New list: 200 active US seed VCs

Today, we gathered a new list of 200 active US-based VCs investing in seed startups. Our team reviewed, checked, and enriched the list with the necessary data.
Here are the first 15:

• Alpha Impact 8 – Minority-owned “anti-VC” investing in minority, immigrant, and women-led startups fixing systemic gaps. Writes early cheques across Fintech, Future of Work, and Climate-Resilience tech, backing founders with capital, strategic support, and a purpose-aligned LP network from its San Francisco base.

• Alpha Impact Investment Management Partners – AiiM funds technologies tackling climate change and equitable access across oceans/water, air/energy, and land/agriculture—industries worth $17 trillion. Its team’s 160 years of collective experience steers a portfolio where half the assets back women CEOs and over half support founders of color.

• Alpha Internet Ventures – Startup studio conceiving, funding, and scaling consumer-tech businesses in-house. Supplies founding teams, product design, seed capital, and growth playbooks, then spins ventures out as independent companies positioned for category leadership and follow-on institutional funding.

• Amaana Capital – VC arm of NRD Capital investing in high-growth tech platforms digitising MENASA economies. Founded 2022, it targets SaaS and marketplace models, leveraging NRD’s global operator network to unlock next-stage scale and cross-border expansion from its Atlanta headquarters.

• Amesten Capital – Utah-based seed fund deploying capital into early blockchain ventures where decentralisation, AI, and SaaS intersect. Beyond money, founders gain technical mentoring, token-economics expertise, and an international syndicate to accelerate product-market fit and mainstream adoption.

• Amplifyher Ventures – New York firm backing leadership teams where women hold meaningful ownership. Writes high-conviction seed cheques into future-of-work, commerce, and wellness plays, catalysing flywheel growth through community-driven brand building, revenue partnerships, and a network of seasoned female operators.

• Andover Ventures – Boston-area fund investing from pre-seed through Series A across software-enabled categories. Drawing on fintech and engineering roots, it co-invests with tier-one firms, embedding product, sales, and hiring expertise to help young companies achieve repeatable, scalable revenue traction.

• Arka Venture Labs – Valley-anchored pre-seed platform dedicated to Indian B2B SaaS. Provides initial capital, infrastructure, veteran mentors, and cross-border playbooks, enabling founders to build from India while securing early customers and follow-on funding in North America.

• Aro Ventures – Austin-based investor backing cybersecurity, machine-learning security, and advanced computing startups shaping the digital defence frontier. Delivers hands-on technical diligence, CISO-level introductions, and pathways into federal and enterprise markets, accelerating go-to-market for deep-tech founders worldwide.

• Ashbury Ventures – Born from crypto-specialist law firm Ashbury Legal, it combines capital with seven years of regulatory insight. Invests in blockchain, web3, and AI startups, helping teams navigate compliance, token structuring, and partnership contracts while scaling products in regulated markets.

• Atlas Venture – Cambridge-based biotech VC building breakthrough startups since 1993. Operating a seed-led venture-creation model, it pairs scientists with experienced entrepreneurs, finances translational research, and accelerates life-changing medicines that deliver both patient impact and investor returns.

• Atman – Treats every founder as a partner within its shared “egregore” community. Investing at pre-seed and seed, the firm provides leverage, operator know-how, and an aligned peer network, letting founders tap collective intelligence while retaining ownership and long-term optionality.

• Atmos Ventures – Invests in seed and Series A deep-tech companies across Europe and North America. Encourages U.S. startups to open European R&D centres, offering cross-border guidance, introductions, and a global investor consortium to scale deep technologies into category-defining platforms.

• Atrahasis Capital – Innovation-driven private-equity outfit operating where finance meets frontier tech. Backs blockchain, AI, web3, and other deep-tech solutions, providing strategic capital, M&A insight, and corporate partnerships to commercialise disruptive technologies and stimulate sustainable economic growth.

• Audere Capital – Partners early with founders building technologies that address humanity’s toughest problems. Targets AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing, next-gen communications, energy, and cybersecurity, pairing seed funding with engineering expertise, customer access, and a commitment to measurable, planet-scale impact.

Till next Thursday.

Have a great weekend!

Tzakhi

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