89 investors have funded 22 Chatbot Development Platforms companies head-officed in San Francisco, across 136 rounds (Oct 2011 – May 2026). They are ranked by how many San Francisco companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In San Francisco" 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 A | 12 | 14 | 4 | May 2026 | 5,648 |
| 2 | Accel | Palo Alto, United States | Series ASeries BSeed | 2 | 4 | 2 | Feb 2024 | 1,133 |
| 3 | Bessemer Venture Partners | Redwood City, United States | Series ASeedSeries B | 2 | 4 | 2 | Feb 2026 | 781 |
| 4 | Greylock Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeedSeries B | 2 | 4 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 471 |
| 5 | Google Ventures | Mountain View, United States | Series E+Series ASeed | 2 | 3 | 2 | May 2026 | 736 |
| 6 | StepStone Group | New York City, United States | Series CSeries B | 2 | 2 | 1 | Oct 2024 | 83 |
| 7 | TRAC | Sonoma, United States | Seed | 2 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2023 | 65 |
| 8 | Greenoaks | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries E+Series D | 1 | 3 | 2 | May 2026 | 110 |
| 9 | Sequoia Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series DSeries E+ | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2026 | 1,568 |
| 10 | 500 Global | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2015 | 1,988 |
| 11 | Andreessen Horowitz | New York City, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2024 | 1,117 |
| 12 | IDG Capital | New York City, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | 2 | Jul 2013 | 636 |
| 13 | First Round Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeed | 1 | 2 | — | Dec 2014 | 476 |
| 14 | Redpoint Ventures | Woodside, United States | SeedSeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Oct 2024 | 421 |
| 15 | CRV | Palo Alto, United States | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Dec 2014 | 381 |
| 16 | True Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Series BSeed | 1 | 2 | — | Dec 2014 | 364 |
| 17 | Benchmark | San Francisco, United States | Series DSeries E+ | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2026 | 293 |
| 18 | Felicis Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Oct 2024 | 375 |
| 19 | Samsung Venture Investment | Seoul, South Korea | Series A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 142 |
| 20 | Liberty Global | London, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 70 |
| 21 | Quest Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 61 |
| 22 | Z Venture Capital | Chiyoda City, Japan | Series DSeries E+ | 1 | 2 | — | May 2022 | 71 |
| 23 | Telefonica | Madrid, Spain | Series A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 66 |
| 24 | Basis Set Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | — | Feb 2024 | 53 |
| 25 | KPG Ventures | Lafayette, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 13 |
| 26 | FreakOut | Minato City, Japan | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Feb 2018 | 10 |
| 27 | Basis Set Ventures | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2019 | 4 | |
| 28 | General Catalyst | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2025 | 855 |
| 29 | Kleiner Perkins | Menlo Park, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2026 | 666 |
| 30 | Khosla Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2014 | 680 |
| 31 | Tiger Global Management | New York City, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2026 | 791 |
| 32 | Bpifrance | Maisons Alfort, France | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2023 | 936 |
| 33 | Intel Capital | Santa Clara, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2014 | 764 |
| 34 | Peak XV Partners | Bengaluru, India | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2026 | 406 |
| 35 | Bain Capital Ventures | Boston, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2024 | 395 |
| 36 | Salesforce Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | May 2022 | 364 |
| 37 | Lux Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2025 | 282 |
| 38 | In-Q-Tel | Washington, DC, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2014 | 318 |
| 39 | Thrive Capital | New York City, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 196 |
| 40 | Liquid 2 Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2024 | 309 |
| 41 | M12 | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2026 | 230 |
| 42 | DST Global | London, United Kingdom | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 214 |
| 43 | Craft Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2021 | 197 |
| 44 | Gradient Ventures | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2024 | 170 |
| 45 | Iconiq Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 165 |
| 46 | Adams Street Partners | Beijing, China | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 150 |
| 47 | Intel | Santa Clara, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2013 | 180 |
| 48 | Betaworks | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 168 | |
| 49 | Citi Ventures | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 160 |
| 50 | Abstract Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 156 |
| 51 | FundersClub | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2026 | 145 |
| 52 | NVIDIA | Santa Clara, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 121 |
| 53 | HSBC | London, United Kingdom | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 145 |
| 54 | Premji Invest | Bengaluru, India | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 90 |
| 55 | 468 Capital | Berlin, Germany | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2020 | 106 |
| 56 | Javelin Venture Partners | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 80 | |
| 57 | Fin Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 95 |
| 58 | IDG Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 88 |
| 59 | Zillionize | Palo Alto, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2017 | 100 |
| 60 | JIC Venture Growth Investments | Minato City, Japan | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2022 | 82 |
| 61 | Capital One Ventures | Mclean, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 66 |
| 62 | Fenox Venture Capital | Taipei, Taiwan | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2014 | 65 |
| 63 | Almaz Capital | Portola Valley, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2021 | 51 |
| 64 | LG Technology Ventures | Santa Clara, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 58 |
| 65 | Motier | Paris, France | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2023 | 56 |
| 66 | PayPal Ventures | San Jose, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2024 | 47 |
| 67 | Schroders Capital | London, United Kingdom | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 44 |
| 68 | Knight Foundation | Miami, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2015 | 49 |
| 69 | TenOneTen | Los Angeles | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2012 | 41 |
| 70 | Frst Capital | Paris, France | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2023 | 37 |
| 71 | Japan Post Capital | Chiyoda City, Japan | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | May 2022 | 44 |
| 72 | Mango Capital | Los Altos, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2020 | 38 |
| 73 | Hakuhodo DY Ventures | Minato City, Japan | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2021 | 45 |
| 74 | Flyer One Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2021 | 35 |
| 75 | Dentsu | Tokyo, Japan | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2021 | 35 |
| 76 | USAA | San Antonio, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 26 |
| 77 | Dig Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2018 | 25 |
| 78 | u.ventures | Chicago, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2018 | 20 |
| 79 | CyberAgent | Shibuya, Japan | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2019 | 18 |
| 80 | BAM Elevate | Boston, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 12 |
| 81 | New Wave Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2023 | 12 |
| 82 | ICU | Kyiv, Ukraine | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2020 | 10 |
| 83 | AI Grant | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 11 |
| 84 | Yandex | Moscow, Russia | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2016 | 8 |
| 85 | Saga Ventures | Austin, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 8 |
| 86 | Pre-Seed To Succeed | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2025 | 3 | |
| 87 | Dorsal Capital | Redwood City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 1 |
| 88 | Wescott group | Philadelphia, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2014 | 1 |
| 89 | Alber Blanc | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2025 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Chatbot Development Platforms companies head-officed in San Francisco that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poolside poolside.ai |
20 | 22 | $8.5B | Series B Oct 2024 |
| MindMeld mindmeld.com |
17 | 26 | $185.8M | Series A Dec 2014 |
| Rasa rasa.com |
13 | 18 | $322.8M | Series C Feb 2024 |
| Vapi vapi.ai |
8 | 9 | $326.1M | Series B Feb 2026 |
| ZEALS zeals.ai |
8 | 10 | $165.4M | Series E+ May 2022 |
| Sierra sierra.ai |
7 | 11 | $5.8B | Series E+ May 2026 |
| ChatFuel chatfuel.com |
7 | 9 | $3.1M | Seed Oct 2025 |
| PullString pullstring.com |
5 | 9 | $100M | Series B Dec 2014 |
| Vocode vocode.dev |
4 | 4 | $9.9M | Seed Feb 2024 |
| Paradigm paradigmai.com |
2 | 2 | $5.1M | Seed Aug 2025 |
| Voker voker.ai |
2 | 3 | $4.9M | Seed May 2026 |
| Compose.ai compose.ai |
2 | 2 | $2.2M | Seed Jun 2021 |
| Alpine alpine.ai |
2 | 2 | — | |
| Phonic phonic.co |
1 | 1 | $4M | Seed Apr 2025 |
| assistant-ui assistant-ui.com |
1 | 1 | $500K | Seed Feb 2025 |
| Focus Buddy focusbuddy.ai |
1 | 1 | $500K | Seed Jan 2024 |
| Proximitty proximitty.ai |
1 | 1 | $500K | Seed Jan 2026 |
| Chatter trychatter.ai |
1 | 1 | $500K | Seed Oct 2023 |
| Okibi AI okibi.ai |
1 | 1 | $500K | Seed Jan 2025 |
| Berri AI berri.ai |
1 | 1 | $125K | Seed Jan 2023 |
| Ex-human exh.ai |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jan 2023 |
| Sentiyen sentiyen.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jan 2021 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | Y Combinator | Voker | Seed | $2.2M |
| May 2026 | FundersClub | Voker | Seed | $2.2M |
| May 2026 | Greenoaks | Sierra | Series E+ | $950M |
| May 2026 | Sequoia Capital | Sierra | Series E+ | $950M |
| May 2026 | Benchmark | Sierra | Series E+ | $950M |
| May 2026 | Tiger Global ManagementLED | Sierra | Series E+ | $950M |
| May 2026 | Google VenturesLED | Sierra | Series E+ | $950M |
| Feb 2026 | Bessemer Venture Partners | Vapi | Series B | $50M |
| Feb 2026 | Peak XV PartnersLED | Vapi | Series B | $50M |
| Feb 2026 | Kleiner Perkins | Vapi | Series B | $50M |
| Feb 2026 | M12 | Vapi | Series B | $50M |
| Jan 2026 | Y Combinator | Proximitty | Seed | $500K |
| Oct 2025 | Pre-Seed To SucceedLED | ChatFuel | Seed | $1.5M |
| Oct 2025 | Alber Blanc | ChatFuel | Seed | $1.5M |
| Sep 2025 | GreenoaksLED | Sierra | Series B | $350M |
| Aug 2025 | General Catalyst | Paradigm | Seed | $5M |
| Apr 2025 | Lux CapitalLED | Phonic | Seed | $4M |
| Feb 2025 | Y Combinator | assistant-ui | Seed | $500K |
| Jan 2025 | Y Combinator | Okibi AI | Seed | $500K |
| Oct 2024 | Thrive Capital | Sierra | Series D | $175M |
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