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title: "86 Developer Tools Investors in California (Nov 2026)"
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# 86 developer tools investors in California, including 78 in the San Francisco Bay Area

We list 86 developer tools investors in California as of November 2026: each has an SEC filing on file, and the list was last checked on 6 Nov 2026. The cities with the most head offices on this list are San Francisco (37), Palo Alto (12) and Menlo Park (8). 78 of the 86 are in the San Francisco Bay Area, so this page is also our list of developer tools investors in the San Francisco Bay Area.

- 86 investors
- 55 with a fund filing or dated deal in the last 12 months
- $95M median fund size on file (SEC Form D, 76 firms)
- 443 named decision-makers on file

## First 25 of 86 developer tools investors in California

| Investor | Type | HQ | Stages (our research) | Focus (our research) | Latest fund or deal | Fund size | Checked | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craft Ventures | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Seed, Series A, Growth | Developer Tools, AI, Data, SaaS | New fund, Sep 2026 | $712M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/craft-ventures/ |
| Translink Capital | VC firm | Palo Alto, CA | Seed, Series A, Series B | Developer Tools, AI, Mobility, B2B | New fund, Sep 2026 | $174M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/translink-capital/ |
| Forgepoint Capital | VC firm | San Mateo, CA | Seed, Series A | Developer Tools, Cybersecurity, Future of Work, AI | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | $1.2B (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/forgepoint-capital/ |
| Felicis | VC firm | Menlo Park, CA | Seed, Series A | Developer Tools, AI, Healthtech, Cybersecurity | New deal, Oct 2026 | $900M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/felicis/ |
| Geodesic | VC firm | Foster City, CA | Series B, Any stage | Developer Tools, AI, Fintech, B2B | New deal, Oct 2026 | $500M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/geodesic/ |
| SignalFire | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth | Developer Tools, AI, Healthtech, B2B | New fund, May 2026 | $357M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/signalfire/ |
| Mantis Capital | VC firm | Santa Monica, CA | Seed, Series A | Developer Tools, AI, Fintech, SaaS | New fund, May 2026 | $80M (SEC Form D, 2023) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/mantis-capital/ |
| Schematic Ventures | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | Developer Tools, AI, Industrial Tech, Logistics | New fund, May 2026 | $60M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/schematic-ventures/ |
| Accel | VC firm | Palo Alto, CA | Any stage | Developer Tools, AI, Cybersecurity, SaaS | New deal, Oct 2026 | $4.0B (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/accel/ |
| South Park Commons | Accelerator | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | Developer Tools, AI, Edtech, SaaS | New fund, Oct 2026 | $500M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/south-park-commons/ |
| Flex Capital | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Seed | Developer Tools, AI, Generalist, SaaS | New deal, Aug 2026 | $300M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/flex-capital/ |
| Foster Ventures | VC firm | Foster City, CA | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | Developer Tools, AI, Future of Work, SaaS | New fund, Oct 2026 | $15M (SEC Form D, 2023) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/foster-ventures/ |
| Notable Capital | VC firm | Menlo Park, CA | Series A, Growth | Developer Tools, AI, Cybersecurity, Consumer | New fund, Oct 2026 | $14M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/notable-capital/ |
| Costanoa | VC firm | Palo Alto, CA | Seed, Series A | Developer Tools, AI, Fintech, Cybersecurity | New fund, Sep 2026 | $300M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/costanoa/ |
| AIX Ventures | VC firm | Newark, CA | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | Developer Tools, AI, Healthtech, Consumer | New fund, Aug 2026 | $250M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/aix-ventures/ |
| Kindred Ventures | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | Developer Tools, AI, Crypto and Web3, Fintech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $230M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/kindred-ventures/ |
| Earthshot Ventures | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B | Developer Tools, AI, Energy, Industrial Tech | New fund, Oct 2026 | $77M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/earthshot-ventures/ |
| Contrary | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Seed, Growth | Developer Tools, AI, SaaS | New fund, Aug 2026 | $91M (SEC Form D, 2024) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/contrary/ |
| IVP: Venture capital for the Exceptional | VC firm | Menlo Park, CA | Series B, Growth | Developer Tools, AI, Healthtech, SaaS | New fund, Oct 2026 | $60M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/ivp-venture-capital-for-the-exceptional/ |
| Twenty Two Ventures | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Seed | Developer Tools, SaaS, Fintech, Marketplace | New fund, Sep 2026 | $25M (SEC Form D, 2023) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/twenty-two-ventures/ |
| Webb Investment Network | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Seed | Developer Tools, AI, Cybersecurity, SaaS | New fund, Sep 2026 | $25M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/webb-investment-network/ |
| Emergent Ventures | VC firm | Belmont, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | Developer Tools, AI, B2B, Data | New deal, Apr 2026 | $58M (SEC Form D, 2024) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/emergent-ventures/ |
| Varion Ventures | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | Developer Tools, AI, SaaS | New fund, Jul 2026 |  | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/varion-ventures/ |
| Harpoon Ventures | VC firm | San Diego, CA |  | Developer Tools, AI, Mobility, Space | New fund, Feb 2026 | $140M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/harpoon-ventures/ |
| The General Partnership | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | Developer Tools, Future of Work, AI, Fintech | New deal, Aug 2026 | $15M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/founder-capital/ |

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## 78 developer tools investors in the San Francisco Bay Area
50 of the 78 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months; the median fund size on file is $95M (SEC Form D, 68 firms); the most recent fund filings are from U&I Ventures (Oct 2026), Foster Ventures (Oct 2026) and IVP: Venture capital for the Exceptional (Oct 2026); of the 73 with a stage on file, seed (61), pre-seed (33) and Series A (22); the count covers the metro area, by city: San Francisco (37), Palo Alto (12) and Menlo Park (8); the paid file holds 403 named decision-makers for them.
The first 5 in list order: Craft Ventures, Translink Capital, Forgepoint Capital, Felicis and Geodesic.

## Method and limits
- Source: All 86 rows carry an SEC filing (Form D or Form ADV). All 86 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. Sector: the firm states developer tools as a focus on its own site, or we observed it in the firm's portfolio. Place: head office in California.
- Order: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (35: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), share of the observed portfolio in this sector (25; half of that when the sector is stated only), stated focus on the US (15: full marks when the firm names the US as where it invests, half when it says global), size of the fund on file on a log scale (15) and completeness of the public record (10). Regional focus is our research, not an SEC figure. It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns.
- Fill rates: Of 86 rows: stage 79, sector 86, fund size 80, website 86. In the paid file: named decision-makers on 86 rows, firm email on 23, LinkedIn page on 55, check size on 10.

## Questions
### How many developer tools investors in California are there?
We list 86 as of November 2026. 55 of the 86 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months. The cities with the most are San Francisco (37), Palo Alto (12) and Menlo Park (8).

### Which developer tools investors in California raised a new fund in the last 12 months?
40 of the 86 have a fund filing dated in the last 12 months. The most recent on this list are U&I Ventures (Oct 2026), Foster Ventures (Oct 2026) and IVP: Venture capital for the Exceptional (Oct 2026).

### What is the typical fund size of developer tools investors in California?
The median fund size on file for this list is $95M, across the 76 firms with a size on an SEC Form D. The fund on file is each firm's main fund, which is not always its newest. The other 10 do not disclose a size there.

### How do I contact developer tools investors in California?
The paid file holds 443 named decision-makers across 86 of these 86 and a firm email for 23. We publish the address a firm lists itself, never a personal email. Each free row links to a profile with the firm's website.

### Where does the data on developer tools investors in California come from?
All 86 rows have an SEC filing on file (Form D or Form ADV). 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 6 Nov 2026 at the latest. The whole file is re-verified twice a year.