ASK A VENTURE CAPITAL FUTURIST: WHAT’S NEXT FOR VCs AND STARTUPS?

Being venture capital futurists and VC keynote speakers as well as startup consultants, we’re commonly asked to present at meetings, events, tradeshows and conferences in the space. But what types of audiences do we often find ourselves talking to or giving workshops and seminars for? That depends entirely on the theme and objective of the program, but for reference, as venture capital futurists and VC keynote speakers, let’s take a look at a number of the largest and most prominent venture capital firms globally. Each is among the sorts of firms that you might anticipate to bring in outside thought leaders for their programs:

• Sequoia Capital – One of the oldest, largest and top-performing VC firms located in Silicon Valley. Early investors in Apple, Google, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and WhatsApp among many other huge successes. Manage over $85 billion in assets.
• Accel – Leading global VC firm based in Palo Alto with over $40 billion in assets under management. A few top wins for them according to venture capital futurists and VC keynote speakers encompass first-run investments in Facebook, Slack, Spotify, Supercell and other major companies.
• Andreessen Horowitz – VC firm founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz that has invested in companies like Airbnb, BuzzFeed, Coinbase, Lyft, Skype and Twitter. Manage $19 billion in assets.
• Kleiner Perkins – Historic Silicon Valley VC firm that was an early investor in Amazon, AOL, Google, Netscape and Twitter. Manages over $13 billion in committed capital.
• Benchmark – Early stage VC firm behind investments in Uber, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, eBay and other massively successful tech companies. Over $5 billion under management, per top venture capital futurists and VC keynote speakers.
• Greylock Partners – Longstanding VC with focus on consumer, enterprise and healthcare tech. Made out well from smart investments in LinkedIn, Facebook, Airbnb, Coinbase, Dropbox, Tumblr and others. Manages $4+ billion in committed capital.
• NEA – Global VC firm with over $24 billion in committed capital, with early investments in Robinhood, Salesforce, Tableau, MasterClass, Coinbase and other major companies.
• Lightspeed Venture Partners – VC with over $10 billion under management and early investments in Snap, AppDynamics, Epic Games, Affirm, DoorDash and others.
• GV – Originally started as Google Ventures, it is Alphabet’s VC arm which venture capital futurists say is managing over $5 billion in capital across various funds.