77 investors have funded 10 Native AI in Software Development companies head-officed in San Mateo, across 112 rounds (Oct 2009 – Jan 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 | Eight Roads Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Series CSeries BSeries A | 2 | 7 | 4 | Feb 2022 | 333 |
| 2 | Andreessen Horowitz | New York City, United States | Series BSeries ASeries C | 2 | 6 | 3 | Apr 2023 | 1,117 |
| 3 | Google Ventures | Mountain View, United States | Series E+Series A | 2 | 2 | 1 | May 2024 | 736 |
| 4 | Sunstone | Copenhagen, Denmark | Series CSeries BSeries A | 1 | 5 | 5 | Nov 2016 | 89 |
| 5 | Sapphire Ventures | Austin, United States | Series CSeries DSeries A | 1 | 4 | 2 | Mar 2021 | 189 |
| 6 | Creandum | Stockholm, Sweden | Series CSeries DSeries E+ | 1 | 4 | 2 | Jun 2021 | 157 |
| 7 | Conor | Espoo, Finland | Series CSeries BSeries A | 1 | 4 | 4 | Jan 2015 | 22 |
| 8 | Wing Venture Capital | Palo Alto, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 1 | Apr 2023 | 119 |
| 9 | One Peak | London, United Kingdom | Series E+ | 1 | 3 | 1 | Oct 2021 | 26 |
| 10 | Menlo Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2023 | 417 |
| 11 | Volition Capital | Boston, United States | Series ASeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2022 | 60 |
| 12 | Volcanics Venture | Shanghai, China | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Nov 2021 | 58 |
| 13 | Armilar Venture Partners | Lisbon, Portugal | SeedSeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2015 | 53 |
| 14 | Seven Seas Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2020 | 13 |
| 15 | Greenbridge Partners | Series E+ | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2021 | 1 | |
| 16 | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2022 | 860 |
| 17 | Tiger Global Management | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 791 |
| 18 | Intel Capital | Santa Clara, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 764 |
| 19 | Alchemist Accelerator | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2020 | 517 |
| 20 | F-Prime Capital | Cambridge, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2017 | 306 |
| 21 | 8VC | Austin, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 324 |
| 22 | Qualcomm Ventures | San Diego, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2026 | 310 |
| 23 | DCVC | Palo Alto, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2013 | 265 |
| 24 | Morgan Stanley | New York City, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2018 | 373 |
| 25 | KKR | New York City, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2021 | 326 |
| 26 | Inovia Capital | Montreal, Canada | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2021 | 208 |
| 27 | Better Capital | Santa Clara, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 200 |
| 28 | Eniac Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2025 | 165 |
| 29 | Eurazeo | Paris, France | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2021 | 191 |
| 30 | Iconiq Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2023 | 165 |
| 31 | Citi Ventures | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2016 | 160 |
| 32 | Samsung Venture Investment | Seoul, South Korea | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2026 | 159 |
| 33 | Oak HC/FT | Stamford, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2015 | 105 |
| 34 | Hack VC | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2024 | 140 |
| 35 | Verizon | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 98 |
| 36 | Dawn Capital | London, United Kingdom | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2015 | 82 |
| 37 | Big Brain Holdings | Valhalla, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 129 |
| 38 | Sound Ventures | United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2026 | 116 |
| 39 | Fin Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2026 | 95 |
| 40 | Lightrock | London, United Kingdom | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2021 | 70 |
| 41 | Citi | New York City, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2021 | 94 |
| 42 | Protocol Labs | Palo Alto, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 89 |
| 43 | DTCP | Hamburg, Germany | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2021 | 65 |
| 44 | Vista Equity Partners | Austin, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2022 | 78 |
| 45 | ForgePoint Capital | San Mateo, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2026 | 56 |
| 46 | Capital One Ventures | Mclean, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2021 | 66 |
| 47 | Outlier Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 69 |
| 48 | Snowflake | Bozeman, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 54 |
| 49 | Karman | Santa Monica, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 59 |
| 50 | The House Fund | Berkeley, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 52 |
| 51 | Ballistic Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2024 | 30 |
| 52 | Lince Capital | Lisbon, Portugal | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2025 | 32 |
| 53 | EDP Ventures | Lisbon, Portugal | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2011 | 31 |
| 54 | Iberis Capital | Lisbon, Portugal | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2025 | 30 |
| 55 | Capital One | Mclean, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 29 |
| 56 | Z21 Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 26 |
| 57 | Wipro Ventures | Bengaluru, India | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 18 |
| 58 | Taisu | United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 27 |
| 59 | Tidal | Sydney, Australia | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2025 | 20 |
| 60 | Explorer Investments | Lisbon, Portugal | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2025 | 23 |
| 61 | SentinelOne | Mountain View, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2026 | 20 |
| 62 | Blockchain Builders Fund | Palo Alto, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 18 |
| 63 | LBank Labs | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 16 |
| 64 | IoTeX | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 13 |
| 65 | Anthropic | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2026 | 10 |
| 66 | Jabre Capital | Meyrin, Switzerland | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 8 |
| 67 | Plassa Capital | Los Angeles, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 9 |
| 68 | Moonhill Capital | Prague, Czech Republic | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 6 |
| 69 | Novabase Capital | Lisbon, Portugal | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2011 | 7 |
| 70 | Buenavista Equity Partners | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2025 | 5 | |
| 71 | Oxy Capital | Lisbon, Portugal | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2025 | 4 |
| 72 | Valkyrie Fund | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 3 |
| 73 | Ahead VC | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 3 |
| 74 | Alanda Capital | London, United Kingdom | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2021 | 2 |
| 75 | Paramita | Singapore, Singapore | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 2 |
| 76 | Seven Seas | Delhi, India | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2021 | 1 |
| 77 | Fortified Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 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.
Native AI in Software Development companies head-officed in San Mateo that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Securonix securonix.com |
9 | 11 | $7.1B | Series C Feb 2022 |
| Witness witness.ai |
9 | 9 | $461M | Series B Jan 2026 |
| Refold AI refold.ai |
6 | 6 | $39M | Seed Jun 2025 |
| Pinecone Systems pinecone.io |
5 | 8 | $494M | Series B Apr 2023 |
| Alluxio alluxio.io |
4 | 10 | $228.5M | Series C Nov 2021 |
| Ponder ponder.io |
4 | 4 | $28M | Seed Mar 2022 |
| Baseet.ai baseet.ai |
1 | 1 | — | Seed May 2020 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Oct 2025 | Oxy Capital | Feedzai | Series E+ | $75M |
| Oct 2025 | Explorer InvestmentsLED | Feedzai | Series E+ | $75M |
| Oct 2025 | Buenavista Equity Partners | Feedzai | Series E+ | $75M |
| Oct 2025 | Lince CapitalLED | Feedzai | Series E+ | $75M |
| Oct 2025 | Iberis CapitalLED | Feedzai | Series E+ | $75M |
| Jun 2025 | Better Capital | Refold AI | Seed | $6.5M |
| Jun 2025 | Karman | Refold AI | Seed | $6.5M |
| Jun 2025 | Eniac VenturesLED | Refold AI | Seed | $6.5M |
| Jun 2025 | TidalLED | Refold AI | Seed | $6.5M |
| Jun 2025 | Ahead VC | Refold AI | Seed | $6.5M |
| Jun 2025 | Z21 Ventures | Refold AI | Seed | $6.5M |
| Dec 2024 | Hack VC | exaBITS | Seed | $15M |
| May 2024 | Google VenturesLED | Witness | Series A | $27.5M |
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