200 Series A Investors — 162 Currently Deploying

What Series A investors look for

Series A rounds fund companies that have demonstrated product-market fit and are ready to scale their go-to-market. Investors expect clear metrics: MRR of $75K–$500K+, strong retention (net revenue retention above 100% for SaaS), and a repeatable sales motion. Check sizes typically range from $5M to $20M.

Series A processes are more formal than seed. Expect 3–6 months, a full data room, detailed financial modeling, and reference checks on the founding team. Tier-1 Series A funds often lead with conviction or pass quickly — warm introductions are critical, and a competitive process helps drive terms.

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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.

Partner with visionary founders to build iconic B2B software companies. Early stage venture firm managed by former founders and operators investing in late seed through Series A.

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…

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.

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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

Early-stage venture capital firm backing founders creating a digital and sustainable built world through investments in sustainable construction, efficient buildings, infrastructur…

SignalFire is a VC firm built like a tech company that combines AI tools, data infrastructure, and deep sector expertise with portfolio support to help founders scale faster. The f…

Early-stage investor in category-defining enterprise technology companies led by visionary entrepreneurs, with focus on applied AI, logistics and supply chain, vertical solutions, …

Technical founders backing technical founders. Investment in early-stage technical teams transforming major industries (healthcare, logistics, real estate, manufacturing) where tec…

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

Dragonfly brings access and influence to crypto teams with global aspirations to find adoption anywhere. The fund invests across stages with a focus on teams tackling big, wicked p…

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…

Seed-stage generalist investor supporting ambitious founders building enduring businesses across the United States, with focus on Software, Healthcare, Financial Services, Marketpl…

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

Provide seed and Series A capital with hands-on business building expertise to great founders outside Silicon Valley, proving that world-class companies can be built anywhere.

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…

Glasswing invests in visionary, early-stage founders using AI and frontier technology to reinvent enterprise and security markets. They go first and go long with founders.

Menlo Ventures backs transformative technology companies at the intersection of AI, healthcare, and consumer by being operationally invested—doing whatever it takes to help teams w…

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

The product-market fit partner for technical enterprise founders, turning product-market fit from improbable to inevitable through proprietary playbook and methodology.

Partnering with ambitious early-stage founders building category-defining companies across enterprise and consumer sectors.

Backing breakout researchers and entrepreneurs emerging from the world's leading research labs and innovation ecosystems, solving the toughest problems across technology and life s…

Back ambitious deep tech founders turning scientific insight and engineering excellence into category-defining companies, focusing on early-stage companies where defensible IP, tec…

Early-stage venture firm backing category leaders in Software, AI, Fintech and Consumer Internet across Europe and North America through rigorous investment, hands-on partnership, …

Europe's leading early-stage business software investor, backing founders on the journey from $1M to $100M+ in revenue with deep software expertise across SaaS, Services as Softwar…

Invest capital and operational expertise to build transformational companies by backing dynamic founders with unique ideas at signal-before-traction stage ($500K-$4M checks into la…

Invest in early stage technology founders building solutions for a better tomorrow. Help founders build great companies.

Early-stage VC investing in disruptive AI and Blockchain startups outside Silicon Valley, anchored in Texas and Central U.S., leading Seed and Series A rounds in capital-efficient …

First partner to exceptional founders in the project economy (infrastructure, AEC, heavy supply chains, lot-size-1 manufacturing) globally, investing from day zero with first check…

The rapid evolution of media from print and broadcast to digital and mobile creates new opportunities to reach new audiences and serve existing customers in new ways.

Partner with brilliant founders to bring things of real wonder into the world by backing innovative companies that upend the status quo across software, sustainability, and consume…

Investing in dreams at the earliest stage, backing founders across marketplaces, fintech, developer tools, frontier tech, climate, and experimental ideas.

We support visionary founders across Europe as they build the next generation of B2B software companies. We invest early in B2B software companies with an operating product, even i…

Back bold European entrepreneurs building global category leaders through a combination of patient capital, operational support, and deep entrepreneurial expertise. Focus on Applie…

Back founders who rewrite the rules and imagine what's next, with focus on early-stage companies demonstrating conviction-driven vision across multiple sectors and geographies.

Generalist fund backing fearless founders solving the hardest challenges facing humanity across AI transformation, fintech, healthcare, industrial digitization, labor & education, …

Technology will transform all sectors of the world, with the biggest transformations yet to come. Atomico partners with gamechanging entrepreneurs across thematic frontiers includi…

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…

How many series a investors are actively deploying right now?

DryPowder tracks 200 series a funds. Of these, 162 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 series a VCs write?

Among 200 series a 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 series a VC?

A warm intro is still the fastest path. Most series a 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 Series A process typically take?

Series A processes average 4-6 months. Unlike seed, you will navigate formal partner meetings, IC presentations, data room reviews, and reference calls. First meeting to term sheet alone takes 6-10 weeks at most firms. Running a compressed, competitive process where you approach all target investors in the same short window tends to produce faster decisions and better terms than a sequential approach.

How many series a 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 162 series a 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 series a 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.