7 Biggest Venture Capital Companies

Are you a person with a strong idea but don’t have the capital to form a business around it?

Are you a rising start-up looking for funds to fuel expansion?

Is your business in need of capital to grow?

 

In a nutshell, you are in need of investors and the biggest investors in the world are Venture Capitalists. These are those people or firms who believe in the potential your idea has and provide you the monetary requirements your idea or business needs in order to develop.

All major expansions and start-ups are funded by VCs. So here is an info-graphic showing 7 of top VCs to guide you through your financing decisions.

As we can see, these VCs have funded some of the most successful ventures across the globe. Therefore keep them in mind when you are making your financing plans and strategies.

Here is some more interesting information about them to give you more insight.

 

Sequoia Capital

It is one of the veterans in Venture Capital. Founded in 1972 by Don Valentine, it is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, USA but is involved in investments on a global scale.

It specialises in incubation, seed stage, start-up stage, early stage and growth stage investments in private companies. It mainly invests in:

• Financial services
• Healthcare
• Internet
• Mobile sector
• Outsourcing
• Technology

 

 

 

 

Benchmark Capital

With a very diverse portfolio, Benchmark, a group of partners, is certainly a top venture capital firm.

Since its inception in 1995 it has invested in more than 250 ventures. That means it has a very strong appetite and is always on the lookout for good projects to invest in.

 

Khosla Ventures

Founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla, it is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It is focused on early stage investment in companies from various fields like internet, mobile computing, silicon technology and clean technology.

With over $1.3 Billion of assets, it is certainly one top Venture Capital Firm.

 

NEA

Founded in 1977, it is also one of the veterans when it comes to Venture Capital. With a start of $16 Million, it has grown into a multi-billion dollar firm has a very interesting and diverse portfolio.

 

 

General Catalyst

This firm has been a part of very successful ventures in the recent years as shown by the graphic above and this is what makes this relatively new company one of the top Venture Capital Firms.

Founded in 2000, it has ten member managing directors team which sees into potential projects and invests private equity in them.

 

 

 

ACCEL

This was one the major investors for FlipKart, which is needless to say a very successful Indian start-up which is on the cusp of global expansion.

It has invested in over 300 technology companies and helped them grow since its inception.

 

 

 

Andreessen Horowitz

Founded in 2009, this Venture Capital firm has grown by leaps and bounds, investing in some of the very successful start-ups to come up in the recent few years. The founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have been rated top angel investors for many years by rating firms like Forbes.

With a net evaluation of $4 Billion, they are certainly one of the top Venture Capitalists today.

 

 

 

Venture Capitalists have funded quite a lot of successful ventures in the past 6 decades thus laying the foundations of all modern global giants we see today like Apple, Microsoft, Google and Watsapp. These are just few names.

One should always remember that his own financial capacity matters less when the power of the idea he has is very strong. One good presentation to noteworthy VCs such as those mentioned above and you may well see your dreams come true.