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T2 Venture Creation (T2VC) is a Silicon Valley seed and early-stage venture capital and advisory firm focused on high-impact innovation in the technology and healthcare sectors. Created in the mid-2000s and headquartered in Portola Valley, California, it was founded as the venture capital affiliate of the Larta Institute, which remained a partner. T2VC's distinctive model invests both money and time in startups spinning out of academia and government, drawing its deal pipeline from the National Institutes of Health, DARPA, the NIST Advanced Technology Program, more than 50 universities, and a network of over 40 innovation clusters across more than 20 countries. Typical deals fell in the $1M to $5M range, usually in rounds with two or three co-investors such as Tamiami Angel Funds, St. Louis Arch Angels and GSR Ventures. Areas of investment spanned biotechnology, water and water purification, nanotechnology, RFID, apps and education. Portfolio companies included GroundMetrics in electromagnetic sensing, Independa in aging-in-place healthcare technology, Liquidity Nanotech in nanotech water filtration and Stonybrook Purification. The firm is led by co-founders Victor W. Hwang, CEO and immediate past President of the Larta Institute, and Greg Horowitt, Managing Director, Executive Director of Global CONNECT and co-author of 'The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley.' Its most active period was the early 2010s; tracked investment activity tapered after 2013 to 2014 as the principals moved into broader innovation-ecosystem roles. T2VC pioneered a hands-on model for commercializing academic and government research.
TA Ventures, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine, specializes in early-stage investments in tech startups. The firm focuses on sectors such as SaaS, AI, fintech, e-commerce, and digital health. TA Ventures has a significant portfolio of over 120 companies, including notable investments like Wrike, Rentberry, and Jiji. The firm typically invests in pre-seed and seed stages with average ticket sizes ranging from $100,000 to $500,000. They seek out ambitious startups with scalable business models and global potential. TA Ventures has a strong track record of successful exits, with over 42 companies having been acquired or gone public. Key team members include Viktoriya Tigipko, the Founder and Managing Partner, who has a rich background in entrepreneurship and technology, and Oleg Malenkov, a Partner based in Los Angeles who focuses on consumer tech. The team is spread across various locations, including the US, the Netherlands, and Southeast Asia, enabling them to leverage a broad network and diverse market insights. TA Ventures also co-invests with other prominent venture funds and angels, further supporting the growth and scalability of their portfolio companies.
Tablomonto Ventures is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs courageous tech founders building a more inclusive and healthier future. Its investment thesis centers on 'tech for good': the firm invests so that the world in 2030 will be better for more people, through well-being themes such as job security and the future of work, education, health, environmental sustainability, equal opportunities and connectedness. Tablomonto invests primarily at the Seed and Series A stages, writing initial cheques of roughly EUR 200k to EUR 2m in both revenue and pre-revenue companies, and offers multi-stage funding from seed to Series B with access to top co-investors worldwide. Beyond capital, the firm emphasises hands-on company building, helping founders develop internal capabilities through strategic planning and training programs from its venture partners covering technology, pricing, brand, organization and sales. Tablomonto is a founding member of #fundright, a Dutch VC-initiated movement for a more diverse ecosystem; 40% of the companies in its last fund were female-led and its portfolio carries roughly 20% cultural diversity. Its portfolio of around 16 companies spans enterprise applications, vertical SaaS, fintech, auto tech and consumer, with notable names including ClubCollect, Openclaims, Seenons, Boldking and SkillLab. The firm was formed by Rolf Bixner and Tamara Obradov and runs a team of about five, including three partners. Its latest tracked investment was in Openclaims in October 2023 and it recorded an exit from Seenons in July 2025. Tablomonto pairs impact-driven conviction with operational founder support.
Tabula Rasa Ventures is an investment firm specializing in healthcare and biotechnology, with a strong focus on psychedelic therapeutics. Founded in 2018, the firm seeks to fill critical gaps in the healthcare industry by investing in innovative startups across the biotech, drug development, and digital health sectors. Headquartered in New York, Tabula Rasa Ventures has become a leader in the psychedelic ecosystem, providing early-stage capital, incubation, and acceleration for groundbreaking ventures. The firm's investment strategy revolves around supporting startups from their inception through growth stages. They work hands-on with founders, offering deep expertise in scaling, regulatory affairs, and clinical trials. Tabula Rasa has built a diverse portfolio of companies like ATAI Life Sciences, Wavepaths, and Lykos Therapeutics, all of which are pushing the boundaries of mental health treatment and healthcare infrastructure. Led by Managing Partners Marik Hazan and Maria Velkova, Tabula Rasa Ventures takes a community-driven approach. They emphasize sustainable long-term growth by fostering trust among stakeholders, whether they are investors, patients, or regulators. With investments ranging from $50,000 to $1 million, the firm remains committed to transforming healthcare through cutting-edge solutions that address significant unmet needs in mental health and beyond. Their involvement in conferences such as the World Economic Forum.
TACK Ventures is a Brooklyn-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Callie Katt and Tim Katt. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in innovative companies across industries like sports, media, lifestyle, entertainment, and digital media. TACK Ventures prides itself on identifying game-changing startups and providing them with the resources they need to scale. The firm's portfolio includes diverse companies such as Overtime, a sports media network, Greenfly, a content management platform, and Iris Nova, a direct-to-consumer beverage brand. TACK Ventures typically invests in companies that blend technology with consumer experiences, especially in sectors like VR, entertainment, and finance. The firm is known for its active role in helping founders grow their companies, leveraging a robust network of industry connections and hands-on support. This involvement allows them to collaborate closely with entrepreneurs who share a relentless work ethic. TACK’s investment philosophy is centered around supporting visionary founders who hustle to disrupt traditional markets. Based in New York, the firm continues to build a portfolio that reflects its passion for innovation and entrepreneurship in cutting-edge sectors.
Tacoma Venture Fund (TVF) is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Tacoma, Washington, that focuses on supporting startups across the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 2019 by Bill Driscoll, TVF is dedicated to empowering process-oriented founders who are building venture-scale technology companies. The firm primarily targets seed and Series A investments, working closely with entrepreneurs to help them navigate the path from early-stage development to scalable growth. TVF is sector-agnostic, making investments in industries ranging from enterprise software and healthcare to commercial products and electronic equipment. The firm takes a hands-on approach, offering founders not only capital but also strategic guidance and operational support. This approach includes helping founders refine their business strategies and providing an accountability layer to ensure long-term success. Notable investments in TVF's portfolio include Vega Cloud, Workflow Labs, and FlavorCloud, reflecting the firm's focus on disruptive technologies. With a mission to foster a strong venture ecosystem in the Pacific Northwest, TVF continues to support underrepresented founders and drive innovation in the region. The leadership team, including President Bill Driscoll and Director of Investments Dennis Joyce, brings deep experience in venture capital, entrepreneurship, and operational management. Together, they are committed to helping founders build successful, enduring companies.
Tahoma Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2013 by John Ives to provide seed and Series A capital to technology startups across the United States, with a base in Colorado spanning Boulder and Eagle. The firm concentrates on enterprise-grade IT and infrastructure technology, seeking early-stage companies in data center infrastructure, enterprise software and services, embedded systems, networking, security and data analytics. Typical cheques range from roughly $500K to $5M, deployed with an operator-first, strategic-guidance approach alongside capital, generally as a co-investor. Across about 15 investments, its portfolio includes Automox in cloud-native endpoint management and security, Kentik Technologies in network observability, Copper Labs in real-time energy and utility metering, IronCore Labs in data privacy and application-layer encryption, Stream.io in chat and activity-feed APIs, Kazan Networks in NVMe-over-Fabrics storage, which was later acquired, Bold Metrics in AI apparel sizing, and LineRate Systems in software load balancing, an early exit. The fund's most recent tracked investment was a 2021 round in Kentik Technologies, and its latest portfolio exit was Section in October 2023. Tahoma Ventures is led by managing director and general partner John Ives, who has executed dozens of investments across North America with a focus on early- to growth-stage technology companies poised for transformative impact. By concentrating on enterprise infrastructure and pairing capital with operator experience, Tahoma backs technical founders building the backbone of modern IT.
Takeda Ventures, Inc. (TVI), founded in 2001, is the corporate venture capital arm of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. TVI focuses on early-stage, preclinical opportunities that align with Takeda's R&D pillars: Oncology, Rare Genetics & Hematology, Neuroscience, and Gastrointestinal & Inflammation. Their portfolio includes notable companies such as Amwell, Avidity Biosciences, and Xilio Therapeutics. TVI's investment strategy emphasizes high-caliber, therapeutic, platform-based companies worldwide, primarily in North America, Europe, and Japan. The average investment ranges from seed to Series B rounds, with TVI often co-investing alongside major venture firms like OrbiMed and Johnson & Johnson Innovation. TVI's approach includes taking board seats and providing strategic guidance, leveraging Takeda's extensive global resources and expertise to drive value-based outcomes for patients. The team is based in Cambridge, MA, and includes seasoned professionals like Miles Gerson (Head & President) and Jasmina Marjanovic, Ph.D. (Partner). They prioritize a hands-on, collaborative approach, working closely with portfolio companies to foster innovation and therapeutic advancements. TVI actively seeks to build relationships with academic innovators, entrepreneurs, and venture investors to cultivate a robust pipeline of breakthrough therapies. For startups looking to connect, TVI values companies with early commercial traction and those that embody a patient-first approach, reflecting Takeda’s core values.
Takeda Ventures, Inc. (TVI) is the corporate venture capital group of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan's largest pharmaceutical company, founded in 2001 with the vision of generating disruptive technologies and therapeutic solutions for patients through venture-based investments. Operating under Takeda's Center for External Innovation, the firm specifically backs early-stage, preclinical opportunities and platform-based therapeutic companies around the world whose products complement Takeda's pipeline. Its investments are aligned with Takeda's core R&D pillars: Oncology, Rare Genetics and Hematology, Neuroscience, and Gastrointestinal and Inflammation. As a strategic co-investor, TVI partners with academic innovators, entrepreneurs and venture investors, offering portfolio companies access to the deep therapeutic-area expertise, translational capabilities and resources of a multinational pharmaceutical company. Across its history the firm has made well over a hundred investments, producing 8 IPOs and 15 acquisitions, with notable exits including HOOKIPA Pharma, Avidity Biosciences and BiomX, and recent portfolio additions such as Accipiter Biosciences, Integra Therapeutics and Degron Therapeutics. The group remained highly active through 2024 and 2025, completing fresh oncology and biotech rounds. Takeda Ventures is led by President and CEO Graeme R. Matin and a team of roughly eleven, with primary investment activity across the United States, Western Europe and Canada. A separate sister unit, Takeda Digital Ventures, founded in 2018, focuses on digital health. By pairing capital with Takeda's translational and therapeutic expertise, TVI backs the preclinical and platform companies most relevant to its parent's pipeline.
Thomson Reuters Ventures (TR Ventures) is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in the next generation of enterprise technology. Backed by the global resources of Thomson Reuters, the firm leverages deep industry expertise and a vast network to help startups grow and succeed. Their portfolio spans companies in areas like artificial intelligence, fintech, legal tech, and data privacy, with notable investments in startups like CentML, Spellbook, and Neo.Tax. TR Ventures takes a highly active approach, working alongside founders to accelerate growth by facilitating strategic partnerships, proof-of-concept integrations, and access to Thomson Reuters' vast resources. They focus on supporting early-stage companies, particularly those in regulated industries like law and finance, where Thomson Reuters' market leadership gives portfolio companies a significant advantage. The fund is particularly known for its ability to connect startups with potential customers and provide valuable insights into complex industries like taxation, legal services, and accounting. Led by Managing Director Tamara Steffens and Principal Investor Joe Dormani, TR Ventures positions itself as a strategic partner to forward-thinking founders aiming to build long-term, impactful companies. Their unique blend of industry insight, global reach, and a hands-on approach makes them a valuable ally for startups looking to scale quickly in competitive markets.
Talent Venture Group (TVG) is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm and venture builder that invests in and creates companies in the HR and Talent Tech space. Launched in 2018, though its roots reach back to the 1980s when founder Lars-Henrik Friis Molin started a student-employment research publication while at the Stockholm School of Economics, TVG backs early- and growth-stage startups that prioritise people and the future of work. The firm invests in ventures aspiring to disrupt the HR and Talent Tech industry, whether B2B or B2C, encouraging candidates to find the right opportunities and driving enriching relationships for both employers and employees, and it deliberately diversifies its portfolio to future-proof its holdings. Beyond capital, every TVG company gains hands-on support across sparring, strategy, sales, product knowledge and technology. To date TVG has invested in over 20 HR and Talent Tech founding teams and recorded six successful exits, including Jobline, Campuz Mobile, Komet and Universum. Its portfolio has spanned Talent Inc, Nova, NyTeknik, Wintrgarden, UBI Global, Future Talent Council, Agentum, WeStudents, Hyre and Preppio. The firm is led by founder Lars-Henrik Friis Molin and key partner Jonas Larsson, a serial entrepreneur who has founded or co-founded more than 20 businesses globally and helped raise over $3 billion in funding, with a leadership team carrying more than 80 years of combined experience in building ventures and managing investments. By combining a venture-builder model with focused domain expertise, TVG backs the future of work.
Tall Grass Ventures (TGV) is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2022 and based in Calgary, Canada, investing in the future of agriculture and food. With roots in the Canadian prairies and a global vision, the firm provides funding and hands-on support to transformative entrepreneurs developing innovative agtech and foodtech solutions across livestock production, automation, crop protection and fertility, next-generation ingredients, protein production, risk management, decarbonization and digital transformation. TGV focuses primarily on pre-seed and seed-stage companies, with seed rounds averaging around $2.6M and a Series A around $3.5M, believing agriculture is underserved by innovation investment and that founders need real, tactical support more than just capital; it views the value it adds through its curated ecosystem as being as important as economics, typically participating as a co-investor. The firm closed its oversubscribed inaugural fund at $32 million in July 2024, backed by limited partners including leading grain and livestock producers from Manitoba to British Columbia, livestock feeders, commodity brokers and traders, financial-service firms, private-equity investors and technology founders. Its portfolio of about 11 companies spans the agrifood supply chain, from gene editing and biological solutions to software and hardware for specialty crops, plant-tissue sampling and grain grading, with names including IntelliCulture, GeneNeer and Sensor Globe. TGV is led by managing partners Wilson Acton, a four-time tech startup founder, and Chris Edwards, supported by a team of seven including venture partners across Canada and the United States. The firm pairs deep prairie agriculture roots with tactical founder support.
Tallwood Venture Capital is a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 that specializes in the semiconductor and semiconductor-related technologies sectors. The firm invests in unique and hard-to-do semiconductor technology solutions for computing, communication, networking, storage and consumer platforms, backing differentiated technologies and products it believes will have a significant impact on the semiconductor industry. With over $600 million under management across multiple funds, Tallwood ranks alongside the semiconductor segments of the largest venture capital firms. It invests primarily at the early- to late-stage venture level, with typical deals in the $10M to $50M range and Series A rounds averaging roughly $10.8M, frequently co-investing alongside firms such as Intel Capital, Walden International and VentureTech Alliance. Across its history Tallwood has backed dozens of companies; its portfolio includes Thintronics, Redfern Integrated Optics, Wave Computing, Wilocity, Astute Networks, Cavendish Kinetics, Ozmo Devices, SVTC Technologies, Ikanos and Silicon Clocks, and it has produced multiple IPOs and roughly 19 acquisitions. Its most recent tracked activity included participation in Thintronics' Series A Extension in August 2024. The firm was founded and led by managing partner Dado Banatao, the Filipino-American semiconductor pioneer and serial entrepreneur, alongside general partner Luis Arzubi; Banatao's deep operating background in chip companies gave Tallwood a distinctive technology-investment perspective. By concentrating exclusively on differentiated semiconductor technology and pairing capital with founder-level chip expertise, Tallwood backs companies tackling the hardest problems in silicon.
Tamarack Global, founded in 2018, is a Greenwich-based venture capital firm focused on building the next generation of technology companies that address major global challenges. The firm invests in startups that blend software and hardware solutions, primarily in sectors such as aerospace, defense, energy, robotics, and data intelligence. Tamarack’s mission is to back visionary founders—referred to as “Maniacs on a Mission”—who are creating transformative companies capable of reshaping industries on a global scale. Some of Tamarack's notable investments include Figure, a company developing autonomous humanoid robots to address global labor shortages, and Fuse Energy, which is advancing nuclear fusion technology as part of the future clean energy transition. The firm also backs Impulse Space, which specializes in in-space logistics, including satellite servicing and Mars missions, and Genies, a leader in avatar technology and virtual identity ecosystems. Tamarack Global emphasizes working with highly driven teams, providing not only capital but also strategic guidance and network access to help companies scale. With a clear focus on hardware-enabled sectors and cutting-edge AI, Tamarack is committed to supporting technologies that will shape the future, both on Earth and beyond.
Tamarisc Ventures is a New York-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2013 that invests in and helps build companies improving the human habitat through innovation at the intersection of real estate, health and technology. Its thesis spans three connected sectors: real estate innovation and building efficiency (proptech); human betterment through educational and medical technologies; and resource-utilization efficiency, technologies applied to reduce pollution and waste. The firm concentrates on US-based companies at the seed and Series A stages, typically deploying $1M to $20M across the life of an investment and actively leading seed rounds with hands-on strategic guidance. Its small, technical partnership combines venture and operating experience: managing partner David Bates, a former Morningside Ventures investor with an Auckland PhD in chemical and materials engineering; co-founder Ed Walters, a Harvard MBA, former Morningside investor and hospitality-tech executive; co-founder Seng Oon Toh, a Berkeley PhD and former ARM and AMD engineer; and co-founder Justin Yap, a Harvard JD and former IFC/World Bank and corporate lawyer. Across a portfolio of roughly 30 to 41 companies, top sectors are enterprise applications and real estate and construction tech, with holdings including Northspyre, Reggora, Breezeway, Serraview, Critical Asset, Bevi, CleanAir.ai, Getaway, ResortPass, Bode, Marigold Health, Meru Health, Aural Analytics, Huckleberry and Bite. Its most recent tracked investment was in Bite in November 2023. By combining a technically deep team with a habitat-improvement thesis, Tamarisc leads seed rounds in proptech, health and resource-efficiency founders.
Tampa Bay Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in Tampa, Florida, with a mission to build a vibrant, internationally recognized startup ecosystem in the Tampa Bay region by backing the area's most promising tech-enabled startups. The firm launched its first seed fund targeting $20M and oversubscribed it to roughly $27M by early 2023, with plans to invest in about 25 companies over five years. It invests from seed through Series B, with check sizes commonly cited in the $500K to $2M range, focusing on cybersecurity, e-commerce, healthcare, education technology, finance technology and hardware companies in the Tampa Bay area, and it is willing to lead rounds. The partnership combines founders, angel investors and operators. General Partner Marcus Adolfsson is a serial entrepreneur who founded Smartphone Experts and Mobile Nations, the latter sold to Future Plc for $115M; co-founder Andreas Calabrese began his career at Sweden's Capital A Partners; co-founder Tom Frederick is a multi-exit entrepreneur whose companies were acquired by Xerox and Visual Edge; and co-founder Wesley Barnett is a Lakeland-based investor active in startups and real estate. The team numbers around 14, including seven partners. Across roughly 9 to 15 portfolio companies and 17 tracked investments, holdings include Grifin, a micro-investing app that raised an $11.0M Series A in June 2025; Procoto, a Y Combinator graduate whose round the firm led; Reptrics, a customer-success platform; and Enaia. Its most recent tracked deal was Enaia on October 17, 2024. Tampa Bay Ventures anchors itself in building its regional startup ecosystem.
Tane Ventures is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage tech startups, especially in industries tied to real estate and construction. Backed by the Kauri CAB Group and Redstone, the fund has €50 million available, primarily aimed at addressing pressing challenges in the built environment. Their investments target technologies that improve labor productivity and reduce carbon emissions in the construction sector, which is responsible for nearly 40% of global emissions. They also focus on solutions to tackle housing affordability issues across Europe. The firm has invested in notable companies like Kinto (financial software) and FX(hash) (information services). Their investment strategy prioritizes technological innovation that can transform outdated practices within construction and real estate. Tane Ventures is managed by partners such as Niklas Grunewald, with the fund actively looking to capitalize on major industry shifts driven by technology.
Tanglin Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2018, headquartered in Singapore with an investment office in Bengaluru, India. It seeks to partner with entrepreneurs building fast-growing businesses with large profit pools across India and Southeast Asia, concentrating on consumer-focused technology and business-services companies. Core sectors include SaaS, commerce, fintech and digital health, and the firm primarily writes Series A cheques while also leading earlier and pre-Series B rounds. Tanglin manages roughly $250M in assets across two active funds, holds a deliberately concentrated portfolio of 20 to 32 companies, and deploys cheques of up to $8M; it is reportedly raising a third fund targeting $250M. Its investment philosophy emphasizes focus, patience, authentic long-term founder relationships, and deep thematic plus on-the-ground research. The firm was established by Ravi Venkatesh and is led by Managing Partners Ravi Venkatesh, Sankalp Gupta and Russell Dreisenstock, supported by a team of around 16 including principals such as Nitin Govindan. The portfolio includes two unicorns, Open, which reached unicorn status in 2022, and Moglix, a B2B MRO platform, plus Pocket FM, Plum, Lifelong, Ninjacart, Public, PingSafe (acquired by SentinelOne for over $100M) and Houseware (acquired by LaunchDarkly in February 2025). In 2025 Tanglin made five investments, leading rounds for Beco ($10M pre-Series B), Footprints Childcare ($7.5M) and Matiks ($3.1M pre-Series A); its most recent tracked investment was a follow-on in Plum's $20M Series B in March 2026. Tanglin pairs a concentrated, research-driven approach with a willingness to lead across India and Southeast Asia.
Tango.vc is a venture capital fund founded by Ivan Kirigin, focusing on seed-stage investments in machine learning and robotics startups. Launched in 2020, the fund is based in Redwood City, California, and has rapidly positioned itself as a significant player in the tech investment landscape. Tango.vc Fund I raised $4.7 million, targeting early-stage companies that are pushing the boundaries of automation and AI. The fund typically writes checks ranging from $25,000 to $250,000, and aims to be an early and supportive partner for startups. Tango.vc is known for its hands-on approach, leveraging Ivan Kirigin's extensive network and experience to provide operational support and strategic guidance. Kirigin, who previously worked with companies like Dropbox and as an early investor in various successful startups, brings a wealth of knowledge and founder empathy to the table. Geographically, Tango.vc focuses primarily on the U.S. market, though they remain open to exceptional opportunities globally. Their investment strategy emphasizes sectors where they have a strong informational and network advantage, particularly in machine learning and robotics. Recent investments include companies such as Eto, Finish Robotics, and Freshpaint, reflecting their commitment to innovative and disruptive technologies.
Tank Stream Ventures (TSV) is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in Sydney, Australia, operating within the BridgeLane Group. It is a web-technology-focused fund backing seed and Series A startups across Australia and the broader Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on mobile, e-commerce, SaaS, social media, networking and online-marketplace businesses. The firm prefers founders driven by a problem-solving vision rather than a solution-led one, treating technology as an enabler, and supports entrepreneurs with an obsessive vision to disrupt existing industries and improve lives through technology. Check sizes range from roughly $500K to $10M, with typical seed cheques of $1M to $5M, and the firm is willing to lead. TSV was founded by Jonathan Lui, Markus Kahlbetzer, Rui Rodrigues and Tim Fung; Markus Kahlbetzer, also founder and CEO of BridgeLane Capital and co-founder of Tank Stream Labs, is a founding partner, Rui Rodrigues serves as managing partner, and venture partners include Nathan Gooley, former head of private equity and funds management at BridgeLane, and Francisco Caffarena, with Airtasker founder Tim Fung as a director. As a sub-organization of BridgeLane Capital, TSV shares much of BridgeLane's portfolio and the two frequently co-invest. Across roughly 19 portfolio companies, holdings include Go1, which became a unicorn in 2021 about five years after TSV first invested, and Airtasker, which listed on the ASX in March 2021 at a roughly $198M market cap. The TSV fund is now fully deployed and considered inactive, with new opportunities directed through the BridgeLane Group.
Tao Capital Partners, based in San Francisco, is a versatile venture capital firm known for its broad investment scope and influential portfolio. Notable investments include high-profile companies like Tesla, Uber, SpaceX, and DeepMind, showcasing their commitment to technology, alternative energy, and transportation. They also have significant stakes in sectors such as healthcare, education, sustainable food, and real estate, with investments in companies like Warby Parker, Harry's, and Zymergen. Tao Capital's investment strategy is flexible, engaging with companies across various stages of their lifecycle. They seek out businesses that have a positive impact and support them actively through their growth. Their geographic focus spans primarily North America, particularly the United States, although they do not restrict themselves geographically. The firm’s approach is hands-on, often taking board seats and leveraging their extensive network to add value beyond just capital. They are known for their active involvement in portfolio companies, ensuring they align with Tao’s values and long-term vision. Their team includes experienced professionals with deep industry knowledge, contributing to their strategic investment decisions. For startups looking to connect, Tao Capital prefers those that can demonstrate early traction and have a clear, positive impact. They value innovative solutions that align with their diverse investment interests, ranging from cutting-edge technology to sustainable food and agriculture.
Tapestry VC is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, with additional operations in Europe. Founded in 2021, Tapestry focuses on investing in early-stage technology startups across the US and Europe. The firm targets sectors such as software, fintech, 3D printing, and infrastructure, backing technical and repeat founders who are building next-generation solutions. The firm has almost $100 million in assets under management and has made significant investments in companies like Hopin, Pitch, Zapp, and Nothing. Tapestry VC's team includes industry veterans like Patrick Murphy, who previously started a VC fund for Universal Music Group, and David Kelly, a co-founder of Web Summit. The team emphasizes a hands-on approach, working closely with their portfolio companies to help them scale effectively. Tapestry's investment strategy is rooted in supporting founders who not only bring technical expertise but also have the vision to create market-defining products. The firm prides itself on moving quickly to support its founders, with the aim of turning ambitious ideas into impactful, billion-dollar businesses. For startups looking to partner with Tapestry VC, the firm offers deep industry knowledge, operational support, and a global network that can help accelerate growth and achieve significant milestones.
Target Global is a Berlin-based venture capital firm, managing over €1 billion in assets. It focuses on backing fast-growing startups in fintech, SaaS, mobility, and digital health across Europe, Israel, and the US. Their portfolio includes major players like Delivery Hero, WeFox, and Rapyd. With a focus on seed to growth-stage companies, Target Global typically invests €10-20 million, actively leading rounds and guiding companies through to international success. The firm’s strategy centers on identifying disruptive digital-enabled businesses, often those in underserved markets or emerging sectors like Industry 4.0 and healthtech. Their geographic focus spans Europe, with particular emphasis on Germany, London, and Tel Aviv, but they also make opportunistic investments in emerging economies like Poland and the Baltics. In terms of recent activity, Target Global raised a new €300 million fund to deepen its exposure in fintech and wellness sectors. The firm typically invests 70% of its capital in Europe, 20% in Israel, and the rest in opportunistic global deals. Entrepreneurs seeking funding are encouraged to highlight scalable, tech-driven solutions, as Target looks for businesses that can drive industry-wide change. Led by general partners Yaron Valler and Alex Frolov, the firm combines deep market knowledge with a proactive, hands-on approach, making it a key player in Europe’s venture capital scene.
Tarnagulla Ventures is a life-science-focused venture capital firm founded in 2015 and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, providing seed and venture capital to promising companies in the healthcare and life-science space. Although Melbourne-based, the firm is global in scope with a particular focus on bringing promising medical technologies to the Australian and US markets, and it backs companies primarily at the seed and Series A stages, willing to lead rounds. Its expertise spans small-molecule, protein and cell-based therapeutics, and it positions itself as a strategic partner that contributes intellectual as well as financial capital. The firm is named after Tarnagulla, an old Australian gold-mining town with family ties to its founders, where the 26.6kg 'Poseidon' gold nugget was found in 1906. Tarnagulla is managed by William and Natalie McNamee: Natalie has been a director since 2015 and leads investment diligence across most portfolio companies, while William, a director since 2016, co-founded and led the development of three life-science companies, Holman Pharmaceuticals, Dalmoral Pharmaceuticals and LimRad. Across roughly eight portfolio companies the firm has notched two NASDAQ IPOs: LB Pharmaceuticals, developer of LB-102 for schizophrenia, listed in September 2025 at a roughly $302M market cap, and Jupiter Neurosciences, whose resveratrol-platform JOTROL targets CNS diseases, exited via IPO in December 2024 at a roughly $132M market cap and whose $2M seed round Tarnagulla led. Other holdings include Azora Therapeutics in autoimmune and inflammatory small molecules and Prevatex in maternal-microbiome probiotics. The firm reported no new investments in 2025.
Taronga Ventures, part of Taronga Group, is a global investor at the intersection of technology and real assets, founded in 2015 and operating from offices in Australia and Singapore. Through its RealTech Ventures Funds it invests in emerging global technology and innovation that addresses the key opportunities and challenges of the built environment, spanning proptech, construction technology, mobility, infrastructure, energy and sustainability, data and IoT, and tenant and occupant health and well-being. The firm describes its 'RealTech' thesis as technology that impacts the built environment across its lifecycle. It pairs direct investment with strategic guidance that helps real-asset owners and operators implement new technologies, typically as a co-investor. Its RealTech Ventures fund has targeted up to A$100M and is backed by a roster of leading global institutional investors including PGIM Real Estate, Patrizia, Grosvenor, CBRE, Dexus, APG and Ivanhoe Cambridge. Taronga was co-founded by Jonathan Hannam, former Group Executive Capital at Mirvac and former Head of Real Estate for Asia at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and Avi Naidu, a former Mallesons lawyer and Aura Funds Management founder. It also runs the RealTechX innovation and accelerator programs across Australia and Singapore. Across roughly 15 to 16 portfolio companies, holdings include CarbonCure, a carbon-reducing concrete technology co-backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund, AssetCool and others; its most recent tracked investment was AssetCool's Series A-II in July 2025, while Dash Living delivered a portfolio exit in April 2025. Taronga connects institutional real-asset owners with the technologies reshaping the built environment.
Tau Ventures, founded in 2019 and based in Palo Alto, California, is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments in AI-driven technologies. Their investment portfolio spans sectors such as digital health, enterprise software, and automation, including robotics and drones. They typically write initial checks between $500,000 and $1 million, providing seed funding to startups with significant growth potential. The firm was co-founded by Amit Garg and Sanjay Rao, both experienced in venture capital and technology. Amit Garg, with a background from Google and Norwest Venture Partners, focuses primarily on digital health investments. Sanjay Rao, previously with McKinsey and Microsoft, concentrates on enterprise and automation sectors. The team also includes associates like Sharon Huang and Insoo Chang, who bring diverse expertise from biotechnology to strategic investments. Tau Ventures is recognized for its active engagement with portfolio companies, providing strategic guidance and leveraging their extensive network to help startups succeed. Some notable investments include Alaffia Health, a healthcare technology firm, and Tonic, which creates synthetic data for testing and development. With around $85 million in assets under management, Tau Ventures is committed to fostering innovation in AI and supporting startups that aim to make a significant impact in their respective fields.
Taurus Ventures is an early-stage, technology-focused venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in New York City, investing in technology-enabled businesses across the United States and Southeast Asia. The firm targets multiple early stages, pre-seed, seed, seed-plus and Series A, and concentrates on sectors including artificial intelligence, healthcare, climate, consumer and commerce, seeking founders with strong teams, scalable business models and the ability to disrupt traditional industries through innovative technology, typically as a co-investor. Taurus is led by co-founders Hemant Bhardwaj, Managing Partner, and Win Thanapisitikul, with partner Gaurav Batra; Bhardwaj brings extensive venture-capital and technology-investment experience identifying and supporting early-stage startups. Over roughly six years the firm has built a portfolio of around 64 companies that includes three unicorns, Solugen, a sustainable-chemicals company that secured a $214M DOE loan, People.ai and Fair, alongside one IPO and two acquisitions. Other notable holdings span its US and Southeast Asia footprints: Tigerhall, Neuron, Infradigital, Momos, Multifactor in AI-agent account security, Cactus AI, Starcloud building data centers in space, Jiko, IUNU in greenhouse monitoring, KarmaCheck and ProducePay. Recent activity includes a Series A investment in Momos in September 2024 and a most-recent tracked investment in Barndoor AI on May 20, 2025, with first-time backing of Multifactor and a follow-on in Tigerhall during 2025. By bridging the US and Southeast Asian ecosystems, Taurus Ventures backs early-stage technology founders across AI, healthcare, climate and commerce.
Taya Ventures is a seed-stage venture fund and the corporate venture arm of Taya Media Group, founded in 2015 and based in Ramat Gan, Israel. Part of Israel's premiere video, media and visual-communications group, owner of United Studios of Israel, the country's largest video production complex, and several content, media and technology companies, Taya Ventures offers founders mentoring, deep industry knowledge and access to Taya Media's professional network in addition to capital. The fund concentrates on pre-seed and seed rounds, primarily in Israel-based startups, and invests across information technology, internet of things, advertising technology and adjacent media and data sectors, with check sizes of roughly $500K to $5M; its seed rounds have averaged around $1.17M, and it is willing to lead. It is led by serial entrepreneur Kobi Marenko, founder and CEO of Arbe Robotics, a 4D-radar imaging company for autonomous driving, alongside media veterans Yoav Peretz, CEO of Taya Media Group since 2013 and Co-CEO of United Studios of Israel, and Ami Giniger. Across roughly 18 portfolio companies the firm has seen one IPO and four acquisitions: Arbe listed on NASDAQ in October 2021, and Upsolver was acquired by QlikTech in January 2025. Other holdings include Protected, SafeBlocks and Underworld Football, whose $500K seed round Taya led. Data through 2025 indicated no new investments recorded that year, with the portfolio spanning Israel, the United States and Taiwan. Taya Ventures pairs seed capital with the production and media resources of its parent group.
TCP Venture Capital is a Baltimore, Maryland-based early-stage, technology-focused venture capital firm founded in 2012 that partners with entrepreneurs to build great businesses. The firm invests in early-stage companies across technology, education, healthcare, cybersecurity, analytics and advanced-materials sectors, concentrating on unique technology applications and explicitly excluding franchises, brick-and-mortar operations and online retail. Its flagship Propel Baltimore Fund makes investments in early-stage technology companies based in, or willing to relocate to, Baltimore, with an explicit mission to address the city's shortage of early-stage capital, encourage entrepreneurial activity and create high-paying jobs. TCP was founded by Christopher College and Stuart Sutley and is managed by a team with over 140 years of combined experience, and it is willing to lead rounds. Managing Partner Christopher College is a seasoned venture investor who has closed more than 100 deals totaling over $2.5 billion and previously headed the Private Finance Group at Stifel Nicolaus; Partner Stuart Sutley is a University of Virginia graduate, former US Marine Corps infantry officer and healthcare-company founder. Across roughly 30 to 35 investments the portfolio has produced eight acquisitions, including ZeroFox, RedOwl, Protenus and Rocket Doctor (acquired by Canada's Treatment AI), with other holdings such as WellDoc, EcoMap, Indicio, Link Labs, Traitify, Yet Analytics, Pixelligent Technologies, emocha and Minnowtech. Its most recent tracked investment was a Series A in Baltimore-based Infinity Bio in June 2025. By anchoring its flagship fund in Baltimore, TCP backs regional technology founders while addressing a local capital gap.
TCV (Technology Crossover Ventures) is one of the largest and longest-standing growth-equity firms, founded in 1995 by Richard H. Kimball and Jay Hoag and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in New York and London. Across a nearly 30-year history it has invested in more than 350 technology companies and backed 82 IPOs and 79 strategic exits, managing roughly $22 billion in assets as of March 2026. The firm partners with global, category-defining technology businesses as a growth-stage investor across software, internet, fintech, enterprise technology and consumer sectors, writing equity investments of $10M to $500M with flexibility around structure and investing in both private and public companies, and it is willing to lead. TCV deliberately keeps its portfolio concentrated so it can be, in its words, the hardest-working investor on each company's cap table, and describes its approach as thematically rooted, partnership-driven, long-term oriented, globally minded and quality obsessed, with a portfolio spanning five continents. Its track record includes some of technology's most prominent names, among them Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb, Facebook, Expedia, Zillow, Splunk, Toast, Nubank, Revolut, Celonis, Miro and Sportradar. Led by Founding General Partner Jay Hoag, the firm continues to deploy capital actively, making 14 investments in 2025; its most recent tracked investment was participation in Grow Therapy's Series D in March 2026, a round on whose board Jay Hoag sits. With three decades of crossover investing across private and public markets, TCV remains a defining growth-stage backer of category leaders.
TDF Ventures, founded in 2004, is an early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Washington DC and Silicon Valley. The firm focuses on startups that serve enterprise markets within infrastructure, software, and services sectors (IaaS, SaaS, XaaS). They manage a permanent pool of capital and are currently investing out of Fund IV, which has a $150 million allocation. TDF Ventures has a diverse portfolio with notable investments in companies like Omnispace, which recently expanded its spectrum portfolio, and Rewst, which raised $31 million in a Series B round to extend its leadership in the MSP automation market. Other active investments include Allstacks, Osano, and BlackCloak, which won the 2023 SC Media Award for Best Emerging Technology of the Year. The firm's investment strategy includes both financial backing and strategic support, helping portfolio companies with network building, brand exposure, talent acquisition, and subsequent funding rounds. The team at TDF Ventures includes partners and principals with extensive experience in the venture capital and technology sectors, such as Jim Pastoriza and Steven Mankoff.
TDJ Pitango Ventures is a Polish-Israeli, technology-focused venture capital fund founded in 2017 and based in Warsaw, Poland. It is a joint venture between TDJ, a Polish family-owned industrial group active in equity, venture, real estate, finance and philanthropy whose portfolio includes Warsaw-listed companies FAMUR, Zamet and PGO, and Pitango, Israel's largest venture capital fund, with around $2 billion under management, operating since 1993 with more than 200 investments and over 80 exits. The fund was also created with support from Poland's National Center for Research and Development. Investing on a 'smart money' formula, TDJ Pitango concentrates on early and growth phases, deploying $1M to $5M per round into startups with strong technology operating in large or fast-growing markets, and targets sectors including big data and analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, medical devices and digital health, software, mobile technology, media and IoT. It is founder-friendly, takes minority stakes and prefers to co-invest with other value-add investors, supporting portfolio companies with network access, senior talent, fundraising help and exit support. The fund is led by Managing Partners Wojciech Fedorowicz and Daniel Star. Across roughly 10 portfolio companies, including Tylko (custom furniture, into which it invested nearly 15M PLN), Cosmose AI (approaching Polish-unicorn status at a roughly $500M valuation), Neptune, StethoMe, CallPage, GG Predict, Syntoil, Vocaly and SmartDust, it has made about five seed investments and two Series A investments. Its most recent tracked investment was in Visby Medical in June 2025. The fund bridges Polish industrial heritage and Israeli venture expertise.
TDK Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Japanese electronics maker TDK Corporation, established in 2019 and headquartered in San Jose, California. The firm invests globally in early-stage deep-tech startups it calls 'Impact Scalers,' entrepreneurs building solutions across Digital, Energy and Environmental Transformations that bring positive impact to society and the planet, aligned with TDK's mission to advance digital and energy transformation. It backs companies from Seed through Series B with checks of up to $5M, typically as a co-investor. Its focus spans artificial intelligence and computing, advanced materials, robotics and manufacturing, climate technology, mobility, agriculture technology, clean energy, health and the broader digital economy. TDK Ventures manages about $500M in assets across multiple funds, including Fund 3, a $150M deep-tech vehicle launched in April 2025. A core differentiator the firm calls 'TDK Goodness' positions it as more than a capital source, a strategic partner offering access to R&D, supply chain, engineering and customer networks. Founded and led by President Nicolas Sauvage, the firm runs a roughly 33-person team with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, London, Bengaluru and Tokyo plus a presence in China. Its portfolio of around 53 companies has produced one IPO, six acquisitions and multiple unicorns, with notable holdings including Groq in low-latency AI computing valued up to roughly $6.9B, Ascend Elements in closed-loop battery recycling, which named TDK Ventures its 2025 Partner of the Year, Agility Robotics in humanoid robots, and Silicon Box in chiplet semiconductor packaging. Its most recent tracked investment was a $16.7M Series A in C2i Semiconductors in May 2026.
Team Builder Ventures is a San Francisco-based 'service' venture capital fund founded in 2013 by Steven Lurie, a former Zynga executive who served on the company's executive staff from its early days through its IPO, where he was the first Head of Mobile, built the India team and ran International, earning Zynga's Spirit and Atlas Awards. The fund's core differentiator is hands-on team-building: it commits to helping portfolio founders recruit world-class talent at no recruiting fee, reaching candidates that traditional recruiters and even founders cannot, and has beaten top recruiting firms on hires for its companies. It invests in pre-seed, seed and Series A rounds, explicitly does not lead rounds and does not require board seats, instead participating alongside larger lead VC funds, which makes it easy to include in early-stage rounds. Checks average about $250K, typically $100K to $500K and somewhat larger for Series A, and the firm manages under $150M across three private funds. Team Builder Ventures invests across domains and geographies, spanning enterprise and SMB software, developer tools, hardware, media and content, social networks, e-commerce, marketplaces, SaaS and fintech. Its portfolio of roughly 34 companies includes one unicorn and twelve acquisitions, with notable holdings such as Zuora, Tonal, Humanity, Arch Systems, AngelList and Orbit Fab. Its most recent tracked investment was in TrueTax in early 2025. By making recruiting its signature value-add and deliberately co-investing alongside lead funds, Team Builder Ventures positions itself as an easy-to-include early-stage partner focused on helping founders build their teams.
Team Ignite Ventures is a Northern California-based venture capital firm founded in 2020, focused on investing in early-stage startups across various industries, including fintech, AI, B2B SaaS, and marketplaces. The firm is driven by its deep expertise in technology, with its founders having extensive backgrounds at industry-leading companies like Microsoft, AWS, and LinkedIn. Team Ignite prides itself on being more than just a financial backer, actively mentoring and providing strategic support to help startups grow and succeed. One of Team Ignite's key differentiators is its syndicate model, where Limited Partners not only invest capital but also contribute their time, networks, and mentorship to portfolio companies. This collaborative approach ensures that startups receive holistic support as they scale. The firm has made over 90 investments, with recent portfolio highlights including Packsmith, Approveit, and HuLoop Automation, covering sectors such as logistics, productivity software, and biotechnology. Led by Managing Partner Brian Bell, Team Ignite emphasizes the importance of resilience, optimism, and vision when evaluating investment opportunities. Bell's experience and focus on technological acceleration, particularly in AI and automation, drive the firm’s mission to fuel the next wave of innovative entrepreneurs.
TEAMFund (Transforming Equity and Access in MedTech) is a global-health impact investor and advisor founded in 2016, with a US base in San Francisco, California. It runs a distinctive hybrid structure that couples a for-profit impact investment fund with a non-profit programming arm; the non-profit informs investments through rigorous research and provides portfolio companies with wraparound support, drawing on an 80-plus worldwide team of executive-level advisors and CEOs from leading healthcare multinationals. Its mission is to expand access to affordable, appropriate and sustainable medical technologies, digital health and facilitating technologies that address unmet health needs in resource-constrained, underserved populations, with a thesis that non-communicable diseases pose the greatest threat in low- and middle-income countries. The firm invests in commercial-stage companies and focuses geographically on India and Sub-Saharan Africa, where local entrepreneurs are often best positioned to close care gaps, typically as a co-investor. TEAMFund closed its inaugural $30M impact fund in 2019, structured with a 10-year horizon and a plan for 8 to 10 portfolio companies, and has since raised a follow-on Impact Fund II. It is co-founded and co-chaired by Tim Ring, former Chairman and CEO of C.R. Bard, and Kathryn Gleason, former senior partner at Morgan Lewis, and led day-to-day by Managing Partner Yousuf Mazhar. Portfolio companies include Qure.ai, MediBuddy, Tricog Health, Forus Health, JanaCare, EchoNous and Vezeeta, which collectively delivered tens of millions of patient services. Its most recent tracked activity was participation in Qure.ai's $65M Series D in September 2024. TEAMFund pairs impact capital with deep medtech advisory support.
Teamworthy Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early to growth-stage companies, focusing on building long-term relationships with talented entrepreneurial teams. Their portfolio includes leading software and software-enabled services companies such as Toast, SeatGeek, Weave, Carta, Capsule, CampusLogic, G2, Ibotta, OpenGov, Foursquare, Vestwell, Affinity, and Slice. The firm's mission is to partner with outstanding entrepreneurial teams to build companies of purpose, integrity, and enduring value. They emphasize values such as teamwork, service, integrity, creativity, enthusiasm, initiative, craftsmanship, learning, prudence, fortitude, humility, and thrift. Teamworthy strives to be a worthy partner by providing not just capital but also strategic support and mentorship to help entrepreneurs achieve their full potential. Their investment team includes experienced professionals like Senior Associate Kyle Limpic, Associate Emma Barrett, and Associate Josiah Meadows, who bring diverse backgrounds and expertise to the firm. Teamworthy Ventures operates out of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Nashville, Tennessee, providing a robust support network for their portfolio companies.
Tech Coast Angels (TCA) is one of the largest and most active angel investor networks in the U.S., particularly focused on Southern California. Since its founding in 1997, TCA has funded over 540 companies, providing more than $300 million in early-stage capital. Its portfolio includes notable successes such as Apeel (now a unicorn) and Procore. TCA’s investments span a variety of industries, including healthcare, high-tech, and consumer products. TCA primarily invests in seed and early Series A rounds, often in California-based startups but also extending its reach across the U.S. and occasionally internationally. The group is known for not only providing capital but also hands-on mentorship and operational support. With around 400 members across several regional networks, TCA brings deep expertise and valuable connections to the table. Recently, TCA has increased its focus on syndicating deals with other angel groups and VCs, helping startups secure additional capital. Entrepreneurs looking to partner with TCA should demonstrate strong market potential and scalability, while leveraging the network’s robust mentorship and support system to build a sustainable business.
Tech Council Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Summit, New Jersey that invests Seed and Series A financing into the Mid-Atlantic region's most promising growth technology companies. Originally founded in 2001 as the NJTC Venture Fund, it rebranded to Tech Council Ventures in 2016 and operates as the venture arm of TechUnited:NJ, formerly the NJ Technology Council, one of the largest and most active technology councils in the United States with more than 500,000 innovator members. That affiliation is the firm's core differentiator: portfolio companies gain access to an unmatched network of customers, key team recruits, business partners and service providers. With roughly $175M in assets under management across eight funds and five decades of collective team experience, the firm writes checks of $500K to $3M into startups spanning technology, enterprise software, biotech, life sciences, healthcare, media, telecom, cleantech and edtech, and it is willing to lead rounds. Its investment team is led by Managing Partner and Founder Jim Gunton, a 20-plus-year investor formerly with Edison Venture Fund and Oracle, alongside Managing Partner Steve Socolof and Partner Mark Kolb, a healthcare entrepreneur and former CEO of Bergen Medical Products. Tech Council Ventures has made roughly 59 investments with four exits, including notable holdings such as Achieve3000, Amber Road, CytoSorbents, InstaMed and IntegriChain. The firm is currently deploying its third fund; its most recent investment was participation in PolyGone Systems' $4M Seed round in February 2026. By tying its capital to one of the country's largest technology-council networks, the firm backs Mid-Atlantic founders.
Tech Square Ventures (TSV) is an Atlanta-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2014. The firm focuses on investing in B2B enterprise software, marketplace, and platform technology companies. TSV’s investment strategy revolves around providing capital, connections, and collaboration to visionary entrepreneurs, helping them scale their businesses in high-growth sectors like logistics, applied AI, sustainability, and infrastructure. TSV primarily targets early-stage investments, typically at the Seed stage, with initial check sizes ranging from $500K to $3 million. They also participate selectively in pre-seed and Series A rounds. The firm has a strong geographic focus on the Southeastern U.S., where they invest in high-potential startups from what they call the "Super South," the nation's fastest-growing innovation region. The firm’s portfolio includes notable startups such as The Mom Project, Slip Robotics, and Saleo, showcasing its commitment to backing companies that redefine enterprise operations. Through Engage, its corporate innovation platform, TSV connects startups with Fortune 500 corporations, facilitating growth through access to customers and markets. Founded by Blake Patton, Tech Square Ventures is deeply embedded in Atlanta’s tech ecosystem, leveraging its proximity to Georgia Tech’s Technology Square and a vast network of entrepreneurs, corporate partners, and academic institutions to fuel innovation.
Tech Wildcatters, established in 2009, is a venture capital fund and accelerator based in Dallas, Texas, focused on early-stage B2B startups. It has made over 100 investments, with 13 notable exits, including Arkestro, Fetch, and Meowtel. Known for its hands-on mentorship-driven approach, the firm helps pre-seed and seed-stage companies build a path to global scalability. Its flagship program, TW Training Camp, offers a 12-week intensive experience where founders receive personalized guidance to refine their business models and market strategies. Tech Wildcatters doesn't merely end its support after the accelerator; it continues to offer mentorship and introductions to strategic partners, ensuring long-term success for its portfolio companies. The accelerator’s extensive mentor network, comprising over 150 industry experts, allows startups to connect with investors and potential customers. Headquartered in Dallas, the firm capitalizes on the region's strong enterprise client base, bridging the gap between Fortune 500 companies and startups through initiatives like the Corporate Innovation Network. This program provides alumni the chance to pilot their innovations within large corporations, further enhancing their growth potential. With a unique focus on B2B startups and a commitment to helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses globally, Tech Wildcatters has become a prominent name in the accelerator landscape, consistently ranked among top programs."
TechAccel (Technology Acceleration Partners) is a Kansas City-area technology and venture development organization founded in 2014 by Michael Helmstetter together with Kansas State University and the Bicknell Family Holding Company. It describes itself as a first-of-its-kind hybrid that pairs equity capital with R&D: its 'Equity+ Science Advancement' model invests in startups and simultaneously funds research at universities and partners to bridge the gap between scientific discovery and commercialization. The firm focuses on agriculture (agtech), animal health and nutrition, and food technology, sectors its leadership argues are under-appreciated by mainstream venture capital that concentrates on human health. Rather than operating as a conventional pooled fund, TechAccel is an operating company backed by Kansas City-based high-net-worth individuals and family offices, calling capital as needed to fund specific projects; individual investments typically range from about $500,000 to $1 million, and it generally invests as a co-investor. It is led by Co-Founder, President and CEO Dr. Michael Helmstetter, who brings more than 30 years of startup, spin-off and technology-advancement experience across agriculture, defense and biotechnology. TechAccel's portfolio of roughly a dozen disclosed companies has produced one IPO, GreenLight Biosciences, and one acquisition, Agrivida, and includes investments such as Benson Hill Biosystems, where it joined a $25M Series B in crop science, and Epicrop Technologies, a crop-epigenetics company. It also co-formed Covenant Animal Health Partners, later sold to NovaQuest Capital Management in 2021. By coupling equity investment with funded science advancement, TechAccel backs agriculture, animal-health and food-technology innovation from discovery through commercialization.
Techne Infiniti Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2021 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley, with additional offices in Amsterdam and Bangalore. It positions itself as a vertical AI venture platform built to bridge the gap between horizontal artificial intelligence and industry, beginning with what it calls the world's largest yet least digitized sector: the roughly $16 trillion hospitality and travel market. The firm runs a hybrid model that combines a venture fund with a venture studio and a hospitality accelerator, investing in early-stage startups that apply AI across accommodation, food and beverage, travel and tourism, mobility, recreation, entertainment and wellness. Checks typically range from $50,000 to $1 million across pre-seed, seed, seed-plus and Series A stages, and the firm invests globally with emphasis on North America, Europe and Asia, generally as a co-investor. Its leadership team draws on experience at Google, Apple, Cisco, Intel, HP, Oracle, Symantec and more than 200 high-growth startups. Co-Founder and Managing Director Manish Gupta also co-founded and co-chairs Shashi Group, which owns and operates a premium Silicon Valley hospitality portfolio, and is joined by Managing Directors Dipesh Gupta, Anjali Arora and Gilad Berenstein. Its portfolio of roughly seven companies includes TROMPAR, Teamatix and Onnow.io. The firm has forged a strategic partnership with GAIN (HFTP) and launched the Nextwave Seed Investment Challenge at HITEC 2025. By focusing on vertical AI for hospitality and travel, Techne Infiniti backs founders digitizing one of the world's largest under-served markets.
TechNexus Venture Collaborative is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2007 that pioneered the 'venture collaborative' model, a first-of-its-kind structure pairing corporate capital with startup execution at scale, and the longest-operating such platform in the United States. Originally launched as a physical collaboration space for Chicago technology entrepreneurs, it grew into a hybrid venture firm and innovation platform that helps leading corporations and ambitious founders build mutually beneficial relationships, investing capital, incubating ventures and collaborating across its ecosystem to create new business models, revenue streams and products. More than half of its team is dedicated to post-investment collaboration. With roughly $300M in assets under management, TechNexus invests where there is strategic alignment with its corporate partners across audio and consumer electronics, B2B software, health, wellness and fitness, manufacturing, marine and outdoor recreation, media production, mobility, retail and electrification, primarily at the Seed and Series A stages, and it is willing to lead. Since 2017 it has invested in more than 150 portfolio companies and helped them raise over $4 billion in follow-on capital. The firm is led by Founder and CEO Terry Howerton and Founder and General Partner Fred Hoch, alongside Managing Director Andy Annacone. Its flagship holding is Harbinger Motors, an electric medium-duty vehicle maker where TechNexus led the Series A and co-led later rounds with corporate partner THOR Industries; its most recent tracked investment was a $19M Series B in Maverick Metals in April 2025. By matching corporate partners with startups at scale, TechNexus turns strategic alignment into new ventures.
TechniVentures is a micro-venture capital firm based in Brooklyn, New York, that focuses on investing in innovative seed-stage startups. Their investment approach is highly hands-on, leveraging the team’s deep experience in entrepreneurship, finance, and marketing to help companies scale effectively. TechniVentures is particularly active in sectors like healthcare technology and software, with recent investments including Solvemed and Copernic Space. Founded in 2019, the firm primarily invests in companies with strong potential in niche industries, such as medical devices and productivity software. The leadership team, including General Partners Tytus Stempniewicz and Matt Kozlowski, is heavily involved in guiding portfolio companies through early-stage growth challenges, providing both operational expertise and market access through a global network of contacts. TechniVentures tends to focus its efforts on industries with high growth potential, although it remains selective about its deals, typically investing in startups that align with its strategic goals of long-term value creation and innovation.
TGFS (Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen) is a venture capital fund based in Saxony, Germany, that focuses on early-stage investments in innovative startups. Established to support the growth of technology-driven companies, TGFS has invested in a variety of sectors including information technology, life sciences, microelectronics, and new materials. TGFS's portfolio includes a number of notable startups such as Wandelbots, which develops intuitive robotic programming solutions, and watttron, known for its precision heating technology. The fund provides financial backing and strategic support to help these companies scale and succeed in their respective industries. The fund primarily targets startups in the Saxony region, leveraging local resources and expertise to foster innovation and economic growth. TGFS is committed to nurturing high-potential companies that have the potential to make significant technological advancements and create job opportunities within the region. Overall, TGFS plays a critical role in the regional startup ecosystem by providing essential capital and guidance to emerging tech companies, driving both innovation and economic development in Saxony.
Technology Venture Partners (TVP) is a venture capital firm based in Australia, primarily focused on early-stage investments in technology companies. With over 20 years of experience, TVP specializes in sectors like software, SaaS, telecommunications, and medical technology. The firm manages approximately $250 million in assets and has played a key role in growing numerous companies, helping them achieve significant exits through strategic guidance and active involvement. TVP is known for working closely with its portfolio companies, providing not just financial backing but also strategic advice, operational insight, and access to a strong network of industry professionals. TVP’s investment strategy is centered on helping companies at critical inflection points, with a focus on driving growth and maximizing value. Their success stories include companies like RedShift BioAnalytics, which pivoted from component manufacturing to becoming a leader in biopharmaceutical protein characterization, and Inlet Technologies, which was acquired by Cisco Systems. TVP is committed to creating long-term value for both investors and the companies it backs, consistently delivering top-quartile performance among venture capital funds.
TechOne Venture Capital is an Istanbul-based 'smart capital' fund founded in 2019 that backs seed and early-stage technology startups in Turkey and Central and Eastern Europe with aspirations to become global leaders in their verticals. Structured as a Turkish venture capital investment fund of roughly USD 25 million, it positions itself as more than a capital provider, bringing strategic expertise, an extensive network of connections, hands-on mentoring and operational excellence to its founders, and it is willing to lead rounds. The firm draws on more than 30 full-time professionals and over 100 strategic partners, and works closely with operating partner Tarvenn Ventures, an Istanbul-based investment and consultancy firm. TechOne invests primarily at the seed stage, having made roughly 28 seed-stage investments at an average round size of about $1.27M, alongside a handful of Series A rounds averaging around $6.51M, across enterprise and B2B software, SaaS, high tech, consumer, retail, fintech and security sectors. Its portfolio of around 32 companies is concentrated in Turkey, with a secondary presence in the United States, and includes notable names such as Pixa Software, FineDine, which builds data-driven digital menus for restaurants, Alotech, a cloud call-center platform, Brandefense in cyber threat intelligence, Co-one in AI data annotation and Evreka in waste management and circular economy. It has recorded one exit, Tridi, in March 2023; its most recent tracked investment was in Co-one in May 2025. By pairing capital with deep operational support, TechOne backs Turkish and CEE founders aiming for global scale.
TechOperators, founded in 2008 and based in Atlanta, is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage cybersecurity and B2B software companies. The firm typically leads Seed and Series A funding rounds with initial investments ranging from $2 million to $5 million. Their investment strategy is shaped by the extensive operational experience of the founding partners, who include David Gould, Glenn McGonnigle, Said Mohammadioun, and Tom Noonan. TechOperators' portfolio features notable investments in companies such as Automox, a cloud-native endpoint management platform, and Flashpoint, which provides actionable intelligence from the dark web. They have also backed Phantom Cyber, which was acquired by Splunk, and Ionic Security, acquired by Twilio. Other significant investments include Tala Security, Todyl, and KyckGlobal. The firm supports its portfolio companies with more than just capital, offering strategic advice, networking opportunities, and operational guidance to help them scale. This hands-on approach is evident in their successful exits, such as the acquisition of Phantom Cyber by Splunk and the acquisition of Flashpoint by Audax.
TechRise, launched in 2021 by P33 in partnership with Verizon and 1871, is a multi-stakeholder initiative based in Chicago that focuses on supporting underrepresented tech founders—specifically Black and Latinx entrepreneurs. Its mission is to close the funding and support gap faced by these founders and create a more equitable startup ecosystem in Chicago. TechRise provides critical resources such as funding, mentorship, and networking opportunities through weekly pitch competitions where startups can win between $25,000 and $50,000 in non-dilutive capital. TechRise not only offers financial support but also connects founders to a growing community of mentors, investors, and corporate partners. Its focus is on helping startups move from the idea stage through to pre-seed and beyond, providing curated workshops on various aspects of building and scaling a business. This initiative is part of a broader effort to foster racial, gender, and economic justice by breaking down barriers to capital and networks. By offering a blend of capital and strategic guidance, TechRise plays a significant role in empowering diverse founders to grow their startups into scalable and sustainable ventures, with a goal of driving long-term impact in Chicago's tech landscape.