Name | Description | Location | Key People | Founded Date | Blog | Official Website | Twitter URL | ||
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Y Combinator (also known as YC) is a US-based seed accelerator, which was started in March 2005. | 2005 | ||||||||
SOSV (formerly SOS Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Sean O'Sullivan that provides growth, seed, and venture capital funding to startups. SOSV runs six seed accelerator programs: HAX Accelerator, Chinaccelerator, MOX, IndieBio, RebelBio, and Food-X. | 2011 | ||||||||
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that has invested in companies like Google, Apple, Cisco, YouTube, AirBnB, and WhatsApp. The firm was founded in 1972 by Donald Valentine, and companies backed by Sequoia have created over $3.3 trillion dollars in market capitalization. | November 1, 1972 | ||||||||
500 Global, formerly known as 500 Startups, is a venture capital firm discovering and backing entrepreneurs. | 2010 | ||||||||
True Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies. | January 2005 | ||||||||
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in companies operating in a diverse range of technology sectors such as energy, transportation, space, financial, software, hardware, big data, agriculture, food, education, and materials. Khosla Ventures is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and was founded by Vinod Khosla in 2004. | January 1, 2004 | ||||||||
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is the independent nonprofit technology transfer organization serving the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Morgridge Institute for Research. | 1925 | ||||||||
High-Tech Grunderfonds is a German venture capital firm that focuses on seed or startups by providing early venture, seed capital and mezzanine financing. | 2005 | ||||||||
Blackstone Group is a global investment firm focused on real estate, hedge fund investments, and financing. | 2015 | ||||||||
Bpifrance is a public-sector institution dedicated to economic development | 2012 | ||||||||
Ulu Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage investing. It was founded in 2008 by Clint Korver and Miriam Rivera in Palo Alto, California. | 2008 | ||||||||
Temasek Holdings is an investment company owned by the Government of Singapore that was founded in 1974. | 1974 | ||||||||
ICONIQ Capital is a family investment, private equity, and venture capital firm in California, which focuses on technology. | 2011 | ||||||||
Horizons Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Hong Kong, Hong Kong founded by Li Ka-shing, Debbie Chang, and Solina Chau in 1999 investing in disruptive technology companies. | 2002 | ||||||||
Venture Kick is a Zurich-based private, philanthropic accelerator firm that provides pre-seed funding to startups from Swiss universities, to support the next generation of Swiss entrepreneurs. | September 1, 2007 | ||||||||
Collaborative Fund is a venture capital firm with four funds focusing on cities, kids, consumers, and financial technology. | 2010 | ||||||||
The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EASME) has been set up by the European Commission to manage on its behalf several EU programs. | January 1, 2004 | ||||||||
Blackbird Ventures is an Australian venture company investing in global internet businesses. | 2012 | ||||||||
Radical Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm investing in deep technology companies. | 2017 | ||||||||
Brinc is a leader in global venture acceleration, operating 18 multidisciplinary accelerator programs in 7 countries. | 2014 | ||||||||
A venture capital and private equity firm investing in early-stage companies. | 2000 | ||||||||
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania is a Philadelphia-based company founded in 1982 by RoseAnn B. Rosenthal. | 1982 | ||||||||
A venture capital and private equity firm investing primarily in technology companies. | 2014 | ||||||||
A venture capital firm in Ohio that seeks to identify start-ups and entrepreneurs that can benefit from connections, acceleration and funding. | 2005 | ||||||||
A venture capital firm in Sweden that focuses on coaching, financing, and business development. | 2015 |