The Finance Shelf

Investor directory

Business angels and their networks, venture capital, family offices, banks, crowdfunding and public funding across Europe and the United States. Each profile is built from the funder's own website. Contact details are part of Pro.

192 funders

GroveStreet

Venture capitalNewton, United StatesSeries A · Growth · Buyout

GroveStreet is a private equity and venture capital firm that creates customized portfolios and separately managed accounts for institutional investors. It invests across venture capital, lower mid-market buyouts, lif…

GeneralistHealth

Holland Private Equity

Venture capitalAmsterdam, NetherlandsGrowth

HPE Growth is a European growth equity firm focused on early-to-mid stage digital technology companies. It provides equity capital and strategic support to help scalable tech businesses expand internationally. The fir…

Software and SaaSFintechHealthClimate

Intelligence Ventures

Venture capitalUnited StatesPre-seed · Seed

Intelligence Ventures is a pre-seed and seed venture capital firm backing early-stage AI-powered healthcare companies in the US and Canada. The fund focuses on startups with proprietary data moats across biotech and p…

AIHealthSoftware and SaaS

Invest-NL

Public fundingNetherlandsGrowth

Invest-NL is the national financing and development institution of the Netherlands, investing directly and indirectly in innovative companies, funds, and projects. It focuses on key societal transitions across agrifoo…

FoodDeep techClimateHealth

Narya

Venture capitalCincinnati, United StatesSeed · Series A

Narya is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders solving unaddressed problems in critical markets. Its portfolio spans healthcare, defense and space, life sciences, and American manufacturing.

HealthDeep techIndustrial

OpenOcean

Venture capitalHelsinki, FinlandSeed · Series A

OpenOcean is a pan-European early-stage venture capital firm partnering with technical founders at Seed and Series A stages. The firm focuses on European-founded companies in AI-native software, automation, and data-i…

AISoftware and SaaSDeep tech

Pebblebed

Venture capitalSan Francisco, United StatesPre-seed · Seed

Pebblebed is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. Founded by technical builders, the firm leads investment rounds for founders solving technically rigorous problems.

AIDeep techSoftware and SaaS

Robin Hood Ventures

Business angel networkPhiladelphia, United StatesSeed

Robin Hood Ventures is a Philadelphia-based angel investment group that provides equity financing to early-stage, high-growth startups. The network focuses on companies in the Mid-Atlantic region and syndicates invest…

Software and SaaSHealthDeep techAI

Sapphire Ventures

Venture capitalUnited StatesSeed · Series A · GrowthB2B

Sapphire Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in expansion-stage enterprise software and AI companies. The firm also backs early-stage venture fund managers across the U.S., Europe, and Israel.

AISoftware and SaaS

Spectrum Equity

Venture capitalBoston, United StatesGrowth · BuyoutB2B / B2C

Spectrum Equity is a growth equity firm focused on investing in software, artificial intelligence, and data businesses. They provide flexible capital structures, including minority recapitalizations and change-of-cont…

Software and SaaSAIConsumer

Summit Partners

Venture capitalBoston, United StatesGrowthB2B / B2C

Summit Partners is a global growth equity firm that provides investment capital to growth-stage companies as both a minority and majority shareholder. Founded in 1984, the firm focuses on investments across technology…

Software and SaaSAIHealthConsumer

Tenaya Capital

Venture capital:null, United StatesB2B / B2C

Tenaya Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs to build enduring technology companies. Its portfolio features companies across software, consumer, and technology sectors including Palo Alto …

Software and SaaSConsumerCrypto and blockchainMobilityFintech

Tobin Capital

Venture capitalUnited Kingdom

Tobin Capital provides venture investment and advisory services to visionary founders. The firm focuses on sectors such as health and wellbeing, AI, biotech, blockchain, sustainability, space technology, and commerce,…

HealthAICrypto and blockchainClimateDeep tech

U.S. Venture Partners

Venture capitalMenlo Park, United StatesSeed · Series AB2B / B2C

U.S. Venture Partners is a venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm focuses on early-stage investments across enterprise and cloud software, cybersecurity, consumer technologies, and heal…

Software and SaaSConsumerHealth

Act One Ventures

Venture capitalSan Francisco, United StatesPre-seed · SeedB2B

Act One Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco that invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies. The firm focuses on AI-native operating systems, agent infrastructure, and enterprise services.

AISoftware and SaaS

Azure Capital Partners

Venture capitalSan Francisco, United StatesSeed · Series A

Azure Capital Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2000. It invests primarily in seed and post-seed stage technology companies across North America.

Software and SaaSAI

Betaworks

Venture capitalNew York, United StatesPre-seed · Seed

Betaworks is a New York-based pre-seed and seed stage investor focused on frontier technologies and artificial intelligence. It also runs Camp, a thematic investment and in-residence program providing funding and guid…

AIDeep tech

Binary Capital

Venture capitalSan Francisco, United StatesSeed · Series AB2C

Binary Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm established in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm invests across multiple sectors, focusing primarily on consumer technology and alterna…

GeneralistConsumer

Bonfire Ventures

Venture capitalLos Angeles, United StatesSeedB2B

Bonfire Ventures is a venture capital firm that leads seed rounds for B2B and AI-native software companies. They typically invest $2 to $6 million initially and reserve capital for follow-on funding.

AISoftware and SaaSFintech

Crosslink Capital

Venture capitalMenlo Park, United StatesSeed · Series AB2B / B2C

Crosslink Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. The firm invests in Seed and Series A companies across enterprise and consumer sectors.

Software and SaaSConsumer

FoundersEdge

Venture capitalUnited StatesPre-seed · Seed

FoundersEdge is a pre-seed venture capital fund that invests in early-stage AI-native software companies. Founded by operators Greg Raiz and Jess Lynch, the firm provides first checks and hands-on guidance to software…

AISoftware and SaaS

General Catalyst

Venture capitalCambridge, United StatesSeed · Growth

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm with over $43 billion in assets under management. It backs founders and hatches companies across stages from seed to growth, with investments in areas such as artificial inte…

AIHealth

Hardware Club

Venture capitalParis, FrancePre-seed · Seed · Series A

HCVC, originally established as Hardware Club, is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups from inception to Series A. It focuses on hard technology and frontier tech founders developing solutions a…

Deep tech

Opus Capital

Venture capitalMenlo Park, United StatesSeed · Series A

Opus Capital is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in technology companies. The firm targets sectors including Internet, mobile, networking, and semiconductors, leveraging team operating experie…

Software and SaaSDeep tech

Polaris Partners

Venture capitalBoston, United StatesSeed · Growth

Polaris Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in healthcare, life sciences, biotechnology, and technology companies. It supports early-stage academic research through the Polaris Innovation Fund and the expa…

HealthSoftware and SaaS

Redpoint Ventures

Venture capitalUnited StatesSeries AB2B / B2C

Redpoint Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies. The firm leads funding rounds, including Series A investments, across sectors such as artificial intelligence, fintech, and consumer pr…

AIConsumerFintech

SBA (US Small Business Administration)

Public fundingWashington, United StatesGrowth · Debt · Grants

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) supports American small businesses by facilitating funding through government-guaranteed loans, disaster relief assistance, grants, and investment capital via licensed Smal…

Generalist

Slingshot Ventures

Venture capitalAmsterdam, NetherlandsSeed · GrowthB2C / B2B

Slingshot Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in digital consumer tech, consumer brands, platforms, and marketplaces. They support companies starting from the seed stage and provide follow-on funding as bu…

ConsumerMarketplaces

Social Capital

Venture capitalUnited States

Social Capital is a technology investment firm founded by Chamath Palihapitiya that partners with entrepreneurs building technology companies. It invests across frontier deep tech, life sciences, the global energy tra…

Deep techHealthClimateMedia

Striker Venture Partners

Venture capitalSan Francisco, United StatesPre-seed · Seed

Striker Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2025 that invests in technical founders from inception. The firm focuses on concentrated investments in AI and cybersecurity companies.

AISoftware and SaaS

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