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40 Growth AI & Machine Learning Investors — 34 Currently Deploying

Updated

40
Total funds
34
Currently deploying
85%
Deployment rate
$25K–$250M
Typical check range

Funds (40)

Kleiner Perkins
● Deploying $500K–$25M San Francisco

Kleiner Perkins partners with visionary founders to build transformative companies that change how the world works. The fund emphasizes team building, network facilitation, and bus…

Point72 Ventures
● Deploying $500K–$10M New York

Thematic-driven investors backing ambitious founders building for big outcomes across critical domains (AI, Consumer, Defense Tech) from seed to pre-IPO, bringing deep sector insig…

Mendoza Ventures
● Deploying $25K–$250K Boston

Invests in technology companies in financial services, insurance, and manufacturing where there is opportunity for modernization, innovation, and disruption, with focus on AI, Cybe…

Lux Capital
● Deploying $500K–$25M New York

Turn sci-fi into sci-fact by championing companies at the intersection of the new and not-yet-imagined, looking decades into the future to create a world most can barely imagine.

Khosla Ventures (Seed)
● Deploying $500K–$50M San Francisco

Bold, early, impactful ventures with brutal honesty. Believe in world-class teams making contrarian bets on impossibly big ideas, from AI to cleantech to deep tech.

NGP Capital
● Deploying

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'…

Insight Partners
● Deploying $5M–$250M New York

Insight Partners scales ambition at every stage through software expertise, operating excellence, talent networks, and flexible capital across 30+ years, supporting 800+ companies …

Institutional Venture Partners
● Deploying $500K–$5M San Francisco

Back exceptional companies with substance and soul, converting momentum into market dominance through five decades of experience and institutional support.

Uncork Capital
● Deploying $250K–$2M
Gigafund
● Deploying Austin

Back the world's most ambitious entrepreneurs capable of building transformative businesses over 20+ years that solve fundamental problems across all sectors and geographies using …

DFJ Growth
● Deploying San Mateo

Partner with visionary founders at the intersection of bold vision and relentless execution. Active investors seeking to be partners during the rapid growth stage of scaling journe…

Coatue Management
● Deploying New York

Relentlessly curious investment firm operating across public and private markets, believing investment strategies must grow and evolve with market conditions. Focus on identifying …

GV
$1M–$100M

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

Entree Capital
● Deploying Tel Aviv

Partnering with exceptional founders to address big, meaningful challenges across Software, Fintech, Deeptech, AI and Blockchain, from startup to scale and exit.

Anthemis Group
● Deploying London

Investing to architect the digital economy by disrupting traditional sectors so more people can benefit, driven by conviction in profit and progress through principle-driven invest…

Matrix Partners
● Deploying

A close-knit team of former founders and company builders investing in challengers, contrarians, risk-takers, and status-quo-breakers built by founders with deep technical expertis…

OCV Partners
● Deploying Los Angeles

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm investing in companies with differentiated technologies in compelling target markets, focusing on Technology (SaaS, FinTech, PropTech) and He…

La Famiglia VC
● Deploying

Early-stage venture capital fund backing the best tech entrepreneurs across Europe and the US, investing in technology companies that enable or disrupt large industries. More than …

Dentsu Ventures
● Deploying Tokyo

Support domestic and international startups through capital provision and business collaboration, leveraging Dentsu Group's creative and strategic resources alongside global VC net…

Owl Ventures
● Deploying

Global leader investing in AI-driven learning, backing companies at every stage transforming education and work with a decade of EdTech focus.

LocalGlobe
● Deploying $100K–$2M London

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.

A Capital
● Deploying San Francisco

Providing resources and counsel to forward-thinking companies revolutionizing how we live, work, and play, with favorable terms and less dilution than traditional VC models.

JMI Equity
● Deploying

JMI helps companies grow through flexible capital and collaborative partnership, with deep expertise in software and AI-driven companies built over three+ decades.

Lakestar
● Deploying

Find and fund visionary tech entrepreneurs enabling ideas and companies capable of shaping global modern life, with selective focus on Deep Tech, Healthcare, Fintech, and Digitalis…

Kreos Capital Seed
● Deploying

Growth debt pioneer providing flexible, tailored financing for high-growth technology and healthcare companies across Europe and Israel at every stage from entry-level to pre-IPO.

Cathay Innovation
● Deploying

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

Insignia Venture Partners Seed
● Deploying Singapore

Backing the leaders of opportunity creation in Southeast Asia through venture capital that serves as a 24/7, 365-day service industry to founders.

Canvas Ventures
● Deploying $1M–$10M

Experts in go-to-market strategy with over a decade of AI expertise, proven track record in fintech and digital health, devoted to the success of a select few companies.

Altair Capital
● Deploying

Back the world's most promising early to growth-stage startups with disruptive ideas in Productivity Tools, Future of Work, HR Tech, FinTech, InsurTech, Digital Health, with partic…

9Yards Capital
● Deploying

Partner with generational companies that power the economy in critical infrastructure for foundational industries, from inflection to inevitability, leveraging unique regulatory pe…

Pegasus Tech Ventures
● Deploying San Jose

Pegasus Tech Ventures helps new technologies emerge by working with international corporations and global investors to find and fund innovators developing technologies and business…

Touchdown Ventures
● Deploying

Partner with leading corporations to help launch and manage their venture capital programs, supporting portfolio companies across diverse sectors.

Sequoia Capital

Partner with bold founders to build legendary companies across technology sectors

Core Ventures Group
● Deploying

Generate outsized returns by investing in infrastructure that powers wealth and health for the mass market, backing founders who modernize significant forces of everyday life.

Amadeus Capital Partners
● Deploying London

Back trailblazers solving hard problems in large markets through deep tech venture capital across Intelligence (AI, computing, quantum), Human (health, medicine, wellness), and Pla…

Learn Capital

Back and build ventures that help humans learn to reach their highest potential.

Andreessen Horowitz
$1M–$100M

Investing in ambitious entrepreneurs building the next generation of leading technology companies across software, crypto, and bio

8VC
$5M–$50M

We partner with leading entrepreneurs and innovators to build technology platforms that create lasting economic and societal value

Founders Fund
$1M–$100M

We invest in smart people solving difficult problems, often difficult scientific or engineering problems. We believe that the shift away from backing transformational technologies …

Bessemer Venture Partners (Seed)
● Deploying San Francisco

Partner with entrepreneurs from early days through every stage of growth, focusing on transformative technology across AI/ML, biotech, cloud, consumer, and crypto sectors.

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Frequently asked questions

How many growth ai & machine learning investors are actively deploying right now?

DryPowder tracks 40 growth ai & machine learning funds. Of these, 34 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 growth ai & machine learning VCs write?

Among 40 growth ai & machine learning funds on DryPowder, check sizes run from $25K–$250M. 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 growth ai & machine learning VC?

A warm intro is still the fastest path. Most growth ai & machine learning 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.

How is growth-stage fundraising different from earlier venture rounds?

Growth-stage processes resemble private equity diligence more than typical venture fundraising. Expect 4-8 months, financial audits, customer reference programs, and engagement at the CFO and board level. Most growth funds require 6-12 months of auditable financials and focus on financial performance, competitive moats, and management team depth rather than founder narrative.

How many growth ai & machine learning 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 34 growth ai & machine learning 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 40 growth ai & machine learning 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.

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