Finding the right venture capital firm for your Series A round is a big step for any founder. With so many funds available, it helps to know who is actively writing checks and backing companies for the long haul.
Some firms are incredibly active, like Plug and Play with over 2,200 investments or Insight Partners with more than 1,200. Others, such as the historic Kleiner Perkins, have helped guide over 350 companies to an exit.
Below is our list of the best 209 Series A VC firms.
Failory's Top 10 Picks
With a focus on consumer, enterprise, and life sciences, Menlo Ventures funds technology companies from their earliest stages through periods of growth. Their portfolio features foundational companies like Uber, Roku, and Siri, reflecting a long track record of identifying and scaling businesses with market-defining potential.
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Year Founded | 1976 |
| Founders | Henry DuBose Montgomery |
| Total Funding | $3.7B |
| Average Check Size | $20M |
| Industries | Consumer, Enterprise, Healthcare, Internet & Mobile, Marketplace, Cloud, SaaS, Fintech, Life Sciences, Productivity |
| Investment Stage | Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Series A |
| Nº of Investments | 856 (304 as Lead Investor) |
| Nº of Exits | 193 (20 IPO'd) |
| Top Portfolio Startups | Uber, Roku, Pliant Therapeutics |
| Contact | investors@menlovc.com / +1 650-854-8540 |
Focusing on growth-stage software companies, Insight Partners provides capital and partnership to scale businesses in sectors from Fintech to Healthcare. With a portfolio that includes household names like Twitter, Docusign, and Shopify, they have a long history of helping software companies scale into market leaders.
| Headquarters | New York, New York, United States |
| Year Founded | 1995 |
| Founders | Jeff Horing, Jerry Murdock |
| Total Funding | $46.1B |
| Average Check Size | $20M |
| Industries | Crypto & Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Devops, E-Commerce, Education, Fintech, Government Technology, Healthcare, Supply Chain & Logistics, Proptech & Real Estate, Future of Work, AI & ML, API, Food & Beverage, Marketplace, Legal, Infrastructure |
| Investment Stage | Convertible Note, Debt, Early Stage, Late Stage, Private Equity, Seed, Series A, Growth |
| Nº of Investments | 1209 (786 as Lead Investor) |
| Nº of Exits | 263 (53 IPO'd) |
| Top Portfolio Startups | Twitter, Docusign, Shopify |
| Contact | growth@insightpartners.com / 212-230-9200 |
Index Ventures helps ambitious entrepreneurs transform bold ideas into global businesses. Their multi-stage approach supports companies from seed to growth, with a portfolio that includes successes like Datadog and Zendesk.
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Year Founded | 1996 |
| Founders | David Rimer, Giuseppe Zocco, Neil Rimer, Terrence Rohan |
| Total Funding | $12.4B |
| Average Check Size | $10M |
| Industries | AI & ML, Entertainment, Fintech, Healthcare, Media, SaaS, Productivity, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools |
| Investment Stage | Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B |
| Nº of Investments | 1246 (500 as Lead Investor) |
| Nº of Exits | 271 (53 IPO'd) |
| Top Portfolio Startups | Zendesk, Funding Circle, Datadog |
| Contact | press@indexventures.com / 415-471-1700 |
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.
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California, United States |
| Year Founded | 2006 |
| Founders | Ali Safavi, Jackie Hernandez, Jojo Flores, Saeed Amidi |
| Total Funding | $45.5M |
| Average Check Size | $250k |
| Industries | DTC, Enterprise, Fintech, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, InsurTech, IoT, Media, Transportation, Hardware, Proptech & Real Estate, Supply Chain & Logistics, Climate & Sustainability, Travel & Hospitality, Agriculture, Energy |
| Investment Stage | Early Stage, Non Equity Assistance, Private Equity, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C |
| Nº of Investments | 2273 (259 as Lead Investor) |
| Nº of Exits | 206 (11 IPO'd) |
| Top Portfolio Startups | Truebill, Honey, Life360 |
| Contact | press@pnptc.com / +1 408-524-1400 |
Nexus Venture Partners helps founders build product-focused companies, partnering with them from inception to series-A. With $2.6 billion in capital, they primarily invest in enterprise software in the US and digitally-driven businesses in India, staying involved throughout a company's growth.
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, California, United States |
| Year Founded | 2006 |
| Founders | Naren Gupta, Sandeep Singhal, Suvir Sujan |
| Total Funding | $1.4B |
| Average Check Size | $10M |
| Industries | Enterprise, Consumer, SaaS, Internet & Mobile, Healthcare, Media, Fintech, Devops, Education, Gaming, E-Commerce |
| Investment Stage | Early Stage, Seed, Series A |
| Nº of Investments | 405 (187 as Lead Investor) |
| Nº of Exits | 54 (6 IPO'd) |
| Top Portfolio Startups | Daolens, Minio, Zolo |
| Contact | jobs@nexusvp.com / (650) 233-0700 |
Specializing in the craft of building great companies, Craft Ventures provides early-stage and growth funding for businesses in SaaS, marketplace, and enterprise sectors. They partner with founders who have a clear vision, helping scale companies that include successes like Slack, Reddit, and SpaceX.
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Year Founded | 2017 |
| Founders | Bill Lee, David O. Sacks, Jeff Fluhr |
| Total Funding | $1.1B |
| Industries | SaaS, Marketplace, Enterprise |
| Investment Stage | Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Series A |
| Nº of Investments | 342 (155 as Lead Investor) |
| Nº of Exits | 35 (7 IPO'd) |
| Top Portfolio Startups | ThriveCash, Returnly, Glide Labs |
| Contact | jessica@craftventures.com / (970) 926-5833 |
Sapphire Ventures partners with enterprise software companies and other venture funds, investing from seed to late stage to help them become category leaders. The firm has backed major successes like Docusign and Monday.com through its distinct investment arms for direct, fund, and sports-related ventures.
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Year Founded | 1996 |
| Founders | Andreas Weiskam, David Hartwig, Doug Higgins, Jai Das, Nino Marakovic |
| Total Funding | $8.8B |
| Average Check Size | $10M |
| Industries | AI & ML, Enterprise, SaaS, Crypto & Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Big Data & Analytics, Devops, Fintech, Healthcare, Sports |
| Investment Stage | Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Series A, Series B |
| Nº of Investments | 368 (137 as Lead Investor) |
| Nº of Exits | 104 (33 IPO'd) |
| Top Portfolio Startups | Docusign, Monday.com, Mulesoft |
| Contact | info@sapphireventures.com / +1 650 382 1110 |
8. BoxGroup
BoxGroup provides early-stage capital, from pre-seed to Series A, to founders building category-defining technology companies. Their investment portfolio includes some of the most successful startups of the last decade, such as Plaid, Airtable, and Stripe.
| Headquarters | New York, New York, United States |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
| Founders | Adam Rothenberg, David Tisch |
| Total Funding | $255M |
| Average Check Size | $1M |
| Industries | Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Healthcare, Marketplace, Crypto & Blockchain, Climate & Sustainability |
| Investment Stage | Early Stage, Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A |
| Nº of Investments | 740 (27 as Lead Investor) |
| Nº of Exits | 140 (7 IPO'd) |
| Top Portfolio Startups | Plaid, Airtable, Ro |
| Contact | hello@boxgroup.com / (917) 282-3569 |
With a dual focus on healthcare and biotechnology, Polaris Partners funds companies developing everything from new care delivery models to advanced therapeutics and genomics. Their investments have helped build companies like Gossamer Bio and Syros Pharmaceuticals, which are advancing patient care through scientific and technological breakthroughs.
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Year Founded | 1996 |
| Founders | Jon Flint, Steve Arnold, Terrance McGuire |
| Total Funding | $4.5B |
| Average Check Size | $5M |
| Industries | Healthcare, Biotech |
| Investment Stage | Early Stage, Late Stage, Private Equity, Seed, Series A, Series B |
| Nº of Investments | 745 (215 as Lead Investor) |
| Nº of Exits | 203 (54 IPO'd) |
| Top Portfolio Startups | Gossamer Bio, Syros Pharmaceuticals, Neuronetics |
| Contact | partnership@polarispartners.com / +1 855 787 3500 |
10. Kleiner Perkins
Kleiner Perkins partners with founders from the earliest stages, investing in ambitious ideas across sectors like consumer tech, healthcare, and enterprise software. This long-term partnership approach has helped launch generation-defining companies such as Google, Uber, and Twitter.
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, California, United States |
| Year Founded | 1972 |
| Founders | Brook Byers, Eugene Kleiner, Frank Caufield, Tom Perkins |
| Total Funding | $9.2B |
| Average Check Size | $15M |
| Industries | Consumer, Fintech, Enterprise, Deep Tech & Hard Science, Healthcare, Internet & Mobile, Life Sciences, SaaS, Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, Infrastructure |
| Investment Stage | Early Stage, Late Stage, Private Equity, Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A |
| Nº of Investments | 1476 (431 as Lead Investor) |
| Nº of Exits | 358 (113 IPO'd) |
| Top Portfolio Startups | Google, Uber, Twitter |
| Contact | plans@kpcb.com / 650.233.0300 |
199 Additional Series A VC Firms Worth Pitching
Our top picks are just the beginning of the story for Series A funding. Many other firms are also backing the next generation of founders.
Together, these investors have backed over 36,000 companies and guided more than 5,600 to successful exits. Here’s a look at the rest of the venture capital firms funding what's next around the world.
| VC Firm | Country | Year Founded | Nº Investments | Nº Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Octopus Ventures | United Kingdom | 2008 | 454 | 66 |
 Emergence Capital | United States | 2003 | 255 | 55 |
 Northzone | United Kingdom | 1996 | 326 | 58 |
 Spark Capital | United States | 2005 | 614 | 111 |
 Canary | Brazil | 2016 | 238 | 16 |
 Autotech Ventures | United States | 2015 | 89 | 15 |
 Playground Global | United States | 2015 | 128 | 16 |
 Greycroft | United States | 2006 | 841 | 156 |
 Pantera Capital | United States | 2003 | 294 | 37 |
 360 Capital | France | 1997 | 233 | 46 |
 Mayfield Fund | United States | 1969 | 717 | 209 |
 Forerunner | United States | 2010 | 281 | 49 |
 Lerer Hippeau | United States | 2010 | 682 | 174 |
 First Round Capital | United States | 2004 | 976 | 222 |
 Correlation Ventures | United States | 2006 | 410 | 88 |
 Alpha JWC Ventures | Indonesia | 2015 | 115 | 8 |
 TheVentureCity | United States | 2017 | 142 | 12 |
 BACKED VC | United Kingdom | 2015 | 108 | 10 |
 Venrock | United States | 1969 | 835 | 280 |
 Vertex Ventures | Singapore | 1988 | 504 | 108 |
 Greylock | United States | 1965 | 913 | 273 |
 IQ Capital | United Kingdom | 2005 | 169 | 19 |
 Ventures Platform | Canada | 2016 | 117 | 6 |
 Shorooq Partners | United Arab Emirates | 2017 | 138 | 7 |
 Matrix Partners China | China | 1977 | 751 | 52 |
 BREEGA | France | 2013 | 134 | 17 |
 Capnamic | Germany | 2012 | 132 | 19 |
 CRV | United States | 1970 | 736 | 181 |
 Hoxton Ventures | United Kingdom | 2013 | 117 | 15 |
 Beringea | United States | 1988 | 179 | 39 |
 SOSV | United States | 1995 | 2796 | 87 |
 Commerce Ventures | United States | 2012 | 210 | 22 |
 Alven | France | 2000 | 238 | 41 |
 Shasta Ventures | United States | 2004 | 430 | 101 |
 S3 Ventures | United States | 2005 | 118 | 23 |
 Heartcore Capital | Denmark | 2007 | 217 | 25 |
 Ridge Ventures | United States | 2007 | 205 | 66 |
 Credo Ventures | Czech Republic | 2009 | 131 | 18 |
 Contrarian Ventures | Lithuania | 2017 | 48 | 1 |
 Trinity Ventures | United States | 1986 | 467 | 154 |
 Karma Ventures | Estonia | 2016 | 45 | 5 |
 Redpoint | United States | 1999 | 819 | 175 |
 C4 Ventures | France | 2012 | 68 | 15 |
 IDG Capital | China | 1993 | 1503 | 175 |
 Almaz Capital | United States | 2008 | 103 | 20 |
 M13 | United States | 2016 | 196 | 35 |
 Viola Ventures | Israel | 2000 | 284 | 57 |
 137 Ventures | United States | 2010 | 51 | 17 |
 Union Square Ventures | United States | 2003 | 487 | 66 |
 VMG Partners | United States | 2005 | 54 | 11 |
 BITKRAFT Ventures | United States | 2017 | 203 | 13 |
 Ventech | France | 1998 | 219 | 49 |
 Heavybit | United States | 2013 | 101 | 22 |
 Airtree Ventures | Australia | 2014 | 176 | 16 |
 FJ Labs | United States | 2015 | 1636 | 130 |
 Inventure | Finland | 2005 | 162 | 21 |
 Scale Venture Partners | United States | 2000 | 331 | 86 |
 Endiya Partners | India | 2015 | 81 | 5 |
 BDC Venture Capital | Canada | 1975 | 709 | 173 |
 Versant Ventures | United States | 1999 | 384 | 112 |
 Hummingbird Ventures | Belgium | 2010 | 129 | 16 |
 Altos Ventures | United States | 1996 | 381 | 48 |
 .406 Ventures | United States | 2005 | 204 | 35 |
 True Ventures | United States | 2005 | 762 | 126 |
 CommerzVentures | Germany | 2014 | 62 | 7 |
 Ascension | United Kingdom | 2012 | 293 | 25 |
 Future Energy Ventures | Germany | 2020 | 88 | 11 |
 Kapor Capital | United States | 1999 | 285 | 68 |
 Meritech Capital Partners | United States | 1999 | 346 | 131 |
 bmp Ventures | Germany | 1997 | 116 | 18 |
 Elevator Ventures | Austria | 2018 | 25 | 4 |
 Shunwei Capital | China | 2011 | 547 | 38 |
 BECO Capital | United Arab Emirates | 2012 | 87 | 9 |
 White Star Capital | United States | 2007 | 184 | 26 |
 KAYA | Czech Republic | 2010 | 72 | 10 |
 redalpine | Switzerland | 2006 | 173 | 18 |
 U.S. Venture Partners | United States | 1981 | 593 | 164 |
 Fuel Ventures | United Kingdom | 2013 | 203 | 7 |
 Portfolia | United States | 2013 | 128 | 16 |
 GV | United States | 2009 | 1229 | 280 |
 Serena | France | 2008 | 148 | 23 |
 Evolution Equity Partners | United States | 2008 | 81 | 20 |
 UpHonest Capital | United States | 2015 | 289 | 37 |
 iAngels | Israel | 2013 | 125 | 19 |
 Monk’s Hill Ventures | Singapore | 2014 | 81 | 4 |
 Fabric Ventures | United Kingdom | 2017 | 109 | 3 |
 Golden Gate Ventures | Singapore | 2011 | 134 | 14 |
 PJC | United States | 2001 | 136 | 31 |
 Axeleo Capital | France | 2017 | 95 | 16 |
 Two Sigma Ventures | United States | 2012 | 226 | 31 |
 Point Nine | Germany | 2009 | 300 | 42 |
 IMM Investment | South Korea | 1999 | 354 | 46 |
 Coral Capital | Japan | 2019 | 79 | 3 |
 Educapital | France | 2017 | 48 | 3 |
 Day One Ventures | United States | 2018 | 116 | 16 |
 Montage Ventures | United States | 2013 | 122 | 15 |
 JME Ventures | Spain | 2009 | 107 | 8 |
 Luminar Ventures | Sweden | 2017 | 59 | 2 |
 Unusual Ventures | United States | 2018 | 150 | 17 |
 Rampersand | Australia | 2013 | 53 | 5 |
