Top 50 Community Investors

A list of 50 investors investing in community. Updated every month. Powered by Shizune.
Investors in the list rank based on the number of investments in Community companies. The investor list contains both angel investors and VC funds. You can find favourite industries and stages of each investor on the list. Aug 2022

Community Investors

Name	Number of investments	Relevant deals	Favorite stages	Favorite industries	Description
SV Angel	669	54	Seed; Series A; Series B	Software; Internet; Media and Entertainment	SV Angel is a San Francisco-based seed fund founded by Ron Conway. SV Angel provides seed investment and advice to early stage companies focused on Internet software.SV Angel takes a portfolio approach to seed investing. We differ from a traditional venture capital firm by not taking board seats and investing a larger number of companies. Weleverage a best in class relationship network to be the valley's human router and help startups with business development, financing, M&A and other strategic advice. Ron pioneered this approach over 20 years ago and SV Angel still employs it today. Over the last 25 years the firm and partners have invested and advised companies such as Facebook, Google, PayPal, Dropbox, Airbnb, Pinterest, Twitter, SnapChat, Square, Cloudera and many more.
Lerer Hippeau	331	34	Seed; Series A; Series B	Software; Internet; Media and Entertainment	Lerer Hippeau is an early stage venture capital fund based in New York City. As founders and operators ourselves, we see returns in relationships.
Index Ventures	740	32	Series A; Series B; Seed	Software; Internet; IT	Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.
Slow Ventures	296	31	Seed; Series A; Series B	Software; Internet; Other	Slow Ventures is a community built on the collective experience and fueled by curiosity, Slow understands the entrepreneurial journey. Investing at the center of technology and on the edges of science, society, and culture, Slow gives founders the resources, connections, experiences, and empathy required to build strong, sustainable companies.
BoxGroup	299	29	Seed; Series A; Series B	Software; Internet; Financial	BoxGroup is an early stage investment fund focused on technology companies. Contact Us: hello@boxgroup.com
Alumni Ventures	526	29	Seed; Series A; Series B	Software; IT; Data and Analytics	Alumni Ventures offers diversified venture portfolios to accredited investors into highly competitive deals that individuals typically do not have access to on their own.
Right Side Capital Management	487	29	Seed; Convertible Note; Pre-Seed	Software; Data and Analytics; IT	Right Side Capital Management is a venture capital firm that helps startups build their company. It invests exclusively in the pre-seed round of technology startups and makes 75-100 investment per year. The firms prefers to invest in diversified technology sectors such as the internet and cloud companies.RSCM was established in 2010 and is basedin San Francisco, California.
General Catalyst	631	28	Series A; Seed; Series B	Software; Internet; IT	Investing in powerful, positive change that endures
East Ventures	253	28	Seed; Series A; Funding Round	Software; Internet; IT	East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.
Andreessen Horowitz	887	28	Series A; Series B; Seed	Software; Internet; IT	Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology.
BBG Ventures	103	28	Seed; Series A; Series B	Commerce/Shopping; Community/Lifestyle; Software	BBG Ventures is an early stage fund focused on consumer tech startups with a female founder.
Founders Fund	504	27	Series A; Seed; Series B	Software; Science/Engineering; Health Care	Founders Fund is a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies.
Greycroft	483	27	Series A; Seed; Series B	Software; Media and Entertainment; Internet	Venture capital and technology investments
First Round Capital	526	26	Seed; Series A; Series B	Software; Internet; IT	First Round is a seed-stage venture firm focused on building a vibrant community of technology entrepreneurs and companies.
Primary Venture Partners	133	26	Seed; Series A; Series B	Software; Commerce/Shopping; Internet	Early-stage investors in NYC startups like Jet, Chief, Mirror, K Health, Noom, Latch, Alloy, and more.
Lightspeed Venture Partners	729	25	Series A; Series B; Seed	Software; IT; Internet	Tomorrow Built Today
Maveron	178	24	Seed; Series A; Series B	Software; Commerce/Shopping; Health Care	Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm focused on partnering with world-class entrepreneurs building standout consumer brands.
Gaingels	324	24	Seed; Series B; Series A	Software; Health Care; Data and Analytics	Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT+ community and its allies, investing in companies with LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams, with a global portfolio of 130+ companies and $70M in deployed investment capital todate. The Gaingels network also actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments.
Female Founders Fund	86	24	Seed; Series A; Pre-Seed	Software; Internet; Community/Lifestyle	Female Founders Fund is a seed stage venture fund that invests exclusively in female-founded companies. We believe strongly in the exponential power of exceptional female talent. We invest in e-commerce, media, platforms, advertising and web-enabled services businesses.
Brand Foundry Ventures	79	24	Seed; Series A; Series B	Commerce/Shopping; Health Care; Community/Lifestyle	Brand Foundry Ventures they invest in early-stage companies operating in the consumer and business sectors.
Spark Capital	393	23	Series B; Series A; Series C	Software; Internet; Financial	Spark Capital invests in products we love by creators we admire across all sectors and stages.
New Enterprise Associates	1114	23	Series B; Series A; Series C	Software; Science/Engineering; Health Care	New Enterprise Associates, Inc. is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors, and geographies. With over $19 billion in cumulative committed capital since the firm’s founding in 1977, NEA invests in technology and healthcare companies at all stages in a company’slifecycle, from seed stage through IPO. The firm's long track record of successful investing includes more than 210 portfolio company IPOs and more than 360 acquisitions.
Poseidon Asset Management	36	23	Funding Round; Seed; Series A	Health Care; Food/Beverage; Gaming	Home of the pioneer cannabis hedge fund, focusing solely on marijuana and hemp.
Backstage Capital	112	23	Seed; Pre-Seed; Series A	Software; Internet; Health Care	Backstage Capital is a venture capital fund investing in the best startups led by underrepresented founders in the U.S. The firm was founded in 2015 by Arlan Hamilton and is headquartered in West Hollywood, California, United States.
UpHonest Capital	126	22	Seed; Series A; Angel	Software; Science/Engineering; Community/Lifestyle	UpHonest Capital is an international venture capital firm that specializes in providing investment capital to early-stage startups.
Jason Calacanis	307	22	Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A	Software; Internet; Media and Entertainment	Founder @ Launch Accelerator Co-Founder @ Growth University Team Member @ Signpost Angel Investor @ Uber Founder & CEO @ Inside.com Founder & CEO @ LAUNCH Founder @ Autoblog
Lightbank	162	22	Seed; Series A; Funding Round	Software; Commerce/Shopping; Internet	Lightbank VC is a $380M AUM venture fund that invests in early-stage consumer, enterprise, healthcare, crypto, fintech and climate companies. It focuses on pre-seed, seed and Series A opportunities where they write initial checks between $250k - $5m. They have invested in over 150 companies such as Tempus, Udemy, Fiverr (NYSE: FVRR), Sprout Social(NYSE: SPRT), Boom Supersonic, Tastytrade (acq. $1B+), Clearcover, Extend and Expel.
Blume Ventures	170	22	Seed; Series A; Series B	Software; Commerce/Shopping; Internet	Blume Ventures provides pre-series A and early stage funding to tech-focused/tech-enabled ventures. They are typically the first institutional investors in their portfolio companies and invest for about 8-10 years. They are proponents of a collaborative approach and like to co-invest with like-minded angels and seed funds. They then providefollow-on investments to their stellar portfolio companies.
Global Founders Capital	637	21	Seed; Series A; Pre-Seed	Software; Financial; Commerce/Shopping	Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
Great Oaks Venture Capital	264	21	Seed; Series A; Series B	Software; Commerce/Shopping; Internet	Great Oaks is an early-stage venture investment firm that invests in seed and series a investments in tech-based startups. It was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York.
Accel	1131	20	Series B; Series A; Series C	Software; Internet; IT	First partner to exceptional teams everywhere
Kima Ventures	302	20	Seed; Series A; Pre-Seed	Software; Internet; IT	Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey.The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors;backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth.Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset.Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.
Seedrs	146	20	Seed; Equity Crowdfunding; Pre-Seed	Software; Commerce/Shopping; Internet	Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs.
FJ Labs	357	20	Seed; Series A; Series B	Commerce/Shopping; Software; Financial	FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
Casa Verde Capital	35	20	Seed; Series A; Series B	Food/Beverage; Gaming; Health Care	As both the domestic and international markets continue to evolve and mature, Casa Verde maintains a view that cannabis will be among the most compelling investment themes of our generation.
HV Capital	263	20	Series A; Seed; Series B	Commerce/Shopping; Software; Internet	We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.
Structure Capital	91	20	Seed; Series A; Funding Round	Software; Internet; Mobile	We are Structure Capital. We help passionate teams build great companies by investing seed-stage capital, time, experience and relationships
Pipeline Angels	103	20	Seed; Angel; Pre-Seed	Health Care; Software; Commerce/Shopping	Pipeline Angels is changing the face of angel investing and creating capital for women and non-binary femme social entrepreneurs. Our members serve as the friends and family round for entrepreneurs who may not already have support at that critical stage.
Greylock	498	20	Series A; Series B; Seed	Software; Internet; IT	Greylock Partners is a leading venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. We are early partners of remarkable teams building companies that matter.
Forerunner Ventures	148	19	Series A; Seed; Series B	Commerce/Shopping; Software; Design	Forerunner is an SF-based venture capital firm that understands consumers and tirelessly champions founders who deliver the innovation they demand.
Halogen Ventures	109	19	Seed; Funding Round; Convertible Note	Software; Commerce/Shopping; Internet	Halogen Ventures is a Los Angeles, California based Venture Capital fund focused on investing in early stage consumer technology startups with a female in the founding team. Halogen Ventures invests in pre-seed, seed and series A companies creating groundbreaking technologies and products in the consumer space. We are hands on and support ourfounders through their full lifecycle. We help them build their networks, get brand exposure, hire great talent, raise follow-on rounds and find their path to acquisition or IPO.
RRE Ventures	362	19	Series A; Seed; Series B	Software; Internet; Financial	RRE Ventures is a venture capital firm that is in it with founders when it matters
Precursor Ventures	176	19	Seed; Pre-Seed; Series A	Software; Internet; Financial	Precursor Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on pre-seed investments in the San Francisco, New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles metropolitan regions. The firm focuses on investments in B2B and B2C software applications and hardware. Precursor Ventures has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.
GGV Capital	455	18	Series B; Series A; Series C	Software; Internet; IT	We believe the talent to build great companies comes from anywhere. A global venture capital firm that invests in local founders. As a multi-stage, sector-focused firm, GGV focuses on seed-to-growth stage investments across Social / Internet, Enterprise Tech and Smart Tech sectors.
Founder Collective	252	18	Seed; Series A; Funding Round	Software; Internet; Commerce/Shopping	Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital fund that helps entrepreneurs build their businesses.
Octopus Ventures	190	18	Series A; Series B; Seed	Software; Science/Engineering; Financial	Octopus Ventures is one of Europe's largest and most active Venture Capital firms investing in startups in the areas of health, money, deep tech and B2B Software.
Freestyle Capital	152	18	Seed; Series A; Series B	Software; Internet; IT	Freestyle is an early-stage venture capital firm with investments in over 130 technology companies including Airtable, Intercom, Patreon, and BetterUp.
Felicis Ventures	347	18	Series A; Seed; Series B	Software; Data and Analytics; Science/Engineering	Backing founders building iconic companies that transcend boundaries
Bessemer Venture Partners	726	18	Series B; Series A; Series C	Software; IT; Internet	For the entrepreneurs who want to create revolutions of their own.
NextView Ventures	156	18	Seed; Series A; Series B	Software; Internet; Commerce/Shopping	The Future is Coming