Posted by Alumni from Crunchbase
May 15, 2026
These are strange times for startup investment. Standard seed and venture rounds in the millions or tens of millions are still happening at a steady clip. At the same time, AI leaders still young enough to qualify as startups are securing investments and valuations at exponentially higher sums. The result is a funding scene that is drawing sustained high activity from top-name venture firms as well as big checks from relative newcomers and megacap strategic investors. That's reflected in April's tally of most active U.S. startup investors, with rankings topped by well-established VCs such as Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures, tech giants like Google and Amazon, and a few names that don't commonly show up in the lists. Khosla Ventures and First Round Capital tied for second, with nine rounds each, followed by Neo and General Catalyst with seven rounds each. Below we rank the top X most active venture investors for the month: Neo's inclusion is noteworthy as it's a newcomer to... learn more