Find the right VC
If you are looking for a VC, make sure you focus on finding the right partner, not simply a highly ranked one. Can the VC, the people running the show, and their network really help your company? Do they know your business? Have they build similar stuff themselves? Do they get highly referenced by people and companies you admire? Have they invested in companies that you love? Are they the right size for your company?
Midas list
The Forbes Midas list shows which 100 VCs are generating the best returns. See the full list. At the bottom of this page, you can see how often individual VCs appear on the list. Spoiler: the top three consists of Sequoia, A16Z and Accel.
NY Times & CB Insights
An algorithmically-driven list of the top 100 VCs. For the full lists: 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016. At the bottom of this page, you can see which VCs appeared the most on the 2019 list. Spoiler: five firms each appeared four times: Accel, A16Z, Sequoia, Benchmark and Index.
Other lists of VCs
» 7000+ VC firms (Golden, 2020)
» Top 100 USA VCs (Valuer, 2019)
» 100 European VCs open for biz (2020)
» Top 100 VCs in Europe (Valuer, 2019)
» Europe's top series A VCs (Sifted, 2020)
» 90 VCs still investing (SAAStock, 2020)
Pitchbook stack
» Top VCs in Space Tech (2019)
» Top VCs in Cybersecurity (2019)
» Top VCs in autonomous vehicles (2019)
» Top VCs in Healthtech (2019)
» Top 11 VCs in AudioTech (2019)
» Most active VCs in Israel (2019)
» Top 12 VCs in European series C (2019)
» Most active French VCs (2019)
» 8 active European Proptech VCs (2019)
» Most active VCs in Sweden (2019)
CB Insights stack
» Most active VC oer state (2020)
» Best unicorn spotters (2019)
» The VCs that backed Uber (2020)
» Most active Data Life Cycle VCs (2019)
» Most active Cannabis VCs (2019)
» Most active fintech VCs (2019)
Choosing a VC
» Choosing the right VC (Battery, 2018)
» How to find the right VC (Forbes, 2018)
» Finding the right investor (CB, 2018)
» Seeking venture capital (CB, 2018)
Midas list: most succesful VCs
How often does a firm appear on the top 100 in the Forbes Midas List of 2020?
| Sequoia | 7 |
| A16Z | 6 |
| Accel | 5 |
| Benchmark | 3 |
| DST Global | 3 |
| First Round | 3 |
| GGV | 3 |
| Index | 3 |
| Lightspeed | 3 |
| Sequoia China | 3 |
| Bessemer | 2 |
| CRV | 2 |
| Founders Fund | 2 |
| Gaorong Capital | 2 |
| IDG Capital | 2 |
| INCE Capital | 2 |
| Kleiner Perkins | 2 |
| NEA | 2 |
| Qiming VP | 2 |
| Zhenfund | 2 |
| 8VC | 1 |
| Acrew Capital | 1 |
| Addition | 1 |
| Amplify Partners | 1 |
| ARCH VP | 1 |
| Baseline | 1 |
| Battery | 1 |
| Bond Capital | 1 |
| Capital Today | 1 |
| Cowboy | 1 |
| Creandum | 1 |
| Felicis | 1 |
| FIRM | 1 |
| FirstMark | 1 |
| Floodgate | 1 |
| Forerunner | 1 |
| General Atlantic | 1 |
| General Catalyst | 1 |
| Greylock | 1 |
| GSR | 1 |
| IA Ventures | 1 |
| Initialized | 1 |
| Insight | 1 |
| IVP | 1 |
| Joy Capital | 1 |
| Khosla | 1 |
| Lakestar | 1 |
| Mayfield | 1 |
| Menlo | 1 |
| Morningside | 1 |
| Nortzone | 1 |
| OrbiMed | 1 |
| PivotNorth | 1 |
| QED | 1 |
| Redpoint | 1 |
| Sequoia India | 1 |
| Shunwei | 1 |
| Source Code | 1 |
| Tiger Global | 1 |
| Venrock | 1 |
| Westlake Village | 1 |
CB Insights: most succesful VCs
How often does a firm appear on the top 100 in the CB Insights & NY Times list of 2019?
| Accel | 4 |
| A16Z | 4 |
| Benchmark | 4 |
| Index | 4 |
| Sequoia | 4 |
| Bessemer | 3 |
| Founders Fund | 3 |
| GGV Capital | 3 |
| IVP | 3 |
| DCM | 2 |
| First Round | 2 |
| FirstMark | 2 |
| Greylock | 2 |
| IDG | 2 |
| Insight | 2 |
| Lightspeed | 2 |
| NEA | 2 |
| Spark Capital | 2 |
| True | 2 |
| USV | 2 |
| 8VC | 1 |
| ARCH | 1 |
| Aspect | 1 |
| Bain | 1 |
| Baseline | 1 |
| Battery | 1 |
| Bedrock | 1 |
| Bond | 1 |
| Breyer | 1 |
| Cowboy | 1 |
| CRV | 1 |
| DFJ | 1 |
| DST Global | 1 |
| Felicis | 1 |
| Floodgate | 1 |
| Forerunner | 1 |
| Founders Collective | 1 |
| General Catalyst | 1 |
| Genesis Capital | 1 |
| GSR | 1 |
| H Capital | 1 |
| Joy Capital | 1 |
| K9 | 1 |
| Kleiner Perkins | 1 |
| Mayfield | 1 |
| Menlo | 1 |
| Mithril | 1 |
| Morningside | 1 |
| Northzone | 1 |
| Norwest | 1 |
| QED | 1 |
| Qiming | 1 |
| Redpoint | 1 |
| Ribbit Capital | 1 |
| Sequoia China | 1 |
| Sequoia India | 1 |
| Source Code Capital | 1 |
| TCV | 1 |
| Thrive Capital | 1 |
| Tiger Global | 1 |
| Uncork | 1 |
| Venrock | 1 |
| Westlake Village | 1 |