Forbes Midas Seed List 2023

Forbes Midas Seed List 2023 by Forbes: 25 investors ranked, led by Pejman Nozad. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.

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Pejman Nozad (Pear VC) took No. 1, ahead of Garry Tan (Y Combinator) and Anna Fang (ZhenFund). TrueBridge reported 19 investors returning from the first list.

The full list

Rank	Name	Since 2022
1	Pejman NozadAffiliation: Pear VC	Up 1
2	Garry TanAffiliation: Y Combinator	Up 2
3	Anna FangAffiliation: ZhenFund	Down 2
4	Benjamin LingAffiliation: Bling Capital	Up 18
5	David FrankelAffiliation: Founder Collective	Up 2
6	Robert NelsenAffiliation: ARCH Venture Partners	New
7	Ben SunAffiliation: Primary Venture Partners	Up 9
8	Reshma SohoniAffiliation: Seedcamp	Up 3
9	Ed SimAffiliation: boldstart ventures	Up 1
10	Larry LiAffiliation: Amino Capital	New
11	Pawel ChudzinskiAffiliation: Point Nine	Down 6
12	Sam LessinAffiliation: Slow Ventures	Up 1
13	Salil DeshpandeAffiliation: Uncorrelated	Up 5
14	Aneel RanadiveAffiliation: Soma Capital	New
15	Semil ShahAffiliation: Haystack	Up 4
16	Chris HowardAffiliation: Fuel Capital	New
17	Gil DibnerAffiliation: Angular Ventures	Up 8
18	Ann Miura-KoAffiliation: Floodgate	Down 1
19	Gili RaananAffiliation: Cyberstarts	New
20	Tim ConnorsAffiliation: PivotNorth Capital	Up 3
21	Topher ConwayAffiliation: SV Angel	Down 9
22	Jesse BeyrouteyAffiliation: IA Ventures	Down 14
23	Chad ByersAffiliation: Susa Ventures	Down 9
24	Ross FubiniAffiliation: XYZ Venture Capital	No change
25	Ryan MooreAffiliation: Accomplice	New

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