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Y Combinator (also known as YC) is a US-based seed accelerator, which was started in March 2005. | 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. | 2011 | ||||||||
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that has invested in companies like Google, Apple, Cisco, YouTube, AirBnB, and WhatsApp. The firm was founded in 1972 by Donald Valentine, and companies backed by Sequoia have created over $3.3 trillion dollars in market capitalization. | November 1, 1972 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
Techstars is a worldwide network of seed accelerators, startups events, and newsletters. | 2006 | ||||||||
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. | 1977 | ||||||||
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. | 1996 | ||||||||
DFJ is a Menlo Park, California-based company founded in 1985 by Tim Draper. | 1985 | ||||||||
A corporate venture capital firm in California that focuses on life sciences, consumer, and frontier technology sectors. | 2009 | ||||||||
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. | January 1, 2004 | ||||||||
Softbank is a multinational conglomerate holding company that owns stakes in technology, energy, and financial companies. As well, SoftBank invests in technology-focused companies through the Vision Fund. | September 3, 1981 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
Tiger Global is an investment firm that was founded in 2001. | 2001 | ||||||||
Menlo Ventures is a Menlo Park, California-based company founded in 1976 by Henry DuBose Montgomery. | 1976 | ||||||||
Global Founders Capital is a venture capital company. GFC is a globally oriented, stage agnostic venture fund that empowers gifted entrepreneurs. | 2013 | ||||||||
Bpifrance is a public-sector institution dedicated to economic development | 2012 | ||||||||
Bain Capital Ventures is the venture capital arm of Bain Capital that funds enterprise software opportunities across functions and industries. | 2001 | ||||||||
A microventure capital firm and syndicate in California that focuses on seed and early stage investments. | 2012 | ||||||||
Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs. | 1983 | ||||||||
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts making early and growth investments in startup companies. | 2005 | ||||||||
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. | 2017 | ||||||||
Battery Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Howard Anderson, Rick Frisbie and Bob Barrett. | 1983 |