Top investors in Marketplace
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FJ Labs
FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. It is stage-agnostic and focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups, investing primarily in seed and Series A rounds with typical checks ranging from 50,000 to 5,000,000. The firm backs visionary founders pursuing global transformations and aims to support growth toward market leadership. Its portfolio includes Alibaba and other marketplace and consumer offerings, with notable investments such as Coupang, Flexport, Delivery Hero, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, Adore Me, and Earnest.
Made 509 investments in Marketplace
Bossa Invest
Bossa Invest is a São Paulo-based venture capital firm that provides equity funding and strategic support to startups across Latin America. It focuses on software as a service (SaaS) and leverages a wide network of more than 4,000 partners and co-investors to connect portfolio companies with strategic guidance, potential customers, and funding opportunities. Beyond capital, the firm offers mentorship, market insights, and access to corporate partners to help startups scale and pursue exits. It also engages in corporate venture activities, assisting large companies to accelerate innovation through collaboration with startups under flexible investment structures. Since its founding, the firm has invested in more than 1,500 startups and achieved over 100 exits.
Made 297 investments in Marketplace
Alumni Ventures
Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in startups from seed through late-stage, including pre-IPO companies, and provides strategic capital and support to founders. It gives accredited investors access to diversified venture portfolios and co-investment opportunities, including investments in companies connected to alumni communities. The firm is based in Manchester, New Hampshire, and operates across North America, with additional offices in London and Tokyo.
Made 180 investments in Marketplace
Tiger Global Management
Tiger Global Management is a global investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman. It invests in both private and public markets worldwide, with a focus on technology, internet, consumer, and financial services companies. The firm employs strategies across public equities, including growth and long/short approaches, and private investments across early to late stages, seeking high-quality growth opportunities throughout the lifecycle of portfolio companies. Its activities span globally, aiming to back innovative companies across diverse regions and industries. As a registered investment adviser in the United States, Tiger Global conducts its business through its own platform, dedicating capital to long-term partnerships with high-potential companies.
Made 269 investments in Marketplace
Andreessen Horowitz
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies from seed to growth stages. Its areas of focus include artificial intelligence, biotechnology and health, consumer technology, cryptocurrency, enterprise software, financial technology, infrastructure, gaming, and American innovation. The firm also supports portfolio companies by connecting them with technical advisors, experienced executives, and industry operators.
Made 166 investments in Marketplace
Goodwater Capital
Goodwater Capital is a California-based venture capital firm established in 2014, focused on early-stage investments in consumer and prosumer technology. The firm emphasizes data-driven research and founder-centric conviction to back entrepreneurs creating platforms that transform everyday life, transactions, and communication. Based in Burlingame, California, Goodwater backs companies across consumer technology and related sectors, including housing, financial services, healthcare, education, and entertainment, with the aim of solving pressing problems and improving lives globally.
Made 144 investments in Marketplace
SOSV
SOSV is a global venture capital firm focused on early-stage deep-tech and cross-border software companies, investing primarily from pre-seed through growth stages. It accelerates product development, regulatory progress, fundraising, and commercial strategy by providing founders access to purpose-built labs, engineering spaces, and a broad physical and virtual infrastructure across multiple locations. The firm's program-driven approach combines selective funding with hands-on support, mentorship, and a wide network of co-investors and partners to help portfolio companies scale. SOSV operates a suite of specialized facilities for deep-tech founders, including incubation programs that connect startups with customers, researchers, and investors, and it emphasizes long-term relationships through ongoing operational and strategic assistance. While active globally, it maintains strong ties to Asia-focused cross-border markets and supports a diverse portfolio spanning bio-tech, hardware, robotics, software, and related fields.
Made 203 investments in Marketplace
Sequoia Capital
Founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California, Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early- and growth-stage companies, particularly in technology and related sectors. It partners with founders on product development, company building, and business expansion. The firm invests in the United States and international markets.
Made 216 investments in Marketplace
General Catalyst
General Catalyst is a venture capital firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with offices and investment activity across North America and Europe. It invests in companies from early to growth stages, with a focus on technology, healthcare, fintech, consumer businesses, and applied artificial intelligence, and provides founders with capital and strategic support.
Made 139 investments in Marketplace
Right Side Capital Management
Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that employs a quantitative, data-driven approach to fund technology startups at the earliest stages. Founded in 2012, it concentrates on capital-efficient companies that are generating revenue and typically seeks rounds of 50,000 to 500,000 dollars, often outside the traditional SF Bay Area and NYC hubs. The firm targets pre-product-market fit ventures across the United States and Canada, making a high volume of investments—hundreds of portfolio companies and more than two thousand investments since inception—with a philosophy of rapid, transparent decision-making and broad post-investment engagement. Its team leverages extensive operational experience to provide hands-on mentorship in areas such as sales, marketing, fundraising, and operations, aiming to support startups through critical growth phases and facilitate later-stage partnerships. RSCM positions itself as an operating-style fund focused on supporting founders, not a standard VC, and emphasizes building a diverse, founder-focused community through events and guidance.
Made 186 investments in Marketplace
SV Angel
SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture capital and angel investment firm that supports startups through capital, strategic guidance, and hands-on operational help. The firm assists founders with capital raising, business development, strategic networking, talent acquisition, and corporate transactions, leveraging a broad network to connect portfolio companies with partners, executives, and ecosystem resources. It emphasizes founder-focused support, offering strategic insights, governance guidance, and practical assistance at key growth inflection points to help technology companies scale. SV Angel invests across enterprise software, consumer, fintech, high tech, and information technology sectors, and has a history of backing notable companies such as OpenAI, Databricks, Eventbrite, Cedar, and Vercel.
Made 181 investments in Marketplace
LvlUp Ventures
LvlUp Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in New York that invests in startups across sectors including technology, consumer products, fintech, gaming, and sports. It supports companies from pre-seed through Series A and provides operational guidance through accelerator programs, corporate partnerships, and its investor network. The firm operates globally, with activity in regions including the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.
Made 26 investments in Marketplace
Orbit Ventures
Orbit Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on emerging markets, investing in technology companies that digitize traditional industries to raise living standards in a sustainable way. Based in Singapore, it backs digitalization across e-commerce, fintech, media, healthcare, education, and logistics in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. The firm emphasizes rapid iteration, operational excellence, and strategic partnerships, supporting portfolio companies with specialized task forces and a broad network of mentors and corporate partners. It provides hands-on support for partnerships, business development, fundraising, and growth, and maintains a long-term investment program with follow-on funding. The portfolio comprises about 260 companies, supported by 575 mentors and 212 corporate partners, and the firm hosts events that connect enterprise innovation leaders with founders.
Made 61 investments in Marketplace
East Ventures
East Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 and based in Singapore that provides multi-stage investments, from seed to growth, in technology companies across Southeast Asia. It has a portfolio of more than 300 tech startups and maintains activities across Singapore, Indonesia and the broader region. The firm also operates EV Growth, a joint venture with SMDV and YJ Capital that provides growth capital to startups in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
Made 130 investments in Marketplace
Gaingels
Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate focused on supporting LGBTQ+ founders and leaders, investing in companies across stages and sectors and prioritizing inclusive teams and governance. It operates a global portfolio of companies and provides capital alongside resources to recruit diverse talent for C-suite and board roles. The network emphasizes collaboration among investors, operators, and entrepreneurs to advance positive social change through business.
Made 83 investments in Marketplace
Greycroft
Greycroft is a venture capital firm focused on technology startups and investments in the Internet and mobile markets. Based in New York with offices in Los Angeles, it supports entrepreneurs by enhancing visibility, enabling strategic relationships, and accelerating product market entry through its broad media and technology industry network. The firm manages over $1 billion in assets and has completed more than 200 investments since its inception, backing companies such as Acorns, Venmo, Huffington Post, Scopely, Thrive Market, Boxed, Shipt, and Whatnot. Greycroft emphasizes hands-on founder support and inclusive deal practices, including the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.
Made 101 investments in Marketplace
Index Ventures
Index Ventures is a venture capital firm with offices in London, San Francisco, and Geneva that backs technology companies across sectors such as software, fintech, healthcare, AI, data, and consumer technology. It provides capital and strategic support to early-stage and growth-stage startups, helping teams refine business models, scale operations, and pursue expansion. The firm conducts due diligence, structures financing, and leverages a global network to connect founders with opportunities, customers, and investors. Since its founding in 1996, Index has partnered with entrepreneurs to turn bold ideas into global businesses and to advance market entry and scale across geographies.
Made 165 investments in Marketplace
Mizuho Capital
Mizuho Capital is the venture capital arm of Mizuho Financial Group, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It identifies and invests in ambitious startups and growth companies, leveraging Mizuho’s financial expertise, network, and strategic guidance to help portfolio firms scale and access public markets. The firm pursues investments across information technology, internet-related services, healthcare, manufacturing, non-manufacturing, and other services, aiming to back differentiated technologies and business models. Through disciplined investment and close collaboration with management teams, Mizuho Capital seeks to create lasting value and support portfolio companies toward successful exits, including initial public offerings. The firm has a track record of multiple IPOs in its portfolio and operates as the corporate venture arm of a major Japanese bank, with a large network and capital backing its activities.
Made 57 investments in Marketplace
Service Provider Capital
Service Provider Capital is a Colorado-based venture capital firm that co-invests in seed and Series A rounds led by institutional venture funds. It operates six regional funds and supports a portfolio of more than 600 companies, drawing on a network of 400+ strategic investors to connect portfolio companies with investors, customers, and strategic partners. The firm emphasizes independence from affiliated entities and offers responsive services without restrictive terms or board seats, backed by a dedicated team focused on portfolio company success and access to relevant expertise.
Made 26 investments in Marketplace
Global Brain
Global Brain is an independent venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1998. It invests in technology startups worldwide, with a focus on sectors such as artificial intelligence, cloud software, cybersecurity, fintech, advertising technology, agriculture technology, climate tech, and related fields. The firm targets seed to growth-stage opportunities and collaborates with corporate venture partners to provide hands-on support and resources to portfolio companies. It maintains flagship funds and ongoing investment programs and has backed numerous startups with several notable exits, reflecting an emphasis on global expansion and practical value creation for early-stage and growth companies.
Made 92 investments in Marketplace
SMBC Venture Capital
SMBC Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. Founded in 2005, it is based in Tokyo with an additional office in Osaka and focuses on growth capital and buyouts across information technology, life sciences, services, and manufacturing. The firm leverages the broader SMBC Group network to support portfolio companies with strategic guidance, access to customers and partners, and connections to auditors, securities firms, and other investors. It emphasizes forming long-term partnerships with management, helping portfolio companies scale and create value, and bridging them to large corporations, talent, and industry experts. Its approach is industry- and cycle-agnostic, targeting growth-oriented companies that address social needs while delivering resilient value.
Made 70 investments in Marketplace
Kima Ventures
Kima Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 and backed by Xavier Niel, with an office in London. It ranks among the world’s most active early-stage investors, funding seed to Series A rounds and often acting as lead investor while collaborating with other backers. The firm supports founders worldwide with capital, a network of mentors, and practical guidance to accelerate growth, prioritizing speed and a smooth fundraising process so founders can focus on building their business. Kima emphasizes a hands-on approach and a pay-it-forward mindset, describing itself as a network of entrepreneurs and experts rather than merely an investor. Its portfolio includes hundreds of technology startups across many countries, reflecting a broad, Europe-focused footprint and a commitment to helping ambitious teams reach the next stage.
Made 121 investments in Marketplace
Pioneer Fund
Pioneer Fund is a San Francisco, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that specializes in early-stage investments across a broad range of technology sectors, including consumer products and services, financial services, information technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, blockchain, education technology, augmented reality, advertising technology, and SaaS. The firm leverages a large network of Y Combinator alumni and operators to support portfolio companies, guiding investment decisions and helping startups scale. Its portfolio spans fintech, AI, healthcare, and SaaS among others, reflecting a commitment to nurturing innovative, tech-enabled ventures emerging from the YC ecosystem.
Made 56 investments in Marketplace
F6 Ventures
F6 Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm focusing on the Middle East and Africa. It provides capital, hands-on support, and a broad network to help visionary founders build and scale their businesses beyond borders. The firm backs early-stage startups across Africa, the GCC, and Levant, emphasizing sustainable impact and ESG in its investments. By supporting founders from idea-stage through growth, it aims to help startups reach customers, secure follow-on funding, and expand internationally, contributing to job creation and regional development.
Made 111 investments in Marketplace
Partech
Partech is a global technology investment firm headquartered in Paris, founded in 1982, with offices in Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi and San Francisco. It backs founders from seed to growth by combining capital, operational experience and strategic support. The firm maintains about €2.5 billion in assets under management and a portfolio of around 220 companies across 40 countries and four continents, investing across fintech, AI and machine learning, consumer technology, enterprise software, cybersecurity and related tech-enabled sectors.
Made 82 investments in Marketplace
Union Square Ventures
Union Square Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2003 that focuses on early-stage to growth-stage internet companies. It concentrates on the applications layer of the web, internet services, and web services that create large networks, with emphasis on businesses that generate network effects across sectors such as social media, marketplaces, developer tools, learning, health, fintech, web3 and decentralized systems, technology, and climate. The firm typically makes initial investments around 1 million dollars and can participate in larger rounds up to about 20 million dollars, often taking a lead role and working closely with founders to support growth. It pursues investments across major markets globally, including New York, San Francisco, London, and Berlin.
Made 114 investments in Marketplace
Nexus Venture Partners
Nexus Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology and software companies, with operations in the United States and India. The firm partners with founders from inception through seed and Series A, and continues involvement as companies grow, often backing enterprise software in the US and digitally driven businesses in India. Its team includes former entrepreneurs and operators, aiming to apply bottom-up, hands-on insights. Nexus manages substantial capital across multiple funds and maintains a global presence with offices in Silicon Valley and Mumbai/Bengaluru, reflecting its focus on emerging trends in technology, AI and related sectors. The firm seeks to back category-defining teams at Pre-Seed through Series B, across consumer, healthcare, business services, and technology companies.
Made 81 investments in Marketplace
New Enterprise Associates
New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in Menlo Park, California. It provides capital and operational support to companies across development stages, from seed to IPO, with a focus on technology and healthcare sectors. The firm collaborates with founders to address technical challenges, offering domain expertise to assist product development and market expansion. NEA invests across the United States, Asia and Brazil, and its portfolio includes software, consumer technology, medical devices, life sciences, healthcare information technology, and energy technology companies. With a long track record of helping entrepreneurs achieve growth, NEA emphasizes enduring partnerships and strategic guidance alongside funding to build transformational businesses through multiple stages of a company lifecycle.
Made 127 investments in Marketplace
Liquid 2 Ventures
Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that invests in technology startups across early to growth stages, including pre-seed, seed, and Series B rounds. The firm provides capital, founder guidance, operational support, and access to a broad network of entrepreneurs, investors, and industry contacts to help portfolio companies scale. It emphasizes hands-on involvement, long-term partnerships, and mentorship from experienced operators, offering strategic introductions and operational guidance throughout a company's lifecycle.
Made 88 investments in Marketplace
NFX
NFX is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs pre-seed and seed-stage startups across software, data products, AI, bio, gaming, space and proptech, among others. The firm pursues a founder-first approach, aiming to improve the startup experience through software-enabled processes and by sharing growth techniques that leverage network effects. With a track record of backing companies that achieve exits totaling more than $10 billion across multiple industries and geographies, NFX presents itself as a resource for founders and the ecosystem. It operates an ecosystem that includes programs like NFX Guild and initiatives to support scientist-founders, while offering practical guidance and community-driven support to help entrepreneurs with fundraising, growth, and building durable companies.
Made 106 investments in Marketplace
Monashees
Monashees is a São Paulo-based venture capital firm founded in 2005 that backs technology-driven founders across Latin America and beyond. It focuses on sectors such as artificial intelligence, climate tech, fintech, healthcare, consumer, enterprise, and SaaS, investing from pre-seed to early stages and supporting growth through expansion funds. With a portfolio of hundreds of founders and companies, Monashees emphasizes a human-values-first approach and collaborates with programs and investors to help entrepreneurs scale, expand into new markets, and improve lives through technology. The firm operates from São Paulo with additional presence in Mexico City and San Francisco, and is regarded as one of the largest Brazilian venture capital firms, contributing to the region’s evolving tech ecosystem.
Made 84 investments in Marketplace
Picus Capital
Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm based in Munich, Germany, pursuing a long-term, flexible-capital approach. The firm backs pre-seed to Series A ventures across sectors including financial services, HR, energy and climate, healthcare, logistics and mobility, real estate and construction, crypto and web3, deeptech and e-commerce. It emphasizes close partnerships with portfolio companies, providing strategic and operational support, talent access, marketing and sales guidance, and connections to a broad B2B and investor network to aid fundraising and international growth. Picus aims to help founders build category-defining global leaders through a disciplined investment approach and ongoing engagement throughout the lifecycle of the companies.
Made 64 investments in Marketplace
IDG Capital
IDG Capital is a global venture capital and private equity firm established in 1993 and headquartered in Hong Kong, with operations across three continents and more than 300 investment professionals. It provides funding across stages including venture capital, growth, buyout and secondary markets, and backs companies in technology, consumer, media, healthcare, energy and information technology sectors. The firm guides a large portfolio of companies and has supported hundreds of exits, leveraging a global ecosystem to offer strategic resources and partnerships. Its investor roster includes sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other institutional investors, enabling diverse capital and long-term collaboration with founders.
Made 155 investments in Marketplace
Blume Ventures
Blume Ventures is a Mumbai-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups in India, focusing on seed and pre-Series A rounds. It targets tech-enabled ventures across sectors such as artificial intelligence, healthcare, fintech, e-commerce, real estate, and enterprise software, aiming to transform industries and address societal challenges. As a long-term partner, it provides capital alongside strategic guidance, ecosystem insights, and mentoring, and it often co-invests with angels and seed funds while offering follow-on financing to portfolio companies to support growth over multiple rounds.
Made 73 investments in Marketplace
Soma Capital
Soma Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that focuses on software and technology companies, investing across B2B, SaaS, AI, fintech, clean-tech, frontier-tech, prop-tech, cryptocurrency, health tech and consumer sectors. The firm has backed notable startups including OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Rippling and Lambda School, reflecting a track record of identifying ambitious founders and supporting growth. Its investment activity spans global markets with presence in Africa, the Middle East, South America and Asia, and it emphasizes building strong relationships with founders to help them scale their businesses.
Made 66 investments in Marketplace
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 1974 that specializes in seed and development-stage investments. It supports startups across information technology, life science, electronics, high technology, AI, biotech, fintech, and healthcare sectors with a focus on opportunities relevant to the Japanese market. The firm engages in investment syndication and maintains offices in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya to facilitate regional deal flow and collaboration with MUFG affiliates. It aims to foster sustainable value creation by backing innovative companies at early and growth stages and by aligning portfolio activities with Japan’s technology and industry priorities.
Made 57 investments in Marketplace
HV Capital
HV Capital is a European venture capital firm based in Munich that backs technology startups across Europe at all stages, from seed to growth. Founded in 2000, HV Capital partners with founders to provide capital, strategic guidance, and access to a broad network to support long-term development. The firm invests across software, fintech, healthcare, and consumer technology, pursuing multi-stage investments and helping portfolio companies scale through successive rounds within the European innovation ecosystem.
Made 125 investments in Marketplace
Altos Ventures
Altos Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with an office in Seoul. Founded in 1996, it backs early-stage and growth technology companies in consumer and enterprise sectors, including software, fintech, e-commerce, and consumer brands. The firm favors founder-led, capital-efficient businesses and pursues a long-term, patient approach, often providing active support as companies scale and participating in multiple funding rounds. It maintains a global outlook, investing across North America and Asia, with initial investments as low as 500,000 dollars and the ability to participate in substantial follow-on rounds, sometimes exceeding 100 million dollars. Altos emphasizes a principled, contrarian stance, evaluating opportunities on individual merit rather than chasing trends, and seeks to build world-class companies through deep involvement and patient capital.
Made 80 investments in Marketplace
DST Global
Founded in 2009, DST Global is an international investment firm headquartered in George Town, Cayman Islands. It invests globally in late-stage internet and technology companies, including businesses in e-commerce, mobile, and information technology.
Made 84 investments in Marketplace
Venture Catalysts
Venture Catalysts is an India-based early-stage investment platform that connects startups with angel and institutional investors. It supports companies from pre-seed to Series B with fundraising assistance, due diligence, investor syndication, mentorship, and access to an investor network. It also provides investors with curated startup opportunities and community resources.
Made 78 investments in Marketplace
Speedinvest
Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in Vienna, Austria. It backs high-growth startups from seed to growth across sectors including deep tech, fintech and DeFi, health and bio, climate tech, industrial tech, marketplaces, consumer tech, SaaS and infrastructure. The firm uses sector-focused investment teams and pursues long-term partnerships, providing portfolio companies with capital and access to a global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, and follow-on investors to help scale. With offices across Europe, Speedinvest maintains a hands-on approach to support founders through early growth toward scalable, sustainable companies.
Made 69 investments in Marketplace
Khosla Ventures
Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 that backs technology-driven startups across multiple sectors, including artificial intelligence, healthcare, sustainability, digital health, and consumer technology. The firm provides capital and strategic guidance to companies at early and growth stages, with an emphasis on disruptive technologies and world-changing businesses. It operates a range of funds, including seed and later-stage vehicles, and maintains a broad investment thesis that covers AI, climate tech, energy efficiency, and other high-potential areas, primarily focused in the United States. The firm is known for working closely with entrepreneurs to build long-lasting companies.
Made 85 investments in Marketplace
Titan Capital
Titan Capital is a venture capital firm based in Gurugram, India, that pursues early-stage investments in founder-led companies across multiple sectors, including consumer, internet, direct-to-consumer brands, health tech, business-to-business services, software-as-a-service, fintech, home services, logistics, and AI-first applications. The firm emphasizes profitability and operational excellence and follows a founder-first approach, offering capital along with mentorship, network access, and operational frameworks to support entrepreneurs from fundraising to scaling and follow-on investments. With a network of 650+ founders, corporate partners, and domain experts built over 15 years, Titan Capital highlights its focus on backing individuals, not market cycles, and shares case studies to illustrate positive outcomes from its portfolio.
Made 55 investments in Marketplace
Unpopular Ventures
Unpopular Ventures is a San Francisco, California–based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that invests in technology startups. It concentrates on identifying and backing innovative companies often overlooked by mainstream investors and operating outside conventional trends, believing that disruptive success frequently stems from unconventional ideas. The firm pursues an active, diversified portfolio across multiple stages and focuses on opportunities off the beaten path. Since 2019 it has deployed around $75 million across roughly 500 startups and remains highly active, typically investing in dozens of companies each year. The approach centers on differentiating startups by embracing unpopular yet potentially groundbreaking concepts.
Made 67 investments in Marketplace
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner and Tom Perkins, based in Menlo Park, California. The firm backs incubation, seed and early-stage companies across industries and also pursues growth investing through later-stage funds. It supports founders from inception to IPO and beyond, leveraging its experience, network and resources to help portfolio companies scale. The firm's investments span digital technology, greentech, life sciences and healthcare, and it has backed notable companies such as Google, Amazon, AOL, Netscape and Genentech. With a global footprint, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has placed capital across North America, Europe and China, offering strategic guidance and connections to executives, partners and potential customers. The firm has pursued specialized initiatives and funds addressing technology, sustainability and market-changing ideas, maintaining a broad and enduring presence in venture capital.
Made 135 investments in Marketplace
GGV Capital
GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that reorganized in March 2024 into two distinct entities: Granite Asia and Notable Capital. Granite Asia, headquartered in Singapore, focuses on investments across the Asia-Pacific region, including Southeast Asia, Japan, China, India, and Australia. Notable Capital, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, concentrates on the United States, Israel, Europe, and Latin America. The split enables more focused investment strategies and tailored support for portfolio companies within each geographic area, while the firm continues to back early and growth-stage startups across sectors.
Made 104 investments in Marketplace
Strong Ventures
Strong Ventures is a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm that funds seed-stage startups across the United States and South Korea. Founded in 2011, it supports a broad mix of sectors including software as a service, content, mobility, food technology, e-commerce, healthcare, fashion, fintech, blockchain, and gaming, and provides hands-on guidance through experienced operators and entrepreneurs, leveraging a global network to help founders scale. The firm focuses on Korean, Asian, and global entrepreneurs, helping them access markets and strategic opportunities through mentorship, network reach, and execution support.
Made 68 investments in Marketplace
IMM Private Equity
IMM Private Equity is an independent private equity firm based in Seoul, South Korea, specializing in significant minority investments and middle-market buyouts. Established in 2006, the firm concentrates on Korea-related opportunities and typically pursues active roles in portfolio companies to drive value. Its investment focus spans growth capital, turnaround, mezzanine, and buyout transactions across sectors such as manufacturing, information technology, healthcare and biotechnology, and consumer-related industries, with additional cross-border opportunities in Asia. The firm benefits from a longstanding network of institutional investors and a disciplined investment approach that emphasizes rigorous analysis and value creation through operational improvements. IMM Private Equity operates within the IMM group, a holding and capital management platform that includes affiliated private equity and credit activities, leveraging integrated relationships and experience across Korea’s evolving private capital market.
Made 45 investments in Marketplace
Founder Collective
Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on technology startups. Founded in 2009 by entrepreneurs who have built and exited technology companies, it emphasizes founder-aligned partnerships and capital efficiency, aiming to minimize dilution while supporting portfolio companies from idea to IPO. The firm takes a technology-centric, stage-agnostic approach within seed and early stages and makes investments across the United States and worldwide. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an office in New York City, Founder Collective leverages the experience of its founders to provide hands-on guidance to portfolio companies. It is built by a collection of successful entrepreneurs and concentrates on backing ambitious teams with potential to reshape industries, prioritizing authenticity, long-term value creation, and close collaboration with founders.
Made 88 investments in Marketplace
Info Edge ventures
Info Edge Ventures, established in 2008, is the corporate venture capital arm of Info Edge, located in Gurgaon, India. The firm focuses on investing in early to growth stage companies across various sectors, including consumer technology, fintech, deep tech, e-commerce, and agritech. Its mission is to support emerging entrepreneurs and contribute to the digital revolution by enhancing consumer experiences and delivering value through innovative platforms.
Made 30 investments in Marketplace