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For founders building tools to help us work smarter, finding the right investor is half the battle. We've gathered some of the most active firms to help you start your search.
You'll find established players like Index Ventures, which has made over 1,200 investments, and Menlo Ventures with more than 850. Others like IVP show a strong history of successful outcomes, with 140 company exits.
Below is our list of the best 34 Productivity VC firms.
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Buy It For $97 $297 →Menlo Ventures provides capital to technology companies from seed to early growth stages, with a focus on consumer, enterprise, and life sciences. Their market-driven analysis has helped build a portfolio that includes iconic brands like Uber, Roku, and Siri.
Index Ventures partners with entrepreneurs from seed to IPO, helping them scale bold ideas into global businesses. They have backed some of the most recognizable names in tech, including Discord, Figma, and Roblox, by providing long-term support for ambitious founders.
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.
With a mission to scale human potential through artificial intelligence, Basis Set Ventures provides seed and Series A funding to enterprise companies. Their investments focus on startups developing scalable infrastructure, collaboration tools, automated workflows, and autonomous machines.
Album VC backs early-stage technology ventures in sectors like SaaS, gaming, and big data analytics. Their people-first approach focuses on creating long-term value with founders to help shape the future of technology and culture.
Lerer Hippeau backs founders at the earliest stages, investing in ambitious ideas across both enterprise and consumer businesses. Drawing on their experience as operators, they partner with founders to build iconic companies, with a portfolio that includes Allbirds, K Health, and Blockdaemon.
TheVentureCity supports product-centric startups across the US, Europe, and Latin America with early-stage funding. The global fund invests from pre-seed to Series A, providing capital between $100k and $4M.
Breega partners with founders across Europe and Africa, investing from pre-Seed to Series A+ in startups focused on Digital, Climate, and Deep Tech. As former entrepreneurs, their team provides hands-on support through a dedicated Scaling Squad, offering expertise in hiring, sales, and strategy to portfolio companies like Exotec and Moneybox.
Alven champions ambitious French entrepreneurs by providing early-stage capital for their digital technology ventures. Their portfolio, which includes category-defining companies like Dataiku and Qonto, focuses on sectors ranging from AI and SaaS to disruptive consumer models.
Operating from a European base with a global perspective, Heartcore Capital focuses on backing exceptional founding teams at the early stages. Their support has helped launch category-defining companies across the continent, including successes like Tink, Neo4j, and TravelPerk.
While our favorite firms get a lot of attention, they are far from the only ones to consider. The field of productivity investing is broad and full of opportunity for the right founders.
The firms below have collectively backed over 6,300 startups and guided more than 1,000 of them to an exit. Take a look at the other venture capital firms helping build the future of productivity.
| VC Firm | Country | Year Founded | Nº Investments | Nº Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1993 | 216 | 78 | |
| United States | 2009 | 822 | 177 | |
| United Kingdom | 2007 | 644 | 77 | |
| Germany | 2013 | 1008 | 116 | |
| United States | 2000 | 331 | 86 | |
| United States | 2007 | 184 | 26 | |
| United States | 2009 | 1229 | 280 | |
| Germany | 1997 | 318 | 53 | |
| United States | 2018 | 116 | 16 | |
| Spain | 2009 | 107 | 8 | |
| United States | 2012 | 147 | 28 | |
| United Kingdom | 2018 | 69 | 5 | |
| United States | 2005 | 361 | 35 | |
| United States | 2016 | 40 | 5 | |
| United States | 2015 | 101 | 15 | |
| Mexico | 2005 | 67 | 4 | |
| United States | 2020 | 50 | 2 | |
| Australia | 2018 | 73 | 1 | |
| United States | 2012 | 60 | 3 | |
| United States | 2019 | 32 | 5 | |
| United States | 2000 | 46 | 11 | |
| United States | 2012 | 170 | 34 | |
| Egypt | 2015 | 53 | 1 | |
| United States | 1999 | 98 | 23 |
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