Most Active Series C AI Investors 2026
| # | Investor | AI Deals | Lead | Representative Portfolio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA | 7 | 1 | xAI, Cohere, Nscale, Nebius Group NV, XBOW |
| 2 | Andreessen Horowitz | 6 | 2 | xAI, Replit, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Arc Boat Company |
| 3 | Coatue Management | 4 | 3 | Science Corp., Cyera, CoreWeave, Fonoa |
| 4 | Thrive Capital | 4 | 2 | Perplexity, OpenAI, Nourish, Socket |
| 5 | General Catalyst | 3 | 3 | Helsing, Scapia, Standard Bots |
| 6 | Lightspeed Venture Partners | 3 | 2 | Glean, Dexterity, Emergent Labs |
| 7 | Menlo Ventures | 3 | 2 | Anthropic, Arc Boat Company, Nourish |
| 8 | Sequoia Capital | 3 | 2 | xAI, OpenAI, Mach Industries |
| 9 | Index Ventures | 3 | 1 | Cohere, Nourish, Fonoa |
| 10 | Khosla Ventures | 3 | 1 | Replit, Mach Industries, Waabi |
| 11 | Oxford Science Enterprises | 3 | 1 | OQC, Oxford Quantum Circuits, Moa Technology |
| 12 | Y Combinator | 3 | 0 | Nourish, Bland, Emergent Labs |
| 13 | Bullhound Capital | 2 | 2 | OQC, Oxford Quantum Circuits |
| 14 | Accel | 2 | 1 | Primer, True Anomaly |
| 15 | Eclipse | 2 | 1 | Arc Boat Company, Mytra |
How this ranking is calculated
Investors are ranked by the number of tracked AI funding rounds matching this angle (15 investors shown, 51 qualifying deals total). Rankings are computed directly from publicly reported rounds in our database and update as new deals are added. The “undisclosed” placeholder is excluded. Ties break by lead-investor count. Placement cannot be purchased.