Late stage investors
Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.
10,427
Investors
10
Investor types
100
Rows shown
13%
Of all investors
Most active late stage investors
By recorded investments
100 rows
| # | Name | Type | Location | Investments | Lead | Exits | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y Combinator | Startup accelerator | Mountain View, United States | 8,719 | 3,692 | 783 | 79 |
| 2 | 500 Global | Startup accelerator, Micro VC fund, Venture capital firm | Palo Alto, United States | 3,424 | 579 | 469 | 52 |
| 3 | Accel | Venture capital firm | Palo Alto, United States | 2,514 | 1,018 | 451 | 0 |
| 4 | Sequoia Capital | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 2,450 | 899 | 480 | 122 |
| 5 | Alumni Ventures | Angel group, Micro VC fund, Venture capital firm | Manchester, United States | 2,424 | 32 | 263 | 0 |
| 6 | New Enterprise Associates | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 2,398 | 826 | 670 | 98 |
| 7 | Andreessen Horowitz | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 2,041 | 916 | 311 | 416 |
| 8 | General Catalyst | Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 1,801 | 753 | 271 | 147 |
| 9 | FJ Labs | Micro VC fund, Venture capital firm | New York, United States | 1,801 | 63 | 165 | 16 |
| 10 | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 1,739 | 639 | 298 | 14 |
| 11 | Bessemer Venture Partners | Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 1,654 | 593 | 364 | 112 |
| 12 | Intel Capital | Corporate venture arm | Santa Clara, United States | 1,639 | 567 | 537 | 0 |
| 13 | SV Angel | Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 1,584 | 35 | 521 | 9 |
| 14 | IDG Capital | Private equity firm, Venture capital firm | Beijing, China | 1,565 | 567 | 183 | 0 |
| 15 | Kleiner Perkins | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 1,558 | 461 | 388 | 55 |
| 16 | Khosla Ventures | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 1,479 | 575 | 208 | 73 |
| 17 | US Department of Energy | Government investment office | Washington, United States | 1,460 | 1,336 | 193 | 0 |
| 18 | Gaingels | Syndicate, Venture capital firm | Burlington, United States | 1,384 | 10 | 146 | 121 |
| 19 | Insight Partners | Private equity firm, Venture capital firm | New York, United States | 1,349 | 833 | 335 | 243 |
| 20 | Index Ventures | Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 1,340 | 550 | 293 | 48 |
| 21 | Google Ventures | Corporate venture arm, Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 1,331 | 392 | 304 | 0 |
| 22 | Tiger Global Management | Hedge fund, Private equity firm, Venture capital firm | New York, United States | 1,260 | 724 | 223 | 0 |
| 23 | HSG | Private equity firm, Venture capital firm | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | 1,249 | 553 | 133 | 90 |
| 24 | Liquid 2 Ventures | Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 1,243 | 16 | 144 | 11 |
| 25 | Goldman Sachs | Investment bank, Venture capital firm | New York, United States | 1,187 | 450 | 480 | 0 |
| 26 | Advantage Capital | Private equity firm, Venture capital firm | New Orleans, United States | 1,112 | 102 | 142 | 37 |
| 27 | Qiming Venture Partners | Venture capital firm | Shanghai, China | 1,106 | 555 | 104 | 39 |
| 28 | Founders Fund | Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 1,072 | 337 | 188 | 34 |
| 29 | Norwest | Private equity firm, Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 1,052 | 412 | 244 | 84 |
| 30 | First Round Capital | Venture capital firm | Philadelphia, United States | 1,029 | 241 | 239 | 34 |
| 31 | HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) | Venture capital firm | Bonn, Germany | 1,026 | 290 | 136 | 61 |
| 32 | Flybridge | Venture capital firm | New York, United States | 1,023 | 124 | 127 | 4 |
| 33 | Soma Capital | Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 1,015 | 21 | 95 | 21 |
| 34 | Salesforce Ventures | Corporate venture arm, Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 970 | 195 | 221 | 0 |
| 35 | Silicon Valley Bank | Investment bank | Santa Clara, United States | 963 | 346 | 423 | 245 |
| 36 | Enterprise Ireland | Government investment office | Dublin, Ireland | 955 | 272 | 124 | 0 |
| 37 | Greylock | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 954 | 272 | 285 | 40 |
| 38 | Menlo Ventures | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 931 | 326 | 205 | 36 |
| 39 | Greycroft | Venture capital firm | New York, United States | 929 | 283 | 173 | 22 |
| 40 | Battery Ventures | Venture capital firm | Boston, United States | 923 | 363 | 242 | 44 |
| 41 | Redpoint | Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 885 | 281 | 187 | 10 |
| 42 | Venrock | Venture capital firm | Palo Alto, United States | 884 | 250 | 288 | 35 |
| 43 | Canaan Partners | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 873 | 292 | 196 | 25 |
| 44 | Peak XV Partners | Venture capital firm | Bengaluru, India | 859 | 459 | 103 | 46 |
| 45 | Goodwater Capital | Venture capital firm | Burlingame, United States | 838 | 106 | 38 | 20 |
| 46 | Foundation Capital | Venture capital firm | Palo Alto, United States | 826 | 227 | 203 | 26 |
| 47 | OrbiMed | Private equity firm | New York, United States | 810 | 276 | 304 | 76 |
| 48 | True Ventures | Venture capital firm | Palo Alto, United States | 805 | 286 | 140 | 19 |
| 49 | Global Brain Corporation | Venture capital firm | Tokyo, Japan | 804 | 246 | 119 | 83 |
| 50 | Shenzhen Capital Group | Venture capital firm | Nanshan, China | 794 | 316 | 102 | 34 |
| 51 | Bain Capital Ventures | Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 791 | 338 | 169 | 11 |
| 52 | Felicis | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 777 | 190 | 194 | 25 |
| 53 | International Finance Corporation | Government investment office, Private equity firm, Venture capital firm | Washington, United States | 770 | 472 | 212 | 156 |
| 54 | LvlUp Ventures | Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm | Los Angeles, United States | 768 | 113 | 4 | 54 |
| 55 | Polaris Partners | Private equity firm, Venture capital firm | Boston, United States | 754 | 215 | 207 | 22 |
| 56 | Benchmark | Venture capital firm | San Mateo, United States | 751 | 250 | 202 | 23 |
| 57 | Lerer Hippeau | Venture capital firm | New York, United States | 750 | 131 | 188 | 13 |
| 58 | Mayfield Fund | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 738 | 231 | 214 | 22 |
| 59 | FasterCapital | Startup accelerator, Micro VC fund, Venture capital firm | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 734 | 612 | 3 | 87 |
| 60 | Mitsubishi UFJ Capital | Corporate venture arm, Venture capital firm | Tokyo, Japan | 721 | 76 | 112 | 0 |
| 61 | BDC Venture Capital | Government investment office, Venture capital firm | Calgary, Canada | 715 | 146 | 183 | 596 |
| 62 | Sand Hill Angels | Angel group | Mountain View, United States | 702 | 15 | 98 | 94 |
| 63 | Keiretsu Forum | Angel group, Venture capital firm | Orinda, United States | 699 | 35 | 77 | 97 |
| 64 | East Ventures | Venture capital firm | 697 | 292 | 71 | 12 | |
| 65 | 8VC | Venture capital firm | Austin, United States | 687 | 207 | 72 | 24 |
| 66 | DCM Ventures | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 677 | 204 | 153 | 27 |
| 67 | RRE Ventures | Venture capital firm | New York, United States | 675 | 159 | 152 | 25 |
| 68 | Artesian VC | Venture capital firm | Melbourne, Australia | 674 | 230 | 30 | 30 |
| 69 | Brand Capital | Corporate venture arm, Private equity firm | Mumbai, India | 673 | 37 | 116 | 0 |
| 70 | Lux Capital | Venture capital firm | New York, United States | 672 | 179 | 76 | 40 |
| 71 | Spark Capital | Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 670 | 327 | 126 | 19 |
| 72 | SMBC Venture Capital | Corporate venture arm, Venture capital firm | Tokyo, Japan | 666 | 31 | 98 | 0 |
| 73 | Temasek | Private equity firm | Singapore, Singapore | 658 | 295 | 167 | 332 |
| 74 | Coinbase Ventures | Corporate venture arm | Oakland, United States | 654 | 47 | 53 | 0 |
| 75 | Atlas Venture | Venture capital firm | Cambridge, United States | 638 | 179 | 199 | 53 |
| 76 | Partech | Venture capital firm | Paris, France | 626 | 184 | 117 | 53 |
| 77 | U.S. Venture Partners | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 610 | 188 | 168 | 2 |
| 78 | Shunwei Capital | Venture capital firm | Beijing, China | 607 | 188 | 46 | 10 |
| 79 | TCA Venture Group | Angel group | Newport Beach, United States | 594 | 57 | 117 | 48 |
| 80 | Coatue | Hedge fund, Private equity firm | New York, United States | 590 | 248 | 95 | 0 |
| 81 | Fidelity | Investment bank | Boston, United States | 586 | 178 | 285 | 0 |
| 82 | Qualcomm Ventures | Corporate venture arm | San Diego, United States | 582 | 137 | 158 | 0 |
| 83 | Initialized Capital | Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 578 | 168 | 113 | 3 |
| 84 | European Investment Bank | Investment bank, Private equity firm | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 577 | 486 | 188 | 0 |
| 85 | Madrona | Venture capital firm | Seattle, United States | 574 | 215 | 118 | 44 |
| 86 | Speedinvest | Venture capital firm | Vienna, Austria | 571 | 232 | 56 | 44 |
| 87 | Legend Capital | Venture capital firm | Beijing, China | 569 | 240 | 60 | 30 |
| 88 | Headline | Venture capital firm | San Francisco, United States | 567 | 208 | 90 | 13 |
| 89 | TCV | Private equity firm | Menlo Park, United States | 555 | 234 | 231 | 60 |
| 90 | General Atlantic | Private equity firm, Venture capital firm | New York, United States | 552 | 303 | 195 | 0 |
| 91 | Eight Roads Ventures | Venture capital firm | London, United Kingdom | 552 | 236 | 134 | 60 |
| 92 | Great Oaks Venture Capital | Venture capital firm | New York, United States | 547 | 29 | 132 | 2 |
| 93 | GGV Capital | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 545 | 200 | 70 | 0 |
| 94 | Mizuho Capital | Venture capital firm, Venture debt fund | Tokyo, Japan | 545 | 31 | 82 | 0 |
| 95 | RA Capital Management | Startup incubator, Private equity firm, Venture capital firm | Boston, United States | 544 | 183 | 243 | 67 |
| 96 | Founder Collective | Venture capital firm | Cambridge, United States | 543 | 35 | 161 | 10 |
| 97 | F-Prime | Venture capital firm | Cambridge, United States | 540 | 133 | 113 | 65 |
| 98 | Union Square Ventures | Venture capital firm | New York, United States | 538 | 234 | 77 | 16 |
| 99 | ARCH Venture Partners | Venture capital firm | Chicago, United States | 535 | 147 | 121 | 28 |
| 100 | Crosslink Capital | Venture capital firm | Menlo Park, United States | 533 | 179 | 120 | 16 |
Table 1. The 100 late stage investors with the most recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 10,427.
By investor type
Cite: FundingWatcher, 10,427 late stage investors, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/stage/late-stage-investors/