Below is a list of notable Venture capital firms.
| Name | Location | Year Established | Partners | Industries of Focus | Amount of Funds Managed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3i | London | 1945 | Michael Queen, Alan Giddins, Cressida Hogg, Menno Antal, Ian Nolan, Bob Stephanowski, Robert Stefanowski, Julia Wilson, Paul Waller, Guy Zarzavatjian, Jeremy Ghose | Business & Financial services, Consumer, Industrials & Energy, Healthcare Technology, Media & Telecoms | £12,700M |
| Advanced Technology Ventures | Waltham, MA | 1979 | Dr. Thaddeus (Teddy) F. Walkowicz, Dr. Ivan Sutherland, George Kokkinakis and Dr. Robert Loewy | IT, Healthcare & Cleantech | $1,800M |
| Accel Partners | Palo Alto, CA | 1983 | Jim Breyer, Theresia Gouw Ranzetta | Technology | $6,000M |
| Allegro Capital | London, NYC | 2011 | Tom Montgomery | Fashion Tech & Brands | |
| Andreessen Horowitz | Menlo Park, CA | 2009 | Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz | Internet | $950M |
| Atlantic Capital Partners | Munich, Germany | 2009 | Moshe Bar, Alexander Bruehl and Dr. Marcus Englert | Software and Digital Media | $100M |
| Atlas Venture | Cambridge, MA | 1984 | Jeff Fagnan, Fred Destin and Ryan Moore | Technology | $1,000M |
| Atomico Ventures | London, UK; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Beijing, China | 2006 | Niklas Zennstrom, Geoffrey Prentice, Mattias Ljungman, Hiro Tamura | Technology | €200M |
| Austin Ventures | Austin, TX | 1979 |
Joe Aragona, Ken DeAngelis, Chris Pacitti, Phil Siegel, John Thornton, Blaine Wesner, Jeff Garvey, Thomas Ball, Mike Dodd, David Lack, Michael Rovner, Jeff Browning, Vernon Bryant, Adam Dell, Clark Jernigan, Jaime Aguirre, Matt Bowman, Scott Donaldson, Joe Marengi |
Business Services & Supply Chain, Financial Services, New Media, Internet, & Information Services, Software, Texas Special Situations | $3.9B |
| Azione Capital | Singapore | 2006 | Nicholas Chan, Soon Choo Teck, Lee Keh Sai | Interactive digital media, mobile communications, wireless technology, energy, maritime | |
| Bain Capital Ventures | Boston, MA | 1984 | Ajay Agarwal, Jeff Crisan, Scott Friend, Jeffrey Glass, Michael Krupka, James Nahirny, J. Benjamin Nye, Jeffrey Schwartz (Managing Directors) | Infrastructure Software and Services, Communications, New Media, Business Services, Healthcare | $1.4B |
| Battery Ventures | Waltham, MA; Menlo Park, CA; Herzliya, Israel | 1983 | Neeraj Agrawal, Michael Brown, Tom Crotty, Ollie Curme, Sunil Dhaliwal, Rick Frisbie, Morgan Jones, Ken Lawler, Roger Lee, Dave Tabors, Scott Tobin(Managing Directors) | Internet & Digital Media, Financial & Information Services, Clean Tech, Software,Semiconductors & Components, Infrastructure Technologies, Communication Services, Industrial Technologies | $4B |
| Benchmark Capital | Menlo Park, CA | 1995 | Neel Das (executive officer) | Technology & Financial Services | $2.3B |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | Menlo Park, CA; Larchmont, NY; Boston, MA; Herzliya, Israel; Mumbai, India | 1911 | David Cowan, Rob Chandra, Rob Stavis, Ed Colloton, Robert Goodman (managing partners) | Cleantech, Cloud Computing, Data Security, Financial Services,
Healthcare, India Opportunities, Israel Opportunities, Online Retail |
$2.5B |
| Black Coral Capital | Boston, MA | 2008 | Christian Zabbal, Rob Day | Clean Tech | |
| Canaan Partners | Menlo Park, CA; Westport, CT; Gurgaon, India; Herzliya, Israel | 1987 | Eric Young, Deepak Kamra, John Balen, Maha Ibrahim, Brent Ahrens, Wende Hutton, Stephen Bloch (general partners) | Technology and Healthcare | $2.3B |
| Carmel Ventures | Herzliya, Israel | 2000 | Shlomo Dovrat, Avi Zeevi, Rina Shainski, Ori Bendori, Ronen Nir | Software, Internet, Networking and Wireless technologies | $620M |
| Charles River Ventures | Menlo Park, CA; Boston, MA | 1970 | Bill Tai, George Zachary, et al. (general partners) | Technology | $2.1B |
| Clearstone Venture Partners | Santa Monica, CA; Menlo Park, CA; Mumbai, India | 1998 | Bill Elkus, Jim Armstrong, Erik Lassila, William Quigley, Sumant Mandal (managing directors) | Internet, consumer, communications, software | $650M |
| DAG Ventures | Palo Alto, CA | 2001 | John M. Duff Jr., R. Thomas Goodrich, Young J. Chung, John J. Cadeddu (managing directors) | Energy, Information Technology, Life Sciences | $500M+ |
| Digital Sky Technologies | Moscow, Russia | 2005 | Yuri Milner (managing partner) | Internet | |
| Draper Fisher Jurvetson | Menlo Park, CA | 1985 | Timothy C. Draper, John H. N. Fisher, and Steve Jurvetson | Technology and Technology Services | $5B |
| Elevation Partners | New York, NY | 2004 | Roger McNamee, Marc Bodnick, Fred Anderson, John Riccitiello, Bono | Intellectual property, Media and Entertainment | $1.9B |
| Fenox Venture Capital | San Jose, CA | 2011 | Vitaliy Arbuzov, Anis Uzzaman | Consumer, Information Technology, Internet | |
| ff Venture Capital | New York, NY | 1999 | John Frankel, David Teten, Alex Katz | Technology, Internet | |
| Fidelity Ventures | Boston, MA | 1970 | Rob Ketterson | Information Technology | $1.5B |
| First Round Capital | Philadelphia, PA | 2004 | Josh Kopelman, Chris Fralic, Rob Hayes and Howard L. Morgan | Information Technology, Internet | |
| Flybridge Capital Partners | Boston, MA | 2001 | David Aronoff, Jeff Bussgang, Michael Greeley, Chip Hazard and Jon Karlen | Consumer, Healthcare, Energy and Information Technology | $560M |
| Foundation Capital | Menlo Park, CA | 1995 | Bill Elmore, Kathryn Gould, Jim Anderson | Information Technology, Consumer Product, Clean Technology | $2.4B |
| The Founders Fund | San Francisco, CA | 2005 | Peter Thiel, Ken Howery | Information Technology, Emerging Technologies & Space Exploration | over $1B |
| Galen Partners | Stamford, CT | 1990 | David Jahns, Zubeen Shroff, Bruce F. Wesson, John Wilkerson | Healthcare Technology, Medical Devices, Specialty Pharmaceuticals | $1.0B |
| General Catalyst | Cambridge, MA; Palo Alto, CA | 2000 | George Bell, Larry Bohn, Joel Cutler, David Fialkow, Bill Fitzgerald, David Orfao, Neil Sequeira, John Simon and Hemant Taneja (Managing Directors) | Technology, Clean Energy, Software and New Media | $1.6B |
| Genesis Partners | Herzliya, Israel | 1996 | Eddy Shalev, Dr. Eyal Kishon | Finance, Internet, Mobile, Technology | $600M |
| GGV Capital | Menlo Park, CA; Shanghai, China | 2000 | Jixun Foo, Zhuo Fumin, Jenny Lee, Hany Nada, Thomas Ng, Jeff Richards, Glenn Solomon | Internet/Digital Media, Cloud/SaaS, and China Consumer | $1.6B |
| Google Ventures | Mountain View, CA | 2009 | Wesley Chan, Joe Kraus, Bill Maris, and Rich Miner | Internet, software, and hardware to clean-tech, bio-tech, and health care | $100M |
| Granite Ventures | San Francisco, CA | 1992 | Tom Furlong, Chris Hollenbeck, Sam Kingsland, Chris McKay, Standish O'Grady, Eric Zimits, Jackie Berterretche, Savinay Berry, Brian Panoff, Len Rand | Technology | $1B |
| Greylock Partners | Cambridge, MA; San Mateo, CA; Israel; India | 1965 | Aneel Bhusri, Asheem Chandna, Reid Hoffman, James Slavet, David Sze, Bill Helman, Bill Kaiser, Arvin Babu | Consumer Internet, Enterprise IT and clean tech | $2.0B |
| Harris & Harris Group | New York, NY | 1981 | Manuel A. Henriquez, Scott Harvey | Nanotechnology & Microsystems | $150M |
| Hercules Technology Growth Capital | Menlo Park, CA | 1987 | Manuel A. Henriquez, Scott Harvey | Technology, Cleantech, Life Sciences, & Lower Middle Market | $2.7B |
| Highland Capital Partners | Boston, MA; Menlo Park, CA; Geneva Switzerland and Shanghai China | 1988 | Sean Dalton, Bob Davis, Bob Higgins, Paul Maeder, Dan Nova | Consumer, Healthcare, Info & Comm Technology and Internet & Digital Media | $3.0B |
| Horizons Ventures | Hong Kong, China | 2009 | Li Ka-shing, Solina Chau, Jason Wong | Technology | $150M |
| i5invest | Vienna, Austria; New York, NY | 2006 | Markus Wagner | Information Technology, Mobile Technology | |
| IDG Ventures | San Francisco, CA; Shanghai, China | 1995 | Pat Kenealy, Alex Rosen, Phil Sanderson, Qi Feng, Sudhir Sethi | Information Technology, Healthcare | $6.8B |
| In-Q-Tel | Arlington, VA | 1999 | Gilman Louie, Christopher A. R. Darby, Bruce Adams, Michael M. Crow, & Paul G. Kaminiski | Software, Infrastructure and Materials Sciences | $150M (Non-Profit) |
| Index Ventures | London, England; Geneva, Switzerland; Jersey; | 1996 | Ben Holmes, Bernard Dalle, Danny Rimer, David Rimer, Dom Vidal, Francesco de Rubertis, Giuseppe Zocco, Kevin Johnson, Michele Ollier, Neil Rimer, Saul Klein | Consumer Internet, Communications, Media, Enterprise IT, Clean Tech, Biotech | €1.5B |
| Insight Venture Partners | New York, NY | 1995 | Larry Handen, Hilary Gosher, Jeff Horing, Jeff Lieberman, Jerry Murdock, Nikitas Koutoupes, Deven Parekh, Peter Sobiloff, Mike Triplett | Software and Internet | $5B |
| Intel Capital | Santa Clara, CA | 1991 | Cleantech, Computing, Consumer Internet, Digital Home and Digital Media, Manufacturing and Memory, Mobility, Software and Services | $9.8 | |
| Intellectual Ventures | Bellevue, WA | 2000 | Nathan Myhrvold and Edward Jung | Intellectual Property, Patents | $5B |
| Internet Capital Group | Wayne, PA | 1996 | Ken Fox and Walter Buckley | Internet | |
| Israel Cleantech Ventures | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | 2006 | Glen Schwaber, Jack Levy, and Meir Ukeles | Clean Technology | $75M |
| Jafco Ventures | Palo Alto, CA | 2003 | Joe Horowitz, Sunny Sugaya, Tom Mawhinney, Nick Sturiale, Jeb Miller, Debby Meredith, Paul Sallaberry, Ben Shih, Takenori Sanami | Consumer Internet, Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Cloud Computing, Mobile Applications, Clean Tech, Security, Semiconductors, Components | $450M |
| Jerusalem Venture Partners | Jerusalem, Israel; New York, Los Angeles, Paris | 1993 | Erel Margalit, Kobi Rozengarten & Gadi Tirosh | Media, Internet, Mobile, Communications, Enterprise software and Semiconductors | $900M |
| JMI Equity | Baltimore, MD | 1992 | Harry Gruner, Charlie Noell, Paul Barber, Brad Woloson, Peter Arrowsmith, Bob Smith & Chuck Dieveney | Software, Internet, Business Services & Healthcare IT | $2.1B |
| Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers | Menlo Park, CA; Shanghai, China; Beijing, China | 1972 | Brook Byers | Alternative energy, technology & Life Sciences | $1.5B |
| Khosla Ventures | Menlo Park, CA | 2004 | Vinod Khosla | Alternative energy, internet, computing, mobile, silicon technology | $1.3B+ |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | Menlo Park, CA; New Delhi; Beijing; Shanghai; Herzliya Pituah, Israel | 1971 | Justin Caldbeck, Ron Cao, Yoni Cheifetz, Barry Eggers, David Gussarsky, Jeremy Liew, Ravi Mhatre, James Mi, Peter Nieh, Eric O'Brien, Chris Schaepe, Jake Seid, Bejul Somaia, John Vrionis | Consumer and Business Networking Applications to networking, from Computing Infrastructure to Cleantech | $2B |
| Lux Capital | New York, NY | 2000 | Josh Wolfe, Peter Hébert, Robert Paull | Emerging technologies, Physical & Life Sciences | $100M |
| Matrix Partners | Boston, MA; New York, NY; Boston, MA; Palo Alto, CA; Mumbai, India; Beijing, China; Shanghai, China | 1977 | Tim Barrows, Nick Beim, Phyllis Doherty, Josh Hannah, Stan Reiss, Paul Ferri, Bob Lisbonne, Antonio Rodriguez, Shirish Sathaye, David Skok, Rob Soni, Dana Stalder, Andy Verhalen | Software, Communications, Hardware, Internet, Consumer, Semiconductors, Cleantech, Wireless | Latest fund $600M in 2009 |
| Maveron | Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA | 1998 | Howard Schultz, Dan Levitan | Internet, Consumer, Restaurants | $1.0B |
| Mayfield Fund | Menlo Park, CA | 1969 | James Beck, Navin Chaddha, Tim Chang, Yogen Dalal, Grant Heidrich, Raj Kapoor, David Ladd, Allen Morgan, Janice Roberts, Robin Vasan (managing directors) | Consumer, Mobile, Applications, Infrastructure, Energytech, Semiconductors | $2.4B |
| Menlo Ventures | Menlo Park, CA | 1976 | H. DuBose Montgomery, Doug Carlisle, Sonja Hoel Perkins (managing directors) | Information Technology | $4.0B |
| Meritech Capital Partners | Palo Alto, CA | 1999 | Paul Madera, George Bischof, Mike Gordon, Rob Ward (Managing Directors) and Joel Backman (CFO/COO) | Communications, Software, Enterprise Infrastructure, Semiconductors, Consumer Internet and Medical | $2.6B |
| Mohr Davidow Ventures | Menlo Park, CA | 1983 | Bill Ericson, Jon Feiber, Sue Siegel, Paul Cleveland, Josh Green, Jim Smith, Bryan Stolle, Erik Straser, Geoffrey Moore, Bill Davidow | Technology, Life Sciences, Cleantech | $1.85B |
| Morgenthaler Ventures | Menlo Park, CA; Boston, MA | 1968 | Robert Bellas, Jim Broderick, Ralph Christoffersen, Gary Little, Rebecca Lynn, Gary Morgenthaler, Bob Pavey, Hank Plain | Technology and Life Science | $3.0B |
| New Enterprise Associates | Menlo Park, CA; Baltimore, MD & Reston, VA | 1978 | Peter Barris | Information Technology, Healthcare and Energy Technology | $6.0B |
| Nexit Ventures | Saratoga, CA; Helsinki, Finland & Stockholm, Sweden | 1999 | Michel Wendell, Artturi Tarjanne, Pekka Salonoja, Michael Mandahl (General Partners) | Mobile and Wireless | $180M |
| Norwest Venture Partners | Palo Alto, CA; Herzliya, Israel; Mumbai, India; Bangalore, India | 1961 | Promod Haque, George Still | Consumer Web, Infrastructure, Growth | $3.7B under management, $1.2B latest fund |
| Oak Investment Partners | Westport, CT; Palo Alto, CA; Minneapolis, MN | 1978 | Bandel Carano, Ed Glassmeyer, Fred Harman, Ann Lamont (managing partners) | Information Technology and Healthcare | $8.4B |
| OpenView Venture Partners | Boston, MA | 2006 | Scott Maxwell (senior managing director), Adam Marcus (managing director), Brian Zimmerman (managing director), Firas Raouf (venture partner), George Roberts (venture partner) | Software and technology enabled companies | $440 M |
| Point Judith Capital | Boston, MA | 2001 | Sean Marsh, David Martirano, Zaid Ashai (general partners) | Internet, Healthcare, Clean Technology | $100M |
| Quantum Capital Fund | Santa Clara, CA | 2004 | Julian Pencilliah, Abhir Dayaram | Information Technology, Online Media | $200M |
| Quicksilver Ventures | Saratoga, CA | 2001 | Maury Domengeaux, Randall Meals, Steve Schlossareck (Managing Directors) | Secondary Venture Capital (acquire existing corporate and venture portfolios). Investment Focus: Emerging Technologies such as Video and Imaging; Networking and Mobility; Data Management, Services and Security; Storage Components and Systems; Enterprise Applications | $ Evergreen, portfolio acquisition value from $1m - $250m |
| Radius Ventures | New York, NY | 1997 | Jordan S. Davis, Daniel C. Lubin | Healthcare, Life Sciences | $200M |
| Redpoint Ventures | Menlo Park, CA | 1999 | Allen Beasley, Jeff Brody, Satish Dharmaraj, Tom Dyal, Tim Haley, Brad Jones, Nety Krishna, Chris Moore, Lars Pedersen, Scott Raney, John
Walecka, Geoff Yang, Marjorie Yang, David Yuan and Vivian Yuan |
Early stage Information Technology | $2.0B |
| Revolution LLC | Washington D.C. | 2005 | Steve Case, Donn Davis, and Tige Savage | Health, living and digital, resorts, and financial services sectors | |
| Rho Ventures | New York, NY Montreal, Quebec |
1981 | Habib Kairouz, Mark Leschly, Joshua Ruch (Managing Partners) | New Media, Information Technology & Communications, Cleantech, Healthcare | $2.5B |
| RRE Ventures | New York, NY | 1994 | Stuart Ellman, James D. Robinson, James D. Robinson III, Andrew Zalasin, Will Porteous, Eric Wiesen (General Partners) Adam Ludwin, Tom Loverro (Principals) | Consumer & Media, Enterprise, Mobile, Financial, Green | $1B |
| Safeguard Scientifics | Wayne, PA | 1953 | Warren V. “Pete” Musser, Frank A. Diamond | Technology & Life Sciences | $430M |
| Santé Ventures | Austin, TX | 2006 | Joe Cunningham, Doug French, Kevin Lalande (Managing Directors) | Healthcare | $130M |
| Sierra Ventures | San Francisco, CA | 1982 | Mark Fernandes, Tim Guleri, David Schwab, Peter Wendell, Steven Williams, Ben Yu, Vispi Daver, Gamiel Gran, Aaron Tong, Ayden Ye | Healthcare, Information Technology | $1.5B |
| Shenzhen Capital Group | Shenzhen, China | 1999 | Jin HaiTao, Li (Chairman), WanShou President) | Healthcare, Information Technology, Financial Service sectors | $3.2B |
| SAP Ventures | Palo Alto, CA; Karlsruhe, Germany | 1996 | Nino Marakovic, Jai Das, David Hartwig, Doug Higgins, (Managing Directors) | Information Technology | $353M |
| Scottish Equity Partners | London, UK; Glasgow, UK | 1991 | Calum Paterson (Managing Partner), Andrew Davison, Brian Kerr, Gary Le Sueur, Fearghal Ó Ríordaín, Stuart Paterson, David Sneddon, Richard Sparrow | Information Technology, Healthcare and Energy technology | $500M |
| Sequoia Capital | Menlo Park, CA; Beijing, China; Shanghai, China; Hong Kong, China | 1972 | Kui Zhou (principal), Don Valentine (founder), Neil Shen (founding managing partner), Michael Moritz | Components, Systems, Software and Services | $4.0B |
| Seventure Partners | Paris, France; Munich, Germany; London, UK | 1997 | Isabelle de Cremoux, Valerie Gombart (general partners) | Life Sciences, Technology | €550M |
| Sevin Rosen Funds | Dallas, TX; Palo Alto, CA; Austin, TX | 1981 | Jon Bayless, Steve Domenik, Steve Dow, Dave McLean, Al Schuele, Charles Phipps, John Jaggers, Jackie Kimzey, John Oxaal, Nick Sturiale (general partners) | Technology | $1.6B |
| Sofinnova Ventures | Menlo Park, CA; San Diego, CA | 1974 | Mike Powell PhD, Jim Healy MD/PhD, Garheng Kong MD/Phd, Anand Mehra MD, Eric Buatois, Brian Wilcove, (general partners) | Life Sciences, Technology | $1B |
| Tenaya Capital | Menlo Park, CA; Boston, MA | 2009 | Tom Banahan, Ben Boyer, Stewart Gollmer, Brian Melton, Brian Paul | High Technology: Software, Semiconductors, Consumer Internet, Communications | $1.0B |
| TNF Ventures | Singapore | 2012 | Shirley Wong, Jixun Foo, Eddie Chau, Terence Tan, Yen Yen Tan, David Su, Steve Ting, Semun Ho | Interactive digital media, mobile communications, telecommunications, medical tech, clean tech | |
| Trinity Ventures | Menlo Park, CA | 1986 | Noel Fenton, Larry Orr, Gus Tai, Fred Wang, Patricia Nakache, Ajay Chopra, James Cham, Karan Mehandru, Dan Scholnick | Cloud and Mobile Infrastructure, Digital Media, SaaS, Social Commerce and Entertainment | $1.0B |
| TNP Partners/TNP On The Road | Yokohama, Japan | 2000 | Yoji Shimbori, Masatoshi Go, Katsuhiro Yamashita, Yasushi Takagi, Hirohide Harakawa, Yutaka Shibata, Tom Logan | High Technology: Semiconductors, Clean Energy, Communications, Life Sciences, Advanced Materials | ¥22B |
| Union Square Ventures | New York City, NY | 2005 | Fred Wilson, Brad Burnham, Albert Wenger, John Buttrick, Andy Weissman | Technology | |
| U.S. Venture Partners | Menlo Park, CA | 1981 | Irwin Federman, Winston Fu, Steve Krausz, Paul Matteucci, Jonathan Root, Casey Tansey, Mamoon Hamid, Alan Kaganov, Larry Lasky, Rick Lewis, Ted Maidenberg, Chris Rust, Geoffrey Baehr, Jacques Benkoski, John Hadl, David Liddle, Phil Schlein, Phil Young | Energy-Related Products and Services, Semiconductors, Web-Enabled Services, Storage, Wireless Communication, Sustainable Agriculture, Biomedical Devices and New Drugs | $2.7B |
| VantagePoint Venture Partners | San Bruno, CA | 1996 | Alan E. Salzman, Jim Marver | Cleantech, Information Technology, Healthcare | $4.5B |
| Venrock | Palo Alto, CA | 1969 | Brian Ascher, Fred Aslan, Mike Brooks, Marissa Campise, Tony Evnin, Steve Goldberg, Steve Goldby, Anders Hove, Dev Khare, Bob Kocher, Bong Koh, Spencer Maughan, Matthew M.Nordan, David Pakman, Bruce Pasternack, William Rastetter, Bryan Roberts, Gur Roshwalb, Ray Rothrock, Matthew Trevithick, Mike Tyrrell | Information Technology, Healthcare and Energy | $2.6B |
| Wellington Partners Venture Capital | Munich, Germany | 1991 | Rolf Christof Dienst, Frank Böhnke | Technology, Digital Media, Life Sciences | $700M under management |
| Western Technology Investment | Portola Valley, CA | 1980 | Ron Swenson, Sal Gutierrez, Maurice Werdegar, Jay Cohan, David Wanek, Dave Gravano, Vikram Gupta, Rudy Ruano, Hagi Schwartz | Technology, Communications, Healthcare & Biotechnology | $3B |
| Y Combinator (company) | Mountain View, California | 2005 | Paul Graham, Robert Morris, Trevor Blackwell, Jessica Livingston | Technology | |
| Gray Ghost Family of Funds | Atlanta, GA | 2000 | Bob Pattillo, Arun Gore | Information and Communications Technology, Micro-Finance, Financial Services, Educational Institutions, Clean Tech. | $800M (approx.) |
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