Investors in Washington

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Madrona Venture Group

Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 that backs early to growth-stage technology companies. It focuses on information technology and a broad set of technology-enabled sectors, including consumer Internet, software and services, digital media and advertising, data and analytics, mobile, cloud computing, infrastructure, hardware and robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, fintech, and related areas. The firm typically invests in the Pacific Northwest and the United States, with common ticket sizes ranging from a few million to tens of millions of dollars, and often acts as a lead investor and board member in portfolio companies. Its investments span seed, Series A and later-stage rounds, aiming to support companies from inception through scale.
Made 203 investments in Washington

Vulcan Capital

Vulcan Capital is the private equity and venture capital arm of Vulcan, a global technology and investment organization founded by Paul G. Allen. It engages in investments across all stages of corporate development, including leveraged buyouts, growth and early-stage ventures, distressed/turnaround opportunities, and select public market strategies. The firm targets sectors such as healthcare, software, media and entertainment, Internet services, mobile, telecommunications, energy, data intelligence, and infrastructure, with a global reach focused on the United States, Europe, and Asia. Typical deal sizes range from about $10 million to $100 million, and investments can be held for up to a decade. Vulcan Capital is headquartered in Seattle, with an additional office in Palo Alto.
Made 79 investments in Washington

Keiretsu Forum

Keiretsu Forum is a global investment community of accredited private equity investors, venture capitalists, and corporate/institutional investors. It operates as an international network with chapters in numerous regions, connecting members through private equity funding, deal flow, and related activities. Members review opportunities presented through restricted forums and may invest in selected companies. The organization supports collaboration by providing access to capital, resources, and mentoring through its events and partnerships.
Made 127 investments in Washington

Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and based in Manchester, New Hampshire. It connects accredited individual investors with startup deals and co-invests alongside established venture capital firms across multiple stages, from seed to growth. The firm provides access to diversified portfolios through funds, syndicates, and investing clubs, supported by a large network of community members and individual investors. It invests across sectors and geographies, with a focus on transparency and due diligence in collaborative investments with leading firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, and Y Combinator. Alumni Ventures operates internationally with offices in New York, Boston, Menlo Park, Chicago, London, and Tokyo and has raised substantial capital to back founders with strategic capital and resources.
Made 58 investments in Washington

Pioneer Square Labs

Pioneer Square Labs is a Seattle-based startup studio founded in 2015 that creates and launches technology startups. It provides market research, concept validation, engineering, data science, design, and product management, along with recruiting, fundraising, marketing, company formation, finance, operations, legal, and HR services. The firm develops new ventures and also maintains an affiliated venture arm, PSL Ventures, which makes early-stage investments in technology-driven companies in the Pacific Northwest, often in connection with the studio's portfolio.
Made 33 investments in Washington

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It provides capital alongside strategic guidance to a select set of companies across information technology, healthcare, manufacturing, mobile, nanotechnology, financial services, internet, energy, media, and retail, supporting them from early ideas through growth and even IPO stages. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships, working closely with leadership teams on product development, company building, and market expansion. Sequoia pursues opportunities at seed, early, and growth stages and maintains a global reach, investing in companies across the United States and other major markets, with interests in AI and other emerging technologies.
Made 33 investments in Washington

Alliance of Angels

Alliance of Angels is a Seattle-based angel investment group serving the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1997, the organization mobilizes a network of hundreds of accredited investors to fund early-stage startups across software-as-a-service, artificial intelligence, life sciences, technology, hardware, consumer products, manufacturing, retail and food sectors in the United States and Canada. Since inception it has invested more than $100 million in over 200 companies, generating more than 40 exits and returning substantial value to its member base. The group operates with a collaborative approach and provides access to resources and mentorship for portfolio companies, alongside a seed fund to support early financing rounds. Its members evaluate opportunities through a pre-screening process and participate in a range of sponsorship and support activities to help startups scale.
Made 102 investments in Washington

Founders' Co-op

Founders' Co-op is a Seattle-based seed-stage venture capital firm that focuses on software startups in the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 2008, it backs early-stage founders and aims to connect them with growth investors, while serving as a key source of regional dealflow for both local and out-of-region investors. As a long-standing seed-stage specialist in the Pacific Northwest, the firm operates as a registered investment adviser (RIA).
Made 70 investments in Washington

Denny Hill Capital

Denny Hill Capital is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that supports early and growth-stage companies across a broad range of sectors, including building products, e-commerce, retail, clean technology, mobility, biotechnology, business software, entertainment software, social software, and oncology. The firm partners with portfolio companies to drive scale, profitability, and sustainable growth through capital efficiency, providing strategic and financial guidance from idea through expansion, and maintaining a hands-on, collaborative approach to help companies achieve long-term success.

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz is a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It backs technology companies across stages, from seed to growth, with a broad focus on software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software and services, fintech, consumer internet, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and life sciences applications at the intersection of computer science and biology. The firm emphasizes long-term support for entrepreneurs, offering capital and resources to help companies scale, and operates through multiple investment vehicles to fund early and later-stage opportunities. Its portfolio targets information technology, software-enabled businesses, and technology-enabled services, reflecting a commitment to innovation and leadership in American technology.
Made 35 investments in Washington

Voyager Capital

Voyager Capital is a Seattle-based venture capital firm with offices in Seattle and Portland. It focuses on early-stage and growth-stage technology investments in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada, with emphasis on software, analytics, cloud infrastructure, AI and machine learning, software-driven hardware, sustainable agriculture, and supply chain technologies. The firm typically leads first venture rounds and supports portfolio companies with go-to-market strategy, team development, mentorship, and its network to accelerate revenue growth. Voyager partners with ambitious entrepreneurs to disrupt markets and build market-leading companies.
Made 38 investments in Washington

Trilogy International Partners

Trilogy International Partners is a Bellevue, Washington-based investment company that focuses on wireless telecommunications operations in international markets with strong growth potential. It holds controlling interests in mobile operators in Bolivia, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic and a non-controlling stake in a greenfield mobile operator in New Zealand, collectively serving more than 31 million people. The group's networks provide wireless voice and data services and related offerings such as roaming and international long-distance, and in some markets fixed broadband and public telephony. Established in 2005, Trilogy operates across multiple markets in the Americas and Oceania.
Made 32 investments in Washington

Flying Fish Partners

Flying Fish Partners is a Seattle-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs artificial intelligence and machine learning startups, investing across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Founded in 2016 by former Microsoft AI operators, the firm focuses on startups building AI at the core of their strategy, spanning applied AI, AI infrastructure, and related software. In addition to capital, Flying Fish Partners provides strategic resources such as access to technical talent and go-to-market support to help portfolio companies accelerate growth and scale their technology.
Made 18 investments in Washington

Maveron

Maveron is a Seattle-based venture capital firm, founded in 1998 by Dan Levitan and Howard Schultz, with additional offices in San Francisco. The firm concentrates on consumer-focused startups, investing from seed to early growth stages in the United States. It seeks to identify shifts in consumer behavior and disrupt industries through technology-enabled, brand-driven companies across sectors such as housing, education, health and wellness, food, e-commerce, fintech, entertainment and more. Maveron often takes a leading role in its investments and may assume board seats to support portfolio companies. Notable holdings include Allbirds, Zulily, Common, General Assembly and Trupanion, reflecting its emphasis on consumer brands and direct-to-consumer models.
Made 37 investments in Washington

Ignition Partners

Ignition Partners is a Bellevue, Washington–based venture capital firm that specializes in early‑stage and growth investments in enterprise software and related technology companies in the United States. Founded in 1999, the firm emphasizes a hands‑on approach and leverages its operational experience, industry connections, and strategic guidance to support portfolio companies from inception through scale, including advice on product development, hiring, go‑to‑market strategies, and business development. The firm manages multiple funds and backs companies across software, cloud technologies, cybersecurity, AI, and other information technology sectors, aiming to help entrepreneurs build durable, high‑growth businesses.
Made 53 investments in Washington

Threshold Ventures

Threshold Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, that backs early-stage technology companies across sectors including software, consumer platforms, fintech, and healthcare. The firm provides capital at seed and Series A stages and supports portfolio companies with strategic guidance, operational input, and access to a broad industry network. It pursues hands-on, active partnerships, helping founders with product development, market positioning, hiring, and go-to-market planning to address evolving market needs and enable scalable growth.
Made 44 investments in Washington

Acequia Capital

Acequia Capital is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that backs technology companies across a broad range of sectors. The firm concentrates on information technology, software and telecommunications and also invests in artificial intelligence, machine learning, fintech, life sciences, logistics, infrastructure, and related tech-enabled areas. It operates through multiple funds, including Acequia Capital I, II, III and Acequia Capital Superside, reflecting ongoing activity across funds. The team emphasizes knowledge workers and systems thinking in evaluating opportunities and partnering with founders to scale innovative businesses.
Made 45 investments in Washington

Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, founded in 1972. It funds early-stage, growth, and incubation companies across technology-enabled industries, including digital health, life sciences, healthcare, information technology, cybersecurity, consumer products and services, software, and financial technology. The firm partners with founders from inception to IPO and beyond, supporting bold ideas that span industries and continents. It emphasizes a hands-on, founder-friendly approach and leverages decades of investing experience to help portfolio companies scale. The firm also maintains a dedicated seed-stage unit focused on emerging technologies such as blockchains, virtual reality, digital health, drones, computer vision, and mobile marketplaces, with internal tools designed to address common early-stage challenges in recruiting, financing, and operations. Kleiner Perkins operates globally from its Menlo Park base, reflecting its long-standing focus on technology-driven innovation.
Made 23 investments in Washington

Ascend Venture Group

Ascend Venture Group is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 that targets early-stage technology companies across North America. It partners with entrepreneurs to provide financial and strategic support to accelerate growth in software and related tech sectors.
Made 25 investments in Washington

Second Avenue Partners

Second Avenue Partners is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 that provides management, strategy and capital to early-stage companies. The firm focuses on internet, consumer and social media, software, mobile and clean energy sectors, often supporting portfolio companies through long-term relationships and mentoring to help them reach market leadership. Based in the Greater Puget Sound area, it emphasizes disruptive ideas, strong teams and cutting-edge technologies. Founding partners include Nick Hanauer, Pete Higgins and Mike Slade, and the organization has a history of exits through acquisitions by Trulia, Boeing and MSNBC.
Made 34 investments in Washington

Liquid 2 Ventures

Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma. It provides seed- and early-stage capital to technology startups, occasionally supporting later rounds such as Series B, and often invests alongside co-investors. The firm emphasizes strategic introductions and hands-on guidance to help portfolio companies scale, with a focus on software, TMT, and other technology sectors. By partnering with founders and other investors, Liquid 2 Ventures aims to align capital with long-term company growth.
Made 33 investments in Washington

Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global Management is a New York-based investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman. It allocates capital to private and public markets worldwide, with a focus on technology, internet, consumer and financial services sectors, and regions including the United States, China, India, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The firm employs public equity strategies such as long/short and growth, alongside private investments across early to late stages, seeking high-quality growth opportunities and supporting portfolio companies throughout their lifecycle.
Made 24 investments in Washington

Unlock Venture Partners

Unlock Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It invests in seed- and early-stage technology startups with high growth potential, focusing on software and areas such as SaaS, fintech, and gaming, with activity across the Pacific Northwest, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles. The firm emphasizes building strong relationships with entrepreneurs and providing strategic capital and guidance, leveraging its networks and industry experience to help portfolio companies scale.
Made 20 investments in Washington

Washington Research Foundation

Washington Research Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Washington state established in 1981 that advances academic research and technology development. It licenses inventions from universities and nonprofit research institutions, enabling commercial deployment and returning proceeds to fund further research. The foundation supports early-stage companies and spinouts and invests in startups to accelerate innovation, particularly in life sciences and enabling technologies. Through its activities, it aims to grow Washington's technology economy and cultivate a vibrant research and enterprise ecosystem.
Made 31 investments in Washington

WestRiver Group

WestRiver Group is a Seattle-based investment firm established in 2002 that provides integrated capital solutions to the global innovation economy. The firm focuses on technology, life sciences, healthcare, energy, and experiential sectors across the United States, investing through direct investments and specialized funds and platforms with flexibility across asset classes and capital structures. It leverages a broad network of partners and deep operational expertise to support portfolio companies, often taking leadership roles on executive teams and boards. WestRiver Group seeks long-term value creation by backing companies that address global challenges through innovation and collaboration with influential investors and industry leaders.
Made 19 investments in Washington

Foundry Group

Foundry Group is a Boulder, Colorado-based venture capital firm founded in 2007 that specializes in information technology, Internet and software companies across North America. It funds both early-stage and later-stage ventures and has launched multiple funds, including a fifth fund of about $225 million. Since inception it has invested in more than 100 companies as institutional investors and in more than 50 as angel investors, with a focus on software, digital services and related technology sectors.
Made 32 investments in Washington

Amplify Partners

Amplify Partners is a Menlo Park-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012 that concentrates on seed and Series A investments in technology companies across the United States. It backs enterprise-focused founders solving technical problems in areas such as information technology, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data and analytics, cybersecurity, and biotechnology. The firm targets early-stage rounds and typically makes initial investments ranging from $50,000 to $1.5 million, supporting portfolio companies through multiple funding rounds. It avoids consumer internet and cleantech sectors and emphasizes backing technical entrepreneurs pursuing substantial market disruption.
Made 18 investments in Washington

WRF Capital

WRF Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of the Washington Research Foundation, based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1981, it seeks to invest in Washington-based startup companies in life sciences, information technology, and physical sciences, including enabling technologies. It supports early-stage research and collaborates with entrepreneurs, research institutions, other investors, and industry partners to translate innovative ideas into successful businesses in the state.
Made 13 investments in Washington

ARCH Venture Partners

ARCH Venture Partners is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 1986 that concentrates on science-driven startups, especially in life sciences, biotechnology, healthcare, and related technologies. It backs companies co-founded by scientists and entrepreneurs and supports commercialization of innovations developed at academic research institutions and national laboratories. The firm takes a long-term, hands-on approach, leveraging its network to assist portfolio companies from inception to market realization and to build transformative enterprises. ARCH has raised ten venture funds totaling over $3 billion and has invested in more than 150 companies worldwide, reflecting a focus on strategic value creation and governance.
Made 42 investments in Washington

Sahsen Ventures

Sahsen Ventures is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that invests in technology and biotechnology with a focus on life sciences, health, safety, education, and the environment. The firm supports both for-profit and nonprofit ventures, aiming to advance science, social justice, environmental sustainability, and broader societal impact. The team leverages more than two decades of experience in alternative investments to identify and nurture innovative enterprises, seeking opportunities at the intersection of science and social good.
Made 23 investments in Washington

Big Basin Partners

Big Basin Partners is a venture capital firm and early-stage technology investment partnership based in Saratoga, California. Founded in 1997, it targets investments across sectors including computer hardware, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, semiconductors, internet software services, application software, medical devices, healthcare, alternative energy, and education. The firm focuses on entrepreneurs at the earliest stages, including those who have not yet raised traditional venture capital funds or may not have a formal business plan, and it helps narrow potential target markets to the few that will matter in the initial growth phase.

Accel

Accel is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm founded in 1983 that backs early and growth-stage technology companies across software, enterprise, consumer internet, fintech, security, and related sectors. It builds a global community of entrepreneurs, providing not only capital but operational resources, mentorship, and access to a broad network of peers to help with product development, talent recruitment, and market expansion. Its portfolio includes category-defining companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, and others, reflecting a track record of supporting rapid growth and transformation across multiple geographies.
Made 32 investments in Washington

NFX

NFX is a venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups, with a founder-centric model designed to improve how startups experience fundraising and growth. The firm emphasizes building an early-stage experience powered by software, and promotes techniques for network effects and scalable growth. It supports founder-led companies across sectors including software, data products, biotech and related technologies, with a global footprint in the United States, Israel, Latin America, and Europe. NFX has cultivated a network called The Guild, an exclusive community of hundreds of founders, and offers operational resources such as the Signal and Brieflink tools to assist portfolio companies. It has backed entrepreneurs who have built companies with outsized exits, and has launched initiatives like NFX Bio to back scientist-founders at seed stage, reflecting a commitment to technology-enabled biology.
Made 14 investments in Washington

Sand Hill Angels

Sand Hill Angels is a member-driven angel investor group based in Mountain View, California, with a 60-plus member network that supports early-stage technology startups. Founded around 2000, the group provides seed to Series A funding, mentorship, and meaningful connections to customers, partners, and venture capital firms to help startups scale. Typical investments range from $300,000 to $500,000 in rounds with pre-money valuations under $5 million, and it backs companies across sectors such as semiconductors, enterprise software, storage, and communications, as well as clean technology, internet, information sciences, and life sciences including medical devices, diagnostics, and bioinformatics. Sand Hill Angels collaborates with other venture funds and angel organizations to foster the Bay Area ecosystem and broader North American tech growth, sourcing deals and building long-term partnerships.
Made 37 investments in Washington

9Mile Labs

9Mile Labs is a Seattle-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage enterprise and B2B technology startups in the United States. Founded in 2013, it began as a mentoring accelerator and later evolved into an investor that provides initial capital and access to a broad network of mentors to help teams validate customer traction, scale, and advance toward seed rounds. The firm typically invests at the pre-seed to early stage, with capital commonly in the range of $50,000 to $100,000, leveraging its mentor network to support portfolio companies’ growth and execution.
Made 28 investments in Washington

New Enterprise Associates

New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in Menlo Park, California, with a global investment reach. It provides capital and operational support to early, growth, and later-stage companies across a wide range of industries, including software, consumer technology, healthcare technology, life sciences, energy technology, infrastructure, and AI-enabled services. NEA collaborates with founders to address technical challenges, guide product development, and expand markets, leveraging its domain expertise to help portfolio companies scale from seed stages through IPO. The firm invests across the United States, Asia, and other regions, often supporting companies from early stages to scale, and has a long track record that includes numerous IPOs and acquisitions. NEA emphasizes a hands-on partnership approach and seeks opportunities across sectors that enable transformational businesses through technology and data-driven innovation.
Made 34 investments in Washington

SpringRock Ventures

SpringRock Ventures is a Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs startups across digital health, software as a service, health consumerization and ecommerce of healthcare, medical devices, oral health, wellness, IT/security/HIPAA, and related sectors. It invests in early to late stage, high-growth companies with demonstrated customer acceptance, typically committing between $2 million and $5 million and supporting opportunities across North America.
Made 10 investments in Washington

Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a global venture capital firm with offices in London, San Francisco and Geneva. It provides early-stage and growth-stage investments to technology-driven companies across software, fintech, healthcare, AI, data, entertainment, and related sectors, spanning seed to expansion rounds. The firm offers strategic support through due diligence, deal structuring and ongoing guidance to portfolio founders, leveraging a broad network of industry relationships to connect entrepreneurs with customers, partners and investors. With a history dating back to 1996, Index emphasizes long-term collaboration with ambitious teams to help them scale, enter new markets and turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Made 17 investments in Washington

Imagen Capital Partners

Imagen Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in Woodinville, Washington, that backs seed and early-stage technology companies across software, SaaS, data and technology-enabled businesses, digital media and mobile, infrastructure, and hardware. The firm emphasizes lead investments in Series A rounds and provides operational guidance to help portfolio companies scale toward liquidity, aiming for meaningful ownership and sustainable growth. It typically invests about 2 to 12 million dollars and focuses its activity in the Seattle area. By partnering with entrepreneurs, Imagen Capital Partners seeks to support ventures that can reach viability with modest upfront capital and a clear path to a liquidity event within several years.
Made 3 investments in Washington

Frazier Healthcare Partners

Frazier Healthcare Partners is a Seattle-based healthcare-focused investment firm founded in 1991 that operates as a private equity and growth capital investor. It pursues two main strategies: growth buyouts of healthcare services and pharmaceutical businesses, and life sciences investments in biopharmaceuticals. The firm backs profitable US middle-market companies across the healthcare spectrum, including devices and supplies, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, healthcare services, manufacturing, life sciences, oncology and wellness, with investments in the United States, Canada and Europe. It partners with industry executives to scale portfolio companies, often acting as lead investor and taking board seats to guide strategic growth. Frazier manages multiple funds and operates as a registered investment adviser.
Made 24 investments in Washington

Insight Partners

Insight Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1995, focused on growth-stage software, internet, and data services companies. It partners with high-growth technology and software businesses to accelerate revenue growth and long-term value creation, offering capital, operational guidance, and an extensive network to support scale from product-market fit to IPO and beyond. The firm has a track record across sectors including Fintech, Cybersecurity, AI, DevOps, and Healthcare, and as of its latest disclosures manages over $75 billion in assets with a portfolio that spans hundreds of companies. Headquartered in New York City, Insight Partners maintains offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto.
Made 20 investments in Washington

Sapphire Ventures

Sapphire Ventures is a growth equity and venture capital firm that focuses on expansion-stage enterprise software companies, with an emphasis on AI-related opportunities, and operates globally from offices in Austin, Palo Alto, London, and San Francisco. The firm provides capital, strategic resources, and hands-on support through operating partners and a portfolio Growth team to help portfolio companies scale, optimize go-to-market strategies, and strengthen leadership. It backs technology companies across geographies including the United States, Europe, and Israel, and has facilitated numerous IPOs and exits for its portfolio. Notable investments include Dremio, Temporal, Bretton AI, and Onebrief.
Made 16 investments in Washington

Revolution

Revolution is a Washington, D.C.-based venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Steve Case that backs technology-enabled startups and growth-stage companies across the United States. The firm focuses on sectors such as consumer internet, media and entertainment, software and services, financial and health care, energy, and related information technology fields, often pursuing sizable investments and taking active roles in portfolio companies. Revolution operates through a family of funds and initiatives, including early-stage and growth vehicles, and emphasizes investing in startups outside traditional coastal hubs through programs like Rise of the Rest to spur regional innovation and scale. The firm supports entrepreneurs from inception through later stages, collaborating with regional ecosystem leaders and co-investors to help companies expand nationally.
Made 17 investments in Washington

Jazz Venture Partners

Jazz Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco with additional offices in Santa Monica and Seattle. It concentrates on funding and supporting startups at the intersection of technology, science, and human experience, with emphasis on digital technology and neuroscience. The firm backs companies developing platforms powered by brain science and AI, virtual and augmented reality, immersive gaming, and closed-loop human–computer systems, targeting applications in health, mind–body wellness, peak mental and physical performance, accelerated learning, sports, and entertainment. The team comprises operators, technologists, scientists, and entrepreneurs who provide strategic guidance and hands-on operational support to help portfolio companies grow. Founded in 2015, Jazz Venture Partners aims to enable breakthroughs by leveraging technology and neuroscience to improve how people live, work, and interact with the world.
Made 9 investments in Washington

SWAN Venture Fund

SWAN Venture Fund is an angel investment group based in the Pacific Northwest, founded in 2015. The firm backs pre-seed and seed-stage companies, with a focus on B2B software, market-accelerating technologies, hard science, health IT, diagnostics, medical devices, and scalable hardware. Its members are operators and industry experts who provide hands-on support in business development, product development, and financial management, leveraging connections to large companies and supply chains to help portfolio founders grow. The group prefers value-driven opportunities with early revenues and competitive advantages, and maintains activity across Seattle, Portland, Denver, and Vancouver, engaging with ecosystems in British Columbia, California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The firm emphasizes practical, founder-friendly involvement and aims to assist startups through fundraising and exits.
Made 12 investments in Washington

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm founded in 2000 and based in Menlo Park, California. It invests across the startup lifecycle, from seed to growth, in sectors including enterprise technology, consumer, fintech, health, and cleantech, with a focus on software, internet, mobile, and other technology-enabled businesses. The firm operates internationally with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Herzliya Pituach, enabling it to back entrepreneurs across the United States, Asia, and Israel.
Made 23 investments in Washington

OVP Venture Partners

OVP Venture Partners is a Seattle-based venture capital firm with an additional office in Portland, founded in 1983. It concentrates on early-stage investments in biotech, clean-tech and technology sectors in the United States, including digital biology, software, digital media, security, semiconductors and information technology. The firm targets opportunities across the Northwest, Southwest, West Coast, Southern California, Midwest and Mountain regions, and supports portfolio companies through deal flow, industry contacts and seasoned insight. It collaborates with entrepreneurs and co-investors to help build and scale major enterprises, drawing on experience navigating market cycles.
Made 28 investments in Washington

Hard Yaka

Hard Yaka is an investment firm based in Crystal Bay, Nevada. It engages in private equity and venture investments, focusing on technology and financial services sectors, including early-stage investments in exchange-related startups and opportunities in buyouts and distressed assets, often pursuing majority stakes.
Made 2 investments in Washington

Initialized Capital

Initialized Capital is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on seed investments in technology companies. Founded around 2012, it manages more than five core funds and has six investing partners, with over $3.2 billion under management. Its portfolio companies have generated more than $200 billion in aggregate market value to date.
Made 26 investments in Washington

Shasta Ventures

Shasta Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 that concentrates on seed to Series B investments in U.S. software companies. It focuses on software as a service, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data intelligence, and consumer subscription businesses, backing early-stage ventures in software and related technology sectors. The firm operates from Portola Valley and Menlo Park.
Made 26 investments in Washington