The startup investor directory
Colam Impact is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Colam Entreprendre Group. It is an impact investment company that seeks to accelerate the development of companies that have a positive social and environmental impact. The company provides both equity investments and convertible loans to help companies grow. Colam Impact works with a number of co-investors to identify potential investments and strengthen the impact of the investments. It has made a number of investments in various sectors, such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education.
SPACE structure blending profit-sharing with equity lets Black founders buy back equity as they return multiples, targets Black entrepreneur cities, and returns capital by year three through profitability.
Invests at the pre-venture stage, applies a proprietary Villain Test to avoid future-harmful giants, offers rapid small grants to de-risk climate ideas, and backs culture-shaping consumer brands.
Data-obsessed, focused on infrastructure for complex, regulated or fragmented systems across continents, pairing a small core team with a deep sector-specific advisor network (CEOs, ex-Nike/Uber, founders) and embedding sustainability.
Collective Spark is a venture capital fund that focuses on early-stage technology ventures. They provide seed, Series A, and growth-stage financing to startups that are led by highly driven hustlers and hackers. They also offer additional resources to their portfolio companies such as mentorship, strategic advice, and market access. They have offices in Istanbul, Berlin, London, and New York.
Seed-stage fund, 100% Black-owned, backed by Amazon/Alphabet/Twitter, founded by creators of Blavity/AfroTech and BLCK VC, targets intersectional founders and leverages underrepresented communities' insights.
Collider is a venture capital firm based in London that specializes in early-stage investments in software startups. They are focused on helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses and create lasting value. They invest in technology-enabled companies that are disrupting existing markets, developing new markets, or capitalizing on global trends. They provide hands-on support to their portfolio companies, from product development, to marketing, to recruitment. They also provide access to their global network, which includes leading investors, advisors, and entrepreneurs.
Comeback VC is an early stage venture capital firm that is focused on investing in technology companies. The firm was founded by experienced investors and entrepreneurs who have a passion for helping founders build innovative and successful companies. Comeback VC invests in seed stage and early stage companies across a wide range of industries, including but not limited to, mobile, web, software, hardware, healthcare, and consumer products. Comeback VC\u2019s investments are focused on helping founders with their product, team, and go-to-market strategies. The firm also provides mentorship, resources, and connections to help its portfolio companies grow.
Invests in late-stage fintech, digital health, and SaaS companies and differentiates by leveraging a community of 450+ operators across business development, hiring, and fundraising to support founders.
Early-stage, thesis-driven investor that seeds multiple theme-aligned startups with small, non-lead checks, then scales in winners while providing a dense B2B network of banks, retailers, insurers and payment partners.
CommerzVentures is a venture capital firm based in Frankfurt, Germany, specializing in providing early and growth-stage funding for companies in the financial services and insurance sectors. Founded in 2014, CommerzVentures has 550 million euros under its management and has invested in over 50 companies in Europe, Israel, and the US. The firm is backed by the leading German banking group Commerzbank and is focused on helping companies in the financial services and insurance sectors grow and expand.
Backs companies partnering with government, combining ex-White House and policy leaders with former EPA administrators and mayors to give direct access to decision-makers and policy intelligence via Political Capital.
Operates large-scale, no-equity, free-rent founder residencies inside a 1M+ sq ft Manhattan tech campus, with a multi-city residency platform and NYC public-infrastructure pipelines (CUNY, NYCEDC).
CompanyFirst is a leading provider of comprehensive financial and business solutions. They offer a range of services, including financial and banking services, data analysis, business intelligence, and consulting services. They specialize in helping businesses make informed decisions and develop successful strategies. They offer comprehensive and integrated services that are tailored to the needs of their clients. Their team provides expertise in banking, data analysis, business intelligence, and consulting services, so their clients can make optimal decisions and achieve their goals.
Compass Digital Ventures is the venture and growth capital arm of Compass Group based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They invest in companies in the food and hospitality, retail and consumer, and technology industries. Through their investments and incubator programs, they seek to help companies achieve their goals and grow. Compass Digital Ventures has a portfolio of investments in companies such as Blue Apron, DoorDash, and GrubHub. They also have an incubator program to help entrepreneurs develop their business ideas, as well as a venture fund to help finance those ideas.
Compass Ventures is a strategic consulting and investment firm that specializes in commerce between the U.S. and the Asia Pacific. The company focuses on cleantech startups and assists them in connecting to large corporates. It also has a passion for commercial development and has completed projects such as Smoky Mountain Arena and Brick and Motor, a restaurant in Downtown Sevierville. Additionally, Compass Ventures offers a range of services to support their clients, including financial and legal advice, market entry strategies, and more.
Contrarian n-of-1 investor across AI/ML, robotics, bio and crypto, incubating scientific white-space startups, publishing hundreds of open technical theses and timing contrarian deployment using hedge-fund volatility and scientific expertise.
Concentric is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 with the goal of helping entrepreneurs succeed in their ventures. They have invested in over 50 companies across Europe, the United States, and Asia. They focus on early-stage investments in sectors such as FinTech, SaaS, and AI/ML, and have a strong commitment to supporting founders and helping them to scale their businesses. They also offer a range of services to assist startups in their growth, including financial guidance and strategic advice. Concentric Team has offices in London, San Francisco, and Singapore.
Concept Ventures is a venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom. The firm seeks to invest in the pre-seed stage, providing capital and resources to founders in the early stages of their journey. They focus on companies in the Work, Play and Learn sectors, using a thematic approach to identify and invest in the most innovative companies. Their investment range is from \u00a3250K to \u00a31M in pre-seed deals.
Applies a 12-dimension investment rubric to invest in Black, Latino, and underrepresented-focused founders, wraps portfolio companies with curated senior-operator networks, and directs 50% of profits to community foundations.
Concrete VC is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in London, England. The firm specializes in investing in real estate, residential, and proptech startups, as well as matchmaking with strategic corporate partners across the globe. Concrete VC is backed by a number of prominent investors, including Starwood Capital, JLL Spark, U+I Group, and more. The firm seeks to provide capital and strategic guidance to startups in the real estate and proptech sectors, helping them to scale and grow.
Early-stage and continuity backer that enters as a first check, leveraging deep cleantech cycles experience and multidisciplinary underwriting to support technically complex hardware-plus-software climate founders through valley of death.
Connetic Ventures is an early-stage VC firm that leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) to remove bias, move fast, and invest in the best founders and companies. The firm invests in companies across the United States and focuses on seed and pre-seed investments in a variety of industries. They also provide mentorship and support to their portfolio companies, and use data and machine learning to help inform their investment decisions.
Solo GP acting as the first institutional check for science-led consumer startups with ≥12 months of technical defensibility, prioritizing underrepresented technical founders (≈80% portfolio).