The Stephens Group, LLC is a private, family-owned investment firm founded in 1933 and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, with additional offices in Frankfurt, London, and New York. The firm specializes in private equity and venture capital, focusing on mid-venture investments, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, growth capital, and mature investments across a diverse range of sectors. Its investment portfolio spans agriculture, energy, industrials, software, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, and technology, among others. The Stephens Group typically invests between $10 million and $125 million in companies with enterprise values ranging from $50 million to $400 million and seeks both minority and control positions in its investments. The firm aims to partner with management teams, often pursuing a board seat in its portfolio companies to foster long-term growth and success.
Advantage Capital Partners is a United States‑based venture capital firm that provides growth equity, debt, and mezzanine financing to small and mid‑market companies, with a focus on underserved communities and state and local economic development. The firm invests across sectors including manufacturing, technology, business services, life sciences, and energy, and also supports real estate development projects with equity and debt. It typically makes initial investments ranging roughly from half a million to ten million in companies with modest sales, and may participate in larger follow‑on rounds or co‑invest with other firms. It uses senior debt, mezzanine debt, subordinated loans, and government‑guaranteed lending, and often pursues equity positions through preferred shares or convertible notes. Advantage Capital operates nationwide in the United States, with roots in New Orleans and offices in multiple states, and has backed thousands of jobs and housing projects as part of its mission to expand inclusive economic growth.
Established in 2018, Cadron Capital Partners is a venture capital firm headquartered in Conway, Arkansas with an additional office in Fayetteville. The company specializes in investing in early-stage technology and cash-flowing companies based primarily in Arkansas, typically committing between $250,000 to $2 million per investment.
Meritus Ventures is a venture capital firm based in London, Kentucky. It makes equity investments in expansion-stage private companies, with a focus on rural areas of central and southern Appalachia. The firm targets opportunities in information technology, industrials, and technology, media, and telecommunications sectors, and its activity spans across Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Appalachian counties in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. It may provide operational support to portfolio companies.
Founded in 2009, Circumference Group is an investment firm specializing in equity strategies across various sectors including technology-enabled services, marketing tech, fintech, payments, and telecommunications infrastructure. It manages investments through its hedge fund and provides venture funding via CG Ventures.
Ingeborg Investments is a venture capital firm established in 2017 and based in Bentonville, Arkansas. The firm specializes in investing in women-led enterprises, targeting seed, early-stage, and series B startups. Ingeborg Investments seeks to support innovative ventures that enhance various aspects of life, including parenting, careers, financial security, and women's health. By focusing on these sectors, the firm aims to improve overall quality of life for women and their families.
Founded in 2018 and based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, AcreTrader operates a platform facilitating investment in agricultural real estate. It offers transparency, flexibility, and ease of use for investors seeking to acquire shares of farmland online, while managing all administrative aspects and promoting soil sustainability.
Established in 2006, Bengal Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in investments within the cannabis industry since 2013. The company provides seed stage and growth capital alongside traditional advisory resources to its operators across various sectors of the cannabis industry.
Hard Yaka is an investment firm based in Crystal Bay, Nevada, founded in 2010. It pursues technology investments across private equity and venture capital, including buyouts and distressed opportunities, and it frequently seeks majority stakes. The firm focuses on digital transformation infrastructure, including portable identity, payments, marketplaces, and regtech, and also backs early-stage opportunities in exchange space startups, targeting verticals within exchange markets as well as horizontals such as messaging and payments across exchange sectors.
Robin Hood Ventures is an angel investor group based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, established in 1999. The organization focuses on early-stage, high-growth companies primarily in the Greater Philadelphia region. It provides capital, mentoring, and valuable connections to assist entrepreneurs in building successful businesses. Typically, Robin Hood Ventures invests between $250,000 and $500,000, often collaborating with other angel investors, institutions, and venture capitalists within its network. The firm has a diverse investment portfolio, spanning various sectors, including information technology services, software, life sciences, hard technology, consumer products, and financial technology. Since its inception, Robin Hood Ventures has invested in over 45 companies, emphasizing a hands-on approach to helping businesses achieve their potential.
Founded in 2011, Revel Partners is a New York-based venture capital firm focusing on seed to series A-stage investments in B2B software companies across North America and Europe.
Established in 1983, Northwood Ventures is a private equity firm based in Hobe Sound, Florida. The company invests in venture capital and buyout opportunities across various sectors, including consumer goods and services, communications, manufacturing, and financial services. With a unique long-term investment horizon, experienced professionals, and an entrepreneurial approach, Northwood Ventures partners with successful management teams to generate superior returns.
Tech Coast Angels is the largest angel investor group in the United States, with over 300 members across five networks in Southern California. Specializing in funding and guiding early-stage, high-growth companies, TCA invests in various industries such as life sciences, biotech, IT, services, retail, Internet, financial, software, media, and consumer products. Beyond capital, TCA offers mentorship, networking opportunities, and access to potential investors and partners. Ranked among the top angel groups in the US by CB Insights, Tech Coast Angels is known for its extensive connections and support for game-changing businesses in need of financial backing and strategic guidance.
Tramway Venture Partners, established in 2017, is a venture capital firm headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The company focuses on investing in innovative startups within the information technology, life sciences, and healthcare sectors.
DigitalDx Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2018. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage companies within the healthcare and technology sectors that utilize artificial intelligence and big data to enhance outcomes in diagnostics and therapeutics. By identifying and supporting innovative outliers in digital healthcare, DigitalDx Ventures aims to mentor and foster growth in these companies, ultimately contributing to advancements in the industry.
Founded in Abu Dhabi in 2008, Mubadala Technology is a principal investment firm focusing on advanced technology sectors, with a primary focus on the semiconductor industry. It invests globally, including Abu Dhabi, Europe, the United States, and Asia.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, and a prominent global investor in seed, early and growth-stage startups. The firm backs companies across sectors including information technology, healthcare, financial services, energy, internet, mobile and enterprise software, often aiming to be a first investor and partner in fast-growing, proven teams. It pursues opportunities domestically in the United States and internationally in markets such as India, China and Israel, funding rounds spanning seed to growth with flexible investment sizes. Sequoia supports ambitious founders to push boundaries and build enduring companies.
Founded in 2015, Precursor Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments. It focuses on pre-seed and seed rounds, investing between $0.1 million to $0.25 million primarily in software (B2B/B2C) and hardware companies across North America.
Established in 1999, New Mexico Angels is a private membership organization for qualified angel investors. Its mission is to facilitate investment opportunities in seed or early-stage companies within New Mexico and the Southwest region, with a focus on information technology sectors.
Founded in 1987, Canaan Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. With over $5 billion under management, the firm invests in early-stage technology and healthcare companies worldwide.
Founded in 2020, Narya Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in technology and science sectors to address critical problems facing America. The firm supports founders and companies pioneering bold steps forward in areas such as healthcare, agriculture, defense, and financial services.
Jump Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in Chicago and New York. It pursues seed and Series A investments through a thesis-led, sector-focused, operating-centric approach, backing data-driven technology companies across FinTech, B2B software-as-a-service, IT and data infrastructure, media, and related areas in the United States. The firm seeks partners with experienced management teams and provides an operating platform and resources to support growth. Initial investment checks typically range from 2 million to 10 million. Jump Capital emphasizes practical, hands-on involvement and aims to align with entrepreneurs seeking a trusted partner with real-world operating experience.
An Atlanta-based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1983 that targets early to growth-stage technology and healthcare companies in the United States, with a focus on the Southeast and Georgia. It invests across seed, startup, early and late venture, emerging growth and growth capital, and seeks to take board seats in portfolio companies. The firm focuses on software, information technology, internet security, cloud services, SaaS, data analytics, fintech and payment technologies, as well as healthcare infrastructure, health IT, revenue cycle management, telemedicine and care management platforms. It generally backs companies with roughly $2 million to $20 million in revenue and invests about $6 million to $10 million per deal. Noro-Moseley prefers opportunities headquartered in Georgia and nearby states such as Florida, North Carolina, Texas and others in the Southeast and beyond. It does not invest in pure drug development opportunities.
WiL (World Innovation Lab) is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto with an office in Tokyo. It partners with global corporations and government entities to act as a bridge between startups and corporates in the United States and Asia, with a particular focus on Japan. The firm helps portfolio companies by forging corporate partnerships that enable U.S. and European startups to scale globally and Japanese startups to innovate and internationalize. WiL invests across seed, early, and later stages in sectors including fintech, insurtech, automation, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, developer tools, health tech, sustainability, artificial intelligence, machine learning, SaaS, consumer products and services, and information technology. It has backed exits such as Asana, Mercari, Raksul, Wise and Auth0, demonstrating a track record of guiding companies to public markets or strategic acquisitions. Beyond direct investing, WiL also commits capital to venture funds and collaborates with corporate investors to advance innovation capabilities, partnerships, and organizational change within their ecosystems.
Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs science and technology companies across multiple stages, from seed to late-stage. It pursues transformative technologies and follows a founder-friendly investment approach that provides substantial support with minimal interference. The firm invests in ventures solving difficult problems across sectors such as aerospace and transportation, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, energy, healthcare, biotechnology, cybersecurity, fintech, consumer internet, software, robotics, and related technology fields. It has backed notable companies early, including SpaceX, Palantir, and Facebook, reflecting a history of partnering with ambitious founders to scale breakthrough technologies.
Tiger Global Management is a New York based investment firm that manages public and private market strategies to pursue technology-driven growth opportunities worldwide. Founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman, the firm invests in leading global companies across various industries, with a particular emphasis on technology-enabled growth. In public markets it employs long/short and growth strategies, while in private markets it targets opportunities from early to late stage. The firm operates globally, including the United States, China, India, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, and works with portfolio companies across their lifecycle to drive long-term value.
Worklife Ventures is a venture capital investment firm founded in 2019 and based in Walnut, California. It invests in technology and software-as-a-service companies and targets startups led by builders, creators, and individual contributors in the new era of work. The firm advocates for flexible work models where traditional jobs are supplanted by independent ventures. It has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider to advance inclusive funding practices and portfolio representation. Worklife Ventures is backed by notable Silicon Valley investors, including Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Matt Mazzeo, Alexis Ohanian, and Garry Tan, with support from executives at Zoom, InVision, Dropbox, Drift, Slack, and Webflow. The firm emphasizes supporting companies that enable entrepreneurship and remote or distributed work, aiming to accelerate independent work and digital creation.
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Kanazawa, Japan, Mistletoe is a venture capital firm that invests primarily in startups focused on education, software, and support sectors. It also facilitates learning opportunities for entrepreneurs and supports startup communities.
Gravity Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana, founded in 2008. It specializes in investing in early-stage technology and tech-enabled companies across various industries, providing seed and early-stage capital to startups with a focus on software and related tech sectors.
Kapor Capital is a venture capital firm based in Oakland, California, and the investment arm of Kapor Center for Social Impact. It focuses on seed and early-stage, technology-enabled startups that address social needs and aim to close gaps in areas such as education, health, finance, work, justice, and related sectors across the United States. The firm seeks scalable information technology platforms and models that generate positive social impact and places emphasis on diversity and inclusion in its portfolio. By backing startups with the potential to transform industries and improve outcomes, Kapor Capital supports ventures across the IT-enabled economy while maintaining a national focus.
Founded in 2019, MaC Venture Capital is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California. It specializes in early-stage investments across various technology sectors, including fintech, e-commerce, logistics, and more. The firm invests in companies that benefit from shifts in cultural trends and behaviors globally.
Founded in 1991, Blumberg Capital is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm. It partners with entrepreneurs to build successful technology companies focused on AI-driven B2B sectors such as fintech, data analytics & infrastructure, cybersecurity, healthtech, and supply chain & logistics. The firm invests from seed stage through growth, acting as active board members and hands-on advisors.
Glynn Capital Management is a Menlo Park-based investment firm with an office in San Francisco that focuses on technology-oriented investments across private and public markets. Founded in 1974, it pursues long-term ownership in a small number of companies with strong management teams, sustainable business models, and meaningful growth potential. The firm concentrates on information technology, artificial intelligence, big data, cybersecurity, software, and fintech sectors, targeting opportunities in both private and public technology companies at early and growth stages. It emphasizes enduring relationships with portfolio companies and value creation through disciplined capital allocation and strategic support. The firm operates as an investment adviser, aligning its interests with those of its clients and portfolio companies.
Charge Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in Brooklyn, New York. The firm focuses on seed and early-stage investments in a variety of sectors, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, augmented reality, virtual reality, blockchain, mobile applications, marketplaces, logistics, software as a service, direct-to-consumer healthcare, and the future of work. While it invests across the United States, Charge Ventures has a particular emphasis on opportunities in New York City and other major metropolitan areas such as Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, San Diego, and Miami.
SemperVirens Venture Capital is an early-stage venture capital investment firm founded in 2018 and based in San Mateo, California. The firm focuses on investing in companies within the workforce technology, healthcare technology, and financial technology sectors, aiming to address the needs of employers. SemperVirens is recognized for its team's deep industry experience, strong relationships, and valuable insights, which support its investment strategy and foster the growth of innovative companies in these domains. As a Registered Investment Adviser, SemperVirens is committed to guiding its portfolio companies toward success in a rapidly evolving market.
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco with offices in Boston and New York. It invests in startups across the United States, spanning early-stage to growth opportunities, focusing on software, internet, media, consumer products and services, fintech, and information technology. The firm backs companies across sectors such as software-as-a-service, digital media, online platforms, and technology-driven consumer products, often supporting ventures at the intersection of entertainment and technology, e-commerce, and education technology. It typically makes investments from formative rounds up to larger growth rounds, and seeks to take a board seat in portfolio companies to help guide strategy and growth. Notable investments include Twitter, Discord, Anthropic, Cruise, Niantic, Oculus, Warby Parker, and Tumblr, illustrating a history of backing influential products and teams.
Founded in 2011, StartUp Health is dedicated to improving global health through collaboration with entrepreneurs. It invests in 'Health Transformers' across six continents, focusing on various health moonshots such as Access to Care, Cure Disease, and Mental Health. With over 330 companies in its portfolio, it's backed by prominent investors.
Goodwater Capital is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that targets early-stage investments in consumer technology and related sectors, including housing, financial services, consumer products and services, healthcare, food, transportation, education, and entertainment. It backs exceptional entrepreneurs who create products and platforms that consumers love, with a focus on solving pressing problems and shaping the culture and global economy. Through its investments, Goodwater aims to enable startups capable of delivering broad, measurable improvements in billions of lives, reflecting a commitment to long-term positive impact.
Manhattan Venture Partners is a New York-based venture capital and private equity firm established in 2014, specializing in secondary investments in late-stage private technology companies and pre-IPO firms. The company has played a pivotal role in the institutionalization of the secondary market for venture-backed entities and has facilitated over $10 billion in primary and secondary investments. It stands out through its research capabilities, particularly via Manhattan Venture Research, which produces unbiased reports on private technology companies, addressing the informational challenges prevalent in the venture capital space. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, including direct and managed secondary investment opportunities, advisory services, and transaction facilitation, ensuring efficient and compliant processes. Manhattan Venture Partners targets well-capitalized companies with strong growth potential, primarily in sectors such as media, financial services, and information technology, leveraging its extensive experience to streamline transactions for private companies and their stakeholders.
Founded in 2013, Radicle Impact is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco. It partners with exceptional individuals to build businesses that generate meaningful social change alongside financial success.
Founded in 2012, Drive Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It invests in innovative technology, healthcare, and consumer companies across the Midwest region.
FundersClub is a venture capital firm focused on seed and Series A investments in technology and technology-enabled companies. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, it operates as an online venture capital platform that connects investors with early-stage opportunities. The firm has backed notable startups including Coinbase, Instacart, Flexport, Le Tote, Teespring, Memebox and GitLab, reflecting a diversified portfolio across consumer, enterprise and infrastructure sectors.
Anthemis Group is an independent investment firm founded in 2010 and headquartered in London. It operates as a multi-stage asset management platform focused on financial services and technology, particularly fintech and insurtech. The firm targets opportunities from pre-seed through growth stages and invests in, grows, and sustains companies across North America and Europe to advance resiliency, transparency, access, and equity in the financial system. By supporting a diverse ecosystem of startups, investors, entrepreneurs, institutions, and researchers, Anthemis aims to accelerate innovation in finance.
Founded in 2017, Meaningful Partners invests in purposeful consumer businesses with a focus on long-term thematic trends. The firm makes control or minority investments ranging from $10 million to $50+ million in middle-market companies (>$3 million in EBITDA) and high growth companies (>$10 million in revenue).
Founded in 2004 and based in Palo Alto, California, Uncork Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on seed-stage investments in SaaS, consumer goods, healthcare, and technology companies across the United States. The firm invests out of two funds: a $200M Seed fund and a $200M Opportunity fund for larger investments in mature portfolio companies.
Matrix is a San Francisco based venture capital firm founded in 1977 that backs early-stage companies across AI, B2B, consumer, fintech, health tech, and infrastructure. It works with product teams from idea through Series A, offering hands-on support and strategic guidance to help portfolio companies reach scale. The team comprises former founders and operators who bring practical insight to building startups. Matrix operates globally, including Matrix Partners China, which builds long-term relationships with entrepreneurs in China and abroad and invests across sectors and stages. Over its history, Matrix has backed companies that progressed to IPOs or acquisitions, reflecting a focus on durable growth and long-term value creation through close founder collaboration and a global network.
Network Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that focuses on providing funding to seed stage companies. The firm primarily invests in businesses within the internet and technology sectors, aiming to support early-stage companies as they develop and grow. By concentrating on these industries, Network Ventures seeks to foster innovation and facilitate the success of emerging entrepreneurs.
Founded in 2015, Human Capital is an investment firm based in San Francisco, California. It focuses on venture capital investments across various industries, with a particular emphasis on supporting founders and teams who share its builder mindset.
Founded in 2009, Block is a technology company specializing in financial services. It offers payment services to merchants and operates Cash App, a person-to-person payment network.