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Finding the right funding partner can make all the difference for a growing developer tool company. Fortunately, many venture capital firms are focused on finding and supporting these exact kinds of startups.
Some firms are incredibly active, with General Catalyst making over 1,500 investments and Index Ventures seeing more than 270 exits. It's a good time to be a founder in this space, with plenty of investors to pitch.
Below is our list of the best 35 Developer Tools VC firms.
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Buy It For $97 $297 →Supporting businesses from seed to growth, General Catalyst provides capital and strategic guidance to founders building in industries like healthcare, fintech, and consumer technology. Their portfolio includes well-known companies such as Airbnb and Hubspot, reflecting a core mission to foster resilience and advance applied AI.
Index Ventures helps entrepreneurs transform bold ideas into global businesses, supporting them from the earliest seed stages through to late-stage growth. Their track record includes backing foundational companies like Datadog and Zendesk across a diverse set of industries from AI to cybersecurity.
Basis Set Ventures provides early-stage funding to enterprise startups using artificial intelligence to reshape the modern workplace. The firm concentrates on seed and Series A investments, backing companies that develop scalable infrastructure, automated workflows, and collaboration tools.
With a "by founders, for founders" ethos, EQT Ventures provides multi-stage funding and operational support to ambitious tech companies across Europe and the US. They use a proprietary AI platform called Motherbrain to source investments and have backed global companies like Wolt.
Bain Capital Ventures backs companies from seed stage through IPO, giving founders distinctive access to the broader Bain Capital network and its industry expertise. For over 20 years, they have helped build a portfolio of more than 400 companies, including well-known names like Docusign, LinkedIn, and ShipBob.
Led by entrepreneurs, Notion Capital invests in early-stage European B2B SaaS and cloud companies. They partner with founders from the beginning to help them build and scale their businesses into global successes.
With a strong focus on the French tech ecosystem, Alven provides early-stage capital to ambitious entrepreneurs building digital-first companies. They concentrate on sectors from AI and SaaS to disruptive consumer models, helping build category-defining companies like Qonto and Dataiku.
Angular Ventures backs enterprise companies built on deep technology by founders with clear domain expertise. Investing from the earliest stages, they support businesses in complex sectors like AI, cybersecurity, and developer tools that are built for a global market.
As Latin America's most active venture capital firm, Bossa Invest backs B2B startups at the pre-seed and seed stages. They provide capital and asset management services to a large portfolio of companies in sectors including SaaS and Fintech.
As the largest venture capital firm focused on Texas, S3 Ventures provides patient capital and resources to entrepreneurs building companies in business technology, digital experiences, and healthcare. Their backing helps visionary founders grow from early stages onward, with a portfolio that includes companies like Atmosphere and Videate.
The funding opportunities for developer tools are widespread. The firms below have collectively backed over 4,300 startups and helped more than 700 reach an exit. While our main list covers some of our favorites, it's far from exhaustive. Here are the other venture capital firms to keep on your radar.
| VC Firm | Country | Year Founded | Nº Investments | Nº Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1993 | 216 | 78 | |
| Czech Republic | 2009 | 131 | 18 | |
| United States | 1986 | 467 | 154 | |
| United Kingdom | 2007 | 644 | 77 | |
| United States | 2016 | 209 | 15 | |
| Israel | 2018 | 53 | 8 | |
| United States | 2003 | 487 | 66 | |
| United States | 2013 | 101 | 22 | |
| Israel | 2016 | 65 | 4 | |
| Germany | 1997 | 116 | 18 | |
| Finland | 2017 | 126 | 4 | |
| United Kingdom | 2017 | 109 | 3 | |
| United States | 2012 | 147 | 28 | |
| United States | 2018 | 150 | 17 | |
| Luxembourg | 2005 | 79 | 13 | |
| Germany | 2016 | 93 | 9 | |
| France | 1982 | 602 | 111 | |
| Poland | 2012 | 75 | 5 | |
| United States | 2021 | 61 | — | |
| Turkey | 2016 | 27 | 5 | |
| United States | 2013 | 46 | 6 | |
| Germany | 2012 | 226 | 33 | |
| Belgium | 2017 | 5 | 1 | |
| United Kingdom | 2018 | 33 | 5 | |
| Sweden | 2020 | 52 | 1 |
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