Venture capital firms in United States

BBG Ventures

Venture CapitalNew York, United States

Ms. Susan Lyne serves as Founding Partner, President & Managing Partner at BBG Ventures. She is also currently the chief executive officer of brand group at AOL. In this position, she oversees all aspects of the Brand Group's growth strategy, including increasing traffic across properties, maximizing partnerships with advertisers and publishers, and attracting top talent, with a particular focus on content, design, programming, and product. Ms. Lyne is on the board of AOL, Inc. She is a trustee of Rockefeller University and The New School, and a former trustee of The Posse Foundation and The Public Theater. She also serves as the Advisor at LearnVest.

Boldstart Ventures

Venture CapitalNew York, United States

Mr. Edward Sim is a Founding Partner at Boldstart Ventures. He has led many seed and first rounds and helped a number of entrepreneurs successfully scale from seed to market leader including big data pioneer Greenplum (sold to EMC), 24/7 Media (public and then sold to WPP Group), Answers.com, Gizmo5 (sold to Google), Moreover Technologies (sold to Verisign), and Flashbase (sold to Doubleclick). Ed has a BA in Economics from Harvard. He started his venture capital career in 1996 with Prospect Street Ventures and subsequently co-founded Dawntreader Ventures in 1998 and founded Boldstart Ventures in 2010. He also serves as an Advisor at Chaac Ventures.

Owlcapital

Private Equity, Venture CapitalUnited States

We lead with our values in all of our endeavors. We believe that collaboration - with our entrepreneurs and with our peers - is critical to your success and ours. We believe that diversity matters and leads to better decision-making and outcomes - 80% of our portfolio founders come from a diverse background, and almost 40% are female. Also, we believe in giving back - we are the first venture firm to commit $1,000,000 (5%) of our carry profit pool to the communities where our entrepreneurs live and work. Finally, we hold honesty and integrity above all else. These are the operating principles for Owl Capital and our commitment to you, our community.

James B. Stallings

Venture CapitalUnited States

The PS27 Rhea Fund is a $20 million venture capital fund focused on early-stage technology companies. Rhea Fund is seeking to invest in early-stage solutions in SaaS, healthtech, fintech, sustainability, and ecommerce companies that can scale rapidly. Rhea Fund also has an interest in founders who are women, veterans, and people of color. We invest in early stage startup ideas and businesses, supporting their growth with a broad range of expertise from a team of highly regarded professionals. Bringing selected startups into our accelerator, we work side by side with them to grow their business and help them realize their true potential.

Chart Venture Partners

Venture CapitalUnited States

Chart Venture Partners is an independent investment company founded through a collaborative relationship between the Chart Group and InSitech, a non-profit commercial partnership intermediary for the U.S. Army's Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) at Picatinny Arsenal. The firm seeks to invest security related technologies with a focus on dual use products for government and commercial applications including communications, software, robotics, materials science, power and energy, semiconductor, photonics, imaging, sensor, guidance, navigation and control, biometrics, and geospatial imaging and services media.

Chart Venture Partners is an independent investment company founded through a collaborative relationship between the Chart Group and InSitech, a non-profit commercial partnership intermediary for the U.S. Army's Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) at Picatinny Arsenal. The firm seeks to invest security related technologies with a focus on dual use products for government and commercial applications including communications, software, robotics, materials science, power and energy, semiconductor, photonics, imaging, sensor, guidance, navigation and control, biometrics, and geospatial imaging and services media.

Blue Chip Venture

Venture CapitalUnited States

Blue Chip Venture is a venture capital firm which seeks to provide the last financing round or pre-exit capital for early stage investors and venture-backed companies. It invests in late financing rounds of venture-backed companies with proven business plans in the digital media and big data industries that plan to be sold, recapitalized, or taken public within a target of two years. The firm prefers to invest in the new internet media, consumer marketing, software, healthcare, pharmaceuticals to traditional manufacturing sectors. It was founded in 1990 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio with an additional office in New York, New York.

GXP Investments

Corporate VCUnited States

GXP Investments is the non-regulated investment affiliate and wholly owned subsidiary of Great Plains Energy Incorporated. The firm focuses on opportunities in the customer energy solutions and energy infrastructure industries, and is open to attractive investments outside of these sectors within the energy value chain. Other areas of focus include energy marketing, environmental remediation, infrastructure security and renewables services. It primarily targets growth equity investments in revenue generating businesses that are primed for expansion and that can benefit from a well-capitalized, industry experienced, strategic partner.

WARF Ventures

Corporate VCUnited States

Since its founding in 1925, WARF has served the University of Wisconsin-Madison scientific community by patenting the discoveries of UW-Madison researchers and licensing these technologies to leading companies in Wisconsin, the United States and worldwide. In this way, WARF also facilitates the use of UW-Madison research for the maximum benefit of society. WARF distributes the income from commercial licenses to the UW-Madison, the inventors and their departments. Each year, WARF contributes over $45 million to fund additional UW-Madison research. The university refers to WARF's annual gifts as its "margin of excellence" funding.

Vestigo Ventures

Venture CapitalCambridge, United States

Vestigo Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early to later stage financial services technology companies. The firm was formed in 2016 and is based in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm attracts entrepreneurs who are creating innovative companies that align with four core strategic themes: 1. Market Structures (e.g., financial markets, risk analysis, trading, crypto finance) 2. Operations Solutions (e.g., front, middle, and back office, block chain) 3. Worksite Management (e.g., companies and the gig economy) 4. Personal Wealth (e.g., investment products, financial planning, behavioral finance).

KohFounders

Venture CapitalUnited States

Mr. Bong Koh is the Founder at KohFounders. Previously, he has founded/invested/advised startups including Shift, Retention Science, Freshtemp, Bringhub, KonektData, Mobilocity (Qualcomm), IBY (Photobucket), Zofari (Yahoo!) and GradientX (Singtel). Bong’s venture experience includes Mucker Lab in Santa Monica and Advanced Technology Ventures in Palo Alto. Bong’s first startup experience was with Organic where he joined pre IPO in New York. Bong was also with McKinsey in Palo Alto and Los Angeles and Salomon Smith Barney in New York. Bong holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Sloan School of Management at MIT.

Concrete Rose Capital

Venture CapitalBay Area, United States

Our vision at Concrete Rose is to create a virtuous cycle of wealth and opportunity with and for underrepresented people of color. We do this by investing financial and social capital into 1) exceptional ventures led by underrepresented founders of color 2) founders addressing the needs of underrepresented consumers of color, and 3) founders with a demonstrated commitment to creating inclusive cultures and building diverse teams. We commit 50% of our carry to the Concrete Rose Community Foundation, which drives resources to effective nonprofit initiatives working to close opportunity gaps for underrepresented talent.

Himarkcapital

Private Equity, Venture CapitalCharleston, United States

Our inaugural fund provides investment opportunities in SEDI led early-stage businesses in growing and competitive markets, while also providing the support and guidance new and experienced entrepreneurs need. We invest in diverse entrepreneurial leaders who engage in our comprehensive approach to sustainability, which measures impact based on ESG standards. Good Growth Capital, HI Mark’s fund partner, is the most active venture capital fund in South Carolina and provides us with full fund administration services, and access to its team and network to assist in deal sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio management.

Adastra

Venture CapitalUnited States

OUR MISSION We activate our capital, expertise, and resources to prepare visionary founders to successfully lead and grow their businesses. AWARENESS. IMPACT. ACTION. We unravel the narrative so that you can expand your perspective. AWARENESS. IMPACT. ACTION. The traditional way isn’t the only way. AWARENESS. IMPACT. ACTION. Thinking creatively is encouraged, in fact, it’s essential OUR MISSION We activate our capital, expertise, and resources to prepare visionary founders to successfully lead and grow their businesses. AWARENESS. IMPACT. ACTION. We unravel the narrative so that you can expand your perspective.

Brook Venture Partners

Venture CapitalWakefield, United States

Brook Venture Partners is a Wakefield, Massachusetts based private equity firm. The firm prefers to invest in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It focuses on information technology business, which includes healthcare IT systems for both hospital and private practice environments, business productivity software and data intensive businesses in fields such as CRM, business intelligence and IT security. Additionally, the firm's industry focus includes tech-enabled service businesses, including data driven marketing services, loyalty marketing and other IT intensive service businesses.

Mr. Donald Katz is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Audible. Mr. Donald Katz is the Founder at Newark Venture Partners. He was previously a journalist and author for 20 years, writing five books and serving as contributing editor at Rolling Stone and other publications; his work won a National Magazine Award and was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. For his leadership of the company since inception, Katz won the 2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for New Jersey. Katz graduated from New York University in 1974, where he studied with novelist Ralph Ellison.

Timberline Venture Partners

Venture CapitalVancouver, United States

Timberline Venture Partners is a venture capital firm which specializes in early stage and start-up investments. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in the United States, operating in the biotechnology, business and consumer products, computer hardware, financial services, healthcare, IT services, industrial and energy products, media and entertainment, medical equipment, networking, retailing and distribution, semiconductors, software, telecommunications and real estate sectors. The firm is based in Woodland, Washington with additional offices in Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, Washington.

Velocity Equity Partners

Venture CapitalLynnfield, United States

Velocity Equity Partners is a venture capital firm investing in early stage companies primarily in the northeast region of United States. The firm seeks to invest in the enterprise software, communications infrastructure, wireless applications, niche vertical software applications, silicon and hardware technology, sensors, process control and applications of technologies to manufacturing processes and industrial products sectors. The firm was founded in 2000 by the merging of the two venture investment groups Velocity Capital and Corning Technology Ventures. The firm is located in Boston, Massachusetts.

The W Fund

Venture CapitalSeattle, United States

The W Fund is a venture capital firm based in Seattle, Washington and was founded in 2012. The firm seeks to invest in the technology-based companies with a focus on life sciences, software, information technology, engineering and clean technology sectors. It seeks to invest in companies spinning out from the University of Washington or one of Washington's other universities and research institutions, including Washington State University, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Biomed and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Elevate Capital

Venture CapitalHillsboro, United States

Elevate Capital is a Portland, OR based venture capital firm led by Managing Partner, Nitin Rai and General Partner, Kumar Sripadam. Elevate’s mission is to help close the $4 trillion wealth gap by catalyzing generational wealth creation for underserved entrepreneurs including women, BIPOC, LGBTQ, and veterans. To achieve our mission, Elevate provides access to seed capital, mentorship, and connections into networks that allow our portfolio companies to scale towards timely and meaningful exits. The Fund invests in the technology and healthcare sectors with check sizes that range between $100k to $1M.

Grassroots Business Fund

Private Equity, Venture CapitalWashington, United States

Grassroots Business Fund is a non profit venture capital firm which makes equity, growth capital, mezzanine equity, mezzanine debt and straight debt investments. It aims at growing viable businesses that generate sustainable earnings or savings for people with low incomes. The firm prefers to invest on companies based in Africa, India, Indonesia and Latin America operating in the clean energy, technology, agriculture and consumer sectors. The firm was founded in 2008 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia and has additional offices located in Nairobi, Kenya; Lima, Peru; and New Delhi, India.

IBM Ventures

Corporate VCNew York City (NYC), United States

Mr. Karan Bajwa serves as a Managing Director, IBM India at International Business Machines. He had joined IBM last year as executive for strategy and transformation in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to this, he was managing director at Microsoft India. Bajwa will be responsible for all strategic and operational matters related to IBM India's sales, marketing, services and delivery operations in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Bajwa is also an angel investor and had backed hyperlocal services marketplace FindYahan, which was acquired by on-demand home services platform Zimmber last year.

Robert A. Claassen

Private Equity, Venture CapitalUnited States

Mr. Robert Claassen serves as Principal & Partner at Camp One Ventures. He was a member of the firm's corporate practice and capital markets practice group. He represents issuers, private and public corporations and investment banks in a variety of acquisition, finance derivatives and joint venture transactions. Mr. Claassen received his B.S. in mathematical economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1988 and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1992, order of the coif. He is admitted to practice in New York and California. He is a Board Member of Terabit Radios.

Symantec Ventures

Corporate VCUnited States

Symantec is a provider of cyber security services. The company helps businesses, governments and people secure their data. It operates the business on a global civilian cyber intelligence threat network and track a number of threats across the internet from millions of mobile devices, endpoints and servers across the globe. Founded in 1982, Symantec has operations in more than 35 countries and principal office at Mountain View, California. The company's acquisitions are designed to enhance the features and functionality of existing products and extend the product leadership in core markets.

Okapi Ventures

Venture CapitalLaguna Beach, United States

Okapi Venture Capital is a venture capital firm based in Laguna Beach, California. The firm primarily seeks to invest in the seed and early-stage companies operating in the biotechnology, diagnostics, healthcare IT and services, material science, mobile, medical devices and software industries. It prefers to invest in seed and early-stage technology and life science based companies in California with a particular emphasis on Southern California startups in the greater Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego regions. It also provides management support to start-ups. It was founded in 2006.

Cake

Venture CapitalSan Francisco, United States

Cake Ventures is a venture capital fund investing in companies that are creating technology products that meet the needs of tomorrow’s internet users. Over the next several years, the biggest change to technology will not only be what, but who. We are thesis-driven generalists who invest across sectors into companies that reflect those changing demographics, including: an aging population, the increased spending power of women, and the shift to majority-minority. We invest in US & Canadian pre-seed and seed stage companies whose growth will be accelerated by these demographic changes.

Fluent Ventures

Venture CapitalSan Francisco, United States

Fluent Ventures is a next gen global venture capital fund. Our platform is backed by 50+ global founders and tech luminaries covering 6 continents. We are building on 40+ cumulative years of venture and founder experience as well as experience investing in 7 global unicorns. Some of the founders we have been fortunate enough to back and work with at current and/or previous firms include Chime (US), Kin (US), Zenbusiness (US), Sidecar Health (US), Kueski (LatAm), Clara (LatAm), Xepelin (Latam), Neon (Latam), Facily (Latam), Sabi (Africa), Ula (SEA), and FinAccel (SEA) and many others.

Emil Capital Partners

Venture CapitalUnited States

Emil Capital Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in small to mid-sized private companies in the food & beverage, consumer applications, digital media, ondemand or e-commerce, and beauty and apparel industries serving markets in North America and Europe. Emerging products and services that impact consumer lifestyles and wellness, including health, education and communication, as well as certain premium or gourmet food categories are considered specific growth areas suitable for investment. The firm was founded in 2009 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Windward Ventures

Venture CapitalUnited States

Windward Ventures specializes in early stage companies but it does not invest in seed stage companies. The main focus of investment lies on industries such as information technology, communication and telecommunication, electronics, broadband technologies, optoelectronics, semiconductors, systems engineering, software, Internet infrastructure, data storage, and medical devices sectors. The firm invests in private companies based in Southern California from Santa Barbara to San Diego. The firm typically takes minority stake with board representation in its portfolio companies.

The Sequel Fund

Venture CapitalUnited States

The Sequel Fund is a early-stage seed fund that invests in young companies raising their first round of institutional capital. The fund welcomes companies from most industries including entertainment, manufacturing, food and beverage, health services, financial services, technology, entertainment, manufacturing, and consumer non-durables. Sequel Fund does not invest in FDA-regulated products. The fund invests in companies in Kentucky and lower Indiana. They require prospective companies to graduate from an Accelerator Program or to secure a lead investor on reasonable terms.

Woodside O'Brien

Venture CapitalUnited States

Woodside O’Brien invests in entrepreneurs who commercialize big ideas that matter – ideas that reimagine the world as more efficient, clear and connected. The firm currently offers investors a pledge fund comprised of disruptive technology companies poised for explosive growth and a co-investment fund that invests alongside a prominent angel group. It invests in disruptive technology companies that bring efficency, clarity and connectivity to the markets. The firm advises and assists each portfolio company with operations, business development, recruiting and financing.

Opus8

Private Equity, Venture CapitalMclean, United States

Opus8 is a private investment firm that provides high-level strategy and business advisory services to clients. The company makes investments in small buyouts and in opportunistic angel investment situations in the areas of Business Services, B2B New Media and E-commerce, Datacenter and cloud technologies and services. Their investment portfolio currently includes investments in companies in the following industries: Information Technology, Consumer Products, Financial Services, Business Process Outsourcing, Health Care and Information Services and Publishing.

University of Pennsylvania Endowment

Private Equity, Venture CapitalPhiladelphia, United States

University of Pennsylvania manages an endowment which is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The fund provides annual funding for the strategic initiatives of the university. The office of trust administration administers the university's endowments and other restricted gifts to ensure their use is compliant with donor wishes or relevant laws. The trust administration is responsible for the creation of new funds for operating gifts, capital gifts, endowments and agency funds to meet donor requests. The endowment fund is administered by the board of directors.

T5 Capital

Venture CapitalUnited States

T5 Capital is an investment arm of Triple Five Corp which specializes in venture capital and private equity investments. It focuses on investing in early stage disruptive technology companies, control investments and buyouts of companies. It invests in the hospitality, development, high technology sectors, real estate, banking and financial services, retail, multimedia, bio-tech, internet, telecommunications, wireless, cable, computer software, e-commerce, fiber, networking and semiconductors. It is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and was founded in 2011.

Capita3

Venture CapitalMinneapolis, United States

Capita3 is an early stage venture capital fund investing in women startup founders and the companies they’re building. We’re leading the next generation of venture capital by investing in the growth of the startup CEO alongside our investment in the growth of the company, and we’ll set a new standard for how VC-financed companies grow and exit. We’ve developed a game-changing program that helps women entrepreneurs grow into powerful leaders who can grow their companies to maximum value. It’s good for women, good for our investments, and good for the world.

Buckhill Capital LP

Private Equity, Venture CapitalSan Francisco, United States

Buckhill Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investing. Within direct investing, we invest in middle market, turnaround, emerging growth and late venture stages. We invest in industry consolidation, recapitalization, buyout, growth capital transactions typically ranging from $5M-$100M. Within fund of fund investing, we invest in various PE/VC funds, mezzanine funds, turn around funds, real estate funds, hedge funds and secondary investing. We have invested in over eighty companies and twenty funds.

HubSpot Ventures

Corporate VCCambridge, United States

Mr. Dharmesh Shah is the Founder and serves as Chief Technology Officer at HubSpot. He also serves as Mentor at Rough Draft Ventures. Prior to HubSpot, he was founder and CEO of Pyramid Digital Solutions. Prior to Pyramid Digital Solutions, he held a number of technology management and development positions. He also runs OnStartups.com. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Alabama and an M.S. in the Management of Technology from MIT. He is author of a book entitled Inbound Marketing, Get Found Using Google, Social Media and Blogs.

Designer Fund

Venture CapitalSan Francisco, United States

The Designer Fund is an seed and early stage venture capital firm that primarily invests in startups co-founded by designers and build and educate through its professional development program named Bridge, that connects designers with startups and its community in San Francisco. It also organizes educational events, like the Designer Fair and Women in Design and content such as the Designer Founders book and infographic to distribute for public good and design students worldwide. The firm was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Sequoia Capital

Venture CapitalMenlo Park, United States

Mr. Omar Hamoui serves as Partner at Sequoia Capital. He also co-founded HerBabyShower. He is a Board Member at LIFX Labs, PicsArt, Clutter, Kiwi and Offermatic. He founded AdMob in January 2006 while in the MBA program at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he started and ran several companies in the mobile, Internet and computer software industries including Vertical Blue, GoPix and Fotochatter, a mobile to mobile image sharing network. He holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angelesl.

SineWave Ventures

Venture CapitalUnited States

SineWave Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Arlington, Virginia. The firm was founded in 2014 and focuses on investing in companies in the enterprise tech, systems tech, service platforms, education, financial services and preventative health sectors. It provides a unique platform approach to venture and growth capital investing that brings together public sector entities, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and strategic corporate partners for the purpose of accelerating company growth, enhancing value, and maximizing investor returns.

Newark Venture Partners

Venture CapitalNewark, United States

Mr. Thomas Wisniewski serves as a Managing Partner at Newark Venture Partners. He is a veteran of the NYC-area venture and accelerator scene. He previously founded RosePaul Ventures which has a portfolio of 20+ tech start-ups and investments in notable venture funds such as Greycroft Ventures, ff Venture Capital, ER Accelerator. Notable investments include Pond5, LiveLOOK (acquired by Oracle), Kanvas (acquired by AOL). Tom has an MBA from Dartmouth and a BA in Physics from Clark University. He also serves as Board Member at New York Angels.

Red Bike Capital

Venture CapitalNew York, United States

Red Bike Capital is a Latino and woman-led early stage VC fund based in New York that invests in verticals that are primed for disruption and growth. We invest in US-based SAAS, Health & Wellness, and Fintech. We are founders ourselves, have 30+ years of experience with an authentic connection to the startup ecosystem and a strong track record in asset management, including founding and scaling a Y Combinator-backed startup to $100M in revenue, deploying $2B in assets, and sourcing deals via relationships with top founders and accelerators.

Upslope Ventures

Private Equity, Venture CapitalDenver, United States

Formerly Galvanize Ventures, Upslope Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund that invests in startups across the country. We believe exceptional teams can originate from any location. We provide more than capital and introductions. By leveraging our network we aim to empower entrepreneurs with the resources they need to have their best chance at success - even if we don’t invest. Upslope VC is a part of Beyond the Billion, a pledge campaign aimed at mobilizing a global consortium committed to invest $1 BILLION in women founders.

Day One Ventures

Venture CapitalSan Francisco, United States

Day One Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs customer-obsessed companies and spearheads their communications. This enables the Day One team to become actively involved in its portfolio companies and play a real, tangible role in helping them grow. The firm invests across industries from pre-seed to seed, and occasionally Series A, and invests between $100k and $5 million. Day One Ventures was founded by Masha Drokova, who is an angel investor, entrepreneur, communications executive, and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree.

Second Century Ventures

Corporate VCUnited States

Second Century Ventures (SCV) is a strategic investment fund that is verticalizing venture investing by launching its companies into the world's largest industries including real estate, financial services, banking, home services and insurance. SCV seeks investment opportunities in proven enterprises that will drive industry growth, enable new usage models and advance industry standards. SCV prefers SaaS companies generally focused on big data applications, digital media, fin tech and business services that can span multiple verticals.

Vistaequitypartners

Venture CapitalAustin, United States

By providing technology expertise, operational guidance and capital for sustainable growth, we empower organizations across all industries to stay ahead in the digital economy. We support the diverse communities in which we live and work - it’s core to who we are. Through investing in job training, increasing access to education and supporting the arts, we are proud stewards of a variety of organizations, and we are committed to creating opportunities for all people, regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, gender or sexual orientation.

Armory Square Ventures

Venture CapitalSyracuse, United States

Armory Square Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early stage investments. It provides the first round of institutional capital for companies targeting the largest industries across New York State and northeast region in the United States. It prefers to invest in companies operating in the web, healthcare, education technology, fintech, energy software, mobile and technology-enabled service sectors. The firm was founded in 2014 and is based in Syracuse, New York with an additional office in New York, New York.