Top Pre-Seed Venture Capital Firms

Between them, the 219 venture capital firms on this page cover seed stage (114), series a (64), series (36) and partners (33). They also list work in San Francisco, New York City, Silicon Valley and London. 193 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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   Y Combinator

   Seed Stage · Startup Accelerator · Partners · Also in Ontario and San Francisco

   Y Combinator created a new model for funding early stage startups.

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   SOSV

   Crypto and Web3 · Deep Tech · SaaS · Also in Silicon Valley and New York City

   SOSV is a global venture capital firm that offers multi-stage investment, starting with pre-seed startup development programs designed for founders with breakthrough technologies…

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   500 Global

   Seed Stage · Startup Accelerator · Also in Riyadh and Silicon Valley

   We invest far and wide, across sectors and geographies, including 49 companies valued at $1B+ and 150+ companies valued at more than $100 million²

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   Elemental Excelerator

   Climate Tech

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   Khosla Ventures

   Seed Stage · Series A · Deep Tech · Also in Silicon Valley

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   RebelBio

   Crypto and Web3 · Deep Tech · SaaS · Also in Silicon Valley and New York City

   Food technology company producing plant-based meat and dairy alternatives using AI algorithms

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   NFX

   Seed Stage · Artificial Intelligence · SaaS · Also in New Jersey and Pittsburgh

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   Seedcamp

   Seed Stage · Also in Seedcamp and Europe

   We invest early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology The Seedcamp nation includes over 440 startups building breakout…

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   Founder Collective

   Seed Stage · Partners

   Our mission is to build the most aligned VC fund for Founders at the seed stage. As we've pursued this goal we've been fortunate to back hundreds of startups.

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    Pear (venture capital)

    Seed Stage · Artificial Intelligence · Deep Tech · Also in Silicon Valley and San Francisco

    We’re specialists in pre-seed and seed. Pear fights with you in the trenches, asks the hard questions, helps shape your story, and tops it off with intros to brand name VCs Pejman…

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    Rockstart

    Seed Stage · Series A · Early Stage · Also in Amsterdam

    We invest in ambitious founders with groundbreaking visions for a regenerative and sustainable future

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    Designer Fund

    Seed Stage · Series A

    We back exceptional founders and empower them with design to improve the world.

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    HCVC

    Series A · Series B · Series · Also in Seedcamp

    We are a venture capital firm that helps fearless founders tackle hard problems with capital, resources and collaboration We invest from pre-seed to series A in companies that…

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    BoxGroup

    Series A

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    K9 Ventures

    Series A · Series B

    Hit Start Media – Enabling Enterprise Companies to Own Their Narrative Hit Start Media is a startup that helps enterprise companies "Own your narrative Hit Start Media – Enabling…

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    iNovia Capital

    Seed Stage · Artificial Intelligence

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    Academy Investor Network

    Seed Stage · Deep Tech · Healthtech · Also in New York City

    At the Academy Investor Network, we invest in venture backable startups at the Seed stage.

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    JumpStart Foundry

    Series A · Healthtech · Medical

    Are you ready to Make something better®? We seek out, enable and empower the most promising innovations in health We value self-care as much as data, growing internal culture as…

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    Entrepreneur First

    Startup Accelerator · SaaS · FinTech · Also in Bangalore and London

    What Do We Look for? What do we look for?

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    Eka Ventures

    Seed Stage · Mobility

    We invest in founders creating positive system change. There is an urgent need and unprecedented opportunity to use the power of science, data and technology to build a better…

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    Homebrew

    Seed Stage · Partners

    Capital. Counsel. Commitment. Expected by mission-driven founders. Delivered by Homebrew.

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    TA Ventures

    Series A · Deep Tech · Fintech · Also in Zürich

    Viktoriya is the Managing Partner of TA Ventures, who founded the fund in late 2010 Prior to her work at TA Ventures, Viktoriya led multiple business initiatives in construction…

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    Episode 1 (company)

    Seed Stage · Series A · Deep Tech · Also in Oxford and London

    Are You Hiding in Plain Sight? WE See Your Unique Expertise Bringing a Community Together to Transform an Industry

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    Zetta Venture Partners

    Seed Stage · Artificial Intelligence · Learning · Also in New York City and San Francisco

    We help technical founders turn machine learning models into market leading companies

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