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Top 25 Seed stage investors worldwide

Name: Seed stage investors worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 5,080 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 5,080 seed stage investors worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 50,316 professional contacts across them, including 11,945 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and San Francisco the largest hub.

This list covers seed stage investors 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 22, 2026. Country and city lists for seed stage investors 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 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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50,316Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest seed stage investors worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 5,080 seed stage investors worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to seed stage investors: 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 22, 2026	n/a	3,283 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2	Antler	Strong evidence	Singapore, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	1,554 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Antler is one of the most active early-stage investors globally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3	ACCEL	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	981 contacts →
	Indirect 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 22, 2026
4	Andreessen Horowitz	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	932 contacts →
	Indirect 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 22, 2026
5	Entrepreneurs First	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	906 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6	Trigeo Technologies PVT LTD	Strong evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	899 contacts →
	Strong evidence “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.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7	Hustle Fund	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	711 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm investing in hilariously-early pre-seed founders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8	Lvlup Ventures	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	610 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LvlUp Ventures is a global venture capital firm investing in and accelerating early-stage & late-stage startups.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9	Primary Venture Partners	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	545 contacts →
	Partial 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 22, 2026
10	Inflection Point Ventures	Partial evidence	Gurgaon, IndiaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	501 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Inflection Point Ventures was started in 2018 with the aim of driving exponential value creation by being India’s most accessible & efficient network connecting a diverse investor…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11	Bessemer Venture Partners	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	402 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations from inception to build long-standing companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	Sequoia Capital	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
13	NEW Enterprise Associates NEA	Partial evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	277 contacts →
	Partial evidence “New Enterprise Associates, Inc.(NEA) is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14	IP Group PLC	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	269 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “IP Group accelerates the impact of science for a better future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15	Village Capital	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	232 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Village Capital is reinventing the system to back the entrepreneurs of the future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16	Kleiner Perkins	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	205 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For five decades, Kleiner Perkins has partnered with intrepid founders to build iconic companies that made history.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17	DFJ	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	205 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “DFJ is a venture capital firm that partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs who are changing the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18	Goahead Ventures	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	204 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GoAhead Ventures is a Venture Capital fund based in Silicon Valley managing over $250M in AUM.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19	First Round Capital	Partial evidence	San Francisco, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	199 contacts →
	Partial 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 22, 2026
20	Khosla Ventures	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	193 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Khosla Ventures invests in companies that are bold, early and impactful.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21	Rockstart	Strong evidence	Amsterdam, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	175 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Rockstart is an early stage investor that empowers purpose-driven founders across three domains: Energy, AgriFood, and Emerging Technologies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22	FF Venture Capital	Partial evidence	New York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	169 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ff Venture Capital (ffVC) is focused on investing in early-stage technology and technology-enabled companies, and has been since 2008.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23	Headline	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	166 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Headline is a venture capital firm with teams on the ground in 8 cities around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24	8vc	Indirect evidence	Austin, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	160 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “8VC is a venture capital fund based in Austin, Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25	Pear VC	Partial evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	157 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We’re specialists in pre-seed and seed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 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: seed stage investors. 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 seed stage investors.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of seed stage investors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name seed stage investors. 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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Seed stage investors worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

23.7%Verified-email coverage

9.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

4.2%Largest-city concentration · San Francisco

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

3,898

11-50

975

51-200

154

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

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 seed stage investors, 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 seed stage investors are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “seed stage investors”. 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 seed stage investors), 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 seed stage investors, 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, 11,945 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 22, 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.

Seed stage investors by location

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Every Seed stage investors 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 seed stage investors, 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 seed stage investors are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 5,080 seed stage investors 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 seed stage investors?

The United States leads with 1,585 companies, followed by India (350) and the United Kingdom (267). Every seed stage investors list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most seed stage investors?

San Francisco leads with 211 headquartered companies, followed by London (207) and New York (188).

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 11,945 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 5,080 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 22, 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.