221 investors have funded 39 Artificial Intelligence companies head-officed in San Mateo, across 348 rounds (Feb 2009 – Apr 2026). They are ranked by how many San Mateo companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In San Mateo" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 5 | 7 | 3 | Apr 2024 | 5,648 |
| 2 | Andreessen Horowitz | New York City, United States | SeedSeries BSeries A | 3 | 12 | 6 | Apr 2023 | 1,117 |
| 3 | Google Ventures | Mountain View, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 3 | 6 | 2 | May 2024 | 736 |
| 4 | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series CSeries ASeries B | 3 | 5 | 4 | Oct 2024 | 860 |
| 5 | Eight Roads Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Series CSeries BSeries A | 2 | 7 | 4 | Feb 2022 | 333 |
| 6 | Blumberg Capital | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 2 | 7 | 1 | Jul 2023 | 138 |
| 7 | Creandum | Stockholm, Sweden | Series CSeries DSeries E+ | 2 | 6 | 2 | Sep 2021 | 157 |
| 8 | Sapphire Ventures | Austin, United States | Series CSeries DSeries A | 2 | 5 | 2 | Aug 2021 | 189 |
| 9 | Storm Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 2 | 5 | 1 | Jul 2023 | 151 |
| 10 | Kleiner Perkins | Menlo Park, United States | Series BSeries CSeries D | 2 | 4 | 2 | Nov 2025 | 666 |
| 11 | Accel | Palo Alto, United States | SeedSeries B | 2 | 3 | 1 | Sep 2021 | 1,133 |
| 12 | Tiger Global Management | New York City, United States | Series BSeries CSeries A | 2 | 3 | 1 | Mar 2022 | 791 |
| 13 | Fin Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries C | 2 | 3 | — | Apr 2026 | 95 |
| 14 | NEC | Minato City, Japan | Series DSeries ASeed | 2 | 3 | 2 | Oct 2019 | 24 |
| 15 | Intel Capital | Santa Clara, United States | SeedSeries A | 2 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2023 | 764 |
| 16 | Redpoint Ventures | Woodside, United States | Series A | 2 | 2 | 2 | Nov 2025 | 421 |
| 17 | Iconiq Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series CSeries B | 2 | 2 | — | Apr 2023 | 165 |
| 18 | Sunstone | Copenhagen, Denmark | Series CSeries BSeries A | 1 | 5 | 5 | Nov 2016 | 89 |
| 19 | IVP | Menlo Park, United States | Series BSeries CSeries D | 1 | 4 | 1 | Mar 2022 | 225 |
| 20 | Precursor Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeedSeries B | 1 | 4 | 1 | Jul 2021 | 152 |
| 21 | Conor | Espoo, Finland | Series CSeries BSeries A | 1 | 4 | 4 | Jan 2015 | 22 |
| 22 | M12 | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries CSeries D | 1 | 3 | 1 | Jun 2021 | 230 |
| 23 | Next47 | Palo Alto, United States | Series CSeries DSeries E+ | 1 | 3 | 1 | Mar 2022 | 170 |
| 24 | Amplify Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 1 | Jul 2021 | 129 |
| 25 | Wing Venture Capital | Palo Alto, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 1 | Apr 2023 | 119 |
| 26 | Homebrew | Burlingame, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 3 | 1 | Oct 2020 | 112 |
| 27 | Opus Capital | San Mateo, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 3 | 2 | Sep 2013 | 39 |
| 28 | Engineering Capital | Mountain View, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 3 | — | Jul 2023 | 33 |
| 29 | One Peak | London, United Kingdom | Series E+ | 1 | 3 | 1 | Oct 2021 | 26 |
| 30 | Norwest Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2022 | 446 |
| 31 | Menlo Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2023 | 417 |
| 32 | Shasta Ventures | Portola Valley, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2019 | 198 |
| 33 | Correlation Ventures | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Oct 2021 | 231 |
| 34 | Gradient Ventures | Mountain View, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sep 2021 | 170 |
| 35 | August Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2019 | 130 |
| 36 | FundersClub | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Feb 2019 | 145 |
| 37 | Industry Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jul 2023 | 134 |
| 38 | Ntt Docomo Ventures | Minato, Japan | Series E+Series C | 1 | 2 | — | Mar 2022 | 139 |
| 39 | Formation 8 | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 2 | — | Jul 2015 | 95 |
| 40 | StartX | Series A | 1 | 2 | — | Jul 2015 | 116 | |
| 41 | Sorenson Capital | Lehi, United States | Series CSeries D | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2021 | 90 |
| 42 | WndrCo | Los Angeles, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2026 | 100 |
| 43 | Telstra Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series CSeries D | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2021 | 69 |
| 44 | Playground Global | Palo Alto, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jul 2020 | 67 |
| 45 | Volition Capital | Boston, United States | Series ASeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2022 | 60 |
| 46 | Volcanics Venture | Shanghai, China | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Nov 2021 | 58 |
| 47 | Armilar Venture Partners | Lisbon, Portugal | SeedSeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2015 | 53 |
| 48 | Emergent Ventures | San Mateo, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jul 2021 | 53 |
| 49 | EnerTech Capital | Toronto, Canada | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 2 | Sep 2013 | 46 |
| 50 | Inventus Capital Partners | Burlingame, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jul 2021 | 43 |
| 51 | Goldcrest | Dallas, United States | Series A | 1 | 2 | — | Jul 2015 | 39 |
| 52 | 212 Vc | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Series A | 1 | 2 | — | Nov 2022 | 34 |
| 53 | Vickers Venture Partners | Singapore, Singapore | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | 2 | Nov 2022 | 30 |
| 54 | ICONIQ Growth | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2019 | 28 |
| 55 | UP Partners | Santa Monica, United States | Series E+Series D | 1 | 2 | — | Mar 2022 | 28 |
| 56 | Linse Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2024 | 12 |
| 57 | Seven Seas Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2020 | 13 |
| 58 | Eileses Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 2 | Jul 2021 | 10 |
| 59 | Axon | Scottsdale, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 2 | — | May 2024 | 9 |
| 60 | Liberty Global Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Jul 2023 | 8 |
| 61 | Novus Energy Partners | Alexandria, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 2 | Sep 2013 | 5 |
| 62 | Greenbridge Partners | Series E+ | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2021 | 1 | |
| 63 | 500 Global | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2015 | 1,988 |
| 64 | Goldman Sachs | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2019 | 695 |
| 65 | SV Angel | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2017 | 734 |
| 66 | FJ Labs | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2025 | 661 |
| 67 | Alumni Ventures | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2022 | 607 |
| 68 | Mayfield | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2014 | 311 |
| 69 | Salesforce Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2021 | 364 |
| 70 | Alchemist Accelerator | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2020 | 517 |
| 71 | F-Prime Capital | Cambridge, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2017 | 306 |
| 72 | 8VC | Austin, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 324 |
| 73 | Wellfound | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2019 | 397 |
| 74 | Qualcomm Ventures | San Diego, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2026 | 310 |
| 75 | DCVC | Palo Alto, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2013 | 265 |
| 76 | Morgan Stanley | New York City, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2018 | 373 |
| 77 | SoftBank Vision Fund | London, United Kingdom | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2021 | 325 |
| 78 | KKR | New York City, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2021 | 326 |
| 79 | Inovia Capital | Montreal, Canada | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2021 | 208 |
| 80 | Draper Associates | San Mateo, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2018 | 233 |
| 81 | Meritech | Palo Alto, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2021 | 184 |
| 82 | Sutter Hill Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 138 |
| 83 | Emergence Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2021 | 131 |
| 84 | Samsung NEXT | Berlin, Germany | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2026 | 242 |
| 85 | Titan Capital | Gurugram, India | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2019 | 222 |
| 86 | Better Capital | Santa Clara, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 200 |
| 87 | Eniac Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2025 | 165 |
| 88 | Eurazeo | Paris, France | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2021 | 191 |
| 89 | Tuesday Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2022 | 200 |
| 90 | Point72 Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2025 | 145 |
| 91 | Vulcan Capital | Seattle, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2019 | 139 |
| 92 | Citi Ventures | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2016 | 160 |
| 93 | JAFCO Group | Tokyo | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2019 | 159 |
| 94 | Samsung Venture Investment | Seoul, South Korea | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2026 | 159 |
| 95 | NVIDIA | Santa Clara, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 121 |
| 96 | Samsung Venture Investment | Seoul, South Korea | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2019 | 142 |
| 97 | Oak HC/FT | Stamford, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2015 | 105 |
| 98 | Hack VC | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2024 | 140 |
| 99 | Harrison Metal | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2015 | 96 |
| 100 | Verizon | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 98 |
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Artificial Intelligence companies head-officed in San Mateo that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skydio skydio.com |
16 | 32 | $4.5B | Series E+ May 2024 |
| Neo4j neo4j.com |
14 | 31 | $3.2B | Series E+ Oct 2021 |
| Feedzai feedzai.com |
14 | 18 | $1.1B | Series E+ Oct 2025 |
| exaBITS exabits.ai |
14 | 14 | $15M | Seed Dec 2024 |
| Sendbird sendbird.com |
12 | 19 | $1.1B | Series C Mar 2021 |
| SpaceTime Insight spacetimeinsight.com |
10 | 14 | $166M | Series D Feb 2015 |
| Talview talview.com |
10 | 14 | $90.3M | Series B Jul 2021 |
| Securonix securonix.com |
9 | 11 | $7.1B | Series C Feb 2022 |
| Incorta incorta.com |
9 | 18 | $1.1B | Series D Jun 2021 |
| Netomi netomi.com |
9 | 11 | $860.1M | Series C Apr 2026 |
| Witness witness.ai |
9 | 9 | $461M | Series B Jan 2026 |
| Parasail parasail.io |
9 | 9 | $200M | Series A Apr 2026 |
| TuMeke tumeke.io |
8 | 8 | $27.5M | Series A Dec 2023 |
| Intellimize intellimize.com |
7 | 14 | $226M | Series B Jul 2021 |
| Nexla nexla.com |
7 | 16 | $194M | Series B Jul 2023 |
| dotData dotdata.com |
6 | 7 | $183.8M | Series B Apr 2022 |
| unitQ unitq.com |
6 | 8 | $145.1M | Series B Sep 2021 |
| Refold AI refold.ai |
6 | 6 | $39M | Seed Jun 2025 |
| Revvo revvo.ai |
6 | 7 | $31M | Series C Apr 2025 |
| Pinecone Systems pinecone.io |
5 | 8 | $494M | Series B Apr 2023 |
| Yellow.ai yellow.ai |
5 | 7 | $340.7M | Series C Aug 2021 |
| Chooch chooch.com |
5 | 7 | $123.1M | Series A Nov 2022 |
| OpenInfer openinfer.io |
5 | 5 | $40M | Seed Feb 2025 |
| Maxima maxima.ai |
5 | 5 | — | Series A Nov 2025 |
| Alluxio alluxio.io |
4 | 10 | $228.5M | Series C Nov 2021 |
| Roam roamanalytics.com |
4 | 10 | $97.8M | Series A May 2016 |
| Veryfi veryfi.com |
4 | 4 | $37.6M | Series A Apr 2021 |
| Ponder ponder.io |
4 | 4 | $28M | Seed Mar 2022 |
| Silk Labs silklabs.com |
4 | 4 | $10M | Seed Nov 2015 |
| Luminary Cloud luminarycloud.com |
3 | 3 | $516M | Series B Jun 2025 |
| Avarra avarra.ai |
3 | 3 | $24M | Seed Oct 2024 |
| DeepMotion deepmotion.com |
3 | 3 | $4.4M | Series A Mar 2023 |
| RapidAI rapidai.com |
2 | 2 | $100M | Series C Jul 2023 |
| Boon getboon.ai |
2 | 2 | $31M | Series A Oct 2024 |
| CyberSwarm cyber-swarm.net |
1 | 1 | $1M | Seed Jan 2018 |
| EdgeTrace edgetrace.ai |
1 | 1 | $500K | Seed Apr 2024 |
| BricksAI trybricks.ai |
1 | 1 | $500K | Seed Jan 2022 |
| Claythis claythis.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Sep 2024 |
| Baseet.ai baseet.ai |
1 | 1 | — | Seed May 2020 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Naver | Netomi | Series C | $110M |
| Apr 2026 | WndrCo | Netomi | Series C | $110M |
| Apr 2026 | Adobe | Netomi | Series C | $110M |
| Apr 2026 | AccentureLED | Netomi | Series C | $110M |
| Apr 2026 | Metis Strategy | Netomi | Series C | $110M |
| Apr 2026 | Fin Capital | Netomi | Series C | $110M |
| Apr 2026 | SLW | Netomi | Series C | $110M |
| Apr 2026 | Samsung NEXT | Parasail | Series A | $32M |
| Apr 2026 | Kindred VenturesLED | Parasail | Series A | $32M |
| Apr 2026 | Flume Ventures | Parasail | Series A | $32M |
| Apr 2026 | Touring CapitalLED | Parasail | Series A | $32M |
| Apr 2026 | Banyan | Parasail | Series A | $32M |
| Jan 2026 | Samsung Venture Investment | Witness | Series B | $58M |
| Jan 2026 | SentinelOneLED | Witness | Series B | $58M |
| Jan 2026 | Sound VenturesLED | Witness | Series B | $58M |
| Jan 2026 | Qualcomm Ventures | Witness | Series B | $58M |
| Jan 2026 | Fin Capital | Witness | Series B | $58M |
| Jan 2026 | AnthropicLED | Witness | Series B | $58M |
| Jan 2026 | ForgePoint Capital | Witness | Series B | $58M |
| Nov 2025 | FJ Labs | Maxima | Seed | — |
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