Top 25 Celebrity VC Funds & Investors in United States (June 2026)
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General Catalyst
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $1.6M–$135M |
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Harrison Metal
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $1.4M–$40M |
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Vine St. Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Colombia | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Internet | $50k–$10M |
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SV Aangel
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | $1M–$107M |
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SOSV
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | |
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Blackpoynt Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States | Angel | Beauty, Content, Fashion | |
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BrandProject
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Delivery | |
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Raptor Group
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $1M–$70M |
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Scrum Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, China | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.3M–$415M |
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Sterling Equities
VC Fund
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1 | United States | Seed, Series B | Pet, Video, Retail | $1.1M–$2M |
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TCA Venture Group
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $50k–$4.5M |
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Lerer Hippeau
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Mobile | $1.2M–$40M |
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Fuse Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, China, Belgium | Series B, Series C, Series A | Software, Video, Mobile | $2M–$15M |
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Madrona
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Spain | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.5M–$55M |
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Boxee
VC Fund
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1 | United States | Seed | Retail, Fashion, Celebrity | |
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Sequoia Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, China, India | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $5.5M–$190M |
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RRE Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Financial Services, Internet | $1.1M–$32M |
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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence | $12k–$77M |
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Manatt Venture Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Ireland | Series A, Seed, Series B | Mobile, Software, Internet | $600k–$45M |
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Desert Angels
VC Fund
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1 | United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | SaaS, Software, Biotechnology | $200k–$21M |
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Fusion Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning | $1.1M–$50M |
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Pasadena Angels
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $700k–$3.4M |
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SoftBank Group
VC Fund
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1 | United States, China, India | Series B, Series A | Software, Mobile, Advertising | $2M–$75M |
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Third Kind Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Cryptocurrency | $1M–$30M |
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Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
VC Fund
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1 | United States | Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $235k–$2.7M |
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1591
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$18M; Series A $6M–$70M; Series B $12M–$135M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Ona — Your mission control for software projects & software engineering agents. Keep momentum on any device with sandboxed dev environments in our cloud or your VPC.
- Orbem — Transform biological imaging with AI-powered MRI technology. Non-invasive solutions for poultry, fruits, nuts, and health. Building a sustainable future.
- Bolna — Bolna offers voice AI agents that transforms business to qualify leads, boost sales, automate customer support, and streamline recruitment.
Harrison Metal invests in early stage technology companies led by exceptional founders.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 176
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$4M; Series A $4M–$15M; Series B $6M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $68M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Hone — Hone helps HR and L&D teams scale development that upskills managers, leaders, and teams through AI-powered and live experiences that deliver measurable impact
- Quilter — Physics-based automated circuit board design tools for professionals and the masses.
- CoreStory — It's not low-code, it's full code made easy. Build business-ready software, apps, integrations, and more with the Crowdbotics App Builder. Hire certified PMs and developers to help build your project at any time.
Vine Street Ventures is a venture capital investment firm dedicated to investing in internet and mobile businesses.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $50k–$1.9M; Series A $4M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- Habi — Habi is a technology-driven real estate company that helps middle-class customers buy and sell their homes more quickly and efficiently, without the uncertainty of traditional real estate transactions. Using its proprietary pricing algorithm and scalable processes. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bogotá, Distrito Especial.
- Hunt Club — We're not like traditional recruiting firms. Hunt Club's recruiting network contains leaders, executives, founders, and entrepreneurs across all industries.
- ActionStreamer — ActionStreamer live streaming software delivers enterprise-grade solutions, combining wearable technology with the best live streaming platform and streaming software for real-time video at scale.
SV Angel is a service organization, investing in founders who share these values. They support entrepreneurs in building lasting companies by assisting at key inflection points and leveraging networks to help them propel their businesses forward.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 951
- Round size: Seed $1M–$10M; Series A $2.5M–$35M; Series B $8M–$107M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $29M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Cartesia — Cartesia provides real-time multimodal intelligence for all devices. Its objective is to develop the next generation of AI: pervasive, interactive intelligence that operates everywhere.
- Vulcan — Vulcan builds AI tools that map U.S. laws and regulations, helping users draft, review, and stay compliant with legal documents.
- Adentro — Zenreach created Walk-Through Marketing to help businesses with physical locations dramatically improve customer acquisition and lifetime value by connecting digital marketing with in-store results. Zenreach Engage automatically tracks customer visits, effortlessly builds rich customer profiles and keeps them up to date. Zenreach Attract improvesad performance 4x by targeting audiences based on your best customers. Results are measured with our Walk-Through Rate™, a proprietary metric that shows when someone exposed to an ad visits a location. Founded in 2012, Zenreach serves thousands of independent merchants and leading brands like Peet’s Coffee, Ruth’s Chris and BCBG Max Azria.
SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1482
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
- unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
- Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
Blackpoynt Ventures is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Beauty, Content, Fashion
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- COVETEUR — Coveteur is a globally-renowned multimedia brand speaking to style-obsessed readers covering luxury fashion, beauty, and lifestyle.
BrandProject is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in consumer products, services, and technology companies. Based in Toronto and New York City, we are typically the first venture money and are often the sole investor in a round.BrandProject has invested in and helped build innovative new brands including Daily Harvest, Freshly,Ritual, Persona, Chefs Plate, Clutch, Gainful, Atolla, Pet Plate, Awake Chocolate, Coveteur, Surf Easy, and Hello Products..Find out more at www.brandproject.com
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Delivery
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Gainful — Personalized Protein Powder, Delivered to your Doorstep
- Great Many — Explore non-surgical PRP hair restoration and hair loss treatments at Great Many. Shop hair growth products or book a consultation at our NYC clinic.
- The Gleamery — The Gleamery is a health and wellness startup that focuses on professional-grade, expeditious teeth whitening, and cleaning.
Raptor Group Holdings is an alternative investment firm that provides investment management and advisory services. Raptor Group sources and invest in companies across various stages and asset classes, ranging from early-stage venture to both private and public equity. Raptor focuses on various industries including, but not limited to Sports,Consumer, Technology, Media, Entertainment, and Financial Services. It was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $1M–$11M; Series A $6M–$56M; Series B $11M–$70M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hentsu — Hentsū is the hedge fund and asset management technology specialist. They consult, design, implement and manage proven systems that simplify your technology challenges.They started in October 2015 as the unique provider of cloud-based solutions to this most demanding and discerning client base. To date they have grown rapidly and work with someof the largest and innovative hedge funds in the world. They have opened offices in both London and New York, and deploy infrastructure across the globe.
- Swiftline — Swiftline is a SaaS company providing data driven tools to e-Commerce businesses along with data science-backed products & services.
- MatrixSpace — Transform low airspace detection with MatrixSpace's military-grade sensing, made affordable for enhanced situational awareness in any condition.
Scrum Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that has invested in over 80 startups across a range of industries in the U.S. and Japan. Based in San Francisco with extensive experience and networks in both Silicon Valley and Japan, Scrum Ventures accelerates portfolio companies with global opportunities. Scrum Studios is reinventing the traditional accelerator -- taking a stage-agnostic approach in connecting best-in-class startups with leading Japanese corporations.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Japan, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$10M; Series A $7M–$415M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Bloomo Securities — Bloomo Investment is a software company that specializes in the development of smart and fun investment apps.
- Spiral.AI — Spiral.AI offers services for large language models, AI language model platform, and customization features for ChatGPT for businesses.
- OWNY — Manage capital, investors and treasury
Sterling Equities is a family-run group of companies that include The NY Mets, Brooklyn Cyclones, PE, VC and several Real Estate Ventures
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- Industry: Pet, Video, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$2M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Paintzen — Paintzen is a quality painting service with local professional interior & exterior house painters for your project. Hire a painter today!
- Electrolyte Boost — Electrolyte Boost is a healthcare products company that offers electrolytes without water for energy drinks.
- Rad — Monetize content with AI upscaling, multilingual subtitles, viral prediction tools. Stream content on PS5/PSVR2. Built for creators who want more revenue.
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Browse database — It's Free!TCA Venture Group is the largest angel investor group in the United States, possessing more than 300 members in five networks in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Central Coast, and the Inland Empire. Its members provide funding and guidance to more early-stage, high-growth companies in Southern California than any other investment group.Members invest in companies in a wide range of industries, including the life sciences, biotech, IT, services, retail, Internet, financial, software, media, consumer products, and tech startups. TCA as a whole gives companies more than just capital; they also provide counsel, mentoring, and access to an extensive network of potential investors, customers, strategic partners, and management talent. Tech Coast Angels has been ranked by CB Insights to be among the Top 20 Angel Groups in the US; TCA was also ranked as #1 for Network Centrality, meaning we have more connections than anyone! If you are in the game-changing business, we are here to help.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 227
- Round size: Seed $690k–$4M; Convertible Note $50k–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Ceresti Health — Ceresti Health provide the Best Possible Care for a Loved One Who Relies on You. Ceresti’s care coaching, education and support program makes it easier to navigate the challenges of being a family caregiver.
- NovaSignal — NovaSignal is a medical technology company commercializing a robotic cerebral ultrasound system. Robotic System combines non-invasive ultrasound, robotics, and artificial intelligence to assess real-time cerebral blood flow.
- Noria Water Technologies — Noria Water Technologies provides solutions for improving the operations of water-based processes. It optimizes industrial processes by shining a spotlight on critical industrial surfaces. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital fund based in New York City. As founders and operators ourselves, we see returns in relationships
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 487
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7M; Series A $2.5M–$15M; Series B $8.5M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- TollBit — Create an agent optimized version of your website for autonomous visitors. Control access, analyze AI bot traffic, and monetize your site as the agent economy grows.
- Lockchain.ai — AI-powered risk management for digital assets.
- Symbiotic Security — Symbiotic Security revolutionizes cybersecurity with an AI-driven coach, offering real-time detection, remediation, and training within the developer's IDE.
Fuse Capital (formerly Velocity Interactive Group and fused with ComVentures) is a leading investment and strategic equity management firm that focuses on digital media and communications. The firm brings a unique approach to investing by bringing not just financial capital, but also human capital to its investment companies. Fuse has a globalpresence with offices in Palo Alto, Los Angeles, India and China. For more information, please visit www.fusecapital.com.
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- Industry: Software, Video, Mobile
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: United States, China, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 49
- Round size: Series A $2M–$11M; Series B $6M–$15M; Series C $3M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $300M in 2003
Portfolio highlights
- Quantia — The leading source for trustworthy and timely health and medical news and information. Providing credible health information, supportive community, and educational services by blending award-winning expertise in content, community services, expert commentary, and medical review.
- MANTRA DAO — Launched in 2020, MANTRA (previously known as MANTRA DAO) is a first of its kind, vertically-integrated and regulatory compliant blockchain ecosystem.
- Credix — CREDIX is a decentralized credit marketplace connecting investors with FinTechs in emerging markets. Learn more about the future of debt financing now.
A venture capital firm that teams with technology entrepreneurs to nurture ideas from startup to market success.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 469
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$13M; Series A $2.7M–$25M; Series B $6M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $260M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Eventbase — The world's most trusted event app platform. Discover our award-winning event app design and why premium global brands like IBM, Microsoft, Adobe & SXSW work with us. Offering unmatched user and management features, we are the top event technology choice for premium enterprises worldwide.
- Jama Software — Jama Software is the leading requirements management software for complex products, systems, and software development. Get a free 30-day trial.
- Outbound AI — Outbound AI is Conversation AI built for healthcare. Our AI-powered Virtual Agents serve as workforce multipliers that drive productivity while improving the daily job experience for human talent.
social networks like Twitter, Facebook, etc.Since it is partially open source, users can create their own apps, plug-ins, and skins for it.The framework for Boxee is based on source code from the
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Celebrity
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ED01 — ED01 (formerly Edition01) is a product development and distribution platform that's changing how brands, designers and retailers work together. ED01 develops limited edition collection and launches new product categories for a fast growing client-network of designers, brands, celebrity figures and retailers. ED01 then wholesales thecollection to a growing list of international retailers.ED01.com: As the E-Commerce Destination for Design Collaborations, ED01 offers powerful branding and distribution opportunities.
We help the daring build We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. companies.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1685
- Round size: Series A $5.5M–$45M; Series B $10M–$100M; Series C $12M–$190M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $65M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Tacto — Tacto develops an intuitive, data-driven, and automated solution for procurement in medium-sized industrial enterprises. The AI-based software gives customers a transparent overview of their procurement activities, algorithmically highlights risk & savings potential, and automates all transactional workflows in sourcing and supplier managementto focus on what matters. With Tacto customers can focus on strategic work, leverage savings potential, and reduce complexity - without the need for costly IT resources.
- Decart — Decart is an AI platform significantly improves the training and inference of large generative models.
- Sierra — Sierra helps businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI.
RRE is a boutique venture capital firm with 30 years of experience, backing bold early-stage founders across diverse sectors. We provide deep expertise, AI-driven insights, and committed partnerships to help companies build and persevere for the long term.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 512
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7M; Series A $2.3M–$27M; Series B $7.3M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $250M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Poncho — Fun daily weather forecasts, delivered by a cat. Available on Facebook Messenger, iPhone, and Android.
- Mingyian — Mingyian is a China brand management company for western celebrities and influencers, and is developing the first micro-event platform for celebrities to host online events that engage, grow, and monetize their fan base in the Chinese market. Early investors include RRE Ventures, #DominateFund, Oscar-Nominated Hollywood Director M. NightShyamalan, Foley Ventures, and Eric Yao, a senior executive at one of China's largest energy companies.Our team is made up of industry giants in the China digital and US entertainment spaces, including the Co-founder of E! Entertainment, Former General Manager of the Television Network, Former SVP at William Morris and EVP at Universal Television, Former Director of Business Development at Live Nation, China's First Blogger, Co-Founder of largest site for engineers and designers in China, among many others.
- Fi — Fetch the most advanced GPS, behavior, and activity tracking technology for your pet.
Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 254
- Round size: Seed $12k–$12M; Series A $1.5M–$30M; Series B $3.7M–$77M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- AITRICS — AITRICS is taking on the ultimate role of giving everyone access to the power of data-driven health intelligence by developing advanced clinical solutions that will revolutionize their lives. With a shared vision and a common purpose, passionate and dedicated professionals from diverse backgrounds came together to create the most exceptional team.
- Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
- NextBillion — An open forum for discussion of social enterprise, poverty alleviation and business development in emerging markets and beyond.
The Manatt Venture Fund is the investment arm of Manatt, Phelps & Philips, LLP, a Los Angeles-based law firm.
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Seed $600k–$4M; Series A $1.5M–$11M; Series B $2.7M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Percent — Unlock private credit investments with Percent. Access alternative investments on the platform powering the future of private markets.
- Motion — Motion is a visual analysis hub that helps marketers and creative teams identify what works to make high-performing creatives that convert.
- Genome Medical — The leading provider of telehealth genetic services. Access expert guidance, accelerate diagnoses and improve rare disease care.
Founded in 2000 and based in Tucson, AZ, the Desert Angels is a non-profit organization of accredited investors looking for opportunities to invest in early-stage companies. We focus on companies with new innovations in science, tech and SAAS, and our portfolio spans a broad range of industries. Our members will invest $4million-$6million per yearinto roughly 20 deals, about half of which are follow-on rounds. We offer a Sidecar fund which automatically co-invests when specific criteria are met. We are nationally recognized, and in the most recent ARI HALO report listed #7 in the country and #1 in the southwest region as one of the most active angel groups. The Desert Angels is a charter member of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), the trade association of angel investment groups; and an active member in the Angel Syndication Network (ASN), a network of angel groups that syndicate deals.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $702k–$4.5M; Angel $200k–$700k; Series A $1.8M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $638k in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- MessageDesk — Unify text conversations, connect teams, reach more people, and send text message broadcasts from your phone number with a shared SMS inbox.
- Lemon Perfect — Lemon Perfect is a zero-sugar cold-pressed lemon water that’s full of flavor and packed with antioxidant vitamin C. We squeeze half a California-grown organic lemon into every bottle and can—and add no artificial ingredients—making healthy hydration more convenient, refreshing, and delicious than ever.The Lemon Perfect Company is headquartered inAtlanta, GA.
- Delta Development — Delta Development Team stands as a pioneering force in Transportable Blood Storage Solutions, transforming cold chain logistics with advanced thermal system technology and real-time monitoring capability through a highly intuitive blood program management system.Our team is dedicated to maintaining and exceeding quality standards through rigorous testing and validation, FDA listing, AABB approval, and comprehensive regulatory and safety certifications.Our
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Browse database — It's Free!Fusion Fund supports early-stage entrepreneurs who are looking to build globally disruptive companies using innovative technologies to drive systemic change.They are entering the next wave of technological advancement and foundational innovation is required to enable massive growth. With Fusion Fund’s technical and entrepreneurial backgrounds,we seek to support entrepreneurs who are building companies with strong technical barriers and advantages in their business models.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$11M; Series A $6.8M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- SAIF Autonomy — At SAIF Systems we aim to be the global leaders in novel control assurance, pioneering trusted and ethical autonomy for humanity. Our software enables assured, trustworthy deployment of AI and novel control in any application for the first time; starting with autonomous systems.SAIF offers licensing and SaaS development options to OEMs, systemintegrators, operators, and regulators, ultimately ensuring safety in autonomous systems everywhere.
- Niobium Microsystems — The encrypted cloud has arrived.
- Rhino Federated Computing —
Entrepreneurial small businesses are major engines of job growth and key players in the commercialization of new technologies. However, most entrepreneurial ventures fail to achieve their goals. Among the most common reasons for such business failures are the inability to execute sound business plans and to access capital funding, particularly atcritical early stages of a company's development.Affiliated as Pasadena Angels, Inc., a nonprofit entity, the organization offers early-stage companies the opportunity to benefit from the knowledge of more than 100 experienced entrepreneurs, senior corporate executives, and skilled professionals from a variety of industries and venture capital affiliates.Approximately 80 companies from a broad range of industries are screened each year by Pasadena Angels members and are provided with invaluable counsel, including insights into developing business and financing strategies that are achievable and fundable. Companies also benefit from the group's feedback and the opportunity to connect with individuals who may offer more specialized expertise and advice.The organization's members provide up to $1 million in early-stage financing and seed money to emerging technology-based ventures located in Southern California. The group cooperates with other venture capital firms and angel investment groups to support companies that are raising between $1 to $5 million. Pasadena Angels members invest individually and directly, without any legal pooling of financial resources. The corporate entity, Pasadena Angels, Inc. does not invest or act as an investment agent in any manner.Pasadena Angels charges no fees and provides its services to companies which it believes have a significant potential for success and the potential to benefit from an association with the organization.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $700k–$3.2M; Series A $1M–$3.4M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Autio — Explore 25,000+ GPS-triggered audio stories narrated by Kevin Costner, John Lithgow, and more. Download the #1 road trip audio tour app.
- Veriskin — Medical device company dedicated to developing new technologies for skin cancer diagnostics
- Delta Development — Delta Development Team stands as a pioneering force in Transportable Blood Storage Solutions, transforming cold chain logistics with advanced thermal system technology and real-time monitoring capability through a highly intuitive blood program management system.Our team is dedicated to maintaining and exceeding quality standards through rigorous testing and validation, FDA listing, AABB approval, and comprehensive regulatory and safety certifications.Our
SoftBank Group provides venture funding and strategic support to exceptional entrepreneurs building disruptive enduring businesses. They are a small team of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who take an "active" approach to helping their companies reach their full potential. They manage $600 million across three funds and investacross a company’s lifecycle, from early to growth stages. Through their close ties to a number of Asia’s leading mobile, internet and technology companies – including strategic partners SoftBank Corp, Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba Group – SoftBank Capital offers unique expertise to businesses seeking to address the Asian market. Since 1995, SoftBank Capital has partnered with internet pioneers such as Criteo, Gilt Groupe, OMGPOP (Zynga), betaworks, BuzzFeed, Buddy Media (Salesforce.com), Huffington Post (AOL), Associated Content (Yahoo!), Danger (Microsoft), Geocities (Yahoo!), E*Trade and Yahoo!.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Advertising
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 226
- Round size: Series A $2M–$21M; Series B $5M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $3B in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Shake — Shake is a mobile-first application that allows users to create, sign, and send, plain English and legally binding agreements from their phones. Shake was founded in 2012 by an experienced team of entrepreneurs and investors. They have decades of startup and executive leadership experience at companies such as Google, Spotify, AOL, BuzzFeed,and RRE Ventures.
- OneWeb — OneWeb is building a space-based global communications network that delivers high-speed, low latency internet access.By building a communications network with a constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, OneWeb will provide connectivity to people around the world. The company's global service will deliver new solutions for broadband,government, and cellular backhaul. Its high-speed, low-latency, network will offer mobility solutions to industries that rely on global connectivity, such as aviation, maritime, automotive, trains, and more.OneWeb commenced launches of the OneWeb satellite constellation, a network of more than 650 low Earth orbit satellites, in February 2019, and by March 2020, had launched 74 of the planned 648 satellites in the initial constellation.The London, England-headquartered company was established in 2012 by Greg Wyler.
- Yieldify — Supercharged growth just got easier. Epsilon Accelerate gives growing brands a fast, flexible, out-of-the-box solution for one, clear view of customers, channels and performance in 30 days.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 145
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $1M–$4M; Series A $1.5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Gondi — Gondi is a non-custodial decentralized NFT lending protocol designed to build the most effective NFT credit market. The protocol allows for ongoing underwriting and full and partial refinancing of all outstanding loans, resulting in a more dynamic and liquid market.
- Architect — Architect gives traders customizable infrastructure that reimagines access to international markets for digital assets. Building institutional-grade infrastructure to link different crypto venues across centralized and decentralized exchanges is one of the project's goals.
- Chatforce — Chatforce is an AI video game creation platform where you build and monetize viral video games for the internet. It features a team of AI agents (designer, engineer, artists) that work together to create that game idea you always had, but never had the time nor skills to build. Chatforce makes it possible for you to turn your imagination intoplayable experiences on the internet.Users get full creative control over what your game feels and looks like. They describe your game with text, sketch what you want it to look like, and annotate directly on draft versions of your games.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Seed $235k–$2.5M; Angel $267k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kaster — Communication between general contractors and trade partners on construction projects is complex and fragmented, yet it’s mostly handled through email, phone and text. Naturally, critical items get lost in the clutter. As a result, everyone suffers the financial impacts of project delays, disputes, claims, and issues. Kaster bridges the gap betweengeneral contractors and trade partners by connecting them through one communication workspace, so items never fall through the cracks and project teams avoid unnecessary risk.Learn more at www.kaster.app
- BetterU — An all-in-one app that's help you improve your productivity and well being.
- Cursive Technology — Cursive Technology offers a writing process verification platform that captures detailed typing behavior and revision history via a browser extension and browser‑based tools. It provides machine‑learning–driven analytics to validate authorship, measure effort, and support academic integrity by linking writing actions to outcomes. The systemintegrates with learning management platforms like Moodle, offering features such as writing replays, performance metrics, and opt‑in data collection with encrypted data handling. It includes plugins and APIs to enable originality checks and supports configurable AI‑usage policies. Its privacy and security practices include FERPA compliance, encryption in transit and at rest, and least‑privilege access controls.
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