The most active AI startup investors
1,294 investors hold three or more AI startups each, 11,543 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Y Combinator (1466), Techstars (672) and Plug and Play (608). 192 of them are accelerators.
Investors by their portfolio companiesRebuilt 6 Nov 2026
investors
1,294
portfolio startups
11,543
of them raised in 12 months
175
accelerators
192
Investors backing startups worldwide
| Investor | Startups here | Portfolio rounds, 12 mo | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|
 Y CombinatorAccelerator · United States · Orgo, Superserve, Adside | 1,466 | 255 | Oct 2026 |
 TechstarsAccelerator · United States · Certa.ai, Senso, Satim | 672 | 97 | Oct 2026 |
 Plug and PlayAccelerator · United States · Sourcegraph, Moveworks, Multiverse Computing | 608 | 154 | Nov 2026 |
 AntlerAccelerator · Singapore · PromptLeash, Sortrace, Sixminute | 268 | 53 | Nov 2026 |
 500 GlobalAccelerator · United States · Embedded LLM, Aerodyne Group, Intercom | 222 | 35 | Oct 2026 |
 Andreessen HorowitzVenture capital · United States · Lightfield, Ornn, EKA Robotics | 212 | 102 | Nov 2026 |
 Insight PartnersVenture capital · United States · Qualitate, NVIDIA, Jasper AI | 204 | 83 | Oct 2026 |
 Soma CapitalVenture capital · United States · OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks | 197 | 59 | Oct 2026 |
 Lightspeed Venture PartnersVenture capital · United States · Helsing, alifsemi, Omnifold | 158 | 86 | Nov 2026 |
 General CatalystVenture capital · United States · Otter.ai, Different, Context.dev - The Web Context API | 150 | 121 | Nov 2026 |
 Entrepreneur FirstAccelerator · United Kingdom · Argon Robotics, quso, Circuit Mind | 148 | 58 | Oct 2026 |
 AccelVenture capital · United States · Cognition, Scuba, Modal | 143 | 83 | Oct 2026 |
 Sequoia CapitalVenture capital · United States · OpenAI, Anthropic, Jasper AI | 130 | 90 | Nov 2026 |
 GVVenture capital · United States · IBM, Waymo, SambaNova Systems | 129 | 57 | Oct 2026 |
 Bessemer Venture PartnersVenture capital · United States · Furientis, Cognition, Perplexity AI | 120 | 70 | Oct 2026 |
 EndeavorAccelerator · United States · Vetto, Hilbert, Linq | 118 | 55 | Oct 2026 |
 NEAVenture capital · United States · ByteDance, Salesforce, Qualcomm | 117 | 38 | Oct 2026 |
 Index VenturesVenture capital · United Kingdom · Scale AI, Twelve Labs, Tessl | 92 | 69 | Oct 2026 |
 FelicisVenture capital · United States · Arena, Mercor, Assort Health | 91 | 34 | Oct 2026 |
 Menlo VenturesVenture capital · United States · Greptile, Town, Salesforce | 88 | 46 | Oct 2026 |
| Aa16z speedrunAccelerator · Arise, Hedra, Greenhouse Software | 87 | 19 | Sep 2026 |
 Kleiner PerkinsVenture capital · United States · Traversal, Modal, Cognition | 84 | 49 | Nov 2026 |
 SeedcampAccelerator · United Kingdom · Caveman, Neywa Labs, Awear | 83 | 58 | Oct 2026 |
 Abstract VenturesVenture capital · United States · Reactor, xAI, Clay | 78 | 34 | Nov 2026 |
 CoatueVenture capital · United States · OpenAI, Stability AI, Jasper AI | 76 | 34 | Oct 2026 |
 SFC CapitalVenture capital · United Kingdom · Obsero logo, helloBill. Life admin, sorted by an AI assistant., Sprout | 75 | 81 | Oct 2026 |
 Battery VenturesVenture capital · United States · Cognition, 6sense, Baseten | 74 | 35 | Sep 2026 |
 Entrepreneurs Roundtable AcceleratorAccelerator · United States · Rilla, Glia, Tryleverage | 70 | 9 | Oct 2026 |
 Pear VCVenture capital · United States · Cognition, Phinity Labs, Uniphore | 69 | 22 | Sep 2026 |
 E14 FundVenture capital · United States · Meticulate, Sycamore, Replit | 68 | 18 | Oct 2026 |
 Redpoint VenturesVenture capital · United States · OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral AI | 66 | 41 | Oct 2026 |
 Hub71Accelerator · United Arab Emirates · Turintech, infrared, Open Assets | 66 | 18 | Oct 2026 |
 Madrona Venture GroupVenture capital · United States · Thira, Jack & Jill, Scifin | 65 | 26 | Nov 2026 |
 SOSVAccelerator · United States · Simbe Robotics, Circadia Health, Verismart | 64 | 35 | Oct 2026 |
 Founders FactoryAccelerator · United Kingdom · Xapien, Iris.ai, NWS | 63 | 26 | Oct 2026 |
 Phoenix CourtVenture capital · United Kingdom · Mistral AI, Graphcore, Hailo Technologies | 61 | 67 | Oct 2026 |
 South Park CommonsAccelerator · United States · Keplar, Further AI, Unit21 | 61 | 21 | Oct 2026 |
 DCVCVenture capital · United States · Databricks, Graphcore, SentinelOne | 59 | 27 | Sep 2026 |
 SpeedinvestVenture capital · Austria · OpenAI, Mistral AI, Diligent | 58 | 31 | Oct 2026 |
 Salesforce VenturesVenture capital · United States · CADDi, Air, Arena | 58 | 22 | Sep 2026 |
The most backed startups worldwide
| Startup | Investors in this list |
|---|---|
 Anthropic | 39 |
 Databricks | 34 |
 Anduril Industries | 31 |
 OpenAI | 29 |
 IBM | 23 |
 Cognition | 22 |
 Crusoe | 21 |
 xAI | 20 |
 Legora | 20 |
 Together AI | 19 |
 Baseten | 19 |
 Salesforce | 19 |
 AMI Labs | 19 |
 Mistral AI | 18 |
 Replit | 18 |
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Who invests in AI startups?
1,294 investors hold three or more AI startups each, 11,543 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Y Combinator (1466), Techstars (672) and Plug and Play (608). 192 of them are accelerators.
How is this list built?
From what each investor holds: the portfolio page it publishes, the Y Combinator directory and the announced rounds that name it. An investor counts for a sector when at least three of its portfolio companies are based there; the list is rebuilt every night from 2,414 portfolios.
Source: investors' portfolio pages and announced rounds, 2,414 portfoliosUpdated 6 Nov 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0