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Investor Hunt connects you with angel investors, venture capital firms, micro VCs, and investment partners active in Early Stage Venture rounds. Search by industry, location, investor type, or past investments and build targeted investor lead lists in minutes. Premium features and data such as investor contact details are only available on paid plans.

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Samantha Lewis

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Austin

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Incubator,

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Investor

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Pinesh Mehta

United Kingdom,

England,

Manchester

Investor Types

Venture Capital,

Entrepreneurship Program,

Private Equity Firm,

Investor

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Jerome Faul

France,

Île-de-France,

Paris

Investor Types

Venture Capital,

Private Equity Firm

Details

William Schmidt

United States,

Missouri,

St. Louis

Investor Types

Venture Capital,

Private Equity Firm,

Angel/Individual,

Finance Operator,

Investment Partner,

Investor

Details

Scott Beechuk

United States,

California,

San Francisco

Investor Types

Venture Capital,

Private Equity Firm,

Angel/Individual,

Finance Operator,

Investment Partner,

Investor

Details

Andy Ellis

United States,

Massachusetts,

Boston

Investor Types

Venture Capital,

Entrepreneurship Program,

Private Equity Firm,

Angel/Individual,

Finance Operator,

Investment Partner

Details

Jim Pavlik

United States,

Illinois,

Chicago

Investor Types

Venture Capital,

Investment Bank,

Private Equity Firm,

Angel/Individual,

Investor

Details

Rick Baker

Australia,

New South Wales,

Sydney

Investor Types

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Corporate Venture Capital,

Founder,

Private Equity Firm,

Angel/Individual,

Finance Operator,

Investment Partner

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Emily Snyder

United States,

New Hampshire,

Hanover

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Venture Capital,

Private Equity Firm,

Investment Partner,

Investor

Details

Daniel Hanks

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District of Columbia,

Washington

Investor Types

Venture Capital,

Private Equity Firm,

Micro VC,

Investor

Details

David Miles

United States,

Iowa,

West Des Moines

Investor Types

Venture Capital,

Private Equity Firm,

Micro VC

Details

Christen O'Brien

United States,

California,

San Francisco

Investor Types

Venture Capital,

Private Equity Firm,

Angel/Individual

Details

Ilya Fushman

United States,

California,

San Francisco

Investor Types

Venture Capital,

Private Equity Firm,

Angel/Individual,

Investment Partner,

Investor

Details

Allen Preger

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California,

San Francisco

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Private Equity Firm,

Micro VC,

Investor

Details

Adriaan Muhlen

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Massachusetts,

Marblehead

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Investment Bank,

Corporate Venture Capital,

Private Equity Firm,

Marketing Operator

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Mike Zimmerman

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New South Wales,

Sydney

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Private Equity Firm,

Angel/Individual,

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Investment Partner,

Investor

Details

Alex Soffe

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Utah,

Salt Lake City

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Venture Capital,

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Micro VC

Details

Christen O'Brien

United States,

California,

San Francisco

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New York City

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Top Early-Stage Investors and Venture Capital Firms For Startups (2026)

Early-stage capital covers the seed and Series A rounds. Investor Hunt currently lists 12,127 investors active at the early-stage venture stage.

Investor Data Snapshot

Early-stage investors in the Investor Hunt database: 12,127

Top countries represented: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, India, Canada

Top states and regions represented: California, New York, Massachusetts, Texas, Illinois, Florida

Top cities represented: New York City, San Francisco, London, Boston, Los Angeles, Paris, Chicago, Austin

Top industries covered: B2B, Information Technology, Consumer Internet, Health Care, Enterprise Software, SaaS, FinTech

The following data reflects early-stage investors currently available in the Investor Hunt database and is updated regularly.

What an Early-Stage Investor Actually Is?

An early-stage investor backs a company after it has something built but before it has scaled across the seed and Series A rounds.

At this stage, investors look for consistent customer demand and evidence that the business can scale with additional capital. The capital is typically used to grow the team, expand sales, and marketing.

Checks run between $500,000 to $15 million.

What Are The Top Early-Stage Investment Firms?

1. Accel

  • Check size: $1M–$10M, seed through Series B
  • Focus: SaaS, fintech, infrastructure, enterprise software
  • Founded: 1983
  • Notable early bets: Facebook, Slack, Atlassian, Spotify

Accel runs a "prepared mind" model where partners study a market deeply before a founder ever walks in. It backed Facebook early and led a $1 billion round into Scale AI in 2024.

The firm works out of Palo Alto, London, and India, so it can follow a company across continents.

2. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

  • Check size: $1M-$15M at early stage
  • Focus: AI, enterprise software, fintech, crypto, healthcare, consumer
  • Founded: 2009
  • Notable early bets: Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase, Reddit

a16z manages at least $90 billion as of early 2026 and raised $15 billion across five new funds in January 2026.

It invests at both ends, early-stage startups and established growth companies, and runs a16z speedrun.

3. Union Square Ventures

  • Check size: $1M-$20M; ~$1M at seed, $2.5M-$3M at Series A
  • Focus: AI, fintech, climate, marketplaces, developer tools
  • Founded: 2003
  • Notable early bets: Twitter, Coinbase, Etsy, Stripe

USV keeps its funds deliberately small, with a core fund of nearly $275 million, and has backed over 130 startups. The firm calls itself "vehemently generalist," meaning every partner invests across every sector rather than splitting into silos.

4. Bessemer Venture Partners

  • Check size: $1M-$20M, seed through Series C
  • Focus: Cloud, vertical SaaS, fintech, healthcare, cybersecurity
  • Founded: 1911
  • Notable early bets: Shopify, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twilio

Bessemer is one of the oldest firms in venture, with roots going back to 1911 and roughly $20 billion under management today.

It claims more IPOs than any other VC firm and is known for its public "Anti-Portfolio," where it lists the winners it passed on, including Google, Apple, and Coinbase.

5. Initialized Capital

  • Check size: $1M-$4M, seed
  • Focus: Software, AI, crypto, fintech, healthcare
  • Founded: 2012
  • Notable early bets: Coinbase, Instacart, Flexport, Rippling

Initialized was founded in 2012 by Garry Tan, Alexis Ohanian, and Harj Taggar, and works out of San Francisco and New York.

Its team is heavy on former operators, which is why it tends to win founders who want a partner that has built.

6. Benchmark

  • Check size: $5M-$25M, concentrated early-stage bets
  • Focus: Consumer, marketplaces, enterprise, technology
  • Founded: 1995
  • Notable early bets: eBay, Uber, Twitter, Snap, Discord

Benchmark has run on an equal partnership for nearly 30 years, five partners, no growth fund, no junior layers, each making six to eight investments a year.

The firm stays small on purpose and is one of the most returns focused names in venture.

7. Canaan Partners

  • Check size: ~$1M-$20M, average around $4M
  • Focus: Technology and healthcare
  • Founded: 1987
  • Notable early bets: across 70+ IPOs and 150+ acquisitions since 1987

Canaan has backed early-stage technology and healthcare startups since 1987, splitting its focus between the two in a way few firms of its age still do.

The long track record, 70-plus IPOs, and over 150 acquisitions.

Early-Stage Valuations: What Startups Are Actually Worth in 2026?

The median seed round values a company at $24 million post-money, up from $18 million a year earlier and $16 million two years ago.

Series A reached $78.7 million, up 37% in a year.

Dilution held steady at 19% to 20% across both stages.

Why Do Most Real Rounds Need a Lead?

A lead investor sets the price and signs the term sheet; the rest of the round follows.

The alternative is a party round.

Below $3 million, a round can close without a lead. Past $3 million, priced rounds with a lead become as common as SAFEs, and past $4 million, they are the most likely structure.

What Are The Top Cities For Early-Stage Investors:

On Investor Hunt, California holds 18,495 investors and New York holds 10,807, the two densest hubs in the United States by a wide margin.

The capital follows the same lines: two-thirds of top-decile seed valuations go to startups in either the Bay Area or New York.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: What is the difference between a seed and a Series A investor?

A: A seed investor funds the search for product-market fit. A “Series A” investor funds scaling, and expects proof it already works.

Q: How much do early-stage startups raise in 2026?

A: Most seed rounds raise between $2.5M and $3.5M, with a median near $3.1M.

Q: How many venture capital firms does Investor Hunt list?

A: Investor Hunt lists 49,971 profiles tagged as Venture Capital and 3,686 as Micro VC, alongside 67,687 Angel/Individual investors.

Many profiles carry more than one type, since investors often work across categories.

Q: Which industries raise the most at an early stage?

A: AI leads, taking roughly half of all early-stage dollars by 2026.

SaaS remains the steady default, followed by fintech, healthcare, and biotech. Hardware and biotech carry some of the highest valuation caps.

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