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Venture capital firms in California

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

3,118
Venture capital firms in California
100
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
12
Other types here
100 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 500 Global Palo Alto, United States 3,424 579 469 52
2 Plug and Play Sunnyvale, United States 2,592 352 230 104
3 Accel Palo Alto, United States 2,514 1,018 451 0
4 Sequoia Capital Menlo Park, United States 2,450 899 480 122
5 New Enterprise Associates Menlo Park, United States 2,398 826 670 98
6 Right Side Capital Management San Francisco, United States 2,213 65 296 9
7 Andreessen Horowitz Menlo Park, United States 2,041 916 311 416
8 General Catalyst San Francisco, United States 1,801 753 271 147
9 Lightspeed Venture Partners Menlo Park, United States 1,739 639 298 14
10 Bessemer Venture Partners San Francisco, United States 1,654 593 364 112
11 SV Angel San Francisco, United States 1,584 35 521 9
12 Kleiner Perkins Menlo Park, United States 1,558 461 388 55
13 Khosla Ventures Menlo Park, United States 1,479 575 208 73
14 Index Ventures San Francisco, United States 1,340 550 293 48
15 Google Ventures San Francisco, United States 1,331 392 304 0
16 Liquid 2 Ventures San Francisco, United States 1,243 16 144 11
17 Founders Fund San Francisco, United States 1,072 337 188 34
18 Norwest Menlo Park, United States 1,052 412 244 84
19 Soma Capital San Francisco, United States 1,015 21 95 21
20 Salesforce Ventures San Francisco, United States 970 195 221 0
21 Greylock Menlo Park, United States 954 272 285 40
22 Menlo Ventures Menlo Park, United States 931 326 205 36
23 Redpoint San Francisco, United States 885 281 187 10
24 Venrock Palo Alto, United States 884 250 288 35
25 Canaan Partners Menlo Park, United States 873 292 196 25
26 Goodwater Capital Burlingame, United States 838 106 38 20
27 Foundation Capital Palo Alto, United States 826 227 203 26
28 True Ventures Palo Alto, United States 805 286 140 19
29 CRV San Francisco, United States 799 234 196 5
30 Bain Capital Ventures San Francisco, United States 791 338 169 11
31 Felicis Menlo Park, United States 777 190 194 25
32 LvlUp Ventures Los Angeles, United States 768 113 4 54
33 Benchmark San Mateo, United States 751 250 202 23
34 Mayfield Fund Menlo Park, United States 738 231 214 22
35 Keiretsu Forum Orinda, United States 699 35 77 97
36 DCM Ventures Menlo Park, United States 677 204 153 27
37 Spark Capital San Francisco, United States 670 327 126 19
38 SOSV HAX San Francisco, United States 656 10 18 4
39 Slow Ventures San Francisco, United States 625 78 159 14
40 LAUNCH San Francisco, United States 621 197 67 24
41 U.S. Venture Partners Menlo Park, United States 610 188 168 2
42 SOSV SF & NY (Fka IndieBio) San Francisco, United States 596 17 12 45
43 Unpopular Ventures San Francisco, United States 582 8 33 5
44 Initialized Capital San Francisco, United States 578 168 113 3
45 Headline San Francisco, United States 567 208 90 13
46 DCVC Palo Alto, United States 553 103 124 79
47 GGV Capital Menlo Park, United States 545 200 70 0
48 Crosslink Capital Menlo Park, United States 533 179 120 16
49 Draper Associates San Mateo, United States 522 140 78 11
50 Precursor Ventures San Francisco, United States 517 57 66 6
51 Pear VC Menlo Park, United States 511 95 52 17
52 NFX San Francisco, United States 495 227 60 19
53 Correlation Ventures San Diego, United States 486 9 105 3
54 Quiet Capital San Francisco, United States 483 45 74 17
55 GSR Ventures Menlo Park, United States 481 133 42 25
56 Trinity Ventures Menlo Park, United States 473 131 156 4
57 Social Starts San Francisco, United States 473 10 89 2
58 Notable Capital Menlo Park, United States 472 170 104 31
59 Uncork Capital San Francisco, United States 470 98 122 12
60 Upfront Ventures Santa Monica, United States 460 169 93 43
61 Nexus Venture Partners Menlo Park, United States 459 198 60 16
62 Western Technology Investment Portola Valley, United States 457 46 160 15
63 Social Capital Menlo Park, United States 449 113 106 6
64 Samsung NEXT Mountain View, United States 449 29 72 12
65 Shasta Ventures Portola Valley, United States 446 129 106 5
66 Sierra Ventures San Mateo, United States 443 152 99 13
67 Boost VC San Mateo, United States 437 55 41 8
68 IVP Menlo Park, United States 436 167 146 11
69 Village Global Covina, United States 436 88 34 14
70 InterWest Partners Menlo Park, United States 426 96 131 4
71 Floodgate Menlo Park, United States 424 88 115 8
72 The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Menlo Park, United States 418 254 28 19
73 Abstract San Francisco, United States 414 59 43 3
74 Altos Ventures Burlingame, United States 410 143 55 4
75 Craft Ventures San Francisco, United States 405 168 53 24
76 Versant Ventures Menlo Park, United States 387 108 114 37
77 AltaIR Capital San Francisco, United States 374 47 39 5
78 Strong Ventures Los Angeles, United States 370 68 11 5
79 Meritech Capital Partners Palo Alto, United States 365 147 142 12
80 Kapor Capital Oakland, United States 364 35 82 7
81 Streamlined Palo Alto, United States 363 359 61 2
82 Morgenthaler Ventures Menlo Park, United States 363 66 109 8
83 Rebel Fund Calabasas, United States 359 6 15 7
84 Sutter Hill Ventures Palo Alto, United States 352 108 110 28
85 UpHonest Capital Palo Alto, United States 352 8 47 16
86 M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund San Francisco, United States 346 104 49 0
87 Bloomberg Beta San Francisco, United States 346 48 51 0
88 Tuesday Capital San Francisco, United States 345 16 118 3
89 StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund) Palo Alto, United States 344 6 84 4
90 AME Cloud Ventures Palo Alto, United States 342 16 98 4
91 DNX Ventures San Mateo, United States 339 91 49 12
92 Scale Venture Partners Foster City, United States 338 135 91 22
93 K5 Global San Francisco, United States 336 6 38 2
94 Pantera Capital Menlo Park, United States 334 143 46 55
95 Ribbit Capital Palo Alto, United States 333 122 43 0
96 Mucker Capital Venice, United States 329 92 31 23
97 Ulu Ventures Palo Alto, United States 329 45 53 8
98 Gradient San Francisco, United States 328 157 44 12
99 Maveron San Francisco, United States 324 91 90 10
100 B Capital Manhattan Beach, United States 322 137 39 60

Table 1. Venture capital firms in California, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 3,118.

Investment stages

Among these 3,118
Early stage investors2,581 Seed investors1,909 Late stage investors1,044 Venture investors857 Private equity investors286 Convertible note investors177 Debt investors147 Post IPO investors109

Other investors in California

Angel investors4,488 Investment partners1,706 Private equity firms771 Micro VC funds350 Startup accelerators306 Angel groups214 Corporate venture capital184 Startup incubators148 Family offices136 Venture debt funds62 Hedge funds58 Syndicates56

Venture capital firms elsewhere

New York1,753 England1,054 Central Region590 Massachusetts522 Texas505 Beijing475 Shanghai387 Florida382 Ile-de-France364 Seoul-t'ukpyolsi356 Illinois315 Hong Kong Island299 Tokyo299 Ontario295 Tel Aviv261 Guangdong252 Berlin220 Maharashtra210 Noord-Holland205 Bayern203 Sao Paulo201 Dubai200 Colorado198 New South Wales191
Cite: FundingWatcher, 3,118 venture capital firms in California, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/venture-capital-firms/california-united-states/