The most important and influential venture capitalists in the US

• There are several growing venture-capital ecosystems outside of Silicon Valley and New York.
• VCs are writing checks from metropolitan areas like LA, Miami, Boston, and the Rocky Mountain region.
• Insider compiled lists of VCs who are the must-know investors in their respective regions. 

There’s no question that venture capitalists can now invest and write a check to a startup from anywhere in the US. It’s a lesson they learned during the pandemic years, when, as a matter of necessity, many VCs and startup founders connected virtually and found that the need for capital was far beyond the tech hubs of the San Francisco-Bay Area and New York.

Turns out there are thriving venture-capital ecosystems in areas like Austin, Texas, Los Angeles, Boston, Miami and other regions across the US. Data gathered by Carta shows that in 2022, Boston, Miami and Austin ranked in the top 10 metropolitan areas with the most venture investment activity.