372 VC firms investing in developer tools & infrastructure and fintech & payments at the Pre-Seed stage.
F4 Fund tracks 372 VC firms that actively invest in developer tools & infrastructure + fintech & payments at the Pre-Seed stage, with check sizes ranging from $5K – $1650M (median: $1.8M – $1.8M). As of June 2026, and 90% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,358+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 63 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 2 | ▶ Rali Capital Emerging markets fintech and climate tech. Rali Capital invests in founders with unfair advantages rooted in deep emerging market expertise. They back founders at idea-stage who demonstrate founder-market fit in underserved geographies. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 51 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 3 | ▶ Future Perfect Ventures Blockchain technology will fundamentally transform how value is transferred globally, particularly in emerging markets and underbanked regions. FPV focuses on decentralized technologies that enable financial inclusion and cross-border value transfer where traditional infrastructure is limited. New York | $500K – $5M | 44 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 4 | ▶ Blockchain Capital Blockchain technology will reshape how value is transferred, stored, and transacted globally. Best companies built by crypto-native founders deeply committed to long-term vision. We invest across entire crypto stack: DeFi, infrastructure, consumer apps, gaming, identity. San Francisco | $25K – $200K | 34 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 5 | ▶ Reciprocal Ventures Blockchain networks are upgrading the internet and capital markets. We invest in founders building decentralized technologies and protocols that reshape trust in our legacy systems. We believe the resource coordination and verifiability of open-source blockchains will fundamentally restructure finance, identity, and digital infrastructure. New York | $500K – $4M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 6 | ▶ Framework Ventures We back crypto-native founders building the next generation of valuable blockchain networks and applications. We were early believers in DeFi and continue to identify emerging opportunities at the intersection of cryptography, protocol design, and real-world utility. San Francisco | $250K – $40M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 7 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 8 | ▶ 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 – $25M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 9 | ▶ 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 – $25M | 91 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 10 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 21 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 11 | ▶ CMS Holdings Infrastructure and DeFi protocols will be the economic foundation of blockchain adoption. We invest in projects that solve real coordination or efficiency problems with deep protocol design and responsible market strategy. New York | $500K – $10M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 12 | ▶ Picks & Shovels Invest in picks and shovels - infrastructure, tools, and platforms that enable entrepreneurs to build and own vertical markets. Focus on founders with expert customer understanding, clear market gaps, and obsessive customer engagement. Santa Monica | $100K – $5M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 13 | ▶ Volt Capital Crypto as foundational technology shift requires builders with deep technical understanding of blockchain fundamentals and network effects. The most successful ventures combine technical sophistication with expertise in scaling decentralized ecosystems. We partner with founder-engineers who understand the underlying technology and can execute with operational excellence. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 14 | ▶ Sony We invest in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society. We foster Sony's future businesses through strategic early-stage venture investments, seeking technologies with potential to transform industries while building synergies with Sony Group business units. | $2M – $20M | 200 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 15 | ▶ 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 – $15M | 197 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 16 | ▶ Chapter One Ventures We back product-driven founders building generational companies. We led product, design, and engineering teams at the internet's most iconic companies and have built products for billions of users. Now we bring that operator expertise to support founders obsessed with product excellence and user experience. Los Angeles | $500K – $8M | 111 | Leads | Active | — | Req'd |
| 17 | ▶ Passion Capital Passion Capital backs outstanding European founders building in AI, FinTech, and Enterprise Risk, investing at the pre-seed and seed stage—often before revenue or product exist. Europe's first operator-led VC fund, pioneering Plain English term sheets. Writes initial cheques of £400K–£500K as the founders' first institutional investor. London | $500K – $625K | 111 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 18 | ▶ Fjor The best tech investors are operating the most successful companies in their industry. Fjor’s partners are top-tier operating founders who bring authentic pattern recognition from daily product use and are often early customers and design partners for the startups they back. We back outlier founders in AI, enterprise software, and fintech who are revolutionizing legacy industries and reshaping global financial markets. Los Angeles | $300K – $400K | 48 | Follows | Active | — | Open |
| 19 | ▶ Norte Ventures Norte is a pure-follower fund built by and for founders, believing in the power of goodwill and genuine relationships in a founder-built ecosystem. They co-invest in very first rounds of Brazilian and Latam companies with high visibility, operating more like a club of entrepreneurs than traditional VC. Core conviction: networks over geniuses, continuous work over overnight success, ecosystem value over fund stake size. | $200K – $1.5M | 48 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 20 | ▶ Red Beard Ventures Drive mass adoption of crypto and Web3 through investments in companies with strong tokenomics and utility design. Leverage ecosystem of 3,000+ LPs and 25,000+ gaming community to provide portfolio companies instant network effects and user acquisition. Brooklyn | $100K – $1M | 106 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 21 | ▶ Oyster Ventures Invest in exceptional new-frontier technology companies that bring liquidity and efficiency to antiquated industries. San Francisco | $25K – $5M | 45 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 22 | ▶ Unicorn Growth Ventures The future of finance is Web3. Every company should be a fintech company. We invest at the intersection of TradFi and DeFi, partnering with ambitious founders to reinvent industries and transform financial infrastructure. New York | $500K – $10M | 10 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 23 | ▶ Social Leverage Social leverage is the new financial leverage. Community, trust, and relationships drive superior deal sourcing and returns. We identify industry trends ahead of the curve through consistent public thought leadership and community engagement. Arizona | $1M – $2M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 24 | ▶ Fin Capital Full-lifecycle enterprise software investor focused on financial services. The best opportunities lie at the intersection of traditional financial institutions and modern technology. We back repeat founders with deep financial services expertise and technical capability to build transformative software solutions. San Francisco | $250K – $50M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 25 | ▶ Haun Ventures 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 – $100M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 26 | ▶ Freestyle Capital We are serial founders turned venture capitalists. We invest in market leaders building soon-to-be massive tech companies. Our approach focuses on long-term success, not short-term gains. We roll up our sleeves, get creative, lead with empathy, and have fun along the way. San Francisco | $1.5M – $3M | 133 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | — |
| 27 | ▶ Collider The internet freed information. Crypto is freeing money. Blockchain technology represents the next evolution of financial infrastructure, and exceptional founders using non-consensus approaches to DeFi, infrastructure, and privacy will unlock significant value. Tel Aviv | $2M – $10M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 28 | ▶ Propel VC Capital for the new economy. Technologies that democratize financial services, create new financial primitives, and enable global commerce at scale are reshaping how money flows. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 29 | ▶ Jump Crypto Identify real-world constraints through active market participation and build decentralized consortiums to convert systemic bottlenecks into shared breakthroughs. Serious builders combining market-making expertise with long-term infrastructure development. Chicago | $1.9M – $1650M | 29 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 30 | ▶ Multicoin Capital 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 – $5M | 28 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 31 | ▶ Protagonist Back early-stage founders building the next paradigm in emerging technologies. We operate like a product studio—contributing code, designing token economics, and providing hands-on partnership rather than just capital. Miami | $1M – $10M | 28 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 32 | ▶ Serena Capital We back bold entrepreneurs who think big and are committed to becoming the next major tech players. We invest from pre-seed to series A with strong operational support, focusing on technology-driven solutions across AI, climate tech, fintech, SaaS, and impact-driven sectors. | $100K – $15M | 113 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 33 | ▶ 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 – $100K | 64 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 34 | ▶ Four Acres Capital We invest in ideas and people first, then help build products. We believe connections are power and leverage an extensive network to support founders. We are founder-focused and work as trusted partners at the earliest stages. New York | $250K – $2M | 64 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 35 | ▶ Cadenza Global investors in transformative technologies — backing bold founders building enduring businesses across sectors and stages. Combines deep fundamental research with active partnership. Fund III ($50M, Dec 2024) is focused on early-stage AI, particularly AI infrastructure, open-source LLMs, and AI-native applications. New York | $250K – $2.5M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 36 | ▶ 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 – $6M | 22 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 37 | ▶ Paradigm Research-driven crypto investment firm focused on frontier projects from earliest stages. We believe depth is prerequisite for invention, and that real progress happens at the frontier. We are builders, not just investors—collaborating on research, code, and product strategy. San Francisco | $1M – $100M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 38 | ▶ Dragonfly Capital Partners We back the best researchers and builders who will push the entire crypto ecosystem forward. We believe in supporting foundational blockchain technologies, innovative DeFi protocols, and breakthrough applications that will define the next generation of digital economies. San Francisco | $1M – $75M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 39 | ▶ Canvas Ventures Intentional, thesis-driven early-stage investing in fintech, digital health, and AI. Focus on category-defining companies solving real customer problems with founders who understand their domain deeply. Emphasis on go-to-market strategy and execution discipline. Menlo Park | $5M – $15M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 40 | ▶ Tower Research Ventures Build and invest in category-defining companies at the earliest stages (incubation to pre-seed), leveraging Tower Research Capital's 25+ years of trading infrastructure expertise and technical depth to help founders succeed. New York | $250K – $3M | 18 | Both | Active | — | Open |
| 41 | ▶ InReach Ventures AI and data science can dramatically improve venture capital decision-making. We use proprietary software to discover, evaluate, and support the most promising European startups while providing hands-on operational support. | $250K – $3M | 42 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 42 | ▶ Forerunner Ventures Investing at the intersection of Invention & Culture. We back founders building category-defining consumer companies where technology breakthroughs meet emerging human behavior. We see inflection points before they're consensus by tracking both emerging technology capabilities and emerging consumer demands. San Francisco | $1M – $20M | 111 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 43 | ▶ FPV Ventures 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 – $5M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 44 | ▶ Borderless Capital Web3-native investment management focused on fostering dynamic blockchain ecosystems. Deep specialization in Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) and Algorand ecosystem. Support builders with operational expertise, regulatory sophistication, and long-term partnership approach. Miami | $500K – $5M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 45 | ▶ M13 Visionary founders building disruptive software businesses deserve capital and operational support from partners who understand building category-defining companies. We provide both. Santa Monica | $500K – $5M | 70 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 46 | ▶ 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 – $15M | 70 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 47 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 39 | Both | Active | — | — |
| 48 | ▶ Differential Ventures Investing in the people and solutions creating the data-driven economy. Founded by data scientists and entrepreneurs for data-focused founders. Focus on AI-powered business, ML tech stack advancement, engineering/infrastructure evolution, and responsible data management. New York | $250K – $3M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 49 | ▶ CMT Digital CMT Digital invests in early-stage blockchain and crypto projects that accelerate Web3 adoption. As one of the earliest institutional investors in the space, they combine venture discipline with deep regulatory expertise and operational support to help founders navigate complex compliance requirements while scaling globally. New York | $500K – $20M | 16 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 50 | ▶ 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 – $750K | 101 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 51 | ▶ H20 Capital Back disruptive entrepreneurs at the intersection of LatAm-specific problems and technical solutions. Leverage deep operational expertise from unicorn exits (Rappi, Kavak, iFood) to provide hands-on partnership from day one. Focus on cross-border commerce, fintech, SaaS, and marketplaces serving emerging markets. Miami | $100K – $1M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 52 | ▶ Race Capital 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 – $5M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 53 | ▶ Indicator Ventures Invest in founders building radically different technology companies with unique business models or distribution strategies. Focus on high-velocity founders who are maniacs on a mission. Boston | $250K – $2M | 64 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 54 | ▶ Spark Capital Spark Capital backs transformative products built by creators with genuine vision and technical depth. We believe that the best way to evaluate a founding team is not through credentials or market analysis, but by experiencing their product firsthand. Product comes first, and everything else follows. | $500K – $60M | 60 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 55 | ▶ Abstract Ventures Backing transformative founders building exceptional companies across all sectors San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 275 | Both | Active | — | — |
| 56 | ▶ Point72 Ventures Point72 Ventures backs ambitious founders building for big outcomes across critical domains. Going deep, not wide—the firm focuses on specialized investment theses in AI, Consumer, and Defense Tech, bringing deep sector insights, partnership, and hands-on support from seed to pre-IPO. New York | $250K – $50M | 203 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 57 | ▶ Floodgate Breakthrough startups are designed futures, not lottery tickets. We back extraordinary founders with breakthrough insights before the world believes. We are co-conspirators, not just investors. | $250K – $1M | 124 | Leads | Active | — | Open |
| 58 | ▶ Episode One Ventures Back ambitious 'go-all-in' founders building defensible B2B software at pre-seed and seed, and support them intensively through the journey to Series A. Focus on AI, infrastructure, health, TechBio, open source, and marketplaces. London | $315K – $2.5M | 58 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 59 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 60 | ▶ Shrug Capital Identifying culturally resonant, consumer-focused companies with differentiated products and founder teams that will capture global attention. We invest across technology, consumer behavior, entertainment, and culture—seeking to spot emerging trends before they reach mainstream awareness. We operate as a partnership combining rigorous deal selection with exceptional founder support, creative marketing, and deep understanding of consumer psychology. San Francisco | $500K – $2M | 114 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 61 | ▶ Colle Capital Partners We invest in people and give them freedom and support needed to execute their vision. We rely on data to measure, manage and monetize. We encourage bold ideas which are true, firm, confident, strong and resilient. We praise agility - the key to success in a competitive environment. We invest in early-stage companies operating with clear focus on sustainability in every dimension: business practices, unit economics and environmental impact. New York | $750K – $3M | 54 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 62 | ▶ byFounders The community-powered VC of the New Nordics. We invest in globally ambitious, impact-aware founders building companies that will solve the world's most pressing challenges. Superior financial returns come from responsible, impact-conscious investing that balances pure financial returns with positive social and environmental impact. | $500K – $4M | 82 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 63 | ▶ Jump Capital Thesis-driven, sector-focused venture firm investing in FinTech, IT/Data Infrastructure, and vertical B2B SaaS. Partners with founders who want a trusted ally with real operating experience. Increasing focus on AI applications that solve measurable enterprise problems with real data advantages. Chicago | $1M – $15M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 64 | ▶ MetaProp Technology can make real estate more affordable, accessible, sustainable, and resilient. We invest across the entire real estate value chain—from financial services to operations, management, design, and transactions. We back founders with deep expertise and provide operational support, strategic connections, and access to our network of 900+ annual industry introductions. New York | $250K – $20M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 65 | ▶ Underdog Labs We back belief-driven founders at the earliest stage with a clear understanding of their first winnable chapter. We combine capital with hands-on operational support to de-risk and accelerate ventures. Often the first institutional investors. San Francisco | $5K – $500K | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 66 | ▶ Underscore VC Bold B2B software entrepreneurs at Pre-Seed and Seed stages building transformational vertical AI applications, enterprise software, infrastructure, security, and fintech. Underscore employs an 'open-source' investing model sharing economics with their Core Community of operator-advisors who provide portfolio companies with world-class expertise at no cost. Boston | $500K – $3M | 52 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 67 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 68 | ▶ Night Capital Think independently, act with integrity, and serve founders well. Back exceptional founders building in massive markets at the earliest stages. Prioritize being indispensable over ubiquitous — long-term partnerships built on reputation and relationships. San Francisco | $250K – $1M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 69 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 49 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 70 | ▶ A* Capital Back exceptional outlier founders with conviction and unwavering support. Kevin Hartz identified that over 20% of Fund II is invested in teenage founders—not as social experiment but as genuine thesis that exceptional outliers often emerge young. The firm provides operator-heavy partnership with deep expertise in founder psychology, financial operations, and growth scaling. They position themselves as guiding outliers from idea to IPO. San Francisco | $100K – $10M | 27 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 71 | ▶ Foundation Capital We back founders who believe the purpose of life is to be briefly extraordinary. We invest at day zero when ideas haven't yet become innovations, seeking founders with superhuman grit, authentic vision, and the drive to create something lasting. Palo Alto | $1M – $20M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 72 | ▶ Solana Ventures Solana Ventures accelerates Solana blockchain growth by providing capital and infrastructure partnership to the most promising crypto ecosystem teams. We invest as both financial and operational partners, co-designing game economies, DeFi protocols, and infrastructure solutions. San Francisco | $1M – $10M | 11 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 73 | ▶ Makers Fund Backing builders of the future of interactive entertainment. We invest across games, content, platforms, and ecosystem technologies with conviction that visionary founders are driving transformation in how we play, watch, create, and live. | $500K – $5M | 158 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 74 | ▶ Prelude First-check crypto fund backing founders at inception stage — before the idea is obvious to everyone. Invests in both tokens and equity globally, with conviction that the best crypto companies are built to export value beyond the crypto echo chamber. Berlin | $500K – $2M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 75 | ▶ Twine Ventures Healthcare systems and climate-impacted industries are in generational transformation. We partner with mission-driven founders building enabling technologies—data, AI, software infrastructure—to accelerate this transition. Purpose and profit are inextricably linked. San Francisco | $500K – $1.5M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 76 | ▶ Alloy Fund Back founder-operators with prior venture-scale exits solving hard technical problems in non-obvious, regulated deep-technical verticals including AI infrastructure, blockchain, biotech, and communications infrastructure. Co-invest alongside quality partners to maintain flexibility and focus on deep operational support and strategic value-add. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 46 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 77 | ▶ Amplify.LA Back passionate technology entrepreneurs building in Los Angeles with early capital, operational mentorship, and access to a network of 120+ experienced operators and executives. Focus on pre-seed stage with hands-on support through multiple fundraising rounds. Los Angeles | $250K – $1M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 78 | ▶ Preface Ventures The capital before your story. We back experienced and repeat founders building Frontier Enterprise infrastructure — critical software solutions born from hands-dirty experience at top companies. We invest meaningful capital ($750K-$2M) as the first institutional check in pre-seed and seed rounds. New York | $250K – $2M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 79 | ▶ TQ Ventures Invest from first principles and commit deeply to founders. TQ rejects thematic investing and backs exceptional founding teams with unique, compelling market visions — category creators rather than incremental improvers. They target companies that have raised less than $1.5M, positioning them as one of the first institutional checks. New York | $500K – $3M | 46 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 80 | ▶ Cintrifuse Capital Cintrifuse Capital catalyzes Cincinnati's startup ecosystem by providing critical early-stage venture capital to local founders who face greater obstacles than coastal peers. The firm combines direct pre-seed/seed investments (including the Venture Velocity cohort program) with a fund-of-funds strategy investing in national VCs with Midwest alignment, creating a dual engine for ecosystem development and financial returns. Cincinnati | $100K – $500K | 44 | Leads | Active | — | Open |
| 81 | ▶ Andrena Backing Europe's biggest outliers from day one. We combine institutional investor access with personalized operational support, keeping founder ownership low and value high. Solo GP fund providing mentorship alongside capital. | $250K – $1M | 10 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 82 | ▶ Recursive Ventures Data and AI-native startups disrupting industries. Solo capitalist model allows fast decisions (days not weeks) and founder-first partnership. Focus on founders building real solutions to specific problems with proprietary data advantages. San Francisco | $500K – $1M | 10 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 83 | ▶ Visible Hands Exceptional founders from overlooked backgrounds (women, people of color, LGBTQ+) can build unicorns if given capital, support, and belief at the earliest stage. We invest before institutional bias catches up, capturing outsized returns while advancing founder diversity. Boston | $25K – $150K | 42 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 84 | ▶ 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 – $15M | 63 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 85 | ▶ Mischief Diverse industry experience enables superior pattern recognition about which founders can succeed. Operational support from founders-turned-investors is more valuable than just capital. Markets have seasons - breakthrough companies can emerge from unexpected places. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 86 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 23 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 87 | ▶ Serena Ventures We back bold founders reshaping how we live, work, move, and connect. Our perspective is global. Our standard is excellence. Our purpose is to expand access, ownership, and opportunity at scale. We view the underfunding of women and founders of color as a market inefficiency. San Francisco | $100K – $500K | 41 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 88 | ▶ Matrix Partners We invest in founders with deep technical expertise and a specific vision of the future. As former founders and company builders ourselves, we provide not just capital but steady partnership through early stages. We are contrarians who invest with conviction. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 60 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 89 | ▶ Starting Line Early-stage consumer startups leveraging technology to be cheaper and better, expanding market access. Back bold founders willing to take substantial personal risks and reshape categories. Focus on 99% economy democratizing access. Chicago | $250K – $3M | 59 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 90 | ▶ CapitalX Early-stage enterprise software and B2B SaaS companies led by technical founders with deep domain expertise. Fast decision-making with conviction over consensus. Proactively helpful beyond capital - providing operational support, strategic introductions, and industry expertise from 15+ years in software. Rolling fund model allows flexibility and founder-centric approach. San Francisco | $100K – $250K | 21 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 91 | ▶ Dunbar Capital Intentional, sustainable, and helpful relationship building drives signal through noise. We use data, research, and relationship networks to make thesis-driven conviction investments in emerging market fintech and payment infrastructure. Cambridge | $50K – $100K | 21 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 92 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 93 | ▶ Operator Partners We are operators funding operators. We provide capital from our own personal wealth (no outside LPs) and offer hands-on operational advisory rather than board control. We believe the best venture support comes from those who have built and scaled companies themselves. New York | $250K – $2M | 20 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 94 | ▶ Gradient Ventures 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 – $25M | 54 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 95 | ▶ Exponent Greater understanding leads to greater transformation. We partner with technical founders solving critical problems in enterprise software, fintech, infrastructure, and applied AI. First-principles thinking and operator-first approach to value creation. New York | $100K – $5M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 96 | ▶ Script Capital Pre-seed fund investing in technical founders building developer-facing tools and infrastructure. Focused on curiosity, velocity of learning, and rapid building. Believe the world is shaped by unique insights at the intersection of art/culture and math/science. San Francisco | $250K – $750K | 73 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 97 | ▶ Sarah Smith Fund We invest $250K+ into 'irrationally intense' founder CEOs and their teams. We believe early-stage companies need more than capital—they need operational mentorship, people operations expertise, and founder coaching. We provide comprehensive CEO feedback through a proprietary CEO 360 process, on-demand office hours, and real-time support via Slack and WhatsApp DMs. | $100K – $500K | 34 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 98 | ▶ Charge Ventures Partner with exceptional founders at the very inception of their entrepreneurial journey. Our proprietary data-driven technology identifies promising founders beyond immediate networks. We focus on teams with strong product sense and bottoms-up growth potential in data-driven software categories. New York | $250K – $750K | 72 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 99 | ▶ Amity Ventures Concentrated capital for founders building what comes next. Amity leads at the earliest stages, investing in only 3-5 companies per year to provide deep partnership and meaningful support. 20% of their early-stage investments have reached $1B+ valuations (7 of 35 since 2016). San Francisco | $1M – $5M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 100 | ▶ BoxGroup Before there is a company, there is a conversation - we want to be that first conversation. We invest in founder market fit and the beginning of movements, backing founders with vision to create category-defining businesses. We believe in being your friend in the room with honesty and tough love. New York | $250K – $1M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | — |
| 101 | ▶ Delphi Ventures Delphi backs extraordinary founders at the bleeding edge of technology, operating at the intersection of crypto/blockchain and deep tech. Crypto is freedom technology enabling human coordination at scale without intermediaries. With AI and atomic breakthroughs, these forces will disintermediate legacy models and form foundations of civilizational change over the next decade. San Mateo, California | $50K – $25M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 102 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 103 | ▶ MAGIC Fund The best founders want to be backed by other founders. Smaller funds run by founders perform best at pre-seed/seed stage. We operate as a decentralized fund-of-micro-funds empowering founder-GPs across global regions. Los Angeles | $50K – $5M | 69 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 104 | ▶ ex/ante ex/ante backs founders building 'agentic technology' — tools that restore human agency by strengthening privacy, security, and information integrity. The fund counters surveillance capitalism and digital authoritarianism by investing in technology that gives individuals control over their data, assets, and information. Sectors: privacy-enhancing tech, cybersecurity/identity, information integrity, self-custody fintech, and agentic AI infrastructure. Brooklyn | $500K – $1M | 18 | Leads | Active | — | Open |
| 105 | ▶ Weekend Fund We invest in ambitious early-stage founders who combine unique market insights with a bias toward action, particularly those capitalizing on shifts in technology or consumer behavior. We provide product strategy, community building support, and go-to-market guidance alongside capital. | $100K – $300K | 18 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 106 | ▶ P1 Ventures African entrepreneurial talent is more widely dispersed across the continent than venture capital funding. We partner with visionary African and diaspora founders building global companies from Africa. We provide capital, operational guidance, and facilitate follow-on funding and expansion. San Francisco | $250K – $10M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 107 | ▶ K9 Ventures Extraordinary things are possible when great teams come together around technology. K9 invests at the pre-seed stage with founders, betting on vision and execution. Money is a commodity; reputation and time are the currencies that matter. We provide not just capital but active operational support, hands-on mentorship, and board governance. Palo Alto | $250K – $750K | 48 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 108 | ▶ Illuminate Financial Illuminate invests in companies solving mission-critical problems for financial institutions through fintech and enterprise software innovation. With deep access to tier-1 financial institution networks and specialized domain expertise, the firm creates unique value for portfolio companies through institutional customer access, operational guidance, and strategic partnerships. London | $1M – $8M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 109 | ▶ Leadout Capital We invest in non-obvious founders with deep founder-market fit. Like a professional cycling leadout team, we protect and position founders while leveraging a curated network of operators from Apple, Stripe, and Nvidia to provide unusually broad support from day one. Over 85% of our portfolio is led by women or underrepresented minorities. Palo Alto | $250K – $1.5M | 47 | Leads | Active | — | — |
| 110 | ▶ 5cc Capital Event contracts and prediction markets represent a generational investment opportunity. 5c(c) backs the traders, tool-builders, and ecosystem services around prediction markets—not the exchanges themselves. Durable innovation happens when new ideas meet disciplined regulation. New York | $500K – $2.5M | 1 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 111 | ▶ Trailyn VC Support diverse, trailblazing deep-tech founders building transformative AI, blockchain, quantum, and IoT solutions. Diversity drives 3.26x higher returns; we target underrepresented founders with early revenue traction. Los Angeles | $25K – $300K | 1 | — | Active | ~1 wk | — |
| 112 | ▶ Presight Capital We invest in transformative frontier science and technology that most VCs avoid. Our focus is on biotech, deep tech, psychedelics, brain-computer interfaces, life extension, and infrastructure bets in undercapitalized global markets. We believe the biggest winners in biotech are companies producing quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). Los Angeles | $500K – $100M | 17 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 113 | ▶ Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator Back domain experts and technical founders building specialized AI solutions that solve real, specific industry problems. We pair deep technical AI foundations with industry knowledge to avoid commoditized horizontal tools. Seattle | $100K – $600K | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 114 | ▶ Incisive Ventures We invest in technology companies that reduce friction at scale. Companies like Amazon and Uber fundamentally transformed industries by eliminating unnecessary complexity. We're looking for B2B software founders solving real enterprise problems, especially with AI. Seattle | $100K – $500K | 30 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 115 | ▶ Counterpart Ventures First institutional VC fund exclusively founded by former corporate VC leaders. Bridges traditional VC and corporate VC through Counter Club (750+ CVCs, $320B deployed). Invests in B2B SaaS solving nontrivial problems in large markets, providing founders with direct access to enterprise customers, strategic partners, and capital through the CVC network. San Francisco | $1M – $5M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 116 | ▶ Winklevoss Capital We back determined builders working on hard problems in critical domains. Real innovation is non-obvious at first and often misunderstood. We support contrarian founders during frontier exploration when they need it most. New York | $100K – $5M | 29 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 117 | ▶ Foreword Fund Back daring founders in their first chapters with first-check capital and access to a community of 200+ world-class founders and operators who can provide mentorship, introductions, and strategic guidance. San Francisco | $100K – $250K | 44 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 118 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 44 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 119 | ▶ Propel Venture Partners Backs early-stage founders rebuilding how financial value is created, moved, secured, embedded, and governed, especially across fintech, financial infrastructure, AI-native financial workflows, payments, crypto infrastructure, insurance, and enterprise software for regulated institutions. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 44 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | — |
| 120 | ▶ Tribe Capital Apply AI and data science to identify and invest in N-of-1 companies with 10-100x potential. Back founders who expand individual freedom and decentralize power. Invest in companies that embody principles from the Bill of Rights (voice, fair process, proportionality, user power) and Bitcoin whitepaper (trust-minimized, verifiable, aligned incentives, open access). Menlo Park | $500K – $5M | 60 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 121 | ▶ Asymmetric Capital Partners Asymmetric invests in exceptional founders disrupting legacy industries through Vertical Software, Healthcare IT & Services, and SMB Consolidations (rollups). The firm targets 20% ownership as lead, writing $2-10M checks from Pre-seed through Series A. Founded by former PE investors and operators who provide deep operational, strategic, and financial partnership beyond capital. Boston | $2M – $10M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 122 | ▶ Right Side Capital Management Quantitative, data-driven investing at the Pre-VC stage. We invest in capital-efficient technology startups with $5K–$30K+ MRR at $1.5M–$4M valuations. Fast decisions (one week), no gatekeepers, no BS. San Francisco | $150K – $300K | 43 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 123 | ▶ 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. New York | $500K – $3M | 28 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 124 | ▶ Lorimer Ventures Builders first. We back experienced operators who understand business fundamentals and the pain points of scaling software companies. We invest at inception stage with 100+ operator LPs providing talent, customers, and capital beyond the check. Brooklyn | $50K – $300K | 59 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 125 | ▶ Cavalry Ventures Back nerds and pioneers tackling tough problems that matter across European tech. Support founders building hard-to-build but essential products. Real partners for expert founders. | $1M – $4M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | — |
| 126 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 127 | ▶ Variant Crypto can enable billions of internet users to become owners—of their money, identity, and the products and networks they use every day. We invest in decentralized protocols, infrastructure, and applications that advance true user ownership. New York | $250K – $750K | 39 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 128 | ▶ Lattice Ventures We invest in entrepreneurs who personally understand the problems they plan to solve. Meaningful businesses require big vision backed by strong skills, deep insights, and rooted passion. We believe connections to experienced operators and industry experts dramatically accelerate company growth. We target companies pursuing industries hungry for innovation where technology creates defensible network effects. New York | $250K – $500K | 14 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 129 | ▶ EPIC Ventures EPIC Ventures backs early-stage technology companies building in the information economy, with a focus on enterprise SaaS, healthcare technology, cybersecurity, and future of work. The firm believes the best way to build lasting companies is through genuine partnership with founders — providing capital, strategic guidance, operational expertise, and deep network access. Founded in 1994, EPIC helped build the Utah tech ecosystem and continues to be the foundational VC of the Mountain West. Salt Lake City, UT | $500K – $5M | 70 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 130 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 131 | ▶ Flourish Ventures Mission-driven entrepreneurs and industry influencers can responsibly harness technology to build a more fair and inclusive financial system that serves unbanked and underserved populations. California | $1M – $15M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 132 | ▶ Focal First institutional check for technical founders building the future of B2B software. We provide capital and hands-on platform support at the pre-seed stage. | $500K – $1M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 133 | ▶ Raba Partners We are long-term business partners to founders. We operate as an investment partnership focused on founders building category-defining African technology companies, with tight founder-investor-LP alignment and deep operational support. Cape Town | $100K – $3M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 134 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 135 | ▶ Frontline Ventures The world's most successful B2B software companies require presence and success in both North America and Europe. Frontline specializes in facilitating frictionless transatlantic expansion, supporting founders with global ambition through a dual-fund strategy optimized for international growth. London | $250K – $20M | 24 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 136 | ▶ Spacecadet Ventures Founders building the possibly impossible deserve capital plus marketing support. Great technology combined with exceptional storytelling and narrative development creates world-changing moonshots. We provide both the capital and the story-telling expertise to help founders achieve escape velocity. New York | $250K – $1M | 99 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 137 | ▶ Spice Capital Back visionary founders solving problems for internet-native consumers. Focus on team, TAM, and traction. Seek emerging categories and 'illegible' opportunities overlooked by traditional VCs. New York | $100K – $5M | 13 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 138 | ▶ Skyfall Ventures AI represents a fundamental platform shift, reshaping how companies build products, scale and compete. Reduced innovation costs and advanced tooling enable small Nordic teams to challenge incumbents rapidly. Back founders who believe in paradigm-shifting breakthroughs requiring tectonic shifts in technology or market dynamics. Focus on Nordic early-stage companies with strong software components and at least one technical co-founder. Oslo | $250K – $5M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 139 | ▶ Wing Venture Capital The AI-first transformation of business will be as big as digital, mobile, and cloud combined. We invest in companies building the AI-first technology stack: data foundations, AI tools, autonomous applications, and product-led growth companies that accelerate adoption. Founders building at any layer of this stack can reach goals and uncover opportunities previously unattainable. Palo Alto | $200K – $20M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 140 | ▶ AirTree Ventures Big things start small. We invest at seed stage and see potential where others don't. We believe in your vision for your company's future, not as it exists today. We think in decades, not days, committing to walk the entire journey with founders to build iconic companies. We share Antipodean ingenuity with the world. Sydney | $250K – $20M | 64 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 141 | ▶ Ground Up Ventures We're a different type of venture firm. We wake up every morning and ask ourselves how we can help our portfolio companies move the needle. From in-the-weeds to twenty thousand feet, we are partners at every level. We serve as an extension of founder headcount, sitting in portfolio company Slack channels, maintaining weekly calls, and proactively helping with hiring and customer introductions. New York | $250K – $1.5M | 49 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 142 | ▶ Kearny Jackson The first investor for ambitious and relentless technology founders building transformative B2B companies. Kearny Jackson partners with founders at the moment of greatest conviction and product clarity, providing capital, strategic guidance, founder coaching, and access to deep networks. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 143 | ▶ SMOK Ventures CEE founders (Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, etc.) are building the next generation of global software companies. We partner with experienced operators who combine deep industry expertise with serial entrepreneurship. Geographic arbitrage: exceptional technical talent in CEE with lower burn rates, global ambition. We provide early capital plus connections to Silicon Valley for follow-on funding (80% of portfolio follow-ons from SV/Europe/Asia). Goal: $500M+ exits in 8-10 years. | $100K – $1M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 144 | ▶ Breakers Back outlier founders who break the rules, mold, glass, cycle, and internet — wherever they are. True generalist fund focused on pre-seed and seed across US and Canada, with emphasis on underserved markets (PNW, TX, Canada). Founder quality above all else. Seattle | $100K – $500K | 22 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 145 | ▶ Struck Capital Find strong, ambitious founders working on what we believe to be game-changing technology, and put in the hard work to add value every step of the way. We invest in founders with robust information asymmetries developing core technology innovations with the potential to disrupt and redefine industries. Santa Monica | $500K – $1M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 146 | ▶ Thrive Capital Back great founders building category-defining companies, regardless of stage. We provide patient capital, hands-on operational support, and deep network access to enable breakout success. New York | $500K – $50M | 22 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 147 | ▶ 4DI Ventures Support Africa-based entrepreneurs building solutions for large regional or global markets through 'nurture capital'—combining institutional capital with intensive hands-on operational guidance focused on sustainable market readiness and business fundamentals. Leverage deep expertise in cybersecurity, software, and African market dynamics. South Africa | $100K – $1M | 12 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 148 | ▶ Authentic Ventures Back exceptional teams with diverse leadership solving hard problems, leveraging a 1,000+ operator network to provide strategic advantage beyond capital. Oakland | $250K – $2M | 12 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 149 | ▶ Founders' Co-op Best first-check investor in the Pacific Northwest, backing wildly ambitious technical founding teams solving hard enterprise problems. Fund size is strategy — $50M allows being the best first-check rather than chasing AUM. They bet on exceptional people over specific sectors or tech trends. Seattle | $250K – $2M | 12 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 150 | ▶ Maple VC Canadians have built over $1 trillion in enterprise value globally, yet were initially backed by US VC not Canadian investors. We back founders with Canadian roots—regardless of where they build—because exceptional talent from Canada represents a sustainable, quantifiable selection edge. San Francisco | $500K – $1.5M | 46 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 151 | ▶ Yes VC We invest in category-defining companies at Pre-Seed and Seed stages founded by entrepreneurs with authentic passion. Focus on founders working in climate, food, healthcare, AI automation, and frontier technologies. Philosophy: when the world says No, go toward the Yes as hard as you can. | $30K – $1.5M | 46 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 152 | ▶ Ardent Venture Partners Software will transform as AI-native applications unlock value in unstructured data (emails, contracts) that traditional software has sidelined. We back founders building the next generation of vertical operating systems, AI-native applications, and embedded finance solutions. Washington | $250K – $3M | 21 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 153 | ▶ Village Global We invest in relentlessly resourceful founders solving real problems. Capital is just the beginning - we provide connected access to 400+ founders, operators, and luminary investors from the world's greatest tech companies. We invest at Day 0, pre-revenue, across sectors and geographies. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 21 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 154 | ▶ JAM Fund Back underestimated founders with something to prove who are disrupting large markets. Emphasizes geographic arbitrage in emerging markets (Africa, LATAM, Asia) where founder quality is exceptional but capital access is limited. Los Angeles | $500K – $20M | 58 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 155 | ▶ Punch Capital Support first and second generation immigrant founders building unicorn-grade companies. Value-add investor providing capital plus deep network connections to customers, partners, strategic advisors, and founder networks. | $50K – $150K | 31 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 156 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 157 | ▶ Mendoza Ventures Hands-on venture partnership focused on modernization, innovation, and disruption in fintech, AI, and cybersecurity. Combination of deep domain expertise with commitment to founder diversity. Weekly engagement with portfolio companies. Adrian brings 20 years of product/team building experience; Senofer shapes national innovation policy. Boston | $500K – $5M | 11 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 158 | ▶ Morgan Creek Digital Digital innovation across four themes (AI, Blockchain, Computing Infrastructure, Big Data) will define the next generation of transformative companies. Busan | $250K – $10M | 20 | Leads | Active | — | Req'd |
| 159 | ▶ Rally Ventures Early-stage business technology companies are strongest when unified within a thriving ecosystem. We invest in companies changing how the world does business through AI/ML, cybersecurity, fintech, and SaaS+ (vertical SaaS platforms layering embedded fintech to multiply revenue). Menlo Park | $50K – $5M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 160 | ▶ SciFi VC Partner with exceptional founders solving hard technical problems in fintech, AI, and science that require intense curiosity, intellectual depth, and scientific innovation. Focus on defensibility through hard technical feats, network effects, and solutions in complex, highly regulated industries. San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 161 | ▶ Techstars Help founders succeed by combining capital ($120K-$250K), intensive mentorship (3-month program), and access to a powerful global network of 1,500+ mentors. We invest in founders at the earliest stage with conviction and vision, regardless of sector or geography. Our #GiveFirst philosophy drives us to help without expecting immediate return. | $120K – $250K | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 162 | ▶ Alpha Edison Identify and partner with visionary entrepreneurs building category-creating companies that unlock entirely new addressable markets. Focus on 'silent suffering' where customers tolerate suboptimal solutions. Use AI, data, and behavioral science to identify non-obvious market opportunities and founder-market fit. Los Angeles | $250K – $10M | 55 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 163 | ▶ Global Founders Capital Global early-stage investor backing technical founders building category-defining ventures with global ambition. We believe exceptional founders can emerge from anywhere, and we provide operational support through a network of 16 global offices to help them scale across multiple continents from day zero. Berlin | $1M – $3M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 164 | ▶ Depth Ventures Depth Ventures backs exceptional AI founders who combine technical depth with sharp insight into a real market shift. The firm leverages deep operational experience founding and scaling AI unicorns to provide hands-on support from day one — a 'low-ego, high-conviction partnership.' San Francisco | $250K – $2M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 165 | ▶ 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 – $15M | 19 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 166 | ▶ 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 – $1.5M | 10 | Follows | Active | — | Open |
| 167 | ▶ v1.vc Patient, long-term capital partners to the most ambitious founders. Help founders navigate from v1 (seed) to s-1 (Series A+). We believe the best companies are built by ambitious founders who need patient capital, operational expertise, and partnership from experienced operators. Boulder, CO | $500K – $3M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 168 | ▶ One Way Ventures Immigrants are strongly underrepresented in venture capital despite founding or co-founding 55% of America's billion-dollar startups. Immigration and entrepreneurship are parallel one-way journeys. We back exceptional immigrant founders because their success is not priced into the market. Boston | $250K – $3M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 169 | ▶ Innovating Capital Technology can have a highly disruptive impact on society. We back founders on the forefront of innovation with clear vision towards positive change, leveraging domain expertise to ensure value creation. Founder-first approach with operational support. New York | $250K – $5M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 170 | ▶ Baseline Ventures Back exceptional entrepreneurs with high-conviction checks, provide rapid decision-making turnaround, and offer operational partnership. One-person decision-making enables speed and founder alignment. Jackson, Wyoming | $100K – $1M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 171 | ▶ Shine Capital Shine partners with creative, convincing, relentless entrepreneurs to build iconic businesses. They are lateralists - using non-linear logic to identify innovation at the intersections of technology, markets, and culture. The firm invests thematically in areas shaped by four trends: Great Expectations (demand for quality), Merging Digital/Physical (computing power), Reimagining Security (infrastructure/identity), and Reestablishing Meaning (community/belonging). New York | $1M – $10M | 49 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 172 | ▶ Necessary Ventures Invest in companies addressing fundamental societal needs. Provide Talent/Capital/Attention platform via in-house content and advisory network. Mission-driven investments with specialized expertise in healthcare, climate, robotics, and deep tech. San Francisco | $1M – $2M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 173 | ▶ 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 – $20M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 174 | ▶ F-Prime Capital Partner with visionary founders to turn bold ambitions into world-changing breakthroughs in life sciences, technology, healthtech, and crypto. Distinctive 'technical-risk-yes, regulatory-risk-no' filter ensures clear pathways to success. Cambridge | $250K – $15M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 175 | ▶ Album VC High-touch early-stage investing in technology founders building durable software and tech-enabled category leaders, with particular strength in SaaS and the Utah/Silicon Slopes ecosystem. Lehi, UT | $1M – $12M | 36 | Both | Active | — | — |
| 176 | ▶ f7 Ventures We identify exceptional operators with proven track records at scale (ex-Facebook, Google, Stripe) and catalyze their transition into founders. Periods of rapid societal behavior change spur dramatic innovation. We invest in the future of work and consumer utility, providing not just capital but operational expertise, network access, and proven playbooks from building at Facebook/Meta scale. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 177 | ▶ GGV Capital Back notable founders with global ambitions using technology to transform industries. We partner with exceptional teams to scale from seed through IPO, providing capital, operational expertise, and network access. Menlo Park | $1M – $15M | 35 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 178 | ▶ Hustle Fund Hilariously early pre-seed/seed investing. We back hustlers at concept stage—fast, scrappy, first-principles founders who act before market consensus. San Francisco | $25K – $500K | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 179 | ▶ Jibe Ventures Great relationships start with a beer, not a deck. We believe in building authentic human connections with founders from the earliest stages, providing hands-on support in team building, go-to-market strategy, and ideation beyond just capital. Tel Aviv | $250K – $2M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 180 | ▶ Ulu Ventures Diversity is profitable. Seed-stage investing generates best venture returns. We find and fund diverse founder teams that other VCs overlook, using decision analysis and rigorous frameworks instead of pattern-matching to make capital allocation decisions. Palo Alto | $1M – $5M | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 181 | ▶ Valor Ventures The South is emerging as a center of gravity for venture capital, not a satellite region. We back B2B AI and SaaS founders solving real problems with clear ROI, creating a Community of Courage where capital aligns with conviction. Atlanta | $500K – $3M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 182 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 16 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 183 | ▶ Company Ventures The strongest early-stage companies emerge from founders with deep domain expertise who have access to capital, community, and operational support. Grand Central Tech provides the infrastructure; Company Ventures provides the capital. We back founders committed to category-defining businesses in any sector. New York | $250K – $1.5M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 184 | ▶ Friale Much of the world's software will be reimagined in the age of AI's compounding innovation cycle. We partner with the best founders across all verticals who are seizing this opportunity, with particular emphasis on healthcare transformation and AI applications. San Francisco | $250K – $3M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 185 | ▶ Greylock Your first partner. Over 80% of investments are first checks. We partner with exceptional founders at inception stages, providing patient capital and deep partnership. Menlo Park | $300K – $10M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 186 | ▶ Belief Capital Belief backs young, deeply technical founders building AI, robotics, infrastructure, and other systems-level companies toward a future of abundance. New York | $500K – $3M | 34 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 187 | ▶ Susa Ventures Partner with spiky founders building category-defining companies using novel technological approaches. Focus on AI-driven innovation across alternative architectures, custom software, research assistants, TechBio, infrastructure, and enterprise applications. Provide capital, operational support, strategic guidance, and network access for founders with unique insights and deep technical expertise. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 188 | ▶ 8-Bit Capital Network-powered startups connecting people and businesses through software tools and platforms | $250K – $3M | 55 | Both | Active | — | — |
| 189 | ▶ Contrary Identify and invest in the world's top talent before they start a company. Build lifelong relationships through a proprietary university scout network at Stanford, MIT, Harvard, and other elite universities. Back exceptional founders within 1-3 years of graduation before they are widely recognized. San Francisco | $100K – $15M | 55 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 190 | ▶ Adapt Ventures Back electric founders with an uncontrollable passion for creating disruptive companies. Invest globally, particularly strong in US and Latin America. Combine capital with operational support through venture studio model, helping build groundbreaking companies from inception through scale. New York | $250K – $350K | 66 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 191 | ▶ Binance Labs Support visionary founders building transformative technologies across blockchain, AI, and biotechnology. Provide capital, technical resources, and access to Binance's 300M+ user base and infrastructure. Partner for long-term value creation with founder-centric approach. Cayman Islands | $100K – $5M | 24 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 192 | ▶ Exceptional Capital We back the most ambitious founders building for enterprise, providing them with capital, confidence, and credibility. We believe exceptional founders with unrivaled tenacity and imagination can engineer exceptional futures in enterprise software, AI, and infrastructure. Miami | $100K – $2M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 193 | ▶ Morado Ventures Morado invests in the 'data-fueled revolution' — backing systems builders who architect new operating systems for legacy industries. They focus on AI, data infrastructure, industrial IoT, robotics & autonomy, computer vision, and health tech at the seed stage. Palo Alto | $250K – $2M | 24 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 194 | ▶ Partech Partners We support ambitious founders solving large problems through technology across all stages. Independent thinkers who challenge conventional wisdom are our ideal partners. We provide not just capital but operational expertise, global networks, and hands-on support from day one through scale. Paris | $300K – $100M | 24 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 195 | ▶ Costanoa Ventures Building transformational companies requires more than capital—it demands deep operational expertise, consistent partnership, and genuine commitment to founders' success. Costanoa backs visionaries solving big, hard problems across data infrastructure, applied AI, cybersecurity, fintech, and national security. The firm centers on the 'missing middle' of early-stage investing: providing unusually intensive, hands-on support to founder teams during their most critical growth phases. Palo Alto | $2M – $10M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 196 | ▶ Gold House Ventures We invest in industry-shifting startups led by best-in-class multicultural founders. We partner with the next generation of Asian Pacific operators turned founders and welcome investors advancing culture and heritage through an affinity-based, returns-driven model. Los Angeles | $100K – $1M | 33 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 197 | ▶ Golden Palm Investments Africa's future prosperity depends on technological innovation across foundational sectors. Brilliant entrepreneurs applying technology to solve Africa's most pressing problems build world-class businesses while generating exceptional returns. Commercial rigor combined with social impact creates sustainable value. Ghana | $250K – $15M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 198 | ▶ MVP Ventures Partner with elite, early-stage teams building differentiated and defensible technology. Provide Most Value Per dollar on founders' cap tables through capital and operational support. Menlo Park | $1M – $3M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 199 | ▶ NXTP Ventures We back founders building the future of B2B technology. From Latin America to the world, we invest early and partner with founders and companies for the long term. Our core purpose is to support founders and companies through founder-aligned partnerships forged in trust. Buenos Aires | $500K – $2M | 15 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 200 | ▶ Operators Studio Backs 'gritty founders' solving real operating problems. Focuses on 'Global Indian' founders — Indian diaspora in the US or India-based founders building for global markets — with an 'India Supply to Global Demand' thesis. Seeks non-incremental startups with strong competitive differentiation and category leadership potential. San Francisco | $50K – $500K | 15 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 201 | ▶ Surface Ventures The best B2B software companies emerge when founders combine deep domain expertise with technical sophistication to build solutions addressing inefficiencies in underserved verticals. We invest in technical founders and experienced operators who understand their target market intimately. New York | $250K – $2M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 202 | ▶ 57Blocks Capital Backing early stage founders with capital and engineering. Investing at the intersection of AI and blockchain across two themes: Money Blocks (institutional digital finance) and Industrial Disruption (AI replacing manual processes in established industries). Invests at pre-seed and seed, often before revenue, with or without a lead. San Francisco | $50K – $500K | 3 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 203 | ▶ Market One Capital We back European platforms of tomorrow that democratize market access and enhance efficiency through the power of network effects. Platforms create value by connecting multiple stakeholders in sustainable, long-term businesses. | $250K – $3M | 42 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 204 | ▶ Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company Back ambitious and unique technology startups as early as possible — ideally from day one. High volume, small checks (~€200-250K), primarily European pre-seed and seed. No board seats, no round leadership. Value-add through a 900+ founder community. London | $200K – $250K | 42 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 205 | ▶ Nexus Venture Partners We partner with extraordinary entrepreneurs building product-first companies that redefine their categories. In the US, we focus on transformative AI and enterprise software. In India, we back digital-native businesses solving local market problems at scale. Menlo Park | $100K – $10M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 206 | ▶ Matchstick Ventures World-changing companies can be built anywhere. Partner with ambitious, underdog, diverse founders in underserved ecosystems. Founder-first relationships: we work for them. Capital + camaraderie + connections + community. Boulder, Colorado and Minneapolis, Minnesota | $500K – $1.5M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 207 | ▶ Hico Ventures Advance AI toward AGI through infrastructure and middleware investments. For blockchain, back companies integrating digital assets with existing financial systems or providing compliant alternatives. Aspire to be the first institutional check into category-defining startups. Palo Alto | $250K – $1M | 8 | Both | Active | — | Open |
| 208 | ▶ Hannah Grey Investing in customer-obsessed founders redefining everyday experiences. We back founders at the earliest stage (pre-product/pre-revenue) with conviction, capital, and deep operational support including marketing, customer acquisition, and technology infrastructure. New York | $350K – $1M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 209 | ▶ Story Ventures Story invests in the building blocks of automated systems across three interconnected layers: sensory systems (data capture), data processing (organization and structure), and machine intelligence (applications and decision-making). We believe the most impactful problems require the most innovative solutions, and we partner with founders pursuing audacious, challenging businesses because that's what it takes to create lasting impact. New York | $500K – $5M | 41 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 210 | ▶ Failup Ventures In this time of radical change, we back the best technical founders solving system-level problems. We invest early in the people reinventing work, life, and play for the AI era. | $200K – $2M | 51 | Leads | Active | — | Req'd |
| 211 | ▶ Mercury Fund Mercury backs disruptive AI and Blockchain-enabled startups outside Silicon Valley, with a focus on capital-efficient founders in the Central US reimagining core industries including fintech, enterprise software, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and logistics through their five investment themes: Work, Build, Journeys, Data, and Power. Houston | $100K – $5M | 51 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 212 | ▶ Comma Capital Back ambitious operators-turned-founders at the earliest stages of company formation. We invest in teams with deep domain expertise building SaaS, fintech, digital health, and AI solutions. Our 1,000+ operator network provides significant value-add beyond capital. New York | $100K – $3M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 213 | ▶ Broom Ventures Backs extraordinary pre-seed and seed technology founders, with hands-on technical, operational, finance, and leadership support delivered with a collaborative co-founder attitude. San Francisco | $250K – $750K | 40 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | — |
| 214 | ▶ Kalaari Capital Empowering visionary entrepreneurs to build unique solutions that reshape how Indians live, work, consume, and transact. Kalaari backs potential over pedigree — first-time founders welcome — focusing on tech-driven Indian market opportunities from Pre-Seed through Series A. Bengaluru, India | $500K – $5M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 215 | ▶ Signia Venture Partners Partner with passionate entrepreneurs building companies that change the way we live, work, play, or learn. We're operator-first investors who provide capital, strategic guidance, and operational mentorship alongside network and investor connections. Redwood City, California | $500K – $3M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 216 | ▶ Cosmic Venture Partners Early-stage, operator-led firm investing in next-generation consumer platforms, products, and services. We combine fintech, entertainment, and Wall Street expertise to provide hands-on operational support beyond capital. Austin | $100K – $5M | 30 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 217 | ▶ Okapi Venture Capital Southern California's original seed-stage venture capital fund, focused on capital-efficient technology startups with differentiated competitive advantages targeting large, addressable and growing markets outside the Bay Area. Active, hands-on management with emphasis on venture fundamentals and disciplined investment strategy. Newport Beach | $750K – $3M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 218 | ▶ Horizons Ventures Invest in deep science and disruptive technology companies that solve fundamental human problems—inequality, health, climate adaptation. We back founders with vision, instinct, and drive to scale impact. Hong Kong | $1M – $25M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 219 | ▶ Pathlight Ventures Low volume, high conviction early-stage investing in 10 thematic areas where vertical AI is reshaping regulated, complex industries: healthcare, fintech, capital markets, industrial operations, security, and government. Back strongly opinionated founders building category-defining companies with direct operator support from a team with deep fintech and growth scaling experience. New York City | $250K – $3M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 220 | ▶ Alumni Ventures We democratize venture capital by providing individual accredited investors with professional-grade access to elite venture opportunities. We leverage our massive 850,000+ community network and 11,000+ investors to create unique value for founders, sourcing and diligencing deals alongside top-tier VCs (a16z, Sequoia, Khosla) without leading rounds. Our network is our competitive advantage—it compounds value for all stakeholders. Manchester, NH | $250K – $5M | 58 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 221 | ▶ Greycroft Partnering with brilliant founders to upend the status quo by investing in AI-driven software, sustainability technologies, and innovative consumer brands. We believe AI will dominate software over the next decade, and we seek to support founders reimagining industries across all three sectors. New York | $2M – $100M | 48 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 222 | ▶ Boston Seed Capital Founders investing in founders. Boston Seed invests at pre-seed and seed stages in audacious founders building meaningful technology across consumer, B2B SaaS, gaming, sports, AI, and cloud infrastructure. Known for early conviction in unproven categories (e.g., daily fantasy sports via DraftKings in 2012). Emphasizes transparent, humble storytelling about venture realities. All GPs are ex-founders/CEOs with exits, bringing authentic founder empathy. Boston | $250K – $3M | 21 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 223 | ▶ Equal Opportunity (EO) Ventures We back founders building commercially successful businesses that expand economic mobility in America. We invest where capitalism's incentives align with social benefit, embedding mobility impact in core product, not as an afterthought. Boston | $500K – $5M | 21 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 224 | ▶ Monashees Back technology that enhances human potential, not just fancy tech. Invest in passionate founders solving real market problems with human-centered impact. Focus on sustainable businesses contributing to economic transformation in Latin America and globally. São Paulo | $250K – $5M | 21 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 225 | ▶ 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 – $750K | 21 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 226 | ▶ TheVentureCity See beyond borders. Back exceptional founders who think differently, refuse to follow conventions, and are willing to build defensible, data-driven products. Great talent exists everywhere, and the venture capital industry can be transformed from within. Miami | $1M – $4M | 21 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 227 | ▶ TMV Back founders building startups that reimagine the future across healthcare, logistics, fintech, and sustainable innovation. Investment thesis emphasizes mission-driven founders solving meaningful problems with bold, long-term vision. New York | $250K – $10M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 228 | ▶ Argon Ventures Argon leads or co-leads pre-seed rounds in Intelligent Industry Solutions: vertical software platforms that combine industry insight with deep tech, machine learning, and data to improve productivity, efficiency, and enterprise value. Greater Boston, MA | $250K – $500K | 37 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 229 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 230 | ▶ Redbud.vc The greatest driver of venture returns is founders strengthened by struggle. We invest in rare talent building generational tech companies, regardless of pedigree or geographic origin. British Columbia | $50K – $150K | 13 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 231 | ▶ Manta Ray Back mission-driven founders addressing significant global challenges through leading-edge technology. Provide flexible and patient capital, leveraging our time, resources, and networks to support portfolio company success. Focus on founders with authentic social and environmental missions alongside commercial viability. London | $250K – $3M | 55 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 232 | ▶ Cathexis Ventures Invest in talented people solving challenging problems. We back extraordinary founders building products that people want with speed, efficiency, and operational excellence. Houston | $250K – $1M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 233 | ▶ OVO OVO Fund invests in founders at the 'negative one to zero' stage — before customers or fully-formed narratives exist. They back people over ideas, providing conviction and guidance beyond capital to help founders define or create their categories. Menlo Park | $250K – $750K | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 234 | ▶ Point Nine Invest in the future of software built on AI. We partner with technical founders to provide capital, unfair shortcuts, and operational support to accelerate their learning and help them reach their potential. We position ourselves as the first institutional investor for v0.9 stage founders. Berlin | $1M – $10M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 235 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 54 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 236 | ▶ XYZ Venture Capital 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 – $5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 237 | ▶ Inspired Capital Partners Venture capital is the most powerful economic engine the world has ever seen. We back audacious founders solving humanity's hardest challenges through category-creating innovations. We embrace big risks and reject short-termism, committing to 15+ year partnerships with founders who have long-term vision and relentless determination. New York | $500K – $20M | 62 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 238 | ▶ Anthemis Group Architect a more equitable, sustainable and human-centered digital economy where technology and innovation work together in service of a better society. We deploy financial, human and intellectual capital in service of a better system, backing early-stage founders at intersections of industry, technology and society. London | $1M – $10M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 239 | ▶ Capitalize VC Emerging tech and AI are changing the commerce landscape. We power the future of commerce by investing in cutting-edge enablement technologies that support retailers, brands, creators, and manufacturers serving Black and Latinx founders and consumers. We pair platform investments with CPG investments with explicit racial equity mandate. Chicago | $100K – $200K | 19 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 240 | ▶ Primary Venture Partners Back founders building things the world hasn't seen yet, at the moment before the crowd believes. Combine capital with extraordinary operational support through largest Portfolio Impact team at any NYC seed investor. Focus on technical founders solving real problems with clear product-market fit signals. New York | $100K – $5M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 241 | ▶ Quiet Capital Back founder-operators with deep industry experience and prior successful exits. Invest from position of operational insight rather than pure financial engineering. Focus on companies showing early traction and founder-market fit across consumer, fintech, enterprise software, and automation. San Francisco | $100K – $25M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 242 | ▶ Stellation Capital Back philomath founders building mission-critical software. We co-lead first-check investments in intellectually voracious founding teams solving complex problems with deep domain expertise. Extended engagement from launch to orbit. Brooklyn | $250K – $4M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 243 | ▶ CoinFund We champion the leaders of the new internet through decentralized technology. We invest across the full lifecycle of blockchain networks from pre-launch through post-token network effects, combining equity and liquid token positions while providing operational and technical expertise. Brooklyn | $500K – $15M | 12 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 244 | ▶ Base Ventures Turning access into opportunity for founders, investors, and disruptive ideas by backing culturally resonant tech companies and founders who don't fit traditional Silicon Valley mold. Emphasis on showing up right way for founders, making bold bets, and committing fully from first check. Oakland | $250K – $3M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 245 | ▶ Hummingbird VC We back outliers of the outliers - founders with unreasonable ambition who can filter out 95% of conventional VC advice. We seek category-defining companies aiming for $10B+ outcomes, not incremental improvements. Our conviction is deep, selective, and global. We don't meddle - we provide brutal honesty, talent upgrades, and capital for survival through near-death moments. London | $500K – $50M | 34 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 246 | ▶ K5 Global K5 Global backs category-defining companies from inception to IPO. The firm leverages exceptional networks across media, entertainment, politics, finance, and technology to provide strategic value beyond capital. We believe the best companies are built by founders who can access world-class talent, capital, and strategic relationships. Los Angeles | $1M – $3M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 247 | ▶ Homebrew Help founders build companies of which they can be proud. We invest in mission-driven founders solving large, urgent problems using technology to create substantive change. Capital is necessary but not sufficient—sweat, reputation, and accountability are our core commitments. San Francisco | $100K – $500K | 26 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 248 | ▶ Moxxie Ventures Exceptional founders living in the future deserve operators who provide more than capital. We partner with founders on go-to-market, brand, storytelling, and team building. San Francisco | $500K – $2M | 50 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 249 | ▶ Drive Capital World-class technology companies can be built anywhere. Greatness is in our backyard. We invest in market-defining companies across the Driveway region (Hudson River to Rocky Mountains), partnering with founders from idea to IPO. Build where your talent is. Build where your customers are. Build where you're strongest. Columbus | $500K – $150M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 250 | ▶ Golden Gate Empower audacious founders who challenge norms and leverage technology to transform industries. We believe in first-time founders with scrappy outsider mentality and narrow niche focus. Silicon Valley expertise combined with deep emerging market knowledge across three continents. Singapore | $25K – $10M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 251 | ▶ Unpopular Ventures Invest in the smartest people, regardless of what they're building, especially if the idea sounds bad in the beginning. Focus on exceptional founders in overlooked markets and non-consensus businesses. Optimize for founder quality over sector fit. San Francisco | $25K – $1M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 252 | ▶ Correlation Ventures We combine world-class AI analytics with industry-leading networks to identify exceptional companies and make rapid investment decisions. Great companies, regardless of sector or geography. San Diego | $100K – $4M | 32 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 253 | ▶ WndrCo WndrCo positions itself as 'the founders behind the founders,' combining strategic capital with deep operational involvement. Unlike traditional VCs, partners take formal operating roles (interim CEO, CFO, CPO) within portfolio companies. This approach leverages the co-founders' proven track record: Sujay Jaswa scaled Dropbox from $18M to $10B as Business Founder/CFO, and Jeffrey Katzenberg transformed Disney Studios and built DreamWorks. The firm invests across all stages through three strategies: Build (acquiring underappreciated tech companies), Venture (leading post-PMF rounds), and Seed (very early checks). Focus areas are Future of Work, Cybersecurity, Developer Infrastructure, and Consumer Technology, with increasing emphasis on AI applications. Beverly Hills, California | $100K – $10M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 254 | ▶ Cowboy Ventures Partner with founders building generational software companies. We provide capital, operational support, and genuine partnership. Focus on technology-driven solutions addressing large and growing markets. Invest across enterprise and consumer software, with depth in AI-native software, fintech, infrastructure, security, vertical SaaS, healthcare, and future of work. Palo Alto | $500K – $4M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 255 | ▶ u.ventures u.ventures backs local entrepreneurs who dare to build exciting global ventures. The firm focuses on early-stage technology startups with world-class founding teams from Ukraine and Eastern Europe with global market ambitions, scalable products, and competitive advantages. Chicago | $200K – $2M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 256 | ▶ Better Capital Day 0 venture capital applied by a deep operator. Better Capital invests at the earliest stage where ambiguity is highest and operator judgment adds the most value. Solo GP model keeps conviction high and enables deep engagement with 20-25 companies at critical inflection points. Pune | $300K – $1M | 47 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 257 | ▶ Future Africa Bold, visionary African founders solving Africa's biggest challenges represent global business opportunities. We combine capital, operational support, and community to build sustainable, continent-scale businesses. Lagos | $40K – $5M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 258 | ▶ Defy VC Back exceptional entrepreneurs building enduring companies that defy expectations. Value authenticity and tenacity to turn daring ideas into lasting impact. One life-altering investment can lead to industry-wide transformation. San Mateo, California | $100K – $10M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 259 | ▶ AI Fund Builds AI companies from inception alongside recruited CEOs, acting as an AI R&D studio that sources ideas with large corporates to deliver agentic-AI ventures with built-in customers and traction. Fund II focused on application and software infrastructure layers with emphasis on enterprise adoption and agent protocols. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 260 | ▶ Streamlined Ventures Visionary founders are the true catalysts of transformation and progress. We partner with exceptional founders at the seed stage to help them build extraordinary companies through intensive operational support, structured tools, and candid guidance. Palo Alto | $250K – $10M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 261 | ▶ XFactor Ventures Support ambitious founders with the 'X Factor' – the insight and drive to build billion-dollar companies. Particularly focused on female founders and mixed-gender teams who have been historically underrepresented in VC. New York | $125K – $150K | 30 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 262 | ▶ Unshackled Ventures U.S. immigrants possess exceptional entrepreneurial talent and world-class skills but face systemic barriers through immigration constraints. By removing immigration obstacles and providing capital, operational support, and community resources, immigrant founders can build revolutionary companies and create lasting economic impact. We're the only VC with immigration attorneys as general partners to make this happen. Sunnyvale | $300K – $500K | 16 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 263 | ▶ Valia Ventures We back technically ambitious founders building tomorrow's most iconic companies in frontier sectors like AI, hardtech, robotics, healthcare, and fintech. We believe great companies come from founders willing to tackle complex problems that generalist funds avoid. New York | $250K – $1.5M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 264 | ▶ Wischoff Ventures Bringing physical-world operations online through 'the new supply chain.' Wischoff backs founders digitizing logistics, fintech infrastructure, manufacturing, and construction. Portfolio chemistry—companies becoming customers of each other. Solo GP with hands-on operational guidance, founder amplification, and regulated-market expertise. New York | $800K – $1.6M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 265 | ▶ Banana Capital Identify resilient, obsessed founders with exceptional conviction and a chip on their shoulder building category-defining products with defensible distribution. Target founders to work with for the next decade, seeking businesses with clear revenue prospects in large markets. Ann Arbor, Michigan | $25K – $300K | 22 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 266 | ▶ Ride Ventures Patient capital provider identifying exceptional early-stage founders building category-defining companies in software, fintech, and AI. Non-lead co-investor positioning allows deep pattern recognition without governance burden. Greg Arrese's capital markets background combined with domain expertise in fintech and AI enables identifying inflection points before larger funds recognize them. San Diego | $100K – $500K | 10 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 267 | ▶ SRB Ventures Stage and sector-agnostic fund backing exceptional founders with clear vision and execution ability. Leverages Sahil's 800,000+ newsletter audience, direct founder relationships, and proprietary post-investment support to accelerate high-growth startups. San Diego | $25K – $1M | 10 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 268 | ▶ Blackbird Back wild hearts with the wildest ideas from the very beginning. Invest in companies, not rounds — following exceptional founders from pre-seed through all subsequent stages. Focused on ANZ founders building globally ambitious companies across any sector. Sydney | $150K – $60M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 269 | ▶ SpeedInvest Backs globally ambitious technology companies from pre-seed and seed through selected growth rounds using specialist EMEA sector teams and a platform model for capital, customers, talent, follow-on investors, and operational support. Vienna | $250K – $30M | 49 | Leads | Active | — | Open |
| 270 | ▶ Baobab Ventures Operator-led capital for global pre-seed and seed technical founders building AI, robotics, defense, developer tools, AI-native applications, and adjacent deep-tech companies where rapid execution and distribution matter. London | $300K – $350K | 15 | Both | Active | — | Open |
| 271 | ▶ Panache Ventures Exceptional companies are built by founders with deep conviction, strong technical foundations, and the courage to tackle meaningful problems. Panache backs visionary founders from day one, providing capital alongside hands-on operational support and nationwide founder networks. Montreal | $500K – $3M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 272 | ▶ New Enterprise Associates (NEA) NEA partners with ambitious founders at every stage of company building, from pre-seed through IPO. They invest at the intersection of technology and healthcare, believing the most transformational innovation occurs where deep domain expertise meets world-class technical founders. NEA serves as both capital provider and active operator. Menlo Park | $1M – $50M | 21 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 273 | ▶ Resolute Ventures We back founders who combine emotional intelligence with business acumen and are on a mission to solve problems they deeply care about. We're often the first institutional check and provide mentorship, community, and long-term partnership support. San Francisco | $50K – $1.5M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 274 | ▶ Generalist Capital Invest in great entrepreneurs building remarkable companies. Leverage narrative momentum and storytelling expertise to help founders attract capital, talent, and customers. Founder quality accounts for ~95% of investment decision. New York | $50K – $300K | 5 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 275 | ▶ Maximum Frequency Ventures Applications are interfaces. Protocols are the product. MFV backs operator-first founders building programmable financial infrastructure, AI-crypto convergence products, and token-native consumer applications across the US and Asia. Palo Alto | $500K – $2M | 5 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 276 | ▶ Andreessen Horowitz Backing the builders of the next layer of computing across AI infrastructure, defense, biotech, and American dynamism. Former 'Software is Eating the World' thesis evolved to 'AI is Eating Software'. Partners with technical founders building foundation models, cloud systems, and infrastructure for the AI era. Menlo Park | $1M – $200M | 48 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 277 | ▶ Wonder Ventures Invest in Southern California's best founders earlier than anyone else. No idea is too early. We fund companies earlier than most VCs, providing not just capital but hands-on support and operational expertise. Our founder-first philosophy and No Ghosting Rule ensure responsive, engaged partnerships. Santa Monica | $250K – $2M | 47 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 278 | ▶ Bling Capital The hardest thing in seed is finding product-market fit. We help you find it. If you already have product-market fit, we will help you scale. We partner with exceptionally ambitious founders for the long run and provide capital combined with operational expertise through our 100+ member Product Council. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 279 | ▶ Launch Africa Pan-African fund solving the significant funding gap in Seed and pre-Series A investment. Backing ambitious African founders tackling critical continental challenges with operational support and investor network. Mauritius | $100K – $2M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 280 | ▶ Bowery Capital Backs early-stage B2B founders building vertical AI solutions that automate administrative and operational workflows in underserved industries. Focuses on seed-stage companies with strong founder-market fit and clear unit economics. New York | $250K – $5M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 281 | ▶ Pareto Holdings Back exceptional founders early, globally. Self-funded model enables founder-first alignment, rapid deployment, and direct support. We believe the best companies come from the best founders, regardless of background or current stage. Miami | $100K – $25M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 282 | ▶ Foundry Group We invest in startups and venture funds, creating a symbiotic network that propels innovation. Our approach is characterized by long-term thinking and a 'give first' philosophy. Boulder, Colorado | $500K – $10M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 283 | ▶ Next Play Ventures Coach and invest in entrepreneurial leaders building world-class, purpose-driven organizations. Combines financial investment with active leadership coaching and organizational development using LinkedIn's proven playbook. Believes great companies are built by great leaders who manage compassionately and combine doing well with doing good. Menlo Park | $100K – $5M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 284 | ▶ Array Ventures Every visionary startup deserves the right support to flourish. Array Ventures provides comprehensive end-to-end support through three phases: Plan (inception), Build (implementation), and Scale Up (growth). They combine equity investments with extensive consulting services to identify innovative startups with breakthrough ideas and help them achieve their full potential. Kolkata | $6K – $60K | 14 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 285 | ▶ Human Capital Partner with exceptional founders to build generational companies that define the world's most critical industries. We provide not just capital but assemble teams of the highest caliber through our 5,000+ member builder community and deep operational expertise. San Francisco | $250K – $200M | 25 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 286 | ▶ Y Combinator Identify founders with the determination and resourcefulness to build world-changing companies. We believe exceptional founders can come from any background and at any stage of development. Our mission is to help founders be dramatically better shaped in 3 months than when they arrived. Mountain View | $500K – $500K | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 287 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 31 | Leads | Active | — | — |
| 288 | ▶ Soma Capital Soma invests in technical founders building innovative companies across all sectors. We believe in building deep friendships day 1 with brilliant superhumans pushing humanity forward. Our founder-first approach emphasizes non-dilutive capital, founder autonomy, and access to Fortune 500 networks for customer development. San Francisco | $100K – $2M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 289 | ▶ Pear VC Exceptional founders backed at pre-seed and seed with both capital and hands-on operational support—talent, GTM, fundraising—build the most enduring companies. Pear is founder-first: founders-and-operators turned investors who have been in founders' shoes. Menlo Park | $250K – $6M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 290 | ▶ No Label Ventures Backing immigrant entrepreneurs building companies in Europe. Immigrants account for ~50% of US and ~40% of UK unicorns. NLV spots and supports this talent before the market catches up, investing unconditionally as the first check before lead VCs are in place. London | $150K – $250K | 24 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 291 | ▶ Tapestry VC Repeat founders have an unfair advantage. We specialize in supporting experienced operators launching their next venture with operational partnership, patient capital, and optimized founder networks. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 292 | ▶ Creandum We back the companies of tomorrow before it's obvious. We combine early-stage European investing with a permanent San Francisco presence to help founders build category-defining global companies. We invest in ambitious technical founders who deeply understand industry transformation. Stockholm | $200K – $10M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 293 | ▶ Behind Genius Ventures Invest in technical storytellers—founders with deep technical depth, exceptional communication skills, and strong execution velocity. Fund innovation in traditionally overlooked industries (Clipboard Companies) by applying modern technology while respecting domain expertise. San Diego | $150K – $250K | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 294 | ▶ Battery Ventures Battery Ventures operates as a stage-agnostic firm backing technology-driven category leaders across all growth stages from seed to buyout. The firm believes the best tech investments span the entire founder journey, and they practice collaborative, research-focused investing with embedded operational support through their Portfolio Services platform. They seek technical founders with deep domain expertise and experienced operators building in four core sectors: Application Software, Infrastructure Software, Consumer, and Industrial Tech + Life Science Tools. Boston | $1M – $500M | 23 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 295 | ▶ Jovono We invest in paradigm shifters—truly disruptive technologies that change our perspective of the world. We believe in missionary founders committed to their vision, and we focus on business-team-idea-timing fit, not just product-market fit. We target transformative companies across defense, climate, fintech, legal tech, and emerging domains. Los Angeles | $1M – $25M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 296 | ▶ Brickyard Extraordinary founders execute faster when isolated from distractions and provided intensive on-site support. We seek junkyard dogs with high agency, non-obvious vision, delusional optimism, and execution discipline. Category matters far less than founder quality. Chattanooga, TN | $100K – $500K | 52 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 297 | ▶ Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) NYC has tremendous entrepreneurial talent but lacked a structured environment for early-stage founders. ERA provides capital, intense mentorship, and network access to help founders build market-leading companies. Every sector deserves innovation. New York | $150K – $150K | 39 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 298 | ▶ ff Venture Capital ffVC invests in driven problem-solvers building high-potential companies in emerging industries: AI, Manufacturing, Energy, Robotics, and Security. We provide capital alongside deep operational expertise, board participation, and access to a 35,000+ founder and investor ecosystem. We bet on founders with industry expertise, clear paths to $100M+ revenue, and defensible competitive advantages. New York | $300K – $700K | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 299 | ▶ Day One Ventures We help mission-driven pioneers win by harnessing the power of storytelling, art and culture. We back early-stage companies with customer obsession in their DNA and accelerate the mass adoption of technologies they create. Founders need more than capital—they need strategic support in building their narrative and leveraging media to accelerate adoption. San Francisco | $300K – $5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 300 | ▶ Liquid 2 Champions exceptional founders to build lasting companies through experience, community, and capital. Generalist technology investor whose edge is network depth — Joe Montana's unmatched rolodex and 800+ portfolio company network enables introductions that most seed funds cannot provide. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 27 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 301 | ▶ 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 – $250K | 27 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 302 | ▶ Boro Capital Invest in scalable, capital-efficient tech and tech-enabled startups at the Seed stage led by exceptional founders. We identify companies showing early traction that can achieve significant scale with disciplined capital deployment. New York | $100K – $500K | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 303 | ▶ FirstMark We back disruptive founders building category-defining companies. Our approach is founder-first, long-term, and deeply operational. We take the longest view in the room, operate with excellence and integrity, stay curious at the bleeding edge, and invest heavily in building community. New York | $250K – $10M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 304 | ▶ Emerson Collective Emerson Collective invests in entrepreneurs and innovators driven by purpose, seeking consequential companies that deliver both generational impact and venture-scale returns. The firm targets sectors where biggest market opportunities meet meaningful impact levers: energy & environment, digital health, fintech, education, work, and media. Palo Alto | $10M – $700M | 16 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 305 | ▶ IA Ventures Data is the defensible moat in technology. We invest in companies that build proprietary data assets, analytics capabilities, or machine learning advantages to dominate their categories. Founded on 'information arbitrage' thesis - applying hedge fund quantitative discipline to early-stage venture. New York | $250K – $750K | 16 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 306 | ▶ Saga Ventures Conviction-based seed investing in ambitious founders applying technology—especially AI—to solve the world's hardest problems for every American. Operator-led with deep hands-on support across sales, engineering hiring, and Series A positioning. Austin | $2M – $2.5M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 307 | ▶ SVG Ventures We back bold founders and AI-enabled, game-changing innovations that improve planetary and population health. We target capital-efficient, highly scalable startups reimagining sectors like agri-food, climate, fintech, life sciences and nutrition through deep tech and proprietary IP. We engineer outcomes through operational support, strategic partnerships, and sector expertise. Los Gatos, California | $500K – $100M | 16 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 308 | ▶ Third Kind Venture Capital We seek extraordinary founders building transformational products. Product-obsessed founders with deep market understanding, exceptional execution ability, and the drive to build lasting companies create the most value. New York | $500K – $5M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 309 | ▶ RRE Ventures RRE backs visionary early-stage founders leveraging technological breakthroughs to reshape industries. Systematic focus on Physical AI (AI that touches atoms) and Decentralized AI (bridging web3 and AI infrastructure). Boutique model enables direct partnerships with founders vs. large portfolio strategies. 30+ years of multi-cycle experience. New York | $1M – $15M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 310 | ▶ Zigg Capital Real estate has been stagnant for 50 years despite massive innovation in other industries. Shifting demographics, transportation changes, and evolving preferences are forcing modernization. We back visionary entrepreneurs building solutions across construction, property management, residential finance, and retail that will improve quality of life, work, and community. New York | $500K – $10M | 26 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 311 | ▶ OpenSea Ventures We support founders building the future of open Web3 economies through investment in multichain assets, decentralized systems, and novel blockchain applications. New York | $500K – $50M | 1 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 312 | ▶ Jason Ball Support early-stage founders with conviction and vision across technology, sustainability, and innovation. Focus on founders solving real market problems with sustainable, scalable solutions. Combine institutional investing expertise with hands-on operational mentorship. | $50K – $500K | 11 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 313 | ▶ Rainfall Ventures We invest in world-class founders solving significant problems. We prioritize founder quality, founder-problem fit, and values-aligned partnerships. We help exceptional founders become category leaders early, before they become obvious trends. Los Angeles | $500K – $5M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 314 | ▶ Offline Ventures The best ideas don't come from a screen—they're born offline in the real world. We invest in founders who build differently, prioritizing how they build as much as what they build. We believe original thinking, human-centric innovation, and founder wellness are prerequisites for building great companies. New York | $250K – $5M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 315 | ▶ Supernode Ventures We invest in the technologies that are transforming our lives, now and into the future. Founded by a successful entrepreneur and former tech journalist, Supernode backs exceptional founders building innovative technology companies across all sectors, from pre-seed through Series A and beyond. San Francisco | $250K – $3M | 20 | Both | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 316 | ▶ 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 – $15M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 317 | ▶ Coatue The best investment opportunities emerge at the intersection of innovation and scale. We invest across the full lifecycle from seed to public markets, focusing on technology companies that will transform sectors globally with particular conviction in AI-enabled platforms and infrastructure. New York | $1M – $100M | 30 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 318 | ▶ Trousdale Ventures We invest in mission-driven companies that dare to tackle impossible challenges, striving to transform industries and create lasting societal impact. We seek founders with audacity to dream big, resilience to persevere, and potential to build forever companies that shape human history. Los Angeles | $5M – $25M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 319 | ▶ Graph Ventures Back founders from day one with founder-focused support across fundraising, growth, product, and international expansion. We believe diverse founding teams and global thinking drive exceptional returns. San Francisco | $5K – $5M | 29 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 320 | ▶ HOF Capital HOF Capital invests in relentlessly ambitious founders building world-changing technologies that accelerate abundance: sustained technological progress that expands access to opportunity, health, and economic prosperity. Its current public thesis emphasizes AI and agentic systems as amplifiers of discovery, engineering, and knowledge creation, alongside frontier infrastructure and applications that can shorten scientific and technological invention timelines. New York | $500K – $10M | 29 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 321 | ▶ Debut Capital Early-stage venture capital for IT and Biotech companies in Colorado Front Range and Mid-Atlantic. Focus on experienced founding teams solving important problems with potential for significant financial returns. Patient capital approach with operational support and deep regional networks. New York | $500K – $5M | 48 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 322 | ▶ Nava Ventures Early-stage technology and innovation companies with emphasis on vertical AI, health tech, developer infrastructure, fintech, and legacy industry modernization. Backs 'problem-obsessed' founders creating new markets. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 14 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 323 | ▶ New Stack Ventures Invest in outsiders—mission-driven, non-traditional founders in off-coast locations building hardware, deep tech, logistics, or legacy-industry companies. Reject the Stanford/Google/Bay Area formula in favor of exceptional founders who don't fit traditional VC molds. Chicago | $500K – $1.5M | 14 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 324 | ▶ SignalFire Data and technology combined with sector expertise and operational support unlock unfair advantages for early-stage startups. We build venture capital like a tech company. San Francisco | $250K – $100M | 14 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 325 | ▶ Draper Associates Invest in bold, visionary founders building transformational businesses long before the world believes in them. We back founders solving impossible-seeming problems across frontier sectors: AI/robotics, crypto, biotech, aerospace, and unconventional ideas. San Mateo, CA | $500K – $30M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 326 | ▶ L'ATTITUDE Ventures Latino founders represent an underserved but exceptionally talented segment of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We invest in visionary founders who combine bold ideas with execution excellence to build scalable, high-impact businesses that create both economic and social value. We believe institutional capital paired with strategic partnership from Fortune 100 executives and operating experts can unlock the full potential of Latino-led innovation. San Diego | $500K – $3M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 327 | ▶ OVNI Capital Back European technical founders building globally ambitious deeptech and critical technology companies at pre-seed and seed, with concentrated first-check conviction and Paris/San Francisco/Berlin support. Paris | $250K – $2M | 18 | Both | Active | — | Open |
| 328 | ▶ 16vc 16VC backs early founders building enterprise software, AI, deep tech, fintech infrastructure, Web3, creator economy, and selected consumer technology companies where technology creates lasting competitive advantage. London | $250K – $2M | 6 | — | Active | — | Open |
| 329 | ▶ Fika Ventures Investing in subject matter experts shaping the future of their industries. We lead with our values and build trust through action. We believe the best founders have deep industry expertise and need tireless operational support, not just capital. We partner with founders for the long term, staying engaged 24/7. Los Angeles | $1M – $5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 330 | ▶ Pillar VC We invest in technical breakthroughs that overcome the world's greatest challenges. We partner at inception with technically brilliant dreamers who see past impossible to inevitable. We evaluate scientific opportunities through both commercial potential and human impact lenses. Boston | $100K – $10M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 331 | ▶ Commonweal Ventures Entrepreneurs who work constructively with government to harness its unique strengths—scale, credibility, regulatory power, data, and funding—enjoy asymmetric advantages. 24% of venture-backed unicorns used government support. We partner with founders to unlock government as a growth lever. New York | $500K – $2M | 26 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 332 | ▶ Vast Ventures We invest in companies organized around five concrete objectives: improving worldwide health and happiness, promoting resource sustainability, increasing human potential and productivity, increasing knowledge/empathy/connectedness, and disrupting industries that resist these goals. We operate as both investors and company-builders, providing operational expertise and hands-on support far beyond capital. New York | $250K – $3M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 333 | ▶ LOI Venture Back the brightest early-stage founders under 30. We provide capital, mentorship, and network access to accelerate ambitious young entrepreneurs who graduate from our League of Innovators program or demonstrate exceptional founder quality. Vancouver | $100K – $1M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 334 | ▶ Not Boring Capital Invest in companies with compelling stories to tell. We couple capital deployment with media storytelling through the Not Boring newsletter, creating a unique flywheel that amplifies both company and fund narrative. New York | $100K – $2M | 9 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 335 | ▶ Backstage Capital Underestimated founders are systematically mispriced assets that create alpha rather than requiring concessionary returns. We invest in the very best founders who identify as women, people of color, or LGBTQ, treating capital allocation as activism. Los Angeles | $50K – $500K | 30 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 336 | ▶ Sand Hill Angels Sand Hill Angels backs seed-stage, high-tech companies with large and growing markets, well-defined problems, disruptive solutions, defensible technology, and strong teams with demonstrated ability to execute. The group leverages 145+ experienced angels to provide capital, mentorship, and network access across the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Mountain View | $50K – $2M | 30 | Follows | Active | — | Open |
| 337 | ▶ Kima Ventures Back ambitious teams with strong learning and execution capacities across all sectors, stages, and geographies. Technology-enabled businesses preferred. Volume-based, founder-centric investment philosophy. Paris | $100K – $200K | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 338 | ▶ Expa We build category-defining companies through a combination of design, product, operations, and capital. We identify market gaps, pair brilliant founders with Expa's studio resources, and help them build companies that reshape entire industries. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 60 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 339 | ▶ Founder Collective We invest at the earliest stages and partner with exceptional entrepreneurs from idea to IPO. We stay small by design to remain aligned with founders. We're sector-agnostic, conviction-driven, capital-efficient, and believe in founder/market fit and intrinsic value over hype. Boston | $250K – $3M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 340 | ▶ Strong Ventures Back resilient founders building category-defining companies. Leverage Korea's cultural wave for global expansion. When others say 'no', we find the 'yes'. Los Angeles | $500K – $5M | 33 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 341 | ▶ 500 Global Global venture capital that invests where talent is abundant but capital and opportunity are not. 500 Global backs technology founders with global ambitions across underinvested, fast-growing markets using Silicon Valley expertise combined with deep local knowledge. Core belief: The best founders and innovation emerge globally, not just Silicon Valley. San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 16 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 342 | ▶ The Fund The best people to invest in startups are people who have built startups. We identify exceptional founders in geographies outside traditional venture hubs, building locally-run pre-seed funds with community-powered decision making. New York | $50K – $250K | 16 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 343 | ▶ GoAhead Ventures We invest in people, not business scripts. We believe exceptional founders can come from anywhere. Our open video-pitch funnel replaces traditional warm intros with meritocratic founder access. We want to see and hear you—your passion, vision, and commitment matter more than a polished deck. Menlo Park | $200K – $1M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 344 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 28 | Leads | Active | — | — |
| 345 | ▶ 57O Investments Fast, low-friction early-stage checks for founder-led technology companies, with operator help and network leverage rather than heavy process. Miami Beach, FL | $10K – $99K | 5 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 346 | ▶ Atomic By combining ideas, capital, and talent, we can scale entrepreneurship and build transformational companies. We source 800+ ideas internally, recruit co-founders, and provide day-one operational support in design, engineering, finance, and recruiting. Miami | $300K – $10M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 347 | ▶ GAN Ventures We back founders everywhere-else outside traditional tech hubs. We believe exceptional talent, innovation, and business opportunities exist across all geographies. Through the GAN network of 100+ accelerators and studios worldwide, we provide capital, mentorship, and global connections for founders building scalable solutions. Denver | $50K – $250K | 11 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 348 | ▶ Plug N Play Ventures We connect innovative startups with 550+ corporate partners who have real business problems to solve. Our unique position in the ecosystem creates a flywheel of pilots, proofs-of-concept, enterprise customers, and follow-on capital. We back founders solving real market problems with credible corporate validation. Sunnyvale | $25K – $3M | 11 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 349 | ▶ Picus Capital Empowering entrepreneurs to reimagine the way we live and work by investing in daring technology companies challenging the status quo with permanent capital, lifelong sparring partnership from pre-seed through IPO and beyond. Munich | $100K – $5M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 350 | ▶ Vibe Capital Investing in the picks and shovels of volatility caused by convergent forces (AI, Web3, Deep Science) intersecting with demographic shifts and climate change. We seek to create venture-scale returns by backing bold founders building more equitable, beneficial, transparent, and accessible structures. New York | $250K – $500K | 22 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 351 | ▶ Staircase Ventures Lead pre-seed and seed rounds in Canadian B2B software and AI-enabled vertical workflow companies with an initial product in market, early product-market-fit signals, and ambition to scale across North America or globally. Toronto | $1M – $2.5M | 14 | Leads | Active | — | — |
| 352 | ▶ Mucker Capital Venture capital should be accessible to exceptional entrepreneurs anywhere. Great companies can be built outside Silicon Valley with the right capital, operational expertise, and network support. Santa Monica | $100K – $15M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 353 | ▶ Tiger Global Management Leading global companies that leverage technological innovation across public and private markets. Proven founders (especially ex-Googlers, AWS, Stripe) with large TAMs (billions+), product-led growth, and global ambitions. Conviction-based investing post-2022 correction emphasizing quality over quantity. New York | $1M – $100M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 354 | ▶ TenOneTen Ventures Technical founders backing technical founders. We invest early in technical teams transforming major industries facing existential threats and tremendous opportunities. We target essential sectors—healthcare, logistics, real estate, manufacturing—where technical innovation solves critical problems. Los Angeles | $250K – $5M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 355 | ▶ Creative Destruction Lab The primary constraint for seed-stage, science-based entrepreneurs is access to experienced business judgment. CDL provides objective-based mentoring from accomplished entrepreneurs, angels, and scientists to help founders prioritize tasks and de-risk their businesses. Toronto | $50K – $250K | 20 | — | 1mo | ~2 wks | Open |
| 356 | ▶ Crossbeam Venture Partners We are a stage-agnostic venture capital firm investing in exceptional founders building the companies that shape our world. New York | $500K – $3M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 357 | ▶ Laconia Serious founders building must-have technology for mission-critical industries. We focus on B2B software companies digitizing legacy industries and transforming established workflows. Specializing in seed-stage, where hands-on operational support, sales acceleration, and capital strategy matter most. New York | $250K – $1M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 358 | ▶ Alpine Ventures Product-obsessed investing in consumer tech, prosumer software, and SMB applications. We back founders based on product quality and user value, not credentials or background. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 13 | Leads | Active | — | — |
| 359 | ▶ Tunitas Ventures Category creating companies with few to no competitors, defensible business models, and unit economics that are starting to work. Invest across all technology sectors except healthcare. Require 50x return potential. Primary value-add is helping raise Series A from the best possible investor. Menlo Park | $500K – $1.5M | 19 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 360 | ▶ Genius Ventures Innovation requires more than capital—it demands insight, dedication, and pioneering visionaries. We partner with execution-capable founders building differentiated solutions to large industry problems. We provide hands-on operational support, strategic guidance, and deep founder networks to accelerate success. | $250K – $5M | 9 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 361 | ▶ Rule30 Rule30 uses a fully algorithmic decision engine to identify outlier founders at pre-seed and seed stages across Europe and North America. The fund removes human bias by analyzing founder experience, educational background, network evolution, and career trajectory — excluding names and photos. The algorithm ranks founders into top 10%, 3%, and 0.1% tiers. An index-style strategy of 75-85 bets targets ≥3x minimum returns with 97.5% confidence. London | $100K – $300K | 21 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 362 | ▶ Stout Street Capital Great startups can be built anywhere. We believe in founder-centric investing with operational support from a team of successful founders. We serve undernetworked geographic regions. Denver | $100K – $500K | 26 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 363 | ▶ Gaingels Equity of access and representation in venture capital delivers positive returns. Diverse and underrepresented (including LGBTQ+) leaders of high-growth companies deserve capital access. When these founders succeed, they influence ecosystems and open doors for historically excluded groups. New York | $200K – $500K | 29 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 364 | ▶ Entourage Entourage backs and builds early-stage B2B SaaS and software companies, combining VC capital with venture studio and founder-operator support from zero to one and beyond. Ghent, Belgium | Up to $100K | 37 | Both | Active | — | — |
| 365 | ▶ MaC Venture Capital MaC backs visionary founders building category-defining companies with deep understanding of cultural shifts, technological advancements, and emerging market trends. Founders must demonstrate authentic insight into why their problem needs solving now, combined with ability to see how the world is changing. Particular focus on founders paying attention to shifts others might miss. | $500K – $2M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 366 | ▶ Cathay Innovation Startups positioned as transformation partners with Fortune 500 corporates create the most impactful solutions. We believe the next generation of market leaders will emerge through collaborative innovation between startups and incumbent enterprises, supported by global expertise and capital. Paris | $5M – $100M | 16 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 367 | ▶ Evolution Venture Capital Partners Culture-Tech companies that disrupt and define how we live, work, play, and interact with the world every day. We invest in passionate founders building transformative products that change cultural behaviors. New York | $500K – $6M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 368 | ▶ Flucas Ventures Democratize access to venture capital by building large syndicates of non-traditional LPs. Invest across all stages, sectors, and geographies based on founder quality and market conviction, not category restrictions. Enable 2,000+ diverse co-investors to participate alongside marquee firms like Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz while maintaining founder-friendly economics. Miami | $250K – $5M | 17 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 369 | ▶ Asylum Ventures The best founders are artists — obsessive, compelled by novel ideas, and often initially misunderstood. Asylum backs these creative builders with capital and hands-on support when asked, without taking board seats or administrative control. Fund I is $55M deploying $1–2M checks at pre-seed and seed. Brooklyn | $1M – $2M | 8 | Leads | Active | — | Open |
| 370 | ▶ VU Venture Partners Invest in early-stage tech companies addressing world's largest market opportunities and solving humanity's biggest challenges. Leverage global distributed team to source, evaluate, and support transformational founders. San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 16 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 371 | ▶ TheoryForge Operator-led fund investing in ambitious founders building transformative AI applications. We partner with technical founders who understand AI/ML deeply and are solving real customer problems with capital efficiency. Great product is always the best marketing. | $200K – $500K | 38 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 372 | ▶ Made by Bread Great companies are built through boring magic — systematic, unglamorous work combining exceptional product design with operational excellence. We pair capital with hands-on product/design expertise and team-building support to help founders execute at venture scale. | $300K – $3M | 4 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
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F4 Fund tracks 372 VC firms that actively invest in developer tools & infrastructure + fintech & payments at the Pre-Seed stage. These firms are ranked using a composite score that weighs data completeness (30%), portfolio depth (30%), investment recency (25%), and stage alignment (15%).
Based on F4's analysis, the median check size for pre-seed developer tools & infrastructure + fintech & payments investors is $1.8M – $1.8M, with a full range from $5K – $1650M. The distribution breaks down as: 59 firms in the <$500K range, 49 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 81 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 85 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 48 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 49 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 372 firms tracked, 90% lead or co-lead rounds, and 9% typically follow. Founders seeking a lead investor should filter for firms marked "Leads" or "Both" in the rankings table above. Lead investors typically set deal terms and anchor the round.
The best pre-seed developer tools & infrastructure + fintech & payments investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 26% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 35 portfolio companies. Look for firms whose check size matches your raise, whose stage preference aligns with yours, and who have a track record of supporting companies in your sector through multiple growth phases.
Firm profiles are continuously updated through F4's research pipeline, which combines LLM-powered web research, portfolio analysis, and transcript extraction. The ranking data refreshes every 12 hours. Editorial analysis is reviewed weekly. Individual firm profiles are re-researched on a 30-day cycle or when new information surfaces.