Midas List 2026 · 100 investors · Forbes

The power law is a deal and a zip code.

41
investors backed an AI & Data company this year.
12
investors are in the Musk orbit (SpaceX & xAI).
58
in California. Most within a 30-mile arc. You can't write the check from outside the room.

By notable deal

By location · 100 investors

58 California 19 Other US 8 Europe 5 Other 10 China

The age floor

No one on this list is under 30.

Venture is sold as a young person's game. The Midas List says otherwise.

Midas scores realized exits. Those take a decade to mature.

Access runs on trust. Trust is not granted, it is earned over time.

You can't win a deal you weren't allowed into. The youngest on the list founded a fund at 25 — and still took nine years to get here.

The house wins

Seats on the list follow the firm.

The biggest houses place the most investors. A few individuals broke through without one.

Top firms by seats

AI Fintech SaaS/Data Defense Security

Outside the houses

Ramtin Naimi
Abstract Ventures · No college · Founded fund at 25 · $1.8B AUM · Notable: xAI
Sarah Guo
Conviction · Solo GP · Ex-a16z · Notable: Sierra (enterprise AI)
Ali Partovi
Neo · Engineer-turned-angel · Stanford CS · Notable: Cursor