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Top Pre-Seed Venture Capital Firms

29 of 210 venture capital firms ranked on evidence in the Q4 2026 edition.

Between them, the 210 venture capital firms on this page cover seed stage (111), series a (63), series (34) and SaaS (33). They also list work in San Francisco, New York City, Silicon Valley and London. 210 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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Q4 2026 edition

29 of 210 venture capital firms ranked on evidence held on 6 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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Octopus Ventures
Seed Stage · Series A · Deep Tech
Octopus Ventures is a venture capital firm that has backed founders since 2008.
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Why #1: Founded 2008 · professional accreditation, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Band of Angels (company)
Seed Stage · Series A · Angel Network · Also in Silicon Valley
Band of Angels is an angel investment group based in Silicon Valley. Formed in 1994, it describes itself as the first organised high-tech angel group in the USA.
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Why #2: Founded 1994, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Trilogy Equity Partners
Seed Stage · Series A · Video · Also in Seattle
Trilogy Equity Partners is an early-stage venture firm based in Bellevue, Washington.
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Why #3 (shared): Founded 2006, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Active Capital
SaaS · Cloud · Also in Virginia and Hook
Active Capital is a seed-stage venture firm run by founders and operators. It is based in Texas but invests in companies outside Silicon Valley and elsewhere.
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Why #3 (shared): In business 20+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Seedcamp
Seed Stage · Also in Seedcamp and Europe
Seedcamp is a seed-stage venture fund created in 2007 on the belief that strong talent can come from anywhere.
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Why #5: Founded 2007, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Elemental Excelerator
Climate Tech
Nonprofit climate technology investor backing early commercial projects and supporting them with policy and workforce help
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Why #6: In business 17+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Elemental Accelerator
Climate Tech
Elemental, which trades as Elemental Impact, is a nonprofit investor in climate technology.
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Why #7: Founded 2009, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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TA Venture
Series A · Deep Tech · Fintech · Also in Zürich
TA Venture, written TA Ventures by its own team, is a venture fund for early-stage technology start-ups. Viktoriya, its managing partner, founded it in late 2010.
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Why #8 (shared): Founded 2010, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Bynd Venture Capital
Seed Stage · Also in Lisbon and Madrid
Bynd Venture Capital is an Iberian venture capital firm that has been investing since 2010. It has backed more than 70 pre-seed and seed technology start-ups in Portugal and Spain.
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Why #8 (shared): Founded 2010, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
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Credo Ventures
Also in Europe
Credo Ventures backs technology founders from Central and Eastern Europe who want to build global companies.
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Why #8 (shared): Founded 2010, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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TA Ventures
Series A · Deep Tech · Fintech · Also in Zürich
TA Ventures is a venture fund that invests in early-stage technology startups. Viktoriya Tigipko founded it in late 2010 and serves as its managing partner.
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Why #8 (shared): Founded 2010, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Flat6 Labs
Seed Stage · Early Stage · Startup Accelerator · Also in Beirut and Amman
Flat6Labs is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm active across the Middle East and North Africa. Sawari Ventures launched it in 2011, and it grew from Egypt.
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Why #12 (shared): Founded 2011, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Bee Partners
Artificial Intelligence · Also in San Francisco
Pre-seed venture capital firm backing technical founders in machine learning, biological machines and human-machine interaction
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Why #12 (shared): In business 15+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Seedstars
Seed Stage · Also in Mexico City and Malé
Seedstars is a venture capital firm that began in Switzerland and invests in emerging markets outside China.
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Why #14: Founded 2012, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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SMRK VC Fund
Seed Stage
SMRK VC Fund is a venture capital fund from Ukraine, founded in 2013. It invests in startups that build IT products for worldwide markets, mainly at the seed and Round A stages.
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Why #15 (shared): Founded 2013, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
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Playfair Capital
SaaS · FinTech · Video · Also in London
Playfair Capital is a generalist technology investor that puts money into founders at an early stage.
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Why #15 (shared): Founded 2013, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Heavybit
Seed Stage · Series A · Artificial Intelligence
Heavybit is a venture capital firm that invests in start-ups aimed at developers.
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Why #15 (shared): Founded 2013, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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LC Ventures
Legal · Reporting · Also in Portugal
LC Ventures is a Portuguese venture capital firm that backs technology startups at pre-seed and seed stage.
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Why #18: Founded 2015, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
KCRise Fund
Also in Chicago
KCRise Fund is a for-profit venture capital fund in Kansas City.
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Why #19 (shared): Founded 2016, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Diagram Ventures
Series A · Climate Tech · Fintech · Also in Montreal and Toronto
Diagram Ventures is a venture firm that has been building companies since 2016. It joins founders at the start, pairing capital with hands-on help.
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Why #19 (shared): Founded 2016, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
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UO
University of Auckland Inventors Fund
Partners · Learning · Science · Also in Auckland
The University of Auckland Inventors' Fund is an investment fund managed by UniServices, the university's commercialisation arm.
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Why #19 (shared): Founded 2016, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
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Anorak Ventures
Seed Stage · Also in Los Angeles and San Francisco
Anorak Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm started in 2016. It has offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Why #19 (shared): Founded 2016, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Amity Ventures
Series A
Amity Ventures is a venture capital firm in San Francisco. It invests at pre-seed, seed and Series A, and keeps its portfolio deliberately small by choosing only three to five new…
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Why #19 (shared): Founded 2016, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
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Early Game Ventures
Seed Stage · Series A
Early Game Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that runs funding rounds for European technology companies, with a particular interest in founders from the CEE region.
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Why #24 (shared): Founded 2017, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Top Pre-Seed Venture Capital Firms

Octopus Ventures

Band of Angels (company)

Trilogy Equity Partners

Active Capital

Seedcamp

Elemental Excelerator

Elemental Accelerator

TA Venture

Bynd Venture Capital

Credo Ventures

TA Ventures

Flat6 Labs

Bee Partners

Seedstars

SMRK VC Fund

Playfair Capital

Heavybit

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