852 VC firms investing in fintech & payments, ranked by portfolio depth and activity.
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 852 VC firms that actively invest in fintech & payments, with check sizes ranging from $1K – $10000M (median: $2.6M). As of September 2026, 89% of these firms lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,887+ 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 | ▶ Portage Ventures Portage invests in the most ambitious companies reshaping financial services globally — from consumer fintech and SMB tools to insurtech and financial infrastructure. As former founders and operators, the team takes a hands-on partnership approach, bringing not just capital but deep fintech expertise, commercial relationships with financial institution LPs (insurers, banks, credit unions), and in-house value creation resources (go-to-market, tech/cyber, M&A, partnerships). Montreal | $2.5M – $15M | 62 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 2 | ▶ Ribbit Capital #18 · Top 100 · 2026 We back rebels who challenge the status quo and reshape financial systems through technology. The best fintech founders see structural inefficiencies before others and have the conviction to build something fundamentally better. We partner with them not just with capital, but with hands-on operational expertise, regulatory fluency, and deep financial services networks. Palo Alto | $2M – $100M | 55 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 3 | ▶ Valar Ventures Valar Ventures focuses on non-U.S. companies with the potential to become global category leaders, particularly in fintech and software. The firm believes in backing exceptionally focused teams with large ambitions, trusting founders to retain substantial equity and control. Valar targets structural inefficiencies in financial services globally and backs companies using modern technology and customer-centric design to displace legacy financial institutions. New York | $100K – $5M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 4 | ▶ 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 |
| 5 | ▶ 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 |
| 6 | ▶ Ten Coves Capital Backs companies re-imagining, re-inventing and re-wiring the financial ecosystem, providing growth capital plus decades of operating and scaling expertise across payments, banking and lending, insurance and benefits, asset management and capital markets, and data and business services. Darien, CT | $10M – $50M | 37 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 7 | ▶ Canapi Ventures We fuel the leaders of the new financial services economy. Canapi backs B2B software and fintech founders with capital plus direct access to the Canapi Alliance, a network of 70+ banks and financial institutions that act as customers, co-investors, and design partners. Washington | $1M – $50M | 45 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 8 | ▶ MissionOG Operator-led growth investor backing high-growth B2B technology companies driving digitization in fintech, data, and AI-driven technologies, especially proprietary data, regulated workflows, and infrastructure layers that AI agents need to call into. Philadelphia | $5M – $10M | 29 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 9 | ▶ PayPal Ventures Accelerate financial services and commerce innovation by investing in companies that bring transformative solutions to market faster. We leverage PayPal's deep payments expertise, global brand, and 426+ million user network to help portfolio companies scale rapidly. San Jose | $5M – $30M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 10 | ▶ Clocktower Technology Ventures Financial services represents the largest venture opportunity with disproportionately small VC allocation. We invest in companies reinventing financial services with operator teams combining domain expertise and execution excellence. Santa Monica | $500K – $20M | 107 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 11 | ▶ 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 |
| 12 | ▶ 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 | 91 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 13 | ▶ 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 |
| 14 | ▶ Kaszek Partner with extraordinary founders building the next generation of iconic Latin American technology companies. Invest in any tech-enabled sector where innovation can drive significant disruption. Bring not just capital but deep operational expertise as former MercadoLibre executives and entrepreneurs. Buenos Aires | $500K – $50M | 61 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 15 | ▶ FTV Capital Partner with exceptional B2B founders and management teams to accelerate transformative growth in AI-driven and tech-enabled companies, using a Global Partner Network of strategic executives to deliver commercial value beyond capital. New York | $20M – $300M | 26 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 16 | ▶ 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 |
| 17 | ▶ SBI Investment One of Japan's most active VC firms and the venture capital arm of SBI Holdings, managing JPY 841.4 billion in cumulative fund commitments. Focused on concentrated investments in growth sectors including AI/blockchain, fintech, biotech/life sciences, and clean energy globally. Mission to cultivate key industries for the 21st century, serving as Japan's bridge to global technology ecosystems. Tokyo | $1M – $30M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 18 | ▶ 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 |
| 19 | ▶ American Express Ventures Amex Ventures backs companies that transform the everyday through digital solutions enhancing business and consumer interactions, with a mandate to find startups that can strengthen American Express's Consumer Card Membership value proposition and create commercialization opportunities across the Amex business. New York | $100K – $5M | 73 | Follows | Active | N/A | Open |
| 20 | ▶ 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 |
| 21 | ▶ Nyca Partners Financial services companies where technology is critical competitive advantage. Bridging gap between fintech startups and global financial institutions. Regulatory expertise, industry knowledge, and institutional network are essential for success. New York | $1M – $15M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 22 | ▶ 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 |
| 23 | ▶ 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 |
| 24 | ▶ 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 |
| 25 | ▶ SMBC Asia Rising Fund Give rise to new business together with startup companies in Asia and develop together with Asia. Backs technology-enabled financial and commercial infrastructure that can benefit from SMBC's regional banking franchises and balance sheet. Tokyo | $5M – $20M | 13 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 26 | ▶ 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 |
| 27 | ▶ 13books Capital We partner with Europe's best fintech founders with ambitions to scale globally. Meaningful change takes time—we build lasting relationships with founders rather than making transactional investments. We believe in commitment beyond capital and support founders through their entire journey. London | $500K – $2.5M | 40 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 28 | ▶ 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 |
| 29 | ▶ 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 |
| 30 | ▶ 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 | 204 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 31 | ▶ FinTech Collective Global fintech venture firm backing founders with vision and persistence to reshape financial markets. Operator-centric approach combining deep FinTech expertise with emerging markets knowledge. Invest early (often first institutional investor) without requiring product-market fit or revenue scale. Consensus-based partnership model where portfolio companies access entire firm's expertise. New York | $500K – $12M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 32 | ▶ Pantera Capital #76 · Top 100 · 2026 Blockchain technology represents a fundamental transformation of financial infrastructure. We invest exclusively in digital assets and blockchain companies to provide full-spectrum exposure to this emerging asset class. Technical founders building core infrastructure that others depend on will create significant value. As of May 2026, Pantera identifies AI and blockchain convergence, including agentic finance, machine-native money, and AI-agent payment and orchestration infrastructure, as a major research focus and growing area for incremental research time and investment dollars. Menlo Park | $100K – $5M | 47 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 33 | ▶ 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 | 28 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 34 | ▶ BankTech Ventures BankTech Ventures exists to make community banks better, investing bank-LP capital into technology companies that community and regional banks can directly adopt, pilot, and co-develop. Sandy, UT | $750K – $5M | 25 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 35 | ▶ 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 |
| 36 | ▶ 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 |
| 37 | ▶ Coinbase Ventures We back exceptional founders aligned with creating more economic freedom. We believe the next era of crypto innovation will be driven by scaling solutions, DeFi primitives, consumer applications, and AI-native infrastructure on blockchain. San Francisco | $500K – $10M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 38 | ▶ Activant Capital Partner with relentless founders through their most defining stages of growth, using an in-house Research team to underwrite and support commerce-infrastructure and AI-native technology companies. Greenwich, CT | $15M – $60M | 118 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 39 | ▶ 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 |
| 40 | ▶ RTP Global RTP Global is a self-funded, early-stage venture firm that recycles proceeds from prior wins (Datadog, Delivery Hero, Yandex, EPAM) to back technical, ambitious founders in AI, fintech, SaaS, developer tools, cybersecurity, e-commerce, and healthtech, with unusually flexible, long-duration capital and hands-on operator support. New York | $1M – $15M | 24 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 41 | ▶ 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 |
| 42 | ▶ 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 |
| 43 | ▶ MANTIS Venture Capital #68 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Mantis invests opportunistically in Seed and Series A technology-enabled startups, leveraging deep social capital across tech, media, entertainment, and finance to provide unmatched GTM support. The firm is founder-obsessed and differentiates through celebrity network access, customer introductions, talent acquisition help, and brand amplification. Santa Monica | $500K – $3M | 113 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 44 | ▶ 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 |
| 45 | ▶ 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 |
| 46 | ▶ 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 |
| 47 | ▶ Blumberg Capital Blumberg Capital backs visionary teams as early and growth stage investors, active board members, and hands-on advisors. They invest in transformative technology companies across enterprise software, cybersecurity, fintech, healthcare tech, and AI with particular strength in the US-Israel technology corridor. Miami | $500K – $50M | 52 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 48 | ▶ 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 |
| 49 | ▶ 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 |
| 50 | ▶ 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 |
| 51 | ▶ Mastercard Start Path Fund Partner with proven, later-stage fintech startups (Seed/Series A+) to accelerate their growth through Mastercard's global ecosystem, technical expertise, and customer relationships. Focus on co-innovation and strategic alignment across seven key fintech tracks: agentic commerce, acceptance, blockchain & digital assets, emerging fintech, open finance, small business, and security solutions. New York | $1M – $5M | 35 | N/A | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 52 | ▶ 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 |
| 53 | ▶ 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 |
| 54 | ▶ 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 |
| 55 | ▶ 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 |
| 56 | ▶ 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 |
| 57 | ▶ Abstract Ventures #28 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Backing transformative founders building exceptional companies across all sectors San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 277 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 58 | ▶ 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 |
| 59 | ▶ Capital One Ventures Strategic CVC investing in startups driving the future of data, technology, and financial services—aligned with Capital One's business imperatives. More than half of portfolio investments lead to commercial partnerships with Capital One. McLean, VA | $500K – $10M | 80 | Follows | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 60 | ▶ Intuit Ventures Intuit Ventures invests in world-class startups powering prosperity for consumers and small businesses — extending Intuit's mission through strategic capital in fintech, SMB software, compliance, payments, employment tech, and AI for Main Street. Mountain View | $2M – $10M | 17 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 61 | ▶ 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 |
| 62 | ▶ 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 | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 63 | ▶ 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 |
| 64 | ▶ 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 |
| 65 | ▶ ICONIQ Growth #10 · Top 100 · 2026 Partnering with category-defining technology founders at critical inflection points (typically Series B, $10M ARR) through IPO and beyond. ICONIQ brings an unparalleled network of 300+ tech executive families, an 80-person dedicated venture team, and 'uncommon care' service model. AI is now a core focus with $3B+ invested in AI in 2025. San Francisco | $10M – $200M | 171 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 66 | ▶ 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 |
| 67 | ▶ 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 |
| 68 | ▶ Square Peg Founders from Australia/NZ, Israel, and Southeast Asia will shape the future of global technology. We prioritize people above all else, backing entrepreneurs with compelling visions who assemble talented, mission-driven teams to tackle large, important problems, and back them repeatedly over time. Sydney | $250K – $30M | 81 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 69 | ▶ Arbor Ventures Arbor Ventures is a fintech-only fund partnering with entrepreneurs globally to shape a smarter financial future. They invest across payments, cyber, insurance, regtech, AI/ML, marketplaces, capital markets, and blockchain — taking an expansive view of fintech across geographies with no place considered too far. Singapore | $1M – $10M | 37 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 70 | ▶ Dawn Capital Dawn backs category-leading B2B software companies across fintech, cybersecurity, data/AI infrastructure, insurance tech, HR tech, and regtech, acting as a long-term operating partner rather than passive capital. London | $10M – $40M | 49 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 71 | ▶ 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 |
| 72 | ▶ Acrew Capital #53 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Long-term venture partnerships built on depth of thought, conviction, and dimensional thinking. We back founders with diverse lived experiences who are building transformative companies. We operate as a team sport—you don't work with individual partners, you work with Acrew. We invest in emotional intelligence, operational support, and the long arc of building meaningful companies. San Francisco | $250K – $15M | 105 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 73 | ▶ Yolo Investments Yolo backs truly outstanding operators disrupting norms in iGaming, fintech, and crypto. The firm leverages a decade of operational experience building world-class iGaming products to invest with deep domain expertise. Abu Dhabi | $1M – $15M | 25 | Both | Between | ~2 mo | N/A |
| 74 | ▶ Index Ventures #6 · Top 100 · 2026 We invest in who you are, not just what you do. We back visionaries and game-changers with character and global ambition. We partner long-term with founders, providing capital, operational support, and deep conviction in their vision. San Francisco | $500K – $50M | 370 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 75 | ▶ 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 |
| 76 | ▶ Valor Capital Group Greatest opportunities come from serving unmet needs of the middle class in emerging markets. We bridge US and Latin American markets, providing institutional capital, intellectual capital flow, and geo arbitrage exit opportunities. New York | $500K – $10M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 77 | ▶ 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 |
| 78 | ▶ Arkam Ventures Backing founders who use technology to remove friction in consumption, productivity, and financial access for the ~400M Indians beyond the top 50M most startups have historically targeted. Bengaluru, India | $1M – $5M | 29 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 79 | ▶ 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 |
| 80 | ▶ 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 |
| 81 | ▶ 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 |
| 82 | ▶ Riverwood Capital Riverwood partners with Proven Growth technology companies — businesses with demonstrated business models and positive unit economics — providing $25M–$250M+ to help them scale globally. Their Scalability Playbook supports companies navigating strategic and operational inflection points. Current focus on AI-powered enterprise software as a generational catalyst. Menlo Park | $25M – $250M | 45 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 83 | ▶ 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 |
| 84 | ▶ 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 |
| 85 | ▶ 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 |
| 86 | ▶ Edison Partners Edison Partners is a growth equity firm that backs capital-efficient, high-growth fintech, healthcare IT, and vertical SaaS/AI companies located outside Silicon Valley, pairing capital with an operator-driven value creation platform (Edison Edge) to help management teams scale. Nashville | $15M – $175M | 46 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 87 | ▶ 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 |
| 88 | ▶ 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 |
| 89 | ▶ 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 |
| 90 | ▶ 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 |
| 91 | ▶ PeakSpan Capital PeakSpan invests exclusively in Applied AI B2B software scale-ups at $3M–$50M+ ARR, providing growth equity combined with hands-on operational platform support (500+ expert community, proprietary technology tools, proven playbooks) to help founders scale with discipline and achieve optimal risk-adjusted exits. New York | $10M – $50M | 57 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 92 | ▶ 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 |
| 93 | ▶ 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 |
| 94 | ▶ 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 |
| 95 | ▶ 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 |
| 96 | ▶ Chiratae Ventures Backs 'The Audacious Entrepreneur' as a generalist, multi-stage Indian VC, sourcing untapped white-space opportunities across SaaS, consumer, fintech, healthtech, agritech, climatetech and deeptech, with a fast-turnaround Sonic seed program and growing focus on AI, spacetech, defencetech and quantum. Bengaluru, India | $250K – $2M | 84 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 97 | ▶ Reimann Investors Venture Capital Backs visionary startups with cutting-edge ideas across B2B software, AI, and fintech, providing strategic capital and operational support while prioritizing founder empowerment and durable value creation over investor visibility or unicorn-chasing. Munich | $1M – $5M | 12 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 98 | ▶ 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 |
| 99 | ▶ Sixth Street Growth Sixth Street Growth provides flexible, patient capital to mid- and late-stage technology companies, pairing growth equity and bespoke credit solutions with deep operating expertise through its 'More Than Capital' platform. Focus areas include enterprise SaaS, fintech/payments, healthcare IT, cybersecurity, and data infrastructure. San Francisco | $40M – $400M | 55 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 100 | ▶ 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 |
| 101 | ▶ 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 |
| 102 | ▶ Wa'ed Ventures Empower ambitious founders with capital, expertise, and network to build and scale transformative ventures, prioritizing startups that advance Saudi Vision 2030 and can localize frontier technology in the Kingdom. Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | $1M – $20M | 77 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 103 | ▶ Summit Partners Summit Partners backs category-leading companies in Technology, Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Growth Products & Services, investing $10M-$500M per company to power profitable growth. They take minority or majority positions as active board partners backed by the Peak Performance Group operational team. Boston | $10M – $500M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 104 | ▶ Pentathlon Ventures Back founders with deep domain expertise and global ambitions building B2B tech, applying an "AI-Right, Not AI-First" lens rather than chasing AI as a label. Pune | $500K – $1M | 28 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 105 | ▶ 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 |
| 106 | ▶ 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 |
| 107 | ▶ 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 |
| 108 | ▶ Capria Ventures Applied AI is a talent and language equalizer that will drive a multi-trillion dollar opportunity across the Global South. We back founders building scalable, profitable businesses that touch the lives of hundreds of millions of underserved consumers and SMEs across India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Seattle | $500K – $2M | 31 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 109 | ▶ 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 |
| 110 | ▶ 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 |
| 111 | ▶ Faering Capital Disciplined, sector-focused investing that develops proprietary investment themes ahead of the market, then partners with exceptional Indian entrepreneurs to help them navigate sustainable, category-leading growth. Mumbai | $10M – $50M | 32 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 112 | ▶ 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 |
| 113 | ▶ 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 |
| 114 | ▶ 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 |
| 115 | ▶ 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 |
| 116 | ▶ Thomson Reuters Ventures Investing in enduring companies forging the future of enterprise technology, with emphasis on strategic alignment with Thomson Reuters' core markets: legal, tax, compliance, news & media, and fintech. Leverages Thomson Reuters' deep customer relationships, domain expertise, and product assets to accelerate portfolio companies. New York | $3M – $15M | 29 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 117 | ▶ 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 |
| 118 | ▶ DN Capital Investment rigour at all stages, backing ambitious entrepreneurs across Software, AI, Fintech, and Consumer Internet with active, hands-on support beyond capital - ongoing advice, connections, introductions, partnerships, and mentorship. London | $500K – $20M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 119 | ▶ 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 |
| 120 | ▶ Elev8 Venture Partners Backing technology and tech-enabled companies at the moment between proven traction and category leadership, where revenue is real, unit economics are measurable, and profitability is within reach. Bengaluru, India | $10M – $15M | 9 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 121 | ▶ 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 |
| 122 | ▶ 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 |
| 123 | ▶ 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 |
| 124 | ▶ 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 |
| 125 | ▶ 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 |
| 126 | ▶ 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 |
| 127 | ▶ Alter Global Catalyze emerging tech ecosystems by backing role-model founders who create outsized value in their nations. We believe in tech unicorns that create millions of jobs and transform nations. | $500K – $5M | 14 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 128 | ▶ 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 |
| 129 | ▶ Smash Capital World-class founders building generational brands in enterprise software, consumer internet, fintech, and AI. We offer unparalleled brand-building and media expertise drawn from decades operating multi-billion-dollar global franchises at Disney and beyond. Los Angeles | $10M – $100M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 130 | ▶ CrossBoundary CrossBoundary Ventures backs scalable fintech models in Africa, particularly companies solving cross-border trade and remittances with digital financial technology. More broadly, CrossBoundary Group unlocks capital for underserved markets by addressing capital-absorption constraints across advisory, energy access, real estate, and natural capital platforms. Nairobi | $200K – $3M | 5 | N/A | 1mo | N/A | Req'd |
| 131 | ▶ 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 |
| 132 | ▶ Z47 Founders first: back people over markets, enter early, and stay with entrepreneurs through every phase, drawing on a team composed largely of former founders and operators. Bengaluru, India | $1M – $20M | 20 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 133 | ▶ 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 | 44 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 134 | ▶ 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 |
| 135 | ▶ 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 |
| 136 | ▶ Benhamou Global Ventures BGV backs hands-on, cross-border enterprise AI startups operating under the Enterprise 5.0 framework — companies that combine intelligent machines with human ingenuity to drive leapfrog productivity improvements. They focus on vertical AI (industry-specific, proprietary data) and horizontal agentic platforms (cross-functional automation), with a strong preference for immigrant founders pursuing US go-to-market strategies from France, Israel, and India. Menlo Park | $2M – $10M | 48 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 137 | ▶ 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 |
| 138 | ▶ Dalus Capital Back purposeful entrepreneurs building scalable technology solutions for significant Latin American problems, with emphasis on inclusion, climate innovation, and business productivity while generating positive impact and strong returns. Monterrey | $500K – $5M | 32 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 139 | ▶ 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 |
| 140 | ▶ 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 |
| 141 | ▶ Opera Tech Ventures Backing entrepreneurs that transform the face of finance, across visionary innovation, execution-driven leadership, and technologists building sustainable competitive advantages. Paris | $3M – $15M | 20 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 142 | ▶ Group 11 Financial services is ripe for fundamental disruption. We invest in visionary entrepreneurs building modern, customer-first financial solutions that leverage technology to make financial systems more efficient and accessible. The most disruptive fintech companies reimagine how financial services work at their core, not just digitize existing products. Beverly Hills, California | $5M – $20M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 143 | ▶ 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 |
| 144 | ▶ 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 |
| 145 | ▶ Upper90 It's not how much you raise, it's how much you own. We provide capital-efficient hybrid credit and equity to help founders scale without excessive dilution. New York | $5M – $100M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 146 | ▶ 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 |
| 147 | ▶ Saama Capital Saama backs passionate, decisive founders building disruptive companies across Indian consumer tech, D2C brands, enterprise software, and financial services, providing capital plus long-term operating partnership. Mumbai | $500K – $4M | 62 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 148 | ▶ 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 |
| 149 | ▶ Merak Capital To steward capital with discipline and conviction, investing in innovative enterprises that create enduring value. Backs founders building technology solutions for Saudi Arabia's digital transformation, converting early traction into resilient growth through disciplined capital paired with operational expertise. Riyadh | $600K – $54M | 44 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 150 | ▶ 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 |
| 151 | ▶ 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 |
| 152 | ▶ Chicago Ventures We lead, early. Enduring companies can be built anywhere, by anyone. We focus on founders and industries overlooked by coastal investors, serving as operationally-involved partners during the company's earliest days — before success is obvious. Chicago | $500K – $5M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 153 | ▶ 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 |
| 154 | ▶ Torch Capital Investing in AI-powered companies that transform how consumers and businesses operate. Torch backs both the consumer-facing brand layer and the AI infrastructure enabling next-generation experiences, with particular depth in health & wellness, fintech, and consumer commerce. New York | $500K – $3M | 66 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 155 | ▶ 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 |
| 156 | ▶ CME Ventures CME Ventures backs technologies addressing the 'day after tomorrow' of financial markets - innovations too nascent for CME Group to build or acquire today but that could reshape market structure in three to five years, spanning real-time payments, distributed ledgers, deep learning, precision data, and next-generation computing. Chicago | $500K – $20M | 21 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 157 | ▶ 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 |
| 158 | ▶ 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 |
| 159 | ▶ 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 |
| 160 | ▶ Gaja Capital Gaja Capital partners with India's mid-market entrepreneurs to build sector leaders. They invest at Series C and beyond — when product-market fit is proven — and provide active operational support (IPO prep, governance, senior hiring, strategic expansion) to accelerate the path from INR 100 crore to INR 1,000 crore in revenue. Key sectors: Education, BFSI, Consumer, Employment/HR, and Software. Mumbai | $25M – $40M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | N/A |
| 161 | ▶ 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 |
| 162 | ▶ 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 |
| 163 | ▶ Sony Innovation Fund Actively champion founders and entrepreneurs, fostering a culture where startups thrive, while serving as the bridge to Sony that drives deeper engagements through technical expertise and network access. Focused on DeepTech, Entertainment, EnterpriseTech, Fintech/DLT, ClimateTech, and Location-Based Entertainment. Tokyo | $500K – $20M | 147 | Follows | Active | N/A | Open |
| 164 | ▶ Newion Pressure-test the coherence between a market problem, a product solution, and a viable sales path. Look for an underlying market shift and people who can lead the journey, distinguishing durable growth drivers from one-off effects. Amsterdam | $1M – $10M | 56 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 165 | ▶ 1kx Crypto-native operators architecting token-first networks through deep cryptoeconomic design, governance innovation, and sustainable token economies. 1kx supports builders across infrastructure, middleware, and consumer applications, focusing on projects that advance the decentralized future. The fund partners with founders to scale transformative blockchain projects while maintaining alignment through long-term capital commitment and deep technical expertise. Berlin | $500K – $15M | 68 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 166 | ▶ Spiral Capital We draw startups that transform society with imagination and technology into a spiral of growth, focusing on vast market opportunities (industry transformation, DeepTech, industry-agnostic advanced technology) paired with strong management teams. Tokyo | $330K – $3.3M | 90 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 167 | ▶ Crosslink Capital We invest in ambitious early-stage founders building category-defining companies. Our Alpha network of 2,000+ founders and operators provides unique sourcing and strategic support for scaling emerging enterprises. San Francisco | $1M – $9M | 153 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 168 | ▶ 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 |
| 169 | ▶ 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 |
| 170 | ▶ 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 |
| 171 | ▶ 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 |
| 172 | ▶ 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 |
| 173 | ▶ 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 |
| 174 | ▶ Smedvig Ventures European B2B software firm at the 'Series A to B gap' — backing founders who have found product-market fit and need capital plus operational support to scale. Family-office funded, sector-agnostic within B2B software with a lean toward infrastructure, data platforms, and AI-native products. London | $4M – $8M | 34 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 175 | ▶ Dallas Venture Capital DVC invests in visionary founders building next-generation B2B SaaS and infrastructure companies at the intersection of AI, cloud, and enterprise software. Operating as a cross-border US-India fund, DVC backs companies in AI/MLOps, CloudOps, cybersecurity, fintech, and data infrastructure — providing not just capital but also go-to-market strategy, business development, executive recruiting, and follow-on syndication through the DVC Advantage program. Irving, TX | $2M – $17M | 32 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 176 | ▶ 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 |
| 177 | ▶ 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 |
| 178 | ▶ 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 |
| 179 | ▶ 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 |
| 180 | ▶ 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 |
| 181 | ▶ 9Yards Capital Back technical founders building critical infrastructure for foundational industries. Pair growth-stage capital with deep regulatory expertise and government/industry connectivity to create defensible advantages in overlooked, essential sectors. San Francisco | $3M – $10M | 36 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 182 | ▶ 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 |
| 183 | ▶ Ventech Ventech backs founders who reimagine society with global technology visions — particularly AI-native vertical applications, industrial software, digital health, cybersecurity, and sovereignty plays across Europe. With 26 years of European VC experience, they are long-term conviction partners from Seed to exit, offering board-level support and international network access. Paris | $500K – $5M | 51 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 184 | ▶ 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 |
| 185 | ▶ Eight Roads Back ambitious technology and healthcare founders in Asia, Europe, and Israel, providing not just capital but access to a global ecosystem spanning 350+ portfolio companies across four continents. Fidelity backing allows more flexible and focused support than typical VC. London | $5M – $50M | 26 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | N/A |
| 186 | ▶ 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 |
| 187 | ▶ 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 |
| 188 | ▶ S3 Ventures Patient Capital. True Resources. Big Impacts. S3 backs visionary founders building in Business Software and Healthcare Technology. Unique single-LP structure (a multi-billion dollar philanthropic family office) enables patient, flexible investing unconstrained by traditional VC fundraising cycles. Founded in Texas in 2005 — the largest and longest-serving VC native to Texas. Austin | $500K – $15M | 56 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | N/A |
| 189 | ▶ 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 |
| 190 | ▶ Moneta Ventures Software++ — mission-critical enterprise technology companies with differentiated tech and multi-layered monetization strategies beyond standard SaaS licensing. Seeks proprietary data, network effects, and workflow lock-in. Sacramento | $1M – $5M | 44 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 191 | ▶ 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 |
| 192 | ▶ 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 |
| 193 | ▶ Mundi Ventures Mundi backs bold, purpose-driven founders building technology companies at the intersection of deep tech and critical global challenges. Core thesis: Europe has world-class talent and ecosystem but suffers from a scale-up funding gap at growth stages. Kembara fund (€750M) bridges this by providing Series B/C growth capital to European deep tech and climate champions. Madrid | $1M – $40M | 54 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 194 | ▶ 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 |
| 195 | ▶ Cloud9 Capital Back execution-first Brazilian founders running proven, revenue-generating, capital-efficient SaaS and fintech businesses that are outside the radar of the traditional São Paulo VC circuit. São Paulo | $6.6M – $20.8M | 8 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 196 | ▶ 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 |
| 197 | ▶ 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 |
| 198 | ▶ 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 |
| 199 | ▶ 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 |
| 200 | ▶ AVP Independent global investment platform backing capital-efficient, high-growth technology companies across Europe and North America. Multi-stage, multi-strategy approach from venture to pre-IPO. Transatlantic local teams provide unique advantage in bridging European and US growth. Paris | $1M – $150M | 67 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 201 | ▶ 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 |
| 202 | ▶ 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 |
| 203 | ▶ 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 |
| 204 | ▶ 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 |
| 205 | ▶ 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 |
| 206 | ▶ 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 |
| 207 | ▶ 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 |
| 208 | ▶ 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 |
| 209 | ▶ 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 |
| 210 | ▶ 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 |
| 211 | ▶ 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 |
| 212 | ▶ Prosus Build lifestyle e-commerce ecosystems in Europe, Latin America, and India by investing in food delivery, fintech, classifieds, consumer services, and AI. Partner with entrepreneurs to help them become global success stories, leveraging Prosus's operational expertise, ecosystem synergies, and global network. Amsterdam | $1M – $500M | 40 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 213 | ▶ 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 |
| 214 | ▶ 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 |
| 215 | ▶ Puzzle Ventures Finding the next puzzle piece in the crypto space. Puzzle Ventures helps early-stage blockchain startups grow and reshape the future of Web3 through strategic capital, infrastructure expertise, and deep crypto ecosystem connections. Berlin | $1M – $5M | 37 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 216 | ▶ 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 |
| 217 | ▶ 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 |
| 218 | ▶ 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 |
| 219 | ▶ FinSight Ventures Ownership mindset, partnership with entrepreneurs, and flexibility & discipline: commit proprietary capital alongside a syndicate of co-investors to back growth-stage fintech, AI, and B2B SaaS companies bringing digital transformation to banking, finance, and insurance. San Francisco | $3M – $50M | 23 | Follows | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 220 | ▶ 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 |
| 221 | ▶ 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 |
| 222 | ▶ 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 |
| 223 | ▶ 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 |
| 224 | ▶ 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 |
| 225 | ▶ 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 |
| 226 | ▶ 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 |
| 227 | ▶ Collide Capital Great companies are built at the intersection of communities led by diverse, fearless change agents. We invest in founders closest to the problems they're solving, who are most capable and passionate about tackling them. New York | $250K – $3M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 228 | ▶ Karma Ventures Backing deep-tech software startups in Europe at late seed and Series A, with innovative technology and initial commercial traction. Investing as an ongoing practice in partnership and deliberate choice-making, working alongside founders to sharpen thinking without dulling responsibility. Tallinn, Estonia | $500K – $5M | 24 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 229 | ▶ Toba Capital Partner with exceptional founders building technology companies with long-term growth potential capable of fundamentally shifting markets for the common good. Provide capital, operational expertise, board participation, and network access to support founder vision and company building. Los Angeles & Newport Beach, CA | $500K – $10M | 44 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 230 | ▶ 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 |
| 231 | ▶ 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 |
| 232 | ▶ 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 |
| 233 | ▶ 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 |
| 234 | ▶ 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 |
| 235 | ▶ 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 |
| 236 | ▶ 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 |
| 237 | ▶ 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 |
| 238 | ▶ IRIS Ventures We fund history in the making, bridging the gap between your vision and a lasting global reality. IRIS backs technical, industry-fluent founders building category-defining enterprise, AI/data, fintech, security, and logistics companies from seed through growth. Paris | $1M – $30M | 36 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 239 | ▶ 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 | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 240 | ▶ Initial Capital Bitcoin is the TCP/IP for real-time value transport on the Internet. We invest in seed-stage teams building the next generation of games, consumer products, and infrastructure on Bitcoin. | $200K – $1M | 34 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 241 | ▶ 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 |
| 242 | ▶ 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 |
| 243 | ▶ 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 |
| 244 | ▶ 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 |
| 245 | ▶ Accel #3 · Top 100 · 2026 Partner with exceptional teams building transformative technology companies across all stages San Francisco | $2M – $10M | 136 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 246 | ▶ 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 |
| 247 | ▶ 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 |
| 248 | ▶ Seed Capital We back exceptional Nordic-based founders from seed to Series A and beyond, gravitating toward category winners riding underlying macro trends such as transparency and user-generated content. We are Denmark's largest fintech investor and a hands-on partner all the way to exit. Copenhagen | $2M – $4M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 249 | ▶ Lightrock We back growth-stage, technology-enabled companies delivering proven, scalable solutions to major social and environmental challenges across People, Planet, and Productivity, while targeting attractive financial returns. London | $10M – $50M | 22 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 250 | ▶ 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 |
| 251 | ▶ 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 |
| 252 | ▶ TCV #47 · Top 100 · 2026 Identify innovators capturing shifts in technology and behavior that reshape their industries, and empower mission-driven teams toward market-leading scale through a partnership-driven, long-term growth-equity approach. Menlo Park | $10M – $500M | 37 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 253 | ▶ 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 |
| 254 | ▶ 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 |
| 255 | ▶ 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 |
| 256 | ▶ R136 Ventures Identifies inflection points through proprietary Discovery Engine and backs founders who see opportunities others miss. Focuses on AI-driven transformation of B2B software and financial services, with deep technical due diligence analyzing 250+ data points. Woodside, CA | $2M – $20M | 42 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 257 | ▶ 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 |
| 258 | ▶ 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 |
| 259 | ▶ 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 |
| 260 | ▶ WestBridge Capital WestBridge partners with founders building transformative, AI-native businesses from Series A through IPO and beyond. With a $7.3B evergreen fund (no forced LP exit timeline), they invest early and hold for 5-25 years as patient capital partners. Their AI focus centers on Vertical AI Systems, AI-Native Infrastructure, and Agentic AI across the India and US markets. Bangalore | $10M – $500M | 28 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 261 | ▶ Polychain #95 · Top 100 · 2026 Blockchain-based digital assets represent a new asset class with mathematical scarcity. We invest in protocols and infrastructure building the foundational layer of decentralized internet, combining venture capital with active hedge fund portfolio management to capture long-term protocol upside and near-term market opportunities. San Francisco | $1M – $50M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 262 | ▶ 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 |
| 263 | ▶ 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 |
| 264 | ▶ 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 |
| 265 | ▶ UC Impower Back financially and operationally sustainable businesses that expand access to affordability, inclusion, and environmental sustainability for underserved Indian households and MSMEs, generating market-rate returns alongside measurable impact. Bengaluru, India | $2M – $15M | 5 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 266 | ▶ 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 |
| 267 | ▶ 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 |
| 268 | ▶ Altos Ventures Patient, pragmatic investing in 'Hedgehog' founders building enduring, capital-efficient businesses. First institutional investor philosophy with multi-decade holding periods and a strong focus on unit economics over growth at all costs. Caps funds below $1B to maintain discipline and alignment. Menlo Park | $500K – $100M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 269 | ▶ 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 |
| 270 | ▶ 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 |
| 271 | ▶ MassMutual Ventures Build category-defining technology businesses that deliver strong investment returns while addressing pressing business challenges. Leverage Fortune 500 parent (MassMutual) assets including real estate portfolios, renewable energy assets, and capital networks. Boston | $2M – $10M | 23 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 272 | ▶ Operator Collective Companies succeed because of the people who build them. We connect exceptional enterprise operators with early-stage founders to create a flywheel of aligned incentives, leveraging 200+ active operator LPs with 5,000+ collective years of building, scaling, and leading successful tech companies. San Francisco | $3M – $20M | 55 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 273 | ▶ Lion X Ventures Accelerating digital innovation across Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia by backing category-defining founders in AI, semiconductors, med-tech, and digital infrastructure, with OCBC's ecosystem providing enterprise access, capital pathways, and exit routes. Singapore | $2M – $20M | 12 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 274 | ▶ Nextalia Ventures Bridge growth-stage Italian technology companies to international markets, and international companies into Italy, backing B2B software/SaaS with capital plus hands-on scaling support. Milan, Italy | $10M – $15M | 12 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 275 | ▶ 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 | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 276 | ▶ 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 |
| 277 | ▶ 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 |
| 278 | ▶ 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 |
| 279 | ▶ 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 |
| 280 | ▶ 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 |
| 281 | ▶ Crypto.com Capital We invest in early-stage Web3 companies that are building the future of decentralized finance, gaming, and blockchain infrastructure. Our motto is 'Founders First' - we partner with builders who have technical depth and a clear vision of solving real problems in crypto. We provide not just capital but also strategic access to our 100M+ user base, exchange infrastructure, and operational expertise. Hong Kong | $2M – $8M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 282 | ▶ Cornerstone Ventures Backing 'Next Gen Enterprise Tech' in India across SaaS, deep-tech, and B2B marketplaces, staying engaged with companies across their full funding lifecycle rather than making a single early bet. Mumbai | $5M – $15M | 21 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 283 | ▶ 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 | 25 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 284 | ▶ 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 |
| 285 | ▶ 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 |
| 286 | ▶ 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 |
| 287 | ▶ 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 |
| 288 | ▶ 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 |
| 289 | ▶ 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 | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 290 | ▶ FoundersX Ventures AI-first venture capital firm investing in AI transformation and digital infrastructure across GenAI Infrastructure (AI chips, quantum, autonomous robotics), Deep Domains (fintech, healthcare, enterprise), and GenAI Agents (autonomous AI for real-world consumer and enterprise use). Menlo Park | $500K – $3M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 291 | ▶ 01 Advisors Fund #36 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Proven scaled operators are uniquely positioned to help hyper-growth companies reach the next level. We invest right after product-market fit (Series A-B) and focus on scaling go-to-market and building world-class companies. Inspired by Bill Campbell's coaching philosophy, we provide intensive operational support without taking board seats. San Francisco | $1M – $10M | 63 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 292 | ▶ 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 |
| 293 | ▶ Distributed Ventures Risk becomes opportunity when paired with the right capital. Distributed Ventures invests in early-stage companies transforming health, insurance, and wealth through technology, partnering with founders to provide not just capital but strategic guidance, distribution channels, and operational expertise. The firm's unique LP base of insurance carriers, wealth managers, and brokers creates direct customer access and validation opportunities. New York | $1M – $5M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 294 | ▶ 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 |
| 295 | ▶ 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 |
| 296 | ▶ 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 |
| 297 | ▶ 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 |
| 298 | ▶ 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 |
| 299 | ▶ 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 |
| 300 | ▶ 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 | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 301 | ▶ 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 |
| 302 | ▶ Stage 2 Capital Stage 2 Capital is the first VC fund backed by 1,000+ GTM executives. Using a two-person pod model (traditional VC + GTM operator), the firm helps B2B software companies scale through go-to-market expertise and access to a curated executive LP network. Boston | $2M – $6M | 81 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 303 | ▶ Northzone Category-defining entrepreneurs building fundamental shifts that upend entire industries. Focus on disruptive business models in energy transition, healthcare, AI, and consumer. Thesis values human relationships and founder-centric partnerships over financial metrics alone. London | $1M – $40M | 39 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 304 | ▶ 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 |
| 305 | ▶ 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 |
| 306 | ▶ Second Century Ventures The best technology startups writ-large have universal utility, and we apply them to real estate, the world's largest asset class at roughly $380 trillion. We back companies with AI, digital platforms, fintech/insurtech, and security applications relevant to real estate and adjacent verticals. Chicago | $500K – $15M | 35 | Follows | Active | N/A | Open |
| 307 | ▶ 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 |
| 308 | ▶ 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 | 29 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 309 | ▶ 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 |
| 310 | ▶ 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 |
| 311 | ▶ Lightspeed Venture Partners #7 · Top 100 · 2026 We partner with bold builders of category-defining companies from Seed to Series F and beyond. Depth of commitment, depth of relationships, and depth of belief distinguish us. Complete immersion, authentic partnership, and unwavering conviction through market cycles. | $1M – $300M | 51 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 312 | ▶ 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 |
| 313 | ▶ Nazca VC Founder-centric VC backing bold, tech-enabled entrepreneurs transforming industries across Spanish-speaking Latin America. Invests from Seed through pre-IPO with deep operational support including networks, talent, and strategic partnerships. Uses proprietary data and AI to source and evaluate deals. Mexico City | $500K – $5M | 39 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 314 | ▶ 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 |
| 315 | ▶ 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 | 36 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 316 | ▶ 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 |
| 317 | ▶ 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 |
| 318 | ▶ Impact46 Theme-specific venture capital and private equity across the seed-to-mature spectrum, backing Saudi technology-driven businesses aligned with Vision 2030 economic diversification, plus a parallel credit advisory practice spanning sukuk and private credit for mid-market corporates. Riyadh | $500K – $10M | 50 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 319 | ▶ 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 | 29 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 320 | ▶ 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 |
| 321 | ▶ Addition #64 · Top 100 · 2026 Backs founders with a proven track record building large, defensible, technology-enabled businesses, deploying roughly one-third of capital at early stage and two-thirds at growth stage with fast, single-decision-maker conviction. New York | $5M – $200M | 20 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 322 | ▶ 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 |
| 323 | ▶ 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 |
| 324 | ▶ 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 |
| 325 | ▶ 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 |
| 326 | ▶ 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 |
| 327 | ▶ Swish Ventures Swish partners with a small number of exceptional founders each year in cybersecurity, cloud and AI infrastructure, physical AI, defense, and government technology, providing concentrated capital and deep partnership from seed through late growth. Tel Aviv | $10M – $30M | 15 | N/A | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 328 | ▶ Fifth Wall We invest in breakthrough technologies that make the built world more efficient, resilient, and sustainable. By combining capital with access to 115+ real estate owner-operator LPs, we help portfolio companies scale rapidly across vast existing asset bases. Los Angeles | $2M – $50M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 329 | ▶ Kleiner Perkins #11 · Top 100 · 2026 Partner with exceptional founders building transformative technology companies from inception to IPO and beyond. Our moral compass is serving humanity with technology and capital. We provide not just capital but operational support, network access, and board participation to maximize the potential of founders' ideas and make history. Menlo Park | $100K – $150M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 330 | ▶ 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 |
| 331 | ▶ 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 |
| 332 | ▶ Geodesic Capital We invest in multi-stage, globally minded founders and help them succeed in the critical Japanese market. Geodesic bridges Silicon Valley and Japan, providing both financial capital and an unmatched operational platform — including the annual Geodesic Forum, a dedicated Japan team, and deep LP relationships with major Japanese corporations — to accelerate portfolio company growth into Japan and Asia. Silicon Valley | $5M – $50M | 75 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 333 | ▶ 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 |
| 334 | ▶ Red Dot Capital Partners Red Dot Capital Partners backs exceptional Israeli founders building the next generation of global tech companies, investing at the product-market fit stage (late Series A to Series C) in companies with $1-5M ARR. The fund serves as the primary gateway for Israeli startups expanding into Southeast Asia and Japan, leveraging LP relationships anchored by Singapore's Temasek Holdings. Tel Aviv | $10M – $20M | 27 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 335 | ▶ Volition Capital We invest in founder-owned, capital-efficient businesses that aspire to lead their markets, keeping business human through transparent, genuine partnership. Boston | $5M – $50M | 62 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 336 | ▶ 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 |
| 337 | ▶ 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 |
| 338 | ▶ 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 |
| 339 | ▶ 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 |
| 340 | ▶ Global Brain Broad-spectrum deep-tech and technology investor with particular conviction in AI, climate tech, and healthcare, pairing capital with hands-on operational support and open-innovation partnerships between startups and major Japanese corporations. Tokyo | $2M – $340M | 40 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 341 | ▶ 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 |
| 342 | ▶ 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 |
| 343 | ▶ 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 |
| 344 | ▶ 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 | 34 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 345 | ▶ 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 |
| 346 | ▶ 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 |
| 347 | ▶ 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 |
| 348 | ▶ 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 |
| 349 | ▶ General Atlantic #21 · Top 100 · 2026 The dedicated partner for entrepreneurs and investors building long-term value: patient growth capital plus deep sector expertise and a global operating platform for category-leading, capital-efficient businesses at an inflection point. New York | $50M – $500M | 28 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 350 | ▶ 8-Bit Capital Network-powered startups connecting people and businesses through software tools and platforms | $250K – $3M | 59 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 351 | ▶ U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) #55 · Top 100 · 2026 Partnering with entrepreneurs to transform their ideas into world-changing companies, concentrating on cybersecurity, enterprise/cloud software, consumer (incl. e-commerce), and healthcare (medtech, biotech, IT-enabled services), typically leading Series A/B rounds and taking board seats. Menlo Park | $1M – $20M | 43 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 352 | ▶ 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 |
| 353 | ▶ 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 |
| 354 | ▶ 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 |
| 355 | ▶ Parceiro Ventures Partner operators who have scaled Latin American tech companies back B2B and tech-enabled businesses that digitize offline or fragmented Brazilian SMB and enterprise industries. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 17 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 356 | ▶ 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 |
| 357 | ▶ 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 |
| 358 | ▶ 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 |
| 359 | ▶ 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 |
| 360 | ▶ 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 |
| 361 | ▶ 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 |
| 362 | ▶ 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 |
| 363 | ▶ Patron The next decade will be defined by founders building intuitive, automated, taste-driven, and deeply personal consumer applications. We leverage gaming insights and community mechanics to back category-defining founders across wellness, media, education, commerce, and social. Gaming-native generation expects automation, personalization, and authentic community—we invest in founders who understand these mechanics. | $2M – $3M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 364 | ▶ Highland Europe Highland Europe backs exceptional teams in Europe and Israel building the next generation of technology leaders, focusing on product-led software and consumer companies with organic growth, clear product-market fit, and capital discipline. London | $20M – $90M | 65 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 365 | ▶ Molten Ventures Backing Europe's most ambitious founders from Series A and beyond across SaaS/enterprise software, deeptech, healthtech, and consumer software, using a permanent-capital listed structure to stay invested through growth and pre-IPO stages. London | $2M – $35M | 18 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 366 | ▶ 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 |
| 367 | ▶ Systemiq Capital We back audacious founders building category-defining companies in systems we understand deeply, across Electrification, Decoding Nature, and Applied AI. London | $3M – $5M | 32 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 368 | ▶ Sound Ventures Identify major platform shifts and back founders at early stages with conviction. Invest early, move with conviction, and stay hands-on. Beyond capital, provide narrative crafting, marketing momentum, and customer introductions. The AI fund thesis: foundation model companies are defining the category and possess transformative potential across enterprise and consumer. Los Angeles | $100K – $10M | 49 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 369 | ▶ 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 |
| 370 | ▶ Salesforce Ventures Enterprise technology is the sole focus. Patient capital with an evergreen model — Salesforce is the sole LP with no fund lifecycle pressure, enabling investing across market cycles. AI is the defining platform shift of our era: from model infrastructure to AI applications to robotics and agents. Strategic value beyond capital: unmatched access to the Salesforce enterprise ecosystem and Fortune 500 network for customer introductions, early product feedback, and go-to-market acceleration. San Francisco | $1M – $50M | 66 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 371 | ▶ 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 | 26 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 372 | ▶ DCM Unconventional ideas shape progress. DCM looks for potential in the overlooked, applying first-principles thinking and concentrating deeply on a small cohort of companies each year rather than spreading capital thin, with a global (US/Asia-Pacific) perspective and local execution. Menlo Park | $2M – $25M | 19 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 373 | ▶ Founders Fund #9 · Top 100 · 2026 Back revolutionary technologies and visionary founders who think in first principles. We invest across all stages when conviction exists, providing patient capital and board-level partnership to founders building consequential companies that reshape industries. San Francisco | $500K – $50M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 374 | ▶ 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 |
| 375 | ▶ Korea Investment Partners Korea Investment Partners backs global winners across early to growth stages, combining capital with operating support and cross-border expansion help. Seoul | $2M – $3M | 19 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 376 | ▶ 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 |
| 377 | ▶ 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 |
| 378 | ▶ Brick & Mortar Ventures Construction represents ~$11T in global economic activity with historically less than 1% IT spend. We back founders with deep AEC/Built World domain expertise building software and hardware that solves specific jobsite, design, and operations problems. San Francisco | $1M – $10M | 49 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 379 | ▶ 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 |
| 380 | ▶ Aavishkaar Capital Leverage the confluence of consumption, financial inclusion and technology across emerging low- and middle-income populations to build sustainable, scalable businesses that benefit investors and society. Mumbai | $5M – $25M | 31 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 381 | ▶ Headline We invest in top founders everywhere building the next generation of technology companies. We provide capital, operational expertise, and a truly global platform to scale with hands-on support through specialized teams. | $2M – $50M | 51 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 382 | ▶ 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 |
| 383 | ▶ 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 |
| 384 | ▶ 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 |
| 385 | ▶ Union Square Ventures #50 · Top 100 · 2026 We invest at the edge of large markets being transformed by technological and societal pressures. We seek companies that enable new behaviors and business models that incumbents cannot pursue, with strong network effects and broad access implications. New York | $1M – $6M | 60 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 386 | ▶ 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 |
| 387 | ▶ 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 |
| 388 | ▶ Expedition Growth Capital Specialist growth partner for rapidly growing, bootstrapped software and AI companies with capital availability rather than capital necessity. Respectfully partners with founder-led businesses on their path to category leadership, providing primary growth capital, founder liquidity, and operational support. London | $10M – $30M | 20 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 389 | ▶ Menlo Ventures #43 · Top 100 · 2026 Menlo invests in transformative technology companies at multiple stages of early growth. We provide capital, operational expertise, and hands-on support to help founders build scalable businesses that change how we live and work. San Francisco | $500K – $20M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 390 | ▶ O.G. Venture Partners Multi-stage, single-LP VC backed by Eyal Ofer's Ofer Global. Invests with long-term conviction in transformative technology companies, primarily at early-growth stage (Series B/C). Founder-friendly, no traditional LP committee dynamics. Strong bias toward Israeli-founded tech and US growth-stage companies. Monaco | $5M – $15M | 22 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 391 | ▶ 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 |
| 392 | ▶ 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 |
| 393 | ▶ 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 |
| 394 | ▶ 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 |
| 395 | ▶ 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 |
| 396 | ▶ 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 |
| 397 | ▶ 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 |
| 398 | ▶ Left Lane Capital #22 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Invest in hyper-growth consumer and technology businesses with enduring customer relationships. Back founders challenging the status quo through digital transformation. Focus on companies with strong unit economics, loyal customer bases, and defensible competitive advantages in complex, regulation-heavy markets. Brooklyn | $5M – $50M | 42 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 399 | ▶ 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 |
| 400 | ▶ Bajaj Finserv Ventures Backing India's high-growth startups across AI, FinTech, InsurTech, SaaS, and Agritech — particularly companies where Bajaj Finserv's 80M+ customer financial ecosystem creates strategic synergy. Increasingly focused on AI-native companies transforming enterprise workflows and financial services. Pune | $5M – $25M | 10 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 401 | ▶ 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 |
| 402 | ▶ Peak XV Partners Outlier founders and ideas shape the future of humanity. We back ambitious founders building category-defining companies that create significant impact while generating returns that support non-profit and educational causes. Bangalore | $500K – $100M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 403 | ▶ 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 |
| 404 | ▶ 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 |
| 405 | ▶ 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 |
| 406 | ▶ 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 |
| 407 | ▶ 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 |
| 408 | ▶ 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 |
| 409 | ▶ 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 | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 410 | ▶ 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 |
| 411 | ▶ 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 |
| 412 | ▶ 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 |
| 413 | ▶ 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 |
| 414 | ▶ 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 |
| 415 | ▶ 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 |
| 416 | ▶ 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 |
| 417 | ▶ 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 |
| 418 | ▶ Beringea Patient and intelligent capital for rapidly scaling entrepreneurial companies with a transatlantic footprint. US funds target Midwest Series A+ companies with ARR >$3M; UK funds target Series A/B companies with £1M+ revenue. Hands-on operational support through the Beringea Scale-Up Academy and transatlantic network. London | $1M – $13M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 419 | ▶ 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 |
| 420 | ▶ 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 |
| 421 | ▶ 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 |
| 422 | ▶ Dragoneer Investment Group #23 · Top 100 · 2026 We target leading technology companies with sustainable differentiation and attractive unit economics, backing durable competitive moats such as network effects, proprietary data, and switching costs, and holding positions through full market cycles from late-stage private financing into public markets. San Francisco | $50M – $500M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 423 | ▶ 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 |
| 424 | ▶ 137 Ventures 137 Ventures provides structured liquidity — equity loans against shareholder stakes, direct secondary purchases, and anchoring company-organized tender offers — to the founders, executives, and early employees of category-defining private technology companies. The firm supports generational companies through decade-long private lifecycles with flexible, founder-friendly capital structures. San Francisco | $25M – $150M | 67 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 425 | ▶ 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 | 24 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 426 | ▶ 3VC Entrepreneurs by heart, investors by choice: 3VC partners with regional talent across DACH, CEE, the Baltics, and Southern Europe showing early signs of product-market fit and customer love, and helps them become global category leaders. Vienna | $2M – $10M | 25 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 427 | ▶ 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 |
| 428 | ▶ 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 |
| 429 | ▶ 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 |
| 430 | ▶ 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 |
| 431 | ▶ 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 |
| 432 | ▶ 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 |
| 433 | ▶ 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 |
| 434 | ▶ ServiceNow Ventures ServiceNow Ventures invests in AI-first enterprise companies that can extend the ServiceNow platform, accelerate enterprise digital transformation, and advance the potential of AI across workflows. The firm seeks visionary founders building at the intersection of AI, automation, and enterprise software. Santa Clara, CA | $5M – $50M | 18 | Follows | Active | 3+ mo | Req'd |
| 435 | ▶ 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 |
| 436 | ▶ 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 |
| 437 | ▶ Next Coast Ventures Built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs — NCV invests thematically in Next Coast markets (Austin, Midwest, Mountain West) at the Seed/Series A inflection point. They back glass-eating founders building category-defining companies in large markets, providing capital plus hands-on company building support via their 150+ expert network. Austin | $500K – $10M | 77 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 438 | ▶ 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 |
| 439 | ▶ Bond #9 · Emerging 100 · 2026 We identify and scale proven product-market-fit technology companies for global expansion and IPO readiness. Our partnership combines world-class macro research analysis with hands-on operational expertise from experienced technology leaders who have built and scaled billion-dollar companies. San Francisco | $1M – $50M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 440 | ▶ 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 |
| 441 | ▶ 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 | 54 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 442 | ▶ 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 |
| 443 | ▶ General Catalyst #17 · Top 100 · 2026 We back founders venturing beyond to build transformational companies that create positive, enduring change. Applied AI and global resilience are fundamental forces reshaping industries. | $2M – $50M | 38 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 444 | ▶ 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 |
| 445 | ▶ 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 |
| 446 | ▶ iGlobe Partners Unearth, invest and grow startups into global leaders. iGlobe targets game-changing innovations at the frontier of deep tech — semiconductors, AI, quantum computing, and biotech — with a global orientation and a Singapore hub. Founded by Soo Boon Koh, Singapore's first female VC, the firm brings 25+ years of cross-border investing expertise and a top-quartile performance record. Singapore | $1M – $15M | 51 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 447 | ▶ 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 |
| 448 | ▶ 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 |
| 449 | ▶ Benchmark #14 · Top 100 · 2026 The best venture returns come from identifying exceptional founders solving significant problems early. Venture capital doesn't scale - we maintain small team sizes and disciplined focus on quality over quantity. San Francisco | $1M – $15M | 52 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 450 | ▶ 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 |
| 451 | ▶ Emergence Capital Emergence invests in early-stage B2B software companies that will define the next era of enterprise technology. Founded in 2003 as the original cloud/SaaS-focused VC firm, they have pioneered investing through technology transitions: horizontal SaaS (Salesforce, Zoom), vertical SaaS (Veeva, Doximity), and now AI-native services — companies that sell outcomes rather than software, powered by AI that compounds competitive advantage over time. San Francisco | $5M – $50M | 57 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 452 | ▶ 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 |
| 453 | ▶ ACME Capital Backs deep-tech founders who pair technical ambition with decisive execution. Invests in frontier technologies before they become mainstream across aerospace/defense, healthcare, biotech, enterprise AI, and deep hardware. Active partner model — regulatory introductions, customer connections, and strategic guidance through all company phases. San Francisco | $500K – $15M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 454 | ▶ 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 |
| 455 | ▶ 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 |
| 456 | ▶ Swisscom Ventures Invest in digital technologies that disrupt specific verticals, targeting exceptional founding teams with category-leader potential. Focus on Swiss university spin-offs and companies leveraging Telco, DeepTech, Cybersecurity, Fintech, and AI. Provide not just capital but access to Swisscom's enterprise infrastructure and customer channels. Zurich | $1M – $20M | 30 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 457 | ▶ 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 |
| 458 | ▶ 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 |
| 459 | ▶ Robinhood Ventures Robinhood Ventures exists to open access to private markets historically reserved for institutions and wealthy individuals. Through publicly-traded closed-end funds (RVI, and RVII in registration), retail investors gain exposure to a concentrated portfolio of Frontier Companies -- private, growth- and late-stage businesses operating at the cutting edge of AI, fintech, aerospace, and enterprise software -- without accreditation or net-worth requirements. Menlo Park | $10M – $75M | 28 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 460 | ▶ 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 |
| 461 | ▶ 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 |
| 462 | ▶ Alstin Capital Alstin Capital backs rapidly growing European B2B software founders, with a strong bias toward fintech, insurtech, regtech, cybersecurity, climate tech, and AI-enabled workflow software. The firm repeatedly frames itself as an all-in partner that brings capital, contacts, and know-how from start to exit. Munich | $2M – $8M | 14 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 463 | ▶ 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 |
| 464 | ▶ Vertex Ventures Founders and operators backing fearless founders building infrastructure and SaaS companies that power the digital economy. We bring our own experience building companies to help technical founders nail go-to-market and assemble exceptional teams. Palo Alto | $500K – $10M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 465 | ▶ Goodwell Investments Do well by doing good: invest in scalable companies providing essential goods and services to underserved populations in Africa, delivering both competitive financial returns and measurable social impact. African inclusive-growth businesses demonstrate resilience and provide huge commercial opportunities. Amsterdam | $10K – $1M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 466 | ▶ 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 |
| 467 | ▶ 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 |
| 468 | ▶ 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 |
| 469 | ▶ G20 Ventures Human-scale venture capital focused on early-stage enterprise software. Partner with great teams in love with big problems at the inflection point of customer validation, providing smart money, storytelling support, and the right connections through a network of 20+ accomplished Northeast entrepreneurs. Boston | $2M – $5M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 470 | ▶ 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 |
| 471 | ▶ 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 |
| 472 | ▶ United Ventures We invest in people and technology, backing visionary entrepreneurs who anticipate future needs with facts and data to reinvent underdigitized industries. Milan, Italy | $1M – $8M | 30 | N/A | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 473 | ▶ 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 |
| 474 | ▶ 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 |
| 475 | ▶ 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 |
| 476 | ▶ Fundamentum Partnership Fundamentum backs enduring technology companies out of India, concentrating on scale-up businesses with product-market fit, strong fundamentals, and room to become category leaders. Gurugram, Haryana, India | $10M – $25M | 16 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 477 | ▶ 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 |
| 478 | ▶ 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 |
| 479 | ▶ 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 |
| 480 | ▶ 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 |
| 481 | ▶ 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 |
| 482 | ▶ 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 |
| 483 | ▶ Impact America Fund Tech-enabled businesses built for and by people in marginalized communities create new frameworks of ownership and opportunity. Traditional VCs miss billion-dollar markets in overlooked communities. Oakland | $250K – $3M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 484 | ▶ Bettor Capital B2B software and technology providers facilitating the digital migration of the real-money gaming industry. Bettor Capital backs the picks-and-shovels software supply chain powering sports betting, online casino, lottery, and iGaming operators — without competing with B2C operators. New Jersey | $1M – $5M | 16 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 485 | ▶ 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 |
| 486 | ▶ 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 |
| 487 | ▶ 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 |
| 488 | ▶ Venrock #37 · Top 100 · 2026 Backs bold founders in technology and healthcare building companies that will define the future of their industries. Two practice areas: Enterprise/AI (AI infrastructure, frontier systems, cybersecurity, defense, fintech, developer tools) and Healthcare/Life Sciences (digital health, therapeutics, genomics, health system modernization). Deep partnership model, long-term patient capital approach across market cycles since 1969. Palo Alto | $500K – $20M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 489 | ▶ 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 |
| 490 | ▶ Fitch Ventures Fitch Ventures invests in founders building the infrastructure, data, software, and intelligence behind the next generation of credit, risk, and financial markets. The fund operates across seven investment themes: Credit Intelligence (technology transforming how credit is originated, assessed, monitored and managed), Market Infrastructure (technology modernizing the infrastructure behind global financial markets), AI for Financial Decisioning (AI helping financial institutions make faster, smarter and more confident decisions), Macro & Market Intelligence (data and analytics helping institutions anticipate market shifts and manage risk), Climate Risk & ESG Intelligence (tools helping institutions measure climate risk and navigate an evolving regulatory landscape), Differentiated Data & Signal Generation (differentiated data and AI-driven signals creating valuable market, business, and risk insights), and Digital Assets & Market Structure (infrastructure enabling institutional adoption of digital assets and next-generation market models). Drawing on Fitch Group's expertise in credit, risk, data, and macro intelligence, the firm helps founders navigate institutional markets, refine products, and unlock strategic opportunities. New York | $2M – $5M | 8 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 491 | ▶ 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 |
| 492 | ▶ 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 |
| 493 | ▶ 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 |
| 494 | ▶ 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 |
| 495 | ▶ 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 |
| 496 | ▶ 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 |
| 497 | ▶ 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 |
| 498 | ▶ Energize Capital Energize Capital backs asset-light technologies—primarily software and services—that advance the digitization and decarbonization of critical industries including energy, climate, infrastructure, and industrials. They seek solutions enabling the energy transition at scale, from early commercialization through profitable growth. Chicago | $10M – $30M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 499 | ▶ 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 |
| 500 | ▶ 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 |
| 501 | ▶ 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 |
| 502 | ▶ Mubadala Mubadala partners with world-class companies and institutions to drive transformational growth across strategic sectors and geographies. We believe in long-term value creation through patient capital, operational expertise, and global partnerships aligned with Abu Dhabi's economic diversification. Abu Dhabi | $5M – $5000M | 46 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 503 | ▶ 645 Ventures We partner with relentless founders who defy convention to change the future. Our four founder paradigms—purity of motivation, earned secret, obsessed problem solving, and non-consensus thinking—guide our investment decisions. We believe the best founders are intrinsically motivated to solve real problems, have deep domain expertise, relentlessly iterate to find better solutions, and have the courage to diverge from established paths. New York | $1M – $10M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 504 | ▶ 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 |
| 505 | ▶ Blue Venture Fund Back innovative healthcare companies that drive better outcomes and superior value for patients, while leveraging the Blue Cross Blue Shield network's 115 million covered lives to help portfolio companies commercialize and land Blue Plan contracts. Chicago | $1M – $20M | 60 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 506 | ▶ 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 |
| 507 | ▶ 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 |
| 508 | ▶ Narya #94 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Back founders building durable, foundational companies in large, important markets where a durable company needs to be built and no one has built it yet, avoiding incremental technology plays. Cincinnati | $10M – $25M | 18 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 509 | ▶ Khosla Ventures #16 · Top 100 · 2026 Technology-based economic disruption of large markets through black swan investments. We seek founders with domain expertise and unreasonable conviction to build billion-dollar companies solving the world's largest problems. Menlo Park | $500K – $50M | 38 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 510 | ▶ 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 |
| 511 | ▶ CapitalG Partner with remarkable growth-stage leaders to accelerate their journey from startup to scale-up through capital, operational expertise, and Google advisory access. Focus on transformational companies making the step change into growth. | $50M – $200M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 512 | ▶ Armilar Venture Partners We back teams solving society's biggest problems through leading-edge, tech-at-the-core companies with significant valuation potential, treating portfolio companies as customers with long-term, hands-on partnership. Lisbon, Portugal | $200K – $10M | 39 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 513 | ▶ 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 |
| 514 | ▶ 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 |
| 515 | ▶ 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 |
| 516 | ▶ 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 |
| 517 | ▶ 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 |
| 518 | ▶ 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 |
| 519 | ▶ 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 |
| 520 | ▶ Notable Capital #20 · Top 100 · 2026 Notable Capital backs notable founders with global ambitions across cloud infrastructure & AI, enterprise software applications, and consumer tech/fintech — investing from the earliest stages through growth. U.S. Anchored, Globally Minded. Menlo Park | $5M – $50M | 44 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 521 | ▶ Seventure Partners Seventure Partners identifies and backs innovative European companies in Life Sciences and Digital Technologies at all stages from seed to pre-IPO, serving as the lead investor and active board-level partner. The firm is a global pioneer in microbiome investing and has built a 25+ year track record of 150+ exits and 30 IPOs. Institutional backing from Natixis Investment Managers/Groupe BPCE provides unique co-investment and network access. Paris | $500K – $10M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 522 | ▶ 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 |
| 523 | ▶ Vertical Venture Partners Back founders with deep, first-hand domain expertise in specific industry verticals — those who have 'lived' the problem they are solving. Vertical-first software delivers faster time-to-value and stronger retention versus horizontal tools requiring heavy customization. Palo Alto | $500K – $4M | 48 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 524 | ▶ 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 |
| 525 | ▶ 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 |
| 526 | ▶ 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 |
| 527 | ▶ Next Frontier Capital Exceptional talent and innovation exist beyond coastal venture capital hubs. We partner with mission-driven entrepreneurs to build companies of impact, utility, and value in the Rocky Mountain region. Technical founders with regional commitment and proven execution ability are our ideal partners. Bozeman | $2M – $5M | 49 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 528 | ▶ 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 |
| 529 | ▶ 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 |
| 530 | ▶ Afore Capital Backs exceptional founders from pre-idea phase through seed. Fund IV ($185M) introduces Pre-Seed 2.0 with flexible check sizes ($50K-$2M), dedicated Founders-in-Residence program (including university track), and no forced fundraising timeline. San Francisco | $500K – $2M | 44 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 531 | ▶ 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 |
| 532 | ▶ IvyCap Ventures Back exceptional founding teams from premier Indian academic institutions (IIT, IIM) building scalable, technology-led businesses. Leverage the global alumni network for deal sourcing and post-investment support via the THRIVE platform. Mumbai | $1M – $10M | 45 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 533 | ▶ 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 |
| 534 | ▶ 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 |
| 535 | ▶ 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 |
| 536 | ▶ 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 |
| 537 | ▶ 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 |
| 538 | ▶ 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 |
| 539 | ▶ 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 |
| 540 | ▶ 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 |
| 541 | ▶ 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 |
| 542 | ▶ 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 |
| 543 | ▶ Two Sigma Ventures #89 · Top 100 · 2026 As the world becomes more information-rich, most transformative new companies will leverage data science, machine learning, and advanced computing power. We back founders building breakthrough solutions at this intersection. New York | $2M – $25M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 544 | ▶ 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 |
| 545 | ▶ 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 |
| 546 | ▶ 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 |
| 547 | ▶ 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 |
| 548 | ▶ Altimeter #24 · Top 100 · 2026 Back exceptional founders building transformational technology companies that disrupt markets and improve lives. Provide long-term capital partnership combined with public market expertise to help companies scale profitably and eventually succeed in public markets. Menlo Park | $1M – $25M | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 549 | ▶ 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 |
| 550 | ▶ Tola Capital Every industry will be transformed by software. Tola practices hypothesis-based investing targeting the 'enterprise scaffolding' of AI — domain-specific models, AI/ML tooling, AI SaaS applications, AI governance, and AI security — rather than foundational AI infrastructure. They back companies driving long-term, transformational change in large markets. Seattle | $1M – $15M | 53 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 551 | ▶ 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 |
| 552 | ▶ 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 |
| 553 | ▶ Deerfield Management #10 · Biotech 50 · 2026 Advancing healthcare through investment, information, and philanthropy - investing across the capital structure and company lifecycle in therapeutics, medical devices, healthcare services, diagnostics, and digital health, with an internal R&D engine (3DC) that originates and incubates companies directly. New York | $10M – $125M | 24 | Both | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 554 | ▶ Blackhorn Ventures Industry 4.0 thesis: transformation and decarbonization of industrial economy requires unprecedented digital infrastructure. Convergence of AI and industrial policy creates opportunity to digitize/decarbonize physical asset base while improving resource efficiency and national security. Boulder, Colorado | $500K – $15M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 555 | ▶ NTTVC NTTVC backs founders with vision and energy to build transformative technology companies, particularly in enterprise technology, digital health, and AI/ML. The firm's unique structural advantage is its partnership with NTT — a Fortune 100 global IT services provider with 120,000 enterprise customers, $5B+ in annual tech resales, and a $22B systems integration business — giving portfolio companies extraordinary enterprise distribution and market validation channels. Menlo Park | $3M – $15M | 18 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 556 | ▶ 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 |
| 557 | ▶ Cisco Investments Backing founders whose vision of the future aligns with Cisco's technology roadmap across networking, security, cloud, collaboration, IoT, and AI, blending strategic and financial returns. San Jose | $500K – $50M | 56 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 558 | ▶ 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 | 37 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 559 | ▶ 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 |
| 560 | ▶ 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 |
| 561 | ▶ 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 | 29 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 562 | ▶ The Artemis Fund Fund technology companies built by an alpha pack of founders creating pathways to wealth, mobility, and long-term economic resilience. Focus on diverse and underrepresented founders solving big, hairy problems for families and businesses. Houston | $1.5M – $3M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 563 | ▶ 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 |
| 564 | ▶ Greenfield Partners We partner with exceptional technology companies at the Early Growth stage — the inflection point between product-market fit and global scale. We bring capital alongside our G2M (Greenfield Growth Momentum) framework to build world-class go-to-market organizations across seven pillars: Strategy, Operational Framework, People, Pipeline, Sales Process, Partnerships, and Account Management. New York | $10M – $50M | 27 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 565 | ▶ Grok Ventures Technology is the biggest lever to decarbonise the economy. Grok solves the climate capital stack by backing early-stage climate tech founders (Venture) and following them with non-dilutive structured financing at scale (Infrastructure), with selective Lighthouse positions in system-change companies like AGL. Patient, flexible capital from a private family office enables them to move faster and stay longer than institutional VCs. Sydney | $2M – $30M | 27 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 566 | ▶ 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 |
| 567 | ▶ 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 |
| 568 | ▶ 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 |
| 569 | ▶ 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 |
| 570 | ▶ 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 |
| 571 | ▶ 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 |
| 572 | ▶ 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 |
| 573 | ▶ 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 |
| 574 | ▶ 11 Tribes Ventures Founder-first early-stage investing that combines capital with founder resilience, operating support, and capital-efficient company building for durable, profitable outcomes. Chicago | $1M – $1.5M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 575 | ▶ 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 |
| 576 | ▶ Koch Disruptive Technologies KDT backs principled entrepreneurs building disruptive technologies across connectivity, cybersecurity, healthcare, enterprise software, semiconductors, supply chain/manufacturing, energy, and fintech. KDT differentiates through Koch Labs® — connecting portfolio companies to Koch Industries' global commercial ecosystem and subject matter experts — enabling faster commercial deployment and scaling than traditional VC. Wichita, KS | $5M – $150M | 67 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 577 | ▶ Flint Capital Exceptional technology companies can be built anywhere—US, Israel, or Europe. We partner with experienced founders to provide capital, US market expertise, and global networks to help them scale internationally. Boston | $500K – $5M | 31 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 578 | ▶ Lowercarbon Capital #21 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Climate solutions must be economically viable businesses. Fund technologies that profitably slash CO2 emissions, remove carbon from the atmosphere, and build climate resilience. Back technical founders solving "crazy scale" problems with 5-10+ year horizons. New York | $1M – $15M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 579 | ▶ 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 |
| 580 | ▶ 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 |
| 581 | ▶ 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 |
| 582 | ▶ 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 |
| 583 | ▶ 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 |
| 584 | ▶ 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 |
| 585 | ▶ 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 |
| 586 | ▶ 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 |
| 587 | ▶ 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 |
| 588 | ▶ 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 |
| 589 | ▶ 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 |
| 590 | ▶ 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 |
| 591 | ▶ 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 |
| 592 | ▶ 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 |
| 593 | ▶ 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 |
| 594 | ▶ 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 |
| 595 | ▶ 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 |
| 596 | ▶ 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 | 133 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 597 | ▶ 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 | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 598 | ▶ 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 |
| 599 | ▶ 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 |
| 600 | ▶ 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 |
| 601 | ▶ 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 |
| 602 | ▶ 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 |
| 603 | ▶ 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 |
| 604 | ▶ 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 |
| 605 | ▶ 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 |
| 606 | ▶ 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 |
| 607 | ▶ Morpheus Ventures We are professional fixers for complex situations. An extension of your team. Fierce defenders when you need us most. Partners who roll up their sleeves. We invest in early-stage companies helping them avoid traditional roadblocks on their path to hypergrowth. We specialize in navigating hostile situations, IP protection, and crisis management. Los Angeles | $1M – $10M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 608 | ▶ 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 |
| 609 | ▶ 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 |
| 610 | ▶ 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 |
| 611 | ▶ One Peak We back exceptional founders and management teams building defensible, market-leading software businesses in high-growth categories, sourced in part through our proprietary PULSE data platform, and support them with a dedicated value-creation team. London | $15M – $150M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 612 | ▶ 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 |
| 613 | ▶ Origin Ventures Origin Ventures invests in bold founders leading humanity into the fifth economic era—the Artificial Intelligence Economy. AI is fundamentally transforming how we live, work, and play through infrastructure, software, applications, and services that drive productivity and enable autonomous systems. The firm is an early believer in extraordinary people with deep domain expertise who challenge norms and redefine economies. Chicago | $1M – $8M | 56 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 614 | ▶ 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 |
| 615 | ▶ 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 |
| 616 | ▶ 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 |
| 617 | ▶ 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 |
| 618 | ▶ 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 |
| 619 | ▶ 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 |
| 620 | ▶ Reign Ventures Early-stage consumer technology and software fund focused on diverse founders building transformative companies. Hands-on partnership approach providing capital, business development support, and Series A fundraising assistance. Mission-driven investing in founders ready to challenge status quo. Miami | $3M – $15M | 17 | Both | Slowing | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 621 | ▶ Shield Capital #33 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Investing in entrepreneurs building technologies that matter at the convergence of commercial technology and national security, across artificial intelligence, autonomy, cybersecurity, and space. San Francisco | $1M – $15M | 42 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 622 | ▶ 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 |
| 623 | ▶ 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 |
| 624 | ▶ 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 |
| 625 | ▶ 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 |
| 626 | ▶ 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 |
| 627 | ▶ 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 |
| 628 | ▶ 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 |
| 629 | ▶ 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 |
| 630 | ▶ 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 |
| 631 | ▶ 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 |
| 632 | ▶ 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 |
| 633 | ▶ Tusk Venture Partners Shifted from traditional VC to equity-for-services model. Rather than raising funds from LPs, Tusk now partners with founders by accepting equity in exchange for regulatory, legislative, and political consulting expertise to navigate highly regulated industries. New York | $750K – $10M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 634 | ▶ 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 |
| 635 | ▶ Meritech Capital #38 · Top 100 · 2026 Invest behind legendary founders building market-leading, rapidly scaling technology companies that are reshaping their industries; go to the end of the earth to support their companies. Palo Alto | $10M – $150M | 18 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 636 | ▶ 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 |
| 637 | ▶ 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 |
| 638 | ▶ GreatPoint Ventures Make no little plans. Support revolutionary (not evolutionary) ideas that transform industries and benefit society. We partner with entrepreneurs solving massively multi-disciplinary problems at the intersection of AI, data, biotech, and deep tech. Our style of in-the-trenches venture capital doesn't scale—we make fewer than 10 investments per year so we have time to roll up our sleeves with every team we back. San Francisco | $250K – $20M | 67 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 639 | ▶ 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 |
| 640 | ▶ Moderne Ventures Generalist investors with vertical expertise. We invest in bold, broad, multi-vertical technology companies applicable to multi-trillion dollar industries (real estate, finance, insurance, sustainability). Our distinctive Moderne Passport program creates value by connecting 1,500+ corporate executives with portfolio companies, generating customers, strategic partnerships, and operational guidance. Chicago | $2M – $25M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 641 | ▶ 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 |
| 642 | ▶ 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 |
| 643 | ▶ 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 |
| 644 | ▶ 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 |
| 645 | ▶ 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 |
| 646 | ▶ 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 |
| 647 | ▶ 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 |
| 648 | ▶ 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 |
| 649 | ▶ 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 |
| 650 | ▶ 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 |
| 651 | ▶ 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 |
| 652 | ▶ Stage 1 Ventures Invest in disruptive deep tech and science companies transforming global industries, bridging the capital gap for early-stage entrepreneurs with a capital-efficient model spanning seed option-bets through growth-equity leads. Coconut Grove, FL | $500K – $10M | 61 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 653 | ▶ 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 |
| 654 | ▶ 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 |
| 655 | ▶ Vela Partners AI-native quant VC backing seed-stage founders with speed and precision. The world's first AI-only fund uses proprietary machine learning models and a University of Oxford research partnership to identify exceptional founders building category-defining AI products. Vela's AI Suite analyzes 300+ early-stage companies weekly; their models demonstrate 10-20x improvement over baseline success prediction rates. San Francisco | $100K – $500K | 35 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 656 | ▶ Shima Capital Support disruptive web3 and blockchain companies with operational expertise and tokenomics guidance San Francisco | $250K – $3M | 38 | Leads | 2mo | ~1 wk | Open |
| 657 | ▶ Wellington Access Ventures Partner with early-stage founders who have been historically underrepresented and overlooked in venture capital, providing capital, networks, and operational support to build industry-defining companies. Boston | $500K – $10M | 16 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 658 | ▶ Blackfinch Ventures Back ambitious UK founders reimagining industries, screening for credibility, execution, and vision. Deploys EIS/VCT tax-advantaged capital into deeptech, fintech, and energy transition companies, with a broader appetite for hardware, industrial, and SaaS businesses. Cheltenham, UK | $250K – $2.5M | 53 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 659 | ▶ 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 |
| 660 | ▶ 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 |
| 661 | ▶ LG Technology Ventures LGV backs early-stage and growth-stage innovators with the strategic strength of LG Group's global resources. The fund invests in companies that stand to gain exceptional value from partnerships with LG's manufacturing, display, chemical, and energy business units, with a strong focus on AI, biotech, cleantech, and advanced materials. Silicon Valley | $1M – $30M | 73 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 662 | ▶ 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 |
| 663 | ▶ 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 |
| 664 | ▶ 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 |
| 665 | ▶ 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 |
| 666 | ▶ 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 |
| 667 | ▶ 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 |
| 668 | ▶ 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 |
| 669 | ▶ 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 |
| 670 | ▶ 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 |
| 671 | ▶ 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 |
| 672 | ▶ 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 |
| 673 | ▶ 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 |
| 674 | ▶ Copper Sky Capital Copper Sky Capital backs founders in non-obvious, underserved markets across the American Interior — outside Silicon Valley, NYC, and Boston — where proximity-based insight produces transformative companies at a fraction of coastal valuations. The firm leads or co-leads Seed and Series A rounds, typically investing $2–4M in AI-first software products showing early product-market fit. Scottsdale, AZ | $2M – $4M | 16 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 675 | ▶ 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 |
| 676 | ▶ 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 |
| 677 | ▶ 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 |
| 678 | ▶ 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 |
| 679 | ▶ ATX Venture Partners Seeking early-stage alpha through institutional discipline. ATX VP invests in people pioneering the future by combining Wall Street rigor with deep operating experience. Core focus on disruptive B2B software, APIs, frontier tech, and marketplaces across Supply Chain, FinTech, InsurTech, HR Tech, Aerospace, and Future of Work. Austin | $250K – $5M | 42 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 680 | ▶ 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 |
| 681 | ▶ 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 |
| 682 | ▶ 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 |
| 683 | ▶ Osage Venture Partners Disruptive innovation in work and education fuels human achievement. We partner with exceptional entrepreneurs who are business builders, deep domain experts, and capital efficient thinkers. We believe in long-term relationships over transactional investing, often partnering with founders across multiple ventures. Pittsburgh | $1M – $5M | 73 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 684 | ▶ 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 |
| 685 | ▶ 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 | 29 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 686 | ▶ Inertia Ventures Inertia invests in AI-native companies built to become core infrastructure for legacy industries, especially platforms operating in regulated, context-heavy, and physical-world workflows where durable data, compliance, audit trails, or embodied operations create compounding advantages. New York | $2M – $15M | 66 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 687 | ▶ GTMFund The best early-stage B2B SaaS companies need hands-on go-to-market support from proven leaders who have scaled at Salesforce, Snowflake, LinkedIn, Okta, and similar platforms. We combine capital with a network of 350+ GTM leaders who provide playbooks, hiring, and customer relationships that accelerate growth from product-market fit to scale. Austin | $500K – $8M | 54 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 688 | ▶ 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 |
| 689 | ▶ 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 |
| 690 | ▶ 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 |
| 691 | ▶ 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 |
| 692 | ▶ Vertis Venture Capital and operational expertise to accelerate innovation, with a structural mandate to build the venture and growth-equity ecosystem of Southern Italy across digital, deep tech, medtech, industrial, and technology-transfer opportunities. Naples, Italy | $500K – $5M | 28 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 693 | ▶ 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 |
| 694 | ▶ 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 |
| 695 | ▶ 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 |
| 696 | ▶ 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 |
| 697 | ▶ 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 |
| 698 | ▶ Metis Capital We invest in the bold. African entrepreneurs are shaping the future of the continent and global industries. We back high-growth companies leveraging our decades of experience in law, finance, telecommunications, and energy to help founders navigate complexity and scale with confidence. Lagos | $500K – $5M | 17 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 699 | ▶ 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 |
| 700 | ▶ 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 |
| 701 | ▶ 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 |
| 702 | ▶ 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 |
| 703 | ▶ Burst Capital Helpful investors in marketplace and SaaS businesses founded by operators who grew Yelp from zero to $1B revenue through IPO Palo Alto | $500K – $5M | 105 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | N/A |
| 704 | ▶ 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 | 17 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 705 | ▶ 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 |
| 706 | ▶ 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 |
| 707 | ▶ 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 |
| 708 | ▶ Atinum Investment Atinum Investment identifies and invests in companies solving fundamental problems through technology innovation and market disruption. The firm specializes in growth-stage startups and paradigm-shifting companies across diverse sectors. | $500K – $10M | 56 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 709 | ▶ 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 |
| 710 | ▶ 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 |
| 711 | ▶ 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 |
| 712 | ▶ 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 |
| 713 | ▶ 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 |
| 714 | ▶ Silicon Road Ventures Silicon Road Ventures is the dedicated commerce tech VC. They back founders building the future of retail, e-commerce, supply chain, fintech, and multichannel commerce — the full stack of commerce infrastructure for the modern era. Their Atlanta base and deep retailer network (Macy's, Walmart, Home Depot via Frank Blake advisory) provide unique portfolio value through their Corporate Connect and Retail Sandbox programs. Atlanta | $250K – $2M | 32 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 715 | ▶ 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 |
| 716 | ▶ 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 |
| 717 | ▶ Interplay Ventures Application-layer AI and B2B marketplace businesses at Series A, focused on industries undergoing digitization and specialization. Conviction co-investors who do independent underwriting but never lead. New York | $500K – $2M | 43 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 718 | ▶ 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 |
| 719 | ▶ 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 |
| 720 | ▶ 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 |
| 721 | ▶ 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 |
| 722 | ▶ 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 |
| 723 | ▶ Blossom Street Ventures Data-driven early-stage growth SaaS investor backing cash-efficient, resourceful founders with $2M-$30M ARR. Metrics-first evaluation, no warm intro required, single-partner model for speed and transparency. Dallas | $1M – $4M | 31 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 724 | ▶ 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 |
| 725 | ▶ Companyon Ventures Companyon backs a small number of capital-efficient, founder-led B2B software companies at the seed-to-Series-A transition and pairs capital with hands-on GTM, talent, and fundraising support. Boston | $2M – $8M | 22 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 726 | ▶ Brand Foundry Ventures We invest in seed-stage companies building consumer brands you can't live without. We back founders with domain expertise who understand brand fundamentals, customer experience, and sustainable business models. Focus on tangible goods and direct-to-consumer models over pure software. New York | $500K – $1.5M | 18 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 727 | ▶ ClearSky Deep, decade-plus operator relationships in cybersecurity and the energy transition give ClearSky superior deal flow, diligence quality, and the ability to accelerate portfolio company growth through strategic introductions. West Palm Beach, FL | $1M – $60M | 69 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 728 | ▶ 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 |
| 729 | ▶ 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 |
| 730 | ▶ 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 | 38 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 731 | ▶ CRE Venture Capital Build category-defining tech companies that are levered to Africa and address $5B+ markets. Partner with visionary founders combining technical excellence with deep African market understanding. Allocate ≥30% capital to women-led companies. Johannesburg | $500K – $10M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 732 | ▶ 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 |
| 733 | ▶ 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 |
| 734 | ▶ 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 |
| 735 | ▶ 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 |
| 736 | ▶ Avenir Growth Capital Avenir invests from a first-principles view of inevitable market shifts, concentrating capital in category-defining companies that are early in their growth curves and led by world-class operators. New York | $300K – $5M | 30 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 737 | ▶ Capital 49 Capital from founders, for founders. We invest in exceptional founders who build products that challenge the status quo and change how the world works. Our team at Airwallex has built global infrastructure processing $100B+ annually, and we bring that operational expertise to help portfolio companies scale internationally. | $1M – $10M | 13 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 738 | ▶ 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 |
| 739 | ▶ Sands Capital Long-term, concentrated investment in high-quality innovative growth businesses across public equity, venture capital, and growth equity. Applies six investment criteria universally: sustainable above-average earnings growth, leadership in a promising business space, significant competitive advantages, clear mission, financial strength, and rational valuation. Integrates public and private market insights for superior sourcing and diligence. Arlington, VA | $10M – $150M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 740 | ▶ 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 |
| 741 | ▶ 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 |
| 742 | ▶ 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 |
| 743 | ▶ 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 |
| 744 | ▶ 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 |
| 745 | ▶ Deeptech Labs Deeptech Labs is the catalyst for deep tech success: it backs seed-stage startups where a novel underlying technology is fundamental to the business, and embeds each cohort in a network of entrepreneurs, researchers, and corporate partners to prepare them for a strong Series A. Cambridge | $125K – $440K | 63 | N/A | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 746 | ▶ 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 |
| 747 | ▶ 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 |
| 748 | ▶ 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 |
| 749 | ▶ 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 |
| 750 | ▶ 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 |
| 751 | ▶ 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 |
| 752 | ▶ 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 |
| 753 | ▶ Odyssee Venture A growth accelerator for ambitious French companies built on a frank, direct and rapid entrepreneur-investor relationship, backing founders through start-up to pre-IPO growth phases with resilience and collective intelligence. Paris | $1M – $10M | 36 | N/A | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 754 | ▶ SoftBank Vision Fund Supporting a full-stack AI technology ecosystem — from hardware (semiconductors and compute) to infrastructure (software enabling AI deployment) to applications (consumer and enterprise AI). Provides 'freedom-level capital' to help founders build market-leading companies at unprecedented scale. London | $100M – $10000M | 37 | Both | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 755 | ▶ 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 |
| 756 | ▶ 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 |
| 757 | ▶ 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 |
| 758 | ▶ 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 |
| 759 | ▶ 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 |
| 760 | ▶ Evolution Equity Partners Evolution partners with bold visionaries building market-leading cybersecurity companies. Led by technology entrepreneurs with deep operating expertise, the firm provides capital plus an operating playbook—Centers of Excellence for Cybersecurity Growth—to help companies scale from early growth to IPO or strategic acquisition. New York | $20M – $150M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 761 | ▶ 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 |
| 762 | ▶ 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 |
| 763 | ▶ 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 |
| 764 | ▶ HongShan Back transformative entrepreneurs building category-defining companies across technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors, from seed to buyout. Partner with founders throughout the full company lifecycle with capital, operational support, and the network built over 20 years of China and global investing. Hong Kong | $500K – $2000M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 765 | ▶ Illuminate Ventures Illuminate backs B2B/enterprise software founders building platforms and applications that leverage data and AI to quickly drive meaningful ROI, positioning itself as a startup's first institutional investor between angel capital and traditional VC. Oakland | $250K – $2M | 34 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 766 | ▶ 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 |
| 767 | ▶ 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 |
| 768 | ▶ Anfa Extreme conviction investing with <10 partnerships per fund, up to $30M checks per founder. Built by founders for founders, with global mandate bridging developed and emerging markets. No ownership targets, flexible capital for growth or founder liquidity. London | $1M – $30M | 13 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 769 | ▶ 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 |
| 770 | ▶ 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 |
| 771 | ▶ 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 |
| 772 | ▶ Blue Moon If you invest in tech, you should use technology to do it. Blue Moon operates like a fintech company using proprietary AI/ML across all operations — sourcing 8,000+ deals/year, vetting with ML algorithms analyzing 53 personality traits, and supporting founders with AI tools. They seek exceptional B2B/Enterprise founders building in Infrastructure, Cloud, DevTools, AI, SaaS, Cybersecurity, and B2B Fintech. San Francisco | $200K | 57 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 773 | ▶ 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 |
| 774 | ▶ ACF Investors ACF Investors co-invests alongside experienced syndicates of sector-smart angel investors to fund and scale early-stage UK businesses across most sectors, aligning capital, sharing due diligence, and providing ongoing post-investment support. Sheffield, UK | $100K – $1M | 30 | Both | Active | 3+ mo | N/A |
| 775 | ▶ Success Venture Partners Seed and pre-seed VC for applied-AI founders. We help teams land first customers, get live, staff deployments, and build durable customer success motions. San Francisco | $250K – $750K | 25 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 776 | ▶ 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 |
| 777 | ▶ 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 |
| 778 | ▶ 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 |
| 779 | ▶ 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 |
| 780 | ▶ 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 |
| 781 | ▶ 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 |
| 782 | ▶ 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 |
| 783 | ▶ 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 |
| 784 | ▶ 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 |
| 785 | ▶ 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 |
| 786 | ▶ Transformation Capital #32 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Transformation Capital backs founders and management teams who understand the current healthcare system and see a better way to build simpler, more affordable care, pairing capital with deep healthcare-operator expertise and a network of established healthcare leaders. Boston | $5M – $20M | 37 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 787 | ▶ Redpoint China Ventures Back early-stage China TMT startups at Seed, Series A, and Series B in frontier technology (AI, autonomous vehicles, semiconductors), enterprise services (SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity), and consumer internet (new brands, digital healthcare, smart supply chain). Combine Silicon Valley brand credibility with deep local China expertise to attract globally ambitious founders. Beijing | $500K – $10M | 25 | Leads | Slowing | N/A | N/A |
| 788 | ▶ 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 |
| 789 | ▶ 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 |
| 790 | ▶ 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 |
| 791 | ▶ 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 |
| 792 | ▶ 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 |
| 793 | ▶ 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 |
| 794 | ▶ 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 |
| 795 | ▶ 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 |
| 796 | ▶ 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 | 31 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 797 | ▶ 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 |
| 798 | ▶ Firebrand Exceptional companies and talented founders exist everywhere, not just coastal venture hubs. We invest in sector-agnostic but growth-oriented software companies in underserved startup ecosystems. We combine strong brand, vast network, and deep operational experience with startup hustle to invest in authentic, transparent leaders building capital-efficient software products. Kansas City | $500K – $1M | 38 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 799 | ▶ 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 |
| 800 | ▶ PJC Experienced Boston venture firm backing exceptional founders across enterprise software, consumer tech, AI, fintech, healthcare, and clean energy. Seeks to be first institutional capital, combining financial discipline with deep operational expertise and an extensive network. Emphasizes true long-term partnership — having navigated multiple economic cycles since 2001. Boston | $500K – $5M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 801 | ▶ Tomorrow Capital New-age Indian consumer brands can leverage the shift to domestic consumption and urbanization through innovative products, reimagined distribution, and supply chains. We help stellar early-stage entrepreneurs build transformative consumption-themed businesses with patient capital and hands-on operational support. Mumbai | $1M – $6M | 9 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 802 | ▶ 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 |
| 803 | ▶ 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 |
| 804 | ▶ 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 |
| 805 | ▶ 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 |
| 806 | ▶ Sawari Ventures North Africa and Africa possess tremendous entrepreneurial talent. Strategic capital combined with operational expertise can unlock transformative solutions that reshape industries. We invest in founders solving region-critical problems. Cairo | $200K – $2M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 807 | ▶ 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 |
| 808 | ▶ Knife Capital Accelerate the international expansion of African innovation-driven businesses by providing Knowledge, Networks and Funding to high-growth B2B technology companies with strong IP, recurring revenue, and clear global expansion potential. Cape Town | $600K – $8M | 26 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 809 | ▶ 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 |
| 810 | ▶ Freesearch Ventures Back experienced IT and Fintech founders with early PMF signals and global ambition targeting TAMs >$1B. Emphasize cross-border scalability across EU, US, MENA, and Southeast Asia. Singapore | $300K – $1.5M | 14 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 811 | ▶ 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 |
| 812 | ▶ 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 |
| 813 | ▶ Committed Capital Backs post-revenue UK technology companies (£1M+ revenue) with excellent technical solutions to pressing issues in a substantial addressable market, providing hands-on financial and human capital via the EIS structure. London | $500K – $2M | 17 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 814 | ▶ Stripes Stripes invests in companies with exceptional products for consumers and businesses, acting as an of-service growth partner. Product-market fit is the prerequisite; Stripes provides the operational muscle — go-to-market, talent, network, and capital markets support — to scale from product-led growth to market-leading brand. New York | $10M – $150M | 79 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 815 | ▶ 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 |
| 816 | ▶ 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 |
| 817 | ▶ 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 |
| 818 | ▶ 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 |
| 819 | ▶ 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 |
| 820 | ▶ 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 |
| 821 | ▶ TeleSoft Partners #65 · Top 100 · 2026 Provide entrepreneurs with capital, knowledge, contacts and expertise across technology and energy value chain companies, drawing on a nearly three-decade network of industry executives and strategic partners across the US, Europe, Israel, and India. Aspen, CO | $1M – $15M | 31 | N/A | 1mo | N/A | Req'd |
| 822 | ▶ 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 |
| 823 | ▶ Third Point Ventures Identifies technology transitions creating market opportunities, particularly AI/ML-powered automation transforming enterprise infrastructure. Current focus on AI security (Zenity, DataGrail, Grip Security), AI durability (Diagrid), and AI observability (Kentik) — the three pillars needed to bring AI from experimentation to production at scale. Menlo Park | $1M – $50M | 39 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 824 | ▶ 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 |
| 825 | ▶ 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 |
| 826 | ▶ 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 |
| 827 | ▶ Merus Capital Early-stage investor in enterprise AI and complex B2B software backing hard-to-build, easy-to-scale products. We provide M&A coaching from former Google and Microsoft M&A heads who led 100+ technology acquisitions. Menlo Park | $500K – $3M | 51 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | N/A |
| 828 | ▶ TransLink Capital Bridge US and global technology startups with more than 40 leading Asian multinational corporations, validating strategic partner intent pre-investment to accelerate go-to-market and drive follow-on co-investment. Palo Alto | $500K – $7M | 95 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 829 | ▶ 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 |
| 830 | ▶ Scalar Capital Privacy, censorship-resistance, and blockchain infrastructure are foundational to financial sovereignty. We invest in cryptographic innovations and protocols that enable decentralized, permissionless systems. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 15 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 831 | ▶ 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 |
| 832 | ▶ Upslope Ventures Exceptional teams can originate from any location. We provide more than capital and introductions. By leveraging our network we aim to empower entrepreneurs with the resources they need to have their best chance at success—even if we don't invest. Denver | $100K – $500K | 29 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 833 | ▶ Calm Ventures #79 · Emerging 100 · 2026 Help builders create disruptive companies by pairing capital with a 6,000+ member network of value-add founders, operators, and specialists who accelerate time-to-market and amplify global impact. Los Angeles | $1.5M – $25M | 35 | Follows | Slowing | ~1 mo | Open |
| 834 | ▶ HV Capital We back bold founders building category-defining companies across Europe. Too new is our baseline, too bold is our reason, too complex is our edge. Munich | $500K – $60M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 835 | ▶ 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 |
| 836 | ▶ 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 |
| 837 | ▶ 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 |
| 838 | ▶ 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 |
| 839 | ▶ 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 |
| 840 | ▶ RPS Ventures Investing in exceptional late-stage technology teams building companies that are changing large, transformable markets, leveraging global networks from SoftBank, Crosslink Capital, and public market investing backgrounds. Palo Alto | $5M – $20M | 32 | Follows | Active | N/A | Open |
| 841 | ▶ Swift Ventures Founders backing founders. Swift invests in B2B AI and automation companies led by bold operators with a high Do:Say ratio, offering garage-to-IPO operating expertise from former company-builders. San Francisco | $2M – $8M | 35 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 842 | ▶ 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 |
| 843 | ▶ 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 |
| 844 | ▶ West Hill Capital West Hill sources and syndicates £1-30m EIS/SEIS-qualifying capital raisings for high-growth UK and European technology and financial services businesses with strong IP, credible management with skin in the game, and a clear route to exit, drawing on a corporate finance network built over three decades. London | $1.3M – $25M | 33 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 845 | ▶ 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 |
| 846 | ▶ 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 |
| 847 | ▶ 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 |
| 848 | ▶ 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 |
| 849 | ▶ Fathom Group Backing deep innovation at the infrastructure and application layer of enterprise software. Fathom Capital partners with technical founders building transformative developer tools, cloud infrastructure, enterprise applications, and fintech platforms at Seed and Series A. San Francisco | $250K – $3M | 14 | Both | Slowing | N/A | N/A |
| 850 | ▶ 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 |
| 851 | ▶ 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 |
| 852 | ▶ 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 852 VC firms that actively invest in fintech & payments. 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 fintech & payments investors is $2.6M, with a full range from $1K – $10000M. The distribution breaks down as: 99 firms in the <$500K range, 92 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 160 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 185 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 138 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 177 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 852 firms tracked, 89% lead or co-lead rounds, and 9% typically follow. Founders seeking a lead investor should filter for firms marked "Leads" or "Both" in the rankings table above. Lead investors typically set deal terms and anchor the round.
The best fintech & payments investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 26% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 40 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.