Venture Capital Firms in Washington DC
46 venture capital firms are on this list. Of those that report private fund gross assets from a main office in the Washington DC metro, Columbia Capital is the largest: $13.8 billion through Columbia Capital, LLC (filed ).
QED Investors follows with $3.3 billion. The 46 firms counted report $29.6 billion together; the ten largest hold 86% of it, and half report less than $122 million.
Updated . Rechecked quarterly; next check . Figures read , as filed to .
- $10BN to $25BN47%1 firm
- $1BN to $5BN29%5 firms
- $500MM to $1BN10%4 firms
- Under $500MM14%36 firms
Latest Form ADV of each, filed Dec 2025 to Sep 2026. Read ; sources at the end of the page.
- Venture capital firms listedList of October 2026; 46 are venture capital firms
- 46
- Combined fund assets46 counted; as filed to Sep 2026
- $29.6BN
- Median firmHalf of the 46 report less
- $122MM
- Held by the ten largestOf the $29.6BN combined
- 86%
Columbia Capital, QED Investors and Northpond Ventures lead the Washington DC venture capital firms by fund assets
The ten largest by private fund gross assets on their latest Form ADV. Together they report $25.5BN, 86% of the $29.6BN the 46 counted report.
- 1
Columbia Capital
Venture capital firm, Alexandria
- 2
QED Investors
Venture capital firm, Alexandria
- 3
Northpond Ventures
Venture capital firm, Bethesda
- 4
Centerharbor Canapi Ventures Investment Advisor
Venture capital firm, Washington
- 5
Core Capital Partners
Venture capital firm, Potomac
- 6
Quona Capital Management
Venture capital firm, Washington
- 7
Construct Capital
Venture capital firm, Washington
- 8
Proof
Venture capital firm, Arlington
- 9
Blue Delta Capital Partners
Venture capital firm, Mclean
- 10
Razor's Edge Ventures III
Venture capital firm, Reston
Gross assets of the private funds each adviser reported in its latest Form ADV. Each pin opens the filing behind the figure; the ranking rule and sources are at the end of the page. Read .
One firm holds 47% of the fund assets
How the 46 firms counted spread by size: most are small, the dollars sit at the top.
One dot per firm counted. Read .
Fund assets each reported in its latest filing; shares are of the $29.6BN combined, one row per firm. Read .
47%
of the fund assets reported sits with one firm, Columbia Capital. The five largest hold 73%; 40 of 46 report under $1 billion.
- Venture capital firms46
Kind of each, from its own website and filings, checked October 2026.
- Washington13
- Arlington6
- Chevy Chase5
- Mclean5
- Alexandria4
- Bethesda3
Main office on each firm's Form ADV.
Leaders beyond the ranking
Figures the main ranking does not compare: most active in private offerings, most private funds.
| Rank | Name | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Working Capital | 42 issuers |
| 2 | Sinewave Ventures | 22 issuers |
| 3 | 100KM Ventures | 11 issuer |
| 4 | Harmonic Growth Partners | 11 issuer |
Counts notices, new and amended, filed by issuers whose name begins with the name; offering amounts are not shown.
| Rank | Name | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proof | 104Mar 2026 |
| 2 | BLU Venture Management | 41Sep 2026 |
| 3 | QED Investors | 34Apr 2026 |
| 4 | Columbia Capital | 30Sep 2026 |
| 5 | Opulentia Ventures | 22Jul 2026 |
| 6 | Sinewave Ventures | 21Mar 2026 |
| 7 | Lavrock Ventures | 18Mar 2026 |
| 8 | Lifeforce Capital Management | 16Mar 2026 |
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All 46 venture capital firms
A to Z, with each firm's private fund gross assets, private funds, listed stocks and fund offerings, each with a pin to its filing; firms with no figure show the interests they state on their own sites.
Showing all 46 firms
The first 30 are shown here; find, a kind or a size shows every match.
No row matches. Clear the find field or choose All.
Fund assets are the gross assets of the private funds in the adviser's latest Form ADV (solid bar; grey when the firm is not in the totals). Listed stocks are the US listed securities a firm reports each quarter; fund offerings count the private offering notices of funds named for the firm in two years. Each pin opens the filing behind the figure. The square beside a name opens every figure with its filing and notes.
One firm holds 47% of the money
Five findings from the filings of the 46 firms counted.
- 47%
of the $29.6 billion the 46 firms counted report is one firm's: Columbia Capital. Without it, the other 45 report $15.7 billion.
Fund assets, latest Form ADV of each; sums of filed figures
- $122MM
is the median: half of the 46 report less, and 40 report under $1 billion.
Fund assets, latest Form ADV of each
- 419
private funds are advised by the firms counted; Proof advises the most, 104.
Private funds on each Form ADV (Schedule D); sums of filed figures
- 8
private offering notices in two years were filed by funds and vehicles named for 4 firms; Working Capital leads with 4.
Private offering notices, to
- 13
of the 46 have their main office in Washington; the next place is Arlington, with 6.
Main office on each Form ADV
Questions
How many venture capital firms are there in Washington DC?
This list holds 46 venture capital firms in the Washington DC metro; 46 of them report private fund gross assets on Form ADV, $29.6 billion together.
What are the largest venture capital firms in Washington DC?
By the private fund gross assets they report: Columbia Capital $13.8 billion, QED Investors $3.3 billion, Northpond Ventures $1.7 billion, Centerharbor Canapi Ventures Investment Advisor $1.3 billion, Core Capital Partners $1.3 billion.
How much do venture capital firms in Washington DC typically manage?
Of the 46 that report, the median reports $122 million in private fund gross assets; 40 report under $1 billion.
How do you start a relationship with venture capital firms in Washington DC?
Each firm on this page links to its own website, and each figure carries a pin that opens the public filing it comes from. For fund managers and companies raising capital, Praxis Rock runs capital formation programs; see Raise Capital.
Sources and method
- Who is listed
- 46 venture capital firms, 46 are venture capital firms, as researched for this list; no row leaves the list. Venture capital firms with their main office in the Washington DC metro that file Form ADV with the SEC and report at least one venture capital fund or claim the venture capital fund adviser exemption, placed by the main office on their own filing.
- Ranking rule
- The top 10, every total, share and median, the charts and the answers to the questions use one set: the 46 advisers that report private fund gross assets in their latest SEC Form ADV, with a main office in the Washington DC metro, that the filing itself ties to the row (the CRD the list cites, or the row's own website in Item 1.I), one figure per adviser. A name match with no such tie is shown in the row's detail only, never ranked or counted.
- Our arithmetic
- The $29.6BN, the median, shares, charts and boards are sums and medians of filed numbers over that one set; 0 firms with a figure outside it stay listed with the figure and the reason.
- Pins
- Each figure's pin opens the filing it comes from: the adviser's Form ADV as filed, or the SEC filing index of its 13F report or of the latest private offering notice (Form D). The pin's label names the source and its date.
- What we searched
- On we searched every firm by its website against the websites advisers list on Form ADV, by the CRD the list cites, by name for Form ADV, and by every CIK found for 13F reports, and searched private offering notices for funds named for it. Of the 46, 46 report on a current Form ADV, 2 file 13F reports (0 for a 2026 quarter with a value), 4 have funds named for them in private offering notices, and 0 more show a possible match by name only in their detail, not counted.
- Words
- Kinds and interests are each firm's own, from its website. No person names are shown.
| Figure | Source | Period, read |
|---|---|---|
| Assets, private funds, client types, main office, employees | SEC Form ADV adviser data, October 2026 report, and each adviser's Form ADV as filed, 46 advisers | Filings to 2026-10-01; read 2026-10-31 |
| Listed stocks | SEC EDGAR Form 13F, 2 filers | Latest quarter; read 2026-10-31 |
| Private offering notices of funds named for a firm | SEC EDGAR full text search, Form D and D/A | 2024-10-31 to 2026-10-31 |
| Kind, interests and website | Each firm's own website, as researched for this list | Checked 2026-10-31 |
| Logos | Each firm's own website; a monogram where none checks | Read 2026-10-31 |
Cite as: Praxis Rock Advisors, "Venture Capital Firms in Washington DC," updated October 31, 2026, praxisrock.com/resources/investors/vc-firms-washington-dc