The Seed 100: The best early-stage investors

Most venture capitalists at the seed stage don't invest in companies. Rather, they invest in people, who may have little more than an idea and a business plan scrawled on a cocktail napkin. Seed-stage investing carries the highest risk in all of venture capital, but those who excel can make huge returns on their relatively small investments, which attracts a growing number of people and firms to the industry. And by analyzing data, we can see that only a few of them have the skills it takes to succeed year after year. Scroll down for the full Seed 100 list.

portrait of Justin Mateen

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Justin Mateen

Founding partner, Jam Fund

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Eric Paley

Founding partner, Founder Collective

+2 SPOTS

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3

Kevin Mahaffey

Cofounder, Lookout; founder, SNR Ventures

+28 SPOTS

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portrait of Avichal Garg

4

Avichal Garg

Managing partner, Electric Capital

+20 SPOTS

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Zach Weinberg

General partner, Operator Partners

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portrait of Ian Rountree

6

Ian Rountree

Founder and general partner, Cantos Ventures

portrait of Nat Turner

7

Nat Turner

General partner, Operator Partners

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portrait of Darian Shirazi

8

Darian Shirazi

General partner, Gradient Ventures

+18 SPOTS

portrait of Lee Linden

9

Lee Linden

Managing partner, Quiet Capital

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portrait of Jon Soberg

10

Jon Soberg

Managing partner, MS&AD Ventures

+3 SPOTS

portrait of Salil Deshpande

11

Salil Deshpande

General partner, Uncorrelated Ventures

portrait of Elad Gil

12

Elad Gil

Cofounder, Color Genomics and Mixer Labs

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portrait of Sam Altman

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Sam Altman

Cofounder and CEO, OpenAI

+80 SPOTS

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portrait of Brian Matthews

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Brian Matthews

General partner, Cultivation Capital

+13 SPOTS

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portrait of Matt Gorin

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Matt Gorin

Cofounder and managing partner, Contour Venture Partners

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portrait of Joe Montana

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Joe Montana

Managing partner, Liquid2 Ventures

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portrait of Brad Svrluga

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Brad Svrluga

Cofounder and general partner, Primary

+3 SPOTS

portrait of Sheel Mohnot

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Sheel Mohnot

Cofounder, Better Tomorrow Ventures

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portrait of Micah Rosenbloom

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Micah Rosenbloom

Managing partner, Founder Collective

+14 SPOTS

portrait of David Frankel

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David Frankel

Managing partner, Founder Collective

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portrait of Ali Partovi

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Ali Partovi

Founder, Neo

+58 SPOTS

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portrait of Marlon Nichols

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Marlon Nichols

Cofounder and managing general partner, MaC Venture Capital

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portrait of Scott Belsky

23

Scott Belsky

Chief product officer, Adobe Creative Cloud

+5 SPOTS

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portrait of Jason Finger

24

Jason Finger

Chairman, Finger Group and Upper90 Capital Management

+12 SPOTS

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portrait of Kevin Hartz

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Kevin Hartz

Cofounder and general partner, A* Capital

+9 SPOTS

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portrait of Clint Korver

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Clint Korver

Cofounder and managing director, Ulu Ventures

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portrait of Ed Sim

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Ed Sim

Founder and general partner, Boldstart Ventures

+23 SPOTS

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portrait of Miriam Rivera

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Miriam Rivera

Cofounder, CEO, and managing director, Ulu Ventures

portrait of Itamar Novick

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Itamar Novick

Solo capitalist, Recursive Ventures

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portrait of David Beisel

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David Beisel

Cofounder and partner, NextView Ventures

+43 SPOTS

portrait of Bill Trenchard

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Bill Trenchard

Partner, First Round Capital

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portrait of Howard Morgan

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Howard Morgan

Chairman, B Capital Group

+11 SPOTS

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portrait of Aileen Lee

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Aileen Lee

Managing partner, Cowboy Ventures

+36 SPOTS

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portrait of Eric Wu

34

Eric Wu

Cofounder and CEO, Opendoor

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portrait of Ryan Moore

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Ryan Moore

Founding partner, Accomplice

+11 SPOTS

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portrait of Bradley Horowitz

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Bradley Horowitz

Advisor, Google

NEW

portrait of Rob Hayes

37

Rob Hayes

Board partner, First Round Capital

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portrait of Garry Tan

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Garry Tan

Founder and managing partner, Initialized Capital

+33 SPOTS

portrait of Wesley Chan

39

Wesley Chan

Founding partner, FPV Ventures

NEW

portrait of Ankur Jain

40

Ankur Jain

Founder and partner, Emergent Ventures

NEW

portrait of Raymond Tonsing

41

Raymond Tonsing

Founder and managing partner, Caffeinated Capital

NEW

portrait of James Cham

42

James Cham

Partner, Bloomberg Beta

NEW

portrait of Ramtin Naimi

43

Ramtin Naimi

Founder and general partner, Abstract Ventures

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portrait of Nitesh Banta

44

Nitesh Banta

Cofounder and CEO, B12

+56 SPOTS

NEW

portrait of Jenny Fielding

45

Jenny Fielding

Cofounder and general partner, The Fund

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portrait of Bill Tai

46

Bill Tai

Founder, ACTAI Global

+40 SPOTS

NEW

portrait of Nikhil Basu Trivedi

47

Nikhil Basu Trivedi

Cofounder and general partner, Footwork

NEW

portrait of Nellie Levchin

48

Nellie Levchin

Partner, SciFi VC

portrait of Gaurav Jain

49

Gaurav Jain

Cofounder and managing partner, Afore Capital

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portrait of Andy Dunn

50

Andy Dunn

Cofounder, Red Swan Ventures

+48 SPOTS

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portrait of Jerry Yang

51

Jerry Yang

Founder and partner, AME Cloud Ventures

+37 SPOTS

NEW

portrait of Varsha Rao

52

Varsha Rao

CEO, Nurx

portrait of Phin Barnes

53

Phin Barnes

Cofounder, The General Partnership

portrait of Kevin Colleran

54

Kevin Colleran

Managing director, Slow Ventures

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portrait of Jeremy Yap

55

Jeremy Yap

Angel investor

+4 SPOTS

portrait of Andy McLoughlin

56

Andy McLoughlin

Managing partner, Uncork Capital

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portrait of Lauren DeLuca

57

Lauren DeLuca

Founder and managing partner, Motivate Venture Capital

+3 SPOTS

portrait of Ann Miura-Ko

58

Ann Miura-Ko

Cofounder and partner, Floodgate

portrait of Ruchi Sanghvi

59

Ruchi Sanghvi

Founder and partner, South Park Commons

portrait of Brian Spaly

60

Brian Spaly

General partner, Brand Foundry Ventures

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portrait of Naval Ravikant

61

Naval Ravikant

Cofounder and chairman, AngelList

+11 SPOTS

NEW

portrait of Sam Lessin

62

Sam Lessin

General partner, Slow Ventures; cofounder, Fin

NEW

portrait of Aaron Levie

63

Aaron Levie

Cofounder and CEO, Box

portrait of Eric Kwan

64

Eric Kwan

Cofounder and managing partner, Locus Ventures

portrait of Josh Kopelman

65

Josh Kopelman

Founding partner, First Round Capital

portrait of Daniel Gross

66

Daniel Gross

Founder, Pioneer

NEW

portrait of Scooter Braun

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Scooter Braun

Cofounder and partner, TQ Ventures

portrait of Andrew Mitchell

68

Andrew Mitchell

General partner, Brand Foundry Ventures

portrait of Gil Dibner

69

Gil Dibner

Founder and general partner, Angular Ventures

NEW

portrait of Scott Dorsey

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Scott Dorsey

Cofounder and managing partner, High Alpha

NEW

portrait of Michael Janke

71

Michael Janke

Cofounder, DataTribe

portrait of Adrian Aoun

72

Adrian Aoun

Founder and CEO, Forward

NEW

portrait of Marc Benioff

73

Marc Benioff

Cofounder, chair, and co-CEO, Salesforce; founder, Time Ventures

NEW

portrait of Jenny Lefcourt

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Jenny Lefcourt

General partner, Freestyle

portrait of Kirsten Green

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Kirsten Green

Founder and managing partner, Forerunner Ventures

portrait of Auren Hoffman

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Auren Hoffman

CEO, SafeGraph; founder and general partner, Flex Capital

NEW

portrait of Mark Fernandes

77

Mark Fernandes

Managing partner, Sierra Ventures

NEW

portrait of Alex Finkelstein

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Alex Finkelstein

Cofounder and general partner, Spark Capital

portrait of Keith Rabois

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Keith Rabois

General partner, Founders Fund

portrait of Charlie Songhurst

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Charlie Songhurst

Founding partner, Katana Capital

NEW

portrait of Edward Lando

81

Edward Lando

Managing partner, Pareto Holdings

NEW

portrait of Mike Fitzgerald

82

Mike Fitzgerald

Cofounder and partner, High Alpha

NEW

portrait of Cliff Holekamp

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Cliff Holekamp

Cofounder and managing director, Cultivation Capital

portrait of Gale Wilkinson

84

Gale Wilkinson

Founder and managing partner, VitalizeVC

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portrait of Jared Friedman

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Jared Friedman

Partner, Y Combinator

+10 SPOTS

NEW

portrait of Kent Goldman

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Kent Goldman

Founder and general partner, Upside Partnership

portrait of Stuart Ellman

87

Stuart Ellman

Founder and general partner, RRE Ventures

NEW

portrait of Stephanie Palmeri

88

Stephanie Palmeri

Angel investor

portrait of Ilya Fushman

89

Ilya Fushman

Partner, Kleiner Perkins

NEW

portrait of Dalton Caldwell

90

Dalton Caldwell

Managing director, architect, and group partner, Y Combinator

portrait of Amish Jani

91

Amish Jani

Founder and partner, FirstMark

portrait of Morgan Flager

92

Morgan Flager

Managing partner, Silverton Partners

portrait of Michael Dearing

93

Michael Dearing

Founder, Harrison Metal

portrait of Chris Sacca

94

Chris Sacca

Cofounder and managing partner, Lowercarbon Capital; founder and chairman, Lowercase Capital

NEW

portrait of Zach Aarons

95

Zach Aarons

Cofounder and partner, MetaProp

portrait of Benjamin Ling

96

Benjamin Ling

Founder and general partner, Bling Capital

NEW

portrait of Josh Hannah

97

Josh Hannah

General partner, Matrix Partners

NEW

portrait of Hank Vigil

98

Hank Vigil

Founder and managing partner, Acequia Capital

NEW

portrait of Jake Gibson

99

Jake Gibson

Cofounder, Better Tomorrow Ventures

NEW

portrait of Matt Ocko

100

Matt Ocko

Cofounder and co-managing partner, DCVC

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Black Venture Capitalists Look to Even the Playing Field With Diverse Investors

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Marlon Nichols will discuss how to secure seed funding at TechCrunch Early Stage 2021

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Listen Here: The StartUp to ScaleUp Game Plan x Marlon Nichols

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Listen Here | Marlon Nichols on the I’m a Little Buzzed Podcast

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How do you make VC more diverse? Maybe start with the training schemes

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Listen Here | Marlon Nichols on Investing in Cultural Trends on the Be Atento Podcast

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Listen Here | Marlon Nichols on the Season Premiere of the Founder Clinic Podcast

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Goldman Sachs Announces 2020 Launch With GS Black and Latinx Entrepreneur Cohort

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Listen Here | Marlon Nichols on The Road Untraveled Podcast

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Watch | Marlon Nichols x Black Angels Miami

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Watch Here | Raising Venture Capital Funding During COVID-19 Webinar

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Registration Now Open | Raising Venture Capital Funding During COVID-19 Webinar

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Goldman Sachs Seeks to Help Black and LatinX Founders Accelerate their Growth

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Guidelines for Managing Through This Pandemic and Economic Downturn

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Marlon Nichols, Investing in The Future For The Rest Of America

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Launch With GS Black and Latinx Entrepreneur Cohort

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Deconstructing the Pipeline Myth and the Case for More Diverse Fund Managers

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Listen Here: MaC VC Managing GP, Marlon Nichols on the Founder Fundamentals podcast

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Marlon Nichols Joined other leading VCs as TechCrunch Battlefield Judge

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Marlon Nichols, Icon Mann

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The State of Tech & Culture: Conscious Consumer

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Marlon Nichols on Culture as a Currency

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Moving Up Podcast featuring MaC VC’s Marlon Nichols

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Marlon Nichols named to Aspioneer’s Revoltionary CEO’s, 2019

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NASDAQ premiers new show “The Breakthrough” with guest Marlon Nichols

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Marlon Nichols featured on the cover of The Jamaica Observer

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Startup Grind’s VC Corner with Marlon Nichols, Cross Culture Ventures

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Forbes: Marlon Nichols Is Changing The Face of Venture Capital

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Breaking into Startups: Venture Capital Deep Dive w/ Cross Culture Ventures’ Co-Founder Marlon Nichols

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