Emerging venture capital funds are where the most asymmetric returns in venture live, and for the first time LPs can browse them all in one place. Decile Access is the curated venture capital fund marketplace from Decile Group: 34 active Fund I, II, and III vehicles, over $280M in combined AUM, LP minimums starting at $25K, and a direct line to every Investment Lead. This guide breaks down all 34 emerging venture capital funds raising right now: how much each is raising, who runs it, what they invest in, and exactly how accredited investors can get in.
Why LPs Are Moving Into Emerging Venture Capital Funds
The largest brand-name funds are not where the outsized returns live. Research from the Colibri Institute analyzing nearly 2,500 venture funds raised between 2000 and 2024 found that emerging managers outperformed established firms on DPI, IRR, and TVPI. For LPs, three structural forces drive that edge:
Smaller fund math: A $5M to $10M fund returns real multiples on wins that would not move the needle at a $1B fund. Every position matters, and so does every LP.
Operator sourcing: These GPs lived inside the industries they invest in. A pharmacist sees pharmacy startups 18 to 24 months before generalists do. A quantum operator can tell the technical claim from the marketing.
First-check access: The companies that define a decade are funded years before the headlines. Emerging venture capital funds write that first check, at entry prices mega-funds never see.
Institutional capital has been crowding into brand names, which means LPs backing emerging venture capital funds today are getting better access and better terms precisely because everyone else stopped looking.
What Is Decile Access? The Venture Capital Fund Marketplace Built for LPs
Decile Access is the venture capital fund marketplace built by Decile Group, the team behind VC Lab, the world leading venture capital accelerator. Every fund is real, raising right now, and vetted on the Decile Group platform, where funds run operations on Decile Hub with professional fund administration from Decile Partners. Here is what that means for LPs who want to invest in venture capital funds:
Curated, not open: 34 active funds, each led by a vetted Founder and Investment Lead with a real domain edge.
Accessible minimums: LP checks start as low as $25K on select funds, far below the $250K+ typical of institutional vehicles.
Thesis-first browsing: Filter by stage, geography, industry, vintage, minimum check, and fund size. Start with the future you believe in, then find the manager placing the same bet.
Direct access: Book a 15 minute intro with the Investment Lead straight from the fund page. No gatekeepers, no warm intro required.
Here are all 34 funds live on the Decile Access marketplace today, grouped by primary thesis. Many funds invest across overlapping categories, so the Focus line under each fund lists the exact sectors from its Decile Access profile.
Deep Tech and American Industrial Emerging Venture Capital Funds
These emerging venture capital funds back the physical economy: chips, defense, quantum, cybersecurity, and the infrastructure AI actually runs on.
1. Axiom-Nexus Ventures
Fund size: $10M | Stage: Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AI, Blockchain, DeepTech, Defense, Energy, Impact | Minimum LP check: $150K
Capital is chasing AI apps while the compute, energy, and reliability they depend on quietly run out of room. Axiom-Nexus backs the deep-tech founders building that missing layer, from data-execution hardware to sodium-ion battery materials. Timothy P. Washington spent 30 years guiding five breakthrough technologies and 800+ patent claims from prototype to enterprise contracts, including two years at Citadel Capital Management Group ($1.2B AUM).
Investment team: Timothy P. Washington (Founder & Investment Lead)
2. Roadster Capital
Fund size: $5M | Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed | Geography: US | Focus: AI, CleanTech, DeepTech, Defense, Infrastructure, Manufacturing | Minimum LP check: $25K
Roadster backs US seed-stage deep tech founders rebuilding the American industrial base across defense, manufacturing, robotics, advanced computing, and applied AI. Ryan Else is the rare enterprise sales operator with two decades selling hardware and software into the industries everyone now calls strategic. He backed PsiQuantum in 2019 and rode that single position to a 9.16x mark and a 41.6% annualized rate as the company grew to a $7B valuation.
Investment team: Ryan Else (Founder & Investment Lead)
3. proChain Ventures
Fund size: $10M | Stage: Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AI, B2B, DeepTech, Defense, Space, Supply Chain Management | Minimum LP check: $250K
proChain backs US founders rebuilding the dual-use systems that move, build, and deliver: rail freight, cargo aviation, energy movement, and industrial AI. J.P. Keating spent 25+ years inside Fortune 500 aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and energy systems and holds active seats at NDTA, NDIA, and NSCA. For LPs, that means doors open at combatant commands, primes, and industrial buyers most funds cannot reach.
Investment team: J.P. Keating (Founder & Investment Lead)
4. Alphaket Fund I
Fund size: $5M | Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed | Geography: North America | Focus: DeepTech, Defense, Health, Software, Space, Technology | Minimum LP check: $100K
Alphaket writes first checks into founders building middle-of-the-stack quantum hardware and targeted sensing for defense, healthcare, and life sciences. Mike Keymer is the rare quantum operator who has actually sold the technology to paying enterprise and government customers, with 20+ years at the intersection of advanced technology and market adoption across defense, financial services, and life sciences.
Investment team: Mike Keymer (Founder & Investment Lead)
5. XPS Fund I
Fund size: $3M | Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: Cybersecurity | Minimum LP check: $25K
XPS backs US and Israel cybersecurity founders at pre-seed and seed, writing $150K checks alongside top leads on deals sourced from inside live security environments. The team validates the technology themselves before the wire goes out. Tomas Klausing built and shipped security products inside Siemens innovation organization, and the bench includes operators from Mandiant, IBM, TikTok, and Cloudflare.
Investment team: Tomas Klausing (Founder & Investment Lead), Justin Woody (Partner), Evan Stewart (Venture Partner), Aftab Banth (Venture Partner)
6. Spatial Follow Fund I
Fund size: $5M | Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AgTech, AI, B2B, DeepTech, Infrastructure, PropTech | Minimum LP check: $25K
Spatial Follow backs founders building AI for orchards, forests, mines, drones, and power grids, where intelligence has to survive weather and dirt. Doug Griffin has spent 25 years teaching machines to see, exited four companies to Apple, Disney, and Roblox, and returned 14x cash to investors. First checks run $100K to $200K.
Investment team: Doug Griffin (Founder & Investment Lead), George Wu (Venture Partner)
7. Science Fair Fund
Fund size: $2.5M | Stage: Pre-Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AI, BioTech, DeepTech, Health, Big Data/Analytics/BI, Robotics | Minimum LP check: $25K
Science Fair Fund backs pre-seed deep tech, AI, and biotech founders first identified at 16 through elite science competitions, a cohort that has produced 29 unicorns worth over $750B. Anthony Atlas won first place at ISEF in 2004, still returns as a Grand Awards Judge, and raised over $75M as an operator while helping three deep tech companies grow roughly 10x from seed to Series B.
Investment team: Anthony Atlas (Founder & Investment Lead)
Applied AI, Fintech, and Enterprise Funds
Operator-led emerging venture capital funds backing AI that ships, not AI that demos: real revenue, real workloads, regulated industries.
8. gAI Ventures Fund
Fund size: $1.4M | Stage: Pre-Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AI, Software, Technology, Productivity | Minimum LP check: $25K
gAI Ventures backs US pre-seed vertical AI startups in financial services, enterprise productivity, and commerce, sitting on the team as institutional co-founders rather than passive checks. Amit Goel founded MEDICI FinTech, sold it to a US IPO-bound unicorn, and has angel-invested in 30+ startups including multiple category leaders.
Investment team: Amit Goel (Founder & Investment Lead), Kushal Prakash (CTO & Investment Lead), Vijay Rajendran (Head of Investments)
9. ARTA Ventures
Fund size: $3M | Stage: Pre Seed, Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AI, B2B, DeepTech, Software, Technology, Robotics | Minimum LP check: $25K
ARTA backs US Applied AI founders across software, hardware, robotics, space, and dual-use, writing $100K to $250K first checks where workflow and revenue are real. Anca Burke spent 20+ years running product strategy and corporate development inside IBM consulting and Blue Cross Blue Shield, and co-founded Station Alpha and Funders Anonymous.
Investment team: Anca Burke (Founder & Investment Lead), Andrey Mikhalchuk (Managing Director)
10. Matador Ventures LP Fund I
Fund size: $5M | Stage: Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AI, Infrastructure, Space, Technology | Minimum LP check: $100K
Matador backs about ten AI-native US founders at seed, writing $100K to $250K first checks and holding half the fund back to follow the breakouts at Series A. Mohammed Abdullah spent his career underwriting risk in capital markets, and his personal positions across AI, deep tech, robotics, and compute infrastructure have averaged an 11.32x. Concentrated portfolio, reserve discipline, and a clear follow-on strategy: exactly what LPs ask emerging managers for.
Investment team: Mohammed Abdullah (Founder & Investment Lead)
11. BlueRidge Ventures
Fund size: $3M | Stage: Pre-Seed | Geography: North America | Focus: AI, Sector Agnostic | Minimum LP check: $25K
BlueRidge backs AI-native US founders at pre-seed, sourced from Duke University alumni and a Research Triangle venture community the coasts rarely call. Nikhil Mittal spent twenty years in regulated finance leading financial crimes and compliance work at Promontory, IBM, and Infosys, and has scouted for both North Carolina and Silicon Valley VCs.
Investment team: Nikhil Mittal (Founder & Investment Lead)
12. StarChain Ventures
Fund size: $10M | Stage: Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AI, Blockchain, FinTech, Health | Minimum LP check: $50K
StarChain backs US seed founders applying real AI, data intelligence, and enterprise blockchain to finance and healthcare, the regulated industries where adoption decides who wins. Jorden Woods is a Caltech-trained astrophysicist who raised $50M as a startup CEO. Together with Radhika Iyengar, the team previously advised 25 AI and blockchain startups that raised over $900M, with 3 exits and 2 unicorns.
Investment team: Jorden Woods (Founder & Investment Lead), Radhika Iyengar (Founder & Investment Lead)
13. Team Ignite Ventures Fund III (YC Fund II)
Fund size: $10M | Stage: Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AI, B2B SaaS, FinTech, Marketplaces, Robotics / Physical AI, Developer Tools | Minimum LP check: $100K
Team Ignite writes $25K checks into 100+ Y Combinator companies per vintage, entering weeks before Demo Day while allocation is still open. Brian Bell ran the global AI category at AWS and launched the SageMaker Marketplace, featured in Andy Jassy keynote, after leading Azure Marketplace categories at Microsoft. For LPs, it is the closest thing to an index on YC earliest allocation.
Investment team: Brian Bell (Founder & Investment Lead), Simon (Partner), Renata (Partner), Sreedhar (Principal)
14. Spectus Ventures
Fund size: $3M | Stage: Pre-seed, Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: Marketplaces, Digital Marketplaces, Business Networks, B2B Networks | Minimum LP check: $25K
Spectus backs US founders building digital marketplaces and business networks at seed, a category generalists keep mispricing. Rob Mihalko grew Ariba Network from $0 to $400M, today the $6T SAP Business Network, with three exits to SAP, Microsoft, and Disney, and has backed 50+ marketplace founders.
Investment team: Rob Mihalko (Founder & Investment Lead)
15. Avenue 6 Capital
Fund size: $3M | Stage: Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: FinTech, PropTech | Minimum LP check: $50K
Avenue 6 backs US FinTech and PropTech founders at seed building AI-powered automation that sits inside every transaction. Remy Edwards spent nearly two decades at Roku, Google, and Microsoft running partnership portfolios for Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Disney, and sources from a private network of 500+ founders.
Investment team: Remy Edwards (Founder & Investment Lead)
16. Basal Capital
Fund size: $5M | Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AI, Blockchain, FinTech | Minimum LP check: $50K
Basal backs US repeat founders at pre-seed and seed in AI, FinTech, and blockchain, writing the first check the moment they decide what to build next. Nathan Maton is a three-time founder and former Google, Omada Health, and IDEO operator. As a co-founder of CrypToadz he helped build a consumer brand that did over $500M in secondary trading volume in a single cycle, and his personal angel portfolio has returned 5.35x across 12 checks.
Investment team: Nathan Maton (Founder & Investment Lead)
Health, Bio, and Longevity Funds
Healthcare rebuilt by people who lived inside it: clinicians and operators with sourcing the coastal generalists cannot match.
17. Chaanakya Capital
Fund size: $5M | Stage: Pre-Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: BioTech, Health, Longevity, Technology, Medical Devices, Robotics | Minimum LP check: $25K
Chaanakya backs US pre-seed founders building non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical treatments for Parkinson, Alzheimer, ADHD, autism, stroke, and chronic pain. Varun Turlapati wrote angel checks into neurotech founders before generalist VCs would take the meeting, and a single neurotech position has marked up roughly 30x.
Investment team: Varun Turlapati (Founder & Investment Lead), Dr. Anika Rao (Managing Partner)
18. Pharmacy Innovator Fund
Fund size: $5M | Stage: Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AI, B2B, B2C, Health, Software, Technology | Minimum LP check: $100K
Pharmacy Innovator Fund backs founders modernizing pharmacy infrastructure and pharmacist-delivered care, from workflow and payment rails to interoperability and quality. Christian Tadrus, PharmD, has run an independent community pharmacy for 20+ years and holds national roles across pharmacy operations, policy, and regulatory oversight. That seat gives him a read on where pharmacy is heading 18 to 24 months before outside investors notice.
Investment team: Christian Tadrus (Founder & Investment Lead)
19. Reefhaven Ventures
Fund size: $10M | Stage: Seed, Series A | Geography: United States | Focus: Health, Technology, Medical Devices, Robotics | Minimum LP check: $100K
ReefHaven backs US founders building medical devices, robotics, and clinical AI at the moment a working prototype meets its first hospital. Garrett Smith has spent his career writing the first institutional check into devices most generalists pass on. His prior 20 early-stage medtech investments include single-pass stroke thrombectomy and deep-learning pathology for ovarian and pancreatic cancer, with multiple liquidity events on record.
Investment team: Garrett Smith (Founder & Investment Lead)
20. Fay Ventures
Fund size: $1M | Stage: Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: Medtech | Minimum LP check: $25K
Fay backs US seed-stage MedTech founders harnessing AI who treat regulatory, reimbursement, and go-to-customer as part of the build, not an afterthought. Fehmida Kapadia has advised 150+ startups at the intersection of MedTech science and commercialization, with 5 raising $50M+ follow-on rounds and 3 reaching exits.
Investment team: Fehmida Kapadia (Founder & Investment Lead)
21. TechThrive Ventures
Fund size: $7M | Stage: Pre-Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: ConsumerTech, Longevity, Wellness, Women Health, Health, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) | Minimum LP check: $25K
TechThrive backs North American consumer health, wellness, longevity, and women health founders at pre-seed out of Silicon Valley. Navneet Kaur has spent a decade as both operator and investor in the category, scaling 7 consumer brands, working hands-on with 200+ companies, and backing an operator portfolio that produced a unicorn in women health.
Investment team: Navneet Kaur (Founder & Investment Lead)
Climate and Emerging Markets Funds
The next compounders will not all be in California. These emerging venture capital funds cover MENA climate, LatAm AI, and regulatory-native infrastructure.
22. MENA Impact Ventures
Fund size: $5M | Stage: Seed | Geography: MENA | Focus: Agtech, CleanTech, ClimateTech, Energy, Food Tech | Minimum LP check: $25K
MENA hits water, food, and energy shocks before the rest of the world does, and the founders solving them still cannot find dedicated climate capital. MENA Impact Ventures backs seed-stage climate founders across the region working on energy, water, and food security. Nadine Zidani built MENA first Impact Founders Community, a vetted pipeline of 100+ climate ventures that have raised over $50M, after leadership roles at EY and Emirates Group.
Investment team: Nadine Zidani (Founder & Investment Lead)
23. 8 Clockwise Fund I
Fund size: $10M | Stage: Seed | Geography: Global | Focus: DeepTech, Software, Technology, IoT | Minimum LP check: $50K
8 Clockwise backs founders decarbonizing hard-to-abate industries like batteries, energy storage, specialty chemicals, and circular materials at seed. Vineet Shah spent 18 years turning frontier industrial technology into revenue at Curtiss Wright, Caltrol, and Honeywell, where he grew the lithium-ion battery business from $0 to over $100M in three years and launched the energy storage industry first performance guarantee product.
Investment team: Vineet Shah (Founder & Investment Lead)
24. Danta Fund I
Fund size: $2.5M | Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed | Geography: Latin America | Focus: AgTech, ClimateTech, Pets | Minimum LP check: $25K
Danta backs Latin American agtech and climate-tech founders at pre-seed and seed, funding companies solving wildfire detection, food spoilage, and pesticide overuse before US buyers know their names. Galit Flasterstein scaled Wikol Travel into one of Costa Rica top boutique travel agencies and built Local Keeps, an export marketplace supporting more than 140 small businesses.
Investment team: Galit Flasterstein (Founder & Investment Lead)
25. ENYA Ventures
Fund size: $3M | Stage: Pre-Seed | Geography: Latin America | Focus: AgTech, AI, Blockchain, EdTech, FinTech, PropTech | Minimum LP check: $25K
ENYA backs AI-first software founders at pre-seed across Spanish-speaking Latin America, where entry valuations sit far below US comparables and a small check still buys meaningful ownership. Lorenzo de Leo spent 15 years co-building startups across the US, Europe, and Latin America. At Rokk3r he co-built 40+ startups that raised $80M+, and his accelerator programs for Algorand, Moonbeam, Rayo, and ElizaOS supported 100+ founders raising $150M+.
Investment team: Lorenzo de Leo (Founder & Investment Lead)
26. Cabra Venture Partners
Fund size: $1M | Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed | Geography: MENA | Focus: FinTech, Consumer, B2B, Marketplaces, AI | Minimum LP check: $100K
Cabra backs pre-seed fintech and AI founders across MENA and the US, where the financial rails are still being drafted and a first check actually shapes the company. Oscar Carreón has built and sold companies across three continents, with three exits and a background bridging investment banking and startup growth.
Investment team: Oscar Carreón (Founder & Investment Lead), Roberto Nieves (Founder & Investment Lead), Karim Haddad (Founder & Investment Lead)
27. Red Tape Ventures
Fund size: $1M | Stage: Seed | Geography: MENA / Europe | Focus: AI, B2B, Crypto, FinTech | Minimum LP check: $25K
Red Tape backs MENA marketplace and enablement tech founders building in sectors most VCs avoid because the rulebook is still being written. The fund is run by the partners behind Tahseen Consulting, who have advised 14 unicorns and 20+ global tech leaders on regulatory strategy and have backed founders in 20+ emerging markets that created 2+ million economic opportunities. Wes Schwalje leads first checks alongside co-founders Walid Aradi and Hala Mansour.
Investment team: Wes Schwalje (Founder & Investment Lead), Walid Aradi (Founder & Investment Lead), Hala Mansour (Founding Partner)
Consumer, Community, and Creator Economy Funds
Funds reinventing how people learn, earn, and live, led by GPs with real operating track records.
28. Grey Sheep Ventures
Fund size: $5M | Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed | Geography: North America | Focus: ConsumerTech, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) | Minimum LP check: $25K
Grey Sheep backs US and Canadian consumer brands at pre-seed and seed founded by celebrities, athletes, and creators who already own the audience. Tahnoon Murtza operates from inside the entertainment industry and has personally backed Tempted Drinks with Sommer Ray and Giggles with Justin Jin, surfacing allocations outside investors never see.
Investment team: Tahnoon Murtza (Founder & Investment Lead)
29. Lucinda Capital
Fund size: $2.5M | Stage: Pre-Seed | Geography: North America | Focus: Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) | Minimum LP check: $50K
Lucinda backs US consumer packaged goods founders at pre-seed, the moment most consumer VCs say a brand is too early to fund. Mayur Aras spent a decade inside the brands that defined modern American grocery aisles, operating at Chobani, Nespresso, ALOHA, and Applegate, and has angel-backed 13 brands at 1.5x TVPI.
Investment team: Mayur Aras (Founder & Investment Lead)
30. Begin Ventures
Fund size: $2M | Stage: Pre-Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AI, ConsumerTech, Health, Future of Work | Minimum LP check: $25K
Begin backs US design-led operators rebuilding everyday consumer life at pre-seed, across health, home, food, and the future of work. Michael Saloio founded and sold Huddle after helping launch 150+ companies with Techstars, Betaworks, Expa, Human Ventures, Samsung Next, and WeWork Labs, where the top 40 hit a 50% Series A graduation rate and the top ten were marked up 34x.
Investment team: Michael Saloio (Founder & Investment Lead)
31. Chief in Tech Capital
Fund size: $5M | Stage: Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AI, B2B, B2C, Diversity, EdTech, Energy | Minimum LP check: $25K
Chief in Tech backs women-led, AI-native founders across work, health, finance, and productivity, sourced from a community most funds cannot see. Anna Radulovski founded the WomenTech Network and grew it to 150,000+ members and 5,000+ founders with $20B+ in aggregate company value. The ecosystem founders have already raised $850M.
Investment team: Anna Radulovski (Founder & Investment Lead), Elaine Yu-Yang Zhou (Co-Founder & Investment Lead), Ivo Radulovski (Co-Founder & Investment Lead)
32. Joker Deck Ventures
Fund size: $1M | Stage: Pre-Seed | Geography: MENA / Europe | Focus: AI, B2B, Software, Legal & Regulatory, Social Platforms, DeepTech | Minimum LP check: $25K
Joker Deck backs pre-seed audio tech founders across Europe, the US, and globally, fixing inefficiencies in music, AI workflows, signal processing, cybersecurity, and creator tools. Collette Tibbetts lives inside the rooms where music, rights, and AI collide, with years of work on distributed ledger infrastructure for rights and royalty payments.
Investment team: Collette Tibbetts (Founder & Investment Lead), Rithik Kundu (Investment Lead)
33. Launchpad Ignite Fund
Fund size: $5M | Stage: Pre-Seed | Geography: United States | Focus: AI, B2B, ConsumerTech, EdTech, FinTech, Supply Chain Management | Minimum LP check: $25K
Launchpad Ignite backs Southeast US B2B software and AI founders at pre-seed, writing first checks only into companies that complete its twelve-week accelerator in South Carolina. Alan Blakeborough trains founders the way coaches train athletes, with discipline, repetition, and accountability built over 30+ years of building, failing, scaling, and rebuilding companies, plus service in the US Army.
Investment team: Alan Blakeborough (Founder & Investment Lead), Dan Rundle (Partner)
34. Dhow Horizon Fund I
Fund size: $5M | Stage: Seed | Geography: North America | Focus: Sector agnostic | Minimum LP check: $25K
A community of nearly 2 billion gives generously, works hard, and still owns almost none of what it funds. Dhow Horizon backs exceptional seed-stage founders across the US and Canada, screened against a values-first ethical framework built for the global Muslim diaspora. Attorney Zain Abidi brings the legal and compliance backbone, working alongside Raza and Ali Abidi, and only 5 of 25 LP slots remain before the fund closes.
Investment team: Zain Abidi (Founder & Investment Lead), Raza Abidi (Operations & Investment Lead), Ali Abidi (Product, Growth & Investment Lead)
How to Become an LP in Emerging Venture Capital Funds
Investing in emerging venture capital funds is more accessible than most accredited investors realize. Here is the path from browsing to committed capital.
Confirm you are an accredited investor. US securities rules generally require individual income above $200K in each of the past two years ($300K with a spouse) or net worth above $1M excluding your primary residence. Decile Access is built for accredited investors, and viewing fund materials requires no commitment.
Start with your thesis, not a fund name. You already have a view on how the next decade unfolds. Pick the belief first, whether that is the American industrial renaissance, applied AI in production, or emerging markets, then filter the marketplace by stage, geography, sector, and minimum check to find the managers placing the same bet.
Meet the Investment Lead directly. Every fund page offers a direct intro call with the Founder and Investment Lead. Use it to pressure-test the thesis, the sourcing edge, and the track record. These GPs answer their own calendars.
Understand the commitment. Venture is illiquid, with typical fund horizons of 8 to 10 years. Minimum checks on Decile Access start at $25K on select funds, which lets you build a diversified portfolio of emerging managers instead of concentrating in one.
Fund the Future You Believe In
The mega-funds are not placing your bet. The Fund I, II, and III managers are, and they need conviction LPs, not consensus capital.
Browse all 34 emerging venture capital funds on the Decile Access marketplace today. Account setup takes three minutes, there is no commitment to view materials, and the next call you take could be with the GP backing the company you wish you had founded.
If you are on the other side of the table and want to launch your own fund, VC Lab runs the world leading venture capital accelerator, and the Start Fund program at Decile Group helps new managers close their first fund fast, with Decile Hub powering operations and Decile Partners handling fund administration end to end.
Read the full article on VC Lab here: https://govclab.com/2026/07/23/emerging-venture-capital-funds-to-invest-in
