Buysiders Quarterly Rankings · 2026 Edition

Buysiders Venture Capital Firms

Ranked by capital closed in filed funds

Sequoia
Encap
NEA

Venture returns are decided by a handful of companies and disclosed to nobody but the fund's own investors. This board therefore ranks managers on capital raised, not on performance.

It sums the closed size of every venture fund on the register for a manager, counting only funds whose row links to the filing behind the number. Coverage is what the registers give us, so a firm that raises quietly or outside those regimes ranks lower than its reputation. Rows are filers, not corporate groups.

Register read 2026-07-22 · Rebuilt when the register is re-read
RANKNAMEHQSTRATEGYCAPITAL CLOSED IN FILED FUNDSSOURCE
01
Sequoia Capital Operations
60 filed funds. The register carries no vintage year for them.
USVenture Capital$75.9B
2026-07-22
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02
Encap Investments
27 filed funds, vintages 2007 to 2018.
USVenture Capital$25.1B
2018
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03
NEA Management Company
43 filed funds, vintages 2012 to 2019.
USVenture Capital$19.7B
2019
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04
Accel Management
66 filed funds. The register carries no vintage year for them.
USVenture Capital$17.3B
2026-07-22
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05
Founders Fund
53 filed funds. The register carries no vintage year for them.
USVenture Capital$15.1B
2026-07-22
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06
Deer Management
28 filed funds. The register carries no vintage year for them.
USVenture Capital$15.0B
2026-07-22
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07
Index Ventures
25 filed funds. The register carries no vintage year for them.
USVenture Capital$14.7B
2026-07-22
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08
Lightspeed Management Company
19 filed funds. The register carries no vintage year for them.
USVenture Capital$14.7B
2026-07-22
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09
AH Capital Management
43 filed funds. The register carries no vintage year for them.
USVenture Capital$12.9B
2026-07-22
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10
Khosla Ventures
14 filed funds, vintages 2009 to 2014.
USVenture Capital$10.0B
2014
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11
Banyan Capital Partners
7 filed funds. The register carries no vintage year for them.
Venture Capital$9.8B
2026-07-22
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12
Thrive Capital Management
23 filed funds. The register carries no vintage year for them.
USVenture Capital$9.1B
2026-07-22
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13
Spark Capital Partners
19 filed funds. The register carries no vintage year for them.
USVenture Capital$8.4B
2026-07-22
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14
Y Combinator Management
9 filed funds. The register carries no vintage year for them.
USVenture Capital$8.0B
2026-07-22
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15
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
36 filed funds. The register carries no vintage year for them.
USVenture Capital$7.2B
2026-07-22
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