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Best Pre-Seed E-commerce & Marketplaces Investors 2026

552 VC firms investing in e-commerce & marketplaces at the Pre-Seed stage.

Updated October 6, 2026|Research by F4 Fund|Based on 2,227+ researched VC firms

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

F4 Intelligence Brief
October 2026

F4 Fund tracks 552 VC firms that actively invest in e-commerce & marketplaces at the Pre-Seed stage, with check sizes ranging from $1K – $1650M (median: $1.5M). As of October 2026, 86% of these firms lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 2,227+ researched VC firms. Ranked by how much of each firm's portfolio is actually in this sector, and how recently it invested.

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Active Firms
Meet quality criteria
$1.5M
Median Check
86%
Lead Rounds
Lead or co-lead
49
Avg Portfolio
Companies per firm
6
Avg Team
Investment professionals
23%
Warm Intro
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Pre-Seed E-commerce & Marketplaces Investor Rankings

#FirmCheck SizePortfolioLeads?Last investedDecisionIntro
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Sauce VC

First-cheque, high-engagement investor backing India's next generation of disruptive consumer brands from the idea stage, using a concentrated portfolio approach and deep founder partnership through scale.

New Delhi, India
$420K – $480K35Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
2
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Forerunner Ventures

Investing at the intersection of Invention & Culture. We back founders building category-defining consumer companies where technology breakthroughs meet emerging human behavior. We see inflection points before they're consensus by tracking both emerging technology capabilities and emerging consumer demands.

San Francisco
$1M – $20M115Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
3
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Bullish

The most remarkable consumer businesses are built by founders who embrace creativity on the path to financial success. We use culture-centric research, strategic consulting, and creative services to identify and scale category-defining brands.

New York
$500K – $3M44Leads
~Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
4
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Imaginary Ventures
#100 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Iconic consumer brands are built by visionary founders combining creative vision with digital-first distribution. We partner with purpose-driven entrepreneurs early, leveraging deep expertise in brand building, customer relationships, and global expansion to scale culture-defining businesses.

New York
$100K – $10M50Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 moReq'd
5
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Huddle Ventures

We invest before your success strikes other investors as inevitable — comfortable backing pre-revenue, ground-up building, and ready to lead with our full first cheque rather than piggy-backing on others' conviction.

Gurugram, Haryana, India
$500K – $1M43Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
6
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Titan Capital

Investing behind founders who create a Better World. The startup team is the number one criteria - we back passionate, deeply committed founders and typically aim to be their first institutional investor, moving fast (often within two meetings) and supporting them through follow-on capital via the Winners Fund.

Gurugram, India
$300K – $500K17Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
7
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BECO Capital

Conviction-driven, full-stack investor from pre-seed to pre-IPO across the Gulf and MENA. High-conviction early-stage areas: Proptech & Construction Tech, Fintech, Retail Tech/Omnichannel Consumer, and AI application-layer businesses. Growth fund is sector-agnostic, underwriting on demonstrated PMF and strong or near-profitable unit economics.

Dubai
$250K – $50M30Both
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
8
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OTP Ventures

Back founders building category-defining consumer brands, platforms, and fintech businesses in India, offering hands-on operating support from founders who have built, scaled, and exited companies themselves (BharatPe, Foodpanda, Simsim/Google).

Gurugram, India
$500K – $2M39Leads
~Aug 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
9
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Vitosha Ventures

The next wave of category-defining technology companies will be built from Southeast Europe, starting in Bulgaria. Vitosha backs execution-driven founders building global-from-day-one products, prioritizing team conviction over the idea itself.

Sofia, Bulgaria
$100K – $1M80Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
10
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F&F Ventures

Deal flow starts in the room, not the cold inbox. F&F backs founders it already knows from Founders & Funders events, investing where its involvement can directly move revenue, customers, or relationships.

Salt Lake City, UT
$100K – $3M8N/A
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
11
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IndiaQuotient

Backing uniquely Indian products at the intersection of smartphone, big data, and design, serving large underserved Indian markets in food, water, housing, healthcare, education, and finance. Looks for founders with EQ, IQ and IndiaQ.

Mumbai
$150K – $3M63Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
12
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RPSG Capital Ventures

An avid believer in the Indian consumer story, backing D2C brands across food & beverage, personal care, beauty, wellness, and lifestyle goods with differentiated products and strong repeat-purchase economics, leveraging the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group's manufacturing, distribution, and retail relationships.

Gurugram, Haryana, India
$250K – $9M20Leads
~Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
13
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Vorwerk Ventures

We invest in businesses in established markets with solid fundamentals, genuine customer demand, and a clear exit path, across Tech-Enabled Services, Vertical Software, and Mittelstand Transformation, with a focus on the DACH region.

Berlin
$1M – $10M57Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
14
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Interlace Ventures

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.

New York
$100K – $5M21Follows
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
15
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Maveron

We specialize in consumer. We invest under the premise that value creation comes through identifying where consumer behavior is changing, especially before it's obvious. We are obsessed with observing how people live, work, learn, play, eat, and stay well. Often, we look at how technology and consumer centricity are disrupting archaic industries. We back the brave & curious, leaning into the non-obvious ideas that edit entire industries or create new categories.

$250K – $5M60Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
16
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Sugar Capital

Sugar Capital invests at the intersection of technology and commerce in software-like consumer businesses with subscription/habitual purchase models. We seek founders with genuine problem conviction and complementary co-founder pairs (business+operations, creative+technical). Our approach: seed-stage checks ($1.5M-$2M), deliberate follow-ons for ownership accumulation, and operational support grounded in our POPSUGAR success.

San Francisco
$1.5M – $2M37Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
17
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Market One Capital

We back European platforms of tomorrow that democratize market access and enhance efficiency through the power of network effects. Platforms create value by connecting multiple stakeholders in sustainable, long-term businesses.

$250K – $3M44Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
18
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InfoEdge Ventures

Partner with passionate entrepreneurs building enduring, tech-enabled businesses in India. Be the first institutional investor and provide patient capital with long fund cycles, supporting companies from seed to pre-IPO.

Gurgaon, India
$300K – $5M39Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
19
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NextView Ventures

NextView helps entrepreneurs build companies of consequence. We lead rounds for pre-traction companies leveraging software to solve mass-market human problems. We operate as equal partners with deep experience, acting decisively and empowering founders.

Boston
$400K – $4M174Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
20
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Max Ventures

We are day zero investors who dedicate ourselves to being the best partners at the earliest stage. We run a concentrated strategy and invest a majority of our capital in the initial round so we're the most aligned with founders for the long term. Our initial check size is typically $1.0-1.5m. We've seeded multiple companies that have reached billion dollar plus valuations.

New York
$750K – $1.5M54Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
21
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Stellaris Venture Partners

Back stellar founders building iconic businesses in India, with a focus on technology and tech-enabled sectors. 60% of investments are at the idea/inception stage. Conviction-led, always lead their investments, prioritize real growth alongside valuations.

Bengaluru, India
$500K – $10M41Leads
~Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
22
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All In Capital

Backing Indian founders who go 'All In' on their company, sourced and supported by a community of 150+ founders and operator-angels; sector-agnostic pre-seed/seed capital plus fast decision-making.

Mumbai
$250K – $600K79Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
23
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Morrison Seger Venture Capital Partners

Invest in the greatest emerging brands, from CPG to SaaS, backing founders with strong brand instincts and resilience; a particular love for beverage.

Dallas
$500K – $10M74Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
24
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V3 Ventures

We invest in fast-growing early-stage consumer businesses with purpose-driven brands and innovative technologies. Strong brands have long-term competitive advantages, and we look for businesses that are building communities of fanatical customers.

London
$1M – $5M38Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
25
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Red Swan Ventures

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

$250K – $100M125Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
26
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Dorm Room Fund

Write the first check for founders still in school or just out, backing the builder before the idea or product is settled.

$90K – $500K319Both
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
27
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Acurio Ventures

Partner with visionary European founders at seed and Series A, leveraging the team's own operator experience and a network of 150+ international co-investors. Sector agnostic (excluding life sciences and crypto) with ~50 companies per fund. Strong focus on capital efficiency, unit economics, and realistic paths to profitability. Co-investor by default; will lead when it adds value.

Bilbao, Spain
$100K – $3M95Both
~Jul 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
28
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Sadev Capital

Transformative businesses are co-created by a tribe combining financial, social, and intellectual capital; we back India-rooted founders with global ambition who have reached product-market fit and show a path to profitable revenue.

Gurgaon, India
$240K – $1.2M35Both
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
29
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XRC Labs

Technologies that change and are changed by consumer behavior. We invest at the intersection of innovation and consumer behavior, providing not just capital but direct access to corporate partners (Mastercard, Estée Lauder, TJX), 370+ mentors, and retail distribution.

Brooklyn
$200K – $3M16Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
30
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Raed Ventures

Partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough, regionally-scalable companies across MENA, generating financial returns while creating social impact (job creation, women's empowerment) and accelerating the regional tech ecosystem.

Riyadh
$500K – $3M52Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
31
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Lifeline Ventures

We invest in ambitious and determined teams that can one day become industry leaders, partnering with founders from the very beginning and supporting them throughout their growth with global operating experience.

Helsinki
$100K – $3M137Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
32
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Female Founders Fund

Female founders build exceptional companies that outperform their male peers. We invest in category-defining female leaders with strong points of view who are reshaping their markets, backed by community and supported by a visible ecosystem.

New York
$250K – $2M30Both
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
33
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Freestyle Capital

We are serial founders turned venture capitalists. We invest in market leaders building soon-to-be massive tech companies. Our approach focuses on long-term success, not short-term gains. We roll up our sleeves, get creative, lead with empathy, and have fun along the way.

San Francisco
$1.5M – $3M140Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moN/A
34
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Halogen Ventures

The smartest place you can invest your capital is in women. We bet on early-stage female-founded and female-led companies creating groundbreaking consumer and B2B software technologies that solve meaningful problems in families, healthcare, childcare, education, climate, and sustainability.

Santa Monica
$100K – $1M31Follows
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
35
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Velocity Capital

Back innovative, capital-efficient UK technology companies from pre-seed through Series A via SEIS/EIS tax-efficient structures. Portfolio companies should reach £10M ARR within 3 years and £20M within 5 years, targeting at least 5x returns for investors. Active investor model leveraging entrepreneurial, finance, and marketing expertise.

Epsom, Surrey, UK
$250K – $1.5M47Both
~Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
36
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Infinity Ventures

For new, modern fintech use cases to exist, a new generation of fintech infrastructure needs to be developed on top of legacy rails that are nearly two decades old. Infinity backs the builders of that infrastructure and the commerce-enablement layer on top of it, operating operators-first, investors-second.

San Francisco
$1M – $10M34Both
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
37
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Science

Science identifies entrenched markets and societal shifts and invests in disruptive companies with new ideas and highly focused teams. We combine venture capital with a studio model, providing operational expertise, predictive strategy, and shared services to help founders build category-defining consumer brands and technology companies.

Santa Monica
$500K – $5M45Leads
May 2026 · Between
~2 moOpen
38
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WEH Ventures

Back category creators early, at pre-seed and seed, when the market does not yet exist.

Mumbai
$150K – $500K29N/A
~Oct 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
39
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FoodLabs

Revolutionize the food system and improve both planetary and human health by backing audacious entrepreneurs working at the intersection of food, agriculture, climate, and health.

Berlin
$100K – $2M51Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
40
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Nexus Venture Partners

We partner with extraordinary entrepreneurs building product-first companies that redefine their categories. In the US, we focus on transformative AI and enterprise software. In India, we back digital-native businesses solving local market problems at scale.

Menlo Park
$100K – $10M130Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
41
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Passion Capital

Passion Capital backs outstanding European founders building in AI, FinTech, and Enterprise Risk, investing at the pre-seed and seed stage—often before revenue or product exist. Europe's first operator-led VC fund, pioneering Plain English term sheets. Writes initial cheques of £400K–£500K as the founders' first institutional investor.

London
$500K – $625K112Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
42
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DEPO Ventures

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

Prague
$250K – $500K53Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
43
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Maya Capital

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

São Paulo
$100K – $10M46Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
44
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APY Ventures

Back visionary founders and high-potential technology startups with strategic capital and operational support across a family of Turkish VC investment funds, each with its own sector and stage thesis.

Istanbul
$500K – $3M85Both
~Oct 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
45
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HI Ventures

Back Latin American founders with global ambitions who use technology and AI to solve hard, inefficient markets in fintech, commerce, human capital, health, smart cities, and related large regional opportunities.

Mexico City
$1M – $5M32Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
46
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Shrug Capital

Identifying culturally resonant, consumer-focused companies with differentiated products and founder teams that will capture global attention. We invest across technology, consumer behavior, entertainment, and culture—seeking to spot emerging trends before they reach mainstream awareness. We operate as a partnership combining rigorous deal selection with exceptional founder support, creative marketing, and deep understanding of consumer psychology.

San Francisco
$500K – $2M127Both
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
47
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The Chernin Group (TCG)

Invest in platforms and brands that shape culture, with passionate, loyal audiences and strong direct-to-consumer relationships. We partner with visionary founders who have built authentic communities.

Los Angeles
$5M – $100M37Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
3+ moOpen
48
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ZAKA VC

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.

Prague
$100K – $500K68Follows
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
49
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B Heroes

Sector-agnostic early-stage investor backing Italian entrepreneurs from day zero, combining capital with a four-step structured assessment process and an ecosystem platform (Founders Club, events) built around trust-based, long-term founder relationships.

Milan, Italy
$50K – $3.2M28Follows
May 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
50
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AJVC

AJVC is a sector-agnostic pre-seed fund investing in Indian founders at the earliest stage - paper plan, prototype, or pre-incorporation - using standard terms (₹1.5 crore for 9%) and a fast, data-driven, low-friction evaluation process.

$180K21Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
51
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Monashees

Back technology that enhances human potential, not just fancy tech. Invest in passionate founders solving real market problems with human-centered impact. Focus on sustainable businesses contributing to economic transformation in Latin America and globally.

São Paulo
$250K – $5M34Both
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
52
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Alpaca VC

We invest in technology companies that reshape foundational industries – real estate, commerce, manufacturing, energy, logistics, and agriculture. Founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, we bring operational guidance, strategic insights from proprietary Field Studies research, and downstream capital access. We believe the startup journey is better together, providing hands-on support to exceptional founders building enduring companies.

New York
$500K – $5M72Both
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
53
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Goodwater Capital
#94 · Top 100 · 2026

Consumer technology has the power to measurably improve billions of lives across the globe. We invest in exceptional entrepreneurs building digital utilities that provide better access to housing, healthcare, food, financial services, transportation, education, and entertainment globally.

Burlingame, California
$5M – $50M33Leads
May 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
54
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Archangel Ventures

First-cheque, pre-seed-focused investor backing exceptional, sector-agnostic founders solving big problems, offering trust, speed, and candid support rather than cheerleading.

Melbourne
$20K – $500K70Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
55
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LvlUp Ventures

LvlUp backs founders across every stage, geography, and industry, using a large distributed network of associates and scouts to source and support a very high volume of small checks, paired with accelerator and mentorship infrastructure.

New York
$1K – $1M37N/A
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
56
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Willow Growth Partners

Invest in next-generation, values-led consumer brands at the critical first institutional capital round. Partner with authentic founders building conscientious consumer brands that align with cultural shifts toward wellness, transparency, and sustainability.

Malibu, CA
$2M – $4M26Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
57
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Strong Ventures

Back resilient founders building category-defining companies. Leverage Korea's cultural wave for global expansion. When others say 'no', we find the 'yes'.

Los Angeles
$500K – $5M35Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
58
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M25

M25 backs technical and operating founders building tech companies headquartered in the Greater Midwest, applying a rigorous scorecard (team, market, product, traction, exit & growth, funding, business plan) to reduce risk at the earliest stages while relying on an extensive regional network to syndicate rounds.

Chicago
$250K – $2M122Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
59
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Force Ventures

At the earliest stages, team > market > product > idea. Great founders find their way into large markets. Focus on unit economics and value capture alongside value creation. Strong emphasis on B2B managed marketplaces and India-first consumer/enterprise plays.

Bengaluru, India
$50K – $2M27Follows
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
60
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GFR Fund

GFR Fund invests in pre-seed to Series A companies building emerging digitally-native communities in gaming, entertainment, and consumer tech. They seek founders who deeply understand community-building, whether they have a product with an existing community or are in early stages of building one. Strong focus on execution, founder-market fit, and capital efficiency.

$250K – $500K69Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
61
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FJ Labs

Marketplace and network effect businesses represent the most valuable category of companies. We back visionary founders with grit, tenacity, and demonstrated execution ability across all stages to build globally-dominant platforms.

New York
$50K – $5M26Leads
~Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
62
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Eximius Ventures

India's only sector-differentiated pre-seed fund backing bold entrepreneurs and seasoned operators building transformative companies from India for the world, across FinTech, AI/SaaS, HealthTech, Media/Gaming, and Consumer Tech.

Gurugram, India
$250K – $500K32Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
63
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Golden Gate

Empower audacious founders who challenge norms and leverage technology to transform industries. We believe in first-time founders with scrappy outsider mentality and narrow niche focus. Silicon Valley expertise combined with deep emerging market knowledge across three continents.

Singapore
$25K – $10M35Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
64
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Habitat Partners

Habitat Partners backs early-stage companies where exceptional brand equity meets strong business fundamentals. Born from Red Antler's brand expertise, the firm asks: 'Why does this company need to exist in the world, and what emotional resonance does it create?' They invest in consumer brands (CPG, beauty, food/beverage) and B2B software tools serving the startup and retail ecosystem, leveraging Red Antler's branding platform as a key value-add for portfolio companies.

Brooklyn
$250K – $750K54Follows
~Apr 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
65
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Seeder Fund

We accelerate the first financing rounds of promising digital entrepreneurs in Belgium and neighbouring countries, leading pre-seed rounds and co-leading or following at seed, with a fast and transparent decision process and the capacity to double down in later rounds.

Brussels, Belgium
$100K – $1.5M52Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
66
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Visible Ventures

Invest where generational fractures create outsized market opportunities. Focus on health, wealth, and upward mobility through backing diverse teams and women-led companies overlooked by mainstream VC. Partner with founders building for Gen Z and solving structural system failures.

Boston
$1M – $3M28Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
67
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Quest Venture Partners

We invest before consensus forms. We invest at the earliest stages in science-driven companies solving the world's most consequential problems. Focus areas: Advanced Materials (metamaterials to programmable matter), Photonics & Quantum (computation, sensing and communication at the limits of physics), Synthetic Biology (living systems as engineered platforms for medicine, food, materials and clean energy), Robotics & Automation (embodied intelligence for factory floor, farm, and places humans cannot go), The Space Economy (new frontier economy as cost per kilogram to orbit drops), and Alternative Data (new data forms to enhance AI and robotics). The firm combines primary first-check investing with direct secondaries access.

Menlo Park
$100K – $1.5M47Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
68
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ONEVC

Latin America has exceptional founding talent capable of building world-class, globally competitive companies. Founders face specific challenges including talent scarcity and limited access to experienced capital. We provide not just capital but active operational support including talent recruitment, people strategy, and strategic guidance.

São Paulo
$350K – $21.5M44Both
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
69
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Balderton Capital

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

$500K – $15M200Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
70
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GGV Capital

Back notable founders with global ambitions using technology to transform industries. We partner with exceptional teams to scale from seed through IPO, providing capital, operational expertise, and network access.

Menlo Park
$1M – $15M38Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
71
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Jackson Square Ventures

The future belongs to those who build. JSV convenes and connects the next generation of AI-native founders, drawing on its all-partner team of former founders and operators to back software and marketplace companies from seed through growth.

San Francisco
$100K – $5M59Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
72
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Investible

Investible backs the visionaries advancing humanity through technology, investing at Pre-Seed through Series A alongside Club Investible, its global syndicate of 250+ investors, and activating its network to help founders scale.

Sydney
$250K – $3M100Both
~Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
73
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A* Capital
#45 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Back exceptional outlier founders with conviction and unwavering support. Kevin Hartz identified that over 20% of Fund II is invested in teenage founders—not as social experiment but as genuine thesis that exceptional outliers often emerge young. The firm provides operator-heavy partnership with deep expertise in founder psychology, financial operations, and growth scaling. They position themselves as guiding outliers from idea to IPO.

San Francisco
$100K – $10M31Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
74
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TEN13

TEN13 is a network-driven VC that curates vetted early-stage deals for a 500+ member syndicate of operators, investors, and founders, sourcing and diligencing rounds while letting members select which deals to join.

Brisbane
$300K – $2M51Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
75
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BeyondSeed

BeyondSeed acts as a growth catalyst, not just a check-writer, for early-stage India-based D2C and consumer startups moving from Seed to Series A, pairing capital with mentorship, structured growth programming (BeyondXcelerate), and network access; it is now extending this model to the Middle East via a dedicated GIFT City fund.

Singapore
$50K – $500K11Both
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
76
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Initialized Capital
#77 · Top 100 · 2026

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

San Francisco
$250K – $2M191Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
77
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Silicon Gardens

A Founders for Founders VC firm led by entrepreneurs who have built and scaled their own companies, backing pre-seed and seed founders across B2B SaaS, marketplaces, gaming/consumer apps, and D2C products, with hands-on mentorship and a bridge between the Adria/CEE region and Silicon Valley.

Ljubljana
$300K – $1.5M50Both
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
78
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TDV Partners

We invest at day zero, before product or revenue, helping founders get the fundamentals right before everything compounds, across consumer tech, consumer upgrade, and consumer AI.

Bengaluru, India
$50K – $1M38Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
79
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Evolution Venture Capital Partners

Culture-Tech companies that disrupt and define how we live, work, play, and interact with the world every day. We invest in passionate founders building transformative products that change cultural behaviors.

New York
$500K – $6M32Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
80
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SpeedInvest

Backs globally ambitious technology companies from pre-seed and seed through selected growth rounds using specialist EMEA sector teams and a platform model for capital, customers, talent, follow-on investors, and operational support.

Vienna
$250K – $30M55Leads
~Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
81
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Solid Bond

Operator-led pre-seed VC for UK B2B SaaS and tech-enabled startups. Steve Caunce (ex-CEO AO.com, floated at $1.5B) and Shaz Sulaman invest before product or revenue model is defined, backing founder potential and fit over sector. Support is hands-on: sales strategy, financial forecasting, and GTM guidance from operators who have built and scaled real businesses.

Manchester, UK
$60K – $1.3M15Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
82
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Lerer Hippeau

As founder-operators, we see returns in relationships. We back ambitious founders with exceptional vision at the earliest stages with capital, mentorship, and network access.

$100K – $1M74Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
83
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Heartfelt Capital

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

Berlin
$100K – $400K161Both
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
84
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Courtside Ventures

Sports, lifestyle, and gaming represent the next generation of consumer spending and time allocation. We partner with founders who challenge traditional definitions and build sustainable, scaled consumer businesses.

$500K – $8M88Leads
~May 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
85
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Global Founders Capital

Global early-stage investor backing technical founders building category-defining ventures with global ambition. We believe exceptional founders can emerge from anywhere, and we provide operational support through a network of 16 global offices to help them scale across multiple continents from day zero.

Berlin
$1M – $3M32Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
86
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Pace Capital

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

$1M – $10M30Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
87
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Version One Ventures

Technology has the power to transform the world. We back bold, mission-driven founders building before their solution is obvious or their category is clear, and support them as an operational partner, not just a check-writer.

Vancouver
$500K – $1.5M35Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
88
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irrvrntVC

Exceptional early-stage founders deserve capital and operational support from inception. DTC and eCommerce enablement represent sustainable, defensible markets with significant TAM expansion. The best risk/reward is in pre-seed and seed when most institutional capital is inactive.

New York
$300K – $500K29Leads
Dec 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
89
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XFactor Ventures

Support ambitious founders with the 'X Factor' – the insight and drive to build billion-dollar companies. Particularly focused on female founders and mixed-gender teams who have been historically underrepresented in VC.

New York
$125K – $150K32Follows
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
90
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Firstpick VC

First-check VC backing Baltic founders (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) at inception and pre-seed stages, with a strong focus on AI-first software. Backs founders who don't fit traditional VC criteria—no FAANG background or Ivy League degree required. Seeks undervalued talent before mainstream investor recognition.

Vilnius, Lithuania
$100K – $500K42Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
91
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Greycroft
#92 · Top 100 · 2026

Partnering with brilliant founders to upend the status quo by investing in AI-driven software, sustainability technologies, and innovative consumer brands. We believe AI will dominate software over the next decade, and we seek to support founders reimagining industries across all three sectors.

New York
$2M – $100M57Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
92
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Precursor Ventures

Invest in people over product at the earliest stage of the entrepreneurial journey. Write the first institutional check for the most promising software and hardware companies. Focus on long-term relationships with founders. As of mid-2026, the firm is evolving beyond its strict pre-seed-only definition — removing the previous hard $20M valuation cap and ~$4M round size limits to see the full landscape of the best new companies being created, whether rounds are called pre-seed or seed and whether founders are first-time or repeat. The firm still prioritizes early entry points but now evaluates a broader range of early-stage opportunities.

San Francisco
$50K – $500K60Both
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
93
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Quiet Capital
#23 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Back founder-operators with deep industry experience and prior successful exits. Invest from position of operational insight rather than pure financial engineering. Focus on companies showing early traction and founder-market fit across consumer, fintech, enterprise software, and automation.

San Francisco
$100K – $25M121Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
94
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Marketplace Capital

Marketplaces are the quintessential internet business model, creating the largest venture outcomes when they work. We believe marketplaces represent the winning business model across virtually every sector. When marketplaces unlock entirely new supply or enable connections that couldn't previously exist, they create enormous value. Our community of 2,800+ marketplace founders, combined with our operating expertise, positions us uniquely to spot breakout marketplaces early and help them scale.

$100K – $250K15Follows
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
95
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Cathay Innovation

Startups positioned as transformation partners with Fortune 500 corporates create the most impactful solutions. We believe the next generation of market leaders will emerge through collaborative innovation between startups and incumbent enterprises, supported by global expertise and capital.

Paris
$5M – $100M22Both
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
96
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BoxGroup

Before there is a company, there is a conversation - we want to be that first conversation. We invest in founder market fit and the beginning of movements, backing founders with vision to create category-defining businesses. We believe in being your friend in the room with honesty and tough love.

New York
$250K – $1M38Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksN/A
97
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Fireroad Ventures

Back founders solving existential problems for small and medium-sized businesses in contracting, healthcare, hospitality, and other local industries. Focus on applied AI for service sectors and SMBs, backing founders with deep operational knowledge of the markets they serve.

Cincinnati
$25K – $250K14Follows
May 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
98
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Better Capital

Day 0 venture capital applied by a deep operator. Better Capital invests at the earliest stage where ambiguity is highest and operator judgment adds the most value. Solo GP model keeps conviction high and enables deep engagement with 20-25 companies at critical inflection points.

Pune
$300K – $1M48Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 wkReq'd
99
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AirTree Ventures

Big things start small. We invest at seed stage and see potential where others don't. We believe in your vision for your company's future, not as it exists today. We think in decades, not days, committing to walk the entire journey with founders to build iconic companies. We share Antipodean ingenuity with the world.

Sydney
$250K – $20M66Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
100
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Red Beard Ventures

Drive mass adoption of crypto and Web3 through investments in companies with strong tokenomics and utility design. Leverage ecosystem of 3,000+ LPs and 25,000+ gaming community to provide portfolio companies instant network effects and user acquisition.

Brooklyn
$100K – $1M117Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
101
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SparkLabs Group

Business is truly global: exceptional entrepreneurs building strong, category-defining companies at highly advantageous valuations can be found anywhere, and a federated network of local accelerators can help them scale internationally.

Palo Alto
$100K – $2M49Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
102
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Harlem Capital Partners

Harlem Capital backs the next generation of winners. With Fund III, the firm focuses on four core themes: Trust as a Platform (privacy, bias, safety as AI accelerates), The 24/7 Employee (software that does the work), Rebuilding the Digital World (new use cases from AI creating demand for new products and infrastructure), and Leapfrogging Legacy Industries (compressing decades of tech adoption into AI-driven leaps). Continuing $1-2.5M checks at Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. All Winners Welcome.

New York
$1M – $2.5M19Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
103
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Otium Capital

A long-term capital platform that backs bold entrepreneurs across startup creation, venture investing, growth financings, and buy-and-build situations.

Paris
$2M – $200M14Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
104
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Great Oaks Venture Capital

Great Oaks partners with ambitious founders at the earliest stage of company building, focused on supporting founders building enduring businesses across the United States, with the majority of time spent on Software, Healthcare, Financial Services, Marketplaces, and Enterprise.

New York
$50K – $500K50N/A
Sep 2026
N/AN/A
105
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Piton Capital

Piton Capital backs online businesses with network effects, especially marketplace, platform, and exchange-like products where scale creates a stronger moat.

London
$100K – $5M11Both
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
106
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Fluent Ventures

Geographic alpha — backing founders who replicate proven global business models in new geographies with strong local adaptation. The innovation supply chain now moves globally; AI accelerates replication cycles from years to months. Focus on 'camel startups' with real product-market fit and sustainable growth.

San Francisco
$250K – $2M28Both
~Oct 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
107
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Ludlow Ventures

People matter most. We meet exceptional founders early, build real relationships, and back the ones who feel inevitable, regardless of sector.

Detroit
$100K – $2M27Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
108
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H20 Capital

Back disruptive entrepreneurs at the intersection of LatAm-specific problems and technical solutions. Leverage deep operational expertise from unicorn exits (Rappi, Kavak, iFood) to provide hands-on partnership from day one. Focus on cross-border commerce, fintech, SaaS, and marketplaces serving emerging markets.

Miami
$100K – $1M41Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
109
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BrandProject

We partner with visionary founders to accelerate, incubate, and scale consumer brands. Our team of experienced operators provides not just capital but hands-on guidance in strategy, product, growth, finance, and team development to help founders build world-class digital consumer brands.

Toronto
$500K – $5M22Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
110
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Align
#12 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Brands and technologies reshaping culture. Align invests in early-stage consumer brands with strong brand equity and unit economics, and in frontier technologies (AI/robotics, clean energy, defense) transforming how people live and work. First-check conviction investor with meaningful follow-on capital and co-investment access.

Miami
$500K – $10M20Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
111
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SaaS Ventures

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.

Washington
$500K – $3M121Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
112
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QED Investors

Durable, successful financial services businesses are built on strong foundations of unit economics. We apply Capital One's data-driven approach to identifying and scaling fintech companies globally. With 250+ combined years of operational experience building, scaling, and exiting fintech companies, we provide hands-on advisory and strategic partnership beyond capital, serving as consigliere to our portfolio companies.

Alexandria
$3M – $20M128Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
113
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WOCstar Fund

Early-stage investment fund focused on tech innovation, actively investing in companies and technology to create a more sustainable world. Champions women of color entrepreneurs by investing in their ventures and empowering them to create generational wealth.

New York
$100K – $1M17Both
~Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
114
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JAM Fund

Back underestimated founders with something to prove who are disrupting large markets. Emphasizes geographic arbitrage in emerging markets (Africa, LATAM, Asia) where founder quality is exceptional but capital access is limited.

Los Angeles
$500K – $20M59Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
115
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Listen Ventures

Consumer-obsessed venture capital firm that identifies cultural narratives and consumer behavior shifts before they become mainstream. Invests in brands that listen to consumers and challenge the status quo. Focus areas: End of Excess, Mental Health, Cannabis Stigma, Off Devices, Financial Health, Food Fight. Concentrated investment strategy with deep brand-building support.

Chicago
$500K – $5M30Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
116
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Red Sea Ventures

Radically simplify complex, regulated categories while delivering consumer-grade experiences. Back cult brand consumer companies with intense customer affinity built through innovative products and values-driven models. Focus on direct-to-consumer, personalization, and marketplace models across consumer, enterprise, and healthcare. Actively deploying Fund IV across three thesis areas: (1) Consumer AI Apps — products that own the customer workflow and improve automatically as models improve; (2) Consumer Health & Longevity — productized services that replace category middlemen; (3) Digital Luxury — brands, marketplaces, and platforms where curation, taste, and community are the moat.

New York
$500K – $10M33Both
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
117
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4DX Ventures

Back technology founders solving foundational and transformational problems across Africa and MENA. Focus on underserved markets with significant TAM. Support entrepreneurs demonstrating grit, creativity, growth mindset, and conviction. Combine global capital markets access with deep local operational expertise.

New York
$500K – $10M31Both
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
118
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Montage Ventures

Montage Ventures aims to support radical thinkers who are bringing new ideas and platforms to foster change within the financial services, commerce and health sectors, leveraging AI as a key transformative agent.

$250K – $1M78N/A
Jul 2026
N/AN/A
119
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Corazon Capital

Fund IV ($100M, closed March 2026) backs AI-native companies at pre-seed, seed, and Series A -- founders using AI to transform how people learn, connect, transact, work, and live, where AI is the product rather than a feature layer, building on Corazon's prior behavioral-insight consumer thesis (OkCupid, ShopRunner, Match).

Chicago
$250K – $10M87Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
120
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Capitalize VC

Emerging tech and AI are changing the commerce landscape. We power the future of commerce by investing in cutting-edge enablement technologies that support retailers, brands, creators, and manufacturers serving Black and Latinx founders and consumers. We pair platform investments with CPG investments with explicit racial equity mandate.

Chicago
$100K – $200K21Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
121
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MS&AD Ventures

MS&AD Ventures partners with visionary entrepreneurs to create innovative solutions across insurance, financial services, healthcare, and sustainability. Backed by the 5th largest global insurance conglomerate, they bring capital plus global distribution across 47 countries. They move fast (2-week decisions), focus on partnerships over ownership, and help companies scale internationally.

Menlo Park
$500K – $5M110Both
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
122
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Coalition Operators

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

New York
$250K – $1M60Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
123
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Enza Capital

Back African technology companies organising the offline online and digitizing key industries, where the problem is large, commercially solvable and technology is core.

$250K – $5M43Both
Oct 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
124
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Expa

We build category-defining companies through a combination of design, product, operations, and capital. We identify market gaps, pair brilliant founders with Expa's studio resources, and help them build companies that reshape entire industries.

San Francisco
$500K – $5M63Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
125
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Gilgamesh Ventures

AI-native fintech companies that reshape payments, lending, insurance, capital markets, and financial infrastructure. We back visionary entrepreneurs leveraging AI for rapid scalability and customer experience improvement. Target companies reach $5M+ ARR within 18 months using lean teams.

New York
$150K – $600K31Follows
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
126
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Pitchdrive

We back exceptional AI-native founders, industry agnostic, at pre-seed and seed, and build alongside them from day one as Co-founder Capital: a fund raised entirely from entrepreneurs whose mentor network stays hands-on with every portfolio company.

Antwerp, Belgium
$270K – $2.2M28Both
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
127
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Visible Hands

Exceptional founders from overlooked backgrounds (women, people of color, LGBTQ+) can build unicorns if given capital, support, and belief at the earliest stage. We invest before institutional bias catches up, capturing outsized returns while advancing founder diversity.

Boston
$25K – $150K43Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
128
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Add Ventures

Digital transformation with purpose: back founders using technology to solve real problems in Latin America, improving business operations in legacy industries and creating jobs, with measurable social and environmental impact.

Santiago
$50K – $150K8N/A
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
129
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Sun Icon Ventures

Support founders who walk the extra mile, who think beyond borders and boundaries, backing innovative ideas seeking global growth from India.

Mumbai
$100K – $500K17Both
~Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
130
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Primary Venture Partners
#85 · Top 100 · 2026

Back founders building things the world hasn't seen yet, at the moment before the crowd believes. Combine capital with extraordinary operational support through largest Portfolio Impact team at any NYC seed investor. Focus on technical founders solving real problems with clear product-market fit signals.

New York
$100K – $5M49Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
131
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White Star Capital

Technology companies are becoming intertwined with the global economy more so than ever before. The most compelling founders build businesses through a broader world view. White Star Capital backs globally ambitious entrepreneurs at Series A, B, and Seed stages across North America, Europe, and Asia, helping them scale internationally through deep local presence on three continents.

London
$1M – $25M45Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
132
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Adapt Ventures

Back electric founders with an uncontrollable passion for creating disruptive companies. Invest globally, particularly strong in US and Latin America. Combine capital with operational support through venture studio model, helping build groundbreaking companies from inception through scale.

New York
$250K – $350K66Both
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
133
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Bling Capital

The hardest thing in seed is finding product-market fit. We help you find it. If you already have product-market fit, we will help you scale. We partner with exceptionally ambitious founders for the long run and provide capital combined with operational expertise through our 100+ member Product Council.

San Francisco
$500K – $3M36Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
134
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Feminvest Ventures

Back women-led companies that can combine commercial performance with a visible ownership and category-shaping impact. Feminvest Ventures uses the wider Feminvest community as a sourcing and support advantage, and favors founders who can turn trust, distribution, and ownership into a durable market position.

Stockholm
$200K – $500K6Both
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
135
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Upfront Ventures

Early investors and long-term partners. We back exceptional founders solving real problems across sectors. When you hit a bump in the road, we're there solving problems alongside you with operational expertise and network leverage.

$1M – $15M49Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
136
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Sorin Investments

Sector-agnostic, founder-quality-led investing across AI, fintech, D2C, manufacturing, and defense/aerospace in India, backed by hands-on support from former KKR and private-equity operators.

Mumbai
$1.8M – $7.2M14Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
137
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Prana Ventures (Milan)

The first Italian operational venture capital firm dedicated to seed and post-seed high-tech investing, pairing capital with hands-on technical, financial, and go-to-market support. Following its June 2026 acquisition by P101, the seed strategy continues under the Prana101 fund.

Milan, Italy
$250K – $750K18Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
138
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Red Bike Capital

We partner with experienced, technical founders to build category-leading companies in Vertical AI, Fintech, and Healthcare. We believe go-to-market execution and distribution are the real momentum builders in today's market where technical barriers to entry have lowered. We provide specific, measurable value tied to revenue, particularly helping founders land their first enterprise customers.

New York
$25K – $1M19Follows
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
139
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Rootspring Ventures

Invest in emerging consumer brands that enrich the human experience. Partner with founders who understand authentic storytelling, disciplined capital deployment, and efficient unit economics. Look for brands positioned at the blurry edge—adjacent to massive incumbents but serving underserved customer demand.

$300K – $2.5M18Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
140
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Verissimo Ventures

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

Bedford, NH
$100K – $500K69Follows
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moN/A
141
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Inovo

Back ambitious founders from Central and Eastern Europe and the diaspora building large-market, 10x-better products, favoring high-risk/high-upside bets over safer, modest-return opportunities, grounded in market data rather than intuition.

Warsaw
$500K – $10M47Both
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
142
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Crush Ventures

Back early-stage technology and brands that will shape pop culture — tools that help artists and brands find, engage, and monetize fans — using the Crush Music artist roster (Miley Cyrus, Green Day, Sia, Lorde, Weezer, Fall Out Boy) as live distribution and validation.

New York
$250K – $5M34Both
~Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
143
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Promus Ventures

Back ambitious DeepTech founders tackling complex problems to advance daily lives across the world. Focus on People, Product, and Potential — investing in large, mature industries (space, manufacturing, mobility, health, energy) that need foundational technology transformations. Physical AI is a core conviction: hardware and software systems that act in the physical world. Invest early (Pre-Seed/Seed) and stay long-term through IPOs and acquisitions.

Chicago
$500K – $5M70Both
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
144
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Flex Capital
#88 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Founders backing founders. Flex Capital backs exceptional technical founders at pre-seed and seed with capital from operators who have personally built and exited category-defining companies. Every GP has sat in the founder's seat.

San Francisco
$500K – $2M51Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
145
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Vinyl Capital

We invest in formation-stage founders building commerce infrastructure—the systems and solutions that power tomorrow's economy. Pre-revenue, pre-product, often pre-DBA. We back founders with technical depth and domain obsession in e-commerce operations, fintech, logistics, and customer engagement infrastructure. Like vinyl records, we invest in fullness and authenticity, not stripped-down solutions.

$250K – $3M33Both
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
146
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Designer Fund

We back exceptional founders and empower them with design to improve the world, investing in early-stage tech companies that use design to improve health, sustainability, and prosperity for all people.

San Francisco
$100K – $1M100Follows
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
147
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Expansion Venture Capital

Entrepreneurs, not VCs, build great companies. We invest early in great & passionate entrepreneurs and serve as long-term partners. Available 24/7 to help founders with mentorship, product-market fit, fundraising, business development, customer acquisition, talent sourcing, and strategic partnerships.

New York
$250K – $1M33Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
148
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EPIC Ventures

EPIC Ventures backs early-stage technology companies building in the information economy, with a focus on enterprise SaaS, healthcare technology, cybersecurity, and future of work. The firm believes the best way to build lasting companies is through genuine partnership with founders — providing capital, strategic guidance, operational expertise, and deep network access. Founded in 1994, EPIC helped build the Utah tech ecosystem and continues to be the foundational VC of the Mountain West.

Salt Lake City, UT
$500K – $5M71Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
149
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Founders, Inc.

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

$100K – $250K53Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
150
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Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)

NYC has tremendous entrepreneurial talent but lacked a structured environment for early-stage founders. ERA provides capital, intense mentorship, and network access to help founders build market-leading companies. Every sector deserves innovation.

New York
$150K40Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
151
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Gobi Partners

Bespoke Capital for Enduring Impact. Gobi invests where capital alone is insufficient — requiring deep local relationships, sustained engagement, and informed judgment across Asia's diverse and complex markets. They focus on technology companies solving structural inefficiencies across underserved Asian markets, from fintech to deep tech to sustainable infrastructure.

Kuala Lumpur
$1M – $50M38Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
152
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Sony

We invest in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society. We foster Sony's future businesses through strategic early-stage venture investments, seeking technologies with potential to transform industries while building synergies with Sony Group business units.

$2M – $20M203Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
153
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Nomads

Back outlier founders with unconventional ambition and deep-rooted urgency operating outside conventional wisdom. We believe the best companies are built by rare entrepreneurs who can filter out 95% of typical VC advice and construct exceptional talent and culture.

$500K – $50M70Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
154
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Uncork Capital

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

$1.5M – $3M200Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
155
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RangeVentures

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

$250K – $2.5M88Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
156
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Abstract Ventures
#28 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Backing transformative founders building exceptional companies across all sectors

San Francisco
$100K – $1M276Both
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
157
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Creandum

We back the companies of tomorrow before it's obvious. We combine early-stage European investing with a permanent San Francisco presence to help founders build category-defining global companies. We invest in ambitious technical founders who deeply understand industry transformation.

Stockholm
$200K – $10M38Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
158
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FirstMark
#69 · Top 100 · 2026

We back disruptive founders building category-defining companies. Our approach is founder-first, long-term, and deeply operational. We take the longest view in the room, operate with excellence and integrity, stay curious at the bleeding edge, and invest heavily in building community.

New York
$250K – $10M37Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
159
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Rule30

Rule30 uses a fully algorithmic decision engine to identify outlier founders at pre-seed and seed stages across Europe and North America. The fund removes human bias by analyzing founder experience, educational background, network evolution, and career trajectory — excluding names and photos. The algorithm ranks founders into top 10%, 3%, and 0.1% tiers. An index-style strategy of 75-85 bets targets ≥3x minimum returns with 97.5% confidence.

London
$100K – $300K35Follows
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
160
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NXTP Ventures

We back founders building the future of B2B technology. From Latin America to the world, we invest early and partner with founders and companies for the long term. Our core purpose is to support founders and companies through founder-aligned partnerships forged in trust.

Buenos Aires
$500K – $2M55Both
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
161
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Kalaari Capital

Empowering visionary entrepreneurs to build unique solutions that reshape how Indians live, work, consume, and transact. Kalaari backs potential over pedigree — first-time founders welcome — focusing on tech-driven Indian market opportunities from Pre-Seed through Series A.

Bengaluru, India
$500K – $5M40Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
162
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Contrary

Identify and invest in the world's top talent before they start a company. Build lifelong relationships through a proprietary university scout network at Stanford, MIT, Harvard, and other elite universities. Back exceptional founders within 1-3 years of graduation before they are widely recognized.

San Francisco
$100K – $15M57Both
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
163
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3one4 Capital

India is at a historic convergence of consumer install base, digital infrastructure (Aadhaar/UPI/Jan Dhan), quality talent, and enterprise market growth. 3one4 backs mission-driven founders building pre-consensus transformative companies for the new Indian economy with deep operational involvement and research-led conviction.

Bengaluru, India
$500K – $5M40Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
164
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NFX

Network effects are the #1 way to create defensibility in digital businesses. We invest in visionary founders building defensible businesses with network effects embedded in their core product.

San Francisco
$1M – $5M30Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
165
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Brickyard

Extraordinary founders execute faster when isolated from distractions and provided intensive on-site support. We seek junkyard dogs with high agency, non-obvious vision, delusional optimism, and execution discipline. Category matters far less than founder quality.

Chattanooga, TN
$100K – $500K59Both
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
166
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Episode One Ventures

Back ambitious 'go-all-in' founders building defensible B2B software at pre-seed and seed, and support them intensively through the journey to Series A. Focus on AI, infrastructure, health, TechBio, open source, and marketplaces.

London
$315K – $2.5M59Both
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
167
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GVFL Limited

We partner selectively, care deeply, and strive for excellence across sectors, helping founders leverage our decades of experience, extensive network, and valuable insights to build scalable and sustainable businesses in India.

Ahmedabad
$30K – $2.4M32Leads
May 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
168
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Muse Capital

We invest in traditionally overlooked and untapped consumer technology opportunities across the future of how we care, play, and live. Demographic shifts (aging population, female wealth, cultural diversity) create massive new markets. We don't chase hype—we invest in what should exist.

Los Angeles
$100K – $1M39Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
169
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R-Squared Ventures

Founders investing in, and supporting, founders - we back operators executing on real problems in sizable markets, disrupting how things are done, and stay hands-on as operational advisors through the company's life.

Los Angeles
$250K – $1.5M39Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
170
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Montis VC

Backs European pre-seed and seed founders building technologies for Energy, Industry, and Resilience, especially energy transition, industrial automation, practical AI for infrastructure, manufacturing, logistics, energy grids, and critical systems.

Warsaw
$500K – $2M12Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
171
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Triple Impact Capital

The most pressing challenges of today will produce the most important companies of tomorrow. We back mission-driven founders who embed environmental and/or societal impact directly into their revenue models, investing at the intersection of technology, impact and AI across Sustainable Innovation, Healthtech, and Economic Opportunity.

San Francisco
$250K – $2M11Both
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
172
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Slauson & Co

Talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. We invest in early-stage companies led by founders whose lived experiences are their competitive advantage. We believe the best products are aligned with the values of the communities they serve.

Los Angeles
$750K – $2.5M32Leads
Dec 2025 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
173
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Firstminute Capital

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

London
$1.3M – $3.8M140Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
174
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Active Impact Investments

Exceptional founders can build profitable businesses while solving urgent environmental challenges. We provide capital plus deep operational expertise in sales, talent, and fundraising. Focus on transition from finite to infinite sources of energy, food, water, and products.

Vancouver
$250K – $3M42Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
175
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Superhero Capital

Backing founders with exceptional vision and mission-driven impact across Finland and the Baltics, prioritizing founder character over polished business plans - asking 'Why us?' and 'Why now?'

Helsinki
$50K – $1M42Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
176
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Point72 Ventures

Point72 Ventures backs ambitious founders building for big outcomes across critical domains. Going deep, not wide—the firm focuses on specialized investment theses in AI, Consumer, and Defense Tech, bringing deep sector insights, partnership, and hands-on support from seed to pre-IPO.

New York
$250K – $50M205Both
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
177
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Break Trail Ventures

Partner with entrepreneurs breaking trail in their industry, putting customers first and solving meaningful problems. Focus on founder-led, mission-driven companies combining customer-centric products with operational excellence. Strong emphasis on consumer products, lifestyle brands, and tech-enabled enterprises.

Columbus
$500K – $5M20Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
178
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Makers Fund

Backing builders of the future of interactive entertainment. We invest across games, content, platforms, and ecosystem technologies with conviction that visionary founders are driving transformation in how we play, watch, create, and live.

$500K – $5M160Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
179
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Foundation Ventures

We back exceptional teams leveraging Egypt's currency-driven cost advantage and local market expertise to build industry-defining companies that scale across MENA and Africa. We provide patient capital, operational support, and regional network access to first-time founders and technical teams.

Cairo
$500K – $1M12Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
180
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PXN Ventures

More than 80% of UK venture capital is concentrated in London and the South East. PXN backs high-growth founders in the North of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland with capital (£200K-£8M) plus hands-on, "more than money" operational support.

Manchester, UK
$260K – $10.4M102Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
181
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Backbone Ventures

We invest in underrepresented outperformers: first- and second-generation migrant founders, women in male-dominated industries, and founders from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds, who we believe disproportionately possess the resilience, work ethic, and ability to inspire that predict founder success.

Zurich
$300K – $500K43Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
182
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Cowboy Ventures

Partner with founders building generational software companies. We provide capital, operational support, and genuine partnership. Focus on technology-driven solutions addressing large and growing markets. Invest across enterprise and consumer software, with depth in AI-native software, fintech, infrastructure, security, vertical SaaS, healthcare, and future of work.

Palo Alto
$500K – $4M24Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
183
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Jump Capital

Thesis-driven, sector-focused venture firm investing in FinTech, IT/Data Infrastructure, and vertical B2B SaaS. Partners with founders who want a trusted ally with real operating experience. Increasing focus on AI applications that solve measurable enterprise problems with real data advantages.

Chicago
$1M – $15M32Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 moReq'd
184
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Amplifyher Ventures

We invest in diverse leadership teams with the ability to create flywheel effects of growth in new markets. We focus on three core areas: Commerce (identifiable brands with data-driven opportunities), Care (tech-enabled health and wellness innovations), and Connectivity (platforms enhancing information expression and distribution). We believe women are not underfunded but untapped, and we're positioned at an inflection point in venture to elevate women to C-suite leadership roles.

New York
$100K – $300K40Follows
Dec 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
185
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Mu Ventures

Reducing friction in commerce transactions through infrastructure, vertical AI solving boring complex problems, and next-generation marketplaces with proprietary AI moats. We back founders removing friction from how the world gets things done.

New York
$200K – $500K41Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
186
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Sharp Alpha

Competitive Entertainment — any form of recreation where winning matters. We invest at the software layer in sports betting, fantasy sports, gaming, esports, social sports venues, and fan engagement technology. We believe the most economically and experientially desirable place to build technology is where people lean forward and become enraptured in competition.

New York
$250K – $30M27Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
187
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Cake Ventures

We invest in founders with global ambitions creating products that meet tomorrow's internet users' needs through demographic change. Focus on aging & longevity, spending power of women, and the new majority (majority-minority shift).

San Francisco
$200K – $750K20Both
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
188
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SEEDRA Ventures

SEEDRA backs bold, technology-driven founders redefining traditional industries across Saudi Arabia and MENA, providing hands-on operational support alongside capital, in alignment with Saudi Vision 2030.

Riyadh
$250K – $15M13Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
189
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WndrCo

WndrCo positions itself as 'the founders behind the founders,' combining strategic capital with deep operational involvement. Unlike traditional VCs, partners take formal operating roles (interim CEO, CFO, CPO) within portfolio companies. This approach leverages the co-founders' proven track record: Sujay Jaswa scaled Dropbox from $18M to $10B as Business Founder/CFO, and Jeffrey Katzenberg transformed Disney Studios and built DreamWorks. The firm invests across all stages through three strategies: Build (acquiring underappreciated tech companies), Venture (leading post-PMF rounds), and Seed (very early checks). Focus areas are Future of Work, Cybersecurity, Developer Infrastructure, and Consumer Technology, with increasing emphasis on AI applications.

Beverly Hills, California
$100K – $10M35Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
190
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Graduate Ventures

We empower alumni of Dutch universities to become world-changing entrepreneurs, backing founders with capital, knowledge, and a high-trust community to build the companies of the future in critical sectors, strengthening a competitive and sovereign Netherlands.

Rotterdam, Netherlands
$75K – $2M73Both
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
191
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Peterson Ventures

People make all the difference. We invest in great people building great businesses. Partnership-driven investments where we serve as true partners for the long term, not just financial backers. Our core belief is in 'paying it forward' - building lasting relationships with entrepreneurs.

Salt Lake City, Utah
$500K – $2.5M31Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
192
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Plug N Play Ventures

Connect innovative startups to 550+ corporate partners who have real business problems to solve. Our platform creates a flywheel of pilots, enterprise customers, and follow-on capital for founders who value long-term partnership and have credible paths to $100M+ ARR.

Sunnyvale
$25K – $3M51Both
~Jul 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
193
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node.vc

We back visionary technology founders in the Nordic region driven by disruptive forces. Our thesis centers on three areas: New Experiences (gaming, new media, health tech), Platform Technologies (developer tools, infrastructure, fintech, IoT, machine intelligence), and Smarter Workplaces (productivity, developer tools, digital workplaces). As founders and operators ourselves, we bring hands-on operational mentorship to help mitigate risks and navigate building at scale.

$750K – $2.7M22Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
194
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Rocana Venture Partners

Democratizing health and wellness through disruptive consumer brands that combine purpose with profitability. Rocana backs authentic founders solving real wellness problems with products that deliver genuine health benefits while operating sustainably.

Los Angeles
$500K – $30M29Leads
~Oct 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
195
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Gateway Capital Partners

Gateway Capital partners with tenacious, resourceful founders building solutions to real-world problems in overlooked markets. We believe that financial returns and social returns are not mutually exclusive, and we invest where others hesitate - focusing on underestimated regions and low-to-moderate income communities.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$250K – $500K14N/A
~Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
196
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Phaze Ventures

Back early-stage B2B AI and deeptech founders across the GCC and North America, bridging Gulf capital with global technology talent.

Muscat, Oman
$250K – $5M15N/A
~Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
197
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Serena Capital

We back bold entrepreneurs who think big and are committed to becoming the next major tech players. We invest from pre-seed to series A with strong operational support, focusing on technology-driven solutions across AI, climate tech, fintech, SaaS, and impact-driven sectors.

$100K – $15M121Leads
Dec 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
198
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e2vc

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

Istanbul
$250K – $2M84N/A
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
199
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Moonfire

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

$250K – $3M85Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
200
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BASS Ventures

Back 'crazy dreamers' — founders with exceptional tenacity, ambition, and vision who are building transformative companies. BASS serves as the 'bassist' providing foundational support: capital, operational resources, global cloud credits, and talent. Focus on AI software, physical AI, and fashion & beauty in 2025.

Seoul
$250K – $6M48Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
201
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Shine Capital
#82 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Shine partners with creative, convincing, relentless entrepreneurs to build iconic businesses. They are lateralists - using non-linear logic to identify innovation at the intersections of technology, markets, and culture. The firm invests thematically in areas shaped by four trends: Great Expectations (demand for quality), Merging Digital/Physical (computing power), Reimagining Security (infrastructure/identity), and Reestablishing Meaning (community/belonging).

New York
$1M – $10M54Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
202
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Hustle Fund

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

San Francisco
$25K – $500K34Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
203
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Night Capital

Think independently, act with integrity, and serve founders well. Back exceptional founders building in massive markets at the earliest stages. Prioritize being indispensable over ubiquitous — long-term partnerships built on reputation and relationships.

San Francisco
$250K – $1M34Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
204
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DSG Consumer Partners

Backs insurgent consumer brands in India and Southeast Asia with patient capital, brand discipline, and hands-on operating support.

Singapore
$250K – $2.5M13Both
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
205
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Launch Africa

Pan-African fund solving the significant funding gap in Seed and pre-Series A investment. Backing ambitious African founders tackling critical continental challenges with operational support and investor network.

Mauritius
$100K – $2M42Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
206
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Kae Capital

Kae positions itself as the first institutional capital into a company, partnering with founders early to build scalable, technology-driven businesses. Sector-agnostic by mandate, with current public emphasis on consumer, fintech, deeptech, B2B/B2C AI, intelligent automation, cybersecurity, and defence/aerospace.

Mumbai
$500K – $3M15Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
207
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BAM Ventures

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

$100K – $1M22Leads
Nov 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
208
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Better Tomorrow Ventures

Financial technology will create a better tomorrow. We invest in experienced operators solving real fintech problems with deep domain expertise. We're an extension of your founding team, not just capital.

$500K – $4M62Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksN/A
209
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Auxxo

Auxxo backs the strongest pre-seed and seed stage female-(co-)founded startups across Europe, driving equitable representation of women as founders and investors in venture capital.

Berlin
$380K – $880K56Follows
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
210
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Kindred Ventures

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

San Francisco
$500K – $5M61Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
211
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Xeed Ventures

Partner with exceptional founders to build rocketships, focusing on enterprise, B2B, and fintech categories, with capital, strategic insight, and network access.

Bengaluru, India
$250K – $2M22Follows
Jan 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
212
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Commerce Ventures

We partner with entrepreneurs building the platforms and infrastructure required for the future of retail, payments, banking and insurance. We invest in B2B commerce infrastructure that enables businesses to serve customers better. Rather than chasing consumer adoption, we build portfolios around the Commerce Continuum—interconnected solutions spanning retail, payments, banking and insurance.

San Francisco
$100K – $5M33Follows
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
213
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Primetime Partners

The longevity economy is a massive addressable market. Companies transforming quality of life for aging adults will be highly profitable and impactful. Experienced founders over 50 solve aging problems better because they understand them firsthand.

New York
$250K – $1M36Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
214
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K Fund

We invest €100k to €15M in entrepreneurs with the capacity to create differentiated technology-based products and services, backing the crazy, contrarians, and outliers from pre-seed to Series B across Southern Europe and Latin America.

Madrid
$100K – $15M95Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
215
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Matrix Partners
#51 · Top 100 · 2026

We invest in founders with deep technical expertise and a specific vision of the future. As former founders and company builders ourselves, we provide not just capital but steady partnership through early stages. We are contrarians who invest with conviction.

San Francisco
$250K – $5M61Both
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
216
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Webb Investment Network

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

San Francisco Bay Area, CA
$500K – $750K98Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
217
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Forum Ventures

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

New York
$100K – $750K105Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
218
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MaC Venture Capital

MaC backs visionary founders building category-defining companies with deep understanding of cultural shifts, technological advancements, and emerging market trends. Founders must demonstrate authentic insight into why their problem needs solving now, combined with ability to see how the world is changing. Particular focus on founders paying attention to shifts others might miss.

$500K – $2M20Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
219
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Spintop Ventures

Backing entrepreneurs on a mission to build great companies: innovative software-based technology companies from the Nordics that can become sector leaders while driving transformation toward a long-term sustainable society.

Östersund, Sweden
$500K – $2.5M35Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
220
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Cherubic Ventures

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

Taipei
$1.5M – $3M124Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
221
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DFF Ventures

We invest in underdigitized verticals — backing founders with deep industry experience who are building digital solutions for analog industries. Focus on Vertical AI, Recommerce, and Marketplace models in the physical economy. Operator-first: all three founding partners are former founders.

Amsterdam
$275K – $2.8M38Leads
Dec 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
222
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Founders Future

AI and technological breakthroughs are driving a major cycle of transformation; entrepreneurship is the force that turns that shift into concrete, global opportunities. We back AI-first founders across the transatlantic corridor with hands-on, operator-led support.

Paris
$500K – $15M25Both
Mar 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
223
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Protagonist

Back early-stage founders building the next paradigm in emerging technologies. We operate like a product studio—contributing code, designing token economics, and providing hands-on partnership rather than just capital.

Miami
$1M – $10M62Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
224
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TMV
#63 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Back early-stage entrepreneurs shaping the industries that run the world, with deep domain expertise across AI & Automation, Health & Bio, and Logistics & Maritime, and true operating partnership beyond capital.

New York
$250K – $10M66Both
~Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
225
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Oyster Ventures

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

San Francisco
$25K – $5M102Follows
~Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
226
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Wave Ventures

Wave Ventures backs Europe's most exceptional Gen Z founders at the earliest stage — angel and pre-seed — in the Nordics and Baltics. We invest before other VCs identify these founders, leveraging a rotating team of top university students embedded in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Tallinn startup ecosystems. We believe the most impactful companies of the next generation will emerge from this region.

Helsinki
$10K – $100K46Leads
May 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
227
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Axeleo Capital

Operator-led firm running two funds: Digital (Pre-Seed/Seed, €0.5M-€3M initial) backing enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, AI/DevTools and fintech automation founders from beta to global blue-chip accounts; and Greentech Industry (Series A/B, €3M-€10M initial) financing the first industrial plants (FOAK) of European cleantech and deep-tech companies bridging pilot to commercial scale.

Lyon, France
$500K – $15M67Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
228
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Lattice

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

United States
$300K – $2M69Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
229
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Voyager Capital

Investing in the modern economy through AI-driven business solutions, software-driven hardware, sustainable agriculture, and supply chain technology in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada, being the first institutional partner in a founder's journey.

Seattle
$1M – $5M68Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
230
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Baukunst

Creative technologists at the frontiers of technology and design create transformative companies. The true art of building lies in setting the right culture and early-stage environment for meaningful companies to begin, grow, scale, and endure.

San Francisco
$500K – $3M37Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
231
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Neotribe Ventures
#87 · Top 100 · 2026

Breakthrough technologies that stretch the imagination — deep tech with the potential to create new product categories. We bring company-building skills and operating expertise to help founders find product-market fit.

Menlo Park
$1M – $80M70Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
232
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Slow Ventures

Backing experienced founders with deep domain conviction at the earliest stages. Fund genuine 'venture moments' — discrete inflection points where new capital validates novel hypotheses. Reject the factory model of venture; focus on capital efficiency and sound businesses.

San Francisco
$500K – $3M102Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
233
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Basis Set Ventures
#76 · Emerging 100 · 2026

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

Menlo Park
$250K – $3M29Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
234
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Quona Capital

Financial innovation drives transformation toward equitable, inclusive financial systems. We back fintech companies expanding access to financial services for underserved consumers and businesses in emerging markets. Impact and returns are complementary, not conflicting.

Washington
$1M – $6M75Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
235
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Entrée Capital

Partner with exceptional founders building generational and disruptive companies. Founded by serial entrepreneurs, Entrée invests from pre-seed to Series A in AI, deep tech, quantum computing, fintech, cybersecurity, and crypto. New $300M funds (Nov 2025) doubling down on vertical AI, quantum, and contrarian industries with low historical software spend.

Tel Aviv
$250K – $15M40Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
236
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Restive Ventures

Restive backs pre-incorporation through pre-Series A founders building AI-native financial services (AiFi). It wants to be the first check and uses AI to unlock new growth, productivity, and innovation across financial services.

San Francisco
$50K – $2.5M74Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 wkReq'd
237
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Decent Capital

Back industry innovators and ecosystem creators building transformative TMT businesses with global potential, leveraging Jason Zeng's Tencent network and Asia-Silicon Valley cross-border expertise. Focus on founders with proven execution capability and long-term vision.

Singapore
$100K – $10M21Both
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
238
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Elevar Equity

Fund economic resilience of underserved entrepreneurial households through early-growth capital in businesses where impact and commercial performance are structurally aligned. Invest in companies democratizing access to essential products and services across financial inclusion, education, healthcare, agri-supply chains, and MSME solutions.

Seattle
$1M – $2.5M24Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
239
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Storytime Capital

We look for world class teams solving big problems in the future of work: how people find work, how organizations find and manage talent, and how work gets executed.

Toronto
$550K – $1.1M19Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moN/A
240
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Keen Venture Partners

Keen runs two parallel thesis-driven programs: backing AI software that makes Europe's SMEs radically more productive (Technology for SMEs), and backing commercial, software-enabled, dual-use defence and security technology built for multi-country European scale (Defence). Both theses are shaped through recurring 'thesis sprints' and a 'time first, money later' approach to founder relationships.

Amsterdam
$1M – $10M42Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
241
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Pillar VC

We invest in technical breakthroughs that overcome the world's greatest challenges. We partner at inception with technically brilliant dreamers who see past impossible to inevitable. We evaluate scientific opportunities through both commercial potential and human impact lenses.

Boston
$100K – $10M77Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
242
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Amplify.LA

Back passionate technology entrepreneurs building in Los Angeles with early capital, operational mentorship, and access to a network of 120+ experienced operators and executives. Focus on pre-seed stage with hands-on support through multiple fundraising rounds.

Los Angeles
$250K – $1M49Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
243
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True Ventures
#63 · Top 100 · 2026

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

Palo Alto
$500K – $3M47Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 wkReq'd
244
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Delta Partners

Delta backs Ireland's most relentless founders from first cheque to scale, with a partner-led model where every founder works directly with a General Partner throughout the company's life, and a focus on capital-optimising foundations early on.

Dublin, Ireland
$100K – $3M36Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
245
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Vine Ventures

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

New York
$1M – $5M38Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
246
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COTU Ventures

We back people first: founders with unique, hard-to-assess attributes and outlier potential, determined through many open and candid conversations. Secondarily, we look for large ($500M+), fragmented, fast-growing markets with low customer satisfaction and the right timing.

Dubai
$150K – $2M20Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksN/A
247
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Dream Ventures

Backing extraordinary founders in national security, AI, and consumer/entertainment, with a generalist early-stage approach spanning D2C brands, fintech, gaming/crypto, and defense hard-tech.

Las Vegas
$100K – $1M20Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
248
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Archipelago Next

Invest in talent: execution-focused teams building defensible B2B SaaS, especially AI and digitalization, with a clear link to the Spanish market.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
$100K – $500K20Both
May 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
249
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Craft Ventures
#93 · Top 100 · 2026

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.

San Francisco
$500K – $10M46Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
250
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Seedcamp

World-class founders at their earliest stages matter more than the stage of the business itself. We back sector-agnostic, high-ambition founders from pre-product through early revenue with candid advice, hands-on support, and a network of 1,200+ operators.

London
$350K – $1.3M45Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
251
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LiveOak Venture Partners

All-in on Texas: LiveOak partners with exceptional Texas-based founders building tech and tech-enabled service companies, engaging actively across the full lifecycle from Pre-seed through Series B and beyond.

Austin
$500K – $10M50Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
252
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Chalmers Ventures

Chalmers Ventures transforms breakthrough Chalmers University research into successful, impact-driven global companies, blending venture creation with venture investing under one roof.

Gothenburg, Sweden
$100K – $2.4M128Both
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
253
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Cherry Ventures

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

Berlin
$2M – $7M30Both
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
254
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LatinLeap VC

Invest in and scale technology businesses where artificial intelligence and data capabilities drive impact and market growth across Latin America. Latin Leap aims to help Spanish-speaking Latin America leapfrog through technology investments tailored to emerging market needs, while also bridging international tech companies into the region.

Medellín, Colombia
$250K – $5M22Follows
Dec 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
255
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FUSE

Bet the founder, win the future -- FUSE invests early in exceptional founders before obvious market validation, prioritizing founder quality over category focus, and backs them with a network of 300+ operators, executives, and founders.

Bellevue
$1M – $10M47Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
256
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Founder Collective

We invest at the earliest stages and partner with exceptional entrepreneurs from idea to IPO. We stay small by design to remain aligned with founders. We're sector-agnostic, conviction-driven, capital-efficient, and believe in founder/market fit and intrinsic value over hype.

Boston
$250K – $3M32Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
257
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42CAP

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

Munich
$500K – $3M56Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
258
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Telegraph Hill Capital

We back entrepreneurs obsessed with solving big problems using capital-efficient technology. We focus on early-stage tech startups in North America and Western Europe building game-changing B2B software across fintech, logistics, proptech, HR tech, legal tech, and cybersecurity.

Barcelona
$100K – $1.5M44Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
259
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Iron Wolf Capital

Iron Wolf Capital backs exceptional technical founders building globally relevant deep tech and defence companies from the Baltic Sea Region and diaspora. The firm treats regional technical depth, capital efficiency, and category-specific expertise as the core source of advantage.

Vilnius, Lithuania
$500K – $5M22Leads
~Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
260
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Suffolk Technologies

The $12 trillion built environment sector is ripe for digital transformation. Suffolk Technologies deploys capital, resources, and networks to help founders scale technologies in construction, architecture, engineering, real estate, and infrastructure. Uniquely positioned as the venture arm of Suffolk Construction, they provide operational test beds, jobsite access, and deep domain expertise that pure financial investors cannot.

Boston
$150K – $10M59Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
261
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Panache Ventures

Exceptional companies are built by founders with deep conviction, strong technical foundations, and the courage to tackle meaningful problems. Panache backs visionary founders from day one, providing capital alongside hands-on operational support and nationwide founder networks.

Montreal
$500K – $3M83Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
262
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Black Sheep Capital

Be the most helpful investor. Back exceptional Australian founders building technology companies with strong founder-market fit and large addressable markets.

Brisbane
$100K – $500K17Both
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
263
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Andreessen Horowitz
#2 · Top 100 · 2026

Backing the builders of the next layer of computing across AI infrastructure, defense, biotech, and American dynamism. Former 'Software is Eating the World' thesis evolved to 'AI is Eating Software'. Partners with technical founders building foundation models, cloud systems, and infrastructure for the AI era.

Menlo Park
$1M – $200M53Both
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
264
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Arzan VC

Backing young, fast-growing, and innovative tech teams building disruptive businesses with a MENA connection, with a particular concentration in FinTech and e-commerce.

Kuwait City
$500K – $10M13N/A
Jan 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
265
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Breakers

Back outlier founders who break the rules, mold, glass, cycle, and internet — wherever they are. True generalist fund focused on pre-seed and seed across US and Canada, with emphasis on underserved markets (PNW, TX, Canada). Founder quality above all else.

Seattle
$100K – $500K23Follows
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
266
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Chapter One Ventures

We back product-driven founders building generational companies. We led product, design, and engineering teams at the internet's most iconic companies and have built products for billions of users. Now we bring that operator expertise to support founders obsessed with product excellence and user experience.

Los Angeles
$500K – $8M111Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
267
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DG Daiwa Ventures

Invest in and provide business-development support to startups building next-generation technology, bridging Japanese and global markets by combining Digital Garage's startup network with Daiwa Securities Group's capital and financial infrastructure.

Tokyo
$200K – $5M52Both
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
268
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Norte Ventures

Norte is a pure-follower fund built by and for founders, believing in the power of goodwill and genuine relationships in a founder-built ecosystem. They co-invest in very first rounds of Brazilian and Latam companies with high visibility, operating more like a club of entrepreneurs than traditional VC. Core conviction: networks over geniuses, continuous work over overnight success, ecosystem value over fund stake size.

$200K – $1.5M50Both
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
269
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ISAI

ISAI identifies capital-efficient French tech startups early—often as the first VC—backing SaaS and marketplace models with progressive ambition, blue ocean positioning, and category-leader potential. Increasingly an AI-focused investor using it as an enabling lens across all verticals. Their edge: a community of 500+ tech entrepreneur-LPs who open doors, advise, and validate.

Paris
$110K – $3.3M52Leads
~Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
270
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Brighteye Ventures

Technology is reshaping the human capacity to learn, work, and adapt. Brighteye backs the 'HumanOS' — systems helping people continuously learn, perform, and evolve. As software becomes more intelligent and autonomous, it multiplies the value of human skills and knowledge. Category-defining companies will harness technology to redefine human capability. Target: European companies with global ambition and €100M+ revenue potential in large underserved markets.

London
$440K – $4.4M52Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
271
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Madrona Venture Group
#58 · Top 100 · 2026

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

Seattle
$500K – $50M52Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
272
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Cavalry Ventures

Back nerds and pioneers tackling tough problems that matter across European tech. Support founders building hard-to-build but essential products. Real partners for expert founders.

$1M – $4M41Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 wkN/A
273
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Advancit Capital

We partner with best-in-class entrepreneurs building the next generation of leading companies at the intersection of media, entertainment, technology, and web3. Our distinctive value comes from facilitating strategic connections between portfolio companies and major media conglomerates, distribution platforms, and Fortune 500 media executives.

Norwood, MA
$50K – $1M28Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
274
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Colle Capital Partners

We invest in people and give them freedom and support needed to execute their vision. We rely on data to measure, manage and monetize. We encourage bold ideas which are true, firm, confident, strong and resilient. We praise agility - the key to success in a competitive environment. We invest in early-stage companies operating with clear focus on sustainability in every dimension: business practices, unit economics and environmental impact.

New York
$750K – $3M56Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
275
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Backstage Capital

Underestimated founders are systematically mispriced assets that create alpha rather than requiring concessionary returns. We invest in the very best founders who identify as women, people of color, or LGBTQ, treating capital allocation as activism.

Los Angeles
$50K – $500K30Follows
Feb 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
276
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Operator Partners
#52 · Emerging 100 · 2026

We are operators funding operators. We provide capital from our own personal wealth (no outside LPs) and offer hands-on operational advisory rather than board control. We believe the best venture support comes from those who have built and scaled companies themselves.

New York
$250K – $2M124Follows
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
277
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NextGen Venture Partners

Capital is a commodity, connections are currency. We back early-stage B2B founders with capital plus a network of 1,500+ venture partners, top founders, and innovation executives, and stay hands-on from first check through growth.

$500K – $5M25Leads
~Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
278
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Ground Up Ventures

We're a different type of venture firm. We wake up every morning and ask ourselves how we can help our portfolio companies move the needle. From in-the-weeds to twenty thousand feet, we are partners at every level. We serve as an extension of founder headcount, sitting in portfolio company Slack channels, maintaining weekly calls, and proactively helping with hiring and customer introductions.

New York
$250K – $1.5M49Follows
Feb 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
279
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Pi Labs

The real estate industry is analogue, antiquated, and carbon-intensive; today's technology isn't yet sufficient to make the built world fit for future generations, so we back founders building the digital and sustainable built world of tomorrow, from construction to cities to the future of work.

London
$350K – $2M59Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
280
▶
Galileo Ventures

We back the emerging founder - unproven, scrappy and overlooked - fuelled by new technology, at pre-seed and seed, often as the first institutional cheque. We back founders, not markets.

Sydney
$200K – $1M26Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
281
▶
Access Bridge Ventures

Access Bridge Ventures backs exceptional leaders in MENAP, aiming to be the first institutional investor and lead rounds, pairing capital with regional network access, governance support, and operational experience.

Abu Dhabi
$250K – $500K26Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
282
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Frumtak Ventures

We champion Icelandic founders who have demonstrated early traction and have the potential to become global leaders in their space, taking a concentrated, high-conviction, high-involvement approach from seed through IPO.

Reykjavík, Iceland
$1.1M – $3.2M27Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
283
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Cleveland Avenue

Global venture capital firm investing in lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies that positively disrupt large and growing markets. Great investments require deep industry expertise, hands-on operational support, and access to strategic partners.

Chicago
$1M – $50M68Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
284
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Bynd Venture Capital

Iberian-first, opportunity-led early-stage investor. Backs pre-seed and seed startups with founders or core team based in Portugal or Spain, across AI & software, consumer goods, and sustainability tech, often as the first professional investor in the company.

Lisbon, Portugal
$250K – $600K44Both
May 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
285
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Serena Ventures

We back bold founders reshaping how we live, work, move, and connect. Our perspective is global. Our standard is excellence. Our purpose is to expand access, ownership, and opportunity at scale. We view the underfunding of women and founders of color as a market inefficiency.

San Francisco
$100K – $500K45Both
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
286
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Coughdrop Capital

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

$40K – $100K65Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
287
▶
Mercuri

Back UK pre-seed and seed founders building at the intersection of media, entertainment and AI across the content and data value chain, as an engaged first-cheque lead.

London
$630K – $1.3M65Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
288
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Ada Ventures

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

London
$250K – $1M30Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
289
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Partech Partners

We support ambitious founders solving large problems through technology across all stages. Independent thinkers who challenge conventional wisdom are our ideal partners. We provide not just capital but operational expertise, global networks, and hands-on support from day one through scale.

Paris
$300K – $100M29Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
290
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SaaSholic

Back Latam's most promising early-stage software startups, with a growing focus on AI-native companies that own proprietary data assets, touch payment flows, and benefit from network effects.

São Paulo
$500K – $1.5M29Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moN/A
291
▶
Script Capital

Pre-seed fund investing in technical founders building developer-facing tools and infrastructure. Focused on curiosity, velocity of learning, and rapid building. Believe the world is shaped by unique insights at the intersection of art/culture and math/science.

San Francisco
$250K – $750K74Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
292
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LAUNCH

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

$100K – $3M31Both
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
293
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Inuka Capital

India lacks full-time pre-seed investors with operational experience. We fill that gap by partnering with exceptional founders during their first institutional round, providing capital, mentorship, and operational support.

$100K – $600K15Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
294
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Moonstone Fund

We believe in the transformative power of individuals to drive systemic change and shape a more sustainable future. We champion visionary pre-seed/seed founders addressing humanity's most critical challenges over the next 30 years, regardless of sector or geography.

Milan, Italy
$10K – $50K49Follows
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
295
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Mucker Capital

Mucker Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in technology companies from pre-seed through Series B. We partner closely with founders building scalable businesses, often providing a company’s first institutional check and continuing to support them through later stages. Mucker has offices in Venice, California, Austin, and Toronto, and primarily invests across the United States and Canada, with the ability to back exceptional founders in other markets.

Venice
$100K – $15M28Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
296
▶
Coatue
#29 · Top 100 · 2026

The best investment opportunities emerge at the intersection of innovation and scale. We invest across the full lifecycle from seed to public markets, focusing on technology companies that will transform sectors globally with particular conviction in AI-enabled platforms and infrastructure.

New York
$1M – $100M31Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
297
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Cosmic Venture Partners

Early-stage, operator-led firm investing in next-generation consumer platforms, products, and services. We combine fintech, entertainment, and Wall Street expertise to provide hands-on operational support beyond capital.

Austin
$100K – $5M31Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
298
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Bek Ventures

Back a small, concentrated group of early-stage founders from 'Dynamic Europe' (Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey) who build global from day one, providing disproportionate time, attention, and follow-on support (90%+ of portfolio gets a second check).

New York
$500K – $10M39Both
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
299
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Redalpine

Redalpine backs companies at the convergence of software and science — where rigorous engineering meets scientific breakthroughs. Half the team are scientists, half are operators, enabling them to engage deeply with highly technical founders and support them hands-on from day one through to exit. Primary focus areas: frontier science and biotech, digital health, AI and automation, fintech, synthetic biology, and climate tech.

Zug
$500K – $5M40Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
300
▶
MAGIC Fund

The best founders want to be backed by other founders. Smaller funds run by founders perform best at pre-seed/seed stage. We operate as a decentralized fund-of-micro-funds empowering founder-GPs across global regions.

Los Angeles
$50K – $5M70Follows
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
301
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Hartmann Capital

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.

Miami
$300K – $3M34Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
302
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Jump Crypto

Identify real-world constraints through active market participation and build decentralized consortiums to convert systemic bottlenecks into shared breakthroughs. Serious builders combining market-making expertise with long-term infrastructure development.

Chicago
$1.9M – $1650M32Both
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
303
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TLcom Capital

Conviction before consensus: find and fund resilient, strategic, value-first African founders building technology companies at scale, from pre-seed to growth.

London
$250K – $3M32Both
Oct 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
304
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Golden Palm Investments

Africa's future prosperity depends on technological innovation across foundational sectors. Brilliant entrepreneurs applying technology to solve Africa's most pressing problems build world-class businesses while generating exceptional returns. Commercial rigor combined with social impact creates sustainable value.

Ghana
$250K – $15M34Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
305
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4Founders Capital

Serial entrepreneurs backing founders with ownership mentality, an international mindset and ambition to build €300M+ companies, in disruptive tech-driven businesses from Pre-Seed to Series A+, staying as partner into the next round.

Barcelona
$100K – $4M20Both
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
306
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Link Ventures

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.

Cambridge
$1M – $8M76Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
307
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Kakao Ventures

Kakao Ventures finds the 'one reason' a startup will succeed — the single differentiating capability that makes a mission inevitable — and provides capital and co-pilot support to help that potential bloom. They focus on mission-driven founders in deep tech, ICT services, digital healthcare, and gaming at seed and pre-Series A stages.

Seongnam (Pangyo), South Korea
$150K – $1.5M32Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
308
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Capital F

Capital F invests in technology for the $15 Trillion female economy. We are operators who invest, not VCs—capitalizing on 50 years of combined C-level operating experience to back top founders building in Health, AI, and Digital Commerce with B2B SaaS and B2C technology.

San Francisco
$100K – $2M26Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
309
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Pareto Holdings

Back exceptional founders early, globally. Self-funded model enables founder-first alignment, rapid deployment, and direct support. We believe the best companies come from the best founders, regardless of background or current stage.

Miami
$100K – $25M58Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
310
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Acadian Ventures

The best workplaces are designed to unlock and amplify human potential. We invest in next-generation work technologies across infrastructure, intelligence, automation, experience, and compliance — backing founders rebuilding how work is built, run, and scaled globally.

New Haven, CT
$100K – $2M35Follows
~Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
311
▶
Flyer One Ventures

We back Dollar-DNA founders: execution-oriented leaders who base decisions on data, building painkillers rather than vitamins, with strong founder-market fit.

Warsaw
$350K – $1.5M54Both
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
312
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TQ Ventures

Invest from first principles and commit deeply to founders. TQ rejects thematic investing and backs exceptional founding teams with unique, compelling market visions — category creators rather than incremental improvers. They target companies that have raised less than $1.5M, positioning them as one of the first institutional checks.

New York
$500K – $3M47Follows
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
313
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BEENEXT

Founder-first, sector-agnostic early-stage investing in emerging markets (India, Southeast Asia, Japan, US), backing bold, technical founders and supporting them with a global community of founders and investors, not just capital.

Singapore
$200K – $2.5M22Both
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
314
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Defy VC

Back exceptional entrepreneurs building enduring companies that defy expectations. Value authenticity and tenacity to turn daring ideas into lasting impact. One life-altering investment can lead to industry-wide transformation.

San Mateo, California
$100K – $10M39Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 wkReq'd
315
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J12 Ventures

J12 backs technical founders early across two theses: Enablers (data infrastructure, developer tools, MLOps, and compute efficiency powering AI) and Applications (domain-specific AI products that reinvent mission-critical B2B workflows using predictive ML, computer vision, speech/multimodal, generative, and agentic systems).

Stockholm
$100K – $2M35Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
316
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MiddleGame Ventures

We invest in and partner with exceptional European entrepreneurs leading the global economy to a fully digital financial services future, spanning FinTech and adjacent digital solutions (AI, cyber, deep tech, quantum).

Luxembourg, Luxembourg
$250K – $10M35Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
317
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Urban Innovation Fund

The future of cities will be shaped by entrepreneurs who can navigate complex regulatory environments. We provide seed capital and regulatory/policy expertise to startups enhancing the livability, sustainability, and economic vitality of cities.

San Francisco
$500K – $5M48Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
318
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Calm/Storm Ventures

We invest in purpose driven founders changing our life, health and wellbeing for the better, across digital health, well-being, prevention and care, B2B and B2C.

Vienna
$25K – $5M90Follows
~Sep 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
319
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Entourage

Entourage backs and builds early-stage B2B SaaS and software companies, combining VC capital with venture studio and founder-operator support from zero to one and beyond.

Ghent, Belgium
Up to $100K40Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
320
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JLL Spark

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.

San Francisco
$250K – $5M48Both
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
321
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Caesar Ventures

We invest before investing: writing the first institutional check into founder-led teams building technology-driven, sustainable businesses that address real, structural problems across DeepTech, GreenTech, Digital Health, and FinTech.

Berlin
$150K – $1M52Both
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
322
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Tunitas Ventures

Category creating companies with few to no competitors, defensible business models, and unit economics that are starting to work. Invest across all technology sectors except healthcare. Require 50x return potential. Primary value-add is helping raise Series A from the best possible investor.

Menlo Park
$500K – $1.5M19Both
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
323
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Foundamental

Back vertical singularities in the project economy (construction, AEC, infrastructure, heavy supply chains) that own capacity and compound optionality.

$500K – $5M58Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
324
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Nebular

The founder is the wedge—category comes after. We invest at the event horizon, in what's very early and unexpected. Uncommon people, ideas, and technologies where new markets and movements are on the brink of inevitable. We move fast, write lead checks, and stay out of founders' way.

New York
$250K – $2M39Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
325
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Haystack

Exceptional founders create disproportionate outcomes. We identify entrepreneurs pulling the future forward through fundamental innovation and exceptional execution. Rather than chasing sector trends, we partner with high-signal founders solving enduring problems across any category.

San Francisco
$250K – $2M24Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
326
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Valor Ventures

The South is emerging as a center of gravity for venture capital, not a satellite region. We back B2B AI and SaaS founders solving real problems with clear ROI, creating a Community of Courage where capital aligns with conviction.

Atlanta
$500K – $3M26Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
327
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Maple VC

Canadians have built over $1 trillion in enterprise value globally, yet were initially backed by US VC not Canadian investors. We back founders with Canadian roots—regardless of where they build—because exceptional talent from Canada represents a sustainable, quantifiable selection edge.

San Francisco
$500K – $1.5M57Follows
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
328
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25M Health

Bringing applied AI to legacy, historically under-digitized industries — healthcare operations, supply chain, insurance, and compliance — by combining venture capital with in-house product, engineering, and AI build-out (studio model), early-stage checks (Ventures), and control-stake modernization buyouts (Propel).

New York
$100K – $5M42Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
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K5 Global
#11 · Emerging 100 · 2026

K5 Global backs category-defining companies from inception to IPO. The firm leverages exceptional networks across media, entertainment, politics, finance, and technology to provide strategic value beyond capital. We believe the best companies are built by founders who can access world-class talent, capital, and strategic relationships.

Los Angeles
$1M – $3M42Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
330
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Antler

Backing exceptional people at the very start of their journey. We support founders from inception to scale through our global residency programs, providing capital, mentorship, and access to a network of 1,500+ companies across six continents.

$125K – $500K31Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
331
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Blume Ventures

Partner early with visionary, technical founders building India-first technology companies, with a sub-thesis around Indian engineering talent extending to global markets.

Mumbai
$200K – $2.5M16Leads
May 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
332
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Collab Fund

Investing at the intersection of for-profit and for-good. Companies that make the world better AND deliver strong financial returns. The Villain Test ensures both impact and profit alignment.

New York
$500K – $10M45Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
333
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Icehouse Ventures

Back exceptional Kiwi founders building globally transformative companies, from day one to IPO. New Zealand founders represent a significantly undervalued asset class, and Icehouse provides capital plus an ecosystem of 3,000+ investors and deep operational support.

Auckland
$100K – $10M42Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
334
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Correlation Ventures

We combine world-class AI analytics with industry-leading networks to identify exceptional companies and make rapid investment decisions. Great companies, regardless of sector or geography.

San Diego
$100K – $4M32Follows
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
335
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Asymmetric Capital Partners

Asymmetric invests in exceptional founders disrupting legacy industries through Vertical Software, Healthcare IT & Services, and SMB Consolidations (rollups). The firm targets 20% ownership as lead, writing $2-10M checks from Pre-seed through Series A. Founded by former PE investors and operators who provide deep operational, strategic, and financial partnership beyond capital.

Boston
$2M – $10M43Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
336
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LocalGlobe

Exceptional founders with strong conviction deserve capital, mentorship, and partnership from day one. We back category-defining companies at the earliest stages.

$100K – $1.5M43Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
337
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C2 Ventures

The most valuable applications of AI-powered SaaS and robotics aren't in the spotlight; they're in the trenches, solving complex problems and delivering immediate, quantifiable ROI for enterprise customers in the 'dirty, dull, and dangerous' industries traditional venture capital overlooks.

New York
$100K – $500K56Both
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
338
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Active Partners

Consumer-only investor backing founder-led, mission-driven brands with a distinct point of view, high customer engagement and global ambition.

London
$200K – $15M65Both
Sep 2025 · Active
N/AN/A
339
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ZhenFund

Believe in innovation, risk-taking, and young talent. Best entrepreneurs are rare and precious. Provide quick capital, friendly terms, genuine commitment. Help but don't complicate. Monthly founder support.

Beijing
$250K – $3M27Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
340
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Elad Gil

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.

San Francisco
$250K – $50M45Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
341
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Blackbird

Back wild hearts with the wildest ideas from the very beginning. Invest in companies, not rounds — following exceptional founders from pre-seed through all subsequent stages. Focused on ANZ founders building globally ambitious companies across any sector.

Sydney
$150K – $60M46Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
342
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L'ATTITUDE Ventures

Latino founders represent an underserved but exceptionally talented segment of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We invest in visionary founders who combine bold ideas with execution excellence to build scalable, high-impact businesses that create both economic and social value. We believe institutional capital paired with strategic partnership from Fortune 100 executives and operating experts can unlock the full potential of Latino-led innovation.

San Diego
$500K – $3M37Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 moReq'd
343
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Right Side Capital Management

Quantitative, data-driven investing at the Pre-VC stage. We invest in capital-efficient technology startups with $5K–$30K+ MRR at $1.5M–$4M valuations. Fast decisions (one week), no gatekeepers, no BS.

San Francisco
$150K – $300K44Follows
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
344
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Fuel Ventures

Backs ambitious tech founders from pre-seed to Series A through EIS/SEIS tax-efficient fund structures in the UK. Focus on Vertical AI, AI-enabled software, and FinTech 2.0. Founded by serial entrepreneur Mark Pearson, the firm brings operational expertise as entrepreneurs who have built and exited companies.

London
$150K – $3M48Both
~Jul 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
345
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Jazz Venture Partners

Breakthroughs at the convergence of technology, science, and humanity improve how we live, work, and experience the world. We invest in transformative technologies for human performance and wellbeing.

San Francisco
$100K – $5M51Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
346
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Leblon Capital

We back the boldest, most ambitious founders that seem unlikely to succeed, investing our own capital with no fund clock so we can remain invested indefinitely.

Munich
$150K – $10M110Follows
May 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
347
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The Fund

The best people to invest in startups are people who have built startups. We identify exceptional founders in geographies outside traditional venture hubs, building locally-run pre-seed funds with community-powered decision making.

New York
$50K – $250K16Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
348
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Angel Invest

Backs founding teams at the angel, pre-seed, and seed stages across Europe with fast, founder-friendly checks (~EUR 125K) and at least a year of hands-on coaching, focusing on AI, fintech, and deep tech.

Berlin
$100K – $250K48Leads
~Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
349
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Garage Capital

The best companies are built by founders for founders. Garage invests at the earliest stages in high-potential Canadian and YC startups, providing capital plus experienced operational advice from GPs who have built, scaled, and sold venture-backed companies. The goal is to make world-class early-stage capital accessible within Canada so founders don't need to go to Silicon Valley.

Kitchener, ON, Canada
$1M – $5M49Both
~Oct 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
350
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Base Ventures

Turning access into opportunity for founders, investors, and disruptive ideas by backing culturally resonant tech companies and founders who don't fit traditional Silicon Valley mold. Emphasis on showing up right way for founders, making bold bets, and committing fully from first check.

Oakland
$250K – $3M34Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
351
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Musha Ventures

Disciplined, Africa-focused seed investing backing exceptional founding teams solving real African problems with technology-enabled solutions demonstrating strong unit economics, capital efficiency, and ability to scale across emerging markets. Emphasis on founder quality, fundamental unit economics, sufficient capital for 18-24 month runway, and reasonable entry valuations.

New York
$25K – $500K164Leads
Aug 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
352
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Better Ventures

Mission-driven companies solve big problems at scale while building durable competitive advantages. We back founders leveraging science & technology to build the Better Economy where people and planet thrive.

Oakland
$500K – $1M43Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
353
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500 Global

Global venture capital that invests where talent is abundant but capital and opportunity are not. 500 Global backs technology founders with global ambitions across underinvested, fast-growing markets using Silicon Valley expertise combined with deep local knowledge. Core belief: The best founders and innovation emerge globally, not just Silicon Valley.

San Francisco
$100K – $1M18Both
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
354
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Motivate

Motivate backs incredible founders with strong domain knowledge tackling real, durable problems in large and growing markets, with Fund III now centered on early-stage fintech defined broadly as exchanges of value, transfer of risk, and allocation of resources across industries. The firm emphasizes AI, new rails, regulatory tailwinds, regulatory infrastructure, financial workflows, proprietary data moats, and network effects.

Chicago
$250K – $3M57Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
355
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Mercury Fund

Mercury backs disruptive AI and Blockchain-enabled startups outside Silicon Valley, with a focus on capital-efficient founders in the Central US reimagining core industries including fintech, enterprise software, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and logistics through their five investment themes: Work, Build, Journeys, Data, and Power.

Houston
$100K – $5M53Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
356
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Delphi Ventures

Delphi backs extraordinary founders at the bleeding edge of technology, operating at the intersection of crypto/blockchain and deep tech. Crypto is freedom technology enabling human coordination at scale without intermediaries. With AI and atomic breakthroughs, these forces will disintermediate legacy models and form foundations of civilizational change over the next decade.

San Mateo, California
$50K – $25M33Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
357
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MetaProp

Technology can make real estate more affordable, accessible, sustainable, and resilient. We invest across the entire real estate value chain—from financial services to operations, management, design, and transactions. We back founders with deep expertise and provide operational support, strategic connections, and access to our network of 900+ annual industry introductions.

New York
$250K – $20M31Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
358
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Digitalis Ventures

Complex health problems require multidisciplinary teams combining deep technical, financial, and domain expertise. We invest in breakthrough science and technology-enabled solutions across human and animal health.

New York
$250K – $50M55Leads
~Aug 2026 · Active
~2 moReq'd
359
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Octopus Ventures

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

$250K – $2.5M67Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
360
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Preface Ventures

The capital before your story. We back experienced and repeat founders building Frontier Enterprise infrastructure — critical software solutions born from hands-dirty experience at top companies. We invest meaningful capital ($750K-$2M) as the first institutional check in pre-seed and seed rounds.

New York
$250K – $2M60Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
361
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Babel Ventures

Biology is the next frontier of technology. BABEL believes early-stage consumer biotech can solve macro problems (food security, climate, health) while delivering outsized returns. The best outcomes come from diverse, science-credentialed founder teams with deep domain expertise and commitment to sustainability and impact.

San Francisco
$100K – $3M20Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
362
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Relay Ventures

We fund founders building transformational businesses that solve major pain points in large markets. Since 2008, we have partnered with founders who combine technical expertise, operational excellence, and ambitious vision. We bring capital, networks, and strategic experience across multiple successful exits.

Toronto
$500K – $10M43Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
363
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Redbud.vc

The greatest driver of venture returns is founders strengthened by struggle. We invest in rare talent building generational tech companies, regardless of pedigree or geographic origin.

British Columbia
$50K – $150K47Leads
May 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
364
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Illuminate Financial

Illuminate invests in companies solving mission-critical problems for financial institutions through fintech and enterprise software innovation. With deep access to tier-1 financial institution networks and specialized domain expertise, the firm creates unique value for portfolio companies through institutional customer access, operational guidance, and strategic partnerships.

London
$1M – $8M33Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
365
▶
Automotive Ventures

Automotive Ventures backs seed-stage founders across the mobility stack, from vehicle connectivity and autonomy to decarbonization, auto commerce, smart cities, and dealership technology, pairing capital with deep automotive-industry relationships and operational expertise.

Atlanta
$100K – $1M52Follows
Mar 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
366
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Flourish Ventures

Mission-driven entrepreneurs and industry influencers can responsibly harness technology to build a more fair and inclusive financial system that serves unbanked and underserved populations.

California
$1M – $15M27Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
367
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OVO

OVO Fund invests in founders at the 'negative one to zero' stage — before customers or fully-formed narratives exist. They back people over ideas, providing conviction and guidance beyond capital to help founders define or create their categories.

Menlo Park
$250K – $750K22Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
368
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Unpopular Ventures

Invest in the smartest people, regardless of what they're building, especially if the idea sounds bad in the beginning. Focus on exceptional founders in overlooked markets and non-consensus businesses. Optimize for founder quality over sector fit.

San Francisco
$25K – $1M42Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
369
▶
WV

Close the gap between Southeast Asia and Silicon Valley by partnering with courageous founders building category-defining companies at the earliest stages. Support unsatisfied souls—artists and architects relentless in their pursuit of greatness.

Singapore
$100K – $500K12Both
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
370
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Clave Capital

Clave partners with universities, hospitals, and research centers to turn Spanish scientific research into investable companies (tech transfer) in health, food, and industrial technology, while also backing established industrial SMEs and renewable energy infrastructure.

Pamplona, Spain
$300K – $3.1M70Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
371
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The General Partnership

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

San Francisco
$1M – $15M72Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
372
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Change Ventures

Backing ambitious Baltic founders who can build global-scale businesses. We invest in teams with proven grit and determination. Our main investment criteria is team and whether they have the grit to succeed. We provide €100-750K in pre-seed and seed capital, hands-on support, and deep networks of founders, angels, and later-stage investors.

$100K – $750K49Leads
May 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
373
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How Women Invest

Women founders represent an overlooked asset class that delivers superior returns. Women-founded companies earn 26% more for investors, yet receive only 2% of venture funding. We invest exclusively in women-founded companies, providing capital, network access, and operational support to drive transformative change.

San Francisco
$250K – $5M32Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
374
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P1 Ventures

African entrepreneurial talent is more widely dispersed across the continent than venture capital funding. We partner with visionary African and diaspora founders building global companies from Africa. We provide capital, operational guidance, and facilitate follow-on funding and expansion.

San Francisco
$250K – $10M32Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
375
▶
LOI Venture

Back the brightest early-stage founders under 30. We provide capital, mentorship, and network access to accelerate ambitious young entrepreneurs who graduate from our League of Innovators program or demonstrate exceptional founder quality.

Vancouver
$100K – $1M36Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
376
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Owl Ventures

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.

San Francisco
$5M – $50M95Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
377
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BBG Ventures

The next generation of breakout companies will be built by underestimated founders solving big problems for the 99%. Founders who intuitively understand their end users – because they've lived through the same broken systems – have a natural competitive advantage. BBG Ventures focuses on 'polycultural' founders: those who understand intersectional, multi-generational, and underserved markets. These founders will drive impactful and valuable companies through AI democratization.

New York
$500K – $1.5M35Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
378
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Wildwood Ventures

Building the future of healthy and active humanity. Wildwood builds and invests in early-stage consumer technology companies at the intersection of the outdoor and wellness economies, addressing America's health and wellness crisis for greater physical, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing.

Denver
$10K – $500K16Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
379
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Begin Capital

We back exceptional early-stage founders who treat their startup as a set of testable, numbers-backed hypotheses rather than just a compelling narrative. Season 2 is focused on Deeptech Software, AI infrastructure, and ops-heavy physical-world businesses like robotics and construction tech.

London
$500K – $8M34Both
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
380
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Sovereign's Capital

We provide capital and strategic partnership to faith-driven technology founders in the U.S. and Southeast Asia who are building companies with defensible moats and thriving cultures, seeking top financial returns alongside human flourishing.

Atlanta
$300K – $4M79Both
Jan 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
381
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4DI Ventures

Support Africa-based entrepreneurs building solutions for large regional or global markets through 'nurture capital'—combining institutional capital with intensive hands-on operational guidance focused on sustainable market readiness and business fundamentals. Leverage deep expertise in cybersecurity, software, and African market dynamics.

South Africa
$100K – $1M12Both
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
382
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Broom Ventures

Backs extraordinary pre-seed and seed technology founders, with hands-on technical, operational, finance, and leadership support delivered with a collaborative co-founder attitude.

San Francisco
$250K – $750K42Follows
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 moN/A
383
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Hummingbird VC

We back outliers of the outliers - founders with unreasonable ambition who can filter out 95% of conventional VC advice. We seek category-defining companies aiming for $10B+ outcomes, not incremental improvements. Our conviction is deep, selective, and global. We don't meddle - we provide brutal honesty, talent upgrades, and capital for survival through near-death moments.

London
$500K – $50M42Both
~Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
384
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Not Yet Ventures

Partners with US university students building startups at the earliest stage. Uses a behavioral engagement metric to identify high-potential founders before they have a fundable idea. Believes the best ideas look initially like bad ideas, and that talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not. Focuses on non-traditional university hubs.

Charlottesville, VA
$50K28N/A
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
385
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GingerBread Capital

Close the funding gap for women-led ventures at early and growth stages. Investing in women is an economic opportunity, good for business, and the right thing to do. Build a portfolio of diverse founders and industries.

Menlo Park
$250K – $5M42Both
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
386
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First Check Ventures

The best founders solving real problems exist everywhere, not just Silicon Valley. We back capital-efficient teams building in overlooked emerging markets with grit, clarity, and execution focus. Our first institutional check can mean the difference between a founder raising at all.

San Juan
$100K – $1M17Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
387
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Lightship Capital

By seeking entrepreneurs and funds who leverage modest resources to produce outsized returns, Lightship finds and develops remarkable talent while catalyzing emerging ecosystems. Impact and profit are simultaneously achievable.

Columbus
$100K – $10M18Follows
Feb 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
388
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Operators Studio

Backs 'gritty founders' solving real operating problems. Focuses on 'Global Indian' founders — Indian diaspora in the US or India-based founders building for global markets — with an 'India Supply to Global Demand' thesis. Seeks non-incremental startups with strong competitive differentiation and category leadership potential.

San Francisco
$50K – $500K18Follows
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
389
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Vast Ventures

We invest in companies organized around five concrete objectives: improving worldwide health and happiness, promoting resource sustainability, increasing human potential and productivity, increasing knowledge/empathy/connectedness, and disrupting industries that resist these goals. We operate as both investors and company-builders, providing operational expertise and hands-on support far beyond capital.

New York
$250K – $3M27Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
390
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Collab Capital

Founders closest to the problem—particularly those from historically overlooked communities—are best positioned to solve it. We invest at the intersection of innovation and inclusion in the building blocks of shared prosperity: economic mobility, healthcare access, and community infrastructure. Perspective and proximity are power.

Atlanta
$500K – $2M42Leads
Oct 2025 · Active
~2 moOpen
391
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Scribble Ventures

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

San Francisco
$300K – $1.5M121Leads
~Oct 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
392
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Long Journey Ventures
#35 · Emerging 100 · 2026

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

San Francisco
$500K – $2M68Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
393
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Chingona Ventures

Investing in the next generation of badass founders. The firm identifies founders whose backgrounds uniquely position them to create transformative businesses in rapidly growing markets that are often overlooked by mainstream venture capital. Focus on the 'Chingona Factor': market fluency, lived experience, and sheer will.

Chicago
$250K – $2M39Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
394
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Ventures Platform

Backs market-creating, nonconsumption-solving painkiller businesses across Africa's infrastructural gaps. Focus on AI market creation, fintech, cleantech, and trade formalization with meaningful early-stage stakes through Series A. Emphasizes context-driven operational support alongside capital.

Lagos
$50K – $2M76Leads
Nov 2025 · Active
~1 moReq'd
395
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DeVC

Back relentlessly resourceful founders with capital, wisdom, and networks from a collective of 50+ operators who have built and scaled companies like CRED, Haptik, Park+, OfBusiness, Razorpay, and Swiggy, favoring ground-reality operating experience over trend-chasing.

Bengaluru, India
$50K – $500K26Follows
Mar 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
396
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AltaIR Capital

Back focused founders solving real problems in markets they understand deeply, with clarity, discipline, and drive. Seek companies with motivated teams, strong product vision, scalable business models, and large addressable markets.

San Francisco
$1M – $25M43Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
397
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Behind Genius Ventures

Invest in technical storytellers—founders with deep technical depth, exceptional communication skills, and strong execution velocity. Fund innovation in traditionally overlooked industries (Clipboard Companies) by applying modern technology while respecting domain expertise.

San Diego
$150K – $250K41Leads
~Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
398
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byFounders

The community-powered VC of the New Nordics. We invest in globally ambitious, impact-aware founders building companies that will solve the world's most pressing challenges. Superior financial returns come from responsible, impact-conscious investing that balances pure financial returns with positive social and environmental impact.

$500K – $4M83Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
399
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468 Capital

468 Capital rejects narrow thematic investing, instead backing founder-led technology companies with unique, compelling market visions and clear paths to global market leadership, drawing on the founding GPs' own operating experience building HelloFresh, FoodPanda, and Mesosphere/D2iQ.

Berlin
$250K – $5M20Both
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
400
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Inspired Capital Partners
#67 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Venture capital is the most powerful economic engine the world has ever seen. We back audacious founders solving humanity's hardest challenges through category-creating innovations. We embrace big risks and reject short-termism, committing to 15+ year partnerships with founders who have long-term vision and relentless determination.

New York
$500K – $20M62Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 moReq'd
401
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Sixty8 Capital

Venture capital systematically overlooks innovation from Black, Brown, women, LGBTQ+, and disabled founders. We back high-potential underrepresented founders in the Midwest and South, addressing the geographic and demographic gaps in traditional coastal VC. The talent is here—between the coasts—and deserves institutional capital and ecosystem support.

Indianapolis
$250K – $500K15Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
402
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Indicator Ventures

Invest in founders building radically different technology companies with unique business models or distribution strategies. Focus on high-velocity founders who are maniacs on a mission.

Boston
$250K – $2M64Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
403
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Seafund

Venture capital for mission-driven teams building disruptive, scalable deep tech out of India, providing early institutional capital plus strategic access to insights and networks.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
$300K – $2M24Both
Jan 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
404
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Matchstick Ventures

World-changing companies can be built anywhere. Partner with ambitious, underdog, diverse founders in underserved ecosystems. Founder-first relationships: we work for them. Capital + camaraderie + connections + community.

Boulder, Colorado and Minneapolis, Minnesota
$500K – $1.5M36Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
405
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Soma Capital

Soma invests in technical founders building innovative companies across all sectors. We believe in building deep friendships day 1 with brilliant superhumans pushing humanity forward. Our founder-first approach emphasizes non-dilutive capital, founder autonomy, and access to Fortune 500 networks for customer development.

San Francisco
$100K – $2M33Leads
May 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
406
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Venrex

Venrex backs innovative, tech-enabled consumer businesses from the earliest stages, with a bias toward founders who pair strong taste with clear execution.

London
$250K – $5M15Both
Nov 2025 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
407
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MGV

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

San Francisco
$500K – $750K69Follows
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
408
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Bee Partners

We identify and partner with exceptional technical founders building at the Frontier Curve of Innovation across four futures: Agentic Enterprise (AI agents transforming workflows), Unified AI Integration (AI woven into operations), Accelerated Hardware Development (AI-native hardware design), and Advanced Materials Innovation (AI and synthetic biology convergence). We provide first institutional checks at pre-seed stage with deep operational support.

San Francisco
$500K – $1.5M22Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
409
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Artem Ventures

Investing in tomorrow's needs—promoting financial inclusion and social security for underserved communities through early-stage fintech, insurtech, and Islamic fintech. We enhance entrepreneurs' capacity to build sustainable, adaptable businesses and provide market access support, ESG mentoring, and operational advisory alongside capital.

Kuala Lumpur
$250K – $1M13Follows
Feb 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
410
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Galvanize Climate Solutions

Galvanize invests at the intersection of energy innovation, resilience, and intelligence, backing the 'New Economy' companies essential to electrification, rising power demand, industrial modernization, and digitization -- from pre-seed food/agriculture/ocean/forestry ventures (Ponderosa) through growth-stage energy transition and AI-infrastructure companies (Venture & Growth).

San Francisco
$1M – $40M70N/A
Jun 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
411
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Looking Glass Capital

Backing the most ambitious, mission-driven founders at pre-seed, in health, climate and energy, and economic drivers. Pre-consensus by design. We lead, co-lead, or anchor with a real check for the stage ($500K-$1M typical, up to $2M in Fund III), and help founders build out the rest of their round. We are currently investing out of Fund III (opened Jan 2026). 60 companies backed across 3 funds. Intentionally small and always on call — a single partner who reads every email and every deck, makes every decision, and strives to be founders' first call, for the good and the bad. No warm intro required — we read everything, and we answer quickly, even when the answer is no.

New York
$300K – $400K44Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
412
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VU Venture Partners

Invest in early-stage tech companies addressing world's largest market opportunities and solving humanity's biggest challenges. Leverage global distributed team to source, evaluate, and support transformational founders.

San Francisco
$100K – $1M17Both
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
413
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Galaxy

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

$500K – $25M94Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
414
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Early Light Ventures

We back underdogs that traditional VC has overlooked for too long. Founders with grit, capital efficiency, and non-traditional backgrounds who demonstrate exceptional execution capability and product-market fit.

Washington
$500K – $4.5M59Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
415
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Bethnal Green Ventures

Tech for good - using technology to tackle big social and environmental problems while building commercially successful, scalable businesses. Purpose-driven value is not a trend but a paradigm shift.

$60K – $2M37Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
416
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SuperAngel.vc

We invest as close to the first check as possible in founders building consumer brands, PropTech solutions, and Future of Work tools. We maintain deep relationships with founders, provide operational support, and leverage our extensive network to drive introductions and capital.

$25K – $250K26Both
Jul 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
417
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Cintrifuse Capital

Cintrifuse Capital catalyzes Cincinnati's startup ecosystem by providing critical early-stage venture capital to local founders who face greater obstacles than coastal peers. The firm combines direct pre-seed/seed investments (including the Venture Velocity cohort program) with a fund-of-funds strategy investing in national VCs with Midwest alignment, creating a dual engine for ecosystem development and financial returns.

Cincinnati
$100K – $500K44Leads
~May 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
418
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Nuwa Capital

Founders are the core stakeholder. Nuwa backs founder-led businesses across MENA, Turkey, and Pakistan and pairs capital with the Nuwa Network of entrepreneurs and Operating Partners for hands-on support.

Dubai
$250K – $5M37Both
Nov 2025 · Active
N/AN/A
419
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seed + speed Ventures

We back B2B software and software-driven hardware founders and pair capital with hands-on, customized sales and marketing support delivered by our in-house sales trainers.

Berlin
$500K – $2M47Both
Jan 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
420
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Venture 53

We're not just investing early - we fuel growth early and lend credibility to companies with distinct value for logistics. Venture 53 backs technology-enabled, scalable solutions solving problems in the fragmented $800B U.S. transportation and logistics industry.

Midlothian, VA
$125K – $3M26N/A
Feb 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
421
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F4 Fund

We back the relentless - founders with exceptional drive, clear vision, and proven execution ability building ambitious category-defining companies.

$100K – $500K31Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 wkReq'd
422
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Riverpark Ventures

Disruptive businesses that eliminate intermediaries and compress value chains. We invest in entrepreneurs backed by entrepreneurs who understand the unique challenges of building. We look for innovative thinkers with proven track records and tremendous dedication, in large markets addressing significant customer needs.

New York
$500K – $25M23Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
423
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Graham & Walker

Reshape the Nasdaq by investing in venture capital's biggest blind spots. Back exceptional founders historically overlooked by traditional VC due to demographic factors or non-traditional backgrounds. Leverage proprietary Female Founders Alliance (5,000+ members) as deal flow engine to surface underestimated founders across multiple archetypes.

Seattle
$250K – $1.5M32Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
424
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RareBreed Ventures

Exceptional founders exist everywhere, not just Silicon Valley. By backing underrepresented and overlooked founders solving real market problems outside major tech hubs, we access high-conviction founder pools and less competitive deal spaces, driving outsized returns while expanding venture capital access.

Baltimore
$50K – $250K42Leads
Dec 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
425
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Next Play Ventures

Coach and invest in entrepreneurial leaders building world-class, purpose-driven organizations. Combines financial investment with active leadership coaching and organizational development using LinkedIn's proven playbook. Believes great companies are built by great leaders who manage compassionately and combine doing well with doing good.

Menlo Park
$100K – $5M64Leads
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
426
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Golden Seeds

Gender-diverse teams produce superior returns on equity. We fund exceptional women-led startups where women hold meaningful operating C-suite roles and own substantial equity. Research shows companies with diverse female leadership are 39% more likely to be above-average profitable, 30% more likely to outperform, and 20% more likely to improve business outcomes.

New York
$250K – $2M34Both
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
427
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Manta Ray

Back mission-driven founders addressing significant global challenges through leading-edge technology. Provide flexible and patient capital, leveraging our time, resources, and networks to support portfolio company success. Focus on founders with authentic social and environmental missions alongside commercial viability.

London
$250K – $3M67Both
May 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
428
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Cota Capital

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

San Francisco
$1M – $15M64Both
May 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
429
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Floodgate

Breakthrough startups are designed futures, not lottery tickets. We back extraordinary founders with breakthrough insights before the world believes. We are co-conspirators, not just investors.

$250K – $1M127Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
430
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Failup Ventures

In this time of radical change, we back the best technical founders solving system-level problems. We invest early in the people reinventing work, life, and play for the AI era.

$200K – $2M53Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
431
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Partners Resolute

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

$250K – $8M57Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
432
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Formation

Formation invests at the 'Formation Stage' — before formal company creation, when founders are still discovering the idea and building conviction. They prioritize long-term relationships (10+ year journeys) over transactional investments, and reject the financialization of early-stage VC. First check in, not just another check in the round.

New York
$250K – $2M23Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
433
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Struck Capital

Find strong, ambitious founders working on what we believe to be game-changing technology, and put in the hard work to add value every step of the way. We invest in founders with robust information asymmetries developing core technology innovations with the potential to disrupt and redefine industries.

Santa Monica
$500K – $1M23Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
434
▶
Alpha Edison

Identify and partner with visionary entrepreneurs building category-creating companies that unlock entirely new addressable markets. Focus on 'silent suffering' where customers tolerate suboptimal solutions. Use AI, data, and behavioral science to identify non-obvious market opportunities and founder-market fit.

Los Angeles
$250K – $10M55Both
Feb 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
435
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The Helm

Women receive only 2% of venture capital despite female-founded startups delivering 2x return per dollar vs. all-male teams. The Helm invests in game-changing, undervalued companies at seed stage founded by women, providing not just capital but operational support and ecosystem access.

New York
$250K – $1.5M27Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
436
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43 Fund

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

$250K – $500K38Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
437
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Presence Capital

VR and AR are transformative technologies. We invest in early-stage companies creating novel experiences, content, and enabling infrastructure. We bring deep operational expertise from building FarmVille, Unreal Engine, Gears of War, and leading HTC's VR initiative.

San Francisco
$25K – $100K40Follows
~Apr 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
438
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Ascend

Ascend backs the most active pre-seed founders in the Pacific Northwest building SaaS 3.0 (vertical AI agents), Gen AI 2.0 (fast-follower infrastructure), and Frontier AI (AI applied to the physical world). Seattle has one in four of the U.S.'s AI engineers — Ascend captures that alpha as the first institutional check.

Seattle
$250K – $750K60Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
439
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SV Latam Capital

Early-stage Latin American entrepreneurs solving critical healthcare, environmental, and societal challenges using science and technology. We provide capital, Silicon Valley networks, and operational expertise to build transformational companies.

San Francisco
$50K – $2M14Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
440
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Sweet Capital

Early-stage consumer technology — mobile, social, marketplaces, media, consumer health, and consumer fintech. Built by King.com founders to back ambitious consumer-native teams with engagement DNA.

London
$250K – $2M12Both
Jan 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
441
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Capital Eleven

At Capital Eleven we build great companies, strong leaders, superior outcomes, and a thriving economy in Idaho and beyond, through high-trust relationships and relentless innovation. We operate companies, invest in early-stage venture capital, partner with operators on acquiring and growing businesses, and offer M&A advisory services.

Meridian, ID
$100K – $1M40Both
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
442
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Day One Capital

Invest extremely early, but only into teams capable of competing globally from day one, prioritizing talent, clarity of thinking, execution ability, and ambition.

Budapest
$300K – $2M16Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
443
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Propel Venture Partners

Backs early-stage founders rebuilding how financial value is created, moved, secured, embedded, and governed, especially across fintech, financial infrastructure, AI-native financial workflows, payments, crypto infrastructure, insurance, and enterprise software for regulated institutions.

San Francisco
$500K – $5M44Both
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 wkN/A
444
▶
Yes VC

We invest in category-defining companies at Pre-Seed and Seed stages founded by entrepreneurs with authentic passion. Focus on founders working in climate, food, healthcare, AI automation, and frontier technologies. Philosophy: when the world says No, go toward the Yes as hard as you can.

$30K – $1.5M46Both
Dec 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
445
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CRV
#40 · Top 100 · 2026

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

Palo Alto
$500K – $5M48Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 wkOpen
446
▶
Nascent

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

$250K – $1M65N/A
Feb 2026
N/AN/A
447
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Multicoin Capital
#84 · Top 100 · 2026

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

Austin
$100K – $5M130Follows
May 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
448
▶
Underscore VC

Bold B2B software entrepreneurs at Pre-Seed and Seed stages building transformational vertical AI applications, enterprise software, infrastructure, security, and fintech. Underscore employs an 'open-source' investing model sharing economics with their Core Community of operator-advisors who provide portfolio companies with world-class expertise at no cost.

Boston
$500K – $3M52Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
449
▶
Structure Capital

Invest in companies that create the zero waste economy by leveraging under-utilized assets. We back founders fueled by ideas and ideals who seek impact beyond financial returns—solving real economic and environmental problems through the sharing economy. We provide capital, strategic guidance, operational support, and access to our extensive network spanning media, entertainment, technology, and policy.

$250K – $3M15Leads
Nov 2025 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
450
▶
Privilège Ventures

We back bold, ambitious, and resilient founders driving breakthrough innovations in HealthTech, CleanTech, and AgriFoodTech. Female-led and gender-mixed teams deliver superior returns and drive meaningful impact. Over five decades of combined experience navigating financial cycles enables us to partner authentically with founders, providing not just capital but strategic guidance and operational support.

Switzerland
$100K – $1M30Both
Mar 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
451
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Startmate

Australians and New Zealanders have a disproportionate capacity to build category-defining startups given the region's risk-taking, underdog culture; a pay-it-forward mentorship model, where alumni founders mentor the next cohort, compounds returns for founders and investors over time.

Sydney
$120K41Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
452
▶
earthling.vc

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

$100K – $1M35Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
453
▶
Background Capital

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

Madison, Wisconsin
$100K – $5M15Follows
Nov 2025 · Active
~1 wkOpen
454
▶
u.ventures

u.ventures backs local entrepreneurs who dare to build exciting global ventures. The firm focuses on early-stage technology startups with world-class founding teams from Ukraine and Eastern Europe with global market ambitions, scalable products, and competitive advantages.

Chicago
$200K – $2M26Leads
Nov 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
455
▶
India Accelerator

India Accelerator backs founders across five thematic verticals (Robotics & Unmanned Systems & Space, Energy/Mobility/Connectivity, Singularity/GenAI, Impact & Energy, and Healthcare), pairing acceleration infrastructure (mentorship, corporate partnerships, physical spaces) with direct capital via its Finvolve investment platform across accelerator, seed, and growth funds.

New Delhi, India
$165K – $1.1M14Both
Jan 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
456
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Worklife

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

San Francisco
$50K – $2M43Both
Oct 2025 · Active
~1 wkReq'd
457
▶
Yellow Rocks!

Yellow Rocks! builds global bridges through billion-dollar talent, investing in fast-growing early-stage tech companies founded by talented entrepreneurs from anywhere in the world, aimed at global markets with potential to skyrocket in the next 5-8 years. Investing in AI since 2017.

San Francisco
$100K – $500K39Both
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
458
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Rockstart

Rockstart backs purpose-driven founders across AgriFood, Energy, and Emerging Tech, providing early capital, a structured Startup Support Package, and follow-on co-investment through Series B to help startups drive regenerative and sustainable change at scale.

Amsterdam
$50K – $2M55Follows
Dec 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
459
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Pale Blue Dot

Early-stage climate tech companies building the sustainable future. We invest in both software and hardware solutions addressing climate change through optimization, adaptation, and pioneering innovations. The next billion-dollar companies will be built with climate in mind.

Sweden
$500K – $2M47Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~2 moReq'd
460
▶
SoGal Ventures

First women-led VC investing in underrepresented founders solving underserved problems in undercapitalized geographies. We capitalize on three biggest arbitrage opportunities: diversity of founders, geographic expansion beyond Silicon Valley, and problems with meaningful social impact. We back exceptional teams in consumer tech, digital health, and future of work sectors.

New York
$250K – $2M17Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
461
▶
Pathlight Ventures

Low volume, high conviction early-stage investing in 10 thematic areas where vertical AI is reshaping regulated, complex industries: healthcare, fintech, capital markets, industrial operations, security, and government. Back strongly opinionated founders building category-defining companies with direct operator support from a team with deep fintech and growth scaling experience.

New York City
$250K – $3M41Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
462
▶
Elaia

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

Paris
$1M – $16M95Both
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
463
▶
100Unicorns

Identify outlier early-stage Indian founders and back them with capital plus hands-on acceleration (mentorship, sector anchors, governance coaching, and a global demo day) to compound a portfolio of category leaders and future unicorns, emulating the Y Combinator model for India.

Mumbai
$250K – $3M116Both
Jan 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
464
▶
Delight Ventures

By entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs — backing bold founders creating societal value through AI-native vertical software, momentum-driven market shifts, and Japanese founders scaling to the US. Operates both as a direct investor and as a venture builder co-creating startups from scratch.

Tokyo
$67K – $670K50Leads
Nov 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
465
▶
Innovating Capital

Technology can have a highly disruptive impact on society. We back founders on the forefront of innovation with clear vision towards positive change, leveraging domain expertise to ensure value creation. Founder-first approach with operational support.

New York
$250K – $5M38Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
466
▶
Social Leverage

Social leverage is the new financial leverage. Community, trust, and relationships drive superior deal sourcing and returns. We identify industry trends ahead of the curve through consistent public thought leadership and community engagement.

Arizona
$1M – $2M39Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
467
▶
M1C

Fuel the next industrial revolution by backing founders rebuilding how the world is powered and built — targeting energy independence, industrial resilience, and frontier industries. Uses AI, robotics, IoT, satellites, and blockchain to address climate change, resource depletion, and inequality, with a focus on companies where impact metrics are tightly coupled to business performance.

Miami Beach, FL
$100K – $500K30Follows
Feb 2026 · Active
N/AReq'd
468
▶
Mission One Capital

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.

Miami
$100K – $500K32Both
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
469
▶
Bluestein Ventures

We invest in the future of food — backing game-changing early-stage ventures (Pre-Seed to Series A) that redefine how consumers achieve health and wellness across the entire food value chain: high-growth consumer brands, proprietary foodtech, next-gen commerce, and value-add digital technology. Fund III ($45M, 2024) emphasizes nutrition, sustainability, and digitization, with a thematic focus on food-as-medicine.

Chicago
$250K – $5M37Leads
Oct 2025 · Active
N/AN/A
470
▶
Charge Ventures

Partner with exceptional founders at the very inception of their entrepreneurial journey. Our proprietary data-driven technology identifies promising founders beyond immediate networks. We focus on teams with strong product sense and bottoms-up growth potential in data-driven software categories.

New York
$250K – $750K72Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
471
▶
Escape Velocity (EV3)

We underwrite people before revenue, users, or a product even exists. The tokenization of money, data, identity, energy, and intelligence will re-shape the world's most important industries, starting with decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN).

New York
$500K – $5M36Leads
Oct 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
472
▶
Gutter Capital

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.

New York
$300K – $3M32Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
473
▶
Scale Investors

Women-led startups are systematically underfunded relative to their performance, creating a durable arbitrage opportunity. Scale backs founding teams with at least one woman co-founder holding equal equity and C-suite decision-making power, prioritizing Care Tech, Climate Tech, Consumer Tech, and AI-driven businesses.

Richmond, VIC, Australia
$100K – $3.5M25Both
Oct 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
474
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Quorum Capital Partners

Uncovering potential through collective conviction. Quorum engineers a system for selecting early-stage startups that leverages the discernment of domain experts via Specialist Limited Partners (SLPs) who earn carry on deals they source or evaluate. This creates specialist-level conviction across generalist domains.

Philadelphia
$100K – $750K21Both
Jan 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
475
▶
Green Meadow Ventures

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

West Hollywood, CA
$250K – $3M15Both
Apr 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
476
▶
Timon Capital

Technology-driven solutions that reshape markets in Sub-Saharan Africa and emerging markets. We back exceptional founders building mission-critical capabilities in fintech, logistics, and deeptech. We are patient capital from former entrepreneurs who deeply understand the emerging market journey.

Lagos
$500K – $5M34Both
Dec 2025 · Active
~1 wkOpen
477
▶
Betaworks

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

$250K – $750K38Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
478
▶
Canvas Ventures

Intentional, thesis-driven early-stage investing in fintech, digital health, and AI. Focus on category-defining companies solving real customer problems with founders who understand their domain deeply. Emphasis on go-to-market strategy and execution discipline.

Menlo Park
$5M – $15M46Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
479
▶
Hawke Ventures

The future of e-commerce and digital marketing is built on specialized technology solutions that empower brands. We back founders who understand marketing and commerce deeply, providing capital plus direct access to thousands of brand customers for validation.

$50K – $2M42Leads
Mar 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
480
▶
Skyfall Ventures

AI represents a fundamental platform shift, reshaping how companies build products, scale and compete. Reduced innovation costs and advanced tooling enable small Nordic teams to challenge incumbents rapidly. Back founders who believe in paradigm-shifting breakthroughs requiring tectonic shifts in technology or market dynamics. Focus on Nordic early-stage companies with strong software components and at least one technical co-founder.

Oslo
$250K – $5M36Leads
Dec 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
481
▶
Four Acres Capital

We invest in ideas and people first, then help build products. We believe connections are power and leverage an extensive network to support founders. We are founder-focused and work as trusted partners at the earliest stages.

New York
$250K – $2M64Leads
Nov 2025 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
482
▶
Sarsia

Sarsia invests in technologies that can improve quality of life, society, and reduce negative impact on nature, connecting scientific solutions with competent capital across life sciences and technology/energy/sustainability.

Bergen, Norway
$180K – $3.7M46Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
483
▶
6th Man Ventures (6MV)

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

United States
$2M – $5M26Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
484
▶
Creator Ventures

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

$200K – $2.5M26Leads
Jan 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
485
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Long Way Ventures

Back great founders building category-defining technology companies at the earliest stages, especially those tackling complex business problems in ways once considered too hard to scale. Increasingly focused on AI-enabled companies unlocking previously impractical markets.

Bend
$250K – $2M47Both
Nov 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
486
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Outlander VC

Category-agnostic, radically founder-first investor using the 38-point Outlander Founder Framework (vision, intelligence, character, execution) to back 'oddball, unknown, under-networked, underrepresented' founders at Day Zero before product or revenue exists. Current thesis excitement: Defense Tech, Physical AI/Robotics, and Future of Commerce + Work.

New York
$500K – $2M34Leads
Oct 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
487
▶
UpHonest Capital

We invest in the most promising entrepreneurs building the fastest-growing early-stage startups. We provide cross-border access by connecting founders to resources and networks across the world's most valuable and influential VC markets.

Palo Alto
$50K – $1M26Follows
Nov 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
488
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Wonder Ventures

Invest in Southern California's best founders earlier than anyone else. No idea is too early. We fund companies earlier than most VCs, providing not just capital but hands-on support and operational expertise. Our founder-first philosophy and No Ghosting Rule ensure responsive, engaged partnerships.

Santa Monica
$250K – $2M51Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~1 wkReq'd
489
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Aperture Venture Capital

Transform financial services by increasing the ubiquity, movement, and security of capital. We partner with diverse founders building innovative solutions that expand access to capital, reduce friction in capital flows, and strengthen financial system confidence. We believe financial services is the most significant contributor to economic transformation and key to creating a more prosperous society for all.

Philadelphia
$500K – $2M18Leads
Dec 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
490
▶
Cofounders Capital

We provide essential early-stage capital and hands-on, entrepreneur-to-entrepreneur support to B2B software ventures in the Southeast US, seeking to be the first institutional investor on the cap table.

Cary, NC
$250K – $2.5M54Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
491
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Telluride Venture Fund

Exceptional entrepreneurs and innovative business ideas exist everywhere, not just traditional tech hubs. TVF invests in companies solving real problems in underserved regions, particularly the Colorado Plateau.

Telluride, Colorado
$100K – $2M77Leads
Sep 2025 · Slowing
~2 wksOpen
492
▶
Watchfire

We invest in early-stage companies across four verticals: Consumer Products, Commerce Infrastructure Software, Industrial Modernization Technology, and Tech-Enabled Services, providing both capital and operator-driven strategic support.

Santa Barbara, CA
$100K – $5M16Both
Nov 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
493
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BackingMinds

High-performing founders exist outside the networks of traditional venture capital; homogeneous investor networks create overvalued bubbles, and backing overlooked founders outside major-city networks is both an impact story and an investment edge.

Stockholm
$500K – $3M22Both
Oct 2025 · Active
N/AN/A
494
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Dreamers VC

Where capital becomes culture. Dreamers VC bridges established Japanese corporate investors with early-stage US companies by combining entertainment, sports, and technology expertise. The fund leverages celebrity networks, entertainment channels, and Japanese corporate partnerships to amplify storytelling and enable cross-cultural market expansion.

Los Angeles
$250K – $5M43Both
Oct 2025 · Active
~1 moReq'd
495
▶
Chainforest

Web3 moves too fast for traditional VC partnerships to keep up. By leveraging a community of 400+ exceptional web3 operators (Rainmakers), we have superior access to deal flow, due diligence insights, and operational support for portfolio companies. We back technical founders with web3 experience who focus on the application layer and can disrupt $10B+ markets.

New York
$250K – $750K11Leads
Oct 2025 · Active
~1 wkOpen
496
▶
Fuel Capital

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

San Francisco
$500K – $3M36Leads
Jun 2025 · Active
N/AN/A
497
▶
Fusion VC

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

Tel Aviv
$150K – $500K99Leads
Nov 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
498
▶
VTF Capital (fka VegasTechFund)

We invest in the future of commerce by backing early-stage companies in vertical commerce, physical retail technology, and commerce infrastructure. We provide operational support alongside capital, working in the trenches with founders to build 100-year companies.

Las Vegas
$200K – $1M78Both
Dec 2024 · Active
~2 wksOpen
499
▶
BITKRAFT Ventures

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.

Denver
$500K – $10M124Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
500
▶
Westbound Equity Partners
#86 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Technology is the 'new West' — Westbound invests financial and social capital into visionary, values-aligned founders to build a virtuous cycle of wealth and opportunity, with an explicit mission to close the racial wealth gap.

Palo Alto
$100K – $5M53Both
Jan 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
501
▶
Baseline Ventures

Back exceptional entrepreneurs with high-conviction checks, provide rapid decision-making turnaround, and offer operational partnership. One-person decision-making enables speed and founder alignment.

Jackson, Wyoming
$100K – $1M27Leads
Oct 2025 · Active
~1 wkOpen
502
▶
Yonder

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

$50K – $200K19Both
Oct 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
503
▶
Spacecadet Ventures

Founders building the possibly impossible deserve capital plus marketing support. Great technology combined with exceptional storytelling and narrative development creates world-changing moonshots. We provide both the capital and the story-telling expertise to help founders achieve escape velocity.

New York
$250K – $1M99Leads
Dec 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
504
▶
Lorimer Ventures

Builders first. We back experienced operators who understand business fundamentals and the pain points of scaling software companies. We invest at inception stage with 100+ operator LPs providing talent, customers, and capital beyond the check.

Brooklyn
$50K – $300K60Both
Oct 2025 · Active
~1 wkReq'd
505
▶
Value Makers Studio

Where innovation, strategy, and opportunity come together: VMS combines capital with hands-on operational support (technology development, legal/IP, marketing, and Saudi market-entry strategy) to help ambitious entrepreneurs, especially from Egypt/MENA, scale into Saudi Arabia.

Riyadh
$100K – $1.5M11N/A
Sep 2025 · Active
N/AN/A
506
▶
Sustainable Ventures

Sustainable Ventures backs early-stage climate tech founders with venture-scale potential, providing SEIS/EIS-qualifying capital alongside an intensive 12-month accelerator programme of 1:1 operational support, grant-writing, and R&D tax credit assistance.

London
$150K – $350K25Leads
Nov 2025 · Active
~2 moOpen
507
▶
Tacoma Venture Fund

We back founders building companies with scalable growth potential, disruptive ideas, strong leadership, and community impact -- serving as an accountability layer for founders on the path to $10M+ in annual revenue.

Tacoma, WA
$150K – $500K24N/A
Nov 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
508
▶
Basecamp Fund

Technology can be a catalyst for positive change and progress. We back entrepreneurs building category-defining businesses regardless of their credentials or background. We are committed to democratizing venture capital access and supporting diverse founding teams across multiple sectors and geographies.

New York
$250K – $10M19Both
Oct 2025 · Between
~2 moOpen
509
▶
Real Ventures

People, not money, build game-changing companies. Real backs Canadian, industry-agnostic, tech-enabled founders from pre-seed, taking a systems-level view of ventures correlated with profit and aligned with societal and planetary flourishing.

Montreal
$250K – $2M117Leads
Jun 2025 · Between
N/AOpen
510
▶
Night Ventures

Invest in companies that leverage creator networks and new forms of customer acquisition. We partner with founders building for consumer audiences who can tap into distribution through content creators, community, and influencer relationships. Our unique advantage is structural ties to Night Media, giving portfolio companies access to some of the biggest creators on the internet.

Los Angeles
$100K – $5M40Both
Apr 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
511
▶
Byld Ventures

Exceptional companies come from founders with the courage to follow their own path and defy conventional wisdom. We invest in the first few months of a startup's life in emerging markets where financial inclusion remains unsolved. We take pride in being the first institutional capital, lead 80% of our investments, and bring operational experience and patience to founder partnerships.

London
$100K – $1M35Leads
Nov 2025 · Active
~1 wkOpen
512
▶
Prelude

First-check crypto fund backing founders at inception stage — before the idea is obvious to everyone. Invests in both tokens and equity globally, with conviction that the best crypto companies are built to export value beyond the crypto echo chamber.

Berlin
$500K – $2M26Leads
Oct 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
513
▶
Fearless Fund

Women of color are exceptional, resilient founders systematically underinvested in by traditional venture capital. By providing capital, operational support, and public advocacy, Fearless Fund generates competitive returns while advancing economic inclusion and addressing critical market inefficiencies.

Atlanta
$250K – $500K47Follows
Oct 2024 · Active
~2 moOpen
514
▶
Launchub Ventures

Conviction in enterprise software moving from SaaS to AI, deep tech, robotics, and industrial tech — the intelligent and physical layers where CEE's technical talent runs deepest and the path to global scale is clearest.

Sofia, Bulgaria
$300K – $3M45Leads
Apr 2025 · Active
N/AReq'd
515
▶
NOEMIS Ventures

Support amazing founders building transformative companies in fintech, AI/ML, and marketplaces using quantitative rigor and domain expertise. The 8-factor leveraged-finance framework identifies founders and businesses with top-quartile return potential.

New York
$100K – $1M34Leads
Jun 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
516
▶
Playfair Capital

Visionary founders, with hustle, heart and humility, who see the world not as it is, but as it could be. Sector-agnostic, high-conviction, low-volume pre-seed investing across the UK and Europe.

London
$130K – $1.9M18Both
Sep 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
517
▶
Ubiquity Ventures

Ubiquity Ventures invests in 'software beyond the screen' — B2B technology companies that apply AI and software to physical problems and systems. The three pillars are Smart Hardware (devices that sense and change the physical world), Machine Learning (AI for industries historically less penetrated by software), and Platforms (developer tools, security, and perception technologies for non-traditional computing). Check size: $1-2M seed, equal follow-on reserves for Series A.

San Francisco
$100K – $2M46Leads
Nov 2025 · Active
~1 wkOpen
518
▶
Enzo Ventures

Sectors, markets, and trends change, but the founder never stops mattering. Enzo backs technical founders in Southern Europe (and beyond) before the world knows their name, providing capital and network from the first check through IPO.

Barcelona
$100K – $3M27N/A
Oct 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
519
▶
Astanor

The agrifood value chain has reached a tipping point where incremental change is not enough; systemic disruption and regeneration of the food and agriculture system is required to restore human, planetary, and economic health.

Brussels, Belgium
$1M – $25M52Leads
Nov 2025 · Active
N/AN/A
520
▶
Alleycorp

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

$500K – $5M46Leads
Apr 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
521
▶
Okapi Venture Capital

Southern California's original seed-stage venture capital fund, focused on capital-efficient technology startups with differentiated competitive advantages targeting large, addressable and growing markets outside the Bay Area. Active, hands-on management with emphasis on venture fundamentals and disciplined investment strategy.

Newport Beach
$750K – $3M31Leads
Oct 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
522
▶
Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures

Catalyze innovation and impact by supporting early-stage startups and nonprofits building solutions for a more inclusive and sustainable future. Four focus areas: Environment, Health & Wellbeing, Economic Empowerment, and Education & Human Capital.

New York
$250K – $500K45Leads
Sep 2025 · Active
3+ moOpen
523
▶
Maza Ventures

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

Amman
$200K – $500K23N/A
Sep 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
524
▶
10x Founders

European and DACH-region founders are well positioned to build category-leading global companies. Pair early capital with an exclusive network of 300+ entrepreneurs, VCs, and angels who have built and sold companies themselves.

Munich
$250K – $2.5M28Both
Jul 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
525
▶
AfterWork Ventures

Backing companies making a dent in the universe. We prioritize obsessively passionate founding teams and ambition over any specific industry vertical, powered by a 120+ member community of tech operators who source deal flow and support portfolio companies.

Sydney
$100K – $500K48Follows
Aug 2025 · Active
N/AN/A
526
▶
Atento Capital

Great entrepreneurship exists everywhere—not just in traditional tech hubs. We invest in high-potential early-stage founders with a focus on underrepresented geographies (Midwest, Latin America) and demographics (women, minorities, immigrants). Beyond capital, we provide strategic guidance, ecosystem connections, and relocation support through our Tulsa-based infrastructure.

Tulsa, Oklahoma
$500K – $2M24Leads
Jun 2025 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
527
▶
Emblem

A down-to-earth VC with sky-high ambitions, backing Europe's earliest-stage founders with concrete, pragmatic, hands-on support from pre-seed through Series A.

Paris
$500K – $3M40Both
Sep 2025 · Active
N/AN/A
528
▶
Vinners

Capital plus mentorship: pool a network of ~150 CXO angel investors into a single SEBI-registered AIF shareholder to back early-stage Indian founders with checks, strategic guidance, and warm introductions to CXO networks and follow-on VCs.

Mumbai
$29K – $230K16Both
Apr 2025 · Active
N/AOpen
529
▶
Vol.1 Ventures

Vol.1 Ventures invests in the first institutional round of founders building in highly regulated sectors, particularly fintech and crypto. The fund provides both capital and regulatory expertise, leveraging the managing partners' backgrounds in compliance, regulatory affairs, and fintech industry knowledge to help portfolio companies navigate regulatory environments.

New York
$50K – $500K5N/A
Feb 2025
~2 wksOpen
530
▶
Gold House Ventures

We invest in industry-shifting startups led by best-in-class multicultural founders. We partner with the next generation of Asian Pacific operators turned founders and welcome investors advancing culture and heritage through an affinity-based, returns-driven model.

Los Angeles
$100K – $1M33Both
Jan 2025 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
531
▶
Debut Capital

Early-stage venture capital for IT and Biotech companies in Colorado Front Range and Mid-Atlantic. Focus on experienced founding teams solving important problems with potential for significant financial returns. Patient capital approach with operational support and deep regional networks.

New York
$500K – $5M48Leads
Mar 2025 · Active
~2 wksReq'd
532
▶
First Check Africa

Address the critical gender funding gap in African technology entrepreneurship by investing in exceptionally talented female founders and diverse founding teams building technology-enabled solutions for underserved African markets. Data shows female-founded companies deliver 2x revenue per dollar invested compared to male-founded peers.

Lagos
$50K – $250K12Leads
Feb 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
533
▶
Rali Capital

Emerging markets fintech and climate tech. Rali Capital invests in founders with unfair advantages rooted in deep emerging market expertise. They back founders at idea-stage who demonstrate founder-market fit in underserved geographies.

San Francisco
$100K – $5M51Leads
Apr 2025 · Active
~1 wkOpen
534
▶
Pygma

Latin American and LatinX founders are systematically underserved by global venture. Fintech will be the transformational category for the region given large unbanked populations and fragmented financial infrastructure. Pygma backs pre-seed fintech and B2B SaaS founders with Latin roots through an accelerator-first, invest-later model.

New York
$100K – $600K33Follows
Jan 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
535
▶
Adjacent

Investing in the ‘adjacent possible’: the next logical step for consumers rather than distant moonshots, historically concentrated in mobile-first subscription products and now extending into hardware and deep-tech categories.

New York
$250K – $5M36Both
Jun 2025 · Active
N/AN/A
536
▶
VHS Ventures

Consumer brands with founder-driven, product-driven companies and foundational growth strategies. Consumer infrastructure platforms enhancing supply chain, 3PL, inventory, analytics, and e-commerce. Creating a circular ecosystem where infrastructure and brand founders collaborate.

New York
$100K – $500K20N/A
Feb 2025 · Between
N/AN/A
537
▶
0BS

Group of founders, operators, and ecosystem builders investing in the next generation of Latin American startups. Sector-agnostic, founder-first approach with an 8-day decision commitment and deep operator network across the LATAM ecosystem.

Mexico City
$50K – $150K35Leads
Mar 2025 · Active
~1 wkOpen
538
▶
Barrel Ventures

Entrepreneurs backing entrepreneurs: we back companies transforming the future of the food industry across better-for-you consumer brands, food and ingredient technology, supply chain innovation, and vertical AI for CPG and food enterprises.

Evanston, IL
$250K – $1.5M36N/A
Mar 2022 · Active
N/AOpen
539
▶
Raba Partners

We are long-term business partners to founders. We operate as an investment partnership focused on founders building category-defining African technology companies, with tight founder-investor-LP alignment and deep operational support.

Cape Town
$100K – $3M50Leads
May 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
540
▶
Boro Capital

Invest in scalable, capital-efficient tech and tech-enabled startups at the Seed stage led by exceptional founders. We identify companies showing early traction that can achieve significant scale with disciplined capital deployment.

New York
$100K – $500K32Leads
Apr 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
541
▶
BRAVE Venture Capital

Backing dynamically developing enterprises with global aspirations at seed and early stage across Internet/SaaS, IoT/Hardware, Renewable Energy Sources, and Life Science (MedTech/BioTech). 4-14 year investment horizon with a patient capital approach through multiple fund vehicles.

Wrocław, Poland
$25K – $500K32Leads
Jan 2024 · Active
N/AOpen
542
▶
Lanai Partners

The entrepreneurs' community VC backing Spain's most ambitious founders at pre-seed. Industry agnostic; invests in founders, not projects.

Barcelona
$150K – $500K48N/A—N/AOpen
543
▶
Fatima Gobi Ventures

A digital, sustainable Pakistan starts with investing in its brightest minds and best tech founders. FGV combines Fatima Group's 85 years of on-the-ground Pakistan knowledge with Gobi Partners' 20 years of building sustainable, community-uplifting companies across Asia, using data from more mature Northeast and Southeast Asian ecosystems to find Pakistani companies with the edge to scale regionally.

Karachi
$250K – $2M21Both
Oct 2024 · Active
N/AN/A
544
▶
PLG Ventures

Early-stage venture capital firm led by experienced CEO providing pre-seed and seed capital to technology-enabled startups, emphasizing leadership development, operational mentorship, and building sustainable companies from the ground up.

Santa Monica
$100K – $1M29Leads
Jan 2025 · Active
~1 wkOpen
545
▶
Remedy Product Studio

Remedy Product Studio is an AI-native software development firm with a CVC arm; we partner with and selectively invest in the companies we help build. We embed alongside your team and measure success by your outcomes: time to market, ROI, and business impact. We aim to be the most incentive-aligned, least dilutive partner on your cap table. Our partners have raised over $1B, cut tech costs by 2.5x, and achieved multiple exits. Ask us about our AI Orchestration Pods.

New York
$50K – $200K16Follows
Jun 2024 · Active
~1 moOpen
546
▶
Impact Shakers

Impact Shakers backs diverse founders building impact businesses across climate tech, inclusion tech, and impact infrastructure, using capital plus ecosystem support to drive systemic change.

Belgium
$150K – $250K15Leads
Sep 2022 · Active
~1 moOpen
547
▶
Trucks Venture Capital

Trucks funds entrepreneurs building the future of transportation across three mandates: decarbonized, safer, and more accessible. They back seed/pre-seed companies across autonomous vehicles, EVs, aviation, micromobility, aerospace, maritime, and logistics — any transportation sector at the frontier.

San Francisco
$500K – $2M63Leads
Mar 2021 · Active
~1 moN/A
548
▶
Hoxton Ventures

Deliberately anti-thematic: we back brilliant technical or domain-expert founders building category-defining companies in markets that aren't obvious yet, and push them to tackle the US market early using our Silicon Valley networks.

London
$500K – $5M63Leads
Mar 2024 · Active
N/AOpen
549
▶
Responsibly Ventures

Back remarkable teams building startups at the intersection of Sustainability and Social Good, using the UN SDGs as guideposts. The firm's 'impact moat' framework holds that mission alignment creates durable competitive advantage, making impact and venture returns mutually reinforcing rather than exclusive.

Huntington Beach, CA
$25K – $250K22Follows
Aug 2024 · Active
N/AOpen
550
▶
Batch Ventures

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

San Francisco
$100K – $200K135N/A—N/AN/A
551
▶
Ag Startup Engine

Ag Startup Engine serves as the bridge between early-stage agricultural entrepreneurs and an investor base composed entirely of industry operators, backing problem-centric, gritty founders solving significant, well-defined problems across the agriculture value chain, from seed to consumption, with a Midwest emphasis.

Ames, IA
$25K – $100K29N/A
Mar 2024 · Active
N/AOpen
552
▶
Hinge Capital

Backing the brave & curious, leaning into the [non]obvious ideas that edit entire industries or create new categories. We put our time, energy and capital behind courageous founders solving hard technological problems. Platform-driven approach combining capital with operational support.

$250K – $3M47Leads
Apr 2021 · Between
N/AN/A

Investment Patterns

Check Size Distribution

<$500K
101 (18%)
$500K-$1M
88 (16%)
$1M-$2M
154 (28%)
$2M-$5M
104 (19%)
$5M-$10M
61 (11%)
$10M+
43 (8%)

Stage Coverage

What other stages do these firms also invest in?

Pre-Seed
100%
Seed
97%
Series A
61%
Series B
14%
Growth
7%
series_c
3%

Sector Overlap

What other sectors do these firms also invest in?

Enterprise Software
79%
Fintech Payments
74%
Healthcare Digital
72%
Developer Tools Infra
59%
Consumer Apps Social
50%
Ecommerce Marketplaces
47%
Climate Clean Energy
42%
Robotics Automation
34%

Common Co-Investors

Firms that frequently co-invest with investors on this page

BITKRAFT
1x
Y Combinator
1x
Novastar Ventures
1x
RRE Ventures
1x
Insight Partners
1x
The Pritzker Organization (TPO)
1x
Collaborative Fund
1x
Sound Ventures
1x

Frequently Asked Questions

Q

How many Pre-Seed E-commerce & Marketplaces investors does F4 track in 2026?

F4 Fund tracks 552 VC firms that actively invest in e-commerce & marketplaces at the Pre-Seed stage. Ranked by sector depth: the share of each firm's classified portfolio in this sector, its absolute count of investments here, and how recently it last invested. Firms need at least three portfolio companies in the sector to appear.

Q

What is the typical check size for Pre-Seed e-commerce & marketplaces investors?

Based on F4's analysis, the median check size for pre-seed e-commerce & marketplaces investors is $1.5M, with a full range from $1K – $1650M. The distribution breaks down as: 101 firms in the <$500K range, 88 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 154 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 104 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 61 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 43 firms in the $10M+ range.

Q

Do Pre-Seed e-commerce & marketplaces investors lead rounds?

Among the 552 firms tracked, 86% lead or co-lead rounds, and 9% typically follow. Founders seeking a lead investor should filter for firms marked "Leads" or "Both" in the rankings table above. Lead investors typically set deal terms and anchor the round.

Q

What should I look for in a Pre-Seed e-commerce & marketplaces investor?

The best pre-seed e-commerce & marketplaces investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 23% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 49 portfolio companies. Look for firms whose check size matches your raise, whose stage preference aligns with yours, and who have a track record of supporting companies in your sector through multiple growth phases.

Q

How often is this e-commerce & marketplaces investor data updated?

Firm profiles are continuously updated through F4's research pipeline, which combines LLM-powered web research, portfolio analysis, and transcript extraction. The ranking data refreshes every 12 hours. Editorial analysis is reviewed weekly. Individual firm profiles are re-researched on a 30-day cycle or when new information surfaces.

Related Investor Categories

Investors on this page also frequently invest in these sectors

Enterprise Software79%›
Fintech & Payments74%›
Healthcare & Digital Health72%›
Developer Tools & Infrastructure59%›
Consumer Apps & Social50%›
Climate & Sustainability42%›