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Top 25 Growth stage investors based in Palo Alto, United States

Name: Growth stage investors based in Palo Alto, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 89 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 89 growth stage investors headquartered in Palo Alto, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 5,936 professional contacts across them, including 831 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers growth stage investors headquartered in Palo Alto, 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 20, 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 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest growth stage investors based in Palo Alto, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 89 growth stage investors based in Palo Alto, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to growth 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	Founder Institute	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
2	ACCEL	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
3	Startup Grind	Strong evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	n/a	483 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Startup Grind is the leading global startup community dedicated to fostering the growth of early-stage companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Sutter Hill Ventures	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	133 contacts →
	Indirect 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 20, 2026
5	Dell Technologies Capital	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	102 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DTC invests in determined early-stage founders who push the envelope on technology innovation for the enterprise, connecting them to the capital, expertise, and customers they…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Foundation Capital	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	79 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Foundation Capital was founded in 1995.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Fusion Fund	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	n/a	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fusion Fund invests in promising start-up companies who have technology barriers in their business models.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Labrador Ventures	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	n/a	46 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1989, Labrador Ventures is one of the oldest, premier seed stage funds in Silicon Valley.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	WIL World Innovation LAB	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “World Innovation Lab (WiL) is a US & Japan-based venture capital firm with capital from governments and leading global corporations based in Japan and throughout Asia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Acrew Capital	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Defining the future of venture.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	General Inception	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “General Inception brings a new way to partner with inventors to ignite innovation and nurture transformational companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	XFUND	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Xfund is the early-stage venture capital firm built to back entrepreneurs who think laterally and experiment across disciplines.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Artiman Ventures	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Artiman is an early stage sector agnostic venture fund with offices in Silicon Valley and Bangalore.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	OVO Fund	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “OVO Fund is a pre-seed venture capital firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	SAAMA	Strong evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	19 contacts →
	Strong evidence “With an AUM of $350M and a presence across India and the US, Saama is an early-stage investor with 20+ years of experience across diverse sectors such as consumer tech, d2c…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Clear Ventures	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a Silicon Valley venture capital rm purpose-built to help startup teams win in frontier technology and services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Blitzscaling Ventures	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Blitzscaling Ventures invests alongside the world's top VCs to help rapidly-scaling companies in winner-take-most markets become global leaders by providing in-depth scaling…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	NTTVC	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “NTTVC is an independent venture capital firm formed in collaboration with NTT.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Finsight Ventures	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FinSight is a global VC firm focused on FinTech and enterprise IT.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Upwest	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “UpWest is a seed stage Silicon Valley fund investing in Israel’s most promising entrepreneurs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	RPS Ventures	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Partial evidence “RPS Ventures is a late-stage venture capital firm that is focused on investing in entrepreneurs that have built companies demonstrating strong traction and product market fit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Lobby Capital	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Great companies are built by the dedicated people who work together tirelessly, every day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Decibel Partners	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Decibel is an independent venture capital firm created in partnership with Cisco to push the conventional boundaries of early stage investing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Endure Capital	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Endure Capital is an early-stage investment fund headed by entrepreneurs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Corner Ventures	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Corner Ventures was founded at the end of 2018 by partners John Cadeddu, Marvin Tien, and Tom Goodrich, and is based in Palo Alto, California with offices in New York, Tel Aviv…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: growth 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 growth stage investors.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of growth stage investors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name growth 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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Growth stage investors based in Palo Alto, United States at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

14.0%Verified-email coverage

66.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

394.4%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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201-500

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Palo Alto, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Palo Alto, over 89 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 growth 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.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Palo Alto, United States whose own description of what they do matches “growth 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 growth 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 growth stage investors, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Palo Alto 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, 831 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 20, 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.

Growth stage investors by metro in the United States

Growth stage investors in New York351
Growth stage investors in San Francisco315
Growth stage investors in Los Angeles116
Growth stage investors in Palo Alto89
Growth stage investors in Boston83
Growth stage investors in Austin75
Growth stage investors in Chicago73
Growth stage investors in Miami67
Growth stage investors in Menlo Park58
Growth stage investors in Houston51
Growth stage investors in Dallas42
Growth stage investors in Atlanta41
Growth stage investors in New York City36
Growth stage investors in Washington35
Growth stage investors in Seattle34
Growth stage investors in Santa Monica31
Growth stage investors in Denver30
Growth stage investors in San Diego30
Growth stage investors in Cambridge27

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 growth 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 growth stage investors are there based in Palo Alto, United States?

RevenueBase identified 89 growth stage investors headquartered in Palo Alto, 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?

Founder Institute, headquartered in Palo Alto, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most growth stage investors?

New York leads with 351 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (315) and Los Angeles (116).

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 831 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 89 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 20, 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.