Venture Capital Firm Listing

For the companies with whom we work, we have put the Nevada Based funds up top and the other major funds below.

VegasTech Fund

VegasTechFund is a seed stage investment fund focused on investing in founders and startups solving huge problems who are committed to building a vibrant, connected tech community in downtown Las Vegas. They see an opportunity to create a City as an incubator and aim to invest in companies who share that vision and want to build on it. Last year, the VegasTechFund was ranked #54 of all investors Venture investors by PitchBook, a Seattle-based data and tech provider for the global private equity and venture capital markets.

2014 Early-stage investments: $168 million
2014 Early-stage deal count: 20
Industries: Mobile, curated web, e-commerce
Investments: 107 Investments in 95 companies
Exits: 7 Acquisitions
Total Capital: $50 million
Notable Investments: Banjo, Bungalow Clothing, OrderWithMe, Wedgies

Battle Born Venture Fund

The Battle Born Venture Fund is an evergreen venture capital program, overseen by the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) under the auspices of the US Treasury’s State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI).

Company Stage No. of Full Time Employees Max. BBV Investment per Company Average BBV Investment per Company
Pre-Seed Fewer than 3  $100,000 $40,000
Seed 5-10 $500,000 $200,000
Venture 10+ $1,000,000 $200,000

2014 Early-stage deal count: 3
Industries: aerospace & defense, agriculture, energy, healthcare, IT, logistics & operations, manufacturing, mining, tourism & gaming, water
Total Capital: $5 million
Notable Investments: Fandeavor, TransworldHealth, Wedgies

The U.S. Top Ten

Below is a list of top early-stage venture capital firms.  The ranking is based on the data from PitchBook. The firms are listed by total capital invested in seed and/or early-stage deals completed in the U.S. during 2014. While the ranking is focused on traditional VC firms, it also includes corporate VCs, mutual funds and other entities, as new players increasingly enter the VC game.

1. Andreesen Horowitz | Menlo Park, CA
2014 Early-stage investments: $1.02 Billion
2014 Early-stage deal count: 50
Industries: Consumer products and services, software
Total Capital: $4.35 billion
Notable Investments: Facebook, Foursquare, Groupon, Jawbone, Pinterest, Skype, Slack, Zenefits, Zynga

2. Khosla Ventures | Menlo Park, CA
2014 Early-stage investments: $809 million
2014 Early-stage deal count: 45
Industry: Software
Focus: Alternative Energy, Internet, Computing, Mobile, Silicon Technology
Total Capital: $2.7 billion
Notable Investments: Advanced Food, Cogenra, EcoMotors, Soladigm

3. SV Angel, Palo Alto, CA
2014 Early-stage investments: $736
2014 Early-stage deal count: 47
Focus: Commercial services, software
Total Capital: $104
Notable Investments: Delighted,

4. Accel Partners | Palo Alto, CA
2014 Early-stage investments: $721.6 million
2014 Early-stage deal count: 29
Focus: Technology
Total Capital: $9.6 billion
Notable Investments: Facebook, Groupon, Dropbox, Spotify, Rovio, Etsy, Baidu, Hootsuite, Slack

5. New Enterprise Associates | Menlo Park, CA
2014 Early-stage investments: $690.65 million
2014 Early-stage deal count: 44
Focus: Information Technology, Healthcare, Energy Technology
Total Capital: $13 billion
Notable Investments: 3com, CareerBuilder, Diapers.com, TiVo, Vonage, WebMD

6. Sequoia Capital | Menlo Park, CA
2014 Early-stage investments (in millions, USD): $650.34
2014 Early-stage deal count: 30
Focus: Internet, Healthcare, Financial Services, Outsourcing, Mobile, Energy
Total Capital: $10 billion
Notable Investments: Apple, Cisco, FreeCharge, Google, Kayak, LinkedIn, NVIDIA, Oracle, PayPal, Yahoo!, YouTube, Zappos

7. Venrock | Palo Alto, CA
2014 Early-stage investments: $620.3 million
2014 Early-stage deal count: 15
Focus: Information Technology, Emerging Technology, Healthcare IT
Total Capital: $2.6 billion
Notable Investments: Intel, Apple, AppNexus, DoubleClick, 3Com, Check Point Software, Gilead Sciences, IDEC Pharmaceuticals, Vontu

8. First Round Capital | San Francisco, CA
2014 Early-stage investments: $606.2 million
2014 Early-stage deal count: 34
Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Mobile, E-Commerce
Total Capital: $644 million
Notable Investments: Agari, LinkedIn, del.icio.us, Remind, Outright, Wikia, Zendrive

9. Spark Capital | Boston, MA
2014 Early-stage investments: $542 million
2014 Early-stage deal count: 18
Focus: Media, software, transportation
Total Capital: $1.85 Billion
Notable Investments: Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, AdMeld, OMGPOP, Warby Parker, Wayfair

10. Triangle Peak Partners | Palo Alto, CA
2014 Early-stage investments: $535 million
2014 Early-stage deal count: 3
Focus: software, e-commerce, energy
Total Capital: $516 million
Notable Investments: Coupons.com, Fusion IO, Ping Identity, TakeLessons.com