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.

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.

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.

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 in Palo Alto, California, that backs early and growth-stage technology startups worldwide. It concentrates on software, cloud, data, mobile, digital media, and adjacent sectors, including consumer and enterprise technology, fintech, security, and healthcare. The firm supports entrepreneurs with long-term guidance and the resources needed to build world-class, category-defining companies. Accel maintains offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, London, and Bangalore, and has backed a broad portfolio featuring notable companies such as Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, and Cloudera.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Sand Hill Angels is an angel investor network based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2000. It comprises more than 60 Silicon Valley technology professionals who support startup formation and growth by investing in private technology companies across North America at seed and early stages, including bridge rounds. The group focuses on technology sectors such as clean technology, Internet, information sciences, semiconductors, enterprise software, storage, and communications, as well as life sciences including medical devices, diagnostics, and bioinformatics. Typical investments range from $300,000 to $500,000 with pre-money valuations under about $5 million. The network collaborates with venture capital funds and other angel organizations and actively engages with the Bay Area ecosystem to foster the growth of technology startups.

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 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.

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.

Felicis Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2006, it focuses on seed-to-series C investments in early-stage technology companies that reinvent core markets and pursue frontier technologies. The firm backs founders across sectors such as artificial intelligence, health, security, and consumer internet, providing capital together with active mentoring and strategic advisory to help portfolio companies scale globally. Its approach combines hands-on support with resources aimed at accelerating growth, while maintaining a diverse international portfolio anchored in the Bay Area. Led by founder and president Aydin Senkut, Felicis seeks opportunities where innovative ideas can become enduring, widely adopted products and 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.

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.

Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital and growth equity firm founded in 1961 and headquartered in California, with a presence in Menlo Park and Palo Alto. It backs technology-driven companies across stages, from seed to growth, primarily in the United States, with extensions into India and Israel. The firm invests in sectors including software, information services, business services, financial services, healthcare, enterprise technology, and consumer products and services. Norwest emphasizes a proactive, partnership-based approach, leveraging its extensive network, operating experience, and a broad range of resources to help CEOs and founders scale their businesses. Across its portfolio, Norwest has supported hundreds of companies through multiple rounds of financing, aiming to partner with teams that demonstrate strong market position, revenue traction, and durable growth potential. The firm seeks to combine capital with strategic guidance, enabling portfolio companies to accelerate product development, go-to-market execution, and international expansion where appropriate.

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.

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.

Band of Angels is an angel investment group composed of former and current high-tech executives. Founded in 1994 and based in the San Francisco Bay Area, it provides early-stage funding and advisory support to startups in high-technology sectors such as enterprise software, AI, medical devices, fintech, energy, hardware, internet services, life sciences, and communications. The group favors seed- and early-stage opportunities, often investing locally in California with a preference for Silicon Valley deals, while maintaining the capacity to participate in select non-local opportunities. Members bring operating experience from companies including Symantec, Logitech, National Semiconductor, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Intuit. Band of Angels typically invests modestly in initial rounds and may co-lead or syndicate larger rounds, aiming to secure board seats and an ownership stake that reflects its significant involvement in the company’s early development.

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.

Floodgate is a venture capital firm based in California that focuses on seed and early-stage technology investments. Founded in 2006, the firm backs startups across North America with emphasis on software and technology sectors, including artificial intelligence, enterprise, healthcare, consumer, fintech and cryptocurrency. It typically participates in early rounds and often co-invests with other experienced private investors or top-tier venture firms. Its geographic reach covers the San Francisco Bay Area, New York Metro, and other major North American markets, reflecting a focus on helping innovative companies from inception through scale.

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

Start Smart Labs is a Palo Alto based organization established in 2012 that supports the growth of technology startups through investment and incubation. The firm focuses on software and data-intensive applications, with emphasis on software-as-a-service businesses and data analytics platforms. Through its incubation and venture activities, Start Smart Labs engages early-stage startups, helping them develop products, refine business models, and access strategic resources. The organization aims to foster innovation in areas such as cloud computing, big data, and related digital technologies, providing guidance and capital to startups seeking scale. Based in California, it has been associated with both incubator-style support for data-centric ventures and venture capital investment. The firm operates at the intersection of startup mentorship and investment, connecting entrepreneurs with technical and market expertise to accelerate product development and go-to-market strategies.

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.

Spike Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in Stanford-connected companies.

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.

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.

AME Cloud Ventures is a Palo Alto based venture capital firm that funds seed to late-stage technology focused companies, with emphasis on building infrastructure and value chains around data across the data stack from infrastructure to applications, mobile, and sensors. It targets technology heavy sectors including AI, robotics, aerospace, genomics, new-gen medical devices, Big Data, compute, mobility, sensors, and cloud ecosystems. The firm provides strategic support and access to networks, mentors, and international partners, including in China, to help portfolio companies grow. It is led by Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo.

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.

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.

Mayfield Fund is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1969 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with an additional office in Mumbai, India. It specializes in early-stage to growth-capital investments in technology companies across sectors including enterprise software, data, communications and wireless, semiconductors, consumer internet, health tech, energy tech, and IT-enabled services. The firm typically targets companies with strong growth potential, supports co-investment networks and lead or co-lead roles in rounds, and often participates in follow-on financing. It pursues global opportunities, with a focus on California (San Francisco Bay Area) and cross-border investments in Europe, India, and China, as well as substantial operations in India and China. Investments range from seed to growth, including debt in select situations, and it emphasizes collaboration with founders from inception to scale iconic enterprise, AI-first, and health-tech ventures. The firm avoids public markets and leverages its global network and experience to help portfolio companies scale.

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.

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.

Wing Venture Partners is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm established in 2013 that backs seed, early-stage, and growth technology companies. The firm concentrates on B2B software, information technology, SaaS, cybersecurity, data, mobile, cloud infrastructure, and related sectors, often with enterprise customers in mind. Wing emphasizes deep, long-term engagement with founders, providing hands-on support to help transform their business through data, mobile and cloud technologies. The firm has a track record of helping portfolio companies reach significant milestones, including IPOs and exits, across technology-enabled businesses. Notable investments cited include Snowflake, Gong, Nimble Storage, FireEye, and Opower, reflecting experience across security, data, storage, and enterprise software.

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.

DCM Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 and based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Silicon Valley, Beijing, and Tokyo. It pursues investments across consumer, enterprise, health tech, fintech, and deep tech sectors, and supports portfolio companies with hands-on operational guidance and access to a global network of business and financial resources. The firm seeks long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs to help build technology-enabled companies that reshape how institutions and individuals use and live with technology. Drawing on decades of investing and operating experience, DCM Ventures combines capital with strategic guidance to help portfolio companies scale in the United States, China, and Japan.

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

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.

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.

Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, Soma Capital is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage software startups. It focuses on B2B software, artificial intelligence, fintech, clean tech, frontier tech, prop-tech, cryptocurrency, health tech, and consumer applications, prioritizing software-enabled businesses. The firm has funded seed-stage companies that have grown into unicorns valued at more than $60 billion collectively, including Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Rippling, and Lambda School. Soma Capital aims to partner with founders to help scale ventures through hands-on support and a broad network.

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.

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm with offices in London, San Francisco, and Geneva that backs technology-driven startups worldwide. Since 1996 it has partnered with entrepreneurs to turn bold ideas into global businesses, investing across early and growth stages in sectors such as artificial intelligence, software, data, fintech, healthcare, media, mobility, security, and open source. The firm focuses on high-technology and life sciences and supports portfolio companies to scale internationally. Notable portfolio companies include Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King, Slack, and Supercell.

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.