Palo Alto CA (+ Berlin, Munich, London, Tel Aviv, Paris). Independent venture firm backed by Siemens (name references Siemens founding year 1847). Founded 2016. Leads Series A/B in enterprise software, AI/ML, dev tools, cybersecurity, deep tech, industrial tech. Partners: TJ Rylander (IQT Managing Partner 10yr → next47 GP; led IQT West Coast; investments include FireEye, Cloudera, Pure Storage, Cloudant, Platfora), Lak Ananth (Global Managing Partner). ~247 companies invested. 16 unicorns including Verkada ($3.5B), Skydio (autonomous drones). Evergreen structure. Brings Siemens global customer ecosystem to portfolio without strategic control constraints. $2-10M typical check. Co-investors: Menlo Ventures, Insight Partners.

Strawberry Creek Ventures — Alumni Ventures fund for the UC Berkeley community. Co-invests alongside top VCs in UC Berkeley-affiliated companies. Part of Alumni Ventures platform ($1.5B AUM, Manchester NH).

Designer Fund is a venture capital firm founded by designers that invests between $100K and $1M in early-stage tech companies that use design to improve health, sustainability, or prosperity. Its portfolio includes companies such as Stripe, Gusto, and Omada Health.

Tech-focused private equity (Accel + KKR JV brand)

Enterprise/B2B focused accelerator. ~5% acceptance. 600+ companies. Defense-adjacent and deep tech portfolio.

AI-focused seed VC founded by Sarah Guo (ex-Greylock GP) and Mike Vernal (ex-Sequoia). Focus: AI infrastructure, applications, enterprise software.

David Sacks (PayPal Mafia, Yammer) and Bill Lee VC. Focus: SaaS, fintech, marketplace. All-In Podcast co-host.

Peter Thiel-founded SF VC. SpaceX, Palantir, Stripe, Airbnb, Anduril, Lyft. Backs revolutionary technology. HQ San Francisco CA.

Multi-stage VC. LinkedIn, Facebook, Airbnb, Workday, Roblox, OpenAI. GP Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn co-founder). HQ Palo Alto CA.

Vinod Khosla-founded deep tech and AI VC. DoorDash, Affirm, OpenAI, Stripe, Square. "Brutal honesty over hypocritical politeness." 2128 Sand Hill Rd Menlo Park.

Legendary Sand Hill Road VC. Google, Amazon, Genentech, Figma, Anthropic, Rippling, Harvey. Current leadership: Mamoon Hamid, Ilya Fushman. Reinvented under new generation since 2018.

Multi-stage global VC. Snap, Affirm, AppDynamics, Mulesoft, OpenGov. $19B AUM. Offices: SF, LA, London, Bangalore, Beijing, Singapore.

One of largest VC/growth equity firms globally. $25B+ AUM. HQ Chevy Chase MD. Backs Salesforce, Uber, Plaid early rounds. Holds 10.5% Trevi Therapeutics (TRVI).

Growth PE firm. Focus: financial services, education, business services. Boston HQ.

Iconic early-stage VC. Apple, Google, Oracle, PayPal, YouTube, Airbnb, WhatsApp, Stripe, OpenAI. Managing Partner Roelof Botha. HQ Menlo Park CA.

Spike Ventures — Alumni Ventures fund for the Stanford University community. Co-invests alongside top VCs in Stanford University-affiliated companies. Part of Alumni Ventures platform ($1.5B AUM, Manchester NH).

Menlo Park CA. Early-stage VC focused on enterprise, AI, and frontier technologies. Successor to DFJ (Draper Fisher Jurvetson). Partners: Mo Islam (IQT alum, PNNL, Lockheed Martin, NSF background; Stanford EE + MBA), Heidi Roizen, Andreas Stavropoulos, Bill Bryant. Mo Islam focus: AI infrastructure, frontier tech, deep tech, defense-adjacent. Portfolio: Benepass, EdgeQ (ARM-based 5G chip), Elementary, Freeform, OpsLevel, Parasail, Yellowbrick Data, Moonlake, Zoox (acquired by Amazon), Imagen (acquired by Google), Atomwise, Mythic (analog AI chips), Upside Foods. Deep IQT network — Mo Islam conducted CIA technical diligence at IQT. Also held roles at Intel. [merged from 1373]: Venture capital firm formerly known as DFJ Venture. San Francisco CA. Focus: enterprise, AI, frontier technologies. Mo Islam is General Partner. Portfolio: Benepass, EdgeQ, Elementary, Freeform, OpsLevel, Parasail, Yellowbrick Data, Atomwise, Imagen, Mythic, Upside Foods, Zoox.

World's most influential startup accelerator. $500K for ~7% equity. Alumni: Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase, Dropbox, DoorDash, Reddit, OpenAI. CEO Garry Tan. SF/Mountain View CA.