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30 Best Active Research and development Investors in 2024

Last update to the database: Dec 10, 2024. See changelog.


Icon Investor Rankings are calculated using our ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Score – a 1 to 100 score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points (like the size of their fund or the quality of the companies they invested in) to signal the strength behind an investor. A score closer to 100 indicates an investor is worth watching closely.

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List of 30 top VCs

A venture capital firm in New York that focuses on internet and software investments.

66

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Series A, Series B, Series C, Series E, Series F, Unknown

Check Size:

$20M - $1B

Industries:

FinTech, Gaming, Machine learning

Top investments in :

Monzo (
83)
, OpenAI (
28)
, Affirm (
15)

Altimeter is a multibillion dollar technology-focused investment firm managing a public equity fund and growth stage private equity funds.

53

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

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$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Altimeter is a multibillion dollar technology-focused investment firm managing a public equity fund and growth stage private equity funds.

53

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

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$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

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No data available

Altimeter is a multibillion dollar technology-focused investment firm managing a public equity fund and growth stage private equity funds.

53

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Series B, Series F, Unknown

Check Size:

$70M - $500M

Industries:

AI, Machine learning, Messaging

Top investments in :

Parloa (
70)
, OpenAI (
28)

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that has invested in companies like Google, Apple, Cisco, YouTube, AirBnB, and WhatsApp. The firm was founded in 1972 by Donald Valentine, and companies backed by Sequoia have created over $3.3 trillion dollars in market capitalization.

50

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No data available

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No data available

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$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

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Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that has invested in companies like Google, Apple, Cisco, YouTube, AirBnB, and WhatsApp. The firm was founded in 1972 by Donald Valentine, and companies backed by Sequoia have created over $3.3 trillion dollars in market capitalization.

50

Offices:

San Mateo (HQ)

London

San Mateo (HQ)

London

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Unknown

Check Size:

$2.5M - $500M

Industries:

FinTech, Gaming, AI

Top investments in :

Pennylane (
67)
, Klarna (
65)
, tacto (
60)

Tiger Global is an investment firm that was founded in 2001.

50

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

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$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Tiger Global is an investment firm that was founded in 2001.

50

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series H, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $500M

Industries:

CPG & Consumer Goods, AI, Fashion

Top investments in :

1X (
78)
, Run (
56)
, Cowboy (
52)

BGF is a venture capital and investment firm that is interested in early-stage ventures

50

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B

Check Size:

$10M - $50M

Industries:

Health Tech, Hardware, Deep Tech

Top investments in :

Phoremost (
34)
, Sunswap (
15)

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series F, Unknown

Check Size:

$5M - $500M

Industries:

Health Tech, FinTech, AI

Top investments in :

Stability AI (
48)
, Upstream Health (
48)
, Silverflow (
44)

NVIDIA is a Santa Clara, California-based graphics processor and artificial intelligence company founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Curtis Priem, and Chris Malachowsky.

46

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Unknown

Check Size:

$50M - $1B

Industries:

AI, Machine learning, Mobility & Transportation

Top investments in :

Mistral AI (
87)
, Wayve (
61)
, OpenAI (
28)

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in companies operating in a diverse range of technology sectors such as energy, transportation, space, financial, software, hardware, big data, agriculture, food, education, and materials. Khosla Ventures is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and was founded by Vinod Khosla in 2004.

44

Offices:

No data available

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No data available

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$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in companies operating in a diverse range of technology sectors such as energy, transportation, space, financial, software, hardware, big data, agriculture, food, education, and materials. Khosla Ventures is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and was founded by Vinod Khosla in 2004.

44

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No data available

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No data available

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$100k - $500k

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No data available

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Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in companies operating in a diverse range of technology sectors such as energy, transportation, space, financial, software, hardware, big data, agriculture, food, education, and materials. Khosla Ventures is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and was founded by Vinod Khosla in 2004.

44

Offices:

Menlo Park (HQ)

Menlo Park (HQ)

Menlo Park (HQ)

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $500M

Industries:

Health Tech, Crypto & web3, Foodtech

Top investments in :

Daedalus (
56)
, PolyAI (
56)
, Eligo Bioscience (
56)

An independent venture capital firm based in Paris that provides funding for seed, early stage and late stage biotechnology ventures

36

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

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$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

An independent venture capital firm based in Paris that provides funding for seed, early stage and late stage biotechnology ventures

36

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

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$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

An independent venture capital firm based in Paris that provides funding for seed, early stage and late stage biotechnology ventures

36

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

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$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

An independent venture capital firm based in Paris that provides funding for seed, early stage and late stage biotechnology ventures

36

Offices:

Paris (HQ)

Milan

London

Paris (HQ)

Milan

London

Paris (HQ)

Milan

London

Paris (HQ)

Milan

London

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Unknown

Check Size:

$2.5M - $250M

Industries:

Health Tech, Agritech, Foodtech

Top investments in :

Myricx Bio (
75)
, F2G (
63)
, Mnemo Therapeutics (
60)

SV Angel is an angel investment group founded in San Francisco in 2009 that primarily invests in early-stage technology companies. Notable companies SV Angel has invested in include Stripe, Reddit, Notion, Headspace, Color, Patreon, Credit Karma, Poshmark, and GitHub.

35

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Unknown

Check Size:

$2.5M - $500M

Industries:

Gaming, AI, Machine learning

Top investments in :

Roon (
48)
, Leya (
44)
, OpenAI (
28)

British Patient Capital is a Sheffield-based organization.

35

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D

Check Size:

$20M - $250M

Industries:

Health Tech, FinTech, Biotech

Top investments in :

Wagestream Ltd (
70)
, Epsilogen (
52)
, Phagenesis (
52)

Dutch venture capital firm investing on companies in the life sciences industry.

34

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

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$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Dutch venture capital firm investing on companies in the life sciences industry.

34

Offices:

Amsterdam (HQ)

Munich

Singapore

Amsterdam (HQ)

Munich

Singapore

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Unknown

Check Size:

$10M - $250M

Industries:

Health Tech, Biotech, Deep Tech

Top investments in :

Pheon Therapeutics (
70)
, F2G (
63)
, Achilles Therapeutics (
60)

Utrecht based capital venture firm investing in the health tech and therapeutic sectors in the Europe and United States.

32

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Series B, Series C, Series D

Check Size:

$50M - $250M

Industries:

Health Tech, Deep Tech, Manufacturing

Top investments in :

FIRE1 (
52)
, Argá Medtech (
48)

Y Combinator (also known as YC) is a US-based seed accelerator, which was started in March 2005.

25

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

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$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Y Combinator (also known as YC) is a US-based seed accelerator, which was started in March 2005.

25

Offices:

Mountain View (HQ)

Mountain View (HQ)

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series F, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $1B

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, Edtech

Top investments in :

Monzo (
83)
, Algolia (
70)
, PhotoRoom (
61)

Business Growth Fund is a company founded in 2011.

21

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Series G, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $250M

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, Edtech

Top investments in :

Elvie (
60)
, Gaussion (
60)
, Gousto (
56)

A venture capital firm in England that focuses on UK-based technology companies.

20

Offices:

London (HQ)

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series F, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $70M

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, FinTech

Top investments in :

Paragraf (
48)
, Bramble Energy (
46)
, Phasecraft (
44)

A Menlo Park-based venture capital firm that invests in companies within the biotechnology sector

19

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

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$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

A Menlo Park-based venture capital firm that invests in companies within the biotechnology sector

19

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Series A, Series B

Check Size:

$10M - $50M

Industries:

Health Tech, Biotech, Deep Tech

Top investments in :

Phoremost (
34)
, NeoPhore (
31)
, Mogrify (
28)

A quantum physics and AI drug research and development company

17

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series B

Check Size:

$10M - $50M

Industries:

Health Tech, Biotech, Deep Tech

Top investments in :

Phoremost (
34)
, Leman Biotech (
28)