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Top 25 Venture capital firms for underrepresented founders worldwide

RevenueBase identified 4,022 venture capital firms for underrepresented founders worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 40,941 professional contacts across them, including 10,219 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.

This list covers venture capital firms for underrepresented founders 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 29, 2026. Country and city lists for venture capital firms for underrepresented founders 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 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
4,022Companies
40,941Contacts tracked
10,219Verified emails
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The 25 largest venture capital firms for underrepresented founders worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 4,022 venture capital firms for underrepresented founders worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to venture capital firms for underrepresented founders: 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 29, 2026n/a3,283 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2Indirect evidenceSingapore, GermanyHQ checked Sep 29, 2026n/a1,554 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3Strong evidencePalo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
4Strong evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
5Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026n/a711 contacts →

Strong evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
7Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
8Strong evidenceManchester, NH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
9Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026201-500402 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10Partial evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200388 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
12Indirect evidenceNew York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
13Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026n/a221 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14Partial evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
15Strong evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
16Strong evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
17Strong evidenceSan Francisco, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
18Partial evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200193 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19Strong evidenceUnited StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
20Strong evidenceAustin, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026n/a160 contacts →

Strong evidence

“8VC is a venture capital fund based in Austin, Texas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21Indirect evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026n/a157 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’re specialists in pre-seed and seed.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026n/a156 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 29, 2026
23Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-50146 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bossa Invest is a Brazilian VC focused on seed stage technology companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24Partial evidencePalo Alto, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-50133 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 29, 2026
25Partial evidenceUnited StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026n/a133 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Included VC is a Fellowship for individuals from diverse communities which are often overlooked or excluded, providing access, opportunity and knowledge into the world of Venture…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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Venture capital firms for underrepresented founders worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
25.0%Verified-email coverage
10.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
5.6%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
3,122
11-50
730
51-200
118
201-500
30
501-1,000
7
1,001-5,000
7
10001+
6

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 venture capital firms for underrepresented founders, 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 venture capital firms for underrepresented founders are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “venture capital firms for underrepresented founders”. 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 venture capital firms for underrepresented founders), 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 venture capital firms for underrepresented founders, 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, 10,219 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 29, 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.

Venture capital firms for underrepresented founders by location

35 lists · largest first

Every Venture capital firms for underrepresented founders 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 venture capital firms for underrepresented founders, 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 venture capital firms for underrepresented founders are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 4,022 venture capital firms for underrepresented founders 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 venture capital firms for underrepresented founders?

The United States leads with 1,643 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (187) and India (177). Every venture capital firms for underrepresented founders list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most venture capital firms for underrepresented founders?

New York leads with 225 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (221) and London (140).

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 10,219 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 4,022 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 29, 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.