Forbes Midas Seed List 2025
Forbes Midas Seed List 2025 by Forbes: 25 investors ranked, led by Pejman Nozad. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.
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- Forbes
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- May 28, 2025
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- 25 of 25 ranked
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Pejman Nozad (Pear VC) ranked No. 1 for the third straight year, ahead of David Frankel (Founder Collective) and Gili Raanan (Cyberstarts).
The full list
| Rank | Name | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pejman NozadAffiliation: Pear VC | No change |
| 2 | David FrankelAffiliation: Founder Collective | No change |
| 3 | Gili RaananAffiliation: Cyberstarts | Up 17 |
| 4 | Ben SunAffiliation: Primary Venture Partners | Down 1 |
| 5 | Pawel ChudzinskiAffiliation: Point Nine Capital | Up 4 |
| 6 | Anna FangAffiliation: ZhenFund | Down 2 |
| 7 | Aneel RanadiveAffiliation: Soma Capital | Up 1 |
| 8 | Ross FubiniAffiliation: XYZ Venture Capital | Up 14 |
| 9 | Topher ConwayAffiliation: SV Angel | Up 15 |
| 10 | Reshma SohoniAffiliation: Seedcamp | Up 1 |
| 11 | Kirsten GreenAffiliation: Forerunner Ventures | New |
| 12 | Chad ByersAffiliation: Susa Ventures | Up 5 |
| 13 | Salil DeshpandeAffiliation: Uncorrelated | Up 1 |
| 14 | Satya PatelAffiliation: Homebrew | Down 7 |
| 15 | Josh KopelmanAffiliation: First Round | New |
| 16 | Semil ShahAffiliation: Haystack | Down 4 |
| 17 | Jesse BeyrouteyAffiliation: IA Ventures | Down 2 |
| 18 | David TischAffiliation: BoxGroup | New |
| 19 | Nikhil Basu TrivediAffiliation: Footwork | New |
| 20 | Larry LiAffiliation: Amino Capital | Down 1 |
| 21 | Sarah GuoAffiliation: Conviction | New |
| 22 | Ali PartoviAffiliation: Neo | New |
| 23 | Ed SimAffiliation: boldstart ventures | Down 13 |
| 24 | Gil DibnerAffiliation: Angular Ventures | Down 11 |
| 25 | Chris HowardAffiliation: Fuel Capital | New |
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