Investors by country
Venture investors in the United States
VCMC records 5,710 investors with their headquarters in the United States in the funding rounds of venture-backed companies. 2,663 of them have backed 5 or more, and those are ranked here by how many. Y Combinator leads with 1,295 companies. Together they backed 24,326 companies in 36,304 rounds, 3,540 of them in the last 12 months.
2,663
With 5 or more venture-backed companies
5,710
With one or more
every one is in the list below
24,326
Venture-backed companies backed
36,304
Funding rounds joined
21,891 led by one of them
3,540
Last 12 months
rounds joined
The rounds they joined, by stage: the most common is Seed (28%).
- Pre-seed 1,482
- Seed 10,328
- Series A 9,999
- Series B 5,880
- Series C and later 8,477
- Other venture 138
The investors
Venture investors in the United States
The 50 with the most venture-backed companies. Load more shows all 5,710, including those with fewer than 5. How VCMC values companies.
| # | Largest | Last round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y Combinator Accelerator · Mountain View, United States | 1,295 | 1,678 led 197 | $573.8B | Kalshi 4% of the total | 22 Oct 2026 BioStack |
| 2 | Andreessen Horowitz Venture capital firm · Menlo Park, United States | 722 | 1,166 led 501 | $2.12T | OpenAI 18% of the total | 21 Oct 2026 |
| 3 | Sequoia Capital Venture capital firm · Menlo Park, United States | 589 | 979 led 343 | $3.03T | Anthropic 36% of the total | 22 Oct 2026 Warhound |
| 4 | Accel Venture capital firm · Palo Alto, United States | 581 | 976 led 406 | $1.78T | Anthropic 62% of the total | 21 Oct 2026 |
| 5 | General Catalyst Venture capital firm · Cambridge, United States | 574 | 881 led 347 | $2.27T | Anthropic 48% of the total | 22 Oct 2026 |
| 6 | Insight Partners Venture capital firm · New York, United States | 548 | 773 led 493 | $1.88T | Anthropic 58% of the total | 21 Oct 2026 |
| 7 | Lightspeed Venture Partners Venture capital firm · Menlo Park, United States | 454 | 764 led 310 | $2.00T | Anthropic 55% of the total | 22 Oct 2026 Warp Sciences |
| 8 | GV Venture capital firm · Mountain View, United States | 428 | 665 led 195 | $1.71T | Anthropic 64% of the total | 21 Oct 2026 |
| 9 | Bessemer Venture Partners Venture capital firm · Redwood City, United States | 412 | 637 led 252 | $1.52T | Anthropic 72% of the total | 21 Oct 2026 |
| 10 | Khosla Ventures Venture capital firm · Menlo Park, United States | 396 | 600 led 210 | $964.3B | OpenAI 39% of the total | 20 Oct 2026 Arda Industries |
| 11 | Tiger Global Venture capital firm · New York, United States | 391 | 489 led 254 | $1.69T | OpenAI 22% of the total | 13 Oct 2026 |
| 12 | Founders Fund Venture capital firm · San Francisco, United States | 368 | 559 led 148 | $2.26T | Anthropic 48% of the total | 23 Oct 2026 BOB AI Holdings Corp. |
| 13 | Gaingels Venture capital firm · New York, United States | 364 | 395 led 1 | $324.9B | Databricks 60% of the total | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 14 | 500 Global Accelerator · Palo Alto, United States | 327 | 385 led 27 | $104.9B | Canva 36% of the total | 13 Oct 2026 |
| 15 | FJ Labs Angel investor · New York, United States | 316 | 360 led 13 | $147.0B | Figure 30% of the total | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 16 | Salesforce Ventures Venture capital firm · San Francisco, United States | 314 | 449 led 74 | $1.78T | Anthropic 61% of the total | 21 Oct 2026 |
| 17 | SV Angel Angel investor · San Francisco, United States | 293 | 347 led 8 | $1.50T | Anthropic 73% of the total | 22 Oct 2026 BioStack |
| 18 | New Enterprise Associates Venture capital firm · Menlo Park, United States | 286 | 431 led 180 | $518.1B | Databricks 37% of the total | 6 Oct 2026 |
| 19 | Kleiner Perkins Venture capital firm · Menlo Park, United States | 285 | 448 led 138 | $567.6B | Stripe 30% of the total | 1 Oct 2026 Armadin |
| 20 | Intel Capital Corporate venture capital · Santa Clara, United States | 239 | 343 led 109 | $194.3B | Figure 22% of the total | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 21 | Felicis Venture capital firm · Menlo Park, United States | 237 | 336 led 101 | $278.9B | Canva 14% of the total | 20 Oct 2026 Arda Industries |
| 22 | Greycroft Venture capital firm · New York, United States | 236 | 362 led 118 | $140.3B | Whatnot 15% of the total | 22 Sep 2026 |
| 23 | Endeavor Venture capital firm · New York, United States | 236 | 253 led 4 | $199.7B | Checkout.com 16% of the total | 22 Oct 2026 |
| 24 | Spark Capital Venture capital firm · San Francisco, United States | 234 | 352 led 137 | $1.52T | Anthropic 72% of the total | 20 Oct 2026 |
| 25 | Coatue Venture capital firm · New York, United States | 229 | 375 led 151 | $2.88T | Anthropic 38% of the total | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 26 | Bain Capital Ventures Venture capital firm · Boston, United States | 220 | 349 led 135 | $235.2B | Crusoe 13% of the total | 1 Oct 2026 Armadin |
| 27 | Goldman Sachs Venture capital firm · New York, United States | 218 | 267 led 100 | $1.69T | Anthropic 65% of the total | 30 Sep 2026 |
| 28 | Battery Ventures Venture capital firm · Boston, United States | 215 | 354 led 124 | $405.2B | Databricks 48% of the total | 30 Sep 2026 |
| 29 | Menlo Ventures Venture capital firm · San Francisco, United States | 215 | 330 led 116 | $1.34T | Anthropic 82% of the total | 22 Oct 2026 Warp Sciences |
| 30 | Norwest Venture capital firm · Menlo Park, United States | 215 | 329 led 121 | $198.7B | VAST Data 17% of the total | 13 Oct 2026 |
| 31 | Soma Capital Venture capital firm · San Francisco, United States | 206 | 227 led 6 | $159.3B | Ramp 38% of the total | 21 Oct 2026 |
| 32 | Craft Ventures Venture capital firm · San Francisco, United States | 197 | 252 led 94 | $250.1B | Ramp 24% of the total | 20 Oct 2026 |
| 33 | Lux Capital Venture capital firm · New York, United States | 194 | 325 led 88 | $384.6B | Anduril 18% of the total | 22 Oct 2026 Warhound |
| 34 | Redpoint Ventures Venture capital firm · San Francisco, United States | 194 | 303 led 88 | $486.6B | Stripe 36% of the total | 21 Oct 2026 |
| 35 | Greylock Partners Venture capital firm · San Francisco, United States | 190 | 297 led 71 | $239.6B | Ramp 25% of the total | 22 Sep 2026 |
| 36 | CRV Venture capital firm · San Francisco, United States | 177 | 280 led 82 | $158.8B | Skild AI 15% of the total | 6 Oct 2026 Melius |
| 37 | BoxGroup Venture capital firm · New York, United States | 175 | 220 led 7 | $193.4B | Ramp 31% of the total | 20 Oct 2026 |
| 38 | Union Square Ventures Venture capital firm · New York, United States | 171 | 254 led 88 | $91.0B | Carta 11% of the total | 12 Oct 2026 |
| 39 | DCVC Corporate venture capital · Palo Alto, United States | 171 | 245 led 71 | $116.2B | Unconventional AI 9% of the total | 22 Oct 2026 BioStack |
| 40 | Goodwater Capital Venture capital firm · Burlingame, United States | 162 | 193 led 51 | $72.6B | Toss Business 21% of the total | 7 Oct 2026 Egoist Machines |
| 41 | QED Investors Venture capital firm · Alexandria, United States | 160 | 225 led 92 | $85.8B | Airwallex 14% of the total | 13 Oct 2026 Causa Prima |
| 42 | B Capital Venture capital firm · San Francisco, United States | 156 | 207 led 78 | $163.5B | Perplexity 16% of the total | 19 Oct 2026 Dream Labs |
| 43 | Sapphire Ventures Venture capital firm · Austin, United States | 148 | 240 led 89 | $236.2B | ElevenLabs 9% of the total | 22 Oct 2026 |
| 44 | Foundation Capital Venture capital firm · Palo Alto, United States | 144 | 205 led 54 | $95.8B | Cohesity 30% of the total | 28 Sep 2026 Dextr AI |
| 45 | Valor Venture capital firm · Chicago, United States | 143 | 196 led 63 | $342.3B | Anduril 20% of the total | 7 Oct 2026 |
| 46 | M12 Venture capital firm · Redmond, United States | 141 | 205 led 60 | $1.39T | Anthropic 78% of the total | 13 Oct 2026 |
| 47 | Qualcomm Ventures Corporate venture capital · San Diego, United States | 140 | 204 led 30 | $1.28T | Anthropic 85% of the total | 20 Oct 2026 |
| 48 | General Atlantic Venture capital firm · New York, United States | 134 | 177 led 98 | $1.57T | Anthropic 70% of the total | 8 Sep 2026 Korsana Biosciences |
| 49 | Thrive Capital Venture capital firm · New York, United States | 130 | 240 led 72 | $1.13T | OpenAI 33% of the total | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 50 | Matrix Venture capital firm · San Francisco, United States | 129 | 194 led 52 | $134.1B | Canva 28% of the total | 6 Oct 2026 Ampersand |
Combined value: the sum of VCMC's valuations of the private companies each investor backed (a company with no valuation is left out, not counted as zero); not what it owns. Values cover private companies only; public companies are not included.
Where they invest
The companies they back
The companies they backed are most often in Tech Companies, Software Development Services and Biotechnology. 16,660 of the 24,326 are in the United States, more than in any other country.
By industry
- Tech Companies11,443
- Software Development Services983
- Biotechnology904
- Medical Supply Manufacturers748
- Payment Processing & Point of Sale642
- Pharmaceutical Products522
- Loans & Financing374
- Cryptocurrency343
By country
- United States16,660
- United Kingdom1,259
- India840
- Canada691
- Germany459
- France447
Recent rounds
Latest rounds they joined
3,540 rounds in the last 12 complete months; the newest first.
- Series C, with The Column Group$62M23 Oct 2026
- Growth, with Summit Partners$40M22 Oct 2026
- Series B, with S2G Investments, Mercato and Lightscape Partners$50M22 Oct 2026
- Series D, with Y Combinator, General Catalyst and Endeavor$130M22 Oct 2026
- Growth, with S2G Investments$40M22 Oct 2026
- Series C, with Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital and GV$66M21 Oct 2026
- Series A, with Great North Ventures, Night Capital and Group 11$22M21 Oct 2026
- Growth, with The Newcastle Network$25M21 Oct 2026
- Series A, with Y Combinator, Soma Capital and Gradient$15M21 Oct 2026
- Series A, with Elysian Park Ventures, KB Partners and Yamaha Music Innovations$15M21 Oct 2026
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Questions
Frequently asked
How many investors in the United States does VCMC track?
5,710 have backed at least one venture-backed company in VCMC's index; 2,663 have backed 5 or more.
How is the list ordered?
By the number of venture-backed companies each has backed, then by the number of rounds. The combined value is shown but not ranked: stakes are not disclosed, so it is not what an investor owns.
Where does the data come from?
From the funding rounds of venture-backed companies: each named investor is matched to its profile by website. The valuations are VCMC's, and the methodology page explains how VCMC values companies.