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If you're looking to start a company in the San Jose Area chances are you'll eventually want to pitch to investors. While there are many investors located here in Silicon Valley it's a good idea to know the best ones to approach. This is why we've compiled a list of the top VCs that are active right now around here.
Top Venture Capital Firms in San Jose
1. Pegasus Tech Ventures
Pegasus Tech Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm working with emerging technology companies across the world, and specialize in helping entrepreneurs achieve global expansion into North America, Asia, and Europe. Our 100+ person team operates out of offices across 7 different countries and offers a wide range of domain expertise.
Pegasus Tech Ventures currently has several multi-million dollar funds under management. We seek to work with world-class management and technical teams that are targeting disruptive opportunities in IT, Health IT, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Robotics, Big Data, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Quantum Computing, FinTech, and Next Generation Technologies.
Website: www.pegasustechventures.com
Founded: 2011
Total fund size: $752M
Pegasus Tech Ventures's most notable exits include Coinbase, Airbnb, and DoorDash.
2. Primer Sazze Partners
VC Firm focused on lasting partnerships with entrepreneurs Sazze is a word that describes the student and teacher relationship. We believe that true partnerships are built on this relationship and that we are all students and teachers in different contexts.
At Sazze Partners we aren't investors, we are entrepreneurs. Our core competencies aren't leading board meetings and hosting networking events, though we like to think we do these things just fine, rather we are experts at the mundane tactical skills that propel businesses to success. These skills include things like SEO, product development, and content strategy.
In short we are experts at the day to day things that turn good ideas into great businesses.
Website: www.primersazze.com
Founded: 2018
Total fund size: $170M
Primer Sazze Partners's most notable exits include BacklotCars and KPOP Foods.
3. Pond Ventures
Pond Ventures is an investment firm that provides venture capital and investments for tech startups and companies. It also provides its clients with services such as recruiting employees and building a network of customers, suppliers, and partners. Pond Ventures operates three teams in Silicon Valley, London, and Israel.
Website: www.pondventures.com
Founded: 2005
Total fund size: $236M
Pond Ventures's most notable exits include LiveRail, Constant Therapy Health, and Acco Brands.
4. Adobe Ventures
Adobe Ventures is Adobe's investment arm. Adobe Ventures aims to invest approximately $100 million between 2008-2011 in companies leveraging Adobe platform technologies, particularly those delivering applications based on Adobe® Integrated Runtime (AIR™).
Website: www.adobe.com
Adobe Ventures's most notable exits include Digimarc, Kollective Technology, and Oversight.
5. Sparkland Capital
Sparkland Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in frontier technologies. With Asian-access capital and resources, we back global visionary entrepreneurs who move fast, think big, and are committed to reimagine the world. Connecting Silicon Valley and Asia, we leverage our deep networks to provide market intelligence, strategic advice and local relationships for founders to expand.
Entrepreneurship is in our DNA. We trust, believe and work with entrepreneurs to disrupt existing industries, redefine the markets, and create the future. The Sparkland team is comprised of dedicated entrepreneurs, investors, founders, and early employees from prominent technology companies.
Our investment focus are VR/AR, IoT, Cyber Security, AI/Robotics, and Enterprise Software. Since 2014, we have invested in over 30 innovative startups.
Website: www.sparklandcap.com
Founded: 2014
Sparkland Capital's most notable exits include Playment, 8th Wall, and Silk Labs.
6. Trend Forward Capital
Trend Forward Capital is the venture capital arm of cybersecurity leader Trend Micro Inc. Our obsession with scaling innovative technology goes beyond mere funding (that's the easy part). We live to help early-growth companies fill the gaps in their businesses in order to generate and celebrate long-term success together (that's the hard part).
Website: www.trendforward.com
Founded: 2017
Trend Forward Capital's most notable exits include Cysiv, Magalix, and Turbonomic.
7. Firsthand Technology Value Fund
Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. is a publicly traded investment fund that provides private technology and cleantech companies with development funding and working capital, primarily in the form of equity investments. Cleantech companies include those engaged in the sale of goods and services designed to harness renewable energy and materials, eliminate emissions and waste, and reduce the use of natural resources.
We are a Maryland corporation and are registered with the SEC as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. This provides the company with certain structural advantages, including public liquidity and a beneficial tax structure.
Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. provides investment management services to us. Firsthand is led by Kevin Landis, a seasoned technology and cleantech investor with more than 25 years of experience in technology and investment management. Firsthand's team has been responsible for over $300 million of investments in more than 40 private companies over the past 20 years.
Website: www.firsthandtvf.com
Founded: 2011
Total fund size: $180M
Firsthand Technology Value Fund's most notable exits include SolarCity, Turn, and Phunware.
8. Global Millennial Capital
The first venture capital investor from the middle east to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) in the investment process. Invests in global scalable, tech enables and highly transformational consumer-centric early-stage opportunities in Silicon Valley.
The first female-founded global investor from the Middle East, established by Andreea Danila in 2020, backed by institutional investors such as banks, asset managers, family offices, and HNWI.
Website: www.globalmillennialcapital.com
Founded: 2020
Total fund size: $25M
