The most active telecom startup investors
99 investors hold three or more telecom startups each, 379 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Y Combinator (22), Techstars (18) and Plug and Play (17). 18 of them are accelerators.
Investors by their portfolio companiesRebuilt 7 Nov 2026
investors
99
portfolio startups
379
of them raised in 12 months
2
accelerators
18
Investors backing startups worldwide
| Investor | Startups here | Portfolio rounds, 12 mo | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|
 Y CombinatorAccelerator · United States · Ryhla, Gigs, Twilio | 22 | 254 | Oct 2026 |
 TechstarsAccelerator · United States · Pilot Fiber, Telnyx, Eino | 18 | 97 | Oct 2026 |
 Plug and PlayAccelerator · United States · Airalo, RevComm, OXIO | 17 | 155 | Nov 2026 |
 Lightspeed Venture PartnersVenture capital · United States · The Mobile-First Company, Marvell Technology, Broadcom | 13 | 85 | Nov 2026 |
 NEAVenture capital · United States · Cisco Systems, Broadcom, Marvell Technology | 13 | 38 | Oct 2026 |
 500 GlobalAccelerator · United States · Twilio, Eino, Transcelestial | 12 | 35 | Oct 2026 |
 EndeavorAccelerator · United States · Airalo, Cequens, Unifonic | 11 | 55 | Oct 2026 |
 Francisco PartnersPrivate equity · United States · Broadcom, Amdocs, EfficientIP | 11 | 3 | Aug 2026 |
 Kleiner PerkinsVenture capital · United States · Cisco Systems, Extreme Networks, Alkira | 10 | 49 | Nov 2026 |
 Menlo VenturesVenture capital · United States · Broadcom, Ciena Corporation, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise | 10 | 46 | Oct 2026 |
 DigitalBridgePrivate equity · United States · Zayo Group, Jtower, Freshwave | 10 | 1 | Apr 2026 |
 Sequoia CapitalVenture capital · United States · Alkira, Versa Networks, Blues | 9 | 90 | Nov 2026 |
 Redpoint VenturesVenture capital · United States · Twilio, Juniper Networks, eero | 9 | 40 | Oct 2026 |
 Cisco InvestmentsVenture capital · United States · Marvell Technology, Actility, World Sensing | 9 | 18 | Sep 2026 |
 Celesta CapitalVenture capital · Marvell Technology, proteanTecs, Movandi | 8 | 6 | Oct 2026 |
 Searchlight Capital PartnersPrivate equity · United States · Bezeq, EOLO, Mitel | 8 | 3 | Aug 2026 |
 PhotonVenturesVenture capital · EFFECT Photonics, PhotonFirst, PHIX Photonics Assembly | 8 | 3 | Mar 2026 |
 Oak Investment PartnersVenture capital · United States · Cisco Systems, Zayo Group, Lumentum | 8 | 2 | Feb 2026 |
 Bessemer Venture PartnersVenture capital · United States · Cisco Systems, Twilio, Ciena Corporation | 7 | 70 | Oct 2026 |
 High-Tech GründerfondsAccelerator · Germany · Sinch, NFON, eyeo imaging | 7 | 47 | Nov 2026 |
 VentechVenture capital · France · Genesys, Orange Business, EKINOPS | 7 | 5 | Sep 2026 |
 Partners for GrowthCorporate VC · United States · Cisco Systems, GTT, Semtech | 7 | 3 | May 2026 |
 StonepeakPrivate equity · United States · Coresite, Astound, Cellnex Telecom | 7 | 1 | May 2026 |
 Artiman VenturesVenture capital · United States · Cisco Systems, Broadcom, NTT | 7 | – | – |
 Andreessen HorowitzVenture capital · United States · Dialpad, Twilio, Cape | 6 | 102 | Nov 2026 |
 Global BrainVenture capital · Japan · Cornelis Networks, RevComm, UnaBiz | 6 | 30 | Oct 2026 |
 Summit PartnersVenture capital · United States · HyperLight, NetBrain, Arista Networks | 6 | 8 | Oct 2026 |
 Innovation IndustriesVenture capital · Netherlands · EFFECT Photonics, PHIX Photonics Assembly, eyeo imaging | 6 | 7 | Oct 2026 |
 IncubAllianceAccelerator · France · EKINOPS, Oledcomm, Univity | 6 | 2 | Apr 2026 |
 Malaysian Technology Development CorporationVenture capital · Malaysia · Cosmoderm, MySpatial Sdn Bhd, NOVAPAVE SDN BHD | 6 | – | – |
 General CatalystVenture capital · United States · Meter, QUO, Highway 9 | 5 | 122 | Nov 2026 |
 AccelVenture capital · United States · Point Topic, Nokia.com, QMC Telecom | 5 | 83 | Oct 2026 |
 GVVenture capital · United States · Dialpad, Alkira, Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 5 | 57 | Oct 2026 |
 BGFVenture capital · United Kingdom · Purple, Calnex Solutions, Onecom | 5 | 52 | Nov 2026 |
 SOSVAccelerator · United States · Particle, Vistance Networks, iMotorbike | 5 | 37 | Nov 2026 |
 Silicon CatalystAccelerator · United States · Salience Labs, sicatalystvc, MoRF | 5 | 17 | Oct 2026 |
 InvereadyVenture capital · Spain · Parlem Telecom, Euskaltel, Bequant | 5 | 5 | Sep 2026 |
 AudaciaVenture capital · France · Sewan, Miratlas, memQ | 5 | 5 | Aug 2026 |
 MatrixVenture capital · United States · Cisco Systems, CommScope, Verizon | 5 | 3 | Oct 2026 |
 InfracapitalPrivate equity · United Kingdom · Neos Networks, Gigaclear, LEONET | 5 | 1 | Sep 2026 |
The most backed startups worldwide
| Startup | Investors in this list |
|---|---|
 Cisco Systems | 14 |
 Twilio | 10 |
 Nova Labs | 7 |
 Broadcom | 6 |
 Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 6 |
 Marvell Technology | 5 |
 Ciena Corporation | 5 |
 Broadcom | 4 |
 Airalo | 4 |
 Dialpad | 3 |
 Nexthop Systems | 3 |
 Alkira | 3 |
 LIVEU | 3 |
 Arrcus | 3 |
 Arista Networks | 3 |
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Who invests in telecom startups?
99 investors hold three or more telecom startups each, 379 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Y Combinator (22), Techstars (18) and Plug and Play (17). 18 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 7 Nov 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0