60 Series B investors in California, including 51 in the San Francisco Bay Area

Top 5 Series B 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 (40: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), stage focus (15: all of it when Series B is the only stage the firm states, split evenly when it states more), 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 (20) and completeness of the public record (10). Stage and regional focus are 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. Kleiner Perkins

   Type: VC firm · HQ: Menlo Park, CA · Stages: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth · Focus: AI, Fintech, Proptech, Mobility · Latest activity: New fund, Aug 2026 · Fund size on file: $995M (SEC Form D, 2026)

   Latest fund filing dated Aug 2026; $995M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2026); backs pre-seed, seed, Series A; names the US as where it invests; 2 named decision-makers on file.

2. Tribe Capital

   Type: VC firm · HQ: San Mateo, CA · Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth · Focus: AI, Cybersecurity, Crypto and Web3, Generalist · Latest activity: New fund, Oct 2026 · Fund size on file: $500M (SEC Form D, 2021)

   Latest fund filing dated Oct 2026; $500M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2021); backs seed, Series A, Series B; names the US as where it invests; 8 named decision-makers on file.

3. Translink Capital

   Type: VC firm · HQ: Palo Alto, CA · Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B · Focus: AI, Developer Tools, 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); backs seed, Series A, Series B; names the US as where it invests; 8 named decision-makers on file.

4. Bison Ventures

   Type: VC firm · HQ: San Francisco, CA · Stages: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B · Focus: AI, Healthtech, Energy, Biotech · Latest activity: New fund, Oct 2026 · Fund size on file: $160M (SEC Form D, 2025)

   Latest fund filing dated Oct 2026; $160M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2025); backs pre-seed, seed, Series A; names the US as where it invests; 2 named decision-makers on file.

5. Geodesic

   Type: VC firm · HQ: Foster City, CA · Stages: Series B, Any stage · Focus: AI, Developer Tools, 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); backs Series B, any stage; 8 named decision-makers on file.

First 25 of 60 Series B investors in California

You are seeing 25 of 60. The full list adds 35 more investors and 339 named decision-makers.

51 Series B investors in the San Francisco Bay Area

30 of the 51 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months; the median fund size on file is $350M (SEC Form D, 33 firms); the most recent fund filings are from 01A (Nov 2026), IVP: Venture capital for the Exceptional (Oct 2026) and Bison Ventures (Oct 2026); of the 51 with a stage on file, Series B (51), Series A (42) and seed (39); the count covers the metro area, by city: San Francisco (18), Menlo Park (10) and Palo Alto (8); the paid file holds 292 named decision-makers for them.

The first 5 in list order: Kleiner Perkins, Tribe Capital, Translink Capital, Bison Ventures and Geodesic. They are ranked with the rest of the list, by the same rule.

How these 60 break down

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