Most Active Series C AI Investors 2026
| # | Investor | AI Deals | Lead | Representative Portfolio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA | 8 | 1 | xAI, Cohere, Nscale, Nebius Group NV, Wayve |
| 2 | Andreessen Horowitz | 7 | 3 | xAI, Replit, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Arc Boat Company |
| 3 | Sequoia Capital | 5 | 4 | xAI, OpenAI, Mach Industries, The Boring Company, ServiceNow |
| 4 | Coatue Management | 4 | 3 | Science Corp., Cyera, CoreWeave, Fonoa |
| 5 | General Catalyst | 4 | 3 | Helsing, Scapia, Standard Bots, Félix |
| 6 | Thrive Capital | 4 | 2 | Perplexity, OpenAI, Nourish, Socket |
| 7 | Lightspeed Venture Partners | 3 | 2 | Glean, Dexterity, Emergent Labs |
| 8 | Menlo Ventures | 3 | 2 | Anthropic, Arc Boat Company, Nourish |
| 9 | Microsoft | 3 | 2 | OpenAI, Wayve, Meta |
| 10 | SoftBank Vision Fund | 3 | 2 | Wayve, Skild AI, Emergent Labs |
| 11 | Index Ventures | 3 | 1 | Cohere, Nourish, Fonoa |
| 12 | Khosla Ventures | 3 | 1 | Replit, Mach Industries, Waabi |
| 13 | Y Combinator | 3 | 0 | Nourish, Bland, Emergent Labs |
| 14 | D1 Capital Partners | 2 | 2 | Groq, Ramp |
| 15 | Founders Fund | 2 | 2 | Ramp, Hadrian |
How this ranking is calculated
Investors are ranked by the number of tracked AI funding rounds matching this angle (15 investors shown, 57 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.
Data through Sep 8, 2026. Refreshed daily as new funding rounds are ingested and the site redeploys.