Angel Investors and Venture Capital firms invest over $40 Billion per year into startup companies.
Individual angel investors that are actively looking to invest in small businesses are complex to find. Variables include their average check size, industry, and location. We recommend using a site like AskforFunding.com to properly identify and contact angel investors.
For venture capital, it is a little more straightforward as they are public and provide clear guidance. We’ve provided a large list for you here.
Venture Capital Funds:
- Khosla Ventures -$5 Billion in assets. Investors in GitLab, FundBox, and InstaCart.
- Allegis Cyber – Focused on technology security companies.
- Allied Capital – They are investors in 23andMe, Turo, Airbnb, Coursera, Pinterest, Lyft, Casper, and many others.
- Battery Ventures – Investors in WayFair, Groupon, and Wag!.
- Cambrian Ventures – Focused on medical devices and digital healthcare ventures.
- Charles River Ventures – Investors in ZenDesk, DoorDash, Airtable, DropBox, Ring, and Twitter.
- Greylock – $3.5 Billion in assets. Long history of successful exits.
- Revolution Ventures – Founded by AOL founder Steve Case, Revolution Ventures has gained significant growth in the last five years. As investors in DraftKings, Clear, StockX, Groupon, and BigCommerce.
- Drive Capital – Founded by two former Sequoia Capital partners, Drive took an early stance in investing companies outside of Silicon Valley. The are investors in DuoLingo, Olive, Path Robotics, Root Insurance, and many more.
- Sequoia Capital – One of the pioneers in VC, Sequoia has one of the largest collection of wins in venture capital. Investors in Oracle, Google, Evernote, Electronic Arts, HubSpot, Zoom, YouTube, Yahoo, Symantec, LinkedIN, and Robinhood.
- Bessemer Venture Partners – Investors in Pinterest, Wix, Twitch, DocuSign, and Shopify.
- Bain Capital – Investors in SendGrid, Cameo, Jet, Lime, and Vonage.
- Kleiner Perkins -Another longstanding leader in VC, Kleiner Perkins has a fantastic track record of investments. The investments range from Compaq, AOL, Intuit, Visio, Amazon, Nest, Twitter, Uber, Plaid, Square, Beyond Meat, Chegg, LifeLock, Autotrader, Verisign, and many more.
- Accel – A leading VC firm, Accel has made over 1,350 investments and has over 280 exits on it’s books.
- Women’s VC Fund – A newer VC fund focused on female founders in partnership with Morgan Stanley.
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