Investor

Draper Fisher Jurvetson

United States of America

DFJ began in 1985 with a focus on early stage companies. A decade ago they added the Growth team dedicated to late stage investing. Today they have two teams investing two funds. Draper Fisher Jurvetson Venture team works with founders in the early phases of company building. Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth team partners with companies entering hyper growth mode. DFJ has backed 26 companies that have each achieved more than $1 billion in realized value through an initial public offering or acquisition.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Global

Impact: Access to Financial Services

Investor

Meritech Capital Partners

United States of America

Meritech Capital Partners is a leading provider of late-stage venture capital to category-defining private technology companies, and has been one of the top performing venture firms of the past decade.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

Investor

NC IDEA

United States of America

NC IDEA, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, targets promising technology companies that need help bridging the gap between initial product development and venture capital funding. The organization helps young, innovative companies mainly by providing early financing in the form of grants, accelerating the creation of new North Carolina companies and jobs. NC IDEA further supports its grant winning companies by leveraging the organization’s solid partnerships and strategic alliances to assist companies through business challenges and growth goals.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Education

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New Enterprise Associates

United States of America

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) partners with entrepreneurs to build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies. As one of the world's largest and most active venture capital firms with more than $13 billion in committed capital, the firm's long track record includes more than 190 portfolio company IPOs and more than 300 acquisitions. Among its historical investments are technology leaders like Data Domain, CareerBuilder, Diapers.com, Groupon, Juniper, Macromedia, Salesforce.com, Tableau Software, TiVo, WebEx and Workday.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Tao Capital Partners

United States of America

Tao Invest, the direct investment entity affiliated with Tao Capital Partners, invests in technology, alternative energy and transportation, healthcare, education, sustainable food & agriculture, consumer, and real estate businesses that have a positive impact. Tao is an active investor with the ability to support companies through various stages of their life-cycle.

Type: Investor

Geography: Global

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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The Social+Capital Partnership

The Social+Capital Partnership ("Social Capital") is a partnership of philanthropists, technologists and capitalists utilizing venture capital as a force to create value and change on a global scale. The Partnership is based in Palo Alto, California.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Yaletown Venture Partners

United States of America

Yaletown is a venture capital firm that focuses on early stage cleanteach and IT investments in the pacific northwest and western Canada. The company aims to source the most promising early-stage cleantech deals in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon and the most promising information technology start-ups in British Columbia.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Americas

Impact: Access to Financial Services