Top VC firms in the US, ranked by how often people search for them.

For scale: the NVCA 2026 Yearbook counts 2,984 US venture capital firms in existence in 2025, the first decline on record, down from 3,054. US venture investment reached $320 billion across 15,352 deals, with AI accounting for 65.4% of deal value, while venture funds raised $67 billion, the lowest in nine years. The firms below are the ones with enough public evidence for us to profile accurately, so this is a ranking of well-documented firms, not all of them.

• The metric: average monthly Google searches in the US for each firm's name, from Semrush's US database, September 2026. These are estimates.
• Ambiguous names: where a firm's plain name mostly means something else, we used a cleaner search term and say so under the firm. Greylock, for example, is measured as “greylock partners,” because the plain word mixes in a credit union.
• Ties: Semrush reports volumes in rounded bands, so many firms tie. Tied firms share a rank and are listed alphabetically.
• What it is not: a measure of fund size, returns, fit for your company or reputation. Accelerators and firms with famous founders draw searches from applicants, job seekers and the curious as well as founders.

Firms with at least 2,400 US searches a month (Semrush, US, September 2026).

The remaining 177 firms with a reported search volume, then 29 firms with no volume reported.

High search demand usually means a firm is widely known: it runs a famous program, has well-known partners or backed companies people talk about. It does not mean the firm invests at your stage, in your sector or at all right now. Several firms near the top describe themselves as growth investors, and accelerators draw searches from the many people applying to their programs.

So use the ranking as a map of names, then do the real research: what the firm says it invests in, at which stage, and how it wants to hear from founders, all on its own website. Our investor directories put the stage, sector and office for each firm beside its sources. Raising money and building marketing are separate jobs; if marketing is on your list too, our page on marketing for technology companies explains how we work.