What Funding Slump? Active Venture Investors Picked Up The Pace In Q3
Summary
AI-related companies it backed post-seed this past quarter include data development platform Encord, legaltech startup Leya, and AI search engine Exa.Meanwhile, Andreessen Horowitz, the second-most-active venture investor, also put large sums last quarter into startups including Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup co-founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sustkever, and Hebbia, an AI analytics platform.Another way to rank active venture investors is to look at who led or co-led the largest number of rounds. This metric is intended to shed light on which busy startup backers also tended to provide a large portion of capital in their chosen rounds.To illustrate, below we list nine investors who led or co-led the highest number of post-seed rounds.The past quarters ranking isnt too different from Q2. However, this time around, it was Andreessen and General Catalyst tied for the top slot.To get a sense of who put the most capital to work, we also ranked active investors who led or co-led rounds with the highest collective value. Largely, this is due to giant rounds for AI-focused companies.Looking ahead, itll be interesting to see if regions that have posted weaker funding tallies in recent quarters see a rebound. Most Active Investor Rankings Got Reshuffled In Q2 As VCs Got Busier North American Startup Funding Weakened In Q3 As Largest Deal Took Longer To Close