Early stage Opportunities
Discover handpicked technology programs for early stage.
Base Case Capital
Base Case Capital is an early‑stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco that partners with founders early, often pre‑product and pre‑traction, by writing first institutional checks and providing capital and strategic support.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
One of the world's largest multi-stage venture capital firms, investing across technology and healthcare since 1977.
Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP)
Global multi-stage venture capital firm with a long history of backing enterprise, consumer and healthcare companies.
BoxGroup
BoxGroup is a New York‑based early‑stage venture capital firm that backs founders at the earliest stages (pre‑seed through Series A) with capital and strategic support. It partners with visionary founders across many technology sectors.
Founders Fund
San Francisco-based venture capital firm backing companies building revolutionary technologies.
RareBreed Ventures
RareBreed Ventures is a pre-seed venture capital fund that backs exceptional founders early, especially those outside major tech ecosystems. They write initial checks to help startups gain early traction and connect with broader investor networks.
Precursor Ventures
Precursor Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders at the very beginning of their entrepreneurial journey, backing them through pre-seed and seed rounds with capital and long-term support.
ODF
A one-week, in-person founder onboarding experience and year-round community that helps people start and scale venture-backable companies.
Amplify Partners
Amplify Partners is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park and San Francisco that invests in early‑stage technical startup founders building next‑generation infrastructure, developer tools, AI, and related technologies.
Khosla Ventures
Early-stage and growth venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla, investing in ambitious technology companies across enterprise, consumer, health, sustainability and frontier tech.
Base Case Capital
Base Case Capital is an early‑stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco that partners with founders early, often pre‑product and pre‑traction, by writing first institutional checks and providing capital and strategic support.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
One of the world's largest multi-stage venture capital firms, investing across technology and healthcare since 1977.
Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP)
Global multi-stage venture capital firm with a long history of backing enterprise, consumer and healthcare companies.
BoxGroup
BoxGroup is a New York‑based early‑stage venture capital firm that backs founders at the earliest stages (pre‑seed through Series A) with capital and strategic support. It partners with visionary founders across many technology sectors.
Founders Fund
San Francisco-based venture capital firm backing companies building revolutionary technologies.
RareBreed Ventures
RareBreed Ventures is a pre-seed venture capital fund that backs exceptional founders early, especially those outside major tech ecosystems. They write initial checks to help startups gain early traction and connect with broader investor networks.
Precursor Ventures
Precursor Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders at the very beginning of their entrepreneurial journey, backing them through pre-seed and seed rounds with capital and long-term support.
ODF
A one-week, in-person founder onboarding experience and year-round community that helps people start and scale venture-backable companies.
Amplify Partners
Amplify Partners is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park and San Francisco that invests in early‑stage technical startup founders building next‑generation infrastructure, developer tools, AI, and related technologies.
Khosla Ventures
Early-stage and growth venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla, investing in ambitious technology companies across enterprise, consumer, health, sustainability and frontier tech.
What You'll Find
- Early stage: Programs for early-stage startups offer the foundational support needed to move from concept to product-market fit.
Benefits
- Pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital investments to back early founders
- Access to a strong investor and operator network
- Long‑term partnership and follow‑on investment opportunities
- Connections to a broad network of co‑investors and industry leaders
- Multi-stage capital across early → growth → buyout
Application Tips
- Start preparing your application materials well in advance of deadlines to ensure quality submissions
- Research each program thoroughly to understand their specific requirements and what they're looking for
- Reach out to program alumni or current participants to gain insights into the application process
Battery Ventures
Global, technology-focused investment firm backing companies from early stage through buyouts.
Founders Fund
San Francisco-based venture capital firm backing companies building revolutionary technologies.
Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP)
Global multi-stage venture capital firm with a long history of backing enterprise, consumer and healthcare companies.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
One of the world's largest multi-stage venture capital firms, investing across technology and healthcare since 1977.
Khosla Ventures
Early-stage and growth venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla, investing in ambitious technology companies across enterprise, consumer, health, sustainability and frontier tech.
Hummingbird VC
Global seed investors backing outlier founders across deep tech, AI, SaaS, fintech and healthcare.
Seven Seven Six (776)
Early-stage venture capital firm founded by Alexis Ohanian (also known as 776).
ODF
A one-week, in-person founder onboarding experience and year-round community that helps people start and scale venture-backable companies.
Founders, Inc
Founders, Inc (f.inc) is a hybrid community and funding initiative that backs ambitious founders with early checks, workspace, community, and ongoing support for building ventures across domains such as AI, AR/VR, hardware, tooling, and consumer technologies.
Initialized Capital
Initialized Capital is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on providing seed and pre-seed investment and support to startups and founders. Founded by Alexis Ohanian, Garry Tan, and Harjeet Taggar, the firm invests in high-potential technology startups and partners with founders throughout their growth journey.
Base Case Capital
Base Case Capital is an early‑stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco that partners with founders early, often pre‑product and pre‑traction, by writing first institutional checks and providing capital and strategic support.
Chapter One
Chapter One is an early‑stage venture capital firm focused on backing product‑driven founders building category‑defining technology companies.
BoxGroup
BoxGroup is a New York‑based early‑stage venture capital firm that backs founders at the earliest stages (pre‑seed through Series A) with capital and strategic support. It partners with visionary founders across many technology sectors.
SV Angel
SV Angel is a San Francisco‑based venture capital firm that focuses on early‑stage and seed investments in technology startups. It has backed many successful companies and supports founders with both capital and strategic engagement.
Amplify Partners
Amplify Partners is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park and San Francisco that invests in early‑stage technical startup founders building next‑generation infrastructure, developer tools, AI, and related technologies.
RareBreed Ventures
RareBreed Ventures is a pre-seed venture capital fund that backs exceptional founders early, especially those outside major tech ecosystems. They write initial checks to help startups gain early traction and connect with broader investor networks.
Precursor Ventures
Precursor Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders at the very beginning of their entrepreneurial journey, backing them through pre-seed and seed rounds with capital and long-term support.
General Catalyst
Global investment and transformation firm partnering with founders from seed through growth to build resilient, AI-enabled companies.