Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz and based in Menlo Park, California. It funds startups across the entire lifecycle, from seed to growth, with a broad focus on software and technology-enabled businesses. The firm backs companies in software, cloud infrastructure, digital platforms, data storage, and mobile and Internet services, as well as sectors at the intersection of technology with life sciences, such as bio healthcare and computational medicine. Its investments span artificial intelligence, fintech, consumer and enterprise software, crypto and blockchain, cybersecurity, and related infrastructure. Through strategic guidance and a hands-on approach, the firm aims to help portfolio companies scale and innovate.

Ulu Ventures is a Palo Alto, California-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm that backs technology-driven startups across the United States. Founded in 2008, it focuses on internet-enabled consumer and business services and a broad range of sectors including EdTech, FinTech, healthcare, sustainability, enterprise IT, SaaS, IoT, digital media, mobile, agtech, and marketplaces. The firm emphasizes backing diverse entrepreneurial teams and typically engages in co-investments with other investors to pursue meaningful exits. It is described as the first Latina-led venture fund in Silicon Valley and is among the larger seed-focused vehicles in the region.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It invests in seed, early, and growth-stage companies across technology, energy, financial services, healthcare, internet, mobile, outsourcing, manufacturing, media, and retail sectors. The firm seeks ambitious founders and aims to help them build long-lasting, scalable businesses, often taking the lead or significant co-investor roles and providing strategic guidance, networks, and resources. It maintains an international footprint, including investments in India and other regions, reflecting a global approach to partnering with fast-growing companies. Sequoia emphasizes strong teams, innovative products or services, and the potential for rapid growth, positioning itself as a long-term partner for companies that redefine their markets.

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.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. It focuses on early and growth-stage technology startups, investing across software, cloud, data analytics, mobile technology, consumer services, fintech, security, healthcare, and information technologies. Accel seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to build world-class companies that define new categories and drive growth. Its portfolio includes notable technology companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Cloudera, DJI, Braintree, and Lookout Security, among others.

Founded in 2009, SV Angel is a San Francisco-based angel investment firm and service organization that backs early-stage startups, particularly in software and technology, by providing business development support, financing, strategic guidance on mergers and acquisitions, and other resources. It leverages a broad network to assist founders at critical inflection points, helping with market strategy, partnerships, and access to capital to build durable companies across the United States.

Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. It provides capital and strategic guidance to startups across stages, focusing on technology-driven companies in areas such as artificial intelligence, climate and sustainability, enterprise software and services, fintech, digital health, medical technology and diagnostics, therapeutics, consumer products, and frontier technologies. The firm backs bold ventures with the potential to disrupt markets and improve lives, supporting companies from early to growth stages and working closely with entrepreneurs to apply science, technology and innovative business models. While primarily investing in North American technology companies, Khosla Ventures pursues opportunities globally and emphasizes experimentation and impact alongside financial returns. The firm also maintains related impact initiatives that support entrepreneurs addressing socio-economic challenges in emerging markets.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs startups across enterprise software, consumer technologies, fintech, healthtech, and cleantech from seed through growth stages. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, it maintains offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Herzliya to engage markets in the United States, Asia, and Israel. The firm focuses on technology-enabled businesses and has supported companies across software, mobile, data, e-commerce, and services, spanning early-stage to expansion rounds. It offers strategic guidance, network access, and capital, and has historically included debt financing as part of its investment approach. With a multi-region footprint and a broad multi-stage mandate, Lightspeed seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to scale innovative companies globally.

Founded in 2005, True Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology startups. With over $3 billion under management, they focus on seed and Series A financing across sectors like commerce, consumer, hardware, health, and infrastructure technologies.

Founded in 1995, SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in New Jersey. It focuses on seed-to-growth stage investments in deep tech innovations, primarily in bio-tech/life sciences and hardware/robotics sectors, with a commitment to human and planetary health.

Founded in 2000, Lux Capital is a venture capital firm based in New York and Silicon Valley. It manages over $5 billion in assets, focusing on seed to growth investments at the intersection of technology and sciences. Lux actively supports entrepreneurs building successful businesses in high-growth sectors such as biochemistry, material science, electronics, infrastructure, aerospace, genomics, synthetic biology, and robotics.

GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that invests in technology companies across various stages and sectors. Established in 2000, the firm has offices in Silicon Valley, Singapore, and Beijing, providing expansion capital ranging from $5 to $25 million for initial investments. GGV Capital focuses on companies operating in the U.S., China, India, Southeast Asia, Japan, Australia, Europe, and Israel.

New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in Menlo Park, California, with offices in the United States, India and China. It makes investments across technology and healthcare startups at multiple stages, from seed to growth, including software, cloud, data, internet services, fintech, AI, e-commerce, and enterprise technology, as well as healthcare information technology, life sciences, medical devices, and biopharma. It also considers energy technology and infrastructure opportunities, such as solar, batteries and smart grids. The firm pursues a global approach, with activity in the United States, Asia and other regions, and supports companies through rounds of financing ranging from small to sizable investments as they scale. NEA focuses on building portfolios in software, IT services, consumer technology, and healthcare technology, backing ambitious entrepreneurs across sectors and geographies.

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.

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. The firm focuses on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with emphasis on fintech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, DevOps, and healthcare. Based in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, Insight Partners has backed more than 750 companies worldwide and has more than 55 portfolio companies that have achieved an IPO. As of 2022, the firm reports over $75 billion in assets under management. It seeks to fund and work closely with visionary executives, providing practical, hands-on software expertise to support growth from initial investment through to IPO.

Founded in 2006, Felicis is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It focuses on early-stage investments across various sectors, including AI, health, and security, backing founders building iconic companies.

Founded in 1972, Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It specializes in investing in early-stage, growth, and incubation companies across various sectors including technology, healthcare, life sciences, and consumer goods. The firm partners with founders from inception to IPO, supporting them to maximize the potential of their ideas.

Founded in 2012, Initialized Capital is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology sectors. With over $3 billion under management across five funds since inception, the firm invests primarily at seed stage and has helped create over $200 billion in market value among its portfolio companies.

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.

Sand Hill Angels, established in 2000, is a prominent angel investor group based in Mountain View, California, comprising over 60 successful Silicon Valley technology professionals. The group is dedicated to supporting and growing startup companies, with a focus on seed-stage technology investments across North America. They typically invest between $300,000 to $500,000 in private companies, with a pre-money valuation of less than $5 million. Sand Hill Angels' investment preferences span various sectors, including clean technology, Internet startups, information sciences, and life sciences, with a particular interest in semiconductors, enterprise software, storage, communications, medical devices, diagnostics, and bioinformatics. The group collaborates openly with venture capital funds, other angel organizations, and the broader Bay Area ecosystem to foster the growth of technology startups.

Norwest Venture Partners is a global technology venture capital firm founded in 1961 and based in California. It invests across venture and growth stages in the United States, India, Israel, and other markets, targeting software, cloud and IT infrastructure, information services, enterprise software and services, financial services, consumer products and healthcare. The firm backs entrepreneurs with capital plus an extensive network and operating experience to help scale their businesses. Since its inception it has backed hundreds of companies and manages a multi-billion-dollar portfolio, deploying capital in seed to growth rounds and across sectors that drive technology-enabled growth. Norwest emphasizes building lasting relationships with founders and mentoring teams through strategic guidance and market access to accelerate expansion and scale globally.

Founded in 1965, Greylock Partners is a venture capital firm investing in consumer and enterprise software companies. It focuses on seed to growth-stage investments, with notable portfolio companies including Airbnb, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Palo Alto Networks.

Threshold Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It pursues a high-conviction, early-stage investment strategy and partners with entrepreneurs to build technology-driven companies in consumer, enterprise, and healthcare sectors. The firm provides venture and growth capital to technology companies and has historical ties to the broader Draper Fisher Jurvetson network. Threshold focuses on supporting early-stage ventures across software, consumer, and healthcare technologies, and seeks to back innovative teams aiming to reach market leadership.

Mayfield Fund is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 1969 and headquartered in Menlo Park, with an additional office in Mumbai. It focuses on early-stage to growth investments in technology companies across sectors including enterprise software, data infrastructure, semiconductors, communications, artificial intelligence, consumer technology, health and wellness, energy tech, and related services. The firm pursues global opportunities, with emphasis on California—especially the San Francisco and San Jose area—and cross-border investments in Europe, India and China, including companies with substantial operations in India or China. Typical investments range from about $1 million to $15 million, with follow-on rounds and the potential for debt investments around $1 million. Mayfield often leads rounds or co-invests with other investors and helps assemble syndicates to support portfolio companies.

Innovation Endeavors is a Palo Alto–based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that backs early-stage technology companies in the United States and Israel. With offices in Silicon Valley, New York and Tel Aviv, it invests across sectors including artificial intelligence software, fintech, cybersecurity, robotics, climate tech, computing infrastructure, life sciences, logistics, and the physical economy. The firm supports founders developing transformative technologies at the intersection of data, computation and engineering, aiming to accelerate growth and global impact. Its portfolio reflects a focus on innovative solutions addressing emerging global needs.

Mohr Davidow Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 1983 that provides early-stage and growth-stage funding to technology-driven startups. The firm backs companies across financial technology, information technology, energy and materials, and life sciences, with activity in internet services, cloud computing, data analytics, digital media, e-commerce, mobile, and enterprise software. It supports ventures in digital health, personalized medicine, and other life sciences applications, as well as hardware and semiconductor-related ventures, and other emerging technologies. The firm also seeks opportunities in consumer sectors such as digital education, entertainment, and retail innovation, along with industrial and process technologies. Geographically, it concentrates on the Silicon Valley region and other U.S. tech hubs including the San Francisco Bay Area, Mid-Atlantic, Washington D.C., Pacific Northwest, and British Columbia. Mohr Davidow Ventures aims to partner with exceptional entrepreneurs to build scalable companies that leverage digital engagement, cloud, and data analytics to create large markets.

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.

Founded in 2023, Matter Venture Partners is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm that invests primarily in hard tech startups.

1Flourish Capital is a faith-driven venture capital firm based in Mountain View, California. It provides early-stage investment and mentorship to tech-enabled and deep-tech startups led by high-character, high-capacity entrepreneurs who view culture as a core driver of long-term success. Founded in 2017, the firm prioritizes ventures where a strong culture supports scalable growth and resilience, offering guidance to navigate the challenges of early development.

Founded in 2015, Liquid 2 Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. It specializes in seed-stage investments for technology startups.

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.

Headquartered in San Francisco with offices globally, Citi Ventures explores, incubates, and invests in innovative ideas across fintech, data analytics, commerce, security, marketing, property tech, distributed ledger technology, and digital assets. It collaborates with Citi colleagues, clients, and the broader innovation community to drive discovery of new value.

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.

Shasta Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 that invests in early-stage software companies in the United States, typically from seed to Series B. The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, with a presence in Menlo Park, and focuses on software-related sectors such as software as a service, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data intelligence, and consumer subscription models. Shasta Ventures supports startups through an agile, founder-focused approach, offering resources and guidance tailored to early-stage needs.

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 2000, Scale Venture Partners is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm with $1.3B under management. It focuses on early-stage cloud, SaaS, and infrastructure startups that leverage AI, ML, or automation. The firm provides value acceleration through go-to-market strategies and access to proprietary operational SaaS metrics for benchmarking growth.

Founded in 2019, Uncorrelated Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco. It focuses on investing in early-stage infrastructure software companies.

DCM Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with offices in Silicon Valley, Beijing, and Tokyo. Established in 1996 as Doll Capital Management, the firm focuses on software, consumer and digital media, mobile, communications, and related technology sectors, investing in early-stage companies and growth opportunities across the United States, China, and Japan. DCM Ventures backs portfolio companies in consumer, enterprise, health tech, fintech, and deep tech, offering hands-on operational guidance and access to a broad network of business and financial resources. The firm emphasizes the discipline of its partners, each with extensive investing and operational experience in building hyper-growth startups into large-scale businesses. Across ten funds totaling roughly $4.0 billion, DCM has made investments in more than 400 technology companies, supporting entrepreneurs as they scale and commercialize innovative technologies worldwide.

Founded in 2016, Mana Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in South San Francisco. It invests in early-stage companies focused on artificial intelligence and deep tech, aiming to disrupt traditional industries and build frontier technologies.

Harpoon Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that focuses on early-stage and growth investments in technology companies. It operates from San Diego, with activities linked to Silicon Valley and the US government markets, and emphasizes supporting companies across sectors such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomy, enterprise software, fintech, security, space, and synthetic biology. The firm seeks to back commercial products and scalable ventures, offering capital and strategic support to help portfolio companies scale.

Founded in 2010, Tekton Ventures is a global venture capital firm specializing in seed and early-stage investments. It focuses on technology-driven markets such as financial technology, mobile/digitally connected services, and selected tech hubs worldwide, including Silicon Valley, London, Israel, China, Korea, and India.

Array Ventures invests in early-stage startups focused on transforming industries through innovative technology, data analytics, and AI. They back entrepreneurs with bold visions for the future who operate in large or emerging markets.

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in London with offices in San Francisco and Geneva, focused on backing technology-driven startups across Europe, North America, and beyond. The firm specializes in high technology and life sciences, and invests across early and growth stages in sectors such as artificial intelligence, software, data, fintech, healthcare, media, mobility, open source, and security. Since its founding in 1996, Index Ventures has partnered with ambitious entrepreneurs to turn bold ideas into global businesses, providing strategic guidance and capital to help companies scale. Notable portfolio companies include Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King, Slack, and Supercell, reflecting the firm’s track record of supporting market-changing technology companies.

Forerunner Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that focuses on the consumer economy, supporting founders who aim to meet evolving needs with funding, strategic guidance, and consumer insight. It backs early-stage companies, typically at seed or Series A, across sectors including consumer products, health and wellness, finance, commerce, entertainment, career and learning, security, productivity, and technology. The firm emphasizes brands that blend online and offline channels, e-commerce, internet marketplaces, and tools or services that enhance consumer experiences. It has backed notable consumer brands such as Dollar Shave Club, Warby Parker, and Hims & Hers, and tends to collaborate with local investors when the company is outside the Bay Area.

Founded in 1999, Redpoint is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It partners with visionary founders to create new markets and invests across seed, early, and growth phases of startups. The firm manages over $4 billion across multiple funds, focusing on technology, media, and alternative energy companies.

Founded in 1970, CRV is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. With nearly $1.5 billion under management, the firm focuses on seed to series B investments in technology, consumer goods, and healthcare companies across North America.

Highland Capital Partners is a Massachusetts-headquartered global venture capital firm that invests in seed, early and growth-stage consumer and enterprise technology companies. It maintains offices in Boston, Silicon Valley and Shanghai and has raised substantial capital and backed more than 225 companies across consumer and enterprise technology, supporting entrepreneurs with a focus on building lasting businesses. The firm also runs mentorship initiatives such as Summer@Highland. Its European presence, Highland Europe, founded in 2012, targets rapidly growing internet, mobile and software companies in Europe and works closely with the firm to pursue primary investments as well as acquisition finance or lead secondary transactions.

Pegasus Tech Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that backs emerging technology companies worldwide and helps entrepreneurs expand into North America, Asia, and Europe. The firm employs over 100 professionals across seven countries who bring broad domain expertise. It invests in and supports companies across sectors including artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, robotics, big data, virtual and augmented reality, quantum computing, FinTech, health IT, and other next-generation technologies, and it also engages in consumer electronics, automotive, original design manufacturing, enterprise, gaming, healthcare, finance technology, and hardware. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Venrock is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm founded in 1969 as the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family. It concentrates on seed and early-stage investments in technology and healthcare, with interests spanning information technology, life sciences and related sectors in the United States. The firm has supported a broad portfolio of companies, including Apple, Intel, Illumina, DoubleClick, Athenahealth, Gilead Sciences, Nest, SlideShare and Tudou. Venrock emphasizes long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs, combining hands-on venture support with rigorous data analysis to help startups grow into enduring companies.

Founded in 2005, Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests across various sectors and stages. Known for embracing risk, the firm supports founders of exceptional products to achieve success on their own terms. Notable investments include Twitter, Discord, Cruise, Niantic, Oculus, Warby Parker, and Tumblr.