Investors map · Worldwide

Who invests in developer tools

190 investors have backed two or more of the 271 developer tools startups worldwide on our map, in rounds we track. Grouped by kind, each ranked by how many of these companies it has backed; the most active has backed 54.

190investors on the map
6kinds of investor
Insight Partnersbacked the most (13)
VC firmsmost common kind

VC firms

149

+125 more

Corporate investors

12

Private equity and asset managers

10

Accelerators

9

Angels and networks

6

Growth funds

4

Segment by segment

VC firms

149 investors

  1. Insight PartnersVC firmUnited States13 backed
  2. Andreessen HorowitzVC firmUnited States12 backed
  3. Lightspeed Venture PartnersVC firmUnited States11 backed
  4. Bain Capital VenturesVC firmUnited States10 backed
  5. AccelVC firmUnited States9 backed
  6. CRVVC firmUnited States8 backed
  7. SV AngelVC firmUnited States8 backed
  8. Alumni VenturesVC firmUnited States8 backed

Corporate investors

12 investors

  1. Salesforce VenturesCorporate investorUnited States11 backed
  2. Google VenturesCorporate investorUnited States5 backed
  3. M12Corporate investorUnited States4 backed
  4. Intel CapitalCorporate investorUnited States4 backed
  5. Cisco InvestmentsCorporate investorUnited States3 backed
  6. Qualcomm VenturesCorporate investorUnited States3 backed
  7. Caixa CapitalCorporate investorPortugal2 backed
  8. Singtel Innov8Corporate investorSingapore2 backed

Private equity and asset managers

10 investors

  1. K5 GlobalPrivate equityUnited States4 backed
  2. GaingelsPrivate equityUnited States4 backed
  3. MatrixHedge fundUnited Arab Emirates3 backed
  4. SMBC Venture CapitalInvestment bankJapan3 backed
  5. AdditionPrivate equityUnited States2 backed
  6. Bain CapitalPrivate equityUnited States2 backed
  7. EurazeoPrivate equityFrance2 backed
  8. Silversmith Capital PartnersPrivate equityUnited States2 backed

Accelerators

9 investors

  1. Y CombinatorAcceleratorUnited States54 backed
  2. Plug and PlayAcceleratorUnited States3 backed
  3. GoogleAcceleratorUnited States3 backed
  4. d.campAcceleratorSouth Korea2 backed
  5. NeoAcceleratorUnited States2 backed
  6. The House FundAcceleratorUnited States2 backed
  7. Accelerator CentreAcceleratorCanada2 backed
  8. SurgeAcceleratorSingapore2 backed

Angels and networks

6 investors

  1. 500 GlobalAngel investorUnited States7 backed
  2. SCSteve ChenAngel investor-2 backed
  3. Sam AltmanAngel investorUnited States2 backed
  4. PBPaul BuchheitAngel investorUnited States2 backed
  5. Ryan HooverAngel investorUnited States2 backed
  6. SHSolomon HykesAngel investor-2 backed

Growth funds

4 investors

  1. BondGrowth fundUnited States2 backed
  2. HSBCGrowth fundUnited Kingdom2 backed
  3. Riverside Acceleration CapitalGrowth fundUnited States2 backed
  4. CitibankGrowth fundUnited States2 backed

How this map is made. Every investor here has backed two or more startups on our developer tools map, in rounds we track. Grouped by the kind of investor, each ranked by how many of these companies it has backed. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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