# Top 50 Startup Investors in United States in June 2026

## Ullas Naik
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics

Ullas Naik is the Founder & General Partner at Streamlined Ventures.

## Kingsley Advani
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Biotechnology, Financial Services

Kingsley Advani (born October 24, 1993, in London, United Kingdom) is a British tech entrepreneur, investor, and author based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is the Founder and CEO of Allo, an exchange for tokenized stocks managing over $2 billion in tokenized real-world assets, and the founder of Allocations, a fintech platform that has grownto administer more than $2 billion in assets across 30,000+ high-net-worth clients.Advani began his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 13, launching a digital commerce business on eBay, before discovering Bitcoin in 2011 while studying finance and economics. In 2013, he allocated his IBM internship savings into Bitcoin and other emerging cryptocurrencies, becoming an early investor in what later became a multi-billion-dollar asset class. By his mid-twenties, he had invested in more than 200 companies, including unicorns such as SpaceX, Solana, Coinbase, Robinhood, and eToro.In 2017, he co-founded a global investor syndicate that collectively managed more than $4 billion in assets. Two years later, he launched Allocations, a platform providing infrastructure for fund administration, SPVs, and private market investments. CNBC recognized him as the “Blockchain Oracle” for his early insights into cryptocurrency adoption and market trends.Through his ventures, Advani has become a leading voice in fintech, blockchain, tokenization, private markets, and Web3, with frequent speaking engagements at global conferences including the SF Blockchain Summit, Beyond Blocks, Coinfest Asia, and the Ritossa Summit in Dubai. His commentary emphasizes how blockchain and emerging technologies can democratize access to alternative assets and reduce the barriers to launching micro-funds.Advani is also the author of The Blockchain Oracle: How Technology, Finance, and Vision Shape the Future of Global Investing (2025), a book that explores the intersection of blockchain, fintech, and global finance.

## Helios Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Space Travel, Aerospace, Biotechnology

Founded in 2018 by Ryan Alexander Kriser, Helios Capital is a 3rd generation single family office based in NYC. At Helios, we invest in Series A or earlier with follow-on investments, with a focus on distributive technology contributing to industry 4.0. As we leverage our ecosystem of technological experts, partnerships and industry thoughtleaders, we strategically add value to our portfolio companies.

## SV Aangel
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Switch Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Welcome to Switch Ventures, a new kind of venture capital. A community of talented founders who switched from the common path.

## White Star Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Our presence, perspective and people enable us to partner closely with founders to help them define this future.

## Sequoia Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

We help the daring build We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. companies.

## Pillar VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

Pillar VC is a pre-seed and seed venture capital firm that invests in technical breakthroughs and exceptional founders.

## Elliot Loh
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, SaaS

Elliot Loh is the Founder and CEO at Antenna Radio. He attended Stanford University.

## Hinge Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Apps

They may have a new flag, but they've been at it for almost a decade now. They’ve learned a lot and they’re a different company than they were in 2009, and they needed a new brand to represent their vision. Venture51 is now H//NGE Capital. They've backed companies like Ripple, Dollar Shave Club, Bird, Getaround, Classpass, eToroand Life360. H//NGE Capital invests in high technology companies leveraging their new, modern venture platform that supports the most promising founders in high-growth markets. They’re not commodity capital; they’re a platform led by operators, data scientists, designers and engineers, guided by investors, and equipped with patient and flexible capital to make risk-on investments in next-generation vertical technologies.Since the best early-stage companies require more than just capital, their platform utilizes people, data and software, in addition to their capital, to provide a differentiated experience at the seed stage. Their DNA is grounded in technology and product — just like the companies they invest in. They believe that this approach to venture capital is fundamentally different from a traditional seed firm.

## Garry Tan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Garry Tan is based out of Mountain View, California and is the President & CEO of Y Combinator. Garry Tan attended Stanford University.

## Aidan Fitzpatrick
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Content, FinTech, Internet

Aidan Fitzpatrick is CEO at Reincubate. He invests through Fitcap.

## Ulu Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

With deep connections to Stanford and Silicon Valley, Ulu Ventures is a venture capital firm that actively seeks and funds women and diverse founder teams.

## E. Bora Uygun
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

E. Bora Uygun is the Founder and CEO of BORA&SONS.
He holds a Ph.D. in information technologies from Marmara University and has an MBA from the same institution.

## Kickstart
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Seed investing in the Mountain West since 2008

## Jeff Lawson
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Jeff Lawson is a Co-Founder and CEO at Twilio. He is a serial inventor with over 15 years of entrepreneurial and product experience. Prior to co-founding Twilio, Jeff was Founder & CTO of NineStar, Founding CTO of Stubhub.com and Founder, CEO & CTO of Versity. He was also one of the original product managers for Amazon Web Services.Atevery business, Jeff identified the fundamental need for a platform for developers and companies to easily build communications-based business solutions.Jeff grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, started his first company in middle school, and earned his BS in Computer Science & Film/Video from University of Michigan.

## Hexa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software

eFounders partners with talented co-founders to build the future of product-led SaaS.

## Alumni Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Praxis
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Grant
- Focus: Non Profit, Social Assistance, Education

We are a creative engine for redemptive entrepreneurship, supporting founders, funders, and innovators motivated by their faith to love their neighbors and renew culture.

## K5 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Newport Beach, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Enterprise Software

Early Stage Startup Accelerator and Fund in California. Game changing innovation and funding great products and teams.

## Eric Ries
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Eric Ries is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Long-Term Stock Exchange. He previously worked at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers as a Venture Advisor. Eric Ries attended Yale University.

## Founders Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Quiet Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

Move the world forward with quiet capital. We are builders who invest in remarkable founders from day zero.

## Eileen Burbidge
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence

Eileen Burbidge is is Director at Fertifa, where she applies her passion for inclusive and accessible reproductive healthcare after experiencing her own fertility, reproductive and hormonal health journeys.Eileen is also a non-executive director for Currys plc and chair of the ESG Committee for the Board; co-founded seed stage VC firm PassionCapital; served for 8 years as the UK Treasury’s Special Envoy for Fintech, appointed by the Chancellor; was Tech Ambassador for the Mayor of London’s office; served on UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s Business Advisory Group; and was the Chair of Tech Nation for 5 years. She was awarded an MBE for services to business in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2015 and holds a BSc Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

## Damien Tanner
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Drones

Damien Tanner is a Founder at Konf and Rebase Ventures.

## SeedInvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

SeedInvest is a leading equity crowdfunding platform for growth-obsessed startups. Because everyone should be able to invest in the next big thing.

## Matt Monahan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: iOS, SaaS, Big Data

Matt is a Stanford University graduate, investor,entrepreneur, and artist.

## Invariantes Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala, Guatemala
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Health Care

Bridging the gap between vision and reality.

## DCVC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

We are deep tech venture capital.

## Keiretsu Forum
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology

Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 2,500 accredited investor members throughout 47 chapters on 3 continents.

## VITALIZE Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics

Investing in WorkTech

## Oakhouse Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Enterprise Software

Oakhouse Partners invests in companies that use breakthrough technologies to radically improve millions of lives. We believe mission-driven companies who better humanity on a global scale produce the best VC returns.
Oakhouse Partners is no longer actively investing.

## AngelFire Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mineola, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Medical Device

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## Raju Indukuri
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Big Data, Software, SaaS

Raju Indukuri - Co-Founder @ Quantela

## Citi Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Citi Ventures ignites change and reimagines solutions to drive economic progress for Citi's clients. We explore, incubate, and invest in new ideas in partnership with Citi colleagues, our clients, and the innovation ecosystem to accelerate the discovery of new sources of value.

## Bain Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services

Bain Capital is a multi-asset alternative investment firm with assets under management and operates business units that create value through private equity, public equity, credit, and venture capital across multiple sectors and industries.

## Jeremy Au
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Information Technology

Jeremy Au (区汉辉) is the COO of Lucence, the leading biotech AI startup fighting cancer with precision oncology tests and backed by Openspace, Heliconia and IHH Healthcare. He also hosts BRAVE, Southeast Asia's #1 tech podcast and global top 10% podcast with 60,000+ monthly listeners. He co-founded Orvel Ventures (network-driven VC fund), leadsthe regional chapter of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels and is an angel investor in 24 startups. Harvard MBA and UC Berkeley honor degrees in Economics & Business Administration. Recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30, Prestige 40 Under 40 and LinkedIn Top Voice. Previously, Jeremy was a VC investor and Chief of Staff at Monk's Hill Ventures, Southeast Asia’s pioneer Series A fund. Jeremy founded and led CozyKin, an early education marketplace, to Series A and acquisition by Higher Ground Education. The startup was recognized for winning Harvard Business School's New Venture Competition and the MassChallenge grand prize. Jeremy also co-founded and bootstrapped Conjunct Consulting, an impact consulting platform, to profitability, 100+ clients and thousands of trained impact leaders. He was a Bain management consultant and an infantry sergeant in Singapore.Jeremy is a keynote public speaker on entrepreneurship, leadership and community engagement for thousands, e.g. Harvard, Deutsche Bank, e27 Echelon, Singapore Global Tech Network, Boston SPARK Council, Institute of Policy Studies and Civil Service College. Author of BRAVE10, showcasing the journeys of Singapore's top tech leaders. Jeremy volunteers by teaching VC fund strategy and entrepreneurship at National University of Singapore and Singapore Management University. Jeremy enjoys science fiction, hiking and being a father to his two daughters.

## Avalon Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: La Jolla, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Avalon Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund focused on information technology and life sciences.

## Kyle Wang
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain

Kyle Wang is a US investor focusing on Mobile, SaaS, Blockchain, Lending, and Real Estate.

## Motivate Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Motivate Venture Capital is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL. MVC invests in incredible founders with strong domain knowledge building new companies with very high growth potential in large and growing markets. Primary verticals of focus include Fintech, Insurtech, Payments, B2B software, B2B marketplaces, Crypto, DeFi, Blockchain, andweb3.

## GTMfund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Let us help you go from 0 to IPO. We're investing $10 million per year into early-stage companies (pre-Series A), specializing in B2B SaaS.

## Golden Seeds
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## MPM Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical

Powering Breakthroughs in Life Sciences

## Spacestation Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Layton, Utah, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Spacestation Investments is the investment arm of the Spacestation.

## Counterview Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software

Counterview Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on investments in seed-stage technology companies

## Candou Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Internet

TOGETHER WE CAN DO IT We offer our early stage portfolio companies, capital, attention, and experience that enable them to focus on innovations that have impact on the economy and humanity. Our Portfolio Good JudgementComes from Experience Candou is an early seed round firm focused on supporting entrepreneurs with unique and defensible ideas. We are

## Institute for Systems Biology
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Banking, Finance, Medical

Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) is a nonprofit scientific research organization in Seattle. Learn how our science is transforming health.

## Enrico Pandian
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, Pharmaceutical

Enrico Pandian is the Co-Founder and CEO of StartupGym and the Founder of FrescoFrigo. He previously worked at Checkout Technologies as a Co-Founder and President of the Board. Enrico Pandian attended the University of Verona.

## Alexandria Real Estate Equities
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pasadena, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., Landlord of Choice to the Life Science Industry®, is the largest owner and pre-eminent first-in-class real estate investment trust focused principally on science-driven cluster formation. Alexandria is the leading provider of real estate to the life science industry, and has an outstanding 11 year trackrecord as a NYSE listed company with an approximate $5.2 billion total market capitalization (as of December 31, 2008).

## Headline
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

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