Investment firms, judged by the cheques they actually wrote

8,119deploying right now

173,435 VCs, private equity houses, family offices, corporate venture arms, accelerators and funds of funds, without the angels. Each one judged by the rounds it joined and led, the size of cheque it writes, and whether it is still writing them.

By type

Every kind of firm we track

1VC firm63,5515,012 active2Investment firm48,803695 active3Private equity25,427428 active4Family office6,256138 active5Corporate VC5,451409 active6Growth equity3,738835 active7Accelerator2,940151 active8Institutional LP2,74333 active9Venture studio2,38431 active10Angel network1,971138 active

Who led a round lately live

  1. 26 OctApolloDebt led in SpaceX$40B
  2. The Export-Import Bank of KoreaSeries C led in Amogy$20M
  3. Tin Men CapitalSeries A led in Ailytics$7.4M
  4. AdvantEdge FoundersSeed led in Paar Autonomy$1.1M
  5. Hornbill CapitalRound led in EloeloUndisclosed
  6. 25 OctBertha Capital and Bossa InvestRound co-led in FreedomUndisclosed
  7. 24 OctWashington Harbour Partners LpUndisclosed round led in Apex$500M
  8. Bristol Myers SquibbSeries E led in Pathos AI$237M
  9. S2G InvestmentsGrowth led in Wilde$40M

Who is still investing

30%deploying
  • 8,119deployinga cheque in the last 12 months
  • 18,757quietcheques before that, none lately
  • 456dormantsilent and the website gone

Of the 27,332 firms we have watched write a cheque. 146,103 more have no cheque on record yet.

The last 12 months

Most active this year

Ranked by the cheques we observed them write.

#1Y CombinatorAccelerator · United States1,043cheques this year, led 10 in all#2Alumni VenturesVC firm · United States335cheques this year, led 1 in all#3Andreessen HorowitzVC firm · United States320cheques this year, led 110 in all
  1. 4General CatalystVC firm · United States · led 90 in all264
  2. 5TechstarsVC firm · United States · led 2 in all229
  3. 6Sequoia CapitalVC firm · United States · led 88 in all215
  4. 7GaingelsPrivate equity · United States195
  5. 8EIC AcceleratorGovernment · European Union · led 8 in all193
  6. 9Plug and PlayAccelerator · United States · led 2 in all185
  7. 10Lightspeed Venture PartnersVC firm · United States · led 79 in all181

New funds

Fresh money

A firm that has just raised a fund has money to deploy, whatever the press says. From SEC filings.

Filed in 18 months10,514firms filed to raise a new fundSee them all

The largest

  1. 1MGXfiled Jul 2026$49B
  2. 2Bridgewaterfiled Jul 2026$27B
  3. 3Advent Internationalfiled Jul 2026$26B
  4. 4Thoma Bravofiled Aug 2026$24B
  5. 5GTCRfiled Oct 2026$14B
  6. 6Veritas Capitalfiled May 2025$13B
  7. 7Strategic Partnersfiled Sept 2026$9.6B
  8. 8Meritagefiled Feb 2026$9.0B

The size of cheque they write

The middle round each firm joins, for firms seen in two rounds or more.

29%of firms usually join $10-30M rounds, the most common size

9%1,328Under $1M
14%2,090$1-3M
27%4,070$3-10M
29%4,392$10-30M
14%2,132$30-100M
7%984$100M+

Where they invest from

Firms with a cheque in the last two years, by home country.

47%of active firms are based in the United States, out of 106 countries

  1. United States3,081
  2. United Kingdom454
  3. Germany220
  4. India198
  5. Australia195
  6. Canada194
  7. France188
  8. Netherlands146
  9. Brazil140
  10. Singapore138
  11. Japan127
  12. China124

Search them by what they did

  1. 01StageThe stages their cheques actually show, from pre-seed to growth.
  2. 02SectorWhere their money went, round by round, not their About page.
  3. 03Leads roundsThe 4,514 firms we have watched lead.
  4. 04Cheque sizeFrom the rounds they join, so you never pitch a $50M fund for $500k.
  5. 05ActivityDeploying, quiet or dormant, by the dates of their cheques.
  6. 06Fresh fundFirms that raised in the last 18 months.

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