Best Seed Developer Tools & Infrastructure Investors 2026

BITKRAFT invests in Synthetic Reality—the convergence of physical and digital worlds. We back gaming studios, interactive media platforms, and emerging technology (Web3, AI, AR/VR) that will define how humans experience entertainment and social connection in the future.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

The most valuable companies are built on modern infrastructure and data platforms that serve as foundational layers for the broader technology ecosystem. We seek mission-driven, technical founders solving critical problems in massive markets with unique technology approaches.

Partner with B2B AI founders by functioning as fractional COO and go-to-market architect. Scale your AI startup by putting humans first. Combine AI capabilities with operational excellence and proven go-to-market strategy.

Helpful investors in marketplace and SaaS businesses founded by operators who grew Yelp from zero to $1B revenue through IPO

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.

Early-stage investors backing ambitious founders building the AI-powered future from infrastructure enablement to imagination. We focus on three layers: AI Infrastructure & Developer Platforms (the enablement layer), Agentic Business Applications (the action layer), and Native AI for Human Potential (the imagination layer). Founded in 2002, we bring 20+ years of experience backing transformational companies.

Invest in exceptional people, not just ideas. Identify future tech leaders while still in college and support them through every stage of entrepreneurial journey. Build diverse, inclusive communities that create self-reinforcing network effects and generate outsized returns.

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.

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

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.

Partners with technical founders to lead seed rounds in companies defining new categories in software infrastructure. Provides deep technical diligence and first-principles guidance alongside capital.

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.

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.

Blockchain-based digital assets represent a new asset class with mathematical scarcity. We invest in protocols and infrastructure building the foundational layer of decentralized internet, combining venture capital with active hedge fund portfolio management to capture long-term protocol upside and near-term market opportunities.

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.

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

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

We invest in early-stage AI-driven startups founded by top technical talent from MIT, Harvard, and Boston ecosystem. We believe transformative AI innovation is emerging from university-affiliated founders backed by comprehensive operational support, mentorship, and access to world-class networks.

Visionary founders building disruptive software businesses deserve capital and operational support from partners who understand building category-defining companies. We provide both.

Invests in technical founders building modern infrastructure software across three pillars: cloud infrastructure, data/AI infrastructure, and cybersecurity. Targets the earliest stages — inception, pre-seed, and seed — often pre-product with just the founding team in place.

We invest in ambitious early-stage founders building category-defining companies. Our Alpha network of 2,000+ founders and operators provides unique sourcing and strategic support for scaling emerging enterprises.

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.

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

Back extraordinary founders leading the transition of energy and industry while solving inevitable impacts of climate change. Invest in startups rewriting industries to be cleaner, more profitable, and more resilient through strategic capital and ecosystem engagement.

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

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

Partner closely with visionary entrepreneurs building category-defining companies. Focus on bootstrapped software companies transitioning to venture-backed growth and serial entrepreneurs acquiring small tech firms. Provide capital plus access to operator-mentors from Google, PayPal, Salesforce who serve as investors and advisors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

No single company can produce all the innovation required to serve real estate clients. JLL Spark invests in early-stage technology startups solving problems in commercial real estate, construction, and workplace management.

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.

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

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

Blockchain technology represents a fundamental transformation of financial infrastructure. We invest exclusively in digital assets and blockchain companies to provide full-spectrum exposure to this emerging asset class. Technical founders building core infrastructure that others depend on will create significant value.

Build great companies by partnering with exceptional founders who deeply understand their markets. We provide not just capital but proven playbooks, talent networks, and operational expertise from our team of experienced operators.

The best B2B SaaS companies are built by founders who deeply understand their customers' pain points. Many struggle to efficiently complete fundraising because traditional VCs create redundant diligence friction. By being founder-friendly and leveraging collaborative diligence, we access better deals and help founders move faster.

We are an AI-native investment fund seeking exceptional founders building meaningful AI-powered solutions. We move fast, support founders, and commit to long-term partnerships with companies at the frontier of AI innovation.

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.

Co-found and build breakthrough life sciences and deep-science companies with university researchers. Follow science to create revolutionary technologies that prevent, detect, and cure disease. Patient capital from concept stage through commercialization.

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.

Exceptional companies and talented founders exist everywhere, not just coastal venture hubs. We invest in sector-agnostic but growth-oriented software companies in underserved startup ecosystems. We combine strong brand, vast network, and deep operational experience with startup hustle to invest in authentic, transparent leaders building capital-efficient software products.

Partner with exceptional healthcare entrepreneurs to build companies that improve outcomes and reduce clinical and administrative costs. Founders with deep healthcare industry experience and understanding of customer pain points can build transformative companies.

Every enterprise needs a technological advantage to survive. We invest in early-stage cybersecurity and data technologies essential to enterprise survival, not nice-to-have features.

Europe's go-to fund for ambitious founders building the next era of computing. The next era of computing will be more intelligent, more spatial and more human. We back founders at the convergence of Spatial Computing, XR, AI, Gaming, 3D and Robotics.

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.

Enterprise software companies leveraging modern cloud infrastructure, open source, and AI to solve infrastructure and application challenges. Best companies come from technical founders with deep expertise in their domain.

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.

Go-to-market is your moat. We back gritty, early, conviction-driven founders building the next generation of enterprise software with deep domain expertise and contrarian viewpoints. We work side-by-side with you from day one, providing hands-on GTM support, sales playbooks, and access to our NYC enterprise ecosystem.

We invest in who you are, not just what you do. We back visionaries and game-changers with character and global ambition. We partner long-term with founders, providing capital, operational support, and deep conviction in their vision.

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.

We back bold founders at the earliest stages with capital and deep operational support. High-conviction, long-term partnerships with founders solving real problems. Founder-market fit above all else. Speed, transparency, and staying committed through difficult times.

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

The next generation of category-defining software won't be born in pitch decks — it'll be hacked together by technical founders who deeply understand the problem. We back developer tools, infrastructure, AI, and security at pre-seed and seed with hands-on GTM support.

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.

Bitcoin is the TCP/IP for real-time value transport on the Internet. We invest in seed-stage teams building the next generation of games, consumer products, and infrastructure on Bitcoin.

We help turn the best ideas in healthcare into category-defining companies. The best healthcare companies emerge from disciplined partnerships with visionary founders combining technical expertise with healthcare domain knowledge.

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.

Climate solutions must be economically viable businesses. Fund technologies that profitably slash CO2 emissions, remove carbon from the atmosphere, and build climate resilience. Back technical founders solving "crazy scale" problems with 5-10+ year horizons.

Concentrated, conviction-driven investments in exceptional founders solving significant problems at scale. Focus on enterprise software, infrastructure, and frontier technology. Belief in founder-market fit, technical excellence, and builders of category-defining companies.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Gula Tech Adventures invests in startups solving critical cybersecurity and national security problems, with a focus on founders who combine deep technical expertise, business acumen, and mission alignment. Rather than a traditional VC, Gula Tech operates as a self-funded, impact-focused family office enabling long-term patient capital. The firm evaluates opportunities equally on three dimensions: the problem being solved, deal fundamentals, and team quality. Ron and Cyndi's success building Tenable enables hands-on mentorship, technical due diligence, and access to government and critical infrastructure networks.

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.

Creator Ventures partners with AI-native consumer companies and the software/infrastructure supporting them.

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

The energy transition requires software infrastructure. Legacy utilities and energy infrastructure operate with 20th-century tools. Grid modernization, EV adoption, renewable integration, and industrial decarbonization all need modern software layers. Strategic corporate access validates product-market fit.

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

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

If you invest in tech, you should use technology to do it. Blue Moon operates like a fintech company using proprietary AI/ML across all operations — sourcing 8,000+ deals/year, vetting with ML algorithms analyzing 53 personality traits, and supporting founders with AI tools. They seek exceptional B2B/Enterprise founders building in Infrastructure, Cloud, DevTools, AI, SaaS, Cybersecurity, and B2B Fintech.

Civilization Ventures backs exceptional scientific founders—particularly PhDs and postdocs from elite institutions—building essential innovations in health tech and biology. We believe the best breakthroughs come from disruptive science combined with founder determination. We provide 'mentor capital': not just capital, but active operational guidance, scientific rigor, and access to our network of Fellows, Advisors, and portfolio founders.

Ambitious founders building venture-scale companies need capital, mentorship, community, and media visibility. We provide all four through integrated programs, funds, and our media platform.

Early-stage climate tech founders need more than capital—they need government relations expertise and regulatory navigation. We bridge venture capital with embedded public-sector strategy through Boundary Stone Partners, our government affairs firm co-founded by our team. We focus on sectors where policy is central: energy abundance, resilience, and clean industry transformation.

Back technical founders building B2B software targeting markets ripe for digital transformation. Industry and technology agnostic. Invest alongside leading VCs in oversubscribed rounds and embed a full-time Support Partner to handle recruiting, finance, compliance, marketing, and ops — so founders can focus on product and customers.

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

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

Israeli founders possess unique strengths in identifying and solving enterprise inefficiencies. Joule partners with these high-conviction teams to accelerate U.S. commercialization through relationships, operational support, and market validation—delivering tangible value beyond capital.

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

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.

Seed-stage Enterprise AI and intelligent software investor partnering with ambitious founders at the earliest stages. Distinctive Silicon Valley + India model: backing Indian-origin founding teams building for global enterprise markets. Hands-on support for product-market fit, GTM strategy, and scaling — 4 of 5 backed companies achieve strong PMF.

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.

Passion and vision matter more than pedigree. We seek founders with grit, audacity, and a spark of rebellion—regardless of background. We invest early, before success is inevitable, and support founders from 0-to-1 through Series A.

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

Cybersecurity is a permanent, growing category. Successful cyber investing requires deep domain expertise combined with operational experience. We partner with founders as true operating partners, not just capital providers. Category creators and cyber pioneers with differentiated approaches.

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

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.

Exceptional Israeli cybersecurity founders, backed by deep domain expertise and access to Fortune 500 CISOs, can build companies that define how the world defends itself. Singular focus on cybersecurity, seed-stage capital, and unmatched buyer network.

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

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.

The future of commerce will be shaped by technology companies that transform retail and e-commerce infrastructure. We partner with technical founders who deeply understand commerce pain points and can scale solutions across global retail and e-commerce businesses.

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

We invest in authentic, trustworthy founders solving meaningful problems—those who might otherwise be overlooked. Enterprise, Deep Tech, and Sustainability startups with founders whose vision extends beyond financial success and who are action-oriented, resilient builders creating lasting impact.

The best early-stage B2B SaaS companies need hands-on go-to-market support from proven leaders who have scaled at Salesforce, Snowflake, LinkedIn, Okta, and similar platforms. We combine capital with a network of 350+ GTM leaders who provide playbooks, hiring, and customer relationships that accelerate growth from product-market fit to scale.

Stage 2 Capital is the first VC fund backed by 1,000+ GTM executives. Using a two-person pod model (traditional VC + GTM operator), the firm helps B2B software companies scale through go-to-market expertise and access to a curated executive LP network.

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.

The future is forged at the intersection of tech and culture. The best founders are 'anti' by definition—their companies must be highly disruptive to the status quo. While capital is a commodity, attention is not. Anti Fund uniquely wields cultural relevance to source founders and accelerate growth.

Technology and biology are converging to create the next generation of transformative companies. The digitization of life sciences—driven by exponential growth in biological data and advances in AI/ML—is enabling a new class of platform companies that will dominate the industry. Tomorrow's biotech will be built by teams of three: a biologist, a chemist, and a computer scientist.

Bold, mission-driven technology entrepreneurs with uncompromising integrity deserve capital, resources, and partnership to build solutions that truly matter. As a founder-only capital firm, we align with entrepreneurs over institutional return requirements.

Strategic corporate venture fund leveraging Microsoft's resources to help portfolio companies innovate and scale. Tightly aligned with Microsoft's cloud, AI, security, and enterprise software strategies.

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

The future of work belongs to individuals and small teams with creative autonomy, distributed locations, and multiple revenue streams. We invest in tools that enable this future and back founders who embody it.

Invest in exceptional founders solving important problems. We believe the best returns come from backing brilliant people, not betting on specific sectors. We provide not just capital but hands-on operational support and founder mentorship.

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.

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.

Essential infrastructure software used by engineering, security, and data teams. Founded by technical entrepreneurs who deeply understand infrastructure challenges. Partners commit early with conviction and provide hands-on support.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Back highly effective CEOs building tech-enabled companies that solve hard infrastructure problems. Deep tech (quantum, space) offers generational returns with long deployment cycles suitable for patient capital.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Exceptional founders under 30 with deep personal conviction about the problems they're solving will build category-defining companies. We back technical founders from elite networks (Stanford, Thiel Fellowship) who demonstrate genuine passion and operator-level thinking.

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.

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

AI and ML techniques represent a transformational competitive edge with clear value delivery. Technical founders building intelligent B2B products will drive the next wave of billion-dollar companies across biotech, infrastructure, security, and enterprise software.

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

Artificial Intelligence will disrupt every industry. Flying Fish invests in companies where AI/ML serves as foundational technology across three pillars: Applied Intelligence (AI transforming enterprise workflows), Foundational AI & Infrastructure (core ML tooling and training), and Hard Sciences (AI accelerating biology, materials science, and drug discovery).

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.

Thematic-driven investor backing ambitious founders building for big outcomes across critical domains. Core conviction: defensible businesses create competitive advantages by transforming data challenges and market opportunities into sustainable value. We Go Deep, Not Wide. Focus on AI (defensible AI turns data challenges into advantages), Consumer (vision and strategy to break through attention economy), and Defense Tech (modern solutions for global stability). Active operational partnership beyond capital provision.

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.

Back founders with grit, industry insights, and strong engineering cultures to build amazing software that disrupts incumbents. Deliberately invest in unsexy industries and antiquated markets (warehousing, real estate, specialty pharmacy, agriculture) that others overlook, where nimble startups can create tremendous value.

B2B software is the highest-impact playing field. We invest exclusively in AI-powered B2B software companies at seed stage with strong founder teams, $300K-$1M+ ARR, and urgent business needs. By maintaining a high-conviction, low-volume model (10-12 investments/year), we allocate 20-30 hours of hands-on support per company in the first month. Our partners have deep operating experience: Mark has 20+ years in B2B investing, Brett has 15+ years at Salesforce, and Jim is a trusted advisor to founders. We lead ~95% of rounds, take board seats, and stay involved through follow-on rounds, achieving 4x higher Series A graduation rates than industry average.

Investing in exceptional founders and coding beside them. A team of early Palantir engineers who embed directly with portfolio engineering teams to help them ship faster, architect better, and recruit stronger. They look for deeply technical founders building software products who want hands-on engineering support, not just capital and advice.

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

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.

Backing transformative founders building exceptional companies across all sectors

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.

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.

The gaming industry requires dedicated capital that understands both the creative and commercial challenges of building game companies. ForsVC backs the full gaming ecosystem — studios, technology platforms, publishers, and services — with hands-on operational support through their FORSight program.

The world is transitioning from finite fuels and brittle processes to one powered by efficiency, automation, and machine intelligence. We invest in frontier technologies that are cheaper and higher-performing than fossil alternatives, building the foundational infrastructure for durable economic growth and abundance at global scale.

Security technology is a necessity independent of economic cycles. We back technical experts who have seen over the horizon as security practitioners across commercial, military, or intelligence sectors. We invest in entrepreneurs who are on a mission to secure our freedom.

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.

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.

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

Technical founders building transformational infrastructure and AI companies in data, security, and enterprise tools. We provide capital, operational guidance, and network access to accelerate growth. The best companies are built by teams that deeply understand their domain and solve hard technical problems.

The best technical founders in security, data, and infrastructure are moving faster than traditional venture can handle. MTF is a purpose-built fund with a curated Technical GTM Community to help founders go from prototype to PMF at speed. Solo GP. Fast decisions. Hands-on from Day 0.

Support early-stage founders solving real problems through technology with conviction-driven, low-volume approach. Emphasize companies addressing fundamental shifts in software economics as LLMs drive creation costs to zero. Partner deeply with founders combining institutional investing expertise with hands-on operational mentorship.

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.

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.

Invest in people and products that leverage technological breakthroughs or superior user experience to radically change the status quo. Focus on structurally sound, strategically defensible business models that create and capture new markets. True partnership approach: value-add extends beyond capital to include strategic guidance, operational expertise, and network introductions.

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.

The future belongs to those who invest in it. Hartmann Capital is the institutional gateway to early-stage frontier tech — backing founders at the intersection of Generative AI, Brain-Computer Interfaces, XR & Spatial Computing, Programmable Biology, and Robotics. We identify innovations as they prepare to cross the chasm into mainstream adoption.

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.

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.

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.

Scout invests in frontier technologies built by founders from military, intelligence, and national research labs. The team provides capital, operational partnership, government network access, and non-dilutive capital leverage. Focus on dual-use technologies with both commercial and defense applications.

Space has a unique role in addressing the world's most pressing problems and represents a $trillion investment opportunity. We back visionary entrepreneurs transforming science fiction into science fact using space technology and space-based data to solve challenges in sustainability, connectivity, and digitalization at global scale.

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.

Patient Capital. True Resources. Big Impacts. S3 backs visionary founders building in Business Software and Healthcare Technology. Unique single-LP structure (a multi-billion dollar philanthropic family office) enables patient, flexible investing unconstrained by traditional VC fundraising cycles. Founded in Texas in 2005 — the largest and longest-serving VC native to Texas.

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.

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.

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.

We empower builders and creators with capital and deep operational expertise. Gaming is undergoing fundamental transformation at the intersection of AI, creator empowerment, and infrastructure evolution. We partner with technical founders building innovative games, creator tools, and gaming infrastructure.

Blumberg Capital backs visionary teams as early and growth stage investors, active board members, and hands-on advisors. They invest in transformative technology companies across enterprise software, cybersecurity, fintech, healthcare tech, and AI with particular strength in the US-Israel technology corridor.

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

Next-generation aerospace will be powered by software, AI, and robotics - not new aircraft. We invest in enabling technologies that unlock aerospace innovation: software, design tools, AI systems, robotics, advanced manufacturing, and novel concepts for autonomous operations.

Back exceptional technical founders solving hard problems in AI, machine learning, and robotics. Solo GP conviction-based investing with deep domain expertise in autonomous systems, ML infrastructure, and product development at scale.

Founders and operators backing fearless founders building infrastructure and SaaS companies that power the digital economy. We bring our own experience building companies to help technical founders nail go-to-market and assemble exceptional teams.

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

Thesis-driven early-stage venture capital firm investing in visionary founders building transformative technologies in Vertical AI, Deep Tech, Healthcare, and Biotech. Focus on companies built on defensible data moats and novel technological breakthroughs solving fundamental problems. Emphasis on long-term value creation and partnership from day zero. Rapid decision-making (10-15 business days) combined with hands-on operational support. NPS score of 100 from portfolio founders.

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

DVC invests in visionary founders building next-generation B2B SaaS and infrastructure companies at the intersection of AI, cloud, and enterprise software. Operating as a cross-border US-India fund, DVC backs companies in AI/MLOps, CloudOps, cybersecurity, fintech, and data infrastructure — providing not just capital but also go-to-market strategy, business development, executive recruiting, and follow-on syndication through the DVC Advantage program.

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.

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.

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.

The best venture returns come from identifying exceptional founders solving significant problems early. Venture capital doesn't scale - we maintain small team sizes and disciplined focus on quality over quantity.

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.

Bootstrapped founders of profitable, capital-efficient businesses deserve access to growth capital without permanently surrendering equity control. Buyback Ventures invests $50K–$500K for 25% equity with a tiered buyback schedule enabling founders to reclaim up to 98% ownership — no SAFEs, no notes, no waterfalls.

We believe in small. Small teams, small fast-growing markets, and the smallest, tightest product-market fit possible. Because big outcomes are built on small beginnings.

Distribution is the scarcest, most valuable asset for early-stage founders. We provide access to Product Hunt's millions of early adopters and a network of unicorn operators to help founders acquire customers, users, and talent.

Data, cloud, and hardware advances will create unprecedented opportunities for great companies to be built. We invest in founders with big ideas and deep tech who are building infrastructure and value chains around data. Great people are the key to company success. We provide operational expertise, strategic guidance, and access to networks of mentors and international partners, particularly in China and Asia-Pacific.

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

Great ideas can come from anywhere. We support outsider founders with capital, operational expertise, connections, and authentic partnership. We stand in your corner, not your kitchen.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Founders backed by entrepreneurs. ZAKA bridges North American and CEE startup ecosystems, investing pre-seed to seed in Health & Biotech and Industrial Tech. The firm deploys institutional capital while leveraging operator networks to help European founders scale globally.

Investing in AI-powered companies that transform how consumers and businesses operate. Torch backs both the consumer-facing brand layer and the AI infrastructure enabling next-generation experiences, with particular depth in health & wellness, fintech, and consumer commerce.

Overlooked founders in underserved geographies represent exceptional opportunities for category-leading companies. Panoramic combines serial entrepreneur credibility with institutional platform to back university-born and underrepresented founders from validation through scale.

Accelerate financial services and commerce innovation by investing in companies that bring transformative solutions to market faster. We leverage PayPal's deep payments expertise, global brand, and 426+ million user network to help portfolio companies scale rapidly.

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.

Backing founders transforming biology into an engineering discipline. We invest in the infrastructure stack of biology—synthetic DNA, cloud labs, automated experiments, computational drug design, and AI-for-biology—enabling science as a software problem at scale. We partner with technical founders who apply engineering rigor to biological challenges.

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.

The era of transformational science is here. Life sciences and industrial markets are being reshaped by founders who move fast and build at the intersection of biology, chemistry, computation, and AI. This is a step-change in how science becomes solutions. We back bold founders who go beyond solving technical problems to redefine entire markets.

Make no little plans. Support revolutionary (not evolutionary) ideas that transform industries and benefit society. We partner with entrepreneurs solving massively multi-disciplinary problems at the intersection of AI, data, biotech, and deep tech. Our style of in-the-trenches venture capital doesn't scale—we make fewer than 10 investments per year so we have time to roll up our sleeves with every team we back.

Invest with conviction in visionary, technical founders inventing the future with frontier computing technology. Focus on computing×real-world startups (techbio, climate, robotics, industrial infrastructure). Enforce strict rebuildability bar—won't invest if 3-5 Google engineers could recreate product in 3-12 months. Position against SaaS/consumer playbook; future venture outliers will be very different.

Partner with exceptional founders building technology companies with long-term growth potential capable of fundamentally shifting markets for the common good. Provide capital, operational expertise, board participation, and network access to support founder vision and company building.

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.

Independent global investment platform backing capital-efficient, high-growth technology companies across Europe and North America. Multi-stage, multi-strategy approach from venture to pre-IPO. Transatlantic local teams provide unique advantage in bridging European and US growth.

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.

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.

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.

Notable Capital backs notable founders with global ambitions across cloud infrastructure & AI, enterprise software applications, and consumer tech/fintech — investing from the earliest stages through growth. U.S. Anchored, Globally Minded.

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.

Hilariously early pre-seed/seed investing. We back hustlers at concept stage—fast, scrappy, first-principles founders who act before market consensus.

Education is the most powerful driver of human potential. We invest in mission-driven teams building transformative education companies that deliver measurable outcomes and expand access globally.

Invest in market-creating companies with exceptional founders and large addressable markets. Prioritize market size and dynamics, then evaluate product-market fit through personal usage test. Focus on founder quality and execution capability over other factors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Expertise unlocks AI's full potential. We back technical founders who harness deep domain knowledge, apply novel AI applications, and push boundaries to create transformative breakthroughs in healthcare, life sciences, and enterprise.

We believe the greatest advancements of our lifetime will be the result of reprogramming chemistry and biology using creative technology platforms. We invest at the frontier of science, supporting founders re-architecting the world at a molecular level.

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.

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.

We back bold visionary leaders building innovative solutions across diverse sectors, with particular focus on AI applications, digital health, and enterprise software. We provide capital, operational mentorship, and network access to ensure long-term success.

Investing in inevitable deep tech. Back visionary founders building transformational companies in domains where technological disruption is predetermined, not probable. Focus on early scale inflection points where companies move from potential to proven commercial viability.

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.

Geek Ventures invests in bold, innovative, and brilliant immigrant entrepreneurs, pursuing high scalability and large total addressable markets (TAM) of $10 billion or more.

Pathbreaker invests in specialized engineering and product leaders solving critical global problems through emerging technologies (hardware and software). The fund believes AI, robotics, and computer vision will transform traditional industries over the coming decades. Pathbreaker focuses on companies tackling $100B+ problems at inception and pre-seed stages.

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.

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.

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.

Software-first climate technology companies with immediate commercialization paths, led by experienced founder/operators. We invest at the intersection of impact and returns, providing founders with operator expertise, talent networks, and strategic guidance from technologists who have built multi-billion dollar companies.

We create AI impact, not hype. As operators backing operators, we help bring new companies and technologies to life. We are AI builders and practitioners with two decades of experience building through every AI hype cycle, not tourists observing from the sidelines.

Konvoy invests in thesis-driven companies building the future of interactive entertainment, critical infrastructure, and deep tech. We combine deep gaming expertise with cross-sector innovation vision to identify platforms and technologies shaping the future.

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.

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

Clear invests in first-wave innovators in frontier technology — especially AI/ML, semiconductors, enterprise software, IT infrastructure, and security. We partner with magnetic founders tackling spectacular markets, providing seed capital, key connections, and company-building insights from operators who have built and scaled companies through IPOs.

Congruent partners with audacious founders building transformative companies that solve climate challenges through innovation in atoms (hardware), bits (software), and business models. We leverage decades of climate tech expertise to support early-stage entrepreneurs creating solutions that do more with less.

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

We back founders venturing beyond to build transformational companies that create positive, enduring change. Applied AI and global resilience are fundamental forces reshaping industries.

Category-defining entrepreneurs building fundamental shifts that upend entire industries. Focus on disruptive business models in energy transition, healthcare, AI, and consumer. Thesis values human relationships and founder-centric partnerships over financial metrics alone.

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.

Disruptive innovation in work and education fuels human achievement. We partner with exceptional entrepreneurs who are business builders, deep domain experts, and capital efficient thinkers. We believe in long-term relationships over transactional investing, often partnering with founders across multiple 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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Unearth, invest and grow startups into global leaders. iGlobe targets game-changing innovations at the frontier of deep tech — semiconductors, AI, quantum computing, and biotech — with a global orientation and a Singapore hub. Founded by Soo Boon Koh, Singapore's first female VC, the firm brings 25+ years of cross-border investing expertise and a top-quartile performance record.

Exceptional talent and innovation exist beyond coastal venture capital hubs. We partner with mission-driven entrepreneurs to build companies of impact, utility, and value in the Rocky Mountain region. Technical founders with regional commitment and proven execution ability are our ideal partners.

Founders with military backgrounds and demonstrated grit combined with differentiated dual-use technology create exceptional venture opportunities. We focus on pre-seed and seed-stage companies solving meaningful problems that make the country and allies safer while having strong commercial applications.

Market avalanches—invisible but compounding structural shifts driven by demographic and technological change. Invest in technologies transforming how people learn, earn, and own.

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.

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.

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.

Seed stage funding for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We invest in early-stage B2B technology companies founded by subject matter experts with a vision to transform their industries. As a team of former operators, we provide not just capital but active network support, operational guidance, and strategic counsel.

Where breakthrough science turns into world-changing companies. We back scientists and engineers at the earliest stages—pre-formation and pre-product—at the intersection of AI, engineered biology, next-gen compute, and hard science. If it's too early for everyone else, it's probably right for us.

Strategic minority stakes in experienced game development studios with differentiated IP and AAA development talent. Emphasis on publishing partnerships, exclusive distribution rights, and leveraging NetEase's platform to monetize diverse game portfolios across international markets.

Partner with exceptional teams building transformative technology companies across all stages

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.

NTTVC backs founders with vision and energy to build transformative technology companies, particularly in enterprise technology, digital health, and AI/ML. The firm's unique structural advantage is its partnership with NTT — a Fortune 100 global IT services provider with 120,000 enterprise customers, $5B+ in annual tech resales, and a $22B systems integration business — giving portfolio companies extraordinary enterprise distribution and market validation channels.

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).

BGV backs hands-on, cross-border enterprise AI startups operating under the Enterprise 5.0 framework — companies that combine intelligent machines with human ingenuity to drive leapfrog productivity improvements. They focus on vertical AI (industry-specific, proprietary data) and horizontal agentic platforms (cross-functional automation), with a strong preference for immigrant founders pursuing US go-to-market strategies from France, Israel, and India.

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.

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.

GSV Ventures invests across the full spectrum of learning (Pre-K to Gray) at the intersection of education and technology. The firm believes the learning and workforce development sector is a $7+ trillion opportunity, and that artificial intelligence will fundamentally reshape education. GSV focuses on companies that address real market needs at scale, operate sustainable business models, and attract visionary founders.

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.

Backing founders rebuilding how the world is powered and built. We invest in frontier-tech startups solving three existential challenges: climate change, resource depletion, and inequality. We look for scalable business models where impact metrics are directly tied to financial performance and community benefit.

Back ambitious founders building disruptive early-stage technology companies. We provide not just capital but access to OMERS' multi-asset institutional platform. Our permanent pension backing gives us patient, long-duration capital unconstrained by traditional 10-year fund cycles.

We partner with exceptional founders building emerging B2B software technologies solving hard problems in non-obvious sectors. We bring value-investing discipline, operational expertise, and deep LA ecosystem networks to help companies achieve sustainable unit economics and rapid product-market fit.

Madrona invests in people and ideas for the long run — backing visionary founders building transformational technology companies, with deep focus on applied AI across domain-specific applications, AI infrastructure, developer tools, enterprise software, and AI-enabled biotech. The firm serves as an active, full-stack partner providing capital plus recruiting, business development, and customer introductions.

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.

Exceptional founders building direct relationships with consumers through technology-enabled, category-redefining businesses that challenge incumbents and drive consumer innovation.

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.

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.

Multi-stage permanent capital vehicle backing 'outsiders obsessed with the overlooked' — idiosyncratic founders who don't fit the traditional SV mold, building companies in interactive content, social, gaming, and adjacent technology. Invest globally in a small, concentrated number of the most ambitious founders in the interactive space each year.

We back deeply technical founders solving hard problems with innovative technologies. Combining capital with go-to-market expertise and structured fellowships, we partner with founders who have authentic personal connections to their problems and bring novel technological approaches to market.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Operator-led growth investor backing high-growth B2B technology companies driving digitization in fintech, data, and AI-driven technologies, especially proprietary data, regulated workflows, and infrastructure layers that AI agents need to call into.

We identify and scale proven product-market-fit technology companies for global expansion and IPO readiness. Our partnership combines world-class macro research analysis with hands-on operational expertise from experienced technology leaders who have built and scaled billion-dollar companies.

The physical world is programmable hardware. We invest in entrepreneurs transforming the built environment across design, build, operate, and experience. Deep AEC domain expertise combined with technical innovation creates structural value. We partner with visionary founders using our network of 100+ AEC executives for pilots, feedback, and distribution.

Invest in fundamental early-stage startups built by ambitious founders. Provide capital plus operational support through a network of successful founder-LPs. Focus on founder chemistry and long-term sustainability over hype.

The next generation of transformative work applications will be powered by AI. We seek to back founders building unique, innovative AI-powered tools that reshape how people collaborate, create, and manage information. Strategic integration with Dropbox ecosystem amplifies value.

Back exceptional founders early in their journey with capital combined with strategic operational guidance, business development support, and access to a network of successful entrepreneurs and operators. Get most excited at the first stages of company building.

Exceptional entrepreneurs with clear thinking and strong execution capability, backed by operational mentorship and management discipline. We invest in founders who value learning and can benefit from hands-on advisory support rooted in operating experience.

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

We invest in teams and solutions that address multi-decade problems that humanity has no choice but to solve. Our focus is breakthrough science and technology applied to energy transition, life sciences, space, and next-generation computing.

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

Early-stage founders using AI and frontier technology to reinvent enterprise and security markets. We seek technical founders who deeply understand their problem domain, have operating experience at scale, and are committed to responsible AI development. We provide not just capital but hands-on operational support through our Building Partners model.

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.

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

We invest exclusively in AI-first companies where advances in artificial intelligence are the primary driver of product capability, competitive advantage, and long-term value creation. We are deeply coupled to the frontier of AI research and industry, enabling us to identify emerging technical inflection points and structural shifts early.

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

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.

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.

Founders with genuine conviction solving important problems, backed by unfair advantages and exceptional drive. We provide capital, operational expertise, and access to 100+ world-class startup operators. Our value is in the people on your cap table and the hands-on support—not just the checks.

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

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.

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.

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.

Overlooked markets where distribution advantage compounds. Founders with deep domain empathy build durable moats. B2B software rebuilding industries through core workflows, data connectivity, and embedded intelligence.

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.

Support passionate founders forging the future. Invest in seed and early-stage companies with unique ideas that have potential to reinvent entire industries. Focus on frontier technologies that make the world better and don't prey on human frailty.

Human-scale venture capital focused on early-stage enterprise software. Partner with great teams in love with big problems at the inflection point of customer validation, providing smart money, storytelling support, and the right connections through a network of 20+ accomplished Northeast entrepreneurs.

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.

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.

Partner with technical operators and SMB owners to execute technology-led middle-market buyouts. Capture outsized economic value from AI at the ownership layer of services providers rather than pure-play tech.

We back exceptional founders with relentless ambition who are tackling problems that matter. Our focus is the Supercritical phase—the post-product-market-fit, pre-scale period where organizational design, talent systems, and board practices become critical infrastructure. We provide patient capital, deep operational support through our Chief People Officer, and strategic guidance from co-founders with 15+ and 10+ years of venture experience.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Backs bold founders in technology and healthcare building companies that will define the future of their industries. Two practice areas: Enterprise/AI (AI infrastructure, frontier systems, cybersecurity, defense, fintech, developer tools) and Healthcare/Life Sciences (digital health, therapeutics, genomics, health system modernization). Deep partnership model, long-term patient capital approach across market cycles since 1969.

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.

AI Eats Software. Over the next decade, virtually every bit of software will be replaced by artificial intelligence. We invest in founders and entrepreneurs who understand the transformational power of AI and are building solutions that reshape how we live, work, and play.

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.

Earth Foundry backs founders transforming critical industries, including energy, mobility, waste, water, agriculture, and infrastructure, using hardware, software, services, and material science innovations.

Backs mission-critical technology companies in Defense, Energy, Industrials, and AI — specifically applied AI solving tangible physical problems. Invests from a network of 150+ operators from Palantir, Anduril, and SpaceX.

We back exceptional founders tackling the world's toughest problems focused on affordability, economic mobility, and sustainability. We view ourselves as builders first and investors second, showing up early, staying late, and working alongside founding teams.

Back extraordinary leadership teams—founders exceptional at building and exiting businesses with leadership styles that military-trained partners can uniquely mentor, support, and supercharge. Particular conviction in military veteran founders (30%+ of AUM) who demonstrate proven track record, drive, mission-orientation, teamwork, strategic excellence, growth mindset, and integrity.

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.

Back technical founders bringing AI to the physical world — manufacturing, logistics, construction, defence, energy, and infrastructure. Bridge the gap between AI pilots and production-deployed systems generating enterprise revenue.

Seed capital is the foundational layer in building enduring companies. We back bold, gritty founders applying AI and machine intelligence to solve the world's toughest challenges in enterprise and industrial sectors. By end of decade, software + hardware + AI will drive ubiquitous automation in every industry. We partner with visionary founders tackling hard technical problems in regulated, complex domains.

Back extraordinary entrepreneurs throughout the company-building lifecycle from seed to IPO. Combine venture capital expertise with BCG management consulting to accelerate value creation. Support founders with capital, strategic guidance, and access to global networks.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Back exceptional teams with diverse leadership solving hard problems, leveraging a 1,000+ operator network to provide strategic advantage beyond capital.

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.

University-based founders are underestimated and underfunded. Honors Fund writes the first institutional check — $250K SAFE at $2M post-money — into student and faculty software startups, providing capital, mentorship, and network access to accelerate the next generation of founders.

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.

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.

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.

We invest in technically sophisticated founding teams solving breakthrough problems in deep-tech. We believe the next generation of transformational companies will be built by scientists and engineers with deep domain expertise tackling problems at the frontier of AI, cybersecurity, quantum, robotics, space, synthetic biology, and bioengineering. We provide patient capital and technical partnership to help these teams achieve escape velocity.

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.