Imperial College London

Cherubic Ventures is known for investing before a startup even launches or reaches product-market fit, often as the first institutional investor, while also setting aside half of its latest fund for follow-on support all the way through pre-IPO; it was also one of the first venture firms to operate as a solo general partner and has grown into one of the largest funds run that way. Founded by Matt Cheng, who previously built two companies that each reached over $1 billion in public market value, the firm was designed from the start to invest across both the U.S. and Asia, backing early breakout companies in places like Croatia, Bangladesh, Japan, and Taiwan in addition to the U.S., with its Taipei roots still central to its identity alongside its Silicon Valley presence.

DCVC (Data Collective) is a deep tech venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve large-scale real-world problems across many industries.

Excell Partners manages a state-supported fund in partnership with the University of Rochester and New York State, offering pre-seed and seed stage capital to early-stage technology companies in Upstate New York.

Fly Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders from the zero-to-one stage, with portfolio companies that have collectively raised over $3B in follow-on funding.