Best VCs for Engineering

37 venture capitalists actively investing in Engineering.

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Partner & Head of Platform

Northzone (Web3)

Elena's platform thesis is that talent and portfolio development are continuous with investment quality: assess critical hiring and organizational needs before a deal, then help founders build teams a

No Elena-specific check size or allocation authority is public. Northzone's fund-level parameters must not be presented as her personal discretion. Founders seeking capital should approach the relevant investing partner; portfolio leaders and pre-deal teams can engage Elena on talent, organization and leadership needs.

Pre-deal talent diligencePost-investment organization buildingFounder and leadership development

#2Arielle 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

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.

Pre-seedSeedEarliest-stage company formation

#3Lizzy 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

#4Rachel Ruggieri

Associate Technical Recruiter

First Round Capital

Rachel supports First Round portfolio companies by connecting technical builders and operators with founders. Her lens comes from sourcing at two early-stage startups and working directly with founder

Not applicable to Rachel's technical-recruiting role. First Round's public initial-investment range of $1 million to $7 million and roughly $3.5 million average belongs to the firm's investing process, not to Rachel personally.

Founding and early-team hiringTechnical recruitingCandidate sourcing

#5Hirsh Jain

Co-Founder & CEO, Percepta

General Catalyst

Hirsh's operating thesis is that enterprise AI fails when organizations bolt point solutions onto legacy workflows or stop at pilots. Percepta embeds engineers, researchers and product managers inside

Not applicable. Hirsh leads Percepta, an operating/transformation company, rather than a General Catalyst investment team. Founders seeking GC capital should contact an actual GC investor; enterprises seeking embedded AI transformation can contact Percepta.

Enterprise AI transformationProduction deploymentCompany building

#6Austin Yount

Partner

Brick & Mortar Ventures

Austin Yount is listed by Brick & Mortar Ventures as Partner on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Backs software and hardware that improve how the built world is designed, constructed, maintai

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