Araya Ventures
Invests in exceptional founders globally at pre-seed and seed stages across AI, healthcare, commerce, fintech, and the future of work. Focuses on high-conviction opportunities domestically and globally, with dedicated funds for women-led startups in healthcare, climate, fintech, and deeptech/AI.
Carbon13
Carbon13 is a venture builder focused on addressing the climate emergency. They believe entrepreneurs will change the trajectory of climate change. The firm builds and backs ventures capable of mitigating at least 10M tonnes of CO2e per annum once at scale. They harness the entrepreneurial spirit by engaging with academia, business, policy makers, NGOs, consumers, new standards and finance. Carbon13 is committed to creating ventures that wouldn't otherwise exist by connecting founders, encouraging those unsure about entrepreneurship, and helping individuals find the right cofounder. They focus on supporting ventures in becoming more resilient and impactful. Their goal is to build ventures that mitigate over 400 million tonnes of CO2e per annum by 2040.
Local Globe Latitude
Based on the limited information available, LocalGlobe Latitude positions itself as a long-term partner for founders, focusing on pre-seed and seed stages. They appear to invest across various sectors, with a portfolio including companies in fintech, insurance, travel, and real estate. Their investment strategy seems to involve both LocalGlobe and Latitude funds, suggesting a possible tiered investment approach based on stage or geography. From their portfolio companies, they may prioritize companies with strong growth potential and innovative solutions. The 'Live at Phoenix Court' section indicates a focus on community and providing value through events and networking.
LocalGlobe VC
Based on the website content provided, LocalGlobe positions itself as a "trusted long-term partner for founders from pre-seed and seed." While a comprehensive investment thesis isn't explicitly stated, the firm seems to prioritize early-stage investments with a focus on providing ongoing support and building lasting relationships with the companies they back. Their involvement in multiple companies across diverse sectors suggests an opportunistic approach within their defined stage and geographic preferences. They also appear to have a strong network, as evidenced by the co-investors they work with and the events they host.
Portage
Portage is a global investment platform focused on fintech and financial services. Their mission is to empower entrepreneurs reshaping financial services by providing flexible capital and a global network of investors, commercial partners, advisors, and value creation experts. They have deep industry knowledge and entrepreneurial experience, and are committed to supporting leaders in the fintech and financial services space. Portage leverages a thesis-driven investment approach, enabling differentiated insights, understanding of market dynamics and opportunities, and deep research and expertise. They aim to be long-term partners, with various pools of capital that allow them to partner with companies across all stages, from seed to later-stage. Their Value Creation team of vertical domain experts accelerates the growth of their portfolio companies through access to expertise in go-to-market, technology and cybersecurity, commercial partnerships, and business acceleration & M&A. Portage was founded in 2016 by Adam Felesky and Paul Desmarais III to help fintech and financial services entrepreneurs navigate the challenges of scaling from local startups to global companies. They started with early-stage fintech venture capital and have since expanded to late-stage fintech and financial services through Portage Capital Solutions in 2022. They have over 115 portfolio companies in 13 countries and have facilitated 142+ partnerships for their portfolio companies. Additionally, they have 1,000+ relationships with financial institutions and investors worldwide, with over 40 institutional, corporate, and family office investors, along with 20+ advisors with deep entrepreneurial and financial services experience.
SpecialistVC
Specialist VC invests in early-stage tech companies that are solving meaningful problems with scalable solutions. Focus on B2B, SaaS, fintech, platforms, software-enabled hardware, and deep tech. Emphasis on founders with grit, customer obsession, and long-term vision. Provides hands-on support, mentorship, and access to a network of founders and experts from top tech companies in the region.
Connectventures
Connect Ventures is a venture firm designed to work for exceptional founders building outlier product companies. They focus on supporting brilliant minds driving change, providing support every step of the way. They seek founders who are building products they themselves badly want and can't find anywhere, solving problems they personally experience. This resonates with Connect's thesis, indicating a product-centric investment approach. They claim to deeply understand the power of product, showing an obsession with developer experience.
e2vc
e2vc focuses on investing in "today's dreamers, building tomorrow's Emerging Europe." This suggests a strategy of backing early-stage companies with high growth potential in the Emerging Europe region. The portfolio highlights showcase a focus on companies achieving significant milestones, such as unicorn status (Loom Games, Carbon Health, BillionToOne, Insider), substantial funding rounds (Fal, Daytona, Arf, Ubicloud, Cypher Games, Agave Games, Vivoo, Massive Bio) and AI driven technologies. The firm's content strategy is geared towards highlighting trends and opportunities in Emerging Europe, such as Türkiye's gaming industry potential and the rise of global unicorns from the region. e2vc seems particularly interested in the intersection of technology and various sectors like gaming, health tech, devtools/AI, and fintech.
EcoMachines Ventures
EcoMachines Ventures is a London-based boutique investment company with a global reach, focused on early-stage investments. They look for entrepreneurs and businesses building exciting technologies with the potential to scale in large, proven markets. The firm aims to support teams actively and tailored to the needs of each business, offering more than just financial support. They are open to companies at seed stage or later levels of investment. When evaluating potential investments, EcoMachines emphasizes the ability of companies to clearly articulate the problems they are solving, the barriers they face, the required resources, and their achievable plan. This suggests a focus on businesses with well-defined strategies and a clear understanding of their market and operational challenges. The firm provides equity investment, access to a network of industry experts, brokering corporate linkages, and syndicating with other investors. This multi-faceted approach indicates a commitment to actively supporting portfolio companies beyond just capital infusion, aiming to facilitate growth and strategic partnerships.