Invest in
Venture Funds
Gain access to investments typically reserved for Silicon Valley insiders. Exclusive to accredited investors.
Wefunder has historically higher returns than the top quarter of venture capital firms
12
Unicorns
18
Exits
29%
Average Net IRR1
$5,000
Minimum
Explore our funds
We often invest before tier 1 VCs
We invest early. Top VCs have invested $5B+ of follow-on capital into our portfolio
Let the experts invest your money
Diversify your portfolio by investing in funds managed by top investors
Invest a set amount in the fund
You choose the amount to invest, with a minimum of $5,000
We hire top founders and investors
We choose industry leaders with years of experience
Managers pick the best companies
Based on their knowledge, managers choose the companies and check size
We are industry insiders
Diversify your portfolio by investing in funds managed by top investors
Founder & CEO at Alloy Automation (YC W20), backed by a16z and Bain Capital. Thiel Fellow and Harvard dropout.
Founder & CEO at BloomTech (YC S17). $120M+ Raised from YC, Stripe, Google Ventures. 100+ Investments.
Founder & CEO at Laskie acq. by Twitter/X. Founder/CEO at Interviewed (YC S15) acq. by Indeed.
Founder & CEO at Positional. Former CEO of LendEDU (W16) and angel investor in 40+ YC startups.
Founder & CEO at Experiment and Jelly. Now money engineering at Vercel.
Founder at Forge. YC alum, $250M+ Raised. Previously of Streem (Acq. by Box).
Founder and CEO at Forge. YC Alumn, $250M+ Raised. Investor in Coinbase and Zenefits.
Founder & CEO at Wefunder. Reformed MBA who picked up some coding.
Founder & CEO at Fondo. Former CEO of Hackbright Academy and investor in 30+ startups.
Founder & CEO at Dover (S19), Former founder of Zinc (W14). General Partner at Alloy Fund, and VP at Pioneer Fund.
Why invest in funds?
Our funds invest in what we believe are the top of companies in each YC batch, or of a specific vertical
Allocate a percentage of your equity portfolio to the private sector by investing in pre-IPO companies
Investing in funds allows you to invest in more companies with less capital
Our fund managers have a strong reputation and often manage to squeeze into the most competitive rounds
In the news
- Conveyor Raises $12.5M
Conveyor raises $12.5M to automate security reviews using LLMs
- Apollo.io Raises $100M
Apollo.io, a full-stack sales tech platform, raises $100M at a $1.6B valuation
- Reworkd AI Raises $1.65M CAD
YC-Backed Reworkd secures $1.65 Million CAD to build AI agents for business tasks
- Paperspace $111M Acquisition
DigitalOcean acquires cloud computing startup Paperspace for $111M in cash
Featured Unicorns
Rappi is a Colombian consumer tech company that specializes in providing online delivery services.
Checkr automates and speeds up the process of professional background checks.
EquipmentShare provides cloud solutions serving the construction industry to accelerate productivity.
Ginkgo Bioworks is a developer of biological engineering products and custom microbes across multiple markets.
Portfolio Companies
1stCollab
Akido Labs
AlphaWatch AI
Andromeda Surgical
Apollo.io
Appcanary
Aptible
Artie
Astranis
Backdrop
Berilium
BidSight
BitAccess
Bluesmart
Bonfire
Booth AI
BuildJet
Cedana
Chart
Checkr
Circle Medical
Cleanly
Clearspace
Coil
Dabble, Placenote, Vertical
DAGWorks
Dill
Dream3D
Eden
Eight Sleep
Electric Air
Epsilon
EquipmentShare
Fastgen
Final
Flaviar
Flex
Gecko Robotics
Ginkgo Bioworks
GradientJ
GrubMarket
Healthtech 1
Hegel AI
Her
Homeflow
Interviewed
Invitris
Ironclad
Jopwell
JustPaid
Kino AI
Kite
Kyber
Labdoor
Laminate
LaunchFlow
Lawn Love
Leafpress
Lynks
Magic Patterns
Magicflow
Mashgin
Meadow
Mercoa
MTailor
Mux
Neptyne
NexTravel
Outbound
Outset
Palomma
Pando Bioscience
Paperspace
ParadeDB
Peeba
PeerDB
Persana AI
Plate iQ
Pointhound
Polo
Pure
Rappi
Ravti
Refine
Respaid
Reworkd AI
Rex
Roomstorm
Ruuf
Scope AR
Second
Second Measure
Shadeform
ShipBob
Skyvern
Smarking
Solve
SuperAPI
Sweep
Teleport
Terminal
The Ticket Fairy
Theya
Thrive Agritech
Trayd
Underground Cellar
Unify
Viddy
Worklife
Zenfetch
ZenysisStill have questions?
Disclaimer:
1. Net investor IRR after fees and carry for YC funds from 2014-2022. Marked as of December 2023, to latest valuation paid by an investor. Unaudited. Realized and Unrealized.
Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Examples of previous Wefunder investments are for illustrative purposes only. Full list available upon request. There is no guarantee that any fund will achieve the same exposure to, or quality of, startups held by any existing fund. Any investment involves a high degree of risk and is suitable only for sophisticated and qualified accredited investors. We do not provide investment advice to investors and no communication, through this website or in any other medium, should be construed as a recommendation for any security offered on or off Wefunder. Information on this page is qualified in its entirety by the Fund’s Limited Partnership Agreement and Subscription Agreement, which should be reviewed carefully prior to making an investment decision. Please see these documents for full details regarding risks, minimum investment, fees and expenses. The fund's legal name is also different than the name used above.