Y Combinator

Sequoia Capital is one of the oldest and most well-known venture capital firms in the world. Sequoia has invested in some of the most famous venture success stories including Apple, Google, Oracle, PayPal, Stripe, YouTube, Instagram, Yahoo! and WhatsApp. Along with its US presence, Sequoia now has multiple affiliates in other markets including India, Israel and China.

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.

Blackbird is an Australia and New Zealand venture capital firm backing ambitious technology companies from the earliest stages through later growth. It invests across software, deep tech, climate, fintech, health and other technology-led sectors, with portfolio companies including Canva, SafetyCulture, Culture Amp, Zoox and Halter.

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies. With over $19 billion in cumulative committed capital since the firm's founding in 1977, NEA invests in technology and healthcare companies at all stages in a company's lifecycle, from seed stage through IPO. The firm's long track record of successful investing includes more than 210 portfolio company IPOs and more than 360 acquisitions.

GV (formerly Google Ventures) is the venture capital arm of Google (Alphabet, Inc.). GV has been investing in technology and biotechnology related companies in the life science, healthcare, artificial intelligence, robotics, transportation, cyber security, and agriculture sectors. We have a world-class team of engineers, designers, physicians, scientists, marketers, and investors who work together to provide these startups exceptional support on the road to success. We help our companies interface with Google, providing unique access to the world's best technology and talent. That said, we operate as an independent venture firm that is focused on investment returns. Today, GV has approximately $2.4bn in assets under management and looks to invest $500m per year in start ups. GV is separate to Capital G (formerly Google Capital), which invests in fewer, more mature ventures, with larger deal sizes.

Index Ventures is a global venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco and London. Index invests in technology companies, especially in the marketplace, eCommerce, Big Data, Gaming, Open Source and Security sectors, where we have deep expertise. Index backs the best and most ambitious entrepreneurs who want to build large, global businesses. We find these entrepreneurs wherever they are in the world, and have invested in more than 24 countries and 39 cities since founding. We provide full service to each of our portfolio companies. Unlike other VC's, when we invest, every partner assists and is available to our investee companies, providing unparalleled access to the expertise we have developed over our investing and industry careers. Historically, we invested in more advanced startups, however since 2005, Index Ventures has also made a number of seed investments where we look to become the first institutional capital into transformative companies and invest $100K to $2 million per seed investment.