Seed fintech investors in California

44 of 59 seed fintech firms that report a preference say they can lead. 5 active since September.

Can leadMostly followsNot reportedRecently active
Ribbit CapitalActive Sep 30
California · Fund Approximately (2025)
Nick Shalek, Cindy Mcadam+5 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsFintech
$1M to $30M+Can lead
Foundation CapitalActive Sep 25
California · Fund $600M Fund 11 (announced)
Charles Moldow, Rodolfo Gonzalez+10 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsEnterprise software +2
$1M to $30M+Can lead
Bonfire VenturesActive Sep 23
California
Jim Andelman, Mark Mullen+5 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsEnterprise software +1Confirmed by the firm
$3M to $10MCan lead
Commerce VenturesActive Oct 1
California · Fund $150M+ Fund V (2024)
Matt Nichols, Vivek Krishnamurthy+3 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BFintech +1
Check size not reportedMostly follows
The CouncilActive Oct 14
California
Amber Illig, Rachel Tsui
Pre-seedSeedHealthtech +4
Up to $100KMostly follows
California
Gregor Watson, Rob Bloemker+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsFintech +3Confirmed by the firm
Up to $3MCan lead
California
Amon Anderson, Catherine Casey Nanda+4 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsHealthtech +2
$250K to $500KCan lead
California · Fund $30M+ (2021)
Jeff Dorman, Phil Liu+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCrypto +1
Check size not reportedCan lead
California · Fund $140M (Fund III) (2025)
Jake Gibson, Sheel Mohnot+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsFintech
$500K to $10MCan lead
California
Rex Salisbury
Pre-seedSeedLeadsFintech
$250K to $3MCan lead
California
Arvind Purushotham, Luis Valdich+1 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsFintech +5
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Arjan Schutte, David Roos+3 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsFintech +2
$1M to $10MCan lead
California · Fund Approximately $2.8B AUM
Greg Sands, Amy Cheetham+10 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsFintech +3
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Nenad Marovac, Steve Schlenker+11 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsEnterprise software +3
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Akira Kurabayashi, Hiro Rio Maeda+13 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsEnterprise software +7
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Alex Harris, Drew Glover+1 on the team
SeedLeadsFintech
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Logan Allin, Matthew Mann+5 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsFintech +1
$250K to $10MCan lead
California
Maria Alegre, Tomer Bariach+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto +2
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Ameya Upadhyay, Arjuna Costa+15 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsFintechConfirmed by the firm
$500K to $10MCan lead
California
Ari Stiegler, Mike Loretz+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsDeep tech +2
$250K to $10MCan lead
California
Joe Saunders, Lou Forster+2 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsFintech
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Dovi Frances, Devon Morris+1 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsFintech
$3M to $30MCan lead
California · Fund $1B (2026)
Diogo Monica, Katie Haun+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsCrypto +1
$3M to $30M+Can lead
California · Fund $184M (2024)
Jay Ganatra, Jeremy Jonker+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsFintech +1Confirmed by the firm
$1M to $10MCan lead
California
Jefferson Chen, Richard Lim+6 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsHealthtech +2
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Sriram Krishnan, Sunil Chhaya
Pre-seedSeedLeadsEnterprise software +2
$500K to $3MCan lead
California · Fund $35 (2021)
Ryan Gilbert, Jurgen Van De Vyver+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsFintech
$100K to $3MCan lead
California
Roberto Aguayo, Roman Leal+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsFintech +4
$25K to $10MCan lead
California
Matt Murphy, Todd Kimmel+4 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsFintech +3Confirmed by the firm
$250K to $3MCan lead
California · Fund More (2022)
Joseph Miller, Mark Dyne+4 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsFintech +3
$500K to $10MCan lead
California · Fund At (2021)
Brian McLoughlin, Kevin McLoughlin+2 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsFintech
$500K to $10MCan lead
California · Fund $500M (2025)
Alex Kamenetskiy, Oshri Kaplan+4 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsFintech +6
$500K to $10MCan lead
California · Fund $360.36M Fund V (2026)
Andrew Beebe, James Joaquin+4 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsHealthtech +5
$3M to $30MCan lead
California
Cedric Drui, David Kupperman+3 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsFintech +1
Check size not reportedCan lead
California · Fund $100 million Fund V
David Mort, Jay Reinemann+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsFintech
$500K to $10MCan lead
California · Fund $378.5 (2024)
Ramneek Gupta, Sudip Chakrabarti+2 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsEnterprise software +3
$3M to $30MCan lead
California · Fund $240 million Fund V (2023)
Jeff Hinck, Justin Kaufenberg+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsEnterprise software +3
$500K to $10MCan lead
California · Fund $75 (2025)
Robert Leshner, Tarun Chitra
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto +1
$100K to $10MCan lead
California · Fund $141M Core Fund III
Allison Baum Gates, Colin Tobias+3 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsVertical AI +3
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Don Butler, Peter Thomson
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsFintech +4
$500K to $30MCan lead

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How many seed fintech investors in california are there?

Mode VC tracks 70 firms on this list as of 2026-10-15. 5 have been active since September 2026.

What check size do seed fintech investors in california write?

The most reported band is $1M to $3M, reported by 28 firms on this list.

Which seed fintech investors in california lead rounds?

44 of 59 firms that report a preference say they can lead. Turn on "Leads rounds" to see only them.