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.

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.

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.

Global seed fund and accelerator. Founded 2010. 2,500+ companies, 75+ countries. ~2-3% acceptance rate. Known for diversity focus and international portfolio.

Registered investment advisor (RIA) arm of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z, 517); the vehicle through which a16z holds 13F-disclosed public-equity positions. Part of a16z's broadened private+public (crossover/PE-like) mandate — not a separate non-venture sidecar. Domain not captured.

Global early-stage VC. First partner to exceptional teams. Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, CrowdStrike, Atlassian. #1 TIME 2025 VC ranking. Bay Area + London + Bangalore.

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

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

Early-stage technology VC. San Francisco CA. Co-founded by Gilman Louie and Stewart Alsop. Focus: cybersecurity, predictive analytics, education, entertainment. Risk-oriented, disruptive technology thesis.

$100B+ AUM. Co-founded by Marc Andreessen & Ben Horowitz 2009. Invests seed to growth across AI, bio, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, games, infrastructure, American Dynamism. HQ Menlo Park CA. [2026-06-04, operator-stated: a16z has transitioned toward a PE/crossover model — invests in BOTH private and public companies (registered investment advisor; public-market positions held via the a16z Perennial sub-arm). Public holdings are core a16z activity, not a separate non-venture sidecar.]

a16z's growth-stage fund arm. CEO David George. Co-invests alongside core a16z funds in growth-stage portfolio companies.

Equal-partnership early-stage VC, no junior staff. eBay, Uber, Twitter, Snap, Stitch Fix. Active GPs (May 2026): Peter Fenton, Eric Vishria, Chetan Puttagunta, Ev Randle, Jack Altman. HQ SF + Woodside CA.

Early-stage VC backed solely by Bloomberg LP. $450M AUM across 5 funds. 375+ investments. Focus: future of work, machine intelligence, enterprise software. All profits to Bloomberg Philanthropies. Fund V ($75M) closed Aug 2025. Partners: Roy Bahat, James Cham, Karin Klein, Angela Martin.

San Francisco CA. Seed-stage VC firm founded by Monique Woodard. Thesis: technology shaped by major demographic changes — aging/longevity, increased spending power of women, majority-minority shift. Portfolio: Blavity, Silvernest, Guaranteed, Pamper, Rares. Previously: Venture Partner 500 Startups (US + sub-Saharan Africa), Venture Scout Lightspeed. SF Mayor's Innovation Fellow. Founded Black Founders (10K+ members). BA Political Science University of Miami. Kauffman Fellow Class 26.

San Francisco CA. Global macro hedge fund. Co-founded by Peter Thiel and Jack Selby (PayPal). AUM peaked ~$7B. Notable macro bets on US dollar weakness, peak oil.

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