Series A venture capital, 2026
Series A is the conviction round. Series A funds write $5–$15M leads and expect strong revenue + retention metrics. The bar is high enough that mismatched pitches waste both sides' time. Below: active Series A leads by vertical, plus how to read whether a fund will actually move on your traction profile.
Click a vertical for the curated Series A VCs investing in that space — partner names, check sizes, recent deals, and per-firm thesis pulled from primary sources.
AI
AI Series A investors
Climate
Climate Series A investors
Fintech
Fintech Series A investors
SaaS
SaaS Series A investors
Health
Health Series A investors
Consumer
Consumer Series A investors
Developer Tools
Developer Tools Series A investors
Deep Tech
Deep Tech Series A investors
Crypto
Crypto Series A investors
Education
Education Series A investors
Food and Agriculture
Food and Agriculture Series A investors
Mobility
Mobility Series A investors
$1M ARR is the unwritten floor
Most Series A leads quietly diligence whether you'd realistically be at $1M ARR (or equivalent) by the closing date. Below that, the conversation drifts.
Retention beats growth at A
A Series A fund running diligence will look at 12-month cohort retention first. A 'flat-and-up' retention curve closes rounds faster than a hockey-stick growth rate with churn.
Run the process tightly
Series A rounds are won on momentum. A 4-week timeline with 30 first meetings + 10 second meetings beats a 12-week 'we'll see who's interested' approach.
Active VC pages organized by funding stage.
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