Best VCs for Compute

25 venture capitalists actively investing in Compute.

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General Partner

a16z crypto

Guy invests across the crypto stack with a technical focus on infrastructure, DeFi, and decentralized physical infrastructure. He looks for blockchains to coordinate markets that centralized intermedi

No personal check-size range is published. Public seed, Series A, and later financing amounts are company-level transaction sizes and are not a defensible proxy for Guy's individual range or allocation authority.

SeedSeries AEarly Stage

#2Peter Hébert

Partner and Co-Founder

Lux Capital

Peter seeks scientifically and technologically ambitious ventures attempting what most people think will not work but could become indispensable if they succeed. He is a generalist across technology a

No personal check-size range is published. Lux invests early and can support companies across their development, but its USD 7B under management and individual financing totals are not Peter's personal allocation limits.

Company FormationPre-SeedSeed

#3Stanko Nedic

Partner

V3V Ventures

Stanko invests in early-stage software, digital infrastructure and emerging technology, with a strong Web3 focus and an engineer's bias toward difficult, foundational systems. His current public filte

No Stanko-specific check range is public. A current third-party V3V profile reports a firm-level typical range of $100K–$1M at pre-seed/seed, while public round databases describe the larger rounds V3V joins rather than its own checks. Treat $100K–$1M as directional and confirm instrument, allocation and follow-on capacity directly.

Pre-seedSeedSelective later follow-on

#4Sebastian Blum

Founding Partner

Greenfield Capital

Sebastian backs open, decentralized infrastructure that removes single points of failure and gives users and institutions resilient alternatives to concentrated cloud, communications, identity, and fi

No personal check-size range is published. Greenfield's venture strategy invests from pre-seed through later rounds; its EUR 135 million Fund III size and portfolio financing totals are not Sebastian's personal check parameters.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#5Andrzej Dzius

Partner and Chief Technology Officer

Greenfield Capital

Andrzej brings an operator-CTO lens to Greenfield's crypto portfolio. His current published work emphasizes privacy as general-purpose infrastructure and backs decentralized encrypted computation that

No personal check-size range is published. Greenfield's venture strategy spans pre-seed through later rounds; disclosed portfolio round totals are not Andrzej's personal allocation limits.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#6Shahin Farshchi, PhD

Partner

Lux Capital

Shahin creates and backs generational frontier companies that endow people and machines with new capabilities. An engineer and founder, he looks across AI, chips, compute, autonomy, aerospace, robotic

No verified personal or standard Lux check-size range is published. Shahin invests from early conviction through enduring scale and has co-founded companies; financing requirements are opportunity-specific and should be confirmed directly.

Company CreationSeedSeries A

#7Grace Isford

Partner

Lux Capital

Grace backs computational-science companies where software or AI transforms difficult physical, institutional, or technical systems. She looks for first-check opportunities in infrastructure and appli

No personal check-size range is published. Lux's USD 7B under management and disclosed company rounds are not Grace's personal range; she is explicitly described as a first-check and early investor.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#8Ali Yahya

General Partner

a16z crypto

AI x crypto intersection, decentralized compute, infrastructure. Believes in AI-blockchain convergence.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#9Diana Hu

Managing Partner

Y Combinator

Diana works with technical founders building frontier AI, robotics and hard technology. Her Escher Reality and Niantic experience combines zero-to-one infrastructure with deployment at consumer scale,

YC's live standard deal is $500K per accepted company: $125K on a post-money SAFE for 7% plus $375K on an uncapped MFN SAFE, with a participation right. This is YC's standardized program deal, not Diana's personal check range.

IdeaPre-SeedBatch-stage startup

#10Ryan Gembala

Founder & Managing Partner

Pathbreaker Ventures

Ryan Gembala invests or supports investments through Pathbreaker Ventures's published strategy: Invest at inception in technical founders building hard, non-obvious companies across AI, robotics, comp

Pathbreaker Ventures does not publish a standard check-size range on its official site.

InceptionPre-SeedSeed

#11Katie Mishra

Partner

Khosla Ventures

Katie works at the company-formation boundary, incubating and backing early deep-tech and consumer ideas. Her experience spans satellites, AI research, consumer-company formation, entertainment partne

No personal check range is published. Khosla's Seed Fund supports technical and business-model experiments and may incubate companies; historical firm commentary described many seed investments around $1M–$2M. The Main Fund covers larger early and later rounds. These are firm-level references only.

IncubationPre-SeedSeed

#12Alexandre Flamant

Partner

HCVC

Alexandre Flamant is listed by HCVC as Partner on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests at the earliest stages in hardtech founders translating scientific and engineering breakthroughs int

Not publicly disclosed

#13Rajesh Swaminathan

Partner

Khosla Ventures

Rajesh backs bold founders reinventing how the world powers, builds, and heals itself. His two decades in corporate venture, startups, and network systems inform an industrial-scale lens across renewa

No personal check range is published. Khosla finances early technical experiments through its Seed Fund and larger early-to-late opportunities through its Main Fund; historical firm commentary described many seed investments around $1M–$2M. These figures are not Rajesh's personal authority.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#14Greg Rosenthal

Principal

North Island Ventures

Greg invests within NIV's enabling-technology thesis: as AI makes intelligence abundant, back the scarce complements that compound—financial rails for machines, sovereignty over assets and data, trust

$500K–$5M for early-stage companies, published on NIV's current portfolio page. This is a firm range, not a personal signing limit or promise from Greg.

Early StagePre-SeedSeed

#15Kushagra Aryal

Associate

North Island Ventures

Kushagra invests within NIV's abundance-meets-scarcity framework across agentic finance, sovereign AI, new markets and frontier institutions. His mix of liquid-crypto research, venture scouting and pa

$500K–$5M for early-stage companies, according to NIV's current portfolio page. This is the firm's published range, not Kushagra's personal approval limit.

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

#16Pim Swart

Associate Partner

Maven 11 Capital

Pim applies bioinformatics, data-science and machine-learning training to fundamental crypto investing. His disclosed lead investments span decentralized AI compute, zero-knowledge proof systems, tran

Maven 11 does not publish a dependable personal or firm check range on its current site. Founders should confirm the applicable venture vehicle, initial ownership, token/equity structure, lead appetite and reserves directly with Pim rather than relying on directory estimates.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#17Isabel Zhang

Investor

HCVC

Isabel Zhang is listed by HCVC as Investor on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests at the earliest stages in hardtech founders translating scientific and engineering breakthroughs into en

Not publicly disclosed

#18Cyril Abiteboul

Venture Partner

HCVC

Cyril Abiteboul is listed by HCVC as Venture Partner on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests at the earliest stages in hardtech founders translating scientific and engineering breakthroug

Not publicly disclosed

#19Jennifer Gill Roberts

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Grit Ventures

Jennifer Gill Roberts is listed by Grit Ventures as Co-Founder and Managing Partner on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Backs deep-tech founders commercializing lab innovation across physical

Not publicly disclosed

#20Xiaoming Yin

Managing Partner

Grit Ventures

Xiaoming Yin is listed by Grit Ventures as Managing Partner on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Backs deep-tech founders commercializing lab innovation across physical AI, industrial automati

Not publicly disclosed

#21Alexis Houssou

Founder and Managing Partner

HCVC

Alexis Houssou is listed by HCVC as Founder and Managing Partner on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests at the earliest stages in hardtech founders translating scientific and engineering

Not publicly disclosed

#22Jerry Yang

General Partner

HCVC

Jerry Yang is listed by HCVC as General Partner on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests at the earliest stages in hardtech founders translating scientific and engineering breakthroughs in

Not publicly disclosed

#23Aymerik Renard

General Partner

HCVC

Aymerik Renard is listed by HCVC as General Partner on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests at the earliest stages in hardtech founders translating scientific and engineering breakthrough

Not publicly disclosed

#24Herbie Fu

Partner

Hack VC

Herbie invests at the intersection of crypto, AI and productive infrastructure. His GAIB thesis treats compute as a scarce commodity that can become an investable, yield-producing on-chain asset, fina

No personal check range is publicly disclosed. Hack VC says it partners at the earliest stages across crypto, AI and frontier technology, and the firm led GAIB's seed round; neither the round nor third-party ticket estimates establish Herbie's standard or unilateral check authority.

Pre-SeedSeedEarliest Stage

#25Mia Mai

Partner

HashKey Capital

Mai brings a full-cycle view of digital-asset investing, spanning venture portfolio development, ecosystem building, and liquid-fund management. Her recent public activity centers on decentralized AI

Firm-level public estimate: typically $1M-$5M, varying by stage and opportunity

SeedSeries ASeries B

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