30 Best Venture Capital Investors in San Francisco (in 2024)
In the vibrant investment landscape of San Francisco, certain names stand out, consistently identifying and supporting groundbreaking ventures. As we journey into 2024, we've compiled a list of the top investors in San Francisco, showcasing those who've demonstrated exceptional acumen, vision, and commitment to fostering innovation in the region.
This list is the result of tracking investment activity across +2,500 venture capital investors in Europe, and only includes funds that have invested in at least 5 startups in San Francisco in the past 12 months (not just investors with offices in San Francisco). Whether you're an experienced founder who have raised capital in the past or you're fundraising for the first time, our curated list of the top San Francisco VCs in 2024 will be tremendously helpful in your journey.
Tracking:
Last update to the database: April 9, 2024. See changelog.
Investor Rankings are calculated using our Seedtable score – a 1 to 100 score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points (like the size of their fund or the quality of the companies they invested in) to signal the strength behind an investor. A score closer to 100 indicates an investor is worth watching closely.
List of 30 top VCs in San Francisco
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Offices:
London (HQ), San Francisco, New York
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Pre Seed
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Industries
Fintech, AI, Business Intelligence and 51 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
DataSnipper (
68), Superlinked ( 64), tacto ( 64)
57Kraken Ventures invests in businesses and projects at the nexus of both the FinTech and Blockchain / Crypto revolution.
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Offices:
San Francisco (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A
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Check size
$500k - $2M
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Industries
Crypto & web3, Fintech, Payments and 5 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Usual Labs (
68), Fiat Republic ( 59), Kiln ( 59)
56Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
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Offices:
Menlo Park (HQ), San Francisco, Tel Aviv
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Pre Seed
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Industries
Fintech, Crypto & web3, AI and 42 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Blockchain.com (
68), Mistral AI ( 64), Stability AI ( 59)
56Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in enterprise, consumer, and healthcare early-to-late stage startups.
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Offices:
Redwood City (HQ), London, San Francisco, Cambridge, New York
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series_g, Pre Seed
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Check size
$20M - $125M
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Industries
Fintech, Payments, Business Intelligence and 36 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Qogita (
68), Vertice ( 64), Raft ( 59)
54Creandum is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the companies of tomorrow.
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Offices:
Stockholm (HQ), Berlin, London, San Francisco
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Pre Seed
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Industries
Fintech, Mobile, Mobility & Transportation and 48 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Factorial HR (
75), Packfleet ( 64), Monta ( 64)
50EQT Ventures provides support and capital to bold and ambitious founders on their journeys to global success.
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Offices:
Stockholm (HQ), London, Berlin, Paris, San Francisco
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Pre Seed
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Check size
$1M - $5M
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Industries
Fintech, Mobile, Ecommerce and 53 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Volt (
64), Nothing ( 64), 1X ( 59)
50Investing in high growth, early stage B2B companies in the domains of Software & Robotics with focus on advanced Artificial Intelligence.
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Offices:
Tel Aviv (HQ), New York, Miami, San Francisco, Paris
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Industries
Ecommerce, Edtech, Fintech and 6 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Cosmo Connected (
50), Napo ( 50)
46NFX operates as a Pre Seed and seed stage VC that is transforming how true innovators are funded.
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Offices:
San Francisco (HQ), Palo Alto
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Pre Seed
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Check size
$500k - $4M
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Industries
Crypto & web3, Sales and Marketing, Sportstech and 19 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Shop Circle (
64), Collective Benefits ( 43), Fair.xyz ( 43)
46True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
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Offices:
Palo Alto (HQ), San Francisco
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
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Check size
$1M - $3M
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Industries
Manufacturing, Hardware, Climate Tech & Green Tech and 27 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Wefarm (
50), Carbo Culture ( 50), JellyFi ( 43)
46Partech is a technology venture firm that invests in seed, venture, and growth stages.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ), San Francisco, Berlin
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series F, Pre Seed
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Check size
$200k - $75M
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Industries
Fintech, Health Tech, Ecommerce and 52 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
ManoMano (
59), Sendinblue ( 59), Pennylane ( 59)
43Energy Impact Partners is a collaborative strategic investment firm.
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Offices:
New York (HQ), San Francisco, Miami, London, Cologne
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
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Check size
$10M - $35M
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Industries
Energy & Nuclear, Climate Tech & Green Tech, Business Intelligence and 13 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
GridBeyond (
75), Greenly ( 75), ev.energy ( 59)
42Ex-founders turned VCs, 7percent invests in early stage transformative and deep-tech startups and teams with moonshot ambitions.
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Offices:
London (HQ), San Francisco
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Investment Stage
Seed, Pre Seed
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Check size
$500k - $0k
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Industries
AI, Data and Analytics, Manufacturing and 27 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Gensyn (
59), Archax ( 54), Hadean ( 50)
43MizMaa is working with the deep technology innovators emerging from Israel’s high tech sector.
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Offices:
Tel Aviv (HQ), San Francisco
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Investment Stage
Series C
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Industries
Gaming, Hardware, AR / VR
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Top investments in San Francisco
Resolution Games (
43)
43BITKRAFT Ventures is an early-stage investment platform for gaming, esports, and interactive media.
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Offices:
San Francisco (HQ), Berlin
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Pre Seed
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Industries
Gaming, Mobile, Crypto & web3 and 17 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Scriptic (
54), Latent Technology ( 43), Resolution Games ( 43)
42AXA Venture Partners is a venture capital fund with $1.2 billion under management.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ), London, Singapore, New York, San Francisco
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series D
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Industries
Hiring and Recruitement, Proptech & Real Estate, Data and Analytics and 18 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Zinc (
54), Virtuo ( 54), Mytraffic ( 54)
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Offices:
San Francisco, Oslo
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Investment Stage
Series B
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Industries
Climate Tech & Green Tech, Energy & Nuclear
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Top investments in San Francisco
Soly (
42)
40HCVC is an early-stage firm investing in companies automating and digitizing the physical world.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ), San Francisco
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Pre Seed
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Check size
$100k - $2M
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Industries
Manufacturing, Hardware, Mobility & Transportation and 23 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Automata (
59), Nūmi ( 54), Giraffe360 ( 50)
39Early Stage Investments by Philipp Moehring, Andy Chung, Ophelia Cai and Sandra Lyness
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Offices:
San Francisco (HQ), Berlin
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Pre Seed
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Industries
Mobile, Fintech, AI and 49 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Lawhive (
68), Condukt ( 64), Synthesia ( 64)
39AIC is a private venture capital fund. It invests in deep Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) technology-based companies.
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Offices:
Luxembourg (HQ), Paris, San Francisco
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Investment Stage
Series A, Series B
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Industries
AI, Data and Analytics, Cybersecurity and 7 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
InstaDeep (
59), Virtuo ( 54), Vamstar ( 34)
39Next Ventures works with entrepreneurs with visionary dreams.
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Offices:
London (HQ), San Francisco, Istanbul
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Investment Stage
Seed
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Industries
Health Tech, Biotech, Deep Tech and 4 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Terra (
39), Testmate Health ( 17)
37Quadrille Capital is an independent private investment firm based in Paris and San Francisco.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ), San Francisco
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Investment Stage
Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E
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Industries
Hiring and Recruitement, Foodtech, Food Delivery and 11 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Hivebrite (
59), Homa Games ( 50), Anyfin ( 43)
37Amadeus Capital Partners caters to the technology sector with seed, early, and later stage venture, and private equity investments.
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Offices:
Cambridge (HQ), London, San Francisco
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Pre Seed
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Industries
AI, Data and Analytics, Manufacturing and 32 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Tenzo (
54), Ravelin ( 54), Ori Biotech ( 54)
35BMW i Ventures focuses on BMW’s current and future business in the technology and service space.
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Offices:
Munich (HQ), San Francisco
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
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Industries
Climate Tech & Green Tech, Manufacturing, Hardware and 10 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Ionity (
54), Motorway ( 50), DeepDrive ( 43)
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Offices:
Paris (HQ), San Francisco, Berlin
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Pre Seed
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Check size
$1M - $50M
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Industries
Mobile, Fintech, Ecommerce and 38 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
GetHarley (
64), Monta ( 64), Swile ( 59)
35Shima Capital is an investment fund that focuses on supporting cutting-edge blockchain startups.
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Offices:
San Francisco (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Pre Seed
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Check size
$500k - $2M
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Industries
Crypto & web3, Gaming, Fintech and 9 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Cometh (
50), Gunzilla Games ( 46), Quasar Labs ( 43)
32byFounders is an early-stage venture fund that invests to support the next generation of globally ambitious founders.
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Offices:
Copenhagen (HQ), San Francisco, Copenhagen (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Pre Seed
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Check size
$500k - $4M
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Industries
Mobile, Fintech, AI and 35 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Monta (
64), Semper ( 43), Salto X ( 43)
34Oceanflow Ventures is a venture capital firm investing on businesses.
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Offices:
Barcelona (HQ), San Francisco, Mountain View
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Investment Stage
Seed
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Industries
AI, Mobile, Ecommerce
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Top investments in San Francisco
Buo (
34)
31Alter Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that provides financial services.
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Offices:
Luxembourg (HQ), San Francisco, Lisbon
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Investment Stage
Series A
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Industries
AI
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Top investments in San Francisco
Everysens (
31)
26Social Starts is a venture capital partnership that focuses on the emerging science of individual health.
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Offices:
San Francisco (HQ), New York, Los Angeles, London
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Pre Seed
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Industries
Gaming, Media and Entertainement, Ecommerce and 14 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Gourmey (
39), Medal ( 39), Speechly ( 34)
26Rebel Fund is a venture capital fund powered by an elite network of Y Combinator alumni.
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Offices:
San Francisco (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A
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Industries
Data and Analytics, Energy & Nuclear, Business Intelligence and 16 more.
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Top investments in San Francisco
Elyos Energy (
50), Crew.work ( 43), Seabound ( 34)