Our data and methodology

Every number on this site comes from the Zalarma investor database. This page explains what's in it, where it comes from and how we count.

What's in it

85,848 investor and firm records: venture capital firms and their partners, private equity, family offices, angels and angel syndicates, corporate venture arms, accelerators and SEC-registered hedge fund managers. 33,282 are US startup investors (angels, VCs, micro-VCs, family offices, CVCs and accelerators with a US location).

Where it comes from

Public sources: firm websites and team pages, regulatory filings such as SEC Form ADV, published investor lists and rankings, accelerator and fellowship directories, and public professional profiles. Each record keeps the source it came from. We refresh the database regularly from these source lists.

What a record describes

Investment focus in a professional capacity: investor type, firm, title, stages, sectors, check size, fund information where published, and portfolio companies listed publicly. Fields are filled only where a source states them, so not every record has every field: 21,863 US startup-investor records list a stage and 20,984 list a check size.

How we count

• Startup investor: a record whose investor type includes angel, venture capital, micro-VC, family office, corporate VC or accelerator.
• Stage, sector, check size: as listed on each record. One investor can count in several stages or sectors.
• Location: the record's listed city and state; metros group nearby cities.
• Small numbers: any count under 10 is not shown.
• Firms named: lists of firms rank firm names by how many of their investors appear in a slice of the data. They are a starting map, not a ranking of quality.

Privacy

This public site shows aggregates and firm names only; it never shows personal contact details or home addresses. Listed investors can request a correction or removal.

How to cite

"Zalarma investor database, as of 2026-11-01", with a link to the page you used.