Our 2012 Venture Capital Activity Report released earlier today included a ranking of the 20 most active VC investors of 2012. Although the full 72-page data & trends report is only available to CB Insights customers, below is the list of the 20 most active venture investors of the past year.
1. New Enterprise Associates
2. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
3. Google Ventures
4. Andreessen Horowitz
5. First Round Capital
6. Accel Partners
7. Greylock Partners
8. Khosla Ventures
9. General Catalyst Partners
10. Lerer Ventures
11. Sequia Capital
12. Battery Ventures
13. Intel Capital
14. Bessemer Venture Partners
15. Lightspeed Venture Partners
16. Charles River Ventures
17. Matrix Partners
18. US Venture Partners
19. True Ventures
20. Benchmark Capital
Note: Micro-VC funds (or what are sometimes colloquially referred to as Super Angels) were excluded from these rankings but are part of our 2012 stats.
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