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Private equity firms in Palo Alto

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

49
Private equity firms in Palo Alto
49
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
5
Other types here
49 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Meritech Capital Partners Palo Alto, United States 365 147 142 12
2 Sutter Hill Ventures Palo Alto, United States 352 108 110 28
3 Vivo Capital Palo Alto, United States 272 68 139 25
4 Eclipse Palo Alto, United States 218 122 22 24
5 Samsara BioCapital Palo Alto, United States 181 28 79 22
6 Essex Woodlands Healthcare Partners Palo Alto, United States 131 64 58 13
7 Capricorn Investment Group Palo Alto, United States 123 32 23 24
8 Triangle Peak Partners Palo Alto, United States 79 23 30 1
9 Sageview Capital Palo Alto, United States 56 43 15 13
10 H&Q Asia Pacific Palo Alto, United States 43 15 18 0
11 Centana Growth Partners Palo Alto, United States 39 30 9 7
12 Altamont Capital Partners Palo Alto, United States 38 24 10 39
13 HGGC Palo Alto, United States 30 18 12 30
14 GoldenArc Capital Palo Alto, United States 26 0 12 1
15 Otter Capital Palo Alto, United States 22 11 5 0
16 Frazier Life Sciences Palo Alto, United States 20 13 9 20
17 Sunstone Partners Palo Alto, United States 20 13 5 17
18 STIC International Palo Alto, United States 18 2 3 0
19 AiiM Partners Palo Alto, United States 15 2 1 9
20 Centerview Capital Palo Alto, United States 14 8 10 1
21 Athena Technology Ventures Palo Alto, United States 12 3 3 0
22 Global Asset Capital Palo Alto, United States 12 1 4 5
23 PearX Palo Alto, United States 11 10 2 17
24 Natural Capital Palo Alto, United States 11 5 2 3
25 Symphony Technology Group Palo Alto, United States 10 5 5 14
26 SVE Capital Palo Alto, United States 7 0 0 0
27 Next Legacy Partners Palo Alto, United States 6 0 1 15
28 Niremia Collective Palo Alto, United States 5 0 0 0
29 Tregaron Capital Palo Alto, United States 5 0 0 2
30 Principal Venture Partners Palo Alto, United States 4 1 0 4
31 Juniper Ventures Palo Alto, United States 4 0 2 0
32 GigCapital Palo Alto, United States 3 2 1 5
33 Iconica Partners Palo Alto, United States 3 1 0 0
34 Whelan Capital Management Palo Alto, United States 3 1 2 0
35 Argean Capital Palo Alto, United States 3 0 0 0
36 Essex Property Trust Palo Alto, United States 3 0 2 81
37 Palo Alto Capital Palo Alto, United States 2 0 1 0
38 Peery Partners Palo Alto, United States 2 0 0 0
39 Alta Point Capital Management Palo Alto, United States 1 1 0 0
40 IntrinSiC Investment Palo Alto, United States 1 1 1 0
41 Frost Capital Palo Alto, United States 1 0 0 0
42 Palo Alto Growth Capital Palo Alto, United States 1 0 0 0
43 Sai Group Palo Alto, United States 1 0 1 0
44 Accelon Capital Palo Alto, United States 0 0 0 0
45 DRD Capital Palo Alto, United States 0 0 0 0
46 IMPACTA [ Capital ] Palo Alto, United States 0 0 0 0
47 Pacific Growth Partners Palo Alto, United States 0 0 0 0
48 Software Growth Partners Palo Alto, United States 0 0 0 0
49 Transformation Equity Partners Palo Alto, United States 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Private equity firms in Palo Alto, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 49.

Investment stages

Among these 49
Private equity investors29 Late stage investors27 Early stage investors26 Venture investors11 Seed investors9 Debt investors5 Post IPO investors5 Secondary market investors2

Other investors in Palo Alto

Venture capital firms311 Angel investors239 Investment partners135 Micro VC funds36 Angel groups22

Private equity firms elsewhere

New York895 London543 Beijing236 San Francisco232 Chicago207 Paris202 Shanghai178 Singapore173 Boston148 Toronto145 Dallas138 Los Angeles138 Seoul128 Mumbai105 Hong Kong91 Houston86 Shenzhen81 Dubai73 Austin71 Miami71 Washington70 Stockholm68 Sydney65 Atlanta64
Cite: FundingWatcher, 49 private equity firms in Palo Alto, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/private-equity-firms/palo-alto-california/