F4 Champions · Season 1
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F4 Champions · Season 1
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163 VC firms investing in semiconductors & hardware at the Series A stage.
F4 Fund tracks 163 VC firms that actively invest in semiconductors & hardware at the Series A stage, with check sizes ranging from $25K – $100000M (median: $5.3M – $5.3M). As of July 2026, and 95% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,544+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ Cambium Capital Investing in unproven technologies to drive disruptive innovation and redefine the future of AI, computing, and global commerce. Focus on the full compute stack: advanced compute silicon, memory storage, data movement, chip packaging, software toolchains, and compute silicon. The agentic AI era will require fundamentally new hardware architectures. San Francisco | $1M – $5M | 20 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 2 | ▶ 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 |
| 3 | ▶ Caruso Ventures Back highly effective CEOs building tech-enabled companies that solve hard infrastructure problems. Deep tech (quantum, space) offers generational returns with long deployment cycles suitable for patient capital. Boulder, Colorado | $500K – $2.5M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 4 | ▶ Transition Global Backs founders building 'physical AI' companies that rebuild real-world systems at the intersection of artificial intelligence and industrial infrastructure — from semiconductors and nuclear power to wildfire suppression and critical materials. Fund II ($150M, 2026) marks a reframe from the original climate-first Planetary Boundaries thesis toward physical AI, though climate and compute demands are seen as increasingly overlapping. London | $100K – $5M | 17 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 5 | ▶ Type One Ventures We invest in startups building the technologies, infrastructure, and services that will be integral as we progress towards a Type I Civilization on the Kardashev Scale. Humanity is at ~Type 0.73 civilization and estimated to reach Type I in ~100 years. We fund moonshot technologies solving fundamental problems in space, robotics, AI, and human longevity. San Francisco | $500K – $20M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 6 | ▶ Long Journey Ventures 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 |
| 7 | ▶ Baruch Future Ventures (BFV) Climate restoration through identification and scaling of 'n of 1' technology opportunities combining innovative tech, viable business models, and visionary leadership. Focus on achieving $1B+ valuations in <10 years with 'scale and speed' mentality. Menlo Park | $250K – $10M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 8 | ▶ Abstract Ventures Backing transformative founders building exceptional companies across all sectors San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 275 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 9 | ▶ 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 |
| 10 | ▶ Breakthrough Energy Ventures Innovation is essential to solving climate change while maintaining prosperity. Superior performance and affordability are prerequisites for global scale. We provide patient capital and technical expertise to help breakthrough climate technologies achieve commercial viability. United States | $500K – $50M | 43 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 11 | ▶ 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 | 63 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 12 | ▶ AMD Ventures AMD Ventures invests across the entire AI ecosystem — from foundational models to semiconductor hardware — advancing high-performance computing and enabling pervasive AI. Portfolio companies gain access to AMD Instinct GPU infrastructure, AMD engineering expertise (ROCm ecosystem), and AMD's enterprise go-to-market network. Santa Clara, CA | $2M – $15M | 40 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 13 | ▶ Race Capital 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 |
| 14 | ▶ Matrix Partners 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 |
| 15 | ▶ Fusion Fund Technical founders with data and technology advantages can build transformational businesses that redefine industries. We partner with experienced founders who combine technical depth with operational excellence and benefit from access to an elite network of Fortune 1000 executives and technical experts. Palo Alto | $500K – $5M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 16 | ▶ 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 |
| 17 | ▶ M12 Strategic corporate venture fund leveraging Microsoft's resources to help portfolio companies innovate and scale. Tightly aligned with Microsoft's cloud, AI, security, and enterprise software strategies. San Francisco | $100K – $10M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 18 | ▶ 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 |
| 19 | ▶ 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 |
| 20 | ▶ Clear Ventures Clear invests in first-wave innovators in frontier technology — especially AI/ML, semiconductors, enterprise software, IT infrastructure, and security. We partner with magnetic founders tackling spectacular markets, providing seed capital, key connections, and company-building insights from operators who have built and scaled companies through IPOs. Palo Alto | $100K – $5M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 21 | ▶ Material Impact Fund Material science and deep tech innovations drive outsized returns while solving urgent human problems. We back inception-stage founders turning lab breakthroughs into commercial products that make the world cleaner, more productive, and healthier. Boston | $100K – $10M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 22 | ▶ Aera VC Investing in breakthrough deep technologies that address humanity's greatest challenges. We allocate ~80% to climate solutions (carbon-negative materials, renewable energy, climate adaptation) and ~20% to frontier tech (aerospace, robotics, advanced materials, biotech). We operate as a venture-and-philanthropy platform backed by the Fukutake family, blending profit-seeking with impact objectives. Singapore | $500K – $20M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 23 | ▶ Founders Fund 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 |
| 24 | ▶ Volo Earth Ventures Accelerate the global energy transition by investing in companies that unlock economic-led transformation of the energy economy. Focus on solutions winning on unsubsidized economics with proven technology and strong teams. Colorado | $500K – $5M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 25 | ▶ 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 | 49 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 26 | ▶ 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 | 32 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 27 | ▶ 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 | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 28 | ▶ Playground Global Where breakthrough science turns into world-changing companies. We back scientists and engineers at the earliest stages—pre-formation and pre-product—at the intersection of AI, engineered biology, next-gen compute, and hard science. If it's too early for everyone else, it's probably right for us. Palo Alto | $1M – $20M | 32 | Both | Active | 3+ mo | Req'd |
| 29 | ▶ Scout Ventures Scout invests in frontier technologies built by founders from military, intelligence, and national research labs. The team provides capital, operational partnership, government network access, and non-dilutive capital leverage. Focus on dual-use technologies with both commercial and defense applications. Austin | $500K – $5M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 30 | ▶ BMW i Ventures The technologies shaping the future of the automotive ecosystem are increasingly developed by startups, particularly in AI, advanced manufacturing, sustainability, and connected mobility. BMW i Ventures backs founders who see problems clearly, build without constraints, and move fast — and helps them win by connecting them to one of the world's leading automakers as a customer, development partner, and network. Mountain View | $500K – $10M | 67 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 31 | ▶ Refactor Capital The most enduring companies are created by founders willing to commercialize real science and scale real systems. We focus on hard tech at the intersection of computation and physical sciences—aerospace, biotech, energy, materials—where technical execution is the moat. Burlingame, CA | $1M – $2M | 48 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 32 | ▶ E2MC Ventures The space economy represents the next frontier for transformative economic opportunity and meaningful impact. We back pioneering founders building the technologies and services that enable humanity's expansion into space while creating value on Earth. We apply financial discipline (Wall Street cash-flow and intrinsic-value approach) to identify sustainable, scalable space businesses. Miami | $1M – $5M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 33 | ▶ Seraphim Capital Space has a unique role in addressing the world's most pressing problems and represents a $trillion investment opportunity. We back visionary entrepreneurs transforming science fiction into science fact using space technology and space-based data to solve challenges in sustainability, connectivity, and digitalization at global scale. London | $250K – $25M | 30 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 34 | ▶ Paladin Capital Group Back dual-use technologies serving both commercial and government markets. Founded as investment community response to 9/11, we bring unmatched expertise from NSA, CIA, DARPA. We seek founders building innovative cyber, AI safety, and advanced technologies with meaningful impact on national security and commercial markets. Washington | $500K – $15M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 35 | ▶ 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 |
| 36 | ▶ Silicon Roundabout We back 'sub-0.1% of the population' type exceptional founders building fundamental, infrastructure-level technologies in critical sectors (computing, defence, energy) reshaping our world. Community-driven approach provides proprietary deal flow and deep technical credibility. Focus on first cheques in pre-seed/seed with hands-on mentorship and network access. | $150K – $8.7M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 37 | ▶ Root Ventures Root Ventures is composed entirely of practicing engineers and hardware hackers who explicitly underwrite 'engineering risk' in technically challenging areas like robotics, developer tools, and manufacturing tech that many generalist funds avoid. They provide capital, operational support, and serve as an 'invisible employee' to technical founding teams. San Francisco | $1M – $3M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 38 | ▶ Presence Capital VR and AR are transformative technologies. We invest in early-stage companies creating novel experiences, content, and enabling infrastructure. We bring deep operational expertise from building FarmVille, Unreal Engine, Gears of War, and leading HTC's VR initiative. San Francisco | $25K – $100K | 40 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 39 | ▶ Hyperplane Venture Capital Seed capital is the foundational layer in building enduring companies. We back bold, gritty founders applying AI and machine intelligence to solve the world's toughest challenges in enterprise and industrial sectors. By end of decade, software + hardware + AI will drive ubiquitous automation in every industry. We partner with visionary founders tackling hard technical problems in regulated, complex domains. Boston | $250K – $3M | 67 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 40 | ▶ 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 |
| 41 | ▶ J2 Ventures J2 Ventures invests in early-stage companies developing technologies that advance both U.S. national security and commercial markets. The firm backs founders whose innovations strengthen national security while improving safety, health, and connectivity for everyday life. J2-backed companies receive capital plus deep expertise across government, defense, science, healthcare, and finance — and on average raise $2 in non-dilutive funding for every $1 J2 invests. Boston | $1M – $10M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 42 | ▶ Robostrategy Embodied artificial intelligence and robotics represent the most significant technological frontier and capital deployment opportunity. We invest in companies advancing humanoid robotics, general-purpose physical intelligence, medical robotics, industrial automation, and defense/autonomous systems. The future of intelligence is in motion. San Juan | $1M – $150M | 13 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 43 | ▶ Triatomic Capital Invest in century-defining technologies and companies. Focus on infrastructure-oriented, cross-vertical applied AI for physical-world and life-science problems, with deep healthcare systems expertise. Transform industries through foundational technology breakthroughs. Palo Alto | $100K – $25M | 13 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 44 | ▶ Maniv Mobility Investing in the decarbonization and digitization of transportation, mobility, and energy — backing founders building across EVs, clean energy, autonomous vehicles, fleet software, vehicle cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, and mobility marketplaces. Tel Aviv | $1M – $3M | 36 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 45 | ▶ R7 Partners Intelligence is coming into the physical world through AI and robotics applied to atoms rather than bits. We back capex-heavy, long-horizon bets in hard-to-abate decarbonization sectors and hardware-heavy industrial systems that many traditional early-stage funds avoid. Chicago | $100K – $5M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 46 | ▶ 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 |
| 47 | ▶ Airbus Ventures Back deeptech entrepreneurs with deep technical expertise, integrity-driven vision, and complex problem-solving capabilities working at intersections of space, autonomous mobility, advanced materials, quantum computing, and climate technology. Use aerospace systems lens to identify dual-use deep-science technologies with extraordinary technical leadership and first-principles engineering expertise capable of unlocking entirely new economies. Menlo Park | $100K – $10M | 22 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 48 | ▶ DSC Investment DSC invests in paradigm-leading innovative entrepreneurs. The firm is strongest at early stage but open to all stages for teams with exceptional capability. Known for pioneering deep tech investments (AI, semiconductors, biotech) before they became mainstream, and for identifying unicorns years before public market recognition. Seoul | $1M – $30M | 22 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 49 | ▶ 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 |
| 50 | ▶ Harpoon Ventures Technology will define geopolitics. We invest in the Freedom Stack—foundational technologies critical to American national security and technological leadership. We partner with mission-driven founders building capabilities essential to American prosperity and strategic advantage. San Diego | $500K – $5M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 51 | ▶ Radical Ventures AI Eats Software. Over the next decade, virtually every bit of software will be replaced by artificial intelligence. We invest in founders and entrepreneurs who understand the transformational power of AI and are building solutions that reshape how we live, work, and play. Toronto | $1M – $25M | 59 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 52 | ▶ 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 |
| 53 | ▶ Samsung Catalyst Fund Samsung Catalyst Fund invests in deep tech AI infrastructure — semiconductor hardware, AI compute, interconnects, networking, autonomous systems, quantum computing, and digital health — that can scale globally through Samsung's manufacturing, supply chain, and distribution platform. The fund seeks co-prosperity: wins for founders, partner investors, and the communities where they operate. San Jose | $3M – $50M | 21 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 54 | ▶ Kakao Ventures Kakao Ventures finds the 'one reason' a startup will succeed — the single differentiating capability that makes a mission inevitable — and provides capital and co-pilot support to help that potential bloom. They focus on mission-driven founders in deep tech, ICT services, digital healthcare, and gaming at seed and pre-Series A stages. Seongnam (Pangyo), South Korea | $150K – $1.5M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 55 | ▶ Lockheed Martin Ventures Invest in companies developing disruptive technologies in core defense business areas to build a pipeline that strengthens the defense industrial base. Over 60 portfolio companies have become Lockheed Martin suppliers, receiving $750M+ in contracts. Bethesda, MD | $500K – $5M | 32 | Both | Active | 3+ mo | Req'd |
| 56 | ▶ 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 | 58 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 57 | ▶ Acequia Capital (AceCap) Acequia Capital partners with technical founders and product teams building the next wave of global businesses. They provide more than capital—experienced operators offer strategic guidance on product roadmap, technology strategy, business model, and GTM execution. The firm is a center of a global innovation ecosystem with unique capability to detect earliest signal in emerging technology trends. Seattle | $1M – $25M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 58 | ▶ Intel Capital Scalable, defensible innovation at the intersection of software, hardware, and intelligence. Champion founders driving the next wave of technological innovation across Cloud, Devices, Frontier, and Silicon domains. Breakthrough technologies emerge from convergence of multiple domains. Santa Clara, California | $1M – $50M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 59 | ▶ Northern Gritstone Seizing the North of England's innovation opportunity by investing in science and technology startups with strong intellectual property solving global problems. Partners with the four Northern Arc universities (Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool) and the broader North of England ecosystem. Philosophy: profit with purpose — backing visionary founders with exceptional teams, breakthrough technology, and business models that deliver both financial returns and societal impact. Manchester, UK | $850K – $25M | 31 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | N/A |
| 60 | ▶ Tesi Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd) is a state-owned investment company that helps Finland's most promising companies grow bigger. Tesi invests on market terms as a minority co-investor alongside private capital in Finnish startups, scale-ups, and industrial projects, as well as in VC and PE funds. Its mandate is both financial returns and economic impact — driving growth, jobs, and renewal in the Finnish economy. Helsinki | $1M – $30M | 31 | Follows | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 61 | ▶ HCVC We back founders on a mission to industrialize scientific and technological progress. Hardtech startups solve difficult technological problems using interdisciplinary mixes of technology and engineering. We provide patient, supportive capital and community to help founders navigate R&D cycles and build technically defensible products. Paris | $100K – $2.5M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 62 | ▶ 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 |
| 63 | ▶ MFV Partners Early-stage deep tech entrepreneurs developing novel, patented solutions to the world's biggest problems in robotics, quantum computing, energy, climate, and healthcare. We back visionary founders with deep domain expertise and engage as thought partners through technology validation and commercialization. Palo Alto | $1M – $5M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 64 | ▶ The E14 Fund We back MIT founders building deep-tech companies with defensible science or engineering advantages. We support the transition from researcher to founder, providing both capital ($500K-$5M) and operational support through the MIT ecosystem. Cambridge | $500K – $5M | 53 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 65 | ▶ Cyphr Cyphr provides seed capital to founders building the Intelligence Renaissance: startups focused on exponential learning, infrastructural excellence, and bold impact. San Francisco | $250K – $10M | 4 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 66 | ▶ 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 |
| 67 | ▶ Prelude Ventures Climate is the biggest challenge of our lifetime and the greatest business opportunity of the coming decades. We back visionaries accelerating climate innovation that will reshape our global economy for the betterment of people and planet. The most successful companies are born from a vision for a better future and the ability of that vision to create large, lasting positive impact. We invest in frontier technologies addressing climate across seven sectors: Built Environment, Carbon Management, Compute, Energy, Food & Agriculture, Manufacturing & Industrials, and Mobility. The best ideas come from everywhere—we operate where many venture firms can't or won't. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 52 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 68 | ▶ Future Ventures Support passionate founders forging the future. Invest in seed and early-stage companies with unique ideas that have potential to reinvent entire industries. Focus on frontier technologies that make the world better and don't prey on human frailty. San Francisco | $500K – $10M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 69 | ▶ Mayfield Fund Mayfield invests in founders building iconic companies through AI-first innovation and human-AI collaboration. The firm believes the next wave of category-defining enterprises will leverage collaborative intelligence, where AI teammates augment and amplify human capability. Mayfield seeks deep tech founders with defensible innovation, clear market advantage, and the ability to scale globally. Menlo Park | $200K – $20M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 70 | ▶ C4 Ventures Operators backing entrepreneurs building global companies with exceptional people, world-class products, and cutting-edge technology. C4 focuses on deep tech and AI where operational expertise creates meaningful value. The firm believes Europe can compete globally in AI and robotics. Paris | $2M – $5M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 71 | ▶ NATO Innovation Fund NIF invests in cutting-edge science and engineering startups that strengthen the defence, security, and resilience of NATO Allied nations. Backed by 24 sovereign governments, NIF provides deep tech founders with unprecedented access to government procurement markets across 24 countries, connectivity to ~90 NATO-affiliated test centres, and 6,000+ Allied scientists. NIF leads initial investments with up to €15M and maintains substantial follow-on reserves. Amsterdam | $1M – $16.5M | 26 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 72 | ▶ 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 |
| 73 | ▶ UP Partners The next two decades will see dramatic changes in mobility across ground, air, sea, and space. We invest in entrepreneurs building frontier technologies that make movement cleaner, faster, safer, and lower-cost, leveraging our extensive relationships with global companies. Santa Monica | $1M – $10M | 34 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 74 | ▶ 7percent Ventures Back determined founders with uncommon insights solving the world's biggest problems through transformative deeptech. Focus on moonshots: multi-billion-dollar, step-change opportunities across Future Compute (quantum, alternative architectures), Defense & Dual-Use (aerospace, strategic tech), Smart Planet (robotics, climate, materials), and Humantech (AR/VR, interfaces). Frame investments through free-world resilience lens, prioritizing Western technological independence. Support founders through capital, operational guidance, technical expertise, and extensive networks. London | $250K – $2M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 75 | ▶ Bolt Bolt invests at the intersection of digital and physical. They believe the best hardware companies combine deep manufacturing expertise with software innovation. They operate a million-dollar prototyping shop and employ hardware engineers on staff to be true product partners with founders. Boston | $100K – $5M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 76 | ▶ TSVC The most defensible companies are built on hard technology solving real problems at scale. We partner with technical founders leveraging deep domain expertise and the Tsinghua network to identify and nurture transformative innovations in deeptech, healthtech, and the data economy. Los Altos, California | $250K – $3M | 15 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 77 | ▶ Vanedge Capital Deep technology and hard tech company investing at inflection points. Partner with technical founders building infrastructure-level solutions for global scale. Founded 2010 on belief that next generation of transformative companies require deep technical expertise, not just capital. Vancouver | $1M – $15M | 42 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 78 | ▶ Baidu Ventures Back deep tech companies enabling AI at the infrastructure layer (chips, hardware, algorithms) and AI-powered applications previously impossible without AI — with a current focus on GenAI, embodied intelligence, autonomous driving, and healthcare AI. Leverage Baidu's unique resources: engineering talent, data annotation infrastructure, and ecosystem customer relationships. Beijing | $500K – $10M | 23 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 79 | ▶ Eclipse Ventures Digital transformation is everywhere except where it matters. The world's essential physical industries—manufacturing, supply chain, transportation, healthcare infrastructure, and energy—have failed to keep pace with technological innovation. These industries are ripe for transformation through digitization, automation, and physical AI. We partner with experienced operators and technical founders to rebuild critical infrastructure. Palo Alto | $250K – $25M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 80 | ▶ 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 |
| 81 | ▶ 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 |
| 82 | ▶ 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 | 58 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 83 | ▶ 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 |
| 84 | ▶ 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 | 37 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 85 | ▶ NVIDIA Expand the AI ecosystem by backing technology visionaries solving complex problems to reshape our world. Focus on game changers and market makers in AI, robotics, biotech, autonomous vehicles, and applied AI. Leverage NVIDIA's unique position as GPU infrastructure leader to identify and support companies that will drive adoption of NVIDIA technology. | $20M – $100000M | 37 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 86 | ▶ Creative Ventures Humanizing deep tech by bringing advanced breakthrough technologies to where the people are and maximizing the value they generate for solving humanity's most critical crises. We invest in companies addressing climate, manufacturing labor shortages, healthcare costs, sustainable food production, and computing infrastructure. Oakland | $1M – $3M | 28 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 87 | ▶ Plum Alley Investments Frontier technologies and medical breakthroughs offer the best opportunities to address fundamental human and environmental challenges. Diversity of founder backgrounds drives innovation and superior returns. Founders with domain expertise, technical credentials, and distinctive visions solve the world's biggest problems. New York | $750K – $3M | 28 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 88 | ▶ 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 |
| 89 | ▶ Inspired Capital Partners 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 |
| 90 | ▶ 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 |
| 91 | ▶ 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 |
| 92 | ▶ Anthem Venture Partners Identify exceptional founders and unique talent combinations building contrarian, under-the-radar technology solutions. Provide hands-on support, operational guidance, and board-level involvement to early-stage Series A and B companies, primarily in Southern California. We fight for our founders and expect all investments to succeed. Santa Monica | $1M – $5M | 12 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 93 | ▶ Union Square Ventures 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 |
| 94 | ▶ 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 |
| 95 | ▶ 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 | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 96 | ▶ Foothill Ventures Back technical teams working on breakthrough products. We invest in seed stage companies that demonstrate technical differentiation - meaning technical or product-level superiority is a major reason for future success. We pursue investments from application layer (AI/ML) through software infrastructure to hardware layers (semiconductors, photonics). Los Altos, California | $250K – $10M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 97 | ▶ Innovation Endeavors 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 |
| 98 | ▶ Korea Investment Management Co. Back the global winners of tomorrow through disciplined venture capital and growth equity investing. We are a trustworthy partner providing capital, operational expertise, and access to pan-Asian networks. Fund-oriented professional VC with fundamental philosophy of quality, responsibility, and stability. | $500K – $100M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 99 | ▶ 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 |
| 100 | ▶ Construct Capital Foundational industries (manufacturing, logistics, defense, energy) have been neglected for decades. Tech founders can unlock trillions in value by applying software, AI, automation, and cloud infrastructure to transform these sectors. This is the largest venture opportunity: tripling the Industrials market cap from $3.7T to $55T by 2050. Washington | $2M – $6M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 101 | ▶ Crosscut Ventures Partner with visionary founders building category-defining frontier technologies that address humanity's most pressing problems. We invest in deep tech, hardware, and climate solutions emerging from technical communities like SpaceX, focusing on founders with big ambitions, not incremental ideas. Los Angeles | $500K – $10M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 102 | ▶ MVP Ventures Partner with elite, early-stage teams building differentiated and defensible technology. Provide Most Value Per dollar on founders' cap tables through capital and operational support. Menlo Park | $1M – $3M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 103 | ▶ DCVC We back entrepreneurs using computational approaches (AI, simulation) to solve trillion-dollar problems in climate, health, industrial transformation, and national security. Deep tech requires patient capital and scientific rigor. San Francisco | $5M – $25M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 104 | ▶ 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 |
| 105 | ▶ SOSV Deep tech startups at the edge of what is possible solve critical human and planetary health problems. SOSV backs founders combining scientific rigor with entrepreneurial grit, providing not just capital but access to specialized labs, manufacturing, and global expertise networks. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 106 | ▶ In-Q-Tel (IQT) Transformative national security solutions emerge from early-stage private-sector startups developing frontier technologies. IQT identifies, evaluates, and leverages innovations to accelerate government adoption while enhancing commercial success. As of May 2026, IQT is emphasizing mission investing through fewer larger bets in autonomy, contested logistics, critical infrastructure, and technologies that can move to mission use quickly. Washington | $250K – $3M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 107 | ▶ Shunwei Capital With the aid of capital and experience, partner with entrepreneurs building deep-tech, smart-manufacturing, and internet-driven consumption businesses to transform their ideas into world-leading enterprises. Beijing | $11M – $29M | 30 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 108 | ▶ 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 |
| 109 | ▶ 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 |
| 110 | ▶ 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 | 36 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 111 | ▶ 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 | 43 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 112 | ▶ 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 |
| 113 | ▶ IMM Investment IMM backs innovative entrepreneurs across multiple stages with a single platform spanning venture capital, growth equity, infrastructure, and secondary capital. The firm emphasizes partnership, long-term value creation, and operational support, especially where capital, scale, and governance complexity all matter. Seoul | $1M – $1000M | 15 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 114 | ▶ 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 |
| 115 | ▶ Andreessen Horowitz 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 | 48 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 116 | ▶ 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 |
| 117 | ▶ Prime Movers Lab Prime Movers Lab partners with serial entrepreneurs building breakthrough scientific companies that tackle the world's biggest problems. We believe the best venture partners provide operational excellence, technical expertise, and hands-on support—not just capital. We invest in companies reinventing energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, human augmentation, and agriculture. Jackson, Wyoming | $2M – $30M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 118 | ▶ 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 |
| 119 | ▶ Valhalla Ventures We partner with visionaries building enduring moats in deeptech and gaming. We invest up to $12M from inception to Seed. We restore the original essence of venture capital - working directly with bold entrepreneurs to tackle the world's toughest challenges through breakthrough physical technologies and novel gaming experiences. | $500K – $12M | 14 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 120 | ▶ Khosla Ventures 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 |
| 121 | ▶ 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 |
| 122 | ▶ Celesta (fka WRVI) Celesta invests in brilliance at the forefront of science and engineering, targeting companies that enable mass adoption of emerging tech, radically improve health outcomes, and transform large industries. Focus on platforms enabling emerging tech adoption, bioconvergence innovations (high-tech + biotech), and technologies disrupting legacy industries with deep tech. San Francisco | $250K – $20M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 123 | ▶ XAnge European early-stage fund backing founders building durable technology businesses across deep tech, SaaS, AI, energy transition, digital finance, and healthcare. 5 Rue Feydeau, 75002 Paris, France | $1M – $15M | 13 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 124 | ▶ 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 |
| 125 | ▶ 1517 Fund We back dropouts, renegade students, and deep-tech scientists working on ideas that would appear in science fiction. We exist to prove that great founders don't need university degrees and are found in the oddest places. We invest at inception stage (R&D through Seed), providing capital, mentorship, community access, and operational support. People-first approach: it's more about the who than the what. Telluride, Colorado | $50K – $1M | 18 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 126 | ▶ Lux Capital Turn sci-fi into sci-fact by backing founders solving the most vexing puzzles facing humanity. We believe in counter-conventional solutions and contrarian positions in deep technology. We champion companies working at the intersection of breakthrough science and transformational technology, led by visionary founders who are equal parts mad scientist and business mastermind. New York | $100K – $100M | 18 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 127 | ▶ Outsiders Fund Technological innovation is unevenly distributed. The hottest, most visible sectors attract talent and capital, while overlooked industries hide massive value creation opportunities. We back unconventional founders disrupting unglamorous, technology-inefficient, long-standing industries. New York | $500K – $8M | 35 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 128 | ▶ Felicis Ventures Back founders building iconic companies that transcend boundaries. We invest directly in their growth to make them unbreakable. Founded on principle that luck isn't made, it's engineered. Founders are our customer, not LPs. We always vote shares with founders and provide 1% non-dilutive founder development capital alongside every first check. Menlo Park | $500K – $15M | 29 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 129 | ▶ Yu Galaxy Conviction-driven venture capital backing visionary founders solving humanity's toughest problems. Focus on impact measurement: profitability and positive societal impact are inseparable. Invests from seed through Series B with follow-on capacity through exit. | $500K – $5M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 130 | ▶ 49 Palms Ventures Investing in early-stage AI founders to monetize and scale their innovations. 49 Palms brings unique pricing and monetization expertise to help AI companies unlock the full commercial value of their technology — from POC structuring to outcome-based revenue models. Palo Alto | $1M – $5M | 4 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 131 | ▶ Sierra Ventures Sierra believes enterprise software is being fundamentally transformed by cloud computing and AI. They invest in technical founders building the next generation of enterprise solutions that deliver superior ROI through better efficiency, automation, and capability. The firm particularly focuses on infrastructure, security, healthcare innovation, and emerging deep tech. San Mateo, California | $500K – $15M | 28 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 132 | ▶ Impact Venture Capital Corporate-advantage seed investing. We identify promising AI and deep tech startups early, then leverage our hundreds of relationships with corporate venture capital arms to de-risk investments, accelerate time to exit, and create curated dealflow where both founders and corporates benefit from strategic alignment. El Dorado Hills, CA | $250K – $1M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 133 | ▶ 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 |
| 134 | ▶ Decisive Point Amplify founder impact through capital paired with deep expertise in government market access, federal R&D funding capture, and government contracting strategy. Focus on dual-use technologies addressing national security, defense, energy, and infrastructure challenges. Beacon, NY | $500K – $10M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 135 | ▶ Pillar VC We invest in technical breakthroughs that overcome the world's greatest challenges. We partner at inception with technically brilliant dreamers who see past impossible to inevitable. We evaluate scientific opportunities through both commercial potential and human impact lenses. Boston | $100K – $10M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 136 | ▶ 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 | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 137 | ▶ Trousdale Ventures We invest in mission-driven companies that dare to tackle impossible challenges, striving to transform industries and create lasting societal impact. We seek founders with audacity to dream big, resilience to persevere, and potential to build forever companies that shape human history. Los Angeles | $5M – $25M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 138 | ▶ HOF Capital 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 |
| 139 | ▶ 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 |
| 140 | ▶ Sutter Hill Ventures Build or back enduring technology companies solving hard technical problems in massive markets. SHV's origination model has them serve as Founding CEO of incubated companies — recruiting experts, handling operations, and letting technical founders focus purely on building. Identify large macro tech shifts (cloud, AI infrastructure, power for AI), recruit domain experts, build small focused teams until product-market fit, then scale rapidly with the full support of SHV's centralized operations team. Palo Alto | $500K – $50M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 141 | ▶ Not Boring Capital Invest in companies with compelling stories to tell. We couple capital deployment with media storytelling through the Not Boring newsletter, creating a unique flywheel that amplifies both company and fund narrative. New York | $100K – $2M | 10 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 142 | ▶ 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 | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 143 | ▶ Banner VC Accelerating the GDP of America by investing in early-stage private companies revolutionizing critical industries — aerospace, AI infrastructure, hardware, autonomous robotics, and healthcare. Banner VC backs American industrial reindustrialization with founders building foundational infrastructure for the economy. Austin | $5M – $50M | 6 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 144 | ▶ ZhenFund Believe in innovation, risk-taking, and young talent. Best entrepreneurs are rare and precious. Provide quick capital, friendly terms, genuine commitment. Help but don't complicate. Monthly founder support. Beijing | $250K – $3M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 145 | ▶ Amadeus Capital Partners Backs trailblazers solving hard problems in large markets through deep technology investments across Intelligence (AI, computing, quantum), Human (health, medicine, wellness), and Planet (sustainability, energy, space). London | $1.3M – $12.7M | 22 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 146 | ▶ 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 |
| 147 | ▶ Unless Unless catalyzes the New Industrial Revolution by backing visionary companies transforming industrial systems across supply chains, manufacturing, energy, and transportation. The firm uses a perpetual capital structure to support long-duration industrial transformation through equity, debt, and buyouts. Boulder, CO | $5M – $25M | 12 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 148 | ▶ XTX Ventures The next generation-defining companies will be built by founders who thoughtfully harness AI development to solve real-world problems at scale. Investment focus spans infrastructure to healthcare, enterprise software to financial markets, wherever AI can drive meaningful transformation. London | $500K – $5M | 12 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 149 | ▶ Riot Ventures Modernize critical industries through deep technology. We are dedicated to backing ambitious, technically sophisticated founders solving hard problems in traditionally underserved sectors. We provide capital, operational guidance, board partnership, and network access—supporting companies from pre-seed through growth stages. | $500K – $100M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 150 | ▶ Noon Ventures We invest in proven, transformative technologies that have the potential to be industry-defining while driving meaningful impact on the climate and environment. We partner with founders as active co-developers, not passive investors. Copenhagen | $500K – $10M | 5 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 151 | ▶ Rosecliff Ventures Rosecliff's Frontier Technology Thesis focuses on AI, aerospace, defense, energy resilience, and space infrastructure. New York | $500K – $10M | 23 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 152 | ▶ Vibe Capital Investing in the picks and shovels of volatility caused by convergent forces (AI, Web3, Deep Science) intersecting with demographic shifts and climate change. We seek to create venture-scale returns by backing bold founders building more equitable, beneficial, transparent, and accessible structures. New York | $250K – $500K | 26 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 153 | ▶ 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 |
| 154 | ▶ Main Sequence Main Sequence backs deep tech founders solving humanity-scale problems, especially companies connected to publicly funded research and spinouts that can turn breakthrough science into global businesses. Eveleigh, NSW, Australia | $250K – $500K | 14 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 155 | ▶ 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 |
| 156 | ▶ Tiger Global Management 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 |
| 157 | ▶ 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 |
| 158 | ▶ Deep33 Backs frontier deep tech companies solving physical infrastructure bottlenecks of the AI supercycle, especially compute, energy, quantum, AI infrastructure, robotics, and autonomous manufacturing across the U.S.-Israel corridor. New York | $5M – $15M | 9 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 159 | ▶ Animal Capital Leverage creator economy and influencer networks to add tangible value to early-stage companies. Invest in ambitious Gen Z founders building consumer products with high influencer marketing potential. Influencer partners actively support portfolio companies with marketing, business development, and strategic partnerships. | $500K – $5M | 11 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 160 | ▶ Gigafund Back the world's most ambitious and transformative entrepreneurs capable of building world-defining companies over 20+ years. Invest in founders with independent thought and first-principles vision to solve humanity's biggest problems across all sectors and geographies. Austin | $1M – $500M | 18 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 161 | ▶ 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 |
| 162 | ▶ VU Venture Partners Invest in early-stage tech companies addressing world's largest market opportunities and solving humanity's biggest challenges. Leverage global distributed team to source, evaluate, and support transformational founders. San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 17 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 163 | ▶ Levante Capital Invest in the most promising Southern European (primarily Italian) deep-technology companies across Advanced Manufacturing, Life Science, and Energy & Environment, and actively support their expansion into Asian markets (China, South Korea, Japan, South-East Asia). The fund uses a proprietary evaluation framework and a 'pull model' — companies must demonstrate genuine Asian market interest before investment. Milan, Italy | $500K – $3M | 8 | N/A | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
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F4 Fund tracks 163 VC firms that actively invest in semiconductors & hardware at the Series A stage. These firms are ranked using a composite score that weighs data completeness (30%), portfolio depth (30%), investment recency (25%), and stage alignment (15%).
Based on F4's analysis, the median check size for series a semiconductors & hardware investors is $5.3M – $5.3M, with a full range from $25K – $100000M. The distribution breaks down as: 4 firms in the <$500K range, 6 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 17 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 45 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 39 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 52 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 163 firms tracked, 95% lead or co-lead rounds, and 4% typically follow. Founders seeking a lead investor should filter for firms marked "Leads" or "Both" in the rankings table above. Lead investors typically set deal terms and anchor the round.
The best series a semiconductors & hardware investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 34% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 34 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.