26 investors have funded 9 GRC Software companies head-officed in Wilmington, across 34 rounds (Sep 2017 – Aug 2025). They are ranked by how many Wilmington companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Wilmington" 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 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 3 | 1 | Oct 2023 | 3,580 |
| 2 | New Enterprise Associates | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 3 | 1 | Sep 2022 | 1,110 |
| 3 | Axilor Ventures | Bengaluru, India | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | — | Oct 2023 | 128 |
| 4 | Aspect Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sep 2022 | 61 |
| 5 | Pravega Ventures | Bengaluru, India | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Oct 2023 | 31 |
| 6 | Blue Cloud Ventures | New York City, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | — | Sep 2022 | 40 |
| 7 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2020 | 5,648 |
| 8 | Alumni Ventures | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2022 | 607 |
| 9 | Gaingels | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2022 | 506 |
| 10 | Nexus Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2025 | 215 |
| 11 | Startup Wise Guys | Tallinn, Estonia | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2022 | 374 |
| 12 | Gradient Ventures | Mountain View, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2024 | 170 |
| 13 | Picus Capital | Munich, Germany | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2024 | 159 |
| 14 | Notion | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2025 | 139 |
| 15 | TA | Boston, United States | PE | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2020 | 181 |
| 16 | Saama Capital | Bengaluru, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2021 | 75 |
| 17 | Canary | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2024 | 89 |
| 18 | South Park Commons | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2025 | 76 |
| 19 | Oman Tech Fund | Muscat, Oman | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2020 | 45 |
| 20 | Forte Ventures | Atlanta, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2022 | 24 |
| 21 | BLH Venture Partners | Atlanta, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2017 | 21 |
| 22 | Gilgamesh | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2024 | 24 |
| 23 | Start Ventures | Lisbon, Portugal | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2025 | 13 |
| 24 | Ecolab | Saint Paul, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2023 | 12 |
| 25 | Parceiro Ventures | Minneapolis, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2025 | 8 |
| 26 | No Label Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2025 | 6 |
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.
GRC Software companies head-officed in Wilmington that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evident evidentid.com |
7 | 11 | $162.2M | Series C Sep 2022 |
| Zango zango.ai |
5 | 5 | $24M | Seed Jul 2025 |
| Leucine leucine.io |
4 | 8 | $30M | Series A Oct 2023 |
| Niva niva.co |
4 | 4 | $13.2M | Series A Jul 2024 |
| Octopus octopus-var.com |
2 | 2 | — | Seed Jun 2022 |
| Trademo trademo.com |
1 | 1 | $12.5M | Seed Nov 2021 |
| Whalemate whalemate.com |
1 | 1 | $1M | Seed Aug 2025 |
| Skypher skypher.co |
1 | 1 | $150K | Seed Mar 2020 |
| Sovos Compliance sovos.com |
1 | 1 | — | PE Aug 2020 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | Parceiro VenturesLED | Whalemate | Seed | $1M |
| Jul 2025 | Nexus Venture PartnersLED | Zango | Seed | $4.8M |
| Jul 2025 | South Park Commons | Zango | Seed | $4.8M |
| Jul 2025 | Notion | Zango | Seed | $4.8M |
| Jul 2025 | No Label Ventures | Zango | Seed | $4.8M |
| Jul 2025 | Start Ventures | Zango | Seed | $4.8M |
| Jul 2024 | Gilgamesh | Niva | Series A | $3.3M |
| Jul 2024 | Gradient VenturesLED | Niva | Series A | $3.3M |
| Jul 2024 | Picus Capital | Niva | Series A | $3.3M |
| Jul 2024 | Canary | Niva | Series A | $3.3M |
| Oct 2023 | EcolabLED | Leucine | Series A | $7M |
| Oct 2023 | Techstars | Leucine | Series A | $7M |
| Oct 2023 | Axilor Ventures | Leucine | Series A | $7M |
| Oct 2023 | Pravega Ventures | Leucine | Series A | $7M |
| Sep 2022 | Gaingels | Evident | Series C | $14M |
| Sep 2022 | Alumni Ventures | Evident | Series C | $14M |
| Sep 2022 | New Enterprise Associates | Evident | Series C | $14M |
| Sep 2022 | Forte VenturesLED | Evident | Series C | $14M |
| Sep 2022 | Blue Cloud Ventures | Evident | Series C | $14M |
| Sep 2022 | Aspect Ventures | Evident | Series C | $14M |
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