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Investment thesis
640 Oxford invests at the earliest stages, aiming to be the founder's '6th man' by providing high-touch, accessible support that helps transform a founder's vision into reality. The firm is run by operators with decades of hands-on experience and focuses on themes including AI-driven production, smart factory technologies and automation, logistics solutions for the movement of goods across first, middle and last mile, predictive maintenance platforms with advanced sensors and autonomous repair systems, and productivity tools that enable more impactful work and automate manual tasks.
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Team · 4 people
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What they invest in
from 34 of 39 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×20Enterprise Software ×14SaaS ×11Logistics & Supply Chain ×9Robotics ×7Advanced Manufacturing ×6Hardware ×6Deep Tech ×5
HQs:United States×17Ecuador×1United Kingdom×1Indonesia×1Mexico×1Netherlands×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×83 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with education data
Columbia University ×3Cornell ×2Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ×2University of Michigan ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×7Business & Management ×6Computer Science ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×3Economics ×2Finance & Accounting ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 19 founders with career history
Flexport ×3Uber ×3BlackRock ×2Stord ×2The Next 36 ×2US Navy ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 21 with degree data)
Investments · 39 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 22015 · 14 dated
Aerialoop develops drone technology for urban logistics, surveillance, and delivery operations across multiple countries using a Hardware-as-a-Service business model.
HardwareLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationRoboticsQuito, EC
Pedro Meneses(Co-Founder & CEO)inAndreas Antener(Co-Founder & CTO)inSantiago Barrera(Co-Founder & COO)in
Co-investorsCapria VenturesGENIUS NYSalkantay VenturesTechstarsUP Partners
Arcwise connects to data warehouses and BI tools such as Snowflake, BigQuery, and Databricks, and ingests business context like docs and definitions to answer data questions with grounded, auditable explanations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
James Davis(Founder)inRahul Bali(Founder)in
Co-investorsSequoia Capital
Aurelius Systems builds Archimedes, an autonomous counter-UAS laser system that combines high-power directed energy, optical sensors, and AI to detect, track, and neutralize aerial drone threats without an operator.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareSan Francisco, US
John Marmaduke(Executive Officer, Director)Michael LaFramboise(CEO and co-founder)in
BoardPaige Craig(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBlack FlagBlue Ivy VenturesDecisive PointDraper AssociatesFounders+7 more
Ferra is an AI-powered system designed to assist structural steel estimators by reading construction drawings, understanding structural relationships, and tracking scope changes throughout the bidding process.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS
Birdstop manufactures drone technology for government and industrial clients.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareIoTRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Keith Miao(Founder and CEO)Bill Liu(Founder)
BoardAndrea Hippeau(Director)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAnorak VenturesBascom VenturesCorrelation VenturesData TechDetroit Venture Partners+6 more
Bites operates a food ordering and delivery network that charges restaurants a flat $1 fee per order instead of commissions, lets customers order at in-store prices, and gives restaurants access to guest and loyalty data.
FoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplaces
Co-investorsPathbreaker VenturesL Catterton
Warhead designs and manufactures advanced explosive ordnance systems for autonomous weapons platforms and drone applications.
Deep TechDefense TechHardware
Anthony Jones(COO and Co-Founder)Devan Plantamura(CEO)inJacob Lambuth(CTO)in
Co-investorsNEW VISTA CAPITALPathbreaker VenturesThe Veteran Fund
Crosshatch built an AI-agnostic identity and data-sharing layer — described as "Plaid for Personalized AI" — that let consumers explicitly and selectively share their personal data with trusted brands so those brands could deliver AI-driven personalization without relying on data brokers or cookies.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Ben Seidl(General Manager)
Electric Plant is a plant intelligence company that uses a plug-in "dongle" device to continuously record plants' electric signals and applies AI to decode these electrochemical signals into hyperlocal, actionable insights.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
Co-investorsEverywhere VenturesJetstreamMichigan Rise
Faction is an AI platform for distributors and manufacturers that automates quoting, order entry, sourcing, product data enrichment, accounts payable, and collections by connecting directly to a company's ERP, CRM, and other systems.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSLondon, GB
Kunal Barman(CEO)inDanish Raza(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstTranspose Platform ManagementHidden Capitaloctopus investments
Conduit develops an AI-native Interoperable Orchestration Platform that automates factory operations and coordinates robots and machinery across industrial facilities.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsLas Vegas, US
Sahil Patel(Founder)in
Co-investorsTechstarsWonder Ventures
Havoc develops software for coordinating autonomous vehicles across air, sea, and land domains, enabling operators to supervise hundreds or thousands of autonomous assets simultaneously through a unified control platform.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRoboticsProvidence, US
Paul Lwin(Founder)inJoseph Turner(Executive Officer)Andrew Gregg(Executive Officer, Director)inJoe Turner(Founder)
BoardPaige Craig(Director)in
Co-investors0BSAlumni VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBVVCDecisive Point+14 more
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HouseAccount is an online marketplace that connects homeowners with vetted, background-checked, and insured local professionals for home repairs and handyman services.
ConsumerMarketplacesPropTechBrooklyn, US
Wiley Cerilli(Co-founder & CEO)Matt Doumar(Co-founder & CEO)inRyan Ackell(Director)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesMetaPropMetaProp VenturesWonder Ventures
Innerworld (by XRHealth) offers virtual mental health skill-building groups that combine Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques with immersive virtual reality, called Cognitive Behavioral Immersion (CBI).
Co-investorsEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)Spacecadet Ventures
A company developing computing solutions to solve NP-complete problems, focusing on reducing computational intractability for practical applications across domains.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSan Diego, US
David Cox(Founder)inBrycen Wershing
Co-investorsY CombinatorSouth Quad1984 Ventures Management, LlcFAST — by GETTYLABFour CitiesGeneral Advance+3 more
Journey.io helps founders, marketers, and salespeople deliver value; the company is operated by its CEO and co-founders who also acquire and operate SaaS companies.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Peter Clark(Founder)inAnil Sevim(Founder)inBrendan Weitz(Founder)inDanny(CEO)John Sutton(Founder)inRou Mills(Head of Design)
Co-investorsY CombinatorChemistryCity LightConversion CapitalFelicis VenturesFirst Round Capital+11 more
Maneva develops Video-to-Action AI for manufacturers, converting production-floor visual data into real-time actions for quality control, machine integrity, and line supervision (via its ALIS AI Line Supervisor).
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsToronto
Kelvin Chan(Co-Founder & CTO)inRae Jeong(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsArka Venture LabsBling CapitalEvolution VC PartnersFreestyle CapitalN49PUS Venture Partners+2 more
Mealco provides software tools for restaurant operators managing off-premise channels, including Sous Chef for platform monitoring and revenue optimization, and OneTablet for centralized order management across delivery platforms.
Enterprise SoftwareFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsFJ LabsICONYC labsReshapeOceans Ventures
Melrose is an AI operations platform for freight and logistics that reads incoming delivery orders, emails, PDFs, and EDI, then automates the operational work between a company's existing systems—pricing quotes, order entry into the TMS, status updates, and portal management.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Khalid Karim(Founder)inDhaman Rakhra(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesBlank Ventures
Milkyway provides a platform for store-level inventory and stock management, enabling retailers to track out-of-stock (OOS) items and automate replenishment across their locations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSSingapore, SG
Eunice Wong(Founder)inSagar Setu(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorEntrepreneur FirstSamsung NextSoma CapitalTechstars
Namecoach offers audio name-pronunciation recordings that embed online so people can learn how to correctly say each other's names, and supports gender pronoun communication.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPalo Alto, US
Praveen Ramesh Shanbhag(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAiSprouts VCAUTHENTIC VENTURESBisk VenturesForefront VentureImpact America FundMetaplanet+6 more
Nash provides AI-powered logistics orchestration software that coordinates fleet management, carrier selection, and fulfillment networks in real time.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesSaaSAmsterdam, NL
Mahmoud Ghulman(CEO)inAziz Alghunaim(Founder)inTy Avery-Miller(Recruiting Lead)Kareem Kanaan(Head of Engineering)Ivan Romero(Product Manager)Tamer Al Ghussein(Recruiting Lead)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzavraOlive Tree CapitalRackhouse Venture Management LpY CombinatorRackhouse Venture Capital
Not Diamond builds a data-driven recommendation layer for AI that routes queries across diverse models and agents, with research-driven products that help developers improve agent behavior at scale while reducing inference costs.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Jeffrey Akiki(COO)inTomás Hernando Kofman(CEO)Tze-Yang Tung(CTO)
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalCapital B Private HoldingsDeepwater Asset ManagementDefy PartnersInovia CapitalKarman Ventures+5 more
NOX operates AI-powered metal manufacturing facilities that provide cut-to-spec metal products to American manufacturers with quote and delivery times measured in milliseconds rather than days.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsDetroit, US
Zane Hengsperger(CEO)inJack Bookey(Product Manager)Walker McHugh(MTS)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAnorak VenturesMana VenturesOperator CollectiveThe CouncilTrail Run Capital+16 more
Omen provides continuous fluid analysis sensors that monitor the health of critical hardware in real time, detecting equipment failures before they occur across data centers and industrial machinery.
Deep TechEnterprise SoftwareIoT
Daniel Jeong(Founder)in
Co-investorsBackwards CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)LMNT VenturesMute VenturesNava VenturesScribble Ventures+4 more
Ophelia provides medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction through a telemedicine platform, allowing patients to receive care without attending residential rehab.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessNew York City, US
Mattan Griffel(Founder)inZack Gray(Founder)inDr. Arthur Robin Williams(Codesigner)Jake Goldman(Product Lead)Ryan Greenberg(Director of Engineering)Rose Sinclair(Recruiter)
Co-investorsMenlo VenturesY CombinatorFour Acres CapitalGeneral CatalystGood FriendsInterplay Ventures Early Stage Management Llc+6 more
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Pet's Table is a direct-to-consumer pet food delivery service in Mexico that provides fresh, natural dog food tailored to individual pets' nutritional needs.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech
Camila Gonzalez(Founder)Jorge Salas(Founder)Luis Vollbracht(Founder)Rafael Gonzalez(Founder)
Co-investorsEpakon CapitalLeft Lane CapitalTwelve BelowRed Sea Ventures
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RetailReady builds an AI-powered platform that uses large language models and computer vision to automate warehouse compliance and shipping practices for brands and retailers.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Elle Smyth(Founder)inSarah Hamer(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorDuke Capital PartnersAgrolimen VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAutotech VenturesBragiel Brothers+7 more
Rider provides parcel delivery services to online sellers across Pakistan, handling 200,000 orders monthly across 60 cities with integrated platforms for shippers, delivery agents, and customers.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainKarachi, PK
Salman Allana(Founder)in
Co-investorsADB VenturesAmaana CapitalFatima Gobi VenturesRebel FundSoma CapitalTPL E Ventures+8 more
RoboTire builds automated robotic systems that change vehicle tires in roughly 10 minutes, designed for deployment in shops, parking lots, or remote fleet service areas to reduce maintenance costs and downtime for vehicle operators and fleet managers.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareMobility & TransportationRoboticsPlymouth, US
Victor Darolfi(Founder)inWill Mapes(Founder)inGriffin Elliott(Senior Product Manager)
Co-investorsAutomotive Ventures MobilityBronco VenturesRed Beard VenturesType One VenturesY CombinatorAsymmetry Ventures+6 more
Sekilo is a poultry distribution and processing company serving mid-to-downstream food service businesses including SMEs, restaurants, hotels, e-grocery startups, and meat processing manufacturers across Indonesia.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainJakarta, ID
Chandni Chainani(Founder)inNitish Chellaram(COO)in
Co-investorsRebel FundSoma CapitalTaurus VenturesY CombinatorAsiantrust Capital PartnersForge Ventures+3 more
Unicorn Auctions is a digital marketplace for spirits and wine, connecting buyers and sellers through an auction platform with secure storage vaulting services.
ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechMarketplacesBardstown, US
Peter Loftin(Founder)
Co-investors37 AngelsLightbankNew Leaf InvestProtagonistMantis Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
CakeGroundedOptimotive
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAurelius Systems · finsmes.com · Aug 5, 2026
Omen AI · finsmes.com · Jun 30, 2026
Nox Metals · noxmetals.co · Jun 14, 2026
Maneva · betakit.com · Jun 12, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has 640 Oxford made?
- 640 Oxford has 39 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does 640 Oxford invest at?
- 640 Oxford invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is 640 Oxford's typical check size?
- 640 Oxford typically writes checks of $250K – $400K.
- What sectors does 640 Oxford focus on?
- 640 Oxford focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Future of Work, Hardware, Healthtech, IoT, Logistics & Supply Chain, Mobility & Transportation, Retail Tech, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is 640 Oxford located?
- 640 Oxford is headquartered in Detroit, US.
- Who does 640 Oxford co-invest with?
- 640 Oxford most often shares deals with Alumni Ventures, Techstars, Y Combinator, among 105 tracked co-investors.
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