23 Best Active Search engine (computing) Investors in 2024

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Icon Investor Rankings are calculated using our Seedtable Score – a 1 to 100 score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points (like the size of their fund or the quality of the companies they invested in) to signal the strength behind an investor. A score closer to 100 indicates an investor is worth watching closely.

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List of 23 top VCs

Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.

50

Offices:

Palo Alto (HQ)

London

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Series G, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $1B

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, FinTech

Top investments in :

Monzo (
83)
, Algolia (
70)
, Hopin (
70)

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in start-ups with the potential to become global businesses. It was founded in 1996 and has locations all over the world.

50

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in start-ups with the potential to become global businesses. It was founded in 1996 and has locations all over the world.

50

Offices:

London (HQ)

San Francisco

New York

London (HQ)

San Francisco

New York

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $500M

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, Edtech

Top investments in :

Algolia (
70)
, GetHarley (
70)
, Alan (company) (
70)

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts making early and growth investments in startup companies.

49

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series G

Check Size:

$2.5M - $500M

Industries:

Hardware, AI, AR / VR

Top investments in :

Badi (
60)
, GetYourGuide (
60)
, Tourlane (
56)

Lone Pine Capital is a venture capital fund specializing in Series D investments. Founded in 1997, it focuses on developer tools and cloud industries, tailoring investments to support company growth. The fund combines detailed research with a collaborative team to create concentrated portfolios, targeting top opportunities in public and private markets. Notable investments include Algolia.

46

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Series D

Check Size:

$250M - $500M

Industries:

Developer Tools, Cloud

Top investments in :

Algolia (
70)

Alven Capital is a Paris, France-based venture capital and private equity firm investing in French companies in the digital, technology, space, artificial intelligence, data, SaaS, security, and marketplace sector.

42

Offices:

Paris (HQ)

London

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Unknown

Check Size:

$500k - $1B

Industries:

Edtech, FinTech, Crypto & web3

Top investments in :

Algolia (
70)
, Ankorstore (
60)
, Kaiko (
60)

Molten Ventures - previously Draper Esprit - is the first European tech-focused VC not tied to five-year cycles.

42

Offices:

London (HQ)

Dublin

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $250M

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, Edtech

Top investments in :

Form3 (
87)
, FintechOS (
70)
, CoachHub (
60)

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Series C, Series D

Check Size:

$250M - $500M

Industries:

Developer Tools, Cloud

Top investments in :

Algolia (
70)

Zillionize supports early-stage startups, particularly those developing tools for developers and utilizing cloud technology. Having backed over 100 successful startups, including Algolia, Zillionize seeks companies with significant growth potential and helps them achieve their goals.

38

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Seed

Check Size:

$250M - $500M

Industries:

Developer Tools, Cloud

Top investments in :

Algolia (
70)

Unusual Ventures invests in early stage enterprise and consumer technology companies and provides significant support with recruiting, sales, and marketing.

35

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E

Check Size:

$5M - $250M

Industries:

FinTech, AI, Machine learning

Top investments in :

Qdrant (
52)
, Purple Dot (
44)
, Theia Insights (
44)

Storm Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in enterprise software companies.

34

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C

Check Size:

$10M - $250M

Industries:

Edtech, Hardware, AI

Top investments in :

Algolia (
70)
, Syte (
52)
, Retorio (
41)

500 Global, formerly known as 500 Startups, is a venture capital firm discovering and backing entrepreneurs.

31

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

500 Global, formerly known as 500 Startups, is a venture capital firm discovering and backing entrepreneurs.

31

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $250M

Industries:

Health Tech, Edtech, AI

Top investments in :

Algolia (
70)
, Lingokids (
52)
, ikas (
46)

Acequia Capital is a micro venture capital from Seattle, Washington.

30

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C

Check Size:

$1M - $250M

Industries:

Health Tech, Gaming, AI

Top investments in :

Algolia (
70)
, Tractable (
60)
, Insempra (
60)

German venture capital firm investing on companies globally.

28

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

German venture capital firm investing on companies globally.

28

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

German venture capital firm investing on companies globally.

28

Offices:

Berlin (HQ)

Berlin (HQ)

Berlin (HQ)

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $250M

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, Edtech

Top investments in :

Algolia (
70)
, TIER Mobility (
70)
, Factorial (
65)

Y Combinator (also known as YC) is a US-based seed accelerator, which was started in March 2005.

25

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Y Combinator (also known as YC) is a US-based seed accelerator, which was started in March 2005.

25

Offices:

Mountain View (HQ)

Mountain View (HQ)

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series F, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $1B

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, Edtech

Top investments in :

Monzo (
83)
, Algolia (
70)
, PhotoRoom (
61)

Innovation –Made in Berlin.

24

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Innovation –Made in Berlin.

24

Offices:

Berlin (HQ)

Berlin (HQ)

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $10M

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, Edtech

Top investments in :

Aignostics (
52)
, CrossEngage (
52)
, Lumenaza (
52)

42CAP is a Munich-based venture capital firm which invests in early-stage funding of data and technology based businesses.

24

Offices:

Munich

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A

Check Size:

$2.5M - $30M

Industries:

AI, Data and Analytics, Privacy and Security

Top investments in :

Qdrant (
52)
, MOSTLY AI (
44)
, Frenetic (
41)