Investors backing San Diego startups

1,348 investors have backed a company based in San Diego: 1,079 funds and 269 angels. TCA Venture Group, OrbiMed and New Enterprise Associates lead by local deal count, and most of them sit outside San Diego.

1,348investors who have backed a San Diego company
1,079VC firms
269Angel investors
Active at stage
Pre-seed804
Seed1,196
Series A1,234
Series B+1,194
By investor type
VC firms756
Angels269
Family offices16
Private equity260
Other47
Investors with at least one portfolio company based in San Diego, one recent deal and a reachable contact. Funds headquartered in San Diego are too few to build a page on, so this page counts by portfolio, not by address. In the table, deals are the investor's investments into San Diego companies, while Last 12 mo counts all of its deals in the past year. Source: Fundraisly investor database, September 2026.

The most active investors in San Diego

InvestorTypeDeals in San DiegoLast 12 moLeadsHQ
TCA Venture Grouptechcoastangels.com
Syndicate104
3
YesNewport Beach, CA
OrbiMedorbimed.com
PE65
52
YesNew York, NY
VC42
12
YesMenlo Park, CA
ARCH Venture Partnersarchventure.com
VC40
26
YesChicago, IL
Venrockvenrock.com
VC37
7
YesPalo Alto, CA
Versant Venturesversantventures.com
VC36
4
YesMenlo Park, CA
VC35
22
YesPasadena, CA
SOSVsosv.com
VC31
81
YesPrinceton, NJ
Right Side Capital Managementrightsidecapital.com
VC29
53
NoSan Francisco, CA
Alta Partnersaltapartners.com
VC28
1
YesJackson, MS

What the numbers say about San Diego

1,348 investors have backed a San Diego company. 1,079 funds and 269 angels

Later stages dominate. 1,234 investors at Series A against 804 at pre-seed

260 of the 1,079 are private-equity firms. A quarter of the list will not write a seed cheque

TCA Venture Group leads by deal count. 104 investments in San Diego

How a founder raised from investors like these

Frequently asked

Q1

Are there venture funds based in San Diego?

A handful, which is why this page counts investors by portfolio instead. The 1,348 investors here have already written a cheque into a San Diego company from wherever they sit, and that is the list that matters for outreach.

Q2

How many investors do founders contact to get meetings?

Founders in our Raise Benchmarks reached 45 to 900 investors per round. Besample closed $1.5M from 24 investors after 55 first meetings. A wide, well-targeted list beats ten warm names.

Q3

How do I get a warm intro to these investors?

Fundraisly's Warm Intro maps your team's LinkedIn connections against every investor in this database and shows which of these funds and angels a colleague can introduce you to.

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