Forbes Midas Seed List 2026

Forbes Midas Seed List 2026 by Forbes: 25 investors ranked, led by Gili Raanan. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.

The fifth edition. Gili Raanan (Cyberstarts) ranked No. 1, followed by Ali Partovi (Neo) and Anna Fang (ZhenFund); Forbes counted seven newcomers.

The full list

Rank	Name	Since 2025
1	Gili RaananAffiliation: Cyberstarts	Up 2
2	Ali PartoviAffiliation: Neo	Up 20
3	Anna FangAffiliation: ZhenFund	Up 3
4	David TischAffiliation: BoxGroup	Up 14
5	Topher ConwayAffiliation: SV Angel	Up 4
6	Kirsten GreenAffiliation: Forerunner Ventures	Up 5
7	David FrankelAffiliation: Founder Collective	Down 5
8	Ross FubiniAffiliation: XYZ Venture Capital	No change
9	Pawel ChudzinskiAffiliation: Point Nine Capital	Down 4
10	Aneel RanadiveAffiliation: Soma Capital	Down 3
11	Kevin HartzAffiliation: A*	New
12	Satya PatelAffiliation: Homebrew	Up 2
13	Semil ShahAffiliation: Haystack Ventures	Up 3
14	Sarah GuoAffiliation: Conviction Capital	Up 7
15	Salil DeshpandeAffiliation: Uncorrelated	Down 2
16	Christian LawlessAffiliation: Conversion Capital	New
17	Greg CastleAffiliation: Anorak Ventures	New
18	Ben SunAffiliation: Primary Venture Partners	Down 14
19	Jesse BeyrouteyAffiliation: IA Ventures	Down 2
20	Anne DwaneAffiliation: Village Global	New
21	Nikhil Basu TrivediAffiliation: Footwork	Down 2
22	Firat IleriAffiliation: Hummingbird Ventures	New
23	Sabrina HahnAffiliation: Absolute Partners	New
24	Ramtin NaimiAffiliation: Abstract Ventures	New
25	Reshma SohoniAffiliation: Seedcamp	Down 15

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

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