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Top-rated firms
Ranked by verified founder reviews
Tidewater Labs
Remote
Pre-seed micro-fund and studio. Writes first checks, heavy on cold-outreach founders and underrepresented teams.
Lantern Collective
Austin, TX
Angel collective and rolling fund. Operator-heavy LP base, fast decisions, small checks alongside larger leads.
Northwind Capital
San Francisco, CA
Seed-stage fund backing technical founders in developer tools, infrastructure, and applied AI. Known for hands-on early hiring support.
Top-rated investors
Individual partners and angels
Saanvi Kapoor
Founder & GP · Tidewater Labs
Solo GP writing first checks. Answers cold emails, moves fast, transparent about passes.
Dvora Mensah
General Partner · Northwind Capital
Former infra engineer turned investor. Leads seed rounds in developer tools and leans in on early technical hiring.
Theo Bright
Angel Investor · Lantern Collective
Operator angel, ex-VP Eng. Writes $25–100k checks, helpful on scaling teams.
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