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Top 25 Diverse founder venture capital firms worldwide

RevenueBase identified 4,308 diverse founder venture capital firms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 48,501 professional contacts across them, including 11,340 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.

This list covers diverse founder venture capital firms worldwide, 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 28, 2026. Country and city lists for diverse founder venture capital firms follow the table.

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 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
4,308Companies
48,501Contacts tracked
11,340Verified emails
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The 25 largest diverse founder venture capital firms worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 4,308 diverse founder venture capital firms worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to diverse founder 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a3,283 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2Partial evidenceNew York City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a1,803 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3Indirect evidenceSingapore, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a1,554 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Antler is one of the most active early-stage investors globally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4Strong evidencePalo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a981 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 28, 2026
5Strong evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500932 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 28, 2026
6Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a906 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a711 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm investing in hilariously-early pre-seed founders.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261,001-5,000610 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 28, 2026
9Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200545 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 28, 2026
10Strong evidenceManchester, NH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200411 contacts →

Strong 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 28, 2026
11Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500402 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations from inception to build long-standing companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12Partial evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200388 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sequoia helps daring founders build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a351 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Loyal is a venture fund designed to reduce the risk and illiquidity of the asset class.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14Partial evidenceSan Francisco Bay, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200276 contacts →

Partial evidence

“GV supports innovative founders across multiple stages and sectors, from artificial intelligence and life sciences to consumer platforms, enterprise software, and frontier…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a247 contacts →

Partial evidence

“NextGen Venture Partners works with over 1,800 Venture Partners to invest $1 million in seed stage companies and $2 million to $10 million in companies with more than $10 million…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16Indirect evidenceNew York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a230 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Golden Seeds is an investment firm dedicated to pursuing market returns through the empowerment of women entrepreneurs and the people who invest in them.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a221 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Neo is a diverse mentorship community, startup accelerator, and VC fund.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18Strong evidenceCambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a213 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1987, Highland Capital Partners is a venture capital firm focused on putting the entrepreneur first.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19Partial evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a205 contacts →

Partial evidence

“For five decades, Kleiner Perkins has partnered with intrepid founders to build iconic companies that made history.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20Strong evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200205 contacts →

Strong evidence

“DFJ is a venture capital firm that partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs who are changing the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21Strong evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a204 contacts →

Strong evidence

“GoAhead Ventures is a Venture Capital fund based in Silicon Valley managing over $250M in AUM.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22Strong evidenceSan Francisco, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a199 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 28, 2026
23Partial evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200193 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Khosla Ventures invests in companies that are bold, early and impactful.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026501-1,000186 contacts →

Partial evidence

“WeInvest is a Next Generation Venture Builder that creates Early-Stage VC Funds based on a proprietary methodology to launch startups per year by leveraging a global ecosystem of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25Strong evidenceUnited StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a185 contacts →

Strong evidence

“At 5Y Capital (formerly known as Morningside Venture Capital), when others see crazy ones, we see visionaries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

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Diverse founder venture capital firms worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026
23.4%Verified-email coverage
11.3Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
5.2%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
3,240
11-50
864
51-200
138
201-500
39
501-1,000
10
1,001-5,000
7
10001+
7

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

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 diverse founder 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.
Coverage
Every country. Country and city lists for diverse founder venture capital firms are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “diverse founder 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 diverse founder 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 diverse founder venture capital firms, and records with no verified work email.
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, 11,340 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 28, 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.

Diverse founder venture capital firms by location

40 lists · largest first

Every Diverse founder venture capital firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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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 diverse founder 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 diverse founder venture capital firms are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 4,308 diverse founder venture capital firms worldwide 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 country has the most diverse founder venture capital firms?

The United States leads with 1,677 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (208) and India (196). Every diverse founder venture capital firms list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most diverse founder venture capital firms?

New York leads with 226 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (222) and London (151).

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 11,340 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 4,308 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 28, 2026.

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About this data

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.