Tier 1 Venture Capital Firms
Sand Hill Road's elite and multi-stage powerhousesSequoia Capital
AUM: $85B+ Global
Seed to growth; backed Apple, Google, WhatsApp, Stripe, Airbnb, DoorDash, Zoom, Unity
sequoiacap.com →Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
AUM: $42B
Seed to growth; software, crypto, bio, fintech; backed Coinbase, Instacart, Airbnb, Slack
a16z.com →Kleiner Perkins
AUM: $18B+
Early stage; backed Amazon, Google, Twitter, Spotify, Figma, Stripe
kleinerperkins.com →Accel
AUM: $50B+
Global multi-stage; backed Facebook, Slack, Dropbox, Spotify, Etsy, CrowdStrike
accel.com →Benchmark
AUM: $4B+
Early stage specialist; backed eBay, Twitter, Uber, Instagram, Snapchat, Discord
benchmark.com →Greylock Partners
AUM: $20B+
Enterprise & consumer; backed LinkedIn, Facebook, Airbnb, Dropbox, Discord, Figma
greylock.com →Lightspeed Venture Partners
AUM: $25B+
Global multi-stage; backed Snap, Affirm, Rubrik, Mulesoft, AppDynamics
lsvp.com →Index Ventures
AUM: $16B+
SF & European focus; backed Dropbox, Figma, Notion, Plaid, Discord, Roblox
indexventures.com →General Catalyst
AUM: $25B+
Seed to growth; backed Airbnb, Stripe, Snap, Kayak, Warby Parker, HubSpot
generalcatalyst.com →NEA (New Enterprise Associates)
AUM: $25B+
Multi-stage diversified; backed Salesforce, Uber, Robinhood, Plaid, Cloudflare
nea.com →Bessemer Venture Partners
AUM: $20B+
Cloud & enterprise SaaS; backed LinkedIn, Shopify, Twilio, Canva, Toast, Fiverr
bvp.com →Founders Fund
AUM: $11B+
Thiel-founded; deep tech, aerospace, AI; backed SpaceX, Palantir, Stripe, Airbnb
foundersfund.com →Insight Partners
AUM: $90B+
Growth equity software; backed Twitter, Shopify, DocuSign, Qualtrics, Monday.com
insightpartners.com →IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
AUM: $10B+
Late stage expansion; backed Netflix, Twitter, Snap, Dropbox, Slack, Discord
ivp.com →Redpoint Ventures
AUM: $6B+
Early-stage infrastructure; backed Netflix, Stripe, Twilio, Snowflake, Ramp
redpoint.com →Battery Ventures
AUM: $17B+
Enterprise tech multi-stage; backed Glassdoor, Groupon, Wayfair, Sprinklr
battery.com →Menlo Ventures
AUM: $6B+
Multi-stage diversified; backed Uber, Roku, Siri, Warby Parker, Chime, Carta
menlovc.com →GGV Capital
AUM: $9B+
US-Asia cross-border; backed Alibaba, Airbnb, Slack, Square, Peloton, Hashicorp
ggvc.com →Norwest Venture Partners
AUM: $12.5B+
Multi-stage diversified; backed Uber, Spotify, Plaid, Opendoor, Calm
nvp.com →Spark Capital
AUM: $5B+
Early stage consumer/enterprise; backed Twitter, Slack, Tumblr, Affirm, Discord
sparkcapital.com →ICONIQ Capital
AUM: $80B+ (incl. wealth)
Tech founder wealth & growth; backed Adyen, Datadog, GitLab, Procore
iconiqcapital.com →DFJ (Draper Fisher Jurvetson)
AUM: $7B+ legacy
Deep tech & moonshots; backed Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter, Skype, Baidu, Hotmail
dfj.com →Thrive Capital
AUM: $15B+
Consumer & enterprise growth; backed Instagram, Spotify, Stripe, Oscar, Nubank
thrivecap.com →Ribbit Capital
AUM: $6B+
Fintech specialist; backed Robinhood, Coinbase, Nubank, Credit Karma, Affirm
ribbitcap.com →First Round Capital
AUM: $3B+
Pre-seed/seed specialist; backed Uber, Square, Notion, Roblox, Warby Parker
firstround.com →Felicis Ventures
AUM: $3B+
Seed to Series B; backed Shopify, Twitch, Credit Karma, Fitbit, Adyen
felicis.com →True Ventures
AUM: $3B+
Seed & early stage; backed Fitbit, Peloton, Ring, Blue Bottle, WordPress
trueventures.com →Shasta Ventures
AUM: $1.5B+
Early stage enterprise; backed Nest, Zuora, Dollar Shave Club, Anaplan
shastaventures.com →Khosla Ventures
AUM: $15B+
Deep tech & climate; backed Square, DoorDash, Instacart, Impossible Foods
khoslaventures.com →Growth & Crossover Funds
Late-stage growth equity and public market crossover investorsTiger Global Management
AUM: $65B+
Growth rounds; backed Stripe, Coinbase, ByteDance, Instacart, Brex, Peloton
tigerglobal.com →Coatue Management
AUM: $75B+
Tech crossover; backed Snap, DoorDash, Instacart, Chime, Databricks, SpaceX
coatue.com →General Atlantic
AUM: $84B+
Global growth; backed Airbnb, Uber, Slack, Stripe, ByteDance, ServiceTitan
generalatlantic.com →D1 Capital Partners
AUM: $25B+
Tech growth crossover; backed SpaceX, Stripe, Databricks, Discord, Figma
d1cap.com →Dragoneer Investment Group
AUM: $22B+
Pre-IPO tech; backed Airbnb, Slack, Snowflake, UiPath, Zoom, Cloudflare
dragoneer.com →TCV (Technology Crossover Ventures)
AUM: $20B+
Tech growth; backed Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb, Zillow, Peloton, Toast
tcv.com →Summit Partners
AUM: $42B+
Growth equity; backed Uber, Sportradar, Fleetcor, Avast, Ultimate Software
summitpartners.com →Altimeter Capital
AUM: $18B+
Tech growth; backed Snowflake, Databricks, Toast, Brex, UiPath, Rivian
altimetercapital.com →Silver Lake
AUM: $102B+
Tech PE & growth; backed Dell, Airbnb, Twitter, Waymo, Qualtrics, Unity
silverlake.com →Vista Equity Partners
AUM: $100B+
Enterprise software; owned Marketo, Ping Identity, Mindbody, Avalara
vistaequitypartners.com →Francisco Partners
AUM: $45B+
Tech buyouts; owned Verifone, GoodRx, Tripwire, SonicWall
franciscopartners.com →Lone Pine Capital
AUM: $30B+
Tech crossover; backed DoorDash, Carvana, Sea Limited, Atlassian
lonepinecapital.com →TA Associates
AUM: $50B+
Growth PE; backed RingCentral, Coupa, Duck Creek, Bottomline
ta.com →Durable Capital Partners
AUM: $8B+
Long-term tech growth; backed Airbnb, ServiceNow, Snowflake, Toast
durablecapital.com →Permira
AUM: $80B+
Global tech PE; backed Klarna, Zendesk, Informatica, Genesys
permira.com →Advent International
AUM: $90B+
Global PE; tech & healthcare; backed Duck Creek, Definitive Healthcare
adventinternational.com →Hellman & Friedman
AUM: $100B+
Tech & healthcare PE; backed Genesys, Kronos, Blackboard, Nielsen
hf.com →KKR Tech Growth
AUM: $528B+ (firm)
Tech growth; backed Epic Games, Relativity, AppLovin, Tock, 1Password
kkr.com →TPG Capital
AUM: $220B+
Tech PE; backed Uber, Airbnb, Spotify, C3.ai, McAfee
tpg.com →Warburg Pincus
AUM: $83B+
Global growth equity; tech & healthcare; backed Nubank, GoTo, CRED
warburgpincus.com →JMI Equity
AUM: $6B+
Software growth; backed Braze, Klaviyo, Appian, Buildium
jmi.com →Spectrum Equity
AUM: $6B+
Internet & software growth; backed Ancestry, GrubHub, Verafin
spectrumequity.com →Addition
AUM: $3B+
Late-stage tech (Lee Fixel); backed ServiceTitan, Chime, Figma, Ramp
addition.com →Owl Rock (Blue Owl)
AUM: $176B+
Tech lending & growth; software credit, direct lending
blueowl.com →Corporate Venture Capital
Strategic investment arms of major technology companiesGV (Google Ventures)
AUM: $8B+
Alphabet's VC arm; backed Uber, Slack, Stripe, GitLab, Robinhood, Oscar
gv.com →Intel Capital
AUM: $20B+ deployed
Semiconductors, AI, cloud; backed MongoDB, Cloudera, DocuSign, UiPath
intelcapital.com →Salesforce Ventures
AUM: $7B+
Cloud ecosystem; backed DocuSign, Zoom, Snowflake, Twilio, Databricks
salesforceventures.com →Microsoft Ventures (M12)
AUM: $2B+
Enterprise cloud; backed Databricks, BigID, Spot.io, Lemonade, Ribbon
m12.vc →Nvidia GPU Ventures
AUM: $1B+ active
AI, autonomous vehicles, graphics; backed Recursion, Cohere, Synthesia
nvidia.com →Cisco Investments
AUM: $3B+
Enterprise networking, security; backed Nutanix, Cloudflare, HashiCorp
cisco.com/investments →Qualcomm Ventures
AUM: $2B+
5G, IoT, AI edge; backed Zoom, Fitbit, 99designs, Xiaomi, Cloudminds
qualcommventures.com →Coinbase Ventures
AUM: $500M+
Crypto infrastructure; backed Etherscan, OpenSea, Compound, Dune Analytics
coinbase.com/ventures →Slack Fund
AUM: $200M+
Workplace ecosystem; backed Notion, Loom, Guru, Donut, Polly
slack.com/fund →Workday Ventures
AUM: $500M+
HR tech, fintech; backed Eightfold, Humu, Visier, Benevity
workday.com/ventures →ServiceNow Ventures
AUM: $200M+
Workflow automation; backed Moveworks, Aisera, Observe.AI
servicenow.com/ventures →Dell Technologies Capital
AUM: $5B+ deployed
Infrastructure, cloud; backed Nutanix, MongoDB, Redis, JFrog, CrowdStrike
delltechcapital.com →Comcast Ventures
AUM: $1.5B+
Media tech, enterprise; backed Slack, FanDuel, Nextdoor, Instacart
comcastventures.com →SAP.iO
AUM: $500M+
Enterprise software; backed WalkMe, Celonis, Signavio, Icertis
sap.io →IBM Ventures
AUM: $500M+
Enterprise AI, hybrid cloud; backed DataRobot, Instana, Armis
ibm.com/ventures →Citi Ventures
AUM: $1B+
Fintech; backed Plaid, Betterment, Chain, Blend, Jumio, Feedzai
citi.com/ventures →Goldman Sachs Growth
AUM: $15B+
Fintech & enterprise; backed Plaid, Toast, Marqeta, Circle, Stripe
goldmansachs.com →PayPal Ventures
AUM: $500M+
Payments, fintech; backed Tink, Token, GoCardless, Raisin
paypal.com/ventures →Visa Ventures
AUM: $500M+
Payments infrastructure; backed Square, Stripe, Marqeta, Plaid
visa.com/ventures →Mastercard Start Path
AUM: $300M+
Fintech accelerator; backed Finix, Argyle, Bond, Pipe, Plastiq
startpath.mastercard.com →American Express Ventures
AUM: $1B+
Travel, payments; backed Stripe, Plaid, Kabbage, Fundbox, Bill.com
amex.com/ventures →Wells Fargo Strategic Capital
AUM: $500M+
Fintech, insurtech; backed Bill.com, Plaid, Earnin, Blend
wellsfargo.com →Capital One Ventures
AUM: $500M+
Fintech, ML; backed Plaid, Marqeta, Narrative Science, Lemonade
capitalone.com/ventures →US Bancorp Ventures
AUM: $200M+
Banking tech, payments; backed TripActions, Autobooks, MX
usbank.com →Snowflake Ventures
AUM: $500M+
Data cloud ecosystem; backed Sigma, Hex, Monte Carlo, Atlan
snowflake.com/ventures →Adobe Ventures
AUM: $500M+
Creative, marketing tech; backed Figma, Frame.io, ContentCal
adobe.com/ventures →Autodesk Forge Fund
AUM: $100M+
Construction, manufacturing tech; backed Built Robotics, OpenSpace
autodesk.com/forge →Atlassian Ventures
AUM: $400M+
Developer tools; backed Loom, Figma, Notion, Linear, Miro
atlassian.com/ventures →VMware Ventures
AUM: $300M+
Cloud infrastructure; backed HashiCorp, Cohesity, Rubrik, Kong
vmware.com/ventures →Accelerators & Incubators
Early-stage programs shaping the next generation of startupsY Combinator
Portfolio: $600B+ combined market cap
Twice annual batches; backed Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase, DoorDash, Dropbox, Reddit
ycombinator.com →500 Global (500 Startups)
AUM: $2.7B+
2,800+ companies; backed Canva, Udemy, Credit Karma, Grab, Bukalapak
500.co →Techstars
Portfolio: $120B+ combined value
Global network; backed SendGrid, DigitalOcean, Sphero, ClassPass
techstars.com →Plug and Play Tech Center
AUM: $500M+
Corporate innovation; backed PayPal, Dropbox, SoundHound, LendingClub
plugandplaytechcenter.com →Alchemist Accelerator
Portfolio: 200+ B2B companies
Enterprise startups; backed LaunchDarkly, Rigetti, Matterport
alchemistaccelerator.com →StartX Stanford
Portfolio: 700+ companies
Stanford-affiliated; backed VMware Fusion, Lime, KeepTruckin
startx.com →SkyDeck Berkeley
Portfolio: 400+ companies
UC Berkeley affiliated; backed Casetext, OhmConnect, Movandi
skydeck.berkeley.edu →IndieBio
AUM: $300M+
Biotech accelerator; backed Memphis Meats, Geltor, NotCo, Clara Foods
indiebio.co →Founder Friendly Labs
Portfolio: 100+ companies
Consumer tech accelerator; lifestyle and consumer products
founderfriendlylabs.com →Imagine H2O
Portfolio: 150+ water startups
Water technology; backed Valor Water, 120Water, Aquagenuity
imagineh2o.org →Boost VC
AUM: $200M+
Sci-fi tech: crypto, VR, space; backed Coinbase, Plangrid, Etherscan
boost.vc →HAX
Portfolio: 400+ hardware companies
Hardware accelerator; backed Makeblock, First Resonance, Latch
hax.co →URBAN-X
Portfolio: 100+ urban tech
Cities & mobility; backed Numina, Bowery Farming, Remix
urban-x.com →Founders Space
Portfolio: 500+ startups
Global entrepreneur community; diverse industries
foundersspace.com →Runway Incubator
Portfolio: 100+ companies
Multi-vertical incubator; SF SOMA location
runway.is →The Refiners
Portfolio: 75+ companies
International founders; SF landing program
therefiners.co →Founder Institute
Portfolio: 6,500+ companies
Pre-seed accelerator; backed Udemy, Canva, SeedInvest
fi.co →GSVlabs
Portfolio: 200+ ed/enterprise tech
EdTech focus; backed Coursera, ClassDojo, Guild Education
gsvlabs.com →Matter
Portfolio: 160+ media startups
Media & journalism; backed Subtext, Timeline, Coral
matter.vc →Tandem Launch
Portfolio: 50+ deep tech
University spinouts; AI, quantum, materials
tandemlaunch.com →Pioneer Square Labs
Portfolio: 50+ companies
Startup studio; built Rover, Boundless, Lookout
psl.com →Science Inc
AUM: $400M+
Consumer tech; built Dollar Shave Club, Liquid Death, FabFitFun
science-inc.com →Tech Giants & Strategic Investors
Major technology companies driving M&A and strategic investmentsApple Inc.
Market Cap: $3T+
Strategic M&A; acquired Beats $3B, Intel modem $1B, Shazam, Texture
apple.com →Alphabet/Google
Market Cap: $2T+
Prolific acquirer; YouTube $1.65B, Nest $3.2B, Fitbit $2.1B, Mandiant $5.4B
abc.xyz →Meta Platforms
Market Cap: $1.4T+
Social/VR M&A; Instagram $1B, WhatsApp $19B, Oculus $2B, CTRL-labs
meta.com →Microsoft
Market Cap: $3T+
Enterprise M&A; LinkedIn $26B, GitHub $7.5B, Nuance $19.7B, Activision $69B
microsoft.com →Amazon
Market Cap: $1.9T+
Retail/cloud M&A; Whole Foods $13.7B, MGM $8.5B, Ring $1B, Twitch $970M
amazon.com →Nvidia
Market Cap: $3.2T+
AI chip leader; acquired Mellanox $7B, strategic AI investments globally
nvidia.com →Salesforce
Market Cap: $300B+
Cloud M&A machine; Slack $27.7B, Tableau $15.7B, MuleSoft $6.5B
salesforce.com →Oracle
Market Cap: $400B+
Enterprise software; Cerner $28B, NetSuite $9.3B, BEA $8.5B
oracle.com →Adobe
Market Cap: $230B+
Creative & marketing; Figma $20B (pending), Marketo $4.75B, Magento
adobe.com →Cisco Systems
Market Cap: $230B+
200+ acquisitions; Splunk $28B, Duo $2.35B, AppDynamics $3.7B
cisco.com →ServiceNow
Market Cap: $170B+
Workflow automation; acquired Element AI, Loom Systems, Sweagle
servicenow.com →Workday
Market Cap: $75B+
HR & finance cloud; acquired Peakon, Scout RFP, Adaptive Insights
workday.com →Intuit
Market Cap: $180B+
SMB finance; Credit Karma $8.1B, Mailchimp $12B, Mint
intuit.com →Block (Square)
Market Cap: $45B+
Fintech ecosystem; Afterpay $29B, Tidal, Cash App investments
block.xyz →PayPal
Market Cap: $70B+
Payments; Braintree $800M, Venmo, Honey $4B, Paidy $2.7B
paypal.com →Stripe
Valuation: $50B+
Payments infrastructure; acquired Paystack, TaxJar, Recko
stripe.com →Snowflake
Market Cap: $60B+
Data cloud; acquired Streamlit, Neeva, Samooha
snowflake.com →Databricks
Valuation: $43B+
Data lakehouse; acquired MosaicML $1.3B, Okera, Arcion
databricks.com →Palo Alto Networks
Market Cap: $110B+
Cybersecurity; Demisto $560M, CloudGenix, Expanse, Bridgecrew
paloaltonetworks.com →CrowdStrike
Market Cap: $75B+
Endpoint security; acquired Humio $400M, Preempt, Bionic
crowdstrike.com →Cloudflare
Market Cap: $35B+
Edge computing; acquired Area 1 Security, Zaraz, Vectrix
cloudflare.com →Atlassian
Market Cap: $55B+
Developer tools; Trello $425M, Opsgenie, Chartio, Loom
atlassian.com →Twilio
Market Cap: $15B+
Communications API; Segment $3.2B, SendGrid $2B, Zipwhip
twilio.com →Uber
Market Cap: $155B+
Mobility platform; Postmates $2.65B, Drizly $1.1B, Careem $3.1B
uber.com →Airbnb
Market Cap: $85B+
Travel platform; strategic acquisitions in experiences & hospitality tech
airbnb.com →Fintech & Specialized Investors
Specialists in financial technology, crypto, and emerging sectorsRibbit Capital
AUM: $6B+
Fintech specialist; backed Robinhood, Coinbase, Nubank, Credit Karma
ribbitcap.com →QED Investors
AUM: $4B+
Fintech focus; backed Credit Karma, SoFi, Klarna, Nubank, Remitly
qedinvestors.com →Nyca Partners
AUM: $1.5B+
Financial services; backed Canoe, Vestwell, Onfido, Blend
nycapartners.com →Flourish Ventures
AUM: $500M+
Inclusive fintech; backed Chime, Step, Propel, NerdWallet
flourishventures.com →Paradigm
AUM: $10B+
Crypto native; backed Coinbase, Uniswap, FTX, Optimism, dYdX
paradigm.xyz →a16z Crypto
AUM: $7.6B+
Web3 infrastructure; backed Coinbase, Uniswap, Solana, OpenSea, Yuga Labs
a16zcrypto.com →Polychain Capital
AUM: $4B+
Crypto protocols; backed Compound, Dfinity, Celo, Acala
polychain.capital →Pantera Capital
AUM: $5B+
Blockchain fund; backed Circle, Ripple, Polkadot, Filecoin
panteracapital.com →Blockchain Capital
AUM: $2.5B+
OG crypto VC; backed Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple, Aave, Opensea
blockchaincapital.com →Electric Capital
AUM: $1B+
Developer-focused crypto; backed Near, Frax, Aptos, dYdX
electriccapital.com →Multicoin Capital
AUM: $3B+
Thesis-driven crypto; backed Solana, Helium, The Graph, Arweave
multicoin.capital →AI Fund
AUM: $500M+
Andrew Ng's AI studio; built Landing AI, Woebot, DeepLearning.AI
aifund.ai →Lux Capital
AUM: $5B+
Sci-fi tech; backed Anduril, Eikon, Planet Labs, Hadrian, Anyscale
luxcapital.com →DCVC (Data Collective)
AUM: $3B+
Deep tech & data; backed Databricks, Planet, Illumio, Rockset
dcvc.com →Breakthrough Energy Ventures
AUM: $2B+
Climate tech; backed QuantumScape, Impossible Foods, Commonwealth Fusion
breakthroughenergy.org →Congruent Ventures
AUM: $500M+
Sustainability; backed ChargePoint, Arcadia, Zero Acre, Pachama
congruentvc.com →Prelude Ventures
AUM: $1B+
Climate & sustainability; backed Impossible Foods, Uplight, Convoy
preludeventures.com →a16z Bio
AUM: $4.5B+
Bio + health; backed Devoted Health, Freenome, Insitro, Cityblock
a16z.com/bio →General Catalyst Health
AUM: $5B+ (health focus)
Healthcare transformation; backed Livongo, Oscar, Commure
generalcatalyst.com →Rock Health
AUM: $200M+
Digital health; backed Omada, Ginger, Virta, Headspace
rockhealth.com →Fifth Wall
AUM: $3.5B+
Real estate tech; backed Opendoor, Hippo, Blend, Latch, VTS
fifthwall.com →MetaProp
AUM: $500M+
Proptech focus; backed Bowery, CompStak, Latch, Enertiv
metaprop.org →Fontinalis Partners
AUM: $600M+
Mobility & transportation; backed Lyft, Bridj, Passport
fontinalis.com →Trucks Venture Capital
AUM: $300M+
Autonomous & logistics; backed Aurora, KeepTruckin, Starsky
trucks.vc →BITKRAFT Ventures
AUM: $800M+
Gaming & esports; backed Overwolf, FaZe Clan, Discord, Roblox
bitkraft.vc →