boldstart ventures
Venture capitalMiami · Pre-Seed–Series A · 9 people tracked
Also known as BOLDSTART VENTURES MANAGEMENT LLC
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Investment thesis
boldstart practices 'Inception' investing, collaborating with technical founders before company creation and leading pre-product rounds. The firm focuses on the autonomous enterprise, backing builders in AI-native infrastructure, security, applications, and models. It leverages an early adopter network to help transform bold ideas into category-defining companies. With over a decade of experience, boldstart aims to be a true believer alongside founders on the uncertain path from idea to Series A, having backed companies such as Snyk, Clay, and Protect AI from their earliest days.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 9 people
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What they invest in
from 52 of 101 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×29Enterprise Software ×28SaaS ×23Developer Tools ×22Data & Infrastructure ×14Cloud Computing ×13Cybersecurity ×13Crypto & Web3 ×6
HQs:United States×42Finland×1United Kingdom×1Ireland×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 40 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×162 founders×143 founders×94+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 52 founders with education data
Harvard University ×4University of California, Berkeley ×4University of Cambridge ×4University of British Columbia ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2McGill University ×2New York University ×2Princeton University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 44 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×25Engineering ×8Business & Management ×6Physics ×5Mathematics & Statistics ×4Finance & Accounting ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 59 founders with career history
8Vc ×3DeepMind ×3Facebook ×3LinkedIn ×3Salesforce ×3Stanford University ×3Airtime ×2AOL ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
13 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 51 with degree data) · backed the same founder in 2+ companies: 2 founders
Investments · 101 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42025 · 92024 · 42023 · 72022 · 72021 · 82020 · 12019 · 22017 · 143 dated
SecurityScorecard provides third-party risk management (TPRM) software using AI to help organizations identify, monitor, and mitigate cybersecurity risks across their supply chain and vendor networks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US
Aleksandr Yampolskiy(Founder & CEO)inSam Kassoumeh(Co-Founder, Head of Product)inDr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy(Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsEvolution Equity PartnersIntel CapitalNGP CapitalRiverwood CapitalAXA Venture PartnersAccomplice+6 more
Artillery is a performance testing toolkit that provides load testing, Playwright-based end-to-end testing, and production monitoring capabilities for web applications and APIs.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLimerick, IE
Hassy Veldstra(Founder)inHasan Minatullaevich Veldstra(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatEliot Durbin· per SEC Form D · $2.1M raise · filed Aug 2021
Co-investorsY CombinatorEssence Venture CapitalFirst Round CapitalGeneral CatalystLowercase Capital
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BigID is a data security platform that discovers, classifies, and governs enterprise data across cloud, SaaS, and unstructured environments to enable privacy, security, and compliance.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnergyEnterprise SoftwareMamaroneck, US
Nimrod Vax(Co-Founder and CPO)inDimitri Sirota(CEO)in
Board seatEd Sim· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersCisco InvestmentsClearSkyComcast VenturesGaia VenturesGlynn Capital Management+9 more
Blockdaemon provides blockchain infrastructure services including staking, node deployment, APIs, and wallet management across 60+ protocols for financial institutions and developers.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnergyEnterprise SoftwareFintechLos Angeles, US
Konstantin Richter(CEO and Founder)in
Board seatEd Sim· per SEC Form D
Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)Amplify.LAAurum Venture PartnersBaroda VenturesBlockchain CoinvestorsBorderless Venture+21 more
FortressIQ built a computer-vision-based process discovery and task mining platform; acquired by Automation Anywhere in 2021-2022.
San Francisco, US
PANKAJ CHOWDHRY(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatEd Sim· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsComcast VenturesFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAudaciousEniac Ventures+12 more
Generalist develops embodied foundation models for robots, focusing on dexterity and enabling machines to intelligently interact with the physical world.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsBay Area, Boston, US
Andy Zeng(Founder)inPete Florence(Founder)inAndrew Barry(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardFraser Kelton(Director)inRobert Toews(Director)
Board seatEllen Chisa· per SEC Form D
Co-investors8VCInspired CapitalLMNT VenturesNorwest Venture PartnersRadical VenturesScale Venture Partners+9 more
Hypernative provides machine learning-powered security monitoring and threat detection for blockchain and digital assets, protecting organizations operating across multiple blockchain networks.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Gal Sagie(Co-Founder & CEO)inDan Caspi(Co-Founder & CTO)in
BoardDor Lee-Lo(Director)in
Board seatEd Sim· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsBallistic VenturesBloccelerate VCBorderless VentureIBI Tech FundTen ElevenTitan Capital Partners
Netpreme develops a Memory Processing Unit (MPU) and Networked Memory Tiering technology designed to extend XPU memory capacity for AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsCambridge, US
Zhizhen Zhong(Co-Founder & CEO)inNikita Lazarev(Co-Founder & CTO)in
BoardYuqin Duan(Director)
Board seatEd Sim· per SEC Form D · $13.4M raise · filed Jul 2025
Co-investorsRhapsody Venture PartnersThe E14 FundPropeller Inc.
Data & InfrastructureOakland, US
Brian Douglas(Executive Officer, Director)in
Board seatEllen Chisa· per SEC Form D · $3.5M raise · filed May 2023
Co-investorsTechstars
Protect AI develops security solutions for artificial intelligence systems.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US
Ian Swanson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inBadar Ahmed(Director)inDaryan Dehghanpisheh(Director)
BoardRichard Seewald(Director)inMark Kraynak(Director)in
Board seatEd Sim· per SEC Form D
Co-investors01 AdvisorsAcrew CapitalAviso VenturesEvolution Equity PartnersSamsung NextEvolution Technology+3 more
Agentuity builds infrastructure for managing and operating autonomous AI agents at scale.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareAustin, US
Co-investorsBloomberg BetaSouthern Equity
Amberdata provides institutional-grade data, analytics, and infrastructure solutions for digital assets and Web3, covering market data, portfolio and risk management, compliance, and tax management.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechFremont, US
Joanes Espanol(Executive Officer, Promoter)inTongtong Gong(Executive Officer, Promoter)inShawn Douglass(CEO)in
BoardLars Leckie(Director)in
Co-investorsAspenwoodCoinbase VenturesFenbushi CapitalHummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)VU Venture PartnersChicago Trading Company+5 more
Integration testing made easier for developers; acquired by Docker
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsIA Seed VenturesInsight Partners
PagerDuty Workflow Automation lets Dev and IT Operations teams automate manual business processes by combining human-in-the-loop steps such as approvals and decisions with technical automation like Runbook Automation.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSChicago, US
Sean Chou(Executive Officer, Director)inRavi Singh(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPeter Barris(Director)in
Co-investorsChicago VenturesIn-Q-TelIntel CapitalLightbankGICHyde Park Angels+3 more
ChangeTip built a payment application designed to work inside social networks.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investors500 GlobalBlockchain CapitalTransmedia Capital
Clay provides a data enrichment and workflow platform that combines first-party, intent, and third-party data from 100+ sources to help sales and growth teams identify and reach target customers.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSSales TechNew York, US
Kareem Amin(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAmbush CapitalBoxGroupCapitalGFirst Round CapitalFrontline Ventures+8 more
CloudQuery provides cloud governance teams with unified visibility and management across multiple cloud providers and accounts.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsPartech VenturesSierra VenturesMango CapitalWork-Bench
Movable Ink offers AI-driven personalization software, including its Studio and Da Vinci products, that automatically generates and curates content, send times, and frequency to personalize customer messages such as email at the moment of engagement.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSWaltham, US
Gregory Leibon(Executive Officer, Director)inKen MacAskill(Executive Officer)James Glover(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsCeltic House Venture PartnersContour Venture PartnersEscalate Capital Partnersm]x[v CapitalMI VenturesRunway Venture Partners+4 more
Common Paper provides contract templates and standards for technology transactions, enabling programmatic access to contracts through open-source standards.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSSales TechPhiladelphia, US
Benjamin Garvey(Founder)inJake Stein(Founder)in
Co-investorsUncork CapitalY Combinator
CrewAI provides an enterprise platform for discovering, building, deploying, and governing AI agents that automate workflows across business applications, with no-code multi-agent workflow creation and observability.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
João (Joe) Moura(Co-founder)inRob Bailey(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsCraft VenturesDallas Venture CapitalEarl Grey CapitalFirsthandVCFlybridge Capital PartnersBlitzscaling Ventures+1 more
Dooly was a CRM integration platform for sales teams, but the company is shutting down on June 30, 2025.
Sales Tech
Justin Vaillancourt(Founder)
Co-investorsMantis CapitalPallasite VenturesReshapeAdditionBattery VenturesBoxGroup+7 more
Dylibso builds developer tooling and infrastructure that helps engineering teams run WebAssembly in production.
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesCrew CapitalPebblebed
WebAssembly infrastructure and developer tools for plugin systems
Co-investorsPebblebedFelicis VenturesSierra Ventures
Easop provides a platform for managing equity compensation for international employees, handling global compliance across 70+ countries, legal operations, and employee education on equity.
HR TechLegalTechSaaS
Naël El Berkani(Founder)in
Co-investorsKima VenturesPartech Ventures
Front AI builds an AI-powered customer service platform that automates service channels with multilingual conversational bots and provides channel strategy optimization tools.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSFinland, FI
Co-investorsLifeline Ventures
Grepr is an infrastructure technology company that provides observability and reliability tools designed to help engineering teams operate more efficiently in environments increasingly driven by AI-generated code.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz
Harbr provides a platform for external data delivery and distribution, letting data providers push data to cloud environments (Databricks, AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage), file drops, Delta Shares, or desktop via SFTP under consistent entitlements and governance.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB
Anthony Cosgrove MBE(Founder)inAnthony Cosgrove(Co-Founder)inGary Butler(Co-Founder)Leo Spiegel(CEO)inTom Blacksell(Chief Revenue Officer; Company Secretary)inMarvin Reynolds(Chief Customer Officer)in
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Crane Venture PartnersDawn Capital
Human First developed Atlas, a platform providing evidence and insights related to digital health measurement; the company and its Atlas product have been acquired by ICON.
Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsDorm RoomThreshold VenturesArkitekt VenturesBoost VCLux CapitalMaverick Ventures+5 more
IOpipe is a serverless DevOps platform that provides visibility and monitoring for serverless applications in production.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSeattle, US
Erica Windisch(Founder and CTO)inAdam Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Windisch(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsLas Olas Venture CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Struck CapitalTechstarsMadrona Venture GroupUnderscore VC
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Keycard provides infrastructure for AI agents to operate safely and securely in production environments, enabling developers to connect agents to services across multiple clouds while maintaining identity, policy, and audit controls.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Ian Livingstone(Founder, CEO)inMatthew Creager(Founder, Product & Marketing)inJared Hanson(Founder, Technology)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAndreessen HorowitzExceptional CapitalMantis CapitalModern Technical
Keycard provides identity and access control for AI agents, enforcing policies on agent tool and API access while issuing short-lived, task-scoped credentials.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsModern TechnicalTapestry VCVermilion Cliffs VenturesAcrew CapitalAndreessen HorowitzEssence Venture Capital
Kumospace provides a virtual office and events platform where distributed teams meet over chat and video in immersive online spaces.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSNew York City, US
Yang Mou(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
Kustomer is an AI-native customer experience (CX) platform that ties every interaction to a complete customer record so AI and human agents can respond with full context, automate conversations, and manage support workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechShort Hills, US
Jeremy Suriel(CTO & Co-Founder)inBrad Birnbaum(CEO & Co-Founder)inMichael Chapin(Executive Officer, Promoter)
BoardScott Beechuk(Director)inAlex Bard(Director)inNeeraj Agrawal(Director)in
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesBattery VenturesCanaan PartnersCisco InvestmentsCoatue ManagementNorwest Venture Partners+3 more
Liveblocks provides APIs and infrastructure for building real-time collaborative tools, enabling multiplayer functionality for creative and productivity applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US
Guillaume Salles(Co-founder & Engineer)inSteven Fabre(Co-founder & Product Designer)in
Co-investorsAtlassian VenturesBanana CapitalKima Ventures
Memphis.dev is an open-source, Kubernetes-native data streaming platform and message broker for backend developers.
Co-investorsAngular Ventures
Olympix provides a security tool for smart contract development that deterministically analyzes Solidity code to detect and remediate vulnerabilities before audits and deployment.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Channi(Founder)
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupPicks and Shovels (Picks & Shovels)
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) with emphasis on safety and beneficial outcomes for humanity.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Sam Altman(Co-founder & CEO)Elon Musk(Co-founder & former Co-chair / board member)inGreg Brockman(Co-founder & President)inIlya Sutskever(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)inWojciech Zaremba(Co-founder)inJohn Schulman(Co-founder (departed 2024))
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesA'Z AngelsAdvent InternationalAlpha Wave GlobalAndreessen HorowitzAnti+54 more
Optic generates OpenAPI specifications from test traffic and maintains their accuracy through automated schema testing and patch application.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Aidan Cunniffe(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsKindred VenturesY CombinatorZag CapitalACE & CompanyKleiner PerkinsPantera Capital
Rapportive displays contact information and social profiles directly within email clients, allowing users to view photos, locations, and professional details about message senders and connect with them on social networks.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US
Rahul Vohra(Founder/CEO)inMartin Kleppmann(Founder)Sam Stokes(Founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalY Combinator
API and platform for interactive emails with real-time analytics; acquired by Salesforce
Co-investorsCourtside VenturesOutbound VenturesThe Chernin Group (TCG Crypto)Lerer Hippeau
Reco secures AI and agent sprawl across enterprise ecosystems by detecting and controlling unauthorized AI usage with 260+ app integrations and 1,000+ detection controls.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsAngular VenturesInsight PartnersJibe VenturesS VenturesZeev VenturesWorkday Ventures
Replicated provides a container-based platform for software vendors to deploy cloud-native applications in customer environments.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersFounder CollectiveHeavybitMucker CapitalPreston-Werner VenturesTop Corner Capital+4 more
Snyk is a developer-focused security platform that identifies and fixes vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure using AI-powered analysis.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsBoston, US
Guy Podjarny(Director)inPeter McKay(Executive Officer, Director)inStephanie Dominy(Executive Officer)in
BoardPhilippe Botteri(Director)inMatthew Weigand(Director)inKen Fox(Director)in
Co-investors2050 CapitalAccelAlkeon InnovationAmity VenturesAmplify PartnersAtlassian Ventures+32 more
Spectro Cloud provides a platform called Palette that simplifies Kubernetes deployment and management for enterprise operations and development teams across cloud and edge environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Tenry Fu(Founder)inSaad Malik(Founder)in
Co-investorsCerity Partners VenturesLeonis CapitalLG Technology VenturesQualcomm VenturesSierra VenturesStripes+1 more
Steadybit is a chaos engineering and reliability testing platform that helps product and engineering teams identify, validate, and fix reliability issues in their networks and applications before they reach production.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsAngular VenturesPaladin Capital Group
Stellate provides an edge caching and performance layer for GraphQL APIs, offering response caching, rate limiting, monitoring, and analytics to reduce backend load and improve API stability.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Max Stoiber(Founder)inTim Suchanek(Founder)in
Co-investorsSystem.OneTiger Global Management
Superhuman provides an AI-native platform for marketing teams that integrates AI agents, email management, and collaborative documentation within existing workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketing TechSaaS
Conrad Irwin(Founder)inRahul VohrainVivek Sodera
Co-investors1809 Capital500 Global7BC Venture CapitalAndreessen HorowitzArcher Capital GroupArcher Venture Capital+24 more
Tessl builds an AI Native software development platform with tools for developers building with AI agents, centered on preserving intent and context rather than code.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon
Guy Podjarny(Founder & CEO)inKenneth MacAskill(Director)
BoardTom Hulme(Director)inEdward Sim(Director)Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas(Director)in
Co-investorsAccelGV (Google Ventures)Index Venturesfirstminute capital
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TRES provides on-chain risk and treasury management software for self-custodied, EVM-based crypto treasuries, serving funds, trading firms, market makers, DAOs, foundations, exchanges, and custodians.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech
Co-investors3cubed VenturesAmbush CapitalFactionMantis CapitalNew Form Capital
UtilizeCore is a software platform for service companies that manage subcontractor networks, offering tools for operations, accounts receivable and payable, contractor onboarding and compliance, and proposals.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSNew York, US
Jason Kwait(Executive Officer, Director)inRyan Matthew Gottfried(Founder)inJohnny Zhu(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSteven Gottfried(Chairman)in
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundMantis CapitalKearny Jackson
Wallaroo.AI offers a unified platform for deploying, serving, monitoring, and optimizing machine learning and AI models in production across cloud, on-premise, and edge environments.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareBrooklyn, US
Vidyut Jain(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardOwen Davis(Director)inPriyanka Mitra(Director)inShomik Ghosh(Director)inSamir Kumar(Director)
Co-investorsContour Venture PartnersFour Acres CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)MyAsiaVCResolute VenturesSupernode Ventures+3 more
WP Engine provides managed hosting and platform services for WordPress websites, serving companies and agencies of all sizes with infrastructure, tools, and support.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAustin, US
Jason Cohen(Founder)inDavid Brolsma(Executive Officer)inHeather Brunner(Executive Officer)inChad Costello(Executive Officer)inRick Crandall(Director)Mariano Dima(Director)
Co-investorsGolub GrowthHazelview VenturesMantella Venture PartnersPacelineSilver Lake PartnersSilverton Partners+2 more
Yhat provided a platform for managing the complete lifecycle of data science projects, from model development through deployment.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Austin Ogilvie(Founder/CEO)inGreg Lamp(Founder)in
Co-investorsContour Venture PartnersLongley CapitalY Combinator
YipitData is a data and analytics company that combines proprietary and licensed datasets—such as card transactions, receipts, web data, and app usage—paired with dedicated analysts to deliver market intelligence.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US
James Dana Moran(Executive Officer, Director)Vinicius Vacanti(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardWilliam D. Porteous(Director)inJason Finger(Director)inDan Nova(Director)
Co-investorsNorwest Venture PartnersOmega Venture PartnersVCFA GroupCarlyle GroupRRE Ventures
Yoast develops SEO software, including plugins for WordPress, WooCommerce, and Shopify, that provides real-time content analysis, AI-powered optimization suggestions, and readiness for AI-driven search discovery.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Joost de Valk(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAugust CapitalB Capital GroupBessemer Venture PartnersBlumberg CapitalCathay InnovationConductive Ventures+26 more
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Zuplo builds an API management and gateway platform designed to fit into developers' existing tools and workflows.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSRedmond, US
Nathan Totten(Executive Officer, Director)inJonjo Twist(Executive Officer, Director)Josh Twist(Founder)in
BoardYuval Neeman(Director)
Co-investorsMotive ForceTrilogy Equity Partners
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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.
Exits · 14
14 acquisitions · showing 4Atomicjaracq. by DockerCatalyticacq. by PagerDutyChangetipacq. by AirbnbCoherent Pathacq. by Movable Ink
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Generalist · intelligentliving.co · Aug 27, 2026
Memphis · memphisflyer.com · Aug 26, 2026
Yipit Data · privateequitywire.co.uk · Aug 21, 2026
OpenAI · techcrunch.com · Aug 12, 2026
Amberdata · coinstats.app · Aug 9, 2026
Hypernative · startupfundraising.com · Jul 21, 2026
Curiosities · intelligence360.news · Jul 20, 2026
Optic · kalkine.com.au · Jul 17, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has boldstart ventures made?
- boldstart ventures has 101 tracked investments, 14 of which have exited, including 13 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does boldstart ventures invest at?
- boldstart ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is boldstart ventures's typical check size?
- boldstart ventures typically writes checks of $1M – $3M.
- What sectors does boldstart ventures focus on?
- boldstart ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is boldstart ventures located?
- boldstart ventures is headquartered in Miami, US.
- Does boldstart ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, boldstart ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does boldstart ventures co-invest with?
- boldstart ventures most often shares deals with Heavybit, Norwest Venture Partners, Y Combinator, among 217 tracked co-investors.
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GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in artificial intelligence and machine learning since its early days, building a global portfolio of more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.
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.
Tiger Global Management operates public equity strategies (long/short, long-focused and crossover) and a private equity business investing in early- through late-stage growth companies across new and existing industries.
Sierra Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in first-principles founders, backing companies from inception through Series A across AI infrastructure, applied/vertical AI, deep tech, and physical/embodied AI.
Heavybit is an early-stage venture firm investing in technical, enterprise infrastructure startups, backing founders from day zero and helping them scale from developer-focused products up to enterprise adoption.
Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.
Felicis Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders primarily at the Seed and Series A stages, frequently leading or co-leading rounds. It operates with a founder-first approach, including a founder pledge and voting commitments.
RRE Ventures is a boutique early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders across sectors, combining decades of experience with AI-driven analysis throughout the investment lifecycle.
Acrew Capital is a venture capital firm that emphasizes a team-based approach to investing, offering portfolio companies access to its full team.
Comcast Ventures is the venture capital arm of Comcast NBCUniversal, backing early- to growth-stage companies in sectors relevant to Comcast's future, and offering portfolio companies access to Comcast NBCUniversal's expertise, scale, network, and resources.
Angular Ventures is a venture capital firm that provides early-stage funding to founders operating in global markets.
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Evolution Equity PartnersBessemer Venture PartnersAccelUncork CapitalSV AngelBoxGroupSpark CapitalCanaan PartnersSapphire VenturesPlug and Play VenturesBattery VenturesEniac VenturesPartech VenturesScale Venture PartnersSoftBank Vision FundAdditionMeritech Capital PartnersAccompliceM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)MyAsiaVCIA Seed VenturesGreylock PartnersRedpoint VenturesFirstMark CapitalMayfield FundRevolutionSocial LeverageBanana CapitalKearny JacksonWork-BenchNotation CapitalScalar CapitalTen ElevenPaladin Capital GroupStripeCerity Partners VenturesGrove VenturesThomson Reuters VenturesZelkova VenturesFactionNew Form CapitalNasdaq VenturesBenchmarkBain Capital VenturesKrakenCRV (Charles River Ventures)DST GlobalOak HC/FTFreestyle CapitalPrecursor VenturesLookout VenturesBond Capital ManagementStride VCBullpen CapitalOperator LPSherpalo Ventures2048 VenturesSalesforce Japan Co.,Ltd.CyberstartsCiti VenturesFootworkRobot VenturesDecibel PartnersThe Finger GroupAllison Pickens VenturesGraph VenturesBDC Venture CapitalRubicon Venture Capital14WWestWave CapitalSyngenta Group VenturesOperator VenturesMana VenturesTriatomic CapitalVenture Guides Management, L.P.Pivotal Life SciencesMatchstick VenturesPreface VenturesLooking Glass CapitalCharge VCgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)TechAviv Founder PartnersGotham VenturesU&I VenturesHelios Climate Ventures
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