Top investors at Early Venture Stage

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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 375 investments at Early Venture Stage

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. The firm invests in software-enabled businesses across stages, from seed through growth, with a focus on artificial intelligence, healthcare, consumer technologies, fintech, crypto, enterprise software, and infrastructure. Beyond providing capital, the firm offers portfolio companies practical support through a structured ecosystem of technical advisors, executive talent, and industry operators to accelerate growth and scale. It is known for its broad technology focus and aims to build lasting companies from Silicon Valley to global markets.
Made 403 investments at Early Venture Stage

Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm that provides accredited investors access to venture-stage and late-stage private market investments. It offers funds, syndicates, investing clubs, and co-investment opportunities with established venture capital firms, and it provides venture investing education through AV Academy along with resources for startup founders.
Made 360 investments at Early Venture Stage

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It provides capital and strategic guidance to early-stage and growth-stage technology companies worldwide, investing across information technology, software, internet, hardware, healthcare, financial services, and related sectors. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships, typically engaging with portfolio companies from idea or formation through scale, and assisting with product development, market expansion, and organizational building. Sequoia seeks to back ambitious teams and collaborates closely with leadership to navigate growth, governance, and go-to-market strategy, with a global footprint that spans the United States and key international markets.
Made 520 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 612 investments at Early Venture Stage

General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with six global offices. It invests in seed to growth-stage companies across sectors including consumer, enterprise software, fintech, crypto, healthcare, and artificial intelligence, providing capital and strategic guidance to help founders scale. The firm emphasizes mentorship and hands-on support to portfolio companies and aims to accelerate ideas, careers, and ventures. General Catalyst manages a large pool of capital and operates multiple funds, funding minority and majority stakes to help companies achieve scale.
Made 358 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 365 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 466 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 338 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 192 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 186 investments at Early Venture Stage

Shenzhen Capital Group

Shenzhen Capital Group is a government-backed venture capital firm based in Shenzhen that funds SMEs and high-tech companies across IT, internet, biotech, energy, materials and advanced manufacturing. It builds a nationwide innovation ecosystem by linking government, industry and academia to support early-stage to growth-stage ventures and facilitate cross-regional capital flows from the Greater Bay Area to the Western Silk Road. Guided by innovation, pragmatism and ESG, it prioritizes hard-tech and has backed a broad portfolio including semiconductors, robotics and medical technologies, with a history of helping companies scale and reach public markets.
Made 262 investments at Early Venture Stage

Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in science and technology companies across multiple stages, from seed to growth. The firm focuses on transformative technologies in areas including aerospace, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, energy, health, and consumer internet, and has backed high-profile innovators such as SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook, and Airbnb. It emphasizes a founder-friendly approach that provides substantial support with minimal interference, aiming to help portfolio companies navigate complex environments and pursue long-term progress. The firm pursues a global investment footprint and seeks opportunities across sectors addressing difficult problems, with a track record of backing pioneering ventures at the forefront of innovation.
Made 255 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 384 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 268 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 229 investments at Early Venture Stage

First Round Capital

First Round Capital is a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2004. It concentrates on pre-seed, seed and Series A investments in technology, healthcare and consumer startups, and supports portfolio companies with a founder-centric approach that blends capital with community-building, custom software and founder services. The firm is known for backing early, disruptive companies and for initiatives such as diversity-oriented terms. Notable early investments include Uber, Square and Warby Parker, with a broader portfolio including Notion, Planet Labs, Verkada, Roblox and others. By emphasizing exceptional founders and unconventional ideas, it aims to help startups grow from inception to scale, acting as an asset manager focused on early-stage opportunities and founder success.
Made 294 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 175 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 125 investments at Early Venture Stage

8VC

8VC is a San Francisco-based private investment firm that backs early-stage and growth companies across a broad range of sectors, including life sciences, healthcare, energy, financial services, enterprise software, IT infrastructure, logistics, manufacturing, defense, and government. The firm pursues industry transformation by supporting portfolio companies with capital and hands-on initiatives to scale transformative technologies, from medical innovations and zero-emission transit to security compliance and infrastructure automation. Through an active portfolio-support model and a global network, 8VC partners with entrepreneurs to build durable companies and create long-term economic and societal value.
Made 139 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 301 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 124 investments at Early Venture Stage

BoxGroup

BoxGroup is a New York City-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups, typically from pre-seed to Series A, across sectors including consumer, enterprise, fintech, healthcare, climate, and marketplaces. The firm seeks ambitious founders with bold visions and aims to support category-defining companies at the outset, often investing in opportunities across the United States while maintaining activity in New York, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles. BoxGroup emphasizes conviction-based investing and provides funding plus support to help teams scale, grow, and execute their business plans in competitive markets.
Made 177 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 160 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 207 investments at Early Venture Stage

Bpifrance

Bpifrance is the French public investment bank and the bank of entrepreneurs, supporting growth for French and European SMEs, mid-caps and start-ups through a comprehensive set of financing, investment, guarantees, advisory and networking solutions. It implements strategic national plans to strengthen sovereignty and competitiveness and operates a broad regional network with about 1,200 employees across roughly 50 locations, plus sites dedicated to founders at every stage. The company provides a full spectrum of services including creation, innovation, financing, investment, international and advisory, enabling entrepreneurs to connect with partners and investors throughout the startup and growth cycle.

Business Development Bank of Canada

Business Development Bank of Canada is a government-owned financial institution established in 1944 to support Canadian entrepreneurs. It provides financing, advisory services, and venture capital to small and medium-sized enterprises across Canada, helping them scale, diversify, and export. Headquartered in Montreal with a nationwide network of offices, the bank offers loans, asset-backed financing, and equity investments through its venture capital arm and related programs. BDC serves a broad range of sectors, including technology, manufacturing, resources, and services, and supports growth through strategic planning, human resources guidance, and international expansion assistance. It operates as a key instrument of economic growth and job creation, targeting Canadian businesses at various development stages and offering both direct financing and co-investment options in partnership with other investors.
Made 214 investments at Early Venture Stage

Shunwei Capital

Shunwei Capital is a Beijing-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that makes early- to growth-stage investments in internet, information technology, and high-tech sectors. It focuses on deep technology, smart manufacturing, Internet+, consumption, enterprise services, and electric-vehicle-related opportunities, supporting startups in China and selective international ventures with capital and hands-on guidance. The firm backs notable companies across mobile devices, wearables, AIoT, online video, and other consumer technology, including Xiaomi, iQIYI, Agora, Huami Technology, and Viomi, aiming to help founders scale globally and build globally respected businesses.
Made 177 investments at Early Venture Stage

Lux Capital

Lux Capital is a New York City-based venture capital firm with a Silicon Valley presence that invests in seed-, early-, and growth-stage companies across science- and technology-driven sectors, including artificial intelligence, biotechnology, advanced materials, space and aerospace, energy, genomics, satellites, and drones. The firm provides capital together with strategic input on product development, company building, and long-term positioning, partnering with technical founders and research teams to translate complex innovations into scalable businesses. Lux emphasizes science-driven opportunity and takes an active, hands-on approach to helping portfolio companies achieve leadership in high-growth markets, with the investment team having helped build more than 20 companies from inception.
Made 160 investments at Early Venture Stage

Vertex Ventures

Vertex Ventures is a global venture capital network of operator-investors that backs startups across the United States, China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. It supports entrepreneurs with hands-on operating experience and broad access to capital, talent, partners and customers to help build globally scalable businesses. The Southeast Asia & India arm focuses on high-growth startups seeking institutional funding in Singapore, India, Indonesia, Thailand and other regional hubs, collaborating with a network of funds under Vertex Holdings to combine local knowledge with a global perspective. The firm concentrates on early stages, including Series A and seed rounds, with sector emphasis across mobile internet, enterprise technology, fintech, consumer internet, healthcare and other technology areas. Based in Singapore with additional offices in Bengaluru and Jakarta and part of the Vertex Venture Holdings network, Vertex Ventures aims to accelerate the digital economy in the region, empower MSMEs and contribute to sustainable and inclusive growth.
Made 191 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 111 investments at Early Venture Stage

Redpoint Ventures

Redpoint Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 and based in California. It invests in seed, early and growth-stage technology companies across sectors including internet, cloud, software, consumer, fintech, artificial intelligence, infrastructure, and healthcare, supporting founders with early capital and strategic guidance to advance product development and go-to-market plans. The firm conducts due diligence, sources opportunities, and provides portfolio company support, while also engaging the broader ecosystem through content and thought leadership. It maintains a global footprint with active efforts through Redpoint China Ventures, which focuses on early-stage technology investments in China and adjacent markets.
Made 233 investments at Early Venture Stage

Felicis Ventures

Felicis Ventures is a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage technology investing, primarily in seed and Series A rounds across sectors such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, defense and global resilience, energy, health and biotechnology, as well as consumer internet. The firm supports founders with more than capital, offering mentorship, advisory services, founder development, executive coaching and strategic guidance to accelerate growth. Its portfolio is global, including notable early-stage companies across the world, with a track record of backing high-growth startups and fostering communities around portfolio companies. Founded by Aydin Senkut, Felicis emphasizes backing teams that challenge conventional thinking and pursue disruptive business models and frontier technologies. Its portfolio includes Shopify, Canva and n8n.
Made 195 investments at Early Venture Stage

European Innovation Council

The European Innovation Council is a European Union institution that funds and accelerates deep-tech innovation across Europe. It provides substantial support to startups, researchers, and technology transfer activities through programs such as the EIC Accelerator, EIC Fund, and EIC Prizes, and offers business acceleration services to help scale and globally expand ventures. The council is described as a major investor, providing about €6.5 billion in funding, and it co-invests with private investors in early-stage startups with ESG impacts. Established in 2018 and headquartered in Brussels, it focuses on breakthrough innovations in deep technology, including dual-use and defence-relevant technologies, and engages with innovation ecosystems through events, reports, and information hubs. The organization is oriented toward advancing European competitiveness by nurturing high-potential tech ventures from inception through scaleup.
Made 724 investments at Early Venture Stage

True Ventures

True Ventures is a Silicon Valley–based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the firm provides seed and Series A financing along with hands-on strategic support through its platform, helping founders grow and develop their ventures. The team includes partners, special advisors, and founders-turned-investors who collaborate with portfolio companies across diverse technology sectors. True Ventures has backed more than 350 companies and, according to industry profiles, manages billions in committed capital. The firm has earned industry recognition, including Venture Firm of the Year in 2018, reflecting its long-standing role in fostering startup growth and innovation.
Made 221 investments at Early Venture Stage

KB Investment

KB Investment is the venture capital and private equity arm of KB Financial Group, based in Seoul, South Korea. It specializes in early-stage and growth investments, including selected buyouts, spinouts, and turnaround opportunities, and may participate in secondary pre-IPO rounds. The firm backs companies across diverse sectors such as biotechnology, information technology and communications, hardware and software, semiconductors, life sciences, healthcare, games, digital content, mobile, entertainment, clean tech and related industries. It pursues opportunities primarily in South Korea, supported by KB Financial Group’s network, and provides active guidance in governance, strategy, operations and team development to portfolio companies. The firm also considers international opportunities in select markets to complement its domestic focus.
Made 132 investments at Early Venture Stage

DCVC

DCVC, known as Data Collective, is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2011, it focuses on deep-tech investments across AI, space, robotics, exascale computing, climate and energy, materials science, biology, and defense. The firm partners with scientists and engineers to support early-stage and growth companies that aim to translate fundamental science into scalable technologies. DCVC emphasizes data-driven approaches and computational advantages to reduce capital intensity and accelerate development, aiming to address global challenges with transformative innovations. Through its portfolio, the firm seeks companies combining rigorous scientific research with practical engineering to advance fields such as life sciences, agriculture, and automation, while leveraging its technical network to help teams iterate rapidly and reach deployment at scale.
Made 170 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 107 investments at Early Venture Stage

ARCH Venture Partners

ARCH Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1986 and based in Chicago, Illinois, with additional operations in Seattle. The firm focuses on science-based companies, prioritizing life sciences and related technologies, and aims to translate academic and national lab innovations into commercially viable products. ARCH emphasizes a true partnership approach, providing capital alongside strategic guidance, expertise, and a broad professional network to founders. It has supported numerous companies across early to growth stages and is known for backing translational efforts that bring breakthrough discoveries to market, leveraging collaborations with researchers and entrepreneurs to accelerate development of disruptive technologies on a national and international scale.
Made 175 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 202 investments at Early Venture Stage

Legend Capital

Legend Capital is a Beijing-based venture capital and growth investment firm founded in 2001 that concentrates on China-focused early-stage and growth opportunities across information technology, telecommunications, media, healthcare, consumer, enterprise services, and intelligent manufacturing. It backs ventures with strong ties to Chinese markets and provides resources for business development, branding, and market expansion in China. The firm maintains a multi-city presence in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and manages assets exceeding RMB 90 billion. Legend Capital has invested in more than 700 companies, with a substantial portfolio of exits and multiple IPOs and acquisitions realized in global markets, reflecting a track record of value creation in China's venture ecosystem. The approach combines global insights with a China-centric focus to support portfolio companies in scaling and internationalization.
Made 146 investments at Early Venture Stage

Norwest Venture Partners

Norwest Venture Partners is a global venture capital and growth equity firm based in California with offices in Menlo Park, San Francisco, Mumbai and Tel Aviv. Founded in 1961, it has invested in hundreds of companies across technology, enterprise software, healthcare and consumer sectors and manages substantial capital. The firm backs early- to growth-stage companies, often over multiple rounds, and combines capital with operational guidance, talent and leadership support to help portfolio companies scale. Its network and experience span North America, India, and Israel, enabling strategic partnerships and growth opportunities for founders and CEOs.
Made 190 investments at Early Venture Stage

CRV

CRV is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm established in 1970 that invests in early-stage technology-driven startups, typically from seed to Series B. The firm adopts a hands-on, value-added approach, working closely with founders to guide product strategy, team building and go-to-market execution as companies scale. CRV funds a broad set of sectors including technology, consumer goods and services, healthcare and life sciences, with North American focus. It operates from offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Menlo Park, California, and is recognized as one of the longest-running and most established early-stage firms in the industry. Over its history CRV has backed numerous high-growth, category-defining companies and emphasizes a long-term partnership philosophy that pairs capital with strategic support to help portfolio founders reach significant milestones.
Made 185 investments at Early Venture Stage

Craft Ventures

Craft Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that funds early-stage and growth companies across consumer, enterprise, and financial services, with a focus on business-to-business technology. The firm blends entrepreneurial experience with investing acumen and emphasizes a founder-first approach, providing access to playbooks, senior talent, and a high-value, low-maintenance partnership to help founders build scalable, enduring companies. Founded in 2017, Craft Ventures aims to back innovative teams and technologies by combining strategic guidance with hands-on support, leveraging a team of experienced operators and investors to identify next-generation opportunities in emerging technologies.
Made 102 investments at Early Venture Stage

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 133 investments at Early Venture Stage

Spark Capital

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, with additional offices in Boston and New York. It invests across sectors including consumer, software, fintech, media, internet, education technology, and mobile, backing both early-stage and growth-stage startups. The firm is known for a founder-focused approach that emphasizes flexibility over rigid playbooks, supporting teams as they build and scale innovative products. Its portfolio includes high-profile companies such as Twitter, Discord, Oculus, Warby Parker, Niantic, and Tumblr, reflecting a history of backing companies at pivotal moments in technology and consumer markets.
Made 156 investments at Early Venture Stage

Lerer Hippeau

Lerer Hippeau is a New York-based venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in a broad range of sectors, including fintech, blockchain, hardware and robotics, healthcare, consumer technologies, and media. Founded in 2010, it partners with founders from seed to early growth, providing strategic support and operational expertise as they build enduring companies. The firm maintains a diverse portfolio of both enterprise and consumer startups and emphasizes brand building, product vision, and founder collaboration.
Made 197 investments at Early Venture Stage

OrbiMed

OrbiMed is a global healthcare investment firm based in New York, founded in 1989. It manages capital across public and private markets, including private equity, venture and growth investments, and private credit, with structured debt and royalty arrangements to support owners of intellectual property and diagnostics. The firm focuses on biopharmaceuticals, life sciences, medical devices, diagnostics, health IT, and healthcare services, investing from startups to multinational companies. With a worldwide team and offices in multiple regions, OrbiMed provides financing and strategic resources to advance therapies and healthcare innovations, aiming to improve patient outcomes across global markets.
Made 144 investments at Early Venture Stage

Greylock Partners

Greylock Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1965 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Wellesley, Massachusetts and San Francisco. It concentrates on consumer and enterprise software, investing across all stages from seed to growth and seeking category-defining teams. The firm emphasizes deep engagement, leveraging its network and resources to support portfolio companies, and it often takes a board seat. Greylock's approach combines a selective, high-engagement model with investments across software sectors such as applications, cloud and data, security, fintech, and related technology, aiming to back entrepreneurs who build new markets and lasting companies.
Made 202 investments at Early Venture Stage

Battery Ventures

Battery Ventures is a technology-focused private equity and venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1983, it invests in technology companies across multiple stages, including growth equity and early-stage ventures, seeking category-defining businesses in markets such as application software, infrastructure software, consumer internet and mobile services, industrial technologies, and life science tools. The firm emphasizes thesis-driven investing, long-term partnerships with founders and management teams, and leverages a global network to support portfolio companies in scaling and accelerating growth.
Made 204 investments at Early Venture Stage