76 Deep Tech Investors — 64 Currently Deploying

HAX backs pre-seed startups solving hard industrial-scale challenges using innovative hard tech (plasma, physical AI, advanced chemistry) in energy, compute, transportation, health…

Invest first in founders making mutants a reality by reimagining the universe. Generalist investors backing companies that make 1 billion lives better through bold bets in deep tec…

Earlybird backs Pre-Seed to Series A founders in emerging tech from fintech to nuclear fusion, providing financial resources, strategic support, and international network access to…

Investing in the best technical storytellers at preseed and seed stage. The fund focuses on founders who can effectively communicate complex technical visions.

Accelerating AI-native founders at the earliest stages. Lead early rounds in companies and founders building the future, providing that first check before others think you're onto …

Europe's largest pre-seed fund focused on backing founders with conviction at the concept stage, tailoring support based on founder experience level (first-time vs repeat founders)…

Partnering with early-stage companies developing cutting-edge frontier technologies to address the world's most pressing problems, with focus on energy transition, decarbonization,…

Early-stage VC for entrepreneurs building the next generation of European icons, partnering with founding teams at pre-seed and seed stages across thematic areas including fintech,…

Calibrate partners with elite technical founders to turn deep tech breakthroughs (AI, computer vision, autonomy, robotics) into scalable commercial advantages across transportation…

Invest in emerging companies at the critical stage of development ('make or break point') between the coasts to launch them into hyper-growth through thematic research and operator…

The physical and digital worlds are merging, unlocking breakthroughs that reshape how we live and work. NGP Capital backs early-stage B2B companies driving this 'Great Convergence'…

Compound invests in deep technology across AI/ML, robotics, biology, crypto, and company building. Focus on frontier tech with venture-scale commercial potential and narrative-driv…

Invest from inception through seed in founders building across the Southeast, providing first checks before the deck is polished and before anyone else is paying attention. Focus o…

Experienced founders (particularly serial/exit founders) win 22x more often. Zero-equity retreats attract elite repeat founders who avoid traditional accelerators, enabling first-m…

Partner with Generation-Defining Company founders building ambitious, game-changing businesses. Provide early-stage lead investment, operational advice, and platform support to hel…

Data-driven, systematic approach to partnering with the world's most promising companies. AI and data science engine for underwriting enables quantitative decision-making across ve…

Global Brain brings new industries to society through extensive hands-on support for startups and open innovation with large corporations, helping them scale globally.

Panache Ventures backs visionary founders from day one with conviction and courage, providing hands-on support from pre-seed through Series A with operator-level insight and a nati…

Back the world's best AI native founders at pre-seed and seed stages with product and go-to-market expertise from OpenAI, Meta, Twitter, and a16z to help them reshape the world.

Back 2 startups per week with $150k checks across any stage, deal size, and sector. Described as 'the most active business angel in the world' investing in early-stage companies.

We provide capital alongside powerful connections and deep B2B expertise to accelerate early-stage B2B startups from seed to scale, with our VP Engine serving as a unique value-add…

Europe's largest pre-seed fund backing founders with conviction from concept stage. Invests up to $1.5m in first rounds, tailoring support for first-time and repeat founders withou…

Build world-class technology companies anywhere by leveraging local talent, customers, and strengths. Provide convicted, honest investors who push founders to be great rather than …

Partnering with founders at the earliest stages (first check to pre-seed) building massive tech companies globally, regardless of pedigree or intro path, with a focus on founders s…

Investing in entrepreneurs building infrastructure and value chains around data, from the full data stack (infrastructure to applications) with belief that accurate, actionable dat…

Equitable venture capital model where every founder backed becomes a co-owner of the fund. Early-stage investments in mission-driven, pre-seed and seed founders who are outliers, o…

Playground invests in breakthrough science and deep tech at the intersection of AI, engineered biology, next-gen compute, and hard science, backing technical founders at the earlie…

MaRS helps innovators build a better world by providing startups and scale-ups with commercialization support, connections to capital, customers and talent, and access to an expans…

Canaan invests in visionaries with transformative ideas where science and technology become society. The firm focuses on early-stage companies that break the mold to bring spectacu…

Omnes is a leading European private equity firm dedicated to the energy transition, empowering entrepreneurs to address large societal challenges and deliver tomorrow's growth thro…

Back bold, mission-driven founders building generational technology companies and defining new markets at the earliest stages, often before solutions are obvious or categories are …

Investing in technology companies within supply chain, manufacturing, and software infrastructure that makes and moves the world.

Paradigm builds and invests across crypto, AI, robotics, and other new frontiers, with a focus on advancing the frontier for everyone through software development and open source c…

Invests in companies using technology to solve important problems in healthcare, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, agriculture, transportation, and other sectors

We believe that entrepreneurship can unlock human potential and make the world a better place. We look for big problems in the world that have technology solutions and test many id…

Invest in technical founders building software that will improve millions of consumers' lives. Back bold founders with a vision worth fighting for.

We identify and support visionaries transforming industries with the potential to better billions of lives. Bow identifies platform companies in industries being transformed by tec…

Invest in startups from seed to Series B across Artificial Intelligence, Lifestyle consumption upgrades, and Frontier Technology, partnering with founders creating waves of innovat…

We back bold companies across sectors. What unites them isn't industry — it's a clear thesis for technological transformation, and founders we believe in.

We fund bold founders with disruptive ideas in AI, robotics, automation, IoT, and embedded systems that challenge the status quo in massive markets including automotive, aerospace,…

Invest in teams building AI and intelligent machines that unlock human potential by transforming foundational industries. AI and robotics will allow humanity to rethink and rebuild…

High-conviction, long-term partners to founders rewriting industries through AI applied to data, workflows, and physical infrastructure convergence. Backed by conviction since 2015…

Speedinvest provides European startups with 'more expertise, connections, reach, and momentum' through specialist investment teams across six core sectors, backing companies from s…

Invest in transformative technologies and companies driving innovation across public and private markets, with deep fundamental analysis and forward-looking insight to identify hig…

Leading European private asset manager committed to profitable impact-driven companies across private equity, private debt, and real assets, focusing on mid-market and growth segme…

Network-driven early stage venture capital firm with a generalist approach and sub-focus on deep tech, bringing exceptional value to founders through proprietary 'Friends of Fitz' …

Building the future powered by science - partnering with exceptional founders scaling scientific innovation to build breakthrough companies

Partner with exceptional people to help them realize their full potential across pre-seed, seed, growth, and public market stages through long-term founder relationships.

Evergreen venture capital firm making concentrated, long-duration investments in tech and tech-enabled companies with product-market fit and compelling growth across theme-driven s…

We invest in founders who build differently and create technology that serves humanity. We protect fragile ideas from the offline world until they're ready to scale.

Use tightly focused expertise and an unparalleled global network to help founders realize their potential across all stages, from incubation to growth-stage scaling.

Multi-stage venture capital firm that goes beyond traditional VC playbook by providing entrepreneurs support of a global ecosystem, connecting innovators everywhere.

Back founders on a mission to industrialize scientific and technological progress.

Seek great enterprises facing the future that bring long-term value to humanity and society. Provide industry resources, strategic support, and ecosystem value through deep partner…

We back the minds shaping the future from MIT and beyond, investing from pre-seed to A.

We back founders of consumer and consumerized enterprise startups that disrupt large and growing markets. We invest in Seed and Series A startups targeting large consumer markets s…

BlueYard invests in technologies that move toward utopia or hold the line against oblivion—applied computation fueling breakthroughs enabling a safe, stable, and prosperous world.

Supporting entrepreneurs who follow their passion, with explicit focus on founders from underserved communities and diverse backgrounds (female, immigrant, underrepresented).

Back engineers and researchers surfing new computing waves (robotics, genomics/CRISPR, GenAI) as they transform massive industries. Computing keeps eating more of the world.

Early-stage generalist investor (preseed/seed) focused on enterprise, fintech, frontier tech, and deep tech with fast commits, high conviction, and proactive support.

How many deep tech investors are actively deploying right now?

DryPowder tracks 76 deep tech funds. Of these, 64 are currently deploying capital based on recent fund closes, portfolio activity, and partner signals. Use DryPowder's fund matching to see which ones fit your specific startup.

What check size do deep tech VCs write?

Among 76 deep tech funds on DryPowder, check sizes run from $25K–$100M. Ranges vary by fund size, vintage, and whether the fund leads rounds. Each fund profile shows check size detail and lead preference.

How do I get a meeting with a deep tech VC?

A warm intro is still the fastest path. Most deep tech VCs on DryPowder do accept cold outreach or direct applications, but response rates vary widely by fund. Before reaching out, use DryPowder's AI matching to get a fit score and specific talking points. Founders who lead with thesis-aligned framing get significantly better response rates than those sending the same deck to every fund on a list.

What do deep tech VCs look for beyond a good deck?

Most deep tech investors evaluate three things before reading your deck in detail: your background in the space, whether they have seen the problem from multiple portfolio companies, and whether anyone they trust vouches for you. After that, the deck needs to show market size, a clear problem-solution fit specific to deep tech, and early evidence of customer demand. Thesis alignment matters more in deep tech than in generalist investing because these funds see a high volume of pitches in the same space.

How many deep tech investors should I be talking to at once?

Most fundraisers recommend a parallel process: identify 20-40 target investors but approach your highest-fit funds first. Of the 64 deep tech funds currently deploying, not all will match your specific stage and sector. Use fund matching to find your top 10-15, approach those first, collect feedback, then go wider. Going to every fund simultaneously without qualifying first burns bridges and dilutes the urgency that helps close a round.

How is DryPowder different from building a VC list on LinkedIn or Crunchbase?

The fund list you build on LinkedIn or Crunchbase is roughly the same list every other founder is building. DryPowder adds three things a manual search cannot: deployment signals (which funds have recently closed new vehicles and are actively writing checks), AI thesis matching (which of the 76 deep tech funds actually fits your specific startup, ranked by fit), and verified partner contact details. The goal is 15 targeted, thesis-aligned pitches instead of 150 generic ones.