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Top 25 Early-stage venture capital firms worldwide

Name: Early-stage venture capital firms worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Oct 1, 2026 12,220 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 12,220 company matches for early-stage venture capital firms worldwide as of October 2026 and tracks 113,601 professional contacts across them, including 28,669 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for early-stage venture capital firms worldwide, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed October 1, 2026. Country and city lists for early-stage venture capital firms follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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.

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12,220Companies

113,601Contacts tracked

28,669Verified emails

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The 25 largest early-stage venture capital firms worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 12,220 company matches for early-stage venture capital firms worldwide, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Oct 1, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
#	Company	RevenueBase SmartSearch	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Y Combinator	Exact match	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	n/a	3,283 contacts →
	Exact match “Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2	Techstars	Exact match	New York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	n/a	1,803 contacts →
	Exact match “Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
3	Antler	Exact match	Singapore, GermanyHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	n/a	1,554 contacts →
	Exact match “Antler is one of the most active early-stage investors globally.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
4	Founder Institute	Exact match	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	n/a	1,246 contacts →
	Exact match “The Founder Institute is the World’s Largest AI-Native Company Builder, where ambitious professionals, solo founders, and first-time entrepreneurs go to turn ideas into funded…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
5	ACCEL	Exact match	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	n/a	981 contacts →
	Exact match “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.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
6	Andreessen Horowitz	Exact match	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	201-500	932 contacts →
	Exact match “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…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
7	Entrepreneurs First	Exact match	London, United KingdomHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	n/a	906 contacts →
	Exact match “Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
8	Trigeo Technologies PVT LTD	Exact match	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	n/a	899 contacts →
	Exact match “Venture capital (VC) is a type of private equity financing provided by investors to early-stage, high-potential, and high-risk startups or growing companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
9	Hustle Fund	Exact match	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	n/a	711 contacts →
	Exact match “Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm investing in hilariously-early pre-seed founders.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
10	Lvlup Ventures	Exact match	New York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	1,001-5,000	610 contacts →
	Exact match “LvlUp Ventures is a global venture capital firm investing in and accelerating early-stage & late-stage startups.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
11	Primary Venture Partners	Exact match	New York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	51-200	545 contacts →
	Exact match “Primary is the world's largest early stage VC firm, with a billion in assets under management and 50 full time employees.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
12	Startupbootcamp	Exact match	Amsterdam, NetherlandsHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	201-500	522 contacts →
	Exact match “At Startupbootcamp, we supercharge startup growth – providing capital, world-class mentorship, and direct access to investors, corporate partners, and industry experts.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
13	Creative Destruction LAB	Exact match	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	51-200	515 contacts →
	Exact match “Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
14	General Catalyst	Exact match	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	51-200	422 contacts →
	Exact match “We partner with the world’s most ambitious entrepreneurs to drive resilience and applied AI.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
15	Alumni Ventures	Exact match	Manchester, NH, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	51-200	411 contacts →
	Exact match “Founded in 2014, we’re America’s largest venture firm for individual investors and VC investing partner to over individuals and institutions.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
16	Bessemer Venture Partners	Exact match	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	201-500	402 contacts →
	Exact match “Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations from inception to build long-standing companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
17	Sequoia Capital	Exact match	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	51-200	388 contacts →
	Exact match “Sequoia helps daring founders build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
18	Stage 2 Capital	Exact match	United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	n/a	354 contacts →
	Exact match “Stage 2 Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early stage B2B software companies and sits shoulder to shoulder with leadership teams to operationalize sustainable…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
19	Loyal VC	Exact match	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	n/a	351 contacts →
	Exact match “Loyal is a venture fund designed to reduce the risk and illiquidity of the asset class.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
20	Lightspeed	Exact match	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	51-200	329 contacts →
	Exact match “Lightspeed is a global, multi-stage, venture capital firm managing over $40B in assets.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
21	Alchemist Accelerator	Exact match	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	n/a	321 contacts →
	Exact match “The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating the development of seed-stage ventures that monetize from enterprises (not consumers).” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
22	NEW Enterprise Associates NEA	Exact match	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	51-200	277 contacts →
	Exact match “New Enterprise Associates, Inc.(NEA) is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
23	GV Google Ventures	Exact match	San Francisco Bay, MA, United StatesHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	51-200	276 contacts →
	Exact match “GV supports innovative founders across multiple stages and sectors, from artificial intelligence and life sciences to consumer platforms, enterprise software, and frontier…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
24	IP Group PLC	Exact match	London, United KingdomHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	51-200	269 contacts →
	Exact match “IP Group accelerates the impact of science for a better future.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
25	Blenheim Chalcot	Exact match	London, United KingdomHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026	1,001-5,000	265 contacts →
	Exact match “Blenheim Chalcot is a global venture builder headquartered in the vibrant Scale Space campus in White City, London.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase

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Early-stage venture capital firms worldwide at a glance

As of Oct 1, 2026

25.2%Verified-email coverage

9.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

4.1%Largest-city concentration · New York

Oct 1, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

9,128

11-50

2,544

51-200

386

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage: Every country. Country and city lists for early-stage venture capital firms are linked below.
What qualifies: Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “early-stage venture capital firms” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch: Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview: The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality: RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 28,669 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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 October 1, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context: Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Early-stage venture capital firms by location

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What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “early-stage venture capital firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many early-stage venture capital firms are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 12,220 company matches for early-stage venture capital firms worldwide as of October 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Y Combinator tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which country has the most early-stage venture capital firms?

The United States leads with 3,942 companies, followed by India (791) and the United Kingdom (600). Every early-stage venture capital firms list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most early-stage venture capital firms?

New York leads with 504 company records, followed by San Francisco (486) and London (459).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 28,669 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 12,220 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

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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 SmartSearch, 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.