Who invests in startups in the United States
1,573 investors back startups in the United States: funds, accelerators and angel networks with at least two portfolio companies there, 18,139 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Y Combinator (3349), Techstars (2009) and 500 Global (577). 179 of them are accelerators.
Investors by their portfolio companiesRebuilt 12 Nov 2026
investors
1,573
portfolio startups
18,139
of them raised in 12 months
198
accelerators
179
Investors backing startups in the United States
| Investor | Startups here | Portfolio rounds, 12 mo | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|
 Y CombinatorAccelerator · United States · Orgo, chkit Docs, Superserve | 3,349 | 259 | Oct 2026 |
 TechstarsAccelerator · United States · FileMarket AI Data Labs, Certa.ai, Novo | 2,009 | 112 | Nov 2026 |
 500 GlobalAccelerator · United States · Reddit, Stripe, UpGuard | 577 | 35 | Oct 2026 |
 Plug and PlayAccelerator · United States · PayPal, Google, Lamar Health | 526 | 159 | Nov 2026 |
 Andreessen HorowitzVenture capital · United States · Tutor Intelligence, Lightfield, Circle | 483 | 101 | Nov 2026 |
 Soma CapitalVenture capital · United States · OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks | 395 | 63 | Nov 2026 |
 Insight PartnersVenture capital · United States · Charta Health, Qualitate, Factory | 359 | 84 | Nov 2026 |
 NEAVenture capital · United States · Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce | 333 | 38 | Oct 2026 |
 General CatalystVenture capital · United States · Dren Bio, Fragment, Otter.ai | 331 | 124 | Nov 2026 |
 GVVenture capital · United States · Neuralink, Stripe, Google | 313 | 58 | Oct 2026 |
 Lightspeed Venture PartnersVenture capital · United States · Mandl, alifsemi, Omnifold | 276 | 86 | Nov 2026 |
 Sequoia CapitalVenture capital · United States · Trajectory, Pierre Computer Company, Whop | 260 | 92 | Nov 2026 |
 AccelVenture capital · United States · Scuba, Perplexity AI, Microsoft | 243 | 87 | Nov 2026 |
 Bessemer Venture PartnersVenture capital · United States · Bedrock Robotics, Furientis, Perplexity AI | 233 | 71 | Oct 2026 |
 Kleiner PerkinsVenture capital · United States · Traversal, Flapping Airplanes, Modal | 201 | 49 | Nov 2026 |
 Menlo VenturesVenture capital · United States · Greptile, Town, Warp Sciences | 195 | 45 | Oct 2026 |
 CoatueVenture capital · United States · Kalshi, OpenAI, Jasper AI | 193 | 35 | Nov 2026 |
 FelicisVenture capital · United States · Phonic, Arena, Plaid | 157 | 35 | Nov 2026 |
 Battery VenturesVenture capital · United States · Traversal, Affirm, Amplitude | 150 | 37 | Nov 2026 |
 First Round CapitalVenture capital · United States · Mach9, Phonic, Uber | 145 | 31 | Oct 2026 |
 SOSVAccelerator · United States · RadianX, Opal Therapeutics, Formlabs | 144 | 37 | Nov 2026 |
 DCVCVenture capital · United States · Rainmaker, Nobell Foods, Circularity Fuels | 142 | 28 | Nov 2026 |
 AntlerAccelerator · Singapore · Coframe, CodeIntegrity, Fueled | 140 | 61 | Nov 2026 |
 Abstract VenturesVenture capital · United States · OuterSignal, xAI, Method Financial | 140 | 34 | Nov 2026 |
 Index VenturesVenture capital · United Kingdom · Scale AI, RevenueCat, Tekion | 138 | 76 | Nov 2026 |
 Redpoint VenturesVenture capital · United States · OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft | 138 | 42 | Nov 2026 |
 GreycroftVenture capital · United States · Anduril Industries, Character.AI, Salesforce | 133 | 20 | Nov 2026 |
 Elevate VenturesVenture capital · United States · Anduril Industries, Microsoft, Oracle | 129 | 8 | Sep 2026 |
 Initialized CapitalVenture capital · United States · Icarus, Robocurve, Outer Bio\" | 128 | 19 | Oct 2026 |
 SV AngelAngel network · United States · Temporal, OpenAI, Anthropic | 126 | 31 | Nov 2026 |
| 88VCAccelerator · Fragment, Anduril Industries, Palantir Technologies | 123 | 42 | Oct 2026 |
 Sapphire VenturesVenture capital · Tractian, ElevenLabs, Google | 122 | 29 | Nov 2026 |
 EndeavorAccelerator · United States · Hilbert, Linq, ElevenLabs | 121 | 55 | Oct 2026 |
 Wellington ManagementInvestor · United States · Databricks, Scale AI, Coinbase | 121 | 11 | Oct 2026 |
 CRVVenture capital · United States · IBM, Luma AI, Zendesk | 112 | 26 | Oct 2026 |
 Multimodal VenturesVenture capital · Misprint, DeepSim, Entangl | 109 | 19 | Oct 2026 |
 Great Oaks Venture CapitalVenture capital · United States · SmithRx, AllTrails, Houzz | 108 | 7 | Oct 2026 |
 RA Capital ManagementInvestor · United States · BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Natera, Phathom Pharmaceuticals | 107 | 30 | Oct 2026 |
 E14 FundVenture capital · United States · Meticulate, Replit, Lancedb | 104 | 18 | Oct 2026 |
 Pear VCVenture capital · United States · Lore, Phinity Labs, Crossmint | 103 | 24 | Oct 2026 |
The most backed startups in the United States
| Startup | Investors in this list |
|---|---|
 Allvue Systems | 61 |
 Anthropic | 39 |
 Databricks | 34 |
 Stripe | 34 |
 Microsoft | 34 |
 Intra Links | 33 |
 OpenAI | 31 |
 Anduril Industries | 31 |
 Coinbase | 31 |
 SpaceX | 30 |
 Uber | 29 |
 Airbnb | 28 |
 Robinhood | 27 |
 Cisco Systems | 27 |
 Flexport | 25 |
By sector
AI 842Software and SaaS 615Healthtech 577Fintech 537Cybersecurity 386IT 289E-commerce 284Sales and marketing tech 275Manufacturing 251Data and analytics 244Mobility and logistics 239Biotech 233Proptech 208Hardware 199Energy and climate 188Crypto and Web3 172Consumer goods 165Internet 159Edtech 155Robotics 150Space 136Food and beverage 132Media and entertainment 113Deep tech 100Consumer electronics 95Defence 77Telecom 69Gaming 58Travel 53Agritech 43
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Who invests in startups in the United States?
1,573 investors back startups in the United States: funds, accelerators and angel networks with at least two portfolio companies there, 18,139 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Y Combinator (3349), Techstars (2009) and 500 Global (577). 179 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 United States when at least two of its portfolio companies are based there; the list is rebuilt every night from 2,418 portfolios.
Source: investors' portfolio pages and announced rounds, 2,418 portfoliosUpdated 12 Nov 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0