F4 Champions · Season 1
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F4 Champions · Season 1
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348 VC firms investing in consumer apps & social and enterprise software, ranked by portfolio depth and activity.
F4 Fund tracks 348 VC firms that actively invest in consumer apps & social + enterprise software, with check sizes ranging from $5K – $10000M (median: $2.3M – $2.3M). As of July 2026, and 89% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,544+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ NextView Ventures NextView helps entrepreneurs build companies of consequence. We lead rounds for pre-traction companies leveraging software to solve mass-market human problems. We operate as equal partners with deep experience, acting decisively and empowering founders. Boston | $400K – $4M | 171 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 2 | ▶ Footwork We lead and co-lead Series A and Seed rounds in companies with early signs of product-market fit. We focus on consumer technology and the consumerization of enterprise technology. We're inspired by founders, and wake up every day excited to get to work with teams building the next generation of category-defining companies. | $1M – $15M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 3 | ▶ Crosslink Capital We invest in ambitious early-stage founders building category-defining companies. Our Alpha network of 2,000+ founders and operators provides unique sourcing and strategic support for scaling emerging enterprises. San Francisco | $1M – $9M | 150 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 4 | ▶ Sound Ventures Identify major platform shifts and back founders at early stages with conviction. Invest early, move with conviction, and stay hands-on. Beyond capital, provide narrative crafting, marketing momentum, and customer introductions. The AI fund thesis: foundation model companies are defining the category and possess transformative potential across enterprise and consumer. Los Angeles | $100K – $10M | 49 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 5 | ▶ Chapter One Ventures We back product-driven founders building generational companies. We led product, design, and engineering teams at the internet's most iconic companies and have built products for billions of users. Now we bring that operator expertise to support founders obsessed with product excellence and user experience. Los Angeles | $500K – $8M | 111 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 6 | ▶ Valar Ventures Valar Ventures focuses on non-U.S. companies with the potential to become global category leaders, particularly in fintech and software. The firm believes in backing exceptionally focused teams with large ambitions, trusting founders to retain substantial equity and control. Valar targets structural inefficiencies in financial services globally and backs companies using modern technology and customer-centric design to displace legacy financial institutions. New York | $100K – $5M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 7 | ▶ Corazon Capital Backs founders building AI-native companies around enduring human behaviors — how people learn, connect, transact, work, and live. Operator-led team with hands-on approach. Emphasizes long-term founder partnerships and deep operational support. Chicago | $250K – $10M | 87 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 8 | ▶ Index Ventures We invest in who you are, not just what you do. We back visionaries and game-changers with character and global ambition. We partner long-term with founders, providing capital, operational support, and deep conviction in their vision. San Francisco | $500K – $50M | 370 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 9 | ▶ Freestyle Capital We are serial founders turned venture capitalists. We invest in market leaders building soon-to-be massive tech companies. Our approach focuses on long-term success, not short-term gains. We roll up our sleeves, get creative, lead with empathy, and have fun along the way. San Francisco | $1.5M – $3M | 133 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 10 | ▶ Uncork Capital We back bold founders at the earliest stages with capital and deep operational support. High-conviction, long-term partnerships with founders solving real problems. Founder-market fit above all else. Speed, transparency, and staying committed through difficult times. | $1.5M – $3M | 200 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 11 | ▶ LAUNCH Ambitious founders building venture-scale companies need capital, mentorship, community, and media visibility. We provide all four through integrated programs, funds, and our media platform. | $100K – $3M | 31 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 12 | ▶ ICONIQ Growth Partnering with category-defining technology founders at critical inflection points (typically Series B, $10M ARR) through IPO and beyond. ICONIQ brings an unparalleled network of 300+ tech executive families, an 80-person dedicated venture team, and 'uncommon care' service model. AI is now a core focus with $3B+ invested in AI in 2025. San Francisco | $10M – $200M | 171 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 13 | ▶ Looking Glass Capital Backing the most ambitious mission-driven founders building software and software-driven companies during the earliest days of company building. We seek non-consensus opportunities that solve today's biggest challenges across health, climate, and empowerment. New York | $300K – $400K | 44 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 14 | ▶ Worklife The future of work belongs to individuals and small teams with creative autonomy, distributed locations, and multiple revenue streams. We invest in tools that enable this future and back founders who embody it. San Francisco | $50K – $2M | 43 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 15 | ▶ Browder Capital Exceptional founders under 30 with deep personal conviction about the problems they're solving will build category-defining companies. We back technical founders from elite networks (Stanford, Thiel Fellowship) who demonstrate genuine passion and operator-level thinking. San Francisco | $100K – $10M | 16 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 16 | ▶ Fuel Capital Great ideas can come from anywhere. We support outsider founders with capital, operational expertise, connections, and authentic partnership. We stand in your corner, not your kitchen. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 36 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 17 | ▶ Unbundled VC Europe-based early-stage software and AI founders who are laser-focused on winning the US market. US market is 10-20x larger than most European domestic markets — venture returns require US scale. Guernsey, UK | $100K – $250K | 15 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 18 | ▶ Ascend Ascend backs the most active pre-seed founders in the Pacific Northwest building SaaS 3.0 (vertical AI agents), Gen AI 2.0 (fast-follower infrastructure), and Frontier AI (AI applied to the physical world). Seattle has one in four of the U.S.'s AI engineers — Ascend captures that alpha as the first institutional check. Seattle | $250K – $750K | 60 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 19 | ▶ Point72 Ventures Point72 Ventures backs ambitious founders building for big outcomes across critical domains. Going deep, not wide—the firm focuses on specialized investment theses in AI, Consumer, and Defense Tech, bringing deep sector insights, partnership, and hands-on support from seed to pre-IPO. New York | $250K – $50M | 204 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 20 | ▶ Floodgate Breakthrough startups are designed futures, not lottery tickets. We back extraordinary founders with breakthrough insights before the world believes. We are co-conspirators, not just investors. | $250K – $1M | 124 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 21 | ▶ Atinum Investment Atinum Investment identifies and invests in companies solving fundamental problems through technology innovation and market disruption. The firm specializes in growth-stage startups and paradigm-shifting companies across diverse sectors. | $500K – $10M | 56 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 22 | ▶ Anfa Extreme conviction investing with <10 partnerships per fund, up to $30M checks per founder. Built by founders for founders, with global mandate bridging developed and emerging markets. No ownership targets, flexible capital for growth or founder liquidity. London | $1M – $30M | 13 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 23 | ▶ Slow Ventures Backing experienced founders with deep domain conviction at the earliest stages. Fund genuine 'venture moments' — discrete inflection points where new capital validates novel hypotheses. Reject the factory model of venture; focus on capital efficiency and sound businesses. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 83 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 24 | ▶ Initialized Capital Passion and vision matter more than pedigree. We seek founders with grit, audacity, and a spark of rebellion—regardless of background. We invest early, before success is inevitable, and support founders from 0-to-1 through Series A. San Francisco | $250K – $2M | 185 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 25 | ▶ Benchmark The best venture returns come from identifying exceptional founders solving significant problems early. Venture capital doesn't scale - we maintain small team sizes and disciplined focus on quality over quantity. San Francisco | $1M – $15M | 52 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 26 | ▶ Wave Capital Back exceptional founders from world-class technology companies. We invest in teams that have operated at scale and built meaningful products. We believe great companies are built with hard work by great teams who have a real mission. Our partners bring deep operating experience from Airbnb, Dropbox, Facebook, and other tier-one firms. San Francisco | $1M – $3M | 12 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 27 | ▶ Next Coast Ventures Built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs — NCV invests thematically in Next Coast markets (Austin, Midwest, Mountain West) at the Seed/Series A inflection point. They back glass-eating founders building category-defining companies in large markets, providing capital plus hands-on company building support via their 150+ expert network. Austin | $500K – $10M | 77 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 28 | ▶ Fearless Fund Women of color are exceptional, resilient founders systematically underinvested in by traditional venture capital. By providing capital, operational support, and public advocacy, Fearless Fund generates competitive returns while advancing economic inclusion and addressing critical market inefficiencies. Atlanta | $250K – $500K | 47 | Follows | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 29 | ▶ TQ Ventures Invest from first principles and commit deeply to founders. TQ rejects thematic investing and backs exceptional founding teams with unique, compelling market visions — category creators rather than incremental improvers. They target companies that have raised less than $1.5M, positioning them as one of the first institutional checks. New York | $500K – $3M | 47 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 30 | ▶ Unilever Ventures We support forward-thinking founders crafting brands for the modern consumer. We invest across beauty & wellness, commerce technology, and B2B/enterprise, leveraging Unilever's global distribution, brand-building capabilities, and consumer insights. London | $500K – $15M | 47 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 31 | ▶ Makers Fund Backing builders of the future of interactive entertainment. We invest across games, content, platforms, and ecosystem technologies with conviction that visionary founders are driving transformation in how we play, watch, create, and live. | $500K – $5M | 158 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 32 | ▶ Alliance DAO Back exceptional technical founders building crypto-native and AI-native companies as early as possible, sometimes before a product exists, via a fixed $500K SAFE and an intensive 10-week accelerator. New York | $500K – $500K | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 33 | ▶ Amplify.LA Back passionate technology entrepreneurs building in Los Angeles with early capital, operational mentorship, and access to a network of 120+ experienced operators and executives. Focus on pre-seed stage with hands-on support through multiple fundraising rounds. Los Angeles | $250K – $1M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 34 | ▶ Torch Capital Investing in AI-powered companies that transform how consumers and businesses operate. Torch backs both the consumer-facing brand layer and the AI infrastructure enabling next-generation experiences, with particular depth in health & wellness, fintech, and consumer commerce. New York | $500K – $3M | 66 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 35 | ▶ Interplay Ventures Application-layer AI and B2B marketplace businesses at Series A, focused on industries undergoing digitization and specialization. Conviction co-investors who do independent underwriting but never lead. New York | $500K – $2M | 43 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 36 | ▶ Wisdom Ventures Investing in world-class entrepreneurs advancing tech-enabled wellbeing. Building more emotionally intelligent companies that elevate how people live, lead, and connect with one another. Combines mission-driven impact with strong business fundamentals. San Francisco | $1M – $5M | 10 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 37 | ▶ Afore Capital Backs exceptional founders from pre-idea phase through seed. Fund IV ($185M) introduces Pre-Seed 2.0 with flexible check sizes ($50K-$2M), dedicated Founders-in-Residence program (including university track), and no forced fundraising timeline. San Francisco | $500K – $2M | 42 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 38 | ▶ Visible Hands Exceptional founders from overlooked backgrounds (women, people of color, LGBTQ+) can build unicorns if given capital, support, and belief at the earliest stage. We invest before institutional bias catches up, capturing outsized returns while advancing founder diversity. Boston | $25K – $150K | 42 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 39 | ▶ AVP Independent global investment platform backing capital-efficient, high-growth technology companies across Europe and North America. Multi-stage, multi-strategy approach from venture to pre-IPO. Transatlantic local teams provide unique advantage in bridging European and US growth. Paris | $1M – $150M | 63 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 40 | ▶ Notable Capital Notable Capital backs notable founders with global ambitions across cloud infrastructure & AI, enterprise software applications, and consumer tech/fintech — investing from the earliest stages through growth. U.S. Anchored, Globally Minded. Menlo Park | $5M – $50M | 41 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 41 | ▶ Articulate Backing technical founders pre-pitch deck. Helen invests in engineers with technical depth, high learning rates, commercial instincts, and track records of pursuing ambitious long-term bets — before consensus forms around them. San Francisco | $500K – $500K | 40 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 42 | ▶ Matrix Partners We invest in founders with deep technical expertise and a specific vision of the future. As former founders and company builders ourselves, we provide not just capital but steady partnership through early stages. We are contrarians who invest with conviction. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 60 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 43 | ▶ Weekend Fund We invest in ambitious early-stage founders who combine unique market insights with a bias toward action, particularly those capitalizing on shifts in technology or consumer behavior. We provide product strategy, community building support, and go-to-market guidance alongside capital. | $100K – $300K | 22 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 44 | ▶ LocalGlobe Exceptional founders with strong conviction deserve capital, mentorship, and partnership from day one. We back category-defining companies at the earliest stages. | $100K – $1.5M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 45 | ▶ Firstpick VC First-check VC backing Baltic founders (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) at inception and pre-seed stages, with a strong focus on AI-first software. Backs founders who don't fit traditional VC criteria—no FAANG background or Ivy League degree required. Seeks undervalued talent before mainstream investor recognition. Vilnius, Lithuania | $100K – $500K | 38 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 46 | ▶ Protagonist Back early-stage founders building the next paradigm in emerging technologies. We operate like a product studio—contributing code, designing token economics, and providing hands-on partnership rather than just capital. Miami | $1M – $10M | 58 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 47 | ▶ iSeed We back bold visionary leaders building innovative solutions across diverse sectors, with particular focus on AI applications, digital health, and enterprise software. We provide capital, operational mentorship, and network access to ensure long-term success. San Francisco | $250K – $3M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 48 | ▶ OpenSky Ventures Back exceptional founders at the earliest stages of their ventures in the future of commerce. We invest in ambitious, passionate, gritty, disruptive founders reshaping how products are discovered, purchased, and experienced. Los Angeles | $100K – $500K | 21 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 49 | ▶ Sugar Capital Sugar Capital invests at the intersection of technology and commerce in software-like consumer businesses with subscription/habitual purchase models. We seek founders with genuine problem conviction and complementary co-founder pairs (business+operations, creative+technical). Our approach: seed-stage checks ($1.5M-$2M), deliberate follow-ons for ownership accumulation, and operational support grounded in our POPSUGAR success. San Francisco | $1.5M – $2M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 50 | ▶ 137 Ventures 137 Ventures provides structured liquidity — equity loans against shareholder stakes, direct secondary purchases, and anchoring company-organized tender offers — to the founders, executives, and early employees of category-defining private technology companies. The firm supports generational companies through decade-long private lifecycles with flexible, founder-friendly capital structures. San Francisco | $25M – $150M | 56 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 51 | ▶ Geek Ventures Geek Ventures invests in bold, innovative, and brilliant immigrant entrepreneurs, pursuing high scalability and large total addressable markets (TAM) of $10 billion or more. | $100K – $1M | 56 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 52 | ▶ Numundo Ventures Latin America is at its 'Fairchild Semiconductor moment' — full of raw talent and underestimated ambition. NuMundo backs overlooked LatAm founders who lack traditional VC credentials but demonstrate deep market insight, resilience, and execution ability. The firm bridges Silicon Valley networks with LatAm founders from inception through IPO. Silicon Valley | $100K – $2M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 53 | ▶ Charge Ventures Partner with exceptional founders at the very inception of their entrepreneurial journey. Our proprietary data-driven technology identifies promising founders beyond immediate networks. We focus on teams with strong product sense and bottoms-up growth potential in data-driven software categories. New York | $250K – $750K | 72 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 54 | ▶ BoxGroup Before there is a company, there is a conversation - we want to be that first conversation. We invest in founder market fit and the beginning of movements, backing founders with vision to create category-defining businesses. We believe in being your friend in the room with honesty and tough love. New York | $250K – $1M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | N/A |
| 55 | ▶ Outlander VC Category-agnostic, radically founder-first investor using the 38-point Outlander Founder Framework (vision, intelligence, character, execution) to back 'oddball, unknown, under-networked, underrepresented' founders at Day Zero before product or revenue exists. Current thesis excitement: Defense Tech, Physical AI/Robotics, and Future of Commerce + Work. New York | $500K – $2M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 56 | ▶ Delight Ventures By entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs — backing bold founders creating societal value through AI-native vertical software, momentum-driven market shifts, and Japanese founders scaling to the US. Operates both as a direct investor and as a venture builder co-creating startups from scratch. Tokyo | $67K – $670K | 50 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 57 | ▶ Cleveland Avenue Global venture capital firm investing in lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies that positively disrupt large and growing markets. Great investments require deep industry expertise, hands-on operational support, and access to strategic partners. Chicago | $1M – $50M | 68 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 58 | ▶ P1 Ventures African entrepreneurial talent is more widely dispersed across the continent than venture capital funding. We partner with visionary African and diaspora founders building global companies from Africa. We provide capital, operational guidance, and facilitate follow-on funding and expansion. San Francisco | $250K – $10M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 59 | ▶ Slauson & Co Talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. We invest in early-stage companies led by founders whose lived experiences are their competitive advantage. We believe the best products are aligned with the values of the communities they serve. Los Angeles | $750K – $2.5M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 60 | ▶ Leadout Capital We invest in non-obvious founders with deep founder-market fit. Like a professional cycling leadout team, we protect and position founders while leveraging a curated network of operators from Apple, Stripe, and Nvidia to provide unusually broad support from day one. Over 85% of our portfolio is led by women or underrepresented minorities. Palo Alto | $250K – $1.5M | 47 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 61 | ▶ Long Way Ventures Back great founders building category-defining technology companies at the earliest stages, especially those tackling complex business problems in ways once considered too hard to scale. Increasingly focused on AI-enabled companies unlocking previously impractical markets. Bend | $250K – $2M | 47 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 62 | ▶ Red Swan Ventures Thematic-driven investor backing ambitious founders building for big outcomes across critical domains. Core conviction: defensible businesses create competitive advantages by transforming data challenges and market opportunities into sustainable value. We Go Deep, Not Wide. Focus on AI (defensible AI turns data challenges into advantages), Consumer (vision and strategy to break through attention economy), and Defense Tech (modern solutions for global stability). Active operational partnership beyond capital provision. | $250K – $100M | 65 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 63 | ▶ Spark Capital Spark Capital backs transformative products built by creators with genuine vision and technical depth. We believe that the best way to evaluate a founding team is not through credentials or market analysis, but by experiencing their product firsthand. Product comes first, and everything else follows. | $500K – $60M | 65 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 64 | ▶ Decent Capital Back industry innovators and ecosystem creators building transformative TMT businesses with global potential, leveraging Jason Zeng's Tencent network and Asia-Silicon Valley cross-border expertise. Focus on founders with proven execution capability and long-term vision. Singapore | $100K – $10M | 17 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 65 | ▶ DN Capital Investment rigour at all stages, backing ambitious entrepreneurs across Software, AI, Fintech, and Consumer Internet with active, hands-on support beyond capital - ongoing advice, connections, introductions, partnerships, and mentorship. London | $500K – $20M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 66 | ▶ GSV Ventures GSV Ventures invests across the full spectrum of learning (Pre-K to Gray) at the intersection of education and technology. The firm believes the learning and workforce development sector is a $7+ trillion opportunity, and that artificial intelligence will fundamentally reshape education. GSV focuses on companies that address real market needs at scale, operate sustainable business models, and attract visionary founders. San Francisco | $250K – $12M | 30 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 67 | ▶ Madrona Venture Group Madrona invests in people and ideas for the long run — backing visionary founders building transformational technology companies, with deep focus on applied AI across domain-specific applications, AI infrastructure, developer tools, enterprise software, and AI-enabled biotech. The firm serves as an active, full-stack partner providing capital plus recruiting, business development, and customer introductions. Seattle | $500K – $50M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 68 | ▶ PJC Experienced Boston venture firm backing exceptional founders across enterprise software, consumer tech, AI, fintech, healthcare, and clean energy. Seeks to be first institutional capital, combining financial discipline with deep operational expertise and an extensive network. Emphasizes true long-term partnership — having navigated multiple economic cycles since 2001. Boston | $500K – $5M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 69 | ▶ Carthona Capital Hands-on, proactive, thematic venture capital investor. Identifies major global trends and invests early across enterprise software, fintech, consumer tech, legal tech, proptech, aerospace, and climate. Strong follow-on discipline — has participated in up to 8 rounds with a single portfolio company. Invests primarily at Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A with a global outlook from an Australian home base. Sydney | $250K – $5M | 29 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 70 | ▶ Fernbrook Capital Management Exceptional founders building direct relationships with consumers through technology-enabled, category-redefining businesses that challenge incumbents and drive consumer innovation. New York | $2M – $15M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 71 | ▶ IBB Ventures IBB Ventures backs Berlin-based founders building consumer, healthcare, industrial, and software companies that can scale from the city into broader markets. The firm favors practical innovation with a clear path to market launch and durable long-term value creation. Berlin | $100K – $1M | 16 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 72 | ▶ Foreword Fund Back daring founders in their first chapters with first-check capital and access to a community of 200+ world-class founders and operators who can provide mentorship, introductions, and strategic guidance. San Francisco | $100K – $250K | 44 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 73 | ▶ Right Side Capital Management Quantitative, data-driven investing at the Pre-VC stage. We invest in capital-efficient technology startups with $5K–$30K+ MRR at $1.5M–$4M valuations. Fast decisions (one week), no gatekeepers, no BS. San Francisco | $150K – $300K | 43 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 74 | ▶ Phoenix Court Phoenix Court partners with exceptional founders from pre-seed through public markets and beyond. The firm operates as a multi-stage, multi-fund group — LocalGlobe (seed), Latitude (growth), Solar (late-stage), and Basecamp (emerging managers) — built on the conviction that the best companies grow big not just in private markets but across their full lifecycle. Founded on purpose: 10% of profits and 2% of carry go to Phoenix Court Works, which is transitioning to the single largest shareholder in the firm. London | $500K – $20M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 75 | ▶ Bond We identify and scale proven product-market-fit technology companies for global expansion and IPO readiness. Our partnership combines world-class macro research analysis with hands-on operational expertise from experienced technology leaders who have built and scaled billion-dollar companies. San Francisco | $1M – $50M | 42 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 76 | ▶ Geodesic Capital We invest in multi-stage, globally minded founders and help them succeed in the critical Japanese market. Geodesic bridges Silicon Valley and Japan, providing both financial capital and an unmatched operational platform — including the annual Geodesic Forum, a dedicated Japan team, and deep LP relationships with major Japanese corporations — to accelerate portfolio company growth into Japan and Asia. Silicon Valley | $5M – $50M | 75 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 77 | ▶ Background Capital Invest in fundamental early-stage startups built by ambitious founders. Provide capital plus operational support through a network of successful founder-LPs. Focus on founder chemistry and long-term sustainability over hype. Madison, Wisconsin | $100K – $5M | 15 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 78 | ▶ Baroda Ventures Scrappy entrepreneurs building lasting businesses with well-designed products. We work side-by-side with founders who demonstrate intellectual honesty and personal integrity. We emphasize long-term value creation in the LA startup ecosystem. Los Angeles | $1M – $5M | 15 | Both | Between | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 79 | ▶ Forge Capital High-conviction seed-stage investments in enterprise software, marketplaces, fintech, and consumer applications. Focus on founders building category-defining companies with strong product-market fit potential. Chicago | $250K – $2M | 15 | Leads | 1mo | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 80 | ▶ Green Meadow Ventures Back exceptional founders early in their journey with capital combined with strategic operational guidance, business development support, and access to a network of successful entrepreneurs and operators. Get most excited at the first stages of company building. West Hollywood, CA | $250K – $3M | 15 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 81 | ▶ Harrison Metal Exceptional entrepreneurs with clear thinking and strong execution capability, backed by operational mentorship and management discipline. We invest in founders who value learning and can benefit from hands-on advisory support rooted in operating experience. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 15 | Leads | Between | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 82 | ▶ Bridge Venture Fund Backing underestimated ventures that overdeliver. Bridge invests in overlooked categories underserved by innovation — vertical software, marketplaces, and consumer brands — backing experienced founders with deep domain expertise building capital-efficient companies. Chicago | $100K – $10M | 27 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 83 | ▶ Mercia Ventures Mercia backs ambitious UK founders with early traction in software and AI, consumer, deep tech, and life sciences, and pairs capital with practical support through a long-term partnership. Nottingham, UK | $500K – $10M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 84 | ▶ Partners Resolute Invest in people and products that leverage technological breakthroughs or superior user experience to radically change the status quo. Focus on structurally sound, strategically defensible business models that create and capture new markets. True partnership approach: value-add extends beyond capital to include strategic guidance, operational expertise, and network introductions. | $250K – $8M | 57 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 85 | ▶ Beringea Patient and intelligent capital for rapidly scaling entrepreneurial companies with a transatlantic footprint. US funds target Midwest Series A+ companies with ARR >$3M; UK funds target Series A/B companies with £1M+ revenue. Hands-on operational support through the Beringea Scale-Up Academy and transatlantic network. London | $1M – $13M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 86 | ▶ Wave Ventures Wave Ventures backs Europe's most exceptional Gen Z founders at the earliest stage — angel and pre-seed — in the Nordics and Baltics. We invest before other VCs identify these founders, leveraging a rotating team of top university students embedded in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Tallinn startup ecosystems. We believe the most impactful companies of the next generation will emerge from this region. Helsinki | $10K – $100K | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 87 | ▶ Capital F Capital F invests in technology for the $15 Trillion female economy. We are operators who invest, not VCs—capitalizing on 50 years of combined C-level operating experience to back top founders building in Health, AI, and Digital Commerce with B2B SaaS and B2C technology. San Francisco | $100K – $2M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 88 | ▶ Renegade Partners We back exceptional founders with relentless ambition who are tackling problems that matter. Our focus is the Supercritical phase—the post-product-market-fit, pre-scale period where organizational design, talent systems, and board practices become critical infrastructure. We provide patient capital, deep operational support through our Chief People Officer, and strategic guidance from co-founders with 15+ and 10+ years of venture experience. San Francisco | $2M – $10M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 89 | ▶ RareBreed Ventures Exceptional founders exist everywhere, not just Silicon Valley. By backing underrepresented and overlooked founders solving real market problems outside major tech hubs, we access high-conviction founder pools and less competitive deal spaces, driving outsized returns while expanding venture capital access. Baltimore | $50K – $250K | 39 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 90 | ▶ Variant Variant invests in technology that expands autonomy through permissionless markets, software, and applications. Fund IV focuses on early-stage infrastructure and applications in crypto, with particular emphasis on AI-crypto integration, autonomous agents, and decentralized systems that give users increased access, knowledge, and ownership. New York | $250K – $750K | 39 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 91 | ▶ Yellow Rocks! Yellow Rocks! builds global bridges through billion-dollar talent, investing in fast-growing early-stage tech companies founded by talented entrepreneurs from anywhere in the world, aimed at global markets with potential to skyrocket in the next 5-8 years. Investing in AI since 2017. San Francisco | $100K – $500K | 39 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 92 | ▶ Coalition Operators Founders with genuine conviction solving important problems, backed by unfair advantages and exceptional drive. We provide capital, operational expertise, and access to 100+ world-class startup operators. Our value is in the people on your cap table and the hands-on support—not just the checks. New York | $250K – $1M | 54 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 93 | ▶ Collide Capital Great companies are built at the intersection of communities led by diverse, fearless change agents. We invest in founders closest to the problems they're solving, who are most capable and passionate about tackling them. New York | $250K – $3M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 94 | ▶ Spice Capital Back visionary founders solving problems for internet-native consumers. Focus on team, TAM, and traction. Seek emerging categories and 'illegible' opportunities overlooked by traditional VCs. New York | $100K – $5M | 13 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 95 | ▶ AirTree Ventures Big things start small. We invest at seed stage and see potential where others don't. We believe in your vision for your company's future, not as it exists today. We think in decades, not days, committing to walk the entire journey with founders to build iconic companies. We share Antipodean ingenuity with the world. Sydney | $250K – $20M | 64 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 96 | ▶ BBG Ventures The next generation of breakout companies will be built by underestimated founders solving big problems for the 99%. Founders who intuitively understand their end users – because they've lived through the same broken systems – have a natural competitive advantage. BBG Ventures focuses on 'polycultural' founders: those who understand intersectional, multi-generational, and underserved markets. These founders will drive impactful and valuable companies through AI democratization. New York | $500K – $1.5M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 97 | ▶ Punch Capital Support first and second generation immigrant founders building unicorn-grade companies. Value-add investor providing capital plus deep network connections to customers, partners, strategic advisors, and founder networks. | $50K – $150K | 35 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 98 | ▶ Golden Seeds Gender-diverse teams produce superior returns on equity. We fund exceptional women-led startups where women hold meaningful operating C-suite roles and own substantial equity. Research shows companies with diverse female leadership are 39% more likely to be above-average profitable, 30% more likely to outperform, and 20% more likely to improve business outcomes. New York | $250K – $2M | 34 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 99 | ▶ Breakers Back outlier founders who break the rules, mold, glass, cycle, and internet — wherever they are. True generalist fund focused on pre-seed and seed across US and Canada, with emphasis on underserved markets (PNW, TX, Canada). Founder quality above all else. Seattle | $100K – $500K | 22 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 100 | ▶ DSC Investment DSC invests in paradigm-leading innovative entrepreneurs. The firm is strongest at early stage but open to all stages for teams with exceptional capability. Known for pioneering deep tech investments (AI, semiconductors, biotech) before they became mainstream, and for identifying unicorns years before public market recognition. Seoul | $1M – $30M | 22 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 101 | ▶ Rough Draft Ventures Young student founders with ambitious vision and strong execution ability can build transformational companies. Providing accessible capital plus institutional support at the earliest stage unlocks value that might otherwise remain invisible to traditional VC. University students represent a unique cohort—bright, ambitious, and unconstrained by traditional career paths. Cambridge | $25K – $800K | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 102 | ▶ Village Global We invest in relentlessly resourceful founders solving real problems. Capital is just the beginning - we provide connected access to 400+ founders, operators, and luminary investors from the world's greatest tech companies. We invest at Day 0, pre-revenue, across sectors and geographies. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 22 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 103 | ▶ Velocity Capital Back innovative, capital-efficient UK technology companies from pre-seed through Series A via SEIS/EIS tax-efficient structures. Portfolio companies should reach £10M ARR within 3 years and £20M within 5 years, targeting at least 5x returns for investors. Active investor model leveraging entrepreneurial, finance, and marketing expertise. Epsom, Surrey, UK | $250K – $1.5M | 47 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 104 | ▶ Financiere Saint James Financiere Saint James backs disruptive, tech-enabled businesses led by ambitious founders, with a bias toward transformative business models and hands-on support on sales and go-to-market. The firm combines patient family-office capital with a pragmatic, entrepreneurial operating style. Luxembourg, Luxembourg | $200K – $5M | 12 | N/A | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 105 | ▶ Founders' Co-op Best first-check investor in the Pacific Northwest, backing wildly ambitious technical founding teams solving hard enterprise problems. Fund size is strategy — $50M allows being the best first-check rather than chasing AUM. They bet on exceptional people over specific sectors or tech trends. Seattle | $250K – $2M | 12 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 106 | ▶ Honors Fund University-based founders are underestimated and underfunded. Honors Fund writes the first institutional check — $250K SAFE at $2M post-money — into student and faculty software startups, providing capital, mentorship, and network access to accelerate the next generation of founders. Delray Beach, FL | $150K – $250K | 12 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 107 | ▶ Maple VC Canadians have built over $1 trillion in enterprise value globally, yet were initially backed by US VC not Canadian investors. We back founders with Canadian roots—regardless of where they build—because exceptional talent from Canada represents a sustainable, quantifiable selection edge. San Francisco | $500K – $1.5M | 46 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 108 | ▶ Script Capital Pre-seed fund investing in technical founders building developer-facing tools and infrastructure. Focused on curiosity, velocity of learning, and rapid building. Believe the world is shaped by unique insights at the intersection of art/culture and math/science. San Francisco | $250K – $750K | 74 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 109 | ▶ LG Technology Ventures LGV backs early-stage and growth-stage innovators with the strategic strength of LG Group's global resources. The fund invests in companies that stand to gain exceptional value from partnerships with LG's manufacturing, display, chemical, and energy business units, with a strong focus on AI, biotech, cleantech, and advanced materials. Silicon Valley | $1M – $30M | 73 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 110 | ▶ Coelius Capital Ideas are meaningless. Validated ideas are priceless. We invest in differentiated B2B and B2B2C companies with real product-market fit. We look for founders who can cold call a customer at 9 PM and get them excited in one sentence. We like weird ideas that create new categories. San Francisco | $200K – $1M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 111 | ▶ Not Yet Ventures Partners with US university students building startups at the earliest stage. Uses a behavioral engagement metric to identify high-potential founders before they have a fundable idea. Believes the best ideas look initially like bad ideas, and that talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not. Focuses on non-traditional university hubs. Charlottesville, VA | $50K – $50K | 21 | N/A | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 112 | ▶ Collab Fund Investing at the intersection of for-profit and for-good. Companies that make the world better AND deliver strong financial returns. The Villain Test ensures both impact and profit alignment. New York | $500K – $10M | 44 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 113 | ▶ Acequia Capital (AceCap) Acequia Capital partners with technical founders and product teams building the next wave of global businesses. They provide more than capital—experienced operators offer strategic guidance on product roadmap, technology strategy, business model, and GTM execution. The firm is a center of a global innovation ecosystem with unique capability to detect earliest signal in emerging technology trends. Seattle | $1M – $25M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 114 | ▶ Graham & Walker Reshape the Nasdaq by investing in venture capital's biggest blind spots. Back exceptional founders historically overlooked by traditional VC due to demographic factors or non-traditional backgrounds. Leverage proprietary Female Founders Alliance (5,000+ members) as deal flow engine to surface underestimated founders across multiple archetypes. Seattle | $250K – $1.5M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 115 | ▶ Night Capital Think independently, act with integrity, and serve founders well. Back exceptional founders building in massive markets at the earliest stages. Prioritize being indispensable over ubiquitous — long-term partnerships built on reputation and relationships. San Francisco | $250K – $1M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 116 | ▶ MANTIS Venture Capital Mantis invests opportunistically in Seed and Series A technology-enabled startups, leveraging deep social capital across tech, media, entertainment, and finance to provide unmatched GTM support. The firm is founder-obsessed and differentiates through celebrity network access, customer introductions, talent acquisition help, and brand amplification. Santa Monica | $500K – $3M | 113 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 117 | ▶ Cendana Capital The best returns in early-stage venture come from small, early-stage VC funds run by GPs with unique network access, domain expertise, and an entrepreneurial founder ethos. Cendana anchors investments in the best seed and pre-seed fund managers globally, acting as a lead LP and trusted advisor to help them build lasting firms. Fund size matters — smaller funds generate outsized returns by maintaining high ownership in breakout companies. San Francisco | $1M – $20M | 11 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 118 | ▶ Cleo Capital Back exceptional founders at the earliest stages with potential to build multi-billion dollar companies. Invest in three primary areas: Future of Income, Complicated Consumer, and Decentralized Enterprise. Seek founders with unique perspectives and diversity of background. Santa Monica | $100K – $1M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 119 | ▶ Altos Ventures Patient, pragmatic investing in 'Hedgehog' founders building enduring, capital-efficient businesses. First institutional investor philosophy with multi-decade holding periods and a strong focus on unit economics over growth at all costs. Caps funds below $1B to maintain discipline and alignment. Menlo Park | $500K – $100M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 120 | ▶ Global Founders Capital Global early-stage investor backing technical founders building category-defining ventures with global ambition. We believe exceptional founders can emerge from anywhere, and we provide operational support through a network of 16 global offices to help them scale across multiple continents from day zero. Berlin | $1M – $3M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 121 | ▶ Habitat Partners Habitat Partners backs early-stage companies where exceptional brand equity meets strong business fundamentals. Born from Red Antler's brand expertise, the firm asks: 'Why does this company need to exist in the world, and what emotional resonance does it create?' They invest in consumer brands (CPG, beauty, food/beverage) and B2B software tools serving the startup and retail ecosystem, leveraging Red Antler's branding platform as a key value-add for portfolio companies. Brooklyn | $250K – $750K | 54 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 122 | ▶ One Way Ventures Immigrants are strongly underrepresented in venture capital despite founding or co-founding 55% of America's billion-dollar startups. Immigration and entrepreneurship are parallel one-way journeys. We back exceptional immigrant founders because their success is not priced into the market. Boston | $250K – $3M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 123 | ▶ Stellaris Venture Partners Back stellar founders building iconic businesses in India, with a focus on technology and tech-enabled sectors. 60% of investments are at the idea/inception stage. Conviction-led, always lead their investments, prioritize real growth alongside valuations. Bengaluru, India | $500K – $10M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 124 | ▶ Stripes Stripes invests in companies with exceptional products for consumers and businesses, acting as an of-service growth partner. Product-market fit is the prerequisite; Stripes provides the operational muscle — go-to-market, talent, network, and capital markets support — to scale from product-led growth to market-leading brand. New York | $10M – $150M | 79 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 125 | ▶ Flint Capital Exceptional technology companies can be built anywhere—US, Israel, or Europe. We partner with experienced founders to provide capital, US market expertise, and global networks to help them scale internationally. Boston | $500K – $5M | 29 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 126 | ▶ irrvrntVC Exceptional early-stage founders deserve capital and operational support from inception. DTC and eCommerce enablement represent sustainable, defensible markets with significant TAM expansion. The best risk/reward is in pre-seed and seed when most institutional capital is inactive. New York | $300K – $500K | 29 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 127 | ▶ Pace Capital Support early-stage founders solving real problems through technology with conviction-driven, low-volume approach. Emphasize companies addressing fundamental shifts in software economics as LLMs drive creation costs to zero. Partner deeply with founders combining institutional investing expertise with hands-on operational mentorship. | $1M – $10M | 29 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 128 | ▶ AltaIR Capital Back focused founders solving real problems in markets they understand deeply, with clarity, discipline, and drive. Seek companies with motivated teams, strong product vision, scalable business models, and large addressable markets. San Francisco | $1M – $25M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 129 | ▶ Credo Ventures Back the most ambitious founders from Central and Eastern Europe at the very earliest stages — before product, before revenue. CEE is a world-class talent pool producing generational companies, and Credo's edge is local knowledge and 17+ years of founder relationships. Prague | $1M – $5M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 130 | ▶ General Atlantic The dedicated partner for entrepreneurs and investors building long-term value: patient growth capital plus deep sector expertise and a global operating platform for category-leading, capital-efficient businesses at an inflection point. New York | $50M – $500M | 28 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 131 | ▶ v1.vc Patient, long-term capital partners to the most ambitious founders. Help founders navigate from v1 (seed) to s-1 (Series A+). We believe the best companies are built by ambitious founders who need patient capital, operational expertise, and partnership from experienced operators. Boulder, CO | $500K – $3M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 132 | ▶ WestBridge Capital WestBridge partners with founders building transformative, AI-native businesses from Series A through IPO and beyond. With a $7.3B evergreen fund (no forced LP exit timeline), they invest early and hold for 5-25 years as patient capital partners. Their AI focus centers on Vertical AI Systems, AI-Native Infrastructure, and Agentic AI across the India and US markets. Bangalore | $10M – $500M | 28 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 133 | ▶ Flex Capital Founders backing founders. Flex Capital backs exceptional technical founders at pre-seed and seed with capital from operators who have personally built and exited category-defining companies. Every GP has sat in the founder's seat. San Francisco | $500K – $2M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 134 | ▶ Baseline Ventures Back exceptional entrepreneurs with high-conviction checks, provide rapid decision-making turnaround, and offer operational partnership. One-person decision-making enables speed and founder alignment. Jackson, Wyoming | $100K – $1M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 135 | ▶ Indico Capital Partners Southern European entrepreneurs (Portuguese, Spanish, Italian) possess exceptional engineering talent and are forced to have an international mindset from day one due to limited local markets. Indico backs the most globally promising companies from these ecosystems across enterprise SaaS, AI, deep tech, fintech, healthtech, spacetech, and the ocean/blue economy. Lisbon, Portugal | $275K – $11M | 27 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 136 | ▶ Supernode Global We invest in early-stage consumer and B2B technologies that meaningfully enhance personal and professional lives. We back application-layer software with consumer-grade UX that people actually use every day. Our focus: Wellbeing (health & vitality, life optimization, community & social) and Productivity (intelligent workflows, creative enablement, professional augmentation). | $500K – $3M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 137 | ▶ Upfront Ventures Early investors and long-term partners. We back exceptional founders solving real problems across sectors. When you hit a bump in the road, we're there solving problems alongside you with operational expertise and network leverage. | $1M – $15M | 49 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 138 | ▶ Lerer Hippeau As founder-operators, we see returns in relationships. We back ambitious founders with exceptional vision at the earliest stages with capital, mentorship, and network access. | $100K – $1M | 73 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 139 | ▶ SoftBank Vision Fund Supporting a full-stack AI technology ecosystem — from hardware (semiconductors and compute) to infrastructure (software enabling AI deployment) to applications (consumer and enterprise AI). Provides 'freedom-level capital' to help founders build market-leading companies at unprecedented scale. London | $100M – $10000M | 37 | Both | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 140 | ▶ Harlem Capital Partners The world is missing out on innovative companies by not investing more heavily in women and diverse entrepreneurs. We back the next generation of winners - founders with unreasonable standards, relentless conviction, and the drive to build generational companies. We're committed to changing the face of entrepreneurship and creating generational wealth for people of color and women. New York | $1M – $2.5M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 141 | ▶ Interface Capital Partner with exceptional founders at the earliest stages, leveraging deep operator experience to help lay foundations for successful companies. Berlin | $300K – $500K | 17 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 142 | ▶ Metis Capital We invest in the bold. African entrepreneurs are shaping the future of the continent and global industries. We back high-growth companies leveraging our decades of experience in law, finance, telecommunications, and energy to help founders navigate complexity and scale with confidence. Lagos | $500K – $5M | 17 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 143 | ▶ Precursor Ventures Invest in people over product at the earliest stage of the entrepreneurial journey. Write the first institutional check for the most promising software and hardware companies. Focus on long-term relationships with founders. San Francisco | $50K – $500K | 59 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 144 | ▶ Adverb Ventures The adverbs matter just as much as the verbs — how you build is as important as what you build. Exceptional people and character transform ideas into industry-shaping companies. We back extraordinary founders at pre-seed and seed who have unique insight into their market and the operational excellence to build in the right way. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 145 | ▶ BASS Ventures Back 'crazy dreamers' — founders with exceptional tenacity, ambition, and vision who are building transformative companies. BASS serves as the 'bassist' providing foundational support: capital, operational resources, global cloud credits, and talent. Focus on AI software, physical AI, and fashion & beauty in 2025. Seoul | $250K – $6M | 26 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 146 | ▶ Javelin Venture Partners Signal before traction. We identify early, non-obvious signals that explosive growth is possible in companies with exceptional founders, capital-efficient business models, and very large markets. We invest alongside repeat entrepreneurs who provide hands-on operational support. San Francisco | $500K – $4M | 36 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 147 | ▶ f7 Ventures We identify exceptional operators with proven track records at scale (ex-Facebook, Google, Stripe) and catalyze their transition into founders. Periods of rapid societal behavior change spur dramatic innovation. We invest in the future of work and consumer utility, providing not just capital but operational expertise, network access, and proven playbooks from building at Facebook/Meta scale. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 148 | ▶ Garage Capital The best companies are built by founders for founders. Garage invests at the earliest stages in high-potential Canadian and YC startups, providing capital plus experienced operational advice from GPs who have built, scaled, and sold venture-backed companies. The goal is to make world-class early-stage capital accessible within Canada so founders don't need to go to Silicon Valley. Kitchener, ON, Canada | $1M – $5M | 46 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 149 | ▶ GGV Capital Back notable founders with global ambitions using technology to transform industries. We partner with exceptional teams to scale from seed through IPO, providing capital, operational expertise, and network access. Menlo Park | $1M – $15M | 35 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 150 | ▶ Mark VC Mark VC takes a deeply founder-centric approach, building '360-degree behavioral maps' of founders through extensive personal reference calls. They invest across industries but focus on security & defense, healthcare, consumer, and enterprise software. They strive to be the most valuable investor on the cap table through hands-on coaching and operational support. Austin | $500K – $5M | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 151 | ▶ Fundamentum Partnership Fundamentum backs enduring technology companies out of India, concentrating on scale-up businesses with product-market fit, strong fundamentals, and room to become category leaders. Gurugram, Haryana, India | $10M – $25M | 16 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 152 | ▶ Greylock Your first partner. Over 80% of investments are first checks. We partner with exceptional founders at inception stages, providing patient capital and deep partnership. Menlo Park | $300K – $10M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 153 | ▶ Verdict Capital First institutional money into breakthrough technology companies. We back young, technical founders — especially Gen Z builders — before the market catches on. Consumer is underappreciated. AI is everywhere we look. San Francisco | $1M – $10M | 16 | Leads | Between | ~1 mo | Open |
| 154 | ▶ Wellington Access Ventures Partner with early-stage founders who have been historically underrepresented and overlooked in venture capital, providing capital, networks, and operational support to build industry-defining companies. Boston | $500K – $10M | 16 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 155 | ▶ Lakehouse Ventures We back founders who are innovating the products, services and software in our everyday lives. We believe that the entrepreneurs who have intimately felt the problem they are solving will create the things consumers want the most. Brooklyn | $250K – $2M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 156 | ▶ Smash Capital World-class founders building generational brands in enterprise software, consumer internet, fintech, and AI. We offer unparalleled brand-building and media expertise drawn from decades operating multi-billion-dollar global franchises at Disney and beyond. Los Angeles | $10M – $100M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 157 | ▶ Contrary Identify and invest in the world's top talent before they start a company. Build lifelong relationships through a proprietary university scout network at Stanford, MIT, Harvard, and other elite universities. Back exceptional founders within 1-3 years of graduation before they are widely recognized. San Francisco | $100K – $15M | 55 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 158 | ▶ Adapt Ventures Back electric founders with an uncontrollable passion for creating disruptive companies. Invest globally, particularly strong in US and Latin America. Combine capital with operational support through venture studio model, helping build groundbreaking companies from inception through scale. New York | $250K – $350K | 66 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 159 | ▶ Hinge Capital Backing the brave & curious, leaning into the [non]obvious ideas that edit entire industries or create new categories. We put our time, energy and capital behind courageous founders solving hard technological problems. Platform-driven approach combining capital with operational support. | $250K – $3M | 47 | Leads | Between | N/A | N/A |
| 160 | ▶ Haystack Exceptional founders create disproportionate outcomes. We identify entrepreneurs pulling the future forward through fundamental innovation and exceptional execution. Rather than chasing sector trends, we partner with high-signal founders solving enduring problems across any category. San Francisco | $250K – $2M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 161 | ▶ The Pitch Fund An opportunistic, generalist fund that co-invests alongside top-tier VCs in startups featured on The Pitch podcast. Built-in dealflow from 30M+ downloads and 600K+ newsletter subscribers; the fund's edge is access to a constant, pre-vetted pipeline of founders who apply to pitch on the show. Sarasota, FL | $50K – $150K | 24 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 162 | ▶ Gold House Ventures We invest in industry-shifting startups led by best-in-class multicultural founders. We partner with the next generation of Asian Pacific operators turned founders and welcome investors advancing culture and heritage through an affinity-based, returns-driven model. Los Angeles | $100K – $1M | 33 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 163 | ▶ Solid Bond Operator-led pre-seed VC for UK B2B SaaS and tech-enabled startups. Steve Caunce (ex-CEO AO.com, floated at $1.5B) and Shaz Sulaman invest before product or revenue model is defined, backing founder potential and fit over sector. Support is hands-on: sales strategy, financial forecasting, and GTM guidance from operators who have built and scaled real businesses. Manchester, UK | $60K – $1.3M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 164 | ▶ Raga Partners We apply extensive public markets expertise, institutional training, and entrepreneurial sensibilities to private market investments, seeking long-term partnerships in opportunities where we are uniquely positioned to improve outcomes. | $5M – $25M | 3 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 165 | ▶ Gaja Capital Gaja Capital partners with India's mid-market entrepreneurs to build sector leaders. They invest at Series C and beyond — when product-market fit is proven — and provide active operational support (IPO prep, governance, senior hiring, strategic expansion) to accelerate the path from INR 100 crore to INR 1,000 crore in revenue. Key sectors: Education, BFSI, Consumer, Employment/HR, and Software. Mumbai | $25M – $40M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | N/A |
| 166 | ▶ Hannah Grey Investing in customer-obsessed founders redefining everyday experiences. We back founders at the earliest stage (pre-product/pre-revenue) with conviction, capital, and deep operational support including marketing, customer acquisition, and technology infrastructure. New York | $350K – $1M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 167 | ▶ Failup Ventures In this time of radical change, we back the best technical founders solving system-level problems. We invest early in the people reinventing work, life, and play for the AI era. | $200K – $2M | 51 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 168 | ▶ Ventech Ventech backs founders who reimagine society with global technology visions — particularly AI-native vertical applications, industrial software, digital health, cybersecurity, and sovereignty plays across Europe. With 26 years of European VC experience, they are long-term conviction partners from Seed to exit, offering board-level support and international network access. Paris | $500K – $5M | 51 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 169 | ▶ How Women Invest Women founders represent an overlooked asset class that delivers superior returns. Women-founded companies earn 26% more for investors, yet receive only 2% of venture funding. We invest exclusively in women-founded companies, providing capital, network access, and operational support to drive transformative change. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 170 | ▶ Okapi Venture Capital Southern California's original seed-stage venture capital fund, focused on capital-efficient technology startups with differentiated competitive advantages targeting large, addressable and growing markets outside the Bay Area. Active, hands-on management with emphasis on venture fundamentals and disciplined investment strategy. Newport Beach | $750K – $3M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 171 | ▶ Shine Capital Shine partners with creative, convincing, relentless entrepreneurs to build iconic businesses. They are lateralists - using non-linear logic to identify innovation at the intersections of technology, markets, and culture. The firm invests thematically in areas shaped by four trends: Great Expectations (demand for quality), Merging Digital/Physical (computing power), Reimagining Security (infrastructure/identity), and Reestablishing Meaning (community/belonging). New York | $1M – $10M | 50 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 172 | ▶ Formation Formation invests at the 'Formation Stage' — before formal company creation, when founders are still discovering the idea and building conviction. They prioritize long-term relationships (10+ year journeys) over transactional investments, and reject the financialization of early-stage VC. First check in, not just another check in the round. New York | $250K – $2M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 173 | ▶ OVO OVO Fund invests in founders at the 'negative one to zero' stage — before customers or fully-formed narratives exist. They back people over ideas, providing conviction and guidance beyond capital to help founders define or create their categories. Menlo Park | $250K – $750K | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 174 | ▶ Quest Venture Partners We invest in early-stage companies with great ideas and exceptional people behind them. The best teams have passion, perseverance, and proven execution capability. We look for genuine market problems, cost-effective solutions, clear paths to monetization, and teams that will execute relentlessly. Menlo Park | $100K – $1.5M | 22 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 175 | ▶ Kalaari Capital Empowering visionary entrepreneurs to build unique solutions that reshape how Indians live, work, consume, and transact. Kalaari backs potential over pedigree — first-time founders welcome — focusing on tech-driven Indian market opportunities from Pre-Seed through Series A. Bengaluru, India | $500K – $5M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 176 | ▶ Prosus Build lifestyle e-commerce ecosystems in Europe, Latin America, and India by investing in food delivery, fintech, classifieds, consumer services, and AI. Partner with entrepreneurs to help them become global success stories, leveraging Prosus's operational expertise, ecosystem synergies, and global network. Amsterdam | $1M – $500M | 40 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 177 | ▶ Signia Venture Partners Partner with passionate entrepreneurs building companies that change the way we live, work, play, or learn. We're operator-first investors who provide capital, strategic guidance, and operational mentorship alongside network and investor connections. Redwood City, California | $500K – $3M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 178 | ▶ The Nordic Web The Nordics produce world-class technical founders who are systematically underserved by institutional capital at the earliest stages. The Nordic Web Ventures writes the first institutional check at day zero, commits within 48-72 hours, and works hands-on with teams on hiring, product, and fundraising. Backs Tier 1 founders over over-optimizing for ownership. Copenhagen | $25K – $200K | 14 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 179 | ▶ Chicago Ventures We lead, early. Enduring companies can be built anywhere, by anyone. We focus on founders and industries overlooked by coastal investors, serving as operationally-involved partners during the company's earliest days — before success is obvious. Chicago | $500K – $5M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 180 | ▶ GV (Google Ventures) GV backs innovative founders moving the world forward, operating on long time horizons and dealing in decades, not rounds. Since 2023, GV has accelerated its focus on AI-native companies across infrastructure, applications, healthcare, and developer tools — with approximately 80% of new European investments now in AI. San Francisco | $500K – $50M | 30 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 181 | ▶ Horizons Ventures Invest in deep science and disruptive technology companies that solve fundamental human problems—inequality, health, climate adaptation. We back founders with vision, instinct, and drive to scale impact. Hong Kong | $1M – $25M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 182 | ▶ Third Point Ventures Identifies technology transitions creating market opportunities, particularly AI/ML-powered automation transforming enterprise infrastructure. Current focus on AI security (Zenity, DataGrail, Grip Security), AI durability (Diagrid), and AI observability (Kentik) — the three pillars needed to bring AI from experimentation to production at scale. Menlo Park | $1M – $50M | 39 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 183 | ▶ Fuel Ventures Backs ambitious tech founders from pre-seed to Series A through EIS/SEIS tax-efficient fund structures in the UK. Focus on Vertical AI, AI-enabled software, and FinTech 2.0. Founded by serial entrepreneur Mark Pearson, the firm brings operational expertise as entrepreneurs who have built and exited companies. London | $150K – $3M | 48 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 184 | ▶ Greycroft Partnering with brilliant founders to upend the status quo by investing in AI-driven software, sustainability technologies, and innovative consumer brands. We believe AI will dominate software over the next decade, and we seek to support founders reimagining industries across all three sectors. New York | $2M – $100M | 48 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 185 | ▶ Boston Seed Capital Founders investing in founders. Boston Seed invests at pre-seed and seed stages in audacious founders building meaningful technology across consumer, B2B SaaS, gaming, sports, AI, and cloud infrastructure. Known for early conviction in unproven categories (e.g., daily fantasy sports via DraftKings in 2012). Emphasizes transparent, humble storytelling about venture realities. All GPs are ex-founders/CEOs with exits, bringing authentic founder empathy. Boston | $250K – $3M | 21 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 186 | ▶ Eudemian Ventures Make human and technological potential actual. Eudemian invests in early-stage US software startups with demonstrated product-market fit and breakout traction, backed by mission-driven founders who tackle large markets solving vexing pain points. Rooted in the Greek philosophy of Eudaimonia, the firm believes in actualizing potential through long-term founder partnerships. San Francisco | $100K – $1.5M | 21 | Follows | Active | N/A | Open |
| 187 | ▶ GingerBread Capital Close the funding gap for women-led ventures at early and growth stages. Investing in women is an economic opportunity, good for business, and the right thing to do. Build a portfolio of diverse founders and industries. Menlo Park | $250K – $5M | 38 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 188 | ▶ Xfund Back entrepreneurs who think laterally and experiment across disciplines. We seek founders with multidisciplinary abilities who will become more insightful innovators. We value creative problem-solving, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to synthesize insights across fields. Cambridge | $500K – $5M | 29 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 189 | ▶ Gobi Partners Bespoke Capital for Enduring Impact. Gobi invests where capital alone is insufficient — requiring deep local relationships, sustained engagement, and informed judgment across Asia's diverse and complex markets. They focus on technology companies solving structural inefficiencies across underserved Asian markets, from fintech to deep tech to sustainable infrastructure. Kuala Lumpur | $1M – $50M | 37 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 190 | ▶ Outcast Ventures Founding teams matter more than founding ideas. We invest in the top 1% of builders at the earliest stages, often helping them find co-founders through our Catalyst program. We believe the best companies are built by teams who challenge conventional thinking. San Francisco | $500K – $1M | 7 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 191 | ▶ Align Brands and technologies reshaping culture. Align invests in early-stage consumer brands with strong brand equity and unit economics, and in frontier technologies (AI/robotics, clean energy, defense) transforming how people live and work. First-check conviction investor with meaningful follow-on capital and co-investment access. Miami | $500K – $10M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 192 | ▶ IvyCap Ventures Back exceptional founding teams from premier Indian academic institutions (IIT, IIM) building scalable, technology-led businesses. Leverage the global alumni network for deal sourcing and post-investment support via the THRIVE platform. Mumbai | $1M – $10M | 45 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 193 | ▶ Seedcamp World-class founders at their earliest stages matter more than the stage of the business itself. We back sector-agnostic, high-ambition founders from pre-product through early revenue with candid advice, hands-on support, and a network of 1,200+ operators. London | $350K – $1.3M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 194 | ▶ Kleiner Perkins Partner with exceptional founders building transformative technology companies from inception to IPO and beyond. Our moral compass is serving humanity with technology and capital. We provide not just capital but operational support, network access, and board participation to maximize the potential of founders' ideas and make history. Menlo Park | $100K – $150M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 195 | ▶ Inspired Capital Partners Venture capital is the most powerful economic engine the world has ever seen. We back audacious founders solving humanity's hardest challenges through category-creating innovations. We embrace big risks and reject short-termism, committing to 15+ year partnerships with founders who have long-term vision and relentless determination. New York | $500K – $20M | 62 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 196 | ▶ WndrCo WndrCo positions itself as 'the founders behind the founders,' combining strategic capital with deep operational involvement. Unlike traditional VCs, partners take formal operating roles (interim CEO, CFO, CPO) within portfolio companies. This approach leverages the co-founders' proven track record: Sujay Jaswa scaled Dropbox from $18M to $10B as Business Founder/CFO, and Jeffrey Katzenberg transformed Disney Studios and built DreamWorks. The firm invests across all stages through three strategies: Build (acquiring underappreciated tech companies), Venture (leading post-PMF rounds), and Seed (very early checks). Focus areas are Future of Work, Cybersecurity, Developer Infrastructure, and Consumer Technology, with increasing emphasis on AI applications. Beverly Hills, California | $100K – $10M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 197 | ▶ Break Trail Ventures Partner with entrepreneurs breaking trail in their industry, putting customers first and solving meaningful problems. Focus on founder-led, mission-driven companies combining customer-centric products with operational excellence. Strong emphasis on consumer products, lifestyle brands, and tech-enabled enterprises. Columbus | $500K – $5M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 198 | ▶ CRE Venture Capital Build category-defining tech companies that are levered to Africa and address $5B+ markets. Partner with visionary founders combining technical excellence with deep African market understanding. Allocate ≥30% capital to women-led companies. Johannesburg | $500K – $10M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 199 | ▶ Stellation Capital Back philomath founders building mission-critical software. We co-lead first-check investments in intellectually voracious founding teams solving complex problems with deep domain expertise. Extended engagement from launch to orbit. Brooklyn | $250K – $4M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 200 | ▶ ISAI ISAI identifies capital-efficient French tech startups early—often as the first VC—backing SaaS and marketplace models with progressive ambition, blue ocean positioning, and category-leader potential. Increasingly an AI-focused investor using it as an enabling lens across all verticals. Their edge: a community of 500+ tech entrepreneur-LPs who open doors, advise, and validate. Paris | $110K – $3.3M | 52 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 201 | ▶ Dreamers VC Where capital becomes culture. Dreamers VC bridges established Japanese corporate investors with early-stage US companies by combining entertainment, sports, and technology expertise. The fund leverages celebrity networks, entertainment channels, and Japanese corporate partnerships to amplify storytelling and enable cross-cultural market expansion. Los Angeles | $250K – $5M | 43 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 202 | ▶ Phirst Market Ventures Investing in women of color entrepreneurs transforms families, communities, and the economy. We are the first institutional capital in, providing integrated support including capital, mentorship, and connections. Philadelphia | $10K – $250K | 12 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 203 | ▶ Moxxie Ventures Exceptional founders living in the future deserve operators who provide more than capital. We partner with founders on go-to-market, brand, storytelling, and team building. San Francisco | $500K – $2M | 60 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 204 | ▶ Union Square Ventures We invest at the edge of large markets being transformed by technological and societal pressures. We seek companies that enable new behaviors and business models that incumbents cannot pursue, with strong network effects and broad access implications. New York | $1M – $6M | 60 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 205 | ▶ Base Ventures Turning access into opportunity for founders, investors, and disruptive ideas by backing culturally resonant tech companies and founders who don't fit traditional Silicon Valley mold. Emphasis on showing up right way for founders, making bold bets, and committing fully from first check. Oakland | $250K – $3M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 206 | ▶ K5 Global K5 Global backs category-defining companies from inception to IPO. The firm leverages exceptional networks across media, entertainment, politics, finance, and technology to provide strategic value beyond capital. We believe the best companies are built by founders who can access world-class talent, capital, and strategic relationships. Los Angeles | $1M – $3M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 207 | ▶ Korea Investment Management Co. Back the global winners of tomorrow through disciplined venture capital and growth equity investing. We are a trustworthy partner providing capital, operational expertise, and access to pan-Asian networks. Fund-oriented professional VC with fundamental philosophy of quality, responsibility, and stability. | $500K – $100M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 208 | ▶ Redpoint China Ventures Back early-stage China TMT startups at Seed, Series A, and Series B in frontier technology (AI, autonomous vehicles, semiconductors), enterprise services (SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity), and consumer internet (new brands, digital healthcare, smart supply chain). Combine Silicon Valley brand credibility with deep local China expertise to attract globally ambitious founders. Beijing | $500K – $10M | 25 | Leads | Slowing | N/A | N/A |
| 209 | ▶ Correlation Ventures We combine world-class AI analytics with industry-leading networks to identify exceptional companies and make rapid investment decisions. Great companies, regardless of sector or geography. San Diego | $100K – $4M | 32 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 210 | ▶ Cowboy Ventures Partner with founders building generational software companies. We provide capital, operational support, and genuine partnership. Focus on technology-driven solutions addressing large and growing markets. Invest across enterprise and consumer software, with depth in AI-native software, fintech, infrastructure, security, vertical SaaS, healthcare, and future of work. Palo Alto | $500K – $4M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 211 | ▶ Thrive Capital Back great founders building category-defining companies, regardless of stage. We provide patient capital, hands-on operational support, and deep network access to enable breakout success. New York | $500K – $50M | 24 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 212 | ▶ Better Capital Day 0 venture capital applied by a deep operator. Better Capital invests at the earliest stage where ambiguity is highest and operator judgment adds the most value. Solo GP model keeps conviction high and enables deep engagement with 20-25 companies at critical inflection points. Pune | $300K – $1M | 47 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 213 | ▶ First Check Ventures The best founders solving real problems exist everywhere, not just Silicon Valley. We back capital-efficient teams building in overlooked emerging markets with grit, clarity, and execution focus. Our first institutional check can mean the difference between a founder raising at all. San Juan | $100K – $1M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 214 | ▶ Ganas Ventures Invest in community-driven founders with bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and relentless determination ('ganas') building the future across US and Latin America. Target underestimated founders bringing cultural authenticity and inclusive leadership. United States | $100K – $100K | 17 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 215 | ▶ Reign Ventures Early-stage consumer technology and software fund focused on diverse founders building transformative companies. Hands-on partnership approach providing capital, business development support, and Series A fundraising assistance. Mission-driven investing in founders ready to challenge status quo. Miami | $3M – $15M | 17 | Both | Slowing | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 216 | ▶ Wischoff Ventures Bringing physical-world operations online through 'the new supply chain.' Wischoff backs founders digitizing logistics, fintech infrastructure, manufacturing, and construction. Portfolio chemistry—companies becoming customers of each other. Solo GP with hands-on operational guidance, founder amplification, and regulated-market expertise. New York | $800K – $1.6M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 217 | ▶ Red Sea Ventures Radically simplify complex, regulated categories while delivering consumer-grade experiences. Back cult brand consumer companies with intense customer affinity built through innovative products and values-driven models. Focus on direct-to-consumer, personalization, and marketplace models across consumer, enterprise, and healthcare. New York | $500K – $10M | 31 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 218 | ▶ Defy VC Back exceptional entrepreneurs building enduring companies that defy expectations. Value authenticity and tenacity to turn daring ideas into lasting impact. One life-altering investment can lead to industry-wide transformation. San Mateo, California | $100K – $10M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 219 | ▶ Riverpark Ventures Disruptive businesses that eliminate intermediaries and compress value chains. We invest in entrepreneurs backed by entrepreneurs who understand the unique challenges of building. We look for innovative thinkers with proven track records and tremendous dedication, in large markets addressing significant customer needs. New York | $500K – $25M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 220 | ▶ Avenir Growth Capital Avenir invests from a first-principles view of inevitable market shifts, concentrating capital in category-defining companies that are early in their growth curves and led by world-class operators. New York | $300K – $5M | 30 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 221 | ▶ Felix Capital A venture capital firm for the Creative Class operating at the intersection of technology and creativity. Felix backs passionate founders building products and brands that shape culture and move the world forward — across 'new ways of living' (consumer) and 'new ways of working' (enterprise/B2B). They seek companies with global ambition that can conquer both EU and US markets. London | $1M – $20M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 222 | ▶ Nexus Venture Partners We partner with extraordinary entrepreneurs building product-first companies that redefine their categories. In the US, we focus on transformative AI and enterprise software. In India, we back digital-native businesses solving local market problems at scale. Menlo Park | $100K – $10M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 223 | ▶ Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company Back ambitious and unique technology startups as early as possible — ideally from day one. High volume, small checks (~€200-250K), primarily European pre-seed and seed. No board seats, no round leadership. Value-add through a 900+ founder community. London | $200K – $250K | 45 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 224 | ▶ ANIMO Ventures Back founders willing to go all in. We invest early and we go big—$500K-$2.5M from ideation to early traction. Radically founder-focused partnership model with hands-on GP involvement. Dense networks for fundraising, hiring, and operations. Focus on mission-driven ideas that make a difference and solve critical problems in overlooked markets. Miami | $500K – $2.5M | 16 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 225 | ▶ Wonder Ventures Invest in Southern California's best founders earlier than anyone else. No idea is too early. We fund companies earlier than most VCs, providing not just capital but hands-on support and operational expertise. Our founder-first philosophy and No Ghosting Rule ensure responsive, engaged partnerships. Santa Monica | $250K – $2M | 51 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 226 | ▶ Banana Capital Identify resilient, obsessed founders with exceptional conviction and a chip on their shoulder building category-defining products with defensible distribution. Target founders to work with for the next decade, seeking businesses with clear revenue prospects in large markets. Ann Arbor, Michigan | $25K – $300K | 22 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 227 | ▶ Pareto Holdings Back exceptional founders early, globally. Self-funded model enables founder-first alignment, rapid deployment, and direct support. We believe the best companies come from the best founders, regardless of background or current stage. Miami | $100K – $25M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 228 | ▶ SRB Ventures Stage and sector-agnostic fund backing exceptional founders with clear vision and execution ability. Leverages Sahil's 800,000+ newsletter audience, direct founder relationships, and proprietary post-investment support to accelerate high-growth startups. San Diego | $25K – $1M | 10 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 229 | ▶ The 98 We invest in early-stage technology businesses led by women. Women-led startups are an undervalued asset class generating superior returns. We provide capital, operating expertise, and network access to build great companies and generate outsized returns. | $500K – $2M | 10 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 230 | ▶ Blackbird Back wild hearts with the wildest ideas from the very beginning. Invest in companies, not rounds — following exceptional founders from pre-seed through all subsequent stages. Focused on ANZ founders building globally ambitious companies across any sector. Sydney | $150K – $60M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 231 | ▶ First Round Capital Beginnings matter. We work with founders exclusively at the earliest stages of company building, often when all they have is an 'imagine if.' We look for compelling and contrarian insights into how the world works—what do you understand about a market that others miss? Our role is to accelerate the path from idea to product-market fit through embedded partnership. San Francisco | $750K – $4M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 232 | ▶ SFC Capital SFC backs high-potential UK startups at the first equity stage, using SEIS/EIS funds and an angel syndicate to diversify risk while providing hands-on support, introductions, and follow-on fundraising help. The firm is broad rather than narrow, but its public materials consistently point to innovation-heavy UK sectors with strong technical founder density. London | $50K – $500K | 15 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 233 | ▶ Andreessen Horowitz Backing the builders of the next layer of computing across AI infrastructure, defense, biotech, and American dynamism. Former 'Software is Eating the World' thesis evolved to 'AI is Eating Software'. Partners with technical founders building foundation models, cloud systems, and infrastructure for the AI era. Menlo Park | $1M – $200M | 48 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 234 | ▶ Next Play Ventures Coach and invest in entrepreneurial leaders building world-class, purpose-driven organizations. Combines financial investment with active leadership coaching and organizational development using LinkedIn's proven playbook. Believes great companies are built by great leaders who manage compassionately and combine doing well with doing good. Menlo Park | $100K – $5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 235 | ▶ The Helm Women receive only 2% of venture capital despite female-founded startups delivering 2x return per dollar vs. all-male teams. The Helm invests in game-changing, undervalued companies at seed stage founded by women, providing not just capital but operational support and ecosystem access. New York | $250K – $1.5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 236 | ▶ Y Combinator Identify founders with the determination and resourcefulness to build world-changing companies. We believe exceptional founders can come from any background and at any stage of development. Our mission is to help founders be dramatically better shaped in 3 months than when they arrived. Mountain View | $500K – $500K | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 237 | ▶ 3one4 Capital India is at a historic convergence of consumer install base, digital infrastructure (Aadhaar/UPI/Jan Dhan), quality talent, and enterprise market growth. 3one4 backs mission-driven founders building pre-consensus transformative companies for the new Indian economy with deep operational involvement and research-led conviction. Bengaluru, India | $500K – $5M | 40 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 238 | ▶ Bling Capital The hardest thing in seed is finding product-market fit. We help you find it. If you already have product-market fit, we will help you scale. We partner with exceptionally ambitious founders for the long run and provide capital combined with operational expertise through our 100+ member Product Council. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 239 | ▶ 468 Capital 468 Capital rejects narrow thematic investing, instead backing founder-led technology companies with unique, compelling market visions and clear paths to global market leadership, drawing on the founding GPs' own operating experience building HelloFresh, FoodPanda, and Mesosphere/D2iQ. Berlin | $250K – $5M | 20 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 240 | ▶ Overlooked Ventures Overlooked Ventures invests in early-stage companies founded by historically overlooked and underrepresented founders (women, Black founders, immigrant founders, and other marginalized communities). The fund believes that diverse founding teams drive superior business outcomes and higher returns, yet systemic barriers prevent these founders from accessing capital at the same rates as privileged founders. We invest capital, provide operational support, and open our network to help overlooked founders succeed. Columbus | $150K – $250K | 9 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 241 | ▶ Pear VC Exceptional founders backed at pre-seed and seed with both capital and hands-on operational support—talent, GTM, fundraising—build the most enduring companies. Pear is founder-first: founders-and-operators turned investors who have been in founders' shoes. Menlo Park | $250K – $6M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 242 | ▶ UpHonest Capital We invest in the most promising entrepreneurs building the fastest-growing early-stage startups. We provide cross-border access by connecting founders to resources and networks across the world's most valuable and influential VC markets. Palo Alto | $50K – $1M | 26 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 243 | ▶ Mangusta Capital Mangusta backs founders building mission-critical capabilities at the intersection of vertical AI and consumer disruption. Three investment filters: Domain Depth (vertical-specific expertise), Defensibility (proprietary data + systems integration), and Distribution (embedded GTM). The firm believes vertical AI co-pilots that augment domain experts — rather than generic AI — represent the most durable and defensible category. San Francisco | $1M – $20M | 14 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 244 | ▶ Marketplace Capital Marketplaces are the quintessential internet business model, creating the largest venture outcomes when they work. We believe marketplaces represent the winning business model across virtually every sector. When marketplaces unlock entirely new supply or enable connections that couldn't previously exist, they create enormous value. Our community of 2,800+ marketplace founders, combined with our operating expertise, positions us uniquely to spot breakout marketplaces early and help them scale. | $100K – $250K | 14 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 245 | ▶ F4 Fund We back the relentless - founders with exceptional drive, clear vision, and proven execution ability building ambitious category-defining companies. | $100K – $500K | 32 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 246 | ▶ XFactor Ventures Support ambitious founders with the 'X Factor' – the insight and drive to build billion-dollar companies. Particularly focused on female founders and mixed-gender teams who have been historically underrepresented in VC. New York | $125K – $150K | 32 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 247 | ▶ Incubate Fund Incubate Fund provides unwavering hands-on support to visionary entrepreneurs from the earliest stages. As Japan's leading seed-stage VC, they go beyond capital to provide operational support, founder counseling, talent recruitment, and business introductions. Core question: 'Does this action lead to impact?' Tokyo | $200K – $2M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 248 | ▶ TCV Identify innovators capturing shifts in technology and behavior that reshape their industries, and empower mission-driven teams toward market-leading scale through a partnership-driven, long-term growth-equity approach. Menlo Park | $10M – $500M | 37 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 249 | ▶ Watertower Ventures We partner with visionary founders building category-defining companies. We provide not just capital, but operational support, customer development assistance, and access to our network. As 11x founders ourselves, we understand the startup journey and help founders navigate from idea to category-defining company. Los Angeles | $250K – $5M | 13 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 250 | ▶ House Capital Pair Berkeley founders — alumni, faculty, students, affiliates — with unparalleled resources and they are unstoppable. We are community-first, not capital-first, built from the Cal ecosystem upward. We invest at inception stage based on where technology is actually going, informed by our network of world-class AI researchers, not market hype. Berkeley | $100K – $2M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 251 | ▶ Morado Ventures Morado invests in the 'data-fueled revolution' — backing systems builders who architect new operating systems for legacy industries. They focus on AI, data infrastructure, industrial IoT, robotics & autonomy, computer vision, and health tech at the seed stage. Palo Alto | $250K – $2M | 24 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 252 | ▶ Creandum We back the companies of tomorrow before it's obvious. We combine early-stage European investing with a permanent San Francisco presence to help founders build category-defining global companies. We invest in ambitious technical founders who deeply understand industry transformation. Stockholm | $200K – $10M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 253 | ▶ Left Lane Capital Invest in hyper-growth consumer and technology businesses with enduring customer relationships. Back founders challenging the status quo through digital transformation. Focus on companies with strong unit economics, loyal customer bases, and defensible competitive advantages in complex, regulation-heavy markets. Brooklyn | $5M – $50M | 42 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 254 | ▶ Unpopular Ventures Invest in the smartest people, regardless of what they're building, especially if the idea sounds bad in the beginning. Focus on exceptional founders in overlooked markets and non-consensus businesses. Optimize for founder quality over sector fit. San Francisco | $25K – $1M | 42 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 255 | ▶ Behind Genius Ventures Invest in technical storytellers—founders with deep technical depth, exceptional communication skills, and strong execution velocity. Fund innovation in traditionally overlooked industries (Clipboard Companies) by applying modern technology while respecting domain expertise. San Diego | $150K – $250K | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 256 | ▶ Icehouse Ventures Back exceptional Kiwi founders building globally transformative companies, from day one to IPO. New Zealand founders represent a significantly undervalued asset class, and Icehouse provides capital plus an ecosystem of 3,000+ investors and deep operational support. Auckland | $100K – $10M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 257 | ▶ Concrete Rose Capital We invest financial and social capital into exceptional ventures led by visionary, values-aligned teams. Technology is the 'new West' - we seek to broaden opportunities by partnering with pioneering founders to bring entire communities along on their journey of reimagining the world. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 47 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 258 | ▶ Battery Ventures Battery Ventures operates as a stage-agnostic firm backing technology-driven category leaders across all growth stages from seed to buyout. The firm believes the best tech investments span the entire founder journey, and they practice collaborative, research-focused investing with embedded operational support through their Portfolio Services platform. They seek technical founders with deep domain expertise and experienced operators building in four core sectors: Application Software, Infrastructure Software, Consumer, and Industrial Tech + Life Science Tools. Boston | $1M – $500M | 23 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 259 | ▶ Zeev Ventures Solo GP model combining angel investing speed with VC-scale checks. Backs non-traditional founders solving their own problems. Rejects process-heavy VC bureaucracy in favor of speed, decisiveness, and founder-first engagement. Palo Alto | $20M – $50M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 260 | ▶ Redalpine Redalpine backs companies at the convergence of software and science — where rigorous engineering meets scientific breakthroughs. Half the team are scientists, half are operators, enabling them to engage deeply with highly technical founders and support them hands-on from day one through to exit. Primary focus areas: frontier science and biotech, digital health, AI and automation, fintech, synthetic biology, and climate tech. Zug | $500K – $5M | 40 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 261 | ▶ Brickyard Extraordinary founders execute faster when isolated from distractions and provided intensive on-site support. We seek junkyard dogs with high agency, non-obvious vision, delusional optimism, and execution discipline. Category matters far less than founder quality. Chattanooga, TN | $100K – $500K | 52 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 262 | ▶ Female Founders Fund Female founders build exceptional companies that outperform their male peers. We invest in category-defining female leaders with strong points of view who are reshaping their markets, backed by community and supported by a visible ecosystem. New York | $250K – $2M | 28 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 263 | ▶ White Star Capital Technology companies are becoming intertwined with the global economy more so than ever before. The most compelling founders build businesses through a broader world view. White Star Capital backs globally ambitious entrepreneurs at Series A, B, and Seed stages across North America, Europe, and Asia, helping them scale internationally through deep local presence on three continents. London | $1M – $25M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 264 | ▶ Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) NYC has tremendous entrepreneurial talent but lacked a structured environment for early-stage founders. ERA provides capital, intense mentorship, and network access to help founders build market-leading companies. Every sector deserves innovation. New York | $150K – $150K | 39 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 265 | ▶ Day One Ventures We help mission-driven pioneers win by harnessing the power of storytelling, art and culture. We back early-stage companies with customer obsession in their DNA and accelerate the mass adoption of technologies they create. Founders need more than capital—they need strategic support in building their narrative and leveraging media to accelerate adoption. San Francisco | $300K – $5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 266 | ▶ InfoEdge Ventures Partner with passionate entrepreneurs building enduring, tech-enabled businesses in India. Be the first institutional investor and provide patient capital with long fund cycles, supporting companies from seed to pre-IPO. Bring 25+ years of operational experience, regulatory expertise, and deep connectivity across India's tech ecosystem. Gurgaon, India | $300K – $5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 267 | ▶ Liquid 2 Champions exceptional founders to build lasting companies through experience, community, and capital. Generalist technology investor whose edge is network depth — Joe Montana's unmatched rolodex and 800+ portfolio company network enables introductions that most seed funds cannot provide. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 27 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 268 | ▶ RRE Ventures RRE backs visionary early-stage founders leveraging technological breakthroughs to reshape industries. Systematic focus on Physical AI (AI that touches atoms) and Decentralized AI (bridging web3 and AI infrastructure). Boutique model enables direct partnerships with founders vs. large portfolio strategies. 30+ years of multi-cycle experience. New York | $1M – $15M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 269 | ▶ FirstMark We back disruptive founders building category-defining companies. Our approach is founder-first, long-term, and deeply operational. We take the longest view in the room, operate with excellence and integrity, stay curious at the bleeding edge, and invest heavily in building community. New York | $250K – $10M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 270 | ▶ Nava Ventures Early-stage technology and innovation companies with emphasis on vertical AI, health tech, developer infrastructure, fintech, and legacy industry modernization. Backs 'problem-obsessed' founders creating new markets. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 271 | ▶ Third Kind Venture Capital We seek extraordinary founders building transformational products. Product-obsessed founders with deep market understanding, exceptional execution ability, and the drive to build lasting companies create the most value. New York | $500K – $5M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 272 | ▶ Menlo Ventures Menlo invests in transformative technology companies at multiple stages of early growth. We provide capital, operational expertise, and hands-on support to help founders build scalable businesses that change how we live and work. San Francisco | $500K – $20M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 273 | ▶ New Enterprise Associates (NEA) NEA partners with ambitious founders at every stage of company building, from pre-seed through IPO. They invest at the intersection of technology and healthcare, believing the most transformational innovation occurs where deep domain expertise meets world-class technical founders. NEA serves as both capital provider and active operator. Menlo Park | $1M – $50M | 26 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 274 | ▶ Canyon Creek Capital We invest at the Bridge-to-Series A stage—the critical inflection point for companies with real market adoption and product-market fit that are not yet ready for traditional Series A rounds. We partner with exceptional entrepreneurs to build game-changing companies while maximizing investor flexibility and returns. Santa Monica | $100K – $1M | 11 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 275 | ▶ Jason Ball Support early-stage founders with conviction and vision across technology, sustainability, and innovation. Focus on founders solving real market problems with sustainable, scalable solutions. Combine institutional investing expertise with hands-on operational mentorship. | $50K – $500K | 11 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 276 | ▶ Skyview Capital Unlock value from overlooked corporate assets through operational excellence and strategic management. Partner with outstanding management teams to transform divisions into standalone, high-growth companies. Los Angeles | $100K – $75M | 11 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 277 | ▶ Canaan Partners Canaan invests in visionaries with transformative ideas across a 60/40 technology-to-healthcare split. The firm seeks early-stage companies with authentic founder passion, clear problem-solving value, and the potential to improve lives. Canaan runs a transparent, debate-driven partnership with deep operational expertise in healthcare regulation, biotech fundraising, and enterprise scaling. Menlo Park | $1M – $20M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 278 | ▶ Force Ventures At the earliest stages, team > market > product > idea. Great founders find their way into large markets. Focus on unit economics and value capture alongside value creation. Strong emphasis on B2B managed marketplaces and India-first consumer/enterprise plays. Bengaluru, India | $50K – $2M | 25 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 279 | ▶ 645 Ventures We partner with relentless founders who defy convention to change the future. Our four founder paradigms—purity of motivation, earned secret, obsessed problem solving, and non-consensus thinking—guide our investment decisions. We believe the best founders are intrinsically motivated to solve real problems, have deep domain expertise, relentlessly iterate to find better solutions, and have the courage to diverge from established paths. New York | $1M – $10M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 280 | ▶ Coatue The best investment opportunities emerge at the intersection of innovation and scale. We invest across the full lifecycle from seed to public markets, focusing on technology companies that will transform sectors globally with particular conviction in AI-enabled platforms and infrastructure. New York | $1M – $100M | 30 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 281 | ▶ Trousdale Ventures We invest in mission-driven companies that dare to tackle impossible challenges, striving to transform industries and create lasting societal impact. We seek founders with audacity to dream big, resilience to persevere, and potential to build forever companies that shape human history. Los Angeles | $5M – $25M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 282 | ▶ Black Operator Ventures All-Black GP team of active tech founders investing exclusively in early-stage Black-led companies. Address Series A funding gap through seed excellence, company preparation, and network leverage. Invest in founders with resilience, subject matter expertise, conviction, and coachability. Miami | $1M – $1.5M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 283 | ▶ Graph Ventures Back founders from day one with founder-focused support across fundraising, growth, product, and international expansion. We believe diverse founding teams and global thinking drive exceptional returns. San Francisco | $5K – $5M | 29 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 284 | ▶ Upslope Ventures Exceptional teams can originate from any location. We provide more than capital and introductions. By leveraging our network we aim to empower entrepreneurs with the resources they need to have their best chance at success—even if we don't invest. Denver | $100K – $500K | 29 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 285 | ▶ Lightbank Lightbank invests in disruptive technology companies led by great founders in dynamic markets with world-class products. The firm believes exceptional founders and opportunities exist everywhere, especially in overlooked geographies like the Midwest. We partner with early-stage founders and provide operator-heavy support beyond capital. Chicago | $500K – $5M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 286 | ▶ Tapestry VC Repeat founders have an unfair advantage. We specialize in supporting experienced operators launching their next venture with operational partnership, patient capital, and optimized founder networks. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 287 | ▶ DCM Unconventional ideas shape progress. DCM looks for potential in the overlooked, applying first-principles thinking and concentrating deeply on a small cohort of companies each year rather than spreading capital thin, with a global (US/Asia-Pacific) perspective and local execution. Menlo Park | $2M – $25M | 19 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 288 | ▶ Kokopelli Capital Great founders exist outside coastal hubs. We invest in scalable businesses founded by exceptional entrepreneurs in the Rocky Mountain region and Austin. Boulder, CO / Austin, TX | $25K – $500K | 10 | Both | Between | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 289 | ▶ Debut Capital Early-stage venture capital for IT and Biotech companies in Colorado Front Range and Mid-Atlantic. Focus on experienced founding teams solving important problems with potential for significant financial returns. Patient capital approach with operational support and deep regional networks. New York | $500K – $5M | 48 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 290 | ▶ Black Star Fund Best-in-class Black-led, high-growth companies represent a new asset class producing outsized returns. Black founders and their companies, historically overlooked and undercapitalized, represent a watershed investment opportunity. Sacramento | $50K – $1M | 14 | Leads | Between | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 291 | ▶ Eximius Ventures India's only sector-differentiated pre-seed fund backing bold entrepreneurs and seasoned operators building transformative companies from India for the world, across FinTech, AI/SaaS, HealthTech, Media/Gaming, and Consumer Tech. Gurugram, India | $250K – $500K | 14 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 292 | ▶ Otium Capital A long-term capital platform that backs bold entrepreneurs across startup creation, venture investing, growth financings, and buy-and-build situations. Paris | $2M – $200M | 14 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 293 | ▶ IDG Capital Backing founders and teams building lasting companies across TMT, healthcare, consumer & entertainment, and advanced manufacturing/clean tech, with a multi-decade time horizon and a bridge role between China and global capital markets. Hong Kong | $1M – $100M | 23 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 294 | ▶ Offline Ventures The best ideas don't come from a screen—they're born offline in the real world. We invest in founders who build differently, prioritizing how they build as much as what they build. We believe original thinking, human-centric innovation, and founder wellness are prerequisites for building great companies. New York | $250K – $5M | 23 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 295 | ▶ L'ATTITUDE Ventures Latino founders represent an underserved but exceptionally talented segment of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We invest in visionary founders who combine bold ideas with execution excellence to build scalable, high-impact businesses that create both economic and social value. We believe institutional capital paired with strategic partnership from Fortune 100 executives and operating experts can unlock the full potential of Latino-led innovation. San Diego | $500K – $3M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 296 | ▶ 16vc 16VC backs early founders building enterprise software, AI, deep tech, fintech infrastructure, Web3, creator economy, and selected consumer technology companies where technology creates lasting competitive advantage. London | $250K – $2M | 6 | N/A | Active | N/A | Open |
| 297 | ▶ ANIM Fund Support visionary founders from underrepresented backgrounds building transformative solutions across global markets. Break barriers of proximity and access to capital through Google for Startups integration and proprietary DEI-focused investment criteria. Invest from inception through Series A, with particular focus on emerging markets and frontier geographies overlooked by traditional venture capital. London | $100K – $1M | 6 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 298 | ▶ Feminvest Ventures Back women-led companies that can combine commercial performance with a visible ownership and category-shaping impact. Feminvest Ventures uses the wider Feminvest community as a sourcing and support advantage, and favors founders who can turn trust, distribution, and ownership into a durable market position. Stockholm | $200K – $500K | 6 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 299 | ▶ Verified Capital Concentrated, high-conviction backing for transformative technology companies at any stage, with practical emphasis on AI-native applications and software-enabled professional workflows. San Francisco | $250K – $4M | 6 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 300 | ▶ Vast Ventures We invest in companies organized around five concrete objectives: improving worldwide health and happiness, promoting resource sustainability, increasing human potential and productivity, increasing knowledge/empathy/connectedness, and disrupting industries that resist these goals. We operate as both investors and company-builders, providing operational expertise and hands-on support far beyond capital. New York | $250K – $3M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 301 | ▶ ZhenFund Believe in innovation, risk-taking, and young talent. Best entrepreneurs are rare and precious. Provide quick capital, friendly terms, genuine commitment. Help but don't complicate. Monthly founder support. Beijing | $250K – $3M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 302 | ▶ LOI Venture Back the brightest early-stage founders under 30. We provide capital, mentorship, and network access to accelerate ambitious young entrepreneurs who graduate from our League of Innovators program or demonstrate exceptional founder quality. Vancouver | $100K – $1M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 303 | ▶ Rule30 Rule30 uses a fully algorithmic decision engine to identify outlier founders at pre-seed and seed stages across Europe and North America. The fund removes human bias by analyzing founder experience, educational background, network evolution, and career trajectory — excluding names and photos. The algorithm ranks founders into top 10%, 3%, and 0.1% tiers. An index-style strategy of 75-85 bets targets ≥3x minimum returns with 97.5% confidence. London | $100K – $300K | 35 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 304 | ▶ SignalFire Data and technology combined with sector expertise and operational support unlock unfair advantages for early-stage startups. We build venture capital like a tech company. San Francisco | $250K – $100M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 305 | ▶ Dragoneer Investment Group We target leading technology companies with sustainable differentiation and attractive unit economics, backing durable competitive moats such as network effects, proprietary data, and switching costs, and holding positions through full market cycles from late-stage private financing into public markets. San Francisco | $50M – $500M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 306 | ▶ Expansion Venture Capital Entrepreneurs, not VCs, build great companies. We invest early in great & passionate entrepreneurs and serve as long-term partners. Available 24/7 to help founders with mentorship, product-market fit, fundraising, business development, customer acquisition, talent sourcing, and strategic partnerships. New York | $250K – $1M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 307 | ▶ Sand Hill Angels Sand Hill Angels backs seed-stage, high-tech companies with large and growing markets, well-defined problems, disruptive solutions, defensible technology, and strong teams with demonstrated ability to execute. The group leverages 145+ experienced angels to provide capital, mentorship, and network access across the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Mountain View | $50K – $2M | 30 | Follows | Active | N/A | Open |
| 308 | ▶ Quorum Capital Partners Uncovering potential through collective conviction. Quorum engineers a system for selecting early-stage startups that leverages the discernment of domain experts via Specialist Limited Partners (SLPs) who earn carry on deals they source or evaluate. This creates specialist-level conviction across generalist domains. Philadelphia | $100K – $750K | 21 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 309 | ▶ Kima Ventures Back ambitious teams with strong learning and execution capacities across all sectors, stages, and geographies. Technology-enabled businesses preferred. Volume-based, founder-centric investment philosophy. Paris | $100K – $200K | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 310 | ▶ Expa We build category-defining companies through a combination of design, product, operations, and capital. We identify market gaps, pair brilliant founders with Expa's studio resources, and help them build companies that reshape entire industries. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 60 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 311 | ▶ Founder Collective We invest at the earliest stages and partner with exceptional entrepreneurs from idea to IPO. We stay small by design to remain aligned with founders. We're sector-agnostic, conviction-driven, capital-efficient, and believe in founder/market fit and intrinsic value over hype. Boston | $250K – $3M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 312 | ▶ 500 Global Global venture capital that invests where talent is abundant but capital and opportunity are not. 500 Global backs technology founders with global ambitions across underinvested, fast-growing markets using Silicon Valley expertise combined with deep local knowledge. Core belief: The best founders and innovation emerge globally, not just Silicon Valley. San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 16 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 313 | ▶ The Fund The best people to invest in startups are people who have built startups. We identify exceptional founders in geographies outside traditional venture hubs, building locally-run pre-seed funds with community-powered decision making. New York | $50K – $250K | 16 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 314 | ▶ GoAhead Ventures We invest in people, not business scripts. We believe exceptional founders can come from anywhere. Our open video-pitch funnel replaces traditional warm intros with meritocratic founder access. We want to see and hear you—your passion, vision, and commitment matter more than a polished deck. Menlo Park | $200K – $1M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 315 | ▶ Park Rangers Capital Park Rangers backs 'elephant founders' — storytellers and community leaders whose distribution, community, and authenticity are the real moat. In a world where AI commoditizes software, the defensible edge is the community you build around your product. New York | $100K – $250K | 12 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 316 | ▶ Sequoia Capital Invests across the full stack of AI infrastructure and services. Focus on long-horizon agents and AI-native services that sell completed work rather than tools. Backs companies from seed through late-stage expansion. Menlo Park | $1M – $200M | 12 | N/A | 0mo | N/A | N/A |
| 317 | ▶ Rainfall Ventures We invest in world-class founders solving significant problems. We prioritize founder quality, founder-problem fit, and values-aligned partnerships. We help exceptional founders become category leaders early, before they become obvious trends. Los Angeles | $500K – $5M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 318 | ▶ Sequel Sequel is a digital family office for elite athletes, artists, and entrepreneurs. They back founders who 'bend reality' and believe impossible is an opinion, co-investing alongside top-tier VCs in companies that advance humanity. Beyond capital, Sequel provides storytelling, network access, media attention, and go-to-market support from their community of world champions and culture shapers. Focus areas include healthcare, climate, education, sports tech, and financial inclusion. Miami | $100K – $3M | 5 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 319 | ▶ Atomic By combining ideas, capital, and talent, we can scale entrepreneurship and build transformational companies. We source 800+ ideas internally, recruit co-founders, and provide day-one operational support in design, engineering, finance, and recruiting. Miami | $300K – $10M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 320 | ▶ Granite Asia Asia's most trusted multi-asset private capital platform. Partners with visionary founders and leaders to build industry champions across Southeast Asia, China, India, and Japan. Deploys capital across five structural themes: Consumer Growth, Enterprise Workflow, Food Systems, Health Innovation, and Energy Transition. Offers flexible, multi-asset financing spanning venture equity to private credit to support companies at every stage of their business lifecycle. Singapore | $2M – $60M | 11 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 321 | ▶ Mucker Capital Mucker Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in technology companies from pre-seed through Series B. We partner closely with founders building scalable businesses, often providing a company’s first institutional check and continuing to support them through later stages. Mucker has offices in Venice, California, Austin, and Toronto, and primarily invests across the United States and Canada, with the ability to back exceptional founders in other markets. Venice | $100K – $15M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 322 | ▶ Peak XV Partners Outlier founders and ideas shape the future of humanity. We back ambitious founders building category-defining companies that create significant impact while generating returns that support non-profit and educational causes. Bangalore | $500K – $100M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 323 | ▶ Primary Venture Partners Back founders building things the world hasn't seen yet, at the moment before the crowd believes. Combine capital with extraordinary operational support through largest Portfolio Impact team at any NYC seed investor. Focus on technical founders solving real problems with clear product-market fit signals. New York | $100K – $5M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 324 | ▶ Halogen Ventures The smartest place you can invest your capital is in women. We bet on early-stage female-founded and female-led companies creating groundbreaking consumer and B2B software technologies that solve meaningful problems in families, healthcare, childcare, education, climate, and sustainability. Santa Monica | $100K – $1M | 29 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 325 | ▶ NFX Network effects are the #1 way to create defensibility in digital businesses. We invest in visionary founders building defensible businesses with network effects embedded in their core product. San Francisco | $1M – $5M | 28 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 326 | ▶ Strong Ventures Back resilient founders building category-defining companies. Leverage Korea's cultural wave for global expansion. When others say 'no', we find the 'yes'. Los Angeles | $500K – $5M | 35 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 327 | ▶ TheFounderVC Backs U.S. pre-seed and seed founders building vertical AI applications where domain expertise, workflow-native products, differentiated data, and personalized UX can create category leaders. Seattle | $100K – $250K | 7 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 328 | ▶ Crossbeam Venture Partners We are a stage-agnostic venture capital firm investing in exceptional founders building the companies that shape our world. New York | $500K – $3M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 329 | ▶ HongShan Back transformative entrepreneurs building category-defining companies across technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors, from seed to buyout. Partner with founders throughout the full company lifecycle with capital, operational support, and the network built over 20 years of China and global investing. Hong Kong | $500K – $2000M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 330 | ▶ Alpine Ventures Product-obsessed investing in consumer tech, prosumer software, and SMB applications. We back founders based on product quality and user value, not credentials or background. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 13 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 331 | ▶ Tiger Global Management Leading global companies that leverage technological innovation across public and private markets. Proven founders (especially ex-Googlers, AWS, Stripe) with large TAMs (billions+), product-led growth, and global ambitions. Conviction-based investing post-2022 correction emphasizing quality over quantity. New York | $1M – $100M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 332 | ▶ Streamlined Ventures Visionary founders are the true catalysts of transformation and progress. We partner with exceptional founders at the seed stage to help them build extraordinary companies through intensive operational support, structured tools, and candid guidance. Palo Alto | $250K – $10M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 333 | ▶ Tunitas Ventures Category creating companies with few to no competitors, defensible business models, and unit economics that are starting to work. Invest across all technology sectors except healthcare. Require 50x return potential. Primary value-add is helping raise Series A from the best possible investor. Menlo Park | $500K – $1.5M | 19 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 334 | ▶ Sixty8 Capital Venture capital systematically overlooks innovation from Black, Brown, women, LGBTQ+, and disabled founders. We back high-potential underrepresented founders in the Midwest and South, addressing the geographic and demographic gaps in traditional coastal VC. The talent is here—between the coasts—and deserves institutional capital and ecosystem support. Indianapolis | $250K – $500K | 9 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 335 | ▶ Sky9 Capital Sky9 backs technical founders building category-defining companies across AI, consumer internet, fintech, deep tech, and biotech. The firm uses a cross-border platform and direct partner involvement to help companies scale from the earliest stages into international growth. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 9 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 336 | ▶ Insight Partners Software founders need more than capital to scale successfully. Insight Partners combines investment capital with hands-on operational expertise, embedded teams, and network access to accelerate company growth across all stages. New York | $10M – $350M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 337 | ▶ Kaedan Capital Entrepreneur-centric private investment firm backing Israeli-related seed to early-stage ventures across diverse technology areas. Patient partners who allow founders to build global tech companies at their own pace. Tel Aviv | $250K – $1.5M | 21 | N/A | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 338 | ▶ Gaingels Equity of access and representation in venture capital delivers positive returns. Diverse and underrepresented (including LGBTQ+) leaders of high-growth companies deserve capital access. When these founders succeed, they influence ecosystems and open doors for historically excluded groups. New York | $200K – $500K | 29 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 339 | ▶ MaC Venture Capital MaC backs visionary founders building category-defining companies with deep understanding of cultural shifts, technological advancements, and emerging market trends. Founders must demonstrate authentic insight into why their problem needs solving now, combined with ability to see how the world is changing. Particular focus on founders paying attention to shifts others might miss. | $500K – $2M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 340 | ▶ Origins Fund Origins backs legendary consumer founders with an unfair advantage from pre-seed to series A. We combine venture capital with the power of celebrity and athlete influence, providing not just capital but access to 160M+ social media followers through our limited partners for user acquisition and brand amplification. New York | $100K – $500K | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 341 | ▶ Evolution Venture Capital Partners Culture-Tech companies that disrupt and define how we live, work, play, and interact with the world every day. We invest in passionate founders building transformative products that change cultural behaviors. New York | $500K – $6M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 342 | ▶ Blume Ventures Partner early with visionary, technical founders building India-first technology companies, with a sub-thesis around Indian engineering talent extending to global markets. Mumbai | $200K – $2.5M | 16 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 343 | ▶ Winner Capital The next generation of transformative companies will be built by founders who understand that AI isn't a feature — it's the foundation. We back AI-native companies at the earliest stages when conviction matters most. San Francisco | $100K – $100K | 1 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 344 | ▶ Flucas Ventures Democratize access to venture capital by building large syndicates of non-traditional LPs. Invest across all stages, sectors, and geographies based on founder quality and market conviction, not category restrictions. Enable 2,000+ diverse co-investors to participate alongside marquee firms like Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz while maintaining founder-friendly economics. Miami | $250K – $5M | 17 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 345 | ▶ VU Venture Partners Invest in early-stage tech companies addressing world's largest market opportunities and solving humanity's biggest challenges. Leverage global distributed team to source, evaluate, and support transformational founders. San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 17 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 346 | ▶ Asylum Ventures The best founders are artists — obsessive, compelled by novel ideas, and often initially misunderstood. Asylum backs these creative builders with capital and hands-on support when asked, without taking board seats or administrative control. Fund I is $55M deploying $1–2M checks at pre-seed and seed. Brooklyn | $1M – $2M | 8 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 347 | ▶ TheoryForge Operator-led fund investing in ambitious founders building transformative AI applications. We partner with technical founders who understand AI/ML deeply and are solving real customer problems with capital efficiency. Great product is always the best marketing. | $200K – $500K | 38 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 348 | ▶ Hidden Capital High-conviction seed fund focused on alignment and partnership. Blake invests in technical founders building enduring companies across gaming, hardware, creator economy, and emerging tech. Core belief: VC is a service business where concentrated ownership creates genuine incentives for hands-on support. | $500K – $3M | 3 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
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F4 Fund tracks 348 VC firms that actively invest in consumer apps & social + enterprise software. These firms are ranked using a composite score that weighs data completeness (30%), portfolio depth (30%), investment recency (25%), and stage alignment (15%).
Based on F4's analysis, the median check size for consumer apps & social + enterprise software investors is $2.3M – $2.3M, with a full range from $5K – $10000M. The distribution breaks down as: 52 firms in the <$500K range, 47 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 67 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 68 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 46 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 68 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 348 firms tracked, 89% lead or co-lead rounds, and 9% typically follow. Founders seeking a lead investor should filter for firms marked "Leads" or "Both" in the rankings table above. Lead investors typically set deal terms and anchor the round.
The best consumer apps & social + enterprise software investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 29% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 36 portfolio companies. Look for firms whose check size matches your raise, whose stage preference aligns with yours, and who have a track record of supporting companies in your sector through multiple growth phases.
Firm profiles are continuously updated through F4's research pipeline, which combines LLM-powered web research, portfolio analysis, and transcript extraction. The ranking data refreshes every 12 hours. Editorial analysis is reviewed weekly. Individual firm profiles are re-researched on a 30-day cycle or when new information surfaces.