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Who finances AI, and at what stage

16 investors on one ladder, from pre-seed funds to sovereign capital. Pick a step to see who invests there.

Browse all 16 investors
  1. Pre-seed2 investorsIncluding COTU Ventures, BECO Capital.
  2. Seed9 investors+6Including Global Ventures, Shorooq Partners, Wamda Capital.
  3. Series A11 investors+8Including STV, e& capital, Prosperity7 Ventures.
  4. Series B+9 investors+6Including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures.
  5. Growth14 investors+11Including MGX, Mubadala Investment Company, Public Investment Fund (PIF).
  6. Late-stage / Strategic4 investors+1Including SoftBank Vision Fund, MGX, Mubadala Investment Company.

Each bar is a kind of capital, drawn across the stages it invests at.

The investors

Each one is checked against a public source. None is ranked.

1 of 16 investors

  • SoftBank Vision Fund

    SoftBank Group's vehicle for very large, very late technology bets, launched in 2017 with $100B in committed capital - anchored by Saudi Arabia's PIF and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala as founding limited partners alongside SoftBank itself. It is included here for the same reason it is relevant to any UAE company raising a large round: two of the region's own sovereign funds are structurally inside it.

    Strategic investor

    Tokyo, Japan

    Invests at: Growth, Late stage

    Invests in: Global

Where to start

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), BECO Capital, MGX, Mubadala Investment Company, Public Investment Fund (PIF) and STV.

Not covered yet

Private equity, family offices and angel investors. Their deals are rarely disclosed by name, so we list none rather than guess. Know one? Tell us.

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