VC Firm Stages Min Check Size Max Check Size Founded Year # of Investments

1 Y Combinator Seed, Early Stage, Pre-Seed, Series A $500,000 2005 4,469

2 Techstars Pre-Seed, Seed $20,000 $100,000 1989 4,116

3 500 Startups Early Stage, Seed $50,000 $250,000 2010 2,600

4 SOSV Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth $100,000 $250,000 1994 2,369

5 MassChallenge Early Stage $2,000,000 2010 2,103

6 New Enterprise Associates Seed, Early Stage, Growth $1,000,000 $10,000,000 1977 2,051

7 Accel Seed, Early Stage, Late Stage $500,000 $500,000,000 1983 1,845

8 Sequoia Capital Early Stage, Seed, Growth $100,000 $1,000,000 1972 1,712

9 Intel Capital Early Stage, Seed, Series A $500,000 $50,000,000 1991 1,517

10 Plug and Play Tech Center Early Stage, Series A, Series B, Series C $50,000 $250,000 2006 1,447

11 IDG Capital Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A $1,000,000 $100,000,000 1992 1,416

12 Kleiner Perkins Seed, Pre-Seed, Early Stage, Late Stage, Series A $500,000 $15,000,000 1972 1,354

13 Bessemer Venture Partners Early Stage, Late Stage $2,000,000 $8,000,000 1911 1,267

14 Andreessen Horowitz Early Stage, Late Stage $500,000 $1,000,000 2009 1,256

15 Alumni Ventures Group Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed $250,000 $1,000,000 2014 1,205

16 Lightspeed Venture Partners Early Stage, Seed $1,000,000 $50,000,000 2000 1,169

17 Khosla Ventures Seed, Early Stage, Late Stage 2004 1,158

18 General Catalyst Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed $500,000 $2,000,000 2000 1,094

19 Tiger Global Management Late Stage, Series B, Series C 2001 1,092

20 Index Ventures Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B $1,000,000 $10,000,000 1996 1,069

21 Google Ventures Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A, Early Stage, Late Stage $2,000,000 $30,000,000 2009 987

22 FJ Labs Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed, Series B, Late Stage $400,000 2016 964

23 Insight Venture Partners Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Series A, Growth $15,000,000 $20,000,000 1995 932

24 Global Founders Capital Seed, Early Stage, Pre-Seed $1,000,000 2013 868

25 First Round Capital Seed, Early Stage, Series A $750,000 $4,000,000 2004 854

26 Norwest Venture Partners Late Stage, Early Stage, Growth $1,000,000 $25,000,000 1961 854

27 Kima Ventures Early Stage, Seed, Series A €150,000 2010 832

28 Greylock Partners Seed, Series A, Series B $100,000 $10,000,000 1965 813

29 Battery Ventures Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Debt, Private Equity $1,000,000 $500,000,000 1983 810

30 Benchmark Capital Early Stage, Seed $1,000,000 $15,000,000 1995 799

31 OrbiMed Advisors Seed, Late Stage, Early Stage 2006 785

32 Venrock Seed, Series A 1969 783

33 Qiming Venture Partners Early Stage, Series A 2006 777

34 ZhenFund Early Stage, Seed $250,000 $2,000,000 2011 762

35 Canaan Partners Early Stage, Late Stage $1,000,000 $20,000,000 1987 737

36 Greycroft Partners Early Stage, Series A, Private Equity $1,000,000 $10,000,000 2006 737

37 Innovation Works Seed $50,000 $150,000 1999 729

38 Menlo Ventures Seed, Early Stage, Late Stage, Series A $250,000 $20,000,000 1976 725

39 Redpoint Ventures Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C $100,000 $10,000,000 1999 711

40 True Ventures Seed, Series A, Early Stage $1,000,000 $3,000,000 2005 707

41 Artesian Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed $750,000 $1,500,000 2004 688

42 Enterprise Ireland Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C €50,000 1998 686

43 Foundation Capital Early Stage, Late Stage $1,000,000 $10,000,000 1995 674

44 High-Tech Gründerfonds Seed, Early Stage €1,000,000 €3,000,000 2005 670

45 Bossa Nova Investimentos Early Stage, Seed R$100,000 R$1,500,000 2011 668

46 Salesforce Ventures Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed $1,000,000 $2,000,000 2009 665

47 Matrix Partners China Early Stage, Series A $1,000,000 $10,000,000 1977 661

48 Fortune Capital Series A, Series B 2000 660

49 Tencent 1998 659

50 Polaris Partners Early Stage, Seed, Late Stage, Series A, Series B $500,000 $5,000,000 1996 658

51 Lerer Hippeau Early Stage, Late Stage, Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B 2010 657

52 Box Group Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A $250,000 $1,000,000 2008 642

53 Charles River Ventures Early Stage, Series A, Seed $10,000,000 $20,000,000 1970 626

54 Matrix Partners Seed, Series A, Series B $100,000 $10,000,000 1977 626

55 Mayfield Fund Seed, Series A $500,000 $12,000,000 1969 625

56 Seed Camp Seed £300,000 £500,000 2007 612

57 RRE Ventures Series A, Seed $250,000 $10,000,000 1994 586

58 Atlas Venture Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed $750,000 $2,000,000 1980 570

59 Bain Capital Ventures Early Stage, Seed, Late Stage $1,000,000 $100,000,000 1984 570

60 Slow Early Stage $500,000 $3,000,000 2011 566

61 InterWest Partners Early Stage $10,000,000 $15,000,000 1979 561

62 Walden Catalyst Seed, Early Stage, Late Stage $1,000,000 $25,000,000 2021 560

63 U.S. Venture Partners Early Stage, Seed, Series A, Series B $1,000,000 $10,000,000 1981 559

64 SFC Capital Early Stage, Pre-Seed £100,000 £300,000 2012 535

65 DreamIt Ventures Seed, Early Stage $500,000 2008 528

66 East Ventures Seed, Growth 2009 514

67 Soma Capital Seed $100,000 $150,000 2015 512

68 BDC Venture Capital Late Stage, Early Stage, Seed, Series A, Series B 1975 509

69 Spark Capital Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A $500,000 $25,000,000 2005 507

70 Shenzhen Capital Group Late Stage 1999 489

71 Wavemaker Partners Seed, Early Stage $150,000 $350,000 2003 489

72 Highland Capital Partners Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Series A $5,000,000 $200,000,000 1988 488

73 Noshaq Early Stage 1985 474

74 Domain Associates Early Stage 1985 470

75 Data Collective Seed, Series A 2011 469

76 NFX Pre-Seed, Seed $500,000 $4,000,000 2015 469

77 F-Prime Capital Partners Early Stage 1969 466

78 Trinity Ventures Seed, Series A, Series B $500,000 $6,000,000 1986 464

79 Founder Collective Seed $400,000 $2,000,000 2009 460

80 Cisco Investments Late Stage $50,000,000 1993 459

81 Shasta Ventures Early Stage, Series A 2004 457

82 Lux Capital Seed, Early Stage $100,000 2000 437

83 Crosslink Capital Seed, Early Stage $1,000,000 $9,000,000 1989 432

84 Floodgate Early Stage $100,000 2006 430

85 Shunwei Capital Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C 2011 428

86 8VC Seed, Early Stage, Late Stage 2012 424

87 BoostVC Pre-Seed $500,000 2012 423

88 ARCH Ventures Partners Early Stage, Seed $50,000 1986 419

89 Social Capital Early Stage, Late Stage, IPO $1,000,000 $25,000,000 2011 419

90 Company K Partners Early Stage 2006 415

91 Draper VC Seed 1985 406

92 Hillhouse Capital Group Early Stage 2005 403

93 Oak Investment Partners Early Stage, Late Stage, Series A $15,000,000 $100,000,000 1978 401

94 DCM Seed, Early Stage, Series A $500,000 $2,000,000 1996 400

95 Union Square Ventures Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C $500,000 $5,000,000 2003 396

96 Verdane Late Stage €8,000,000 €150,000,000 2003 395

97 Austin Ventures Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Private Equity $500,000 1984 393

98 Octopus Ventures Seed, Series A, Series B £1,000,000 £10,000,000 2007 393

99 Technology Crossover Ventures Late Stage, Series A, Series B, Growth $30,000,000 $400,000,000 1995 393

100 HV Capital Seed, Early Stage €500,000 €5,000,000 2000 385

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Accelerator / Incubator Country Founded Date Number of Investments Number of Exits

1 Y Combinator United States 2005 4 389

2 Techstars United States 2006 3 338

3 500 Startups United States 2010 3 312

4 MassChallenge United States 2009 3 139

5 SOSV United States 1994 2 53

6 Plug and Play Tech Center United States 2006 1 116

7 Venture Kick Switzerland 2007 1 41

8 Start-Up Chile Chile 2010 896 26

9 Alchemist Accelerator United States 2012 563 41

10 Startupbootcamp United Kingdom 2010 540 33

11 Innovation Works United States 1999 512 34

12 HAX United States 2011 465 10

13 Berkeley SkyDeck United States 2012 463 14

14 Internet Initiatives Development Fund Russia 2013 455 2

15 Newchip United States 2016 403

16 Dreamit Ventures United States 2007 378 38

17 CEED - Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development Canada 1993 342 1

18 StartX United States 2009 333 63

19 AGORANOV France 2000 319 36

20 NEXT Canada Canada 2010 316 16

21 IndieBio United States 2014 307 2

22 Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator United States 2011 303 27

23 Forum Ventures United States 2012 299 18

24 Entrepreneur First United Kingdom 2011 297 17

25 Antler Singapore 2017 280 2

26 Startup Wise Guys Estonia 2012 275 9

27 JAFCO Japan Japan 1973 267 70

28 Velocity Canada 2008 261 18

29 Lanzadera Accelerator Spain 2013 259 3

30 Boost VC United States 2012 257 25

31 DMZ Canada 2010 256 26

32 Chinaccelerator China 2010 251 4

33 EIT Digital Accelerator Belgium 2010 237 34

34 SAP.iO United States 2017 234 14

35 Techstars New York City Accelerator United States 2011 233 43

36 EvoNexus United States 1998 231 29

37 Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund United States 2014 227 19

38 Venture Catalysts India 2016 206 10

39 MedTech Innovator United States 2013 203 13

40 Techstars Boston Accelerator United States 203 40

41 Wilco France 2001 200 30

42 Village Global United States 2017 197 2

43 Mucker Capital United States 2011 181 17

44 Cyberport Hong Kong Hong Kong 2011 180 5

45 AngelPad United States 2010 177 37

46 Founder Friendly Labs United States 2011 175 28

47 Rockstart The Netherlands 2011 175 12

48 Boomtown Accelerators United States 2013 174 7

49 Techstars Boulder Accelerator United States 2007 173 46

50 Bethnal Green Ventures United Kingdom 2012 170 1

51 Capital Factory United States 2009 169 20

52 Quake Capital Partners United States 2016 163 4

53 SparkLabs Accelerator South Korea 2012 156 5

54 TechNexus Venture Collaborative United States 2007 153 11

55 FasterCapital United Arab Emirates 2010 152 4

56 gener8tor United States 2012 152 8

57 Techstars Seattle Accelerator United States 151 33

58 Oasis500 Jordan 2010 148

59 JumpStart United States 2003 147 13

60 Amplify.LA United States 2010 146 19

61 ATDC United States 1980 146 13

62 Startup Edmonton Canada 2009 143 11

63 Starve Ups United States 2000 142 26

64 Samurai Incubate Japan 2008 136 7

65 Propel Capital Sweden 2014 135 4

66 Starta VC United States 2011 133 3

67 Techstars Chicago United States 2010 133 26

68 NTT DOCOMO Ventures Japan 2008 132 28

69 ASU Venture Devils United States 2016 131

70 MIT delta v United States 1991 129 10

71 Brinc Hong Kong 2014 127 1

72 InnoEnergy The Netherlands 2010 127 2

73 NUMA France 2013 126 26

74 LVenture Group Italy 2012 126 6

75 DG Ventures Japan 1995 125 21

76 Newark Venture Partners United States 2015 122 11

77 Space3ac Poland 2015 121 1

78 IOSG Ventures Hong Kong 2017 120

79 Capital Innovators United States 2011 119 7

80 Google Launchpad Accelerator United States 2015 118 20

81 Obvious Ventures United States 2014 115 10

82 Blue Startups United States 2012 114 4

83 Amino Capital United States 2012 113 18

84 Techstars London Accelerator United Kingdom 113 5

85 Accelerator Centre Canada 2006 112 6

86 Fintech Sandbox United States 2014 112 13

87 entrepreneurship@UBC Canada 2013 112 5

88 Surge Singapore 2019 110 1

89 ACE Startups Brazil 2012 109 19

90 Founders Factory United Kingdom 2015 109 7

91 XRC Labs United States 2015 108 6

92 Techstars Austin Accelerator United States 2006 108 12

93 Upscale United Kingdom 2011 108 13

94 MOX Taiwan 2015 106 5

95 Desafía United States 2011 105 4

96 IMPACT Accelerator Spain 2014 105 4

97 Tech Wildcatters United States 2009 104 11

98 AlphaLab United States 2008 104 7

99 Expert Dojo United States 2014 102

100 CARB-X United States 2016 101 25

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