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Top 25 Software development investors worldwide

Name: Software development investors worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026 4,296 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 4,296 software development investors worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 58,225 professional contacts across them, including 14,792 with verified work emails and 14,520 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and San Francisco the largest hub.

This list covers software development 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 6, 2026. Country and city lists for software development 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 6, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

4,296Companies

58,225Contacts tracked

14,792Verified emails

14,520Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest software development investors worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 4,296 software development investors worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to software development 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 6, 2026	n/a	3,283 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
2	Techstars	Indirect evidence	New York City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	n/a	1,803 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
3	Antler	Partial evidence	Singapore, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	n/a	1,554 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Antler is one of the most active early-stage investors globally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
4	Founder Institute	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	n/a	1,246 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “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…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
5	ACCEL	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 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 6, 2026
6	Andreessen Horowitz	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 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 6, 2026
7	Entrepreneurs First	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	n/a	906 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
8	Hustle Fund	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	n/a	711 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm investing in hilariously-early pre-seed founders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
9	Insight Partners	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	201-500	623 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
10	Lvlup Ventures	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	610 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “LvlUp Ventures is a global venture capital firm investing in and accelerating early-stage & late-stage startups.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
11	Primary Venture Partners	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 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 6, 2026
12	Startupbootcamp	Partial evidence	Amsterdam, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	201-500	522 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Startupbootcamp, we supercharge startup growth – providing capital, world-class mentorship, and direct access to investors, corporate partners, and industry experts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
13	Creative Destruction LAB	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	515 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
14	Startup Grind	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	n/a	483 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Startup Grind is the leading global startup community dedicated to fostering the growth of early-stage companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
15	Bessemer Venture Partners	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 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 6, 2026
16	Sequoia Capital	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 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 6, 2026
17	Stage 2 Capital	Partial evidence	United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	n/a	354 contacts →
	Partial evidence “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…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
18	Alchemist Accelerator	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	n/a	321 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating the development of seed-stage ventures that monetize from enterprises (not consumers).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
19	NEW Enterprise Associates NEA	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	277 contacts →
	Indirect 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 6, 2026
20	GV Google Ventures	Partial evidence	San Francisco Bay, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	276 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 6, 2026
21	IP Group PLC	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	269 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “IP Group accelerates the impact of science for a better future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
22	Blenheim Chalcot	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	265 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Blenheim Chalcot is a global venture builder headquartered in the vibrant Scale Space campus in White City, London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
23	Nextgen Venture Partners	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	n/a	247 contacts →
	Indirect 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 6, 2026
24	EWOR	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	201-500	237 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “EWOR is a fellowship for outlier founders building transformative tech.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
25	NEO	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	n/a	221 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Neo is a diverse mentorship community, startup accelerator, and VC fund.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 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: software development 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 software development investors.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of software development investors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name software development 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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Software development investors worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 6, 2026

25.4%Verified-email coverage

24.9%Mobile-number coverage

13.6Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

8.1%Largest-city concentration · San Francisco

Sep 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

3,161

11-50

931

51-200

144

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 software development 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: 10 countries, largest first: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Brazil, India, the Netherlands, Australia, Sweden, Israel. Country and city lists for software development investors are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “software development 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 software development 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 software development 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, 14,792 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 between September 6, 2026 and September 14, 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.

Software development investors by location

29 lists · largest first

Every Software development 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 software development 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 software development investors are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 4,296 software development 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 software development investors?

The United States leads with 2,659 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (463) and Germany (324). Every software development investors list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most software development investors?

San Francisco leads with 350 headquartered companies, followed by London (344) and New York (317).

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 14,792 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 4,296 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled from the company graph between September 6, 2026 and September 14, 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.