Fundraising FoxAllison Pickens Ventures
Venture capitalWayne · Seed–Series A · 1 people tracked
Also known as Allison Pickens
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Investment thesis
The firm is a solo-GP vehicle focused on early-stage AI companies, primarily seed-stage AI applications and data infrastructure, with occasional Series A participation through an opportunity fund. Beyond capital, the GP supports founders as a COO-style thought partner on go-to-market strategy, category creation, and broader business-scaling challenges, drawing on prior operating experience scaling a SaaS company from $1M to $85M ARR. The fund succeeds an earlier rolling fund and continues to back AI-native applications and infrastructure startups.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
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What they invest in
from 24 of 30 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×18SaaS ×16Enterprise Software ×14Data & Infrastructure ×8Developer Tools ×4Healthtech ×4Sales Tech ×4HR Tech ×3
HQs:United States×19United Arab Emirates×1France×1United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 6 portfolio companiesWhere their founders worked beforefrom 16 founders with career history
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Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 30 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 12024 · 42022 · 32021 · 313 dated
Apollo provides an AI-powered platform designed for go-to-market teams to improve sales and marketing productivity.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSales TechSan Francisco, US
Tim Zheng(Founder/CEO)inRay Li(Founder)inMatt Curl(Chief Executive Officer)inMarcio Arnecke(Chief Marketing Officer)inAdam Carr(Chief Revenue Officer)inPhil Moon(Chief Financial Officer)in
Co-investorsA*Angel Collective Opportunity FundBain Capital VenturesJude GomilaNewView CapitalPathlight Ventures+14 more
Arketa is a management platform for fitness and wellness businesses, offering scheduling, booking, payments, memberships, reporting, and marketing tools across single or multi-location studios.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSports TechWellness & FitnessNew York City, US
Rachel Lea Fishman(Founder)inJosh Archer(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmity VenturesFirst Round CapitalInspired CapitalRecall CapitalVelvet Sea VenturesY Combinator+3 more
Cercli is an AI-powered payroll and compliance platform designed for multi-entity, multi-country teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSDubai, AE
Akeed Azmi(Founder)inDavid Reche(Founder)inAE Akeed Azmi(Founder)
Co-investorsPICUS CAPITALY CombinatorAcadian Ventures Management, LlcAfore CapitalCOTU VenturesKnollwood Investment Advisory+1 more
dbt Labs provides a data transformation platform used by teams to organize, catalog, and manage data in their warehouses.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Tristan Handy(Founder & CEO)inDrew Banin(Co-Founder)inConnor McArthur(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersAndreessen HorowitzCoatue ManagementFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcGV (Google Ventures)ICONIQ+11 more
EvenUp provides an AI-powered claims intelligence platform for personal injury law firms to draft, review, and strengthen cases.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Rami Karabibar(Chief Executive Officer)inRaymond Mieszaniec(Chief Operating Officer)inSaam Mashhad(Chief of Product & Legal Operations)in
Co-investors137 VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBain Capital VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersBroadLight Capital+16 more
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Explo provides embedded analytics software that allows companies to add customizable dashboards, reports, and data-sharing capabilities into their own products.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Andrew Chen(Founder)inGary Lin(Founder)in
Co-investorsSoma CapitalSouth QuadXG VenturesY CombinatorBrowder CapitalCraft Ventures+9 more
Felt is a cloud-native, extendable platform for creating, visualizing, and analyzing geospatial data on interactive maps, with support for drag-and-drop file uploads, geocoding, and cartographic styling.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaSTelluride, US
Tomer Alpert(Manager & Chief Executive Officer)inGRACIE EVERITT(FOUNDER)Sam HashemiinKearston Grace Everitt(Chief Operating Officer)Rachel Zackin
Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesDesigner FundEnergize CapitalFootworkMoxxie VenturesSHAKTI+4 more
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Fermat provides an agentic commerce platform that helps brands analyze shopper behavior, test changes, and optimize purchasing paths in real-time.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Rishabh Jain(Co-Founder & CEO)inShreyas Kumar(Co-Founder & CTO)in
BoardIndranil Guha(Director)Saam Motamedi(Board / Investor representative (Greylock General Partner))inScott Friend(Board Member (Partner, Bain Capital Ventures; led Series A))in
Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesCourtside VenturesDynamism CapitalGreylock PartnersMontage VenturesOlima Ventures+19 more
Gamma is an AI design tool that generates presentations, websites, and other content from prompts without requiring coding or design skills.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Grant Lee(Founder)inJon Noronha(Founder)inJames Fox(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelSapphire VenturesScript CapitalSouth Park CommonsSuperCharger VenturesUncork Capital+1 more
Hightouch builds a data activation platform that integrates with existing enterprise data infrastructure to enable marketing and business teams to activate customer data at scale.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSan Francisco, US
Kashish Gupta(Founder)inTejas Manohar(Founder)inJoshua Curl(Founder)in
Co-investorsAfore CapitalAmplify PartnersBain Capital VenturesDash VCDorm RoomEarl Grey Capital+27 more
Kingdom Superculture develops functional health ingredients derived from natural microbes, targeting consumers seeking effective nutritional and health products.
BiotechConsumerHealthtechNew York City, US
Kendall Dabaghi(Founder)inRavi Sheth(Founder)in
Co-investorsPioneerValor Equity PartnersY Combinator4DX VenturesAlmanac InsightsAnchorless Bangladesh+22 more
Mutiny is an AI-powered GTM assistant that helps customer-facing teams create branded marketing assets, conduct account research, and manage sales workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechNew York City, US
Nikhil Mathew(Founder)inJaleh Rezaei(Founder)in
BoardBogomil Balkansky(Director)in
Co-investorsCowboy VenturesEarl Grey CapitalInsight PartnersSequoia CapitalShamrock CapitalUncork Capital+12 more
Norm Ai builds AI agents that automate legal and compliance tasks for large institutions, along with a verification layer for AI agents and an affiliated AI-native law firm.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechNew York, US
John Nay(Founder)inMike Schmidtberger(Chairman and Partner, Norm Law)in
Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesCoatue ManagementCraft VenturesKhosla VenturesBain CapitalBlackstone+7 more
Palette is a platform for sales leaders and managers to set short-term goals, track performance, and motivate teams through personalized incentives and coaching programs.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechParis, FR
Jean-Edern Lorillon(Founder)in
Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesY CombinatorKima VenturesLiquid VenturesMTP AdvisorsRecall Capital+1 more
Pocus is an AI-powered sales platform that analyzes internal and external signals to tell reps which accounts to prioritize, who to contact, and what to say, aiming to increase pipeline and save rep time.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Isaac Pohl-Zaretsky(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlt CapitalBoxGroupCoatue ManagementMantis CapitalPear VCFirst Round Capital+3 more
Seal provides a software platform that replaces paper and legacy systems for managing GxP (good manufacturing and laboratory practices) work, with built-in AI assistance for process improvement, validation tracking, and compliance records in pharmaceutical and life sciences manufacturing.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSLondon, GB
Will Moss(Founder)inJonathan Dench(Founding CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstJude GomilaY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzBragiel BrothersFriale+4 more
Searchlight provides AI-powered talent assessment tools that help organizations identify and evaluate job candidates more effectively.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Anna Wang(Founder)inKerry Wang(Founder (acquired))in
Co-investorsAccelSoma CapitalY CombinatorEmerson Collective InvestingFenwick & WestFounders Fund+1 more
Signadot provides a Kubernetes-native developer platform that simplifies the development of cloud-native applications by enabling faster feedback loops and collaborative testing at scale.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Arjun Iyer(Founder)inAnirudh Ramanathan(Founder)in
Co-investorsRedpoint VenturesY CombinatorEssence Venture CapitalRenegade PartnersZenda
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Tennr provides an AI-powered platform for pre-visit patient processing and healthcare referral management that integrates with EHR systems and reduces patient delays and denials.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSNew York City, US
Trey Holterman(Founder)inDiego Baugh(Founder)inTyler Johnson(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzChemistryFoundation CapitalGV (Google Ventures)ICONIQIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+6 more
TextQL builds AI data analyst agents, led by an agent named Ana, that let business teams query their existing data warehouses and SaaS tools in plain English through interfaces like Slack, dashboards, and scheduled playbooks.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Mark Hay(Founder)
Co-investorsHawk Hill VenturesHOF CapitalPage One Ventures.406 VenturesDCM VenturesFlare Capital Partners+1 more
Unstructured transforms complex, unstructured data (64+ file types) into clean, structured data suitable for AI and analysis, handling ETL, security, compliance, and integrations across enterprise systems.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRocklin, US
Brian Raymond(Executive Officer, Director)inBrian S. Raymond(Founder)in
BoardKaran Mehandru(Director)inEnrique Salem(Director)inTim Tully(Director)in
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundAnsa CapitalBain Capital VenturesM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Madrona Venture GroupMadrona Venture Labs+9 more
Defense technology company building AI software for U.S. national security missions; flagship product is Decrypt.
Palo Alto, US
Brett Carlsen Granberg(Executive Officer, Director)Eleony Shepherd Moorhead(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAloft VCBlack FlagCostanoa VenturesFelicis VenturesPoint72 VenturesDFJ+4 more
Vitable provides a health benefits platform offering affordable, accessible healthcare to employers and their employees, with a focus on serving everyday workers and low-income populations.
Digital HealthHealthtechHR TechInsurTechSaaSPhiladelphia, US
Joseph Kitonga(Founder)in
Co-investorsCherryrock CapitalCoalition OperatorsCommerce VenturesFirst Round CapitalNVP CapitalOpen Opportunity Fund+12 more
Weights & Biases is an AI developer platform that enables teams to build, train, and monitor AI agents, applications, and models with tools for experiment tracking, model management, and agent evaluation.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Shawn Lewis(Executive Officer, Director)inLukas Biewald(Executive Officer, Director)inChris Van Pelt(Executive Officer, Director)inMariah Nagy(Executive Officer)inYan-David Erlich(Executive Officer)inCameron Kinloch(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAIX VenturesBond Capital ManagementBrighter CapitalBrilliant Phoenix CapitalCoatue ManagementDiagram Capital+38 more
X.build provides AI-powered estimation and proposal generation software for contractor sales teams.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jahan Khanna(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzConvective CapitalNext47Rackhouse Venture Management Lp
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
ModalNaiveScribeUnstructured TechnologiesWaldo
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Norm Ai · fintech.global · Jul 8, 2026
Fermat · Fermat Newsroom · Jul 1, 2026
Mutiny · ycombinator.com · Jun 25, 2026
Hightouch · citybiz.co · Apr 29, 2026
XBuild · finsmes.com · Jan 21, 2026
Cercli · thesaasnews.com · Oct 22, 2025
Vannevar · vannevarlabs.com · Sep 25, 2025
Felt Maps · finsmes.com · Jul 16, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Allison Pickens Ventures made?
- Allison Pickens Ventures has 30 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Allison Pickens Ventures invest at?
- Allison Pickens Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Allison Pickens Ventures's typical check size?
- Allison Pickens Ventures typically writes checks of $250K – $1M.
- What sectors does Allison Pickens Ventures focus on?
- Allison Pickens Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is Allison Pickens Ventures located?
- Allison Pickens Ventures is headquartered in Wayne, US.
- Does Allison Pickens Ventures lead rounds?
- Allison Pickens Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Allison Pickens Ventures co-invest with?
- Allison Pickens Ventures most often shares deals with New Normal, ICONIQ, Andreessen Horowitz, among 55 tracked co-investors.
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BCV Labs is the platform and hands-on support arm of Bain Capital Ventures, providing portfolio founders with go-to-market strategy, brand development, hiring assistance, and customer introductions.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
First Round Capital is an early-stage venture firm partnering with founders at the very first stages of company creation, backing companies from angel through seed with hands-on support across GTM, recruiting, and operations.
Coatue Management is a technology-focused investment firm that invests in innovation across both public and private markets with responsible risk management.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs founders from Seed through Series F and beyond, emphasizing deep, immersive partnerships with the companies it invests in.
Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.
Felicis is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage founders, investing primarily at Seed and Series A across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and defense, global resilience and energy, and health and bio.
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General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.
GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in AI and machine learning since its early days, backing more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.
Craft Ventures is a venture capital firm run by a team of former founders, operators, and investors who partner closely with founders to help build and scale technology companies.
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Bessemer Venture PartnersGreylock PartnersMadrona Venture GroupAmplify PartnersDCM VenturesFootworkEarl Grey CapitalSlack FundPathlight VenturesRedpoint VenturesMenlo VenturesFoundation CapitalIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Gradient VenturesPioneerBond Capital ManagementTodd and Rahul’s Angel FundNot Boring CapitalPareto HoldingsGaingelsOperator CollectiveZetta Venture PartnersMantis CapitalAmity VenturesGFT VenturesBow CapitalTet VenturesMKT1 CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Notable CapitalBenchmarkEverywhere VenturesAtomicoBalderton CapitalSusa VenturesC2 InvestmentsCanvas VenturesAdditionResolute VenturesStride VC8VCVibe CapitalAwesome People VenturesHV Capitalboldstart venturesAugust CapitalFreigeist CapitalContraryXYZ Venture CapitalMischiefPredictive VCS28 CapitalOrigin VenturesBECO CapitalAngel InvestCrane Venture PartnersFirsthandVCBain Capital VentureMatchstick VenturesfinwayConnect VenturesSupercharge.vcCornerstone Venture PartnersHighspot
Firms observed investing alongside Allison Pickens Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Allison Pickens Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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