma, and medtech, and it has a history of backing startups that achieve exits.

MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups aiming for IPO. It focuses on companies in fintech, SaaS, healthcare, artificial intelligence, e‑commerce, foodtech, and environmental technology.

Asahi Media Lab Ventures serves as the corporate venture capital arm of the Asahi Media Group, a leading media conglomerate with operations in Tokyo and Silicon Valley. It invests in early-stage technology startups that are changing digital media, entertainment, and everyday life.

Dogan is a professional investment group based in Fukuoka, Japan, providing corporate investment and advisory services to revitalize the local economy. It engages in venture capital and growth equity, including seed-stage investments and growth capital, across B2B, B2C, healthcare, and technology sectors. The group operates through entities such as Dogan Beta and Dogan Advisors, funding innovative startups and growth-stage companies to strengthen regional markets in Kyushu.

Bonsai Partners is a venture capital firm based in Madrid, Spain. It invests in European technology startups, pursuing both primary and secondary opportunities across pre-series A to series C rounds.

Pinama Investment is an investment club based in Madrid, Spain, comprising entrepreneurs committed to investing in projects that offer returns beyond mere financial gain. This angel group focuses on supporting innovative ventures and fostering entrepreneurial initiatives, emphasizing the importance of social impact and long-term sustainability in their investment strategies. By leveraging the collective expertise and resources of its members, Pinama aims to contribute to the growth of promising projects while promoting a collaborative approach to investment.

Swanlaab Venture Factory is a Madrid-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage and expansion-stage technology companies, primarily in Spain but with international reach. It targets B2B software, cloud, cybersecurity, information technology, internet, hardware, and telecom sectors, and favors companies with scalable business models ready to scale globally. The firm typically commits equity ranging from €1 million to €5 million and supports follow-on rounds, often taking a minority stake for a 4- to 6-year investment horizon. It combines financial backing with operational resources, including market acceleration, technology, operations, administration, talent development and networking, to help entrepreneurs manage risk and accelerate growth. The organization emphasizes helping Spanish ventures reach multiple international markets—3 to 4 within 18 to 24 months—through its international teams and network. Its Madrid base is complemented by a presence in Tel Aviv, reflecting a cross-border approach designed to support internationalization and scalable expansion for portfolio companies.

Cultivation Capital is a St. Louis, Missouri-based venture capital firm that backs seed- to Series B–stage companies in the United States. Its focus includes life sciences, healthcare, agriculture technology, and related software, information technology, and geospatial sectors, with investments spanning early rounds to support product development and market entry.