Mark Kendall
Micro VCs play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top Palo Alto Micro VCs. We have tried to select a variety of different types of investors across a variety of niches.
This list is designed to show off the investors with exceptional track records, industry experience and a unique understanding of the ecosystem.
Top Palo Alto Micro VCs
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Floodgate
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Floodgate caters to digital businesses with early, seed, and later stage venture, and debt financing investments.
Morado Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Morado Ventures is focused on high-growth, seed-stage technology companies, with particular emphasis on “Data-fueled” businesses.
Ulu Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Ulu Ventures provides early-stage investments to enterprise cloud and smart data companies.
Asset Management Ventures (AMV)
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
AMV is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage digital health, tech, and life sciences companies.
Cowboy Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Cowboy Ventures is a generalist seed-stage fund focused fund investing in technology startups.
Graph Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Early stage investment group of operators/founders with experience starting and scaling technology companies globally. 200+ investments.
Amino Capital
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Accelerator, Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Amino Capital focusing on data driven startups, and blockchain powered next generation protocols.
UpWest
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
UpWest is a Silicon Valley-based seed fund investing in Israel’s most promising entrepreneurs targeting the US market.
Quest Venture Partners
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Early stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto California
Fusion Fund
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Fusion Fund invests in early stage companies with technological and data advantages in industrial, enterprise, and healthcare applications.
TomorrowVentures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
TomorrowVentures is an early stage venture capital firm that funds lifestyle-focused companies.
Garage Technology Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Garage Technology Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm.
Maven Ventures
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Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Maven Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in seed-stage consumer software companies.
Zeev Ventures
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Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage:
Zeev Ventures is an early-stage venture fund that invests in technology, financial, e-commerce, and consumer service sectors.
SparkLabs Global Ventures
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Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
SparkLabs Global Ventures is a seed-stage investment firm.
K9 Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
K9 Ventures is a technology-focused micro VC fund based in Palo Alto, California.
Unshackled Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Unshackled Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund for immigrant-founded startups.
Camp One Ventures
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Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Camp One Ventures is a venture capital fund that does investments in early-staged social, mobile, FinTech, and SaaS startups.
Red Rock Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Red Rock Ventures is a venture capital investment firm that invests in seed and early-stage information technology companies.
Xfund
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Xfund is the early-stage venture firm designed to back lateral thinkers.
Engineering Capital
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Seed
Engineering Capital partners with great entrepreneurs driven by technical insights—before traditional venture firms are willing.
The Venture Reality Fund
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
The Venture Reality Fund invests in early stage AI, AR & VR startups defining the future of computing
Heroic Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Heroic Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in entrepreneurs that solves real problems in huge markets.
FinSight Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
FinSight focuses on FinTech & Enterprise Software companies bringing digital transformation to Banking/Finance/Insurance & related sectors.
Moment Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Moment Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in the future of work.
NewDo Venture
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
NewDo devotes to help ambitious startup companies to succeed at their initial stage with our fund and other strategic resources.
SV Tech Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture
SV Tech Ventures focuses primarily on companies that have successfully demonstrated their capabilities to develop advanced technologies.
Hone Capital
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Hone Capital is a venture capital firm investing in early stage companies in Silicon Valley and selectively in growth stage investments.
OVO Fund
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
OVO Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in seed investments in the Bay Area and Los Angeles.
Luminari Capital
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Luminari Capital is a digital media fund that invests on firms that map key technology themes to the fundamental transformations in content.
Ubiquity Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Ubiquity Ventures is a “nerdy and early” venture capital firm that invests in “software beyond the screen” (typically ML or smart hardware).
Locus Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Locus Ventures is a seed fund that invests in passionate founders looking to build important, world-changing companies.
The Hive
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage:
The Hive is an online startup data forum that provides information to help with funding and networking.
TEC Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
TEC Ventures, a seed fund, finances internet and software startups specialized in the areas of IoT, education, security, big data, and SaaS.
ONE WORLD Training & Investments
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Seed
ONE WORLD provides training & investment capital to social impact enterprises.
Conductive Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage:
Conductive Ventures invests in expansion stage companies with a focus on enterprise software and hardware.
Red Dog Capital
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Seed capital for technology innovators
AI Fund
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Incubator, Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
AI Fund is a VC firm made up of AI pioneers, operators, entrepreneurs, and investors, supported by LPs such as NEA, Sequoia and Greylock.
SaaStr Fund
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
The SaaStr Fund is a $70m venture fund that focuses on early-ish stage investments exclusively in SaaS/enterprise/B2B start-ups.
Crestlight Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Seed
Solving industry challenges by combining corporate coalitions with industrial IoT technology.
Enerdigm Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Enerdigm is a Palo Alto, CA-based venture capital fund investing in SaaS, IT Infrastructure, Big Data and AI/ML Early Stage Investments
Happiness Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Happiness Ventures invests with a long-term view and supports our startups throughout their entire lifecycle.
Arafura Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Arafura Ventures invests in emerging U.S.-based technology startups and early stage internet software companies.
igniteXL Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
igniteXL Ventures is a global seed fund backing exceptional founders at the intersection point of technology, beauty, and wellness.
OakStone Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture
Invests in Technology companies.
SeedRamp
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Seed
SeedRamp is a venture capital fund that provides instant seed investments after just one hour interview.
Archimedes Capital
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage:
Archimedes Capital invests in a range of venture capital and private equity deals, from seed to pre-IPO or later, focusing on those
MF Capital
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture
MF Capital is a California-based venture capital company focused on early-stage investments.
Occam Venture Capital
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Non Equity Assistance, Private Equity, Seed
Occam Ventures is an angel group that finances entrepreneurs.
Sood Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Seed
Sood Ventures is a Palo Alto-based venture capital and advisory firm focused on the mobile industry.
VC Task Force
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC, Venture Capital
Investment Stage:
VC Taskforce™ has built an organization that the venture community can give input and direction to and get immediate results that benefit
ELMA Ventures
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Seed
ELMA backs tenacious entrepreneurs with audacious goals at pre-seed and seed stages.
Trans-it Capital
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Seed
A startup investor and consultant
AG Brentwood
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Seed
AG Brentwood invests in companies and oversees their planning, development, and administrations.
CrossPacific Capital
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Micro VC
Investment Stage: Seed
CrossPacific Capital LLC based in Palo Alto is a seed stage fund that invests and collaborates with experienced West coast based Founders.
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