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Best Pre-Seed EdTech Investors 2026

128 VC firms investing in edtech 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 128 VC firms that actively invest in edtech at the Pre-Seed stage, with check sizes ranging from $5K – $700M (median: $1.3M). As of October 2026, 91% 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.

128
Active Firms
Meet quality criteria
$1.3M
Median Check
91%
Lead Rounds
Lead or co-lead
67
Avg Portfolio
Companies per firm
6.1
Avg Team
Investment professionals
16%
Warm Intro
Prefer warm intros

Pre-Seed EdTech Investor Rankings

#FirmCheck SizePortfolioLeads?Last investedDecisionIntro
1
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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
2
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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
3
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Emerge Education

Emerge invests at pre-seed and seed in Human Capital Development companies: AI-enabled products that help people learn, navigate careers, and do productive work more effectively. The firm frames HCD as a $4T global market and focuses on three segments: Learn (personalized learning at scale), Navigate (AI-assisted career transitions, hiring, and talent matching), and Work (tools that fuse work and learning, improve information access, and enable higher-level work).

London
$500K – $2.5M43Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
4
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Rethink Education

Unlock the full human potential of marginalized and underserved populations through education technology. Invest in solutions that combine the joy of preschool, collaborative experimentation of hackathons, and deep exploration of doctoral programs. Market-based solutions delivering financial returns and social impact.

New York State
$500K – $3M97Both
Oct 2025 · Active
~2 moReq'd
5
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Juvo Ventures

Juvo invests in technology-enabled solutions that improve accessibility, affordability, and delivery of learning and workforce development at scale. We believe empowered entrepreneurs create innovative solutions to unlock learning potential and improve access, quality, and outcomes for all people.

Lehi, Utah
$500K – $5M27Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 moReq'd
6
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Reach Capital

We back exceptional founders who elevate human potential and ignite purpose across learning, health, and work. When people are equipped to grow their skills, nurture relationships, be healthy, and find meaning in what they do, communities thrive.

San Francisco
$100K – $12M36Leads
Feb 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
7
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Long Term Impact

Education is a long-term investment. We support founders building sustainable, impactful businesses in US PreK-12 that prioritize instructional equity over hypergrowth. We provide capital, operational expertise, and founder mentorship through a revenue-based financing model that maximizes founder flexibility and independence.

San Francisco
$150K9Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
8
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Edovate Capital

Education technology companies that are capital-efficient, impact-focused, and solving K12's hardest challenges can be scaled sustainably with patient capital and operational support. We partner with founders who combine entrepreneurial vision with deep K12 expertise.

Denver
$250K – $2M34Leads
Mar 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
9
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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
10
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LearnStart

We invest in founders reimagining education and human capital development globally. We are first believers in unconventional education models and invest particularly in early childhood, frontier markets, and founders with deep education domain expertise.

New York
$50K – $1M16Leads
Feb 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
11
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Simpact Ventures

Backing scalable, tech-driven startups that address real social and environmental challenges, with explicit 2-3 impact KPIs set per company alongside financial metrics.

Warsaw
$500K – $2M21Both
Jul 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
12
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Purpose Ventures

Backs founders who are chasing after their life cause and building companies with global ambition, screening on Character, Competency, and Chemistry rather than a fixed sector thesis. Commits at least 70% of the fund to WA-founded or WA-operated companies.

Perth
$250K – $3M13Both
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
13
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Graph Ventures

Back founders from day one with founder-focused support across fundraising, growth, product, and international expansion. We believe diverse founding teams and global thinking drive exceptional returns.

San Francisco
$5K – $5M37Both
~Sep 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
14
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Grishin Robotics

We back founders of consumer and consumerized enterprise startups that disrupt large and growing markets, starting from use cases, user flows, and unaddressed problems rather than top-down theses.

Menlo Park
$1M – $6M26N/A
May 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
15
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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
16
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27V (fka Twenty Seven Ventures)

Support the next leaders in EdTech and Future of Work at the earliest stages with small, meaningful checks ($50K-$250K) paired with intensive founder support, community, and resources. Invest in technology that augments human capability rather than replaces it. Focus on founders with mission alignment, problem clarity, and commitment to sustainable business building.

Cayman Islands
$50K – $250K18Follows
Jan 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
17
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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
18
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Sparkmind

Transformative learning solutions are critical for human resilience and capability building. We invest in teams combining pedagogical understanding with innovative product design and effective distribution across the entire learning lifecycle from early childhood to corporate training.

Helsinki
$500K – $3M20Both
Jan 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
19
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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
20
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Trilogy Equity Partners

The Pacific Northwest produces enduring, category-defining companies, and experienced operators are uniquely valuable partners to the next generation of founders. Trilogy partners with ambitious founders from Seed through scale, primarily investing its own capital.

Bellevue
$2M – $6M28Leads
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
21
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Kapor Capital

Venture capital can achieve both financial returns and positive social impact. Founders with lived experience in underrepresented communities identify rapidly-scalable solutions others overlook. Diversity and inclusive business practices drive superior returns and competitive advantage.

Oakland
$100K – $1M15Leads
~Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
22
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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
23
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Folklore Ventures

A long-range ambition machine for the great success stories of our time - backing Australian and New Zealand founders from first cheque to forever, across software, healthcare, robotics/automation, and AI/data networks.

Redfern, NSW, Australia
$500K – $5M29Leads
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
24
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Avalanche VC

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

New York
$100K – $300K32Leads
Mar 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
25
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S20

S20 backs pre-seed founders in People and Planet verticals (EdTech, Digital Health, Future of Work, Energy transition) across Central Europe and the Baltics, targeting 30x+ returns through either globally-ambitious tech-driven teams or execution-driven regional champions.

Poznań, Poland
$100K – $500K17Both
Aug 2026 · Active
~2 wksOpen
26
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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
27
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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
28
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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
29
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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
30
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The Pitch Fund

An opportunistic, generalist fund that co-invests alongside top-tier VCs in startups featured on The Pitch podcast. Built-in dealflow from 30M+ downloads and 600K+ newsletter subscribers; the fund's edge is access to a constant, pre-vetted pipeline of founders who apply to pitch on the show.

Sarasota, FL
$50K – $150K24Follows
Jul 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
31
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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
32
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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
33
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Invexor Venture Partners

Find and accelerate early-stage Latin American startups with defensible technology through a large-scale scouting program (Discovery-A), pairing capital with hands-on mentoring and a bridge to US Series A financing.

Santiago
$80K – $1.5M23Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
34
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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
35
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Drive Capital

World-class technology companies can be built anywhere. Greatness is in our backyard. We invest in market-defining companies across the Driveway region (Hudson River to Rocky Mountains), partnering with founders from idea to IPO. Build where your talent is. Build where your customers are. Build where you're strongest.

Columbus
$500K – $150M35Leads
Jun 2026 · Active
~2 moOpen
36
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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
37
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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
38
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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
39
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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
40
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IIMA Ventures

Backing fearless founders building disruptive, IP-driven deep-tech, digitalization, and climate-tech solutions from India, for the world, at the earliest and highest-risk stages.

Ahmedabad
$100K – $500K30Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
41
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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
42
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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
43
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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
44
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Sondo Capital

Back technically strong founders with a real market pull in a massive market, wherever they sit in the stack, as long as the team has a genuine link to Norway.

Oslo
$190K – $580K36Both
Jul 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
45
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Sure Valley Ventures

We invest when we identify real technological differentiation - proprietary models, novel applications of existing AI, or unique data advantages that create sustainable competitive moats - backing founders who can turn breakthrough AI innovation into market-defining, enterprise-adopted companies.

London
$250K – $1.5M37Leads
Sep 2026 · Active
~1 moN/A
46
▶
Album VC

High-touch early-stage investing in technology founders building durable software and tech-enabled category leaders, with particular strength in SaaS and the Utah/Silicon Slopes ecosystem.

Lehi, UT
$1M – $12M38Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
47
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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
48
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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
49
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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
50
▶
Emerson Collective

Emerson Collective invests in entrepreneurs and innovators driven by purpose, seeking consequential companies that deliver both generational impact and venture-scale returns. The firm targets sectors where biggest market opportunities meet meaningful impact levers: energy & environment, digital health, fintech, education, work, and media.

Palo Alto
$10M – $700M16Both
May 2026 · Active
~1 moReq'd
51
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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
52
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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
53
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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
54
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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
55
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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
56
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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
57
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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
58
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Triple Point Ventures

Backing new ideas, clear vision, and an obsessive pursuit of change. Triple Point Ventures partners with exceptional early-stage founders across fintech, health, climate, and data & AI, aiming to meet founders early, move quickly, and lead pre-seed and seed rounds.

London
$500K – $6M52Both
Aug 2026 · Active
N/AN/A
59
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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
60
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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
61
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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
62
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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
63
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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
64
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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
65
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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
66
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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
67
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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
68
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Hannah Grey

Investing in customer-obsessed founders redefining everyday experiences. We back founders at the earliest stage (pre-product/pre-revenue) with conviction, capital, and deep operational support including marketing, customer acquisition, and technology infrastructure.

New York
$350K – $1M42Leads
May 2026 · Active
~1 wkReq'd
69
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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
70
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Audacious Ventures

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

San Francisco
$100K – $10M43Leads
May 2026 · Active
~1 moOpen
71
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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
72
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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
73
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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
74
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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
75
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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
76
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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
77
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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
78
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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
79
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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
80
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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
81
▶
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
82
▶
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
83
▶
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
84
▶
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
85
▶
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
86
▶
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
87
▶
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
88
▶
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
89
▶
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
90
▶
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
91
▶
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
92
▶
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
93
▶
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
94
▶
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
95
▶
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
96
▶
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
97
▶
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
98
▶
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
99
▶
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
100
▶
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
101
▶
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
102
▶
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
103
▶
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
104
▶
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
105
▶
Roble Ventures

We invest in uncommon founders creating visionary technologies that make work more human. We partner with trailblazers who have proven they can overcome obstacles and defy conventions, prioritizing people because of their innate belief in humanity's ability to build a better future of work and learning.

Los Altos, CA
$200K – $2M23Both
Oct 2025 · Active
~1 wkOpen
106
▶
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
107
▶
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
108
▶
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
109
▶
ScOp Venture Capital

We back SaaS and AI founders with early evidence of product-market fit ($400K-$2M ARR), pairing capital with hands-on operating experience in go-to-market, fundraising, product, tech, and hiring.

Santa Barbara, CA
$500K – $4M37Both
Jan 2026 · Active
N/AOpen
110
▶
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
111
▶
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
112
▶
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
113
▶
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
114
▶
K9 Ventures

Extraordinary things are possible when great teams come together around technology. K9 invests at the pre-seed stage with founders, betting on vision and execution. Money is a commodity; reputation and time are the currencies that matter. We provide not just capital but active operational support, hands-on mentorship, and board governance.

Palo Alto
$250K – $750K49Leads
Aug 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
115
▶
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
116
▶
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
117
▶
FOV Ventures

Europe's go-to fund for ambitious founders building the next era of computing — one that is more intelligent, more spatial and more human. We invest in Robotics, Physical AI and Spatial Computing, at the convergence of frontier technologies. We invest in vertical and industrial applications, as well as at the infrastructure and 'picks & shovels' layer. The next era of computing will be more intelligent, more spatial and more human. We back founders at the convergence of Spatial Computing, XR, AI, Gaming, 3D and Robotics.

$100K – $1M37Leads
Oct 2025 · Active
N/AN/A
118
▶
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
119
▶
Elevate Ventures

Elevate Ventures partners with innovation-driven founders to provide strategic capital, mentorship, and ecosystem access. Founded by a former founder (Governor Mitch Daniels), the firm believes the best founders exhibit grit, creativity, and coachability. They invest across all sectors and geographies but maintain primary focus on Indiana and Great Lakes Region entrepreneurs building cross-sector innovations.

Indianapolis
$20K – $2M28Leads
Sep 2025 · Active
~1 moOpen
120
▶
Copper Wire Ventures

Women entrepreneurs deserve equal access to venture capital and strategic support. We partner with women-led companies building the future of education and work, providing first-institutional capital, board-level mentorship, and access to a 9,000+ member community.

New York
$100K – $500K12Leads
Jan 2023 · Between
~1 wkOpen
121
▶
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
122
▶
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
123
▶
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
124
▶
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
125
▶
Ulu Ventures

Diversity is profitable. Seed-stage investing generates best venture returns. We find and fund diverse founder teams that other VCs overlook, using decision analysis and rigorous frameworks instead of pattern-matching to make capital allocation decisions.

Palo Alto
$1M – $5M25Both
Feb 2025 · Active
~2 wksOpen
126
▶
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
127
▶
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
128
▶
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

Investment Patterns

Check Size Distribution

<$500K
25 (20%)
$500K-$1M
26 (20%)
$1M-$2M
39 (30%)
$2M-$5M
20 (16%)
$5M-$10M
11 (9%)
$10M+
7 (5%)

Stage Coverage

What other stages do these firms also invest in?

Pre-Seed
100%
Seed
97%
Series A
58%
Series B
13%
Growth
8%
series_c
3%

Sector Overlap

What other sectors do these firms also invest in?

Enterprise Software
83%
Fintech Payments
78%
Healthcare Digital
73%
Developer Tools Infra
63%
Edtech
62%
Consumer Apps Social
45%
Climate Clean Energy
42%
Security Cyber
40%

Common Co-Investors

Firms that frequently co-invest with investors on this page

Square Enix
1x
CVC funds
1x
Devolver Digital
1x
Redwood
1x
Facebook Games
1x

Frequently Asked Questions

Q

How many Pre-Seed EdTech investors does F4 track in 2026?

F4 Fund tracks 128 VC firms that actively invest in edtech 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 edtech investors?

Based on F4's analysis, the median check size for pre-seed edtech investors is $1.3M, with a full range from $5K – $700M. The distribution breaks down as: 25 firms in the <$500K range, 26 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 39 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 20 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 11 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 7 firms in the $10M+ range.

Q

Do Pre-Seed edtech investors lead rounds?

Among the 128 firms tracked, 91% lead or co-lead rounds, and 7% 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 edtech investor?

The best pre-seed edtech investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 16% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 67 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 edtech 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 Software83%›
Fintech & Payments78%›
Healthcare & Digital Health73%›
Developer Tools & Infrastructure63%›
Consumer Apps & Social45%›
Climate & Sustainability42%›