47 VC firms investing in fintech & payments and climate & clean energy at the Growth stage.
F4 Fund tracks 47 VC firms that actively invest in fintech & payments + climate & clean energy at the Growth stage, with check sizes ranging from $20K – $5000M (median: $22.5M – $22.5M). As of August 2026, and 91% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,644+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ Sony We invest in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society. We foster Sony's future businesses through strategic early-stage venture investments, seeking technologies with potential to transform industries while building synergies with Sony Group business units. | $2M – $20M | 203 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 2 | ▶ Salesforce Ventures Enterprise technology is the sole focus. Patient capital with an evergreen model — Salesforce is the sole LP with no fund lifecycle pressure, enabling investing across market cycles. AI is the defining platform shift of our era: from model infrastructure to AI applications to robotics and agents. Strategic value beyond capital: unmatched access to the Salesforce enterprise ecosystem and Fortune 500 network for customer introductions, early product feedback, and go-to-market acceleration. San Francisco | $1M – $50M | 66 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 3 | ▶ Giant Ventures The biggest companies of the century will be built solving the world's most pressing problems. We champion ambitious founders using technology to reshape civilization around climate, health, and inclusive capitalism. London | $500K – $15M | 35 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 4 | ▶ 137 Ventures 137 Ventures provides structured liquidity — equity loans against shareholder stakes, direct secondary purchases, and anchoring company-organized tender offers — to the founders, executives, and early employees of category-defining private technology companies. The firm supports generational companies through decade-long private lifecycles with flexible, founder-friendly capital structures. San Francisco | $25M – $150M | 67 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 5 | ▶ Beringea Patient and intelligent capital for rapidly scaling entrepreneurial companies with a transatlantic footprint. US funds target Midwest Series A+ companies with ARR >$3M; UK funds target Series A/B companies with £1M+ revenue. Hands-on operational support through the Beringea Scale-Up Academy and transatlantic network. London | $1M – $13M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 6 | ▶ Northzone Category-defining entrepreneurs building fundamental shifts that upend entire industries. Focus on disruptive business models in energy transition, healthcare, AI, and consumer. Thesis values human relationships and founder-centric partnerships over financial metrics alone. London | $1M – $40M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 7 | ▶ Koch Disruptive Technologies KDT backs principled entrepreneurs building disruptive technologies across connectivity, cybersecurity, healthcare, enterprise software, semiconductors, supply chain/manufacturing, energy, and fintech. KDT differentiates through Koch Labs® — connecting portfolio companies to Koch Industries' global commercial ecosystem and subject matter experts — enabling faster commercial deployment and scaling than traditional VC. Wichita, KS | $5M – $150M | 67 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 8 | ▶ AirTree Ventures Big things start small. We invest at seed stage and see potential where others don't. We believe in your vision for your company's future, not as it exists today. We think in decades, not days, committing to walk the entire journey with founders to build iconic companies. We share Antipodean ingenuity with the world. Sydney | $250K – $20M | 66 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 9 | ▶ MassMutual Ventures Build category-defining technology businesses that deliver strong investment returns while addressing pressing business challenges. Leverage Fortune 500 parent (MassMutual) assets including real estate portfolios, renewable energy assets, and capital networks. Boston | $2M – $10M | 23 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 10 | ▶ Lightrock We back growth-stage, technology-enabled companies delivering proven, scalable solutions to major social and environmental challenges across People, Planet, and Productivity, while targeting attractive financial returns. London | $10M – $50M | 22 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 11 | ▶ Accel Partner with exceptional teams building transformative technology companies across all stages San Francisco | $2M – $10M | 136 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 12 | ▶ Seventure Partners Seventure Partners identifies and backs innovative European companies in Life Sciences and Digital Technologies at all stages from seed to pre-IPO, serving as the lead investor and active board-level partner. The firm is a global pioneer in microbiome investing and has built a 25+ year track record of 150+ exits and 30 IPOs. Institutional backing from Natixis Investment Managers/Groupe BPCE provides unique co-investment and network access. Paris | $500K – $10M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 13 | ▶ B Capital Group Back extraordinary entrepreneurs throughout the company-building lifecycle from seed to IPO. Combine venture capital expertise with BCG management consulting to accelerate value creation. Support founders with capital, strategic guidance, and access to global networks. San Francisco | $250K – $50M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 14 | ▶ General Atlantic The dedicated partner for entrepreneurs and investors building long-term value: patient growth capital plus deep sector expertise and a global operating platform for category-leading, capital-efficient businesses at an inflection point. New York | $50M – $500M | 28 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 15 | ▶ WestBridge Capital WestBridge partners with founders building transformative, AI-native businesses from Series A through IPO and beyond. With a $7.3B evergreen fund (no forced LP exit timeline), they invest early and hold for 5-25 years as patient capital partners. Their AI focus centers on Vertical AI Systems, AI-Native Infrastructure, and Agentic AI across the India and US markets. Bangalore | $10M – $500M | 28 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 16 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 73 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 17 | ▶ Highland Europe Highland Europe backs exceptional teams in Europe and Israel building the next generation of technology leaders, focusing on product-led software and consumer companies with organic growth, clear product-market fit, and capital discipline. London | $20M – $90M | 65 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 18 | ▶ Alumni Ventures We democratize venture capital by providing individual accredited investors with professional-grade access to elite venture opportunities. We leverage our massive 850,000+ community network and 11,000+ investors to create unique value for founders, sourcing and diligencing deals alongside top-tier VCs (a16z, Sequoia, Khosla) without leading rounds. Our network is our competitive advantage—it compounds value for all stakeholders. Manchester, NH | $250K – $5M | 63 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 19 | ▶ Greycroft Partnering with brilliant founders to upend the status quo by investing in AI-driven software, sustainability technologies, and innovative consumer brands. We believe AI will dominate software over the next decade, and we seek to support founders reimagining industries across all three sectors. New York | $2M – $100M | 48 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 20 | ▶ Addition Backs founders with a proven track record building large, defensible, technology-enabled businesses, deploying roughly one-third of capital at early stage and two-thirds at growth stage with fast, single-decision-maker conviction. New York | $5M – $200M | 20 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 21 | ▶ Valor Capital Group Greatest opportunities come from serving unmet needs of the middle class in emerging markets. We bridge US and Latin American markets, providing institutional capital, intellectual capital flow, and geo arbitrage exit opportunities. New York | $500K – $10M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 22 | ▶ Mubadala Mubadala partners with world-class companies and institutions to drive transformational growth across strategic sectors and geographies. We believe in long-term value creation through patient capital, operational expertise, and global partnerships aligned with Abu Dhabi's economic diversification. Abu Dhabi | $5M – $5000M | 46 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 23 | ▶ One Peak We back exceptional founders and management teams building defensible, market-leading software businesses in high-growth categories, sourced in part through our proprietary PULSE data platform, and support them with a dedicated value-creation team. London | $15M – $150M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 24 | ▶ Avenir Growth Capital Avenir invests from a first-principles view of inevitable market shifts, concentrating capital in category-defining companies that are early in their growth curves and led by world-class operators. New York | $300K – $5M | 30 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 25 | ▶ SpeedInvest Backs globally ambitious technology companies from pre-seed and seed through selected growth rounds using specialist EMEA sector teams and a platform model for capital, customers, talent, follow-on investors, and operational support. Vienna | $250K – $30M | 49 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 26 | ▶ Anti Fund The future is forged at the intersection of tech and culture. The best founders are 'anti' by definition—their companies must be highly disruptive to the status quo. While capital is a commodity, attention is not. Anti Fund uniquely wields cultural relevance to source founders and accelerate growth. Miami | $100K – $3M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 27 | ▶ TCV Identify innovators capturing shifts in technology and behavior that reshape their industries, and empower mission-driven teams toward market-leading scale through a partnership-driven, long-term growth-equity approach. Menlo Park | $10M – $500M | 37 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 28 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 40 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 29 | ▶ Emerson Collective Emerson Collective invests in entrepreneurs and innovators driven by purpose, seeking consequential companies that deliver both generational impact and venture-scale returns. The firm targets sectors where biggest market opportunities meet meaningful impact levers: energy & environment, digital health, fintech, education, work, and media. Palo Alto | $10M – $700M | 16 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 30 | ▶ Coral Capital Truly great companies are built by founders, not investors. Coral operates as an 'Ecosystem VC,' providing capital, talent, and insights on a Hands-if basis, and backs technical founders solving hard, humanity-scale problems, with a particular bet on Japan's structural advantages in robotics, energy, and advanced manufacturing. Tokyo | $330K – $20M | 15 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 31 | ▶ Google Launchpad Accelerator Innovative technology entrepreneurs exist globally, particularly in emerging markets, and deserve access to world-class mentorship, infrastructure, and Google's vast product ecosystem. We support founders who have proven product-market fit in their home markets and are ready to expand internationally. Mountain View | $20K – $100K | 15 | N/A | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 32 | ▶ Global Brain Broad-spectrum deep-tech and technology investor with particular conviction in AI, climate tech, and healthcare, pairing capital with hands-on operational support and open-innovation partnerships between startups and major Japanese corporations. Tokyo | $2M – $340M | 40 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 33 | ▶ EQT Growth Backs strong management teams of category-leading technology companies supported by secular macro trends, investing at the point where product-market fit is established and the company is ready to scale, combining large-check growth capital with EQT's operational network and AI-driven sourcing/diligence platform (Motherbrain). Stockholm | $55M – $270M | 10 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 34 | ▶ IDG Capital Backing founders and teams building lasting companies across TMT, healthcare, consumer & entertainment, and advanced manufacturing/clean tech, with a multi-decade time horizon and a bridge role between China and global capital markets. Hong Kong | $1M – $100M | 23 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 35 | ▶ HV Capital We back bold founders building category-defining companies across Europe. Too new is our baseline, too bold is our reason, too complex is our edge. Munich | $500K – $60M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 36 | ▶ Rosecliff Ventures Rosecliff's Frontier Technology Thesis focuses on AI, aerospace, defense, energy resilience, and space infrastructure. New York | $500K – $10M | 23 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 37 | ▶ Revaia Revaia champions sustainable leaders in technology and innovation, partnering with mission-driven, growth-stage founders who bridge private growth financing through to public markets, with sustainability and governance built into the business rather than bolted on. Paris | $10M – $35M | 15 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 38 | ▶ Granite Asia Asia's most trusted multi-asset private capital platform. Partners with visionary founders and leaders to build industry champions across Southeast Asia, China, India, and Japan. Deploys capital across five structural themes: Consumer Growth, Enterprise Workflow, Food Systems, Health Innovation, and Energy Transition. Offers flexible, multi-asset financing spanning venture equity to private credit to support companies at every stage of their business lifecycle. Singapore | $2M – $60M | 11 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 39 | ▶ SEGO Venture Channel capital from a large base of retail and institutional investors into vetted, growth-stage Spanish companies with strong public narratives, giving individual investors direct equity access normally reserved for institutional VC. Madrid | $300K – $10M | 11 | N/A | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 40 | ▶ Peak XV Partners Outlier founders and ideas shape the future of humanity. We back ambitious founders building category-defining companies that create significant impact while generating returns that support non-profit and educational causes. Bangalore | $500K – $100M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 41 | ▶ Act Venture Capital Act is a long-term early-stage generalist that backs exceptional teams who truly understand their market and can become category-defining companies. The firm wants mission-driven founders, is willing to lead early, and stays with companies through expansion. Dublin 14, Ireland | $100K – $10M | 16 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 42 | ▶ Gaingels Equity of access and representation in venture capital delivers positive returns. Diverse and underrepresented (including LGBTQ+) leaders of high-growth companies deserve capital access. When these founders succeed, they influence ecosystems and open doors for historically excluded groups. New York | $200K – $500K | 29 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 43 | ▶ Cathay Innovation Startups positioned as transformation partners with Fortune 500 corporates create the most impactful solutions. We believe the next generation of market leaders will emerge through collaborative innovation between startups and incumbent enterprises, supported by global expertise and capital. Paris | $5M – $100M | 16 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 44 | ▶ Atomico Founder-centric, largely sector-agnostic investing across Europe, backing technically strong founders building globally ambitious companies, including capital-intensive deep tech and moonshot bets alongside traditional software and consumer businesses. London | $5M – $50M | 13 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 45 | ▶ Evolution Venture Capital Partners Culture-Tech companies that disrupt and define how we live, work, play, and interact with the world every day. We invest in passionate founders building transformative products that change cultural behaviors. New York | $500K – $6M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 46 | ▶ British Business Bank As the UK's state-owned economic development bank, British Business Bank exists to improve smaller and scaling businesses' access to finance and to support the transition to net zero, deploying public capital as a fund-of-funds, co-investor, and direct equity investor to fill gaps the private market leaves unfilled. Sheffield, UK | $12.5M – $50M | 7 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 47 | ▶ Rostra Capital Active family office identifying undervalued, high-potential opportunities across technology, healthcare, energy, and real estate sectors. Takes active role in portfolio companies to leverage capital, experience, and strategic network. Particular focus on fintech, blockchain, and special situations investing. Harrison, NJ | $100K – $750K | 2 | Both | 0mo | ~1 mo | Open |
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F4 Fund tracks 47 VC firms that actively invest in fintech & payments + climate & clean energy at the Growth stage. These firms are ranked using a composite score that weighs data completeness (30%), portfolio depth (30%), investment recency (25%), and stage alignment (15%).
Based on F4's analysis, the median check size for growth fintech & payments + climate & clean energy investors is $22.5M – $22.5M, with a full range from $20K – $5000M. The distribution breaks down as: 3 firms in the <$500K range, 1 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 1 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 4 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 9 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 29 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 47 firms tracked, 91% lead or co-lead rounds, and 4% typically follow. Founders seeking a lead investor should filter for firms marked "Leads" or "Both" in the rankings table above. Lead investors typically set deal terms and anchor the round.
The best growth fintech & payments + climate & clean energy investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 32% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 38 portfolio companies. Look for firms whose check size matches your raise, whose stage preference aligns with yours, and who have a track record of supporting companies in your sector through multiple growth phases.
Firm profiles are continuously updated through F4's research pipeline, which combines LLM-powered web research, portfolio analysis, and transcript extraction. The ranking data refreshes every 12 hours. Editorial analysis is reviewed weekly. Individual firm profiles are re-researched on a 30-day cycle or when new information surfaces.