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 4559 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, Sequoia Capital, and Techstars.
Last updated: 7 October 2026
Investment Firms
4,559
Total Investments
173,404
Top Sector
Healthcare
Top Location
New York
Top Sectors for Seed Investment
The most popular sector among Seed investment firms is Healthcare, with 1853 investment firms active in the space. This is followed by AI (1756), Fintech (1673), Enterprise Software (1323), Climate & Energy (1136).
Where Seed Investment Firms Are Based
The largest concentration of Seed investment firms is in New York (477 investment firms). This is followed by San Francisco (425), London (258), Boston (108), Singapore (106).
Showing 1–36 of 4,559 investment firms
Y Combinator
San Francisco, California, United States
2,447 investments
Seed, Series A
AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy …
Sequoia Capital
Menlo Park, California, United States
989 investments
Series B, Series A
AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer …
Techstars
New York, New York, United States
986 investments
Seed, Series A
AI, Climate & Energy, Consumer …
General Catalyst
San Francisco, California, United States
974 investments
Seed, Series A
AI, Healthcare, Fintech …
private angel investors
965 investments
Seed, Series A
Andreessen Horowitz
896 investments
Series A, Seed
Accel
Palo Alto, California, United States
888 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Consumer, Enterprise Software …
Lightspeed
Menlo Park, California, United States
785 investments
Series A, Seed
AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer …
Tiger Global Management
New York, New York, United States
783 investments
Series B, Series A
AI, Consumer, E-Commerce & Marketplace …
Insight Partners
New York, New York, United States
746 investments
Series B, Series A
Enterprise Software, SaaS, Data & Analytics …
Founders Fund
San Francisco, California, United States
703 investments
Series A, Seed
Defense & Space, AI, Biotech & Life Sciences …
GV (Google Ventures)
San Francisco, California, United States
689 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy …
Bessemer Venture Partners
Menlo Park, California, United States
644 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Infrastructure & Cloud …
Khosla Ventures
Menlo Park, California, United States
643 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy …
Index Ventures
London, United Kingdom
601 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Consumer, Enterprise Software …
NEA (New Enterprise Associates)
Menlo Park, California, United States
571 investments
Series B, Series A
AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Consumer …
SV Angel
San Francisco, California, United States
530 investments
Seed, Series A
AI, Enterprise Software
Alumni Ventures
Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
505 investments
Seed, Series A
AI, Climate & Energy, Construction …
Gaingels
Burlington, United States
499 investments
Seed, Series A
AI, Healthcare, Fintech …
International Finance Corporation
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
432 investments
Series B, Series A
Fintech, Infrastructure & Cloud, Healthcare …
Kleiner Perkins
Menlo Park, California, United States
431 investments
Series B, Series A
AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer …
First Round
San Francisco, California, United States
425 investments
Seed, Series A
AI, Consumer, Enterprise Software …
Goldman Sachs
New York, New York, United States
423 investments
Series C, Growth
Fintech, Enterprise Software, Healthcare …
500 Global
Palo Alto, California, United States
422 investments
Seed, Series A
Fintech, SaaS, AI …
Salesforce Ventures
San Francisco, California, United States
419 investments
Series B, Series C
AI, Enterprise Software, SaaS …
Intel Capital
Santa Clara, California, United States
413 investments
Series B, Series A
AI, Hardware & Semiconductors, Infrastructure & Cloud …
French Public Investment Bank
Maisons-Alfort, France
411 investments
Series A, Seed
Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy, Healthcare …
Plug and Play
Sunnyvale, California, United States
403 investments
Seed, Series A
Fintech, AI, Enterprise Software …
8VC
Austin, Texas, United States
398 investments
Series A, Seed
AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Defense & Space …
Peak XV Partners
Bangalore, India
386 investments
Series A, Seed
AI, SaaS, Fintech …
Battery Ventures
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
377 investments
Series B, Series A
AI, Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics …
Greycroft
New York, New York, United States
375 investments
Series A, Seed
AI, Consumer, Enterprise Software …
FJ Labs
New York, New York, United States
374 investments
Series A, Seed
E-Commerce & Marketplace, Consumer, Fintech …
Temasek
Singapore
368 investments
Series B, Series C
Consumer, Media & Entertainment, Biotech & Life Sciences …
NVP
Menlo Park, California, United States
364 investments
Series A, Series C
Enterprise Software, Consumer, Healthcare …
Menlo Ventures
Menlo Park, California, United States
363 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Enterprise Software, Healthcare …
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