Forbes Midas List 2017
97 investors from the 2017 Midas List tracked here, in rank order, with the firms they invest from.
- 1Midas ×10Jim GoetzSequoia CapitalIntel Corporation
Partner at Sequoia Capital
- 3Midas ×18Peter FentonBenchmark
General Partner at Benchmark
- 4Midas ×9Steve AndersonBaseline Ventures
Investor at Baseline Ventures
- 5Midas ×11Brian Singerman
Co-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders Fund
- 6Midas ×15Mary MeekerBond Capital Management
Founder & General Partner at BOND
- 7Midas ×15Bill GurleyHackerOne
General Partner Emeritus at Benchmark
- 8Midas ×7Carl GordonOrbiMed
Managing Partner at OrbiMed
- 9Midas ×16Doug LeoneSequoia Capital
Partner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing Partner
- 10Midas ×15Jim BreyerBreyer CapitalAccel-KKR
Founder & CEO of Breyer Capital
- 11Midas ×15Neil ShenHongShan Capital Group
Founding & Managing Partner of HongShan
- 12Midas ×16Peter ThielMithril Capital ManagementFounders Fund
Co-founder & Partner at Founders Fund
- 13Midas ×11Xiaojun LiIDG Capital
Partner at IDG Capital
- 14Midas ×7Paul MaderaMeritech Capital PartnersFilevine
Co-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
- 15Midas ×8Yuri MilnerDST Global
Founder of DST Global
- 16Midas ×10Robert NelsenARCH Venture Partners
Co-founder & Managing Director at ARCH Venture Partners
- 17Midas ×11Neeraj AgrawalBattery VenturesTealium
General Partner at Battery Ventures
- 18Midas ×11Jeff JordanAndreessen Horowitz
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- 19Midas ×14Hans TungNotable CapitalGold House Ventures
Managing Partner at Notable Capital
- 20Midas ×8Mike Maples JrFloodgate
Co-founding Partner at Floodgate
- 21Midas ×8Rob HayesScreendoorFirst Round Capital
First Round Board Partner; former Palm product leader and Omidyar technology investor; early backer of Uber, Square and Mint
- 22Midas ×14Alfred LinSequoia CapitalSurge
Partner at Sequoia Capital
- 23Midas ×14Sameer GandhiAccel
Partner at Accel
- 24Midas ×18Scott SandellNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Executive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEA
- 25Midas ×8Kui ZhouHongShan Capital Group
Partner at HongShan
- 26Midas ×10Anton LevyLayer GlobalGeneral Atlantic
Managing Director at General Atlantic
- 27Midas ×12Marc AndreessenAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase Ventures
Co-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- 28Midas ×10Asheem ChandnaGreylock PartnersIn-Q-Tel
Partner at Greylock focused on enterprise, cybersecurity, and infrastructure software
- 29Midas ×20John DoerrKleiner PerkinsNewSchools Venture Fund
Chairman of Kleiner Perkins
- 30Midas ×7JP GanINCE Capital
Founding Partner at INCE Capital
- 31Midas ×5Eric PaleyFounder CollectiveMassVentures
Entrepreneur and Seed Investor in Cambridge, MA
- 32Midas ×7Jeremy LiewLightspeed Venture Partners
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
- 33Midas ×12Salil DeshpandeUncorrelated Ventures
General Partner at Uncorrelated Ventures
- 34Midas ×17Roelof BothaBlock IncSequoia Capital
Advisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board member
- 35Midas ×11Josh KopelmanFirst Round Capital
Founder and Partner at First Round Capital
- 36Midas ×3Kevin ComolliAccel
Investor at Accel
- 37Midas ×9Aneel BhusriGreylock Partners
Partner at Greylock Partners
- 38Midas ×7David SzeNorthern Light Venture CapitalGreylock Partners
Advisory Partner at Greylock
- 39Midas ×10Byron DeeterBessemer Venture Partners
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
- 40Midas ×5Mitch LaskyBenchmark
Gaming operator and Benchmark investor behind Riot Games, Snap and Discord
- 41Midas ×5Bill TrenchardFirst Round Capital
Partner at First Round Capital
- 42Midas ×14Fred WilsonUnion Square Ventures (USV)FREEFLOW
Co-founder & Partner at Union Square Ventures
- 43Midas ×11Ron ConwaySV AngelLiquid Ventures
Founder of SV Angel
- 44Midas ×5Rebecca LynnCanvas VenturesMorgenthaler
Managing Director at Canvas Ventures
- 45Midas ×4Dennis PhelpsIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
- 46Midas ×3John VrionisUnusual Ventures
Founder & General Partner at Unusual Ventures
- 47Midas ×15Ben HorowitzAndreessen HorowitzA.Capital Ventures
Co-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- 48Midas ×5Gaurav GargWing
Partner at Wing
- 49Midas ×9Joel CutlerGeneral Catalyst
Founder, mentor and venture capital investor who backs consumer, travel, and fintech entrepreneurs
- 50Midas ×11Hurst Lin
General Partner at DCM Ventures
- 51Midas ×13Aydin SenkutFelicis Ventures
Founder & Managing Partner at Felicis
- 52Midas ×5Jim TananbaumForesite Capital
Founder & CEO at Foresite Capital
- 53Midas ×11Rich WongAccel
Partner at Accel
- 54Midas ×10Jeremy LevineBessemer Venture PartnersShopify
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
- 55Midas ×7Jonathan SilversteinOrbiMed
Partner at OrbiMed
- 56Midas ×19Danny RimerIndex Ventures
Partner at Index Ventures
- 57Midas ×8Matt CohlerBenchmarkKohlberg Kravis Roberts
LinkedIn and Facebook operator turned Benchmark network-effects investor
- 58Midas ×12Bryan RobertsVenrock
Partner at Venrock
- 59Midas ×9Scott Louis ShleiferTiger Global Management
Investor at Tiger Global Management
- 60Midas ×10Ryan SweeneyAccel
Partner at Accel
- 61Midas ×9Todd ChaffeeIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
- 62Midas ×7George ZacharyCRV (Charles River Ventures)
Investor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
- 63Midas ×4Quan ZhouIDG Capital
Founding General Partner at IDG Capital
- 64Midas ×10Andrew BracciaAccel
Partner at Accel
- 65Midas ×14David CowanBessemer Venture Partners
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
- 66Midas ×9Steven JiHongShan Capital Group
Partner at HongShan
- 67Midas ×4Promod HaqueNorwest Venture Partners
Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
- 68Midas ×2Dave McClurePractical Venture Capital
General Partner at Practical Venture Capital
- 69Midas ×14Jenny LeeNotable CapitalGranite Asia
Senior Managing Partner at Granite Asia
- 70Midas ×10Hemant TanejaCommureGusto
CEO & Managing Director of General Catalyst
- 71Midas ×6Jeff CroweNorwest Venture PartnersHoneyBook
Senior Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
- 72Midas ×5Bob Xiaoping XuZhenFund
Founder at ZhenFund
- 73Midas ×18Navin ChaddhaMayfield FundNeythri Futures Fund
Managing Partner at Mayfield
- 74Midas ×9Theresia GouwAcrew CapitalAspect Ventures
Founding Partner at Acrew Capital
- 75Midas ×4Tony FlorenceNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Co-CEO at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
- 76Midas ×7Ravi MhatreLightspeed Venture Partners
Partner and Co-Founder at Lightspeed Venture Partners
- 77Midas ×8Ann Miura-KoFloodgateStanford University
Co-founding Partner at Floodgate
- 78Midas ×7Ping LiAccel
Partner at Accel
- 79Midas ×14Lee FixelAddition
Founder of Addition
- 80Midas ×3Ken Howery
Co-founder of PayPal and Founders Fund
- 82David FialkowGeneral Catalyst
Venture capitalist and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker who co-founded General Catalyst
- 83Midas ×2Jeff HoringInsight Partners
Co-founder & Managing Director at Insight Partners
- 84Midas ×10Allen ZhuGSR Ventures
Managing Director at GSR Ventures
- 86Midas ×11Mamoon HamidKleiner Perkins
Partner at Kleiner Perkins
- 87Midas ×4Peter LevineAndreessen Horowitz
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- 88Midas ×6Joe LonsdaleAddepar8VC
Founder & Managing Partner of 8VC; co-founder of Palantir and Addepar
- 89Midas ×7Bijan SabetSpark Capital
Personal journal
- 90Midas ×9Ted SchleinKleiner Perkins
Partner and Advisor at KPCB
- 91Stuart PetersonArtis Ventures
Managing Partner at Artis Ventures
- 92Midas ×4Shervin Pishevar
Investor at Craft Ventures
- 93Jason GreenEmergence Capital Partners
Founder and General Partner (Emeritus) at Emergence Capital Partners
- 94Midas ×21Michael MoritzSequoia Heritage
Former Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia Heritage
- 95Midas ×10David WeidenKhosla Ventures
Investor at Khosla Ventures
- 96Midas ×12Reid HoffmanWestbound Equity PartnersBlue Tulip Ventures
Co-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock
- 97Midas ×9Bryan SchreierSequoia Capital
Partner at Sequoia Capital
- 98Midas ×10Kirsten GreenForerunner VenturesScreendoor
Founder and Managing Partner at Forerunner Ventures
- 99Midas ×5Deven ParekhInsight Partners
Managing Director at Insight Partners
- 100Midas ×9Scott RaneyRedpoint Ventures
Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures
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Rankings from the published Forbes Midas List; profiles, firms, and affiliations from Fundraising Fox's own database.




































































