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Investment partners

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

6,734
Investment partners
98
Countries
119
Location pages
100
Rows shown
Investment partners by countryUnited States3,661United Kingdom427India292Germany227Canada141France129Israel107Singapore98Switzerland85Australia82
Figure 1. Investment partners by country, ten largest. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 6,734.

Most active investment partners

By recorded investments
100 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Edward Lando United States 518 1 74 0
2 Naval Ravikant Palo Alto, United States 299 17 81 0
3 Mark Cuban Dallas, United States 281 56 48 0
4 Gokul Rajaram San Francisco, United States 277 11 36 0
5 Fabrice Grinda New York, United States 256 4 91 0
6 Marc Benioff San Francisco, United States 203 12 53 0
7 Alexis Ohanian San Francisco, United States 181 5 57 0
8 Paul Buchheit Mountain View, United States 175 5 76 0
9 Chris Adelsbach London, United Kingdom 175 0 25 2
10 Scott Banister San Francisco, United States 162 8 61 0
11 Shervin Pishevar San Francisco, United States 155 0 72 0
12 Justin Mateen Los Angeles, United States 149 22 24 0
13 Guillermo Rauch San Francisco, United States 144 0 13 0
14 Wei Guo San Francisco, United States 143 1 32 16
15 Peter Thiel San Francisco, United States 140 25 32 0
16 Sam Altman San Francisco, United States 134 31 32 0
17 Kevin Mahaffey San Francisco, United States 133 4 34 0
18 Esther Dyson New York, United States 124 6 33 0
19 Tim Draper San Francisco, United States 123 31 28 0
20 Immad Akhund San Francisco, United States 122 0 12 0
21 Xavier Niel Paris, France 121 12 32 0
22 Louis Beryl San Francisco, United States 121 3 37 4
23 Kevin Hartz San Francisco, United States 120 1 28 0
24 Tom Williams San Francisco, United States 115 15 14 0
25 Cyan Banister San Francisco, United States 115 4 30 9
26 Kevin Lin San Francisco, United States 115 2 9 0
27 Max Levchin Kyiv, Ukraine 110 4 38 0
28 Ramakant Sharma Bengaluru, India 109 7 2 0
29 Ron Conway San Francisco, United States 107 2 63 0
30 Reid Hoffman Palo Alto, United States 106 10 38 0
31 Jeff Dean Palo Alto, United States 104 5 5 0
32 Taavet Hinrikus London, United Kingdom 103 9 17 0
33 Thibaud Elziere Brussels, Belgium 103 0 10 0
34 Kunal Bahl New Delhi, India 102 8 15 0
35 Garry Tan San Francisco, United States 97 3 28 0
36 Simon Murdoch London, United Kingdom 96 2 23 0
37 Nitesh Banta New York, United States 95 0 18 0
38 Mark Pincus San Francisco, United States 94 2 26 0
39 Kevin Moore Dallas, United States 94 0 28 0
40 Justin Kan San Francisco, United States 93 2 14 0
41 Dharmesh Shah Boston, United States 92 2 32 0
42 David Tisch New York, United States 92 1 53 0
43 Wayne Chang Manhattan, United States 91 3 36 0
44 Binny Bansal Singapore, Singapore 89 19 10 0
45 Bill Gates Seattle, United States 89 17 15 0
46 Gary Vaynerchuk New York, United States 89 7 40 0
47 Arjun Sethi San Francisco, United States 88 1 26 0
48 Eric Schmidt New York, United States 87 7 19 0
49 Auren Hoffman San Francisco, United States 86 2 44 0
50 Shane Neman Miami, United States 86 0 17 0
51 Rajan Anandan Delhi, India 83 11 21 0
52 Daniel Gross United States 81 16 13 0
53 Joanne Wilson New York, United States 80 4 13 0
54 Benjamin Ling Menlo Park, United States 78 2 40 17
55 Rohit Bansal Gurgaon, India 77 3 15 0
56 Ashton Kutcher Los Angeles, United States 77 1 31 0
57 Chris Sang Sydney, Australia 76 2 12 86
58 Bryan Rosenblatt New York, United States 76 0 22 24
59 Paul Forster Cambridge, United States 75 0 13 0
60 Lee Linden New York, United States 74 1 31 0
61 Roman Smolevskiy Menlo Park, United States 74 0 8 0
62 Jackson Moses Dallas, United States 71 5 7 0
63 Vijay Sharma New Delhi, India 70 8 8 0
64 David Helgason Reykjavík, Iceland 70 1 9 0
65 Brendan Wallace Los Angeles, United States 68 0 28 0
66 David Morin Mill Valley, United States 66 3 38 0
67 Brad Flora San Francisco, United States 66 0 17 0
68 Nat Turner New York, United States 66 0 25 0
69 Keith Rabois United States 65 5 43 0
70 Shlomo Kramer Tel Aviv, Israel 65 3 16 0
71 Sujeet Kumar India 64 3 4 0
72 Matt Mullenweg Houston, United States 63 2 22 0
73 Dave McClure San Francisco, United States 63 1 34 0
74 Yuri Milner Los Altos Hills, United States 62 6 27 0
75 Steve Chen San Francisco, United States 62 3 16 0
76 Avichal Garg San Francisco, United States 62 2 20 0
77 Jose Marin Madrid, Spain 62 0 26 0
78 Zach Weinberg New York, United States 61 0 24 0
79 Darian Shirazi San Francisco, United States 59 2 14 0
80 Christian Edler Berlin, Germany 59 0 15 0
81 Lorenz Bogaert Gent, Belgium 58 3 12 0
82 Tobias Lutke Ottawa, Canada 58 2 7 0
83 Mitch Kapor Oakland, United States 58 1 31 0
84 Arjun Vaidya Mumbai, India 58 0 3 0
85 Michael Ovitz Beverly Hills, United States 58 0 12 0
86 Will Herman Boston, United States 58 0 24 0
87 Cory Levy San Francisco, United States 57 3 4 0
88 William Martin London, United Kingdom 57 0 11 12
89 Johann Hansmann Vienna, Austria 56 27 12 0
90 Jonathan Milner Cambridge, United States 56 12 6 0
91 Jason Calacanis San Francisco, United States 56 4 20 0
92 Jaan Tallinn Tallinn, Estonia 56 2 11 0
93 Meltem Demirors New York, United States 56 0 3 0
94 Eric Sprott Australia 55 34 40 0
95 Christian Reber Berlin, Germany 55 1 12 0
96 Max Mullen San Francisco, United States 55 1 10 0
97 Nicholas Chirls New York, United States 55 1 10 0
98 Justin Waldron San Francisco, United States 55 0 13 0
99 Kevin Durant Oakland, United States 55 0 10 0
100 Rajesh Sawhney Gurgaon, India 54 6 12 0

Table 1. The 100 investment partners with the most recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 6,734.

By location

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United States3,661 California1,706 San Francisco858 New York662 New York611 United Kingdom427 England362 London361 India292 Germany227 Massachusetts204 Los Angeles163 Boston152 Texas151 Canada141 Palo Alto135 France129 Ile-de-France114 Menlo Park113 Paris111 Israel107 Berlin102 Florida99 Singapore98 Berlin95 Switzerland85 Washington84 Maharashtra83 Australia82 Austin80 Mumbai78 Brazil75 Illinois73 Ontario71 Chicago69 Karnataka65 Japan64 Tel Aviv64 Seattle62 Bayern60 Toronto60 United Arab Emirates60 Colorado58 Sao Paulo58 Sweden58 New South Wales57 Munich56 Sydney55 The Netherlands54 Tokyo54 Spain53 Delhi51 Tokyo51 Zurich49 China47 Pennsylvania46 Tel Aviv46 Central Region45 Singapore45 Stockholm45

By country

United States3,661
United Kingdom427
India292
Germany227
Canada141
France129
Israel107
Singapore98
Switzerland85
Australia82
Brazil75
Japan64
United Arab Emirates60
Sweden58
The Netherlands54

Table 2. Investment partners by country, 15 largest. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 6,734.

By city

San Francisco858
New York611
London361
Los Angeles163
Boston152
Palo Alto135
Menlo Park113
Paris111
Berlin95
Austin80
Mumbai78
Chicago69
Seattle62
Toronto60
Munich56

Table 3. Investment partners by city, 15 largest. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 6,734.

Investment stages

Seed investors5,333 Early stage investors2,450 Venture investors992 Late stage investors632 Private equity investors474 Convertible note investors210 Secondary market investors111 Debt investors83
Cite: FundingWatcher, 6,734 investment partners, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/investment-partners/