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Top Developer Tools & Infrastructure Investors 2026

244 VC firms investing in developer tools & infrastructure, ranked by portfolio depth and activity.

Research by F4 Fund|Based on 3,300+ researched VC firms

Ranked by sector depth: the share of each firm's classified portfolio in this sector, its absolute count of investments here, and how recently it last invested. Firms need at least three portfolio companies in the sector to appear.

F4 Intelligence Brief
November 2026

F4 Fund tracks 244 VC firms that actively invest in developer tools & infrastructure, with check sizes ranging from $10K – $10000M (median: $2.5M). As of November 2026, 91% of these firms lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 3,300+ researched VC firms. Ranked by how much of each firm's portfolio is actually in this sector, and how recently it invested.

244
Active Firms
Meet quality criteria
$2.5M
Median Check
91%
Lead Rounds
Lead or co-lead
69
Avg Portfolio
Companies per firm
6.1
Avg Team
Investment professionals
23%
Warm Intro
Prefer warm intros
All StagesPre-Seed(177)

Developer Tools & Infrastructure Investor Rankings

#FirmCheck SizePortfolioLeads?Last investedDecisionIntro
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Amplify Partners
#59 · Top 100 · 2026

The best companies will be built by technical founders - engineers, researchers, and scientists who have experienced a problem viscerally and are compelled to solve it. We invest in tools, platforms, and infrastructure for technical builders, and we partner with founders to help them evolve into leaders of generational companies.

Menlo Park
$1.5M – $10M123Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
2
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Galion.exe

A new breed of seed fund by and for entrepreneurs: back young tech startups in intelligence, network and sustainability, backed by a community of 400+ founders.

Paris
$250K – $2.5M32Both
Oct 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
3
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Together Fund

AI-native startups led by visionary founders redefining global industries. 10x Solutions, Not 10% Improvements. Operator-led partners who have built and scaled companies, bringing hands-on mentorship and network access.

Bangalore
$1M – $10M37Both
~Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
4
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8-Bit Capital

Network-powered startups connecting people and businesses through software tools and platforms

$250K – $3M63Both
Oct 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
5
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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
$500K128Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
6
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The E14 Fund

We back MIT founders building deep-tech companies with defensible science or engineering advantages. We support the transition from researcher to founder, providing both capital ($500K-$5M) and operational support through the MIT ecosystem.

Cambridge
$500K – $5M152Leads
~Oct 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
7
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Accel
#3 · Top 100 · 2026

Partner with exceptional teams building transformative technology companies across all stages

San Francisco
$2M – $10M226Both
Oct 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
8
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Zero Prime Ventures

We back deeply technical engineer-founders building the infrastructure, platforms, and applications powering AI and data. We support pre-incorporation teams and write first checks for exceptional technical talent.

San Francisco
$500K – $24.1M47Leads
~Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
9
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Puzzle Ventures

Finding the next puzzle piece in the crypto space. Puzzle Ventures helps early-stage blockchain startups grow and reshape the future of Web3 through strategic capital, infrastructure expertise, and deep crypto ecosystem connections.

Berlin
$1M – $5M40Follows
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
10
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Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

The next generation of category-defining software will be built by technical founders at the earliest stage, with AI infrastructure, developer workflows, and security primitives as core battlegrounds. Vermilion wants to be the first meaningful yes for teams that can ship quickly and learn from customers immediately.

New York
$200K – $500K37Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
11
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Andreessen Horowitz
#2 · Top 100 · 2026

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 – $200M153Both
Nov 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
12
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Insight Partners
#28 · Top 100 · 2026

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 – $350M31Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
13
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Mango Capital
#60 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Enterprise software companies leveraging modern agent infrastructure, open source, and AI to solve infrastructure and application challenges. Best companies come from technical founders with deep expertise in their domain. Mango Capital backs founders at inception before product-market fit, focused specifically on agent infrastructure and intelligent applications.

San Francisco
$2M – $3M43Both
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
14
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Heavybit

Heavybit invests in unique founders with transformative visions who are redefining how teams build, deploy, secure, and scale enterprise software. They back founders from Day 0, before the broader market recognizes their potential.

San Francisco
$500K – $5M25Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
15
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Abstract Ventures
#28 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Backing transformative founders building exceptional companies across all sectors

San Francisco
$100K – $1M290Both
Oct 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
16
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IVP
#22 · Top 100 · 2026

We supercharge growth in breakout companies, converting momentum into market dominance. We invest exclusively at Series B and beyond in companies that have achieved product-market fit and are ready to scale from millions to hundreds of millions in revenue.

San Francisco
$1M – $25M33Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 moReq'd
17
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Outset Capital

Pre-seed and seed-stage investments in AI, developer tools, robotics, and the future of work, led by operator-investors with deep technical and operational expertise. We write small checks early and provide hands-on mentorship grounded in our operating experience. We believe the best opportunities exist before anyone else is looking.

San Francisco
$100K – $200K25Follows
~Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
18
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Untapped Capital

We invest in the earliest pre-seed startups led by founders outside typical networks, selling into large and growing markets, with unique approaches or insights. We focus on under-networked, execution-focused founders—introverted technologists, industry veterans, and heads-down operators—who create outsized value through systematic sourcing and deep technical partnership.

Los Angeles
$100K – $250K62Both
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
19
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Salesforce Ventures

Enterprise technology is the sole focus. Patient capital with an evergreen model — Salesforce is the sole LP with no fund lifecycle pressure, enabling investing across market cycles. AI is the defining platform shift of our era: from model infrastructure to AI applications to robotics and agents. Strategic value beyond capital: unmatched access to the Salesforce enterprise ecosystem and Fortune 500 network for customer introductions, early product feedback, and go-to-market acceleration.

San Francisco
$1M – $50M101Both
~Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
20
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TwentyTwo VC

Invest earlier than most other investors and make decisions quickly. We focus on ambitious founders building unusually great companies in SaaS, developer tools, fintech, open source, and marketplaces. Our smaller check sizes allow founders to maintain control and enable us to deploy efficiently across 100+ companies.

San Francisco
$250K – $2M36Both
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
21
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Vela Partners

AI-native quant VC backing seed-stage founders with speed and precision. The world's first AI-only fund uses proprietary machine learning models and a University of Oxford research partnership to identify exceptional founders building category-defining AI products. Vela's AI Suite analyzes 300+ early-stage companies weekly; their models demonstrate 10-20x improvement over baseline success prediction rates.

San Francisco
$100K – $500K51Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
22
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Multicoin Capital
#84 · Top 100 · 2026

Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology will fundamentally restructure global financial systems. We invest in category-defining protocols and companies that reshape trillion-dollar markets through permissionless finance, technical innovation, and new economic paradigms enabled by blockchain. Particular focus on execution layers, DeFi infrastructure, stablecoins, payments, and emerging categories like DePIN, FHE, and crypto-AI intersection.

Austin
$100K – $5M130Follows
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
23
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First Momentum Ventures

Engineers at heart, investors by choice: pre-seed capital and hands-on support for highly ambitious technical teams solving hard problems with complex technology in Europe.

Karlsruhe, Germany
$250K – $1.5M37Both
Oct 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
24
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Haun Ventures
#97 · Top 100 · 2026

Crypto represents a long-term technological transformation rearchitecting global commerce. We back the boldest builders from seed through scale, combining deep regulatory expertise with institutional reach to help founders navigate policy uncertainty and drive adoption.

San Francisco
$1M – $100M37Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
25
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Index Ventures
#6 · Top 100 · 2026

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 – $50M380Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
26
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Colopl Next

Everyday more enjoyable and wonderful: invest globally in emerging technology, B2C and entertainment startups and young founders, plus concentrated positions in Japanese listed companies, using the Colopl group's product knowledge.

Tokyo
$330K – $660K176Both
Oct 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
27
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Octopus Ventures

Partner with ambitious founders building category-winning companies. We believe great founders who understand execution, customer obsession, and operational excellence can build transformative companies. We provide capital, operational guidance, network access, and strategic partnership—not just funding.

$250K – $2.5M67Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
28
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Inkberry VC

Early-stage fintech, B2B software, enterprise SaaS, digital infrastructure, payments, embedded finance, and AI workflow infrastructure companies across the US, UK, Europe, and Israel.

London
$250K – $1.5M11Follows
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
29
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JMI Equity

Back software and AI-driven companies with proven business models, rich IP and high recurring revenue, adding capital, team-building and a repeatable value creation process.

La Jolla, CA
$20M – $500M136Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
30
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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 – $750K64Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
31
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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 – $2M103Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
32
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System.One

The future is shaped by a few exceptional people with the vision to see it and the skill to build it. System.One finds technical founders at the inception stage and backs them early with conviction and alignment.

Berlin
$500K – $3M13N/A
Oct 2026
N/AN/A
33
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ICONIQ Growth
#10 · Top 100 · 2026

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 – $200M179Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
34
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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 – $2M129Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~1 moN/A
35
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Transpose Platform

First-check investors to exceptional founders building category-defining companies and to emerging venture funds reshaping the industry. Formation-stage specialists operating as partners from inception, not simply deploying capital.

Houston
$500K – $15M124Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
36
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Kosmos VC

Research-driven web3 investor backing contrarian crypto infrastructure, DeFi, GameFi, AI x crypto, prediction-market, and protocol opportunities where mechanism design and quantitative modeling can create durable network effects.

Perth
$100K – $2M40Both
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
37
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Cambium Capital

Investing in unproven technologies to drive disruptive innovation and redefine the future of AI, computing, and global commerce. Focus on the full compute stack: advanced compute silicon, memory storage, data movement, chip packaging, software toolchains, and compute silicon. The agentic AI era will require fundamentally new hardware architectures.

San Francisco
$1M – $5M29Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
38
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Mento VC

We invest in purposeful people on their way to building legendary companies. Using proprietary AI-driven sourcing, we identify frontier technology that multiplies human potential across AI Economy, Productivity Tools, Future of Work, and Fintech sectors.

United States
$1M – $10M29Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
39
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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 – $3M208Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
40
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Firstminute Capital

We invest in founders with laser-focused ambition to define technology across AI and deep tech. No stage is too early. Our role is to be their first call, fiercest champion and long-term partner from idea to impact.

London
$1.3M – $3.8M140Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
41
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Prototype

Europe can and should be the best place to live and innovate worldwide. With dense industrial supply chains and manufacturing expertise, Europe is positioned to lead in robotics and frontier tech. We invest in technical founders building obsessively on real problems with 10-15 investments per year at €200k-€400k checks.

Germany
$200K – $400K28Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
42
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Hack VC

Crypto-native teams solving fundamental Web3 problems, partnering on- and off-chain at earliest stages. Technical excellence, ecosystem building, and long-term Internet transformation through decentralized technologies.

San Francisco
$5M – $25M30Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
43
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Fly Ventures

First-check investor backing exceptional technical founders with a computational core on problems that are technically hard, commercially non-trivial or still unmapped.

Berlin
$1M – $4M53Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
44
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Motive Force

Investing in 'Beautiful Software' — software where code architecture mirrors user intent so cleanly that complexity disappears. Backs founders with high 'motive force,' the internal drive that sustains motion through uncertainty. Believes beauty compounds: quality code attracts quality engineers, thoughtful design creates passionate users, and passionate users become evangelists.

San Francisco
$250K – $3M17Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
45
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Union Square Ventures
#50 · Top 100 · 2026

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. With AI, we have articulated four specific theses: (1) AI will obliterate markets, not automate them — we fund application-layer companies reshaping markets completely; (2) Data at the Edge — we fund companies aggregating previously unreachable data through physical intelligence, robotics, manufacturing, sensor networks; (3) The Rebel Alliance — consumers and enterprises will seek more powerful intelligence with tighter incentive alignment across trust, security, memory, and costs; (4) Energy — our energy thesis merges into our core fund moving forward.

New York
$1M – $6M160Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
46
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Basis Set Ventures
#76 · Emerging 100 · 2026

The best way to find and support AI companies is to be one ourselves. We back independent thinkers building real systems before consensus forms, partnering as radical learning partners from day one.

Menlo Park
$250K – $3M29Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
47
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s16vc

Founders for Founders: the best deals go to a founder's best friends. Back founders from a 200+ founder-LP community via warm referrals.

Los Altos, CA
$500K – $1M87Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
48
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Georgian

Georgian invests in market-leading B2B software companies across the AI technology stack—from infrastructure and developer tools to enterprise applications and cybersecurity. They pair growth-stage capital with an in-house AI Lab of 20+ ML engineers who embed with portfolio companies post-investment.

Toronto
$20M – $75M34Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
49
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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 – $10M62Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
50
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Acrew Capital
#53 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Long-term venture partnerships built on depth of thought, conviction, and dimensional thinking. We back founders with diverse lived experiences who are building transformative companies. We operate as a team sport—you don't work with individual partners, you work with Acrew. We invest in emotional intelligence, operational support, and the long arc of building meaningful companies.

San Francisco
$250K – $15M112Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
51
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Pelion Venture Partners

Back early-stage B2B software entrepreneurs, especially in Utah and the Mountain West, as an active board-level partner at Series A and B with a seed program alongside.

Draper, UT
$500K – $15M64Both
Nov 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
52
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Balderton Capital

Balderton Capital backs European-founded technology companies with visionary founders building transformative businesses. The firm combines patient capital, operational expertise, and founder support to enable European entrepreneurs to build world-class companies.

$500K – $15M203Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
53
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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 – $15M38Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
54
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Vertex Ventures US

Backs fearless founders building a smarter digital economy through B2B software — specifically enterprise software, SaaS, developer infrastructure, data, and security. All GPs are former founders and operators who provide hands-on GTM, recruiting, and operational support.

Palo Alto
$500K – $10M18Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
55
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The 20VC Fund

Big markets with outdated incumbents. We invest at the intersection of venture capital and media, leveraging our podcast platform (20+ million annual listeners) and founder network to source, support, and amplify portfolio companies. We target companies with strong market dynamics and clear disruption paths regardless of sector.

London
$100K – $15M38Both
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
56
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Pebblebed

We back the foundational layers of progress. Developer platforms that accelerate creation. Robot operating systems that make autonomy real. Simulation engines training the next generation of AI. Formal verification securing billions in value. Foundational systems that quietly compound—built by founders who see elegance in complexity and possibility in constraints.

San Francisco
$2M – $5M41Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
57
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8VC
#46 · Top 100 · 2026

Partner with elite founders building transformational technologies that create lasting economic and societal value. Focus on Smart Enterprise across five sectors: Logistics, Life Sciences, Healthcare, IT Infrastructure, and Government/Defense. Invest in platforms that enable human experts to solve non-linear problems through data integration and network effects.

Austin
$500K – $50M137Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
58
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K5 Global
#11 · Emerging 100 · 2026

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 – $3M42Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
59
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Notable Capital
#20 · Top 100 · 2026

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 – $50M44Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
60
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Pantera Capital
#76 · Top 100 · 2026

Blockchain technology represents a fundamental transformation of financial infrastructure. We invest exclusively in digital assets and blockchain companies to provide full-spectrum exposure to this emerging asset class. Technical founders building core infrastructure that others depend on will create significant value. As of May 2026, Pantera identifies AI and blockchain convergence, including agentic finance, machine-native money, and AI-agent payment and orchestration infrastructure, as a major research focus and growing area for incremental research time and investment dollars.

Menlo Park
$100K – $5M148Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
61
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Flex Capital
#88 · Emerging 100 · 2026

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 – $2M51Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
62
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Sorenson Capital

Category-defining B2B software companies are built by founders with exceptional product instincts, technical depth, and execution discipline. We invest capital AND hands-on operational support to establish product-market fit, build GTM teams, and scale efficiently. We avoid trend-chasing and focus on sustainable, defensible businesses.

Lehi, Utah
$1M – $10M81Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
63
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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 – $5M82Leads
~Oct 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
64
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WillowTree Ventures

Autonomous intelligence for financial services and commerce, across the AI stack from infrastructure and agents to vertical applications.

$500K – $3M47Both
~Oct 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
65
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Essence VC

We invest in infrastructure companies before they exist. Technical founders building structural solutions that enable entire new categories of software. We don't try to be 'value add' - we only succeed if we make a genuine difference through deep technical partnership, founder development, and community building.

Seattle
$10K – $2M34Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
66
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Tola Capital

Every industry will be transformed by software. Tola practices hypothesis-based investing targeting the 'enterprise scaffolding' of AI — domain-specific models, AI/ML tooling, AI SaaS applications, AI governance, and AI security — rather than foundational AI infrastructure. They back companies driving long-term, transformational change in large markets.

Seattle
$1M – $15M53Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
67
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Faction

Crypto will be seismically big over the coming decades. We back great entrepreneurs building real utility across the full stack (layer zero to applications) and across sectors (DeFi to NFTs to RWAs), investing flexibly across equity and tokens.

Menlo Park
$5M – $10M53Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
68
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Initialized Capital
#77 · Top 100 · 2026

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 – $2M191Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
69
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D1 Capital

We empower builders of the open economy through capital, market intelligence, and community support. We specifically back unconventional and eccentric founders building the next generation of Web3 infrastructure, DeFi protocols, and applications that reshape how humans organize economically.

Beijing
$100K – $10M41Leads
~May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
70
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Focal

First institutional check for technical, AI-native builders at inception. We exclusively back AI native builders with speed and conviction — obsessing over the most asymmetric opportunities in AI.

$500K – $1M39Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
71
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New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
#12 · Top 100 · 2026

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 – $50M48Both
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
72
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Founders, Inc.

Founders need more than just capital—they need belief, community, and infrastructure to build great companies. We're the first believers in bold ideas at the earliest stages, providing campus access, daily support, and a community of exceptional builders.

$100K – $250K53Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
73
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Act One Ventures

Founders rearchitecting the core systems behind modern enterprise (infrastructure, automation, decision-making) using AI as a new computing paradigm. We back extraordinary outlier founders building AI-native systems that don't just speed up legacy processes, but fundamentally change how businesses operate.

Los Angeles
$1M – $3M52Leads
~Nov 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
74
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43 Fund

Anabel Paksoy actively looks to invest in early-stage startups at Day 0, providing hands-on support tailored to the founder's unique needs. She focuses on founders who are passionate about solving specific problems, and investments are made quickly to take advantage of timely opportunities.

$250K – $500K38Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
75
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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 – $300K24Leads
~Nov 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
76
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South Park Commons
#20 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Exceptional companies come from exceptional people exploring exceptional problems. We support technical founders in the -1 to 0 phase with capital, community, and genuine operator mentorship.

San Francisco
$400K – $10M24Leads
~Oct 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
77
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Galaxy

Transformative innovation in crypto emerges from disciplined investment in cutting-edge infrastructure, protocols, and financial applications. We partner with founders advancing the digital asset economy alongside deep operational support through Galaxy's institutional infrastructure.

$500K – $25M94Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
78
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Activant Capital

Partner with relentless founders through their most defining stages of growth, using an in-house Research team to underwrite and support commerce-infrastructure and AI-native technology companies.

Greenwich, CT
$15M – $60M119Both
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
79
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Kindred Ventures

Kindred backs visionary and relentless founders building the future using technology and science at the earliest stages, often helping form companies before they exist. With Kindred Ventures IV and Kindred Selector II, the firm is emphasizing the novel intelligence frontier: AGI-capable models and harnesses that extend human capabilities, new AI-native consumer and enterprise experiences, physical AI, compute, infrastructure, energy, science, outer space, and inner space.

San Francisco
$500K – $5M61Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
80
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Scribble Ventures

AI companies are built differently. We back the world's best AI native founders and help them reshape our world for the better. We go wide on product and deep on GTM.

San Francisco
$300K – $1.5M121Leads
~Oct 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
81
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Valley Capital Partners

Back three or four technical founders a year in the US and Israel in enterprise, security and AI infrastructure, who are building to lead their category. Every partner works with each founder, with capital held in reserve for follow-on rounds.

Menlo Park
$3M – $7M27Both
~Nov 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
82
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Ada Ventures

Backing the best founders, not just the best-connected. We assess founders on their qualities, not CV or past experience. We focus on founders building solutions for climate equity, economic empowerment, and healthy ageing.

London
$250K – $1M60Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
83
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Active Capital

Back ambitious, technical founders solving real business problems with software and AI. We prefer to be a meaningful part of the first capital raised and provide hands-on support as operating partners. Great companies can be built anywhere, not just tech hubs. Pre-seed is where company DNA gets formed and represents the most fun and foundational stage of a company.

San Antonio
$250K – $1M61Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
84
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Lattice

Crypto represents a once-in-a-generation platform shift that will fundamentally transform financial services, gaming, energy, and many other sectors through decentralized infrastructure. We partner with founders building sustainable crypto foundations from day one.

United States
$300K – $2M69Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
85
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Conviction
#16 · Emerging 100 · 2026

We are extremely early in translating powerful AI models into products that transform industries. Startups have the speed and unruliness to build transformative AI-native companies; big companies are too slow. There has never been a better time to start a startup.

United States
$1M – $25M28Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
86
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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 – $200K30Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
87
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The General Partnership

TheGP deploys experienced builders alongside capital to help founders achieve product-market fit faster. The firm's 25+ full-time builders—engineers, recruiters, designers, sales leaders—embed in portfolio companies for an average of nine months, earning equity grants tied to milestone delivery. This 'sweat equity' model creates deeper alignment than capital-only VC and is applied across Formation ($1-5M) and Breakout ($5-15M+) stages.

San Francisco
$1M – $15M72Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
88
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First Round Capital
#45 · Top 100 · 2026

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 – $4M31Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
89
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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 – $1M34Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
90
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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 – $1.3M75Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
91
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6th Man Ventures (6MV)

The user-owned internet is inevitable. We enable the founders and communities building it with capital, practical support, research, and connections. We invest in Web3-native founders who are actively using the products they're building.

United States
$2M – $5M59Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
92
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Crypto.com Capital

We invest in early-stage Web3 companies that are building the future of decentralized finance, gaming, and blockchain infrastructure. Our motto is 'Founders First' - we partner with builders who have technical depth and a clear vision of solving real problems in crypto. We provide not just capital but also strategic access to our 100M+ user base, exchange infrastructure, and operational expertise.

Hong Kong
$2M – $8M34Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
93
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1kx

Crypto-native operators architecting token-first networks through deep cryptoeconomic design, governance innovation, and sustainable token economies. 1kx supports builders across infrastructure, middleware, and consumer applications, focusing on projects that advance the decentralized future. The fund partners with founders to scale transformative blockchain projects while maintaining alignment through long-term capital commitment and deep technical expertise.

Berlin
$500K – $15M68Both
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
94
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Robot Ventures

Build unconventional, technically sophisticated cryptocurrency projects at the intersection of cryptographic innovation, economic design, and blockchain infrastructure. We focus on highly technical primitives that require deep expertise in DeFi, L1/L2 architecture, zero-knowledge proofs, MEV economics, and on-chain governance.

New York
$100K – $5M32Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
95
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e2vc

e2vc backs global-from-day-one, early-stage founders from Turkey, CEE, and the Baltics, investing Pre-Seed through Series A across gaming, AI/ML, health tech, developer tools/infrastructure, fintech, and enterprise software. The firm emphasizes founder community ("the Tribe"), hands-on support, and a NextGen program that invests in and mentors high-school-age founders.

Istanbul
$250K – $2M84N/A
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
96
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2100 Ventures

Back big-dreaming European founders building century-defining businesses, leveraging the Benetton family's industrial network for strategic support and patient capital.

Milan, Italy
$200K – $500K36Both
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
97
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Maya Capital

We invest in founders leading their first institutional venture round. Our mission is to catalyze transformation in Latin America by partnering with the region's top entrepreneurs. Together, we create cycles of innovation, empowerment and change. We believe in long-term partnerships and hands-on support.

São Paulo
$100K – $10M46Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
98
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Intel Capital

Scalable, defensible innovation at the intersection of software, hardware, and intelligence. Champion founders driving the next wave of technological innovation across Cloud, Devices, Frontier, and Silicon domains. Breakthrough technologies emerge from convergence of multiple domains.

Santa Clara, California
$1M – $50M37Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
99
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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 – $750K92Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
100
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Patron

The next decade will be defined by founders building intuitive, automated, taste-driven, and deeply personal consumer applications. We leverage gaming insights and community mechanics to back category-defining founders across wellness, media, education, commerce, and social. Gaming-native generation expects automation, personalization, and authentic community—we invest in founders who understand these mechanics.

$2M – $3M38Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
101
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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 – $100M108Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
102
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FPV Ventures
#25 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Mission-driven founders building transformative companies. FPV backs missionaries, not mercenaries—founders with genuine conviction in solving hard problems and willingness to pursue 100-year visions. Focus on founders who are misunderstood initially but recognized as geniuses for changing the world. Founder service is their North Star—they aim to be the founder's first phone call with operational support from experienced partners.

$100K – $5M43Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
103
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Operator Collective

Companies succeed because of the people who build them. We connect exceptional enterprise operators with early-stage founders to create a flywheel of aligned incentives, leveraging 200+ active operator LPs with 5,000+ collective years of building, scaling, and leading successful tech companies.

San Francisco
$3M – $20M57Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
104
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MANTIS Venture Capital
#68 · Emerging 100 · 2026

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 – $3M127Both
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
105
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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 – $1M49Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
106
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Coinbase Ventures

We back exceptional founders aligned with creating more economic freedom. We believe the next era of crypto innovation will be driven by scaling solutions, DeFi primitives, consumer applications, and AI-native infrastructure on blockchain.

San Francisco
$500K – $10M43Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
107
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Vine Ventures

We partner with high-integrity, problem-obsessed, wildly interesting founders at early stage. We are long-term investors, backing founders at inception and continuing to invest until IPO. We have a single mandate: to help fledgling companies navigate the challenges of building generational businesses. Rather than being a traditional write-a-check fund, we provide full-stack partnership: capital, operational support, strategic introductions, recruiting, business development, and fundraising support.

New York
$1M – $5M48Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
108
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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 – $15M28Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
109
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Audacious Ventures

Back force-of-nature founders at pre-seed and seed stages building B2B software companies. Primary value-add is hands-on recruiting (150+ candidate sourcing per role) and GTM development—not board seats or traditional governance.

San Francisco
$100K – $10M51Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
110
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Benchmark
#14 · Top 100 · 2026

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 – $15M54Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
111
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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 – $10000M51Both
~Oct 2026 · Active
3+ moOpen
112
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Spark Capital
#30 · Top 100 · 2026

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 – $60M68Both
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
113
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Coughdrop Capital

Back B2B software founders solving real problems in sales, go-to-market, product, growth, and fundraising. We bring operational expertise from both founder and investor perspectives.

$40K – $100K65Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
114
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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 – $750K74Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
115
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Avesta Fund

We invest in the intelligence layer that unlocks constrained compute, energy, and industrial infrastructure in the AI era. The world's critical infrastructure is underbuilt and under-optimized. The energy transition, AI buildout, and reshoring of manufacturing are accelerating demand on systems that weren't designed for the AI era. We back early-stage founders with software-first solutions to critical bottlenecks — and connect them with the right investors and customers to build businesses as durable as the problems they're solving. Across energy, computing, and industrial systems, this means less waste, greater reliability, and higher output.

Denver
$150K – $500K54Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
116
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DEPO Ventures

Building European technological resilience through critical infrastructure innovation. We back early-stage founders building the next generation of critical infrastructure - emerging and disruptive technologies (EDT) across defense, space, fintech, Industry 4.0, and energy.

Prague
$250K – $500K53Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
117
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Defined VC

Data equals human potential. Humans and machines converging will unlock profound innovations across every industry. We support founders solving technical and impactful problems to build a tomorrow where humans thrive through AI and frontier technology.

$500K – $5M26Leads
May 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
118
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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 – $10M130Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
119
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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 – $10M30Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
120
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Atlassian Ventures

Funding the future of AI, Cloud, and Work: backing Early Conviction Companies (seed-Series B, $1-5M) in compelling emerging markets, and Growth Partners deepening strategic relationships with Atlassian.

San Francisco
$1M – $5M72Follows
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
121
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Forum Ventures

The entrepreneurial journey from zero to one is isolating and difficult. By becoming an extension of portfolio founders' teams, we can build the next generation of successful B2B SaaS companies. We invest in founders first, companies second. Technology should be human-centered, founder-first, and focused on solving real market problems.

New York
$100K – $750K105Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
122
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True Ventures
#63 · Top 100 · 2026

We invest in brilliant people who bring ideas that matter to life. We focus on AI-native founders building companies with strong founder-product fit, aligned on mission and meaning, seeking creative freedom and psychological safety. Great companies are built by diverse teams supported and empowered to be maximally creative.

Palo Alto
$500K – $3M61Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 wkReq'd
123
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42CAP

Backing seed-stage, tech- and data-driven B2B software companies across Europe with global ambition. Focus on Agility Drivers (verticalized, consumerized, XaaS solutions) and Seductive Solutions with genuine product-market fit. Invest in AI-first and AI-enabled businesses as well as frontier tech (BioIT, Space, DLT, Quantum Computing).

Munich
$500K – $3M62Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
124
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Norwest Venture Partners
#39 · Top 100 · 2026

Multi-stage venture and growth equity partner to founders as an 'invited guest', offering hands-on talent, GTM, product/AI and M&A support from first check to late stage.

Menlo Park
$1M – $200M62Both
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
125
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Thomvest Ventures

Long-term partners in company building, backing mission-driven founders in fintech, AI and data infrastructure, and cybersecurity with vertical expertise and operating partners.

San Francisco
$500K – $25M62Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
126
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.406 Ventures Fund

Only invest where we have a true unfair advantage. Partner with founders in healthcare, data+AI, and cybersecurity to build category-defining powerhouses. We deliver value far beyond capital through deep domain expertise and extensive networks.

Boston
$1M – $5M65Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
127
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Archetype

Back the next generation of crypto founders disrupting the status quo and creating entirely new markets. Invest in crypto-native builders with maniacal focus on solving real protocol, infrastructure, and application problems. Support founders with research, token model design, mechanism design guidance, and operational expertise across investing, engineering, and ecosystem development.

Brooklyn
$100K – $10M34Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
128
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T.Capital

We provide more than capital - our investments come with the opportunity to access markets, expertise and partnerships that help businesses scale faster and smarter, leveraging Deutsche Telekom's market and engineering expertise.

Bonn, Germany
$2M – $300M33Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
129
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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 – $3M69Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
130
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01 Advisors Fund
#36 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Proven scaled operators are uniquely positioned to help hyper-growth companies reach the next level. We invest right after product-market fit (Series A-B) and focus on scaling go-to-market and building world-class companies. Inspired by Bill Campbell's coaching philosophy, we provide intensive operational support without taking board seats.

San Francisco
$1M – $10M71Both
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
131
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Notation Capital

Increase odds of success for product-obsessed founding teams on day zero. Invest in initially fringe markets that can become mainstream, large markets that feel broken, and science-fiction-like visions. Work with founders before market validation is obvious.

Brooklyn
$250K – $750K23Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
132
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FirstMark
#69 · Top 100 · 2026

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 – $10M37Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
133
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BlueYard Capital

Invest in only two kinds of technologies: those that move humanity toward utopia, and those that hold the line against oblivion. Back n-of-1 visions for an era of Black Swans—unconventional companies solving civilization-scale problems that others dismiss as too early, too risky, or too misunderstood.

Berlin
$500K – $5M59Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
134
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Mighty Capital

Great products change the world. We fund the people who build them. The Product Alpha Effect™ uses signals from 600,000 product leaders to identify outlier companies at the Discovery Stage before the market recognizes them.

San Francisco
$500K – $3M48Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
135
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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 – $50M78Both
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
136
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Cherry Ventures

Cherry backs ambitious, resourceful, resilient founders with a novel insight ("anomaly") and a coherent, feasible path to an underexplored shared need ("the red thread"), investing industry-curiously across Europe often before product or revenue exist.

Berlin
$2M – $7M80Both
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
137
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Winklevoss Capital

Backs determined entrepreneurs solving society's hardest problems in critical domains across the decentralized frontier, space exploration, atomic energy, and cellular/biotech sectors. Invests in companies and networks in their infancy when conviction is scarce.

New York
$100K – $5M34Both
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
138
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Webb Investment Network

We help founders build breakout companies. We partner with ambitious and curious early-stage founders who want to learn and grow as leaders.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA
$500K – $750K98Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
139
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Moonfire

Companies combining access, efficiency, quality, and data-driven insights represent the next generation of market leaders. We invest in European pre-seed and seed companies revolutionizing work, security, finance, gaming, and health through data-powered innovation.

$250K – $3M85Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
140
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Sierra Ventures

Sierra believes enterprise software is being fundamentally transformed by cloud computing and AI. They invest in technical founders building the next generation of enterprise solutions that deliver superior ROI through better efficiency, automation, and capability. The firm particularly focuses on infrastructure, security, healthcare innovation, and emerging deep tech.

San Mateo, California
$500K – $15M82Both
~Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
141
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Stripes
#42 · AI 50 · 2026

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 – $150M84Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
142
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StartX

Stanford's best entrepreneurs deserve equity-free, community-first support. We provide founders with world-class mentorship from 80+ tenured professors, access to a 3,000+ founder network, and long-term community support without dilution.

Mountain View
$10K – $1M26N/A
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
143
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Race Capital
#87 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Support founders building the next-generation infrastructure stack for the AI era. We back infra-first, engineering-led companies built for enterprises, with founder-market fit and execution speed.

Palo Alto
$250K – $5M43Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
144
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Capital One Ventures

Strategic CVC investing in startups driving the future of data, technology, and financial services—aligned with Capital One's business imperatives. More than half of portfolio investments lead to commercial partnerships with Capital One.

McLean, VA
$500K – $10M93Follows
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
145
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Hetz Ventures

Israeli engineers have a distinct competitive advantage in building deep infrastructure products. We partner with technical founders from day one to transform excellence into category-defining companies. Data is the critical leverage point for enterprise AI.

Tel Aviv
$1M – $10M24Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
146
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Factorial
#52 · Top 100 · 2026

Technical founders building at the frontier of AI/ML infrastructure and applications. Purpose-built for the AI era, backing engineers who code solving previously technically impossible problems.

$500K – $1.5M59Both
May 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
147
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Uncorrelated Ventures

Infrastructure companies compound value for years because they become embedded in the software stacks built on top of them. Invests almost exclusively in infrastructure software, both traditional and decentralized (crypto/DeFi), drawing on 20+ years of pattern recognition in the category.

Palo Alto
$1M – $10M41Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
148
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Headline

We invest in top founders everywhere building the next generation of technology companies. We provide capital, operational expertise, and a truly global platform to scale with hands-on support through specialized teams.

$2M – $50M54Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
149
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Angular Ventures

Backs inception-stage technical founders across Europe and Israel building solutions for hard markets including AI infrastructure, space/aerospace, advanced manufacturing, energy, biology, and other deep-tech verticals.

London
$500K – $5M59Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
150
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BAM Ventures

BAM Ventures invests in resilient founders building iconic consumer and commerce companies that connect with customers and transform industries. Partners provide operational expertise, relationships, and capital.

$100K – $1M105Leads
Nov 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
151
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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 – $150K107Follows
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
152
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Inspired Capital Partners
#67 · Emerging 100 · 2026

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 – $20M62Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 moReq'd
153
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Harpoon Ventures

Technology will define geopolitics. We invest in the Freedom Stack—foundational technologies critical to American national security and technological leadership. We partner with mission-driven founders building capabilities essential to American prosperity and strategic advantage.

San Diego
$500K – $5M49Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
154
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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 – $3.3M120Leads
~Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
155
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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 – $100M125Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
156
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Cota Capital

Cota Capital invests in 'net new' technologies — visionary ideas that either were never before possible or solve problems that didn't exist before. Knowledge is the true capital. The firm backs early-stage enterprise technology companies where deep operational expertise, competitive intelligence, and network access can provide compounding advantage beyond the check.

San Francisco
$1M – $15M64Both
May 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
157
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RTP Global

RTP Global is a self-funded, early-stage venture firm that recycles proceeds from prior wins (Datadog, Delivery Hero, Yandex, EPAM) to back technical, ambitious founders in AI, fintech, SaaS, developer tools, cybersecurity, e-commerce, and healthtech, with unusually flexible, long-duration capital and hands-on operator support.

New York
$1M – $15M125Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
158
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Fifty Years

We back founders using technology to solve the world's biggest problems. We believe capitalism can be a force for good when companies are built to be both massively profitable AND create positive impact. The best entrepreneurs are determined, passionate, smart, creative, and can inspire thousands of talented people.

San Francisco
$250K – $2M126Leads
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
159
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DIG Ventures

The most ambitious B2B SaaS, AI, and Cloud Infrastructure founders at pre-seed and seed stages will build the next generation of category-defining companies. We combine technical depth, operational expertise, and capital to help founders scale across Europe and into the US market.

London
$500K – $3M28Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
160
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Ribbit Capital
#18 · Top 100 · 2026

We back rebels who challenge the status quo and reshape financial systems through technology. The best fintech founders see structural inefficiencies before others and have the conviction to build something fundamentally better. We partner with them not just with capital, but with hands-on operational expertise, regulatory fluency, and deep financial services networks.

Palo Alto
$2M – $100M150Leads
~Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
161
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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 – $10M159Leads
Nov 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
162
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Lightspeed Venture Partners
#7 · Top 100 · 2026

We partner with bold builders of category-defining companies from Seed to Series F and beyond. Depth of commitment, depth of relationships, and depth of belief distinguish us. Complete immersion, authentic partnership, and unwavering conviction through market cycles.

$1M – $300M55Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
163
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Heartfelt Capital

Europe's first cheque fund: the first institutional investor for exceptional European (and European-origin) founders, helping them go from 0 to 1 and reach product-market fit, backed by anchor corporate relationships with Axel Springer and Porsche.

Berlin
$100K – $400K161Both
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
164
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Electric Capital

User-owned technology empowered by distributed systems and cryptography enables people to reclaim control from intermediaries. We invest in systems that reduce reliance on centralized institutions and give users control, privacy, and access to global markets.

Palo Alto
$1M – $20M26Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
165
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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 – $4M174Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
166
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AMD Ventures

AMD Ventures invests across the entire AI ecosystem — from foundational models to semiconductor hardware — advancing high-performance computing and enabling pervasive AI. Portfolio companies gain access to AMD Instinct GPU infrastructure, AMD engineering expertise (ROCm ecosystem), and AMD's enterprise go-to-market network.

Santa Clara, CA
$2M – $15M55Both
~Jul 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
167
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Emergence Capital

Emergence invests in early-stage B2B software companies that will define the next era of enterprise technology. Founded in 2003 as the original cloud/SaaS-focused VC firm, they have pioneered investing through technology transitions: horizontal SaaS (Salesforce, Zoom), vertical SaaS (Veeva, Doximity), and now AI-native services — companies that sell outcomes rather than software, powered by AI that compounds competitive advantage over time.

San Francisco
$5M – $50M57Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
168
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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 – $50M33Both
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
169
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Venture Guides

Great companies are built, not born. We back early-stage cloud infrastructure, security, AI, and data founders with a concentrated portfolio and active team-based guidance across strategy, finance, and go-to-market -- not just capital.

Boston
$2M – $20M20Both
May 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
170
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Verissimo Ventures

We invest in founders with super high potential who aim to solve meaningful problems using leading-edge technology. We help founders turn finance and operations into a strategic asset through quantitative frameworks that accelerate product-market fit and scalability. Fundamentals-driven and hands-on from day one.

Bedford, NH
$100K – $500K69Follows
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moN/A
171
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Tiger Global Management
#5 · Top 100 · 2026

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 – $100M24Leads
May 2026 · Active
~1 wkReq'd
172
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Kyber Knight

Investing in the future of commerce, AI, and labor. We believe our biggest asset is knocking down doors for our founders — leveraging our network of 50+ Fortune 500 CEOs and tech executives as LPs to open customer relationships, accelerate go-to-market, and support talent acquisition.

San Francisco
$250K – $3M37Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
173
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Root Ventures

Root Ventures is composed entirely of practicing engineers and hardware hackers who explicitly underwrite 'engineering risk' in technically challenging areas like robotics, developer tools, and manufacturing tech that many generalist funds avoid. They provide capital, operational support, and serve as an 'invisible employee' to technical founding teams.

San Francisco
$1M – $3M41Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
174
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Oyster Ventures

Invest in exceptional new-frontier technology companies that bring liquidity and efficiency to antiquated industries.

San Francisco
$25K – $5M102Follows
~Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
175
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Base Case Capital

Invest in builders who are still dreaming, tinkering, and exploring what they want to create. Be the first institutional check and an active operational partner—not just a capital provider. Back founders with conviction, regardless of stage.

San Francisco
$100K – $5M18Both
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
176
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XYZ Venture Capital
#46 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Great companies aren't born, they're made. XYZ invests in early-stage founders with exceptional execution capability, deep domain expertise, or lived experience insights. They specialize in helping founders navigate the earliest stages by providing capital plus strategic operational support.

San Francisco
$10K – $5M105Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
177
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Argonautic Ventures

AI is a milestone in data maturity progression, not a product category. Argonautic invests in founders building data-centric solutions across infrastructure (horizontal) and vertical markets. Multi-fund structure allows pre-seed to Series B deployment with unified thesis: recognizing verticals at different data adoption stages and deploying capital to those crossing inflection points into AI operationalization.

$250K – $1M105Both
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
178
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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 – $8M111Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
179
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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 – $50M137Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
180
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Open Technology Ventures

Invests in foundational technology: commercial open source, AI infrastructure, developer platforms, scientific computing and deep-tech software, entering when a technology with real developer adoption is becoming a company.

$25K – $450K33Both
Jan 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
181
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TLV Partners

TLV Partners backs early-stage Israeli entrepreneurs building breakthrough software and infrastructure companies in underdeveloped or newly forming markets, especially where technical depth and category leadership can compound over time.

Tel Aviv
$2M – $8M64Leads
May 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
182
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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 – $5M160Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
183
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SevenX Ventures

SevenX Ventures invests in research-driven teams building the infrastructure, finance protocols, games, and social platforms of Web3. We believe the future of blockchain is modular, intent-based, and AI-enhanced. We support founders with capital, research, and operational expertise to scale from seed to market leadership.

Singapore
$100K – $6M26Both
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
184
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Crucible Capital

Human progress is defined by manipulating energy and atoms over spacetime. Software and open networks governed by tokens will transform the infrastructure economy. Crucible backs founders building digital infrastructure foundations at the intersection of energy, compute, and crypto. The firm has evolved to embrace 'Capital Markets Maximalism' — the view that financial engineering, not just software, is the key to capturing value in industrial infrastructure — and 'Industrial Resilience,' investing across five layers: dispatch & optimization, verification & ground truth, financial infrastructure, materials & supply, and defense & infrastructure security. Crucible now deploys capital across the lifecycle from venture to credit to direct infrastructure ownership.

New York
$500K – $3M30Both
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
185
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Kickstart

The Mountain West can produce world-class companies. We back exceptional founders solving real problems with strong product-market understanding. We provide capital, strategic network, operational support, and patient capital through multiple iterations.

Salt Lake City, Utah
$250K – $3M31Leads
May 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
186
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Matrix Partners
#51 · Top 100 · 2026

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 – $5M61Both
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
187
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Alt Ventures

New Zealand tech startups and creative companies have exceptional potential. We provide early-stage capital and operational support through our network of industry advisors to help exceptional founders achieve breakthrough results.

$250K – $1.5M33Leads
May 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
188
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MGV

Top-performing SaaS venture fund that identifies exceptional founding talent at the earliest stages and takes an active role in their growth — particularly in scaling go-to-market and sales teams. Prioritizes founding team potential over traction or revenue metrics.

San Francisco
$500K – $750K69Follows
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
189
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Las Olas Venture Capital

We back founders building AI and software applications that modernize outdated business workflows, driving ROI and efficiency, and amplify their impact through hands-on support.

Fort Lauderdale, FL
$1.5M – $3M35Leads
May 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
190
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CRV
#40 · Top 100 · 2026

Great companies are built by exceptional founders at the earliest stages. We believe in leading rounds from day one and providing lasting partnership through good times and bad.

Palo Alto
$500K – $5M48Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
191
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Ridge Ventures

Substance over hype — backing experienced entrepreneurs building revenue-first enterprise software. Character and alignment over technology or market size. The Ridge Revenue Network (100+ Fortune 500 CXOs) provides customer introductions directly committed in term sheets.

San Francisco
$2M – $7M76Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
192
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NP-Hard Ventures

Europe must own and build its own technological infrastructure. We back product-obsessed technical founders solving the hardest foundational problems in robotics, deep tech, computational infrastructure, and defense. Technological innovation is essential to European sovereignty, prosperity, and resilience.

$250K – $550K34Both
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
193
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Boldstart Ventures

We invest in bold technical founders building the autonomous enterprise. Before you build your team, before you write your first line of code—that's when boldstart gets to work. We collaborate with technical founders at Inception, lead pre-product rounds, and help turn bold ideas into category-creating companies.

Miami
$250K – $15M27Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
194
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Square Peg

Founders from Australia/NZ, Israel, and Southeast Asia will shape the future of global technology. We prioritize people above all else, backing entrepreneurs with compelling visions who assemble talented, mission-driven teams to tackle large, important problems, and back them repeatedly over time.

Sydney
$250K – $30M81Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
3+ moOpen
195
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Sunflower Capital

Partners at the earliest stage with companies building foundations for modern enterprises, critical industries, and the physical world - backing category-defining, N-of-1 companies that combine defensible technology with novel go-to-market approaches.

West Hollywood, CA
$1M – $3M59Both
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
196
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Shastra VC

Back founders in frontier tech, climate tech and AI-native software at the belief stage, before proof, with a tilt toward science-led, IP-driven companies in India.

Bengaluru, India
$500K – $3M39N/A
May 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
197
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VentureSouq

We empower visionary founders building transformative tech companies. We are thesis-driven partners to exceptional entrepreneurs creating long-term impact across FinTech, ClimateTech, and Global Tech sectors.

Dubai
$100K – $10M109Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
198
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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 – $250K49Follows
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
199
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J-Ventures

Community-driven ('Capitalist Kibbutz') fund where hundreds of VCs, serial founders and Fortune 500 executives source, diligence and support seed-stage companies; co-invests with top-tier VCs and backs serial founders with revenue-driven businesses.

Silicon Valley
$250K – $1M45Follows
May 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
200
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Firebolt Ventures

We help extraordinary founders build enduring companies. We partner with founders early, back them through every stage, and share the operator network, market intelligence, and pattern recognition we've built across 400+ investments.

Palo Alto
$250K – $5M40Both
Feb 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
201
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7percent Ventures

Back determined founders with uncommon insights solving the world's biggest problems through transformative deeptech. Focus on moonshots: multi-billion-dollar, step-change opportunities across Future Compute (quantum, alternative architectures), Defense & Dual-Use (aerospace, strategic tech), Smart Planet (robotics, climate, materials), and Humantech (AR/VR, interfaces). Frame investments through free-world resilience lens, prioritizing Western technological independence. Support founders through capital, operational guidance, technical expertise, and extensive networks.

London
$250K – $2M119Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
202
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Nascent

Build, expand, and capture opportunity in open markets and permissionless technology by being deep, hands-on users of the crypto ecosystems Nascent backs, combining venture-style early investing with a liquid trading strategy.

$250K – $1M65N/A
Feb 2026
N/AN/A
203
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Long Journey Ventures
#35 · Emerging 100 · 2026

We are second believers in the magically weird. We back founders at concept stage who are building unconventional solutions with bold personalities that challenge the status quo. We provide capital, community, and genuine support—acting as a bubbe to our founders.

San Francisco
$500K – $2M68Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
204
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AU21 Capital

Back the most brilliant founders expanding blockchain and Web3 frontiers. Hybrid venture and hedge fund model enables flexible capital deployment. Partner deeply with exceptional teams to bring transformative blockchain projects to market with exchange partnerships and market access.

San Francisco
$500K – $20M21Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
205
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Gradient Ventures
#90 · Top 100 · 2026

Artificial intelligence will reshape every industry. We partner with technical founders building the next generation of AI applications, infrastructure, and tools across every layer of the AI stack.

San Francisco
$750K – $25M62Leads
May 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
206
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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 – $2M53Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
207
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AIX Ventures

AI-native companies where artificial intelligence is the core product and competitive moat, not just a feature. Three investment baskets: (1) AI infrastructure (vector databases, model serving, optimization), (2) vertical applications with 20%+ performance advantages, and (3) frontier research with clear commercialization paths.

Palo Alto
$750K – $3M78Leads
May 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
208
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Crew Capital

Community-driven VC led by active operators who simultaneously build and invest. Best support for founders comes from operators understanding current market challenges firsthand, not just history. Invest in category-defining technology companies.

New York
$500K – $2M43Leads
~Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
209
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Cardumen Capital

DeepTech investors, founders and operators backing world-class founders in AI, cybersecurity, big data and agrifoodtech, with a hands-on Scale Platform.

Madrid
$750K – $4M32N/A
Mar 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
210
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earthling.vc

We're entering the augmentative era—a paradigm shift where digital technology feels more human by dissolving barriers between real and digital worlds. AI and AR/VR hit critical inflection points in 2023. We back extraordinary technical teams building market-viable solutions in gaming, consumer, and infrastructure.

$100K – $1M35Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
211
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Alleycorp

We are tech pioneers, investors, and entrepreneurs. We build and invest in transformative companies for the present and future. Active early-stage investor providing capital combined with operational expertise and hands-on partnership.

$500K – $5M148Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
212
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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 – $10M76Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
213
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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
$500K40Follows
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
214
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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 – $5M47Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
215
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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 – $750K72Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
216
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IDEO CoLab Ventures

We invest in big ideas and good humans. We partner with visionary founders at the earliest stages to help them create products and protocols that people love. We combine venture capital with hands-on design expertise and creative collaboration, embedding designers and technologists directly into portfolio companies.

Cambridge
$100K – $500K21Both
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
217
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Elaia

A full stack investor for a complex world, backing tech disruptors with performance, values and care. Elaia partners with ambitious, technical founders from inception to leadership across two dedicated strategies: Digital Venture (B2B SaaS, AI, fintech, adtech, e-commerce) and DeepTech Seed (energy, aerospace, robotics, biotech, semiconductors), sourcing heavily from research institutions and lab spinouts.

Paris
$1M – $16M96Both
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
218
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Betaworks

Investing, building and working with exceptional creators and makers. Thematic approach focused on frontier technologies including AI/ML, gaming, and decentralization.

$250K – $750K38Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
219
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Yonder

Yonder invests in early-stage marketplaces that build new economies. We provide first institutional checks to marketplace founders with deep problem intimacy and operational experience. We combine capital with strategic introductions, operational coaching, and access to a network of 50+ marketplace operators and marketplace leaders.

$50K – $200K42Both
Feb 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
220
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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 – $1M117Both
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
221
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Storm Ventures

Storm Ventures backs early-stage B2B enterprise software companies with a focus on AI-native applications, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure. They employ a 'paddling to surfing' growth methodology and have deep expertise in taking companies from inception to $100M+ ARR. Their philosophy: 'the interface layer will disappear. The infrastructure layer will compound.'

Menlo Park
$1M – $15M69Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 moN/A
222
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Paradigm
#34 · Top 100 · 2026

Research-driven frontier technology investment firm that builds and invests in crypto, AI, robotics, and other new frontiers from the earliest stages. Paradigm remains deeply technical and research-led, collaborating on papers, code, product, and business strategy with ambitious builders.

San Francisco
$1M – $100M41Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
223
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OSS Capital L.P.

Open source is eating software faster than software is eating the world. We invest in founders commercializing open source through sustainable business models (particularly open core where core is open but enterprise features are premium). This represents capitalism best-suited for accelerating open source innovation.

Global
$250K – $10.5M25Leads
Oct 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
224
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Cherubic Ventures

First-check investor in the most ambitious founders from angel to pre-IPO, backing pre-product/market-fit teams before the answers are clear; Fund VI focuses on AI-native companies.

Taipei
$1.5M – $3M124Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
225
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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 – $1M27Leads
Oct 2025 · Active
~1 wkOpen
226
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Boost VC

Back the quirky underdog pursuing seemingly impossible ideas. Frontier tech (aerospace, biotech, climate, robotics, crypto, AI, VR/AR) will create the next generation of legendary companies. Technical founders with deep domain expertise can solve the hardest problems in physics, chemistry, and computing.

San Mateo, California
$500K – $3M30Leads
Dec 2025 · Active
~1 wkOpen
227
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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 – $10M77Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
228
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Volt Capital

Volt Capital is a New York based venture firm that invests in category-defining technologies underpinning the machine economy, open source ai, infra and physical ai at the earliest stages. The team’s investment team are former founders and operators who take a founder-first approach to investing. Volt Capital backs pre-seed and seed companies with checks from $500k to $3m.

$500K – $3M23Leads
Sep 2025 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
229
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Compound

Contrarian venture firm investing in scientific and technical breakthroughs. We identify white-space opportunities where technical founders are solving previously unsolvable problems. We combine capital with deep domain expertise, research capabilities, and operational support to help founders scale from idea to commercialization.

New York
$400K – $1.5M43Both
Dec 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
230
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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 – $500K38Both
Sep 2025 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
231
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Evolution Equity Partners

Evolution partners with bold visionaries building market-leading cybersecurity companies. Led by technology entrepreneurs with deep operating expertise, the firm provides capital plus an operating playbook—Centers of Excellence for Cybersecurity Growth—to help companies scale from early growth to IPO or strategic acquisition.

New York
$20M – $150M60Leads
Nov 2025 · Active
~2 moOpen
232
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MH Ventures

MH Ventures backs the convergence of cryptography, composability, and community-owned networks, aiming to shape the architecture of economic sovereignty by helping decentralized systems launch, scale, and endure.

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
$1.5M – $3M20N/A
Jul 2025 · Active
N/AN/A
233
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Maza Ventures

Backing highly technical founding teams building globally relevant software and deeptech products, with a focus on MENA-originated founders. Not afraid to back moonshots.

Amman
$200K – $500K23N/A
Sep 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
234
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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 – $2M44Both
Oct 2025 · Active
~1 wkReq'd
235
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Fusion VC

Israel's leading pre-seed platform, backing first-time Israeli founders tapping into non-traditional industries. Invests $150K for 7.5% equity per company (up to $500K in the Digital Health track), paired with a 10-week intensive bootcamp and a 300+ person mentor network.

Tel Aviv
$150K – $500K99Leads
Nov 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
236
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Lunar Ventures

Backs technical founders from day zero building genuine deep tech breakthroughs - cryptography, AI infrastructure, techbio, new space, and robotics - with a mandate of hard problems, real tech, zero hype.

Berlin
$500K – $2M19Leads
Apr 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
237
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TransLink Capital

Bridge US and global technology startups with more than 40 leading Asian multinational corporations, validating strategic partner intent pre-investment to accelerate go-to-market and drive follow-on co-investment.

Palo Alto
$500K – $7M95Both
May 2025 · Active
N/AN/A
238
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Merus Capital

Early-stage investor in enterprise AI and complex B2B software backing hard-to-build, easy-to-scale products. We provide M&A coaching from former Google and Microsoft M&A heads who led 100+ technology acquisitions.

Menlo Park
$500K – $3M52Leads
May 2025 · Active
~2 wksN/A
239
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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 – $2M16Leads
Feb 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
240
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Hexa

Build exceptional companies alongside founders, hands-on, at every stage from idea to scale. Sprint invests EUR 500k in pre-seed teams within sector verticals.

Paris
$500K61Leads
Mar 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
241
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HUB612

Early-stage B2B tech startups tied to Rhône-Alpes or Suisse Romande, focused on Fintech, Insurtech, Web3, B2B SaaS and AI-native products, backed as an active operating partner after accelerator support.

Lyon, France
$50K – $300K57N/A
Mar 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
242
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Fathom Group

Backing deep innovation at the infrastructure and application layer of enterprise software. Fathom Capital partners with technical founders building transformative developer tools, cloud infrastructure, enterprise applications, and fintech platforms at Seed and Series A.

San Francisco
$250K – $3M14Both
Aug 2023 · Slowing
N/AN/A
243
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Batch Ventures

Specialized, community-driven funds indexed into proven networks (Y Combinator, CTOs and VPs of Engineering) to deliver diversification, domain expertise and direct founder impact.

San Francisco
$100K – $200K135N/A—N/AN/A
244
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Tech Square Ventures

Invests in category-defining enterprise (B2B) and marketplace companies led by visionary entrepreneurs, sector agnostic with focus themes in applied AI, logistics and supply chain, vertical solutions, infrastructure and productivity, and sustainability and energy. About 80% of investments are in the Super South, with Atlanta as home.

Atlanta
$500K – $3M138Both
Jun 2024
N/AN/A

Investment Patterns

Check Size Distribution

<$500K
28 (11%)
$500K-$1M
32 (13%)
$1M-$2M
43 (18%)
$2M-$5M
51 (21%)
$5M-$10M
47 (19%)
$10M+
43 (18%)

Stage Coverage

What other stages do these firms also invest in?

Pre-Seed
0%
Pre-Seed
73%
Seed
0%
Seed
92%
Series A
0%
Series A
66%
Series B
0%
Series B
24%
Growth
11%
series_c
10%
Series C
0%
Growth Equity
0%

Sector Overlap

What other sectors do these firms also invest in?

Developer Tools Infra
93%
Enterprise Software
86%
Fintech Payments
76%
Healthcare Digital
66%
Security Cyber
55%
Robotics Automation
47%
Climate Clean Energy
43%
Consumer Apps Social
40%

Common Co-Investors

Firms that frequently co-invest with investors on this page

Y Combinator
2x
First Round Capital
1x
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
1x
Sequoia Capital
1x
Menlo Ventures
1x
Playground Global
1x
Growth equity firms
1x
Corporate VCs
1x

Frequently Asked Questions

Q

How many Developer Tools & Infrastructure investors does F4 track in 2026?

F4 Fund tracks 244 VC firms that actively invest in developer tools & infrastructure. Ranked by sector depth: the share of each firm's classified portfolio in this sector, its absolute count of investments here, and how recently it last invested. Firms need at least three portfolio companies in the sector to appear.

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What is the typical check size for developer tools & infrastructure investors?

Based on F4's analysis, the median check size for developer tools & infrastructure investors is $2.5M, with a full range from $10K – $10000M. The distribution breaks down as: 28 firms in the <$500K range, 32 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 43 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 51 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 47 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 43 firms in the $10M+ range.

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Do developer tools & infrastructure investors lead rounds?

Among the 244 firms tracked, 91% lead or co-lead rounds, and 5% 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.

Q

What should I look for in a developer tools & infrastructure investor?

The best developer tools & infrastructure investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 23% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 69 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.

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How often is this developer tools & infrastructure investor data updated?

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.

Related Investor Categories

Investors on this page also frequently invest in these sectors

Enterprise Software86%›
Fintech & Payments76%›
Healthcare & Digital Health66%›
Security & Cybersecurity55%›
Robotics & Automation47%›
Climate & Sustainability43%›