642 VC firms investing in fintech & payments 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.
F4 Fund tracks 642 VC firms that actively invest in fintech & payments at the Pre-Seed stage, with check sizes ranging from $1K – $1650M (median: $1.8M). As of September 2026, 88% of these firms lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 2,019+ researched VC firms. Ranked by how much of each firm's portfolio is actually in this sector, and how recently it invested.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ TTV Capital We invest in the future of fintech: core financial technologies, fintech extended into other industries as an enablement layer, and companies using emerging technology to revolutionize financial services. Atlanta | $2M – $7M | 80 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 2 | ▶ 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 – $6M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 3 | ▶ 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 – $20M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 4 | ▶ Galaxy Transformative innovation in crypto emerges from disciplined investment in cutting-edge infrastructure, protocols, and financial applications. We partner with founders advancing the digital asset economy alongside deep operational support through Galaxy's institutional infrastructure. | $500K – $25M | 94 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 5 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 35 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 6 | ▶ 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 – $4M | 62 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | N/A |
| 7 | ▶ Norte Ventures Norte is a pure-follower fund built by and for founders, believing in the power of goodwill and genuine relationships in a founder-built ecosystem. They co-invest in very first rounds of Brazilian and Latam companies with high visibility, operating more like a club of entrepreneurs than traditional VC. Core conviction: networks over geniuses, continuous work over overnight success, ecosystem value over fund stake size. | $200K – $1.5M | 50 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 8 | ▶ Fin Capital Full-lifecycle enterprise software investor focused on financial services. The best opportunities lie at the intersection of traditional financial institutions and modern technology. We back repeat founders with deep financial services expertise and technical capability to build transformative software solutions. San Francisco | $250K – $50M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 9 | ▶ Fulgur Ventures Bitcoin is a fixed-supply, neutral monetary network that civilization is being rebuilt on. Fulgur funds teams building the infrastructure, applications, and financial services layer of the Bitcoin and Lightning Network economy. Wilmington, DE | $50K – $200K | 41 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 10 | ▶ 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 – $600K | 31 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 11 | ▶ embedded/capital We invest in technology-enabled financial services companies that transform how financial services are delivered, distributed, and accessed. We believe the future of finance will be built by specialized platforms that solve specific pain points for financial institutions and retail investors. New York | $250K – $15M | 32 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 12 | ▶ Walkabout Ventures Technical 'picks-and-shovels' businesses that modernize infrastructure and back-office operations of financial and insurance services. Focus on B2B solutions rather than consumer fintech. Los Angeles | $100K – $500K | 14 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 13 | ▶ FGV Capital Fintech's intersection with AI, healthcare, commerce, and other industries, backed by an embedded growth, finance, and talent operating platform (formerly Fiat Growth) rather than capital alone. New York | $1M – $1.5M | 40 | N/A | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | ▶ Propel Venture Partners Backs early-stage founders rebuilding how financial value is created, moved, secured, embedded, and governed, especially across fintech, financial infrastructure, AI-native financial workflows, payments, crypto infrastructure, insurance, and enterprise software for regulated institutions. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 44 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | N/A |
| 15 | ▶ Dragonfly Capital Partners #70 · Emerging 100 · 2026 We back the best researchers and builders who will push the entire crypto ecosystem forward. We believe in supporting foundational blockchain technologies, innovative DeFi protocols, and breakthrough applications that will define the next generation of digital economies. San Francisco | $1M – $75M | 22 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 16 | ▶ Blank Ventures Advancing the economic yield of financial innovation at the intersection of fintech and commerce infrastructure. Small, operator-led team that concentrates capital, networks, and resources on limited set of long-term partnerships. San Francisco | $500K – $2M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 17 | ▶ Launch Africa Pan-African fund solving the significant funding gap in Seed and pre-Series A investment. Backing ambitious African founders tackling critical continental challenges with operational support and investor network. Mauritius | $100K – $2M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 18 | ▶ First Circle Build transformational fintech companies addressing financial inclusion across Africa. Support founders with capital, operational expertise, and network access. Increase women's participation in tech investing and founding. The fund is thesis-led rather than market-led, targeting fintech models with cross-border expansion potential, focusing on less saturated verticals including financial infrastructure, insurtech, alternative lending, regtech/interoperability, and climate fintech — deliberately looking beyond the crowded payments sector. Casablanca | $100K – $250K | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 19 | ▶ Point72 Ventures Point72 Ventures backs ambitious founders building for big outcomes across critical domains. Going deep, not wide—the firm focuses on specialized investment theses in AI, Consumer, and Defense Tech, bringing deep sector insights, partnership, and hands-on support from seed to pre-IPO. New York | $250K – $50M | 203 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 20 | ▶ Future Perfect Ventures Blockchain technology will fundamentally transform how value is transferred globally, particularly in emerging markets and underbanked regions. FPV focuses on decentralized technologies that enable financial inclusion and cross-border value transfer where traditional infrastructure is limited. New York | $500K – $5M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 21 | ▶ Future Africa Bold, visionary African founders solving Africa's biggest challenges represent global business opportunities. We combine capital, operational support, and community to build sustainable, continent-scale businesses. Lagos | $40K – $5M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 22 | ▶ 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 – $400K | 161 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 23 | ▶ SixThirty We invest at the intersection of health, wealth, and privacy. The next generation of financial infrastructure, healthcare, and data security solutions will emerge from early-stage startups addressing this convergence. We partner with founders and leverage corporate LP relationships for distribution and go-to-market. St. Louis | $500K – $5M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 24 | ▶ Dunbar Capital Intentional, sustainable, and helpful relationship building drives signal through noise. We use data, research, and relationship networks to make thesis-driven conviction investments in emerging market fintech and payment infrastructure. Cambridge | $50K – $100K | 22 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 25 | ▶ Socially Financed Early-stage entrepreneurs transforming financial services. We leverage our deep fintech operator experience and network to identify, support, and scale the next generation of fintech leaders. Busan | $50K – $500K | 22 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 26 | ▶ Passion Capital Passion Capital backs outstanding European founders building in AI, FinTech, and Enterprise Risk, investing at the pre-seed and seed stage—often before revenue or product exist. Europe's first operator-led VC fund, pioneering Plain English term sheets. Writes initial cheques of £400K–£500K as the founders' first institutional investor. London | $500K – $625K | 112 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 27 | ▶ Flourish Ventures Mission-driven entrepreneurs and industry influencers can responsibly harness technology to build a more fair and inclusive financial system that serves unbanked and underserved populations. California | $1M – $15M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 28 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 52 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 29 | ▶ 14Peaks Capital 14Peaks backs workflow-embedded platforms, core rails and infrastructure, and tech-enabled services inside financial services and adjacent operationally dense markets. The firm values products that own a workflow, accumulate proprietary data, and become hard to displace as they embed deeper into regulated operations. Zug | $300K – $1M | 22 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 30 | ▶ 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 – $2.5M | 22 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 31 | ▶ Robot Ventures Build unconventional, technically sophisticated cryptocurrency projects at the intersection of cryptographic innovation, economic design, and blockchain infrastructure. We focus on highly technical primitives that require deep expertise in DeFi, L1/L2 architecture, zero-knowledge proofs, MEV economics, and on-chain governance. New York | $100K – $5M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 32 | ▶ 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 – $15M | 95 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 33 | ▶ Third Prime Third Prime invests in companies rewiring how capital, assets, and operations move through the economy. We focus on three intersecting 'real-economy infrastructure' verticals—fintech, proptech, and crypto/blockchain—backing platforms that enable paradigm shifts in these sectors. We believe technology should serve real economic activity, not replace it. New York | $1M – $5M | 34 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 34 | ▶ D1 Capital We empower builders of the open economy through capital, market intelligence, and community support. We specifically back unconventional and eccentric founders building the next generation of Web3 infrastructure, DeFi protocols, and applications that reshape how humans organize economically. Beijing | $100K – $10M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 35 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 65 | N/A | 1mo | N/A | N/A |
| 36 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 37 | ▶ 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 – $2.5M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 38 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 33 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 39 | ▶ 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 | 55 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 40 | ▶ Abstract Ventures #28 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Backing transformative founders building exceptional companies across all sectors San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 276 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 41 | ▶ Cadenza Global investors in transformative technologies — backing bold founders building enduring businesses across sectors and stages. Combines deep fundamental research with active partnership. Fund III ($50M, Dec 2024) is focused on early-stage AI, particularly AI infrastructure, open-source LLMs, and AI-native applications. New York | $250K – $2.5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 42 | ▶ Core Innovation Capital The greatest returns come from the most overlooked markets where businesses outperform because they create value. We invest in early-stage technology companies that unlock wealth and health for the mass market — in massively regulated, operationally complex sectors that are broken and overdue for reinvention: financial services, healthcare, real estate, insurance, and work. Los Angeles | $1M – $5M | 66 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 43 | ▶ Deciens Capital Financial services are the foundational infrastructure of modern society. The sector is ripe for disruption through technology and deep understanding of structural inefficiencies. We back visionary founders at the earliest stage who are transforming how capital, risk, and financial access operate globally. Albuquerque, New Mexico | $1M – $15M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 44 | ▶ Visionaries Club In an era of technological upheaval, obsession beats playbooks, ambition beats size, and conviction beats consensus. Visionaries backs founders who run toward the fire and connects them with a curated cadre of operator-LPs and industrial-family entrepreneurs who have already built at scale. Berlin | $250K – $20M | 58 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 45 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 76 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 46 | ▶ The LegalTech Fund Legal technology sits at the center of every business transaction and the $1 trillion legal services industry is undergoing the kind of systemic transformation fintech and healthtech experienced a decade earlier. We back founders building AI, workflow automation, analytics, hiring, and security tools for the legal ecosystem. Fort Lauderdale, FL | $250K – $3M | 90 | Follows | Active | N/A | Open |
| 47 | ▶ 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 – $3.8M | 140 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 48 | ▶ Foreword Fund Back daring founders in their first chapters with first-check capital and access to a community of 200+ world-class founders and operators who can provide mentorship, introductions, and strategic guidance. San Francisco | $100K – $250K | 45 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 49 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 34 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 50 | ▶ Oak HC/FT #35 · Top 100 · 2026 Oak HC/FT partners with founders driving structural change in healthcare and financial services. They believe the most durable companies in the AI era will combine AI velocity with genuine understanding of how these industries work — including their regulatory, distribution, and trust dynamics. Interested in horizontal platforms that can penetrate and win in these complex, regulated sectors. Stamford | $1M – $100M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 51 | ▶ Numundo Ventures Latin America is at its 'Fairchild Semiconductor moment' — full of raw talent and underestimated ambition. NuMundo backs overlooked LatAm founders who lack traditional VC credentials but demonstrate deep market insight, resilience, and execution ability. The firm bridges Silicon Valley networks with LatAm founders from inception through IPO. Silicon Valley | $100K – $2M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 52 | ▶ 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 – $1.5M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 53 | ▶ Winklevoss Capital Backs determined entrepreneurs solving society's hardest problems in critical domains across the decentralized frontier, space exploration, atomic energy, and cellular/biotech sectors. Invests in companies and networks in their infancy when conviction is scarce. New York | $100K – $5M | 33 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 54 | ▶ Transpose Platform First-check investors to exceptional founders building category-defining companies and to emerging venture funds reshaping the industry. Formation-stage specialists operating as partners from inception, not simply deploying capital. Houston | $500K – $15M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 55 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 40 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 56 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 42 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 57 | ▶ Ardent Venture Partners Software will transform as AI-native applications unlock value in unstructured data (emails, contracts) that traditional software has sidelined. We back founders building the next generation of vertical operating systems, AI-native applications, and embedded finance solutions. Washington | $250K – $3M | 30 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 58 | ▶ Collider The internet freed information. Crypto is freeing money. Blockchain technology represents the next evolution of financial infrastructure, and exceptional founders using non-consensus approaches to DeFi, infrastructure, and privacy will unlock significant value. Tel Aviv | $2M – $10M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 59 | ▶ Cendana Capital The best returns in early-stage venture come from small, early-stage VC funds run by GPs with unique network access, domain expertise, and an entrepreneurial founder ethos. Cendana anchors investments in the best seed and pre-seed fund managers globally, acting as a lead LP and trusted advisor to help them build lasting firms. Fund size matters — smaller funds generate outsized returns by maintaining high ownership in breakout companies. San Francisco | $1M – $20M | 11 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 60 | ▶ Uncorrelated Ventures Infrastructure companies compound value for years because they become embedded in the software stacks built on top of them. Invests almost exclusively in infrastructure software, both traditional and decentralized (crypto/DeFi), drawing on 20+ years of pattern recognition in the category. Palo Alto | $1M – $10M | 41 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 61 | ▶ 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 – $50M | 30 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 62 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 51 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 63 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 63 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 64 | ▶ Reciprocal Ventures Blockchain networks are upgrading the internet and capital markets. We invest in founders building decentralized technologies and protocols that reshape trust in our legacy systems. We believe the resource coordination and verifiability of open-source blockchains will fundamentally restructure finance, identity, and digital infrastructure. New York | $500K – $4M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 65 | ▶ 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 – $1.3M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 66 | ▶ Dash Fund Backing the next wave of category-defining FinTech founders and companies. We invest in exceptional founders leveraging technology to transform financial services and business operations. San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 18 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 67 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 24 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 68 | ▶ 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 – $2.5M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 69 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 48 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 70 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 59 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 71 | ▶ Anamcara Capital Backing exceptional European founders building B2B technology for global markets from day one, with hands-on, relationship-driven capital and access to a proprietary network of Fortune 500 customers, US operators, and tier-1 investors. London | $150K – $250K | 18 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 72 | ▶ Illuminate Financial Illuminate invests in companies solving mission-critical problems for financial institutions through fintech and enterprise software innovation. With deep access to tier-1 financial institution networks and specialized domain expertise, the firm creates unique value for portfolio companies through institutional customer access, operational guidance, and strategic partnerships. London | $1M – $8M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 73 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 39 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 74 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 75 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 76 | ▶ 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 – $7M | 30 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 77 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 51 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 78 | ▶ Magma Partners Magma Partners backs the best founders solving Latin America's biggest problems with scalable technology businesses. The firm wants companies that can expand across large regional markets, not just niche local products. | $25K – $5M | 19 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 79 | ▶ Elefund Elevating the future with daring founders; backing early-stage companies with transformative potential across fintech, AI/enterprise infrastructure, insurance, aerospace, and consumer. Mountain View | $500K – $5M | 25 | N/A | 1mo | N/A | Req'd |
| 80 | ▶ Frst All you need is a Unique Insight. Frst backs exceptional, ambitious founders on Day One, often before there is a product, team, or incorporated company, evaluating opportunities through Ambition, Vision, and Execution. Paris | $1M – $3M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | N/A |
| 81 | ▶ 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 – $50M | 38 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 82 | ▶ Haun Ventures #97 · Top 100 · 2026 Crypto represents a long-term technological transformation rearchitecting global commerce. We back the boldest builders from seed through scale, combining deep regulatory expertise with institutional reach to help founders navigate policy uncertainty and drive adoption. San Francisco | $1M – $100M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 83 | ▶ Episode One Ventures Back ambitious 'go-all-in' founders building defensible B2B software at pre-seed and seed, and support them intensively through the journey to Series A. Focus on AI, infrastructure, health, TechBio, open source, and marketplaces. London | $315K – $2.5M | 59 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 84 | ▶ Capital 2B We back deep-tech and IP-led startups when the world still calls them too early, at the edge where science becomes engineering. We chase inevitability, not hype. Delhi | $200K – $3M | 19 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 85 | ▶ b2venture b2venture backs outlier entrepreneurs at the earliest stages across Europe, leveraging a multi-generational community of founder-turned-angel-investors to provide capital, expertise, and network access from seed through IPO. Berlin | $250K – $5M | 33 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 86 | ▶ Jump Capital Thesis-driven, sector-focused venture firm investing in FinTech, IT/Data Infrastructure, and vertical B2B SaaS. Partners with founders who want a trusted ally with real operating experience. Increasing focus on AI applications that solve measurable enterprise problems with real data advantages. Chicago | $1M – $15M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 87 | ▶ 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 – $750K | 32 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 88 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 89 | ▶ SciFi VC Partner with exceptional founders solving hard technical problems in fintech, AI, and science that require intense curiosity, intellectual depth, and scientific innovation. Focus on defensibility through hard technical feats, network effects, and solutions in complex, highly regulated industries. San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 90 | ▶ ResilienceVC Seed-stage embedded fintech startups that build financial resilience for Americans by improving income generation and expense management, risk mitigation and recovery, and asset and wealth building. Washington | $500K – $2M | 15 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 91 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 110 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 92 | ▶ P1 Ventures African entrepreneurial talent is more widely dispersed across the continent than venture capital funding. We partner with visionary African and diaspora founders building global companies from Africa. We provide capital, operational guidance, and facilitate follow-on funding and expansion. San Francisco | $250K – $10M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 93 | ▶ Red Beard Ventures Drive mass adoption of crypto and Web3 through investments in companies with strong tokenomics and utility design. Leverage ecosystem of 3,000+ LPs and 25,000+ gaming community to provide portfolio companies instant network effects and user acquisition. Brooklyn | $100K – $1M | 107 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 94 | ▶ Oxford Capital Founders are the key to realizing a startup's potential; capital is the key to realizing a scaleup's potential. We back disruptors delivering a 10x value proposition to large markets, from pre-seed through growth. Oxford, UK | $1M – $5M | 33 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 95 | ▶ Propel VC Capital for the new economy. Technologies that democratize financial services, create new financial primitives, and enable global commerce at scale are reshaping how money flows. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 96 | ▶ Paradigm #34 · Top 100 · 2026 Research-driven frontier technology investment firm that builds and invests in crypto, AI, robotics, and other new frontiers from the earliest stages. Paradigm remains deeply technical and research-led, collaborating on papers, code, product, and business strategy with ambitious builders. San Francisco | $1M – $100M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 97 | ▶ Audacious Ventures Back force-of-nature founders at pre-seed and seed stages building B2B software companies. Primary value-add is hands-on recruiting (150+ candidate sourcing per role) and GTM development—not board seats or traditional governance. San Francisco | $100K – $10M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 98 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 35 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 99 | ▶ Castle Island Ventures #93 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Public blockchains represent a paradigm shift in how we interact with money, financial services, and the internet. We invest in infrastructure and application companies building the future of monetary networks, programmable finance, and decentralized internet architecture. Cambridge | $100K – $5M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 100 | ▶ Lattice Crypto represents a once-in-a-generation platform shift that will fundamentally transform financial services, gaming, energy, and many other sectors through decentralized infrastructure. We partner with founders building sustainable crypto foundations from day one. United States | $300K – $2M | 63 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 101 | ▶ Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) NYC has tremendous entrepreneurial talent but lacked a structured environment for early-stage founders. ERA provides capital, intense mentorship, and network access to help founders build market-leading companies. Every sector deserves innovation. New York | $150K | 40 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 102 | ▶ Oyster Ventures Invest in exceptional new-frontier technology companies that bring liquidity and efficiency to antiquated industries. San Francisco | $25K – $5M | 47 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 103 | ▶ 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 – $25M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 104 | ▶ Electric Capital User-owned technology empowered by distributed systems and cryptography enables people to reclaim control from intermediaries. We invest in systems that reduce reliance on centralized institutions and give users control, privacy, and access to global markets. Palo Alto | $1M – $20M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 105 | ▶ Balderton Capital Balderton Capital backs European-founded technology companies with visionary founders building transformative businesses. The firm combines patient capital, operational expertise, and founder support to enable European entrepreneurs to build world-class companies. | $500K – $15M | 200 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 106 | ▶ Varrock Intentionally generalist within crypto. Invests $600-900k in pre-seed and seed founders building both crypto-native (products for crypto power users) and crypto-adjacent companies (crypto as a feature in bigger traditional markets). Values people over products, high conviction with ~6 investments per year. Plano, TX | $600K – $900K | 9 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 107 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 64 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 108 | ▶ Soma Capital Soma invests in technical founders building innovative companies across all sectors. We believe in building deep friendships day 1 with brilliant superhumans pushing humanity forward. Our founder-first approach emphasizes non-dilutive capital, founder autonomy, and access to Fortune 500 networks for customer development. San Francisco | $100K – $2M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 109 | ▶ Avid Ventures Exceptional founders need more than capital—they need hands-on partners who can provide strategic finance expertise, go-to-market acceleration, customer introductions, and recruiting support. We focus on early-stage companies where operational leverage has the highest impact, working hand-in-hand as an extension of the founding team. New York | $500K – $8M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 110 | ▶ Govtech Ventures We back early-stage govtech founders building across the public-sector stack, from citizen services to critical infrastructure protection, combining strategy, capital, and deep government sales expertise to help founders build scalable foundations, accelerate growth, and reach meaningful exits. Napa, CA | $500K – $3M | 17 | N/A | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 111 | ▶ Tribe Capital Apply AI and data science to identify and invest in N-of-1 companies with 10-100x potential. Back founders who expand individual freedom and decentralize power. Invest in companies that embody principles from the Bill of Rights (voice, fair process, proportionality, user power) and Bitcoin whitepaper (trust-minimized, verifiable, aligned incentives, open access). Menlo Park | $500K – $5M | 60 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 112 | ▶ 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 – $15M | 67 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 113 | ▶ 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 – $250K | 48 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 114 | ▶ Better Capital Day 0 venture capital applied by a deep operator. Better Capital invests at the earliest stage where ambiguity is highest and operator judgment adds the most value. Solo GP model keeps conviction high and enables deep engagement with 20-25 companies at critical inflection points. Pune | $300K – $1M | 48 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 115 | ▶ Exponent Greater understanding leads to greater transformation. We partner with technical founders solving critical problems in enterprise software, fintech, infrastructure, and applied AI. First-principles thinking and operator-first approach to value creation. New York | $100K – $5M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 116 | ▶ Morgan Creek Digital Digital innovation across four themes (AI, Blockchain, Computing Infrastructure, Big Data) will define the next generation of transformative companies. Busan | $250K – $10M | 22 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 117 | ▶ Chapter One Ventures We back product-driven founders building generational companies. We led product, design, and engineering teams at the internet's most iconic companies and have built products for billions of users. Now we bring that operator expertise to support founders obsessed with product excellence and user experience. Los Angeles | $500K – $8M | 111 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 118 | ▶ DCG Expeditions Crypto will revolutionize the existing financial system. We partner with exceptional founders building the next generation of financial services, leveraging permanent capital and DCG's ecosystem to support founders long-term without fund cycle pressures. London | $50K – $250K | 55 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 119 | ▶ Jump Crypto Identify real-world constraints through active market participation and build decentralized consortiums to convert systemic bottlenecks into shared breakthroughs. Serious builders combining market-making expertise with long-term infrastructure development. Chicago | $1.9M – $1650M | 29 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 120 | ▶ Punch Capital Support first and second generation immigrant founders building unicorn-grade companies. Value-add investor providing capital plus deep network connections to customers, partners, strategic advisors, and founder networks. | $50K – $150K | 35 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 121 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 25 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 122 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 52 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 123 | ▶ 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 – $20M | 62 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 124 | ▶ Olive Tree Capital Olive Tree Capital invests in groundbreaking technology and life sciences companies guided by the Golden Rule philosophy. As an evergreen vehicle without asset class limitations or holding period constraints, OTC can be a long-term partner to founders across any stage and geography. Boston | $250K – $5M | 36 | Both | Slowing | N/A | Open |
| 125 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 53 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 126 | ▶ Cambrian Ventures Only 1% of global financial services revenues has been captured by fintech. Cambrian backs great founders building the remaining 99%. The firm believes fintech opportunities are far from exhausted and looks for exceptional execution against clear product visions. San Francisco | $100K – $500K | 20 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 127 | ▶ Human Capital Partner with exceptional founders to build generational companies that define the world's most critical industries. We provide not just capital but assemble teams of the highest caliber through our 5,000+ member builder community and deep operational expertise. San Francisco | $250K – $200M | 30 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 128 | ▶ RRE Ventures RRE backs visionary early-stage founders leveraging technological breakthroughs to reshape industries. Systematic focus on Physical AI (AI that touches atoms) and Decentralized AI (bridging web3 and AI infrastructure). Boutique model enables direct partnerships with founders vs. large portfolio strategies. 30+ years of multi-cycle experience. New York | $1M – $15M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 129 | ▶ 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 |
| 130 | ▶ Creandum We back the companies of tomorrow before it's obvious. We combine early-stage European investing with a permanent San Francisco presence to help founders build category-defining global companies. We invest in ambitious technical founders who deeply understand industry transformation. Stockholm | $200K – $10M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 131 | ▶ HOF Capital #88 · Top 100 · 2026 HOF Capital invests in relentlessly ambitious founders building world-changing technologies that accelerate abundance: sustained technological progress that expands access to opportunity, health, and economic prosperity. Its current public thesis emphasizes AI and agentic systems as amplifiers of discovery, engineering, and knowledge creation, alongside frontier infrastructure and applications that can shorten scientific and technological invention timelines. New York | $500K – $10M | 36 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 132 | ▶ TQ Ventures Invest from first principles and commit deeply to founders. TQ rejects thematic investing and backs exceptional founding teams with unique, compelling market visions — category creators rather than incremental improvers. They target companies that have raised less than $1.5M, positioning them as one of the first institutional checks. New York | $500K – $3M | 47 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 133 | ▶ Pathlight Ventures Low volume, high conviction early-stage investing in 10 thematic areas where vertical AI is reshaping regulated, complex industries: healthcare, fintech, capital markets, industrial operations, security, and government. Back strongly opinionated founders building category-defining companies with direct operator support from a team with deep fintech and growth scaling experience. New York City | $250K – $3M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 134 | ▶ Variant Variant invests in technology that expands autonomy through permissionless markets, software, and applications. Fund IV focuses on early-stage infrastructure and applications in crypto, with particular emphasis on AI-crypto integration, autonomous agents, and decentralized systems that give users increased access, knowledge, and ownership. New York | $250K – $750K | 39 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 135 | ▶ H20 Capital Back disruptive entrepreneurs at the intersection of LatAm-specific problems and technical solutions. Leverage deep operational expertise from unicorn exits (Rappi, Kavak, iFood) to provide hands-on partnership from day one. Focus on cross-border commerce, fintech, SaaS, and marketplaces serving emerging markets. Miami | $100K – $1M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 136 | ▶ 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 – $25M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 137 | ▶ LocalGlobe Exceptional founders with strong conviction deserve capital, mentorship, and partnership from day one. We back category-defining companies at the earliest stages. | $100K – $1.5M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 138 | ▶ Spark Capital #30 · Top 100 · 2026 Spark Capital backs transformative products built by creators with genuine vision and technical depth. We believe that the best way to evaluate a founding team is not through credentials or market analysis, but by experiencing their product firsthand. Product comes first, and everything else follows. | $500K – $60M | 65 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 139 | ▶ Syndicate One Belgium-first network-driven VC backing the most ambitious Belgian-founded tech startups at Pre-Seed and Seed. Pools capital, expertise, and network from 120+ founders, operators, and investors to help early-stage Belgian companies scale globally. Brussels, Belgium | $250K – $1.5M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 140 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 59 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 141 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 60 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 142 | ▶ Delphi Ventures Delphi backs extraordinary founders at the bleeding edge of technology, operating at the intersection of crypto/blockchain and deep tech. Crypto is freedom technology enabling human coordination at scale without intermediaries. With AI and atomic breakthroughs, these forces will disintermediate legacy models and form foundations of civilizational change over the next decade. San Mateo, California | $50K – $25M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 143 | ▶ Foundation Capital We back founders who believe the purpose of life is to be briefly extraordinary. We invest at day zero when ideas haven't yet become innovations, seeking founders with superhuman grit, authentic vision, and the drive to create something lasting. Palo Alto | $1M – $20M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 144 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 60 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 145 | ▶ Blockchain Capital Blockchain technology will reshape how value is transferred, stored, and transacted globally. Best companies built by crypto-native founders deeply committed to long-term vision. We invest across entire crypto stack: DeFi, infrastructure, consumer apps, gaming, identity. San Francisco | $25K – $200K | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 146 | ▶ 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 – $50M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 147 | ▶ Zeal Capital Partners We invest in companies intentionally closing gaps in wealth, health, and skills through our Inclusive Investing™ framework. Exceptional founders and transformative opportunities exist far beyond traditional VC hubs; we target overlooked founders building category-leading businesses with systemic impact. Washington | $250K – $5M | 50 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 148 | ▶ IQ Capital Frontier technology will underpin the next generation of globally significant companies. We back IP-rich, deep tech founders advancing intelligence, reinventing energy, accelerating computation, decoding biology, and building resilience — categories where traditional venture playbooks don't apply. Cambridge | $500K – $40M | 75 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 149 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 39 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 150 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 34 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 151 | ▶ Counterpart Ventures First institutional VC fund exclusively founded by former corporate VC leaders. Bridges traditional VC and corporate VC through Counter Club (750+ CVCs, $320B deployed). Invests in B2B SaaS solving nontrivial problems in large markets, providing founders with direct access to enterprise customers, strategic partners, and capital through the CVC network. San Francisco | $1M – $5M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 152 | ▶ Global Founders Capital Global early-stage investor backing technical founders building category-defining ventures with global ambition. We believe exceptional founders can emerge from anywhere, and we provide operational support through a network of 16 global offices to help them scale across multiple continents from day zero. Berlin | $1M – $3M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 153 | ▶ Hack VC Crypto-native teams solving fundamental Web3 problems, partnering on- and off-chain at earliest stages. Technical excellence, ecosystem building, and long-term Internet transformation through decentralized technologies. San Francisco | $5M – $25M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 154 | ▶ Coughdrop Capital Back B2B software founders solving real problems in sales, go-to-market, product, growth, and fundraising. We bring operational expertise from both founder and investor perspectives. | $40K – $100K | 65 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 155 | ▶ Framework Ventures We back crypto-native founders building the next generation of valuable blockchain networks and applications. We were early believers in DeFi and continue to identify emerging opportunities at the intersection of cryptography, protocol design, and real-world utility. San Francisco | $250K – $40M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 156 | ▶ Golden Gate Empower audacious founders who challenge norms and leverage technology to transform industries. We believe in first-time founders with scrappy outsider mentality and narrow niche focus. Silicon Valley expertise combined with deep emerging market knowledge across three continents. Singapore | $25K – $10M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 157 | ▶ Phoenix Court Phoenix Court partners with exceptional founders from pre-seed through public markets and beyond. The firm operates as a multi-stage, multi-fund group — LocalGlobe (seed), Latitude (growth), Solar (late-stage), and Basecamp (emerging managers) — built on the conviction that the best companies grow big not just in private markets but across their full lifecycle. Founded on purpose: 10% of profits and 2% of carry go to Phoenix Court Works, which is transitioning to the single largest shareholder in the firm. London | $500K – $20M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 158 | ▶ Broom Ventures Backs extraordinary pre-seed and seed technology founders, with hands-on technical, operational, finance, and leadership support delivered with a collaborative co-founder attitude. San Francisco | $250K – $750K | 42 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 159 | ▶ K50 Ventures Entrepreneurship is one of the most powerful engines for impact and value creation. Back founders with purpose, grit, and urgency building consequential companies solving significant problems in healthcare, fintech, and industrials. Lead first checks, stay in trenches, and scale together. New York | $500K – $2M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 160 | ▶ Mischief #66 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Diverse industry experience enables superior pattern recognition about which founders can succeed. Operational support from founders-turned-investors is more valuable than just capital. Markets have seasons - breakthrough companies can emerge from unexpected places. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 161 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 185 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 162 | ▶ Entrepreneur First It matters not only which companies get started, but who starts them. EF identifies exceptional individual talent before a company, co-founder, or idea exists, and builds the company from Day Zero through cohort-based co-founder matching, an equity-free grant phase, and up to $250K in formation capital (via SAFE) once a team passes its Investment Committee. London | $250K – $5M | 78 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 163 | ▶ 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 – $2.5M | 54 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 164 | ▶ Shammas Seed and early-stage technology companies with strong focus on Bitcoin ecosystem and gaming. We invest as a group of serial entrepreneurs who actively partner with world-class teams to build global category winners. Bitcoin is TCP/IP for realtime value transport on the Internet. | $250K – $2M | 31 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 165 | ▶ Neo Invest in exceptional people, not just ideas. Identify future tech leaders while still in college and support them through every stage of entrepreneurial journey. Build diverse, inclusive communities that create self-reinforcing network effects and generate outsized returns. San Francisco | $25K – $5M | 29 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 166 | ▶ Las Olas Venture Capital We back founders building AI and software applications that modernize outdated business workflows, driving ROI and efficiency, and amplify their impact through hands-on support. Fort Lauderdale, FL | $1.5M – $3M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 167 | ▶ Tower Research Ventures Build and invest in category-defining companies at the earliest stages (incubation to pre-seed), leveraging Tower Research Capital's 25+ years of trading infrastructure expertise and technical depth to help founders succeed. New York | $250K – $3M | 20 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 168 | ▶ MAGIC Fund The best founders want to be backed by other founders. Smaller funds run by founders perform best at pre-seed/seed stage. We operate as a decentralized fund-of-micro-funds empowering founder-GPs across global regions. Los Angeles | $50K – $5M | 69 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 169 | ▶ Redstone Redstone is a European specialist VC platform that backs early-stage companies across DeepTech, Industrial, Energy & Infrastructure, FinTech, Health, Social Impact, Blue Economy, and Venture Debt. It combines thematic conviction, data-driven sourcing, and a hands-on operating style. Berlin | $500K – $3M | 14 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 170 | ▶ 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 – $10.4M | 102 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 171 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 43 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 172 | ▶ New Stack Ventures Invest in outsiders—mission-driven, non-traditional founders in off-coast locations building hardware, deep tech, logistics, or legacy-industry companies. Reject the Stanford/Google/Bay Area formula in favor of exceptional founders who don't fit traditional VC molds. Chicago | $500K – $1.5M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 173 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 46 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 174 | ▶ Indicator Ventures Invest in founders building radically different technology companies with unique business models or distribution strategies. Focus on high-velocity founders who are maniacs on a mission. Boston | $250K – $2M | 64 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 175 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 59 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 176 | ▶ EPIC Ventures EPIC Ventures backs early-stage technology companies building in the information economy, with a focus on enterprise SaaS, healthcare technology, cybersecurity, and future of work. The firm believes the best way to build lasting companies is through genuine partnership with founders — providing capital, strategic guidance, operational expertise, and deep network access. Founded in 1994, EPIC helped build the Utah tech ecosystem and continues to be the foundational VC of the Mountain West. Salt Lake City, UT | $500K – $5M | 71 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 177 | ▶ Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company Back ambitious and unique technology startups as early as possible — ideally from day one. High volume, small checks (~€200-250K), primarily European pre-seed and seed. No board seats, no round leadership. Value-add through a 900+ founder community. London | $200K – $250K | 45 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 178 | ▶ Costanoa Ventures Building transformational companies requires more than capital—it demands deep operational expertise, consistent partnership, and genuine commitment to founders' success. Costanoa backs visionaries solving big, hard problems across data infrastructure, applied AI, cybersecurity, fintech, and national security. The firm centers on the 'missing middle' of early-stage investing: providing unusually intensive, hands-on support to founder teams during their most critical growth phases. Palo Alto | $2M – $10M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 179 | ▶ Maximum Frequency Ventures Applications are interfaces. Protocols are the product. MFV backs operator-first founders building programmable financial infrastructure, AI-crypto convergence products, and token-native consumer applications across the US and Asia. Palo Alto | $500K – $2M | 6 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 180 | ▶ 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 – $21.5M | 17 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 181 | ▶ Anthemis Group Architect a more equitable, sustainable and human-centered digital economy where technology and innovation work together in service of a better society. We deploy financial, human and intellectual capital in service of a better system, backing early-stage founders at intersections of industry, technology and society. London | $1M – $10M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 182 | ▶ Social Leverage Social leverage is the new financial leverage. Community, trust, and relationships drive superior deal sourcing and returns. We identify industry trends ahead of the curve through consistent public thought leadership and community engagement. Arizona | $1M – $2M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 183 | ▶ Rali Capital Emerging markets fintech and climate tech. Rali Capital invests in founders with unfair advantages rooted in deep emerging market expertise. They back founders at idea-stage who demonstrate founder-market fit in underserved geographies. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 51 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 184 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 95 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 185 | ▶ DFS Lab Digital financial services in Africa should augment existing informal and agent-based networks rather than replace them ("cyborgs over androids"). We use proprietary research on frontier markets to guide investments and provide portfolio companies with strategic insights on market opportunity. Seattle | $50K – $1M | 18 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 186 | ▶ 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 – $8M | 76 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 187 | ▶ Crucible Capital Human progress is defined by manipulating energy and atoms over spacetime. Software and open networks governed by tokens will transform the infrastructure economy. Crucible backs founders building digital infrastructure foundations at the intersection of energy, compute, and crypto. The firm has evolved to embrace 'Capital Markets Maximalism' — the view that financial engineering, not just software, is the key to capturing value in industrial infrastructure — and 'Industrial Resilience,' investing across five layers: dispatch & optimization, verification & ground truth, financial infrastructure, materials & supply, and defense & infrastructure security. Crucible now deploys capital across the lifecycle from venture to credit to direct infrastructure ownership. New York | $500K – $3M | 30 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 188 | ▶ CMT Digital CMT Digital invests in early-stage blockchain and crypto projects that accelerate Web3 adoption. As one of the earliest institutional investors in the space, they combine venture discipline with deep regulatory expertise and operational support to help founders navigate complex compliance requirements while scaling globally. New York | $500K – $20M | 22 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 189 | ▶ Vestigo Ventures AI and fintech innovation leveraging data-driven insights to transform financial services. We back technical founders building solutions that serve regulated incumbents and create defensible data moats. Cambridge | $1M – $5M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 190 | ▶ Fjor The best tech investors are operating the most successful companies in their industry. Fjor’s partners are top-tier operating founders who bring authentic pattern recognition from daily product use and are often early customers and design partners for the startups they back. We back outlier founders in AI, enterprise software, and fintech who are revolutionizing legacy industries and reshaping global financial markets. Los Angeles | $300K – $400K | 48 | Follows | Active | N/A | Open |
| 191 | ▶ Belief Capital Belief backs young, deeply technical founders building AI, robotics, infrastructure, and other systems-level companies toward a future of abundance. New York | $500K – $3M | 34 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 192 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 193 | ▶ Kosmos VC Research-driven web3 investor backing contrarian crypto infrastructure, DeFi, GameFi, AI x crypto, prediction-market, and protocol opportunities where mechanism design and quantitative modeling can create durable network effects. Perth | $100K – $2M | 40 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 194 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 31 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 195 | ▶ Cota Capital Cota Capital invests in 'net new' technologies — visionary ideas that either were never before possible or solve problems that didn't exist before. Knowledge is the true capital. The firm backs early-stage enterprise technology companies where deep operational expertise, competitive intelligence, and network access can provide compounding advantage beyond the check. San Francisco | $1M – $15M | 64 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 196 | ▶ 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 – $15M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 197 | ▶ 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 |
| 198 | ▶ Zenda We invest in founders transforming how money and goods flow across the economy. We focus on tech for traditional sectors - modernizing underserved industries through vertical AI and software solutions. We partner with operators who deeply understand industry pain points. Miami | $500K – $1.5M | 13 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 199 | ▶ 57Blocks Capital Backing early stage founders with capital and engineering. Investing at the intersection of AI and blockchain across two themes: Money Blocks (institutional digital finance) and Industrial Disruption (AI replacing manual processes in established industries). Invests at pre-seed and seed, often before revenue, with or without a lead. San Francisco | $50K – $500K | 22 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 200 | ▶ CoFound Early-stage founders face mounting pressure to show revenue legibility before Series A, but seed-stage cap tables lack operating expertise in go-to-market. CoFound embeds that GTM expertise directly, working hands-on with founders on GTM iteration, product-market fit, and building a repeatable sales motion. New York | $500K – $1.5M | 31 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 201 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 29 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 202 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 203 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 137 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 204 | ▶ Haven Ventures The first check into category-defining digital financial services and infrastructure at the earliest stages, targeting the infrastructure paradigms that will define the future of finance. Los Angeles | $50K – $1M | 12 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 205 | ▶ Protagonist Back early-stage founders building the next paradigm in emerging technologies. We operate like a product studio—contributing code, designing token economics, and providing hands-on partnership rather than just capital. Miami | $1M – $10M | 58 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 206 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 30 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 207 | ▶ 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. San Francisco | $50K – $500K | 59 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 208 | ▶ 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 – $1.2M | 35 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 209 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 42 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 210 | ▶ FPV Ventures #25 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Mission-driven founders building transformative companies. FPV backs missionaries, not mercenaries—founders with genuine conviction in solving hard problems and willingness to pursue 100-year visions. Focus on founders who are misunderstood initially but recognized as geniuses for changing the world. Founder service is their North Star—they aim to be the founder's first phone call with operational support from experienced partners. | $100K – $5M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 211 | ▶ The 20VC Fund Big markets with outdated incumbents. We invest at the intersection of venture capital and media, leveraging our podcast platform (20+ million annual listeners) and founder network to source, support, and amplify portfolio companies. We target companies with strong market dynamics and clear disruption paths regardless of sector. London | $100K – $15M | 21 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 212 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 52 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 213 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 100 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 214 | ▶ Brickyard Extraordinary founders execute faster when isolated from distractions and provided intensive on-site support. We seek junkyard dogs with high agency, non-obvious vision, delusional optimism, and execution discipline. Category matters far less than founder quality. Chattanooga, TN | $100K – $500K | 59 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 215 | ▶ Fika Ventures #80 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Investing in subject matter experts shaping the future of their industries. We lead with our values and build trust through action. We believe the best founders have deep industry expertise and need tireless operational support, not just capital. We partner with founders for the long term, staying engaged 24/7. Los Angeles | $1M – $5M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 216 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 36 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 217 | ▶ ff Venture Capital ffVC invests in driven problem-solvers building high-potential companies in emerging industries: AI, Manufacturing, Energy, Robotics, and Security. We provide capital alongside deep operational expertise, board participation, and access to a 35,000+ founder and investor ecosystem. We bet on founders with industry expertise, clear paths to $100M+ revenue, and defensible competitive advantages. New York | $300K – $700K | 23 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 218 | ▶ RunwayVC Some of the next major global technology companies will be built in industrial technology. RunwayVC backs the technology stack behind that transformation: connectivity and IoT that makes industrial data available, industrial intelligence and orchestration that turns data into decisions, and robotics and automation that brings decisions into the physical world. Fornebu, Norway | $500K – $2M | 22 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 219 | ▶ 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 |
| 220 | ▶ Hummingbird VC We back outliers of the outliers - founders with unreasonable ambition who can filter out 95% of conventional VC advice. We seek category-defining companies aiming for $10B+ outcomes, not incremental improvements. Our conviction is deep, selective, and global. We don't meddle - we provide brutal honesty, talent upgrades, and capital for survival through near-death moments. London | $500K – $50M | 34 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 221 | ▶ Kearny Jackson The first investor for ambitious and relentless technology founders building transformative B2B companies. Kearny Jackson partners with founders at the moment of greatest conviction and product clarity, providing capital, strategic guidance, founder coaching, and access to deep networks. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 222 | ▶ IDB Lab Mobilize entrepreneurial innovation and disruptive technology to benefit vulnerable populations and activate sustainable industries across Latin America and the Caribbean, organized around climate/environmental resilience, access to essential services, and livelihood opportunities. Washington | $150K – $10M | 8 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 223 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 47 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 224 | ▶ Moonfire Companies combining access, efficiency, quality, and data-driven insights represent the next generation of market leaders. We invest in European pre-seed and seed companies revolutionizing work, security, finance, gaming, and health through data-powered innovation. | $250K – $3M | 50 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 225 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 47 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 226 | ▶ 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 – $50M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 227 | ▶ 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 – $6M | 52 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 228 | ▶ Cloudberry Ventures Backs teams with defensible technical moats (data-driven software and/or patented hardware) that serve as building blocks of societal and economic infrastructure, focused on compute, industrial/energy transformation, and financial infrastructure in mission-critical, regulated markets. London | $1M – $2.2M | 14 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 229 | ▶ MetaProp Technology can make real estate more affordable, accessible, sustainable, and resilient. We invest across the entire real estate value chain—from financial services to operations, management, design, and transactions. We back founders with deep expertise and provide operational support, strategic connections, and access to our network of 900+ annual industry introductions. New York | $250K – $20M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 230 | ▶ Norrsken Evolve Europe's next generation of climate, resilience and deep-tech companies is being starved at the earliest, riskiest stage; a heavyweight operator network combined with a pre-seed fund closes that gap. Stockholm | $250K – $500K | 35 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 231 | ▶ Streamlined Ventures Visionary founders are the true catalysts of transformation and progress. We partner with exceptional founders at the seed stage to help them build extraordinary companies through intensive operational support, structured tools, and candid guidance. Palo Alto | $250K – $10M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 232 | ▶ 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 – $2.5M | 59 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 233 | ▶ Maya Capital We invest in founders leading their first institutional venture round. Our mission is to catalyze transformation in Latin America by partnering with the region's top entrepreneurs. Together, we create cycles of innovation, empowerment and change. We believe in long-term partnerships and hands-on support. São Paulo | $100K – $10M | 44 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 234 | ▶ VentureSouq We empower visionary founders building transformative tech companies. We are thesis-driven partners to exceptional entrepreneurs creating long-term impact across FinTech, ClimateTech, and Global Tech sectors. Dubai | $100K – $10M | 11 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 235 | ▶ Mercury Fund Mercury backs disruptive AI and Blockchain-enabled startups outside Silicon Valley, with a focus on capital-efficient founders in the Central US reimagining core industries including fintech, enterprise software, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and logistics through their five investment themes: Work, Build, Journeys, Data, and Power. Houston | $100K – $5M | 53 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 236 | ▶ CMS Holdings Infrastructure and DeFi protocols will be the economic foundation of blockchain adoption. We invest in projects that solve real coordination or efficiency problems with deep protocol design and responsible market strategy. New York | $500K – $10M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 237 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 70 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 238 | ▶ Album VC High-touch early-stage investing in technology founders building durable software and tech-enabled category leaders, with particular strength in SaaS and the Utah/Silicon Slopes ecosystem. Lehi, UT | $1M – $12M | 38 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 239 | ▶ Company Ventures The strongest early-stage companies emerge from founders with deep domain expertise who have access to capital, community, and operational support. Grand Central Tech provides the infrastructure; Company Ventures provides the capital. We back founders committed to category-defining businesses in any sector. New York | $250K – $1.5M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 240 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 15 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 241 | ▶ Ride Ventures Patient capital provider identifying exceptional early-stage founders building category-defining companies in software, fintech, and AI. Non-lead co-investor positioning allows deep pattern recognition without governance burden. Greg Arrese's capital markets background combined with domain expertise in fintech and AI enables identifying inflection points before larger funds recognize them. San Diego | $100K – $500K | 11 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 242 | ▶ 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 – $1.5M | 54 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 243 | ▶ Partech Partners We support ambitious founders solving large problems through technology across all stages. Independent thinkers who challenge conventional wisdom are our ideal partners. We provide not just capital but operational expertise, global networks, and hands-on support from day one through scale. Paris | $300K – $100M | 27 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 244 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 245 | ▶ Contrary Identify and invest in the world's top talent before they start a company. Build lifelong relationships through a proprietary university scout network at Stanford, MIT, Harvard, and other elite universities. Back exceptional founders within 1-3 years of graduation before they are widely recognized. San Francisco | $100K – $15M | 57 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 246 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 14 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 247 | ▶ Alliance DAO Back exceptional technical founders building crypto-native and AI-native companies as early as possible, sometimes before a product exists, via a fixed $500K SAFE and an intensive 10-week accelerator. New York | $500K | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 248 | ▶ SevenX Ventures SevenX Ventures invests in research-driven teams building the infrastructure, finance protocols, games, and social platforms of Web3. We believe the future of blockchain is modular, intent-based, and AI-enhanced. We support founders with capital, research, and operational expertise to scale from seed to market leadership. Singapore | $100K – $6M | 26 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 249 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 31 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 250 | ▶ Commonweal Ventures Entrepreneurs who work constructively with government to harness its unique strengths—scale, credibility, regulatory power, data, and funding—enjoy asymmetric advantages. 24% of venture-backed unicorns used government support. We partner with founders to unlock government as a growth lever. New York | $500K – $2M | 27 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 251 | ▶ Homebrew Help founders build companies of which they can be proud. We invest in mission-driven founders solving large, urgent problems using technology to create substantive change. Capital is necessary but not sufficient—sweat, reputation, and accountability are our core commitments. San Francisco | $100K – $500K | 30 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 252 | ▶ Binance Labs Support visionary founders building transformative technologies across blockchain, AI, and biotechnology. Provide capital, technical resources, and access to Binance's 300M+ user base and infrastructure. Partner for long-term value creation with founder-centric approach. Cayman Islands | $100K – $5M | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 253 | ▶ 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 – $4M | 171 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 254 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 56 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 255 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 83 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 256 | ▶ 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 | 32 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 257 | ▶ 8-Bit Capital Network-powered startups connecting people and businesses through software tools and platforms | $250K – $3M | 59 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 258 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 51 | N/A | 3mo | N/A | N/A |
| 259 | ▶ Cintrifuse Capital Cintrifuse Capital catalyzes Cincinnati's startup ecosystem by providing critical early-stage venture capital to local founders who face greater obstacles than coastal peers. The firm combines direct pre-seed/seed investments (including the Venture Velocity cohort program) with a fund-of-funds strategy investing in national VCs with Midwest alignment, creating a dual engine for ecosystem development and financial returns. Cincinnati | $100K – $500K | 44 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 260 | ▶ Crystal Venture Partners Back early-stage technology companies modernizing insurance, risk, and resilience, especially AI-enabled B2B infrastructure for underwriting, claims, brokerage, distribution, premium movement, financial operations, and risk-data workflows. New York | $1M – $3M | 18 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 261 | ▶ Presight Capital We invest in transformative frontier science and technology that most VCs avoid. Our focus is on biotech, deep tech, psychedelics, brain-computer interfaces, life extension, and infrastructure bets in undercapitalized global markets. We believe the biggest winners in biotech are companies producing quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). Los Angeles | $500K – $100M | 18 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 262 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 17 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 263 | ▶ Forerunner Ventures Investing at the intersection of Invention & Culture. We back founders building category-defining consumer companies where technology breakthroughs meet emerging human behavior. We see inflection points before they're consensus by tracking both emerging technology capabilities and emerging consumer demands. San Francisco | $1M – $20M | 115 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 264 | ▶ Haatch Haatch backs UK founders early in B2B software, fintech, and vertical SaaS when the business solves a deep operational pain and can be scaled with disciplined go-to-market execution. Stamford | $250K – $500K | 10 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 265 | ▶ Watertower Ventures We partner with visionary founders building category-defining companies. We provide not just capital, but operational support, customer development assistance, and access to our network. As 11x founders ourselves, we understand the startup journey and help founders navigate from idea to category-defining company. Los Angeles | $250K – $5M | 13 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 266 | ▶ 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 – $50M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 267 | ▶ Selah VC Back exceptional Israeli and American founders reshaping financial services through innovative fintech solutions. We provide not just capital but hands-on support, deep industry expertise, and extensive network connections. Tel Aviv | $500K – $5M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 268 | ▶ 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 – $750K | 18 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 269 | ▶ Archetype Back the next generation of crypto founders disrupting the status quo and creating entirely new markets. Invest in crypto-native builders with maniacal focus on solving real protocol, infrastructure, and application problems. Support founders with research, token model design, mechanism design guidance, and operational expertise across investing, engineering, and ecosystem development. Brooklyn | $100K – $10M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 270 | ▶ 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 – $15M | 49 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 271 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 31 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 272 | ▶ Preface Ventures The capital before your story. We back experienced and repeat founders building Frontier Enterprise infrastructure — critical software solutions born from hands-dirty experience at top companies. We invest meaningful capital ($750K-$2M) as the first institutional check in pre-seed and seed rounds. New York | $250K – $2M | 47 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 273 | ▶ The General Partnership TheGP deploys experienced builders alongside capital to help founders achieve product-market fit faster. The firm's 25+ full-time builders—engineers, recruiters, designers, sales leaders—embed in portfolio companies for an average of nine months, earning equity grants tied to milestone delivery. This 'sweat equity' model creates deeper alignment than capital-only VC and is applied across Formation ($1-5M) and Breakout ($5-15M+) stages. San Francisco | $1M – $15M | 72 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 274 | ▶ 6th Man Ventures (6MV) The user-owned internet is inevitable. We enable the founders and communities building it with capital, practical support, research, and connections. We invest in Web3-native founders who are actively using the products they're building. United States | $2M – $5M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 275 | ▶ Seven Seven Six #13 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Seed and early-stage technology companies with strong focus on Bitcoin ecosystem and gaming. We invest as a group of serial entrepreneurs who actively partner with world-class teams to build global category winners. Bitcoin is TCP/IP for realtime value transport on the Internet. San Francisco | $250K – $2M | 141 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 276 | ▶ Underscore VC Bold B2B software entrepreneurs at Pre-Seed and Seed stages building transformational vertical AI applications, enterprise software, infrastructure, security, and fintech. Underscore employs an 'open-source' investing model sharing economics with their Core Community of operator-advisors who provide portfolio companies with world-class expertise at no cost. Boston | $500K – $3M | 52 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 277 | ▶ Serena Ventures We back bold founders reshaping how we live, work, move, and connect. Our perspective is global. Our standard is excellence. Our purpose is to expand access, ownership, and opportunity at scale. We view the underfunding of women and founders of color as a market inefficiency. San Francisco | $100K – $500K | 41 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 278 | ▶ 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 – $1.5M | 50 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 279 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 20 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 280 | ▶ TheVentureCity See beyond borders. Back exceptional founders who think differently, refuse to follow conventions, and are willing to build defensible, data-driven products. Great talent exists everywhere, and the venture capital industry can be transformed from within. Miami | $1M – $4M | 22 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 281 | ▶ 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 – $3.3M | 52 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 282 | ▶ UVC Partners UVC Partners invests in European B2B tech startups across DeepTech, ClimateTech, Mobility, and Software/AI, from pre-seed up to Series A, leveraging the UnternehmerTUM ecosystem to help portfolio companies build sustainable category leadership. Munich | $1M – $10M | 53 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 283 | ▶ Rainfall Ventures We invest in world-class founders solving significant problems. We prioritize founder quality, founder-problem fit, and values-aligned partnerships. We help exceptional founders become category leaders early, before they become obvious trends. Los Angeles | $500K – $5M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 284 | ▶ Golden Palm Investments Africa's future prosperity depends on technological innovation across foundational sectors. Brilliant entrepreneurs applying technology to solve Africa's most pressing problems build world-class businesses while generating exceptional returns. Commercial rigor combined with social impact creates sustainable value. Ghana | $250K – $15M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 285 | ▶ Liquid 2 Champions exceptional founders to build lasting companies through experience, community, and capital. Generalist technology investor whose edge is network depth — Joe Montana's unmatched rolodex and 800+ portfolio company network enables introductions that most seed funds cannot provide. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 27 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 286 | ▶ Adapt Ventures Back electric founders with an uncontrollable passion for creating disruptive companies. Invest globally, particularly strong in US and Latin America. Combine capital with operational support through venture studio model, helping build groundbreaking companies from inception through scale. New York | $250K – $350K | 66 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 287 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 33 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 288 | ▶ Emergent Ventures Seed-stage Enterprise AI and intelligent software investor partnering with ambitious founders at the earliest stages. Distinctive Silicon Valley + India model: backing Indian-origin founding teams building for global enterprise markets. Hands-on support for product-market fit, GTM strategy, and scaling — 4 of 5 backed companies achieve strong PMF. San Mateo, CA | $200K – $3M | 51 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 289 | ▶ Susa Ventures Partner with spiky founders building category-defining companies using novel technological approaches. Focus on AI-driven innovation across alternative architectures, custom software, research assistants, TechBio, infrastructure, and enterprise applications. Provide capital, operational support, strategic guidance, and network access for founders with unique insights and deep technical expertise. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 290 | ▶ Rule30 Rule30 uses a fully algorithmic decision engine to identify outlier founders at pre-seed and seed stages across Europe and North America. The fund removes human bias by analyzing founder experience, educational background, network evolution, and career trajectory — excluding names and photos. The algorithm ranks founders into top 10%, 3%, and 0.1% tiers. An index-style strategy of 75-85 bets targets ≥3x minimum returns with 97.5% confidence. London | $100K – $300K | 35 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 291 | ▶ Faber We invest in science- and mission-driven founders building deep tech that transforms large industries for good, across Applied Science & Digital Transformation and Climate & Ocean Tech. Lisbon, Portugal | $250K – $2.7M | 55 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 292 | ▶ Monashees Back technology that enhances human potential, not just fancy tech. Invest in passionate founders solving real market problems with human-centered impact. Focus on sustainable businesses contributing to economic transformation in Latin America and globally. São Paulo | $250K – $5M | 21 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 293 | ▶ Knoll Ventures Back outlier B2B founders who see around corners and intimately understand customer pain points, investing at the pre-Series A stage to bridge the gap between seed and Series A — especially in underserved non-coastal markets like the Southeast US. Atlanta | $500K – $3M | 37 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 294 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 26 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 295 | ▶ 8VC #46 · Top 100 · 2026 Partner with elite founders building transformational technologies that create lasting economic and societal value. Focus on Smart Enterprise across five sectors: Logistics, Life Sciences, Healthcare, IT Infrastructure, and Government/Defense. Invest in platforms that enable human experts to solve non-linear problems through data integration and network effects. Austin | $500K – $50M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 296 | ▶ Graph Ventures Back founders from day one with founder-focused support across fundraising, growth, product, and international expansion. We believe diverse founding teams and global thinking drive exceptional returns. San Francisco | $5K – $5M | 37 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 297 | ▶ Honeystone VC We are reinventing venture capital by bringing academic know-how and research to our investment process and portfolio companies. Evidence-based decision making combined with hands-on operational support creates differentiation for early-stage founders. | $250K – $3M | 38 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 298 | ▶ 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 – $2.5M | 16 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 299 | ▶ Nava Ventures Early-stage technology and innovation companies with emphasis on vertical AI, health tech, developer infrastructure, fintech, and legacy industry modernization. Backs 'problem-obsessed' founders creating new markets. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 300 | ▶ Gradient Ventures #90 · Top 100 · 2026 Artificial intelligence will reshape every industry. We partner with technical founders building the next generation of AI applications, infrastructure, and tools across every layer of the AI stack. San Francisco | $750K – $25M | 62 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 301 | ▶ Alloy Fund Back founder-operators with prior venture-scale exits solving hard technical problems in non-obvious, regulated deep-technical verticals including AI infrastructure, blockchain, biotech, and communications infrastructure. Co-invest alongside quality partners to maintain flexibility and focus on deep operational support and strategic value-add. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 46 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 302 | ▶ GoAhead Ventures We invest in people, not business scripts. We believe exceptional founders can come from anywhere. Our open video-pitch funnel replaces traditional warm intros with meritocratic founder access. We want to see and hear you—your passion, vision, and commitment matter more than a polished deck. Menlo Park | $200K – $1M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 303 | ▶ One Way Ventures Immigrants are strongly underrepresented in venture capital despite founding or co-founding 55% of America's billion-dollar startups. Immigration and entrepreneurship are parallel one-way journeys. We back exceptional immigrant founders because their success is not priced into the market. Boston | $250K – $3M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 304 | ▶ Expa We build category-defining companies through a combination of design, product, operations, and capital. We identify market gaps, pair brilliant founders with Expa's studio resources, and help them build companies that reshape entire industries. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 63 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 305 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 72 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 306 | ▶ Kalaari Capital Empowering visionary entrepreneurs to build unique solutions that reshape how Indians live, work, consume, and transact. Kalaari backs potential over pedigree — first-time founders welcome — focusing on tech-driven Indian market opportunities from Pre-Seed through Series A. Bengaluru, India | $500K – $5M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 307 | ▶ Story Ventures Story invests in the building blocks of automated systems across three interconnected layers: sensory systems (data capture), data processing (organization and structure), and machine intelligence (applications and decision-making). We believe the most impactful problems require the most innovative solutions, and we partner with founders pursuing audacious, challenging businesses because that's what it takes to create lasting impact. New York | $500K – $5M | 44 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 308 | ▶ Prelude First-check crypto fund backing founders at inception stage — before the idea is obvious to everyone. Invests in both tokens and equity globally, with conviction that the best crypto companies are built to export value beyond the crypto echo chamber. Berlin | $500K – $2M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 309 | ▶ 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 |
| 310 | ▶ Techstars Help founders succeed by combining capital ($120K-$250K), intensive mentorship (3-month program), and access to a powerful global network of 1,500+ mentors. We invest in founders at the earliest stage with conviction and vision, regardless of sector or geography. Our #GiveFirst philosophy drives us to help without expecting immediate return. | $120K – $250K | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 311 | ▶ Balnord We back the technological platforms of tomorrow — the picks and shovels of Europe's reindustrialisation. High-conviction early-stage investor in frontier and dual-use technology from space and healthcare to industrial resilience, rooted in the Baltic Sea Region, backing founders from pre-seed to exit and beyond. Gdańsk, Poland | $500K – $3M | 45 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 312 | ▶ Freestyle Capital We are serial founders turned venture capitalists. We invest in market leaders building soon-to-be massive tech companies. Our approach focuses on long-term success, not short-term gains. We roll up our sleeves, get creative, lead with empathy, and have fun along the way. San Francisco | $1.5M – $3M | 140 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 313 | ▶ ANIMO Ventures Back founders willing to go all in. We invest early and we go big—$500K-$2.5M from ideation to early traction. Radically founder-focused partnership model with hands-on GP involvement. Dense networks for fundraising, hiring, and operations. Focus on mission-driven ideas that make a difference and solve critical problems in overlooked markets. Miami | $500K – $2.5M | 17 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 314 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 66 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 315 | ▶ Raba Partners We are long-term business partners to founders. We operate as an investment partnership focused on founders building category-defining African technology companies, with tight founder-investor-LP alignment and deep operational support. Cape Town | $100K – $3M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 316 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 29 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 317 | ▶ Avesta Fund Profit and purpose can form a virtuous cycle. We champion founders driving advanced energy, resource innovation, and economic opportunity. We believe that addressing humanity's biggest challenges requires innovative, scalable, profitable solutions. We help seed-stage startups bridge tech and deep-tech, venture and values-aligned investing. Denver | $150K – $500K | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 318 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 27 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 319 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 27 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 320 | ▶ Carya Carya invests in restlessness, courageousness, and willingness — backing founders who can see into the future of markets and pursue ambitious visions, with unwavering and patient support through pivots and challenges. Palo Alto | $100K – $5M | 13 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 321 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 12 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 322 | ▶ 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 – $100K | 46 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 323 | ▶ Contour Venture Partners Invest in innovative technology companies that can achieve significant market share in large, growing markets and grow independent of market conditions. Partner with exceptional entrepreneurs to build sustainable, profitable businesses that transform industry segments. New York | $500K – $2M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 324 | ▶ Cyberstarts Cyberstarts is the day-one partner for industry-defining cybersecurity companies. Founded by Gili Raanan (CAPTCHA inventor, former Sequoia GP), the firm combines deep operator expertise, a 60+ CISO network, and the proprietary 'Sunrise' validation process to identify and back the most exceptional cybersecurity founders at pre-concept/seed stage. Exclusively cybersecurity, no exceptions. Tel Aviv | $1M – $15M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 325 | ▶ Italian Founders Fund Backing entrepreneurs with Italian roots and global ambitions: Italy's first founder-backed VC, investing Pre-Seed to Series A in companies with an Italian DNA, born in Italy, expanding into Italy, or founded by Italians anywhere in the world. Milan, Italy | $250K – $3M | 25 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 326 | ▶ Frontline Ventures The world's most successful B2B software companies require presence and success in both North America and Europe. Frontline specializes in facilitating frictionless transatlantic expansion, supporting founders with global ambition through a dual-fund strategy optimized for international growth. London | $250K – $20M | 25 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 327 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 68 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 328 | ▶ Blackbird Back wild hearts with the wildest ideas from the very beginning. Invest in companies, not rounds — following exceptional founders from pre-seed through all subsequent stages. Focused on ANZ founders building globally ambitious companies across any sector. Sydney | $150K – $60M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 329 | ▶ Blue Lion Global #50 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Back founders tackling society's largest problems, with a focus on climate, health, and inclusive finance. Los Angeles | $500K – $4M | 30 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 330 | ▶ 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 – $15M | 13 | Both | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 331 | ▶ Amplify.LA Back passionate technology entrepreneurs building in Los Angeles with early capital, operational mentorship, and access to a network of 120+ experienced operators and executives. Focus on pre-seed stage with hands-on support through multiple fundraising rounds. Los Angeles | $250K – $1M | 49 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 332 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 48 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 333 | ▶ Night Capital Think independently, act with integrity, and serve founders well. Back exceptional founders building in massive markets at the earliest stages. Prioritize being indispensable over ubiquitous — long-term partnerships built on reputation and relationships. San Francisco | $250K – $1M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 334 | ▶ Vine Ventures We partner with high-integrity, problem-obsessed, wildly interesting founders at early stage. We are long-term investors, backing founders at inception and continuing to invest until IPO. We have a single mandate: to help fledgling companies navigate the challenges of building generational businesses. Rather than being a traditional write-a-check fund, we provide full-stack partnership: capital, operational support, strategic introductions, recruiting, business development, and fundraising support. New York | $1M – $5M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 335 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 52 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 336 | ▶ Kindred Ventures Kindred backs visionary and relentless founders building the future using technology and science at the earliest stages, often helping form companies before they exist. With Kindred Ventures IV and Kindred Selector II, the firm is emphasizing the novel intelligence frontier: AGI-capable models and harnesses that extend human capabilities, new AI-native consumer and enterprise experiences, physical AI, compute, infrastructure, energy, science, outer space, and inner space. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 54 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 337 | ▶ DIG Ventures The most ambitious B2B SaaS, AI, and Cloud Infrastructure founders at pre-seed and seed stages will build the next generation of category-defining companies. We combine technical depth, operational expertise, and capital to help founders scale across Europe and into the US market. London | $500K – $3M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 338 | ▶ Next Play Ventures Coach and invest in entrepreneurial leaders building world-class, purpose-driven organizations. Combines financial investment with active leadership coaching and organizational development using LinkedIn's proven playbook. Believes great companies are built by great leaders who manage compassionately and combine doing well with doing good. Menlo Park | $100K – $5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 339 | ▶ 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 – $2.2M | 28 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 340 | ▶ Visible Hands Exceptional founders from overlooked backgrounds (women, people of color, LGBTQ+) can build unicorns if given capital, support, and belief at the earliest stage. We invest before institutional bias catches up, capturing outsized returns while advancing founder diversity. Boston | $25K – $150K | 43 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 341 | ▶ IA Ventures Data is the defensible moat in technology. We invest in companies that build proprietary data assets, analytics capabilities, or machine learning advantages to dominate their categories. Founded on 'information arbitrage' thesis - applying hedge fund quantitative discipline to early-stage venture. New York | $250K – $750K | 16 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 342 | ▶ Saga Ventures Conviction-based seed investing in ambitious founders applying technology—especially AI—to solve the world's hardest problems for every American. Operator-led with deep hands-on support across sales, engineering hiring, and Series A positioning. Austin | $2M – $2.5M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 343 | ▶ OCA Ventures We help bold, creative, and humble founders build great companies by providing hands-on operational support, strategic guidance, and valuable ecosystem connections. We specialize in fintech, insurtech, digital health, and enterprise software where we can add deep value beyond capital. Chicago | $1M – $3M | 75 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 344 | ▶ Baobab Ventures Operator-led capital for global pre-seed and seed technical founders building AI, robotics, defense, developer tools, AI-native applications, and adjacent deep-tech companies where rapid execution and distribution matter. London | $300K – $350K | 16 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 345 | ▶ Bungalow Capital We want raw vision and unshakeable conviction, working with founders while their ideas are still just hunches, rather than requiring polished decks and proven traction. Los Angeles | $100K – $10M | 16 | Both | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 346 | ▶ 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 – $100M | 31 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 347 | ▶ Necessary Ventures Invest in companies addressing fundamental societal needs. Provide Talent/Capital/Attention platform via in-house content and advisory network. Mission-driven investments with specialized expertise in healthcare, climate, robotics, and deep tech. San Francisco | $1M – $2M | 42 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 348 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 349 | ▶ Morado Ventures Morado invests in the 'data-fueled revolution' — backing systems builders who architect new operating systems for legacy industries. They focus on AI, data infrastructure, industrial IoT, robotics & autonomy, computer vision, and health tech at the seed stage. Palo Alto | $250K – $2M | 24 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 350 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 351 | ▶ 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 – $1.5M | 35 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 352 | ▶ 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 – $1.5M | 44 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 353 | ▶ Moxxie Ventures Exceptional founders living in the future deserve operators who provide more than capital. We partner with founders on go-to-market, brand, storytelling, and team building. San Francisco | $500K – $2M | 60 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 354 | ▶ Roo Capital Brings private equity rigor to early-stage venture with a Capital + Talent + Growth model. Invests in Vertical SaaS, AI, Cybersecurity, and Health Tech from Pre-Seed to Series A, combining capital with in-house executive search (Roo Search, 23,000+ candidates, 600+ placements) and operational playbooks (Roo Growth). Targets companies bridging MVP to scale. Miami | $250K – $9.5M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 355 | ▶ Valia Ventures We back technically ambitious founders building tomorrow's most iconic companies in frontier sectors like AI, hardtech, robotics, healthcare, and fintech. We believe great companies come from founders willing to tackle complex problems that generalist funds avoid. New York | $250K – $1.5M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 356 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 17 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 357 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 36 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 358 | ▶ Adverb Ventures The adverbs matter just as much as the verbs — how you build is as important as what you build. Exceptional people and character transform ideas into industry-shaping companies. We back extraordinary founders at pre-seed and seed who have unique insight into their market and the operational excellence to build in the right way. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 359 | ▶ WndrCo WndrCo positions itself as 'the founders behind the founders,' combining strategic capital with deep operational involvement. Unlike traditional VCs, partners take formal operating roles (interim CEO, CFO, CPO) within portfolio companies. This approach leverages the co-founders' proven track record: Sujay Jaswa scaled Dropbox from $18M to $10B as Business Founder/CFO, and Jeffrey Katzenberg transformed Disney Studios and built DreamWorks. The firm invests across all stages through three strategies: Build (acquiring underappreciated tech companies), Venture (leading post-PMF rounds), and Seed (very early checks). Focus areas are Future of Work, Cybersecurity, Developer Infrastructure, and Consumer Technology, with increasing emphasis on AI applications. Beverly Hills, California | $100K – $10M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 360 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 60 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 361 | ▶ Redstart Labs The next era of value is built on atoms, not apps. We back founders who start in the laboratory — those with genuine scientific breakthroughs, from semiconductors to biotech, robotics to drug discovery. We provide patient capital for the long development cycles that breakthrough science demands. Noida, India | $400K – $5.5M | 16 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 362 | ▶ BoxGroup Before there is a company, there is a conversation - we want to be that first conversation. We invest in founder market fit and the beginning of movements, backing founders with vision to create category-defining businesses. We believe in being your friend in the room with honesty and tough love. New York | $250K – $1M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | N/A |
| 363 | ▶ 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 – $2.5M | 35 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 364 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 200 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 365 | ▶ IDEO CoLab Ventures We invest in big ideas and good humans. We partner with visionary founders at the earliest stages to help them create products and protocols that people love. We combine venture capital with hands-on design expertise and creative collaboration, embedding designers and technologists directly into portfolio companies. Cambridge | $100K – $500K | 21 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 366 | ▶ 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 |
| 367 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 45 | Leads | Between | ~2 mo | Open |
| 368 | ▶ Picus Capital Empowering entrepreneurs to reimagine the way we live and work by investing in daring technology companies challenging the status quo with permanent capital, lifelong sparring partnership from pre-seed through IPO and beyond. Munich | $100K – $5M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 369 | ▶ Struck Capital Find strong, ambitious founders working on what we believe to be game-changing technology, and put in the hard work to add value every step of the way. We invest in founders with robust information asymmetries developing core technology innovations with the potential to disrupt and redefine industries. Santa Monica | $500K – $1M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 370 | ▶ Vast Ventures We invest in companies organized around five concrete objectives: improving worldwide health and happiness, promoting resource sustainability, increasing human potential and productivity, increasing knowledge/empathy/connectedness, and disrupting industries that resist these goals. We operate as both investors and company-builders, providing operational expertise and hands-on support far beyond capital. New York | $250K – $3M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 371 | ▶ Defy VC Back exceptional entrepreneurs building enduring companies that defy expectations. Value authenticity and tenacity to turn daring ideas into lasting impact. One life-altering investment can lead to industry-wide transformation. San Mateo, California | $100K – $10M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 372 | ▶ Ugly Duckling Ventures The best companies rarely look like the best companies at the start. We back overlooked Nordic B2B companies -- early, technical, regional, or simply unfashionable -- across Medtech, Resilience Tech, and Business Software before they become obvious. Copenhagen | $1M – $5M | 17 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 373 | ▶ Concept Ventures The best companies often start as just a concept. We invest in founders with conviction before consensus, providing capital and operational support from day one. | $500K – $1.5M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 374 | ▶ Entourage Entourage backs and builds early-stage B2B SaaS and software companies, combining VC capital with venture studio and founder-operator support from zero to one and beyond. Ghent, Belgium | Up to $100K | 40 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 375 | ▶ 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 – $1.5M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 376 | ▶ 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 |
| 377 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 47 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 378 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 37 | N/A | Active | N/A | Open |
| 379 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 50 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 380 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 42 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 381 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 50 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 382 | ▶ Banter Capital Backs founders who are unusual, surprising, curious, and ambitious — 'the weird and the wonderful.' Values direct, earnest communication and seeks historically underrepresented founders including LGBTQ+, immigrant, and female-led companies. New York | $100K – $2M | 14 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 383 | ▶ Euclid Ventures Vertical AI will create hundreds of billions of enterprise value over the next decade. We back domain-expert founders building purpose-built AI solutions for specific industries from Day Zero — pre-product, pre-traction, pre-everything. San Francisco | $500K – $2M | 21 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 384 | ▶ 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 – $25M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 385 | ▶ 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 – $1.1M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 386 | ▶ Matchstick Ventures World-changing companies can be built anywhere. Partner with ambitious, underdog, diverse founders in underserved ecosystems. Founder-first relationships: we work for them. Capital + camaraderie + connections + community. Boulder, Colorado and Minneapolis, Minnesota | $500K – $1.5M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 387 | ▶ Incubate Fund Incubate Fund provides unwavering hands-on support to visionary entrepreneurs from the earliest stages. As Japan's leading seed-stage VC, they go beyond capital to provide operational support, founder counseling, talent recruitment, and business introductions. Core question: 'Does this action lead to impact?' Tokyo | $200K – $2M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 388 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 80 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 389 | ▶ 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 – $3.2M | 28 | Follows | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 390 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 46 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 391 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 392 | ▶ SuperSeed Back technical founders bringing AI to the physical world — manufacturing, logistics, construction, defence, energy, and infrastructure. Bridge the gap between AI pilots and production-deployed systems generating enterprise revenue. London | $250K – $2M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 393 | ▶ CDP Venture Capital CDP Venture Capital is a national venture platform that combines direct investing, fund-of-funds activity, accelerators, and technology transfer to strengthen Italy's innovation economy in strategic sectors. Rome | $250K – $10M | 14 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 394 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 46 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 395 | ▶ No Label Ventures Backing immigrant entrepreneurs building companies in Europe. Immigrants account for ~50% of US and ~40% of UK unicorns. NLV spots and supports this talent before the market catches up, investing unconditionally as the first check before lead VCs are in place. London | $150K – $250K | 25 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 396 | ▶ 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 – $150K | 24 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 397 | ▶ Articulate Backing technical founders pre-pitch deck. Helen invests in engineers with technical depth, high learning rates, commercial instincts, and track records of pursuing ambitious long-term bets — before consensus forms around them. San Francisco | $500K | 40 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 398 | ▶ 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 – $1.5M | 47 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 399 | ▶ BlueYard Capital Invest in only two kinds of technologies: those that move humanity toward utopia, and those that hold the line against oblivion. Back n-of-1 visions for an era of Black Swans—unconventional companies solving civilization-scale problems that others dismiss as too early, too risky, or too misunderstood. Berlin | $500K – $5M | 59 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 400 | ▶ 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 | $120K | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 401 | ▶ 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 | 22 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 402 | ▶ Play Ventures Play Ventures invests globally at pre-seed to Series A in game studios, playable consumer apps, and B2B/AI infrastructure and services that help games and consumer apps acquire, retain, and monetize users. | $500K – $15M | 111 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 403 | ▶ IBB Ventures IBB Ventures backs Berlin-based founders building consumer, healthcare, industrial, and software companies that can scale from the city into broader markets. The firm favors practical innovation with a clear path to market launch and durable long-term value creation. Berlin | $100K – $1M | 16 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 404 | ▶ Tunitas Ventures Category creating companies with few to no competitors, defensible business models, and unit economics that are starting to work. Invest across all technology sectors except healthcare. Require 50x return potential. Primary value-add is helping raise Series A from the best possible investor. Menlo Park | $500K – $1.5M | 19 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 405 | ▶ Canvas Ventures Intentional, thesis-driven early-stage investing in fintech, digital health, and AI. Focus on category-defining companies solving real customer problems with founders who understand their domain deeply. Emphasis on go-to-market strategy and execution discipline. Menlo Park | $5M – $15M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 406 | ▶ 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 – $200M | 53 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 407 | ▶ Tapestry VC Repeat founders have an unfair advantage. We specialize in supporting experienced operators launching their next venture with operational partnership, patient capital, and optimized founder networks. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 408 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 24 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 409 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 410 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 58 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 411 | ▶ 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 – $16M | 95 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 412 | ▶ NVP Capital NVP backs early-stage founders using vertical AI and enterprise software to modernize under-digitized legacy industries, especially healthcare, industrials, financial services, workforce management, commerce enablement, legal workflows, and sales and marketing operations. New York | $250K – $3M | 37 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 413 | ▶ Innovation Endeavors #98 · Top 100 · 2026 We invest in the Super Evolution—the convergence of ubiquitous sensors, advanced machine learning, cloud systems, robotics, 3D printing, and CRISPR. We partner with technical founders solving hard engineering and science problems to rethink large industries and tackle humanity's most pressing challenges. Palo Alto | $1M – $15M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 414 | ▶ New Enterprise Associates (NEA) #12 · Top 100 · 2026 NEA partners with ambitious founders at every stage of company building, from pre-seed through IPO. They invest at the intersection of technology and healthcare, believing the most transformational innovation occurs where deep domain expertise meets world-class technical founders. NEA serves as both capital provider and active operator. Menlo Park | $1M – $50M | 26 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 415 | ▶ Panache Ventures Exceptional companies are built by founders with deep conviction, strong technical foundations, and the courage to tackle meaningful problems. Panache backs visionary founders from day one, providing capital alongside hands-on operational support and nationwide founder networks. Montreal | $500K – $3M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 416 | ▶ Nexus Venture Partners We partner with extraordinary entrepreneurs building product-first companies that redefine their categories. In the US, we focus on transformative AI and enterprise software. In India, we back digital-native businesses solving local market problems at scale. Menlo Park | $100K – $10M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 417 | ▶ Right Side Capital Management Quantitative, data-driven investing at the Pre-VC stage. We invest in capital-efficient technology startups with $5K–$30K+ MRR at $1.5M–$4M valuations. Fast decisions (one week), no gatekeepers, no BS. San Francisco | $150K – $300K | 44 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 418 | ▶ Forum Ventures The entrepreneurial journey from zero to one is isolating and difficult. By becoming an extension of portfolio founders' teams, we can build the next generation of successful B2B SaaS companies. We invest in founders first, companies second. Technology should be human-centered, founder-first, and focused on solving real market problems. New York | $100K – $750K | 105 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 419 | ▶ Argonautic Ventures AI is a milestone in data maturity progression, not a product category. Argonautic invests in founders building data-centric solutions across infrastructure (horizontal) and vertical markets. Multi-fund structure allows pre-seed to Series B deployment with unified thesis: recognizing verticals at different data adoption stages and deploying capital to those crossing inflection points into AI operationalization. | $250K – $1M | 12 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 420 | ▶ 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 – $2.8M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 421 | ▶ Battery Ventures #32 · Top 100 · 2026 Battery Ventures operates as a stage-agnostic firm backing technology-driven category leaders across all growth stages from seed to buyout. The firm believes the best tech investments span the entire founder journey, and they practice collaborative, research-focused investing with embedded operational support through their Portfolio Services platform. They seek technical founders with deep domain expertise and experienced operators building in four core sectors: Application Software, Infrastructure Software, Consumer, and Industrial Tech + Life Science Tools. Boston | $1M – $500M | 28 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 422 | ▶ Calibrate Ventures Global industry is undergoing its most profound technology transformation in over a century. Calibrate backs visionary founders scaling proven deep tech — AI, computer vision, robotics, automation — to transform major sectors including manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, agriculture, and enterprise services. They invest in companies generating early recurring revenues and ready to scale, seeking market-ready deep tech with large-scale applicability. Pasadena, CA | $500K – $7M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 423 | ▶ 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 – $6M | 28 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 424 | ▶ Centre Street Partners Partner with technical operators and SMB owners to execute technology-led middle-market buyouts. Capture outsized economic value from AI at the ownership layer of services providers rather than pure-play tech. New York | $5M – $50M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 425 | ▶ Redbud.vc The greatest driver of venture returns is founders strengthened by struggle. We invest in rare talent building generational tech companies, regardless of pedigree or geographic origin. British Columbia | $50K – $150K | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 426 | ▶ Cocoa Ventures Cocoa is the founders' in-house VC: former institutional VCs writing fast, founder-aligned angel checks at pre-seed/seed, backing 'Killers with a Heart' - relentless, technically excellent founders paired with genuine EQ. London | $150K – $500K | 26 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 427 | ▶ Speciale Invest We back bold, early-stage founders building disruptive innovations deeply rooted in science, engineering, and technology, across Novel Energy & Planetary Health, Human Longevity & Synthetic Biology, Beyond Earth & Space Tech, Advanced Manufacturing, and AI Led Software. We prioritize exponential over incremental change and are often the first institutional check. Chennai | $800K – $1.2M | 29 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 428 | ▶ Focal First institutional check for technical, AI-native builders at inception. We exclusively back AI native builders with speed and conviction — obsessing over the most asymmetric opportunities in AI. | $500K – $1M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 429 | ▶ 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 – $25M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 430 | ▶ N49P N49P partners with visionary Canadian founders to transform markets at inception, pre-seed, and early seed stages. They back founders who prioritize speed and execution over traditional credentials, with clear vision and the ability to recruit exceptional teams. Toronto | $500K – $750K | 23 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 431 | ▶ Linear Capital Frontier Tech fund focusing on startups that apply advanced technologies to solve Real Problems. Three core verticals: AI Software & Applications, AI Hardware & Embodied Intelligence, and AI for Science & Manufacturing. 'See them as ourselves' — we succeed when our founders succeed. Shanghai | $1M – $10M | 71 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 432 | ▶ 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 – $750K | 54 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 433 | ▶ Storm Ventures Storm Ventures backs early-stage B2B enterprise software companies with a focus on AI-native applications, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure. They employ a 'paddling to surfing' growth methodology and have deep expertise in taking companies from inception to $100M+ ARR. Their philosophy: 'the interface layer will disappear. The infrastructure layer will compound.' Menlo Park | $1M – $15M | 69 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 434 | ▶ 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 – $80M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 435 | ▶ f7 Ventures We identify exceptional operators with proven track records at scale (ex-Facebook, Google, Stripe) and catalyze their transition into founders. Periods of rapid societal behavior change spur dramatic innovation. We invest in the future of work and consumer utility, providing not just capital but operational expertise, network access, and proven playbooks from building at Facebook/Meta scale. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 436 | ▶ Air Street Capital We invest exclusively in AI-first companies where advances in artificial intelligence are the primary driver of product capability, competitive advantage, and long-term value creation. We are deeply coupled to the frontier of AI research and industry, enabling us to identify emerging technical inflection points and structural shifts early. London | $1M – $300M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 437 | ▶ Black Tech Nation Ventures The next generation of significant technology companies will be built by Black and diverse founders who have historically been locked out of access to venture capital. We back exceptional Black and diverse-led teams building scalable technology solutions, combining financial capital with intellectual and social capital from the Black Tech Nation ecosystem. Pittsburgh | $250K – $1M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 438 | ▶ 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 – $15M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 439 | ▶ Tiger Global Management #5 · Top 100 · 2026 Leading global companies that leverage technological innovation across public and private markets. Proven founders (especially ex-Googlers, AWS, Stripe) with large TAMs (billions+), product-led growth, and global ambitions. Conviction-based investing post-2022 correction emphasizing quality over quantity. New York | $1M – $100M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 440 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 441 | ▶ XYZ Venture Capital #46 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Great companies aren't born, they're made. XYZ invests in early-stage founders with exceptional execution capability, deep domain expertise, or lived experience insights. They specialize in helping founders navigate the earliest stages by providing capital plus strategic operational support. San Francisco | $10K – $5M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 442 | ▶ Draper Associates Invest in bold, visionary founders building transformational businesses long before the world believes in them. We back founders solving impossible-seeming problems across frontier sectors: AI/robotics, crypto, biotech, aerospace, and unconventional ideas. San Mateo, CA | $500K – $30M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 443 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 444 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 99 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 445 | ▶ Bling Capital The hardest thing in seed is finding product-market fit. We help you find it. If you already have product-market fit, we will help you scale. We partner with exceptionally ambitious founders for the long run and provide capital combined with operational expertise through our 100+ member Product Council. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 446 | ▶ 2048 Ventures Thesis-driven early-stage venture capital firm investing in visionary founders building transformative technologies in Vertical AI, Deep Tech, Healthcare, and Biotech. Focus on companies built on defensible data moats and novel technological breakthroughs solving fundamental problems. Emphasis on long-term value creation and partnership from day zero. Rapid decision-making (10-15 business days) combined with hands-on operational support. NPS score of 100 from portfolio founders. New York | $500K – $3M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 447 | ▶ Citta Capital Empower extraordinary founders across AI/ML, big data, cloud, healthcare technology, IoT, marketplaces, SaaS/enterprise, blockchain, and robotics; currently focused on how agentic AI shifts value capture from seat-based software to outcome-based pricing for completed work. Palo Alto | $100K – $5M | 22 | Follows | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 448 | ▶ OVO OVO Fund invests in founders at the 'negative one to zero' stage — before customers or fully-formed narratives exist. They back people over ideas, providing conviction and guidance beyond capital to help founders define or create their categories. Menlo Park | $250K – $750K | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 449 | ▶ Unpopular Ventures Invest in the smartest people, regardless of what they're building, especially if the idea sounds bad in the beginning. Focus on exceptional founders in overlooked markets and non-consensus businesses. Optimize for founder quality over sector fit. San Francisco | $25K – $1M | 42 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 450 | ▶ Drive Capital World-class technology companies can be built anywhere. Greatness is in our backyard. We invest in market-defining companies across the Driveway region (Hudson River to Rocky Mountains), partnering with founders from idea to IPO. Build where your talent is. Build where your customers are. Build where you're strongest. Columbus | $500K – $150M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 451 | ▶ 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 – $8M | 88 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 452 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 453 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 454 | ▶ LOI Venture Back the brightest early-stage founders under 30. We provide capital, mentorship, and network access to accelerate ambitious young entrepreneurs who graduate from our League of Innovators program or demonstrate exceptional founder quality. Vancouver | $100K – $1M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 455 | ▶ 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 – $1.5M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 456 | ▶ Sand Hill Angels Sand Hill Angels backs seed-stage, high-tech companies with large and growing markets, well-defined problems, disruptive solutions, defensible technology, and strong teams with demonstrated ability to execute. The group leverages 145+ experienced angels to provide capital, mentorship, and network access across the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Mountain View | $50K – $2M | 32 | Follows | Active | N/A | Open |
| 457 | ▶ 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 – $750K | 60 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 458 | ▶ Hustle Fund Hilariously early pre-seed/seed investing. We back hustlers at concept stage—fast, scrappy, first-principles founders who act before market consensus. San Francisco | $25K – $500K | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 459 | ▶ JAM Fund Back underestimated founders with something to prove who are disrupting large markets. Emphasizes geographic arbitrage in emerging markets (Africa, LATAM, Asia) where founder quality is exceptional but capital access is limited. Los Angeles | $500K – $20M | 58 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 460 | ▶ Equal Opportunity (EO) Ventures We back founders building commercially successful businesses that expand economic mobility in America. We invest where capitalism's incentives align with social benefit, embedding mobility impact in core product, not as an afterthought. Boston | $500K – $5M | 21 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 461 | ▶ Laconia Serious founders building must-have technology for mission-critical industries. We focus on B2B software companies digitizing legacy industries and transforming established workflows. Specializing in seed-stage, where hands-on operational support, sales acceleration, and capital strategy matter most. New York | $250K – $1M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 462 | ▶ Base10 Partners We invest in founders solving problems for the 99% through automation of the Real Economy. The largest sectors (food, logistics, retail, operations, finance, healthcare) are underautomated compared to tech. We partner with mission-aligned founders and donate 50% of profits to scholarships for underrepresented students in tech. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 463 | ▶ Cowboy Ventures Partner with founders building generational software companies. We provide capital, operational support, and genuine partnership. Focus on technology-driven solutions addressing large and growing markets. Invest across enterprise and consumer software, with depth in AI-native software, fintech, infrastructure, security, vertical SaaS, healthcare, and future of work. Palo Alto | $500K – $4M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 464 | ▶ F-Prime Capital #78 · Top 100 · 2026 Partner with visionary founders to turn bold ambitions into world-changing breakthroughs in life sciences, technology, healthtech, and crypto. Distinctive 'technical-risk-yes, regulatory-risk-no' filter ensures clear pathways to success. Cambridge | $250K – $15M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 465 | ▶ Hongtai Fund (Aplus Capital) Serve industry, contribute to society, repay the nation through professional capability. Act as an industry integrator and innovation driver across advanced manufacturing, IT, new materials/new energy, life sciences, and tech-driven consumption, pairing capital with operational and industrial-resource support. Beijing | $1M – $30M | 40 | Both | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 466 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 87 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 467 | ▶ Act One Ventures Founders rearchitecting the core systems behind modern enterprise (infrastructure, automation, decision-making) using AI as a new computing paradigm. We back extraordinary outlier founders building AI-native systems that don't just speed up legacy processes, but fundamentally change how businesses operate. Los Angeles | $1M – $3M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 468 | ▶ Foundry Group We invest in startups and venture funds, creating a symbiotic network that propels innovation. Our approach is characterized by long-term thinking and a 'give first' philosophy. Boulder, Colorado | $500K – $10M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 469 | ▶ 57O Investments Fast, low-friction early-stage checks for founder-led technology companies, with operator help and network leverage rather than heavy process. Miami Beach, FL | $10K – $99K | 14 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 470 | ▶ Outside VC Backing outsider founders — immigrants, non-traditional backgrounds, underrepresented groups — building fintech infrastructure and products to lift 100M people to the middle class. Two verticals: financial inclusion fintech and climate tech (software + non-capital-intensive hardware). Denver | $100K – $500K | 11 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 471 | ▶ Velo Partners Velo Partners is a specialist gaming and gambling VC that invests across the full spectrum of the global gaming ecosystem — mobile, online, land-based, real-money, social, B2B, and B2C. They back companies with strong early traction and clear unit economics, providing hands-on governance and operational support. Through RNG Foundry, they also incubate early-stage iGaming content studios. London | $500K – $7M | 62 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 472 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 67 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 473 | ▶ The Fintech Fund Early-stage fintech and DeFi teams building solutions to real pain points in financial services. We combine capital with access to the global fintech community through This Week in Fintech and provide consulting, customer introductions, and hiring support. New York | $200K – $400K | 17 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 474 | ▶ AIN Ventures Founders with military backgrounds and demonstrated grit combined with differentiated dual-use technology create exceptional venture opportunities. We focus on pre-seed and seed-stage companies solving meaningful problems that make the country and allies safer while having strong commercial applications. New York | $250K – $3M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 475 | ▶ L'ATTITUDE Ventures Latino founders represent an underserved but exceptionally talented segment of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We invest in visionary founders who combine bold ideas with execution excellence to build scalable, high-impact businesses that create both economic and social value. We believe institutional capital paired with strategic partnership from Fortune 100 executives and operating experts can unlock the full potential of Latino-led innovation. San Diego | $500K – $3M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 476 | ▶ 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 – $300K | 32 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 477 | ▶ Leadout Capital We invest in non-obvious founders with deep founder-market fit. Like a professional cycling leadout team, we protect and position founders while leveraging a curated network of operators from Apple, Stripe, and Nvidia to provide unusually broad support from day one. Over 85% of our portfolio is led by women or underrepresented minorities. Palo Alto | $250K – $1.5M | 47 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 478 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 479 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 26 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 480 | ▶ 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 – $50M | 52 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 481 | ▶ Virta Ventures We back bold, growth-oriented founders transforming how the world is moved, powered, and built through AI and physical infrastructure innovation. We invest in early-stage companies making physical industries more profitable, efficient, and resilient through capital-efficient business models combining software, hardware, and structured finance. | $100K – $750K | 28 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 482 | ▶ TrueSight Ventures Backs pre-seed and seed founders across Europe, with a focus on the UK and Nordics, pairing early capital with hands-on strategic guidance and industry connections rather than a narrow sector thesis. London | $50K – $500K | 9 | N/A | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 483 | ▶ Rapyd Ventures Rapyd Ventures invests in strategic capability providers building next-generation fintech infrastructure and embedded finance solutions. We focus on companies solving fundamental payment infrastructure gaps in emerging markets and enabling innovative embedded finance use cases globally. London | $500K – $10M | 7 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 484 | ▶ Asymmetric Capital Partners Asymmetric invests in exceptional founders disrupting legacy industries through Vertical Software, Healthcare IT & Services, and SMB Consolidations (rollups). The firm targets 20% ownership as lead, writing $2-10M checks from Pre-seed through Series A. Founded by former PE investors and operators who provide deep operational, strategic, and financial partnership beyond capital. Boston | $2M – $10M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 485 | ▶ 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 – $2.5M | 80 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 486 | ▶ Colle Capital Partners We invest in people and give them freedom and support needed to execute their vision. We rely on data to measure, manage and monetize. We encourage bold ideas which are true, firm, confident, strong and resilient. We praise agility - the key to success in a competitive environment. We invest in early-stage companies operating with clear focus on sustainability in every dimension: business practices, unit economics and environmental impact. New York | $750K – $3M | 56 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 487 | ▶ Shrug Capital Identifying culturally resonant, consumer-focused companies with differentiated products and founder teams that will capture global attention. We invest across technology, consumer behavior, entertainment, and culture—seeking to spot emerging trends before they reach mainstream awareness. We operate as a partnership combining rigorous deal selection with exceptional founder support, creative marketing, and deep understanding of consumer psychology. San Francisco | $500K – $2M | 114 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 488 | ▶ Geek Ventures Geek Ventures invests in bold, innovative, and brilliant immigrant entrepreneurs, pursuing high scalability and large total addressable markets (TAM) of $10 billion or more. | $100K – $1M | 57 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 489 | ▶ 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 – $6M | 48 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 490 | ▶ Maple VC Canadians have built over $1 trillion in enterprise value globally, yet were initially backed by US VC not Canadian investors. We back founders with Canadian roots—regardless of where they build—because exceptional talent from Canada represents a sustainable, quantifiable selection edge. San Francisco | $500K – $1.5M | 46 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 491 | ▶ Echo VC We invest in secrets that become obvious with the benefit of hindsight. We back bold ideas and business models that harness technology to deliver value to mass markets, particularly for underrepresented founders and underserved markets. Lagos | $100K – $5M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 492 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 48 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 493 | ▶ Crew Capital Community-driven VC led by active operators who simultaneously build and invest. Best support for founders comes from operators understanding current market challenges firsthand, not just history. Invest in category-defining technology companies. New York | $500K – $2M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 494 | ▶ Shima Capital Support disruptive web3 and blockchain companies with operational expertise and tokenomics guidance San Francisco | $250K – $3M | 38 | Leads | 2mo | ~1 wk | Open |
| 495 | ▶ Hyperplane Venture Capital Seed capital is the foundational layer in building enduring companies. We back bold, gritty founders applying AI and machine intelligence to solve the world's toughest challenges in enterprise and industrial sectors. By end of decade, software + hardware + AI will drive ubiquitous automation in every industry. We partner with visionary founders tackling hard technical problems in regulated, complex domains. Boston | $250K – $3M | 68 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 496 | ▶ Notation Capital Increase odds of success for product-obsessed founding teams on day zero. Invest in initially fringe markets that can become mainstream, large markets that feel broken, and science-fiction-like visions. Work with founders before market validation is obvious. Brooklyn | $250K – $750K | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 497 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 13 | Follows | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 498 | ▶ Alpha Edison Identify and partner with visionary entrepreneurs building category-creating companies that unlock entirely new addressable markets. Focus on 'silent suffering' where customers tolerate suboptimal solutions. Use AI, data, and behavioral science to identify non-obvious market opportunities and founder-market fit. Los Angeles | $250K – $10M | 55 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 499 | ▶ Humba Ventures We invest in hard tech and hard sectors—companies building solutions to difficult, underexplored problems that others won't. Unlocking society's potential depends on founders willing to build what others won't. We're hyper curious, drawn to difficult and underexplored areas. San Francisco | $250K – $1M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 500 | ▶ Hanaco Ventures Back exceptional founders — primarily from Israel — building transformative companies in cybersecurity, fintech, AI, digital health, and deep tech. Offer true partnership beyond capital: hands-on guidance, global network access (Softbank, Fujitsu, NTT, Vodafone), and unwavering support from first check through exit. Invest across both early and growth stages via two parallel fund families. Herzliya, Israel | $2M – $100M | 55 | Leads | Slowing | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 501 | ▶ Active Capital Back ambitious, technical founders solving real business problems with software and AI. We prefer to be a meaningful part of the first capital raised and provide hands-on support as operating partners. Great companies can be built anywhere, not just tech hubs. Pre-seed is where company DNA gets formed and represents the most fun and foundational stage of a company. San Antonio | $250K – $1M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 502 | ▶ Side Stage Ventures Backing outlier founders with global ambition building differentiated products in big markets, with a high helpfulness-to-cheque-size ratio rather than leading with capital size. Melbourne | $500K – $1.5M | 22 | N/A | Active | N/A | Open |
| 503 | ▶ Looking Glass Capital Backing the most ambitious mission-driven founders building software and software-driven companies during the earliest days of company building. We seek non-consensus opportunities that solve today's biggest challenges across health, climate, and empowerment. New York | $300K – $400K | 44 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 504 | ▶ Wischoff Ventures Bringing physical-world operations online through 'the new supply chain.' Wischoff backs founders digitizing logistics, fintech infrastructure, manufacturing, and construction. Portfolio chemistry—companies becoming customers of each other. Solo GP with hands-on operational guidance, founder amplification, and regulated-market expertise. New York | $800K – $1.6M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 505 | ▶ Shizen Capital Digital transformation of the enterprise in Japan. Backs ambitious startups with a tech component aiming to scale both domestically and internationally. Fund VII focuses on AI/deep tech, energy transition, inbound tourism, and defense. Founded by recovering entrepreneurs who believe operator experience makes better investors. Tokyo | $500K – $5M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 506 | ▶ CAS Star Originator of China's "hard tech" (硬科技) investment category: back deep, long-R&D-cycle science and engineering breakthroughs out of the Chinese Academy of Sciences network and top universities, from lab/PI stage through IPO, combining capital with an incubation platform and post-investment services. Xi'an | $300K – $20M | 78 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 507 | ▶ Race Capital #87 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Support founders building the next-generation infrastructure stack for the AI era. We back infra-first, engineering-led companies built for enterprises, with founder-market fit and execution speed. Palo Alto | $250K – $5M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 508 | ▶ Lorimer Ventures Builders first. We back experienced operators who understand business fundamentals and the pain points of scaling software companies. We invest at inception stage with 100+ operator LPs providing talent, customers, and capital beyond the check. Brooklyn | $50K – $300K | 59 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 509 | ▶ Serena Capital We back bold entrepreneurs who think big and are committed to becoming the next major tech players. We invest from pre-seed to series A with strong operational support, focusing on technology-driven solutions across AI, climate tech, fintech, SaaS, and impact-driven sectors. | $100K – $15M | 115 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 510 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 511 | ▶ Jason Ball Support early-stage founders with conviction and vision across technology, sustainability, and innovation. Focus on founders solving real market problems with sustainable, scalable solutions. Combine institutional investing expertise with hands-on operational mentorship. | $50K – $500K | 11 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 512 | ▶ Alpine Ventures Product-obsessed investing in consumer tech, prosumer software, and SMB applications. We back founders based on product quality and user value, not credentials or background. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 17 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 513 | ▶ 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 – $750K | 49 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 514 | ▶ 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 – $2.4M | 128 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 515 | ▶ Skyfall Ventures AI represents a fundamental platform shift, reshaping how companies build products, scale and compete. Reduced innovation costs and advanced tooling enable small Nordic teams to challenge incumbents rapidly. Back founders who believe in paradigm-shifting breakthroughs requiring tectonic shifts in technology or market dynamics. Focus on Nordic early-stage companies with strong software components and at least one technical co-founder. Oslo | $250K – $5M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 516 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 517 | ▶ Diagram Ventures High-conviction, early-stage investments in Fintech and Climatetech markets Diagram knows deeply through its own venture-building operations, partnering with founders on ambitious problems in large markets. Montreal | $250K – $5M | 36 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 518 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 31 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 519 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 124 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 520 | ▶ Wonder Ventures Invest in Southern California's best founders earlier than anyone else. No idea is too early. We fund companies earlier than most VCs, providing not just capital but hands-on support and operational expertise. Our founder-first philosophy and No Ghosting Rule ensure responsive, engaged partnerships. Santa Monica | $250K – $2M | 51 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 521 | ▶ 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 | $50K | 28 | N/A | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 522 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 53 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 523 | ▶ SpringTime Ventures We seed high-growth startups with unstoppable drive in healthcare, fintech, and logistics. Founder does not have a stereotype—it is about drive, character, and conviction. We provide capital, operational support, and genuine partnership. Denver | $250K – $1M | 31 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 524 | ▶ 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 – $7.2M | 14 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 525 | ▶ byFounders The community-powered VC of the New Nordics. We invest in globally ambitious, impact-aware founders building companies that will solve the world's most pressing challenges. Superior financial returns come from responsible, impact-conscious investing that balances pure financial returns with positive social and environmental impact. | $500K – $4M | 83 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 526 | ▶ Cathexis Ventures Invest in talented people solving challenging problems. We back extraordinary founders building products that people want with speed, efficiency, and operational excellence. Houston | $250K – $1M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 527 | ▶ 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 – $4M | 37 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 528 | ▶ Surface Ventures The best B2B software companies emerge when founders combine deep domain expertise with technical sophistication to build solutions addressing inefficiencies in underserved verticals. We invest in technical founders and experienced operators who understand their target market intimately. New York | $250K – $2M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 529 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 22 | Follows | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 530 | ▶ 43 Fund Anabel Paksoy actively looks to invest in early-stage startups at Day 0, providing hands-on support tailored to the founder's unique needs. She focuses on founders who are passionate about solving specific problems, and investments are made quickly to take advantage of timely opportunities. | $250K – $500K | 38 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 531 | ▶ Behind Genius Ventures Invest in technical storytellers—founders with deep technical depth, exceptional communication skills, and strong execution velocity. Fund innovation in traditionally overlooked industries (Clipboard Companies) by applying modern technology while respecting domain expertise. San Diego | $150K – $250K | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 532 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 42 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 533 | ▶ 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 |
| 534 | ▶ 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 – $670K | 50 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 535 | ▶ 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 – $15M | 25 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 536 | ▶ Anti Fund #37 · Emerging 100 · 2026 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 |
| 537 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 538 | ▶ Operators Studio Backs 'gritty founders' solving real operating problems. Focuses on 'Global Indian' founders — Indian diaspora in the US or India-based founders building for global markets — with an 'India Supply to Global Demand' thesis. Seeks non-incremental startups with strong competitive differentiation and category leadership potential. San Francisco | $50K – $500K | 18 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 539 | ▶ 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 – $4.5M | 59 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 540 | ▶ Argon Ventures Argon leads or co-leads pre-seed rounds in Intelligent Industry Solutions: vertical software platforms that combine industry insight with deep tech, machine learning, and data to improve productivity, efficiency, and enterprise value. Greater Boston, MA | $250K – $500K | 37 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 541 | ▶ 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 – $50K | 49 | Follows | Active | N/A | Open |
| 542 | ▶ Correlation Ventures We combine world-class AI analytics with industry-leading networks to identify exceptional companies and make rapid investment decisions. Great companies, regardless of sector or geography. San Diego | $100K – $4M | 32 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 543 | ▶ Charge Ventures Partner with exceptional founders at the very inception of their entrepreneurial journey. Our proprietary data-driven technology identifies promising founders beyond immediate networks. We focus on teams with strong product sense and bottoms-up growth potential in data-driven software categories. New York | $250K – $750K | 72 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 544 | ▶ Indico Capital Partners Southern European entrepreneurs (Portuguese, Spanish, Italian) possess exceptional engineering talent and are forced to have an international mindset from day one due to limited local markets. Indico backs the most globally promising companies from these ecosystems across enterprise SaaS, AI, deep tech, fintech, healthtech, spacetech, and the ocean/blue economy. Lisbon, Portugal | $275K – $11M | 27 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 545 | ▶ Andrena Backing Europe's biggest outliers from day one. We combine institutional investor access with personalized operational support, keeping founder ownership low and value high. Solo GP fund providing mentorship alongside capital. | $250K – $1M | 13 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 546 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 13 | N/A | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 547 | ▶ Base Ventures Turning access into opportunity for founders, investors, and disruptive ideas by backing culturally resonant tech companies and founders who don't fit traditional Silicon Valley mold. Emphasis on showing up right way for founders, making bold bets, and committing fully from first check. Oakland | $250K – $3M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 548 | ▶ Twelve Below Reshape venture capital by operating as true partners to founders. We seek founders with clarity of thought, a deep chip on their shoulder, and obsessive focus on solving problems they can't unsee. We provide not just capital but hands-on partnership, strategic guidance, and operator networks to guide breakthrough companies through product-market fit. New York | $1M – $3M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 549 | ▶ Differential Ventures Investing in the people and solutions creating the data-driven economy. Founded by data scientists and entrepreneurs for data-focused founders. Focus on AI-powered business, ML tech stack advancement, engineering/infrastructure evolution, and responsible data management. New York | $250K – $3M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 550 | ▶ Boston Seed Capital Founders investing in founders. Boston Seed invests at pre-seed and seed stages in audacious founders building meaningful technology across consumer, B2B SaaS, gaming, sports, AI, and cloud infrastructure. Known for early conviction in unproven categories (e.g., daily fantasy sports via DraftKings in 2012). Emphasizes transparent, humble storytelling about venture realities. All GPs are ex-founders/CEOs with exits, bringing authentic founder empathy. Boston | $250K – $3M | 21 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 551 | ▶ Ground Up Ventures We're a different type of venture firm. We wake up every morning and ask ourselves how we can help our portfolio companies move the needle. From in-the-weeds to twenty thousand feet, we are partners at every level. We serve as an extension of founder headcount, sitting in portfolio company Slack channels, maintaining weekly calls, and proactively helping with hiring and customer introductions. New York | $250K – $1.5M | 49 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 552 | ▶ NXTP Ventures We back founders building the future of B2B technology. From Latin America to the world, we invest early and partner with founders and companies for the long term. Our core purpose is to support founders and companies through founder-aligned partnerships forged in trust. Buenos Aires | $500K – $2M | 16 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 553 | ▶ Vamos Ventures Invest in visionary founders from Latinx and diverse backgrounds building disruptive tech solutions. Capitalize on demographic trends and founder quality in systematically underestimated segments. Create alpha through early-mover advantage in overlooked founder networks. Los Angeles | $500K – $2.5M | 18 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 554 | ▶ Spacecadet Ventures Founders building the possibly impossible deserve capital plus marketing support. Great technology combined with exceptional storytelling and narrative development creates world-changing moonshots. We provide both the capital and the story-telling expertise to help founders achieve escape velocity. New York | $250K – $1M | 99 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 555 | ▶ Town Hall Ventures #41 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Using innovation to fix health inequities: partnering with founders building technology and service solutions that expand access to high-quality healthcare for underserved populations (Medicaid/dual-eligible seniors, rural communities, school-age youth) across primary care, mental health, kidney care, palliative care, and maternity health. New York | $3M – $30M | 41 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 556 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 42 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 557 | ▶ Horizons Ventures Invest in deep science and disruptive technology companies that solve fundamental human problems—inequality, health, climate adaptation. We back founders with vision, instinct, and drive to scale impact. Hong Kong | $1M – $25M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 558 | ▶ Buckley Ventures Concentrated, conviction-driven investments in exceptional founders solving significant problems at scale. Focus on enterprise software, infrastructure, and frontier technology. Belief in founder-market fit, technical excellence, and builders of category-defining companies. San Francisco | $2M – $32M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 559 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 47 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 560 | ▶ Backstage Capital Underestimated founders are systematically mispriced assets that create alpha rather than requiring concessionary returns. We invest in the very best founders who identify as women, people of color, or LGBTQ, treating capital allocation as activism. Los Angeles | $50K – $500K | 30 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 561 | ▶ Four Acres Capital We invest in ideas and people first, then help build products. We believe connections are power and leverage an extensive network to support founders. We are founder-focused and work as trusted partners at the earliest stages. New York | $250K – $2M | 64 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 562 | ▶ Floodgate Breakthrough startups are designed futures, not lottery tickets. We back extraordinary founders with breakthrough insights before the world believes. We are co-conspirators, not just investors. | $250K – $1M | 127 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 563 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 30 | Follows | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 564 | ▶ Sunflower Capital Partners at the earliest stage with companies building foundations for modern enterprises, critical industries, and the physical world - backing category-defining, N-of-1 companies that combine defensible technology with novel go-to-market approaches. West Hollywood, CA | $1M – $3M | 59 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 565 | ▶ 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 – $750K | 21 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 566 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 42 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 567 | ▶ Sarah Smith Fund We invest $250K+ into 'irrationally intense' founder CEOs and their teams. We believe early-stage companies need more than capital—they need operational mentorship, people operations expertise, and founder coaching. We provide comprehensive CEO feedback through a proprietary CEO 360 process, on-demand office hours, and real-time support via Slack and WhatsApp DMs. | $100K – $500K | 34 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 568 | ▶ Rank Ventures Back core infrastructure technology businesses with disruptive potential and IP moats, deploying flexible capital (equity, notes, debt) via SPVs alongside operator and community co-investors. London | $630K – $2.5M | 7 | Both | 1mo | N/A | Open |
| 569 | ▶ Credo Ventures Back the most ambitious founders from Central and Eastern Europe at the very earliest stages — before product, before revenue. CEE is a world-class talent pool producing generational companies, and Credo's edge is local knowledge and 17+ years of founder relationships. Prague | $1M – $5M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 570 | ▶ CoinFund We champion the leaders of the new internet through decentralized technology. We invest across the full lifecycle of blockchain networks from pre-launch through post-token network effects, combining equity and liquid token positions while providing operational and technical expertise. Brooklyn | $500K – $15M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 571 | ▶ Volt Capital Volt Capital is a New York based venture firm that invests in category-defining technologies underpinning the machine economy at the earliest stages. The team’s investment team are former founders and operators who take a founder-first approach to investing. Volt Capital backs pre-seed and seed companies with checks from $500k to $3m. | $500K – $3M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 572 | ▶ Unicorn Growth Ventures The future of finance is Web3. Every company should be a fintech company. We invest at the intersection of TradFi and DeFi, partnering with ambitious founders to reinvent industries and transform financial infrastructure. New York | $500K – $10M | 10 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 573 | ▶ Failup Ventures In this time of radical change, we back the best technical founders solving system-level problems. We invest early in the people reinventing work, life, and play for the AI era. | $200K – $2M | 53 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 574 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 18 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 575 | ▶ Carthona Capital Hands-on, proactive, thematic venture capital investor. Identifies major global trends and invests early across enterprise software, fintech, consumer tech, legal tech, proptech, aerospace, and climate. Strong follow-on discipline — has participated in up to 8 rounds with a single portfolio company. Invests primarily at Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A with a global outlook from an Australian home base. Sydney | $250K – $5M | 29 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 576 | ▶ Cleo Capital Back exceptional founders at the earliest stages with potential to build multi-billion dollar companies. Invest in three primary areas: Future of Income, Complicated Consumer, and Decentralized Enterprise. Seek founders with unique perspectives and diversity of background. Santa Monica | $100K – $1M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 577 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 116 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 578 | ▶ Galaxy Interactive Gaming-born technologies—GPUs, real-time rendering, virtual economies—now power AI, spatial computing, and blockchain. We invest in the foundational infrastructure enabling the convergence of digital and physical worlds. New York | $500K – $10M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 579 | ▶ The Council Fund We invest in proven operators reshaping essential industries. Our focus is on operator-founders who have deep scaling experience at companies like Uber, Flexport, and Northrop Grumman. We back First Builders—specialists and generalists who understand how to build and scale organizations. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 580 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 22 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 581 | ▶ Symphonic Capital AI-enabled companies building essential systems households depend on—across health, wealth, and climate resilience. Backs founders with earned secrets and lived proximity to the problems they solve, particularly serving the 99% in underserved communities. San Diego | $100K – $500K | 18 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 582 | ▶ 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 |
| 583 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 43 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 584 | ▶ 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 – $1.9M | 18 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 585 | ▶ 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 – $250K | 39 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 586 | ▶ 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 – $2.5M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 587 | ▶ Village Global #26 · Emerging 100 · 2026 We invest in relentlessly resourceful founders solving real problems. Capital is just the beginning - we provide connected access to 400+ founders, operators, and luminary investors from the world's greatest tech companies. We invest at Day 0, pre-revenue, across sectors and geographies. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 22 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 588 | ▶ 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 |
| 589 | ▶ MH Ventures MH Ventures backs the convergence of cryptography, composability, and community-owned networks, aiming to shape the architecture of economic sovereignty by helping decentralized systems launch, scale, and endure. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | $1.5M – $3M | 20 | N/A | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 590 | ▶ 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 – $150K | 35 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 591 | ▶ SMOK Ventures CEE founders (Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, etc.) are building the next generation of global software companies. We partner with experienced operators who combine deep industry expertise with serial entrepreneurship. Geographic arbitrage: exceptional technical talent in CEE with lower burn rates, global ambition. We provide early capital plus connections to Silicon Valley for follow-on funding (80% of portfolio follow-ons from SV/Europe/Asia). Goal: $500M+ exits in 8-10 years. | $100K – $1M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 592 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 593 | ▶ Okapi Venture Capital Southern California's original seed-stage venture capital fund, focused on capital-efficient technology startups with differentiated competitive advantages targeting large, addressable and growing markets outside the Bay Area. Active, hands-on management with emphasis on venture fundamentals and disciplined investment strategy. Newport Beach | $750K – $3M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 594 | ▶ Banana Capital Identify resilient, obsessed founders with exceptional conviction and a chip on their shoulder building category-defining products with defensible distribution. Target founders to work with for the next decade, seeking businesses with clear revenue prospects in large markets. Ann Arbor, Michigan | $25K – $300K | 22 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 595 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 24 | N/A | Active | N/A | Open |
| 596 | ▶ 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 – $10M | 19 | Both | Between | ~2 mo | Open |
| 597 | ▶ Tip Top VC The future of AI is vertical. We back founders reinventing large, often overlooked industries end-to-end with AI-native, embedded software rather than generic horizontal tools. Austin | $100K – $500K | 16 | Follows | Active | N/A | Open |
| 598 | ▶ u.ventures u.ventures backs local entrepreneurs who dare to build exciting global ventures. The firm focuses on early-stage technology startups with world-class founding teams from Ukraine and Eastern Europe with global market ambitions, scalable products, and competitive advantages. Chicago | $200K – $2M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 599 | ▶ Yes VC We invest in category-defining companies at Pre-Seed and Seed stages founded by entrepreneurs with authentic passion. Focus on founders working in climate, food, healthcare, AI automation, and frontier technologies. Philosophy: when the world says No, go toward the Yes as hard as you can. | $30K – $1.5M | 46 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 600 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 30 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 601 | ▶ 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 – $500K | 45 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 602 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 43 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 603 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 22 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 604 | ▶ 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 – $2.5M | 28 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 605 | ▶ FutureSight Co-found and fund vertical B2B AI software companies from day zero. FutureSight acts as institutional co-founder, providing capital, operating team (product/design/engineering), and a systematic 24-week company-building process. Thesis is that founders need active operational partnership, not just capital, and that rigorous validation (killing ~99% of ideas) produces better outcomes. Toronto | $250K – $1.5M | 11 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 606 | ▶ 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 – $3.5M | 25 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 607 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 46 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 608 | ▶ Conversion Capital Backs founders building software that replaces legacy workflows in financial services, infrastructure, logistics, healthcare, and other operationally complex markets. The firm consistently favors products with strong automation, data, and integration moats. New York | $250K – $3M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 609 | ▶ The New Normal Fund Partner with B2B AI founders by functioning as fractional COO and go-to-market architect. Scale your AI startup by putting humans first. Combine AI capabilities with operational excellence and proven go-to-market strategy. San Francisco | $400K – $1M | 27 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 610 | ▶ Y Combinator Identify founders with the determination and resourcefulness to build world-changing companies. We believe exceptional founders can come from any background and at any stage of development. Our mission is to help founders be dramatically better shaped in 3 months than when they arrived. Mountain View | $500K | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 611 | ▶ Flucas Ventures Democratize access to venture capital by building large syndicates of non-traditional LPs. Invest across all stages, sectors, and geographies based on founder quality and market conviction, not category restrictions. Enable 2,000+ diverse co-investors to participate alongside marquee firms like Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz while maintaining founder-friendly economics. Miami | $250K – $5M | 17 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 612 | ▶ Signia Venture Partners Partner with passionate entrepreneurs building companies that change the way we live, work, play, or learn. We're operator-first investors who provide capital, strategic guidance, and operational mentorship alongside network and investor connections. Redwood City, California | $500K – $3M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 613 | ▶ Horizon #71 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Horizon backs independent, technical, product-obsessed founders with extraordinary ambition pursuing genuine disruption, without a fixed sub-sector playbook or credential bar. Founders 'can't be too green.' San Francisco | $250K – $1.5M | 23 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 614 | ▶ Praetura Ventures Praetura backs ambitious northern founders building software, health, life sciences, fintech, cybersecurity, robotics, and other high-growth businesses where operator support and regional conviction matter. The firm positions itself as a more-than-money investor and emphasizes practical support from experienced operators, not just capital. Manchester, United Kingdom | $200K – $8M | 16 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 615 | ▶ 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 – $250K | 26 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 616 | ▶ 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 – $600K | 23 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 617 | ▶ Incisive Ventures We invest in technology companies that reduce friction at scale. Companies like Amazon and Uber fundamentally transformed industries by eliminating unnecessary complexity. We're looking for B2B software founders solving real enterprise problems, especially with AI. Seattle | $100K – $500K | 30 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 618 | ▶ Backed Backed invests in Europe's generational founders building frontier technology companies that combine a real technical or conceptual breakthrough with global ambition. The firm sits at the intersection of venture capital and community, using events and long-term founder support to compound conviction and help companies move from seed to Series A and beyond. London | $500K – $5M | 14 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 619 | ▶ 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. New York | $500K – $10M | 31 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 620 | ▶ 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 – $250K | 12 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 621 | ▶ Lateral Frontiers Fund Building efficient frontiers where scalable businesses thrive in complex markets. We invest in resourceful founders creating globally applicable solutions to serve the next 3 billion customers in Africa and the Global South. Nairobi | $1M – $5M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 622 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 21 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 623 | ▶ Script Capital Pre-seed fund investing in technical founders building developer-facing tools and infrastructure. Focused on curiosity, velocity of learning, and rapid building. Believe the world is shaped by unique insights at the intersection of art/culture and math/science. San Francisco | $250K – $750K | 74 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 624 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 36 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 625 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 36 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 626 | ▶ 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 – $5M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 627 | ▶ Revolution #62 · Top 100 · 2026 Innovation isn't confined to pre-selected pins on a map. Revolution backs entrepreneurs shaping both the digital and physical world, with a deliberate focus on regions outside Silicon Valley, New York, and Boston, across the full startup lifecycle from seed through growth. Washington | $250K – $10M | 18 | Both | 0mo | N/A | N/A |
| 628 | ▶ 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 – $1M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 629 | ▶ Ulu Ventures Diversity is profitable. Seed-stage investing generates best venture returns. We find and fund diverse founder teams that other VCs overlook, using decision analysis and rigorous frameworks instead of pattern-matching to make capital allocation decisions. Palo Alto | $1M – $5M | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 630 | ▶ Ganas Ventures Invest in community-driven founders with bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and relentless determination ('ganas') building the future across US and Latin America. Target underestimated founders bringing cultural authenticity and inclusive leadership. United States | $100K | 18 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 631 | ▶ Boro Capital Invest in scalable, capital-efficient tech and tech-enabled startups at the Seed stage led by exceptional founders. We identify companies showing early traction that can achieve significant scale with disciplined capital deployment. New York | $100K – $500K | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 632 | ▶ Audacity Fund Invest in Black and African-led crypto startups building for the next 100 years of technological and economic transformation. Founders with access to multiple cultures and communities have unfair advantage in building viral technologies that tap into overlooked, high-value markets. San Francisco | $250K – $1M | 8 | N/A | Between | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 633 | ▶ Debut Capital Early-stage venture capital for IT and Biotech companies in Colorado Front Range and Mid-Atlantic. Focus on experienced founding teams solving important problems with potential for significant financial returns. Patient capital approach with operational support and deep regional networks. New York | $500K – $5M | 48 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 634 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 635 | ▶ Kairos HQ Fulfilling basic needs should be basic. Our generation is crushed by upfront costs in rent, healthcare, nutrition, and aging. Rather than waiting for entrepreneurs to solve these problems, Kairos proactively identifies generational pain points, assembles teams, and builds category-defining solutions. New York | $500K – $1.5M | 6 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 636 | ▶ Generalist Capital Invest in great entrepreneurs building remarkable companies. Leverage narrative momentum and storytelling expertise to help founders attract capital, talent, and customers. Founder quality accounts for ~95% of investment decision. New York | $50K – $300K | 5 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 637 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 97 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 638 | ▶ Concrete VC Great ideas and founders in Atlantic Canada that are ready to build massively scalable businesses; a by-founders, for-founders, hands-on value-add investor for the region's earliest-stage companies. Halifax, NS | $100K – $750K | 20 | N/A | 1mo | N/A | N/A |
| 639 | ▶ 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 – $2M | 63 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 640 | ▶ SFC Capital SFC backs high-potential UK startups at the first equity stage, using SEIS/EIS funds and an angel syndicate to diversify risk while providing hands-on support, introductions, and follow-on fundraising help. The firm is broad rather than narrow, but its public materials consistently point to innovation-heavy UK sectors with strong technical founder density. London | $50K – $500K | 15 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 641 | ▶ Supernode Ventures We invest in the technologies that are transforming our lives, now and into the future. Founded by a successful entrepreneur and former tech journalist, Supernode backs exceptional founders building innovative technology companies across all sectors, from pre-seed through Series A and beyond. San Francisco | $250K – $3M | 20 | Both | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 642 | ▶ 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 – $3M | 47 | Leads | Between | N/A | N/A |
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F4 Fund tracks 642 VC firms that actively invest in fintech & payments 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.
Based on F4's analysis, the median check size for pre-seed fintech & payments investors is $1.8M, with a full range from $1K – $1650M. The distribution breaks down as: 99 firms in the <$500K range, 91 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 156 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 145 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 86 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 64 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 642 firms tracked, 88% lead or co-lead rounds, and 10% typically follow. Founders seeking a lead investor should filter for firms marked "Leads" or "Both" in the rankings table above. Lead investors typically set deal terms and anchor the round.
The best pre-seed fintech & payments investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 25% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 41 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.