Educational entertainment venture capital investors | 57 results

Name	Description	Location	Key People	Founded Date	Blog	Official Website	Twitter URL
Y Combinator	Y Combinator (also known as YC) is a US-based seed accelerator, which was started in March 2005.	Mountain View, California United States	Kat Manalac Eric Migicovsky Jon Levy Michael Seibel Jared Friedman Aaron Epstein Harj Taggar (entrepreneur) Adora Cheung (entrepreneur) Anu Hariharan Tim Brady (entrepreneur) Carolynn Levy Dalton Caldwell (entrepreneur) Ali Rowghani Geoff Ralston Gustaf Alstromer Kirsty Nathoo Aaron Harris (entrepreneur) Paul Buchheit	2005	blog.ycombinator.com ycombinator.com/blog	ycombinator.com	twitter.com/ycombinator
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)	Andreessen Horowitz (also named a16z) is a US venture capital firm, founded by Marc Andresseen and Ben Horowitz in 2009.	Menlo Park, California San Francisco United States New York	Connie Chan (Investor) Rex Salisbury Dr. Justin Larkin Jonathan Lai JT Evans Chris Lyons Peter Levine (venture capitalist) Nicole Stanners Dr. Vijay S. Pande Andrew Chen (investor) David Ulevitch Scott Kupor Angela Strange Jeff Jordan (entrepreneur) Naithan Jones Anish Acharya Lydia Green Jorge Conde (investor) Kathryn (Katie) Haun Satish Talluri Sarah Wang Alex Rampell Alex Immerman Kristina Shen Seema Amble Chris Dixon Julie Yoo Frank Chen Eddy Lazzarin Matthieu Hafemeister Dr. Judy Savitskaya Dr. Vineeta Agarwala Peter Lauten Ben Horowitz Ali Yahya Mehul Mehta Matt Bornstein David George Arianna Simpson Kimberly Tan Jamie Sullivan D’Arcy Coolican Anne Lee Skates Jennifer Li Martin Casado Andy Tran (Investor) Bennett Carroccio Jade Lai John O'Farrell (entrepreneur) Marc Andreessen	2009	a16z.com/posts a16z.com/news	a16z.com	twitter.com/a16z
500 Global	500 Global, formerly known as 500 Startups, is a venture capital firm discovering and backing entrepreneurs.	Mountain View, California Istanbul United States Vietnam San Francisco	Paul Yoo Bedy Yang Vishal Harnal Khailee Ng ‌ Tony Wang Santiago Zavala Brinda Dutta ‌ Rina Onur Tim Chae Christine Tsai Courtney Powell	2010	500.co/blog/istanbul 500.co/theglobalvc 500.co/blog	500.co	twitter.com/500GlobalVC
Techstars	Techstars is a worldwide network of seed accelerators, startups events, and newsletters.	New York Canada London Boulder, Colorado	Ben Liao Audun Abelsnes Cody Simms Martin Olczyk Keith Camhi Amos Schwartzfarb Matthew Miller Jenny Fielding Ted Serbinski Jason Seats Barry Givens Isaac Kato KJ Singh David Cohen (entrepreneur) Lesa Mitchell Matt Kozlov Jag Singh Bob Moczydlowsky Jared Polis Vijay Tirathrai Sunil Sharma (entrepreneur) Fabio Maffioli David Brown (entrepreneur) Evan DiLeo Brad Feld Elle Navarro Bruno	2006	techstars.com/newsroom techstars.com/content	techstars.com	twitter.com/techstars
Intel Capital	Intel Capital is a venture capital division of Intel that manages corporate venture capital, investments, mergers, and acquisitions.	California United States Santa Clara, California	Jen Ard Zhenyu Tang Nick Washburn Adi Caspi Srinivas Ananth Dave Johnson Asaf Araki Sunil Kurkure Arturo Litvin Tianlin Wang Eric Cooper Tammi Smorynski Shira Vissoker Chiara Sommer Eric King Indeshaw Adenaw Sunil Sanghavi Sean Doyle Mark Rostick Divya Sudhakar Lital Shiryan Roi Bar-Kat Karen Stafford Maya Matthews Abdul Guefor Trina Van Pelt Noam Kaiser Alexandra Farmer Tyler Welt Gerald Chan Josiane Ishimwe Ranjeet Alexis Dave Flanagan Christian Buerger Nebiu Mela Yair Shoham Vijay Reddy Dave Mueller Matt Stone Don Faria Andy Fligel Anthony Lin Arun Chetty Erica Wu Yibo Nian Thomas Urban Elana Lian Mark Lydon Tamiko Hutchinson Bill Huang	1991	intel.com/content/www/us/en/intel-capital/news.html#/type=All/page=0/term=/tags=	intelcapital.com	twitter.com/intelcapital
Plug and Play	Plug and Play is a Sunnyvale, California-based company founded by Saeed Amidi that offers a service that includes accelerator programs, corporate innovation, and investment. Previous investments include Dropbox, PayPal, Lending Club, N26, FiscalNote, Honey, Rappi, Guardant Health, Shippo, and SoundHound.	New York Sunnyvale, California Cleveland New York City Munich Tokyo Beijing Shanghai Amsterdam Paris Stuttgart Berlin Frankfurt Milan Abu Dhabi Jakarta Singapore Bangkok California United States	Alireza Masrour Fan Wen Saeed Amidi	2006	plugandplaytechcenter.com/resources plugandplaystartupcamp.com/blog	plugandplaystartupcamp.com plugandplaytechcenter.com/insurance plugandplaytechcenter.com plugandplaytechcenter.com/abu-dhabi	twitter.com/plugandplaytc
Silicon Valley Bank	Silicon Valley Bank was a commercial bank specializing in investing capital into technology companies. It was shut down in March 2023.	United Kingdom Canada Germany Denmark Sweden Israel California Santa Clara, California United States Palo Alto, California India		1983	svb.com/newsroom	svb.com/svbcapital svb.com svb.com/svb-capital svb.com/uk	twitter.com/svb_financial
Tiger Global Management	Tiger Global is an investment firm that was founded in 2001.	New York London New York City	Chase Coleman Feroz Dewan Kalyan Krishnamurthy	2001	rimzy.net/category/tiger-global-management	tigerglobal.com/home	twitter.com/Tiger_Global
StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)	StartX is a nonprofit organization with a mission is to accelerate the development of Stanford's top entrepreneurs through experiential education.	Palo Alto, California	Joseph Huang Cameron Teitelman Amélie Marichal Bella Fojut Ana Japaridze Pierre Collignon Darsh Mann Amanda Brief Amanda Dawson	January 1, 2011	startx.com/med	startx.co startx.com startx.stanford.edu	twitter.com/startx
Acton Capital Partners	Acton Capital Partners is an independent, partner-led specialist investor in internet-based, consumer-oriented businesses.	Munich Germany		2007		actoncapital.com	twitter.com/ActonCapital
Great Oaks Venture Capital	A venture capital firm with a focus on investing in early stage start-ups. It was founded in 2005 and is located in New York City, New York.	New York United States New York City	Celine Kwok Andrew Boszhardt Jr.	2005	greatoaksvc.com	greatoaksvc.com	twitter.com/GreatOaksVC
Balderton Capital	A venture capital firm in London that focuses on technologies.	London United Kingdom	‌ Bernard Liautaud Suranga Chandratillake	2000	medium.com/balderton	balderton.com	twitter.com/balderton
GGV Capital	GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that invests in local founders.	New York San Francisco Singapore Shanghai Beijing Menlo Park, California	Jeff Richards (entrepreneur) Hans Tung ‌ Jixun Foo ‌ Jenny Lee (entrepreneur) ‌ Erica Yu	2000	ggvc.com/insights/category/global	ggvc.com	twitter.com/GGVCapital
Northzone	A European venture capital firm investing in technology companies.	Stockholm London New York City Oslo United Kingdom	Michiel Kotting Tellef Thorleifsson Lea Bajc Jeppe Zink	1996	medium.com/northzone	northzone.com	twitter.com/northzonevc
DreamIt Ventures	DreamIt Ventures is an accelerator and venture capital firm that focuses on investing in the healthcare, internet of things, and real estate technology sectors	New York Philadelphia New York City United States	‌ Steve Welch (entrepreneur) David Bookspan Steve Barsh	2008	dreamit.com/blog	dreamitventures.com dreamit.com	twitter.com/dreamitinsightly
Foundry Group	A Boulder-based venture capital firm that invests in companies within the information technology sector	Boulder, Colorado		2007	foundrygroup.com/blog	foundrygroup.com	twitter.com/foundrygroup
Amazon Alexa Fund	The Alexa Fund is a venture fund provides up to $100 million in venture capital funding to fuel voice technology innovation for developers, device-makers, and companies.	Palo Alto, California Seattle United States	Rodrigo Prudencio ‌ Paul Bernard	2015	developer.amazon.com/en-US/blogs/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/news	developer.amazon.com/alexa-fund alexafund.com	twitter.com/alexadevs
Valor Capital Group	A venture capital firm in New York that focuses on Brazil and US-Brazil cross-border opportunities.	New York City San Francisco São Paulo New York Brazil	‌ Scott Sobel Clifford Sobel	2011		valorcapitalgroup.com	twitter.com/valorcapgroup
Kapor Capital	Kapor Capital is the venture capital investment arm of the Kapor Center for Social Impact based in Oakland, CA.	Oakland, California				kaporcapital.com	twitter.com/KaporCapital
NewSchools Venture Fund	An entrepreneurship program and venture capital firm in California that focuses on entrepreneurial ventures serving high-need students within public education.	Oakland, California		1998	newschools.org/blog	newschools.org	twitter.com/nsvf
InnoVen Capital	A venture debt firm in India that focuses on providing debt financing.	Mumbai	‌ Tarana Lalwani	2008	innovencapital.com/News_in?lang=in	innovencapital.com	twitter.com/innovencap_in
Mohr Davidow Ventures	Mohr Davidow Ventures is a venture capital firm in California that focuses on early stage technology-based startups.	California Virginia Menlo Park, California San Mateo, California		1983	mdv.com/2019/03	mdv.com	twitter.com/mohrdavidow
Rothenberg Ventures	Rothenberg Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Mike Rothenberg.	United States San Francisco	Mike Rothenberg	2012	medium.com/@mikerothenberg/adventures-in-frontier-technology-bed4591cbce6#.z4blfy9cu	rothenbergventures.com	twitter.com/TheFrontierVC
Hack VC	Hack VC is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments	United States San Francisco		2021	medium.com/hackvc	hack.vc	twitter.com/hack_vc
Swisscom Ventures	Swisscom Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Swisscom, that specializes in early stage tech investments.	Switzerland Zürich Bern Lausanne		2007		ventures.swisscom.com swisscom.ch/en/business/sem.html	twitter.com/Swisscom

Plug and Play is a Sunnyvale, California-based company founded by Saeed Amidi that offers a service that includes accelerator programs, corporate innovation, and investment. Previous investments include Dropbox, PayPal, Lending Club, N26, FiscalNote, Honey, Rappi, Guardant Health, Shippo, and SoundHound.