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Seed investors in California

418 of 597 seed firms that report a preference say they can lead. 74 active since September.

Can leadMostly followsNot reportedRecently active
Bessemer Venture PartnersActive Oct 2
California
Yael Schiff, Adam Fisher+23 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsGeneralist
$10M to $30M+Can lead
Andreessen HorowitzActive Oct 12
California · Fund $15B (2025)
Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralist
$1M to $30M+Can lead
Bain Capital VenturesActive Sep 28
California · Fund $1.9B (two funds) (2023)
Aaref Hilaly, Ajay Agarwal+7 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralistConfirmed by the firm
$500K to $30M+Can lead
Lightspeed Venture PartnersActive Oct 14
California · Fund $9B+ (2025)
Barry Eggers, Peter Nieh+8 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralist
$1M to $30M+Can lead
Founders FundActive Oct 9
California
Amin Mirzadegan, Delian Asparouhov+11 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralist
$10M to $30M+Can lead
Index VenturesActive Oct 6
California · Fund $2.3B (2024)
Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas, Danny Rimer+6 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralist
$10M to $30M+Can lead
Menlo VenturesActive Oct 9
California · Fund $3B fresh capital (2026)
Amy Wu Martin, Croom Beatty+18 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralist
$1M to $30M+Can lead
LAUNCHActive Sep 23
California
Jason Calacanis
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsGeneralist
Up to $10MCan lead
AccelActive Oct 7
California · Fund $5B (2026)
Anand Daniel, Philippe Botteri+12 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralist
$10M to $30M+Can lead
BenchmarkActive Oct 10
California · Fund $750M (2026)
Chetan Puttagunta, Eric Vishria+3 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsGeneralist
$3M to $30M+Can lead
Khosla VenturesActive Oct 8
California
David Weiden, Keith Rabois+16 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralist
$1M to $30M+Can lead
Salesforce VenturesActive Oct 9
California · Fund More
Emily Zhao, John Somorjai+18 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsEnterprise software
$1M to $30M+Can lead
Sequoia CapitalActive Oct 13
California
Doug Leone, Alfred Lin+12 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralist
$1M to $30M+Can lead
Tribe CapitalActive Oct 13
California · Fund Approximately $2.4B AUM
Arjun Sethi, Boris Revsin+8 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralist
Check size not reportedCan lead
Emergence CapitalActive Sep 24
California
Gordon Ritter, Jake Saper+10 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsEnterprise software
$1M to $30MCan lead
Framework VenturesActive Oct 9
California · Fund $400M
Rajiv Patel-O'Connor, Michael Anderson+5 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsCrypto
$3M to $30M+Can lead
Kleiner PerkinsActive Oct 14
California · Fund $3.5B (2026)
Aatish Nayak, Aditya Naganath+8 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralist
$10M to $30M+Can lead
ContraryActive Sep 27
California
Eric Tarczynski, Kyle Harrison+1 on the team
SeedLeadsGeneralist
Check size not reportedCan lead
Cowboy VenturesActive Oct 13
California
Aileen Lee, Ted Wang+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsGeneralistConfirmed by the firm
$500K to $10MCan lead
DCVCActive Oct 8
California · Fund Billions of dollars AUM
Ali Tamaseb, James Hardiman+15 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsDeep tech +4
$10M to $30M+Can lead
Innovation EndeavorsActive Sep 28
California · Fund $630M (Fund V) (2024)
Davis Treybig, Dror Berman+11 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsGeneralist
$1M to $10MCan lead
Ribbit CapitalActive Sep 30
California · Fund Approximately (2025)
Nick Shalek, Cindy Mcadam+5 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsFintech
$1M to $30M+Can lead
Caffeinated CapitalActive Oct 8
California
Matthew Volosin, Raymond Tonsing+1 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralist
$1M to $10MCan lead
Eclipse VenturesActive Oct 7
California · Fund $1.3B (2026)
Lior Susan, Aidan Madigan-Curtis+6 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsIndustrial +3
$10M 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
HeadlineActive Sep 22
California
Anna Vershebeniuk, Brian Yen+8 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGeneralist
$3M to $30M+Can lead
Javelin Venture PartnersActive Sep 23
California · Fund $125 million (2024)
Alex Gurevich, Jed Katz+2 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsGeneralist
$500K to $10MCan lead
Julian CapitalActive Oct 14
California
Julian Shapiro, Jacob Jackson+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsDeep tech
$500K to $3MCan lead
ParadigmActive Oct 7
California
Alana Palmedo, Dan Robinson+7 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsGeneralist
$500K to $30M+Can lead
1984 VenturesActive Oct 14
California
Ramy Adeeb, Farzad Soleimani+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsDev tools and infra +2
$500K to $3MCan lead
Abstract VenturesActive Oct 1
California
Alex Davidov, Ramtin Naimi+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsGeneralist
$100K to $1MCan lead
At One VenturesActive Sep 27
California · Fund $525M across two funds
Helen Lin, Laurie Menoud+5 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsClimate +1
Check size not reportedCan lead
Basis Set VenturesActive Sep 23
California · Fund $250M Fund IV (2026)
Lan Xuezhao, Rachel Wong+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsGeneralist
$250K to $10MCan lead
Bling CapitalActive Sep 23
California · Fund $270M Fund IV (2024)
Ben Ling, Kyle Lui+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsGeneralist
$1M to $10MCan lead
Bloomberg BetaActive Sep 27
California
Karin Klein, Roy Bahat+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsGeneralistConfirmed by the firm
$100K to $1MCan 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
Congruent VenturesActive Sep 27
California · Fund $275M Fund III
Abe Yokell, Joshua Posamentier+7 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsGeneralistConfirmed by the firm
$250K to $10MCan lead
CreandumActive Oct 6
California
Daniel Blomquist, Cam Sellers+15 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsGeneralist
$1M to $10MCan lead
Crosslink CapitalActive Oct 14
California
Eric Chin, Michael Stark+5 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsGeneralistConfirmed by the firm
$1M to $10MCan lead
Fifth WallActive Oct 13
California · Fund ~$3B committed capital
Brad Greiwe, Brendan Wallace+5 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsProptech +1
$3M to $30M+Can lead

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Questions

How many seed investors in california are there?

Mode VC tracks 699 firms on this list as of 2026-10-15. 74 have been active since September 2026.

What check size do seed investors in california write?

The most reported band is $1M to $3M, reported by 253 firms on this list.

Which seed investors in california lead rounds?

418 of 597 firms that report a preference say they can lead. Turn on "Leads rounds" to see only them.