New Markets Venture Partners

We are dedicated to driving innovation within large organizations, helping them stay ahead of the curve and thrive in today's rapidly evolving business landscape. By selecting strategically-aligned startups that meet their unique tech challenges, our partners benefit from firsthand insights into technological trends and networking opportunities with industry leaders.

Inclusive Investing™ is a market-backed discipline that allows us to cast a targeted, yet wide net when sourcing companies, while keeping outsized returns and impact front and center in our investment decisions. There’s a lot of talk about demographics and a lack of diversity in venture capital. Inclusive investing is a strategy that proactively addresses this problem. While we’re pioneering this strategy, the data supporting our thesis is on our side: diverse fund managers earn better returns, and companies with diverse leadership outperform their peers. Inclusive Investing™ goes beyond diversity - it’s a new investment discipline that can transform the way we source, invest in, and scale businesses, and in doing so, create new pathways to prosperity for individuals, businesses, and communities at scale. Inclusive Investing™ levels the playing field so the best businesses and most talented teams succeed. A Five-Pronged ApproachImplemented cohesively, these five areas of practice yield an Inclusive Investing™ discipline Zeal is spearheading in the venture world across private markets.Diverse Fund Managers: Fund managers and the broader team are diverse with complementary backgrounds and skill sets. Diverse Management Teams: Companies proactively source diverse management teams with complementary skill sets and backgrounds that help portfolio companies outperform. Geographic Inclusivity: Funds source from a wide range of geographies across the U.S., not just traditional geographic VC “hotbeds”. Investment Focus: Investment allocation is directed to sectors where fund managers expect continued innovation and opportunity for disruption. Impact Lens: Investments seek to achieve top tier financial and social returns that impact low-wealth communities and small businesses.

Arieli Capital is a multifaceted investment firm that is focused on being an active investor in the next generation of technology companies. Arieli Capital operates four core businesses: Arieli Family Office, Arieli Innovation, Arieli Advisory and Arieli Innovation Fund. The Arieli team is primarily based in Israel with offices in New York and London. Arieli is a recognized global leader in innovation with deep governmental, academic, and corporate relationships and partnerships. Our unique holistic approach and global network enables our partners to build sustainable economic and social growth engines in the form of innovation centers, incubator programs, accelerator programs, bootcamps, technology transfer platforms, educational impact and job creation platforms.

At Meet Ventures, our mission is to help turn startup dreams into reality by bridging the gap between startups and established organizations, creating mutually beneficial partnerships that drive innovation and growth. We work with government agencies, corporations, and universities to identify and connect with promising startups, providing expert guidance and resources every step of the way. By fostering collaboration and facilitating meaningful relationships, we're helping to build a more dynamic and sustainable startup ecosystem that benefits everyone involved.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) creates and retains highly paid, sustainable jobs by investing in and linking early-stage technology firms and established manufacturers with experts, universities, follow-on funding, and other resources to help them prosper through innovation. Ben Franklin Technology Partners is among the nation’s leading technology-based economic development programs. Covering the entire Commonwealth through four regional centers, BFTP accelerates the growth of technology-based industries in Pennsylvania. A National Leader In Technology-Based Economic Development In partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Ben Franklin provides critical funding, business and technical expertise, and access to a network of valuable resources that early-stage and established companies need to grow and succeed in the highly competitive worldwide marketplace. As a statewide initiative, Ben Franklin also leverages the excellence of Pennsylvania’s colleges and universities and promotes greater collaboration among companies, academia, private investors, and government to build and development technology-based industries. Today, Ben Franklin is one of the most widely known and emulated state technology-based economic development programs in the nation. Investing in Pennsylvania Since its inception in 1983, Ben Franklin has invested in more than 4,500 technology-based companies and boosted the state’s economy by more than $25 billion, helping to generate 148,000 jobs through investments in client firms and spinoff companies in Pennsylvania.

SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) is an entrepreneur led, UK and Ireland focused Venture Capital Firm that since 2017 has invested in high potential, Artificial Intelligence (AI) software companies. Former Founders turned Investors, we bring our decades of entrepreneurial experience to bear on finding the very best company founders to partner with and invest in. Unlike most European VCs, SVV is a founder-led firm, with all of our partners having multiple exits under their belts - we’ve walked in your shoes, raised venture capital ourselves, enjoyed the highs and experienced all the lows of the entrepreneurial journey. We don’t like to think of ourselves as ‘just’ investors, we’re partners who are with you, right until the end. Founder DNA We're not just investors – we're founders who've been in the trenches ourselves. Our partners have built, scaled, and successfully exited multiple companies, including high-return sales to industry giants like RedHat/IBM and Transunion. When you're struggling with product-market fit, technical architecture decisions, or preparing for your next funding round, you're getting guidance from people who've lived these challenges firsthand. This founder-to-founder understanding creates a unique partnership that goes far beyond capital, because we've experienced the sleepless nights, pivot decisions, and relentless pursuit of breakthrough moments that define the entrepreneurial journey. Experienced Operators Our investment decisions are backed by decades of hands-on operational experience and deep technical expertise – more than half our team holds advanced qualifications in Computer Science or Engineering. We've been investing in AI since 2017, before it became the hottest trend in venture capital, and our team has worked at leading organisations including Ericsson, Telenor, and major tech companies. This technical depth means we can quickly identify which AI companies have genuine technological moats versus those riding the hype wave, asking the right technical questions and providing guidance on everything from architecture decisions to enterprise scaling challenges. Unmatched Network Our network spans the entire AI ecosystem, from Silicon Valley VCs to European government bodies, creating unparalleled opportunities for our portfolio companies. We've built strategic partnerships with leading AI programs at Imperial College London, University College Dublin, and NVIDIA's Global Masterclass Series, giving us early access to breakthrough innovations. Other European VCs regularly invite us into deals specifically for our technical due diligence expertise, while our Portfolio Advisory Board includes 50+ experts from blue-chip organisations and leading universities who actively open doors, provide customer introductions, and offer help to accelerate our companies' path to Series A. Ecosystem Builders We don't just invest in the AI ecosystem – we actively build and shape it through government advisory roles, mentoring on leading accelerator programs, and keynoting at major industry conferences including Web Summit and London AI Summit. Our thought leadership extends to actionable industry insights through AI Investment White Papers, podcast series, and annual investment conferences, while team members advise bodies like the Irish Government Startup Taskforce and coach with Tech Nation and Scale Ireland. This deep ecosystem involvement means our portfolio companies benefit from our active role in shaping the policies, programs, and partnerships that will define the future of AI entrepreneurship in Europe and beyond.