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title: "17 Corporate Venture Capital Firms in the US (Nov 2026): 10 Free"
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# 17 corporate venture capital firms in the US

We list 17 corporate venture capital firms in the US as of November 2026: 16 have an SEC filing on file and 1 was checked on the firm's own website or an official register, and the list was last checked on 5 Nov 2026. The cities with the most head offices on this list are Menlo Park (2), Greenwich (2) and Los Altos (1).

- 17 firms
- 7 with a fund filing or dated deal in the last 12 months
- $300M median fund size on file (SEC Form D, 5 firms)
- 67 named decision-makers on file

## First 10 of 17 corporate venture capital firms in the US

| Investor | Type | HQ | Stages (our research) | Focus (our research) | Latest fund or deal | Fund size | Checked | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Ventures | Corporate VC | Los Altos, CA | Seed, Series A | AI, Energy, Climate Tech, Industrial Tech | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | $928M (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/toyota-ventures/ |
| Echo Health Ventures | Corporate VC | Durham, NC | Growth | Healthtech, Medtech | Portfolio news, Sep 2026 | $518M (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/echo-health-ventures/ |
| OpenAI Startup Fund | Corporate VC | San Francisco, CA | Seed | AI, Healthtech, Legal Tech, Edtech | New fund, Aug 2026 | $400M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/openai-startup-fund/ |
| New Earth Ventures | Corporate VC | Wilmington, NC |  | Logistics, Industrial Tech | New deal, Nov 2026 | $25M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/new-earth-ventures/ |
| Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc. | Corporate VC | Menlo Park, CA |  | Healthtech, Biotech, AI, Industrial Tech | Portfolio news, Jun 2026 | $142M (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/mitsui-co-global-investment-inc/ |
| Nexus Ventures | Corporate VC | Menlo Park, CA | Seed | AI, Ecommerce, Data, Hardware | New deal, Dec 2025 | $700M (SEC Form D, 2023) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/nexus-ventures/ |
| Kaiser Permanente Ventures | Corporate VC | Oakland, CA |  | Healthtech, Biotech, Medtech, SaaS | Portfolio news, Oct 2025 | $192M (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/national-venture-development/ |
| Optum Ventures | Corporate VC | Boston, MA | Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth | Healthtech, AI, Medtech, SaaS |  | $3.0B (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/optum-ventures/ |
| Ascension Ventures | Corporate VC | St. Louis, MO | Growth | Healthtech, Medtech, Biotech |  | $475M (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/ascension-ventures/ |
| Regeneron Ventures | Corporate VC | Greenwich, CT |  | Healthtech, Biotech, Medtech |  | $479M (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/positive-selection/ |

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## Method and limits
- Source: 16 of the 17 rows carry an SEC filing (Form D or Form ADV). All 17 have a website we checked. Filing date and fund size are SEC data where a filing exists. Stage, sector and check size are our research.
- Inclusion rule: Organizations that back startups. Individuals, buyout funds and firms we found to be inactive are left out. Type: we class every organization on this list as "Corporate VC", from its own site or a filing.
- Order: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (50: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), size of the fund on file on a log scale (35) and completeness of the public record (15). It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns.
- Fill rates: Of 17 rows: stage 10, sector 16, fund size 16, website 17. In the paid file: named decision-makers on 14 rows, firm email on 6, LinkedIn page on 8, check size on 1.

## Questions
### How many corporate venture capital firms in the US are there?
We list 17 as of November 2026. 7 of the 17 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months. The cities with the most are Menlo Park (2), Greenwich (2) and Los Altos (1).

### Which sectors do corporate venture capital firms in the US back most?
On this list: AI (10), healthtech and digital health (9), SaaS and B2B software (6) and industrial tech and manufacturing (5). Sector is our research and a firm can carry more than one.

### Which corporate venture capital firms in the US raised a new fund in the last 12 months?
2 of the 17 have a fund filing dated in the last 12 months: OpenAI Startup Fund (Aug 2026) and New Earth Ventures (Apr 2026). 7 of the 17 have a fund filing or a dated deal in that time.

### Which stages do corporate venture capital firms in the US back?
Of the 10 with a stage on file, seed (8), Series A (4) and growth-stage (4). A firm can back more than one stage, and 7 rows have no stage on file yet.

### Where does the data on corporate venture capital firms in the US come from and how often is it updated?
16 of the 17 rows have an SEC filing on file (Form D or Form ADV) and 1 was checked on the firm's own website or an official register. Filing date and fund size come from the filing. Stage, sector and check size are our research. Rows on this list were last checked on 5 Nov 2026 at the latest. The whole file is re-verified twice a year.

### Can I download the list of corporate venture capital firms in the US as a spreadsheet?
Yes. The file holds all 17 rows in Excel and CSV, with 67 named decision-makers and 6 firm emails, for $49 one-time. 10 rows are free on this page.

