86 developer tools investors in California, including 78 in the San Francisco Bay Area

Top 5 developer tools investors in California, ranked by recent fund activity

Among firms with a published profile and a dated fund or deal in the last 24 months. The rule: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (35: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), share of the observed portfolio in this sector (25; half of that when the sector is stated only), stated focus on the US (15: full marks when the firm names the US as where it invests, half when it says global), size of the fund on file on a log scale (15) and completeness of the public record (10). Regional focus is our research, not an SEC figure. It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns. The same rule orders the whole list; it is repeated in the method box.

1. Craft Ventures

   Type: VC firm · HQ: San Francisco, CA · Stages: Seed, Series A, Growth · Focus: Developer Tools, AI, Data, SaaS · Latest activity: New fund, Sep 2026 · Fund size on file: $712M (SEC Form D, 2022)

   Latest fund filing dated Sep 2026; $712M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2022); states developer tools as a focus; names the US as where it invests; 8 named decision-makers on file.

2. Translink Capital

   Type: VC firm · HQ: Palo Alto, CA · Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B · Focus: Developer Tools, AI, Mobility, B2B · Latest activity: New fund, Sep 2026 · Fund size on file: $174M (SEC Form D, 2021)

   Latest fund filing dated Sep 2026; $174M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2021); states developer tools as a focus; names the US as where it invests; 8 named decision-makers on file.

3. Forgepoint Capital

   Type: VC firm · HQ: San Mateo, CA · Stages: Seed, Series A · Focus: Developer Tools, Cybersecurity, Future of Work, AI · Latest activity: Portfolio news, Oct 2026 · Private fund assets: $1.2B (SEC Form ADV)

   Portfolio news dated Oct 2026; $1.2B on file (SEC Form ADV); states developer tools as a focus; 8 named decision-makers on file.

4. Felicis

   Type: VC firm · HQ: Menlo Park, CA · Stages: Seed, Series A · Focus: Developer Tools, AI, Healthtech, Cybersecurity · Latest activity: New deal, Oct 2026 · Fund size on file: $900M (SEC Form D, 2025)

   Dated new deal in Oct 2026; $900M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2025); states developer tools as a focus; 8 named decision-makers on file.

5. Geodesic

   Type: VC firm · HQ: Foster City, CA · Stages: Series B, Any stage · Focus: Developer Tools, AI, Fintech, B2B · Latest activity: New deal, Oct 2026 · Fund size on file: $500M (SEC Form D, 2021)

   Dated new deal in Oct 2026; $500M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2021); states developer tools as a focus; 8 named decision-makers on file.

First 25 of 86 developer tools investors in California

You are seeing 25 of 86. The full list adds 61 more investors and 443 named decision-makers.

78 developer tools investors in the San Francisco Bay Area

50 of the 78 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months; the median fund size on file is $95M (SEC Form D, 68 firms); the most recent fund filings are from U&I Ventures (Oct 2026), Foster Ventures (Oct 2026) and IVP: Venture capital for the Exceptional (Oct 2026); of the 73 with a stage on file, seed (61), pre-seed (33) and Series A (22); the count covers the metro area, by city: San Francisco (37), Palo Alto (12) and Menlo Park (8); the paid file holds 403 named decision-makers for them.

The first 5 in list order: Craft Ventures, Translink Capital, Forgepoint Capital, Felicis and Geodesic. They are ranked with the rest of the list, by the same rule.

How these 86 break down

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