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Top 25 Early stage venture law firms based in the United States

Name: Early stage venture law firms based in the United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 1,687 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,687 early stage venture law firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 21,075 professional contacts across them, including 8,760 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers early stage venture law firms headquartered in the United States, 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.

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

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The 25 largest early stage venture law firms based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,687 early stage venture law firms based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to early stage venture law 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,092 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the premier legal advisor to technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Fenwick & West	Strong evidence	Silicon Valley, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	1,126 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Fenwick is a leading law firm, purpose-built to guide visionary tech and life sciences companies and their investors through every stage of growth, from startups securing their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	ACCEL	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	981 contacts →
	Partial 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
4	Andreessen Horowitz	Partial evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	932 contacts →
	Partial 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
5	Hustle Fund	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	711 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm investing in hilariously-early pre-seed founders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Gunderson Dettmer	Partial evidence	Redwood City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	700 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Gunderson Dettmer is the preeminent international law firm with an exclusive focus on the innovation economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Lvlup Ventures	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	610 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
8	Primary Venture Partners	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	545 contacts →
	Strong 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
9	Bessemer Venture Partners	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	402 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations from inception to build long-standing companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Sequoia Capital	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
11	GV Google Ventures	Partial evidence	San Francisco Bay, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
12	Nextgen Venture Partners	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	247 contacts →
	Strong 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
13	Kleiner Perkins	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
14	DFJ	Partial evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	205 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DFJ is a venture capital firm that partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs who are changing the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	First Round Capital	Strong evidence	San Francisco, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	199 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
16	Headline	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	166 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Headline is a venture capital firm with teams on the ground in 8 cities around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Brennan Manna Diamond	Partial evidence	Akron, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	163 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Brennan Manna Diamond is a full-service entrepreneurial law firm, with a proven track record for creative problem-solving.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Pear VC	Indirect evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	157 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’re specialists in pre-seed and seed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Kruze Consulting	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	134 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Kruze Consulting is a leading provider of accounting, finance, HR and tax consulting to seed and venture capital funded startups.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	Sutter Hill Ventures	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	133 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 28, 2026
21	Finn Dixon & Herling LLP	Partial evidence	Stamford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	130 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Finn Dixon & Herling delivers pragmatic, solution-oriented legal counsel, specializing in middle-market private equity and M&A transactions, as well as venture capital and other…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	113 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Described as “Wall Street’s best-kept secret” (US Legal 500), Kleinberg Kaplan is a premier boutique law firm that provides practical, business-minded legal counsel to investors…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Greylock Partners	Partial evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	111 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Greylock was founded in 1965, one of the few venture firms that predates Silicon Valley.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	FA Technology Ventures	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	109 contacts →
	Partial evidence “FA Technology Ventures is an independent, established venture capital firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Canaan	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	104 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Canaan is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs with visionary ideas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 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: early stage venture law firms. 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 early stage venture law firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of early stage venture law firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name early stage venture law firms. 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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Early stage venture law firms based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

41.6%Verified-email coverage

12.5Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

12.3%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,398

11-50

247

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,687 companies.

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 early stage venture law 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.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “early stage venture law 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 early stage venture law 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 early stage venture law firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
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, 8,760 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.

Early stage venture law firms by metro

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 early stage venture law 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 early stage venture law firms are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,687 early stage venture law firms headquartered in the United States 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?

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, headquartered in Palo Alto, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most early stage venture law firms?

New York leads with 207 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (199) and Chicago (53).

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 8,760 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,687 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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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.