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Bantam Group

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Westwood · Pre-Seed–Series A · 1 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Bantam Group positions itself primarily as an advisor and catalyst for entrepreneurs rather than a traditional capital provider. Over roughly 20 years it has partnered with companies in varying degrees of involvement, with a consistent aim of having meaningful impact on a company's direction and success. Its usual role is mentor, coach and advocate for the company, its founders, management team and shareholders. When appropriate, it also delivers specific services such as interim management and the negotiation and structuring of financial and strategic partnerships.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 27, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
HQ
Westwood, Massachusetts, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Tracked investments
354

Team · 1 people

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What they invest in

from 186 of 354 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×54SaaS ×52Hardware ×32Consumer ×28Healthtech ×28Biotech ×27Enterprise Software ×27Deep Tech ×21

HQs:United States×145Canada×3South Korea×2Germany×1United Kingdom×1Singapore×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 119 portfolio companies
61%
solo founders
72 of 119 mapped founding teams
52%
repeat founders
of 29 founders with career history
~2.5 yrs
old at investment
median across 24 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×722 founders×303 founders×104+ founders×7

Where their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with education data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×5Harvard University ×4CentraleSupélec ×2Harvard Business School ×2Northumbria University ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 29 founders with career history

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ×2Parsagen Diagnostics, Inc. ×2Wireless Generation ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Techstars ×40500 Global ×2Y Combinator ×2

5 founders hold a PhD · 6 hold an MBA (of 27 with degree data)

Investments · 354 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2024 · 22022 · 32021 · 42020 · 12019 · 52018 · 32017 · 12016 · 22015 · 72014 · 32012 · 233 dated

Datadogdatadoghq.comin𝕏NASDAQ: DDOG

Datadog is a cloud-based monitoring and security platform that provides observability, analytics, and protection for infrastructure, applications, and data across enterprises.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsNew York, US

Olivier Pomel(Co-founder & CEO)inAlexis Le-Quoc(Co-founder & CTO)inMichael Jaconi(Executive Officer, Director)Amit Agarwal(Executive Officer)inAnthony Merlino(Executive Officer)

BoardCHRISTOPHER MOORE(Director)

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersaVentureComcast VenturesContour Venture PartnersCRV (Charles River Ventures)EQT Ventures+22 more

HubSpothubspot.comin𝕏NYSE: HUBS

HubSpot is a software platform that provides customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing automation tools for businesses.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSBoston, US

Brian Halligan(Founder)inDharmesh Shah(Founder)inYamini Rangan(CEO)inSarika Gargin

Co-investorsMatrixScale Venture PartnersSequoia CapitalCross Creek AdvisorsGROOVE CAPITAL

10% Happier: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics10percenthappier.comin𝕏

A meditation app offering personalized guided meditations, courses, and mindfulness resources for various life situations and skill levels.

ConsumerMental HealthWellness & FitnessBoston, US

Dan Harris

Co-investorsTechstars

1mind1mind.comin𝕏

Redefining go-to-market with AI Superhumans

Amanda Kahlow(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBattery VenturesHarmonic Growth PartnersMSIVOperator Collective+3 more

Aaviaaavia.io𝕏

Aavia is a mobile app that helps people with ovaries track and understand how their hormones impact their health, mood, and productivity.

ConsumerDigital HealthFemTechHealthtechWellness & Fitness

Aagya Mathur(Co-founder & CEO)inAya Suzuki(Co-founder & Head of Design & Experience)Alexis Wong(Cofounder)

Co-investorsAsset Management CompanyDorm Room37 AngelsSeven Seven SixUnshackled Ventures

AceUpaceup.comin𝕏

AceUp provides leadership development and team coaching services focused on building emotional intelligence, communication, and management skills among organizational leaders.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechBoston, US

Will Foussier(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Will Guillaume Foussier(Founder)inJohn Huysmans(Director)

Co-investorsLaunchpad Venture GroupPJCTechstarsWalnut Venture AssociatesService Provider Capital

Acquiaacquia.comin𝕏Sep 2015

Acquia provides digital experience platform software and services built around Drupal that enables enterprises to manage content, build websites and applications, and deliver experiences across multiple channels.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSBoston, US

Dries Buytaert(Co-Founder, Executive Chairman)inThomas N. Erickson(Chief Executive Officer, President)Michael Cayer(General Counsel and Secretary)William Sorenson(Chief Financial Officer)Paul Sallaberry(Director)Tom Bogan(Director)

Co-investorsVista Equity PartnersCenterview Capital TechnologyG20 VenturesGolub GrowthNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)NewView Capital+3 more

Actmedicalactmedical.com
AcuityBioacuitybio.com

BiotechNewtonville, US

Jay Schwartz, Ph.D.inKaren English(Executive Officer, Director)Alain J. Hanover(Director)Mark W. Grinstaff(Director)John J. Schwartz(Executive Officer, Director)Eyal Ron(Director)

Adaptivereaderadaptivereader.com
Adept Materialsadeptmaterials.comin𝕏

Adept Materials develops a moisture-control material technology that provides directional vapor control, humidity regulation, and temperature management, applied as coatings, films, and overlays.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechDeep TechNew MaterialsSomerville, US

Derek Stein(Founder / Inventor)

BoardMiguel Galvez(Director)Daniel Cromie(Director)

Co-investorsAnorak VenturesCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Slater Technology Fund

Adessosystemsadessosystems.com

Adessosystems is an editorial archive documenting the architectures, deployment patterns, and history of offline-capable enterprise mobile software from Adesso Systems and the Microsoft .NET mobility era.

Developer ToolsEnterprise Software

Adjointadjoint.io

Co-investorsSICTIC

Adoredadored.com
Aelurosbroadcom.comJan 2012Acquired

Consumer online privacy and security solutions; acquired by Opera and later Symantec.

Palo Alto, US

Alex Seton(Executive Officer)Steve Shillingford(Executive Officer, Director)Alberto Yepez(Director)Rick Simmons(Executive Officer)Paul Kraus(Executive Officer)Ted Peck(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsCross Creek AdvisorsCrosslink CapitalKortschak Investments L.P.Menlo VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Norwest Venture Partners+5 more

Aeroboticsaerobotics.comin𝕏

Aerobotics develops AI and drone-based software to help fruit growers, packers, and shippers measure crop health and estimate yields using aerial imagery analysis.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareCape Town, ZA

Benji

Co-investors4Di CapitalAfricInvestCathay InnovationNaspers

Agile Devicesagiledevices.comin𝕏

Agile Devices develops the Angler, a steerable and deflectable microcatheter that lets interventional radiologists actively adjust and steer the distal tip during procedures.

HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesNewton Centre, US

Benjamin Merewitz(Executive Officer, Director)Leo Tsai(Executive Officer, Director)Yuyin Chen(Executive Officer)

BoardPatrick Rivelli(Director)Christopher Rich(Director)

Co-investorsBeacon AngelsLaunchpad Venture GroupWalnut Venture Associates

Ai Leanai-lean.comin

Ai Lean provides an automated collections, delinquency, and lien compliance platform for self-storage facility operators, handling the process from initial delinquency through auction completion.

Enterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaSNeedham, US

Luke Shardlow(Executive Officer, Director)Khaled Barazi(Executive Officer)Alistair James Schneider(Executive Officer)

BoardIan Levine(Director)Joe Maxwell(Director)Rich Brereton(Director)

Co-investorsBeacon AngelsFINTOP CapitalLaunchpad Venture Group

Aikiumaikium.comin

Aikium combines deep learning with large-scale wet-lab experimentation to design and screen protein libraries, aiming to develop protein therapeutics for hard-to-treat targets such as GPCRs and ion channels.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

Eswar I(Founder)Shankar Shastry(Founder)Venkatesh Mysore(Founder)Dr. Eswar Iyer(CEO | Head of Synthetic Biology)Michael Tolentino(Chief Development Officer)inDr. Shankar Shastry(Vice President | Head of Protein Sciences)

Co-investorsCivilization Ventures Management, Llc

Airfoxairfox.com

Provides mobile financial services and access to capital for unbanked populations in emerging markets via blockchain-based tokens.

Co-investorsLaunchCapitalNXT Ventures

Akibanakiban.com
Alchemistaalchemista.com
Aliroquantumaliroquantum.comin𝕏

Aliro provides a full-stack software platform for quantum networking, including simulation, orchestration, and operating system solutions that enable enterprises and government agencies to plan and deploy quantum networks for applications like QPU interconnection and quantum-secured communications.

CybersecurityDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareQuantum ComputingBoston, US

Michael Cubeddu(Founder)in

Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalFlybridge Capital PartnersGutbrain VenturesiGlobe PartnersSamsung NextBlumberg Capital+1 more

Alliconnectalliconnect.io

Alli Connect offers a digital mental wellness platform that connects First Responders with vetted therapists, self-help resources, and peer support tools, and uses AI to match members with therapists and identify wellness issues early using department data.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMental Health

Colleen Hilton(Founder)in

Allykeallyke.com
Alto Pharmacyalto.comin𝕏

Alto Pharmacy is a full-service pharmacy that offers patients medication delivery, cost transparency, and pharmacist access.

ConsumerDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US

James Karraker(Executive Officer, Director)Mattieu Gamache-Asselin(Founder & CEO)inNichola Eliovits(Director)Nathaniel Kan(Director)Robert Spinner(Director)

BoardNeil Shah(Director)in

Co-investorsAvego BioScience CapitalCalm VenturesCSC UpshotEvolution VC PartnersFlucas VenturesFormus Capital+8 more

Amgineamgine.aiin

AMGINE offers an AI automation platform for travel management companies that automates the request-to-booking workflow across existing GDS systems and travel operations.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Aminonarvii.com
Anatagetanata.com
Anodynetheheropatch.comin

Anodyne is a clinical-stage biotech company developing transdermal delivery technology for multi-milligram doses and complex formulations of existing therapies and emerging large molecules, aimed at simplifying chronic care.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsBig Pi Ventures

Answranswr.com

Tomi Wahlroos(Founder)in

AOA Dxaoadx.comin𝕏

AOA Dx develops a blood-based liquid biopsy platform using mass spectrometry and machine learning to detect ovarian cancer at early stages through tumor-associated biomarkers in serum.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesDenver, US

Oriana Papin-Zoghbi(Founder)inAlex Fisher(Founder/COO)inAnna Jeter(Founder)inOriana Zoghbi-Harb(Executive Officer, Director)Abigail Mcelhinny(Executive Officer)

BoardSurbhi Sarna(Director)

Co-investorsAlleyCorpGood Growth CapitalJoyance PartnersY CombinatorAstiaAurum Venture Partners+18 more

Apperianapperian.comin𝕏Aug 2015

Boston, US

Brian Day(Executive Officer, Director)DAVID PATRICK(Executive Officer, Director)CHUCK GOLDMAN(Director)MICHAEL SKOK(Director)MAIA HEYMANN(Director)ROBERT GOODMAN(Director)

Co-investorsFIRSTFLOOR CAPITAL

Appinionsscribblelive.com
Appsulateacquired by Zscaler
Aprioriapriori.com

Co-investorsGutbrain VenturesOmega Venture Partners

Aras Corparas.comin𝕏

Aras provides product lifecycle management (PLM) software for engineering and manufacturing organizations to manage product design, configuration, and data across their operations.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAndover, US

Peter Schroer(Founder and former CEO)

BoardRodman E. Van Sciver(Director)Don Dodge(Director)William Nyhan(Director)Harry Ruda(Director)

Co-investorsBoston Harbor AngelsGolub GrowthSavano Capital PartnersGI Partners

Arcbazararcbazar.com

Co-investorsModerne Ventures

ArrowPointcisco.comin𝕏Acquired

Cisco provides networking, data center, and security technology for enterprises, including infrastructure to run traditional and AI workloads and tools to keep organizations running against cyberattacks and outages.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareIoTSan Jose, US

John ChambersinChuck Robbinsin

Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersAllegisCyber CapitalAviv Venture CapitalCastile VenturesCeltic House Venture PartnersCollab+Currency+31 more

Aspinityaspinity.comin𝕏

Aspinity designs analog processing chips that enable near-zero power AI systems using its AnalogML technology.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTSemiconductorsMorgantown, US

Brandon Rumberg(Executive Officer)inThomas Doyle(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Hegberg(CEO)inThomas P. Beckley(Director)

BoardNed Renzi(Director)

Co-investorsAnzu PartnersBirchmere VenturesNew Stack VenturesNewlin VenturesRiverfront Ventures, LLCTechstars+2 more

Asqmeasqme.com
Autogenomicsautogenomics.com

AutoGenomics develops the INFINITI system and proprietary BioFilmChip microarrays that automate multiplexed genetic analysis, letting clinical laboratories run large menus of tests from a single sample.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Bettlebettle.co
Big Trailbigtrailranch.com
BioRez, Inc.biorez.com

Biorez develops the BioBrace, a bioinductive implant combining Type I collagen with PLLA microfilaments to reinforce and support soft tissue and tendon healing, including rotator cuff and foot & ankle repairs.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsConnecticut InnovationsLaunchCapital

Blockaiblockai.com
Blogblog.googlein

This is Google's official company blog, publishing announcements about its products and initiatives including Gemini AI models, Google Cloud infrastructure, Android, and Google DeepMind robotics research.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingConsumer

Co-investorsGarage Capital

Bluetrainbluetrainmobile.com

The site presents a multi-day conference about application and web design, covering design theory, tools, product design roles, and current web design trends.

Media & Entertainment

Boston Microsystemsacquired by Pall
Bostoncellstandardsbostoncellstandards.comin

Boston Cell Standards develops calibration and quality-control products (IHCalibrators and IHControls) for immunohistochemistry (IHC) laboratories, used for assay validation, instrument alignment, troubleshooting, and proficiency testing.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesBoston, US

Steve Bogen MD PhD(Founder)in

Bostonmicromachinesbostonmicromachines.comin

Boston Micromachines develops MEMS deformable mirrors, MEMS grating modulators, and adaptive optics software for controlling and shaping light.

Deep TechDefense TechHardware

Bounce Imagingbounceimaging.comin𝕏Sep 2019

Bounce Imaging manufactures tactical 360-degree camera systems and robotics for first responders, law enforcement, and military personnel to safely assess confined spaces.

Defense TechHardwareRoboticsBuffalo, US

Francisco Aguilar(Executive Officer, Director)inRonjon Nag(Director)inJames Smist(Director)Sietse Dijkstra(Executive Officer)inMark Fargason(Executive Officer)inMikhail Fridberg(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsIn-Q-TelBroad Street AngelsBrown and White VenturesDC Investment PartnersGood Growth CapitalGreat Oaks Venture Capital+2 more

BrandGuardbrandguard.aiin𝕏

BrandGuard is an AI-powered brand governance platform that helps marketing teams ensure brand consistency across digital assets and content.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech

Co-investorsArgon Ventures

Busy Beautybusy-beauty.com

Jamie Steenbakkers(Founder)in

Bwsepticbwseptic.com
Cakejoincake.com𝕏

Cake operates a nationwide network of locally run funeral homes, cremation providers, and cemeteries, working with more than 1,700 professionals to support families through end-of-life arrangements.

Consumer

Co-investorsInHealth VenturesLaunchCapitalTBD AngelsGoAhead VenturesGradient VenturesPrimary

Calientcalient.netin

Calient manufactures 3D MEMS optical switches that reduce switching costs for data center operators and network service providers.

Data & InfrastructureHardware

Arjun Gupta(Executive Chairman & CEO)in

Co-investorsGefinor CapitalPresidio Ventures

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Exits · 15

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

DatadogNASDAQ: DDOGHubSpotNYSE: HUBSAppsulateacq. by ZscalerBoston Microsystemsacq. by PallCoffee Connectionacq. by StarbucksCrocodocacq. by BoxFlarejewelryacq. by invisaWearHaymarket Bankacq. by Century BankHistoRXacq. by Genoptix, Inc.Kinveyacq. by Progress SoftwareLab Connectionsacq. by MoconLaser Scienceacq. by Thermo Fisher ScientificLevelUpacq. by GrubhubLocalyticsacq. by Upland SoftwareMetrisa Inc.acq. by Galvanic

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Bantam Group made?
Bantam Group has 351 tracked investments, 17 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Bantam Group invest at?
Bantam Group invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does Bantam Group focus on?
Bantam Group focuses on Biotech, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Energy, Enterprise Software, New Materials, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Semiconductors.
Where is Bantam Group located?
Bantam Group is headquartered in Westwood, US.
Does Bantam Group lead rounds?
Bantam Group typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Bantam Group co-invest with?
Bantam Group most often shares deals with Techstars, Launchpad Venture Group, Walnut Venture Associates, among 381 tracked co-investors.

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