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VC Investor Directory 2026: 35k Startup Investors: findings, method and data card

VC investor directory of 35,310 startup investors (VC, CVC, PE, accelerators) ranked by funding rounds worldwide, 2019 to mid-2026, with sector and stage mix.

Fliar Research · released October 2026 · licence CC BY-NC 4.0

How this dataset was acquired. Every row is aggregated from the Radar API, Fliar's company-data API and MCP server. Radar reads business news continuously and extracts each startup funding announcement into structured fields: company, stage, amount, date and every named investor. Those rounds are cleaned (repeated reports merged, recaps dropped, amounts checked against the source sentence) and the investors are then aggregated here: one row per investor organisation, with its deal count, lead count, stage mix, sectors and countries from January 2019 to June 2026. Individual angels and any name that reads as a person are removed. The investor profile with the full portfolio is available through POST /v1/investors/page (reference) or the get_investor_page MCP tool; POST /v1/investors/search finds investors by filters.

This file is a 25% sample: 8,827 of 35,310 investors. It keeps every record for a fixed subset of investors. The subset is chosen by a hash, so it stays the same from one release to the next. The findings and tables below were computed on the full data. For the rest, the withheld fields and monthly updates, get a Radar API key (docs). Each row's fliar_profile_url opens the company's full profile on Fliar.

Key findings

1. 35,310 investor organisations joined 64,799 funding rounds between January 2019 and June 2026. 16,168 of them (46%) appear in two or more rounds; 3,988 appear in ten or more.
2. The ten most active investors joined 6,051 rounds (9% of all rounds with a named organisation investor). Y Combinator leads with 1,090 rounds, followed by Tiger Global (897) and Accel (865).
3. Venture firms are 69% of investors, but the round sizes they join differ by type: the median round joined by a typical PE investor is $93.6M, against $8.6M for VC firms and $2.7M for accelerators.
4. 12,702 investors were active in 2022, the peak year. In 2025, 9,038 were active and 2,577 made their first round in the data.
5. Leading is concentrated. Only 300 investors led 10 or more rounds. The most frequent leads were Y Combinator (116), Softbank (101), BGF (100).
6. Where investors are based (for the 16,930 with a known headquarters): United States 6,641, United Kingdom 1,270, India 1,228, China 596, Canada 563.

Most active investors worldwide (top 50)

Rounds joined, January 2019 to June 2026, full data. Stage mix is the share of staged rounds at seed, early (pre-A to B) and growth (C+).

#	Investor	Type	HQ	Rounds	As lead	Companies	Seed / early / growth	Median round	Top sector	Active
1	Y Combinator	accelerator	United States	1,090	116	828	53% / 39% / 8%	$6.2M	Fintech	2019–2026
2	Tiger Global	PE	United States	897	95	559	5% / 43% / 51%	$65.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
3	Accel	VC	United States	865	73	479	17% / 46% / 36%	$28.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
4	Sequoia Capital	VC	United States	827	68	490	15% / 38% / 47%	$45.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
5	Insight Partners	PE	United States	737	99	493	5% / 49% / 46%	$50.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
6	Andreessen Horowitz	VC	United States	719	58	444	18% / 50% / 32%	$40.0M	High Tech	2019–2026
7	Lightspeed Venture Partners	VC	United States	683	42	394	18% / 50% / 32%	$39.5M	Enterprise Infrastructure	2019–2026
8	Peak XV Partners	VC	India	506	69	316	23% / 51% / 26%	$16.9M	Fintech	2019–2026
9	Bessemer Venture Partners	VC	United States	486	25	304	13% / 47% / 39%	$31.8M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
10	Khosla Ventures	VC	United States	433	25	281	20% / 52% / 29%	$30.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
11	Index Ventures	VC	United Kingdom	421	10	243	19% / 48% / 34%	$40.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
12	Coatue	PE	United States	384	18	210	6% / 36% / 58%	$110.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
13	Techstars	accelerator	United States	369	32	322	72% / 26% / 2%	$3.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
14	Goldman Sachs	PE	United States	362	63	268	5% / 28% / 67%	$88.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
15	Softbank	CVC	Japan	357	101	239	7% / 27% / 65%	$137.0M	Consumer	2019–2026
16	Founders Fund	VC	United States	355	18	222	20% / 42% / 38%	$40.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
17	Bpifrance	government	France	354	17	301	26% / 51% / 23%	$11.9M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
18	Global Founders Capital	VC	Germany	342	7	271	61% / 35% / 5%	$6.8M	Fintech	2019–2026
19	Salesforce Ventures	CVC	United States	340	21	232	9% / 42% / 49%	$49.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
20	Gaingels	other	United States	336	1	306	32% / 51% / 17%	$15.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
21	Temasek	government	Singapore	336	42	202	2% / 31% / 67%	$100.0M	Food and Agriculture Tech	2019–2026
22	Bain Capital Ventures	VC	United States	329	25	215	16% / 48% / 37%	$32.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
23	FJ Labs	VC	United States	307	1	260	35% / 60% / 5%	$12.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
24	Alumni Ventures	VC	United States	293	2	267	35% / 50% / 15%	$13.8M	High Tech	2019–2026
25	Norwest Venture Partners	VC	United States	286	26	177	7% / 37% / 57%	$45.2M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
26	Blume Ventures	VC	India	279	33	143	23% / 60% / 17%	$7.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
27	8VC	VC	United States	271	9	182	20% / 53% / 27%	$30.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
28	Citi Ventures	CVC	United States	271	25	202	5% / 51% / 45%	$43.5M	Fintech	2019–2026
29	Venture Catalysts	VC	India	269	46	179	44% / 55% / 1%	$1.5M	Fintech	2019–2026
30	Intel Capital	CVC	United States	264	43	179	6% / 58% / 35%	$30.0M	Enterprise Infrastructure	2019–2026
31	Tencent	CVC	China	262	46	164	5% / 40% / 54%	$100.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
32	Inflection Point Ventures	VC	–	256	95	196	43% / 57% / 0%	$790.0K	Consumer	2019–2026
33	Kleiner Perkins	VC	United States	254	9	157	14% / 42% / 44%	$50.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
34	Greycroft	VC	United States	248	9	176	24% / 56% / 20%	$19.8M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
35	Blackrock	PE	United States	245	30	175	1% / 23% / 76%	$125.5M	Fintech	2019–2026
36	Antler	accelerator	Singapore	244	73	205	83% / 17% / 0%	$1.9M	Fintech	2019–2026
37	Speedinvest	VC	Austria	243	1	160	47% / 47% / 5%	$8.5M	Fintech	2019–2026
38	Matrix Partners	VC	United States	233	26	156	17% / 48% / 35%	$16.9M	Consumer	2019–2026
39	Spark Capital	VC	United States	231	8	146	10% / 48% / 42%	$45.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
40	Lux Capital	VC	United States	226	8	140	17% / 48% / 35%	$38.5M	High Tech	2019–2026
41	Menlo Ventures	VC	United States	226	4	144	10% / 52% / 37%	$45.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
42	Silicon Valley Bank	bank-debt	United States	226	64	189	6% / 51% / 43%	$31.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
43	Nexus Venture Partners	VC	United States	222	21	122	26% / 55% / 20%	$13.5M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
44	General Atlantic	PE	United States	218	43	140	1% / 27% / 71%	$115.5M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
45	Seedcamp	accelerator	United Kingdom	216	1	145	64% / 34% / 2%	$5.4M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
46	Battery Ventures	VC	United States	213	17	148	5% / 48% / 47%	$46.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
47	Google	CVC	United States	213	54	166	33% / 28% / 38%	$27.8M	High Tech	2019–2026
48	Better Capital	VC	Guernsey	209	8	154	68% / 29% / 3%	$3.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
49	Thrive Capital	VC	United States	207	14	111	13% / 40% / 47%	$75.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
50	NEA	VC	United States	206	2	156	14% / 50% / 36%	$42.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026

Most active lead investors (top 50)

Ranked by rounds where a report named the investor as lead or it was the only investor named.

#	Investor	Type	HQ	Rounds	As lead	Companies	Seed / early / growth	Median round	Top sector	Active
1	Y Combinator	accelerator	United States	1,090	116	828	53% / 39% / 8%	$6.2M	Fintech	2019–2026
2	Softbank	CVC	Japan	357	101	239	7% / 27% / 65%	$137.0M	Consumer	2019–2026
3	BGF	other	United Kingdom	177	100	137	8% / 65% / 27%	$11.4M	Business Services	2019–2026
4	Insight Partners	PE	United States	737	99	493	5% / 49% / 46%	$50.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
5	Tiger Global	PE	United States	897	95	559	5% / 43% / 51%	$65.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
6	Inflection Point Ventures	VC	–	256	95	196	43% / 57% / 0%	$790.0K	Consumer	2019–2026
7	European Investment Bank	government	–	153	85	130	3% / 66% / 31%	$27.0M	High Tech	2019–2026
8	Accel	VC	United States	865	73	479	17% / 46% / 36%	$28.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
9	Antler	accelerator	Singapore	244	73	205	83% / 17% / 0%	$1.9M	Fintech	2019–2026
10	International Finance Corporation	government	United States	178	73	143	5% / 52% / 43%	$34.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
11	Peak XV Partners	VC	India	506	69	316	23% / 51% / 26%	$16.9M	Fintech	2019–2026
12	Sequoia Capital	VC	United States	827	68	490	15% / 38% / 47%	$45.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
13	Cibc Innovation Banking	bank-debt	–	91	66	82	2% / 16% / 82%	$13.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
14	Silicon Valley Bank	bank-debt	United States	226	64	189	6% / 51% / 43%	$31.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
15	Goldman Sachs	PE	United States	362	63	268	5% / 28% / 67%	$88.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
16	100X.Vc	VC	India	101	60	78	90% / 10% / 0%	$176.5K	Consumer	2020–2025
17	Andreessen Horowitz	VC	United States	719	58	444	18% / 50% / 32%	$40.0M	High Tech	2019–2026
18	Google	CVC	United States	213	54	166	33% / 28% / 38%	$27.8M	High Tech	2019–2026
19	Trifecta Capital	bank-debt	United States	131	53	80	2% / 44% / 54%	$13.0M	Food and Agriculture Tech	2019–2026
20	KKR	PE	United States	158	51	117	5% / 15% / 80%	$125.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
21	InfoEdge Ventures	CVC	India	152	49	75	29% / 65% / 7%	$4.5M	Consumer	2019–2026
22	Alteria Capital	bank-debt	India	159	48	97	5% / 65% / 30%	$12.1M	Consumer	2019–2026
23	European Innovation Council	government	–	137	48	118	18% / 68% / 14%	$10.8M	Life Sciences	2019–2026
24	Venture Catalysts	VC	India	269	46	179	44% / 55% / 1%	$1.5M	Fintech	2019–2026
25	Tencent	CVC	China	262	46	164	5% / 40% / 54%	$100.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
26	Sustainable Development Technology Canada	other	Canada	70	45	63	75% / 19% / 6%	$3.9M	Food and Agriculture Tech	2019–2025
27	Intel Capital	CVC	United States	264	43	179	6% / 58% / 35%	$30.0M	Enterprise Infrastructure	2019–2026
28	General Atlantic	PE	United States	218	43	140	1% / 27% / 71%	$115.5M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
29	Innoven Capital	bank-debt	India	113	43	66	11% / 51% / 38%	$13.6M	Retail	2019–2026
30	Crowdcube	other	United Kingdom	65	43	58	44% / 56% / 0%	$1.7M	Fintech	2019–2025
31	Lightspeed Venture Partners	VC	United States	683	42	394	18% / 50% / 32%	$39.5M	Enterprise Infrastructure	2019–2026
32	Temasek	government	Singapore	336	42	202	2% / 31% / 67%	$100.0M	Food and Agriculture Tech	2019–2026
33	Decathlon Capital Partners	VC	United States	44	41	44	0% / 8% / 92%	$13.0M	Consumer	2019–2026
34	Elevation Capital	VC	India	190	40	102	26% / 52% / 21%	$12.0M	Consumer	2020–2026
35	British International Investment	government	–	93	39	68	0% / 60% / 40%	$25.0M	Financial Services	2022–2026
36	BlackSoil Capital	bank-debt	India	79	39	59	4% / 42% / 54%	$5.6M	Consumer	2019–2026
37	Amazon	CVC	United States	127	37	92	30% / 25% / 44%	$40.0M	High Tech	2019–2026
38	Stride Ventures	bank-debt	India	159	36	111	23% / 66% / 11%	$10.0M	Consumer	2019–2026
39	Accel India	VC	India	82	36	60	41% / 38% / 21%	$6.2M	Consumer	2019–2026
40	Development Bank Of Wales	government	–	70	35	53	67% / 33% / 0%	$1.3M	Life Sciences	2019–2026
41	JP Morgan	bank-debt	United States	179	34	138	2% / 35% / 63%	$100.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
42	Trinity Capital	bank-debt	United States	103	34	84	0% / 42% / 58%	$33.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
43	Blume Ventures	VC	India	279	33	143	23% / 60% / 17%	$7.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
44	Techstars	accelerator	United States	369	32	322	72% / 26% / 2%	$3.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
45	Five Elms Capital	VC	United States	47	32	40	0% / 68% / 32%	$19.2M	Enterprise Applications	2020–2026
46	Klub	other	Kiribati	39	32	34	17% / 33% / 50%	$1.2M	Food and Agriculture	2021–2024
47	Prosus Ventures	CVC	Netherlands	187	31	108	7% / 54% / 38%	$50.0M	Fintech	2019–2026
48	Accenture Ventures	CVC	United States	83	31	69	25% / 45% / 30%	$25.0M	Enterprise Applications	2019–2026
49	Blackrock	PE	United States	245	30	175	1% / 23% / 76%	$125.5M	Fintech	2019–2026
50	Microsoft	CVC	United States	154	29	114	23% / 31% / 46%	$38.8M	High Tech	2019–2026

Most active investors in US startups (top 50)

Rounds raised by companies based in the United States.

#	Investor	Type	HQ	Rounds in United States	As lead	Companies	Median round	Top city	Top sector	Rounds 2025–26
1	Y Combinator	accelerator	United States	578	28	451	$10.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	132
2	Andreessen Horowitz	VC	United States	569	41	344	$45.0M	San Francisco	High Tech	100
3	Insight Partners	PE	United States	453	59	304	$50.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	59
4	Sequoia Capital	VC	United States	451	26	256	$55.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	85
5	Tiger Global	PE	United States	441	26	299	$76.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	29
6	Lightspeed Venture Partners	VC	United States	398	19	236	$50.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Infrastructure	83
7	Accel	VC	United States	369	14	222	$35.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	56
8	Khosla Ventures	VC	United States	324	16	206	$30.0M	San Francisco	Fintech	61
9	Bessemer Venture Partners	VC	United States	280	12	178	$30.0M	New York	Enterprise Applications	47
10	Gaingels	other	United States	276	0	249	$16.5M	New York	Enterprise Applications	27
11	Founders Fund	VC	United States	275	15	166	$40.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	49
12	Bain Capital Ventures	VC	United States	257	17	166	$35.5M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	38
13	Coatue	PE	United States	251	11	144	$135.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	44
14	8VC	VC	United States	233	6	151	$30.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	38
15	Alumni Ventures	VC	United States	232	1	213	$15.0M	New York	High Tech	55
16	Salesforce Ventures	CVC	United States	227	13	148	$60.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	29
17	Index Ventures	VC	United Kingdom	219	2	128	$44.5M	San Francisco	Enterprise Infrastructure	34
18	Kleiner Perkins	VC	United States	217	9	132	$52.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	35
19	Norwest Venture Partners	VC	United States	205	15	131	$50.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	28
20	Menlo Ventures	VC	United States	203	4	128	$41.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	42
21	Greycroft	VC	United States	196	7	139	$20.0M	New York	Fintech	16
22	Lux Capital	VC	United States	190	4	118	$40.0M	San Francisco	High Tech	36
23	Intel Capital	CVC	United States	181	29	124	$30.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Infrastructure	22
24	Techstars	accelerator	United States	178	8	161	$3.7M	New York	Enterprise Applications	20
25	Goldman Sachs	PE	United States	176	19	135	$75.0M	New York	Fintech	19
26	NEA	VC	United States	175	2	129	$43.5M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	32
27	Madrona Venture Group	VC	United States	166	8	100	$21.0M	Seattle	Enterprise Applications	27
28	Citi Ventures	CVC	United States	165	13	121	$40.0M	New York	Fintech	30
29	Spark Capital	VC	United States	159	2	101	$50.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	21
30	Thrive Capital	VC	United States	158	12	83	$71.2M	San Francisco	Fintech	34
31	Silicon Valley Bank	bank-debt	United States	157	43	131	$40.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	15
32	Felicis Ventures	VC	United States	156	4	103	$30.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	24
33	Blackrock	PE	United States	149	8	104	$145.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Infrastructure	18
34	Craft Ventures	VC	United States	148	8	104	$20.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	19
35	Redpoint Ventures	VC	United States	143	3	88	$52.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Infrastructure	22
36	Softbank	CVC	Japan	141	41	100	$130.0M	San Francisco	High Tech	26
37	Battery Ventures	VC	United States	140	7	99	$45.5M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	26
38	True Ventures	VC	United States	136	9	84	$18.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	14
39	Greylock	VC	United States	133	6	80	$40.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Infrastructure	16
40	Temasek	government	Singapore	133	6	89	$121.5M	San Francisco	Food and Agriculture Tech	29
41	Valor Equity Partners	PE	United States	133	3	89	$56.5M	San Francisco	High Tech	37
42	Ra Capital Management	VC	United Kingdom	131	1	107	$104.0M	Boston	Life Sciences	18
43	Google Ventures	CVC	United States	128	5	106	$64.5M	San Francisco	Healthtech	23
44	Sapphire Ventures	VC	United States	128	0	81	$100.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	16
45	F-Prime Capital	VC	United States	126	4	94	$29.0M	Boston	Life Sciences	7
46	Gradient Ventures	CVC	United States	123	5	81	$10.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Applications	15
47	CRV	VC	–	123	4	82	$35.0M	San Francisco	Enterprise Infrastructure	11
48	Alexandria Venture Investments	VC	–	123	0	106	$65.0M	Cambridge	Life Sciences	14
49	Nvidia	CVC	United States	122	17	69	$120.0M	San Francisco	High Tech	49
50	Fidelity Management & Research Company	PE	–	122	3	91	$160.0M	San Francisco	Life Sciences	25

Most active investors in UK startups (top 50)

Rounds raised by companies based in the United Kingdom.

#	Investor	Type	HQ	Rounds in United Kingdom	As lead	Companies	Median round	Top city	Top sector	Rounds 2025–26
1	BGF	other	United Kingdom	140	82	113	$12.0M	London	Business Services	25
2	Octopus Ventures	VC	United Kingdom	128	20	97	$11.0M	London	Fintech	10
3	Seedcamp	accelerator	United Kingdom	106	1	64	$6.3M	London	Fintech	13
4	Mercia Ventures	VC	United Kingdom	88	6	75	$2.7M	London	Enterprise Applications	19
5	MMC Ventures	VC	United Kingdom	82	4	48	$11.1M	London	Enterprise Applications	11
6	Localglobe	VC	United Kingdom	70	2	48	$9.9M	London	Fintech	9
7	Fuel Ventures	VC	United Kingdom	61	13	44	$3.0M	London	Enterprise Applications	7
8	Y Combinator	accelerator	United States	58	4	45	$8.0M	London	Enterprise Applications	10
9	Accel	VC	United States	56	7	35	$31.8M	London	Fintech	9
10	Development Bank Of Wales	government	–	55	27	42	$1.3M	Cardiff	Life Sciences	3
11	Maven Capital Partners	VC	United Kingdom	55	21	52	$3.5M	London	Enterprise Applications	9
12	Parkwalk Advisors	VC	United Kingdom	55	5	39	$10.1M	Cambridge	Life Sciences	5
13	Amadeus Capital Partners	VC	United Kingdom	55	1	31	$9.0M	London	High Tech	7
14	Index Ventures	VC	United Kingdom	55	0	38	$21.1M	London	Fintech	2
15	Albionvc	VC	United Kingdom	54	3	40	$9.6M	London	Enterprise Applications	6
16	IQ Capital	VC	United Kingdom	54	2	34	$8.7M	London	High Tech	5
17	Insight Partners	PE	United States	53	7	34	$50.0M	London	Fintech	12
18	Foresight Group	VC	China	52	18	40	$5.7M	London	Enterprise Applications	13
19	Crowdcube	other	United Kingdom	47	30	40	$1.8M	London	Fintech	3
20	Praetura Ventures	VC	United Kingdom	45	16	37	$4.1M	Manchester	Enterprise Applications	0
21	Natwest	bank-debt	–	45	14	32	$82.5M	London	Fintech	6
22	SFC Capital	VC	United Kingdom	45	5	39	$738.0K	London	Enterprise Applications	2
23	Techstart Ventures	VC	United Kingdom	44	6	34	$2.4M	Belfast	Enterprise Applications	3
24	Ascension Ventures	VC	United States	43	1	36	$3.0M	London	Fintech	1
25	Speedinvest	VC	Austria	41	0	27	$6.0M	London	Fintech	3
26	Blackfinch Ventures	VC	United Kingdom	40	19	26	$1.9M	London	Enterprise Applications	5
27	Citi Ventures	CVC	United States	40	3	29	$62.0M	London	Fintech	9
28	Par Equity	VC	United Kingdom	40	3	27	$3.3M	Edinburgh	Energy Tech	6
29	Episode 1	VC	United Kingdom	40	0	24	$3.6M	London	Enterprise Applications	3
30	Notion Capital	VC	United Kingdom	40	0	28	$15.0M	London	Fintech	4
31	Barclays	bank-debt	India	39	7	33	$33.0M	London	Fintech	5
32	Seedrs	other	Ireland	38	13	34	$1.9M	London	Consumer	0
33	Google Ventures	CVC	United States	38	6	26	$30.1M	London	Enterprise Applications	11
34	Passion Capital	VC	United Kingdom	38	4	23	$7.1M	London	Fintech	1
35	IP Group	VC	Australia	37	1	30	$23.8M	Oxford	Life Sciences	11
36	Gresham House Ventures	VC	United Kingdom	36	19	26	$6.3M	London	Consumer	5
37	HSBC	bank-debt	United Kingdom	36	10	29	$51.6M	London	Fintech	8
38	Techstars	accelerator	United States	36	2	33	$2.5M	London	Enterprise Applications	6
39	Scottish Investment Bank	bank-debt	United Kingdom	36	1	31	$3.4M	Edinburgh	Life Sciences	0
40	Atomico	VC	United Kingdom	35	2	25	$24.8M	London	Enterprise Applications	10
41	Balderton Capital	VC	United Kingdom	35	2	24	$35.0M	London	Fintech	6
42	YFM Equity Partners	PE	–	33	17	26	$6.3M	London	Enterprise Applications	11
43	British Business Bank	government	United Kingdom	33	12	30	$5.1M	London	Life Sciences	16
44	24Haymarket	other	United Kingdom	33	7	26	$3.5M	London	Enterprise Applications	2
45	European Regional Development Fund	government	–	33	2	25	$920.5K	Newcastle	Enterprise Applications	4
46	Npif – Mercia Equity Finance	government	–	32	11	26	$1.9M	Sheffield	Enterprise Applications	2
47	Cambridge Innovation Capital	VC	–	32	1	23	$32.0M	Cambridge	Life Sciences	4
48	Playfair Capital	VC	United Kingdom	32	1	17	$6.2M	London	Enterprise Applications	2
49	Tiger Global	PE	United States	32	0	24	$67.5M	London	Fintech	4
50	Goldman Sachs	PE	United States	31	8	23	$96.5M	London	Fintech	6

Most active investors in Indian startups (top 50)

Rounds raised by companies based in India.

#	Investor	Type	HQ	Rounds in India	As lead	Companies	Median round	Top city	Top sector	Rounds 2025–26
1	Peak XV Partners	VC	India	263	43	149	$15.0M	Bengaluru	Fintech	32
2	Accel	VC	United States	253	45	118	$12.3M	Bengaluru	Retail	39
3	Inflection Point Ventures	VC	–	238	86	181	$840.0K	Bengaluru	Consumer	36
4	Venture Catalysts	VC	India	234	38	150	$1.5M	New Delhi	Fintech	25
5	Tiger Global	PE	United States	214	50	90	$51.0M	Bengaluru	Fintech	10
6	Blume Ventures	VC	India	209	28	102	$7.0M	Bengaluru	Consumer	34
7	Sequoia Capital	VC	United States	193	27	112	$23.5M	Bengaluru	Fintech	2
8	Alteria Capital	bank-debt	India	146	45	86	$12.5M	Bengaluru	Consumer	15
9	Letsventure	other	India	146	3	117	$1.4M	Bengaluru	Consumer	9
10	Elevation Capital	VC	India	140	28	65	$13.0M	Bengaluru	Consumer	19
11	Lightspeed Venture Partners	VC	United States	139	13	63	$15.0M	Bengaluru	Retail	19
12	Better Capital	VC	Guernsey	139	6	94	$2.5M	Bengaluru	Edtech	2
13	InfoEdge Ventures	CVC	India	132	43	61	$5.0M	Gurugram	Consumer	28
14	Chiratae Ventures	VC	India	130	16	65	$7.5M	Bengaluru	Consumer	11
15	Titan Capital	VC	India	128	8	90	$1.5M	Bengaluru	Consumer	13
16	3One4 Capital	VC	India	124	11	59	$8.4M	Bengaluru	Consumer	24
17	Matrix Partners India	VC	India	122	9	57	$10.0M	Bengaluru	Food and Agriculture Tech	1
18	Trifecta Capital	bank-debt	United States	121	48	71	$13.0M	Bengaluru	Food and Agriculture Tech	13
19	Beenext	VC	Singapore	111	13	60	$7.2M	Bengaluru	Fintech	7
20	Kalaari Capital	VC	India	109	20	65	$7.0M	Bengaluru	Consumer	9
21	Y Combinator	accelerator	United States	107	11	75	$3.0M	Bengaluru	Fintech	10
22	Matrix Partners	VC	United States	106	23	62	$11.0M	Bengaluru	Consumer	3
23	Indian Angel Network	other	–	104	17	82	$1.0M	Bengaluru	Consumer	8
24	Nexus Venture Partners	VC	United States	103	14	51	$9.0M	Bengaluru	Consumer	15
25	9Unicorns	VC	India	100	3	71	$4.0M	Bengaluru	Fintech	4
26	Stride Ventures	bank-debt	India	96	26	62	$10.0M	Bengaluru	Retail	7
27	100X.Vc	VC	India	94	54	71	$200.0K	Mumbai	High Tech	13
28	Omnivore	VC	United States	92	10	46	$6.0M	Bengaluru	Food and Agriculture Tech	5
29	Fireside Ventures	VC	United States	91	21	43	$6.5M	Bengaluru	Consumer Goods	23
30	Innoven Capital	bank-debt	India	89	38	48	$13.2M	Bengaluru	Retail	6
31	Temasek	government	Singapore	84	28	34	$100.0M	Mumbai	Food and Agriculture Tech	7
32	Mumbai Angels	other	India	80	8	57	$1.0M	Bengaluru	Enterprise Applications	3
33	Anicut Capital	VC	India	75	7	47	$4.1M	Bengaluru	Retail	23
34	DSG Consumer Partners	VC	–	74	13	38	$3.8M	Mumbai	Food and Agriculture Tech	11
35	BlackSoil Capital	bank-debt	India	72	36	52	$5.6M	Bengaluru	Consumer	4
36	Omidyar Network India	VC	India	72	3	42	$5.5M	Bengaluru	Edtech	3
37	Prosus Ventures	CVC	Netherlands	70	21	31	$75.0M	Bengaluru	Food and Agriculture Tech	13
38	Westbridge Capital	VC	Mauritius	68	18	36	$30.2M	Bengaluru	Edtech	10
39	Orios Venture Partners	VC	India	67	11	33	$7.1M	Gurugram	Fintech	8
40	IAN Fund	VC	India	66	4	53	$2.0M	Bengaluru	Consumer	14
41	Stellaris Venture Partners	VC	India	64	8	31	$7.1M	Bengaluru	Consumer	4
42	Bessemer Venture Partners	VC	United States	63	9	35	$25.0M	Bengaluru	Retail	12
43	Rainmatter	VC	India	62	20	53	$2.5M	Bengaluru	Fintech	20
44	British International Investment	government	–	60	22	37	$24.2M	Bengaluru	Financial Services	16
45	Unicorn India Ventures	VC	India	60	21	43	$1.5M	Bengaluru	High Tech	15
46	Sixth Sense Ventures	VC	India	59	19	37	$8.0M	New Delhi	Consumer Goods	3
47	Premji Invest	PE	India	57	10	28	$55.0M	Bengaluru	Fintech	11
48	Softbank	CVC	Japan	56	21	26	$200.0M	Bengaluru	Consumer	6
49	Ivycap Ventures	VC	India	56	18	38	$6.5M	Bengaluru	Consumer	15
50	YourNest Venture Capital	VC	India	56	12	30	$2.7M	Bengaluru	High Tech	7

Investors by headquarters country (top 30)

Only the 16,930 investors whose headquarters is known (48%).

#	HQ country	Investors	Rounds joined	Led	VC share	Median of median round	Most active
1	United States	6,641	77,083	6,557	79.7%	$12.0M	Y Combinator, Tiger Global, Accel
2	United Kingdom	1,270	11,498	1,654	68.9%	$8.4M	Index Ventures, Seedcamp, Octopus Ventures
3	India	1,228	10,756	1,883	71.0%	$4.7M	Peak XV Partners, Blume Ventures, Venture Catalysts
4	China	596	3,316	277	72.3%	$35.0M	Tencent, Sequoia Capital China, Horizons Ventures
5	Canada	563	4,304	544	70.0%	$7.4M	BDC Capital, Inovia Capital, Bond
6	Germany	530	4,404	293	73.0%	$9.3M	Global Founders Capital, Picus Capital, HV Capital
7	France	494	4,151	283	64.6%	$9.4M	Bpifrance, Partech, Eurazeo
8	Singapore	424	3,623	470	77.6%	$6.9M	Temasek, Antler, Beenext
9	Australia	385	2,445	293	71.4%	$9.0M	Blackbird Ventures, Future Ventures, Owl Ventures
10	Japan	361	2,433	327	72.0%	$15.2M	Softbank, East Ventures, Sbi Investment
11	Netherlands	308	2,056	271	72.1%	$7.5M	Prosus Ventures, ING, FMO
12	Spain	277	1,877	190	67.1%	$4.0M	Aleph, Mundi Ventures, Santander
13	Brazil	273	1,718	267	66.7%	$7.0M	Monashees, Canary, Global Brain
14	Switzerland	271	1,683	157	68.3%	$10.5M	Benchmark, Lakestar, Redalpine
15	South Korea	220	1,510	138	71.8%	$14.8M	500 Startups, Samsung Ventures, Softbank Ventures Asia
16	Israel	217	2,012	123	82.0%	$13.0M	Ourcrowd, Viola Ventures, Vulcan Capital
17	United Arab Emirates	171	1,247	137	81.3%	$7.5M	Mubadala, Global Ventures, Shorooq Partners
18	Sweden	169	1,191	134	67.5%	$9.0M	EQT Ventures, Creandum, Kinnevik
19	Italy	162	789	60	76.5%	$7.8M	CDP Venture Capital, Spartan Group, Mango Capital
20	Belgium	146	799	79	67.8%	$6.7M	Sofina, Astanor Ventures, PMV
21	South Africa	101	450	119	66.3%	$4.3M	PSG, Leapfrog Investments, Java Capital
22	Saudi Arabia	98	731	91	79.6%	$9.5M	Cornerstone VC, Wa’ed Ventures, Raed Ventures
23	Denmark	95	632	58	76.8%	$12.2M	Novo Holdings, Heartcore Capital, Byfounders
24	Indonesia	95	530	40	82.1%	$7.7M	Mirae Asset, Monk’S Hill Ventures, Alpha JWC Ventures
25	Finland	93	514	56	71.0%	$8.1M	Lifeline Ventures, Good Capital, Tesi
26	Ireland	87	498	84	59.8%	$5.2M	Frontline Ventures, Act Venture Capital, Seedrs
27	Mexico	78	312	28	80.8%	$6.9M	Dila Capital, Cometa, Proeza Ventures
28	Norway	75	391	43	56.0%	$10.7M	Equinor Ventures, Alliance Ventures, Verdane
29	Nigeria	66	376	66	62.1%	$3.0M	Ventures Platform, Plus VC, Microtraction
30	Turkey	65	200	39	72.3%	$2.2M	APY Ventures, Finberg, Esas Ventures

Investors by type

Types are assigned by rule from the name, the company record and the deal mix.

Type	Investors	Rounds joined	Led	Rounds per investor	Avg seed share	Avg growth share	Median round joined	Most active
VC	24,377	146,114	12,649	6.0	37.9%	11.8%	$8.6M	Accel, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Peak XV Partners
other	5,137	12,751	3,177	2.5	43.2%	11.6%	$5.6M	Gaingels, BGF, Letsventure, Indian Angel Network, Mumbai Angels
PE	2,027	13,985	1,911	6.9	3.3%	80.1%	$93.6M	Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Coatue, Goldman Sachs, Blackrock
bank-debt	1,817	6,673	1,583	3.7	17.6%	31.4%	$25.4M	Silicon Valley Bank, JP Morgan, Alteria Capital, Stride Ventures, BDC Capital
CVC	869	10,564	1,493	12.2	22.6%	28.2%	$24.3M	Softbank, Salesforce Ventures, Citi Ventures, Intel Capital, Tencent
government	652	4,198	1,096	6.4	27.5%	26.2%	$10.0M	Bpifrance, Temasek, International Finance Corporation, GIC, Mubadala
accelerator	431	3,326	434	7.7	60.6%	5.2%	$2.7M	Y Combinator, Techstars, Antler, Seedcamp, 500 Startups

Most active investors by sector (top 30 sectors)

Sector	Rounds	Investors	Median round	Most active investors (rounds)	Most frequent lead
Fintech	8,598	8,997	$14.0M	Y Combinator (262), Tiger Global (179), Sequoia Capital (141)	Y Combinator (34)
Enterprise Applications	8,485	8,279	$10.8M	Y Combinator (215), Insight Partners (193), Accel (179)	Insight Partners (23)
Consumer	5,008	6,324	$11.0M	Y Combinator (83), Accel (79), Tiger Global (78)	Softbank (17)
High Tech	4,626	6,692	$15.0M	Andreessen Horowitz (132), Y Combinator (85), Sequoia Capital (79)	Nvidia (16)
Healthtech	4,221	5,762	$12.3M	Y Combinator (78), Andreessen Horowitz (56), Optum Ventures (47)	Y Combinator (12)
Enterprise Infrastructure	3,339	3,670	$22.0M	Insight Partners (148), Accel (129), Lightspeed Venture Partners (105)	Insight Partners (26)
Retail	3,320	4,482	$11.0M	Accel (73), Tiger Global (68), Sequoia Capital (54)	Alibaba (11)
Life Sciences	3,265	4,292	$42.5M	Orbimed (139), Ra Capital Management (128), Alexandria Venture Investments (97)	European Investment Bank (14)
Food and Agriculture Tech	3,250	4,532	$10.0M	Tiger Global (73), Temasek (53), Omnivore (52)	Trifecta Capital (15)
Business Services	2,200	3,327	$9.0M	BGF (27), Bessemer Venture Partners (21), Antler (17)	BGF (23)
Energy Tech	2,063	3,235	$17.5M	Energy Impact Partners (43), Breakthrough Energy Ventures (36), Temasek (29)	U.S. Department of Energy (16)
Healthcare	1,419	2,380	$16.2M	Y Combinator (16), Alexandria Venture Investments (16), Sequoia Capital (15)	BGF (8)
Food and Agriculture	1,322	1,980	$7.0M	Stray Dog Capital (18), Agronomics (18), Klub (15)	Klub (12)
Edtech	1,312	2,067	$6.0M	Owl Ventures (43), GSV Ventures (38), Tiger Global (29)	Blume Ventures (9)
Real Estate and Construction Tech	1,180	2,115	$10.0M	Tiger Global (23), Y Combinator (17), Foundamental (17)	Softbank (7)
Energy	1,131	1,720	$30.5M	Santander (19), Breakthrough Energy Ventures (19), Rabobank (18)	Eiffel Investment Group (6)
Environment Tech	951	1,747	$10.0M	Speedinvest (18), HM Capital (17), Lowercarbon Capital (15)	Sustainable Development Technology Canada (6)
Financial Services	920	1,466	$15.3M	British International Investment (14), JP Morgan (12), responsAbility Investments (12)	JP Morgan (6)
Consumer Goods	781	1,283	$9.0M	Fireside Ventures (23), Sixth Sense Ventures (17), Venture Catalysts (14)	Venture Catalysts (5)
Media & Entertainment	708	1,281	$10.0M	Accel (15), Lightspeed Venture Partners (13), Sequoia Capital (13)	Quebecor Fund (5)
Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech	625	1,309	$26.0M	Airbus Ventures (26), Speciale Invest (17), Lockheed Martin Ventures (15)	Mumbai Angels Network (4)
Semiconductors	556	1,205	$22.0M	Intel Capital (33), European Innovation Council (15), Fidelity Management & Research Company (14)	Oracle (3)
Real Estate and Construction	444	817	$8.4M	Bain Capital Ventures (12), BGF (9), Kaszek (6)	BGF (8)
Telecom	427	803	$21.0M	Y Combinator (9), ING (7), International Finance Corporation (7)	International Finance Corporation (7)
Auto Tech	345	776	$32.0M	Andreessen Horowitz (12), Toyota Ventures (12), Autotech Ventures (10)	European Investment Bank (4)
AI-native	337	698	$35.0M	Andreessen Horowitz (21), Lightspeed Venture Partners (14), Sequoia Capital (13)	Government Of Ontario (2)
Environment	322	570	$6.0M	IW Capital (5), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (4), Knop Ventures (3)	IW Capital (5)
Gaming	296	689	$8.0M	Makers Fund (15), Andreessen Horowitz (14), Griffin Gaming Partners (11)	Symbolic Capital (3)
Industrial Goods and Manufacturing	264	486	$10.8M	European Innovation Council (5), Tiger Global (4), NGP Capital (4)	BGF (4)
Auto	251	492	$21.0M	Sequoia Capital (9), Tiger Global (7), Orios Venture Partners (6)	British International Investment (4)

Most active investors by stage

Stage	Rounds	Investors	Median round	Most active investors (rounds)
Pre-seed	2,486	3,721	$1.5M	Antler (80), Techstars (50), Y Combinator (48), Better Capital (33), Seedcamp (32)
Angel	255	429	$700.0K	Indian Angel Network (5), Ah! Ventures (5), ah! Ventures Angel Platform (5), Microsoft (4), Letsventure (4)
Seed	11,221	11,583	$4.0M	Y Combinator (423), Techstars (148), Global Founders Capital (147), Soma Capital (115), Accel (112)
Pre-Series A	1,670	2,682	$2.8M	Inflection Point Ventures (106), Venture Catalysts (80), Letsventure (44), Blume Ventures (38), 9Unicorns (35)
Series A	10,472	11,861	$13.0M	Y Combinator (248), Accel (162), Andreessen Horowitz (147), Lightspeed Venture Partners (142), Insight Partners (139)
Series B	5,959	8,294	$35.0M	Tiger Global (166), Insight Partners (160), Accel (152), Andreessen Horowitz (131), Lightspeed Venture Partners (129)
Series C	2,932	5,043	$66.6M	Insight Partners (136), Tiger Global (132), Accel (120), Sequoia Capital (118), Andreessen Horowitz (80)
Series D	1,355	2,831	$104.0M	Tiger Global (92), Sequoia Capital (91), Andreessen Horowitz (60), Accel (59), Insight Partners (57)
Series E	617	1,467	$150.0M	Tiger Global (68), Sequoia Capital (45), Accel (38), Coatue (34), Insight Partners (32)
Growth / PE	1,549	2,162	$35.0M	Cibc Innovation Banking (35), Insight Partners (30), Edison Partners (25), FTV Capital (23), Summit Partners (23)
Venture debt	208	194	$10.8M	European Investment Bank (31), Silicon Valley Bank (25), Alteria Capital (16), Innoven Capital (15), Trifecta Capital (13)
Debt	1,769	2,752	$30.0M	Trifecta Capital (53), Alteria Capital (48), Goldman Sachs (47), Innoven Capital (44), Silicon Valley Bank (44)
Convertible note	246	650	$20.0M	Lightspeed Venture Partners (6), Agronomics (5), Google (5), Khosla Ventures (4), Microsoft (4)
Grant	1,049	991	$1.6M	U.S. Department of Energy (28), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (28), European Innovation Council (27), DBS Foundation (22), National Science Foundation (20)
Strategic	916	1,565	$14.0M	Citi Ventures (18), Visa (13), Coinbase Ventures (8), Mastercard (7), Servicenow Ventures (7)

Rising investors: 2025–2026 pace vs 2019–2024 (top 50)

Investors with at least 8 rounds from January 2025 to June 2026, ranked by the ratio of yearly pace (18 months now vs 6 years before).

#	Investor	Type	HQ	Rounds 2019–2024	Rounds Jan 2025–Jun 2026	Rounds per year before	Rounds per year now	Top sector	First round
1	1789 Capital	PE	–	0	15	0.0	10.0	Semiconductors	2025
2	Enrission India Capital	VC	India	1	11	0.2	7.3	Retail	2024
3	HSG	VC	United States	0	11	0.0	7.3	Retail	2025
4	Zeropearl VC	VC	–	0	11	0.0	7.3	Consumer	2025
5	Avra	PE	–	1	10	0.2	6.7	Fintech	2024
6	British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund	government	–	1	8	0.2	5.3	Enterprise Applications	2024
7	Titan Capital Winners Fund	VC	–	1	8	0.2	5.3	Food and Agriculture	2024
8	IAN Alpha Fund	VC	–	2	13	0.3	8.7	Consumer	2024
9	Balerion Space Ventures	VC	–	2	11	0.3	7.3	Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech	2024
10	Anthropic	CVC	United States	2	9	0.3	6.0	High Tech	2024
11	Z47	VC	India	6	26	1.0	17.3	Fintech	2024
12	Entourage	VC	–	2	8	0.3	5.3	Real Estate and Construction Tech	2024
13	UNLEASH Capital Partners	VC	–	2	8	0.3	5.3	Fintech	2024
14	Tether	CVC	United States	4	15	0.7	10.0	Fintech	2024
15	MGX	PE	–	4	12	0.7	8.0	High Tech	2024
16	Gates Foundation	other	–	4	11	0.7	7.3	Healthtech	2020
17	Marunouchi Innovation Partners	VC	Japan	3	8	0.5	5.3	Energy Tech	2024
18	Susquehanna Asia VC	VC	–	3	8	0.5	5.3	Consumer	2024
19	Tenity	VC	Switzerland	3	8	0.5	5.3	Fintech	2023
20	Blue Owl Capital	PE	United States	5	13	0.8	8.7	Fintech	2021
21	Washington Harbour Partners	VC	United States	5	13	0.8	8.7	Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech	2022
22	a16z Speedrun	VC	–	6	15	1.0	10.0	High Tech	2024
23	Ritual Capital	VC	United States	4	9	0.7	6.0	Enterprise Applications	2024
24	ARK Invest	VC	United States	5	11	0.8	7.3	High Tech	2023
25	TIAA Ventures	VC	United States	6	13	1.0	8.7	Fintech	2020
26	Highlight Capital	VC	China	4	8	0.7	5.3	Life Sciences	2019
27	Goldman Sachs Alternatives	PE	–	11	20	1.8	13.3	Enterprise Applications	2024
28	Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives	PE	–	7	12	1.2	8.0	Enterprise Applications	2024
29	IIMA Ventures	VC	India	6	10	1.0	6.7	Consumer	2024
30	Shastra VC	VC	India	6	10	1.0	6.7	High Tech	2021
31	Collide Capital	VC	United States	6	9	1.0	6.0	Enterprise Applications	2022
32	AMD	CVC	–	13	19	2.2	12.7	High Tech	2023
33	Lingotto	VC	Netherlands	7	10	1.2	6.7	Healthtech	2022
34	360 ONE Asset	VC	–	11	15	1.8	10.0	Healthtech	2023
35	Hedosophia	VC	United Kingdom	11	15	1.8	10.0	Fintech	2021
36	NATO Innovation Fund	VC	–	6	8	1.0	5.3	High Tech	2024
37	Transition VC	VC	–	6	8	1.0	5.3	Auto	2023
38	British Business Bank	government	United Kingdom	17	22	2.8	14.7	Life Sciences	2020
39	HSBC Innovation Banking	CVC	United Kingdom	7	9	1.2	6.0	Fintech	2023
40	Finvolve	VC	India	8	10	1.3	6.7	Consumer	2023
41	D. E. Shaw Group	VC	–	7	8	1.2	5.3	High Tech	2021
42	QIC	VC	Australia	7	8	1.2	5.3	Edtech	2021
43	Veteran Ventures Capital	VC	United States	7	8	1.2	5.3	High Tech	2023
44	AVP	VC	–	8	9	1.3	6.0	Fintech	2021
45	Nventures	CVC	United Kingdom	28	31	4.7	20.7	High Tech	2022
46	DeVC	VC	India	18	18	3.0	12.0	Fintech	2023
47	GVFL	VC	–	17	17	2.8	11.3	Food and Agriculture Tech	2019
48	J2 Ventures	VC	United States	10	10	1.7	6.7	Fintech	2021
49	Merak Ventures	VC	India	10	10	1.7	6.7	Fintech	2020
50	Zero Infinity Partners	VC	United States	8	8	1.3	5.3	Environment Tech	2022

Investor activity by year

Year	Rounds with a named investor	Active investors	First-time investors	Organisation investors per round
2019	6,250	6,553	6,553	2.72
2020	7,580	8,032	4,715	2.83
2021	11,984	12,000	6,724	3.21
2022	11,193	12,702	5,758	3.20
2023	9,404	11,306	4,332	2.93
2024	9,145	11,048	3,774	3.06
2025	6,896	9,038	2,577	3.13
2026 (Jan–Jun)	2,347	4,422	877	3.32

Method

1. Source rounds. The cleaned global startup funding table (January 2019 to June 2026, companies founded in 2000 or later, venture-style instruments only, repeated reports merged within 45 days). Two days on which archives of older articles were loaded with the load date instead of the publication date (2024-04-22 and 2025-02-13, about 1,200 rounds) are excluded.

2. Organisations only. An investor name is kept when it reads as an organisation and not as a person: generic phrases ("angel investors", "undisclosed", "existing investors"), names with a personal title (founder, CEO, partner at ...), "First Last" names whose first word is a given name learned from the data, and possessive or descriptive phrases are dropped. Names of data providers are dropped.

3. Aliases. Spellings are merged on a key that ignores case, punctuation and suffixes such as Capital, Ventures, Partners, LLC and Ltd, plus a short list of known aliases (a16z = Andreessen Horowitz, Peak XV = Sequoia Capital India). Distinct regional arms such as "Matrix Partners India" stay separate.

4. Lead. A round counts as led when any report of it flagged the investor as lead, or when it was the only investor named. Many reports name no lead, so lead counts are lower bounds.

5. Website and headquarters. The website is the news-reported domain whose name matches the investor; it is rejected when the company register lists that domain as an unrelated business. Six of the most active investors have a hand-checked website. Headquarters country and city come from the company record behind that website, or from a country in the name.

6. Type, by rule (first match wins). accelerator (accelerator, incubator, studio names); government (public agencies, development banks, sovereign funds); CVC (venture arms of corporates and banks, and corporates investing directly); bank-debt (banks, lenders and investors whose rounds are mostly debt); PE (buyout, growth-equity and asset-management names, or 60%+ growth rounds with a median round of US$50M+); VC (venture names, investment-firm records or mostly staged venture rounds); other (angel networks, family offices, foundations, pension and insurance money, crowdfunding platforms, the rest).

7. Stage mix. Seed = pre-seed, angel, seed; early = pre-Series A to Series B; growth = Series C and later plus growth/PE. Shares use staged rounds only. median_round_usd is the median disclosed size of the whole rounds it joined, not its own cheque.

8. Sample. Each investor key is ranked by sha1(key). Keys are taken in rank order until the file holds max(25%, 5,000) rows (capped at 100,000).

9. Profile links. Links are built from Fliar's company index and checked against it. A row whose company has no public profile has an empty link.

Columns

Column	Description
investor_slug	URL-style slug of the investor name (the key for the Radar investor-profile endpoint)
investor_name	investor organisation name (people and generic phrases removed; aliases merged)
investor_domain	investor website domain when it could be matched to the name ("" when unknown)
hq_country	headquarters country, from the investor's company record ("" when unknown)
hq_city	headquarters city, from the same record ("" when unknown)
investor_type	VC / CVC / PE / accelerator / bank-debt / government / other, assigned by rule (see Method)
deals	funding rounds the investor joined, January 2019 to June 2026
lead_deals	rounds where a report named it as lead, or it was the only investor named
portfolio_companies	distinct companies in those rounds (the list itself is in the API)
first_deal_year	year of its first round in the data
last_deal_year	year of its latest round in the data
deals_2025_2026	rounds joined from January 2025 to June 2026
top_sectors	up to 3 most frequent sectors of its portfolio rounds, separated by "; "
top_countries	up to 3 most frequent company countries of its rounds, separated by "; "
seed_share	share of its staged rounds at pre-seed, angel or seed (0-1)
early_share	share of its staged rounds at pre-Series A to Series B (0-1)
growth_share	share of its staged rounds at Series C or later, or growth/PE (0-1)
median_round_usd	median disclosed size of the rounds it joined, US$ (whole round, not its cheque)
fliar_profile_url	full company profile on Fliar (financials, funding, team, news)

Available only through the Radar API: portfolio company list with round dates, stages and amounts; co-investors on each deal; partner and contact details; fund sizes and fund vehicles; the remaining investors and the monthly refresh.

Limitations

• Built from news: rounds that were never reported are missing, and coverage is stronger for larger and English-reported deals.
• Investor names come from article text, so a small number of aliases stay split and a few unrelated firms with the same normalised name may be merged.
• Lead investors are often not reported; lead_deals is a lower bound.
• Websites are matched for fewer than half of the investors, and headquarters for a similar share; a matched website can occasionally belong to a same-named company.
• Types are rule-based and approximate, especially the boundary between VC, PE and asset managers.
• 2026 covers January to June only.

Citation

Fliar Research (2026). VC Investor Directory 2026: 35k Startup Investors (sample release). Data: Radar API, https://github.com/fliarbi/radar-api-mcp. Licence CC BY-NC 4.0.