Investment Industry Landscape of the United States
15,844 Investment Industry companies in the United States, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Investment Industry in the United States
The leaderboard lists the 15,844 U.S. investment firms and highlights the top hiring firms, best‑funded companies, and those currently hiring, with 1,004 openings and 610 recent funding rounds.
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State Street13last posted Aug 2026
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Motorola Solutions Venture Capital13last posted Aug 2026
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BH Properties12last posted Jul 2026
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Applied Ventures12last posted Jul 2026
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Bell Partners11last posted Jun 2026
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Billy Graham Evangelistic Association11last posted Jun 2026
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Adobe Ventures11last posted Jun 2026
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OneBlood11last posted Jun 2026
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GoldenTree$3.5BConventional Debt · Nov 2025
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FirstKey Mortgage$3.3BConventional Debt · Sep 2016
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Healthpeak$2.8BConventional Debt · May 2019
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IDB Invest$1.2BConventional Debt · Apr 2020
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Teays River Investments$1.2BSeries D · Jul 2015
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Renewa$1.2BSeries D · Jan 2026
- 07Ripple$1.1BConventional Debt · May 2026
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Altus Power America$1BConventional Debt · Sep 2021
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BlackRock$17.9Bsnapshot Dec 2023
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Principal$3.5BFY2025 filing
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DT Midstream$336MFY2024 filing
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Spectral Capital$328.5MFY2025 filing
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American Healthcare REIT$276.4MFY2020 filing
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Waldencast$272.1MFY2025 filing
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Goldman Sachs$257.6MFY2025 filing
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Rutgers40,737tracked employees
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The Salvation Army32,065tracked employees
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Ohio.gov26,950tracked employees
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HHS12,609tracked employees
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Deep Learning27.0%3,020 tracked events
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FinTech Innovation Lab6.8%755 tracked events
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AWS EdStart6.0%668 tracked events
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Multicultural Innovation Lab4.9%547 tracked events
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Autodesk2.9%324 tracked events
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United States Department of Agriculture19,973articles in the window
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation8,010articles in the window
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Brown University6,494articles in the window
See all 15,844 Investment Industry companies in the United States
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How the Investment Industry ecosystem in the United States grew, 2016–2025
This chart shows the number of investment firms founded each year, peaking at 930 in 2020 and dropping to 122 in 2025.
Where Investment Industry companies in the United States are based
The hub view ranks cities by the count of investment firms, led by New York City with 2,230 companies followed by San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas.
The Investment Industry market map of the United States: what these companies actually do
The market map breaks down product sub‑categories, showing social impact funds (515 firms) as the largest, and identifies fee‑for‑service as the most common revenue model with 11,377 firms.
The biggest kinds of Investment Industry company, by how many we track.
- Social Impact Funds515 companies · $50M raised · 37 hiring
- Enterprise Tech213 companies · $1.2B raised · 13 hiring
- Endowment Funds82 companies · $81.1M raised · 24 hiring
- Enterprise Software76 companies · $1.1B raised · 5 hiring
- Inc 500068 companies · $1.2B raised · 11 hiring
- Pension Funds68 companies · 10 hiring
- Corporate Accelerators64 companies · 6 hiring
- Consumer Digital52 companies · $42.1M raised · 4 hiring
- Fintech22 companies · $1.1B raised · 1 hiring
- SaaS21 companies · $1.1B raised · 2 hiring
- Sovereign Wealth Funds20 companies · $3.6B raised · 5 hiring
- Marketplaces19 companies · $100k raised
Monetization
How Investment Industry companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Investment Industry in the United States
In the past two years, 7,870 corporate events were recorded, including 1,474 key‑person changes, 1,386 earnings releases, and 1,085 mergers and acquisitions.
- M&AIn February, the Singapore-based private equity firm completed the sale of Burger King's Japanese operation to Goldman Sachs.2026-05-05
- FundingInvest Atlanta, the city’s economic development arm, will receive $550,000 as part of its BizLabs program to purchase commercial real estate space and help small businesses ahead of the FIFA World Cup.2026-05-04
- M&AWolverine Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of StoneBridge Acquisition Co. (NASDAQ:APAC – Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 501,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,989,000. Wolverine Asset Management LLC owned approximately 6.23% of StoneBridge Acquisition as of its most recent SEC filing.2026-05-04
- M&AIllinois Municipal Retirement Fund increased its holdings in shares of Knowles by 1.8% in the third quarter.2026-05-04
- FundingAllworth Financial, a Folsom, Calif.-based registered investment advisor with about $35 billion in client assets, has received its third investment round since its founding, led by Integrum Holdings and including former investors Lightyear Capital and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, the company announced Thursday.2026-05-01
- FundingCompanies like GREW Solar and ReNew raised capital upto $116 million and $95 million, respectively, to push India toward a cleaner future.2026-04-30
- M&AAdobe has completed its acquisition of Semrush Holdings2026-04-28
- FundingZenith IOS (“Zenith), a leading national owner-operator of Industrial Outdoor Storage (“IOS”) properties, has announced a strategic investment in Zenith’s operating platform from institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management (“J.P. Morgan”.2026-04-28
- M&ALegacy Capital Group California Inc. acquired a new stake in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:REGN – Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC.2026-04-23
- M&ARockingstone Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Philip Morris International by 8.1% during the fourth quarter. Rockingstone Advisors LLC now owns 20,217 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,243,000 after acquiring an additional 1,507 shares during the period.2026-04-23
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Investment Industry company in the United States was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-07-09 | ||
| $228M | Pending | 2026-06-30 | ||
| $965M | Completed | 2026-06-01 | ||
| Burger King\'s Japanese operation | undisclosed | Completed | 2026-05-05 | |
| $1M | — | 2026-05-04 | ||
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-05-04 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
This section details specific events such as IPO filings, leadership moves, product launches, and contract wins for companies in the sector.
Slack FundDirect Listing · New York Stock Exchange · WORK · 3 reportsApr 2026
EvernorthSPAC · Nasdaq · XPRN · 1 reportMar 2026
CambridgeSPAC · Nasdaq Global Market · CAQUU · 5 reportsFeb 2026
Gladstone InvestmentOFS · Nasdaq Global Select Market · GAING · 5 reportsFeb 2026
Black Unicorn FactoryDirect Listing · NASDAQ Capital Market · 2 reportsAug 2025
National Securities CorporationIPO · 2 reportsAug 2025
RealtermMs. Danae Daniilidis · Appointment → Vice President, Capital Markets, EMEAMay 2026
InspirationFLOWMAGNET 4.0 TITAN (Digital Operating Layer)Apr 2026
RGPThe Human Value Gap in M&A (Research Report)Mar 2026
Chevron Technology Ventureswon government of VenezuelaMay 2026
IFCwon Pakistan’s Power DivisionApr 2026
Dell~11,000 roles reported · cost management measuresMay 2026
Digital World Acquisition Corpsettled fraud charges — U.S. securities regulatorApr 2026
J P Morganapproved for constructionApr 2026
- california, colorado, Connecticut, illinois, indiana, kansas v nexstar, tegnaantitrust merger block · OngoingMay 2026
- Connoisseur Media CEO Jeffrey Warshaw v soros fund managementbreach of oral agreement · OngoingApr 2026
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +14.0%, half slower.
Who is building Investment Industry in the United States
The founders view covers 11,765 founders and CEOs across 8,966 firms, noting Harvard (355 alumni) and Goldman Sachs (159 former employees) as the most frequent alma mater and prior employer.
ex-Banco Hipotecario. Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, University of the Macroeconomic Studies Center
Ex-MD KLR Group, Seawolf Water. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill BA 2011
Ex-CEO Hightail, Dialpad, AOL, Yahoo · The University of Kansas BA, Harvard Business School MBA 1997
ex-Vice Chairman TriStar Investors, Columbia Capital
National Endowment For Democracy, ex-Atlantic Council, ex-National Security Council The White House, Princeton University, 1998
Owner CREPR, CMREI, ex-Hilton Hotels and other hotel chains, Olympic Resources. University of California, Los Angeles BS
Ex-MHT Partners, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Credit Suisse First Boston, Kidder, Peabody & Co, BTI Americas. Washington and Lee University BS…
Earthrise Energy, ex-Traverse Venture Partners, Generate Capital, Mercatus, Teach for America, Verdeo Group. Dartmouth College, HBS MBA
Ex - Private Capital Group.
- flagged as repeat founders49
- no repeat-founder flag7,271
- women1,423
- men9,632
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Who funds Investment Industry in the United States
Since 2016, 976 funding rounds have been logged from 234 investors, with a typical round size of $2.1 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Europa | 77 | — | Mar 2024 |
| OSTI | 24 | — | Jun 2025 |
| HHS | 20 | — | Sep 2025 |
| U.S. Department of State | 20 | — | Nov 2025 |
| HRSA | 18 | — | Jan 2025 |
| USGS | 12 | — | Nov 2025 |
| USAID | 6 | — | Aug 2025 |
| SBIR | 6 | — | Sep 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | 5 | 2 | Aug 2020 |
| United States Department of Agriculture | 5 | — | May 2025 |
The typical round is $2.1M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Investment Industry funding rounds in the United States
The largest disclosed round was a $1.2 billion Series D by Teays River Investments, and ten other large rounds are listed.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Dmega-round | $1.2B | Jul 2015 | — | |
| Series Dmega-round | $502M | Jan 2026 | — | |
| Ripple | Series Dmega-round | $500M | Nov 2025 | Fortress, Citadel Securities, Pantera Capital +3 more |
| Series Dmega-round | $450M | Aug 2023 | QIC | |
| Series Dmega-round | $395.2M | Oct 2019 | — | |
| Series D | $215M | May 2022 | Ferrovial, Macquarie | |
| Ripple | Series C | $200M | Dec 2019 | Tetragon, Route 66 Ventures, SBI Investment |
| Series D | $200M | Jul 2025 | CDPQ | |
| Series D | $200M | Nov 2021 | ArcLight | |
| Series D | $150M | Nov 2016 | — |
254 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
- Conventional Debt$200MMay 2026
Post IPO$12MMay 2026
Series A$775kMay 2026
Series B$13.2MApr 2026
Series A$6.6MApr 2026
Series C$3.5MApr 2026
Seed$800kApr 2026
What the news says about Investment Industry in the United States
Over the last year, 3,305,608 news articles referenced the sector, most often covering administrative divisions, geopolitical disputes, and cryptocurrency effects on forex markets.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Investment Industry news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Administrative and political subdivisions4,359,385▲+20%
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas320,868▲+34%
- International and transnational geographic entities320,715▲+34%
- Cryptocurrency impact on forex markets201,405▲+43%
- International political relations199,830▲+34%
- Security and defense policies142,097▲+60%
- International relations and diplomacy91,807▲+22%
- Trade policies and agreements85,951→+3%
- Geographic naming conventions and etymology82,161▲+453%
- Human rights advocacy reports68,604→+3%
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207 Investment Industry companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Investment Industry coverage in United States as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in United States Investment Industry coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Investment Industry jobs in the United States: who is hiring and what they ask for
46,550 job postings from 1,045 firms were tracked in the past 12 months, with median advertised salary of $73 k and top skill demands for Microsoft Office applications.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Investment Industry employers in the United States put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- microsoft office1,280▲
- microsoft office applications1,104▲
- excel1,101▲
- word524▲
- powerpoint498▲
- python494▲
- outlook421▲
- sql421▲
- aws391▲
- agile324▲
- Manager$100k/yr (n=1806)
- Senior$103k/yr (n=1310)
- Lead$120k/yr (n=899)
- Intern$52k/yr (n=76)
- Entry$50k/yr (n=152)
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