Top Enterprise Software Investors 2026

Pressure-test the coherence between a market problem, a product solution, and a viable sales path. Look for an underlying market shift and people who can lead the journey, distinguishing durable growth drivers from one-off effects.

Entourage backs and builds early-stage B2B SaaS and software companies, combining VC capital with venture studio and founder-operator support from zero to one and beyond.

Physics is the basis for industry transformations in energy, transportation, finance, healthcare, and aerospace. Quantonation invests in breakthrough technologies emerging from advances in physics and computing -- quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum networks, deep physics, and advanced materials -- from pre-seed through Series A, with selective Series B follow-on.

Backs ambitious tech founders from pre-seed to Series A through EIS/SEIS tax-efficient fund structures in the UK. Focus on Vertical AI, AI-enabled software, and FinTech 2.0. Founded by serial entrepreneur Mark Pearson, the firm brings operational expertise as entrepreneurs who have built and exited companies.

Every industry will be transformed by software. Tola practices hypothesis-based investing targeting the 'enterprise scaffolding' of AI — domain-specific models, AI/ML tooling, AI SaaS applications, AI governance, and AI security — rather than foundational AI infrastructure. They back companies driving long-term, transformational change in large markets.

PeakSpan invests exclusively in Applied AI B2B software scale-ups at $3M–$50M+ ARR, providing growth equity combined with hands-on operational platform support (500+ expert community, proprietary technology tools, proven playbooks) to help founders scale with discipline and achieve optimal risk-adjusted exits.

Storm Ventures backs early-stage B2B enterprise software companies with a focus on AI-native applications, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure. They employ a 'paddling to surfing' growth methodology and have deep expertise in taking companies from inception to $100M+ ARR. Their philosophy: 'the interface layer will disappear. The infrastructure layer will compound.'

Madrona invests in people and ideas for the long run — backing visionary founders building transformational technology companies, with deep focus on applied AI across domain-specific applications, AI infrastructure, developer tools, enterprise software, and AI-enabled biotech. The firm serves as an active, full-stack partner providing capital plus recruiting, business development, and customer introductions.

DVC invests in visionary founders building next-generation B2B SaaS and infrastructure companies at the intersection of AI, cloud, and enterprise software. Operating as a cross-border US-India fund, DVC backs companies in AI/MLOps, CloudOps, cybersecurity, fintech, and data infrastructure — providing not just capital but also go-to-market strategy, business development, executive recruiting, and follow-on syndication through the DVC Advantage program.

Dawn backs category-leading B2B software companies across fintech, cybersecurity, data/AI infrastructure, insurance tech, HR tech, and regtech, acting as a long-term operating partner rather than passive capital.

Rule30 uses a fully algorithmic decision engine to identify outlier founders at pre-seed and seed stages across Europe and North America. The fund removes human bias by analyzing founder experience, educational background, network evolution, and career trajectory — excluding names and photos. The algorithm ranks founders into top 10%, 3%, and 0.1% tiers. An index-style strategy of 75-85 bets targets ≥3x minimum returns with 97.5% confidence.

AMD Ventures invests across the entire AI ecosystem — from foundational models to semiconductor hardware — advancing high-performance computing and enabling pervasive AI. Portfolio companies gain access to AMD Instinct GPU infrastructure, AMD engineering expertise (ROCm ecosystem), and AMD's enterprise go-to-market network.

Sixth Street Growth provides flexible, patient capital to mid- and late-stage technology companies, pairing growth equity and bespoke credit solutions with deep operating expertise through its 'More Than Capital' platform. Focus areas include enterprise SaaS, fintech/payments, healthcare IT, cybersecurity, and data infrastructure.

Backing seed-stage, tech- and data-driven B2B software companies across Europe with global ambition. Focus on Agility Drivers (verticalized, consumerized, XaaS solutions) and Seductive Solutions with genuine product-market fit. Invest in AI-first and AI-enabled businesses as well as frontier tech (BioIT, Space, DLT, Quantum Computing).

Back ambitious 'go-all-in' founders building defensible B2B software at pre-seed and seed, and support them intensively through the journey to Series A. Focus on AI, infrastructure, health, TechBio, open source, and marketplaces.

Companies succeed because of the people who build them. We connect exceptional enterprise operators with early-stage founders to create a flywheel of aligned incentives, leveraging 200+ active operator LPs with 5,000+ collective years of building, scaling, and leading successful tech companies.

ISAI identifies capital-efficient French tech startups early—often as the first VC—backing SaaS and marketplace models with progressive ambition, blue ocean positioning, and category-leader potential. Increasingly an AI-focused investor using it as an enabling lens across all verticals. Their edge: a community of 500+ tech entrepreneur-LPs who open doors, advise, and validate.

BGV backs hands-on, cross-border enterprise AI startups operating under the Enterprise 5.0 framework — companies that combine intelligent machines with human ingenuity to drive leapfrog productivity improvements. They focus on vertical AI (industry-specific, proprietary data) and horizontal agentic platforms (cross-functional automation), with a strong preference for immigrant founders pursuing US go-to-market strategies from France, Israel, and India.

Specialist growth partner for rapidly growing, bootstrapped software and AI companies with capital availability rather than capital necessity. Respectfully partners with founder-led businesses on their path to category leadership, providing primary growth capital, founder liquidity, and operational support.

AI-driven productivity and consumption gains could add up to $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030. We back domain-specific, globally disruptive early-stage startups where AI is structurally core to the product, not a bolt-on feature.

Bet the founder, win the future -- FUSE invests early in exceptional founders before obvious market validation, prioritizing founder quality over category focus, and backs them with a network of 300+ operators, executives, and founders.

Founders from Australia/NZ, Israel, and Southeast Asia will shape the future of global technology. We prioritize people above all else, backing entrepreneurs with compelling visions who assemble talented, mission-driven teams to tackle large, important problems, and back them repeatedly over time.

Artificial Intelligence will disrupt every industry. Flying Fish invests in companies where AI/ML serves as foundational technology across three pillars: Applied Intelligence (AI transforming enterprise workflows), Foundational AI & Infrastructure (core ML tooling and training), and Hard Sciences (AI accelerating biology, materials science, and drug discovery).

Software++ — mission-critical enterprise technology companies with differentiated tech and multi-layered monetization strategies beyond standard SaaS licensing. Seeks proprietary data, network effects, and workflow lock-in.

Seed-stage Enterprise AI and intelligent software investor partnering with ambitious founders at the earliest stages. Distinctive Silicon Valley + India model: backing Indian-origin founding teams building for global enterprise markets. Hands-on support for product-market fit, GTM strategy, and scaling — 4 of 5 backed companies achieve strong PMF.

Enterprise software companies leveraging modern cloud infrastructure, open source, and AI to solve infrastructure and application challenges. Best companies come from technical founders with deep expertise in their domain.

Back founders with deep domain expertise and global ambitions building B2B tech, applying an "AI-Right, Not AI-First" lens rather than chasing AI as a label.

All you need is a Unique Insight. Frst backs exceptional, ambitious founders on Day One, often before there is a product, team, or incorporated company, evaluating opportunities through Ambition, Vision, and Execution.

Partnering with category-defining technology founders at critical inflection points (typically Series B, $10M ARR) through IPO and beyond. ICONIQ brings an unparalleled network of 300+ tech executive families, an 80-person dedicated venture team, and 'uncommon care' service model. AI is now a core focus with $3B+ invested in AI in 2025.

The $12 trillion built environment sector is ripe for digital transformation. Suffolk Technologies deploys capital, resources, and networks to help founders scale technologies in construction, architecture, engineering, real estate, and infrastructure. Uniquely positioned as the venture arm of Suffolk Construction, they provide operational test beds, jobsite access, and deep domain expertise that pure financial investors cannot.

Backs inception-stage technical founders across Europe and Israel building solutions for hard markets including AI infrastructure, space/aerospace, advanced manufacturing, energy, biology, and other deep-tech verticals.

Back force-of-nature founders at pre-seed and seed stages building B2B software companies. Primary value-add is hands-on recruiting (150+ candidate sourcing per role) and GTM development—not board seats or traditional governance.

Backing founders whose vision of the future aligns with Cisco's technology roadmap across networking, security, cloud, collaboration, IoT, and AI, blending strategic and financial returns.

Enterprise technology is the sole focus. Patient capital with an evergreen model — Salesforce is the sole LP with no fund lifecycle pressure, enabling investing across market cycles. AI is the defining platform shift of our era: from model infrastructure to AI applications to robotics and agents. Strategic value beyond capital: unmatched access to the Salesforce enterprise ecosystem and Fortune 500 network for customer introductions, early product feedback, and go-to-market acceleration.

Emergence invests in early-stage B2B software companies that will define the next era of enterprise technology. Founded in 2003 as the original cloud/SaaS-focused VC firm, they have pioneered investing through technology transitions: horizontal SaaS (Salesforce, Zoom), vertical SaaS (Veeva, Doximity), and now AI-native services — companies that sell outcomes rather than software, powered by AI that compounds competitive advantage over time.

Stage 2 Capital is the first VC fund backed by 1,000+ GTM executives. Using a two-person pod model (traditional VC + GTM operator), the firm helps B2B software companies scale through go-to-market expertise and access to a curated executive LP network.

Riverwood partners with Proven Growth technology companies — businesses with demonstrated business models and positive unit economics — providing $25M–$250M+ to help them scale globally. Their Scalability Playbook supports companies navigating strategic and operational inflection points. Current focus on AI-powered enterprise software as a generational catalyst.

Back Latam's most promising early-stage software startups, with a growing focus on AI-native companies that own proprietary data assets, touch payment flows, and benefit from network effects.

TheGP deploys experienced builders alongside capital to help founders achieve product-market fit faster. The firm's 25+ full-time builders—engineers, recruiters, designers, sales leaders—embed in portfolio companies for an average of nine months, earning equity grants tied to milestone delivery. This 'sweat equity' model creates deeper alignment than capital-only VC and is applied across Formation ($1-5M) and Breakout ($5-15M+) stages.

Construction represents ~$11T in global economic activity with historically less than 1% IT spend. We back founders with deep AEC/Built World domain expertise building software and hardware that solves specific jobsite, design, and operations problems.

Builds AI companies from inception alongside recruited CEOs, acting as an AI R&D studio that sources ideas with large corporates to deliver agentic-AI ventures with built-in customers and traction. Fund II focused on application and software infrastructure layers with emphasis on enterprise adoption and agent protocols.

Backing founders with exceptional vision and mission-driven impact across Finland and the Baltics, prioritizing founder character over polished business plans - asking 'Why us?' and 'Why now?'

We invest in founders with laser-focused ambition to define technology across AI and deep tech. No stage is too early. Our role is to be their first call, fiercest champion and long-term partner from idea to impact.

Expand the AI ecosystem by backing technology visionaries solving complex problems to reshape our world. Focus on game changers and market makers in AI, robotics, biotech, autonomous vehicles, and applied AI. Leverage NVIDIA's unique position as GPU infrastructure leader to identify and support companies that will drive adoption of NVIDIA technology.

Investible backs the visionaries advancing humanity through technology, investing at Pre-Seed through Series A alongside Club Investible, its global syndicate of 250+ investors, and activating its network to help founders scale.

Frontier Tech fund focusing on startups that apply advanced technologies to solve Real Problems. Three core verticals: AI Software & Applications, AI Hardware & Embodied Intelligence, and AI for Science & Manufacturing. 'See them as ourselves' — we succeed when our founders succeed.

The best early-stage B2B SaaS companies need hands-on go-to-market support from proven leaders who have scaled at Salesforce, Snowflake, LinkedIn, Okta, and similar platforms. We combine capital with a network of 350+ GTM leaders who provide playbooks, hiring, and customer relationships that accelerate growth from product-market fit to scale.

Originator of China's "hard tech" (硬科技) investment category: back deep, long-R&D-cycle science and engineering breakthroughs out of the Chinese Academy of Sciences network and top universities, from lab/PI stage through IPO, combining capital with an incubation platform and post-investment services.

DTCP is a multi-strategy sector specialist with €4.5bn AUM across digital infrastructure (data centers, mobile towers, fiber networks), enterprise SaaS (Series B+, $3M-$100M ARR, $5M-$50M checks), and European defence/dual-use technology. Founded in 2015 from Deutsche Telekom's M&A office; anchor LPs include Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank. Uses proprietary Flightpath data model (40+ SaaS KPIs) for Growth investments.

Frontier technology will underpin the next generation of globally significant companies. We back IP-rich, deep tech founders advancing intelligence, reinventing energy, accelerating computation, decoding biology, and building resilience — categories where traditional venture playbooks don't apply.

Patient Capital. True Resources. Big Impacts. S3 backs visionary founders building in Business Software and Healthcare Technology. Unique single-LP structure (a multi-billion dollar philanthropic family office) enables patient, flexible investing unconstrained by traditional VC fundraising cycles. Founded in Texas in 2005 — the largest and longest-serving VC native to Texas.

Independent global investment platform backing capital-efficient, high-growth technology companies across Europe and North America. Multi-stage, multi-strategy approach from venture to pre-IPO. Transatlantic local teams provide unique advantage in bridging European and US growth.

Back B2B software founders solving real problems in sales, go-to-market, product, growth, and fundraising. We bring operational expertise from both founder and investor perspectives.

First institutional VC fund exclusively founded by former corporate VC leaders. Bridges traditional VC and corporate VC through Counter Club (750+ CVCs, $320B deployed). Invests in B2B SaaS solving nontrivial problems in large markets, providing founders with direct access to enterprise customers, strategic partners, and capital through the CVC network.

We back exceptional founders and management teams building defensible, market-leading software businesses in high-growth categories, sourced in part through our proprietary PULSE data platform, and support them with a dedicated value-creation team.

Concentrated capital for founders building what comes next. Amity leads at the earliest stages, investing in only 3-5 companies per year to provide deep partnership and meaningful support. 20% of their early-stage investments have reached $1B+ valuations (7 of 35 since 2016).

The most ambitious B2B SaaS, AI, and Cloud Infrastructure founders at pre-seed and seed stages will build the next generation of category-defining companies. We combine technical depth, operational expertise, and capital to help founders scale across Europe and into the US market.

Cybersecurity needs constant innovation to stay ahead of adversaries. SYN invests in transformational (not incremental) solutions that significantly reduce technology risk — from the earliest stages through Series B — leveraging a team of former Fortune 500 CISOs, CEOs, and founders with 400+ combined years of security experience.

Legal technology sits at the center of every business transaction and the $1 trillion legal services industry is undergoing the kind of systemic transformation fintech and healthtech experienced a decade earlier. We back founders building AI, workflow automation, analytics, hiring, and security tools for the legal ecosystem.

Red Dot Capital Partners backs exceptional Israeli founders building the next generation of global tech companies, investing at the product-market fit stage (late Series A to Series C) in companies with $1-5M ARR. The fund serves as the primary gateway for Israeli startups expanding into Southeast Asia and Japan, leveraging LP relationships anchored by Singapore's Temasek Holdings.

Cota Capital invests in 'net new' technologies — visionary ideas that either were never before possible or solve problems that didn't exist before. Knowledge is the true capital. The firm backs early-stage enterprise technology companies where deep operational expertise, competitive intelligence, and network access can provide compounding advantage beyond the check.

The AI-first transformation of business will be as big as digital, mobile, and cloud combined. We invest in companies building the AI-first technology stack: data foundations, AI tools, autonomous applications, and product-led growth companies that accelerate adoption. Founders building at any layer of this stack can reach goals and uncover opportunities previously unattainable.

NYC has tremendous entrepreneurial talent but lacked a structured environment for early-stage founders. ERA provides capital, intense mentorship, and network access to help founders build market-leading companies. Every sector deserves innovation.

Substance over hype — backing experienced entrepreneurs building revenue-first enterprise software. Character and alignment over technology or market size. The Ridge Revenue Network (100+ Fortune 500 CXOs) provides customer introductions directly committed in term sheets.

Automotive Ventures backs seed-stage founders across the mobility stack, from vehicle connectivity and autonomy to decarbonization, auto commerce, smart cities, and dealership technology, pairing capital with deep automotive-industry relationships and operational expertise.

Back focused founders solving real problems in markets they understand deeply, with clarity, discipline, and drive. Seek companies with motivated teams, strong product vision, scalable business models, and large addressable markets.

A full stack investor for a complex world, backing tech disruptors with performance, values and care. Elaia partners with ambitious, technical founders from inception to leadership across two dedicated strategies: Digital Venture (B2B SaaS, AI, fintech, adtech, e-commerce) and DeepTech Seed (energy, aerospace, robotics, biotech, semiconductors), sourcing heavily from research institutions and lab spinouts.

Backs companies re-imagining, re-inventing and re-wiring the financial ecosystem, providing growth capital plus decades of operating and scaling expertise across payments, banking and lending, insurance and benefits, asset management and capital markets, and data and business services.

We invest in multi-stage, globally minded founders and help them succeed in the critical Japanese market. Geodesic bridges Silicon Valley and Japan, providing both financial capital and an unmatched operational platform — including the annual Geodesic Forum, a dedicated Japan team, and deep LP relationships with major Japanese corporations — to accelerate portfolio company growth into Japan and Asia.

High-touch early-stage investing in technology founders building durable software and tech-enabled category leaders, with particular strength in SaaS and the Utah/Silicon Slopes ecosystem.

Clear invests in first-wave innovators in frontier technology — especially AI/ML, semiconductors, enterprise software, IT infrastructure, and security. We partner with magnetic founders tackling spectacular markets, providing seed capital, key connections, and company-building insights from operators who have built and scaled companies through IPOs.

We back deeply technical engineer-founders building the infrastructure, platforms, and applications powering AI and data. We support pre-incorporation teams and write first checks for exceptional technical talent.

Backs founding teams at the angel, pre-seed, and seed stages across Europe with fast, founder-friendly checks (~EUR 125K) and at least a year of hands-on coaching, focusing on AI, fintech, and deep tech.

Partner with relentless founders through their most defining stages of growth, using an in-house Research team to underwrite and support commerce-infrastructure and AI-native technology companies.

We fund history in the making, bridging the gap between your vision and a lasting global reality. IRIS backs technical, industry-fluent founders building category-defining enterprise, AI/data, fintech, security, and logistics companies from seed through growth.

A Founders for Founders VC firm led by entrepreneurs who have built and scaled their own companies, backing pre-seed and seed founders across B2B SaaS, marketplaces, gaming/consumer apps, and D2C products, with hands-on mentorship and a bridge between the Adria/CEE region and Silicon Valley.

Mayfield invests in founders building iconic companies through AI-first innovation and human-AI collaboration. The firm believes the next wave of category-defining enterprises will leverage collaborative intelligence, where AI teammates augment and amplify human capability. Mayfield seeks deep tech founders with defensible innovation, clear market advantage, and the ability to scale globally.

Team8 systematically identifies large, structural problems in cybersecurity, software infrastructure, fintech, and digital health, then either builds companies from scratch (venture creation) or backs founders already attacking those problems (venture capital), pairing capital with a 900+ person village of domain experts.

The first investor for ambitious and relentless technology founders building transformative B2B companies. Kearny Jackson partners with founders at the moment of greatest conviction and product clarity, providing capital, strategic guidance, founder coaching, and access to deep networks.

The next decade will be defined by the addition of machine intelligence to software. Scale backs 'Cognitive Apps' — AI-powered applications that augment manual work and enable data-driven predictions — partnering with founders who can transition from founder-led to scalable go-to-market, accompanying them from Series A through IPO.

European B2B software firm at the 'Series A to B gap' — backing founders who have found product-market fit and need capital plus operational support to scale. Family-office funded, sector-agnostic within B2B software with a lean toward infrastructure, data platforms, and AI-native products.

Great companies are built, not born. We back early-stage cloud infrastructure, security, AI, and data founders with a concentrated portfolio and active team-based guidance across strategy, finance, and go-to-market -- not just capital.

Highland Europe backs exceptional teams in Europe and Israel building the next generation of technology leaders, focusing on product-led software and consumer companies with organic growth, clear product-market fit, and capital discipline.

Inception-stage VC backing experienced founders building B2B autonomous agentic AI from day zero. Leverages Salesforce alumni network to provide portfolio companies with enterprise distribution and operational support.

ServiceNow Ventures invests in AI-first enterprise companies that can extend the ServiceNow platform, accelerate enterprise digital transformation, and advance the potential of AI across workflows. The firm seeks visionary founders building at the intersection of AI, automation, and enterprise software.

We invest in purposeful people on their way to building legendary companies. Using proprietary AI-driven sourcing, we identify frontier technology that multiplies human potential across AI Economy, Productivity Tools, Future of Work, and Fintech sectors.

Chalmers Ventures transforms breakthrough Chalmers University research into successful, impact-driven global companies, blending venture creation with venture investing under one roof.

We invest in infrastructure companies before they exist. Technical founders building structural solutions that enable entire new categories of software. We don't try to be 'value add' - we only succeed if we make a genuine difference through deep technical partnership, founder development, and community building.

The best technology startups writ-large have universal utility, and we apply them to real estate, the world's largest asset class at roughly $380 trillion. We back companies with AI, digital platforms, fintech/insurtech, and security applications relevant to real estate and adjacent verticals.

First-cheque, pre-seed-focused investor backing exceptional, sector-agnostic founders solving big problems, offering trust, speed, and candid support rather than cheerleading.

Delta backs Ireland's most relentless founders from first cheque to scale, with a partner-led model where every founder works directly with a General Partner throughout the company's life, and a focus on capital-optimising foundations early on.

Operator-led growth investor backing high-growth B2B technology companies driving digitization in fintech, data, and AI-driven technologies, especially proprietary data, regulated workflows, and infrastructure layers that AI agents need to call into.

We back B2B software and software-driven hardware founders and pair capital with hands-on, customized sales and marketing support delivered by our in-house sales trainers.

AI Eats Software. Over the next decade, virtually every bit of software will be replaced by artificial intelligence. We invest in founders and entrepreneurs who understand the transformational power of AI and are building solutions that reshape how we live, work, and play.

Cintrifuse Capital catalyzes Cincinnati's startup ecosystem by providing critical early-stage venture capital to local founders who face greater obstacles than coastal peers. The firm combines direct pre-seed/seed investments (including the Venture Velocity cohort program) with a fund-of-funds strategy investing in national VCs with Midwest alignment, creating a dual engine for ecosystem development and financial returns.

Partner with visionary European founders at seed and Series A, leveraging the team's own operator experience and a network of 150+ international co-investors. Sector agnostic (excluding life sciences and crypto) with ~50 companies per fund. Strong focus on capital efficiency, unit economics, and realistic paths to profitability. Co-investor by default; will lead when it adds value.

Auriga backs founders who don't just adapt to change, they drive it - funding the revolutions shaping cybersecurity today and anticipating tomorrow's threats, to build a safer, more trusted and resilient digital world.

Partner with exceptional B2B founders and management teams to accelerate transformative growth in AI-driven and tech-enabled companies, using a Global Partner Network of strategic executives to deliver commercial value beyond capital.

Summit Partners backs category-leading companies in Technology, Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Growth Products & Services, investing $10M-$500M per company to power profitable growth. They take minority or majority positions as active board partners backed by the Peak Performance Group operational team.

The next generation of category-defining software will be built by technical founders at the earliest stage, with AI infrastructure, developer workflows, and security primitives as core battlegrounds. Vermilion wants to be the first meaningful yes for teams that can ship quickly and learn from customers immediately.

Momenta backs software-defined industrial technologies that move industry from automation to autonomy, investing at the boundary where the physical world becomes digital across Physical AI, IIoT, edge intelligence, and secure compute. They partner long-term with founders and operators, using a network of corporate partners to help portfolio companies move from pilot to production.

LGV backs early-stage and growth-stage innovators with the strategic strength of LG Group's global resources. The fund invests in companies that stand to gain exceptional value from partnerships with LG's manufacturing, display, chemical, and energy business units, with a strong focus on AI, biotech, cleantech, and advanced materials.

Exceptional talent and innovation exist beyond coastal venture capital hubs. We partner with mission-driven entrepreneurs to build companies of impact, utility, and value in the Rocky Mountain region. Technical founders with regional commitment and proven execution ability are our ideal partners.

Geek Ventures invests in bold, innovative, and brilliant immigrant entrepreneurs, pursuing high scalability and large total addressable markets (TAM) of $10 billion or more.

Backing entrepreneurs on a mission to build great companies: innovative software-based technology companies from the Nordics that can become sector leaders while driving transformation toward a long-term sustainable society.

Artificial intelligence will reshape every industry. We partner with technical founders building the next generation of AI applications, infrastructure, and tools across every layer of the AI stack.

First institutional check for technical founders building the future of B2B software. We provide capital and hands-on platform support at the pre-seed stage.

Backing 'Next Gen Enterprise Tech' in India across SaaS, deep-tech, and B2B marketplaces, staying engaged with companies across their full funding lifecycle rather than making a single early bet.

We back exceptional Nordic-based founders from seed to Series A and beyond, gravitating toward category winners riding underlying macro trends such as transparency and user-generated content. We are Denmark's largest fintech investor and a hands-on partner all the way to exit.

Data-driven early-stage growth SaaS investor backing cash-efficient, resourceful founders with $2M-$30M ARR. Metrics-first evaluation, no warm intro required, single-partner model for speed and transparency.

The capital before your story. We back experienced and repeat founders building Frontier Enterprise infrastructure — critical software solutions born from hands-dirty experience at top companies. We invest meaningful capital ($750K-$2M) as the first institutional check in pre-seed and seed rounds.

Empower ambitious founders with capital, expertise, and network to build and scale transformative ventures, prioritizing startups that advance Saudi Vision 2030 and can localize frontier technology in the Kingdom.

Backs trailblazers solving hard problems in large markets through deep technology investments across Intelligence (AI, computing, quantum), Human (health, medicine, wellness), and Planet (sustainability, energy, space).

The best tech investors are operating the most successful companies in their industry. Fjor’s partners are top-tier operating founders who bring authentic pattern recognition from daily product use and are often early customers and design partners for the startups they back. We back outlier founders in AI, enterprise software, and fintech who are revolutionizing legacy industries and reshaping global financial markets.

We invest in who you are, not just what you do. We back visionaries and game-changers with character and global ambition. We partner long-term with founders, providing capital, operational support, and deep conviction in their vision.

We back belief-driven founders at the earliest stage with a clear understanding of their first winnable chapter. We combine capital with hands-on operational support to de-risk and accelerate ventures. Often the first institutional investors.

Backs 'The Audacious Entrepreneur' as a generalist, multi-stage Indian VC, sourcing untapped white-space opportunities across SaaS, consumer, fintech, healthtech, agritech, climatetech and deeptech, with a fast-turnaround Sonic seed program and growing focus on AI, spacetech, defencetech and quantum.

Enterprise AI is a collection of category-defining verticals, not a single wave. Neon backs India-built B2B SaaS founders early as their first institutional check and acts as a GTM partner, delivering warm US customer introductions to help portfolio companies reach $10M ARR within 3-5 years.

We invest in early-stage AI-driven startups founded by top technical talent from MIT, Harvard, and Boston ecosystem. We believe transformative AI innovation is emerging from university-affiliated founders backed by comprehensive operational support, mentorship, and access to world-class networks.

Mercury backs disruptive AI and Blockchain-enabled startups outside Silicon Valley, with a focus on capital-efficient founders in the Central US reimagining core industries including fintech, enterprise software, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and logistics through their five investment themes: Work, Build, Journeys, Data, and Power.

Partner operators who have scaled Latin American tech companies back B2B and tech-enabled businesses that digitize offline or fragmented Brazilian SMB and enterprise industries.

Back exceptional Kiwi founders building globally transformative companies, from day one to IPO. New Zealand founders represent a significantly undervalued asset class, and Icehouse provides capital plus an ecosystem of 3,000+ investors and deep operational support.

Early-stage founders using AI and frontier technology to reinvent enterprise and security markets. We seek technical founders who deeply understand their problem domain, have operating experience at scale, and are committed to responsible AI development. We provide not just capital but hands-on operational support through our Building Partners model.

Battery Ventures operates as a stage-agnostic firm backing technology-driven category leaders across all growth stages from seed to buyout. The firm believes the best tech investments span the entire founder journey, and they practice collaborative, research-focused investing with embedded operational support through their Portfolio Services platform. They seek technical founders with deep domain expertise and experienced operators building in four core sectors: Application Software, Infrastructure Software, Consumer, and Industrial Tech + Life Science Tools.

We invest in the earliest pre-seed startups led by founders outside typical networks, selling into large and growing markets, with unique approaches or insights. We focus on under-networked, execution-focused founders—introverted technologists, industry veterans, and heads-down operators—who create outsized value through systematic sourcing and deep technical partnership.

It matters not only which companies get started, but who starts them. EF identifies exceptional individual talent before a company, co-founder, or idea exists, and builds the company from Day Zero through cohort-based co-founder matching, an equity-free grant phase, and up to $250K in formation capital (via SAFE) once a team passes its Investment Committee.

EPIC Ventures backs early-stage technology companies building in the information economy, with a focus on enterprise SaaS, healthcare technology, cybersecurity, and future of work. The firm believes the best way to build lasting companies is through genuine partnership with founders — providing capital, strategic guidance, operational expertise, and deep network access. Founded in 1994, EPIC helped build the Utah tech ecosystem and continues to be the foundational VC of the Mountain West.

TEN13 is a network-driven VC that curates vetted early-stage deals for a 500+ member syndicate of operators, investors, and founders, sourcing and diligencing rounds while letting members select which deals to join.

We invest in companies that make business work better, backed by a commitment to understanding profound changes in how business operates. We seek founders with the potential to build extraordinary, outlier companies through transparency, founder-first principles, and patient capital from our investor Bloomberg L.P.

Notable Capital backs notable founders with global ambitions across cloud infrastructure & AI, enterprise software applications, and consumer tech/fintech — investing from the earliest stages through growth. U.S. Anchored, Globally Minded.

Oktogon Ventures backs high-growth technology startups from Central and Eastern Europe, especially teams with global ambition and enough traction to show the product is already working. The firm is explicit about wanting technology-heavy B2B SaaS companies, early revenue, and founders who are willing to partner with a minority investor that adds mentoring, sales, hiring, and fundraising support. Its portfolio and public positioning show a preference for practical, revenue-oriented execution over speculative, pre-product narratives.

Invest earlier than most other investors and make decisions quickly. We focus on ambitious founders building unusually great companies in SaaS, developer tools, fintech, open source, and marketplaces. Our smaller check sizes allow founders to maintain control and enable us to deploy efficiently across 100+ companies.

We invest in founders solving problems for the 99% through automation of the Real Economy. The largest sectors (food, logistics, retail, operations, finance, healthcare) are underautomated compared to tech. We partner with mission-aligned founders and donate 50% of profits to scholarships for underrepresented students in tech.

Operator-led growth equity firm investing in demand-driven companies in Supply Chain & Logistics, Retail Tech/CPG, and Marketing Technology. Partners with founders who have proven product-market fit and are ready to scale with hands-on operational support from the NewRoad team's 300+ years of combined operating experience.

Back wild hearts with the wildest ideas from the very beginning. Invest in companies, not rounds — following exceptional founders from pre-seed through all subsequent stages. Focused on ANZ founders building globally ambitious companies across any sector.

We fuel the leaders of the new financial services economy. Canapi backs B2B software and fintech founders with capital plus direct access to the Canapi Alliance, a network of 70+ banks and financial institutions that act as customers, co-investors, and design partners.

If you invest in tech, you should use technology to do it. Blue Moon operates like a fintech company using proprietary AI/ML across all operations — sourcing 8,000+ deals/year, vetting with ML algorithms analyzing 53 personality traits, and supporting founders with AI tools. They seek exceptional B2B/Enterprise founders building in Infrastructure, Cloud, DevTools, AI, SaaS, Cybersecurity, and B2B Fintech.

Back ambitious founders from Central and Eastern Europe and the diaspora building large-market, 10x-better products, favoring high-risk/high-upside bets over safer, modest-return opportunities, grounded in market data rather than intuition.

Invest in disruptive deep tech and science companies transforming global industries, bridging the capital gap for early-stage entrepreneurs with a capital-efficient model spanning seed option-bets through growth-equity leads.

Partnering with founders building world-changing innovation by blending the global power of Hitachi with the speed of independent venture investing, across Digital, Industrial, Environment, and Healthcare themes.

Back founders solving existential problems for small and medium-sized businesses in contracting, healthcare, hospitality, and other local industries. Focus on applied AI for service sectors and SMBs, backing founders with deep operational knowledge of the markets they serve.

Sierra believes enterprise software is being fundamentally transformed by cloud computing and AI. They invest in technical founders building the next generation of enterprise solutions that deliver superior ROI through better efficiency, automation, and capability. The firm particularly focuses on infrastructure, security, healthcare innovation, and emerging deep tech.

Invest in digital technologies that disrupt specific verticals, targeting exceptional founding teams with category-leader potential. Focus on Swiss university spin-offs and companies leveraging Telco, DeepTech, Cybersecurity, Fintech, and AI. Provide not just capital but access to Swisscom's enterprise infrastructure and customer channels.

Deep, decade-plus operator relationships in cybersecurity and the energy transition give ClearSky superior deal flow, diligence quality, and the ability to accelerate portfolio company growth through strategic introductions.

Array Ventures leads $250K-$2.5M first institutional checks for technical founders building enterprise data, AI infrastructure, security, and developer tools, partnering from Day 0 (concept) through Series A. Solo GP Shruti Gandhi, an AI engineer and Columbia University CS professor, has been the first investor in 100+ companies with 15 realized exits.

Backing new ideas, clear vision, and an obsessive pursuit of change. Triple Point Ventures partners with exceptional early-stage founders across fintech, health, climate, and data & AI, aiming to meet founders early, move quickly, and lead pre-seed and seed rounds.

The best companies will be built by technical founders - engineers, researchers, and scientists who have experienced a problem viscerally and are compelled to solve it. We invest in tools, platforms, and infrastructure for technical builders, and we partner with founders to help them evolve into leaders of generational companies.

We back exceptional technology founders from Southeastern Europe and its diaspora — builders with deep technical DNA, domain obsession, and the ambition to win global markets, focused on Future of Work, Fintech, and Health.

Point72 Ventures backs ambitious founders building for big outcomes across critical domains. Going deep, not wide—the firm focuses on specialized investment theses in AI, Consumer, and Defense Tech, bringing deep sector insights, partnership, and hands-on support from seed to pre-IPO.

Invests in technical founders building modern infrastructure software across three pillars: cloud infrastructure, data/AI infrastructure, and cybersecurity. Targets the earliest stages — inception, pre-seed, and seed — often pre-product with just the founding team in place.

Technological innovation is unevenly distributed. The hottest, most visible sectors attract talent and capital, while overlooked industries hide massive value creation opportunities. We back unconventional founders disrupting unglamorous, technology-inefficient, long-standing industries.

The entrepreneurial journey from zero to one is isolating and difficult. By becoming an extension of portfolio founders' teams, we can build the next generation of successful B2B SaaS companies. We invest in founders first, companies second. Technology should be human-centered, founder-first, and focused on solving real market problems.

Edison Partners is a growth equity firm that backs capital-efficient, high-growth fintech, healthcare IT, and vertical SaaS/AI companies located outside Silicon Valley, pairing capital with an operator-driven value creation platform (Edison Edge) to help management teams scale.

Asymmetric invests in exceptional founders disrupting legacy industries through Vertical Software, Healthcare IT & Services, and SMB Consolidations (rollups). The firm targets 20% ownership as lead, writing $2-10M checks from Pre-seed through Series A. Founded by former PE investors and operators who provide deep operational, strategic, and financial partnership beyond capital.

14Peaks backs workflow-embedded platforms, core rails and infrastructure, and tech-enabled services inside financial services and adjacent operationally dense markets. The firm values products that own a workflow, accumulate proprietary data, and become hard to displace as they embed deeper into regulated operations.

AI-native quant VC backing seed-stage founders with speed and precision. The world's first AI-only fund uses proprietary machine learning models and a University of Oxford research partnership to identify exceptional founders building category-defining AI products. Vela's AI Suite analyzes 300+ early-stage companies weekly; their models demonstrate 10-20x improvement over baseline success prediction rates.

Go-to-market is your moat. We back gritty, early, conviction-driven founders building the next generation of enterprise software with deep domain expertise and contrarian viewpoints. We work side-by-side with you from day one, providing hands-on GTM support, sales playbooks, and access to our NYC enterprise ecosystem.

We invest in ambitious early-stage founders building category-defining companies. Our Alpha network of 2,000+ founders and operators provides unique sourcing and strategic support for scaling emerging enterprises.

Energize Capital backs asset-light technologies—primarily software and services—that advance the digitization and decarbonization of critical industries including energy, climate, infrastructure, and industrials. They seek solutions enabling the energy transition at scale, from early commercialization through profitable growth.

J12 backs technical founders early across two theses: Enablers (data infrastructure, developer tools, MLOps, and compute efficiency powering AI) and Applications (domain-specific AI products that reinvent mission-critical B2B workflows using predictive ML, computer vision, speech/multimodal, generative, and agentic systems).

Backing deep-tech software startups in Europe at late seed and Series A, with innovative technology and initial commercial traction. Investing as an ongoing practice in partnership and deliberate choice-making, working alongside founders to sharpen thinking without dulling responsibility.

Identifies inflection points through proprietary Discovery Engine and backs founders who see opportunities others miss. Focuses on AI-driven transformation of B2B software and financial services, with deep technical due diligence analyzing 250+ data points.

Blumberg Capital backs visionary teams as early and growth stage investors, active board members, and hands-on advisors. They invest in transformative technology companies across enterprise software, cybersecurity, fintech, healthcare tech, and AI with particular strength in the US-Israel technology corridor.

We look for world class teams solving big problems in the future of work: how people find work, how organizations find and manage talent, and how work gets executed.

Revaia champions sustainable leaders in technology and innovation, partnering with mission-driven, growth-stage founders who bridge private growth financing through to public markets, with sustainability and governance built into the business rather than bolted on.

Software founders need more than capital to scale successfully. Insight Partners combines investment capital with hands-on operational expertise, embedded teams, and network access to accelerate company growth across all stages.

Partners at the earliest stage with companies building foundations for modern enterprises, critical industries, and the physical world - backing category-defining, N-of-1 companies that combine defensible technology with novel go-to-market approaches.

Ventech backs founders who reimagine society with global technology visions — particularly AI-native vertical applications, industrial software, digital health, cybersecurity, and sovereignty plays across Europe. With 26 years of European VC experience, they are long-term conviction partners from Seed to exit, offering board-level support and international network access.

The best workplaces are designed to unlock and amplify human potential. We invest in next-generation work technologies across infrastructure, intelligence, automation, experience, and compliance — backing founders rebuilding how work is built, run, and scaled globally.

Founders are the key to realizing a startup's potential; capital is the key to realizing a scaleup's potential. We back disruptors delivering a 10x value proposition to large markets, from pre-seed through growth.

The physical world is programmable hardware. We invest in entrepreneurs transforming the built environment across design, build, operate, and experience. Deep AEC domain expertise combined with technical innovation creates structural value. We partner with visionary founders using our network of 100+ AEC executives for pilots, feedback, and distribution.

Essential infrastructure software used by engineering, security, and data teams. Founded by technical entrepreneurs who deeply understand infrastructure challenges. Partners commit early with conviction and provide hands-on support.

First-check VC backing Baltic founders (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) at inception and pre-seed stages, with a strong focus on AI-first software. Backs founders who don't fit traditional VC criteria—no FAANG background or Ivy League degree required. Seeks undervalued talent before mainstream investor recognition.

The future belongs to those who build. JSV convenes and connects the next generation of AI-native founders, drawing on its all-partner team of former founders and operators to back software and marketplace companies from seed through growth.

Disruptive innovation in work and education fuels human achievement. We partner with exceptional entrepreneurs who are business builders, deep domain experts, and capital efficient thinkers. We believe in long-term relationships over transactional investing, often partnering with founders across multiple ventures.

Back daring founders in their first chapters with first-check capital and access to a community of 200+ world-class founders and operators who can provide mentorship, introductions, and strategic guidance.

We back exceptional founders and management teams in DACH, CEE, and Nordic Europe, combining growth capital with hands-on strategic support to scale technology companies into Pan-European, North American, and Asian markets.

Backing exceptional European founders building B2B technology for global markets from day one, with hands-on, relationship-driven capital and access to a proprietary network of Fortune 500 customers, US operators, and tier-1 investors.

Thesis-driven firm backing software companies that turn technology discontinuities into durable go-to-market advantages. Core focus: The Decade of Data — AI-native enterprise software, modern data stack evolution, and web3 data infrastructure.

Cyberstarts is the day-one partner for industry-defining cybersecurity companies. Founded by Gili Raanan (CAPTCHA inventor, former Sequoia GP), the firm combines deep operator expertise, a 60+ CISO network, and the proprietary 'Sunrise' validation process to identify and back the most exceptional cybersecurity founders at pre-concept/seed stage. Exclusively cybersecurity, no exceptions.

Partner with exceptional founders building transformative technology companies from inception to IPO and beyond. Our moral compass is serving humanity with technology and capital. We provide not just capital but operational support, network access, and board participation to maximize the potential of founders' ideas and make history.

Exceptional founders backed at pre-seed and seed with both capital and hands-on operational support—talent, GTM, fundraising—build the most enduring companies. Pear is founder-first: founders-and-operators turned investors who have been in founders' shoes.

Wave Ventures backs Europe's most exceptional Gen Z founders at the earliest stage — angel and pre-seed — in the Nordics and Baltics. We invest before other VCs identify these founders, leveraging a rotating team of top university students embedded in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Tallinn startup ecosystems. We believe the most impactful companies of the next generation will emerge from this region.

Thesis-driven, sector-focused venture firm investing in FinTech, IT/Data Infrastructure, and vertical B2B SaaS. Partners with founders who want a trusted ally with real operating experience. Increasing focus on AI applications that solve measurable enterprise problems with real data advantages.

Broad-spectrum deep-tech and technology investor with particular conviction in AI, climate tech, and healthcare, pairing capital with hands-on operational support and open-innovation partnerships between startups and major Japanese corporations.

Back technical founders bringing AI to the physical world — manufacturing, logistics, construction, defence, energy, and infrastructure. Bridge the gap between AI pilots and production-deployed systems generating enterprise revenue.

We back visionary technology founders in the Nordic region driven by disruptive forces. Our thesis centers on three areas: New Experiences (gaming, new media, health tech), Platform Technologies (developer tools, infrastructure, fintech, IoT, machine intelligence), and Smarter Workplaces (productivity, developer tools, digital workplaces). As founders and operators ourselves, we bring hands-on operational mentorship to help mitigate risks and navigate building at scale.

Technical founders building at the frontier of AI/ML infrastructure and applications. Purpose-built for the AI era, backing engineers who code solving previously technically impossible problems.

Argon leads or co-leads pre-seed rounds in Intelligent Industry Solutions: vertical software platforms that combine industry insight with deep tech, machine learning, and data to improve productivity, efficiency, and enterprise value.

Back outlier founders who break the rules, mold, glass, cycle, and internet — wherever they are. True generalist fund focused on pre-seed and seed across US and Canada, with emphasis on underserved markets (PNW, TX, Canada). Founder quality above all else.

The best companies are built by founders for founders. Garage invests at the earliest stages in high-potential Canadian and YC startups, providing capital plus experienced operational advice from GPs who have built, scaled, and sold venture-backed companies. The goal is to make world-class early-stage capital accessible within Canada so founders don't need to go to Silicon Valley.

Australians and New Zealanders have a disproportionate capacity to build category-defining startups given the region's risk-taking, underdog culture; a pay-it-forward mentorship model, where alumni founders mentor the next cohort, compounds returns for founders and investors over time.

Backs extraordinary pre-seed and seed technology founders, with hands-on technical, operational, finance, and leadership support delivered with a collaborative co-founder attitude.

Investing in entrepreneurs building technologies that matter at the convergence of commercial technology and national security, across artificial intelligence, autonomy, cybersecurity, and space.

We partner with exceptional technology companies at the Early Growth stage — the inflection point between product-market fit and global scale. We bring capital alongside our G2M (Greenfield Growth Momentum) framework to build world-class go-to-market organizations across seven pillars: Strategy, Operational Framework, People, Pipeline, Sales Process, Partnerships, and Account Management.

We back SaaS and AI founders with early evidence of product-market fit ($400K-$2M ARR), pairing capital with hands-on operating experience in go-to-market, fundraising, product, tech, and hiring.

The best investment opportunities emerge at the intersection of innovation and scale. We invest across the full lifecycle from seed to public markets, focusing on technology companies that will transform sectors globally with particular conviction in AI-enabled platforms and infrastructure.

We invest in technology-enabled financial services companies that transform how financial services are delivered, distributed, and accessed. We believe the future of finance will be built by specialized platforms that solve specific pain points for financial institutions and retail investors.

Investing in the decarbonization and digitization of transportation, mobility, and energy — backing founders building across EVs, clean energy, autonomous vehicles, fleet software, vehicle cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, and mobility marketplaces.

The adverbs matter just as much as the verbs — how you build is as important as what you build. Exceptional people and character transform ideas into industry-shaping companies. We back extraordinary founders at pre-seed and seed who have unique insight into their market and the operational excellence to build in the right way.

The technologies shaping the future of the automotive ecosystem are increasingly developed by startups, particularly in AI, advanced manufacturing, sustainability, and connected mobility. BMW i Ventures backs founders who see problems clearly, build without constraints, and move fast — and helps them win by connecting them to one of the world's leading automakers as a customer, development partner, and network.

Passion Capital backs outstanding European founders building in AI, FinTech, and Enterprise Risk, investing at the pre-seed and seed stage—often before revenue or product exist. Europe's first operator-led VC fund, pioneering Plain English term sheets. Writes initial cheques of £400K–£500K as the founders' first institutional investor.

We back Dollar-DNA founders: execution-oriented leaders who base decisions on data, building painkillers rather than vitamins, with strong founder-market fit.

KDT backs principled entrepreneurs building disruptive technologies across connectivity, cybersecurity, healthcare, enterprise software, semiconductors, supply chain/manufacturing, energy, and fintech. KDT differentiates through Koch Labs® — connecting portfolio companies to Koch Industries' global commercial ecosystem and subject matter experts — enabling faster commercial deployment and scaling than traditional VC.

Back ambitious UK founders reimagining industries, screening for credibility, execution, and vision. Deploys EIS/VCT tax-advantaged capital into deeptech, fintech, and energy transition companies, with a broader appetite for hardware, industrial, and SaaS businesses.

We invest in founder-owned, capital-efficient businesses that aspire to lead their markets, keeping business human through transparent, genuine partnership.

Deep technology and hard tech company investing at inflection points. Partner with technical founders building infrastructure-level solutions for global scale. Founded 2010 on belief that next generation of transformative companies require deep technical expertise, not just capital.

Partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough, regionally-scalable companies across MENA, generating financial returns while creating social impact (job creation, women's empowerment) and accelerating the regional tech ecosystem.

The next decade of enterprise software value creation will be driven by cybersecurity, data infrastructure, observability, and applied AI. We back exceptional technical teams with global ambition, pairing capital with the operating experience of a team that has built and scaled European cybersecurity and data infrastructure companies.

Backing uniquely Indian products at the intersection of smartphone, big data, and design, serving large underserved Indian markets in food, water, housing, healthcare, education, and finance. Looks for founders with EQ, IQ and IndiaQ.

Entrepreneurs by heart, investors by choice: 3VC partners with regional talent across DACH, CEE, the Baltics, and Southern Europe showing early signs of product-market fit and customer love, and helps them become global category leaders.

It's time for 'Asia to Global' — Asia2G backs Korean and Asian technical founders in deep-tech, enterprise, and infrastructure categories, and helps them expand into the US through GTM strategy, fundraising support, executive recruitment, and product-market fit expertise.

Strategic CVC investing in startups driving the future of data, technology, and financial services—aligned with Capital One's business imperatives. More than half of portfolio investments lead to commercial partnerships with Capital One.

The most valuable companies are built on modern infrastructure and data platforms that serve as foundational layers for the broader technology ecosystem. We seek mission-driven, technical founders solving critical problems in massive markets with unique technology approaches.

Technology without commercialization is just expensive science. FORWARD.one backs performance-driven European industrial technology founders obsessed with commercial execution, providing capital plus unfiltered operating feedback to build category leaders.

Great products change the world. We fund the people who build them. The Product Alpha Effect™ uses signals from 600,000 product leaders to identify outlier companies at the Discovery Stage before the market recognizes them.

Great relationships start with a beer, not a deck. We believe in building authentic human connections with founders from the earliest stages, providing hands-on support in team building, go-to-market strategy, and ideation beyond just capital.

Heavybit invests in unique founders with transformative visions who are redefining how teams build, deploy, secure, and scale enterprise software. They back founders from Day 0, before the broader market recognizes their potential.

Passion and vision matter more than pedigree. We seek founders with grit, audacity, and a spark of rebellion—regardless of background. We invest early, before success is inevitable, and support founders from 0-to-1 through Series A.

Bold B2B software entrepreneurs at Pre-Seed and Seed stages building transformational vertical AI applications, enterprise software, infrastructure, security, and fintech. Underscore employs an 'open-source' investing model sharing economics with their Core Community of operator-advisors who provide portfolio companies with world-class expertise at no cost.

Backing transformative founders building exceptional companies across all sectors

We back entrepreneurs obsessed with solving big problems using capital-efficient technology. We focus on early-stage tech startups in North America and Western Europe building game-changing B2B software across fintech, logistics, proptech, HR tech, legal tech, and cybersecurity.

Lead pre-seed and seed rounds in Canadian B2B software and AI-enabled vertical workflow companies with an initial product in market, early product-market-fit signals, and ambition to scale across North America or globally.

Seed capital is the foundational layer in building enduring companies. We back bold, gritty founders applying AI and machine intelligence to solve the world's toughest challenges in enterprise and industrial sectors. By end of decade, software + hardware + AI will drive ubiquitous automation in every industry. We partner with visionary founders tackling hard technical problems in regulated, complex domains.

Back extraordinary entrepreneurs throughout the company-building lifecycle from seed to IPO. Combine venture capital expertise with BCG management consulting to accelerate value creation. Support founders with capital, strategic guidance, and access to global networks.

Community-driven VC led by active operators who simultaneously build and invest. Best support for founders comes from operators understanding current market challenges firsthand, not just history. Invest in category-defining technology companies.

We draw startups that transform society with imagination and technology into a spiral of growth, focusing on vast market opportunities (industry transformation, DeepTech, industry-agnostic advanced technology) paired with strong management teams.

Invest from first principles and commit deeply to founders. TQ rejects thematic investing and backs exceptional founding teams with unique, compelling market visions — category creators rather than incremental improvers. They target companies that have raised less than $1.5M, positioning them as one of the first institutional checks.

b2venture backs outlier entrepreneurs at the earliest stages across Europe, leveraging a multi-generational community of founder-turned-angel-investors to provide capital, expertise, and network access from seed through IPO.

Pair Berkeley founders — alumni, faculty, students, affiliates — with unparalleled resources and they are unstoppable. We are community-first, not capital-first, built from the Cal ecosystem upward. We invest at inception stage based on where technology is actually going, informed by our network of world-class AI researchers, not market hype.

Builders first. We back experienced operators who understand business fundamentals and the pain points of scaling software companies. We invest at inception stage with 100+ operator LPs providing talent, customers, and capital beyond the check.

AI-native startups led by visionary founders redefining global industries. 10x Solutions, Not 10% Improvements. Operator-led partners who have built and scaled companies, bringing hands-on mentorship and network access.

WestBridge partners with founders building transformative, AI-native businesses from Series A through IPO and beyond. With a $7.3B evergreen fund (no forced LP exit timeline), they invest early and hold for 5-25 years as patient capital partners. Their AI focus centers on Vertical AI Systems, AI-Native Infrastructure, and Agentic AI across the India and US markets.

Backs exceptional founders in the US, Japan, and South Korea who can become category definers, providing cross-border positioning support and long-term, high-touch partnership.

We back the most ambitious founders building for enterprise, providing them with capital, confidence, and credibility. We believe exceptional founders with unrivaled tenacity and imagination can engineer exceptional futures in enterprise software, AI, and infrastructure.

Back early-stage entrepreneurs shaping the industries that run the world, with deep domain expertise across AI & Automation, Health & Bio, and Logistics & Maritime, and true operating partnership beyond capital.

We invest in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society. We foster Sony's future businesses through strategic early-stage venture investments, seeking technologies with potential to transform industries while building synergies with Sony Group business units.

Deeptech Labs is the catalyst for deep tech success: it backs seed-stage startups where a novel underlying technology is fundamental to the business, and embeds each cohort in a network of entrepreneurs, researchers, and corporate partners to prepare them for a strong Series A.

We invest at day zero, before product or revenue, helping founders get the fundamentals right before everything compounds, across consumer tech, consumer upgrade, and consumer AI.

Back badass founders redefining core industries. Seed-stage investors in construction, supply chain, manufacturing, energy, and frontier tech. Value founder resilience, domain expertise, and operational rigor. Provide capital plus network access, customer introductions, and GTM mentorship.

Backs globally ambitious technology companies from pre-seed and seed through selected growth rounds using specialist EMEA sector teams and a platform model for capital, customers, talent, follow-on investors, and operational support.

Ascend backs the most active pre-seed founders in the Pacific Northwest building SaaS 3.0 (vertical AI agents), Gen AI 2.0 (fast-follower infrastructure), and Frontier AI (AI applied to the physical world). Seattle has one in four of the U.S.'s AI engineers — Ascend captures that alpha as the first institutional check.

We back disruptive founders building category-defining companies. Our approach is founder-first, long-term, and deeply operational. We take the longest view in the room, operate with excellence and integrity, stay curious at the bleeding edge, and invest heavily in building community.

Founders and operators backing fearless founders building infrastructure and SaaS companies that power the digital economy. We bring our own experience building companies to help technical founders nail go-to-market and assemble exceptional teams.

Partner with exceptional teams building transformative technology companies across all stages

Founders backed by entrepreneurs. ZAKA bridges North American and CEE startup ecosystems, investing pre-seed to seed in Health & Biotech and Industrial Tech. The firm deploys institutional capital while leveraging operator networks to help European founders scale globally.

We lead, early. Enduring companies can be built anywhere, by anyone. We focus on founders and industries overlooked by coastal investors, serving as operationally-involved partners during the company's earliest days — before success is obvious.

A long-range ambition machine for the great success stories of our time - backing Australian and New Zealand founders from first cheque to forever, across software, healthcare, robotics/automation, and AI/data networks.

Actively champion founders and entrepreneurs, fostering a culture where startups thrive, while serving as the bridge to Sony that drives deeper engagements through technical expertise and network access. Focused on DeepTech, Entertainment, EnterpriseTech, Fintech/DLT, ClimateTech, and Location-Based Entertainment.

Partner with exceptional founders building generational and disruptive companies. Founded by serial entrepreneurs, Entrée invests from pre-seed to Series A in AI, deep tech, quantum computing, fintech, cybersecurity, and crypto. New $300M funds (Nov 2025) doubling down on vertical AI, quantum, and contrarian industries with low historical software spend.

Back ambitious operators-turned-founders at the earliest stages of company formation. We invest in teams with deep domain expertise building SaaS, fintech, digital health, and AI solutions. Our 1,000+ operator network provides significant value-add beyond capital.

Exceptional founders create disproportionate outcomes. We identify entrepreneurs pulling the future forward through fundamental innovation and exceptional execution. Rather than chasing sector trends, we partner with high-signal founders solving enduring problems across any category.

Root Ventures is composed entirely of practicing engineers and hardware hackers who explicitly underwrite 'engineering risk' in technically challenging areas like robotics, developer tools, and manufacturing tech that many generalist funds avoid. They provide capital, operational support, and serve as an 'invisible employee' to technical founding teams.

Build great companies by partnering with exceptional founders who deeply understand their markets. We provide not just capital but proven playbooks, talent networks, and operational expertise from our team of experienced operators.

World-class founders at their earliest stages matter more than the stage of the business itself. We back sector-agnostic, high-ambition founders from pre-product through early revenue with candid advice, hands-on support, and a network of 1,200+ operators.

AI-native companies where artificial intelligence is the core product and competitive moat, not just a feature. Three investment baskets: (1) AI infrastructure (vector databases, model serving, optimization), (2) vertical applications with 20%+ performance advantages, and (3) frontier research with clear commercialization paths.

Back founders building iconic companies that transcend boundaries. We invest directly in their growth to make them unbreakable. Founded on principle that luck isn't made, it's engineered. Founders are our customer, not LPs. We always vote shares with founders and provide 1% non-dilutive founder development capital alongside every first check.

Belgium-first network-driven VC backing the most ambitious Belgian-founded tech startups at Pre-Seed and Seed. Pools capital, expertise, and network from 120+ founders, operators, and investors to help early-stage Belgian companies scale globally.

The best technical founders in security, data, and infrastructure are moving faster than traditional venture can handle. MTF is a purpose-built fund with a curated Technical GTM Community to help founders go from prototype to PMF at speed. Solo GP. Fast decisions. Hands-on from Day 0.

Bridge growth-stage Italian technology companies to international markets, and international companies into Italy, backing B2B software/SaaS with capital plus hands-on scaling support.

The best B2B SaaS companies are built by founders who deeply understand their customers' pain points. Many struggle to efficiently complete fundraising because traditional VCs create redundant diligence friction. By being founder-friendly and leveraging collaborative diligence, we access better deals and help founders move faster.

Global industry is undergoing its most profound technology transformation in over a century. Calibrate backs visionary founders scaling proven deep tech — AI, computer vision, robotics, automation — to transform major sectors including manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, agriculture, and enterprise services. They invest in companies generating early recurring revenues and ready to scale, seeking market-ready deep tech with large-scale applicability.

Identify innovators capturing shifts in technology and behavior that reshape their industries, and empower mission-driven teams toward market-leading scale through a partnership-driven, long-term growth-equity approach.

The energy transition requires software infrastructure. Legacy utilities and energy infrastructure operate with 20th-century tools. Grid modernization, EV adoption, renewable integration, and industrial decarbonization all need modern software layers. Strategic corporate access validates product-market fit.

Investing in 'Beautiful Software' — software where code architecture mirrors user intent so cleanly that complexity disappears. Backs founders with high 'motive force,' the internal drive that sustains motion through uncertainty. Believes beauty compounds: quality code attracts quality engineers, thoughtful design creates passionate users, and passionate users become evangelists.

Brings private equity rigor to early-stage venture with a Capital + Talent + Growth model. Invests in Vertical SaaS, AI, Cybersecurity, and Health Tech from Pre-Seed to Series A, combining capital with in-house executive search (Roo Search, 23,000+ candidates, 600+ placements) and operational playbooks (Roo Growth). Targets companies bridging MVP to scale.

Disruptive ideas supercharged: back seed-stage deep tech and hardware (including hardware-interfacing software) companies in the Nordics and Baltics that deliver social or environmental impact, getting involved before revenue and pushing portfolio companies to revenue within six months.

Technology startups can address major global challenges. We back early and seed-stage IndustryTech, DeepTech, and CleanTech founders in the DACH region and US with capital plus network access, industry expertise, and strategic partnerships, using an evergreen structure with no fixed fund-life timing pressure.

Back founders early with high conviction, then act as coaches and collaborators rather than referees - pairing $3-4M seed checks with hands-on go-to-market and enterprise-relationship support through Series A. Current focus has shifted heavily toward AI-first and AI-native software.

Boreal invests in capital-efficient Canadian B2B technology companies with early product-market fit, partnering with founders to build scalable go-to-market engines. The firm focuses on sectors systematically overlooked by larger funds: vertical SaaS & AI, industrial tech, fintech, digital health, and manufacturing. With Fund II, Boreal will not cover medtech and will not take scientific or pure R&D risks. Provides more formalized GTM support via JD Saint-Martin's operational expertise. Targets 15 investments from Fund II, 90% at seed stage with $1.5M-$3M initial cheques.

Back outlier B2B founders who see around corners and intimately understand customer pain points, investing at the pre-Series A stage to bridge the gap between seed and Series A — especially in underserved non-coastal markets like the Southeast US.

Partner with remarkable growth-stage leaders to accelerate their journey from startup to scale-up through capital, operational expertise, and Google advisory access. Focus on transformational companies making the step change into growth.

The founder is the wedge—category comes after. We invest at the event horizon, in what's very early and unexpected. Uncommon people, ideas, and technologies where new markets and movements are on the brink of inevitable. We move fast, write lead checks, and stay out of founders' way.

At the intersection of generational talent and transformative artificial intelligence. Evantic backs exceptional founders building AI-first B2B software, infrastructure, and platform businesses with the potential to become global market leaders.

Founder-first early-stage investing that combines capital with founder resilience, operating support, and capital-efficient company building for durable, profitable outcomes.

We are extremely early in translating powerful AI models into products that transform industries. Startups have the speed and unruliness to build transformative AI-native companies; big companies are too slow. There has never been a better time to start a startup.

We back the foundational layers of progress. Developer platforms that accelerate creation. Robot operating systems that make autonomy real. Simulation engines training the next generation of AI. Formal verification securing billions in value. Foundational systems that quietly compound—built by founders who see elegance in complexity and possibility in constraints.

The community-powered VC of the New Nordics. We invest in globally ambitious, impact-aware founders building companies that will solve the world's most pressing challenges. Superior financial returns come from responsible, impact-conscious investing that balances pure financial returns with positive social and environmental impact.

Back ambitious and unique technology startups as early as possible — ideally from day one. High volume, small checks (~€200-250K), primarily European pre-seed and seed. No board seats, no round leadership. Value-add through a 900+ founder community.

The next wave of category-defining technology companies will be built from Southeast Europe, starting in Bulgaria. Vitosha backs execution-driven founders building global-from-day-one products, prioritizing team conviction over the idea itself.

Founders backing founders. Flex Capital backs exceptional technical founders at pre-seed and seed with capital from operators who have personally built and exited category-defining companies. Every GP has sat in the founder's seat.

We invest in breakthrough technologies that make the built world more efficient, resilient, and sustainable. By combining capital with access to 115+ real estate owner-operator LPs, we help portfolio companies scale rapidly across vast existing asset bases.

We partner with entrepreneurs from their early days through every stage of growth, focusing on innovative solutions in technology, healthcare, and financial services.

Yellow Rocks! builds global bridges through billion-dollar talent, investing in fast-growing early-stage tech companies founded by talented entrepreneurs from anywhere in the world, aimed at global markets with potential to skyrocket in the next 5-8 years. Investing in AI since 2017.

We back bold founders at the earliest stages with capital and deep operational support. High-conviction, long-term partnerships with founders solving real problems. Founder-market fit above all else. Speed, transparency, and staying committed through difficult times.

Proven scaled operators are uniquely positioned to help hyper-growth companies reach the next level. We invest right after product-market fit (Series A-B) and focus on scaling go-to-market and building world-class companies. Inspired by Bill Campbell's coaching philosophy, we provide intensive operational support without taking board seats.

Invest in exceptional people, not just ideas. Identify future tech leaders while still in college and support them through every stage of entrepreneurial journey. Build diverse, inclusive communities that create self-reinforcing network effects and generate outsized returns.

We back product-driven founders building generational companies. We led product, design, and engineering teams at the internet's most iconic companies and have built products for billions of users. Now we bring that operator expertise to support founders obsessed with product excellence and user experience.

Definition invests in category-defining software companies, making a small number of high-conviction investments each year led directly by its two founding General Partners.

Best first-check investor in the Pacific Northwest, backing wildly ambitious technical founding teams solving hard enterprise problems. Fund size is strategy — $50M allows being the best first-check rather than chasing AUM. They bet on exceptional people over specific sectors or tech trends.

Partner with founders building generational software companies. We provide capital, operational support, and genuine partnership. Focus on technology-driven solutions addressing large and growing markets. Invest across enterprise and consumer software, with depth in AI-native software, fintech, infrastructure, security, vertical SaaS, healthcare, and future of work.

Back exceptional founders building transformational B2B companies in AI, enterprise software, cybersecurity, and clean technology. The Myriad Model combines capital with a curated ecosystem of 30+ Fortune 500 executives who accelerate commercial traction through introductions, POCs, and commercial contracts.

B2B software and technology providers facilitating the digital migration of the real-money gaming industry. Bettor Capital backs the picks-and-shovels software supply chain powering sports betting, online casino, lottery, and iGaming operators — without competing with B2C operators.

The next era of value is built on atoms, not apps. We back founders who start in the laboratory — those with genuine scientific breakthroughs, from semiconductors to biotech, robotics to drug discovery. We provide patient capital for the long development cycles that breakthrough science demands.

Bespoke Capital for Enduring Impact. Gobi invests where capital alone is insufficient — requiring deep local relationships, sustained engagement, and informed judgment across Asia's diverse and complex markets. They focus on technology companies solving structural inefficiencies across underserved Asian markets, from fintech to deep tech to sustainable infrastructure.

Software will transform as AI-native applications unlock value in unstructured data (emails, contracts) that traditional software has sidelined. We back founders building the next generation of vertical operating systems, AI-native applications, and embedded finance solutions.

Invest in the future of software built on AI. We partner with technical founders to provide capital, unfair shortcuts, and operational support to accelerate their learning and help them reach their potential. We position ourselves as the first institutional investor for v0.9 stage founders.

Israel's leading pre-seed platform, backing first-time Israeli founders tapping into non-traditional industries. Invests $150K for 7.5% equity per company (up to $500K in the Digital Health track), paired with a 10-week intensive bootcamp and a 300+ person mentor network.

To steward capital with discipline and conviction, investing in innovative enterprises that create enduring value. Backs founders building technology solutions for Saudi Arabia's digital transformation, converting early traction into resilient growth through disciplined capital paired with operational expertise.

Technology companies are becoming intertwined with the global economy more so than ever before. The most compelling founders build businesses through a broader world view. White Star Capital backs globally ambitious entrepreneurs at Series A, B, and Seed stages across North America, Europe, and Asia, helping them scale internationally through deep local presence on three continents.

Invest in founders building radically different technology companies with unique business models or distribution strategies. Focus on high-velocity founders who are maniacs on a mission.

Technology is reshaping the human capacity to learn, work, and adapt. Brighteye backs the 'HumanOS' — systems helping people continuously learn, perform, and evolve. As software becomes more intelligent and autonomous, it multiplies the value of human skills and knowledge. Category-defining companies will harness technology to redefine human capability. Target: European companies with global ambition and €100M+ revenue potential in large underserved markets.

The best way to find and support AI companies is to be one ourselves. We back independent thinkers building real systems before consensus forms, partnering as radical learning partners from day one.

Georgian invests in market-leading B2B software companies across the AI technology stack—from infrastructure and developer tools to enterprise applications and cybersecurity. They pair growth-stage capital with an in-house AI Lab of 20+ ML engineers who embed with portfolio companies post-investment.

Network-powered startups connecting people and businesses through software tools and platforms

Before there is a company, there is a conversation - we want to be that first conversation. We invest in founder market fit and the beginning of movements, backing founders with vision to create category-defining businesses. We believe in being your friend in the room with honesty and tough love.

Companies combining access, efficiency, quality, and data-driven insights represent the next generation of market leaders. We invest in European pre-seed and seed companies revolutionizing work, security, finance, gaming, and health through data-powered innovation.

Immigrants are strongly underrepresented in venture capital despite founding or co-founding 55% of America's billion-dollar startups. Immigration and entrepreneurship are parallel one-way journeys. We back exceptional immigrant founders because their success is not priced into the market.

Back stellar founders building iconic businesses in India, with a focus on technology and tech-enabled sectors. 60% of investments are at the idea/inception stage. Conviction-led, always lead their investments, prioritize real growth alongside valuations.

TLV Partners backs early-stage Israeli entrepreneurs building breakthrough software and infrastructure companies in underdeveloped or newly forming markets, especially where technical depth and category leadership can compound over time.

Investment rigour at all stages, backing ambitious entrepreneurs across Software, AI, Fintech, and Consumer Internet with active, hands-on support beyond capital - ongoing advice, connections, introductions, partnerships, and mentorship.

Back ambitious founders building disruptive early-stage technology companies. We provide not just capital but access to OMERS' multi-asset institutional platform. Our permanent pension backing gives us patient, long-duration capital unconstrained by traditional 10-year fund cycles.

Investing in enduring companies forging the future of enterprise technology, with emphasis on strategic alignment with Thomson Reuters' core markets: legal, tax, compliance, news & media, and fintech. Leverages Thomson Reuters' deep customer relationships, domain expertise, and product assets to accelerate portfolio companies.

AI and ML techniques represent a transformational competitive edge with clear value delivery. Technical founders building intelligent B2B products will drive the next wave of billion-dollar companies across biotech, infrastructure, security, and enterprise software.

Human-scale venture capital focused on early-stage enterprise software. Partner with great teams in love with big problems at the inflection point of customer validation, providing smart money, storytelling support, and the right connections through a network of 20+ accomplished Northeast entrepreneurs.

Morado invests in the 'data-fueled revolution' — backing systems builders who architect new operating systems for legacy industries. They focus on AI, data infrastructure, industrial IoT, robotics & autonomy, computer vision, and health tech at the seed stage.

Conviction-based seed investing in ambitious founders applying technology—especially AI—to solve the world's hardest problems for every American. Operator-led with deep hands-on support across sales, engineering hiring, and Series A positioning.

Build or back enduring technology companies solving hard technical problems in massive markets. SHV's origination model has them serve as Founding CEO of incubated companies — recruiting experts, handling operations, and letting technical founders focus purely on building. Identify large macro tech shifts (cloud, AI infrastructure, power for AI), recruit domain experts, build small focused teams until product-market fit, then scale rapidly with the full support of SHV's centralized operations team.

Only invest where we have a true unfair advantage. Partner with founders in healthcare, data+AI, and cybersecurity to build category-defining powerhouses. We deliver value far beyond capital through deep domain expertise and extensive networks.

Breakthrough startups are designed futures, not lottery tickets. We back extraordinary founders with breakthrough insights before the world believes. We are co-conspirators, not just investors.

Invest in and provide business-development support to startups building next-generation technology, bridging Japanese and global markets by combining Digital Garage's startup network with Daiwa Securities Group's capital and financial infrastructure.

The best companies rarely look like the best companies at the start. We back overlooked Nordic B2B companies -- early, technical, regional, or simply unfashionable -- across Medtech, Resilience Tech, and Business Software before they become obvious.

The future of cities will be shaped by entrepreneurs who can navigate complex regulatory environments. We provide seed capital and regulatory/policy expertise to startups enhancing the livability, sustainability, and economic vitality of cities.

137 Ventures provides structured liquidity — equity loans against shareholder stakes, direct secondary purchases, and anchoring company-organized tender offers — to the founders, executives, and early employees of category-defining private technology companies. The firm supports generational companies through decade-long private lifecycles with flexible, founder-friendly capital structures.

Partner with spiky founders building category-defining companies using novel technological approaches. Focus on AI-driven innovation across alternative architectures, custom software, research assistants, TechBio, infrastructure, and enterprise applications. Provide capital, operational support, strategic guidance, and network access for founders with unique insights and deep technical expertise.

Operator-led capital for global pre-seed and seed technical founders building AI, robotics, defense, developer tools, AI-native applications, and adjacent deep-tech companies where rapid execution and distribution matter.

Quantitative, data-driven investing at the Pre-VC stage. We invest in capital-efficient technology startups with $5K–$30K+ MRR at $1.5M–$4M valuations. Fast decisions (one week), no gatekeepers, no BS.

Mundi backs bold, purpose-driven founders building technology companies at the intersection of deep tech and critical global challenges. Core thesis: Europe has world-class talent and ecosystem but suffers from a scale-up funding gap at growth stages. Kembara fund (€750M) bridges this by providing Series B/C growth capital to European deep tech and climate champions.

Top-performing SaaS venture fund that identifies exceptional founding talent at the earliest stages and takes an active role in their growth — particularly in scaling go-to-market and sales teams. Prioritizes founding team potential over traction or revenue metrics.

Support founders building the next-generation infrastructure stack for the AI era. We back infra-first, engineering-led companies built for enterprises, with founder-market fit and execution speed.

Israeli engineers have a distinct competitive advantage in building deep infrastructure products. We partner with technical founders from day one to transform excellence into category-defining companies. Data is the critical leverage point for enterprise AI.

Invest in market-creating companies with exceptional founders and large addressable markets. Prioritize market size and dynamics, then evaluate product-market fit through personal usage test. Focus on founder quality and execution capability over other factors.

We democratize venture capital by providing individual accredited investors with professional-grade access to elite venture opportunities. We leverage our massive 850,000+ community network and 11,000+ investors to create unique value for founders, sourcing and diligencing deals alongside top-tier VCs (a16z, Sequoia, Khosla) without leading rounds. Our network is our competitive advantage—it compounds value for all stakeholders.

Balderton Capital backs European-founded technology companies with visionary founders building transformative businesses. The firm combines patient capital, operational expertise, and founder support to enable European entrepreneurs to build world-class companies.

Companyon backs a small number of capital-efficient, founder-led B2B software companies at the seed-to-Series-A transition and pairs capital with hands-on GTM, talent, and fundraising support.

Backs technical founders building foundational technology at the base of the software stack: AI, robotics, and software/data infrastructure, rather than thin application-layer companies.

Backing technical founders pre-pitch deck. Helen invests in engineers with technical depth, high learning rates, commercial instincts, and track records of pursuing ambitious long-term bets — before consensus forms around them.

Seed-stage deep technology with IP defensibility, deployed by multi-exit founder-operators willing to be hands-on operational partners. Focus on frontier sectors—defense, climate, space, biotech, fusion—where bold technical founders are building mission-critical capabilities.

Samsung Catalyst Fund invests in deep tech AI infrastructure — semiconductor hardware, AI compute, interconnects, networking, autonomous systems, quantum computing, and digital health — that can scale globally through Samsung's manufacturing, supply chain, and distribution platform. The fund seeks co-prosperity: wins for founders, partner investors, and the communities where they operate.

Big markets with outdated incumbents. We invest at the intersection of venture capital and media, leveraging our podcast platform (20+ million annual listeners) and founder network to source, support, and amplify portfolio companies. We target companies with strong market dynamics and clear disruption paths regardless of sector.

Amex Ventures backs companies that transform the everyday through digital solutions enhancing business and consumer interactions, with a mandate to find startups that can strengthen American Express's Consumer Card Membership value proposition and create commercialization opportunities across the Amex business.

Thematic-driven investor backing ambitious founders building for big outcomes across critical domains. Core conviction: defensible businesses create competitive advantages by transforming data challenges and market opportunities into sustainable value. We Go Deep, Not Wide. Focus on AI (defensible AI turns data challenges into advantages), Consumer (vision and strategy to break through attention economy), and Defense Tech (modern solutions for global stability). Active operational partnership beyond capital provision.

The best venture returns come from identifying exceptional founders solving significant problems early. Venture capital doesn't scale - we maintain small team sizes and disciplined focus on quality over quantity.

Backs exceptional founders from pre-idea phase through seed. Fund IV ($185M) introduces Pre-Seed 2.0 with flexible check sizes ($50K-$2M), dedicated Founders-in-Residence program (including university track), and no forced fundraising timeline.

We identify and scale proven product-market-fit technology companies for global expansion and IPO readiness. Our partnership combines world-class macro research analysis with hands-on operational expertise from experienced technology leaders who have built and scaled billion-dollar companies.

Back exceptional founding teams from premier Indian academic institutions (IIT, IIM) building scalable, technology-led businesses. Leverage the global alumni network for deal sourcing and post-investment support via the THRIVE platform.

Invest in exceptional founders solving important problems. We believe the best returns come from backing brilliant people, not betting on specific sectors. We provide not just capital but hands-on operational support and founder mentorship.

Extraordinary founders from non-obvious backgrounds, those without traditional pedigree, from underrepresented groups, or based outside major venture metros, are systematically overlooked despite having the brilliance, vision, and build/sell ability of top early-stage teams. We level the playing field with capital, zero-to-one operating expertise, and a global network.

NTTVC backs founders with vision and energy to build transformative technology companies, particularly in enterprise technology, digital health, and AI/ML. The firm's unique structural advantage is its partnership with NTT — a Fortune 100 global IT services provider with 120,000 enterprise customers, $5B+ in annual tech resales, and a $22B systems integration business — giving portfolio companies extraordinary enterprise distribution and market validation channels.

Partners with technical founders to lead seed rounds in companies defining new categories in software infrastructure. Provides deep technical diligence and first-principles guidance alongside capital.

We target leading technology companies with sustainable differentiation and attractive unit economics, backing durable competitive moats such as network effects, proprietary data, and switching costs, and holding positions through full market cycles from late-stage private financing into public markets.

Capital is a commodity, connections are currency. We back early-stage B2B founders with capital plus a network of 1,500+ venture partners, top founders, and innovation executives, and stay hands-on from first check through growth.

Seed stage funding for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We invest in early-stage B2B technology companies founded by subject matter experts with a vision to transform their industries. As a team of former operators, we provide not just capital but active network support, operational guidance, and strategic counsel.

J2 Ventures invests in early-stage companies developing technologies that advance both U.S. national security and commercial markets. The firm backs founders whose innovations strengthen national security while improving safety, health, and connectivity for everyday life. J2-backed companies receive capital plus deep expertise across government, defense, science, healthcare, and finance — and on average raise $2 in non-dilutive funding for every $1 J2 invests.