133 VC firms investing in fintech & payments at the Series B stage.
F4 Fund tracks 133 VC firms that actively invest in fintech & payments at the Series B stage, with check sizes ranging from $25K – $5000M (median: $8M – $8M). As of April 2026, and 95% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,092+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ Blockchain Capital Blockchain technology will reshape how value is transferred, stored, and transacted globally. Best companies built by crypto-native founders deeply committed to long-term vision. We invest across entire crypto stack: DeFi, infrastructure, consumer apps, gaming, identity. San Francisco | $25K – $200K | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 2 | ▶ Framework Ventures We back crypto-native founders building the next generation of valuable blockchain networks and applications. We were early believers in DeFi and continue to identify emerging opportunities at the intersection of cryptography, protocol design, and real-world utility. San Francisco | $250K – $40M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 3 | ▶ Vestigo Ventures AI and fintech innovation leveraging data-driven insights to transform financial services. We back technical founders building solutions that serve regulated incumbents and create defensible data moats. Cambridge | $1M – $5M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 4 | ▶ QED Investors Durable, successful financial services businesses are built on strong foundations of unit economics. We apply Capital One's data-driven approach to identifying and scaling fintech companies globally. With 250+ combined years of operational experience building, scaling, and exiting fintech companies, we provide hands-on advisory and strategic partnership beyond capital, serving as consigliere to our portfolio companies. Alexandria | $3M – $20M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 5 | ▶ Upper90 It's not how much you raise, it's how much you own. We provide capital-efficient hybrid credit and equity to help founders scale without excessive dilution. New York | $5M – $100M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 6 | ▶ M13 Visionary founders building disruptive software businesses deserve capital and operational support from partners who understand building category-defining companies. We provide both. Santa Monica | $500K – $5M | 67 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 7 | ▶ Polychain Blockchain-based digital assets represent a new asset class with mathematical scarcity. We invest in protocols and infrastructure building the foundational layer of decentralized internet, combining venture capital with active hedge fund portfolio management to capture long-term protocol upside and near-term market opportunities. San Francisco | $1M – $50M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 8 | ▶ 01 Advisors Fund Proven scaled operators are uniquely positioned to help hyper-growth companies reach the next level. We invest right after product-market fit (Series A-B) and focus on scaling go-to-market and building world-class companies. Inspired by Bill Campbell's coaching philosophy, we provide intensive operational support without taking board seats. San Francisco | $1M – $10M | 62 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 9 | ▶ Ribbit Capital We back rebels who challenge the status quo and reshape financial systems through technology. The best fintech founders see structural inefficiencies before others and have the conviction to build something fundamentally better. We partner with them not just with capital, but with hands-on operational expertise, regulatory fluency, and deep financial services networks. Palo Alto | $2M – $100M | 50 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 10 | ▶ Index Ventures We invest in who you are, not just what you do. We back visionaries and game-changers with character and global ambition. We partner long-term with founders, providing capital, operational support, and deep conviction in their vision. San Francisco | $500K – $50M | 363 | Leads | Active | — | Req'd |
| 11 | ▶ Sony We invest in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society. We foster Sony's future businesses through strategic early-stage venture investments, seeking technologies with potential to transform industries while building synergies with Sony Group business units. | $2M – $20M | 199 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 12 | ▶ Balderton Capital Balderton Capital backs European-founded technology companies with visionary founders building transformative businesses. The firm combines patient capital, operational expertise, and founder support to enable European entrepreneurs to build world-class companies. | $500K – $15M | 193 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 13 | ▶ Clocktower Technology Ventures Financial services represents the largest venture opportunity with disproportionately small VC allocation. We invest in companies reinventing financial services with operator teams combining domain expertise and execution excellence. Santa Monica | $500K – $20M | 100 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 14 | ▶ Fin Capital Full-lifecycle enterprise software investor focused on financial services. The best opportunities lie at the intersection of traditional financial institutions and modern technology. We back repeat founders with deep financial services expertise and technical capability to build transformative software solutions. San Francisco | $250K – $50M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 15 | ▶ Valar Ventures Valar Ventures focuses on non-U.S. companies with the potential to become global category leaders, particularly in fintech and software. The firm believes in backing exceptionally focused teams with large ambitions, trusting founders to retain substantial equity and control. Valar targets structural inefficiencies in financial services globally and backs companies using modern technology and customer-centric design to displace legacy financial institutions. New York | $100K – $5M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 16 | ▶ Rapyd Ventures Rapyd Ventures invests in strategic capability providers building next-generation fintech infrastructure and embedded finance solutions. We focus on companies solving fundamental payment infrastructure gaps in emerging markets and enabling innovative embedded finance use cases globally. London | $500K – $10M | 7 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 17 | ▶ Serena Capital We back bold entrepreneurs who think big and are committed to becoming the next major tech players. We invest from pre-seed to series A with strong operational support, focusing on technology-driven solutions across AI, climate tech, fintech, SaaS, and impact-driven sectors. | $100K – $15M | 113 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 18 | ▶ Jump Crypto Identify real-world constraints through active market participation and build decentralized consortiums to convert systemic bottlenecks into shared breakthroughs. Serious builders combining market-making expertise with long-term infrastructure development. Chicago | $1.9M – $1650M | 25 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 19 | ▶ Nyca Partners Financial services companies where technology is critical competitive advantage. Bridging gap between fintech startups and global financial institutions. Regulatory expertise, industry knowledge, and institutional network are essential for success. New York | $1M – $15M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 20 | ▶ Acrew Capital Long-term venture partnerships built on depth of thought, conviction, and dimensional thinking. We back founders with diverse lived experiences who are building transformative companies. We operate as a team sport—you don't work with individual partners, you work with Acrew. We invest in emotional intelligence, operational support, and the long arc of building meaningful companies. San Francisco | $250K – $15M | 97 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 21 | ▶ Coinbase Ventures We back exceptional founders aligned with creating more economic freedom. We believe the next era of crypto innovation will be driven by scaling solutions, DeFi primitives, consumer applications, and AI-native infrastructure on blockchain. San Francisco | $500K – $10M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 22 | ▶ Canvas Ventures Intentional, thesis-driven early-stage investing in fintech, digital health, and AI. Focus on category-defining companies solving real customer problems with founders who understand their domain deeply. Emphasis on go-to-market strategy and execution discipline. Menlo Park | $5M – $15M | 43 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 23 | ▶ Point72 Ventures Point72 Ventures backs ambitious founders building for big outcomes across critical domains. Going deep, not wide—the firm focuses on specialized investment theses in AI, Consumer, and Defense Tech, bringing deep sector insights, partnership, and hands-on support from seed to pre-IPO. New York | $250K – $50M | 203 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 24 | ▶ Dragonfly Capital Partners We back the best researchers and builders who will push the entire crypto ecosystem forward. We believe in supporting foundational blockchain technologies, innovative DeFi protocols, and breakthrough applications that will define the next generation of digital economies. San Francisco | $1M – $75M | 15 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 25 | ▶ Spark Capital Spark Capital backs transformative products built by creators with genuine vision and technical depth. We believe that the best way to evaluate a founding team is not through credentials or market analysis, but by experiencing their product firsthand. Product comes first, and everything else follows. | $500K – $60M | 59 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 26 | ▶ Accel Partner with exceptional teams building transformative technology companies across all stages San Francisco | $2M – $10M | 120 | Both | Active | — | — |
| 27 | ▶ Anfa Extreme conviction investing with <10 partnerships per fund, up to $30M checks per founder. Built by founders for founders, with global mandate bridging developed and emerging markets. No ownership targets, flexible capital for growth or founder liquidity. London | $1M – $30M | 12 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 28 | ▶ Makers Fund Backing builders of the future of interactive entertainment. We invest across games, content, platforms, and ecosystem technologies with conviction that visionary founders are driving transformation in how we play, watch, create, and live. | $500K – $5M | 152 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 29 | ▶ Illuminate Financial Illuminate invests in companies solving mission-critical problems for financial institutions through fintech and enterprise software innovation. With deep access to tier-1 financial institution networks and specialized domain expertise, the firm creates unique value for portfolio companies through institutional customer access, operational guidance, and strategic partnerships. London | $1M – $8M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 30 | ▶ MetaProp Technology can make real estate more affordable, accessible, sustainable, and resilient. We invest across the entire real estate value chain—from financial services to operations, management, design, and transactions. We back founders with deep expertise and provide operational support, strategic connections, and access to our network of 900+ annual industry introductions. New York | $250K – $20M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 31 | ▶ Headline We invest in top founders everywhere building the next generation of technology companies. We provide capital, operational expertise, and a truly global platform to scale with hands-on support through specialized teams. | $2M – $50M | 44 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 32 | ▶ Founders Fund Back revolutionary technologies and visionary founders who think in first principles. We invest across all stages when conviction exists, providing patient capital and board-level partnership to founders building consequential companies that reshape industries. San Francisco | $500K – $50M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 33 | ▶ CapitalG Partner with remarkable growth-stage leaders to accelerate their journey from startup to scale-up through capital, operational expertise, and Google advisory access. Focus on transformational companies making the step change into growth. | $50M – $200M | 42 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 34 | ▶ Lightspeed Venture Partners We partner with bold builders of category-defining companies from Seed to Series F and beyond. Depth of commitment, depth of relationships, and depth of belief distinguish us. Complete immersion, authentic partnership, and unwavering conviction through market cycles. | $1M – $300M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 35 | ▶ PayPal Ventures Accelerate financial services and commerce innovation by investing in companies that bring transformative solutions to market faster. We leverage PayPal's deep payments expertise, global brand, and 426+ million user network to help portfolio companies scale rapidly. San Jose | $5M – $30M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 36 | ▶ Altimeter Back exceptional founders building transformational technology companies that disrupt markets and improve lives. Provide long-term capital partnership combined with public market expertise to help companies scale profitably and eventually succeed in public markets. Menlo Park | $1M – $25M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 37 | ▶ Binance Labs Support visionary founders building transformative technologies across blockchain, AI, and biotechnology. Provide capital, technical resources, and access to Binance's 300M+ user base and infrastructure. Partner for long-term value creation with founder-centric approach. Cayman Islands | $100K – $5M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 38 | ▶ Suffolk Technologies The $12 trillion built environment sector is ripe for digital transformation. Suffolk Technologies deploys capital, resources, and networks to help founders scale technologies in construction, architecture, engineering, real estate, and infrastructure. Uniquely positioned as the venture arm of Suffolk Construction, they provide operational test beds, jobsite access, and deep domain expertise that pure financial investors cannot. Boston | $150K – $10M | 53 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 39 | ▶ Radian Capital Radian Capital partners with software-driven B2B companies at scale, providing capital and hands-on operational support. They concentrate on select companies and go deep with each, emphasizing sustainable growth over growth at all costs. New York | $5M – $30M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 40 | ▶ Northzone Category-defining entrepreneurs building fundamental shifts that upend entire industries. Focus on disruptive business models in energy transition, healthcare, AI, and consumer. Thesis values human relationships and founder-centric partnerships over financial metrics alone. London | $1M – $40M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 41 | ▶ Fitch Ventures Fitch Ventures invests in innovative technologies serving institutional credit, risk management, and enterprise clients. The dual mandate focuses on generating financial returns while feeding innovation back into Fitch Group's product stack, often using investments as an M&A pipeline. New York | $2M – $5M | 7 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 42 | ▶ 9Yards Capital Back technical founders building critical infrastructure for foundational industries. Pair growth-stage capital with deep regulatory expertise and government/industry connectivity to create defensible advantages in overlooked, essential sectors. San Francisco | $3M – $10M | 30 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 43 | ▶ GGV Capital Back notable founders with global ambitions using technology to transform industries. We partner with exceptional teams to scale from seed through IPO, providing capital, operational expertise, and network access. Menlo Park | $1M – $15M | 30 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 44 | ▶ Giant Ventures The biggest companies of the century will be built solving the world's most pressing problems. We champion ambitious founders using technology to reshape civilization around climate, health, and inclusive capitalism. London | $500K – $15M | 30 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 45 | ▶ OMERS Ventures Back ambitious founders building disruptive early-stage technology companies. We provide not just capital but access to OMERS' multi-asset institutional platform. Our permanent pension backing gives us patient, long-duration capital unconstrained by traditional 10-year fund cycles. Toronto | $1M – $25M | 30 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 46 | ▶ General Catalyst We back founders venturing beyond to build transformational companies that create positive, enduring change. Applied AI and global resilience are fundamental forces reshaping industries. | $2M – $50M | 29 | Leads | Active | — | — |
| 47 | ▶ Tribe Capital Apply AI and data science to identify and invest in N-of-1 companies with 10-100x potential. Back founders who expand individual freedom and decentralize power. Invest in companies that embody principles from the Bill of Rights (voice, fair process, proportionality, user power) and Bitcoin whitepaper (trust-minimized, verifiable, aligned incentives, open access). Menlo Park | $500K – $5M | 60 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 48 | ▶ Dune Ventures Multi-stage permanent capital vehicle backing 'outsiders obsessed with the overlooked' — idiosyncratic founders who don't fit the traditional SV mold, building companies in interactive content, social, gaming, and adjacent technology. Invest globally in a small, concentrated number of the most ambitious founders in the interactive space each year. New York | $100K – $3M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 49 | ▶ Metis Capital We invest in the bold. African entrepreneurs are shaping the future of the continent and global industries. We back high-growth companies leveraging our decades of experience in law, finance, telecommunications, and energy to help founders navigate complexity and scale with confidence. Lagos | $500K – $5M | 15 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 50 | ▶ Vamos Ventures Invest in visionary founders from Latinx and diverse backgrounds building disruptive tech solutions. Capitalize on demographic trends and founder quality in systematically underestimated segments. Create alpha through early-mover advantage in overlooked founder networks. Los Angeles | $500K – $2.5M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 51 | ▶ Bond We identify and scale proven product-market-fit technology companies for global expansion and IPO readiness. Our partnership combines world-class macro research analysis with hands-on operational expertise from experienced technology leaders who have built and scaled billion-dollar companies. San Francisco | $1M – $50M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 52 | ▶ IVP We supercharge growth in breakout companies, converting momentum into market dominance. We invest exclusively at Series B and beyond in companies that have achieved product-market fit and are ready to scale from millions to hundreds of millions in revenue. San Francisco | $1M – $25M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 53 | ▶ Zigg Capital Real estate has been stagnant for 50 years despite massive innovation in other industries. Shifting demographics, transportation changes, and evolving preferences are forcing modernization. We back visionary entrepreneurs building solutions across construction, property management, residential finance, and retail that will improve quality of life, work, and community. New York | $500K – $10M | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 54 | ▶ Collab Fund Investing at the intersection of for-profit and for-good. Companies that make the world better AND deliver strong financial returns. The Villain Test ensures both impact and profit alignment. New York | $500K – $10M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 55 | ▶ Crew Capital Community-driven VC led by active operators who simultaneously build and invest. Best support for founders comes from operators understanding current market challenges firsthand, not just history. Invest in category-defining technology companies. New York | $500K – $2M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 56 | ▶ F-Prime Capital Partner with visionary founders to turn bold ambitions into world-changing breakthroughs in life sciences, technology, healthtech, and crypto. Distinctive 'technical-risk-yes, regulatory-risk-no' filter ensures clear pathways to success. Cambridge | $250K – $15M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 57 | ▶ Renegade Partners We back exceptional founders with relentless ambition who are tackling problems that matter. Our focus is the Supercritical phase—the post-product-market-fit, pre-scale period where organizational design, talent systems, and board practices become critical infrastructure. We provide patient capital, deep operational support through our Chief People Officer, and strategic guidance from co-founders with 15+ and 10+ years of venture experience. San Francisco | $2M – $10M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 58 | ▶ Innovating Capital Technology can have a highly disruptive impact on society. We back founders on the forefront of innovation with clear vision towards positive change, leveraging domain expertise to ensure value creation. Founder-first approach with operational support. New York | $250K – $5M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 59 | ▶ AirTree Ventures Big things start small. We invest at seed stage and see potential where others don't. We believe in your vision for your company's future, not as it exists today. We think in decades, not days, committing to walk the entire journey with founders to build iconic companies. We share Antipodean ingenuity with the world. Sydney | $250K – $20M | 60 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 60 | ▶ Contour Venture Partners Invest in innovative technology companies that can achieve significant market share in large, growing markets and grow independent of market conditions. Partner with exceptional entrepreneurs to build sustainable, profitable businesses that transform industry segments. New York | $500K – $2M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 61 | ▶ Korea Investment Management Co. Back the global winners of tomorrow through disciplined venture capital and growth equity investing. We are a trustworthy partner providing capital, operational expertise, and access to pan-Asian networks. Fund-oriented professional VC with fundamental philosophy of quality, responsibility, and stability. | $500K – $100M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 62 | ▶ Morgan Creek Digital Digital innovation across four themes (AI, Blockchain, Computing Infrastructure, Big Data) will define the next generation of transformative companies. Busan | $250K – $10M | 20 | Leads | Active | — | Req'd |
| 63 | ▶ Shasta Ventures Exceptional founders with clear technical solutions to enterprise market pain points, focused on SaaS, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data intelligence, and computer vision. We provide capital plus operational excellence through Shasta Elevate playbooks. Menlo Park | $2M – $15M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 64 | ▶ Techstars Help founders succeed by combining capital ($120K-$250K), intensive mentorship (3-month program), and access to a powerful global network of 1,500+ mentors. We invest in founders at the earliest stage with conviction and vision, regardless of sector or geography. Our #GiveFirst philosophy drives us to help without expecting immediate return. | $120K – $250K | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 65 | ▶ Thrive Capital Back great founders building category-defining companies, regardless of stage. We provide patient capital, hands-on operational support, and deep network access to enable breakout success. New York | $500K – $50M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 66 | ▶ B Capital Group Back extraordinary entrepreneurs throughout the company-building lifecycle from seed to IPO. Combine venture capital expertise with BCG management consulting to accelerate value creation. Support founders with capital, strategic guidance, and access to global networks. San Francisco | $250K – $50M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 67 | ▶ Wing Venture Capital The AI-first transformation of business will be as big as digital, mobile, and cloud combined. We invest in companies building the AI-first technology stack: data foundations, AI tools, autonomous applications, and product-led growth companies that accelerate adoption. Founders building at any layer of this stack can reach goals and uncover opportunities previously unattainable. Palo Alto | $200K – $20M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 68 | ▶ Frontline Ventures The world's most successful B2B software companies require presence and success in both North America and Europe. Frontline specializes in facilitating frictionless transatlantic expansion, supporting founders with global ambition through a dual-fund strategy optimized for international growth. London | $250K – $20M | 19 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 69 | ▶ How Women Invest Women founders represent an overlooked asset class that delivers superior returns. Women-founded companies earn 26% more for investors, yet receive only 2% of venture funding. We invest exclusively in women-founded companies, providing capital, network access, and operational support to drive transformative change. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 70 | ▶ Impact America Fund Tech-enabled businesses built for and by people in marginalized communities create new frameworks of ownership and opportunity. Traditional VCs miss billion-dollar markets in overlooked communities. Oakland | $250K – $3M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 71 | ▶ Flint Capital Exceptional technology companies can be built anywhere—US, Israel, or Europe. We partner with experienced founders to provide capital, US market expertise, and global networks to help them scale internationally. Boston | $500K – $5M | 25 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 72 | ▶ Andreessen Horowitz Software is eating the world. Technology companies will transform every major industry. We invest in transformative technologies across AI, crypto, fintech, bio/health, enterprise, and consumer. We believe in backing exceptional founders and providing deep operational support to help them build enduring companies. Menlo Park | $1M – $200M | 44 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 73 | ▶ Greenoaks Greenoaks backs generation-defining technology companies with exceptional long-term growth potential. We make concentrated, large initial bets and maintain positions through multiple rounds and public markets, believing that exceptional founders and products deserve exceptional partnership. San Francisco | $25M – $75M | 15 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 74 | ▶ MassMutual Ventures Build category-defining technology businesses that deliver strong investment returns while addressing pressing business challenges. Leverage Fortune 500 parent (MassMutual) assets including real estate portfolios, renewable energy assets, and capital networks. Boston | $2M – $10M | 15 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 75 | ▶ NXTP Ventures We back founders building the future of B2B technology. From Latin America to the world, we invest early and partner with founders and companies for the long term. Our core purpose is to support founders and companies through founder-aligned partnerships forged in trust. Buenos Aires | $500K – $2M | 15 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 76 | ▶ Redpoint Depth-first venture investing through mastery in specific domains. We partner with bold builders challenging industry conventions, backing founders with technical depth and conviction to build enduring $1B+ companies. Complete immersion creates enduring companies. Menlo Park | $500K – $50M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 77 | ▶ Bain Capital Ventures Ambitious founders solving fundamental problems across major industries. The next generation of transformational companies will be built on modern AI, secure infrastructure, and efficient commerce. We partner with technical founders with operator experience and compelling narratives. San Francisco | $1M – $20M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 78 | ▶ Drive Capital World-class technology companies can be built anywhere. Greatness is in our backyard. We invest in market-defining companies across the Driveway region (Hudson River to Rocky Mountains), partnering with founders from idea to IPO. Build where your talent is. Build where your customers are. Build where you're strongest. Columbus | $500K – $150M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 79 | ▶ Greylock Your first partner. Over 80% of investments are first checks. We partner with exceptional founders at inception stages, providing patient capital and deep partnership. Menlo Park | $300K – $10M | 13 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 80 | ▶ Kleiner Perkins Partner with exceptional founders building transformative technology companies from inception to IPO and beyond. Our moral compass is serving humanity with technology and capital. We provide not just capital but operational support, network access, and board participation to maximize the potential of founders' ideas and make history. Menlo Park | $100K – $150M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 81 | ▶ Moderne Ventures Generalist investors with vertical expertise. We invest in bold, broad, multi-vertical technology companies applicable to multi-trillion dollar industries (real estate, finance, insurance, sustainability). Our distinctive Moderne Passport program creates value by connecting 1,500+ corporate executives with portfolio companies, generating customers, strategic partnerships, and operational guidance. Chicago | $2M – $25M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 82 | ▶ New Enterprise Associates (NEA) NEA partners with ambitious founders at every stage of company building, from pre-seed through IPO. They invest at the intersection of technology and healthcare, believing the most transformational innovation occurs where deep domain expertise meets world-class technical founders. NEA serves as both capital provider and active operator. Menlo Park | $1M – $50M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 83 | ▶ Partech Partners We support ambitious founders solving large problems through technology across all stages. Independent thinkers who challenge conventional wisdom are our ideal partners. We provide not just capital but operational expertise, global networks, and hands-on support from day one through scale. Paris | $300K – $100M | 20 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 84 | ▶ Resolute Ventures We back founders who combine emotional intelligence with business acumen and are on a mission to solve problems they deeply care about. We're often the first institutional check and provide mentorship, community, and long-term partnership support. San Francisco | $50K – $1.5M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 85 | ▶ TMV Back founders building startups that reimagine the future across healthcare, logistics, fintech, and sustainable innovation. Investment thesis emphasizes mission-driven founders solving meaningful problems with bold, long-term vision. New York | $250K – $10M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 86 | ▶ Alumni Ventures We democratize venture capital by providing individual accredited investors with professional-grade access to elite venture opportunities. We leverage our massive 850,000+ community network and 11,000+ investors to create unique value for founders, sourcing and diligencing deals alongside top-tier VCs (a16z, Sequoia, Khosla) without leading rounds. Our network is our competitive advantage—it compounds value for all stakeholders. Manchester, NH | $250K – $5M | 54 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 87 | ▶ Two Sigma Ventures As the world becomes more information-rich, most transformative new companies will leverage data science, machine learning, and advanced computing power. We back founders building breakthrough solutions at this intersection. New York | $2M – $25M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 88 | ▶ Horizons Ventures Invest in deep science and disruptive technology companies that solve fundamental human problems—inequality, health, climate adaptation. We back founders with vision, instinct, and drive to scale impact. Hong Kong | $1M – $25M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 89 | ▶ Anthem Venture Partners Identify exceptional founders and unique talent combinations building contrarian, under-the-radar technology solutions. Provide hands-on support, operational guidance, and board-level involvement to early-stage Series A and B companies, primarily in Southern California. We fight for our founders and expect all investments to succeed. Santa Monica | $1M – $5M | 12 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 90 | ▶ 75 & Sunny Back founders with grit, industry insights, and strong engineering cultures to build amazing software that disrupts incumbents. Deliberately invest in unsexy industries and antiquated markets (warehousing, real estate, specialty pharmacy, agriculture) that others overlook, where nimble startups can create tremendous value. Los Angeles | $100K – $5M | 11 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 91 | ▶ Golden Gate Empower audacious founders who challenge norms and leverage technology to transform industries. We believe in first-time founders with scrappy outsider mentality and narrow niche focus. Silicon Valley expertise combined with deep emerging market knowledge across three continents. Singapore | $25K – $10M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 92 | ▶ K5 Global K5 Global backs category-defining companies from inception to IPO. The firm leverages exceptional networks across media, entertainment, politics, finance, and technology to provide strategic value beyond capital. We believe the best companies are built by founders who can access world-class talent, capital, and strategic relationships. Los Angeles | $1M – $3M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 93 | ▶ Khosla Ventures Technology-based economic disruption of large markets through black swan investments. We seek founders with domain expertise and unreasonable conviction to build billion-dollar companies solving the world's largest problems. Menlo Park | $500K – $50M | 30 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 94 | ▶ WndrCo WndrCo positions itself as 'the founders behind the founders,' combining strategic capital with deep operational involvement. Unlike traditional VCs, partners take formal operating roles (interim CEO, CFO, CPO) within portfolio companies. This approach leverages the co-founders' proven track record: Sujay Jaswa scaled Dropbox from $18M to $10B as Business Founder/CFO, and Jeffrey Katzenberg transformed Disney Studios and built DreamWorks. The firm invests across all stages through three strategies: Build (acquiring underappreciated tech companies), Venture (leading post-PMF rounds), and Seed (very early checks). Focus areas are Future of Work, Cybersecurity, Developer Infrastructure, and Consumer Technology, with increasing emphasis on AI applications. Beverly Hills, California | $100K – $10M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 95 | ▶ Plymouth Growth Exceptional founder-led B2B technology businesses exist outside traditional coastal venture and PE systems. We back gritty founders who think differently and approach sustainable, balanced growth without venture-style moonshot pressure or traditional PE playbooks. Detroit | $5M – $25M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 96 | ▶ Tribeca Venture Partners We partner with gritty and determined entrepreneurs leveraging emerging technologies to create or disrupt huge markets. We invest in people first, second, and third—founders with passion, obsession, and vision. Only partners with founders when we believe their company alone can return our entire fund or more. New York | $1M – $10M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 97 | ▶ Valia Ventures We back technically ambitious founders building tomorrow's most iconic companies in frontier sectors like AI, hardtech, robotics, healthcare, and fintech. We believe great companies come from founders willing to tackle complex problems that generalist funds avoid. New York | $250K – $1.5M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 98 | ▶ Streamlined Ventures Visionary founders are the true catalysts of transformation and progress. We partner with exceptional founders at the seed stage to help them build extraordinary companies through intensive operational support, structured tools, and candid guidance. Palo Alto | $250K – $10M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 99 | ▶ R136 Ventures Identifies inflection points through proprietary Discovery Engine and backs founders who see opportunities others miss. Focuses on AI-driven transformation of B2B software and financial services, with deep technical due diligence analyzing 250+ data points. Woodside, CA | $2M – $20M | 40 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 100 | ▶ Battery Ventures Battery Ventures operates as a stage-agnostic firm backing technology-driven category leaders across all growth stages from seed to buyout. The firm believes the best tech investments span the entire founder journey, and they practice collaborative, research-focused investing with embedded operational support through their Portfolio Services platform. They seek technical founders with deep domain expertise and experienced operators building in four core sectors: Application Software, Infrastructure Software, Consumer, and Industrial Tech + Life Science Tools. Boston | $1M – $500M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 101 | ▶ Bigfoot Capital Non-dilutive growth capital for B2B software companies. Alternative to venture capital focused on sustainable, capital-efficient growth that preserves founder equity and optionality. Fills gap between traditional bank lending and venture financing. Denver | $150K – $5M | 20 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 102 | ▶ Riverpark Ventures Disruptive businesses that eliminate intermediaries and compress value chains. We invest in entrepreneurs backed by entrepreneurs who understand the unique challenges of building. We look for innovative thinkers with proven track records and tremendous dedication, in large markets addressing significant customer needs. New York | $500K – $25M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 103 | ▶ Rosecliff Ventures We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value by providing lifetime support to companies from seed through late-stage equity and credit. We differentiate through deep Wall Street expertise, strategic LP networks, and innovative financing vehicles. New York | $500K – $10M | 20 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 104 | ▶ Sawari Ventures North Africa and Africa possess tremendous entrepreneurial talent. Strategic capital combined with operational expertise can unlock transformative solutions that reshape industries. We invest in founders solving region-critical problems. Cairo | $200K – $2M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 105 | ▶ Valor Capital Group Greatest opportunities come from serving unmet needs of the middle class in emerging markets. We bridge US and Latin American markets, providing institutional capital, intellectual capital flow, and geo arbitrage exit opportunities. New York | $500K – $10M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 106 | ▶ Zeev Ventures Solo GP model combining angel investing speed with VC-scale checks. Backs non-traditional founders solving their own problems. Rejects process-heavy VC bureaucracy in favor of speed, decisiveness, and founder-first engagement. Palo Alto | $20M – $50M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 107 | ▶ Bling Capital The hardest thing in seed is finding product-market fit. We help you find it. If you already have product-market fit, we will help you scale. We partner with exceptionally ambitious founders for the long run and provide capital combined with operational expertise through our 100+ member Product Council. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 108 | ▶ Mubadala Mubadala partners with world-class companies and institutions to drive transformational growth across strategic sectors and geographies. We believe in long-term value creation through patient capital, operational expertise, and global partnerships aligned with Abu Dhabi's economic diversification. Abu Dhabi | $5M – $5000M | 36 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 109 | ▶ Homebrew Help founders build companies of which they can be proud. We invest in mission-driven founders solving large, urgent problems using technology to create substantive change. Capital is necessary but not sufficient—sweat, reputation, and accountability are our core commitments. San Francisco | $100K – $500K | 18 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 110 | ▶ Left Lane Capital Invest in hyper-growth consumer and technology businesses with enduring customer relationships. Back founders challenging the status quo through digital transformation. Focus on companies with strong unit economics, loyal customer bases, and defensible competitive advantages in complex, regulation-heavy markets. Brooklyn | $5M – $50M | 35 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 111 | ▶ Emerson Collective Emerson Collective invests in entrepreneurs and innovators driven by purpose, seeking consequential companies that deliver both generational impact and venture-scale returns. The firm targets sectors where biggest market opportunities meet meaningful impact levers: energy & environment, digital health, fintech, education, work, and media. Palo Alto | $10M – $700M | 12 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 112 | ▶ Trimer Capital Invest in harnessing fundamental research to identify opportunistic investments primarily in technology sectors. We focus on growth-stage technology companies with strong fundamentals, competitive advantages, and experienced management teams capable of scaling operations. | $5M – $50M | 1 | — | Active | ~2 wks | — |
| 113 | ▶ Foundry Group We invest in startups and venture funds, creating a symbiotic network that propels innovation. Our approach is characterized by long-term thinking and a 'give first' philosophy. Boulder, Colorado | $500K – $10M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 114 | ▶ Human Capital Partner with exceptional founders to build generational companies that define the world's most critical industries. We provide not just capital but assemble teams of the highest caliber through our 5,000+ member builder community and deep operational expertise. San Francisco | $250K – $200M | 20 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 115 | ▶ Goodwater Capital Consumer technology has the power to measurably improve billions of lives across the globe. We invest in exceptional entrepreneurs building digital utilities that provide better access to housing, healthcare, food, financial services, transportation, education, and entertainment globally. Burlingame, California | $5M – $50M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 116 | ▶ Liquid 2 Champions exceptional founders to build lasting companies through experience, community, and capital. Generalist technology investor whose edge is network depth — Joe Montana's unmatched rolodex and 800+ portfolio company network enables introductions that most seed funds cannot provide. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 25 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 117 | ▶ Trousdale Ventures We invest in mission-driven companies that dare to tackle impossible challenges, striving to transform industries and create lasting societal impact. We seek founders with audacity to dream big, resilience to persevere, and potential to build forever companies that shape human history. Los Angeles | $5M – $25M | 30 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 118 | ▶ White Star Capital Technology companies are becoming intertwined with the global economy more so than ever before. The most compelling founders build businesses through a broader world view. White Star Capital backs globally ambitious entrepreneurs at Series A, B, and Seed stages across North America, Europe, and Asia, helping them scale internationally through deep local presence on three continents. London | $1M – $25M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 119 | ▶ Sigma Prime Ventures Early-stage technology companies solving hard business problems with SaaS, cloud, mobile, and disruptive technologies. We back technical founders with domain expertise and market understanding across diverse sectors. Boston | $500K – $10M | 10 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 120 | ▶ Not Boring Capital Invest in companies with compelling stories to tell. We couple capital deployment with media storytelling through the Not Boring newsletter, creating a unique flywheel that amplifies both company and fund narrative. New York | $100K – $2M | 9 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 121 | ▶ Coatue The best investment opportunities emerge at the intersection of innovation and scale. We invest across the full lifecycle from seed to public markets, focusing on technology companies that will transform sectors globally with particular conviction in AI-enabled platforms and infrastructure. New York | $1M – $100M | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 122 | ▶ HOF Capital We invest in relentlessly ambitious entrepreneurs working on fundamental technology and business model innovations that advance humanity toward abundance. Our March to Abundance thesis focuses on four primary areas: (1) freedom from repetitive work through AI and automation, (2) freedom to transact and financial security, (3) freedom from genetic disease and biological limitations, (4) interconnection of humanity through new mediums. New York | $500K – $10M | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 123 | ▶ Pillar VC We invest in technical breakthroughs that overcome the world's greatest challenges. We partner at inception with technically brilliant dreamers who see past impossible to inevitable. We evaluate scientific opportunities through both commercial potential and human impact lenses. Boston | $100K – $10M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 124 | ▶ Argonautic Ventures AI is a milestone in data maturity progression, not a product category. Argonautic invests in founders building data-centric solutions across infrastructure (horizontal) and vertical markets. Multi-fund structure allows pre-seed to Series B deployment with unified thesis: recognizing verticals at different data adoption stages and deploying capital to those crossing inflection points into AI operationalization. | $250K – $1M | 5 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 125 | ▶ Peak XV Partners Outlier founders and ideas shape the future of humanity. We back ambitious founders building category-defining companies that create significant impact while generating returns that support non-profit and educational causes. Bangalore | $500K – $100M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 126 | ▶ IA Ventures Data is the defensible moat in technology. We invest in companies that build proprietary data assets, analytics capabilities, or machine learning advantages to dominate their categories. Founded on 'information arbitrage' thesis - applying hedge fund quantitative discipline to early-stage venture. New York | $250K – $750K | 11 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 127 | ▶ Gaingels Equity of access and representation in venture capital delivers positive returns. Diverse and underrepresented (including LGBTQ+) leaders of high-growth companies deserve capital access. When these founders succeed, they influence ecosystems and open doors for historically excluded groups. New York | $200K – $500K | 20 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 128 | ▶ Tiger Global Management Leading global companies that leverage technological innovation across public and private markets. Proven founders (especially ex-Googlers, AWS, Stripe) with large TAMs (billions+), product-led growth, and global ambitions. Conviction-based investing post-2022 correction emphasizing quality over quantity. New York | $1M – $100M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 129 | ▶ Evolution Venture Capital Partners Culture-Tech companies that disrupt and define how we live, work, play, and interact with the world every day. We invest in passionate founders building transformative products that change cultural behaviors. New York | $500K – $6M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 130 | ▶ Insight Partners Software founders need more than capital to scale successfully. Insight Partners combines investment capital with hands-on operational expertise, embedded teams, and network access to accelerate company growth across all stages. New York | $10M – $350M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 131 | ▶ Cathay Innovation Startups positioned as transformation partners with Fortune 500 corporates create the most impactful solutions. We believe the next generation of market leaders will emerge through collaborative innovation between startups and incumbent enterprises, supported by global expertise and capital. Paris | $5M – $100M | 12 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 132 | ▶ Flucas Ventures Democratize access to venture capital by building large syndicates of non-traditional LPs. Invest across all stages, sectors, and geographies based on founder quality and market conviction, not category restrictions. Enable 2,000+ diverse co-investors to participate alongside marquee firms like Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz while maintaining founder-friendly economics. Miami | $250K – $5M | 15 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 133 | ▶ VU Venture Partners Invest in early-stage tech companies addressing world's largest market opportunities and solving humanity's biggest challenges. Leverage global distributed team to source, evaluate, and support transformational founders. San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 14 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
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F4 Fund tracks 133 VC firms that actively invest in fintech & payments at the Series B stage. These firms are ranked using a composite score that weighs data completeness (30%), portfolio depth (30%), investment recency (25%), and stage alignment (15%).
Based on F4's analysis, the median check size for series b fintech & payments investors is $8M – $8M, with a full range from $25K – $5000M. The distribution breaks down as: 4 firms in the <$500K range, 5 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 9 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 20 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 31 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 64 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 133 firms tracked, 95% lead or co-lead rounds, and 4% typically follow. Founders seeking a lead investor should filter for firms marked "Leads" or "Both" in the rankings table above. Lead investors typically set deal terms and anchor the round.
The best series b fintech & payments investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 33% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 35 portfolio companies. Look for firms whose check size matches your raise, whose stage preference aligns with yours, and who have a track record of supporting companies in your sector through multiple growth phases.
Firm profiles are continuously updated through F4's research pipeline, which combines LLM-powered web research, portfolio analysis, and transcript extraction. The ranking data refreshes every 12 hours. Editorial analysis is reviewed weekly. Individual firm profiles are re-researched on a 30-day cycle or when new information surfaces.