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Top 25 Black-owned venture capital firms based in the United States

Name: Black-owned venture capital firms based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026 1,085 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,085 black-owned venture capital firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 20,485 professional contacts across them, including 4,613 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers black-owned venture capital firms headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 27, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 27, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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20,485Contacts tracked

4,613Verified emails

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The 25 largest black-owned venture capital firms based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,085 black-owned venture capital firms based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to black-owned venture capital firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Y Combinator	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	3,283 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2	Techstars	Indirect evidence	New York City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	1,803 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3	ACCEL	Strong evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	981 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Accel is a global venture capital firm that is the first partner to exceptional teams everywhere, from inception through all phases of private company growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4	Andreessen Horowitz	Strong evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	932 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5	Hustle Fund	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	711 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm investing in hilariously-early pre-seed founders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6	Lvlup Ventures	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	610 contacts →
	Strong evidence “LvlUp Ventures is a global venture capital firm investing in and accelerating early-stage & late-stage startups.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7	Primary Venture Partners	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	545 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Primary is the world's largest early stage VC firm, with a billion in assets under management and 50 full time employees.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8	Forbesblk	Partial evidence	Jersey City, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	422 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The mission of ForbesBLK is to champion a global community of Black entrepreneurs, professionals, leaders and creators that are driving systematic change in business, culture and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9	Alumni Ventures	Partial evidence	Manchester, NH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	411 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2014, we’re America’s largest venture firm for individual investors and VC investing partner to over individuals and institutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10	Bessemer Venture Partners	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	402 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations from inception to build long-standing companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11	Sequoia Capital	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	388 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sequoia helps daring founders build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12	NEO	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	221 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Neo is a diverse mentorship community, startup accelerator, and VC fund.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13	DFJ	Strong evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	205 contacts →
	Strong evidence “DFJ is a venture capital firm that partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs who are changing the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14	First Round Capital	Strong evidence	San Francisco, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	199 contacts →
	Strong evidence “First Round is a venture capital firm that works with founders exclusively at the earliest stages of company building, often when all they have is an “imagine if.” We fill in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15	Khosla Ventures	Partial evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	193 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Khosla Ventures invests in companies that are bold, early and impactful.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16	Pear VC	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	157 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’re specialists in pre-seed and seed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17	HOW Women Invest	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	156 contacts →
	Partial evidence “How Women Invest is a venture firm, and sister entity to How Women Lead, a professional network of over women.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18	Sutter Hill Ventures	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	133 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sutter Hill Ventures has financed technology-based start-ups and assisted entrepreneurs in building market-leading companies since 1962.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19	Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator	Strong evidence	NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	114 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) is New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20	FA Technology Ventures	Strong evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	109 contacts →
	Strong evidence “FA Technology Ventures is an independent, established venture capital firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21	Dell Technologies Capital	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	102 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DTC invests in determined early-stage founders who push the envelope on technology innovation for the enterprise, connecting them to the capital, expertise, and customers they…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22	WI Harper Group	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	100 contacts →
	Strong evidence “WI Harper Group is a pioneering venture capital firm with over three decades of experience investing in transformative companies that shape the future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23	Blockchain Capital	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	94 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Blockchain Capital was founded in 2013 with the mission of helping entrepreneurs build world-class companies and projects based on blockchain technology – providing founders with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
24	FJ Labs	Partial evidence	New York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	90 contacts →
	Partial evidence “FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic venture fund headquartered in New York City.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
25	IVP	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	86 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Like you, we are undaunted on the path to extraordinary outcomes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: black-owned venture capital firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names black-owned venture capital firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of black-owned venture capital firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name black-owned venture capital firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Black-owned venture capital firms based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026

22.5%Verified-email coverage

18.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

13.3%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

846

11-50

199

51-200

201-500

1,001-5,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,085 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among black-owned venture capital firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “black-owned venture capital firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names black-owned venture capital firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among black-owned venture capital firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 4,613 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 27, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Black-owned venture capital firms by metro

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names black-owned venture capital firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many black-owned venture capital firms are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,085 black-owned venture capital firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Y Combinator, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most black-owned venture capital firms?

New York leads with 144 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (112) and Los Angeles (40).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 4,613 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,085 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 27, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.