Pre-seed investors

Village88 TechLab

AcceleratorSan Fernando City, United States

Village88 tech lab is a high-tech startup accelerator that offers funding and engineering resources to help entrepreneurs. The firm works with up to five start-ups at a time, providing $10,000-$200,000 worth of engineering resources to build the product over a period of 3-6 months. It is based in Seattle, Washington and was founded in 2011.

10K Ventures

Angel NetworkGermany

We are constantly inspired by relentless founders tackling big problems globally — intellectually curious about searching for massive opportunities driven by emerging technologies. That's why we decided to professionalize our investing side hustle via 10K Ventures: investing our own capital and time to back founders, funds, and businesses.

Charles Beeler

Venture CapitalMinneapolis, United States

Rally Ventures is an early stage venture capital investment firm that prefers to invest in entrepreneurs and early stage startup companies. The firm focuses on investing in the cloud technology, business technology, infrastructure, software, mobile and security sectors. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)

AcceleratorLondon, United Kingdom

Creative Destruction Lab helps innovators transition from science projects to high-growth companies. Its focus is as a seed-stage program with the goal of helping companies go through the transition phase from pre-seed to seed-stage funding. Thalmic Labs, Nymi, Charge Spot and Pet Bot are some examples of the companies that CDL works with.

Free Ventures

AcceleratorBerkeley, United States

Free Ventures is a startup launchpad for Berkeley students, providing resources and a framework to build ideas for products or services into companies. It provides students with the right resources, motivation, workspace and mentoring programs to help them build better businesses. It was formed in 2012 and is based in Berkeley, California.

Goldfinch Investments (Private) Limited

Private Equity, Venture CapitalSingapore, Singapore

Goldfinch Investments is an Investment & Advisory firm providing general corporate advisory, multi-industry business incubation and strategic development consulting services, as well as deployment of start-up and early-stage capital with a focus on Aquaculture, Sustainable Animal Feed Ingredients, and targeted Low Climate-impact Solutions.

LaunchCyte

Venture CapitalUnited States

LaunchCyte is a venture capital firm that specializes in incubation, seed, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in life science technology with a focus on molecular tools and high-throughput systems for drug discovery and clinical diagnostics and industrials. It was founded in 2000 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Riverfront Ventures

Venture CapitalUnited States

Riverfront Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in companies in southwestern Pennsylvania. RFV seeks to invest in the information technology, life sciences, medical devices, healthcare IT, advanced electronics, robotics, energy, advanced materials, mobile applications and other technology-oriented companies.

True Growth Capital

Angel NetworkGermany

Direct Investments We only invest at the earliest possible stage: at or before company foundation (“idea” or “angel” investment). We often lead investments or invest solo, but are equally happy to co-invest. Our initial ticket range is 100-500k EUR, with seven-digit follow-on capacity. We invest through a dedicated, committed fund vehicle.

Alabama Futures Fund

Venture Capital

The Alabama Futures Fund (AFF) is a seed and early-stage venture capital fund focused on supporting and growing entrepreneurial activity and economic development in Alabama. The firm seeks to be the first significant investment in early-stage companies that can reach attainable milestones leading to series A financing within 12-24 months.

Houghton Street Ventures

Venture CapitalLondon, United Kingdom

We invest in London School of Economics entrepreneurs. We focus on investing in the best of the alumni, students and faculty of the London School of Economics and Political Science. LSE entrepreneurs have collectively raised over $30bn in venture capital, and they are just getting started. We are here to support them on their journey. […]

Jonomi Ventures

Private Equity, Venture CapitalSingapore, Singapore

Jonomi Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on emerging markets particularly Middle East, Africa and Asia. We focus on identifying and partnering with entrepreneurs and innovators with a view to building disruptive growth companies. We invest in companies where we can play an active role to drive funding beyond funding.

NewDo Venture

Venture CapitalPalo Alto, United States

NewDo Venture is a venture capital firm headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut and was founded in 2015. The firm specializes in seed, early stage and later stage investments. It seeks to invest in the technology, business service, cloud computing, enterprise software, consumer service, SaaS, e-commerce, mobile and network device sectors.

Koan Capital Corp.

Private Equity, Venture CapitalCalgary, Canada

Koan AgTech Fund Canada’s Dedicated AgTech Rolling Fund: Investing in Impactful Early-stage AgTech Startups Purpose Backing early stage start-ups that are creating solutions in agriculture that improve agriculture and the environment, increasing productivity and overall value of food products. Learn More We cannot solve our problems with

Youngstown Business Incubator

IncubatorUnited States

Youngstown Business Incubator was an incubator which helped accelerate technology enabled businesses by providing a wide range of services such as internet access, telephony, video conferencing connections, learning labs, promotional equipments, conference rooms and parking. The firm was founded in 1995 and was based in Youngstown, Ohio.

Cornitatus Pty Ltd

Private Equity, Venture CapitalInglewood, Australia

Cornitatus Pty Ltd (ACN 653 259 191) (Cornitatus) is a small boutique style investment company looking out for opportunities in helping start up companies with unique ideas. Located in Western Australia, our objective is to help you get your project off the ground by providing investment in your project and participate as a stakeholder.

New Horizons Venture Capital

Venture CapitalUnited States

New Horizons Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that prefers to invest in early stage start-up companies based in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The firm seeks to invest in the software applications and service, enabling technology and tool, communication infrastructure and wireless application and service sectors.

Small World Group

Venture CapitalUnited States

Small World Group is an incubator that seeks to invest in the clean technology, manufacturing, mobile, security, life sciences, healthcare, energy, environment, agriculture, communications and information technology industries. The firm was founded in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Singapore.

Target Technology Incubator

Incubator

The Target Technology Incubator ,located Orono, Maine was developed in 2002 by the Bangor Target Area Development Corporation in partnership with the University of Maine, the state of Maine and the town of Orono. The firm offers workshops and seminars, business planning, coaching, office space and training services to startup companies.

ah! Ventures Fund

Private Equity, Venture CapitalMumbai, India

ah! Ventures Angel Fund shall focus on investments in Early stage, Pre-Series A Start-ups with GLOCAL ambitions. We are a SEBI registered Category I AIF-VCF-Angel Fund with a target corpus of ₹ 100 crore (~USD 14 million) and a green shoe option of up to ₹ 50 crore (~USD 6 million). The Fund aims to invest ₹ 3-5 crores in each Start-up.

ABRT-Mangrove CEO Camp

AcceleratorUnited States

ABRT-Mangrove CEO Camp is an accelerator that provides ten weeks of intensive work in Saint Petersburg and the Silicon Valley for Chief Executive Officer and founder of information technology companies from Russia, CIS countries and Europe. The result will be an increase in sales, new customers and partners in the international market.

Angeli parvi is a group of industry leaders who mentor Dartmouth entrepreneurs by guiding development of business plans and strategies. The group also provides a link to the venture capital community so that new entrepreneurs can secure funding to support prototype development, market testing and analysis, and travel for presentations.

Inman Incubator

IncubatorUnited States

Inman Incubator is the launchpad for innovative real estate companies, technology start-ups, brokerages, agents, service providers and mortgage lenders. The incubator provides yearlong mentoring, $100,000 of in-kind promotion and valuable connections and resources for promising companies, brokers and agents in the real estate industry.

Sukuma Ventures

Private Equity, Venture CapitalSingapore, Singapore

Our VC model adapts to the unique challenges and opportunities in Africa. Simultaneously, our accelerator program tailors support to the specific needs of early-stage startups focussed on fintech for everyday practical use. We actively engage with local ecosystems, communities, and work to understand the nuances that drive innovations.

Structure Fund

Venture CapitalUnited States

Structure Fund is a venture capital firm focused on investing in seed to institutional stage start-ups within the technology, media and real estate sectors. Additionally the firm seeks to provide strategic advisory, operational consulting, fundraising guidance, deal negotiation, business development and executive recruitment services.

idealab ny

StudioRhinebeck, United States

Idealab Arizona is a startup studio, focused on the earliest stages of a company's creation— from idea to establishing product market fit. We look for big problems in the world to solve. We then co-found companies with extraordinary entrepreneurs to turn the most impactful and commercially promising solutions into thriving businesses.

Athenian Venture Partners

Venture CapitalAthens, United States

Athenian Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the information technology, healthcare and digital health sectors. The firm prefers to invest in early stage companies based in the Midwest, Southeast and Southern California. It provides support, strategic guidance and assist each business throughout its life cycle.

Jado Investments

Family OfficeDana Point, United States

Jado Investments is a family office focused on seed and early stage equity investments in innovative business ideas. The firm prefers to invest in companies operating in the internet and digital media, mobile, life science, industrial technologies and real estate sectors. It was founded in 2010 and is based in Dana Point, California.

Startup Basecamp

Venture CapitalSan Francisco (SF / Bay Area), United States

Financing the Industrial Renaissance with Legacy 🌍 The capital markets platform built for Family Offices seeking to invest in equity and infrastructure opportunities alongside leading US & EU funds. Our mission is to help families build lasting legacies—by accessing curated investments that align global returns with long-term impact.

Xandex Investments

Venture CapitalUnited States

Xandex Investments is an investment arm of Xandex which operates as a venture capital firm specializing in early stage and seed investments. It prefers to invest in companies based in Bay Area and San Francisco operating in the medical products and digital service sectors. It was founded in 2005 and is based in Petaluma, California.

makesense SEED

Venture CapitalParis, France

Trop nombreux sont les projets qui rencontrent des difficultés à construire leurs fonds propres, c’est pourquoi makesense se positionne sur la phase de pré amorçage et d’amorçage afin de financer des projets visionnaires qui s’attaquent à des problèmes pressants et qui ont pour ambition d’avoir un impact significatif sur la société.

Harvard innovation lab is an incubator that provides co-working space, private workshops, industry roundtables, mentorship and private events. The firm has a venture incubation program of 12 week designed to help students make progress on their entrepreneurial ventures. It was founded in 2011 and is based in Allston, Massachusetts.

RedWave Ventures

Venture CapitalUnited States

Redwave Venture Partners is a private investment firm empowering founders through our unparalleled network. We provide added-value capital across four domains of sports, tech, entertainment and consumer good companies. Fueling the growth of innovation, we are dedicated in investing and empowering tomorrow's game changing companies.

VentureWell

Angel NetworkVarious/Remote, United States

VentureWell is a non-profit accelerator headquartered in Hadley, Massachusetts. The firm supports the creation of new ventures from an emerging generation of science and technology inventors and supports the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems. It currently invests in startups that have completed its E-Team training program.

Angel Dough Ventures

AcceleratorUnited States

Angel Dough Ventures is an accelerator based in New York. The firm works with start-ups and early-stage companies in the consumer products and services, e-commerce and web apps, online media and marketing, social mobile commerce, natural and organic products, health and beauty products, overseas sourcing and manufacturing sectors.

Fresh Source Capital

Venture Capital

Established in 2013, Fresh Source Capital is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based equity investment firm focused on the sustainable food and agriculture. The firm provides alternative financing options, including debt and royalty instruments, as well as traditional equity to growth-stage companies with a focus on the Northeast region.

TTV Capital

Venture CapitalAtlanta, United States

TTV Capital is a venture capital firm which invests in technology-enabled financial services businesses that serve the varied needs of the financial services sector and the consumers of financial products. Within this industry, the firm prefers to invest in the banking, payments, capital markets, data analytics and security areas.

Unreasonable Capital

Venture CapitalUnited States

Unreasonable Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Boulder, Colorado that specializes exclusively in emerging markets focused on issues related to endemic poverty: working in the healthcare, education, clean-energy, and financial inclusion, innovations in agriculture and artisan-driven fashion. It was founded in 2016.

100K Ventures

Accelerator

100K Ventures is a for-profit accelerator group that will invest in early-stage companies who receive a high assessment from the 100K Ideas pipeline. 100K Ideas provides a helping hand in business development to anyone regardless of their prior experience or background, while ranking the business viability throughout the process.

Cyclotron Road Berkeley

Accelerator

Our program empowers entrepreneurial scientists to take their innovation to impact by offering them knowledge, resources, and connections through a world-class fellowship. Fellows have launched companies across sectors like AI, energy, biomanufacturing, and critical materials that drive innovation and address societal challenges.

Formation 8

Venture CapitalSan Francisco, United States

Formation 8 is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in China, Singapore and Korea. The firm focuses on investing in the internet, software, smart enterprise, energy, energy technology, agriculture technology and technology companies including hardware sectors. It was founded in 2011.

INTELLAGRI CAPITAL

Private Equity, Venture CapitalToulouse, France

Depuis 1988, nous accompagnons les entreprises dans leurs premières phases de développement, à travers du financement (capital, obligations convertibles), un accompagnemen t technique, stratégique et une mise en réseau efficace (partenaires financiers et bancaires, réseau de plus de 7000 Ingénieurs en France et à l'International)

MaverixLab

AcceleratorUnited States

MaverixLab is an accelerator firm that brings groups of entrepreneurs to Miami for 3 months and provides them with seed capital, regimented mentorship, office space, and access to markets and customers. The firm specializes in technology start-ups that deal in software, new media, internet and mobile/social platform applications.

STS Ventures

Venture CapitalCologne, Germany

STS Ventures is a Cologne-based industry agnostic early stage investor. We are a a venture capital firm with the mindset of a business angel. | Das Kölner Unternehmen STS Ventures deckt als VC Fonds mit dem Mindset eines Business Angels das gesamte Investitionsspektrum mit der finanziellen Kraft und Professionalität eines VCs ab.

Coriolis Ventures

Venture CapitalNew York, United States

Coriolis Ventures is a New York based early stage venture and incubation fund specializing in new media and infrastructure technology related to internet advertising. The firm provide its portfolio companies with both capital and incubation assistance to help nascent early stage companies accelerate their growth and development.

Court Square Ventures

Venture CapitalCharlottesville, United States

Court Square Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies from pre-revenue to first sales and accelerating growth. The firm prefers to invest in companies operating in the digital media, communications and information technology sectors. It was founded in 2000 and is based in Charlottesville, Virginia.