Find 225 Pre-Seed Angel Investors in Silicon Valley
We found 225 verified angel investors and VCs at the Pre-Seed stage in Silicon Valley.
Global micro-VC and accelerator. 3000+ companies in 78 countries. $2.7B+ AUM.
Partner at Y Combinator. Co-founder of Tutorspree. Expert in marketplaces and B2B.
Founder of Mint.com (acquired by Intuit for $170M). Angel in fintech and consumer.
Active investor in early-stage startups.
Head of Instagram at Meta. Angel investor in consumer social and creator tools.
Former CEO of Wealthfront. Angel in fintech, SaaS, and consumer products.
Partner at Y Combinator. Co-founder of Homejoy. Expert in marketplace and future of work.
VP of Developer Relations (DevRel & DX) at Rapid. Google Developers Advisory Board & AI Dev Panel founding member. Two exits, one acquisition. My software serves millions of developers, proud code contribution to NASA Ingenuity Mars mission. I invest time and money in developer-focused startups with diverse teams, bold ideas, and automation. My recent investment was with Resend. (VP of DX at Rapid)
I run basecase, an early-stage venture firm by builders, for builders. We help founders nail their "base case"—recruiting their first engineers, securing their first customers, and raising their first institutional round—and "recurse" onwards. I invest $500k-5M checks. (Founder at basecase)
B2B and enterprise-focused accelerator in Silicon Valley. 6-month program with $25K funding.
General Partner at Initialized Capital. Expert in enterprise and developer infrastructure.
Founder of Clearbit (acquired by HubSpot). Angel investor in developer tools and B2B SaaS.
I'm a 2x founder with an exit (WANNA to Farfetch), currently experimenting with new projects and helping/investing in other founders via http://FundraisingHackers.com. Typical check size is $5-10k. (Founder at FundraisingHackers)
Founder of Dream Machine VC. Former TechCrunch editor. Invests in next-generation internet.
Co-founder of Code.org. Mentor at NEA. Early investor in Facebook, Zappos, Dropbox, airbnb.
Co-founder and CEO of Replit. Angel investor in developer tools and AI-first companies.
Co-founder of Solana. Angel investor in Solana ecosystem and crypto infrastructure.
Former OpenAI, former Tesla AI. Angel investor and advisor in deep learning and AI.
Partner at Haystack. Expert in seed-stage enterprise and developer tools.
Co-founder of Women 2.0 and Hackbright Academy. Angel in female founder startups.
Co-founder of Floodgate. Professor at Stanford. Early investor in Lyft, TaskRabbit, Refinery29.
Co-founder of AngelList. Expert in startup fundraising and early-stage investing.
Co-founder of Village Global. Author of 'The Start-Up of You'. Expert in talent and networks.
Partner at True Ventures. Former design lead at Spotify. Design-first investor.
I enjoy helping dev tool creators build top-notch teams, figure out go-to-market, and meet other great investors. I've been working on developer tools for most of the past decade as CTO and co-founder of Sourcegraph. I host a podcast featuring creators of dev tools--if you've built something you'd love to share with the developer world, I'd love to have you on the show! (Founder & CTO at Sourcegraph)
Partner at First Round Capital. Former founder. Expert in enterprise SaaS and B2B.
Co-founder of Twitter, Medium, Jelly. Angel investor in consumer social products.
General Partner at Initialized Capital. Early-stage enterprise and SaaS investor.
Former VP Growth at HubSpot. Founder of Reforge. Angel investor in growth-focused SaaS.
Founder of Worklife Ventures. Expert in future of work and SMB SaaS. Former Zendesk.
Founder of Brit+Co. Partner at Offline Ventures. Consumer and creator economy expert.
Co-founder and CTO of Slack. Angel investor in developer tools and infrastructure.
Founder of Precursor Ventures. Expert in pre-product and pre-seed stage startups.
Co-founder and former CEO of GitHub. Angel investor in developer tools.
Founder of Hearsay Social. Angel investor in enterprise SaaS and AI products.
Founder of Indie Hackers (acquired by Stripe). Angel investor in bootstrapped and indie startups.
Angel and Partner at Long Journey. Former Founders Fund. Backed SpaceX, Uber, Postmates early.
Partner at Precursor Ventures. Expert in pre-seed and first-check investing.
Partner at Y Combinator. Co-founder of imeem. Expert in early-stage B2B and developer tools.
Former VP of AI at Unity. Angel investor in AI gaming and developer tools.
Founder of 500 Startups. One of the most prolific early-stage investors with 1,500+ companies backed.
Co-founder of Path. Former Facebook platform lead. Angel in consumer social and mobile.
Co-founder of Sentry. Angel investor in developer tools and open source companies.
Founder of Tube Mogul (acquired by Adobe for $540M). Angel in video and creator tech.
Active investor in early-stage startups.
Co-founder of Hustle Fund. Rapid-check pre-seed investor. Expert in speed as a competitive moat.
VP Design at Intercom. Angel investor in design-forward SaaS and consumer products.
Co-founder and CEO of Intercom. Angel investor in SaaS and B2B tools.
Co-founder of Hustle Fund. Pre-seed expert. Former Facebook PM and startup founder.
Author of 'The Lean Startup'. Angel investor and advisor to startups globally.
Co-founder of Village Global and On Deck. Expert in community-led investing.
Tech journalist and angel investor. Reporter at NY Times. Invests small amounts in early-stage.
Writer and angel at Not Boring. Expert in SaaS business models and unit economics.
Co-founder of Twilio. Angel investor in developer infrastructure and cloud tools.
I’m currently working as Principal Brand Designer at Vercel, ensuring the maximum visual appeal of all our brands and products, including Next.js and Turborepo. I previously worked at Viacom (MTV, Comedy Central, and Paramount Pictures) and Auth0 and I was involved in the design of JWT and Passport.js. I typically invest $2.5-10k checks in early stage devtool startups focused on tech & design. (Brand Design at Vercel)
Co-founder of Uber and Expa. Expert in product and consumer companies.
President and CEO of Y Combinator. Co-founder of Initialized Capital. Early investor in Coinbase, Instacart.
President of Y Combinator. Former Yahoo. Expert in edtech and consumer products.
Board member at DoorDash and Pinterest. Former Square and Facebook. Active angel.
Co-founder of OpenAI. Angel investor in AI infrastructure and safety.
Partner at Y Combinator. Former Airbnb growth lead. Expert in growth and consumer products.
YC Partner. Former Growth PM at Airbnb. Expert in growth and consumer products.
Founder of Rock Health. Pioneer of digital health venture. Mentor and angel in health startups.
Partner at Y Combinator. Co-founder of Auctomatic (acquired by Live Current Media). Expert in developer tools.
Co-founder of FYI, Crazy Egg, KISSmetrics. Prolific SaaS angel and advisor.
Co-founder of Homebrew VC. Former Google and YouTube PM. Expert in early-stage consumer.
CEO and co-founder of Mercury Bank. Active angel in fintech, SaaS, and B2B tools.
World's top biotech accelerator (part of SOSV). Backs early-stage life science founders.
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