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The complete list of tier-1 and notable VCs and angel investors.
On some deal pages, you may see these badges:
They are given based on verifiable objective criteria. To understand the difference between the 3 different "backing" types of these badges, find the descriptions below. Please note that this list gets updated and can change over time.
Tier-1 VC
Tier-1 VC are world's leading and most reputable VC firms — they typically lead the round and their investment is a strong quality signal for other investors.
List of Tier-1 venture firms:
- Andreesen Horowitz
- Khosla Ventures
- SV Angel
- Accel Partners
- NEA
- Sequoia
- Venrock
- First Round Capital
- Spark Capital
- Slow Ventures
- Y Combinator
- Kleiner Perkins
- GV
- Founders Fund
- Union Square Ventures
- Lightspeed
- Thrive Capital
- General Catalyst
- Benchmark
- Greylock
- Bain Capital Ventures
- Lerer Hippeau
- Bessemer
- Insight Venture Partners
- Greycroft
Notable VCs
Not as high-signal as Tier-1 VCs, Notable VCs are still very professional, long-standing reputable firms that bring a quality signal to the deal. Please note that the list skews towards US-based firms.
- Tiger Global
- Menlo Ventures
- Charles River Ventures
- Redpoint
- FirstMark
- Triangle Peak Partners
- Comcast Ventures
- ff VC
- DCM
- 500 Startups
- RRE Ventures
- DCVC
- BoxGroup
- Revolution
- Intel Capital
- ARCH Venture Partners
- Franklin Square Capital Partners
- Founder Collective
- Madrona Venture Group
- Anthemis Group
- Initial Capital
- UpHonest Capital
- Homebrew
- Matrix Partners
- Susa Ventures
- Upfront Ventures
- Bond VC
- Compound
- Harrison Metal
- Samsung NEXT
- Zetta Venture Partners
- Social Leverage
- Kapor Capital
- Felicis Ventures
- Techammer
- Silverton Partners
- Fuel Capital
- Bowery Capital
- e.ventures
- Rethink Education
- Ulu Ventures
- Science
- Forerunner Ventures
- Flybridge Capital Partners
- Storm Ventures
- Primary Venture Partners
- Wonder Ventures
- Fenway Summer Ventures
- Nexus Venture Partners
- Baseline Ventures
- Amplify Partners
- Frontline Ventures
- True Ventures
- IA Ventures
- Norwest Venture Partners
- Cowboy Ventures
- Birchmere Ventures
- XG Ventures
- Entrée Capital
- M13
- Comet Labs
- Hyde Park Venture Partners
- Silicon Badia
- Two Sigma Ventures
- Great Oaks VC
- Tekton Ventures
- Golden Ventures
- Battery Ventures
- FJ Labs
- Magma Venture Partners
- Mangrove Capital Partners
- Caffeinated Capital
- Signia Venture Partners
- AME Cloud Ventures
- BAM Ventures
- Peterson Ventures
- Brainchild Holdings
- Tribe Capital
- Red Swan Ventures
- Neu Venture Capital
- XSeed Capital
- Eight Roads Ventures
- Lux Capital
- Innovation Endeavors
- Foundry Group
- Canaan Partners
- Resolute Ventures
- DHVC
- Haystack
- Trinity Ventures
- Boldstart Ventures
- Nextview Ventures
- Pelion Venture Partners
- Bloomberg Beta
- BBG Ventures
- SparkLabs Global Ventures
- Service Provider Capital
- Initialized Capital
- Coinbase Ventures
- Winklevoss Capital
- Pantera Capital
- Goldman Sachs
- Comcast Ventures
- Intel Capital
- Qualcomm Ventures
- Salesforce Ventures
- Novartis Venture Fund
- Johnson & Johnson Innovation
- Samsung Venture Investment
- Cisco Investments
- SR One
- Time Warner Investments
- Microsoft Ventures
- GE Ventures
- Roche Venture Fund
- Alexandria Venture Investments
- Pfizer Venture Investments
- Novo Ventures
Notable Angel Investors
Notable angel investors are those individual investors who have a known public track record and bring value to the company along with their capital.
- Mark Cuban
- Naval Ravikant
- Jason Calacanis
- Ron Conway
- Fred Wilson
- Cyan Bannister
- Tim Ferriss
- Chris Sacca
- Paul Graham
- Kevin Rose
- Keith Rabois
- Dave Morin
- Jack Dorsey
- Alexis Ohanian
- Scott Banister
- Marc Benioff
- Tim Draper
- Max Levchin
- Garry Tan
- Reid Hoffman
- Gary Vaynerchuk
- Mitchell Kapor
- David Sacks
- Ashton Kutcher
- Dave McClure
- Chris Dixon
- Jeff Bezos
- Marc Andreessen
- Fabrice Grinda
- Paige Craig
- Brad Feld