Government & public investors

The Albanian-American Enterprise Fund (AAEF) is a U.S. corporation established under the SEED Act of 1989 to promote private sector development in Albania. It has since transitioned its mission to its legacy organization, the Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF).

Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC) is a government-backed venture capital fund of funds focused on fostering the technology industry in Alberta by investing in VC funds that support local entrepreneurs.

Almi Invest is a Swedish government-owned venture capital firm that provides financing through loans and equity to small and medium-sized enterprises. It operates regional funds and a specialized GreenTech fund, focusing on innovative startups in sectors like AI, AgTech, and sustainable technology.

The National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) is a government agency that promotes research and application of new knowledge to productive and social reality of the country. ANII available to the public funding for research projects, scholarships national and international graduate programs and incentive programs for innovativeentrepreneurship and culture, both in the private and public sectors.ANII developed the National Research System, a program of national economic researchers categorized based on a strict evaluation system incentives. He also created the Portal Timbo, which allows free access to all kinds of scientific publications worldwide for all Uruguayans.

aws Founders Fund (Gründungsfonds) is a venture capital firm investing in high-growth technology companies with global ambitions. As a subsidiary of Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH, it manages €140M and supports startups from early stages through exit.

Beijing CGP Investment (盛世投资) is a leading Chinese equity fund-of-funds (FOF) and government guidance fund management institution. The firm specializes in FOF management, secondary funds (S funds), and managing government-backed investment vehicles across various sectors in China.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Investment Arm is a venture capital firm specializing in growth, seed/startup and early venture. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare including biopharmaceutical, medical devices, diagnostics, biomaterials, and more. IT sector including Software solutions for modern innovation: SaaS, AdTech and fintech. It also invests in environmental, energy, education and other civic technologies. It seeks to invest in Southeastern Pennsylvania, within Philadelphia, Bucks, Delaware, Chester, and Montgomery counties. It seeks to invest in companies having equity investment between $50,000 ($ 0.05 million) and $500,000 ($ 0.5 million). Through multiple rounds of investment, up to $1 million within each company. Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Investment Arm was founded in 1982 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with an additional office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Best Horizon is an investment firm that helps startups grow worldwide, utilizing EU financing and co-financed projects to support business development.

Big Society Capital improves the lives of people in the UK by connecting social investment to charities and social enterprises. We know that investment can help charities and social enterprises achieve more. We believe the greatest chance to improve lives comes when investors and enterprises are both motivated by social mission.

BM H Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen mbH operates as an investment arm of Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale. It invests, through its funds, in companies based in the German State of Hesse. The firm seeks to invest in seed/start-up, early-stage, venture stages, innovation and growth financing of small and medium sized companies. It prefers to invests in Software & IT, Life Sciences, Mechanical and Plant Engineering, Industrial Goods, Professional Services, and E-Commerce. It prefers to invest in small and medium sized companies with a maximum sales of €75 million ($100.53 million) with up to 500 employees and with a maximum enterprise value of €50 million ($72.43 million). It provides primarily mezzanine capital, but will also consider private equity or venture capital investments. Investments range from €5,000 ($5,882.58) to €3 million ($3.52 million) for up to 12 years. BM H Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen mbH was founded in 2001 and is based in Wiesbaden, Germany.

The Brabant Development Agency (BOM) works together with entrepreneurs to create a future-proof Brabant economy. We share knowledge, develop networks, and provide capital to innovative Brabant companies and sustainable energy projects. We also encourage forward-looking international companies to settle in Brabant and assist companies already based in Brabant to extend their reach abroad. Our goals include further economic growth, increased employment, solutions to social issues, and a leading role for Brabant on the world stage. BOM Brabant Ventures With the help of its unique knowledge and capital, BOM uses the Brabant Ventures label to focus on the accelerated and future-proof growth of ambitious Brabant startups and scaleups in the High-Tech Systems and Software, Agri-food, Life Sciences & Health, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Bio-based Economy top industries. BOM International Trade Under the International Trade label BOM assists Brabant companies to make the best possible use of their opportunities on international markets and to increase their growth. BOM Foreign Investments Under its Foreign Investments label BOM aids foreign companies in the High-Tech, Life Sciences & Health, Supply Chain, Agri-food, Chemicals, and Aerospace industries to make best use of the opportunities offered by Brabant as a base for operations. BOM Renewable Energy Under its Renewable Energy label BOM provides knowledge, capital and access to its network to develop and invest in renewable energy projects.

Business Finland is a Finnish public operator and government agency that provides innovation funding, internationalization services, and promotes investment in Finland. It focuses on accelerating sustainable growth for startups, SMEs, and research organizations.

Capital Financière agricole Inc. is a venture capital and private equity arm of La Financière agricole du Québec specializing in investments in startups, mezzanine, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, turnarounds, middle market, mature, industry consolidation, Innovation, plant building or expansion, recapitalization, buyout, and growth capital transactions. It does not buy back the interest of existing partners. The firm seeks to invest in all sectors related to agriculture, including public and private agricultural and agri-food sector, primarily in food processing and commercialization projects; prepared and preserved foods; agricultural biotechnology; agricultural consulting services; agricultural machinery and equipment; machinery distribution, social organizations, agriculture industry software; and fertilizers and agricultural chemicals. It invests in companies with farm operators as associates, either as partners, suppliers or clients and whose projects are in agricultural production including products and services upstream and downstream agricultural production projects like marketing associations, processing or commercialization involving the agricultural sector or regional development, agriculture-based nutraceuticals and functional foods, agro-tourism excluding projects only comprising activities related to accommodations and the restaurant business, and biotechnologies at the commercialization stage in partnership with other funding bodies. Special attention is given to projects involving the production of food products and to initiatives targeting distribution networks for local specialty products and locally processed products. It could invest in competing companies and business recovery. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in the province of Quebec only. It prefers to make an equity investment between CAD0.2 million ($0.19 million) and CAD3 million ($2.32million). It backs investment projects between CAD0.5 million ($0.49 million) and CAD10 million ($9.78million), with investment per enterprise ranging between CAD0.2 million ($0.19 million) and CAD2 million ($1.96 million), and initial round of financing will be under CAD1 million ($0.98 million) and not exceeding CAD0.6 million ($0.59 million) for startup companies. It will be able to reinvest up to CAD3 million ($2.93 million) over the life of its portfolio companies. The firm prefers to invest in clients incorporated under the legal forms of joint-stock company, limited partnership, general partnership, or cooperative. For each of its portfolio companies, it seeks an active participation in the activities of either the board of directors as a director or observer or the management committee as a member. The firm participates in the form of capital stock or limited partnership shares, debentures which are not guaranteed loans, convertible to capital stock or not with possibility of an option to purchase shares. It seeks to take participating shares with voting of 10% to 30% with a maximum of 49%, and may also take preferred shares. The firm may co-invest with other investors. It typically holds its investments for seven to ten years after investment in startups and five to eight years in companies that are operational. The firm's source of capital is government money. Capital Financière agricole Inc. was founded in the spring of 2002 and is based in Lévis, Canada.

CAS Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd. (CASVC) was established in 2017 by Chinese Academy of Sciences Holdings Co., Ltd. to support technological innovation and achieve capital appreciation through market mechanisms and science-led investment.

FOR OVERALL AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF ITALIAN VENTURE CAPITAL We use direct and indirect investments to promote the development of all players in the innovation chain. We enable companies, investors and start-ups to foster new opportunities for growth and development. We support the creation of Programmes of Acceleration and Technology Transfer Hubs across the region, in the form of co-investment, for overall market growth. MISSION CDP Venture Capital – Fondo Nazionale Innovazione aims to make Venture Capital a strategic pillar to Italy's economic growth and innovation, creating the conditions for a comprehensive and sustainable growth of the Italian Venture Capital ecosystem. CDP VENTURE CAPITAL AIMS TO: Expand both direct and indirect investments, overseeing existing funds while encouraging the emergence of new funds to support startups at all stages of their growth cycle. Develop the community by bringing together companies, investors and startups for exchange of ideas and pursue new opportunities. Foster the evolution of the Venture Capital system by working in synergy with national agencies and institutions that support startups and by creating a network with key players at the international level. Foster the evolution of the Venture Capital system by working in synergy with national agencies and institutions that support startups and by creating a network with key players at the international level. CDP Equity is a holding company of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group, that was created to boost the Italian economy by investing risk capital in companies of strategic national interest.

China Reform Securities Capital (Guoxin Guozheng Investment) is a state-owned financial enterprise focused on fund management, supporting national strategies and state-owned enterprise reform through investments in strategic emerging industries like new energy, materials, and high-end manufacturing.

Development Finance Institute Canada (DFIC) Inc. is a private equity and venture debt firm specializing in emerging growth markets. The firm seeks to invest through growth capital. The firm prefers to invest in green growth (renewable energy, energy infrastructure, energy efficiency, water supply, water management, waste management, wastewater management, bio refinery products, green industrial production, etc.), agribusiness value chain, agriculture and forestry and financial services. The firm has a geographic focus on Latin America, the Caribbean, the Indo-Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa. Development Finance Institute Canada (DFIC) Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in Montreal, Canada with an additional office in Montreal, Canada and Singapore, Singapore.

E8 is a non-profit membership organization of private accredited impact investors focused on early-stage cleantech companies that increase the sustainability and health of our planet.

The Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund (EAEF) is a private investment fund established by the U.S. Congress to promote the development of the Egyptian private sector through long-term investment.

Ekarpen Private Equity, S.A. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in investments in earlier stages of projects; growth; family continuity; expansion; industry consolidation; setting up joint ventures; and leveraged buyouts in medium, mature, and large companies. It does not invest in builders, real estate, and financial firms. The firm prefers to invest in private companies whose main activities, assets or head offices are based in Basque Country. It typically invests in between €10 million ($14.67 million) and €40 million ($58.68 million) in companies having operations valued between €25 million ($32.20 million) and €400 million ($515.19 million) which can be raised in leveraged buyouts, and also invests €5 million ($6.44 million) in small sized projects. The firm preferably makes investments by means of capital increase but there is also the chance of resorting to convertible loan stock, or even a mixed type of investment. It typically divests its investments over a period of six to eight years. The firm contributes financial resources to companies through loan stock; by acquiring large non-majority stakes; or by buying minority shares including 10 to 40 percent of the capital stock with voting rights. The firm was formerly known as Ekarpen, SPE, S.A. Ekarpen Private Equity, S.A. was founded on July 28, 2008 and is based in Bilbao, Spain.

Established in 1927, FICCI is the largest and oldest apex business organisation in India. Its history is closely interwoven with India's struggle for independence, its industrialization, and its emergence as one of the most rapidly growing global economies.

Finance Yorkshire Investments Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in seedcorn finance, business loans, and equity linked investments. It invests in start-ups, early-stage, and expansions in almost all sectors. The firm seeks to invest in Yorkshire and Humber regions with a focus on businesses based or moving to areas within Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. It typically invests between £0.015 million ($0.023 million) and £2 million ($3.17 million). The firm, through seedcorn funding, aims to back pre-revenue and early-stage technology-based ventures. It seeks to provide investment up to £0.78 million ($1.23 million) over the lifetime of its portfolio companies. The firm prefers to take a significant minority stake in the ordinary shareholding. It targets its exit between three and six years. The firm provides loans ranging from £0.015 million ($0.023 million) to £0.050 ($0.079 million) for early stage businesses; £0.015 million ($0.023 million) to £75,000 ($0.12 million) for established businesses and from £0.015 million ($0.023 million) to £150,000 ($0.23 million) for established and profitable businesses. It typically provides loans to manufacturing or service sector businesses. The firm provides equity linked investments and joint equity linked packages from £100,000 ($0.15 million) to £2 million ($3.17 million) and mezzanine loans, with equity options or redemption premiums, from £100,000 ($0.15 million) to £1 million ($1.58 million). It targets to exit these investments within 5 years. The firm often works alongside other finance providers such as banks, and other lenders. Finance Yorkshire was founded on March 12, 2010 and is based in Barnsley, United Kingdom.

Finpiemonte Partecipazioni S.p.A. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in providing financing to small and medium-sized enterprises located in the Italian region of Piemonte. The firm seeks to invest in all the stages of a company’s life cycle and in all industry sectors. Finpiemonte Partecipazioni S.p.A. was founded in July 2007 and is based in Torino, Italy.

Funding London Limited is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, early stage companies, and in companies where the proof of concept stage has been successfully concluded. It seeks to invest in science, digital and technology sectors. The fund typically invests in companies based in London. The firm typically makes co-investments. The fund typically invests in companies based in London. It invests between £0.25 million ($0.28 million) and £1 million ($1.14 million). SME Wholesale Funding London Limited was founded in 2004 and is based in London, United Kingdom with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.

Gulf Investment Corporation is a venture capital arm of The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf specializing in direct investments in private companies and new business ventures. It invests in emerging market & public equities. The firm prefers to invest in heavy industries, light industries, food/agriculture, education, technology, logistics, oil & gas services, healthcare, utilities sector with a focus on power, water, telecommunications, and other infrastructure; chemicals and metals; diversified industrials; materials; consumer staples; Industrial Development; consumer discretionary; financials; financial services, petrochemicals, steel, and electricity sectors. It seeks to invest in GCC countries. It also invests in corporate finance projects. Gulf Investment Corporation was founded in 1983 and is based in Kuwait City, Kuwait with additional office in Kuwait, Kuwait.