Gradient Ventures

Felicis Ventures is a boutique venture capital fund that looks to back the world's iconic companies of today and tomorrow. We have a passion for product and out-of-the-box thinking and we customize our relationship with each portfolio company in a way that is meaningful and critical for them. In these partnerships with founders we strive to deliver high value help where needed. Felicis backs founders from diverse backgrounds in their quest to open up frontier markets, such as longevity and engineered foods, and reinvent critical markets such as mental health and insurance. We feel strongly that great investments are a consequence of deep conviction. We do our homework and are vocal when we see the most interesting opportunities. We are not driven by ownership and do not make investment decisions based solely on potential exit size. At the same time our fund has enough scale to allow us to play a critical role for the companies we back. As our track record indicates, we define success in the same way as our founders. We believe in backing iconic founders regardless of their location, including places outside of the United States. We're proud of the fact that our portfolio founders originate from 40+ different countries across a multitude of continents. We have invested in companies with operations in 15+ countries including Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Turkey, and the US. Outside the US, we look for businesses with the potential to be global winners like Shopify and Adyen.

Frontier Ventures is a Silicon Valley based investor in early stage internet and blockchain companies. We look for Internet and blockchain businesses with strong network effects and usually invest at early-stage (Seed to Series B) initially, with potential follow on funding. We can invest in pre-revenue businesses with demonstrated user traction and can invest up to $5 million per company (no minimum). We invest globally. Frontier Ventures was launched in 2011 by Dmitry Alimov and Oleg Tumanov, co-founders of IVI, the "Netflix of Russia" - the largest online video business for the Russian speaking markets.

SOSV is a venture capital manager investing in deep-tech companies from pre-seed through follow-on rounds. It also operates founder programs including HAX, SOSV SF and SOSV NY.

500 Startups is a global venture seed fund with with a network of startup programs headquartered in Silicon Valley with over $350M in committed capital across 4 main funds and 13 micro funds. We have invested in 1,800 technology startups all over the world since our inception in 2010 including: Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), Credit Karma, Grab, Udemy, Ipsy, Talkdesk, Intercom, MakerBot (acquiredd by SSYS), Wildfire (acquired by GOOG), and Viki (acquired by Rakuten). Our team of 150 people based in 20 countries manage seed investments across 60 countries and speak over 25 languages. The 500 Seed Program emphasizes internet marketing and customer acquisition, design and user experience, and lean startup practices and metrics in San Francisco, Mountain View, and Mexico City. The 500 Series A Program delivers growth marketing and investment for post-seed and pre-Series A companies and runs in multiple locations globally. In addition to investments, we are passionate about helping build viable startup ecosystems around the world and run educational programs, events and conferences, and partnerships globally. Our investment team and mentor network has operational experience at companies such as PayPal, Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Twitter and Apple.

AgFunder is a global venture capital firm backing deeptech platforms across AI, biotech, robotics, manufacturing, climate, and materials.

Bloomberg Beta is an early-stage venture firm backed by Bloomberg L.P. It invests through a seed fund focused broadly on the future of work and an opportunity fund for later-stage investments in companies it has backed.

Andreessen Horowitz is an investment manager investing in technology companies from seed through growth stage across AI, bio and healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, games, infrastructure and American dynamism.

Sequoia Capital is a venture investment manager that backs companies from inception to IPO and operates venture and dedicated seed funds.

General Catalyst combines seed- and growth-focused VC funds with company creation and business buyouts, alongside tailored founder-capital solutions.

Accel is a leading US-headquartered early and growth-stage venture capital firm. Accel backs entrepreneurs who have what it takes to build a world-class, category-defining business. Founded in 1983, Accel brings more than three decades of experience building and supporting hundreds of companies. Accel's vision for entrepreneurship and business enables it to identify and invest in the companies that will be responsible for the growth of next-generation industries. Accel-backed companies include Atlassian, Braintree, Cloudera, DJI, Dropbox, Dropcam, Etsy, Facebook, Flipkart, Lookout Security, MoPub, Qualtrics, Slack, Spotify, Supercell, Vox Media and others.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on enterprise and consumer technology investments. Lightspeed invests in the USA and abroad, with offices in Silicon Valley, Israel, India and China, and a preference for investments in these countries. Since its founding in October 2000, Lightspeed has invested in more than 300 companies, along with numerous exits. Lightspeed prefers to take a board seat in portfolio companies and is usually the first institutional investor.

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare across stages, including early-stage and venture-growth opportunities.