For startups looking to get funding for their business, there have been histories of venture capital funds and angel investors who have been vibrant in all round funding of startups. One fact from one reports on startup funding so far is that there is plenty of money out there, from plenty of hungry investors.
Knowing who these investors are would help you streamline your search for investors for your startups and cut the long journey short. The most dollars are going into late-stage startups, followed by early-stage funding, then funding for technology growth and angel or seed series rounds.
Now find out who is handing out the cash.
This data shows who the active VCs are now, and who would probably be the best investors to pitch with your deck.
Active Lead Investors
According to data from Crunchbase here are the 10 most active lead investors.
Start-Up Chile
Insight Venture Partners
Tencent Holdings
New Enterprise Associates
Sequoia Capital China
Accel
Sequoia Capital
Higher Ground Labs
Quake Capital Partners
Goldman Sachs
Most Active Seed Stage Investors
When pitching, an important point is to be pitching so as to reach to those who are most likely to fund your type of round. The most active investors in seed rounds during the past 3 months are:
Startup-Chile
Hiventures
Crowdcube
Plug and Play
Innovation Works
500 Startups
Innova Memphis
Entrepreneurs Roundtable
Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
Quake Capital Partners
Top Early Stage Investors
For those, going for early-stage funding, consider these active players:
IDG Capital
New Enterprise Associates
Sequoia Capital China
Accel
Y Combinator
ZhenFund
Sequoia Capital
Matrix Partners China
Intel Capital
Index Ventures
Most Active Late Stage Investors
Interested in looking for a Series B or anything above for a growth stage round, the following firms have been the most active globally.
Sequoia Capital
Tencent Holdings
Insight Venture Partners
Bpifrance
Goldman Sachs
Bessemer Venture Partners
New Enterprise Associates
Khosla Ventures
Andreessen Horowitz
Sequoia Capital China
These Investors Have Been The Most Active In Africa, Whether Early, Middle Or Late Funding
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Charles Rapulu Udoh
Charles Rapulu Udoh is a Lagos-based Lawyer with special focus on Business Law, Intellectual Property Rights, Entertainment and Technology Law. He is also an award-winning writer. Working for notable organizations so far has exposed him to some of industry best practices in business, finance strategies, law, dispute resolution, and data analytics both in Nigeria and across the world.