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Top VCs for US startups

Updated 23 Oct 2026

26,697
Startups in the United States with investors recorded
3,096
VCs backing 3 or more
48 / 50
Of the top list based in the United States
VC firms by startups backed in the United States, ten largestAlumni Ventures618Andreessen Horowitz410Right Side Capital Manageme…401SV Angel334Accel312General Catalyst289Gaingels288Lightspeed Venture Partners286Sequoia Capital282New Enterprise Associates280
Figure 1. VC firms by startups backed in the United States, ten largest. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 26,697.

Venture capital firms

#InvestorBased in StartupsSince 2024Best-funded companies
1 Alumni Ventures Manchester, United States 618 225 Groq, Ascend Elements, Divergent
2 Andreessen Horowitz Menlo Park, United States 410 122 SpaceXAI, Anduril Industries, Saronic
3 Right Side Capital Management San Francisco, United States 401 29 Self Financial, Mast Reforestation, Regard
4 SV Angel San Francisco, United States 334 31 Modular, Casper, Drata
5 Accel Palo Alto, United States 312 55 Socure, Axonius, Skydio
6 General Catalyst San Francisco, United States 289 91 Anduril Industries, Relativity Space, Luma AI
7 Gaingels Burlington, United States 288 98 Modal Labs, Varo Bank, Forte
8 Lightspeed Venture Partners Menlo Park, United States 286 66 Saronic, ClickHouse, Grafana Labs
9 Sequoia Capital Menlo Park, United States 282 67 SpaceXAI, Ramp, The Boring Company
10 New Enterprise Associates Menlo Park, United States 280 38 Together AI, Xaira Therapeutics, Uniphore
11 Liquid 2 Ventures San Francisco, United States 277 78 GitLab, Constrafor, Alembic
12 Bossa Invest São Paulo, Brazil 267 38 SpaceXAI, Fleetio, FLYR
13 Insight Partners New York, United States 240 52 Island, Quince, Automattic
14 Google Ventures San Francisco, United States 237 54 SambaNova, Harvey, OnDeck
15 FJ Labs New York, United States 233 76 ContextLogic, Secfi, LeafLink
16 Bessemer Venture Partners San Francisco, United States 233 51 Axonius, Melio, Guild
17 Khosla Ventures Menlo Park, United States 221 62 Ramp, Cognition, OnDeck
18 BoxGroup New York, United States 208 61 Antares, Arcadia, VTS
19 Founders Fund San Francisco, United States 196 50 The Boring Company, Cognition, ContextLogic
20 Menlo Ventures Menlo Park, United States 185 28 True Anomaly, Xaira Therapeutics, Harness
21 Kleiner Perkins Menlo Park, United States 181 30 Harvey, Together AI, Transcarent
22 Soma Capital San Francisco, United States 178 60 Rippling, Lattice, Gridware
23 Felicis Menlo Park, United States 176 37 ContextLogic, Armada, Dialpad
24 First Round Capital Philadelphia, United States 171 27 OnDeck, DNAnexus, Clay
25 Tiger Global Management New York, United States 160 34 Groq, Relativity Space, OnDeck
26 SOSV Princeton, United States 159 60 Perfect Day, Opentrons, Formlabs
27 Index Ventures San Francisco, United States 159 44 ClickHouse, Persona, Cloaked
28 Greylock Menlo Park, United States 158 16 Baseten, Upwind Security, Snorkel AI
29 Greycroft New York, United States 150 30 WorkFusion, The RealReal, Chowbus
30 8VC Austin, United States 149 55 The Boring Company, Saronic, Quince
31 CRV San Francisco, United States 148 21 Cybereason, Zip, Resilience
32 Slow Ventures San Francisco, United States 146 13 Evernote, Hyperscience, Sublime Security
33 Norwest Menlo Park, United States 144 28 ICON, Pebl, HoneyBook
34 Bain Capital Ventures San Francisco, United States 142 25 Clari, Signifyd, Astronomer
35 Salesforce Ventures San Francisco, United States 141 23 Arcadia, dbt Labs, Astronomer
36 Goodwater Capital Burlingame, United States 140 34 IRL, Kaon, Hallow
37 Antler Singapore, Singapore 139 62 Marco, Agentio, HIFI
38 Pareto Holdings New York, United States 138 29 Gauntlet, Built Robotics, Fun
39 Battery Ventures Boston, United States 138 10 Next Insurance, Cortera, HoneyBook
40 Foundation Capital Palo Alto, United States 134 14 MobileIron, Autogrid, Fortanix
41 True Ventures Palo Alto, United States 130 19 InterVenn, Namely, Seurat Technologies
42 Madrona Seattle, United States 129 18 Branch, Clari, Observe
43 Redpoint San Francisco, United States 128 21 ClickHouse, Orca Security, Owner
44 Everywhere Ventures New York, United States 126 55 Headway, Electric, Vouch
45 Craft Ventures San Francisco, United States 124 34 Upwind Security, Vanta, Peregrine Technologies
46 Precursor Ventures San Francisco, United States 123 26 Pair Eyewear, SmithRx, Noyo
47 Floodgate Menlo Park, United States 121 13 SnapLogic, Ontic, BigCommerce
48 Correlation Ventures San Diego, United States 120 27 EasyKnock, Earnest, mParticle
49 Quiet Capital San Francisco, United States 117 32 Mercury, DriveWealth, Standard Bots
50 Pear VC Menlo Park, United States 114 40 Cognition, Aurora Solar, Vanta

Venture capital firms by startups in the United States in their portfolio. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 26,697 startups.

Accelerators, incubators and public funders

#InvestorTypeBased in StartupsSince 2024
1 Y Combinator Startup accelerator Mountain View, United States 2,428 830
2 Techstars Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm New City, United States 1,440 255
3 500 Global Startup accelerator, Micro VC fund, Venture capital firm Palo Alto, United States 557 56
4 Plug and Play Startup accelerator, Co-working space, University program, Venture capital firm Sunnyvale, United States 419 108
5 Newchip Accelerator Startup accelerator, Startup incubator, Venture capital firm Austin, United States 261 22
6 Pioneer Fund Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm Toronto, Canada 245 142
7 National Science Foundation Entrepreneurship program, Government investment office Alexandria, United States 243 93
8 MassChallenge Startup accelerator Boston, United States 217 49
9 Alchemist Accelerator Startup accelerator San Francisco, United States 212 23
10 Forum Ventures Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm New York, United States 168 49
11 (ERA) Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm New York, United States 167 48
12 LAUNCH Startup accelerator, Angel group, Venture capital firm San Francisco, United States 159 25
13 Innovation Works Government investment office, Startup incubator Pittsburgh, United States 99 15
14 Mucker Capital Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm Venice, United States 94 19
15 Orange DAO Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm San Francisco, United States 88 19
16 SkyDeck Berkeley Startup accelerator Berkeley, United States 88 8
17 gener8tor Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm Madison, United States 85 28
18 Expert Dojo Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm Santa Monica, United States 82 25
19 Betaworks Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm New York, United States 79 6
20 gbeta Startup accelerator Madison, United States 73 13

Accelerators, incubators and government investors by startups in the United States. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 26,697 startups.

Method

A startup counts for an investor when the investor is among the investors recorded for the company across all its rounds. The startups are companies headquartered in the United States whose most recent round is pre-seed, seed, angel or Series A through J. "Since 2024" counts the companies whose most recent round is dated 1 January 2024 or later. Venture capital firms are investors typed as venture capital or micro VC and not also as accelerator, incubator or government office. An investor needs 3 companies to be ranked. Ties go to the higher count since 2024. Best-funded companies are the three with the most total funding.

Other countries

China574 United Kingdom438 Germany303 India263 Canada227 France219 Israel168 Singapore166 South Korea137 Japan130 Brazil111 Australia102 Spain84 The Netherlands78 Switzerland66 Mexico54 Indonesia47 Poland45 Sweden44 United Arab Emirates40 Turkey40 Italy36 Finland36 Denmark31 Saudi Arabia28 Belgium26
Cite: FundingWatcher, top vcs for us startups, 23 October 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/top/united-states/