{"id":229,"date":"2026-05-15T20:05:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanhomejournals.com\/?p=229"},"modified":"2026-05-15T20:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:05:47","slug":"live-qa-meet-techs-dealmakers-backing-the-next-big-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanhomejournals.com\/?p=229","title":{"rendered":"LIVE Q&A: Meet tech’s dealmakers backing the next big thing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spotting young companies that are poised to make a big splash isn’t easy.<\/p>\n

That’s why Business Insider compiles an annual Seed 100 list, celebrating the top 100 early-stage investors – venture capitalists whose bets are paying off in measurable ways.<\/p>\n

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Now in its sixth year, the list also highlights how seed investing is changing. As hot AI startups dominate the scene, small checks are being replaced by multi-million dollar investments. Seed rounds may now total a billion dollars or more.<\/p>\n

Alongside the Seed 100, Business Insider also publishes the Seed 40, which specifically highlights successful women investors. <\/p>\n

Both lists include investors who have made at least 5 active investments between 2011 and 2026 and whose companies have gone public, been acquired, and\/or attracted additional rounds of funding.<\/p>\n

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The lists are compiled using data analysis supplied by Termina, a software platform spun out of Tribe Capital.<\/p>\n

So who landed on this year’s Seed 100 and Seed 40? Join senior correspondents Ben Bergman and Melia Russell in this live Q&A to find out.<\/p>\n

Bergman and Russell will also interview two prominent investors from the list. Those conversations will dig into the investments each made and the companies they are eyeing next.<\/p>\n

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Tune in Monday at 2:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

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