26 Sept 2026 · TrustList Editorial
Funding rounds explained: pre-seed, seed, Series A and beyond
What each startup funding round pays for, who invests, which instruments are used and what rounds look like in 2026, with sourced UK and US…
57 investors ranked by rating, review volume and listing quality.
Between them, the 57 investors on this page cover series (35), series a (31), seed stage (21) and partners (21). They also list work in London, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and New York City. 57 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.
Growth Stage · Series · SaaS · Also in Toronto and Acton
Acton Capital Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1999, with offices in Munich and Vancouver.
Series A · Seed Stage · Growth Stage
Kaszek Ventures is a venture capital firm led by technology entrepreneurs who invest in founders in Latin America.
Seed Stage · Growth Stage · Series · Also in Hamilton
Sorenson Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in business software companies led by strong product thinking.
Series A · Seed Stage · Pre Seed · Also in Zürich and Berlin
B-to-v Partners is a venture investor that describes itself as the first backer of entrepreneurs and less obvious opportunities in Europe.
We prefer to invest alongside a lead VC check (and if there's no lead yet, we'll help the founder find one) We focus on helping founders operationally on everything that happens…
Growth Stage · Series · SaaS
Building great companies is a craft. We know what it takes to build unicorn companies because we’ve done it ourselves We’ve assembled a team of senior operators and investors with…
Seed Stage · Also in Seattle and Silicon Valley
Madrona Venture Labs is the incubation arm of Madrona Venture Group.
Series A · Seed Stage · Artificial Intelligence · 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.
Series A
Scale invests in startups building intelligent software that works for the user Benchmarks and resources for founders leading early stage startups from $0 to $1M+
Series A · Seed Stage · Pre Seed · Also in Austin
LiveOak Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin. It concentrates on founders in Texas who build technology and tech-enabled service companies.
Series A · Seed Stage · Artificial Intelligence · Also in Shanghai and Helsinki
Ventech is a venture capital firm founded in France in 1998 that has since expanded across Europe and Asia.
Series A · Seed Stage · Artificial Intelligence · Also in Berlin and Silicon Valley
DN Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It has offices in London, Berlin and San Francisco, and invests in Europe and North America.
Seed Round · Series · Partners · Also in North America and Washington, Dc
Energy Impact Partners is a strategic investment firm focused on companies that make energy use more efficient and generation more sustainable.
Series A · Early Stage · Series C · Also in Bristol and Wellington
MPM Capital is an investment firm devoted to biotechnology. It says it has three decades of experience, and it calls itself a company creator that turns scientific findings into…

Series A · Series C · Series E
Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC) is the strategic venture capital arm of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies JJDC finds transformative ideas and helps them…
Series A · Seed Stage · Pre Seed · Also in Los Angeles and Chicago
MDI Ventures is the venture capital business of the Telkom group in Indonesia.
Artificial Intelligence · Deep Tech · Series · Also in United States and Silicon Valley
Early-stage venture capital firm in Palo Alto that backs technology founders with seed funding and company-building support
Series A · Seed Stage · Early Stage
645 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that works alongside entrepreneurs while they start and grow their businesses.
Pre Seed · Series · Partners · Also in Reading and New York
One of them is Karin Dillie, VP of Partnerships at Recurate, who’s also made waves at Sotheby’
Series A · Series · Partners · Also in New York and York
Jackson Square Ventures, known as JSV, is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage software-as-a-service and marketplace companies.
Series A · Artificial Intelligence · Early Stage · Also in Soho and Washington, Dc
Dawn Capital is a venture capital firm that supports European founders who are creating software businesses with global reach.
Pre Seed · Growth Stage · Startup Accelerator · Also in Edinburgh and Bangalore
Seraphim Capital is an investor in space technology start-ups. It operates alongside Seraphim Space Investment Trust and runs an accelerator programme for early companies.
Series · Energy
For more than a decade, Applied Ventures, LLC—the venture capital arm of Applied Materials—has been turning possibilities into reality by investing in startups with disruptive…
Seed Stage
MetaStable Capital is a crypto-focused investment fund. Its website content is branded Dragonfly, a firm founded in 2018 by people who have invested in and built crypto businesses…
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