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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Seed investors for Venture Capital startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Novak Biddle Venture Partners | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed | Bethesda, Maryland, United States, North America | ||
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship | Debt, Seed | College Park, Maryland, United States, North America | ||
TEDCO | Debt, Early Stage Venture, Seed | Columbia, Maryland, United States, North America | ||
TDF Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, North America | ||
NextGen Venture Partners | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America |
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We’ve ranked the top Venture Capital Seed investors in Maryland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Venture Capital Investors & Funds (Maryland)
Novak Biddle Venture Partners
Novak Biddle Venture Partners provides equity financing and assistance to the management of young, information technology companies. They seek investment opportunities where the combination of ideas, dollars, experience, and relationships can create long-term, sustainable value.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Bethesda, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
The Dingman Center Angels is a Maryland based angel investment group that provides funding to early-stage companies located within the Mid-Atlantic region. Their members are entrepreneurs, CXO’s, venture capitalists and business leaders who have founded, funded and built world-class companies. They come from a wide array of industry expertise and in association with the Dingman Center of Entrepreneurship, create an extensive entrepreneurial community. They are looking for innovative, technology-driven startup companies addressing a significant market opportunity where their investment and expertise can make a difference. They introduce entrepreneurs to potential investors through presentations at monthly meetings which are held from September to June. Their group looks to invests $100,000 to $1,000,000 in seed/early stage companies, and will often syndicate with other angel groups and VC’s for deals up to $2 million. The Dingman Center Angels is not a fund and does not invest as a group. Their members collaborate on due diligence but make individual investment decisions. Each member makes their own thorough review of all information, including speaking with representatives of the company.
Stages: Debt, Seed
Location: College Park, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Impact Investing, Real Estate, Venture Capital
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TEDCO
TEDCO was created by the Maryland State Legislature in 1998 to facilitate the transfer and commercialization of technology from Maryland’s research universities and federal labs into the marketplace and to assist in the creation and growth of technology-based businesses in all regions of the State. TEDCO is an independent organization that strives to be Maryland’s lead source for entrepreneurial business assistance and seed funding for the development of startup companies in Maryland’s innovation economy. In Maryland and beyond, TEDCO is a resource of mentoring, funding and networking for entrepreneurs and start-ups that need guidance as they bring innovative concepts to market. TEDCO is more than an early stage funding resource. It is the hub of Maryland’s entrepreneurial network where startups find mentors, organizational assistance, facilities for daily operations, and a roadmap for success.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Columbia, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Consulting, Financial Services, Information Technology, Venture Capital
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TDF Ventures
TDF Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm with offices in Washington DC and Silicon Valley. We focus on startups that serve enterprise markets within infrastructure, software, and services (IaaS, SaaS, XaaS). We invest from a $200M permanent pool of capital and are currently investing out of Fund V.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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NextGen Venture Partners
NextGen Venture Partners invests $1-2M in seed-stage companies with the participation of 1,000+ Venture Partners. The firm specializes in the fields of private equity, business strategy, start-up acceleration, and fundraising.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Camden Partners
Camden Partners provides growth capital to lower-middle market companies in the education, healthcare and technology-enabled business services sectors. In areas where there is little common knowledge, they make it their business to know intimately the companies and the money managers in which they invest. While many other investment management firms seek to excel as stock-pickers, they pursue opportunities where their experience and influence will make a positive difference to both their investors and the companies in which they invest.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Education, Health Care, Venture Capital
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Kinetic Ventures
Kinetic Ventures is a leading venture capital investor in high growth, industry defining communications, information and power/clean technology companies. For over two decades they have partnered with outstanding entrepreneurs to build world-class enterprises. Kinetic is gratified to be partners with many remarkable entrepreneurs in the creation of industry defining companies like Ciena, VerticalOne, Corvis, Cerent, Peace Software, Broadware, APX, Calix, Altierre and SmartSynch. Kinetic Ventures VIII, capitalized by corporate pension, endowment and family office investors primarily invests in early stage companies. They also selectively invest in seed and growth stage opportunities. Areas of focus for the fund include: – Communications. Solutions that bring greater speed, functionality, usability or accessibility to voice, data and video networks. – Information Technology. Solutions that deliver greater efficiency, collaboration, security and functionality to users. – Power/Clean Technology. Solutions for the power and related industries that take advantage of the ongoing and rapid evolution in communications, information and energy technologies.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Enterprise Software, Mobile, Venture Capital
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Camber Creek
Camber Creek contributes in a direct and significant way to the success of its portfolio companies by leveraging the real estate expertise, operating experience and portfolio of assets of its partners, investors, and advisors. Camber Creek’s investment team has investing, operating, and technology experience and expertise across a range of real estate businesses, including construction, property management, development, and leasing. Camber Creek’s investors own, operate and manage over 150 million square feet of real estate in the U.S., giving us a unique competitive advantage as an investor and value-added partner in the real estate technology space.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Rockville, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Commercial Real Estate, Financial Exchanges, Retail Technology, Smart Home, Venture Capital
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CNF Investments, LLC
CNF Investments, LLC (CNF) is a private investment firm with a focus on venture capital and private equity opportunities. CNF manages over $350 million in capital, with current investments in technology, healthcare, and energy, and will consider direct as well as fund investments. CNF is an active investor that looks to partner with experienced and passionate entrepreneurs and co-investors to build great companies. CNF focuses on growth stage companies, but will consider investments in early and late stage businesses as well. CNF conducts thorough and efficient diligence processes but focuses most of its analysis on the potential investment’s management team and other key players. CNF believes that success is based on the right combination of people, experience, hard work, focus, and execution. CNF is an affiliate of Clark Enterprises, Inc.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Bethesda, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Financial Exchanges, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Bonsal Capital
Bonsal Capital is a mission-driven partnership investing primarily in the Capital Region in technology enabled services in education and workforce. The firm was founded in 1999 by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) cofounder Frank A. Bonsal, Jr and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: EdTech, Education, Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Venture Capital
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RareBreed Ventures
RareBreed Ventures is a pre-seed fund that invests in technology companies. It allows angel investors to become limited partners for larger funds down the line. RareBreed was founded in 2021 by McKeever “Mac” Conwell.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Conscious Venture Lab
Conscious Venture Lab is an early stage business accelerator focused on creating purpose-driven companies. Their help entrepreneurs who want to use capitalism to create a more just, joyful and equitable society. Created to honor the work and memory of Conscious Venture Lab friend and mentor the late David B. Wolfe, CVLab is creating the most comprehensive program for the creation of “Companies that Matter”. The CVLab was founded by Jeff Cherry, serial entrepreneur and one of the co-founders of Concinnity Advisors, the first Investment Advisory firm focused solely on investing in “Conscious” companies. Conscious Venture Lab curriculum was developed in conjunction with some of the international thought leaders on the concept of “Conscious Capitalism” including Darden professor Ed Freeman and Babson professor and Author of Firms of Endearment and Conscious Capitalism, Raj Sisodia.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Impact Investing, Social Impact, Venture Capital
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Healthworx
Healthworx operates at the intersection of healthcare and innovation by creating, supporting, and investing in companies that are improving healthcare quality, accessibility and affordability. As the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst of Maryland, Inc., Healthworx envisions a healthier future for all people by changing the way health works.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Health Care, Health Insurance, Hospital, mHealth, Venture Capital
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Inner Loop Capital
Inner Loop Capital invests in seed-stage start-ups across a range of enterprise technologies. Inner Loop Capital focuses on Cyber Security, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Analytics, and Enterprise SaaS.
Stages: Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Business Development, Finance, Financial Services, Information Technology, Venture Capital
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A-Level Capital
A-Level Capital, LLC is a student-led venture capital fund based in Baltimore, Maryland. Our firm invests in Johns Hopkins University student and young alumni founded companies. Please visit our website, alevelcapital.com to learn more and/or apply for start-up funding.
Stages: Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Kid Venture Capital
Kid Venture Capital invests in pre-seed, seed, and early-stage companies across a wide range of industries including technology, finance, consumer goods, energy, media, and healthcare. We’re drawn to any startup that has a clear view of its customers and users, is brand-driven, or holds a strong vision of global social impact.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Financial Services, Impact Investing, Venture Capital
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Panacea Capital Advisors
Panacea Capital Advisors operates as an actively involved investor, a trusted partner and a strategic advisor. We have decades of relevant experience in capital investment, fund raising, corporate development, strategic alliances, transaction structuring, expense management and corporate governance. We work collaboratively with entrepreneurs, management, investors and other partners, and we are a reliable source of capital. We take pride in our ability to generate, cultivate and achieve creative solutions.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Non Equity Assistance, Seed
Location: Bethesda, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Angel Investment, Finance, Venture Capital
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New Market Education Partners
New Market Education Partners specializes in seed/startup, early venture, mid venture, and late venture investments.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Fulton, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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