Pre-seed investors in California
256 of 357 pre-seed firms that report a preference say they can lead. 32 active since September.
Can leadMostly followsNot reportedRecently active
LAUNCHActive Sep 23
Jason Calacanis
Cowboy VenturesActive Oct 13
Aileen Lee, Ted Wang+2 on the team
Foundation CapitalActive Sep 25
Charles Moldow, Rodolfo Gonzalez+10 on the team
HeadlineActive Sep 22
Anna Vershebeniuk, Brian Yen+8 on the team
Julian CapitalActive Oct 14
Julian Shapiro, Jacob Jackson+1 on the team
1984 VenturesActive Oct 14
Ramy Adeeb, Farzad Soleimani+3 on the team
Abstract VenturesActive Oct 1
Alex Davidov, Ramtin Naimi+2 on the team
Afore CapitalActive Sep 23
Anamitra Banerji, Gaurav Jain+5 on the team
Basis Set VenturesActive Sep 23
Lan Xuezhao, Rachel Wong+3 on the team
Bling CapitalActive Sep 23
Ben Ling, Kyle Lui+2 on the team
Bloomberg BetaActive Sep 27
Karin Klein, Roy Bahat+3 on the team
Bonfire VenturesActive Sep 23
Jim Andelman, Mark Mullen+5 on the team
Congruent VenturesActive Sep 27
Abe Yokell, Joshua Posamentier+7 on the team
Forerunner VenturesActive Oct 14
Eurie Kim, Kirsten Green+5 on the team
Industry VenturesActive Sep 28
Amir Malayery, Brian Langner+8 on the team
Magnify VenturesActive Sep 22
Joanna Drake, Julie Wroblewski
Neotribe VenturesActive Oct 13
Swaroop (Kittu) Kolluri, Rebecca Mitchem
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Active Oct 6
Philip Chopin, Aaron Jacobson+18 on the team
Pear VCActive Sep 22
Mar Hershenson, Pejman Nozad+9 on the team
Precursor VenturesActive Sep 23
Ayanna Kerrison, Charles Hudson+2 on the team
Reach CapitalActive Sep 22
Esteban Sosnik, Jennifer Carolan+6 on the team
Scribble VenturesActive Oct 13
Elizabeth Weil, Christen O'Brien+1 on the team
Slow VenturesActive Sep 22
Kevin Colleran, Sam Lessin+4 on the team
South Park CommonsActive Sep 22
Aditya Agarwal, Ankit Chowdhary+10 on the team
The Longevity FundActive Sep 24
Alex Colville, Satvik Dasariraju
MVP VenturesActive Sep 27
Andre De Baubigny, Weston Moyer+8 on the team
The CouncilActive Oct 14
Amber Illig, Rachel Tsui
Audacious VenturesActive Sep 23
Nakul Mandan, Muzzammil Zaveri+3 on the team
Capital FActive Sep 22
Dawn Dobras, Margaret Coblentz
Hustle FundActive Oct 1
Elizabeth Yin, Eric Bahn+2 on the team
Liquid 2 VenturesActive Oct 7
Joe Montana, Matt Mulvey+3 on the team
Plug and Play VenturesActive Sep 23
Saeed Amidi, Seena Amidi+3 on the team
Ben Patterson, Daniel Ramirez
Gregor Watson, Rob Bloemker+2 on the team
Anabel Lippincott Paksoy, Dustin Dolginow
Jonathan Abrams, Kent Lindstrom
Drew Oetting, Jake Medwell+19 on the team
Hany Nada, Scott Stanford+3 on the team
Alejandro Guerrero, Michael Silton+1 on the team
Amon Anderson, Catherine Casey Nanda+4 on the team
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How many pre-seed investors in california are there?
Mode VC tracks 434 firms on this list as of 2026-10-15. 32 have been active since September 2026.
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The most reported band is $1M to $3M, reported by 153 firms on this list.
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