When you think of startup cities, you think of San Francisco. Some people will argue whether or not SF is dead, but the Bay Area will always remain a hotbed for innovation and capital.
It would be impossible for us to name all of the success stories that have come out of SF. The city has built some of the most notable companies of the past 50 years. Stripe, Instacart, Databricks, Chime and Miro are just a few of the newer names that have added themselves to that list.
Here are 15 of the top VC funds based in San Francisco.
500 Global is a global venture capital firm with a network of startup programs for founders, mentors, and investors.
Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
First Round is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies.
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Benchmark focuses on early-stage venture investing in mobile, marketplaces, social, infrastructure, and enterprise software.
Menlo Ventures provides capital for multi-stage consumer, enterprise and life sciences technology companies.
Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies.
Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that focuses on SaaS, consumer, marketplaces, hardware, and new technology startups.
Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators, typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in the consumer, commerce, fintech, software, frontier, and media sectors.
Alta Partners is a venture capital firm investing in the healthcare and life sciences sector.
Initialized Capital is an early-stage VC firm focused on helping software engineers and designers with their first seed checks.
Headline is a global venture capital firm investing in winning teams across stages and geographies.
Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm that empower consumers to live on their terms.
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