🇺🇸 Startup investors in the United States

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• Charles Hudson

  Angel · San Francisco, CA

  Founder of Precursor Ventures, solo GP making 75-100 investments per fund at $250K-$500K checks, previously at SoftTech VC and In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture arm.

  Offers: investment

• Arlan Hamilton

  Angel · Los Angeles, CA

  Founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital, built the firm from homelessness into a fund investing specifically in underrepresented founders, author of It’s About Damn Time.

  Offers: investment, mentoring

• Kevin Hartz

  Angel · San Francisco, CA

  Co-founder of Eventbrite and Xoom, now an active angel focused on marketplaces and payments.

  Offers: investment

• Paul Graham

  Angel · San Francisco, CA

  Co-founder of Y Combinator, still angel invests occasionally in YC companies, widely cited startup essayist whose writing shaped how a generation of founders think about building.

  Offers: investment, mentoring

• Aydin Senkut

  Angel · San Francisco, CA

  Turkish immigrant who arrived in Silicon Valley in 1995, Google’s first international product manager (employee 63), founded Felicis Ventures in 2006 with $4M, now managing a $900M tenth fund. Named to the Forbes Midas List for 13 consecutive years.

  Offers: investment, mentoring

• Semyon Dukach

  Angel · Boston, MA

  Came to the US as a child refugee from the Soviet Union in 1979, led the MIT Blackjack Team, later ran Techstars Boston before founding One Way Ventures specifically to back immigrant founders.

  Offers: investment, mentoring

• David Sacks

  Angel · San Francisco, CA

  PayPal’s first COO and a founding member of the "PayPal Mafia," founded Yammer (sold to Microsoft for $1.2B), now General Partner at Craft Ventures and co-host of the All-In podcast. Early investor in Airbnb, Facebook, Palantir, SpaceX and Uber.

  Offers: investment, mentoring

• Scott Belsky

  Angel · San Francisco, CA

  Founded Behance, sold to Adobe for $150M in 2012, served as Adobe’s Chief Product Officer and later Chief Strategy Officer. Early advisor and investor in Pinterest, Uber, Carta, Ramp and Flexport, 160 investments and 35 exits to date.

  Offers: investment, mentoring

• Sarah Guo

  Angel · San Francisco, CA

  Founder of Conviction, widely regarded as one of the most respected solo GPs specifically in AI investing, known for high-conviction bets on AI-native companies before the category was obvious.

  Offers: investment

• Edward Lando

  Angel · San Francisco, CA

  Founder of Pareto Holdings, a startup studio that has launched dozens of ventures. Since 2016 has personally invested in 200+ companies globally including Ramp, Deel, Eight Sleep and Remote.

  Offers: investment

• Marc Andreessen

  Angel · Menlo Park, CA

  Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, built Mosaic, the first web browser, before turning to founding and investing full time.

  Offers: investment

• Ron Conway

  Angel · San Francisco, CA

  Known as the Godfather of Silicon Valley, early investor in Google, PayPal, Twitter and Square, founder of SV Angel, hands-on with portfolio companies for over 25 years.

  Offers: investment, mentoring

• Naval Ravikant

  Angel · San Francisco, CA

  Co-founder and chairman of AngelList, active angel investor in X, Uber and Postmates, widely followed for public writing and podcasting on startups and wealth.

  Offers: investment, mentoring

• Jason Calacanis

  Angel · Los Angeles, CA

  Founder of LAUNCH and host of This Week in Startups, one of the most publicly documented high-volume angels in the country, an early investor in Uber.

  Offers: investment, mentoring

• Elad Gil

  Angel · San Francisco, CA

  Serial operator turned prolific angel and author of the High Growth Handbook, backer of numerous unicorns at the earliest stage.

  Offers: investment, mentoring

• Esther Dyson

  Angel · New York, NY

  Veteran angel and futurist with a long-running interest in healthcare, education and space, portfolio includes 23andMe and Evernote.

  Offers: investment

• Chris Sacca

  Angel · Truckee, CA

  Former Google special-initiatives lead turned early Twitter investor and formal advisor, one of the most publicly cited early-stage angels of his generation.

  Offers: investment

• Script Capital

  VC · San Francisco, CA

  Pre-seed investor in developer tools and infrastructure, $250K–$500K.

  Offers: investment

• Webb Investment Network

  VC · Palo Alto, CA

  Seed investor in mobile and cloud applications.

  Offers: investment

• Burnt Island Ventures

  VC · Boston, MA

  Seed-stage water-technology specialist.

  Offers: investment

• Founder Collective

  VC · Cambridge, MA

  Seed fund built by founders.

  Offers: investment

• BoxGroup

  VC · New York, NY

  Pre-seed and seed fund that raised $550M across two funds in 2025.

  Offers: investment

• Fika Ventures

  VC · Los Angeles, CA

  LA seed fund for developer tools and infrastructure.

  Offers: investment, funding

• NextView Ventures

  VC · Boston, MA

  Seed fund for B2B marketplaces and SaaS, active in NYC.

  Offers: investment

• .406 Ventures

  VC · Boston, MA

  Early-stage VC in healthcare, data and AI, and cybersecurity.

  Offers: investment

• 11 Tribes Ventures

  VC · Chicago, IL

  Early-stage VC backing founders outside major hubs.

  Offers: investment

• Blue Bear Capital

  VC · New York, NY

  Climate software seed fund.

  Offers: investment

• Next Coast Ventures

  VC · Austin, TX

  Austin early-stage VC.

  Offers: investment

• Ensemble VC

  VC · Austin, TX

  Data-driven early-stage VC.

  Offers: investment

• True Wealth Ventures

  VC · Austin, TX

  Seed fund for women-led consumer health and sustainability.

  Offers: investment

• Chicago Ventures

  VC · Chicago, IL

  Seed fund for Chicago and the Midwest, seven funds closed.

  Offers: investment

• Hyde Park Venture Partners

  VC · Chicago, IL

  Early-stage tech VC.

  Offers: investment

• Origin Ventures

  VC · Chicago, IL

  Early-stage VC that backed GrubHub and Braintree.

  Offers: investment

• Jump Capital

  VC · Chicago, IL

  Growth-stage fintech and infrastructure investor.

  Offers: investment

• Matchstick Ventures

  VC · Minneapolis

  Seed investor across the North and Midwest.

  Offers: investment

• Valor Ventures

  VC · Atlanta

  Seed fund for Southeast B2B and fintech.

  Offers: investment

• Knoll Ventures

  VC · Atlanta

  Southeast seed investor.

  Offers: investment

• Frist Cressey Ventures

  VC · Nashville

  Healthcare VC that closed a $425M Fund IV in 2026.

  Offers: investment

• Flying Fish Partners

  VC · Seattle, WA

  Seed fund for applied AI.

  Offers: investment

• Voyager Capital

  VC · Seattle, WA

  Pacific Northwest B2B seed specialist.

  Offers: investment

• Kickstart Fund

  VC · Salt Lake City

  Mountain West seed fund; 150+ companies since 2008.

  Offers: investment

• EPIC Ventures

  VC · Salt Lake City

  Early-stage tech VC across four funds.

  Offers: investment

• Valkyrie Ventures

  VC · San Francisco, CA

  Solo-GP fund, $45M Fund I (2025).

  Offers: investment

• SNAK Venture Partners

  VC · Chicago, IL

  Seed fund, $50M Fund I (2026), leading $1–2M checks.

  Offers: investment

• Collide Capital

  VC · New York, NY

  Pre-seed to Series A fund, $95M Fund II (2026), $170M+ total.

  Offers: investment

• Seven Stars Ventures

  VC · San Francisco, CA

  Pre-seed and seed AI applications fund, $40M Fund I.

  Offers: investment

• Daybreak

  VC · San Francisco, CA

  Rex Woodbury's solo-GP fund, $100M across Fund II and Meridian (2026).

  Offers: investment

• Banner VC

  VC · San Francisco, CA

  Emerging manager with a $225M Fund I (2026).

  Offers: investment

• Cantos

  VC · San Francisco, CA

  Pre-seed fund for frontier tech, defense and space, $70M (2026).

  Offers: investment

• Gateway Capital

  VC · Milwaukee, WI

  Midwest pre-seed fund for overlooked founders, $30M Fund II across seven states.

  Offers: investment

• Grid Capital

  VC · Chicago, IL

  Solo-GP pre-seed and seed industrial-tech fund led by Jackie DiMonte.

  Offers: investment

• Streamlined Ventures

  VC · Palo Alto, CA

  Ullas Naik's solo-GP firm, ~$325M across eight funds.

  Offers: investment

• Mango Capital

  VC · Palo Alto, CA

  Robin Vasan's solo-GP fund for cloud and intelligent apps.

  Offers: investment

• Accomplice

  VC · Cambridge, MA

  Boston seed investor, early in DraftKings and PillPack.

  Offers: investment

• E14 Fund

  VC · Cambridge, MA

  MIT Media Lab-linked fund for deep tech from campus.

  Offers: investment

• Dorm Room Fund

  VC · Cambridge, MA

  First Round's student-run fund.

  Offers: investment

• REMUS Capital

  VC · Boston, MA

  Pre-seed to Series A fund.

  Offers: investment

• Science Inc

  VC · Culver City

  Startup studio and seed investor behind Dollar Shave Club.

  Offers: funding, investment

• M13

  VC · Santa Monica

  Consumer and B2B seed fund.

  Offers: investment

• TenOneTen Ventures

  VC · Santa Monica

  Seed fund for technical founders in vertical SaaS and infrastructure.

  Offers: investment

• ScOp Venture Capital

  VC · Santa Barbara

  Seed and early investor in pre-growth SaaS.

  Offers: investment

• Susa Ventures

  VC · San Francisco, CA

  Technical seed fund for infrastructure, fintech and data.

  Offers: investment

• Pear VC

  VC · Palo Alto, CA

  Pre-seed and seed firm running PearX and the Female Founders Circle; $432M Fund IV.

  Offers: funding, investment

• Array Ventures

  VC · San Francisco, CA

  Data-driven pre-seed and seed fund led by Shruti Gandhi.

  Offers: investment

• Eclipse Ventures

  VC · Palo Alto, CA

  Physical AI investor; closed $720M for early-stage and $591M for growth.

  Offers: investment

• Mayfield

  VC · Menlo Park, CA

  Venture capital fund manager filing with the SEC as an exempt reporting adviser.

  Offers: investment

• Lemnos Labs

  VC · San Francisco, CA

  Hardware-focused early investor with manufacturing support.

  Offers: funding, investment

• True Ventures

  VC · San Francisco, CA

  Seed fund, early in Fitbit.

  Offers: investment

• Uncork Capital

  VC · Palo Alto, CA

  Seed fund with a strong founder network.

  Offers: investment

• Congruent Ventures

  VC · Oakland

  Seed and Series A climate fund; among the most active early climate funds by deal count.

  Offers: investment

• Obvious Ventures

  VC · San Francisco, CA

  Impact-focused early-stage VC.

  Offers: investment

• Avalon Ventures

  VC · La Jolla

  Seed and Series A investor in biotech and tech.

  Offers: investment

• Correlation Ventures

  VC · San Diego, CA

  Data-driven seed to later-stage co-investor.

  Offers: investment

• Versant Ventures

  VC · San Francisco, CA

  Life-sciences VC that co-founded Beam Therapeutics.

  Offers: investment

• Okapi Venture Capital

  VC · Irvine

  Orange County VC.

  Offers: investment

• B Capital

  VC · Manhattan Beach

  Eduardo Saverin's firm, $9B AUM, with an early-stage Ascent Fund.

  Offers: investment

• March Capital

  VC · Santa Monica

  Multi-stage investor in enterprise, AI and gaming.

  Offers: investment

• Sonder Capital

  VC · Los Angeles, CA

  Seed and early health-tech and life-sciences investor.

  Offers: investment

• Clearstone Venture Partners

  VC · Santa Monica

  Early and growth-stage VC.

  Offers: investment

• A-Grade Investments

  VC · Los Angeles, CA

  Early-stage consumer tech investor.

  Offers: investment

• Miramar Venture Partners

  VC · Los Angeles, CA

  Seed and early IT and software investor.

  Offers: investment

• Primary Venture Partners

  VC · New York, NY

  New York's leading seed-stage firm.

  Offers: investment

• Work-Bench

  VC · New York, NY

  Enterprise-only seed fund for dev tools, data and security.

  Offers: investment

• Notation Capital

  VC · New York, NY

  High-conviction pre-seed and seed fund for B2B.

  Offers: investment

• Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

  VC · Brooklyn

  Charlie O'Donnell's small fund for NYC companies; replies fast.

  Offers: investment

• FirstMark Capital

  VC · New York, NY

  Early-stage VC with a large NYC community.

  Offers: investment

• RRE Ventures

  VC · New York, NY

  NYC VC since 1994, seed to growth.

  Offers: investment

• The Helm

  VC · New York, NY

  Early-stage fund for women founders.

  Offers: investment

• Scout Ventures

  VC · New York, NY

  Seed fund for dual-use and frontier tech.

  Offers: investment

• Fuel Venture Capital

  VC · Miami

  Miami's largest local VC, ~$550M AUM, seed to growth in fintech and platforms.

  Offers: investment

• ANIMO Ventures

  VC · Miami

  Early-stage fund, ~$140M AUM.

  Offers: investment

• Starlight Ventures

  VC · Miami

  Pre-seed and seed fund.

  Offers: investment

• Atomic

  VC · Miami

  Venture capital fund manager filing with the SEC as an exempt reporting adviser.

  Offers: funding, investment

• Zelkova Ventures

  VC · Miami

  Early-stage consumer and digital media investor.

  Offers: investment

• Denver Angels

  Angel · Denver

  Angel group investing $200K–$1M in 8–12 companies a year.

  Offers: investment

• Exponential Partners

  VC · Denver

  Enterprise software investor.

  Offers: investment

• Blackhorn Ventures

  VC · Boulder, CO

  Enterprise and industrial tech investor.

  Offers: investment

• Moxxie Ventures

  VC · Boulder, CO

  $25M seed fund.

  Offers: investment

• FirstMile Ventures

  VC · Denver

  Seed-stage VC in Colorado.

  Offers: investment

• Service Provider Capital

  VC · Denver

  Micro VC.

  Offers: investment