VC Directory
Venture Capital Firms in San Francisco, CA
206 venture capital firms headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Browse investor profiles, investment stages, and sector focus areas.
1517 Fund
Invests at extreme inception; favors non-traditional founders.
1confirmation
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500 Global
Global accelerator and seed fund investing across 80+ countries.
5AM Ventures
Early-stage life sciences with 4:59 Initiative model.
AIX Ventures
Led by active AI practitioners Socher, Manning, Goldbloom.
AU21 Capital
Hybrid venture and hedge fund backing brilliant blockchain founders
Abstract Ventures Fund
Early-stage venture firm investing in open source, developer tools, and infrastructure software companies.
Acre Venture Partners
Climate-focused agrifood fund with rare food-policy expertise
Acrew Capital
Multi-stage with 600+ operator community.
Afore Capital
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AgFunder
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Album VC
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Alpha Edison
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Alsop Louie Partners
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Alt Capital
Early-stage investor with operator-led team maintaining founder relationships.
Anthem Venture Partners
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Archetype
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Array Ventures
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Artis Ventures (AV)
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Aspect Ventures
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Asymmetry Ventures
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At One Ventures
Applies moonshot lab mindset with climate-positive focus.
Atlassian Ventures
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Atomic
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Autotech Ventures
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Backend Capital / Hf0
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Ballistic Ventures
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Base10 Partners
Venture firm investing in companies automating the real economy, with a focus on founders from underrepresented backgrounds.
Base10 Partners
World's largest Black-led VC for Real Economy companies.
Basis Set Ventures
Seed-stage firm using psychometrics and structured data to archetype founders.
Bee Partners
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Behind Genius Ventures
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Benchmark
Concentrated high-conviction early-stage bets with flat partnership structure.
Better Tomorrow Ventures
Early-stage fintech investors composed entirely of ex-fintech founders/operators.
Bling Capital
Solo GP enabling rapid investment decisions with operator support.
Blockchain Capital
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Bloomberg Beta
Partners can unilaterally approve investments, uses data-driven outreach.
Blumberg Capital
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Bolt
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Bond
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BootstrapLabs
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Bragiel Brothers
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Buckley Ventures
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Buoyant Ventures
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Caffeinated Capital
Relationship-driven firm backing founders in capital-intensive frontier areas.
Cake Ventures
Solo GP fund led by Monique Woodard investing in pre-seed and seed companies building for the future of demographics.
CapitalX
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Cathay Innovation
Global venture fund investing across the US, Europe, and Asia, with deep expertise in cross-border technology companies.
Citi Ventures
Corporate venture arm of Citigroup investing in companies transforming financial services and enterprise technology.
Coalition Operators
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Coinbase
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Coinbase Ventures
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Commerce Ventures
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Compound
Contrarian n-of-1 investor across frontier sectors.
Congruent Ventures
Climate-tech venture capital firm investing in companies addressing sustainability through technology innovation.
Congruent Ventures
Cleantech cycles expert backing hardware+software climate solutions.
Construct Capital
Venture firm investing in software companies powering the physical economy across logistics, construction, and manufacturing.
Construct Capital
Transforms manufacturing, logistics into tech-first industrials.
Contrary Capital
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Conviction
AI-native venture firm founded by former Bridgewater and Facebook AI executive Sarah Guo, investing in the AI transformation.
Conviction
AI-focused venture firm purpose-built for Software 3.0 by Sarah Guo.
Craft Ventures
PayPal Mafia-led with metrics-driven B2B SaaS playbook.
Crosslink Capital
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DCVC
Targets companies applying modern computation to agriculture, mining, and health.
DCVC (Data Collective)
Deep tech venture capital firm investing in companies applying data science and computational approaches to massive industries.
Deep Checks
Gets founders priority introductions to deeptech VCs and angel networks.
Define Ventures
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Delphi Ventures
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Designer Fund
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Dolby Family Ventures
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Dragoneer Investment Group
Growth equity firm investing in technology companies at scale, known for late-stage investments in category-defining businesses.
Dragonfly
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Dragonfly Capital Partners
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Dropbox Ventures
Early-stage AI startups receive founder-led mentorship and product integration.
Elad Gil
Prolific angel investor and author of 'High Growth Handbook,' investing across stages in technology companies.
Elad Gil
Solo-GP investor with unusually high hit rate in breakout companies.
Electric Capital
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Elementum Ventures
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Essence VC
Engineer-first solo GP investing in infra startups at early stages.
Expa
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Factorial Capital
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Fall Line Capital
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Fifty Years
Operator-heavy team backing pre-product deep-tech moonshots.
Fin Capital
Fintech specialist venture firm investing in early-stage companies transforming financial services globally.
First Round Capital
Student-founder focused with operating playbooks and community.
Flex Capital
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Flexport Fund
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Flourish Ventures
Global fintech venture firm investing in companies creating fair financial systems for individuals and small businesses.
Flourish Ventures
Evergreen fintech fund backing startups expanding financial access.
Footwork
Consumer technology and enterprise consumerization specialist.
Forerunner Ventures
Early-stage venture firm focused on consumer companies led by Kirsten Green, investing in brands reshaping how people live.
Forerunner Ventures
Direct-to-consumer specialist with breakout wins including Warby Parker and Glossier.
Forgepoint Capital
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Form Capital
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Founders Fund
Contrarian, founder-maximalist VC backing hard scientific breakthroughs.
Freestyle Capital
Serial founder seed investor with CFO-grade operational support.
FundersClub
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Future Ventures
Invests in purpose-driven entrepreneurs reinventing industries.
GTMFund
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Galvanize Climate Solutions
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Galvanize Climate Solutions
Climate investment firm founded by Tom Steyer and Katie Hall, combining venture, growth, and catalytic capital for climate solutions.
Gradient Ventures
Alphabet-backed AI-focused investor with longer timelines and ex-Google technical partners.
Greenoaks
Selective high-conviction firm making concentrated bets to scale.
HAX
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Harrison Metal
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Haun Ventures
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Haystack
AngelList syndicate hunter with craftsman mentality.
Headline
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Headline
Global venture capital firm (formerly e.ventures) investing across the US, Europe, and Asia in early and growth-stage startups.
HearstLab
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Heavybit
Early-stage investor in enterprise infrastructure working hands-on from day 0.
Homebrew
Seed-stage venture fund co-founded by former Google and YouTube executives, investing in bottom-up technology companies.
Homebrew
Former YouTube and Twitter product leaders backing early-stage startups.
Human Capital
Early-stage venture fund investing in founders solving problems in work, education, and human capital development.
Humba Ventures
Early-stage deeptech fund backing founders in frontier science and engineering.
Hustle Fund
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Hyperplane Venture Capital
Leads early rounds for technically intense AI teams in physical-world domains.
IDEO CoLab Ventures
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Immad Akhund Fund
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Index Ventures
Transatlantic partnership with Europe-to-US expansion playbooks.
IndieBio
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Industry Ventures
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Initialized Capital
Seed-stage venture firm co-founded by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and Garry Tan, investing in ambitious early-stage companies.
Initialized Capital
Operator-heavy seed investor with product and recruiting support.
JLL Spark
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Jack Altman Fund
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Jackson Square Ventures
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James Beshara Fund
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January Ventures
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Julian Capital
Deeptech seed fund investing across chips, chemicals, energy, robotics.
Kindred Ventures
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Kraken
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Lachy Groom
Solo GP fund led by former Stripe executive Lachy Groom, investing in early-stage technology companies.
Long Journey Ventures
Champion of founders others dismiss, offering devoted partner support.
M12
Evergreen Microsoft venture fund leveraging product teams and co-selling.
Mango Capital
Solo-GP Robin Vasan leads early rounds for technical founders in cloud.
Maverick Ventures
Evergreen fund integrated with $10B+ hedge-fund platform.
NFX
Serial founder-led with Signal platform and CEO Guild network.
Neo
College-student focused with non-dilutive grant programs.
OSS Capital
First institutional fund exclusively for commercial open-source startups.
Obvious Ventures
Venture firm investing in world-positive companies that combine profit with purpose across health, sustainability, and empowerment.
Obvious Ventures
Early-stage, multi-thematic firm with purpose-driven focus.
OpenAI Startup Fund
OpenAI's venture arm running Converge program for exceptional AI builders.
Outset Capital
Active AI builders operating Imbue, training 100B+ models.
Pebblebed
Seed-stage led by former Facebook and OpenAI engineers focused on infra.
Precursor Ventures
Pre-seed focused venture firm led by Charles Hudson, investing very early in consumer and enterprise startups.
Precursor Ventures
Solo GP systematic specialist for first-time founders.
Prelude Ventures
Venture capital firm dedicated to climate and sustainability investing, backing transformative clean technology companies.
Propel Venture Partners
Fintech venture firm backed by BBVA, investing in companies transforming financial services through technology.
Refactor Capital
Solo GP leveraging Google/Netflix/LinkedIn experience to back hard-tech.
Rock Health Capital
Platform combining VC, advisory, and digital-health data access.
Root Ventures
Seed-stage team of practicing engineers underwriting engineering risk.
SciFi VC
Deep tech venture firm investing in companies that feel like science fiction today but will define tomorrow.
SignalFire
Applied AI investor with defensible data moats and recruiting platform.
South Park Commons Fund
Community-driven venture fund investing at the earliest stages in founders exploring new frontiers in technology.
Susa Ventures
Seed-stage investor focused on data-centric, moat-driven startups.
Sway Ventures
San Francisco-based venture firm investing in enterprise software and fintech companies across the US and Europe.
Thayer Ventures
Venture firm focused on hard-tech and industrial technology, investing in companies modernizing critical infrastructure.
Transformation Capital
Growth equity firm focused exclusively on healthcare technology companies driving value-based care and digital transformation.
Tribe Capital
Data-driven venture firm using quantitative analysis and product science to identify and invest in high-growth companies.
True Ventures
Long-term partner emphasizing culture, diversity, and founder connections.
Uncork Capital
Seed-stage micro-VC offering hands-on, bespoke plans for each company.
Versant Ventures
Creates companies from in-house discovery labs with big-pharma discipline.
Village Global
Network-driven, geo-agnostic firm with operator-angel distribution.
XYZ Venture Capital
Physics-inspired framework with Palantir-associated companies.
Zetta Venture Partners
Exclusively focused on AI-driven B2B with commercial-AI pattern recognition.
Zigg Capital
Enterprise software venture firm focused on seed-stage companies building foundational B2B technology.
a16z crypto
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gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)
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Benchmark
Iconic early-stage venture firm known for its equal partnership structure and concentrated portfolio approach.
Bessemer Venture Partners
One of the oldest and most established venture firms in the world, known for pioneering cloud computing investments.
CRV (Charles River Ventures)
One of the oldest venture firms in the US, investing in early-stage technology companies since 1970.
Felicis Ventures
Stage-agnostic venture firm founded by Aydin Senkut, early Google employee, investing in transformative technology companies.
First Round Capital
Seed-stage venture firm known for building the strongest community for founders through its extensive platform and support.
Founders Fund
Venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel investing in revolutionary technology companies that others overlook.
General Catalyst
Global venture and growth equity firm with a responsible innovation philosophy, investing from seed to growth.
Index Ventures
Global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, London, and Geneva, investing from seed through growth.
Redpoint Ventures
Early and growth-stage venture capital firm focused on enterprise infrastructure, applied AI, and consumer technology.
Spark Capital
Early-stage venture firm investing at the intersection of technology and design across consumer and enterprise sectors.
Abstract Ventures
Early-stage venture firm investing in technical founders building AI, infrastructure, and applied technology companies.
Calm Ventures
The venture arm of Calm, the meditation and wellness app. Calm Ventures invests in early-stage companies focused on mental health, wellness, and consumer technology that promotes well-being.
Craft Ventures
Early-stage venture firm founded by David Sacks investing in enterprise software and marketplace companies.
Data Collective (DCVC)
Deep tech venture capital firm focused on AI, machine learning, and computational technologies. Invests in companies leveraging data and computation for breakthrough solutions.
Dragoneer Investment Group
Growth equity investment firm focused on high-growth technology companies across public and private markets. Known for backing late-stage technology companies with strong fundamentals and global growth potential.
Iconiq Capital
A growth-oriented investment firm that manages capital for ultra-high-net-worth families and institutions. Known for large growth investments and providing strategic guidance to scaling technology companies.
Iconiq Growth
Growth equity firm backed by some of the world's most influential technology founders, investing in market-defining companies.
Legalist
Data-driven venture capital firm that uses quantitative analysis to invest in legal technology and litigation finance. They apply machine learning and data science to evaluate legal tech investments and litigation outcomes.
Magic Fund
Solo GP fund focused on investing in AI and automation companies. Takes a thesis-driven approach to identifying startups that are leveraging artificial intelligence to transform traditional industries.
Matrix Partners
Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to build transformative technology companies. They focus on enterprise software, consumer internet, and fintech investments from seed to growth stages.
Matrix Partners
Early-stage venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Boston, investing in enterprise and consumer technology.
Maverick Ventures
Technology-focused venture arm of Maverick Capital investing in growth-stage consumer and enterprise companies.
MiLA Capital
Early-stage venture capital fund investing in Latino founders and companies serving Latino communities across the Americas. Founded by Marianne Hudson to address the Latino funding gap in venture capital.
NextLaw Labs
The venture capital and innovation arm of Dentons, the world's largest law firm. They invest in legal technology startups and provide unique access to legal expertise and global client networks.
Paradigm
Crypto-focused investment firm founded by Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and former Sequoia partner Matt Huang. One of the largest dedicated crypto venture funds.
Paua Ventures
A Berlin and San Francisco-based micro-VC that invests in early-stage B2B software companies. They focus on enterprise technology startups and provide operational expertise to help founders build scalable businesses.
Salesforce Ventures
Salesforce Ventures invests in enterprise software companies, particularly those building on or integrating with the Salesforce platform. They focus on AI, SaaS, and customer experience technologies.
Samsung NEXT
Samsung NEXT is Samsung's innovation arm that invests in early-stage startups across AI, IoT, digital health, and frontier technologies. They provide portfolio companies with access to Samsung's global ecosystem and manufacturing capabilities.
ScOp VC
A micro-VC fund that invests in early-stage technology companies with a focus on diverse founders and underrepresented markets. They provide capital and strategic support to help entrepreneurs build successful businesses.
SignalFire
Data-driven venture firm using proprietary technology platform Beacon to identify founders and opportunities before traditional signals.
Slow Ventures
Seed-stage venture firm with a contrarian, patient approach to investing in consumer technology and culture.
Slow Ventures
Founded by Sam Lessin and others, known for their eclectic portfolio and contrarian investment approach. Focuses on early-stage companies across various sectors with unique business models.
South Park Commons
Founded by Ravi Belani, combines a community of builders with an investment fund. Provides a space for entrepreneurs to explore ideas and offers pre-seed funding to the most promising projects.
Spero Ventures
A seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in category-creating companies led by exceptional entrepreneurs. They focus on enterprise software, fintech, and healthcare technology with a data-driven investment approach.
TPG Capital
Global private equity and venture capital firm with over $120 billion of assets under management. TPG Growth focuses on investments in high-growth companies across technology, healthcare, financial services, and consumer sectors.
Version One Ventures
Version One Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in transformative technology companies across North America. They focus on B2B software, fintech, and infrastructure investments with strong product-market fit indicators.
Weekend Fund
Founded by Ryan Hoover, invests in very early-stage startups often at the idea or prototype stage. Known for quick decisions and supporting solo founders and weekend projects that become companies.