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    Seed Investment Firms

    Seed funding helps startups establish product-market fit, build their core team, and develop a minimum viable product. Seed rounds typically range from $500K to $5M and represent the first institutional funding most startups receive.

    There are 3851 venture capital and private equity investment firms investing at the Seed stage tracked by Goldilocks AI. The most active by portfolio size are Y Combinator, Techstars, and Sequoia Capital.

    Last updated: 9 September 2026

    Investment Firms

    3,851

    Total Investments

    135,951

    Top Sector

    Healthcare

    Top Location

    New York

    Top Sectors for Seed Investment

    The most popular sector among Seed investment firms is Healthcare, with 1654 investment firms active in the space. This is followed by AI (1586), Fintech (1486), Enterprise Software (1178), Climate & Energy (990).

    Where Seed Investment Firms Are Based

    The largest concentration of Seed investment firms is in New York (406 investment firms). This is followed by San Francisco (395), London (219), Palo Alto (96), Boston (93).

    Showing 136 of 3,851 investment firms

    Y Combinator logo

    Y Combinator

    San Francisco, California, United States

    2,338 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy

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    Techstars logo

    Techstars

    New York, New York, United States

    1,081 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Climate & Energy, Consumer

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    Sequoia Capital logo

    Sequoia Capital

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    794 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer

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    General Catalyst logo

    General Catalyst

    San Francisco, California, United States

    766 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Healthcare, Fintech

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    Accel logo

    Accel

    Palo Alto, California, United States

    740 investments

    Series A, Series B

    AI, Consumer, Enterprise Software

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    Lightspeed logo

    Lightspeed

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    672 investments

    Series A, Series B

    AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer

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    Insight Partners logo

    Insight Partners

    New York, New York, United States

    645 investments

    Series B, Series A

    Enterprise Software, SaaS, Data & Analytics

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    IndiaQuotient logo

    IndiaQuotient

    Bangalore, India

    639 investments

    Series A, Seed

    Consumer, E-Commerce & Marketplace, Fintech

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    Tiger Global Management logo

    Tiger Global Management

    New York, New York, United States

    633 investments

    Series B, Series C

    AI, Consumer, E-Commerce & Marketplace

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    Founders Fund logo

    Founders Fund

    San Francisco, California, United States

    615 investments

    Series A, Seed

    Defense & Space, AI, Biotech & Life Sciences

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    GV (Google Ventures) logo

    GV (Google Ventures)

    San Francisco, California, United States

    604 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy

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    Andreessen Horowitz logo

    Andreessen Horowitz

    546 investments

    Series A, Seed

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    Khosla Ventures logo

    Khosla Ventures

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    545 investments

    Series A, Series B

    AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy

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    Bessemer Venture Partners logo

    Bessemer Venture Partners

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    540 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Infrastructure & Cloud

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    Index Ventures logo

    Index Ventures

    London, United Kingdom

    519 investments

    Series A, Series B

    AI, Consumer, Enterprise Software

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    NEA (New Enterprise Associates) logo

    NEA (New Enterprise Associates)

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    477 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Consumer

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    Gaingels logo

    Gaingels

    Burlington, United States

    462 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Healthcare, Fintech

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    SV Angel logo

    SV Angel

    San Francisco, California, United States

    421 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Enterprise Software

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    Alumni Ventures logo

    Alumni Ventures

    Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

    399 investments

    Seed, Series A

    AI, Climate & Energy, Construction

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    Battery Ventures logo

    Battery Ventures

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    391 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics

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    500 Global logo

    500 Global

    Palo Alto, California, United States

    371 investments

    Seed, Series A

    Fintech, SaaS, AI

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    8VC logo

    8VC

    Austin, Texas, United States

    367 investments

    Series A, Seed

    AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Defense & Space

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    PA

    private angel investors

    351 investments

    Seed, Pre Seed

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    Kleiner Perkins logo

    Kleiner Perkins

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    344 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer

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    First Round logo

    First Round

    San Francisco, California, United States

    344 investments

    Series A, Seed

    AI, Consumer, Enterprise Software

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    Greycroft logo

    Greycroft

    New York, New York, United States

    342 investments

    Series A, Series B

    AI, Consumer, Enterprise Software

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    Salesforce Ventures logo

    Salesforce Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United States

    341 investments

    Series B, Series C

    AI, Enterprise Software, SaaS

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    Intel Capital logo

    Intel Capital

    Santa Clara, California, United States

    334 investments

    Series B, Series A

    AI, Hardware & Semiconductors, Infrastructure & Cloud

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    Plug and Play logo

    Plug and Play

    Sunnyvale, California, United States

    333 investments

    Seed, Series A

    Fintech, AI, Enterprise Software

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    Sequoia Capital India logo

    Sequoia Capital India

    Bangalore, India

    329 investments

    Series A, Seed

    AI, SaaS, Fintech

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    Goldman Sachs logo

    Goldman Sachs

    New York, New York, United States

    319 investments

    Series C, Growth

    Fintech, Enterprise Software, Healthcare

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    NVP logo

    NVP

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    315 investments

    Series A, Series C

    Enterprise Software, Consumer, Healthcare

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    Menlo Ventures logo

    Menlo Ventures

    Menlo Park, California, United States

    306 investments

    Series A, Series B

    AI, Enterprise Software, Healthcare

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    Endeavor logo

    Endeavor

    New York, New York, United States

    306 investments

    Series A, Series B

    Consumer, E-Commerce & Marketplace, Education

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    International Finance Corporation logo

    International Finance Corporation

    Washington, District of Columbia, United States

    305 investments

    Series B, Series A

    Fintech, Infrastructure & Cloud, Healthcare

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    French Public Investment Bank logo

    French Public Investment Bank

    Maisons-Alfort, France

    303 investments

    Series A, Seed

    Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy, Healthcare

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