Name | Description | Location | Key People | Founded Date | Blog | Official Website | Twitter URL | ||
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Y Combinator (also known as YC) is a US-based seed accelerator, which was started in March 2005. | 2005 | ||||||||
Andreessen Horowitz (also named a16z) is a US venture capital firm, founded by Marc Andresseen and Ben Horowitz in 2009. | 2009 | ||||||||
500 Global, formerly known as 500 Startups, is a venture capital firm discovering and backing entrepreneurs. | 2010 | ||||||||
Intel Capital is a venture capital division of Intel that manages corporate venture capital, investments, mergers, and acquisitions. | 1991 | ||||||||
Silicon Valley Bank was a commercial bank specializing in investing capital into technology companies. It was shut down in March 2023. | 1983 | ||||||||
The Accel Partners is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto founded in 1983 by Jim Swartz. | 1983 | ||||||||
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. | 1911 | ||||||||
StartX is a nonprofit organization with a mission is to accelerate the development of Stanford's top entrepreneurs through experiential education. | January 1, 2011 | ||||||||
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. | 2005 | ||||||||
Acton Capital Partners is an independent, partner-led specialist investor in internet-based, consumer-oriented businesses. | 2007 | ||||||||
Ulu Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage investing. It was founded in 2008 by Clint Korver and Miriam Rivera in Palo Alto, California. | 2008 | ||||||||
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts making early and growth investments in startup companies. | 2005 | ||||||||
Atomico is a venture capital firm headquartered in London, England founded by Niklas Zennström in 2006, making series A and onwards investments in technology companies. | 2006 | ||||||||
KKR is a private equity fund manager founded in 1976 by Henry Kravis, George R. Roberts and Jerome Kohlberg Jr.. | 1976 | ||||||||
GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that invests in local founders. | 2000 | ||||||||
BoxGroup is an early stage investment fund focused on technology companies. | 2007 | ||||||||
Betaworks is a New York City-based startup studio founded in 2008 that builds and invests in internet startups. | 2008 | ||||||||
Kapor Capital is the venture capital investment arm of the Kapor Center for Social Impact based in Oakland, CA. | |||||||||
First Mark Capital is a venture capital firm in New York that focuses on partnering with entrepreneurs who are changing the world by solving meaningful problems. | 2008 | ||||||||
Shasta Ventures invests in early-stage enterprise, consumer, and platform companies. | 2004 | ||||||||
An entrepreneurship program and venture capital firm in California that focuses on entrepreneurial ventures serving high-need students within public education. | 1998 | ||||||||
Learn Capital is a venture capital firm focused on education. | 2010 | ||||||||
A family investment office in California that focuses on transformative power of people, markets, ideas, and technology | 2004 | ||||||||
Fresco Capital is an early-stage venture fund investing in technology companies focused on education, healthcare, and the future of work. | February 2011 | ||||||||
Emerge Education is a Europe-based seed investor for educational technology companies. | 2013 |