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title: "1,043 Seed Investors in the US (Nov 2026): Top 10 Ranked"
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# 1,043 seed investors in the US

We list 1,043 seed investors in the US as of November 2026: 1,038 have an SEC filing on file and 5 were checked on the firm's own website or an official register, and the list was last checked on 7 Nov 2026. The cities with the most head offices on this list are San Francisco (128), New York (103) and Palo Alto (57).

- 1,043 investors
- 575 with a fund filing or dated deal in the last 12 months
- $50M median fund size on file (SEC Form D, 790 firms)
- 4,859 named decision-makers on file

## First 25 of 1,043 seed investors in the US

| Investor | Type | HQ | Stages (our research) | Focus (our research) | Latest fund or deal | Fund size | Checked | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digitalis Ventures | VC firm | New York, NY | Seed | Healthtech, Biotech, Medtech | Portfolio news, Nov 2026 | $862M (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/digitalis-ventures/ |
| Inspired | VC firm | New York, NY | Seed | AI, Fintech, Generalist, Consumer | New fund, Oct 2026 | $450M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/inspired/ |
| Safar Partners | VC firm | Cambridge, MA | Seed | Healthtech, Industrial Tech, Biotech, Deep Tech | New deal, Aug 2026 | $300M (SEC Form D, 2023) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/safar-partners/ |
| Gore Range Capital | VC firm | Southlake, TX | Seed | Healthtech, Biotech, Medtech | New deal, Aug 2026 | $250M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/gore-range-capital/ |
| Grand Ventures | VC firm | Grand Rapids, MI | Seed | AI, Developer Tools, Fintech, Healthtech | New deal, Sep 2026 | $100M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/grand-ventures/ |
| Narya | VC firm | Columbus, OH | Seed | Fintech, Healthtech, Biotech, Defense Tech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $200M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/narya/ |
| Soma Capital | VC firm | Miami Beach, FL | Seed | AI, Fintech, SaaS, Deep Tech | New fund, Oct 2026 | $200M (SEC Form D, 2023) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/soma-capital/ |
| Hatteras Venture Partners | VC firm | Durham, NC | Seed | Healthtech, Biotech, Medtech | New fund, Oct 2026 | $250M (SEC Form D, 2023) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/hatteras-venture-partners/ |
| Construct Capital | VC firm | Washington, DC | Seed | AI, Industrial Tech, Defense Tech, Energy | New deal, Aug 2026 | $150M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/construct-capital/ |
| Building Ventures | VC firm | Boston, MA | Seed | Proptech, AI, Climate Tech, Energy | New deal, Sep 2026 | $100M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/building-ventures/ |
| Moonshots Capital | VC firm | Austin, TX | Seed | AI, Fintech, Defense Tech, Govtech | New deal, Aug 2026 | $100M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/moonshots-capital/ |
| NSV | VC firm | Greenwich, CT | Seed, Late stage | Healthtech, AI, Semiconductor, Mobility | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | $990M (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/nsv/ |
| Multimodal Ventures | VC firm | Naperville, IL | Seed | AI, Robotics, Fintech, SaaS | New fund, Oct 2026 | $50M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/multimodal-ventures/ |
| 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/ |
| 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/ |
| Lytical Ventures | VC firm | New York, NY | Seed | AI, Cybersecurity, B2B, Data | New deal, Oct 2026 | $44M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/lytical-ventures/ |
| Jump Capital | VC firm | Chicago, IL | Seed, Series A | AI, Cybersecurity, Fintech, SaaS | New deal, Oct 2026 | $456M (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/jump-capital/ |
| Light Ray Ventures | VC firm | New York, NY | Seed | Robotics, Industrial Tech, Climate Tech, Energy | New deal, Oct 2026 | $21M (SEC Form D, 2023) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/light-ray-ventures/ |
| K Street Capital | VC firm | Richmond, VA | Seed | Fintech, AI, Energy, Healthtech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $20M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/k-street-capital/ |
| Craft Ventures | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Seed, Series A, Growth | AI, Developer Tools, Data, SaaS | New fund, Sep 2026 | $712M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/craft-ventures/ |
| New Science Ventures | VC firm | United States | Seed, Growth, Late stage | Healthtech, Deep Tech, AI, Semiconductor | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | $1.0B (own site) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/new-science-ventures/ |
| Incubate | VC firm | Los Altos, CA | Seed | AI, Cybersecurity, Marketing Tech, B2B | New fund, Oct 2026 | $15M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/incubate/ |
| Energy Impact Partners | VC firm | United States (London office) | Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth | Energy, Climate Tech, AI, Cybersecurity | Portfolio news, Nov 2026 | $4.5B (own site) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/energy-impact-partners/ |
| 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/ |
| New Stack | VC firm | Chicago, IL | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Fintech, Healthtech, Industrial Tech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $125M (SEC Form D, 2024) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/new-stack/ |

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## Method and limits
- Source: 1,038 of the 1,043 rows carry an SEC filing (Form D or Form ADV). All 1,043 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 seed.
- Order: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (40: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), stage focus (15: all of it when seed is the only stage the firm states, split evenly when it states more), 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 (20) and completeness of the public record (10). Stage and regional focus are our research, not an SEC figure. It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns.
- Fill rates: Of 1,043 rows: stage 1,043, sector 993, fund size 932, website 1,043. In the paid file: named decision-makers on 1,007 rows, firm email on 344, LinkedIn page on 542, check size on 102.

## Questions
### How many seed investors in the US are there?
We list 1,043 as of November 2026. 575 of the 1,043 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months. The cities with the most are San Francisco (128), New York (103) and Palo Alto (57).

### What is the typical fund size of seed investors in the US?
The median fund size on file for this list is $50M, across the 790 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 253 do not disclose a size there.

### Which sectors do seed investors in the US back most?
On this list: AI (724), SaaS and B2B software (666), healthtech and digital health (437) and fintech (349). Sector is our research and a firm can carry more than one.

### Which seed investors in the US raised a new fund in the last 12 months?
437 of the 1,043 have a fund filing dated in the last 12 months. The most recent on this list are Branch Venture Partners (Nov 2026), Reveille (Nov 2026) and GrayHair Venture Partners (Nov 2026).

### Where does the data on seed investors in the US come from and how often is it updated?
1,038 of the 1,043 rows have an SEC filing on file (Form D or Form ADV) and 5 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 7 Nov 2026 at the latest. The whole file is re-verified twice a year.

### Can I download the list of seed investors in the US as a spreadsheet?
Yes. The file holds all 1,043 rows in Excel and CSV, with 4,859 named decision-makers and 344 firm emails, for $197 one-time as part of US Complete. 25 rows are free on this page.