Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London and Bangalore. It funds early- and growth-stage technology companies across software, cloud, SaaS, consumer, enterprise IT and related sectors, and it supports portfolio companies as they scale internationally. With a global network and more than three decades of experience, Accel seeks to help entrepreneurs build world-class, category-defining businesses. Notable investments include Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Braintree, Cloudera and Qualtrics, among others. Accel operates multiple funds and programs to back companies at different stages, continuing a long track record of backing ambitious technology founders around the world.
Tiger Global Management is an investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman. It allocates capital across public and private markets worldwide, with a focus on technology-enabled growth opportunities. The firm pursues public equity strategies, including long/short and growth investments, and private equity across early- to late-stage companies in multiple industries, seeking high-quality growth opportunities and guiding portfolio companies through their lifecycle.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 that supports the region's technology ecosystem. Based in Philadelphia, it acts as a capital provider and catalyst for early-stage and growing technology companies across information technology, health, and physical sciences by offering seed-stage funding and related resources to accelerate commercialization. The organization facilitates university–industry partnerships and regional initiatives that connect scientific research with market opportunities, with the aim of creating jobs and strengthening entrepreneurial communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Through its programs and partnerships, it supports adoption of new technologies and helps build a robust regional innovation ecosystem.
LAUNCH is a California-based organization that supports entrepreneurs and fosters innovation within the technology sector. Established in 2010, it encompasses multiple initiatives, including the LAUNCH Fund, which focuses on early-stage investments in technology-related companies. Additionally, LAUNCH operates an incubator designed to nurture startup development. Its flagship event, the LAUNCH Festival, attracts over 12,000 participants, including venture capitalists, angel investors, founders, and industry professionals, serving as a premier platform for startups to showcase their innovations. The organization also produces the podcast "This Week in Startups," which discusses trends and insights in the startup ecosystem. Through its various endeavors, LAUNCH aims to empower founders and promote the growth of emerging companies.
Founded in 2019, MaC Venture Capital is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California. It specializes in early-stage investments across various technology sectors, including fintech, e-commerce, logistics, and more. The firm invests in companies that benefit from shifts in cultural trends and behaviors globally.
Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, established in 2013. It targets individual accredited investors who previously had limited access to venture capital by enabling alumni from top entrepreneurial schools to invest together in ventures led by fellow alumni. The firm backs companies with an alumni connection and an institutional lead investor with sector expertise. It offers focused funds that provide accredited investors access to a diversified venture portfolio by type, sector, stage, and geography. The organization engages in seed, early-stage, and late-stage pre-IPO investments across technology, consumer, financial services, health care, life sciences, and other sectors.
Emergent Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Mateo, California that backs seed-stage software and artificial intelligence startups. The firm engages with high-potential entrepreneurs early to help them achieve product-market fit and develop go-to-market strategies. It concentrates on intelligent software and related information technology sectors, including enterprise automation, intelligent voice and video, logistics technology, DevOps and developer tools, finance technology, and cloud management. The firm operates with a focus on companies in the United States and India, reflecting an emphasis on early-stage tech markets with global growth potential. Through hands-on guidance and capital, Emergent Ventures supports teams as they build scalable products, deploy AI and cloud capabilities, and pursue market opportunities at the intersection of software and cloud infrastructure.
WestWave Capital is a California-based investment firm founded in 2017 that focuses on early-stage technology companies in the United States, prioritizing seed and Series A rounds. The firm targets software-related sectors such as software-as-a-service, security, cloud infrastructure, blockchain, analytics, and the Internet of Things, and supports enterprises developing deep technology solutions.
Greycroft is a venture capital firm that concentrates on technology start-ups, with a focus on the internet and mobile markets. It operates from offices in New York and Los Angeles, and uses its media and technology industry connections to help portfolio companies gain visibility, build strategic relationships, bring products to market, and grow successful businesses. Founded in 2006, Greycroft has invested in more than 200 companies across sectors such as consumer internet, financial technology, healthcare, and enterprise software, and manages over $1 billion in capital. The firm emphasizes early-stage investing and collaborates with entrepreneurs to support growth, while pursuing diversity initiatives including a diversity term sheet rider.
Koch Disruptive Technologies is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Wichita, Kansas. It pursues investments in healthcare, supply chain and manufacturing, cybersecurity, fintech, semiconductors, connectivity, enterprise software and energy transformation, and provides strategic support to portfolio companies through Koch Labs.
Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 that backs technology and consumer startups from seed through growth stages. It focuses on information technology, software, digital media and advertising, e-commerce, data analytics, fintech, cloud, mobile, and AI, as well as related infrastructure, hardware, and robotics. The firm primarily targets companies in the Pacific Northwest and the broader West Coast, and often leads investments with a goal of taking board seats to help portfolio companies scale from early development to market leadership.
Blackbird Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Sydney, Australia, that provides seed-to-late-stage funding to startups across Australia and New Zealand. The firm invests in technology-driven companies spanning software, hardware, space, healthcare, consumer products, autonomous robotics, artificial intelligence, infrastructure, clean energy, and quantum technology, supporting them from early idea stages through growth.
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.
Founded in Singapore in 2020, Xora Innovation is an investment platform focusing on early-stage deep tech ventures. It primarily invests in computing & communications, climate & energy, and AI in physical industries across Asia and North America.
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.
Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. Headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, it concentrates on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with notable focus areas including fintech, cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and healthcare. Founded in 1995, Insight Partners manages over $75 billion in regulatory assets under management and has invested in more than 750 companies worldwide, with over 55 portfolio companies achieving an IPO. The firm combines capital with hands-on, right-sized software expertise to support portfolio companies on their growth journey from first investment to IPO.
True Global Ventures is an international early-stage investment firm founded by Dušan Stojanović, recognized as a leading angel investor in Europe. The firm comprises a network of successful technology entrepreneurs with extensive experience and a strong track record in startup operations and investments. True Global Ventures focuses on investing between $100,000 and $600,000 in early-stage companies led by serial entrepreneurs, particularly in the fields of Internet, software, and mobile applications. The firm offers more than just financial support; it specializes in five key areas: customer and partner acquisition, international expansion, refinancing through connections with traditional venture capitalists and other financial entities, facilitating mergers and acquisitions, and recruitment, especially for engineering talent. True Global Ventures primarily targets companies based in major global tech hubs, including Silicon Valley, New York, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, while excluding investments in hardware, cleantech, and medtech sectors.
Redalpine is a pan-European venture capital firm founded in 2006 that blends financial investment, operational expertise, and an extensive international network to help entrepreneurs turn their vision into reality. With offices in Zurich and Berlin and a presence in London and San Francisco, it backs software and science companies across Europe from early stages onward, managing over 1 billion in assets. The firm supports a broad portfolio of disruptive startups, including N26, Taxfix, Inkitt, 9fin, Carvolution, vivenu, and Infinite Roots, through hands-on guidance and strategic connections across its network. It focuses on Europe-wide investments in information technology, healthcare, fintech, and related sectors, aiming to drive value creation through active involvement with portfolio companies.
Ascend Venture Capital is a venture capital firm based in Saint Louis, Missouri, founded in 2015. It focuses on data-centric companies and partners with founders to provide both capital and operational support to help them scale. The firm invests in software, commercial services, and related technology sectors, assisting early-stage ventures with strategic guidance and hands-on execution to accelerate growth and value creation.
Gradient Ventures is Google's AI-focused venture capital firm, founded in 2017 and based in Palo Alto, California. The firm backs seed- and early-stage startups in artificial intelligence and machine learning, providing capital and access to Google’s technical leadership and ecosystem. It supports founders in developing and scaling AI-enabled products by sharing best practices in recruiting, design, marketing, and engineering, and by connecting portfolio companies with Google resources to navigate early product challenges and drive practical AI applications across industries.
Northzone is a London-headquartered venture capital firm with offices in New York, Oslo, Stockholm, and across the Nordics. Established in 1996, it pursues early- and multi-stage technology investments in healthcare, semiconductors, software, hardware, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and gaming. The firm leverages a global network to help portfolio companies scale, connecting them with customers, partners, and key talent. Northzone has backed influential founders and built relationships with category-defining businesses, having partnered with the founders of Spotify, Klarna, iZettle, Hopin, and others. The organization has raised over €1.5 billion in funds to support its investments.
Remagine Ventures is a Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm that invests in seed to early-stage Israeli startups, with a focus on media-related technology and consumer tech across sectors such as AI/ML, video and audio, AR/VR, gaming, metaverse, esports, marketplaces, platforms, web3, digital commerce, advertising, data, and related services. The firm targets opportunities in e-commerce, B2B, and related areas and collaborates with corporate partners to accelerate go-to-market and create strategic opportunities. Founded around 2018-2019, Remagine Ventures maintains a focus on Israel and supports creators and technology-led businesses that redefine how people spend time and money online.
AltaIR Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in early and growth-stage startups across a range of sectors. The firm focuses on companies with disruptive ideas and strong growth potential, including productivity tools, future of work, software as a service, fintech, insurtech, artificial intelligence, and digital health. Its portfolio features key players in the startup ecosystem, including top incubator graduates and promising teams.
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.
GP Bullhound is a London-headquartered technology advisory and investment firm founded in 1999. It provides independent strategic advice and capital services to entrepreneurs, companies, and investors, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private placements, IPOs, and other corporate transactions in the technology sector. The firm blends technology insight with financial expertise to help founders build scalable, category-defining businesses, leveraging access to buyers and capital across Europe, the United States, and Asia. GP Bullhound maintains a global footprint with offices in multiple regions and has advised notable technology leaders such as Spotify, Delivery Hero, Avito, and Fjord. Its services span software, consumer tech, and related sectors, positioning GP Bullhound as an independent advisor and deal-maker for technology companies.
Tyche Partners is a venture capital firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Los Altos and Menlo Park that backs early and early-growth stage companies developing disruptive hard-tech technologies. It targets sectors including cloud and enterprise infrastructure, Internet of Things and wearable devices, 3D printing and robotics, autonomous driving and AR/VR, semiconductors, and SpaceTech, and collaborates with tier-one venture capital partners. The firm provides strategic and operational guidance to entrepreneurs to help build great companies and achieve meaningful performance improvements.
Neotribe Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Menlo Park. It backs early to growth-stage startups developing breakthrough technologies in applied artificial intelligence, biotechnology, the Internet of Things, weather technology, and enterprise infrastructure, providing strategic capital and support to help portfolio companies scale and commercialize innovations. The firm pursues a hands-on approach to partnering with ambitious teams across geographies to address complex, high-impact problems, leveraging its network and expertise to accelerate product development and market adoption.
Lightbird Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in Bern, Switzerland. It targets early-stage investments across business-to-business software, software as a service, proptech, fintech, insurtech, cybersecurity, and data & analytics, with a particular focus on supporting European founders through the early stage.
Precursor Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage startups, focusing on pre-seed and seed rounds in North America. It invests in B2B and B2C software applications and hardware across sectors including consumer, digital health, education, enterprise, fintech, marketplace, SaaS, information technology, media, and more. The firm tends to support companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Toronto, with activity in other U.S., Canada, and Mexico markets. Typical investments range from USD 0.1 million to 0.25 million per company. Founded in 2015, Precursor Ventures emphasizes investing in people and has adopted a Diversity Term Sheet Rider.
Stage 2 Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage B2B software startups, providing capital and go-to-market guidance from a team of experienced GTM professionals. The firm leverages deep sales expertise to help entrepreneurs scale and focuses on software companies across fintech, developer tools, video, creator economy, healthcare IT, marketplaces, software as a service, and vertical software sectors.
Underscore.VC is a Boston-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that invests from seed through growth stages across the United States. It backs technology companies in sectors such as enterprise software, artificial intelligence and machine learning, fintech, insurtech, healthtech, e-commerce, the Internet of Things, and web3/blockchain, as well as data infrastructure, cloud software, and sensor-enabled industrial and home automation applications. With a focus on supporting bold entrepreneurs, the firm provides capital and strategic guidance to help startups accelerate product development and scale operations from pre-seed to Series A and beyond.
Pioneer Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm established in 2017. It operates as an early-stage investor backed by a network of over 420 Y Combinator alumni, and it seeks to back top YC startups. The firm maintains a broad sector scope, investing in consumer products and services, information technology, financial technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, blockchain, life sciences, healthcare technology, real estate technology, ride-sharing, and SaaS and supply chain technologies, among others. Pioneer Fund positions itself as a generalist, technology-focused investor with activity across consumer, enterprise and emerging tech sectors.
Seedcamp is a European seed-stage venture capital firm based in London that identifies and invests early in founders tackling large global markets with technology. It supports a community of more than 400 startups, including publicly listed UiPath and Wise and unicorns such as Revolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo and wefox, as well as fast-growing companies like Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. The firm accelerates founders by providing smart capital, a lifelong community, and a global network built on more than a decade of backing exceptional talent.
Lobster Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2023 and based in San Francisco, California. It focuses on technology startups and seeks to invest in early-stage companies, including those participating in Y Combinator.
Mento VC is a venture capital firm based in Wilmington, Delaware, focused on funding early-stage and growth startups in productivity tools, SaaS, enterprise software, fintech, HR tech and consumer sectors. It supports global startups with teams across the United States, Israel, Europe and the United Kingdom, pursuing opportunities in Productivity Tools, Future of Work, B2B SaaS for enterprises, Fintech, HRTech and Consumer products. Founded in 2023 by experienced investors, Mento VC aims to combine capital with strategic guidance to help portfolio companies scale internationally.
Threshold Ventures, formerly Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, that provides venture and growth capital to technology companies. It emphasizes a high-conviction investment approach and partners with entrepreneurs building software, consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology ventures.
Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011, that manages investment portfolios and provides asset management services to clients across sectors, with a focus on software as a service companies, and analyzes market trends to inform its investment decisions while operating in finance, technology, and real estate.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It pursues investments across multiple sectors, including information technology, healthcare, manufacturing, mobile, nanotechnology, financial services, internet, energy, media, and retail, and provides early to growth-stage funding coupled with strategic support to help founders build lasting, category-defining companies.
South Park Commons is a San Francisco-based community and venture platform for technologists and builders that emphasizes collaboration and shared exploration to generate ideas. It supports members' entrepreneurial efforts by investing in companies that emerge from the community's explorations, helping founders advance through the early stages. The organization engages across a broad range of sectors, including software, gaming, AI and machine learning, fintech, hardware, health tech, ed-tech, SaaS, developer tools, and marketplaces.
Founded in Berlin in 2013, Global Founders Capital is a venture capital firm supporting entrepreneurs across various stages and global markets. It focuses on software and TMT sectors, investing based on potential impact and feasibility.
Founded in 1986 and based in London, Downing is a diversified investment firm with a focus on infrastructure investments. It manages funds for investors and supports businesses across various sectors including renewable energy, healthcare, care homes, children's nurseries, and technology. As of 2021, Downing has raised and invested over £1.7 billion into businesses that make a difference.
Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm based in Edinburgh. It focuses on investing in early-stage, high-growth technology companies across Northern England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
Behind Genius Ventures is a San Diego-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that concentrates on pre-seed and seed investments. It backs early-stage companies across development tools, health and wellness, entertainment and media, gaming, e-commerce, fintech, and API-enabled product sectors, with a focus on product-led growth and helping founders navigate customer acquisition through modern strategies.
Elm Street Ventures is a New Haven, Connecticut-based venture capital firm that concentrates on seed and early-stage investments in life sciences, healthcare, and related technology. It typically backs companies founded on intellectual property from Yale University and regional research institutions, with a focus on therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, laboratory tools, materials, and healthcare services, as well as software, clean technology, and information technology. The firm seeks opportunities near New Haven but is not limited to it, and provides more than capital, including strategic guidance and operational support through experienced partners who may take interim CEO or operating chair roles. Initial investments range from several hundred thousand dollars to over a million, with potential for follow-ons. Elm Street Ventures emphasizes attractive markets, strong patent protection, defensible market position, and a world-class management team.
Softbank China & India Holdings is a venture capital firm established in 1999 as a subsidiary of Softbank. The firm focuses on investments in various sectors including internet, software, telecommunications, media, entertainment, consumer services, healthcare, and financial services. By targeting diverse areas of the technology and service industries, it aims to foster innovation and growth in emerging markets, particularly in China and India. The firm's investments are directed towards companies that demonstrate potential for significant impact and scalability within their respective fields.
Samsung Electronics is a global technology company based in South Korea that designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of electronics and device solutions. Its portfolio spans consumer electronics (mobile devices, televisions, home appliances, cameras), information technology products (PCs, peripherals, printers), semiconductors, memory and storage, and display technologies. The company also provides telecommunications infrastructure and related services, and conducts extensive research and development to advance core technologies. With a global footprint across Korea, China, the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific, Samsung Electronics is a leading supplier of smartphones, memory chips, and displays, and it coordinates significant manufacturing and supply chain activities to support its varied product lines.
Elevation Capital, founded in 2002 and based in Gurgaon, India, is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on investing in a diverse range of sectors including consumer brands, consumer technology, enterprise solutions, cryptocurrency, software as a service (SaaS), business-to-business services, financial services, and logistics. The firm manages several funds, including the SAIF Partners India Fund, which targets investments primarily in India across various industries such as software, media, education, telecom, healthcare, and travel. Elevation Capital seeks to fund companies at different stages of growth, from seed to later-stage, typically investing amounts ranging from USD 2 million to USD 75 million.
Notion Capital is a London-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies, with a focus on B2B software-as-a-service, cloud computing, and enterprise technologies. Founded in 2009 and entrepreneur-led, it aims to help European tech companies fulfill their potential and scale by providing hands-on support and long-term relationships across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.
Cherry Ventures is a Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs European founders, often acting as their first institutional investor. It focuses on seed and pre-seed investments across Europe and provides hands-on support in go-to-market strategy and scaling. The firm maintains offices in London, Paris, and Stockholm and backs companies across sectors such as fintech, consumer goods, health tech, industrials, climate tech, and software. Cherry Ventures has funded more than 50 seed-stage companies across Europe, including FlixBus and Infarm, reflecting an active, hands-on approach to helping startups achieve rapid growth.
The FSE Group is a UK-based not-for-profit investment group consisting of several subsidiaries that deliver funds and related services. Surpluses are reinvested to support its mission rather than being distributed to shareholders. The group provides funding through its subsidiary finance and fund management entities, including Finance East, which funds businesses in the East of England, and a regulated fund manager that delivers regulated activities. The organization focuses on early-stage and growth-stage ventures in renewables and social enterprise, aiming to support startups and growing businesses with regional and sector-specific funding.