
Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital is a VC firm that invests in startups in the energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile industries.
Seed, Series B
Enterprise, Consumer +1
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Sequoia Capital is a VC firm that invests in startups in the energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile industries.
Seed, Series B
Enterprise, Consumer +1

Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early-stage, incubation, and growth companies.
Seed, Series B
AI, Consumer +1

Khosla Ventures provides venture assistance and strategic advice to
Seed, Series B +4
AI, Health +48
$5,000,000 – $50,000,000

Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Series A, Series B +4
AI, Cybersecurity +7
$7,000,000 – $700,000,000

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Seed, Series B
Enterprise, SaaS +1

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that provides early-stage and growth equity investments.
Seed, Series B +4
Health, FinTech +1
From $30,000,000

Founders Fund is a venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies.
Seed, Series B
AI, BioTech +1

Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in enterprise, consumer, and healthcare early-to-late stage startups.
Seed, Series B
SaaS, FinTech +1
$100K - $500K

Battery Ventures finances technology sector companies with venture capital, private equity, and debt financing investments.
Seed, Series B +3
SaaS, Consumer +1

Andreessen Horowitz is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm with assets under management across multiple funds.
Seed, Series B +4
AI, Defense +1

Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
Seed, Series B
SaaS, Consumer +1

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm that deploys capital globally in both public and private markets.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
SaaS, FinTech +1

Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Seed, Series A
SaaS, FinTech +1

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
Pre-Seed, Seed +4
Enterprise, AI +16

Benchmark focuses on early-stage venture investing in mobile, marketplaces, social, infrastructure, and enterprise software.
Seed, Series B
AI, Enterprise +1

500 Global is a global venture capital firm with a network of startup programs for founders, mentors, and investors.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
FinTech, SaaS +1

Lux Capital is an investment firm investing in counter-conventional, early-stage science, and tech ventures.
Seed, Series B +3
AI, BioTech +1
$100 – $100,000,000
$15M - $100M

Techstars is a global platform that provides investment and innovation.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
AI, FinTech +1
$20,000 – $120,000

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage, growth-capital, late stage, and startup financing.
Seed, Series B +4
Climate, Web3 +2
$1,000,000 – $20,000,000

Launched as Google Ventures in 2009, GV supports innovative founders moving the world forward.
Late Stage VC, Early Stage VC +7
Enterprise Software, Health +46

Redpoint Ventures partners with visionary founders to create new markets or redefine existing ones at the seed, early, and growth stages.
Seed, Series B
AI, Consumer +1

New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.
Seed, Series B
Enterprise, BioTech +1

Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.
Seed, Series A
BioTech, Enterprise +1

BoxGroup is an early stage investment fund focused on technology companies. Contact Us: hello@boxgroup.com
Pre-Seed, Seed +3
FinTech, Deeptech +23
$100,000 – $1,000,000
$250K - $600K

DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Seed, Series A +1
Deeptech, Hardware +2
$1,000,000 – $15,000,000
$30M - $50M

In the two decades since our founding we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn.
Series A, Series B +6
Enterprise Software, FinTech +30
$100,000 – $20,000,000

Craft Ventures is an early-stage venture fund specializing in the craft of building great companies.
Pre-Seed, Seed +3
SaaS, Marketplaces +1
$250 – $500,000

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

DCM Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the mobile, consumer internet, communications, and service sectors.
Series A, Series B +6
Enterprise Software, FinTech +57
$250 – $15,000,000

We’ll help you build a company that stands the test of time with independent thinking resilience ingenuity honesty incredible connections and a human touch. We…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
SaaS, FinTech +1

Village Global is an early stage venture capital firm and accelerator backed by some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.
Pre-Seed, Seed
FinTech, Health +7
$100 – $500,000

We make big bets on transformational ideas, technology, and people.
Seed, Series A +3
Enterprise Software, FinTech +36

NFX is a venture firm that is transforming how true innovators are funded.
Seed, Early Stage VC +2
AI, Machine Learning +36
$20K for 5%

Hummingbird Ventures is a venture capital fund for high-growth digital media and software companies.
Series A, Seed +4
FinTech, Enterprise Software +34

Menlo Ventures is a Bay Area venture capital firm that invests early-stage across consumer enterprise and healthcare technologies.
Seed, Series B +4
AI, FinTech +8
$1,000,000 – $20,000,000

SOSV is a multi-stage VC firm with $1.3B AUM focused on human and planetary health and operating HAX, IndieBio, Orbit Startups and dlab.
Pre-Seed, Seed +2
Deeptech, Hardware +58
$250 – $525,000

Advantage Capital has invested over $3.8 billion in more than 800 portfolio companies and projects nationwide since 1992.
Debt Financing, Series A +8
Health, Food +59
$1,000,000 – $15,000,000

Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Seed, Series B +7
AI, Chips +24
$1,000,000 – $20,000,000

Strengthens the global innovation ecosystem by accelerating high-potential startups across all industries, from anywhere in the world for zero-equity taken
Finance, Financial Services +2

Foundry is a venture capital firm focused on providing early-stage technology investments.
Seed, Series B +4
Devtools, Deeptech +2

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Marketplaces, Ecommerce +1

Liquid 2 Ventures provides technology startups with seed-stage investments. 30+ Unicorns. $100B+ in combined enterprise value. One Network.
Seed, Early Stage VC +3
Software, Healthcare +45

Draper Associates founded in 1985 is a seed-stage venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs to drive their businesses to greatness. We understand that a gre…
Seed, Series B +1
Web3, Crypto +44
$100 – $1,000,000

Plug and Play is an innovation platform bringing together startups and large corporations.
Seed, Series A +3
Enterprise Software, FinTech +80
$50K - $1M

QED Investors is an investment firm that supports high-growth companies and businesses.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
FinTech, InsurTech +1

Founded in 2004 GSR Ventures is now one of the world’s most successful early-stage venture firms with over $3 billion under management. We are focused on early-…
Seed, Early Stage VC +4
Enterprise Software, FinTech +35

GFC is a globally oriented, stage agnostic venture fund that empowers gifted entrepreneurs.
Seed, Series A +4
FinTech, Enterprise Software +48
$100K - $5M

Anthemis Group is a global platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
FinTech, InsurTech +1

We invest in early stage startups that close gaps of access for all.
Seed, Series A
Education, Future Of Work +1

Correlation Ventures finances early, seed, and later stage venture, and debt financing investments and is based in California. Groundbreaking data science. So S…
Seed, Series B
Enterprise, Consumer +1

Versant Ventures caters to the healthcare sector with early and later stage venture, private equity, and debt financing investments.
Series A, Seed +3
BioTech, Health +13
$100 – $5,000,000

Introducing Ribbit. Because the World Needs More Financial Innovation. And Less Financial Engineering. It takes money to change money.
Seed, Series B +3
FinTech, InsurTech +2
$100,000 – $15,000,000

Quiet Capital is a technology investment firm.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
AI, FinTech +2

Susa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing primarily in seed rounds. Susa Ventures is a seed-stage fund that helps you build the next billio…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
FinTech, AI +8
$1,000,000 – $2,000,000

LearnCapital is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on funding entrepreneurs with a vision for better and smarter learning. Andela is advancing human pot…
Seed, Series B +4
Education, Future Of Work +5
From $15,000,000

AMINO Capital is a global venture capital firm based in Palo Alto with an investment theme of data moat and network effect. With over $1 billion in capital unde…
Seed, Series A +4
Enterprise Software, FinTech +35

500 is a global venture capital firm with a network of startup programs for founders, mentors, and investors.
Seed, Series A +2
FinTech, Enterprise Software +28

Polaris Partners invests in healthcare and technology companies across all stages from founding to profitable growth.
Series B, Series A +7
Health, Enterprise Software +69

Peterson Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs.
Pre-Seed, Seed
SaaS, FinTech +1

We are consumer tech investors, and we empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good.
Pre-Seed, Seed
Consumer, FinTech +1

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities, and asset and wealth management firm that provides a wide range of financial s…
Series B, Series C +5
FinTech, Enterprise Software +27

Breakthrough Energy provides reliable and affordable power without contributing to climate change.
Seed, Series A
Climate, Energy +2

The #1 Virtual Reality and #1 Blockchain accelerator
Seed
Deeptech, Hardware +3

Polychain Capital invests in cryptocurrency and blockchain assets.
Seed, Series A +2
Web3, Crypto +14
$100 – $5,000,000

Tribe Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on capturing a perpetual edge in venture and crypto using data science.
Pre-Seed, Seed +4
FinTech, SaaS +9
$25,000,000 – $75,000,000
$100K - $35M

By Your Side from Day One Europe’s seed fund - We invest early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technolog…
Seed, Series A +2
Software, Internet +35
$25K

High-Tech Grunderfonds specializes in investments in seed or startups, early venture, seed capital, and mezzanine financing.
Seed, Series A +4
Health, Enterprise Software +49

Javelin Venture Partners invests in and partners closely with early-stage, software-enabled technology companies. We invest capital and operational expertise to…
Seed, Series A +4
AI, SaaS +6
$1,000,000 – $4,000,000

FLAT6LABS LAUNCHES NEW US$95M VENTURE CAPITAL FUND IN AFRICA
Seed, Series A +1
Software, Internet

Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Late Stage VC, Series B +7
Enterprise Software, Health +33
$10,000,000 – $100,000,000

Powering the future of commerce for all Powering the future of commerce for all
Pre-Seed, Seed +4
FinTech, Retail Tech +5
$1,000,000 – $5,000,000

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy.
Seed, Series A
FinTech, Proptech +1
$250K - $1.5M
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