Top 76 Media Venture Capital Firms (2026)

1. Accel

With a focus on both early and growth-stage startups, Accel invests in entrepreneurs who are building category-defining companies. Their track record includes backing iconic companies like Facebook, Spotify, Slack, and Dropbox, cementing their role in shaping modern technology.

2. Norwest

Operating as a multi-stage venture and growth equity investor, Norwest backs companies in the consumer, enterprise, and healthcare industries. They provide founders with a deep network and operational support to scale their businesses, with past investments including Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Grove Collaborative.

3. Index Ventures

They partner with entrepreneurs to turn bold ideas into global businesses, investing from the earliest seed rounds through late-stage growth. Their track record includes backing category-defining companies like Zendesk, Funding Circle, and Datadog.

4. Antler

Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology companies by helping founders build their businesses from the ground up. Its platform helps individuals find co-founders and provides the initial capital, expert advisors, and worldwide network to launch and scale their startups.

5. Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures opens up venture capital to accredited investors by creating diversified portfolios through alumni-focused and thematic funds. This strategy allows them to co-invest alongside established VCs in a portfolio of over 1,400 companies, including Simplisafe and Blockfi.

6. Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners backs ambitious founders across the enterprise, consumer, and health sectors, supporting them from seed to late-stage growth. They have helped build category-defining companies, with a portfolio that includes breakout successes like Grubhub and Zscaler.

7. Plug and Play

Plug and Play operates a global innovation platform that connects early-stage startups to corporations and investors through accelerator programs across dozens of industries. Their ecosystem provides venture capital and fosters collaboration, helping to scale successful companies like Truebill, Honey, and Life360.

8. Nexus Venture Partners

Nexus Venture Partners backs early-stage founders with a cross-border model focused on enterprise software in the US and digitally-driven businesses in India. They partner with companies from inception, seed, or series-A and stay actively involved throughout the growth journey.

9. IVP

Focusing on later-stage technology companies, IVP provides the capital and strategic guidance needed to scale operations and expand market reach. This approach has helped build some of the most recognized names in tech, including Netflix, Coinbase, and Zendesk.

10. Shenzhen Capital Group

Backed by the Shenzhen Government, Shenzhen Capital Group funds a wide range of Chinese startups, from early-stage tech to established SMEs, with the goal of building national industries. They have invested in nearly 1,000 companies across sectors like IT, biopharma, and new energy, helping over 145 of them go public on global capital markets.