
Upfront Ventures
Upfront Ventures is the venture capital firm focusing on early-stage technology companies.
Seed, Series A +2
Media, SaaS +116
$1,000,000 – $8,000,000
$2M - $5M
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Upfront Ventures is the venture capital firm focusing on early-stage technology companies.
Seed, Series A +2
Media, SaaS +116
$1,000,000 – $8,000,000
$2M - $5M

Early-stage investor in advanced tech and healthcare that funds companies with at least one female founder, focusing on STEM startups with female executives.
Series A, Seed +2
BioTech, Deeptech +56
$5,000 – $3,000,000

Changing the face of entrepreneurship
Seed, Early Stage VC +3
Software, Internet +69
$750 – $2,000,000

Pre-seed-stage partner engaging founders before company or cofounder formation, running a 14-week cohort-based, studio-like fellowship for underrepresented foun…
Pre-Seed, Seed
SaaS, Health +41
$25,000 – $175,000

Accelerate your business and build connections that last a lifetime
Early Stage VC, Seed +1
Advice Platform, Business Development +45
$120K for 6%

Compound is a venture capital firm that invests in bleeding-edge technology built by outliers. Compound is a Thesis-Driven, Research-Centric Investment Firm
Seed, Series A +3
AI, BioTech +43

Gaingels represents the LGBT+ community and allies investing in VC-backed companies with diverse and inclusive leadership teams.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Health, FinTech +41

Make change, make money.
Pre-Seed, Seed
Health, Consumer +96
$500 – $1,000,000
$500K - $1M

RA Capital Management is an investment advisor specializing in the life-sciences and drug development sectors.
Series B, Series C +5
Health, Media +58

We invest in female FOUNDERS & FUNDERS.
Pre-Seed, Seed +3
Health, CPG / D2C +41

Rembrandt Venture Partners is a team of entrepreneurs, company builders, and investors.
Seed, Early Stage VC +8
Software, Enterprise Software +61

VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN
Seed, Series A +1
Cybersecurity, AI +42
$100 – $5,000,000

Village Capital builds bridges for entrepreneurs who are creating an inclusive and sustainable world.
Seed, Early Stage VC +2
FinTech, Education +104

A next-gen early-stage VC firm backing world-class diverse entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Valley. The firm has seeded multiple unicorns and delivers superior…
Pre-Seed, Seed +2
Health, CPG / D2C +41
$250 – $3,000,000

Early-stage investor (incubation through growth) partnering with founders at the technology–life sciences interface, specializing in drug discovery platforms, m…
Seed, Series B +2
BioTech, AI +42
$500 – $50,000,000

Invests in college students and very young technologists via a communal mentorship network of several hundred engineers, founders, and advisors, offering non-di…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Enterprise, AI +61
$600,000 – $600,000

Accelerating innovation in retail technology & consumer goods
Seed, Multi-Stage VC +5
Retail, Consumer Goods +49
$135K for 6-8%

The Helm invests in game-changing companies founded by women
Pre-Seed, Seed +2
Health, Climate +41
$500 – $750,000

We envision a world where all talent has access to transformational capital.
Series A, Seed +1
Energy, Health +42

Portfolia Investing Funds Designed For Women
Pre-Seed, Seed +8
Real Estate, Proptech +68

Female founders. Billion dollar opportunities.
Seed, Early Stage VC +2
Wellness, Healthcare +49
$150 – $150,000

The WXR Fund
Pre-Seed, Seed +2
Gaming, VR +56
$150,000 – $300,000

Focuses on pre-seed and seed, Indianapolis-based, targets Black, Brown, women, LGBTQ+, and disabled founders across the Midwest and South, offering incubators,…
Pre-Seed, Seed
CPG / D2C, SaaS +43
$250 – $500,000

Let's build stuff that truly matters! We back game-changing companies across Europe to achieve global impact.
Seed, Series A +2
Health, Education +108
$500 – $3,000,000
$500K - €3M

Physician-led, immigrant-founded VC built by third-culture founders using cross-cultural insight to back healthcare founders with lived experience and target st…
Pre-Seed, Seed +2
Health, BioTech +56
$250 – $2,000,000

All-Black GP team of active tech founders leads and oversubscribes pre-seed and seed rounds for Black-led startups, offering $1M–$1.25M checks, clean docs, real…
Seed
SaaS, FinTech +41
$100 – $5,000,000

Targets deep‑tech companies at the post‑seed/pre‑growth inflection with $500K–$2M tickets; doesn't lead rounds, was built from founders' capital/SPVs, and enfor…
Series A, Series B +3
Deeptech, Hardware +43

Quadrille Capital is an independent private investment firm based in Paris and San Francisco.
Early Stage VC, Series A +6
Semiconductors, Marketing +44
$100 – $5,000,000

Nesta Ventures is a venture capital arm of NESTA specializing in direct and fund of fund investments.
Grant, Series A +5
Education, Media +44

Early-stage equity investor focused on inclusive-growth businesses serving underserved communities in Africa and India, offering regional teams (Kenya, Nigeria,…
Series A, Seed +2
FinTech, Food +56

Invests in technologies serving institutional credit, risk management and enterprise clients, leveraging Fitch’s global credit-rating and data franchise to acce…
Series A, Series B +3
FinTech, Data +54

Rethink Impact invests in entrepreneurs tech platforms and networks that are ecosystems of change. We are a venture capital fund that seeks...
Seed, Early Stage VC +3
Software, Internet +113

Investing in a
Seed, Series A +1
Climate Impact, Software +78
$500 – $3,000,000
$250K - $3M

Built on a national community of Black technologists and an integrated nonprofit-for-profit talent pipeline, they provide structural access to Black operators a…
Seed, Pre-Seed +1
FinTech, Health +139
$200,000 – $1,000,000

Growth Capital
Seed, Pre-Seed +3
Health, Climate Impact +44

Micro-VC in non-coastal hubs (Colorado, Austin) spreading small bets across 35+ companies, achieving top-25% vintage returns and connecting founders to a 53+ co…
Pre-Seed, Seed +2
SaaS, Enterprise +42

We strive to help mission-driven founders build inspiring, valuable companies from inception to exit
Seed, Pre-Seed +3
Climate Impact, Industry +61
$100,000 – $1,500,000

Galia Gestion is a private equity and venture capital firm.
Seed, Early Stage VC +2
Food, Beverage +59

Investing in exit-focused B2B startups from Hong Kong and Singapore
Seed, Series A +3
Software, Internet +43

Amity Ventures is a venture capital firm that supports founders in building category-defining businesses.
Seed, Pre-Seed +6
AI, Machine Learning +46
$10,000,000 – $50,000,000

Welcome to Switch Ventures a new kind of venture capital. A community of talented founders who switched from the common path.
Seed, Early Stage VC +2
Big Data, Analytics +44

Starshot Capital – Beyond moonshots
Seed, Early Stage VC +1
Climate Impact, Carbon Capture / CCUS +43
$500K - $1.5M

Early-stage fund (~$10M cap) from a 25,000+ member women's leadership movement, enabling many first-time women and women-of-color LPs and leveraging LPs for sou…
Seed, Early Stage VC
Health, BioTech +42
$100 – $750,000

Wellstreet builds sustainable and profitable tech companies by investing in companies that have a net positive impact in their value chain.
Seed, Early Stage VC +2
Marketing, Fashion +100
$200 – $700,000

We speak founder.
Seed, Early Stage VC +1
Software, Big Data +48

Microfund making $100K–$500K first checks into women-led tech companies focused on lifelong learning (early childhood to adult career), offering 25+ years edtec…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Education, Future Of Work +41
$10,000,000 – $50,000

We invest in inspirational founders
Seed, Pre-Seed +1
Software, Internet +41
$100 – $500,000
Investment

Capital + Connections
Seed, Pre-Seed +2
BioTech, Healthcare +45

Seier Capital is a private seed and venture capital that caters to companies across diverse industries.
Seed, Early Stage VC +1
Media, FinTech +52

Tech Products Inc.
Seed, Early Stage VC
Enterprise Software, Developer Apis +44

Red Thread Ventures is a global investment and advisory firm currently managing two investment funds.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Historically Ignored Founder, Second Generation +39

INVESTING IN INNOVATION
Seed, Early Stage VC
Health, Latinx +40

BLACKTECH CAPITAL - Investing in BLACK and Other UNDERREPRESENTED Entrepreneurs in CLEANTECH
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Climate Impact, Software +53
$50,000,000 – $500,000
$15K - $500K

Ithaca Capital is a privately held investment holding company and a manager of third-party private equity funds. Founded in 1998, Ithaca has successfully built…
Seed, Series A
FinTech, Food +42

True North – Building a Sustainable Future
Seed, Early Stage VC +2
Energy, Water +44

We Invest in Impactful Digital & Technology Ventures that Empower Games, Media and Entertainment.
Seed, Series A +2
AI, Machine Learning +51
$100 – $5,000,000

Merifin Capital is a European private investment company focused on traditional and alternative asset classes.
Early Stage VC, Growth +1
Marketing, Fashion +44

Merian Ventures invests in women founded and co-founded innovation in cyber blockchain artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning (ML) and consumer-facing co…
Seed, Early Stage VC +2
SaaS, Human Resources +74
$5,000,000 – $50,000

Dozen Investments is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Spain.
Seed, Early Stage VC
Food, Beverage +52

We invest in extraordinary female-led CPG brands
Seed, Series A +2
Industry, Female Founded +50
$500,000 – $500,000

Women Investing in Women
Debt Financing, Seed +2
US Military Veteran, Female +39

We DEVELOP VENTURES
Pre-Seed, Seed
Woman Led, First Generation +39

We are Kiko Ventures.
Venture Building, Series A +5
Climate Impact, Software +42

Plexo Capital is an institutional investor focused on investing into venture capital funds led by GPs creating the next generation of companies led by entrepren…
Seed, Early Stage VC +1
Bipoc, Female Founded +39
$10,000 – $5,000,000

M33 Growth is a venture and growth stage investment firm that seeks to partner with founders and CEOs to accelerate growth and break through as industry leaders…
Seed, Early Stage VC +1
Historically Ignored Founder, women's +39

Alpha invests in the best of the best growth stage venture-backed companies by partnering with over 675 early stage venture capital firms.
Seed, Early Stage VC +3
US Military Veteran, Immigrant +39
$3,000,000 – $10,000,000

Co-founder and General Partner, Realist Ventures
Realist Ventures
Seed, Early Stage VC +1
BioTech, SaaS +76
$100 – $500,000

Millhouse is a listed international diversified funds management business with its securities quoted on Deutsche Börse.
Seed, Early Stage VC +2
Female Founder, Diversity +39

Zwei.7 is a family office and investment company that acquires interests in medium-sized enterprises.
Seed, Early Stage VC
Women-Led, LGBT +39

With over 26 years of experience in managing assets of Ultra-High Net Worth Families (UHNWF), Yellow Brick Group's Chairman set up the company with the intent o…
Early Stage VC, Late Stage VC +3
Female Founders, Female Entrepreneur +39

Established in 1976, The Rosewood Corporation is a family-owned company with diverse worldwide operations and investments. The Rosewood Corporation is wholly-ow…
Early Stage VC, Seed
Disabled, Woman Lead +39

Ironbridge Capital Partners is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
Seed, Early Stage VC +1
Underrepresented Founders, LGBT +39
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