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Forbes 30 Under 30 (United States) Class of 2026

Forbes 30 Under 30 (United States) Class of 2026 by Forbes: 30 founders listed. The entries on record, movement since the last edition, and method notes.

Publisher
Forbes
Published
2026
On this page
30 of 600 listed
Method
Editorial
Reliability
Grade C

Class of 2026, the 15th class. The Venture Capital category includes investors from Sequoia Capital, Greylock, Felicis and Bessemer, plus several emerging-manager founders.

The list on record

This page shows the 30 entries on record of 600 published. Only the Venture Capital category is loaded (30 honoree records from the Forbes list data API, https://www.forbes.com/forbesapi/person/30under30-venture-capital/2026/position/true.json?limit=40). The other categories of the class are not loaded. Group honorees (a firm's team listed jointly) appear under the group name with group_entry true. See the original list.

Name
Eunice AjimTitle: Founding Partner · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Ajim Capital
Eugenia BejarTitle: Vice President · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Insight Partners
Cici BellisTitle: Founder · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Cartan Capital
Tanner BhonslayTitle: Partner · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Meritech Capital
Jonathan ChangTitle: Founder · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: DayDream Ventures
Hassan ChaudhryTitle: Vice President · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: BlackRock
Kevin CostaTitle: Founder · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Belief Capital
Baheejah CrumbleyTitle: Senior Investor · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Collab Capital
James DetweilerTitle: Partner · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Felicis
Divya DhulipalaTitle: Principal · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Haystack
James FlynnTitle: Partner · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Sequoia Capital
Manmeet GujralTitle: Vice President · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: CapitalG
Maddie HilalTitle: Vice President · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Oak HC/FT
Vinay IyengarTitle: Founder and Managing Partner · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Anansi Capital
Caie KelleyTitle: Partner · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Lowercarbon Capital
Ryan KohTitle: Principal · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: ICONIQ
Yuan Han LiTitle: Partner · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Blockchain Capital
Sophia LuoTitle: Partner · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Greylock
Grace MaTitle: Investor · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners
Saveena MandadiTitle: Principal Investor · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Mantis VC
John MathesonTitle: Investor · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Activant Capital
Meridian VenturesTitle: Cofounders · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Meridian Ventures · Group entry: true
Abby MeyersTitle: Partner · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Bain Capital Ventures
Sage NyeTitle: Cofounder · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Venture Guides
Jemimah OrevaogheneTitle: Director of Inclusive and Sustainable Ventures · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Morgan Stanley
Marlon PrimousTitle: Senior Associate · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: 776
Katie VasquezTitle: Investor · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Calibrate Ventures
David WaltcherTitle: Principal · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: FirstMark
Erica WengerTitle: Founder · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Park Rangers Capital
Brian ZhanTitle: Partner · Category: Venture Capital · Affiliation: Striker Venture Partners

This list is reproduced as Forbes published it. Names are shown as printed. The ranking belongs to its publisher.

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