Updated 4/27/2020 by Cassidy Beegle-Jackson.
The venture capital landscape is changing in D.C.
The number of deals is dwindling, and each quarter, it seems the region's venture data is relying more and more on one major venture deal to define the region by.
With that, it makes sense that the variety of early-to-late stage companies in the region are turning to a variety of different resources to fund their groups — and that funding network is vast. So vast, that it can be tricky to navigate when you're diving in for the first time.
We're here to help. Using Crunchbase Pro data, we've compiled a list of some of the top, most active investing groups in the D.C. metro area. It's not a complete list, but it's pretty darn close.
Most Active Venture Capital Firms Based in D.C.
| Investor Name | Stage | Focus | Number of Investments | Number of Exited Companies | Location |
| Columbia Capital | Series A through C | Wireless, broadband, media, and enterprise information tech | 177 | 49 | Alexandria, Va. |
| Novak Biddle Venture Partners | Seed through Series D | Early-stage information technology startups | 117 | 39 | Bethesda, Md. |
| Core Capital Partners | Series A through D | Technology | 87 | 26 | Washington, D.C. |
| New Atlantic Ventures | Seed through Series B | Cybersecurity, mobile, e-commerce and digital media | 87 | 18 | Reston, Va. |
| Revolution | Seed, Series A through D | Disruptive consumer tech | 124 | 21 | Washington, D.C. |
| Middleland Capital | Seed, Series A | Technology | 69 | 14 | Washington, D.C. |
| NextGen Venture Partners | Seed, Series A | Consumerization of the enterprise, tech enabled consumer products | 27 | 5 | Washington, D.C. |
| PROOF.VC | Seed through Series D | Cybersecurity, mobile, e-commerce and digital media companies | 89 | 19 | Reston, Va. |
| Updata Partners | Series A through C | Software and software-enabled businesses | 73 | 28 | Washington, D.C. |
| Strategic Cyber Ventures | Seed, Series A | Cybersecurity | 4 | 1 | Washington, D.C. |
| Savano Capital Partners | Series A through Series D | Enterprise software, infrastructure, and data-driven businesses | 35 | 17 | Chevy Chase, Md. |
| Grotech Ventures | Seed through Series B | Technology | 158 | 34 | Vienna, Va. |
Angel Investor Networks
| Investor Name | Number of Investments | Number of Exited Companies | Location |
| Dingman Center Angels | 112 | 12 | College Park, Md. |
| New Dominion Angels | 31 | 3 | Washington, D.C. |
| New Vantage Group | 6 | 3 | McLean, Va. |
| K Street Capital | 7 | 3 | Washington, D.C. |
| Bellingham Angel Organization | 4 | 1 | Washington, D.C. |
Family Offices
| Investor Name | URL | Number of Investments | Number of Exited Companies | Location |
| J. Hunt Holdings | jhuntholdings.com/ | 82 | 12 | Vienna, Va. |
| Snowasis Capital, LLC | http://www.snowasis.com/ | 5 | N/A | Reston, Va. |
Private Equity Firms
| Investor Name | Focus | Number of Investments | Number of Exited Companies | Location |
| The Carlyle Group | Health Care, Software, Web Hosting | 225 | 81 | Washington, D.C. |
| Oxford Finance Corporation | Biotechnology, Health Care, Health and Wellness | 98 | 49 | Alexandria, Va. |
| Paladin Capital Group | Software, Enterprise Software, Security | 118 | 36 | Washington, D.C. |
| International Finance Corporation | Finance, Clean Technology, Education, Health, Consumer Internet | 190 | 28 | Washington, D.C. |
| QED Investors | FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS | 138 | 18 | Alexandria, Va. |
| NGP Energy Technology Partners | Clean Technology, Renewable Energies, Specialty Chemicals | 16 | 5 | Washington, D.C. |
| Novak Biddle Venture Partners | Information Technology | 117 | 39 | Bethesda, Md. |
| Sands Capital Ventures | Life Sciences, Technology, and Global Consumer | 64 | 13 | Arlington, Va. |
