AI startup investors.

Global early-stage venture capital firm investing in technology entrepreneurs.

Innovation Endeavors

Venture capital firm co-founded by Eric Schmidt investing in early-stage deep-tech and frontier technology startups.

Elaia

VC FR

European venture capital firm investing in deep-tech and digital startups from seed to growth.

Zeev Ventures

Venture capital firm founded by Oren Zeev backing early and growth-stage technology startups, often as sole lead.

Eric Schmidt

Angel US

Former CEO and chairman of Google; angel and philanthropic investor focused on science and AI.

Technology company; participated as a strategic/corporate investor.

Kima Ventures

Draper Associates

Early-stage venture firm founded by Tim Draper investing in disruptive startups.

Eclipse

Addition

Venture capital firm founded by Lee Fixel investing across venture and growth stages.

NVentures

Corporate VC US

Venture capital arm of NVIDIA investing in AI and deep-tech companies.

DST Global

VC HK

DST Global is a late-stage growth investor founded in 2009 by Yuri Milner, headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in London, Silicon Valley, New York, and Beijing. The firm has deployed over $7 billion and backed 63 unicorns, 27 IPOs, and 30 acquisitions across consumer internet, fintech, marketplaces, enterprise software, and AI. Notable AI investments include Safe Superintelligence, Mistral AI, Harvey, and ReflectionAI. Recent activity: completing 28 investments in 2025, with ReflectionAI reaching unicorn status during the year.

Microsoft

Corporate VC US

Microsoft is a US technology corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, founded in 1975, and one of the largest strategic AI investors. Through commitments to OpenAI it has deployed roughly $11.6 billion of a $13 billion pledge, holding a 26.79% economic stake in OpenAI Group PBC following the October 2025 restructuring. Notable AI partnerships include OpenAI, Mistral, and Inflection. Recent activity: an $80 billion FY25 AI infrastructure capex plan and the launch of in-house MAI-Voice-1, MAI-Transcribe-1, and MAI-Image-2 models.

FirstMark Capital

Early-stage VC investing across enterprise software, AI/ML, and developer infrastructure. Backed Pinterest, Shopify, Airbnb, Frame.io, ClickUp, and Palantir. Known for the Data Driven and AI conferences.

Alt Capital

Alt Capital is the early-stage venture firm founded by Jack Altman after stepping down as CEO of Lattice. The fund concentrates on seed and Series A rounds in AI applications, vertical software, and consumer products, leveraging Altman's operating background and his network across the Y Combinator and OpenAI orbit. Alt typically writes concentrated cheques and takes board seats. Recent activity includes participating in Avoca AI's $125M Series B, a voice-AI platform for the contact center.

Qualcomm Ventures

Corporate VC US

Corporate venture arm of Qualcomm, founded 2000. Invests globally in 5G, AI, automotive, IoT, enterprise, and XR startups, with a portfolio that has included Zoom, Cruise, Fitbit, and Waze.

TCV

Technology Crossover Ventures — Menlo Park-based growth equity firm founded 1995. Backer of Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb, Facebook, and Peloton at late stage, with over $25 billion deployed.