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91 Ventures
Israeli based VC focusing on Front-running Innovation.
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122WEST Ventures
Pre-seed investor focused on internet and software startups in the SF Bay Area
1517 Fund
Focus on founder outside of 'tracked' universities
2048 Ventures
Invests from pre-seed in startups that differentiate through technology and data
Afore
Pre-seed focused
https://afore.vc/
https://afore.vc/portfolio
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/afore-capital
Amplify
LA's premier pre-seed fund, helping technology founders bring their visions to life. We support teams with checks from $250K-$750K, an extensive mentor network and connections to follow-on funding with our capital partners.
Angular Ventures
Focus on early stage enterprise and deep tech startups born in Israel or Europe
Array Ventures
Focus on startups that take advantage of data, workflows, and new platforms to change how an industry works.
Ascend
Invests pre-seed in Pacific Northwest
Atelier Ventures
Early stage fund investing in the passion economy
Atlantic Labs
Pre-seed and seed, focused on work, AI, mobility, health, finance, living, automation, and community
Atypical Ventures
Early-stage focused fund that invests in 'engineers with empathy'
Awesome People Ventures
Focused on improving the way we live and work
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Basecamp/AVG
Pre-seed and seed fund that co-invests with leading seed investors
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Basis Set Ventures
Invests in future of work, automation, and machine learning/AI at an early stage.
Behind Genius Ventures
New fund. Invests in pre-seed/seed companies centered around product-led growth.
Beta Boom
Beta Boom invests in software startups building the future for women and ethnic minorities.
Betaworks
Betaworks invests, incubates, and runs a start studio
Better Ventures
Invests $500k at seed/pre-seed in startups with the following themes: sustainable economy, data-driven health, and adaptive workforce
Bloom
Pre-seed/seed fund focused on startups changing the way we earn, live, and create. Invests $25k - $250k.
Blue 9 Capital
Single family office that invests in early stage companies across sectors, including crypto
Blue Collective
Blue Collective is an investment firm founded in 2015 and located in Brooklyn, New York. Blue’s investment thesis is simple: phenomenal people build phenomenal businesses. We like to be the first outside investor in early-stage venture capital companies. We invest in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds of companies across a wide variety of industries and categories (from cowboy boots to podcasts to fintech to enterprise SaaS to med devices). If you’re a phenomenal entrepreneur (or think you have what it takes to be one), reach out to us on our website (www.bluecollective.com), Twitter (@_bluecollective), or by email (blue@bluecollective.com). We want to hear from you!
Boost VC
Invests $500k in 'sci-fi' founders
Box Group
Invests from pre-seed up to series a with $250k - $750k checks
Brand New Matter
Early stage VC based in NYC, investing $100k - $500k from pre-seed through series a
Bread and Butter
Early stage VC based in Minnesota that invests globally and at the pre-seed stage
Brickyard
Pre-seed VC and portfolio club for founders
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bValue
Invests in startups in Central and Eastern Europe
Caffeinated Capital
Invest in the earliest days and throughout the lifecycle of the startup
CapitalX
Early stage rolling fund, enterprise focused
Cascade Seed Fund
Regional early-stage fund focused on Oregon and the Pacific Northwest
Charge
NYC based pre-seed/seed fund
Cherry
Backs European-based founders as their first institutional investor
Chingona Ventures
Investing in the next generation of badass founders. Focused on pre-seed and seed stage for startups that have raised less than $1m.
Cleo Capital
Invests $500k-$1m at pre-seed
Coughdrop
Write $25k - $50k checks into pre-seed and seed startups, regardless of stage, sector, or industry
Cowboy
Seed-stage focused investing in digital startups that reimagine work and personal life
Darling VC
Invests in pre-seed/seed rounds with a check of up to 500k
DevX Venture Fund
Invests between $50k and $2.5m in B2B startups.
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Engineering Capital
Engineering Capital partners with great entrepreneurs driven by technical insights. We boldly invest before traditional venture firms are willing. We lead Pre-seed and seed rounds in companies defining new categories with the ambition to shape the future of information technology.
First Star Ventures
Pre-seed fund investing in data-focused and enterprise facing startups
Floodgate
Invests early in founders at pre-seed and seed, including consumer and b2b
Flybridge
Seed-stage venture capital firm based in Boston and New York City investing in entrepreneurs across a range of sectors who share our vision for leveraging the power of community. With over $1 billion under management across six seed funds and seven pre-seed funds, portfolio companies include BetterCloud, BitSight, Bowery, Chief, Codecademy (acq: SKILL), FalconX, Firebase (acq: GOOG), Infracommerce (BVMF: IFCM3), MadeiraMadeira, MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB), Open English, Plastiq, and Splice.
Form Capital
Invests early and with both capital and real design expertise
GFR Fund
Mostly invests at seed, focused on startups in digital media and entertainment space
Global Founders Capital
Globally focused and stage agnostic fund based in Berlin.
Graph Ventures
Hands on fund that aim to join when teams are starting out.
Hive Hatch
Venture studio and fund focused on SaaS startups anywhere in the world at pre-seed and seed stage
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Homebrew
Early stage fund that aims to do small number of seed investments, and be hands on with the founders and team.
Hustle Fund
Fund that aims to invest 'hilariously early' in startups.
Icebreaker is focused on idea and Pre-Seed stage companies in Finland, Sweden and Estonia. We typically back founders who have deep expertise in the domain they are disrupting and are bringing a unique take to a billion dollar market. No business is too early!
Indicator Ventures
Invests in startups building products that make life, work, and wealth building more accessible
Intonation Ventures
Product-focused, pre-seed investors
irrvrntVC
Pre-seed fund that aims to be first check in, investing between $10k and $50k. Tightly focused on DTC, adtech, and nextgen commerce.
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January Ventures
Super early stage venture fund focused on female founders building tech companies.
https://www.january.ventures/
https://www.january.ventures/portfolio
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/jane-vc
Kima Ventures
The most active business angel in the world - Kima invests $150k in 100 deals per year in any sector, stage, or deal size.
Kindred Ventures
Invest in first rounds of startups who want to solve the most important problems and vastly improve people's lives around the world.
Kogito
Polish rolling fund that InvestsPLN 0.5m to PLN 2m in Central and Eastern-European based startups from pre-seed to series a
Laconia
We lead/co-lead pre-seed or seed rounds in B2B companies using software that are improving legacy industries and workflows.
Leadout Capital
Pre-seed and seed focused firm focused on non-obvious founders solving problems in overlooked and underserved markets
Lightbank VC
Invests in pre-seed and seed, between $500k and $1.5m, focused around the Midwest in fintech, consumer, digital media, and enterprise software.
LocalGlobe
London-focused VC who has backed Citymapper, Transferwise, Zoopla, and others.
Market One Capital
European fund investing in network effects platforms in Europe
Maven Ventures
Focused on consumer software
Moonfire
Focused on European founders and being first money in to a startup.
Movens
Invests between €250k and €1m in Polish/Central and Eastern Europe startups, with focus on fintech, martech, e-commerce support, logistics, medtech, industry 4.0 & deep-tech. sport & wellness, marketplaces, and SaaS companies.
Moxxie Ventures
Invests in startups that make work and life better
Mucker
Invests in internet and software companies outside of Silicon Valley, and runs an accelerator
https://www.mucker.com/
https://www.mucker.com/companies/
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/muckercapital
Narrative Fund
Invest between $50k and $250k in early consumer startups
NeoTerra Capital
NeoTerra Capital is a formation stage investment company that invests in new ideas, new technologies, new markets, and new ways of doing business.
Newstack
Focused on early stages, and typically invests between $500k and $1.5m as early as pre-revenue, in pilots, or early commercialization.
Notation Capital
Pre-seed focused, work with product-focused technical teams. Typically lead first read and often invest at the idea stage.
Oceans Ventures
Pre-series A focus, focused on NY and surrounding area, and in B2B or B2B2C tech companies.
Otherwise Fund
Network of entrepreneurs investing in other entrepreneurs
OVO Fund
Invests at idea and pre-seed stage. Focus on AI, commerce, consumer, developer, fintech, health, media, and smart enterprise.
Pear VC
Invests from pre-seed ($250k - $1m), to seed ($750k - $3m), all the way to series a ($1m - $5m)
Pillar VC
We lead pre-seed and seed investments across tech and bio. We offer a simple, clean terms and significant support. The Pillar community is full of friendly peers and experts who can help with challenges that come up.
pillar.vc https://www.pillar.vc/portfolio/
Plug and Play
Plug and Play is a Silicon Valley based VC with international reach. We are an early stage investor (pre-seed / Series A) with an incredible portfolio of companies that include some like: Paypal, Dropbox, Honey, BigID, Hippo... and growing.
Polymath
Pre-seed/seed stage fund that backs founders from the idea stage. Focused on community, longevity, and financial democratization.
Precursor Ventures
Classic seed-stage investor, investing in rounds around $1m and up
Quake Capital Partners
Runs a fund/accelerator hybrid for pre-seed startups.
RareBreed Ventures
Pre-seed focused fund investing in founders outside of large tech ecosystems. Writes checks of up to $250k.
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Remote First Capital
Invests $25k - $50k in startups that improve remote work, or leverage remote work in a unique way.
Reno Seed Fund
Reno, NV based early stage/seed/angel fund.
Resolute Ventures
Invests in seed and pre-seed companies, generally around $500k, at the earliest stages.
Root & Shoot Ventures
Los Angeles based pre-seed fund focused on startups that are transforming the digital economy.
Scribble
Invests from pre-seed to series a with initial checks of $250 - 500k
Seedcamp
European seed-focused fund.
Shrug
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ consumer focused early VC
Slow
Mostly seed-focused (but has done some pre-seed), focused on consumer, SaaS, DTC, crypto, and real-world/hardware startups.
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Soma Capital
Invests in startups to automate the economy in any sector. Invests in pre-seed and beyond.
Starttech Ventures
Pre-seed investor and incubator focsued on tech startups.
Sterling Road
$250k initial investment. Focused on Coaching. US, Canada, UK.
Supernode
Generalist, invests from $50k - $100k 10-12 times per year in founders changing the way we live, work, and socialize.
TBD Angels
Angel network made up of seasoned founders and operators.
The Fund
A global fund that invests locally in the cities it operates in: New York, Los Angeles, London, the Rockies, the Midwest, and Australia.
The Helm
We back female founders in climate/ sustainability, healthcare, and web3/ fintech.
The Todd & Rahul Angel Fund
Investments include Mem Labs, led in part by the founder of Superhuman.
Unbridled Ventures
Early-stage angel fund investing in early revenue companies with excellent management teams, double digit month over month growth, and differentiated products or services.
Unpopular Ventures
Angel syndicate that invests between $25k and $1m. Focused on the 'unpopular' and overlooked ideas and markets.
Unshackled Ventures
Invests in startups with immigrant founders
Untapped Capital
Pre-seed/seed fund investing in unexpected/off the beaten path founders.
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Village Global
Invests across borders and geographies. Operates as a network with some high profile members like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. Also runs an accelerator.
VitalizeVC
Pre-seed and seed investors in future of work/b2b software and learning. Requires a lead investor.
VU Venture Partners
Multi-stage fund that aims to invests up to $1m in the initial round as early as pre-seed. Investment teams focus on consumer, enterprise, fintech, frontier, healthcare, and proptech.
XYZ Venture Capital
Focus on founders building in fintech, enterprise, and tech forgotten industries like insurance or the public sector.
https://www.xyz.vc/
https://www.xyz.vc/portfolio
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/xyz-ventures-33d5
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