The startup investor directory
Dexter Angels is an angel network based in Mumbai, India that provides early-stage startups with capital. The company has a team of experienced investors who specialize in different areas such as technology, healthcare, Fintech, e-commerce, and more. In addition to providing capital, Dexter Angels also provides advice and mentorship to the startups it funds. The company is committed to helping startups succeed and grow, and has a portfolio of investments across various sectors.
Early-stage investor, advisory firm, and venture studio that leverages frontier-market research for governments and institutions to guide investments, favoring augmentation of informal agent-based networks over pure-play digital models.
Delivery Hero Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2021. It focuses on investing in young startups in healthcare and digital industries. The firm provides capital and advice to support early-stage companies, helping them to develop and scale their products. Delivery Hero Ventures offers a range of services, from corporate development and fundraising to mentorship and growth strategy. They also provide support for mergers and acquisitions, licensing, and IPOs.
Diaspora Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Paris, France. The firm invests in French tech startups with global ambitions, focusing on sectors such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, fintech, and digital health. Diaspora Ventures seeks to provide its portfolio companies with strategic guidance and connections to global markets, helping them to scale quickly and reach their full potential.
Led by practicing data scientists including David Magerman, this concentrated $60M fund specializes in AI-native B2B data companies, offering unusually deep ML/data-infrastructure expertise and hands-on model and data-strategy guidance.
Digital Horizon is an international investment company that combines venture capital and venture building. It invests in startups at the Series A stage and beyond, working with industry-leading entrepreneurs to build businesses that solve real-world problems. Digital Horizon focuses on financial services, software, fintech, finance, and internet-related investments, and has invested in over 20 companies in various stages of growth. The company also offers a range of services, such as market research, business development, and fundraising.
Digital+ Partners is a growth equity investor focused on B2B technology companies. Founded in 2015, the company invests in early-stage companies across a variety of industries, including software, robotics, artificial intelligence, digital health, and fintech. Digital+ Partners has offices in Munich, Berlin, and San Francisco. They offer a range of services, including venture capital funding, strategic advice, and business development support.
Integrated venture, nonprofit platform, and research arm offering health-only expertise across human, health tech, and animal health, plus an animal-health franchise with Mars and links to ARPA-H initiatives.
Small specialist team of physicians and operator-investors in a pharma–VC joint venture, focused exclusively on personalized medicine, data analytics and clinically validated digital therapeutics, with early DTx track record.
Early-stage investor (incubation through growth) partnering with founders at the technology–life sciences interface, specializing in drug discovery platforms, machine learning, tools, services, instruments and life-sciences software.
DIP Capital is a venture capital firm that invests across Europe in disruptive businesses. DIP's first fund was launched in 2017 and the firm has since grown to manage over \u20ac300 million in assets. DIP focuses on early-stage companies, providing them with financing and guidance to help them scale. DIP Capital is backed by a number of high-profile investors and is committed to supporting the growth of innovative firms and unlocking their potential.
Direct Round is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in seed and pre-seed startups. The fund is designed to help founders from concept to launch, and takes a proactive approach in helping startups scale. Direct Round works with founders to identify the best resources for the team, provide market insight and strategy, and provide deep industry connections. The fund is focused on investing in B2B and SaaS startups across the US, Canada and Europe.
Deploys $1–5M into 15–20 health–insurance–wealth startups, led by insurance brokerage operators and leveraging insurer/broker distribution, data and risk relationships for direct buyer access and day-one pilots.
District Ventures Capital is a venture capital firm based in Calgary, Canada. The firm specializes in investing in early-stage consumer packaged goods companies, with a focus on the food and health sectors. District Ventures has invested in various companies such as Three Farmers, Vertiball, and Premama Wellness, and has invested a total of $6.2 million in the first half of 2022. The firm is committed to helping innovative food and health products succeed and grow.
Pre-seed lead investor for deeply technical AI, biotech, climatetech and infrastructure startups, offering female operator-led go-to-market expertise and structured fellowships to source technical-founder deal flow.
Early-stage tech investor led by a founder with a film/entertainment financing lens and foster-care perspective, prioritizing diverse perspectives, ESG and policy advocacy, with a $5M no-fee SPV (min $50K).
DLAB is an early-stage venture capital firm with investments in web3, decentralization, and blockchain technology. The firm provides resources and guidance to startups and entrepreneurs, helping them develop their ideas and bring them to market. DLAB offers multi-stage investments that can range from pre-seed startup development programs to later-stage investments. The firm is based in New York, United States, and is looking to invest in innovative and disruptive technologies that have the potential to make a lasting impact.
DN Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies in Europe and North America. Founded in 2000 by Nenad Marovac and Steve Schlenker, notable exits include Shazam, Datanomic, Quandoo, Kana, Apsmart, Endeca, and Purplebricks.
DOB Equity is a venture capital firm based in The Netherlands that invests in innovative and impactful businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa. The firm focuses on businesses that provide market-based solutions to economic and social challenges and are scalable. Their portfolio includes companies in sectors such as agri-processing, commodities, transportation, and financial services.
The Qatar Digital Transformation Authority (DTA) is a government agency focused on driving digital transformation and advancing technological progress in Qatar. They provide resources and guidance to businesses and citizens to help them make use of digital technologies, from e-commerce to digital banking and data security. Their main goals are to increase the use of digital technologies, improve the quality of life in Qatar, and create a more competitive digital economy. DTA also works to ensure the security and privacy of data, as well as to ensure the safety and reliability of digital products and services.
DOMO Invest is a venture capital firm based in Brazil that was established in 2016. It focuses on early stage investments in Latin America, primarily in the technology sector. The company also provides support and mentorship to its portfolio companies, helping them to grow and succeed.
Dorm Room Fund is a venture capital fund that invests in student-founded startups. They provide funding, mentorship, and resources to help founders build their businesses. They also have a blog and podcast where they share insights and stories from their portfolio companies. They also recently launched Prism Investor Track, a 6-week program to help student founders refine their pitches and connect with potential investors.
Focuses on crypto projects from day one, standing out by backing founders at launch.
Backs speculative science fiction technologies like artificial wombs, de‑extinction and brain‑computer interfaces, leveraging Draper University, entrepreneur hostels and a TV pitch show to shepherd founders into its pipeline.