50 New VC Funds Ready to Write Checks in 2026

Fifty newly launched or newly active venture funds are open for pitches in 2026, according to a curated list compiled by Foundersuite, arriving at a moment when founders need it most. London Tech Week (8 to 12 June 2026) is historically one of the busiest deal-flow windows of the year, and this cycle is proving no different. The list spans fund sizes from $18 million to $650 million, across stages from pre-seed to Series A, and sectors from AI to energy transition. For any founder currently in a fundraising process, this is the kind of concrete intelligence that changes who you call on Monday morning.

The timing reflects something real happening in the LP market. After two years of compressed fund formation, new capital is moving again, selectively but meaningfully. Credo Ventures closed its fifth fund at $88 million to back up to 30 pre-seed startups, with a sector-agnostic approach spanning CEE and diaspora founders. Warsaw-based Montis VC hit a €50 million first close specifically targeting energy and industrial transition tech. These are not legacy platforms recycling old theses. They are purpose-built vehicles with fresh mandates and genuine appetite.

The Foundersuite database also surfaces several funds still in their own raise, including Silicon Road Ventures targeting $18 million across AI, B2B and fintech, Skybound Ventures at $38 million focused on deeptech, and Veriten at $105 million backing energy. That detail matters. A fund still raising capital is often more motivated to move quickly on deals, signalling conviction early to its own LPs. Alt Capital, with approximately $275 million targeting future of work, SaaS and AI, represents the larger end of the cohort, with a San Francisco base and a team that includes Jack Altam, Elaine Dai and Allie Meyer. The range across this list is deliberately broad, because founders at different stages need fundamentally different investors.

The broader market context sharpens why this matters. Early-stage fundraising in 2026 bears little resemblance to the 2021 vintage. Rounds are tighter, diligence is deeper, and investors are scrutinising how founders think, not just what they are building. AI bets are now happening at pre-seed, before traction exists, which compresses timelines and raises the stakes on first impressions. Against that backdrop, pitching a fund that is actively deploying from a fresh vehicle is a structurally better bet than approaching a manager at the tail end of a fund cycle with little remaining dry powder. Knowing which funds are new, and how large they are, is genuine competitive advantage.

Over the next twelve months, expect this wave of new fund formation to accelerate further into specialised verticals, particularly climate infrastructure, defence tech and applied AI. LP appetite has returned but it is not indiscriminate. Funds with sharp sector theses and operational support models will close faster and deploy sooner than generalist vehicles. For founders, the playbook is straightforward: find the funds in this cohort that match your stage and sector, reach out while mandates are fresh and conviction is highest, and get in front of check-writers who still need to build their portfolios from scratch.