# Top 50 Hospitality Startup Investors in United States in June 2026 ## SOSV - Type: VC Fund - Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software 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. ## Alumni Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Access curated startup investment opportunities and diversified venture capital exposure designed for accredited investors. ## Tamarisc Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Hospitality, Travel Tamarisc invests in and helps build companies that improve the human habitat through innovating at the intersection of real estate, health, and technology. ## Lerer Hippeau - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital fund based in New York City. As founders and operators ourselves, we see returns in relationships ## First Round Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence First Round is a seed-stage venture firm focused on building a vibrant community of technology entrepreneurs and companies. ## Gaingels - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence 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. ## Founders Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Founders Fund is a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies. ## Thayer Investment Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Travel, Software, SaaS Thayer Investment Partners (TIP) is a strategic investment platform driving the future of innovation across the travel, real estate and hospitality sectors. ## Acrew Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Defining the future of venture. ## Maine Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Portland, Maine, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology Maine Angels they make investments with entrepreneurs with an emphasis on businesses. ## Erik Blachford - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Travel, E-Commerce, Marketplace Erik Blachford is based out of San Francisco, California and is on the Board of Directors at Fora. Erik has previously served as CEO of Expedia, Inc. and IAC/InterActiveCorp's travel division, IAC Travel (including online travel businesses Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, Classic Custom Vacations and Interval International), CEO atButterfield & Robinson and CEO at Terrapass, Inc.His prior positions at Expedia Inc. included SVP of Marketing & Planning and various roles in product management. Erik is an active private company investor, serving on boards including Glassdoor, Zillow, Siteminder, Liftopia and Terrapass, and participates in non-profit boards including EcoAmerica, The Cutting Ball Theatre and the US National Council of the World Wildlife Fund.Erik holds a bachelor's degree in English and certificate in theatre from Princeton University and a master's in business administration from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business. ## Joanne Wilson - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail Joanne Wilson is based out of New York, New York and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gotham. Joanne Wilson attended Simmons College. ## Team Ignite Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: California City, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS We're experienced operators helping to ignite and scale startups ## Streamlined - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology We partner with seed-stage founders to build exceptional companies. ## Bullpen Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile Bullpen is a venture capital fund that invests post-seed capital into early stage companies. ## Camber Creek - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Real Estate, SaaS Camber Creek contributes in a direct and significant way to the success of its portfolio companies by leveraging the real estate expertise, operating experience and portfolio of assets of its partners, investors, and advisors. Camber Creek's investment team has investing, operating, and technology experience and expertise across a range ofreal estate businesses, including construction, property management, development, and leasing. ## 10x Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology 10x Group is a group of serial entrepreneurs and founders investing in founders of digital start-ups in Europe and Silicon Valley. ## GMO VenturePartners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software An investment that restructures the value and quality.Supplying big capital is not an essential value of our firm.We have a strong attitude to input and drive critical thinking behind a new startup.After the problem is clarified and solution become established in the world,people could not imagine the society without that solution.An investment that innovates this world.We will become a real partner to execute the strategy together.INVENTION OF THE ESSENCE ----we will keep on doing it. ## Golden Seeds - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology Golden Seeds is a seed-stage investment firm with a focus on women leaders. Their investment thesis rests on the extensive research that concludes that gender-diverse teams produce a better return on equity. By seeking companies where women hold leadership positions and own substantial equity, they are funding companies that are likely to havediverse perspectives that will contribute to success. ## Rainfall Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Rainfall Ventures is an early-stage investor founded in 2011 and committed to partnering with world-class founders to help them change industries. ## Tiller Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce iller Partners offers co-founding and funding possibilities for seed and early-stage ventures. ## SV Aangel - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet 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. ## NextView Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce NextView helps entrepreneurs build companies of consequence to shape a future of collective prosperity. https://nextview.vc/ ## Zelkova Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Zelkova Ventures is a venture capital firm committed to helping entrepreneurs build companies. The firm primarily looks to invest in early stage companies, many times pre-revenue. In many instances they provide a company's first outside/institutional capital. They look to take an active role and partner with the companies they investin. Along with their capital, Zelkova brings expertise, insight and execution to all of their portfolio companies.Zelkova, although not exclusively, focuses on several key sectors - Software Services, Internet Technologies, Environmental Technologies and Consumer Products. ## Correlation Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Diego, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Reimagining our industry. So our clients can disrupt theirs. ## 1Sharpe Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Piedmont, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Hospitality, Software, Real Estate 1Sharpe Ventures early-stage teams building scalable, category-defining businesses that transform how we experience, own, and invest in real estate. ## J. Hunt Holdings - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Virginia, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care J. Hunt Holdings is an investment holding company that provides funds for early stage ventures. It is specialized in both domestic and international projects and investments.The company invests between $100,000 and $1,100,000 in five key industry categories, including investment services, portfolio management, accounting, and financial solutions.Mainly focused on the technology and telecommunications sectors, it also invests in the video and sensing, data center management, social media, data security, and other sectors.J. Hunt Holdings is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. ## 1517 Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care 1517 Fund is an early stage venture capital fund that supports teams led by dropouts, deep-tech scientists & founders working outside of tracked institutions. ## Craft Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Craft Ventures is an early-stage venture fund dedicated to the craft of building great companies. Craft has brought together a rare combination of entrepreneurial experience and investor acumen. Over the past twenty years, David, Bill, Jeff and Sky have built and invested in some of the most iconic companies of this generation. ## Trinity Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software Trinity Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm dedicated to partnering with passionate entrepreneurs to transform revolutionary ideas into reality. With over $1 billion under management, Trinity Ventures believes in personal engagement, mutual respect and goal alignment with the entrepreneurs. Trinity focuses on early stage and seedtechnology investments with particular emphasis on social commerce and entertainment, digital media, Saas, and cloud and infrastructure. Trinity Ventures has invested in such leading companies as Aruba Networks, 21Vianet, Blue Nile, LoopNet, Photobucket, SciQuest, Starbucks, BeachMint, Infoblox, Trion Worlds and Zulily. ## Keith Rabois - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Keith Rabois is based out of United States and is the Managing Director of Khosla Ventures and also Board of Directors of Spellbook. Keith previously worked at Square as a COO. Keith Rabois attended the Stanford University. ## Highland Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Founded in 1988, Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm focused on putting the entrepreneur first.With offices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Shanghai, Highland has raised over $3 billion in committed capital and invested in more than 225 companies, resulting in category-defining businesses across consumer and enterprisetechnology.Investments include 2U, Ask Jeeves, Bromium, Gigamon, Leap Motion, LevelUp, Lycos, MapQuest, Nebula, QD Vision, Qihoo 360, Quattro Wireless, RentJuice, Rent the Runway, Starent Networks, Sybase, Violin Memory, VistaPrint and WePay.Highland also serves as a mentor for future entrepreneurs through Summer@Highland, a program that provides students and university-affiliated startups with the environment and resources to take their initiative to the next level. ## Reshape - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Software Reshape is a next-generation investor in technology-enabled companies that need real estate to scale. ## Andreessen Horowitz - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology. ## Great Oaks Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care Great Oaks Venture Capital is a leading early-stage venture capital firm with a mission to support and invest in the most innovative and disruptive startups. Visit our home page to learn more about our portfolio companies, investment approach, and the experienced team behind our success. ## Convivialite Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series D - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Delivery Created in 2017, Convivialité Ventures, is the venture arm of Pernod Ricard and is based in San Francisco . By nurturing entrepreneurship, Convivialité plays a key role in the development of innovative and inspiring new offerings that not only embrace, but also shape, the future evolution of socializing. ## Draper Associates - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Mateo, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Draper Associates, founded in 1985, is a seed-stage venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs to drive their businesses to greatness. We understand that a great company takes time to build and we'd like to ensure that entrepreneurs are in for the long haul. ## Jason Calacanis - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University. ## Zeno Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Zeno Ventures invests in early stage technology enabled companies addressing consumer and enterprise markets. Zeno Ventures likes to back exceptional entrepreneurs before their businesses have scaled and often even before their business models are formed. Zeno Ventures seeks to partner with talented and passionate founders solving difficultproblems that were illuminated by their personal experience. ## Pritzker Group Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Helping entrepreneurs achieve greatness ## RRE Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Internet 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. ## FundersClub - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology FundersClub focuses on Seed and early stage investments. Investments include Coinbase, Instacart, Flexport, Le Tote, Teespring, Memebox, GitLab.FundersClub is the world's first online venture capital platform. Backed by Y Combinator, First Round Capital, Spark Capital, Intel Capital, Draper, Andreessen Horowitz, Felicis Ventures, and more;FundersClub Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in the United States. ## Greylock - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software Greylock Partners is a leading venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. We are early partners of remarkable teams building companies that matter. ## TELUS Global Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series C, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology We leverage deep insights from our global business, offering investment partners a pathway to real-world traction and growth, while shaping a friendlier future. ## Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Investing catalytic capital in promising seed stage companies located outside of Silicon Valley, NYC & Boston. Backed by a group of iconic entrepreneurs, executives & investors. ## BoxGroup - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence BoxGroup is an early stage investment fund focused on technology companies. Contact Us: hello@boxgroup.com ## Signatures Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Redwood Shores, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics For 25 years, Signatures Capital founder Bobby Yazdani has been funding early stage technology businesses and collaborating with entrepreneurs and leadership teams to help build world-changing companies.Signatures Capital has built relationships at major research universities, government laboratories and incubators, as well as cultivated anextensive network of entrepreneurs across the technology industry. Through its relationships, Signatures Capital gains specialized access that allows them to identify and capitalize on transformative technology themes before they become mainstream. Their goal is to partner with founders who recognize these shifts and then steward those boldly building the future.Bobby began investing privately in 1989. In 2006, he formalized his activities by founding Signatures Capital. ## Gordon Food Service - Type: VC Fund - Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Hospitality, Restaurants Gordon Food Service is a prominent family-owned food distributor in Grand Rapids, MI, serving restaurants, healthcare, and schools. ## Resolute Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Our Mission is to build a community of Resolute Founders who: share a certain entrepreneurial spirit and energy; are driven by a need to work on things that matter; are unafraid to dream big; are founders whom we think have a better chance than most to actually achieve those dreams; and who believe being connected to a group of like-minded founders will help them succeed. ## Jonathan Wasserstrum - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Real Estate, Software, FinTech Jonathan graduated from Columbia Business School in May 2012. Prior to business school, Jonathan worked in the International Capital Group at Jones Lang LaSalle where he advised foreign and domestic clients on more than $3 billion worth of transactions globally. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co