The most active software and SaaS startup investors
956 investors hold three or more software and SaaS startups each, 5,643 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Y Combinator (741), Techstars (233) and Insight Partners (199). 118 of them are accelerators.
Investors by their portfolio companiesRebuilt 8 Nov 2026
investors
956
portfolio startups
5,643
of them raised in 12 months
53
accelerators
118
Investors backing startups worldwide
| Investor | Startups here | Portfolio rounds, 12 mo | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|
 Y CombinatorAccelerator · United States · Orgo, Superserve, The Vibe Company | 741 | 256 | Oct 2026 |
 TechstarsAccelerator · United States · Certa.ai, Clarisights, Help Scout | 233 | 98 | Nov 2026 |
 Insight PartnersVenture capital · United States · Filevine, Jellyfish, Motive | 199 | 82 | Nov 2026 |
 Plug and PlayAccelerator · United States · Google, HubSpot, Glean | 180 | 152 | Nov 2026 |
 500 GlobalAccelerator · United States · Canva, Authlete, Propeller | 173 | 35 | Oct 2026 |
 AccelVenture capital · United States · Modal, Microsoft, Salesforce | 133 | 83 | Oct 2026 |
 Andreessen HorowitzVenture capital · United States · Lightfield, IFTTT, Belisar | 111 | 101 | Nov 2026 |
 EndeavorAccelerator · United States · Rikkeisoft, Bending Spoons, Crossmint | 111 | 54 | Oct 2026 |
 Bessemer Venture PartnersVenture capital · United States · Oracle, Relevance AI, Netlify | 107 | 69 | Oct 2026 |
 Soma CapitalVenture capital · United States · DualEntry, Crossmint, Windmill | 93 | 62 | Nov 2026 |
 General CatalystVenture capital · United States · Otter.ai, Lanesurf, Microsoft | 79 | 122 | Nov 2026 |
 AntlerAccelerator · Singapore · Thred, File, ChatCut | 79 | 52 | Nov 2026 |
 Battery VenturesVenture capital · United States · Adacore, BAZ, Avalara | 77 | 36 | Nov 2026 |
 Lightspeed Venture PartnersVenture capital · United States · DualEntry, Ramp, Seismic | 72 | 84 | Nov 2026 |
 NEAVenture capital · United States · Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce | 70 | 37 | Oct 2026 |
 Index VenturesVenture capital · United Kingdom · Instinct, RevenueCat, Tekion | 66 | 70 | Oct 2026 |
 GVVenture capital · United States · Google, DualEntry, Gusto | 62 | 56 | Oct 2026 |
 CoatueVenture capital · United States · Instinct, Canva, Docker | 62 | 35 | Nov 2026 |
 Sequoia CapitalVenture capital · United States · Microsoft, Cresta, Oracle | 61 | 92 | Nov 2026 |
 Salesforce VenturesVenture capital · United States · CADDi, Climate X, Docker | 57 | 22 | Sep 2026 |
 Vista Equity PartnersPrivate equity · United States · Adobe, Reynolds and Reynolds, Wrike | 57 | 1 | Dec 2025 |
 JMI EquityPrivate equity · United States · Adobe, Oracle, ServiceNow | 56 | 3 | Sep 2026 |
 Menlo VenturesVenture capital · United States · Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce | 51 | 45 | Oct 2026 |
 Redpoint VenturesVenture capital · United States · Microsoft, Adobe, Zendesk | 51 | 41 | Nov 2026 |
 Point NineVenture capital · Germany · Zendesk, Omnea, Infakt | 51 | 14 | Oct 2026 |
 Kleiner PerkinsVenture capital · United States · Microsoft, Salesforce, Netlify | 50 | 47 | Nov 2026 |
 SeedcampAccelerator · United Kingdom · Vessla, Google, LiveFlow | 48 | 61 | Nov 2026 |
 Sapphire VenturesVenture capital · Google, Dassault Systemes, Intercom | 48 | 27 | Oct 2026 |
 PartechVenture capital · France · EcoVadis, Testgorilla, Maze | 47 | 28 | Oct 2026 |
 Global BrainVenture capital · Japan · Tailor, Unity Technologies, Optimind | 46 | 30 | Oct 2026 |
 High-Tech GründerfondsAccelerator · Germany · Lone Wolf Technologies, Neural Concept, Chaos | 43 | 48 | Nov 2026 |
 FundersClubVenture capital · United States · Zentist, Employment Hero, Rippling | 42 | 5 | Sep 2026 |
 Abstract VenturesVenture capital · United States · Reactor, Crossmint, Replit | 38 | 34 | Nov 2026 |
 TinySeedAccelerator · Gymdesk, dscout, JETPLAN | 38 | – | – |
 Level EquityPrivate equity · United States · Onphase, TeamDynamix, Upshop | 37 | 3 | May 2026 |
| 88VCAccelerator · Salesforce, Glimpse, Vercel | 36 | 42 | Oct 2026 |
 FelicisVenture capital · United States · Canva, n8n, Supabase | 36 | 34 | Nov 2026 |
 SpeedinvestVenture capital · Austria · Wasmer, Dialpad, Seqera | 36 | 30 | Nov 2026 |
 Phoenix CourtVenture capital · United Kingdom · Improbable, Justworks, Beamery | 35 | 65 | Oct 2026 |
 Initialized CapitalVenture capital · United States · Numero, Orbio Earth, Weave | 34 | 19 | Oct 2026 |
The most backed startups worldwide
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Who invests in software and SaaS startups?
956 investors hold three or more software and SaaS startups each, 5,643 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Y Combinator (741), Techstars (233) and Insight Partners (199). 118 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 2,417 portfolios.
Source: investors' portfolio pages and announced rounds, 2,417 portfoliosUpdated 8 Nov 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0