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Investment thesis
ASDF Ventures is an angel investment group whose members invest their own time and capital in early-stage entrepreneurs.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesFounder mafia
2 people who came through ASDF Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 23 of 58 portfolio companiesSaaS ×16Enterprise Software ×15AI & Machine Learning ×9Developer Tools ×8Data & Infrastructure ×5Fintech ×3Healthtech ×3Marketing Tech ×3
HQs:United States×16United Kingdom×3Canada×1Germany×1France×1India×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×12 founders×43 founders×5
Where their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with education data
Brown University ×2National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli ×2University of Cambridge ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 14 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×8Engineering ×6
Where their founders worked beforefrom 17 founders with career history
BYJU'S (Think & Learn Pvt. Ltd.) ×2Google ×2Grafana Labs ×2Khan Academy ×2Sensor Tower ×2Smart Wires Inc. ×2Stanford University ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 58 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path
Blair provided financing to students through income share agreements, funding thousands of borrowers in the United States before exiting operations in 2022.
FintechSan Francisco, US
Mike Mahlkow(Founder)inDavid Nordhausen(Founder)inConstantin Schreiber(Founder)in
Co-investorsRainfall VenturesVibe CapitalY CombinatorZillionize468 CapitalBackend Capital+16 more
Coherence develops neurotechnology systems that measure and modulate brain activity to treat cancer and other neurological diseases.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Ben Woodington(Co-founder & CEO)inElise Jenkins(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsArtesianBlackbird VenturesDivergent CapitalEmpath VenturesPossible VenturesSmartGateVC+4 more
Double is a practice management platform that automates accounting workflows including month-end close, tax preparation, and financial reporting for bookkeeping and accounting firms globally.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Ben Stein(Founder)inKenny Song(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlbum VCY CombinatorAlbum VenturesAlt CapitalBORN CAPITAL CFOTECHFJ Labs+10 more
Evidence is a browser-based IDE for building interactive data dashboards and reports using SQL and markdown, with AI-powered development tools and support for multiple database backends.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareToronto, CA
Adam McAskill(Founder)inSean Hughes(Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesY CombinatorForesite CapitalNextView VenturesNVP CapitalSV Angel
Exa is an AI-powered search API that retrieves high-quality information from the web in real-time, designed for AI agents, developers, and applications that require precise natural-language search capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
William Bryk(co-founder/CEO)inJeffrey Wang(Founder)inWalden Yan(Co-Founder)Marcus Holm(Chief Revenue Officer)in
BoardGuru Chahal(Director; Lightspeed Partner)inSarah Wang (reported)(Board member (Andreessen Horowitz))
Co-investors137 Ventures49 Palms VenturesAndreessen HorowitzFelicis VenturesHaystackHelium-3 Ventures+29 more
Freckle is an adaptive learning platform offering student-paced and teacher-led practice exercises aligned to ELA and math standards.
Developer ToolsEdTech
Alexandr KurilinSidharth Kakkar
Co-investors500 GlobalFresco CapitalImagine K12Asymmetric Capital PartnersBrenteca InvestmentsMintaka
Frigade provides an SDK and AI-powered platform for building product onboarding flows including checklists, tours, and announcements that adapt to product changes.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Eric Brownrout(Founder)inChristian Mathiesen(Founder)in
BoardGuillermo RauchArash Ferdowsi
Co-investorsY CombinatorCraft VenturesGeneral CatalystDefy PartnersHawk Hill VenturesLa Famiglia+2 more
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St. George, US
Lawrence Kosick(Executive Officer, Director)inNeil D'Souza(Executive Officer, Director)Neil Dsouza(Founder)in
BoardMatthew Greenfield(Director)in
Co-investorsCowboy VenturesHDS CapitalLightShed VenturesPrimetime PartnersRethink EducationAME Cloud Ventures+2 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-investors515 VenturesAfore CapitalAllison Pickens VenturesAmplify PartnersBain Capital VenturesDash VC+30 more
Humaans builds an employee management platform that automates the employment lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, promotions, and compensation management, by connecting point solutions with a central employee data hub for People Ops, Finance, and IT teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSLondon, GB
Giovanni Luperti(Founder)inKarolis Narkevicius(Founder)in
Co-investorsFrontline VenturesY CombinatorMoonfire VenturesPathlight VenturesEXPONENT FOUNDERS CAPITALLachy Groom+1 more
Kombo provides a unified API platform that integrates HRIS, ATS, LMS, and payroll systems, allowing B2B companies to offer hundreds of pre-built integrations to their customers without building custom connectors.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSBerlin, DE
Alexander Kübel(Founder)inAike Hillbrands(Founder)inFabian Rothfuß(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcadian Ventures Management, LlcRobin CapitalVolition CapitalY Combinator468 Capital
Merge provides stablecoin-based payment infrastructure for B2B and enterprise customers, enabling treasury teams to settle cross-border transactions using digital assets while maintaining regulatory compliance as a licensed Electronic Money Institution.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsBaird CapitalCoinbase VenturesHashed
NexHealth provides a patient engagement platform for medical and dental practices, offering online scheduling, digital intake forms, communications, payments, and insurance verification that sync in real time to the practice's health record system.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSBrooklyn, US
Alamin Uddin(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
Co-investorsAlt Capital3cubed Ventures7BC Venture CapitalCapital B Private HoldingsEarl Grey CapitalMantis Capital+8 more
Nira provides software tools that replicate ISO interconnection study processes for power generation developers and grid operators to evaluate transmission injection capacity and interconnection feasibility.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Chris Ariante(Founder)inAndy Chen(Founder)inAndrew Martin(Founder)inAmir(Vice President of Interconnection)in
Co-investorsBeta CapitalDivide by ZeroEnergize CapitalY Combinator
Tempa is a paid advertising agency that runs short-term ad campaigns on Meta, LinkedIn, and Google for early-stage startups.
AdTechEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSLondon, GB
Max Shepherd-Cross(Founder/CEO)inRich Turnbull(Founder/CTO)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorCalm/Storm VCSCM Advisors
Owner provides software for independent restaurants in the USA to drive sales and protect profits, including tools to compete with large chains.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Dean Bloembergen(Co-Founder & CTO)inAdam Guild(Co-Founder & CEO)inRob Lehman(President & COO)in
BoardJason Lemkin(Director)inJack Altman(Board Director)in
Co-investorsActivant CapitalHeadlineRedpoint VenturesSaaStr FundTranspose Platform ManagementAlt Capital+18 more
PingPong provides video messaging capabilities for distributed teams, allowing asynchronous communication through short video, audio, and screen recording messages.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSOrem, US
Jeff Whitlock(Founder)inEnaho Murphy(Founder)in
Co-investorsMatchstick VenturesOpen Opportunity FundY CombinatorAlfvén & DidriksonDragon CapitalHarvard Management Company+8 more
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Grafana Pyroscope is an open source continuous profiling system that aggregates performance data and enables application teams to identify resource usage and performance bottlenecks down to the source code level.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ryan Perry(Founder)inDmitry Filimonov(Founder)in
Co-investorsOpen Opportunity FundY CombinatorBase Case CapitalGeneral CatalystHack VCHarvard Management Company+3 more
Requestly is a Git-native API client for teams to design, build, and test APIs in a single local-first application.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sachin Jain(Founder)inSagar Soni(Founder)in
Co-investors100x Entrepreneur FundTitan CapitalY CombinatorNeonPeak XV PartnersValon Capital
Resend provides an email sending platform for developers to build and send modern email templates that reach the inbox reliably.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Zeno Rocha(Founder)inBu Kinoshita(Founder)in
BoardGuillermo Rauch
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzRogue CapitalY CombinatorBase Case CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Dylan Field+5 more
A platform that enables healthcare providers to order, track, and receive lab test results from multiple laboratory companies through a single dashboard, supporting both in-person and telehealth patients with flexible billing options and EHR integration.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Tara Viswanathan(Founder)inRosa Hamalainen(Founder)inBen Easton(Founder)in
Co-investors3cubed VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersFirst Round CapitalHustle FundJames Beshara FundMantis Capital+10 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 CombinatorAllison Pickens VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBragiel Brothers+6 more
StayQrious operates a school that moves away from traditional factory-model education toward experiential, project-based learning for children.
EdTechBengaluru, IN
Shankar Ram A(Founder)inAvinash Anand(Founder)inAanand Srinivas(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorDraper AssociatesEmles Venture PartnersDream IncubatorEmles AdvisorsLavni Ventures+5 more
A live sports streaming platform offering HD-quality broadcasts of football matches including Turkish Super Lig, European leagues, and Champions League.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzBatch VenturesBGVIntel CapitalKima Ventures+4 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AthelasAtlanAtlysBestpracticerCheckConductorOneConvexcurbFlowDarkDescriptFintualFluxGemGoldbellyHatchwaysKigoKoalaMetronomeMomentumMosNumeracyOkayPilotPodiaReapRemotionSpringboardSubscriptSwantideTutored By TeachersVantaWaldoWiseZeet
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Owner.com · restaurantbusinessonline.com · Aug 21, 2026
Frigade · ycombinator.com · Jul 9, 2026
Exa · exa.ai · Jun 26, 2026
Hightouch · citybiz.co · Apr 29, 2026
Double · finance.yahoo.com · Dec 11, 2025
Nira Energy · finsmes.com · May 29, 2025
Requestly · requestly.com · May 6, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has ASDF Ventures made?
- ASDF Ventures has 58 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited.
- What stage does ASDF Ventures invest at?
- ASDF Ventures invests at the Seed stage.
- What sectors does ASDF Ventures focus on?
- ASDF Ventures focuses on EdTech, Enterprise Software.
- Who does ASDF Ventures co-invest with?
- ASDF Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, 3cubed Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, among 76 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 4
468 Capital is a technology investment firm with offices in Berlin and San Francisco that invests across multiple stages in software, AI, and internet companies. The firm focuses on thesis-driven investments in businesses with experienced founding teams.
La Famiglia is a European venture capital fund investing at seed and growth stage in technology companies that enable or disrupt large industries.
Plaid is a financial data infrastructure platform that provides API access to real-time banking and financial institution data across thousands of banks globally.
Firms observed investing alongside ASDF Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with ASDF Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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