Best VCs for Platform

Partner

Shorooq Partners

Shorooq says its venture strategy is to invest across sectors and stages, backing founders in MENA growth markets as early as the idea or pre-seed stage. The firm emphasizes locally embedded partners,

General Partner

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

Leads a16z's AI investments from the $5.2B AI allocation — the firm's largest sector bet ever. Anjney came to AI from an unusual path: he previously led a16z's crypto gaming investments, giving him de

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Union Square Ventures (USV)

Backs 'trusted brands that broaden access to knowledge, capital, and well-being by leveraging networks, platforms, and protocols.' The access thesis is the through-line: every investment should make s

General Partner

Paradigm

Crypto market structure, infrastructure, TradFi-DeFi intersection.

Co-Founder and CEO

Animoca Brands

Blockchain gaming and digital entertainment. Animoca Brands executive.