200 Seed Investors — 195 Currently Deploying

What seed-stage VCs look for

Seed rounds typically fund companies with an early product and initial traction — a few hundred users, early revenue, or strong letters of intent. Most seed funds write checks between $500K and $3M, though some multi-stage funds participate with larger checks. At this stage, investors are primarily betting on the founding team and the size of the market opportunity.

Expect 6–12 investor meetings, 3–6 months to close, and term sheets that include pro-rata rights and a board seat or observer role. Many seed funds make decisions within 2–4 weeks once interested. Warm introductions convert significantly better than cold outreach at this stage.

We are founders and operators who partner with early-stage founders building infrastructure and SaaS companies, leveraging our experience to help technical founders nail go-to-mark…

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…

Elevate Capital invests in underserved entrepreneurs—women, minorities, veterans, and those with limited regional access to capital—by providing venture capital and mentorship to h…

Early-stage investors backing ambitious founders building an AI-powered future across enablement (infrastructure/developer platforms), action (agentic business applications), and i…

YC turns builders into formidable founders by providing structured mentorship, funding, and network access during a 12-week batch program. The program transforms early-stage teams …

South Park Commons helps talented technologists and founders turn 'illegible into the inevitable' by providing a home for figuring out what's next, transitioning from -1 to 0 (pre-…

Bee Partners backs radical technical founders at inception (pre-product, pre-revenue) with conviction-first capital. They invest in AI supercycle futures, enterprise AI agents, har…

Partner with product visionaries in enterprise infrastructure, cloud software, AI, and data infrastructure sectors by providing strategy, network access, and customer introductions…

Write the first check to builders who are still dreaming, tinkering, and exploring what they want to create. Work with founders pre-product, pre-traction, and often pre-idea.

Offer founders pursuing their life's work an alternative to the hype cycle by providing long-term thinking and supporting category-defining companies across all sectors that will l…

Forum Ventures is a founder-first AI venture studio, accelerator, and pre-seed fund committed to the entrepreneurial journey from zero to one, with a maniacal focus on becoming an …

Operator Collective is an early-stage B2B venture firm that connects founders to exceptional enterprise operators, believing companies succeed because of the people who build them.

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…

Thesis-driven early-stage firm backing visionary founders building technologies of the future in Vertical AI, Deep Tech, Health, and Bio with strong data moats and Systems of Recor…

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

Lead and co-lead Series A and Seed rounds in companies with early signs of product-market fit, focusing on consumer technology and consumerization of enterprise technology.

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 …

Invest in top-notch founders with global ambitions solving real problems using technology, providing essential resources and support for company growth through a partnership approa…

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)…

Partner with bold technical founders from inception, before product or first check, backing AI-native infrastructure, security, apps, and models to build the autonomous enterprise.

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

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

Empowering historically excluded founders with capital, mentorship, and networks to build scalable companies in Fintech, SaaS, AI, Logistics, and Healthcare, leveraging 25+ years o…

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…

Jump Capital invests in early-stage founders solving problems in fintech, application software, and infrastructure software. The fund emphasizes being a true operational partner pr…

Pre-seed venture fund leading investments in Intelligent Industry Solutions, focused on AI-led innovation that delivers radical productivity, industrial efficiency through percepti…

Early-stage venture capital firm investing in visionary founders building disruptive software businesses, offering full-stack partnership with operational support to help scale eff…

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,…

Champion inspired and obsessive builders across seed stage, from enterprise SaaS to sustainability, health, hard tech, AI, infrastructure, consumer, and crypto. Provide guidance fr…

Back European founders with strong qualities (not CV/pedigree) building businesses for a better human future, assessed on characteristics like productivity, grit, and commercial ac…

We back founders building things the world hasn't seen yet, at the moment before the world believes. We are a specialized and scaled seed fund designed to actually deliver with dee…

Carbon Removal Partners invests in early-stage companies developing technologies to reverse climate change through carbon removal at industrial scale, guided by scientific rigor an…

Investing in exceptional female founders building category-defining businesses. Companies with female founders perform 63% better than male-founded peers, yet only receive 2.7% of …

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.

Backstage Capital invests in the very best founders who identify as women, people of color, or LGBTQ, viewing the underrepresentation of these founders as the biggest investment op…

Amplify invests in technical founders building the next generation of applications, models, tools, and infrastructure. For almost 15 years they have been the first investor and par…

Petri develops pre-seed companies attacking the world's largest problems at the frontier of biology and engineering, believing the future of biotech is founder-led.

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.

Early-stage venture capital investing with intention, rooted in inclusion. Talent is evenly distributed but opportunity is not; lived experience is a competitive advantage, and the…

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

We partner with founders building pioneering AI-native companies before the category exists, leading pre-seed and seed rounds for AI-native companies before market consensus, backe…

Moonshots Capital invests exclusively in companies led by extraordinary teams and individuals, deploying military leadership skills, entrepreneurial experience, and government/priv…

Earthshot Ventures backs technologies defining the next industrial era by focusing on energy, AI, and critical minerals—markets where new inventions unlock outsized returns and pos…

Avid accelerates the trajectory of exceptional founders by taking a hands-on and bespoke approach to scaling growth engines of transformative companies, helping early-stage startup…

VoLo Earth provides first-in funding and hands-on leadership to companies unlocking economic-led transformation of the global energy economy across interconnected sectors (energy, …

An early-stage venture platform backing frontier founders and platform funds that accelerate category-defining companies. First-check investors to top funds and founders through me…

NFX identifies and backs founders building companies with network effects. The fund emphasizes software development, founder support through content/tools, and emerging technologie…

Ground State Ventures discovers and supports high-potential quantum technology startups from the very beginning, investing across quantum computing, sensing, communications, and in…

Support audacious entrepreneurs building consumer technology that transforms how billions experience the world through connectivity, convenience, entertainment and empowerment, inv…

Backing outlier founders at the earliest stages.

Atomic functions as a co-founder replacement, providing serial entrepreneurs, specialist teams, and resources to de-risk company building and accelerate time to market while founde…

Invest in Black, Latinx, and Indigenous founders creating influential businesses that will shape the future into a revolutionary world.

Investing in a future where people of color experience true agency and participation in the American economy through supporting entrepreneurs from overlooked communities.

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'…

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…

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…

Early stage B2B-focused venture firm specializing in building enterprise leaders through disruptive B2B AI software investments in enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, and rel…

Active, full-stack partners backing founding teams at seed, early, and acceleration stages who turn improbable ideas into inevitable, transformational businesses.

Early-stage PropTech investor focused on technologies impacting people, processes, and ecosystems of the built world, partnering across real estate asset classes.

How many seed investors are actively deploying right now?

DryPowder tracks 200 seed funds. Of these, 195 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 seed VCs write?

Among 200 seed 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 seed VC?

A warm intro is still the fastest path. Most seed 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 long does a seed round typically take to close?

Seed rounds typically take 3-6 months from first meeting to close. Most of that time is spent on qualification: investors want to see early traction, run multiple meetings, and often complete reference checks. With a committed lead who sets terms, the rest of the round usually fills within 2-4 weeks. Without a lead, the process drags. DryPowder's deployment signals help identify which seed funds are actively writing checks right now versus sitting between vehicles.

How many seed 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 195 seed 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 200 seed 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.