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San Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series A · 8 people tracked
Also known as Adverb · ADVERB VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
Adverb Ventures backs companies at their earliest stages, writing typical checks between $500K and $5M. The firm seeks founders who bring differentiated insight about a market, audience, or problem space and who are driven to realize their vision at the largest possible scale. Beyond capital, Adverb positions itself as an active advisor to its founders. Its portfolio spans AI-native applications and infrastructure, biotech, robotics and human-data platforms, consumer and social products, and vertical software across healthcare, real estate, retail, and food systems.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 8 people
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Founder mafia
3 people who came through Adverb Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 37 of 52 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×22SaaS ×10Consumer ×9Enterprise Software ×7Developer Tools ×5Creator Economy ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×3Biotech ×3
HQs:United States×20Sweden×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 17 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×73 founders×24+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 25 founders with education data
Stanford University ×3Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×3Harvard University ×2The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University ×2UCLA ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 24 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×9Engineering ×4Economics ×3Business & Management ×2Finance & Accounting ×2Life Sciences ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 26 founders with career history
Brex ×2Google ×2OpenAI ×2Tesla ×2Uber ×2Untapped ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 25 with degree data)
Investments · 52 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 72024 · 12023 · 22020 · 12016 · 115 dated
Accend is an AI platform for financial institutions to automate business underwriting, onboarding, and risk assessment.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSilicon Valley, US
Pranjal Daga(Founder)inYutong Pei(Founder)inJoseph Zhou(Founder)inMario F. Spinella(Executive Officer)inJeffrey Scott Szorik(Executive Officer)
Co-investors645 VenturesY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzFormulate VenturesGeneral CatalystOrange Collective+2 more
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Alpaca Health connects families of children with developmental differences to a network of independent ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) therapy providers for in-home, school, or virtual sessions.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsCore Venture CapitalJ-ImpactTau VenturesSouth Park Commons
Sam Partee(Founder)inAlex Salazar(Founder)Mariam Naficy(Founder)
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersFactorial FundsInspired CapitalPark Rangers CapitalTorch CapitalCerraCap Ventures+3 more
Behance is a portfolio and community platform for creative professionals to showcase their work, discover clients, and grow their careers.
B2B MarketplacesCreator EconomyImpact & Social GoodMarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentSocial
Scott Belsky(Founder)inMatias Corea(Founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalBoxGroupHawke VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)ChemistryKindred Ventures+1 more
Bezi is an AI agent that operates within Unity to assist game developers with code generation, scene building, debugging, and automation tasks.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareGamingOakland, US
Cecilia Uhr(Founder)inJulian Park(Founder)inDenys Bastov(Founder)in
BoardChetan Puttagunta(Director)inSusan Liu(Director / investor representative)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersDesigner FundUncork Capital2.12 Angels8VCAirAngels+16 more
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Bioqore builds Voyager, an AI-powered closed-loop bioprocess intelligence platform that combines predictive modeling with micro-scale laboratory experiments to recommend and validate optimal process conditions for producing preclinical- and clinic-ready therapeutic candidates.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Joshua Hinckley(CEO)inBrendan Dang(COO)in
Co-investorsFifty YearsMaC Venture Capital
Cambio provides a platform for sustainability compliance, reporting, and retrofit planning across commercial real estate portfolios.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechPropTechSan Francisco, US
Leia de Guzman(Founder)inStephanie Grayson(Founder)inKevin Hartley(Sole Manager of the Issuer)inLeon(Head of Engineering)inDaniel Samper Pizano(Founder)Patricia Lara Salive(Founder)
Co-investorsavraCollaborative FundMaverick VenturesPear VCPeterson VenturesThe MBA Fund+12 more
Cambio is a leading provider of electronic health record systems and eHealth solutions in the Nordic region, serving healthcare professionals and regions across Sweden.
Cloud ComputingDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSSweden, SE
Rami Avidan(Chief Executive Officer)inJenny Styren(Chief Marketing & Communication Officer)inArash Noujoumi(Chief Operational Officer)inMaria Nylén(Chief People Success Officer)inCecilia Täkte(Chief Commercial Officer)inTomas Block(Chief Product Officer, Chief Medical Officer & Deputy CEO)in
Co-investorsInvestcorpBuildersDVCGoodwater CapitalLeonis InvestissementMaverick Ventures+2 more
Casa provides homeowners with a dedicated team that manages home maintenance and repairs, handling vendor coordination and home care decisions aligned with the homeowner's interests rather than vendor profits.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerPropTechSan Francisco, US
Michael York(Co-founder & CEO)inJameson Lopp(Founder)Jeremy Welch(Founder)Nick Neuman(Founder)
Co-investorsForerunner VenturesMaven VenturesTrue VenturesAcrew CapitalAvon VenturesCadenza+4 more
Centralize is an AI-powered relationship intelligence platform that maps buying groups and stakeholders across enterprise accounts using data from calls, emails, calendars, CRM, and networks.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Rachit Kataria(CEO)inWill Wang(CTO)inBrooke Lacina(Recruiting Lead)
Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Y CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzCapitalize VCCraft VenturesKleiner Perkins+4 more
Closure develops AI technology for law enforcement, focusing on tools designed around the needs of police departments and their personnel.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechNew York City, US
Aaron Zelinger(CEO)inGilad Levy(CTO)inGraciëlla van Vliet(Founder)Tina Wu(FDE)Chantele Lohr(Ops Engineer)Alex Carter(Head of Business Operations)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBorski FundBoxGroupCommonweal VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)HAWKTAIL+7 more
Palo Alto, US
Andy Szybalski(Founder)Mike Chu(Founder)Stephen Chau(Founder)
Co-investorsHomebrewSequoia CapitalAntlerBabel VenturesEarly Light Ventures
Defakto provides identity security for non-human actors such as services, applications, CI/CD jobs, machines, and AI agents, replacing long-lived secrets and standing access with short-lived, verifiable identities issued and revoked at runtime.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Eli Nesterov(Co-founder & CTO)inDanny Oliveri(Co-founder & CEO)
Co-investorsBloomberg BetaOctaveGeneral PartnershipWndrCoXYZ Venture Capital
Dispatch develops heat shields for spacecraft reentry and cargo return, enabling high-frequency satellite operations at lower cost.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Payton Case(CEO)inAndrew Mello(CTO)inDanny Nemer(President)inJia Hao Lim(Founder)Sonia Jin(Founder)Stav Braun(Founder)
Co-investorsY CombinatorAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAntlerBrewer Lane VenturesCherubic Ventures+25 more
An online community where women connect for career advancement, skill development, and employment opportunities.
ConsumerHR TechSan Francisco, US
Cadran Cowansage(Founder)inKuan Luo(Founder)Quinn Wang(Community Manager)in
Co-investorsCanapi VenturesEos Venture Partners LimitedSixth Sense VenturesVentureSouqY CombinatorFriale+7 more
Foundation Farms operates a members-only private farm collection accessible by invitation.
AgTechConsumer
Foundational is building a network of AI-native, autonomous factories to reshore manufacturing of critical supply chains, aiming to let companies produce high-quality products domestically at competitive cost.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Co-investorsAlpaca VCCorigin VenturesOffline VenturesBoxGroup
GoodDay Software builds an ERP platform for commerce and retail brands, aimed at helping merchants operate more efficiently and profitably.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSaaSAustin, US
John Gully(Founder)inDave Wardell(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirstMark CapitalLong Journey VenturesRidge VenturesSeguin Ventures
Granola is an AI notepad app that transcribes meetings from computer audio (without joining as a bot), enhances user notes, and generates action items and follow-ups.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaSDover, US
Sam Stephenson(Founder)inChristopher Pedregal(Founder)inChris Pedregal(Founder)
BoardNABEEL HYATT(Director)MICHAEL MIGNANO(Director)
Co-investorsBetaworksChemistryfirstminute capitalIndex VenturesKleiner PerkinsLightspeed Venture Partners+5 more
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Hypernatural is an AI video editor that lets brands and storytellers generate, storyboard, and edit full-length videos from scripts, visuals, and audio.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentElm Grove, US
Chris Kolbe(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsAIX VenturesUnderscore VCCharacterCharacter VC
Known is a dating and relationship app built around understanding the user first rather than emphasizing profile swipes and likes.
ConsumerSocialSan Francisco, US
Asher Allen(Director)inCeleste Amadon(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsForerunner VenturesCoelius CapitalPear VC
LeWalk provides personalized audio-guided experiences for travelers exploring destinations, matching them with expert guides and creators who deliver contextual storytelling through a mobile app.
ConsumerCreator EconomyTravel & Hospitality
Aaron Sekhri(Founder)inAnthony Privitelli(Founder)Stephen Boyle(Founder)
Co-investorsLerer HippeauPoint72 VenturesOrigins
Linum builds generative video models for animation that provide creative controls like consistent characters, camera movement, and motion control.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Sahil Chopra(Founder)inManu Chopra(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAmino CapitalEight CapitalGoodwater CapitalPowerhouse CapitalRomulus Capital+2 more
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Prasso provides an engineering intelligence platform that automatically tracks changes across an engineering organization, offers AI-based code review, and includes an agent that answers questions and performs actions.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsCapital B Private HoldingsLightspeed Venture PartnersGV (Google Ventures)Thrive Capital
Mecka builds a data and integration layer for robotics, providing annotation, context, QA, motion understanding, and evaluation workflows that turn real-world activity into training data for robot learning.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRobotics
Josh Gao(Founder)inDuy Nguyen(Founder)inJason Chong(Founder)inMogen Cheng(Founder)
Co-investorsCade VenturesForerunner VenturesFramework VenturesA*Kindred VenturesMenlo Ventures+5 more
Mozi is a private social network mobile app for sharing plans and locations with friends, showing when contacts are in the same city or their schedules overlap.
ConsumerSocial
Molly DeWolf Swenson(Founder)in
Co-investorsBBG VenturesObvious VenturesProgression
Oncko develops machine learning and experimental platforms to discover optimized multi-drug cancer treatment combinations by screening against resistance mechanisms.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Atray Dixit(Co-founder, CEO)inBill Grossman(Co-founder, Strategic Advisor)in
Co-investorsIllumina VenturesTenmile
Outset is an AI-powered research platform that combines conversational AI, behavioral intelligence, and emotional analysis to conduct moderated research interviews and synthesize consumer insights at scale across multiple languages and countries.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Aaron Cannon(Founder)inMichael Hess(Founder)inLauren Bryant(Recruiter)Mark Lagman(Sourcer)
Co-investors8VCMaiora Rebel VenturesMute VenturesPioneerRadical VenturesRitual Capital+11 more
Particle provides an IoT platform with built-in security spanning hardware devices and cloud, including per-device private keys, encrypted messaging, access controls, and a Device Cloud with ISO-certified hosting.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsHardwareIoT
Zach Supalla(Founder)inZachary Crockett(CTO)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBonfire VenturesCollaborative FundCounterpart VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersGraph Ventures+5 more
Particle is a news application.
AI & Machine LearningMedia & EntertainmentSan Rafael, US
Marcel Molina(Co-founder & CTO)inSara Beykpour(Co-founder & CEO)inWill Hart(Founder)Zach Supalla(Founder)Zachary Crockett(Founder)
Co-investorsKindred VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersAlibaba GroupCanvas VenturesCounterpart VenturesFlow Traders+11 more
Particle is a personal care brand that creates skincare products formulated specifically for men, offering straightforward solutions without unnecessary marketing complexity at accessible prices.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness
Ayal Ebertin
Co-investorsFearless DTC Growth FundAlibaba GroupCanvas VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersFlow TradersHashkey Capital+9 more
Piramidal bridges in-vivo and in-silico intelligence for neuroscience research and clinical applications.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesNew York City, US
Dimitris Fotis Sakellariou(CEO)inKris Pahuja(CPO)inSahil Zubair(Founding Eng)Kyriacos Xanthos(Founding Eng)Yaqub Alwan(Founding Eng)
Co-investorsY CombinatorLIONHEART VENTURESfutureland venturesGeek VenturesRitual CapitalVirta Ventures+11 more
PlayerZero builds AI agents for support engineering that coordinate work across teams by delegating questions to the right owners and consolidating answers into a single thread.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Animesh Koratana(Founder)in
Co-investorsFoundation CapitalGreen Bay VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)SV AngelWndrCoBLH Venture Partners, LLC+5 more
Shotsy is a mobile app for people using GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound, letting them log weekly doses, injection sites, side effects, weight, and nutrition in one place.
ConsumerDigital HealthWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsCoalition OperatorsSpringbank
Defakto provides an identity security platform for non-human actors such as workloads, CI/CD jobs, APIs, machines, and AI agents, issuing short-lived, verifiable identities instead of secrets, API keys, or standing access.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsBloomberg Beta
Untold is a voice-first journaling app that lets users speak or type their thoughts, then asks optional guiding questions and responds with personalized insights, themes, and patterns over time.
AI & Machine LearningMental HealthWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsVisible Ventures
Valet provides AI agents that work with teams inside Slack to perform research, follow-ups, syncing, and reporting across a company's tools.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsBetter Tomorrow Ventures
Workmate builds an AI executive assistant that handles administrative and busy work tasks for businesses and individuals.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsAC VenturesWing
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Lambda Inc.ElefantGaiaPanobiParticle NewsSparkpoint IncVeritaZZ-Ghost SocialZZ-Indexed LabsZZ-LionBioZZ-Stealth EphlaZZ-Stealth HeroZZ-Stealth Storygold
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMecka · citybiz.co · Sep 15, 2026
Granola · nubiapage.com · Sep 1, 2026
Foundational Industries · trysignalbase.com · Aug 6, 2026
Dispatch · techcrunch.com · Jun 18, 2026
Accend · ycombinator.com · Mar 25, 2026
Cambio · finsmes.com · Jan 22, 2026
GoodDay · finance.yahoo.com · Jan 16, 2026
Outset · finsmes.com · Dec 11, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Adverb Ventures made?
- Adverb Ventures has 52 tracked investments, including 10 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Adverb Ventures invest at?
- Adverb Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Adverb Ventures's typical check size?
- Adverb Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.
- What sectors does Adverb Ventures focus on?
- Adverb Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Consumer, Digital Health, E-commerce, Enterprise Software, FoodTech, Media & Entertainment, PropTech, Robotics, SaaS, Social.
- Where is Adverb Ventures located?
- Adverb Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does Adverb Ventures co-invest with?
- Adverb Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Forerunner Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, among 67 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamHypergrowth 101 with April Underwood from Adverb Ventures | Next Gen Builders, Ep. 16
Amplitude · April Underwood
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Co-investors · 60
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Greylock PartnersTechstarsBenchmarkFirst Round CapitalCoatue ManagementSpark CapitalSound VenturesObvious VenturesLerer HippeauWEEKENDHomebrewMoxxie VenturesM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Green Bay VenturesFounders FundAccelRedpoint VenturesUnknown VenturesKrakenQuiet CapitalACME CapitalHCVCAME Cloud VenturesPhysical IntelligenceSciFi VCSignalFireKapor CapitalCota CapitalBond Capital ManagementStride VCSoma Capital01 AdvisorsParadigmSherpalo VenturesGustoFootworkCapitalGLOI VentureTeamworthy VenturesMarcy Venture PartnersSilverton PartnersHeretic VenturesRubicon Venture CapitalThe Alchemy FundUnstoppable DomainsIncite.orgRed Sea VenturesSpringdale Ventures
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