The startup investor directory
Five Seasons Ventures, a VC firm aimed at solving the global challenges of the food industry. Furthermore, fund was created in 2016 and delivers VC and private equity investments to businesses that are addressing issues related to the food industry, such as climate change, food waste, and sustainability. Five Seasons Ventures prioritizes nascent-stage investments, delivering capital and support to support companies scale and thrive. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Founded by Fabrice Grinda and Jose Marin, they focus on marketplaces and network-effect businesses, holding the world’s largest marketplace portfolio with 30+ investments that became unicorns. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Originating 80–100 explorations per year and founding ProtoCos→NewCos→GrowthCos, as principal organization builder building bioplatforms with in-house discovery engines alongside in‑house drug advancement unit partnered featuring Pfizer alongside Novo Nordisk.
Co-creates and incubates healthcare startup ventures with payers, providers and health systems—using partner data, workflows and distribution to pressure-test products and secure anchor-customer integration. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Positioned as a prominent independent ad server for sophisticated advertisers, Flashtalking brings a distinct approach. It uses analytics to personalize advertising in real-time, independently analyze results, and optimize campaigns to deliver maximum return on allocation. It provides a expansive spectrum of features including creative tracking, channel optimization, dynamic creative optimization, and more. Flashtalking additionally presents an open framework for analytics oversight, allowing its clients to easily integrate their existing data sources and leverage its sophisticated analytics-driven capabilities. With Flashtalking, advertisers can maximize their campaigns' performance to drive better results.
Flashpoint operates as an international venture investment and private equity firm with over US$500 million in Assets Under Management (AuM). The organization targets supplying formative-stage tech companies with capital and expertise to scale up their businesses and expand internationally. Flashpoint backs companies in the US, Europe, Israel, and other global markets, and delivers a variety of services, including venture debt, corporate VC, business development, and market intelligence. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Operator-driven, insider-led fund making high-volume nascent-stage logistics and supply-chain software bets, redeploying Flexport's logistics expertise, global infrastructure and customer base, and syndicating freight-specialist co-investments. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Distributed partners across Boston, Silicon Valley and Europe give hands-on support from repeat founders to support Israeli and European formative-stage companies scale in the U.S.; notable 4.5× Fund I TVPI. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Pre-seed micro-VC focusing on non-consensus, inflection-driven pattern-breaking startup ventures, delivering small-check investing expertise and proprietary inflection-theory and pattern-breaker frameworks to evaluate ideas and pivots. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Florian Huber, a German economist and researcher who excels in macroeconomics, data analysis, and research, continues to make its mark. He has worked on a variety of topics, encompassing the German banking system, the influence of digitalization on the economy, and the causes of macroeconomic instability. He is at present a professor at the University of Salzburg and the director of the Austrian Institute for Economic Research. He has published several books and articles, and is a frequent speaker at international conferences.
Florida Funders, a hybrid of a venture investment firm and an angel investor network, discovers, funds, and builds early-phase tech companies. It operates out of Tampa, Florida and has funded upwards of 70 companies since its founding in 2013. In addition, it combines traditional startup capital investing with crowd-funding and angel syndication platforms, providing access to nascent-stage capital for companies located in the state of Florida. Florida Funders also extends educational resources and access to networks and mentors for innovators looking to expand their ventures.
Evergreen fintech fund that backs fintech startup ventures and ecosystem organizations, providing flexible long-term horizons, regional teams across five continents, emerging-market expertise and focus on overlooked geographies and underrepresented founders. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Solo GP with an operator background (Summit Ventures COO) who invests across all stages and differentiates by democratizing access—inviting diverse co‑investors to participate alongside Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Pre-seed AI-only investor anchored to 50+ founders/operators from Anthropic, NVIDIA and OpenAI who run pre-seed funds, delivering 5× deal flow, focused partner attention (8–10 investments), and Boston–NYC research-to-enterprise links. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Flyer One Ventures, an international venture investment group with offices in Kyiv, London, and Warsaw. In addition, group directs capital toward formative-stage emerging ventures and delivering them with the necessary capital, resources, and guidance to empower them reach their full potential. The team is composed of seasoned investors, business builders, and operators who share a passion for supporting emerging ventures achieve strong outcomes. They work with a broad spectrum of companies in various industries and provide a holistic suite of services to support them scale and thrive.
Invests from inception through Series A, presenting standardized demo days pitching to 180–200+ VCs at once, warm inbound introductions, GTM Circle access to 200+ revenue leaders, and tactical content. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
As a startup capital group geared toward investing in healthtech and healthcare emerging ventures, Folklore.VC has built a distinct presence in its market. Beyond this, they provide capital and resources to assistance these emerging ventures achieve their goals and aim to create an ecosystem of business builders and innovators to drive the industry forward. They are passionate about discovering and investing in the next generation of healthtech solutions, with a focus on solutions that have a positive impact on the world.
Operating as a venture capital firm that focuses on deploying capital in companies in the mobility, transportation, and logistics sectors, Fontinalis stands out in its space. Their mission is to help create a more enduring, connected world by investing in companies with the capacity to make a lasting influence on the transportation and logistics industries. Fontinalis collaborates with companies to provide guidance and proficiency, as well as capital, to help them reach the next level of success. They offer a full suite of solutions, from roster management and business roadmap to talent acquisition.
Technology VC backing immigrant and cross-border founders in software, life sciences, and deep tech, leveraging ex‑Google/Palantir product leadership and scientific expertise, with deep technical underwriting, content-heavy guidance, and breakout exits. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Channels investment into robotics, advanced materials, and nanotechnology while combining venture investing with in-house podcasts and video to popularize companies and enable accredited fans to co-invest alongside its celebrity founder. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
$175M nascent-stage investor concentrating on consumer technology and the consumerization of enterprise technology. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Positioned as a venture investment firm created in 2014, Forefront Venture Partners channels investment into post-revenue companies led by dynamic, growth-oriented innovators. The organization is established in Boca Raton, Florida and is led by Phil Nadel. Their website delivers more information about the firm, together with resources and contact information. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Early-phase consumer investor focusing on direct-to-consumer brands, presenting rigorous financial-modeling and cohort/unit-economics analysis plus a proven history of breakout wins like Warby Parker, Dollar Shave Club, Glossier, and Chime. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Operating as an online framework that provides participants featuring an easy manner to create and manage online forms, Form.life stands out in its space. Featuring Form.life, participants can create surveys, questionnaires, polls, alongside further forms, customize them featuring their proprietary branding, alongside share them on social media or via email. Form.life also provides participants featuring analytics and reports to track the results of their forms. Additionally, participants can integrate its forms featuring other apps and services, such as Google Sheets, Zapier, alongside Slack, to further customize and analyze their form's data.
