Top United States Venture Capital Firms with Recent Private M&A Activity

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Bloom8 is a private equity firm dedicated to investing in the global food ecosystem. With more than $300M deployed to date, Bloom8 invests across breakthrough food technologies to established consumer and restaurant brands.

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Nov 2025 Invested in Brainiac Foods
Nov 2025 Invested in Mission Barns
Nov 2025 Invested in BlueNalu
Nov 2025 Invested in Aleph Farms

Emil Capital Partners LLC

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Emil Capital was founded in 2011 by experienced operators, including the CEO of the Tengelmann Group, Christian Haub. The family-owned Tengelmann Group has over 150 years of history in consumer and is one of the world’s largest private consumer goods holding companies today. The firm’s founding principles – honesty, integrity, sound fiscal management, innovative marketing and the consistent delivery of value to customers - enable it to stand the test of time. Those principles will always guide Emil Capital in everything we do.

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Ocean Leap

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Ocean Leap Capital is an entrepreneurial investment fund seeking to acquire, operate, and grow a small to mid-sized company. With decades of operating experience, we plan to expand upon the legacy of small businesses, taking a long-term approach.

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Cronus Ventures LLC

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Cronus Ventures is a Seattle-based family office with over 25 years of active investing and a heritage rooted in early Microsoft. With more than 100 portfolio companies, 20+ exits, and dedicated resources and funding committed to small business acquisitions, we partner with leading operators in their respective industries who can assume leadership roles and drive value from day one. Our model combines patient, long-term capital with hands-on financial and operational support, empowering proven operators to acquire, scale, and build durable businesses in fragmented markets.

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ShadowHornet Venture Advisors

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In our role as strategic advisor, we identify opportunities to fill market gaps and catalyze growth. In 2022, we pooled funds from our general partner's strategic exit and 4 L..P.s to create the ShadowHornet Venture Fund I. We made our first investment in 2023, and continue to invest in promising business leaders with ambitious and often disruptive business visions. See below for our active investments. FractionalTalent.ioShadowHornet attained a 49% minority stake in FractionalTalent.io, enabling the firm to scale up its model of disrupting traditional staffing,…

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General Catalyst Partners

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There's a simple premise behind the founding of General Catalyst (GC) in 2000: entrepreneurs are best served by those who've been in their shoes. In fact, all of GC's managing directors are accomplished entrepreneurs in their own right. We're familiar with the challenges you face. And we thrive on our ability to use our entrepreneurial experience to assist, guide, and nurture entrepreneurs on their journey. As a venture capital firm focusing on Early Stage and XIR/Growth investments, we're thrilled to encounter and delight in helping exceptional entrepreneurs and innovative companies bring a…

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Oct 2010 Acquired PhotoShelter, Inc.
Oct 2010 Acquired Ping Identity Corporation
Oct 2010 Acquired Prematics, Inc.
Oct 2010 Acquired QuickPlay Media, Inc.

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ABS Capital Partners

27 Total Closed Deals

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We focus on the very best late-stage growth companies. Our companies typically have greater than $20 million in revenue and the capacity to achieve more than 25 percent growth in the four sectors where our partners have spent their careers: business and education services, health care, media and communications and technology. We don't just provide capital; we actively partner with CEOs to help them build their businesses and reach the next stage of success. Our priority is investing in the best growth companies—not completing certain types of transactions or investing specific amounts. We…

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Dec 2012 Invested in Accurate Group Holdings, Inc.
Sep 2012 Invested in ConnectYourCare, Inc.
Aug 2012 Invested in Alloy Digital Investments, LLC
Jul 2012 Invested in Athletes' Performance, Inc.

Comcast Ventures

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At Comcast Ventures, we love working with entrepreneurs who have ideas that will shift industries and impact the way people interact with their worlds. And we thrive on helping take those ideas big. By combining the best characteristics of traditional venture funds with the technical insight, scale and experience of a strategic investor, CV offers a best-in-class value proposition for entrepreneurs, portfolio companies, partnering investors, and the Comcast family of companies.

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Apr 2014 Advised Birchbox on an investment from Comcast Ventures
Mar 2014 Advised LeadiD on an investment from Comcast Ventures
Jan 2014 Invested in Fullscreen
Oct 2013 Advised Nextdoor on an investment from Comcast Ventures

Innovative Food Holdings

2 Total Closed Deals

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Innovative Food Holdings is actively seeking to acquire specialty food related businesses as add on acquisitions to it's growing specialty food platform. In addition, Innovative Food Holdings makes synergistic investments in early stage food and foodtech businesses. Innovative Food Holdings also manages Food Hatch, a food and foodtech focused investment accelerator. Innovative Food Holdings, through its subsidiaries, is a leading nationwide provider of direct from source specialty foods, healthcare foods, gluten free foods, and unique artisanal foods, to the professional foodservice market.…

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Mar 2013 Advised The Haley Group in its sale to Innovative Food Holdings
Mar 2012 Acquired Artisan Specialty Foods

Redpoint Ventures

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Redpoint Ventures has helped entrepreneurs build innovative businesses that defy convention, shape the future, and change the world. From early investments in industry pioneers like Netflix, TiVo, and Juniper to companies such as RightMedia, Zimbra, Heroku, LifeSize, Danger, Fortinet, and HomeAway, we stand behind our entrepreneurs helping them go all the way to the top. With our deep experience and focus on quality, we offer entrepreneurs a culture and approach that values mutual respect, meaningful relationships, and an intense commitment to succeed. Redpoint (http://www.redpoint.com) was…

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Mar 2011 Advised BranchOut on an investment from Redpoint Ventures

Fifth Street Technology Partners

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With over $1 Billion of capital available, FSTP is actively seeking companies looking for venture debt or mezzanine financing. Transaction size is from $5 million to $50 million and usually takes the form of sub debt financing. FSTP works closely with most major PE and VC firms as well as with most banks. Typical uses for our capital include re-financings, growth capital, working capital, acquisitions & LBOs, etc.

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Mar 2014 Invested in ShareThis

Bowers Financial Services

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Bowers Financial Services is commercial finance brokerage firm. We offer equity and debt financing. We specialized in any type of commercial real estate. We also do oil and gas projects, including Green Energy. We will also look at tech deals also

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Fuimus Financial LLC

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We are a private company looking to invest our own funds in early-stage Biotechnology and High Tech companies in the US. We are also open to later stage venture capital investments in the same sectors

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VentureLab Inc.

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VentureLab works with entrepreneurs and early-stage companies to identify their core needs. We call it The VentureLab Process.A rare form of success is achieved when fueling the passion of an entrepreneurial founder with the resources of an expert team. At VentureLab, we turn entrepreneurial acorns into corporate oaks by providing entrepreneurs access to these essential elements:Strategy: Business Planning, Modeling & Forecasting, Corporate Strategy, GovernanceCapital: Equity Financing, Debt Financing, Spinouts & Divestitures, Due Diligence, Valuation, Mergers & AcquisitionsTeam:…

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ET Capital Partners

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Small fund looking for mainly non-tech startups, preferably in sustainable agriculture.

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Single Oak Ventures

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Single Oak Ventures is a fund focused on delivering investor value in the emerging gap between higher risk, network dependent Angel investing and the high minimums and large funds typically associated with traditional Venture Capital firms. Single Oak Ventures is one of a new generation of funds dedicated to providing access to top companies and industry veterans without the high minimums associated with VC’s and we minimize the risk of picking a winner on a direct angel investment. Single Oak Ventures is managed by an experienced team of industry leaders with extensive backgrounds in…

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Fort Point Angels

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Formed in July 2012, Boston-based Fort Point Angels, an angel investment fund, makes seed and early-stage investments in growth-industry New England-based companies.Industries in which Fort Point invests include healthcare; medical device; transportation; consumer goods, products, and services; and, with other angel groups as co-investors, technology. We invest as an individual fund, or we co-invest and syndicate with other angel groups or VC companies. Fort Point has a diversification investment approach - our strategy is to grow our portfolio and invest in a large number of organizations.…

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Shift Ventures

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Shift Ventures works to make ideas become successful business realities. This is achieved by our careful preparation and enterprising approach.We maintain strict confidentiality and a highly discreet approach at all time.Initially we gain a thorough understanding of your aspirations and business. Beyond taking a strictly business approach to analysis, we look at each situation from a number of perspecitives:entrepreneurialfinancialtechnicalsocialcontextualWe need to understand not only how your business operates now, but also how it will likely stand up in the changing competitive landscape…

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First Round Capital

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First Round Capital is a venture capital firm that primarily makes early round investments. They look to play an active role in the operations of most the companies they invest in.

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Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation

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Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) is the venture capital subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. JJDC is comprised of experts and leaders in the health care and technology venture communities who identify early market indicators, health care trends, and strategic investment opportunities. Unlike traditional venture capital firms, JJDC determines the success of an investment's performance not only in financial returns, but also in the viability of providing strategic growth options for Johnson & Johnson.JJDC plays an integral role within Johnson & Johnson Corporate Development in the…

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Firms in the United States Venture Capital Firms directory are ordered based on recent deal activity on Axial. The default order reflects observed market signals rather than a subjective ranking of firm quality.

Each profile provides information about the firm’s areas of focus, transaction criteria, and relevant activity on Axial’s M&A platform. Together, these details provide a clearer view of where a firm is active and the types of companies and opportunities most relevant for it.

Location can be an important consideration, but it does not necessarily define where a firm is active. Firms based in United States may bring regional knowledge, local relationships, and experience with businesses in the area, while many also pursue opportunities across a broader geographic footprint. Geography is best considered alongside sector focus, company size, and relevant transaction activity.

Not necessarily. A firm’s location does not always define its geographic reach. Many Venture Capitals based in United States are active across multiple regions, while firms based elsewhere may also participate in the United States market. Location can provide useful context, but it should not be interpreted as a firm’s geographic boundary.

When comparing Venture Capitals in United States, consider factors such as sector focus, size range, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 44 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

Axial can help you identify and connect with firms based on your objectives and what you are looking to accomplish. The process varies depending on your role and transaction needs. If you are interested in connecting with firms in the United States Venture Capital Firms directory, you can request information here.

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