Y Combinator (also known as YC) is a US-based seed accelerator, which was started in March 2005.
SOSV (formerly SOS Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Sean O'Sullivan that provides growth, seed, and venture capital funding to startups. SOSV runs six seed accelerator programs: HAX Accelerator, Chinaccelerator, MOX, IndieBio, RebelBio, and Food-X.
Andreessen Horowitz (also named a16z) is a US venture capital firm, founded by Marc Andresseen and Ben Horowitz in 2009.
500 Global, formerly known as 500 Startups, is a venture capital firm discovering and backing entrepreneurs.
Intel Capital is a venture capital division of Intel that manages corporate venture capital, investments, mergers, and acquisitions.
Techstars is a worldwide network of seed accelerators, startups events, and newsletters.
New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm that invests primarily in technology and healthcare. It has locations in the United States and China.
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is an american venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Brook Byers and Frank J. Caufield.
Plug and Play is a Sunnyvale, California-based company founded by Saeed Amidi that offers a service that includes accelerator programs, corporate innovation, and investment. Previous investments include Dropbox, PayPal, Lending Club, N26, FiscalNote, Honey, Rappi, Guardant Health, Shippo, and SoundHound.
Insight Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm investing in technology and software companies.
General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage start-ups in education, research, health care, and social work.
Antler is a Singapore-based accelerator and incubator firm investing in early-stage technology companies.
Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in start-ups with the potential to become global businesses. It was founded in 1996 and has locations all over the world.
Accel Partners is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto founded in 1983.
A venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California that was founded by Garry Tan, Alexis Ohanian and Harjeet Taggar in 2012. The firm focuses primarily on making investments in the software industry.
OurCrowd is a global equity crowdfunding platform founded in February 2013 by Jonathan Medved.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm focused on partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs to build high-growth market-leading companies globally.
StartX is a nonprofit organization with a mission is to accelerate the development of Stanford's top entrepreneurs through experiential education.
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in companies operating in a diverse range of technology sectors such as energy, transportation, space, financial, software, hardware, big data, agriculture, food, education, and materials. Khosla Ventures is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and was founded by Vinod Khosla in 2004.
Tiger Global is an investment firm that was founded in 2001.
The Founders Fund is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California, investing in technology companies that was founded in 2005 by Peter Thiel, Ken Howry, and Luke Nosek.
Silicon Valley Bank was a commercial bank specializing in investing capital into technology companies. It was shut down in March 2023.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in consumer, enterprise and healthcare companies. It was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Alumni Ventures Group is a Manchester, New Hampshire-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Mike Collins.
SoftBank Vision Fund is a subsidiary of SoftBank focused on investing in technology companies. It is located in London, England and was founded in 2017.