Best VCs for Developer Tools

$1M-$100M+ (leads a16z's $1.25B+ infrastructure fund)

#2Martin Casado

General Partner

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

Leads a16z's infrastructure practice and is one of Silicon Valley's most technically credible VCs, having built VMware NSX and pioneered software-defined networking. Invests 'from markets in' rather t

$1M-$100M+ (multi-stage, BVP has $3.6B+ under management)

#3Evan Fisher

Founder & GP

Portal Ventures

Investing in early-stage crypto infrastructure and applications at Portal Ventures. Focused on backing technical founders building at the frontier of blockchain technology.

Pre-seedSeed

#4Byron Deeter

Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners

The cloud computing investor. His annual 'State of the Cloud' report is the definitive industry reference for cloud/SaaS metrics. Bessemer's 'Cloud Atlas' benchmarking tool is used by thousands of Saa

No current personal check range or active fund mandate is public. Historical Northzone investments include seed and Series A through later follow-ons, but third-party Northzone range estimates are stale and do not establish present authority. Confirm current capacity directly.

#5Anand Iyer

Founder

Canonical Crypto

Investing in crypto infrastructure and applications at Canonical Crypto. Focused on early-stage projects building foundational crypto technology.

Pre-seedSeed

#6Markus Gleim

Former Principal, Northzone (off current roster); Investor & Advisor

Northzone (Web3)

At Northzone, Markus invested across enterprise applications, infrastructure, developer products and healthcare, with a strong DACH footprint. His operating experience at digital-health company Kry sh

Historical seed and Series AHistorical follow-on investingBoard and advisory support

#7Michael Mignano

General Partner

Union Square Ventures (USV)

Michael is an idea-driven early-stage investor and former product founder who looks for non-obvious shifts before they become consensus. His current AI thesis favors companies that restructure a marke

No personal check-size range is published. Michael is early-stage focused within USV's collaborative partnership; USV makes investment decisions as a group without a formal vote.

First Round's published firm-wide initial checks are typically $1M–$7M, averaging about $3.5M; it has participated in rounds from $100K to $20M. No personal range is published for Todd.

#8Todd Jackson

Partner

First Round Capital

Todd backs technical founders who can turn complex technology into an elegant power tool and is unusually focused on the mechanics of reaching product-market fit. His disclosed portfolio—fal, Parallel

AngelPre-SeedSeed

#9Ethan Kurzweil

Managing Partner

Chemistry

Ethan Kurzweil invests or supports investments through Chemistry's published strategy: Lead concentrated early-stage investments in software founders who combine technical expertise with strong commer

Chemistry leads early-stage rounds with commitments up to $30M, according to its official company description.

Chemistry leads early-stage rounds with commitments up to $30M, according to its official company description.

#10Bohan Lou

Partner

Chemistry

Bohan Lou invests or supports investments through Chemistry's published strategy: Lead concentrated early-stage investments in software founders who combine technical expertise with strong commercial

Chemistry leads early-stage rounds with commitments up to $30M, according to its official company description.

#11Kristina Shen

Managing Partner

Chemistry

Kristina Shen invests or supports investments through Chemistry's published strategy: Lead concentrated early-stage investments in software founders who combine technical expertise with strong commerc

Chemistry leads early-stage rounds with commitments up to $30M, according to its official company description.

#12Mark Goldberg

Managing Partner

Chemistry

Mark Goldberg invests or supports investments through Chemistry's published strategy: Lead concentrated early-stage investments in software founders who combine technical expertise with strong commerc

No personal check range or investment authority is published for Storm. Paradigm invests from first check through public markets, but Storm's official remit is frontier data-science and data-engineering research, not a stated personal allocation range.

#13Storm Slivkoff

Research Partner

Paradigm

Storm evaluates decentralized systems through high-resolution data, reproducible measurement, and open tooling. His work spans Ethereum state and history growth, node performance, market-volume accoun

ResearchTechnical DiligencePortfolio Support

#14Brett Berson

Partner

First Round Capital

Brett studies how thousands of small choices compound into an exceptional company. He backs very early builders with contrarian insight and an outlier capability, then works at the decision level rath

First Round's published firm-wide initial checks are typically $1M–$7M, averaging about $3.5M; it has participated in rounds from $100K to $20M. No personal range is published for Brett.

AngelPre-SeedSeed

#15Michael Rinko

Associate

Colosseum

Michael's lens combines markets research with Colosseum's tournament-style venture funnel: use global hackathons and four-week build sprints to observe which founders ship, learn and attract users bef

Colosseum's published accelerator investment is $250K pre-seed for accepted teams; it is a program-level standard, not Michael's personal discretionary check. Current materials say hackathon winners are interviewed and considered, with accepted teams receiving capital, mentorship and network access. Earlier official content described 7% terms; founders must verify the current instrument, percentage and token/equity structure.

Pre-seedHackathon to acceleratorInitial product sprint

#16Leigh Marie Braswell

Partner

Kleiner Perkins

Leigh Marie backs AI infrastructure and applications, with a particular eye for the systems that close the gap between frontier-model capability and reliable, mission-critical use. Her portfolio inclu

No verified personal check range or standard firm-wide range is published. Her official portfolio spans early and growth investments; disclosed company rounds are not personal allocation limits.

No personal check range or decision authority is published. Paradigm invests from first check through public markets, but Caitlin's current collaborator status and the firm's capital base do not establish an individual check size.

#17Caitlin Pintavorn

Venture Partner

Paradigm

Caitlin is a Paradigm venture partner and Stripe zero-to-one strategist whose published investment perspective centers on crypto's ability to improve online coordination and create internet-native eco

No personal check-size range is published. Faction invests at Seed and Series A through both equity and tokens; the firm's reported fund size and company round totals are not Banafsheh's personal range.

#18Banafsheh Fathieh

General Partner

Lightspeed Faction

Banafsheh backs early blockchain companies and token networks that create fundamental utility. Her public discussions emphasize the infrastructure or 'plumbing' of crypto, globally relevant financial

SeedSeries AToken Networks

#19David Sacks

Co-Founder & Venture Partner

Craft Ventures

Pioneered 'Bottom-Up SaaS' — the strategy of applying consumer growth tactics to B2B products. At PayPal he learned viral distribution; at Yammer he proved it could work in the enterprise, growing fro

$1M-$50M

$500K-$10M+ (flexible, has written checks as large as $50M+ in later-stage co-investments)

#20Elad Gil

Founder

Gil Capital (Solo GP)

One of the largest and most successful solo GP funds ever ($1B+). Unusually dense hit rate across breakout companies — has invested in more unicorns than most institutional funds. Invests based on pat

No personal check-size range is published. Khosla invests from seed through growth; company round totals and the firm's assets are not Sven's personal check parameters.

#21Sven Strohband

Partner and Managing Director

Khosla Ventures

Sven backs technically ambitious companies that can create new industries or unlock novel user experiences. His engineering lens favors frontier AI, robotics, autonomy, aerospace, developer infrastruc

SeedEarly StageSeries A

#22Nadia Cochinwala

Principal

Kleiner Perkins

Nadia invests across enterprise applications and infrastructure, from AI compute and networking to vertical AI in healthcare, finance, sales, coding, and productivity. Her official portfolio spans bot

No personal check range or signing authority is published. Nadia's current portfolio includes early and growth investments; individual company round sizes are not a personal range.

#23Avichal Garg

Managing Partner & Co-Founder

Electric Capital

Developer ecosystems and data-driven investing. Publishes Electric Capital Developer Report.

Electric Capital's current website publishes a $1M–$15M+ range from pre-seed through Series A; its January 2026 user-owned-technology thesis says it invests $1M–$20M in that theme. No separate personal range is published for Ren.

#24Ren CF

General Partner

Electric Capital

Ren backs deeply technical, trust-minimized systems and the builders who can turn them into usable infrastructure. His work combines protocol security, consensus game theory, smart-contract code analy

No personal standard check-size range is published. Northzone has disclosed leading or co-leading large company rounds, but those totals are not Sanjot's individual allocation range and should not be presented as one.

#25Sanjot Malhi

Partner

Northzone (Web3)

Sanjot leads Northzone's growth strategy. He looks for companies with proven product-market fit, repeatable go-to-market, viable unit economics, distinctive product IP, mission-critical customer value

Series BSeries CGrowth

#26Jerry Chen

General Partner

Greylock Partners

Coined the 'Systems of Intelligence' framework in his landmark 2017 blog post 'The New Moats' — the idea that AI and data create competitive advantages by sitting between systems of record (databases)

$500K-$200M (sweet spot ~$25M)

No reliable Arielle-specific check size is public. BoxGroup describes itself as an earliest-stage investor, but founders should confirm current round fit and allocation directly rather than relying on third-party range estimates.

#27Arielle Rothman

Investor

BoxGroup

Arielle invests within BoxGroup's broad earliest-stage mandate. Her differentiated documented context is technical and translational: Harvard bioengineering research, founding a postpartum medical-dev

Pre-seedSeedEarliest-stage company formation

#28Lizzy Price

Associate Technical Recruiter

First Round Capital

Lizzy's operating focus is helping First Round portfolio founders build their earliest technical teams. Her experience recruiting engineers across the Americas at Harness and supporting Last Energy gi

Not applicable to Lizzy's recruiting role. First Round publicly says its initial investments typically range from $1 million to $7 million and average about $3.5 million, but those are firm terms administered by the investment team, not Lizzy's personal authority.

Founding and early-team hiringTechnical recruitingCandidate sourcing and closing

#29David Weiden

Founding Partner and Managing Director

Khosla Ventures

David backs internet software and services with the potential to become large, durable businesses. His operator writing emphasizes product-management accountability, quantitative decision-making, and

No personal check-size range is published. Khosla Ventures invests from seed through growth, but fund assets and portfolio round sizes are not David's personal minimum or maximum.

SeedEarly StageSeries A

#30Sean Whitney

Principal

Craft Ventures

Sean backs technically ambitious design, developer, and bottom-up software that gives professionals greater control rather than reducing their work to generic automation. His Figma experience informs

No personal check-size range is published. His disclosed Craft investments include seed and Series A rounds, while his earlier Figma work included advising and investing in PLG SaaS from pre-seed through Series C; these are stage indicators, not personal check limits.

No personal check-size range is published. USV invests at the earliest stages and supports companies throughout their journey; investment decisions are made collaboratively by discussion rather than individual vote.

#31Nick Grossman

Partner

Union Square Ventures (USV)

Nick's work connects open, decentralized systems with the infrastructure needed for the next computing cycle. His current 'Rebel Alliance' thesis argues that agentic AI will favor a modular ecosystem

#32Mamoon Hamid

Partner

Kleiner Perkins

Leads Kleiner Perkins' enterprise practice. Previously at Social Capital where he led the Slack and Figma investments — two of the most product-obsessed enterprise companies ever built. Strong product

$1M-$50M+

No personal check-size range is published. Dominik's official focus is early stage within Northzone's multi-stage platform; disclosed company rounds should not be treated as his individual allocation range.

#33Dominik Esen

Principal

Northzone (Web3)

Dominik backs early-stage AI applications, vertical SaaS, and fintech. His portfolio and writing emphasize software for structurally underserved industries: frontline labor, managed service providers,

No verified personal or standard Lux check-size range is published. Brandon invests at both early and growth stages; disclosed financing rounds, such as Hugging Face's $15M Series A, are total rounds and not his personal allocation range.

#34Brandon Reeves

Partner

Lux Capital

Brandon backs technical platforms and applications across software, AI, defense, and manufacturing. A recurring theme is open or developer-led infrastructure that turns frontier capability into produc

No personal check-size range is published. Michiel invests through Northzone across early and selected later rounds; disclosed financing totals are company rounds and do not establish an individual check range.

#35Michiel Kotting

Partner

Northzone (Web3)

Michiel focuses on SaaS, healthcare, and AI, often where modern, collaborative, or intelligent software replaces complex legacy systems. His portfolio ranges from HR, manufacturing, architecture, logi

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.

#36Grace 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

Woodstock does not publish a personal check range for Prashanth on its site. Third-party databases estimate firm ranges, but those estimates and portfolio round sizes are not treated as evidence of his individual authority.

#37Prashanth Swaminathan

Venture Partner

Woodstock Fund

Prashanth works within Woodstock's research-led early- and growth-stage Web3 strategy. The firm's three lenses are convergence, financialisation, and virtualisation: interoperable infrastructure that

No personal check-size range is published. Faction invests at Seed and Series A using equity and tokens; its fund commitments and disclosed financing totals should not be interpreted as Samuel's standard check.

#38Samuel Harrison

Managing Partner

Lightspeed Faction

Samuel backs early crypto infrastructure and protocols that make blockchain useful at scale. His public focus includes wallets, brokerages, developer tools, remittances, stablecoin and payment rails,

SeedSeries AToken Networks

#39Raymond Feng

Technical Partner

Lightspeed Faction

As Faction's Technical Partner, Raymond evaluates early blockchain companies across the stack, from base infrastructure to applications. The safest evidence-supported interpretation of his mandate is

No personal check-size range is published. Faction invests at Seed and Series A through equity and tokens; its fund size and portfolio rounds are not Raymond's personal allocation parameters.

SeedSeries AToken Networks

#40Ilya Fushman

Partner

Kleiner Perkins

Ilya invests in technology and novel business models capable of fundamentally reshaping industries. His portfolio connects AI-native professional work, enterprise operating systems, mathematical and s

No personal or standard firm-wide check range is published. Ilya's official portfolio spans early and growth investments; Kleiner disclosed that its 2019 Series A investment in Rippling was $25M, but that one transaction is not a general range or personal limit.

Not publicly disclosed. Northzone states that the firm invests from Seed through Growth and can remain a partner through pre-IPO; Wendy's current profile labels her personal focus as Early and says she likes to work with founders from as early as seed.

#41Wendy Xiao

Partner

Northzone (Web3)

Wendy backs companies that change consumer behavior and expand the economic pie by capturing neglected externalities. She studies technology through people and behavior change, looking for a valuable

No personal or standard ticket range is published. Bain Capital Crypto launched with a $560M fund and describes concentrated investing from seed through growth and across private and public markets; this firm-level capital base does not imply Natalie's individual authority or a fixed check size.

#42Natalie Mullins

Investor

Bain Capital Crypto

Natalie's public footprint joins two sides of crypto investing: foundational protocol infrastructure and consumer experiences around identity, media, culture, games and creator economics. Her prior tr

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

#43Alessandro De Benedetti

Associate

Northzone (Web3)

Alessandro focuses on early-stage companies across the AI stack. His named Northzone portfolio spans AI-native infrastructure and applications—Duvo.ai, MicroAGI, Riff, and SolveAI—alongside consumer c

No personal check-size range is published. Northzone is a multi-stage firm and Alessandro's official remit is early-stage AI; founders should confirm fit and round parameters directly rather than infer a personal allocation from portfolio rounds.

No reliable Mark-specific ticket range is public. Haun invests from seed through scale and announced $1 billion of new early- and later-stage capital in May 2026; the cited first-party pages do not state a standard check.

#44Mark Beylin

Principal

Haun Ventures

Mark combines smart-contract and token-incentive building experience with early-stage investing. Current evidence favors useful crypto businesses rather than hype, particularly institutional market in

No personal check-size authority is published. Disclosed Craft financings involving Kevin range from seed and Series A through Series C and later growth rounds; the financing totals are company-round sizes, not Kevin's individual checks.

#45Kevin Gabura

Partner

Craft Ventures

Kevin backs early- and late-stage software companies where a major platform shift creates a new security or infrastructure control point. His recent work emphasizes runtime-first cloud security, auton

No reliable Mark-specific ticket range is public. Haun invests from seed through scale from two fund families and announced $1 billion of new early- and later-stage capital in May 2026; the firm does not publish a standard ticket on the cited first-party pages.

#46Mark Beylin

Principal

Haun Ventures

Mark combines a builder's understanding of smart contracts and token incentives with early-stage investing. Current evidence points to founders building useful crypto businesses rather than chasing ma

$250K-$2.5M initial investments, as published by Array Ventures.

#47Shruti Gandhi

Founder and Managing Partner

Array Ventures

Shruti Gandhi invests or supports investments through Array Ventures's published strategy: Back technically ambitious founders at inception across AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, healthtech, fintech

No Zao-specific check range is public. His attributed deals span Series A through late growth, while Craft operates separate early-stage and growth funds. Founders should confirm current vehicle, ownership target and sizing through inquiries@craftventures.com rather than infer a range from individual announced rounds.

#48Zao Chen

Principal

Craft Ventures

Zao invests in software with a particular focus on data and AI infrastructure and developer tools. His work favors open, interoperable or community-led platforms that become default infrastructure: te

Series ASeries BSeries C

#49Gianna DeLuna

Executive Assistant and Marketing Operations

Chemistry

Gianna DeLuna is listed in a Executive Assistant and Marketing Operations capacity at Chemistry. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile therefore pres

Chemistry leads early-stage rounds with commitments up to $30M, according to its official company description.

Chemistry leads early-stage rounds with commitments up to $30M, according to its official company description.

#50Madison Sofield

Social Media and Content Manager

Chemistry

Madison Sofield invests or supports investments through Chemistry's published strategy: Lead concentrated early-stage investments in software founders who combine technical expertise with strong comme

BoxGroup publicly invests up to $1M and reserves capital for follow-ons. No reliable public source specifies a separate personal check-size range for Holley.

#51Holley McShan

Investor

BoxGroup

Holley invests at formation stage within BoxGroup's generalist, people-first mandate. Her recent public activity and graduate technical coursework show particular engagement with AI agents, personaliz

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

#52Shimali Puri

Executive Assistant and Office Manager

Cowboy Ventures

Shimali Puri is listed in a Executive Assistant and Office Manager capacity at Cowboy Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that

BoxGroup publicly invests up to $1M. Third-party profiles estimate Disha's range at $500K–$1M, but no primary source confirms a personal range, so the firm ceiling is the safer planning assumption.

#53Disha Karale

Investor

BoxGroup

Disha invests at the earliest stages with a differentiated mix of finance, neuroscience, biotech R&D, and prior growth-investing exposure. Her public investor profile points to AI, enterprise infrastr

Crane Venture Partners does not publish a standard check-size range on its official site.

#54Scott Sage

Co-founder & Partner

Crane Venture Partners

Scott Sage invests or supports investments through Crane Venture Partners's published strategy: Back founders from inception through seed who are building foundational enterprise and intelligent-compu

No verified personal check range or current firm-wide standard range is publicly stated on Kleiner Perkins' site. Aditya's official portfolio includes both early and growth investments; round size and signing authority should be confirmed directly.

#55Aditya Naganath

Partner

Kleiner Perkins

Aditya backs the infrastructure and applications that make AI useful inside enterprises. His disclosed portfolio spans long-horizon agent infrastructure, AI-first site reliability, conversational data

Bloomberg Beta does not publish a current standard check-size range in its public manual.

#56Cate Taylor

Team Member

Bloomberg Beta

Cate Taylor is listed in a Team Member capacity at Bloomberg Beta. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the

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

#57Ryan Stroub

Chief Financial Officer

Cowboy Ventures

Ryan Stroub is listed in a Chief Financial Officer capacity at Cowboy Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction

BoxGroup publicly invests up to $1M. Some third-party directories show an older $250K–$500K personal range, but no current primary source confirms a separate personal allocation.

#58Claire Smilow

Partner

BoxGroup

Claire backs formation-stage technology companies as a BoxGroup generalist, with visible strength across enterprise and developer software, AI-native products, consumer experiences, and marketplaces.

Bloomberg Beta does not publish a current standard check-size range in its public manual.

#59Lori Berenberg

Team Member

Bloomberg Beta

Lori Berenberg is listed in a Team Member capacity at Bloomberg Beta. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses

$3M-$5M initial investments, as published by Root Ventures.

#60Chrissy Meyer

Partner

Root Ventures

Chrissy Meyer invests or supports investments through Root Ventures's published strategy: Lead initial funding for technically ambitious founders pursuing new opportunities in hardware, software infra

Crane Venture Partners does not publish a standard check-size range on its official site.

#61Carlos Jo-Loo

Partner

Crane Venture Partners

Carlos Jo-Loo invests or supports investments through Crane Venture Partners's published strategy: Back founders from inception through seed who are building foundational enterprise and intelligent-co

#62Alexander Rosen

Managing Partner

Ridge Ventures

Alexander Rosen invests or supports investments through Ridge Ventures's published strategy: Back experienced entrepreneurs building revenue-first enterprise software companies at late Seed and early

#63Yousuf Khan

Venture Partner

Ridge Ventures

Yousuf Khan invests or supports investments through Ridge Ventures's published strategy: Back experienced entrepreneurs building revenue-first enterprise software companies at late Seed and early Seri

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

#64Neeraj Gupta

Co-Founder and Partner

Cervin Ventures

Neeraj Gupta invests or supports investments through Cervin Ventures's published strategy: Back category-creating enterprise applications, infrastructure and tools, then help founders sharpen product,

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

#65Samantha Price

Talent Partner

Audacious Ventures

Samantha Price is listed in a Talent Partner capacity at Audacious Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction an

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

#66Scott Brown

Partner and Head of Platform

Cervin Ventures

Scott Brown is listed in a Partner and Head of Platform capacity at Cervin Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distin

$250K-$2.5M initial investments, as published by Array Ventures.

#67Elias Torres

Team Member

Array Ventures

Elias Torres is listed in a Team Member capacity at Array Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses th

Up to $250K in pre-seed and seed rounds, as published by Banana Capital.

#68Turner Novak

Founder and General Partner

Banana Capital

Turner Novak invests or supports investments through Banana Capital's published strategy: Back resilient, obsessed founders with a non-obvious insight, defensible distribution, credible revenue prospe

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

#69Courtney McKee

VP of Finance

Cervin Ventures

Courtney McKee is listed in a VP of Finance capacity at Cervin Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and us

No current personal check range is published. Khosla's Seed Fund backs experiments and its Main Fund covers early through later stages, including total financings above $10M; a 2020 interview described historical seed checks around $1M–$2M. These are firm-level guideposts, not Adrian's personal authority.

#70Adrian Radu

Partner

Khosla Ventures

Adrian is an early-stage generalist whose prior portfolio and advisory work span fintech, enterprise software, cybersecurity, defense, productivity, and frontier technologies. His biography emphasizes

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

#71Dorian Rutherford

Head of Platform

Eniac Ventures

Dorian Rutherford is listed in a Head of Platform capacity at Eniac Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction a

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

#72Dan Donovan

Business Operations Manager

Eniac Ventures

Dan Donovan is listed in a Business Operations Manager capacity at Eniac Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinct

$3M-$5M initial investments, as published by Root Ventures.

#73Kane Hsieh

Partner

Root Ventures

Kane Hsieh invests or supports investments through Root Ventures's published strategy: Lead initial funding for technically ambitious founders pursuing new opportunities in hardware, software infrastr

Chemistry leads early-stage rounds with commitments up to $30M, according to its official company description.

#74Jamie Viggiano

CMO and Head of Operations

Chemistry

Jamie Viggiano is listed in a CMO and Head of Operations capacity at Chemistry. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile therefore preserves the role di

Work-Bench does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

#75Jonathan Lehr

Co-Founder and General Partner

Work-Bench

Jonathan Lehr invests or supports investments through Work-Bench's published strategy: Back enterprise software founders at seed and work alongside them to turn first customers into a repeatable go-to

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

#76Nakul Mandan

Founder and Partner

Audacious Ventures

Nakul Mandan invests or supports investments through Audacious Ventures's published strategy: Back exceptional early-stage founders pursuing improbable outcomes and help them recruit an extraordinary

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

#77Madison Steele

Operations Manager

Cervin Ventures

Madison Steele is listed in a Operations Manager capacity at Cervin Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction a

Essence VC does not publish a standard check-size range on its current website.

#78Timothy Chen

Managing Partner

Essence VC

Timothy Chen invests or supports investments through Essence VC's published strategy: Back deeply technical founders building infrastructure and core primitives that enable the next generation of soft

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

#79Nihal Mehta

Co-Founder and General Partner

Eniac Ventures

Nihal Mehta invests or supports investments through Eniac Ventures's published strategy: Lead and support pre-seed and seed founders from zero to one, applying operator experience to accelerate produc

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

#80Hadley Harris

Co-Founder and General Partner

Eniac Ventures

Hadley Harris invests or supports investments through Eniac Ventures's published strategy: Lead and support pre-seed and seed founders from zero to one, applying operator experience to accelerate prod

No current personal check range is published. Khosla's Seed Fund backs experiments and may invest alone or with angels/smaller funds; Samir Kaul described historical seed investments as roughly $1M–$2M in 2020. The Main Fund covers early through later-stage financings, including total rounds above $10M. These are firm-level guideposts, not Adina's personal authority.

#81Adina Tecklu

Partner

Khosla Ventures

Adina backs exceptional founders before market consensus and works with them from product-market fit through breakout growth. Her stated focus is early-stage software, AI, and fintech, with disclosed

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

#82Mike Witkowski

Chief Financial Officer

Eniac Ventures

Mike Witkowski is listed in a Chief Financial Officer capacity at Eniac Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distincti

No personal check range is publicly disclosed. A 2022 Notifi investment note identifies a $2.5M pre-seed round led by Hashed, while the firm's 2021 Venture Fund II was $200M; neither figure should be treated as Baek's standard or current personal ticket.

#83Baek Kim

Partner

Hashed

Baek invests in infrastructure and applications that make decentralized systems useful to ordinary users. His writing connects mass adoption to better user experience, privacy-preserving computation,

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

#84Katie Passalacqua

Head of Finance

Emergent Ventures

Katie Passalacqua is listed in a Head of Finance capacity at Emergent Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction

InceptionSeedPre-Series A

#85Naomi Walker-Garrett

Head of Platform

Essence VC

Naomi Walker-Garrett is listed in a Head of Platform capacity at Essence VC. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction an

Essence VC does not publish a standard check-size range on its current website.

Work-Bench does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

#86Pattie Tope

Operations Manager

Work-Bench

Pattie Tope is listed in a Operations Manager capacity at Work-Bench. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses

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

#87Donna Boyer

Executive-in-Residence

Cowboy Ventures

Donna Boyer is listed in a Executive-in-Residence capacity at Cowboy Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction

Work-Bench does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

#88Jessica Lin

Co-Founder and General Partner

Work-Bench

Jessica Lin invests or supports investments through Work-Bench's published strategy: Back enterprise software founders at seed and work alongside them to turn first customers into a repeatable go-to-m

$1M-$25M investments, as published by Conviction.

#89Mike Vernal

General Partner

Conviction Partners

Mike Vernal invests or supports investments through Conviction Partners's published strategy: Partner with ambitious AI-native software companies early, combining domain depth, talent, customers, comp

Chemistry leads early-stage rounds with commitments up to $30M, according to its official company description.

#90Joey Kaplan

Executive Assistant

Chemistry

Joey Kaplan is listed in a Executive Assistant capacity at Chemistry. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile therefore preserves the role distinction

BoxGroup publicly invests up to $1M. Older third-party profiles place Adina's typical early-stage range around $250K–$500K, but founders should treat the firm's current $1M ceiling—not an old personal range—as authoritative.

#91Adina Davis

Partner

BoxGroup

Adina is an early-stage generalist with a publicly documented emphasis on B2B software, consumer internet, and fintech. Her operating background in e-commerce and recent visible interest in AI deploym

Bloomberg Beta does not publish a current standard check-size range in its public manual.

#92Karin Klein

Team Member

Bloomberg Beta

Karin Klein is listed in a Team Member capacity at Bloomberg Beta. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the

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

#93Anupam Rastogi

Managing Partner

Emergent Ventures

Anupam Rastogi invests or supports investments through Emergent Ventures's published strategy: Back enterprising founders from inception through pre-Series A who are building intelligent software, ent

InceptionSeedPre-Series A

#94Angela Martin

Team Member

Bloomberg Beta

Angela Martin is listed in a Team Member capacity at Bloomberg Beta. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses t

Bloomberg Beta does not publish a current standard check-size range in its public manual.

$1M-$25M investments, as published by Conviction.

#95Christy Hogue

Executive Assistant and Operations

Conviction Partners

Christy Hogue is listed in a Executive Assistant and Operations capacity at Conviction Partners. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that

Bloomberg Beta does not publish a current standard check-size range in its public manual.

#96Julianne Fables

Team Member

Bloomberg Beta

Julianne Fables is listed in a Team Member capacity at Bloomberg Beta. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses

#97Peter Zatloukal

Operating Partner

Ridge Ventures

Peter Zatloukal is listed in a Operating Partner capacity at Ridge Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction an

Bloomberg Beta does not publish a current standard check-size range in its public manual.

#98Beth Kroman

Team Member

Bloomberg Beta

Beth Kroman is listed in a Team Member capacity at Bloomberg Beta. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the

#99Pat Kenealy

Venture Partner

Ridge Ventures

Pat Kenealy invests or supports investments through Ridge Ventures's published strategy: Back experienced entrepreneurs building revenue-first enterprise software companies at late Seed and early Seri

#100Wendy Phillips

Venture Partner

Ridge Ventures

Wendy Phillips invests or supports investments through Ridge Ventures's published strategy: Back experienced entrepreneurs building revenue-first enterprise software companies at late Seed and early S