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Top Investors Investing in Deep tech

13 of 57 investors ranked on evidence in the Q4 2026 edition.

Between them, the 57 best-ranked of these 58 investors cover artificial intelligence (25), seed stage (23), series a (18) and pre seed (14). They also list work in Silicon Valley, New York City, London and San Francisco. 57 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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Q4 2026 edition

13 of 57 investors ranked on evidence held on 9 October 2026: client reviews, vetting, awards and facts each business states on its own website, which we read and date. Nobody pays to be placed.

Positions are fixed for the quarter; the next edition is due in January 2027.

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MassVentures
Seed Stage · Series A · Early Stage · Also in Massachusetts and Boston
MassVentures is a venture fund that invests in seed-stage deep technology companies in Massachusetts.
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Why #1: In business 50+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Canaan Partners
Biotech · Cybersecurity · Also in New York City and Silicon Valley
Canaan Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm working across healthcare and technology.
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Why #2: In business 40+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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IBB Ventures
Healthtech · Consumer · Also in Berlin
Berlin venture capital investor putting public funds into early-stage startups that strengthen the city as a business location
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Why #3: Founded 1997, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Scout Ventures
Artificial Intelligence · Partners · Series
Scout Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm for founders who come from the military, the intelligence community and national research laboratories.
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Why #4: Founded 1999, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Techstars
Artificial Intelligence · Seed Stage · Pre Seed · Also in New York and York
Techstars is an accelerator and investor for early-stage founders, working since 2006. Programmes run in major startup hubs worldwide and in specialist sectors.
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Why #5: Founded 2006, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Swisscom Ventures
Seed Stage · Fintech · Cybersecurity · Also in Silicon Valley
Swisscom Ventures is the venture capital arm of Swisscom, the Swiss telecoms and ICT provider.
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Why #6: Founded 2007, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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ff Venture Capital
Artificial Intelligence · Seed Stage · Series A · Also in Warsaw and New York City
ff Venture Capital, often shortened to ffVC, is a New York venture firm that invests at seed and early stage.
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Why #7: Founded 2008, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Data Collective
Artificial Intelligence · Also in San Francisco and Silicon Valley
Data Collective, which trades as DCVC, is a deep tech venture capital firm.
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Why #8: Founded 2010, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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IvyCap Ventures
Seed Stage · Series A · Series B · Also in Mumbai and Bangalore
IvyCap Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm in India.
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Why #9: Founded 2011, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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1517 Fund
Seed Stage · Pre Seed
1517 Fund is an investor that backs dropouts, renegade students and deep-tech scientists at the earliest stages of their companies.
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Why #10 (shared): Founded 2015, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Cathay Innovation
Artificial Intelligence · Venture Capital · Healthtech
Cathay Innovation is a multi-stage venture capital firm founded in Paris in 2015. It is affiliated with Cathay Capital and invests in startups on several continents.
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Why #10 (shared): Founded 2015, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Magnetic Ventures
Artificial Intelligence · Seed Stage · Biotech · Also in Miami and Boston
Magnetic Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in founders using deep technology in life sciences and healthcare.
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Why #12: Founded 2018, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Groundwork Capital
Pre Seed · Blockchain
Blockchain investment fund backing early-stage companies in the crypto ecosystem, especially NFTs and decentralised finance
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Why #13: Founded 2020, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Also listed, not yet ranked. We hold nothing checkable on these yet that ranks them here: no client review, vetting, award, expert review, or fact stated on their own website (and on a place ranking, where they are based). They follow in order of their TrustList Score. How TrustList ranks · Get vetted, free
11.2 Capital
Artificial Intelligence · Climate Tech · Healthtech
11.2 Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm, its name taken from the escape velocity needed to leave Earth's gravity.
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Abies Ventures
Abies Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks out deep tech startups with unusual technologies and high ambitions. It invests mainly in Japan and the United States.
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ACME Capital
Early Stage · Partners · Series
ACME Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in frontier technologies before they reach the mainstream.
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Algebra Ventures
Venture Capital · Partners · Healthtech · Also in Lagos and Cairo
Algebra Ventures is a venture capital firm concentrating on Egyptian technology entrepreneurs.
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Almi Invest
Seed Stage · Series A · Pre Seed
Almi Invest is a Swedish venture capital investor that puts money into young technology companies.
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AV8 Ventures
Series A · Early Stage · Healthtech · Also in Palo Alto and Silicon Valley
AV8 Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups.
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BioMed Ventures
Biotech · Also in Seattle and Cambridge
BioMed Ventures is listed here for a business that supplies real estate to the life science and technology industries.
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BLOC Ventures
BLOC Ventures is a specialist deep technology investor based in London.
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BMW i Ventures
Also in Washington, Dc and Munich
BMW i Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley that operates as the venture arm of BMW.
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C2 Ventures Capital Partners
Artificial Intelligence · Series A · Pre Seed
C2 Ventures Capital Partners is an early-stage venture capital manager based in New York.
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Calibrate Ventures
Healthtech
Calibrate Ventures invests in deep technology that can be applied to large industries in the near term.
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Top Investors Investing in Deep tech

MassVentures

Canaan Partners

IBB Ventures

Scout Ventures

Techstars

Swisscom Ventures

ff Venture Capital

Data Collective

IvyCap Ventures

1517 Fund

Cathay Innovation

Magnetic Ventures

Groundwork Capital

11.2 Capital

Abies Ventures

ACME Capital

Algebra Ventures

Almi Invest

AV8 Ventures

BioMed Ventures

BLOC Ventures

BMW i Ventures

C2 Ventures Capital Partners

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