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Leads pre-seed rounds in LA with $250k–$500k checks, backed by a local founder/operator LP flywheel, and offers a codified anti‑VC founder experience with No Ghosting Rule and one‑week next steps.
Seed investor that works in the trenches to help founders close enterprise deals and scale go-to-market with hands-on support and unmatched New York City hustle.
Focused on creator-operators and founder-creators, operating like a media company with proprietary SaaS School (40% of deal flow) and celebrity-founder LPs who teach and help access oversubscribed rounds.
European climate‑tech VC (largest in Europe) launched by Ecosia that selects startups demonstrating ≥100Mt CO2e/year savings via a proprietary Climate Performance Potential method and prioritizes price‑ and performance‑competitive solutions.
Seed-stage fund led by a solo GP who makes decisions in days or hours and connects Southeast Asian founders to top U.S. investors and operators via a US-heavy network.
Targets women-led XR and AI startups in healthcare, education, and workplace training, leveraging a community-built accelerator and data-driven pipeline that validates founders' lived-experience advantages.
XAnge is a Franco-German venture capital team that manages a range of funds dedicated to investing in early-stage technology companies. They focus on companies that are creating innovative solutions with a positive social and environmental impact. They operate a number of funds across Europe, with a total capital under management of over \u20ac400 million. They look to partner with innovative entrepreneurs to help them realize their dreams and build the world of tomorrow.
Focuses on ambitious female founders who show the X Factor: the insight and drive to build the next billion-dollar company.
Targets technically capable founders with liberal-arts or nontraditional degrees recruited via a global elite-university faculty network, helping elite, often first-generation students become venture-backed CEOs straight out of school.
XNV is an Exponential Ventures startup studio that focuses on creating solutions empowered by exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and Internet of Things. They have a wide range of services, including software engineering, product design, and business strategy. They also specialize in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain. XNV is committed to helping companies achieve their goals and remain competitive in the ever-changing tech landscape.
Pre-seed–Series A accelerator investing in consumer-behavior technologies; small 10–15 cohorts, 330+ mentors acting as team extensions, and corporate partners (Mastercard, Estée Lauder, TJX) driving commercial outcomes.
XY Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Stockholm, Sweden, that provides seed and early-stage funding to technology startups. The firm was founded by Simon Olson, a former venture capitalist and experienced entrepreneur. The team at XY Ventures is focused on helping startups grow through strategic investments and mentorship. They also provide educational resources and a network of experienced mentors to help founders launch and manage successful companies. XY Ventures seeks to invest in innovative companies that have the potential to scale quickly and become market leaders. Their portfolio includes investments in a variety of industries, including fintech, healthcare, and education.
Invests from formation through Series A, uses a physics-inspired position, velocity, and acceleration framework to shape product and narratives, embeds operators with startups, and has backed 20+ Palantir-associated companies.
Early-stage batch accelerator turning tiny MVPs into companies via 400+ startups per batch, intense peer-pressure learning, founder-character screening, and founder-first support that reduces career risk.
YAP Capital is a syndicate of entrepreneurs that supports the next generation of founders to drive innovation and growth. It provides qualified clients access to pre-IPO growth companies in their late-stage rounds of venture capital and a round of their own investments. YAP Capital also provides educational resources, mentorship opportunities, and connections to the startup and venture capital ecosystems. The goal of YAP Capital is to create an ideal ecosystem to build a crypto venture and provide the necessary support for founders to succeed.
YARA is a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage technology startups. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs and investors, YARA provides capital, advice and resources to help founders build and grow their startups. The firm invests across a wide range of sectors, including health, education, finance, AI, mobility and more. YARA is committed to helping founders create innovative and disruptive products that have the potential to shape the future.
Yaya Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm that provides investments, strategic advice and operational support to entrepreneurs and early-stage companies. The firm focuses on investments in technology, healthcare and financial services, with a particular emphasis on investments that promote diversity. Yaya Capital has made 3 diversity investments, including Endpoint Health, which raised $25 million in funding in June of 2022. Yaya Wang Financial Associates Inc, an affiliated company, provides access to new products, enhanced product features and expanded quality service. In addition, Yaya Wang offers financial advice and assistance in a range of areas, including tax-advantaged giving strategies.
Yellow Dog is a Korean software company that specializes in providing high-performance computing solutions for data-intensive workloads. Their product portfolio includes cloud-based, on-premise, and hybrid solutions for big data and artificial intelligence, as well as solutions for high-performance computing. They provide services for companies of all sizes and industries, with a focus on providing innovative solutions to complex problems. Yellow Dog also offers consulting and training services, as well as support and maintenance services.
Led by two repeat social-platform founders, this small, high-conviction fund (≈20 deals/year) backs net-positive social infrastructure and culture-tech, acting as peer-investors to operators.
Seed-only investor making a handful of concentrated investments, leverages 100+ Fortune-100 CISOs and former CISO partners to bridge Israeli founders to U.S. enterprises, shape product, and run hands-on go-to-market.
YYM Ventures is an American family office that invests in cybersecurity, Fintech and Agri&Foodtech companies. It is based in Israel and is headed by Uzi Yemin. The firm seeks to invest in pre-seed, seed, and early-stage startups. YYM Ventures also provides mentorship and advice to startups, helping them to scale their business. The firm has a global network of partners and advisors who are experienced in the fields of technology and venture capital.
Z2Sixty Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments in disruptive markets. The firm invests in companies in the software, consumer internet, and healthcare industries with a particular focus on startups that are leveraging technology to solve complex problems. Their team of experienced professionals offer an array of services, including helping companies secure initial capital, providing strategic guidance, and leveraging their network of strategic relationships to help companies grow and succeed.
Zane is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm invests in early-stage startups across the United States and Canada. Zane\u2019s primary focus is on software and technology startups, providing capital and expertise to help these companies grow and succeed. The firm has invested in over 200 companies and has a portfolio of over $400 million. They are committed to helping founders turn their ideas into successful businesses. They provide strategic advice and help with fundraising and recruiting top talent. Zane also provides access to their network of investors and mentors.
The Atlanta-based fund focuses on underrepresented founders in the Southeast and other overlooked regions.