Silverton Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2006 by Bill Wood and Morgan Flager, the firm provides capital and mentorship to technology startups across the United States, leveraging an operating-focused investment team. It backs companies in software, internet, cloud services, enterprise software, and other technology sectors, with a focus on opportunities in the Texas region. It operates as a registered investment adviser, reflecting its formal approach to early-stage investing.
Founded in 2012, LiveOak Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. It focuses on technology and technology-driven services across Texas, typically investing at the seed stage and providing full lifecycle support.
Founded in 2009, Capital Factory is a venture capital firm and accelerator based in Austin, Texas. It invests in seed-stage to later-stage companies across software, media, and technology sectors, providing resources, mentorship, and coworking space.
Service Provider Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2014 and based in Colorado. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, notably seed-stage opportunities, and participates as a co-investor in Series A rounds led by institutional venture funds. Its portfolio interests span a broad range of technology sectors, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, cybersecurity, e-commerce, education technology, fintech, hardware, information technology, robotics, health, and cannabis.
Mercury is a purpose-built early-stage venture capital platform dedicated to supporting transformative software startups in communities across America, particularly in Middle America. The company identifies and partners with exceptional founders, offering both guidance to new entrepreneurs and resources to experienced innovators. With a focus on operationally-driven investment strategies, Mercury has generated over $9 billion in value, facilitating rapid and sustainable growth for its portfolio companies. Through its comprehensive growth partner network, Mercury aims to leverage local assets and talent, fostering entrepreneurship and innovation within the regions it serves.
Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices across North America. It provides access to venture investing for individual accredited investors, particularly alumni networks, by offering diversified portfolios of venture opportunities and allowing members to invest alongside fellow alumni in ventures led by peers. The firm backs early-stage and later-stage opportunities across technology, consumer, healthcare, financial services, and other sectors, with a sector- and geography-agnostic approach. It typically invests between $10,000 and $3 million per deal and emphasizes the involvement of alumni connections and an institutional lead investor in opportunities. Alumni Ventures also offers focused funds to broaden participation, enabling accredited investors to access venture portfolios diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography. The model aims to democratize access to venture capital while maintaining rigorous selection standards through alumni networks.
Serra Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Champaign, Illinois, that invests in technology companies across the United States and select international locations. The firm concentrates on early-stage and growth opportunities in information technology, deep technology, instrumentation, software as a service, devices, B2B, and agricultural technologies, with a focus on the Midwest and West Coast regions. Serra Ventures supports portfolio companies through strategic guidance, networks, and resources to help scale technology-enabled businesses.
Founded in 2007, S3 Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. It specializes in Series A to C investments, focusing on information technology, medical devices, enterprise software, SaaS, marketing, financial services, and sales sectors. The firm primarily invests in the Southwestern United States, with a focus on Texas and Austin. S3 Ventures typically considers equity transactions of $10 million to $20 million, aiming for exits through acquisition or IPO.
Austin Ventures, founded in 1979 and based in Austin, Texas, is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage and mid-market technology companies. It invests primarily in the United States with a focus on Texas, particularly the Austin area.
ATX Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2014. It backs early-stage technology companies in the United States, with a focus on Seed and Series A rounds. The firm targets B2B software, cloud technologies, APIs, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and related areas such as supply chain tech, insurtech, fintech, human resources technology, big data, advanced manufacturing, and marketplaces. It also considers opportunities in adjacent sectors and may participate in investments outside traditional early-stage fund structures. Through its differentiated portfolio approach, ATX Venture Partners supports companies that aim to disrupt industries and scale with software and digital platforms.
McCombs Partners is the corporate venture arm of McCombs Enterprises, founded in 2005 and based in San Antonio, Texas. It operates as the investment management arm of the parent company, funding startups and growth-stage businesses across sectors such as automotive, financial services, logistics, medical, and sports. The firm seeks opportunities that align with McCombs Enterprises' strategic interests, leveraging the parent’s resources and network to support portfolio companies.
Corsa Ventures, established in 2011, is an Austin, Texas-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments. The company focuses on opportunities in Texas and the Southwest, investing in U.S.-based technology startups that leverage cloud, big data, mobile, and social technologies to disrupt traditional business models. Corsa's team brings deep operational experience and global networks, having led businesses from startup to Fortune 50 level.
Next Coast Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2015. It backs early-stage technology companies, with a focus on Texas but pursuing selected opportunities in larger markets. The firm concentrates on information technology and related sectors such as retail, healthcare and e-commerce, providing early capital and hands-on company-building support. It leverages a strong industry network and a venture partner program to help portfolio companies scale, guided by macro trends and founders’ experience to identify attractive opportunities. Next Coast Ventures aims to back bold entrepreneurs building scalable businesses in large markets.
Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups with a focus on pre-seed rounds. It makes about 75-100 investments per year in capital-efficient companies seeking to reach product-market fit, typically in rounds of 50k to 500k and pre-money valuations of 1M to 3M. The firm pursues opportunities outside the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, and it invests across the United States, Canada, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and Western Europe, with a portfolio spanning many states and roughly two hundred prior investments since its early operations.
KB Partners, LLC, established in 1996, is a venture capital firm headquartered in Highland Park, Illinois. The company specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on the intersection of sports and technology. KB Partners typically invests between $1 million and $5 million in passionate innovators and experienced managers, aiming to build dominant new enterprises. The firm's investment focus includes sports-related products, services, and technologies, as well as internet products and services, information technology, and data analytics opportunities. KB Partners takes an active approach, working in partnership with entrepreneurs to help grow their businesses.
Green Park & Golf Ventures is a Dallas-based venture capital firm providing early-stage, seed-stage and growth capital to healthcare and life sciences companies in the United States. It targets healthcare technology, medical devices, therapeutics, healthcare services and related manufacturing opportunities, with a focus on North Texas while pursuing opportunities nationwide. The firm supports portfolio companies with strategic guidance, capital and access to a broad professional network built from its leadership’s decades of healthcare experience. Led by experienced executives with a background in building and selling healthcare businesses, Green Park & Golf Ventures aims to help startups navigate development, regulatory and commercialization challenges and accelerate value creation.
Hyde Park Angels is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in April 2007. The firm specializes in seed and early-stage investments across various sectors, including technology, healthcare, business and financial services, as well as consumer and industrial products. With a focus on businesses primarily located in the Midwest, Hyde Park Angels aims to drive startup growth and investment success by providing valuable support to entrepreneurs.
New Enterprise Associates is a U.S.-based venture capital firm founded in 1977 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It invests in technology and healthcare companies across stages and geographies, supporting startups from seed to growth. The firm operates globally with investments in the United States, Asia, and Brazil among others, and has a long track record of portfolio IPOs and acquisitions. It has over $19 billion in cumulative committed capital.
M25 is a Chicago-based venture capital firm established in 2015 by Victor Gutwein and Mike Asem, focused on funding pre-seed and seed-stage technology startups in the Midwest. The firm supports portfolio companies across multiple industries, with a regional footprint spanning 24 Midwest cities in 11 states. Since its inception, M25 has backed more than 90 early-stage tech startups, aiming to accelerate growth and strengthen the Midwest startup ecosystem.
Founded in 2012, Chicago Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois. It partners closely with exceptional entrepreneurs building companies in undercapitalized high-potential ecosystems, focusing on seed-stage investments in healthcare, business services, and technology-facing companies across the Midwest.
Founded in 2011, Hyde Park Venture Partners is a Chicago-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments. It focuses on high-growth technology startups across the Midwest, with an emphasis on software and tech-enabled businesses. The firm typically invests between $0.1 million to $2.5 million, co-investing with Hyde Park Angels. They actively mentor portfolio companies, supporting product development, business strategy, financing, and exit strategies.
Revolution is a Washington, D.C.-based investment firm founded in 2005 by Steve Case, with additional offices in San Francisco. It operates a family of funds including Revolution Ventures and Revolution Growth, focusing on venture capital and growth investments in technology-enabled companies that disrupt traditional industries. The firm backs startups and growth-stage companies across sectors such as consumer internet, software, media, financial services, health, energy, and education, often investing alongside other top-tier investors and taking board seats when appropriate. It emphasizes entrepreneurship and geographic diversity, supporting companies in high-potential geographies through initiatives like Rise of the Rest Seed Funds. Revolution seeks opportunities across multiple stages, aiming to partner with capable founders and help scale companies from early ideas to growth, while maintaining a focus on driving meaningful change across industries.
Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Sputnik ATX is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage startups led by maker-founders. It provides not only capital but also training and experience to help these companies win and grow. The fund's portfolio spans various industries, including revolutionary podcasting analytics and cat care.
Moonshots Capital is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. It makes seed-stage investments in technology startups led by founders who are building products that re-imagine work and personal life in large and growing markets. The firm uses a disciplined investment process to identify companies with moonshot potential. It focuses on dual-use technology, fintech, consumer Internet, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. Moonshots Capital is a registered investment adviser and supports portfolio companies through early growth to scale.
Founded in 2011, Geekdom is a collaborative startup community based in San Antonio, Texas. It empowers entrepreneurs by providing resources and opportunities to cultivate ideas into viable businesses.
Founded in 2000, General Catalyst is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage and growth equity investments. It focuses on accelerating ideas, careers, and companies towards success by providing ongoing momentum and mentorship based on deep experience.
Rev1 Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Columbus, Ohio. Established in 2005, it focuses on seed-stage investments across various sectors including enterprise software, digital health, life sciences, food tech, advanced materials, and alternative energy. With over $100 million under management, Rev1 provides strategic services alongside capital to help startups scale and corporates innovate.
Citi Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Citigroup that leverages the bank’s resources to identify, incubate, and invest in innovative ideas at the intersection of finance and technology. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, London, Palo Alto, Tel Aviv, and Singapore, Citi Ventures collaborates with Citi colleagues, clients, and the broader innovation community to discover new value and accelerate the development of transformative technologies. The firm focuses on fintech, data analytics and machine learning, the future of commerce, security and enterprise IT, marketing, property technology, distributed ledger technology, and digital assets, pursuing strategic investments that complement Citi’s business lines and risk management capabilities. Since its founding, Citi Ventures has sought to build partnerships and portfolios that support entrepreneurship and technological progress, helping individuals, businesses, and communities adapt to rapid digital change while expanding Citi’s ecosystem and capabilities.
7wire Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that concentrates on early-stage investments in digital health, healthcare IT, mobility-enabled services, and other technology-enabled solutions in the United States. The firm provides funding and operating guidance to portfolio companies to help transform innovative ideas into scalable, world-class businesses. Its approach leverages mobility, connected devices, cloud computing, and analytics to advance sectors such as healthcare and education and to challenge conventional solutions.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park that funds early-stage and growth-stage companies across consumer, enterprise technology, fintech, cleantech, healthtech, and software sectors. The firm backs startups from seed through expansion rounds, providing capital and strategic guidance to help entrepreneurs scale. It operates internationally with offices in the United States, China, India, and Israel, and has a history of investing in software, mobile, data, internet, and technology-enabled services. Lightspeed emphasizes identifying emerging trends, supporting talented teams, and pursuing opportunities in areas such as enterprise infrastructure, digital platforms, and consumer technologies. The firm seeks to partner with ambitious founders to accelerate product development, go-to-market execution, and global growth.
EnCap Investments L.P., established in 1988, is a Houston, Texas-based private equity firm focused on the oil and gas industry. It specializes in seed, start-up, emerging growth, and early venture investments, typically allocating between $10 million and $350 million per deal. The firm primarily invests in upstream and midstream oil and gas companies, with a particular interest in natural gas pipelines, processing facilities, and energy infrastructure projects. EnCap also considers investments in the energy transition sector. It operates from offices in Houston and Dallas, Texas.
Founded in 2015, FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm focusing on stage-agnostic investments in marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investment range varies from $50,000 to $5,000,000, typically at seed or series A stages.
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.
SOSV is a global venture capital firm that supports early-stage startups through active, founder-first development programs. Its flagship initiatives HAX and IndieBio provide facilities, engineering resources, services, and laboratory equipment to accelerate product development and prepare companies for subsequent funding rounds. SOSV focuses on deep technology across health, environmental, and cross-border software sectors, aiming to solve human and planetary health challenges. In addition to providing capital, the firm emphasizes intensive programmatic support to help portfolio companies move quickly from seed toward growth, including customer acquisition and scale. The firm operates globally with a bias toward startups targeting rapid international expansion, especially in Asia, and tends to back a small cohort of high-potential companies to accelerate their progress and attract leading investors.
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.
Quake Capital is a venture capital firm and accelerator established in 2016 with offices across the United States and Europe. It makes seed investments across a wide range of industries and runs accelerator programs in Austin, Los Angeles, and New York City, with a European facility in Cologne developed with Deutsche Telekom and RTL. The group also operates regional activities in Seattle and Los Angeles, with emphasis on media, entertainment, and technology sectors, and has a dedicated European arm focused on consumer-focused 5G ventures such as immersive entertainment, digital health, and education applications. The firm leverages a broad adviser network and university connections to support early-stage startups as they scale globally.
Elevate Capital is a venture capital firm based in Hillsboro, Oregon, established in 2016. It focuses on seed and early-stage investments across the United States, with a regional emphasis on the Pacific Northwest and Portland metro area. The firm targets technology-enabled startups and seeks to diversify founder representation, supporting ventures founded by underrepresented entrepreneurs. Elevate Capital typically participates in early rounds and makes minority investments, providing more than capital through advisory support and access to networks to aid long-term growth. Portfolio scope includes software, life sciences, hardware, consumer products, fintech, healthcare, sustainability, and related technology sectors.
Capital Midwest Fund is a venture capital firm based in Mequon, Wisconsin. It specializes in early-stage investments across various sectors including life sciences, information technology, advanced manufacturing, B2B, and healthcare, with a focus on companies located in the Midwest region of the United States.
Greycroft is a venture capital firm that concentrates on technology start-ups, with a focus on the internet and mobile markets. It operates from offices in New York and Los Angeles, and uses its media and technology industry connections to help portfolio companies gain visibility, build strategic relationships, bring products to market, and grow successful businesses. Founded in 2006, Greycroft has invested in more than 200 companies across sectors such as consumer internet, financial technology, healthcare, and enterprise software, and manages over $1 billion in capital. The firm emphasizes early-stage investing and collaborates with entrepreneurs to support growth, while pursuing diversity initiatives including a diversity term sheet rider.
Insight Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1995 that acts as a software investor, partnering with growth-stage technology and software companies. The firm concentrates on Fintech, Cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and Healthcare, providing capital and hands-on support to help management teams scale. Headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, Insight Partners has more than $75 billion in assets under management, has invested in over 750 companies worldwide, and more than 55 portfolio companies have reached an IPO.
HPS Investment Partners is a global investment firm focused on non-investment grade credit. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, it operates with offices worldwide. The firm originated as a unit of Highbridge Capital Management, a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and was acquired by its principals in 2016, with J.P. Morgan retaining the hedge fund strategies. HPS manages a broad set of capital-structure strategies, including syndicated leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, privately negotiated senior secured debt, mezzanine financing, asset-based leasing, and private equity, serving clients across industries such as insurance, healthcare, media, retail, logistics, and marine.
Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that provides seed- and early-stage capital to technology startups. The firm supports founders across technology sectors and seeks to partner with ambitious teams developing innovative software and related technologies.
Founded in 1999, OCA Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments primarily in technology and highly-scalable services businesses. The firm's investment focus areas include digital health, fintech, consumer software, and enterprise software.
Threshold Ventures, formerly Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, that provides venture and growth capital to technology companies. It emphasizes a high-conviction investment approach and partners with entrepreneurs building software, consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology ventures.
Founded in 2018, Ecliptic Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. It invests early in disruptive companies across various sectors, with a focus on Texas-based businesses operating in technology and adjacent markets.
CincyTech is a Cincinnati-based organization that identifies and nurtures early-stage health, technology, and life sciences startups in Southwest Ohio. It provides strategic guidance, capital, and operational support to entrepreneurs and researchers seeking to commercialize technology, and connects them with regional investors and institutions. By supporting university and hospital research commercialization and catalyzing local investment, CincyTech helps turn innovative ideas into growth companies. The organization collaborates with major regional partners such as Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the University of Cincinnati, and the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, and leverages a broad network of funders to back seed-stage ventures across information technology, healthcare, software, and other tech sectors in Ohio and the Midwest.
Innova Memphis is a Tennessee-based venture capital firm established in 2007 by the Memphis Bioworks Foundation. It focuses on biosciences, technology, and agri-tech companies at pre-seed, seed, early-stage, and high-growth stages across the United States. The firm provides funding and hands-on support to help early ideas evolve into viable business units and aims to connect portfolio companies with established corporations for licensing, acquisitions, or follow-on investments. By combining technical know-how, market expertise, and venture capital, Innova Memphis seeks to accelerate product development and help startups reach milestones and scale toward market leadership.
8VC is a technology and life sciences investment firm that partners with founders to develop transformational technologies and create long-term value. Its activities span sectors such as healthcare, logistics, software, energy, manufacturing, enterprise IT, and life sciences, with a focus on supporting early-stage and growth opportunities in the United States and beyond.
Texas HALO Fund is a Houston-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that specializes in early-stage investments in healthcare and information technology companies. The firm seeks opportunities with strong management teams and potential for scalable growth, sourcing deals from multiple channels and investing across geographic markets to support portfolio companies and generate returns for investors.
TechNexus Venture Collaborative is a Chicago-based venture collaboration platform and investment entity that connects corporations with startups to co-create new business models, products, revenue streams, and scalable market access. Founded in 2007, it combines capital investment, incubation, and collaborative engagement to accelerate opportunities and support the growth of innovative ventures across sectors including audio and consumer electronics, B2B software, health and wellness, manufacturing, mobility, media production, and retail. It has facilitated partnerships between dozens of corporations and more than 600 startups, making it one of the most active venture investors in the United States.