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title: "988 Pre-seed Investors (Nov 2026): Top 10 by Fund Activity"
last_updated: "2026-11-09"
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source: "SEC Form D filings and our own research"
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# 988 pre-seed investors

We list 988 pre-seed investors as of November 2026: 554 have an SEC filing on file and 434 were checked on the firm's own website or an official register, and the list was last checked on 9 Nov 2026. The states with the most are California (207), New York (82) and Massachusetts (48).

- 988 investors
- 471 with a fund filing or dated deal in the last 12 months
- $50M median fund size on file (SEC Form D, 446 firms)
- 4,129 named decision-makers on file

## First 25 of 988 pre-seed investors

| Investor | Type | HQ | Stages (our research) | Focus (our research) | Latest fund or deal | Fund size | Checked | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UVC Partners | VC firm | Garching, Germany | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | Deep Tech, Climate Tech, Mobility, AI | New deal, Sep 2026 | €800M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/unternehmertum-venture-capital-partners-gmbh-2/ |
| PXN Ventures | Fund manager | Manchester, United Kingdom | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Growth | Generalist, SaaS, Deep Tech, Healthtech | Portfolio news, Nov 2026 | £760M (own site) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/pxn-ventures/ |
| Khosla Ventures | VC firm | Menlo Park, CA | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Growth | AI, Consumer, B2B, Fintech | New fund, Aug 2026 | $1.9B (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/khosla-ventures/ |
| Kleiner Perkins | VC firm | Menlo Park, CA | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth | AI, Fintech, Proptech, Mobility | New fund, Aug 2026 | $995M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/kleiner-perkins/ |
| Talenta Gestión | Fund manager | Barcelona, Spain | Pre-seed, Seed | SaaS, B2B, Deep Tech, Consumer | New fund, Oct 2026 | €1.2B (own site) | 2026-11-09 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/talenta-gestion-sgiic-s-a/ |
| Electric Capital | VC firm | Palo Alto, CA | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | Crypto and Web3, AI, Fintech, Healthtech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $532M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/electric-capital/ |
| Menlo Ventures | VC firm | Menlo Park, CA | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth | AI, Media, Robotics, Consumer | New fund, Sep 2026 | $800M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/menlo-ventures/ |
| True Ventures | VC firm | Palo Alto, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Fintech, Deep Tech, Consumer | New fund, Sep 2026 | $800M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/true-ventures/ |
| ARCH Venture Partners | VC firm | Chicago, IL | Pre-seed, Seed | Biotech, Healthtech, Deep Tech | New fund, Aug 2026 | $3.0B (SEC Form D, 2024) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/arch-venture-partners/ |
| South Park Commons | Accelerator | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Developer Tools, Edtech, SaaS | New fund, Oct 2026 | $500M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/south-park-commons/ |
| Initialized | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Generalist, Fintech, Defense Tech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $520M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/initialized/ |
| Fuel Ventures | SEIS/EIS fund | London, United Kingdom | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | Fintech, SaaS, Marketplace, AI | New deal, Oct 2026 | £280M (own site) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/fuel-ventures/ |
| Outlier Ventures | VC firm | United Kingdom | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Growth | AI, Biotech, Robotics, Fintech | New deal, Oct 2026 | $500M (own site) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/outlier-ventures/ |
| Madrona | VC firm | Seattle, WA | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth | AI, Biotech, Consumer, Deep Tech | New deal, Oct 2026 | $490M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/madrona/ |
| Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN) | Angel network | Helsinki, Finland | Pre-seed, Seed | Generalist, Defense Tech | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | €480M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/finnish-business-angels-network/ |
| Acurio Ventures | VC firm | Spain | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B | Generalist, SaaS, Marketplace, Fintech | New fund, Oct 2026 | €450M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/acurio-ventures-partners-sgeic-s-a/ |
| Pear Ventures | VC firm | Menlo Park, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Fintech, Healthtech, Consumer | New fund, Oct 2026 | $410M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/pear-ventures/ |
| Axeleo Capital | VC firm | Paris, France | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B | SaaS, B2B, AI, Cybersecurity | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | €300M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/axeleo-capital-sas/ |
| IBB Ventures | Government or university fund | Berlin, Germany | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | Healthtech, SaaS, Industrial Tech, Consumer | New deal, Oct 2026 | €300M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/ibb-ventures/ |
| MiddleGame Ventures | VC firm | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B | Fintech, AI, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech | New deal, Sep 2026 | €300M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/middlegame-ventures/ |
| NLC Health Ventures | VC firm | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Pre-seed, Seed | Healthtech, Medtech, Biotech | New fund, Sep 2026 | €300M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/nlc-fund-management-b-v/ |
| Quiet Capital | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed | AI, SaaS, Fintech, Consumer | New fund, Nov 2026 | $500M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/quiet-capital/ |
| Transpose Platform | VC firm | Houston, TX | Pre-seed | AI, Biotech, Generalist | New fund, Sep 2026 | $500M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/transpose-platform/ |
| Brighteye Ventures | VC firm | London, United Kingdom | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | AI, Developer Tools, Edtech, Future of Work | New fund, Sep 2026 | $245M (own site) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/brighteye-ventures/ |
| Ventech | VC firm | Paris, France | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | AI, SaaS, B2B, Climate Tech | New deal, Oct 2026 | €175M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/ventech/ |

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## Method and limits
- Source: 554 of the 988 rows carry an SEC filing (Form D or Form ADV). All 988 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. Stage: the firm states that it invests at pre-seed.
- 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 988 rows: stage 988, sector 954, fund size 614, website 988. In the paid file: named decision-makers on 896 rows, firm email on 432, LinkedIn page on 609, check size on 287.

## Questions
### How many pre-seed investors are there?
We list 988 as of November 2026. 471 of the 988 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months. By region: United States (549), United Kingdom (175) and Europe (260).

### What is the typical fund size of pre-seed investors?
The median fund size on file for this list is $50M, across the 446 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 542 do not disclose a size there.

### Which sectors do pre-seed investors back most?
On this list: AI (633), SaaS and B2B software (562), healthtech and digital health (408) and fintech (323). Sector is our research and a firm can carry more than one.

### Which pre-seed investors raised a new fund in the last 12 months?
276 of the 988 have a fund filing dated in the last 12 months. The most recent on this list are Quiet Capital (Nov 2026), Branch Venture Partners (Nov 2026) and LightX Capital (Nov 2026).

### Where does the data on pre-seed investors come from and how often is it updated?
554 of the 988 rows have an SEC filing on file (Form D or Form ADV) and 434 were 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 9 Nov 2026 at the latest. The whole file is re-verified twice a year.

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