Midas List

{{Short description|Annual ranking of dealmakers in technology by Forbes magazine}}

The Forbes Midas list is the annual ranking by Forbes magazine of the most influential and best-performing venture capital investors. Described by Kara Swisher as the "Oscars for venture capitalists in tech,"{{Cite web |title=Accel's Breyer Leads Forbes Midas List of Top Tech Investors Again, While Kleiner's Doerr Leads in Media Scrutiny |url=https://allthingsd.com/20130508/accels-breyer-leads-forbes-midas-list-of-top-tech-investors-again-while-kleiners-doerr-leads-in-media-scrutiny/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=AllThingsD |language=en-US}} the Midas List uses parameters that include the first-day market capitalization of IPOs and the opinions of a panel of experts.{{cite news|last=Primack|first=Dan|title=Nitpicking the Forbes Midas List|url=http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/04/06/nitpicking-the-forbes-midas-list/|work=Fortune|date=April 6, 2011|access-date=August 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130123753/http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/04/06/nitpicking-the-forbes-midas-list/|archive-date=January 30, 2012|url-status=dead}}

The name alludes to the mythological King Midas, renowned for his ability to turn anything he touched into gold. Forbes partnered with venture capital fund TrueBridge Capital Partners to create the list from 2011 to 2016.{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/2011/04/05/midas-list-methodology.html | work=Forbes | first=Nicole | last=Perlroth | title=Midas: The Methodology - Forbes.com}}{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/05/02/midas-2012-the-methodology/ | work=Forbes | first=Tomio | last=Geron | title=Midas 2012: The Methodology - Forbes | date=May 2, 2012}}{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/05/08/midas-list-2013-the-methodology/ | work=Forbes | first=Tomio | last=Geron | title=Midas 2013: The Methodology - Forbes | date=May 8, 2013}}{{cite web|last1=Konrad|first1=Alex|title=The Top 10 Venture Capital Investors In The World: Midas List 2016|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2016/03/23/the-midas-list-top-investors-in-2016/#2d9b016839a5|work=Forbes|access-date=20 October 2016}}