Awesome open-source VCs 💸

July 25, 2025 · View on GitHub

Awesome list of VCs investing in commercial open-source startups.

Criteria

VCs are added to the list if:

  1. They invested in at least 3 startups where the product is primarily based on an open-source project
  2. They are still investing actively

Contributing

This list is work in progress, so please don't hesitate to contribute and add VCs.

VC List

All VCs in the list are sorted by 1) investment stage and 2) name (alphabetical order).

VCs marked with a (*) are dedicated exclusively to commercial open-source and/or have made more than 10 investments in commercial open-source startups.

VCStageTicket sizeHQExemplary investments
Abstraction CapitalPre-Seed/Seed$0.1-4MUSBuf, Parabeac, Ivy, Wasp
Angel InvestPre-Seed/Seed$0.1MGermanyRasa, Resoto, Dagshub, Deta, MindsDB
BoldstartPre-Seed/Seed$0.5-5MUSLiveblocks, Cloudquery, Darklang
CranePre-Seed/Seed$1-6MUKNovu, ZenML, Cerbos, Gitpod
eCAPITALSeed, Series A$1-10MDETenzir, Exein, Open-Xchange
ElaiaPre-Seed/Seed, Series A,B$0.3-12MFranceGiskard, Qbeast, Nuclia, CodeNotary, TraefikLabs
Essence VCPre-Seed/Seed$0.5-5MUSReadySet, Project Discovery, Encore
Serena CapitalPre-Seed/Seed$0.5-4MEUOpsmill, Pyannote, Koin
Firstminute CapitalPre-Seed/Seed$0.25-5MUKElement, n8n, Nuxt.js, Quickwit
Fly VenturesPre-Seed/Seed$1-3MGermanyGitGuardian, Evidently AI, Objectiv
Grayscale VenturesPre-Seed/Seed$0.3-1MIndiaHasura, Testsigma, Bytebeam
Grand VenturesPre-Seed/Seed$0.5-2MUSAstronomer, Payload, Traceloop
HaystackPre-Seed/Seed$0.25-1.5MUSHashicorp, RedPanda, Astro
Heavybit*Pre‑Seed/Seed$0.5‑5MUSGradle, LocalStack, Memgraph
HorizonVCPre-Seed/Seed$0.3-1.5MUSNango, Shuttle, Caesar Labs
Isai Venture (JP Anciaux)Pre-Seed/Seed$0.25-3.5MFR-USStrapi, Nuxt, Kestra, Numworks
Kima VenturesPre-Seed/Seed$0.15MFranceAirByte, Docker, GitGuardian, Liveblocks, Meilisearch
Lombardstreet VenturesPre-Seed/Seed$0.3-1MUSKong, Sysdig, Hydra
Lunar VenturesPre-Seed/Seed$0.3-1MGermanydeepset, Zama, WASP, NannyML
Mango CapitalPre-Seed/Seed$0.5-2MUSHashicorp, Couchbase, InfluxData
OpenCapital.vc*Pre-Seed$0.3-$0.5FRKestra, Traefik Labs.com, Twenty CRM
OSS Capital*Pre-Seed/Seed$0.1-6MUSRocket.chat, Cal.com, Forem, Remix, OpenBB, BoxyHQ, MindsDB
Open Core Ventures*Pre-Seed/Seed$0.1-2MUSFleet, FlowForge, Mermaid Chart
PeakPre-Seed/SeedEurope$250k-4Mapideck, Open Social, Widgetbook
SeedcampPre-Seed/Seed$0.2-0.5MUKMeilisearch, Medusa, Cerbos
SpeedinvestPre-Seed/Seed$0.7-3MEuropemindsDB, crate.io, Gitpod, Qovery, Wasmer
RatioPre-Seed/SeedUSn8n, ToolJet, Chatwoot
XAngePre-Seed/Seed$0.5-10MFrance, GermanyOdoo, Prestashop, Misakey
Y Combinator*Pre-Seed/Seed$0.5MUSApollo, Posthog, MindsDB
500 StartupsPre-Seed / Seed$0.025-0.5MGlobalGitLab, mycroft, Predictionio
Basis SetPre-Seed/Seed, Series A$0.1-4MUSRasa, Orchest, FerretDB
btovPre-Seed/Seed, Series A+$0.25-20MSwitzerland, Germany, LuxemburgQuantumSimulations, Kubermatic, deepcode
Gradient VenturesPre-Seed/Seed, Series AUSOrchest, Streamlit, Moov.io
Hive VenturesPre-Seed/Seed, Series A$0.3-0.5MTaiwanAvesha, Canner, InfuseAI, Instill AI
Unusual VenturesPre-Seed/Seed, Series AUSSourcegraph, Styra, HeartEx, Noq
Amplify PartnersSeed, Series AUSdbt, Prisma, Sourcegraph
CostanoaSeed/Series A$2-5MUSAuterion, FOSSA, Jitsu
DecibelSeed, Series AUSBotpress, Cube, Pachyderm
Felicis VenturesSeed, Series A, BUSMeilisearch, n8n.io, Supabase
FirstMark*Seed, Series A $2-20MUSClickHouse, Cockroach Labs, Astronomer, SurrealDB, Lago, TensorZero, Quickwit, Timber/Vector
Innovation EndeavorsSeed, Series A$1-12MUSEarthly, Kong, ScyllaDB, Cube
MMC VenturesSeed, Series AUKSnowplow, Tyk.io, MindsDB, BoxyHQ
Nauta CapitalSeed, Series A$1-5MUK, Spain, GermanyKubermatic, Nhost, Boxy
Nexus Venture Partners*Seed/Series A$0.5-10MIndia, USHasura, tileDB, ZincSearch
Norwest Venture PartnersSeed/Series A+B+C$0.5-$50MUSDremio, InfluxDB, Uptycs
OpenOceanSeries A$2-5MUK, FinlandMariaDB, MindsDB, MySQL,
SignalFireSeed, Series A, B$0.25-20MUSPlural, Anchore, Crave
True VenturesSeed, Series A$1-10MUSHashicorp, Puppet, Npm
Vertex Ventures USSeed, Series A$0.5-10MUSHasura, Gitpod, Orkes
468 CapitalSeed, Series A$1-15MGermanyQuestDB, Wasmer, Iterative.ai, Garden.io
Greylock Partners Seed/Series A+B$2-20MUSChronosphere, Docker, Red Hat
Runa CapitalSeed, Series A$0.5-15MLuxembourgNGINX, MariaDB, n8n, OpenReplay
AccelMulti StageUKRasa, Cloudera, Snyk
a16z*Multi StageUSSourcegraph, Rasa, dbt
Bain Capital VenturesMulti StageUSDocker, Tecton, Redis, Startree, Cube, Lightning AI, Netdata
Battery*Multi StageUS, UK, ILDatabricks, Jfrog, Confluent
Balderton CapitalMulti Stage$1m-$50mEuropean foundersMySQL, Talend, Ory, Traefik
Bessemer Venture PartnersMulti StageUSnpm, Prefect, appwrite
CoatueMulti StageUSGrafana Labs, Panther, Starburst
CRVMulti StageUSEDB, Chromatic, RethinkDB
GGVMulti StageUSHashicorp, Kong, Mindee
Goldman SachsMulti StageUSWSO2, mongodb, Mirantis
GVMulti StageUS, UKGitLab, Redpanda, Posthog
Index VenturesMulti StageUS, UKConfluent, Starburst, Datadog
Insight Partners*Multi StageUSJFrog, Docker, SonarSource, Metabase, Astronomer
Kleiner PerkinsMulti StageUSPrisma, Materialize, Oven
Lightspeed Venture PartnersMulti StageUSGrafana Labs, Hasura, ClickHouse
NEA PartnersMulti StageUSMetabase, Elastic, TimescaleDB, NGINX
Redpoint VenturesMulti StageUSHashicorp, Cockroach Labs, Mattermost
Sapphire VenturesMulti StageUSInfluxData, Mirantis, yugabyteDB
Sequoia Capital*Multi StageUSGrafana Labs, R2C, Oso, Stemma
Swift VenturesMulti StageUSArize-Phoenix, Metal, Heartex
Tiger GlobalMulti StageUSappwrite, Kong, Redis
VenrockMulti StageUSAstronomer, Meltano, dGraph
AltimeterLate StageUSConfluent, GitLab, dbt

Angel List

We'll add a list with angels soon. If you're an angel investing in open-source (with at least 3 investments), feel free to open an issue.

A list of active devtool angels (not specifically focused on open-source) can be found here.

Any questions or suggestions? Feel free to DM the maintainer @jonathimer