Best VCs for Platforms

30 venture capitalists actively investing in Platforms.

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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

$1M-$100M+ (from a16z's $5.2B AI fund, largest sector allocation in 2026)

SeedSeries ASeries B

#2Nihal Maunder

Managing Director

HongShan

Nihal's current HSG mandate is not yet public, so the defensible personal thesis comes from his prior first-person and attributed work: blockchain can extend open finance and coordination into payment

No current person-specific HSG check size is publicly disclosed. Historical Pantera work spans early-stage through growth, but those prior fund parameters should not be assumed to apply to his HSG role.

Early StageVentureGrowth

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

Series ASeries B

Managing Director

Khosla Ventures

Keith is a stage- and sector-flexible investor who looks for exceptional founders with decisive judgment, high agency, a contrarian insight, and the ability to recruit unusually strong talent. His rec

No personal check-size range is published. Keith invests across stages, and disclosed financings across his portfolio should not be treated as a standard personal allocation range.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#5Samir Kerbage

Chief Investment Officer

Hashdex

Samir views crypto as a long-horizon technology and asset-class allocation rather than a short-term trade. His framework has two complementary pillars: bitcoin maturing as a scarce store of value and

Samir is a public/liquid-markets asset manager rather than a disclosed venture check writer. Hashdex publishes fund and index methodologies, not a personal startup check range; pitches should concern investable assets, indexes, products, research, or institutional partnerships rather than assume venture capital authority.

Liquid AssetsPublic MarketsETFs

Investment VP

AppWorks

Michelle backs technology that modernizes large, operationally fragmented Southeast Asian industries. Her investment cases combine a clear structural tailwind with deep founder-market fit, resilience

Firm-level: AppWorks publishes a US$200K to US$15M per-deal range across Seed through Series C, with capacity to lead or follow and reserve capital for follow-ons. This is not Michelle's personal allocation range.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#7Kunal Savjani

Venture Partner

Shorooq Partners

Kunal supports Shorooq's fintech and web3 practice with an operator's perspective across the UK, UAE, and Africa. His remit fits the firm's founder-first strategy: backing regional companies from idea

Shorooq invests across the equity journey from pre-seed through late-stage growth, but neither the firm nor Kunal publishes his personal check range or decision authority. Portfolio round totals are not treated as check-size evidence.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

Investment Manager

Norrsken VC

Anna combines Norrsken's impact-return mandate with eight years of strategy, operations and international market expansion at Spotify. Her likely value is testing whether an early impact company can t

Norrsken VC currently publishes €1M–€10M early-stage and growth tickets. This is a firm range rather than Anna's personal authority. Confirm geography, initial ticket, ownership, reserves and impact qualification through the firm's pitch process.

Early StageSeedSeries A

#9John Lindfors

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

DST Global

John's documented investment record centers on globally scaling internet and consumer-technology platforms. Public profiles associate him with DST investments in Spotify, JD.com and Didi and exits or

No John-specific check range is public. DST Global is known for large growth-stage internet investments, but historical firm deal sizes or assets should not be converted into a personal allocation promise. Founders should confirm current stage, geography and round fit directly.

Growth StageLate StageGlobal internet scale-up

#10Steve George

Entrepreneur in Residence

Tech Square Ventures

Steve George is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marketpla

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#11Yoann Turpin

Co-founder

Wintermute Ventures

Yoann brings high-frequency trading, hedge-fund and family-office experience to a proprietary-capital venture platform built around Wintermute's market infrastructure. The firm backs category-defining

Wintermute Ventures currently publishes flexible $500K–$5M+ global investments, primarily Seed and Series A, using proprietary capital and often leading or co-leading. This is a firm range—not Yoann's personal promise—and the firm also makes selective later-stage investments.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

Venture Partner

Tech Square Ventures

Bill Nussey is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marketplac

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#13Matt Stevens

Entrepreneur in Residence

Tech Square Ventures

Matt Stevens is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marketpla

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#14Arjun Balaji

General Partner

Paradigm

Crypto market structure, infrastructure, TradFi-DeFi intersection.

Managing Partner

gumi Cryptos Capital

Rui leads an early-stage, crypto-native firm with a builder-centric, long-time-preference and high-conviction approach. gCC invests across the blockchain stack, with particular application interest in

A December 2019 gCC FAQ said the firm typically wrote $250K–$1M checks. Treat this only as a dated historical range, not a current promise: gCC subsequently raised a $110M Fund II and has not published an updated range on its current site. Confirm stage, instrument, ownership and reserves directly.

Friends and familyPre-SeedSeed

General Partner

Y Combinator

Jon brings the paired lens of making a high-trust financial product accessible to consumers and then adapting its technology into an enterprise-grade platform for major institutions. He is relevant to

YC's current program deal is $500K for each accepted company: $125K for 7% on a post-money SAFE plus $375K on an uncapped MFN SAFE, together with a participation right. It is not Jon's personal check range.

IdeaPre-SeedBatch-stage startup

#17Blake Patton

Founder & Managing Partner

Tech Square Ventures

Blake Patton is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marketpla

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#18Scott Lopano

Partner

Tech Square Ventures

Scott Lopano is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marketpla

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

CFO & Operating Partner

Tech Square Ventures

Joelle Fox is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marketplace

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

Principal

Tech Square Ventures

Jason Kuo is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marketplace,

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#21David Malloy

Senior Associate

Tech Square Ventures

David Malloy is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marketpla

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#22Kayla Chernof

Associate

Tech Square Ventures

Kayla Chernof is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marketpl

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

Analyst

Tech Square Ventures

Ian Balser is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marketplace

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#24Andrew Bernhardt

Director of Finance

Tech Square Ventures

Andrew Bernhardt is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marke

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

Director of Corporate Insights

Tech Square Ventures

Hari Gopal is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marketplace

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#26Akshita Iyer

Corporate Insights Lead

Tech Square Ventures

Akshita Iyer is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marketpla

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#27Maddie Harper

Senior Manager of Programs

Tech Square Ventures

Maddie Harper is part of Tech Square Ventures's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back early-stage enterprise, marketpl

The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

Partner

Shorooq Partners

Omer brings a hands-on operator lens from scaling Careem's commercial businesses and building mobile-money products. His investing focus is on ambitious technology founders in the UAE, Qatar and front

No personal check range is disclosed. Shorooq's Bedaya strategy invests from pre-seed through early rounds, while the broader equity platform reaches late-stage growth. Founders should identify the relevant Shorooq vehicle instead of assuming Omer can deploy across every strategy or size.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

Partner

Lux Capital

Shaq partners with technical founders building instruments that make invisible physical or biological signals legible and platforms whose downstream value exceeds the value captured by the initial pro

Firm-level: Lux says it can invest from an initial $100K through high-conviction follow-ons as large as $100M across the company-building arc. This is not Shaq's personal standard check range.

InceptionPre-SeedSeed

Co-Founder and CEO

Animoca Brands

Blockchain gaming and digital entertainment. Animoca Brands executive.

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