Minfon Group

Founded in 2006, Techstars began with three simple ideas - entrepreneurs create the future, collaboration drives innovation, and great ideas can come from anywhere. Today our mission is to make innovation accessible to everyone, everywhere. We do this by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to create a more sustainable and inclusive world. Since 2006, Techstars has invested in more than 2,200 companies and today has a market cap of $27 Billion.

Scrum Ventures is a seed-stage venture firm investing across a range of industries in the U.S. and Japan. Based in San Francisco with extensive experience and networks in both Silicon Valley and Japan, Scrum Ventures accelerates portfolio companies with global opportunities and helps corporations innovate. Scrum Studio is a platform that connects global corporations with startups.

Backing visionary entrepreneurs early on with the support of global investors, seasoned founders, and leading CXOs, increasing the odds of their success. THE TRANSFORMATION ILLUSTRATED16.5K HANDPICKED STARTUPS 20 BROADENED REACH TO NEW CITIES 136 PORTFOLIO COMPANIES 30 SUCCESSFUL EXITS 661K+ DIRECT JOBS GENERATED $100M FUND SIZE 45 SOONICORNS 10+ UNICORNS 3M+ WOMEN EMPOWERED OUR ACCELERATION SUPPORT MAKES IT POSSIBLE Supporting Founders going beyond capital to transform outlier ideas into successful ventures, creating global impact, and emerging as the next category leaders in their fields. Backed by successful entrepreneurs, top CXOs, and large institutions World’s Largest Global Demo Day - DDay catapults startups creating global impact Global Market Opportunities through our closed network of partners across MENA, US & SEA Mentorship from veteran industry leaders, CXOs & successful founders CDay(Corporate Day) propels startups through business & strategic partnerships with enterprises and MNCs both globally & across India Enabling growth capital through Prostar, India’s largest Growth stage event with marquee fund houses

We’ve written a new venture capital playbook – a global platform that unifies tech investment across continents, investors, entrepreneurs and leading corporations to accelerate innovative startups even further and stronger onto the global stage. As a multistage fund with offices across San Francisco, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore, we invest in startups positively impacting the world through technology. Investing globally We invest in startups at the center of the digital revolution across North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. We work with visionary and mission driven teams to help them grow and lead markets. We back startups at the inflection point of growth, with revenues between $5M to $20M, that will benefit from guidance on refining the company, maximizing performance and creating long lasting value. Our initial check sizes range from $5M to $40M. We can lead or follow, and keep reserves for follow-on investments. We leverage the larger social evolutions at play, taking into account a startup’s contribution towards sustainability, analyzing the global competitive landscape, and integrating the insights of our Fortune 500 ecosystem. Investing for good We built our strategy around the idea that the future of venture capital, startups, incumbent companies, and innovating for good - is converging. A startup’s contribution to sustainability is a critical component to our investment philosophy, taking into account various issues such as economic growth, social interests and safeguarding the planet. Our values ONE TEAM FOR ONE WORLD As one global team from various backgrounds and cultures, we strongly believe that sharing diverse perspectives and knowledge significantly benefits everyone. ADD VALUE BY BEING USEFUL We believe our vision of a collaborative ecosystem, with global reach and local expertise, is best achieved by building trust between different stakeholders and constantly being useful to our partners in achieving their goals. SAY WHAT YOU DO AND DO WHAT YOU SAY We firmly believe in sincerity, transparency and being the kind of partner who always gives it straight and delivers on their commitments. FOR PASSIONATE ENTREPRENEURS We want to empower passionate entrepreneurs who can demonstrate that they have the determination and clarity in purpose to turn visions into reality. FOR THE DETERMINED AND COURAGEOUS Startup success requires a high personal price and we believe in standing by our entrepreneurs to help, both in good and challenging times. CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER We are proud to work with those who share our vision and commitment to sustainability and are positively impacting the world through technology. How we started Cathay Innovation is a global venture capital partnership, created in affiliation with Cathay Capital. Our story began in 2015 when Cathay Capital Founder and serial entrepreneur Mingpo Cai met Denis Barrier, a French venture capitalist and innovator in his field. Together, they infused the Cathay Capital platform with venture capital.

It offers a wide range of high-tech and entrepreneurial value services, providing a complete 360-degree experience. Zest is the strategic partner for enabling Italian companies and institutions to transition to the 5.0 era, through Open Innovation & Corporate Venturing projects. Zest is the fruit of the merger between Digital Magics and LVenture Group, the Italian Venture Capital pioneers with over 20 years of experience in the market. MISSION Our mission is to create sustainable value by fostering synergies between startups and established corporations, thereby transforming innovative ideas into actionable business models. VISION Empowering visionary entrepreneurs while facilitating corporate innovation: we aim to lead the way in early-stage investments and Open Innovation, driving growth and modernization in diverse industries.

Across Ventures is a San Francisco–based venture capital firm that seeks to invest in top-tier micro VCs across frontier technology domains. We empower exceptional micro VC General Partners and their portfolio companies who we believe are enabling the future of innovation — from AI to blockchain to deep tech — while fostering strategic connections with leading Japanese limited partners (LPs). By bridging Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial dynamism with Japan's industrial excellence, we seek to drive meaningful cross-border collaboration and long-term value creation. What We Focus On Seeking to Invest in Exceptional Micro VCs: Seeking to invest in and partnering with top-tier micro VC GPs focused on next-generation technologies and global impact. Enabling Cross-Border Open Innovation: Building bridges between the world's most innovative startups and Japan's forward-looking corporates to co-create the future.