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185 organizations · 686 published requirements · 1115 sourcesIndependent: no organization pays for its ranking or its eligibility analysisEvery figure carries its source and the date it was verified
Category · 29 organizations
Venture-capital communities
Venture communities are mostly professional bodies and fellowships rather than peer forums: trade associations for firms, fellowship programmes for emerging investors, and networks built around under-represented groups in the industry. Membership is typically tied to a role — a general partner, an investor at a member firm, a fund manager — and dues are often set by firm size or committed capital rather than charged to individuals. Angel groups and syndicate communities, which admit individuals on accredited-investor status, are listed under investor networks.
Full-time founders of technology startups, from idea stage through post-Series A, who want peer mentorship rather than capital or an accelerator programme.
Pre-seed and pre-idea technology founders in or willing to travel to San Francisco, building for United States customers, who are committed full-time to starting a company.
Technical founders, researchers and domain experts between things - the site's phrase is "-1 to 0" - who can commit full time and live in San Francisco, New York or Bengaluru.
Working venture capital investors — typically partner-level GPs, emerging fund founders, LPs and corporate venture investors — who already deploy capital
Participants in the Los Angeles venture ecosystem: venture capitalists, limited partners, family offices, angel investors, founders of venture-backed companies, and the…
Accredited investors, predominantly women, who want to invest in venture funds and take part in the diligence process rather than write individual angel cheques
Accredited investors in South Florida investing in post-product, post-revenue technology companies
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United States
September 2026
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