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1Flourish Capital
Venture capitalMountain View · Pre-Seed–Seed · 11 people tracked
Also known as 1Flourish
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Investment thesis
1Flourish Capital invests in frontier technical founders pursuing bold, category-creating missions. The firm believes such founders, backed from day one, drive both global progress and strong returns. Its partners bring experience as founders and investors themselves, positioning the firm to support ambitious builders of frontier technology from the earliest stages.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 11 people
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David Lane is a co-founder of 1Flourish Capital with more than 20 years in deep tech venture investing, focusing on technologies bridging the physical and digital worlds. He previously served as a managing partner at ONSET Ventures and Diamondhead Ventures. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from USC.
Bill Hooper focuses on corporate leadership, finance, and organizational health. He previously served as chairman of publicly traded Borland Software and was a managing partner at Trinitas Capital. He holds an MBA from Stanford GSB and a BA from Dartmouth College.
Tom Tognoli is an operator and entrepreneur who has founded and grown several companies. He co-founded Intero, a US brokerage later acquired by Berkshire Hathaway. At 1Flourish Capital he uses his network to support portfolio companies' growth, and he also manages Connect Silicon Valley and backs several Bay Area non-profits.
Allen McClinton is a growth strategy advisor focused on enterprise go-to-market and revenue leadership. He currently serves as Director of Strategic Growth and Partner Sales Manager at Sumo Logic, and previously held business development roles at Wiz and Tesla.
Amy Warner is COO and Co-Founder of Upfront and serves as an advisor to 1Flourish Capital. She has held revenue leadership roles at five startups and works on scaling early-stage technology companies, with a background in PropTech.
Etienne Elie is a technology executive and investor who focuses on AI market growth and leadership culture. He works as an investor and advisor connecting enterprise technology strategy with emerging AI markets.
Mike Torre is an advisor at 1Flourish Capital with a background in technology leadership, focusing on AI market growth and leadership culture. He previously served as Director of Technical Operations at Google, where he built operational experience that he applies in supporting the firm's portfolio.
Nersi Nazari is an entrepreneur and technologist with more than 30 years of experience spanning medical devices, semiconductors, software, and venture investing. He is the founder and executive chairman of VitalConnect, a company focused on wearable biosensor technology for continuous vitals monitoring, and previously founded Pacific General Ventures and served as founding VP of Signal Processing Technology at Marvell Semiconductor. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado and 8 U.S. patents.
Patrick Lencioni advises on leadership and organizational culture. He is the author of the book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and serves as President of The Table Group, a management consulting firm focused on organizational health and leadership.
Yoga Yang is a founder, investor, and community builder working across the US and Asia. The page lists Yoga in an advisor/community advisor capacity at the firm.
Neil Ahlsten is Managing Partner at 1Flourish Capital. He previously spent years at Google working on commercial transactions and investment processes at the C-level, and founded Abide, a meditation app he led from inception through an exit. He holds a Master's in Economics from Princeton University and a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley.
What they invest in
from 14 of 18 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×10SaaS ×5Deep Tech ×4Developer Tools ×4Enterprise Software ×3Hardware ×3Robotics ×3Climate Tech ×2
HQs:United States×11
Who they back
founder profiles across 14 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×43 founders×44+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 20 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Stanford University ×2UNSW ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 20 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×7Business & Management ×3Computer Science ×3Design & Architecture ×2Finance & Accounting ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 23 founders with career history
Airbnb ×38VC ×2MIT Lincoln Laboratory ×2MIT Media Lab ×2Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory ×2
3 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 23 with degree data)
Investments · 18 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 12022 · 12016 · 15 dated
Agentcard enables AI agents to make autonomous payments for online purchases using cards.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Karen Serfaty(CEO)inFelipe Abello(CTO)in
Co-investorsScribble VenturesY Combinator2468 VenturesAccelAgrolimen VenturesBatch Ventures+13 more
Anduril builds autonomous systems and software for defense and military applications, including attack aviation, unmanned aircraft, and underwater vehicles, unified by an autonomy platform.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareRobotics
Palmer Luckey(Founder)inBrian Schimpf(Founder)inTrae Stephens(Founder)inJoe Chen(Founder)Joseph Chen(Founder)inMatt Grimm(Founder)
Co-investors137 Ventures1435 Capital8VCAliya Capital PartnersAltra VentureAndreessen Horowitz+109 more
Butlr makes anonymous thermal sensors that measure occupancy and space utilization across offices, buildings, campuses, stores, and labs without cameras, badges, or Wi-Fi tracking.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHardwareHealthtechIoTPropTechSan Francisco, US
Honghao Deng(Founder)inJiani Zeng(Founder)inHonghao Deng Jiani Zeng(Founder)
BoardRaymond Stuart Stata(Director)Seth Levine(Director)inNaimish Patel(Director)in
Co-investors500 GlobalFounder CollectiveFoundryGS FuturesHDS CapitalHyperplane Venture Capital+17 more
Cascade Bio develops enzyme immobilization technology ("Body Armor"), a silica-based coating applied to glass-bead supports that stabilizes enzymes so they last longer and tolerate harsher conditions than other cell-free solutions.
BiotechCleantechClimate TechDeep TechNew MaterialsDenver, US
James Weltz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inAlex Rosay(Co-founder)in
BoardJared Campbell(Director)
Co-investorsAmplify.LACool Climate CollectiveEndurance28Range VCSpacecadet VenturesStray Dog Capital+4 more
Clairvoyant Intelligence helps CISOs and CIOs manage software supply chain trust and integrate AI into secure development practices, serving enterprise security leaders.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Douglas Schultz(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAviso VenturesCota CapitalLaude Ventures
AI-powered test automation platform using intelligent agents to build and maintain software tests.
San Francisco, US
Tamas Cser(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inRay Grieselhuber(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsCanvas VenturesWipro Ventures
ICON designs and builds architectural structures while providing technology solutions to construction teams to improve building speed and reduce costs.
Construction TechDeep Tech
Jason Ballard(Founder)inAlexander Le Roux(Founder)inAlex Le Roux(Founder)Evan Loomis(Founder)Kennan Davison(Founder)Tim Sherwood(Founder)in
Co-investorsBond Capital ManagementCapital FactoryDraper AssociatesEnsemble VCEvolution VC PartnersGaingels+21 more
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Lemurian Labs develops Tachyon, a software stack that runs AI workloads on any hardware and cloud while matching or exceeding the performance of hand-tuned kernels.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsOakland, US
Jay Dawani(Founder & CEO)inRobert Ferguson(Chief Financial Officer)Ron Gershoni(Chief Executive Officer)Sanjay Tolia(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBlackhorn VenturesBlueLake.vcfutureland venturesGood Growth CapitalMistral Venture Partners+13 more
Mage is an AI-native platform for building, running, and repairing data and AI workflows, where users describe a workflow in natural language and the platform generates the sources, code, dependencies, checks, and schedules.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSanta Clara, US
Georges Mangin(Founder)inTommy Dang(Founder)inXiaoyou Wang(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesDesigner FundGaingelsGradient VenturesLigature VCMana Ventures+4 more
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Praisidio builds AI-powered people analytics software for HR teams and leaders, aimed at making workforce data accessible to organizations regardless of size or technical expertise.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Ken Klein(Founder)inVahed Qazvinian(Founder)
Co-investorsSemperVirens Venture CapitalSignalFireStorm Ventures
Saronic builds autonomous surface vessels — including the 180-foot, long-range Marauder — along with Echelon, a command-and-control software layer for planning, simulating and operating single vessels or fleets.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareRoboticsAustin, US
Dino Mavrookas(Founder)inRob Lehman(Founder)inVibhav Altekar(Founder)inDoug Lambert(Founder)inPatrick DePriest(Chief Financial Officer)inSoo Cho(Chief People Officer)in
Co-investors8VCAdvent InternationalAlpha PartnersAndreessen HorowitzAntiARTFO Holdings LLC+39 more
Stakeholder Labs works alongside public companies' investor relations, communications, and marketing teams to build retail-investor communication and community programs, combining strategic advisory, proprietary software and data, and day-to-day execution.
FintechMarketing TechSaaSWest Hollywood, US
Matt (MJ) Joanou(Founder)inAndres Focil(Founder)inMatt Joanou(Founder)
Co-investorsPlug and Play VenturesSeven Seven SixCaffeinated CapitalElefundFinSight VenturesGreycroft+1 more
Trebellar unifies corporate real estate (CRE) data—including lease, cost, headcount, and space data—into a single governed model using a CRE-specific ontology, and applies purpose-built AI agents to plan, analyze, and execute portfolio decisions.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
David Garcia Quintas(Founder)inDiego Ferreiro Val(Founder)in
Co-investorsBynd Venture CapitalIA Seed VenturesJetstreamKfundAlt CapitalBlossom Capital+2 more
Valgo builds risk quantification and safety validation tools for autonomous systems and physical AI, including methodologies for computing crash-rate baselines, failure probability estimation, and scenario generation for robotaxis and autonomous vehicles.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Robert Moss(Co-Founder)inSydney Katz(Co-Founder)inJon Qian(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsFloodgateY CombinatorMenlo Ventures
WeatherPromise provides weather guarantees integrated into travel booking platforms, using weather data to help travelers make confident bookings regardless of season.
Climate TechInsurTechSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Daniel Price(Founder)David Klemm(Founder)
Co-investors1Sharpe VenturesAssurant VenturesAsymmetric Capital PartnersClocktower VenturesCommerce VenturesLerer Hippeau+2 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Deep PredictionShyldAITuDOC
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Anduril · geekwire.com · Jul 24, 2026
Agentcard · ycombinator.com · Jun 25, 2026
Stakeholder Labs · trysignalbase.com · May 12, 2026
Lemurian Labs · lemurianlabs.com · Apr 1, 2026
Valgo · ycombinator.com · Mar 6, 2026
Weather Promise · prnewswire.com · Jan 13, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has 1Flourish Capital made?
- 1Flourish Capital has 18 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does 1Flourish Capital invest at?
- 1Flourish Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does 1Flourish Capital focus on?
- 1Flourish Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Robotics, SaaS.
- Where is 1Flourish Capital located?
- 1Flourish Capital is headquartered in Mountain View, US.
- Who does 1Flourish Capital co-invest with?
- 1Flourish Capital most often shares deals with Alumni Ventures, Capital Factory, Ensemble VC, among 125 tracked co-investors.
From the blog
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