How Forbes and TrueBridge rank the world’s top 100 venture capitalists—using verified data, private valuations and a methodology built to reward recent performance.
The 2026 Forbes Midas Brink List spotlights rising venture capitalists whose early bets on AI and frontier tech could land them on the Midas List in years ahead.
OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic and other private companies are concentrating venture returns and reshaping the Midas List as trillion-dollar IPOs loom.
Profiles the investors whose early bets on AI, defense, space and frontier tech are reshaping the 2026 Midas List.
Meet the seed investors who backed AI, cybersecurity and frontier tech before the market caught on—and whose early conviction earned spots on the Midas Seed List.
Before everyone was sold on AI, the Conviction founder went all-in on it, backing buzzy names like Harvey, Cognition and OpenEvidence long before they had multi-billion-dollar valuations.
The Spark Capital partner bet early on Anthropic when most other VCs wouldn’t touch it. Now the hottest AI company on the planet has landed her on the Midas List of best investors for the first time.
A former Benchmark partner and Coatue investor launched solo funds within the past year. Now they’re telling backers they want to team up on a new vehicle they’ll co-manage.
The age of the “Protein Industrial Complex” is upon is. But another conversation has begun gaining momentum — centered on fiber and the gut microbiome.
CEOs are falling for AI demos while employees inherit the broken workflows. Box CEO Aaron Levie explains why executive distance from last-mile work is the real reason enterprise AI agents fail, and what investors should watch instead.