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Silicon Valley · Seed–Growth · 11 people tracked
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Investment thesis
BootstrapLabs invests exclusively in Applied AI, believing artificial intelligence is transforming every sector and represents one of the largest value-creation opportunities in modern times. The firm adopted an AI-first venture strategy in 2015, giving it early insights and a position among the leading AI-focused VC firms. Through its venture studios and venture capital funds, BootstrapLabs primarily backs companies in Future of Work/Productivity, Mobility, Health, Financial Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure, and Climate & Energy, seeing significant opportunities to create efficiencies and value by applying AI in these domains.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
The BootstrapLabs mafia →8 people who came through BootstrapLabs went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 23 of 36 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14SaaS ×13Enterprise Software ×10Fintech ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Logistics & Supply Chain ×3Marketing Tech ×3Consumer ×2
HQs:United States×17
Investments · 36 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 22023 · 32022 · 32021 · 22019 · 22018 · 315 dated
AEye designs and sells active lidar sensors and software-defined sensing systems for autonomous vehicles, advanced driver-assistance systems, and non-automotive applications including rail, aerospace, defense, and industrial automation.
Pleasanton, US
Luis Dussan(Founder)inMatthew Fisch(Executive Officer, Director)Conor B. Tierney(Executive Officer)inAndrew S. Hughes(Executive Officer)inRansom P. Wuller(Executive Officer)
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BoardWen Hsieh(Director)
Co-investorsBand of AngelsHBS Alumni AngelsTri-Valley VenturesTrucks VCTyche PartnersVektor Partners+1 more
AngelList's investor management platform provides tools for venture capital and private equity firms to streamline LP interactions, automate fund operations, and deliver reporting and portfolio updates through a branded digital experience.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Avlok Kohli(CEO)inAvlok K.inBabak Nivi(Founder)Naval Ravikant(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelerator VenturesAccompliceAgman PartnersAltra VentureAngel Collective Opportunity FundAtacama Ventures+54 more
TouchPress creates educational apps for children that combine pedagogy, familiar characters, and games to support learning and development.
ConsumerEdTechGaming
Co-investorsEnterprise EquityBlockchange VenturesBlockhead Capital
Cargo Chief offers C4, an AI-driven freight matching and capacity procurement platform that automates carrier outreach, real-time pricing, and load-carrier matching, integrating with brokers' TMS and other tools.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Kirk Franzen(Founder)in
Charm Solutions offers CHARM Platform, an AI/ML software platform with API services and embeddable widgets that turn SMB financial data into credit scoring, underwriting optimization, and default-risk monitoring.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
John Donovan(Founder)in
GetAccept builds an AI-powered digital sales room that automates deal management for B2B sales teams, generating meeting summaries, business cases, and buyer-ready content to accelerate sales cycles.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Samir Smajic(CEO)inCarl Carell(Founder)inMathias Thulin(Executive Partner)inJonas Blanck(Founder)in
BoardThomas Rubens(Director)in
Co-investorsAmino CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersDN CapitalY Combinator
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Hayden AI develops artificial intelligence and spatial analytics software for governments and businesses, with a focus on transportation and public safety.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Christopher Carson(Executive Officer, Director)Vaibhav Ghadiok(Founder)inChris Carson, Ph.D., D.Tech. (h.c.)(Founder)inSamuel Dundee(Executive Officer)Connie Valencia(Executive Officer)Marty Beard(CEO)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAutotech VenturesBlack Mountain VentuesCastor VenturesCostella KirschDoon Capital+9 more
IUNU builds LUNA, an AI and computer vision platform that autonomously tracks plant development and turns crop data into real-time insights for growers.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningSaaSSeattle, US
Adam Greenberg(Founder)in
Co-investorsAstanor VenturesCeres PartnersS2G InvestmentsSecond Avenue PartnersSerra VenturesTaurus Ventures
San Francisco, US
Christopher Hale(Founder)inCatherine Nomura(Founder)in
BoardSTEVEN SCHOW(Director)
Co-investorsCapria VenturesMS&AD VenturesLateral Capital
Loadsmart provides freight and logistics technology, including digital freight brokerage, managed transportation and consultancy, procurement and execution software, dock scheduling (Opendock), computer-vision yard visibility tools, and a carrier TMS.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSNew York, US
Ricardo Salgado(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsSoftbank Latin America FundBlackRockChromo Invest515 VenturesAlumni VenturesBramalea Partners+6 more
Logibec (LGI Healthcare Solutions) develops software for healthcare organizations, including clinical, human capital, emergency, and financial management solutions such as staff scheduling and workforce operations.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsOMERS Private Equity Inc.GI PartnersNovacap
Looq AI develops computer vision and AI-powered software that captures and analyzes jobsite data for construction teams.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSaaS
Dominique Meyer(Co-Founder and CEO)
Co-investorsSpatial CapitalLongley Capital
mParticle provides a customer data platform that consolidates first-party data across channels to help businesses scale operations.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechNew York, US
Andrew Katz(Founder)inMichael Katz(Founder)inDave Myers(Founder)
Co-investorsArrowroot CapitalBain Capital VenturesBowery CapitalBreakpoint CapitalCoelius CapitalEniac Ventures+12 more
Michael Pivtoraikoin
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBlumberg CapitalKluz VenturesNeer Venture PartnersSilicon Valley Data CapitalTenOneTen Ventures
Nodle operates a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) that uses smartphones and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) to provide crowdsourced location and tracking services.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechIoTSan Francisco, US
Garrett Kinsman(Founder)inMicha Anthenor Benoliel(Founder)in
Co-investorsChainfir CapitalDelta BlockchainMapleblock CapitalBlockchange VenturesBlockhead CapitalYeoman's Capital
Pryon provides a memory layer platform that helps enterprises move AI projects into production by ingesting, governing, and securing content across multiple formats and sources.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSRaleigh, US
JD Vance(Director)Igor Jablokov(Founder)
Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalAperture Venture CapitalCrosscourt VenturesDuke Capital PartnersGood Growth CapitalGreycroft+9 more
Quarvis Health offers AI-powered digital healthcare solutions designed to improve physical, mental, and financial health by connecting people of all backgrounds with personalized whole-health support.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechHR TechMental Health
Mike Cardillo(Chief Executive Officer)Dan Messina(President)in
Co-investorsHealth Catalyst Capital
dmbio (qurious.io) is a consumer content website publishing researched, fact-checked articles answering everyday why, what, and how questions across categories such as health, nutrition, fitness, science, news, entertainment, sports, tech, food, travel, and personal finance.
ConsumerMedia & Entertainment
Rabot offers a Vision AI platform that mounts cameras above existing warehouse pack stations to record, verify, and analyze every order, linking each video to the order ID through the WMS.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSan Francisco, US
Isura Ranatunga(Co-Founder)Channa Ranatunga(Co-Founder)Isura R(Founder)
Co-investorsGFT VenturesInterlace VenturesNewfund CapitalValuestream Ventures
Corpay One (formerly Roger) is a spend management and bill pay platform that automates ACH, check, and wire payments, invoice scanning, expense approvals, and vendor management, with real-time accounting sync to QuickBooks Online.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Christian Rasmussen(Executive Officer, Director)Cathrine Andersen(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Risley(Director)
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioRestive Ventures9Yards CapitalQED Investors
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Selfycart provides mobile checkout technology that allows retail customers to scan items and pay directly from their phones without using traditional checkout lines.
Enterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Sahle Hashelit(CEO)inErick Lee(CTO)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorComcast VenturesFrialeSierra Ventures
Boston, US
Rahul Chipalkatty(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsOcean Azul PartnersTechstarskineo finance
A platform that monitors agent satisfaction and burnout indicators to help management improve workplace conditions and reduce employee turnover in contact center or customer service environments.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsStage 1 Ventures
TLA Innovation develops Boom ID, an identity verification and authentication platform that combines contactless palm biometrics with a risk-analysis engine to authorize transactions, confirm identities, and secure high-stakes actions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Account engagement platform helping B2B organizations achieve predictable revenue growth.
Amanda Kahlow(Founder)inJason ZintakinDustin Chang(Founder)Premal Shah(Founder)Shane Moriah(Founder)Viral Bajaria(Founder)in
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBain Capital VenturesBase Venture Management, Inc.Battery VenturesField Ventures+16 more
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unitQ provides a platform that aggregates customer feedback from support, reviews, and social channels and uses AI to categorize signals into a single real-time source of truth for product quality.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBurlingame, US
Christian Wiklund(Founder)inDavid Eklov(Founder)Niklas Lindstrom(Founder)
BoardAnna Patterson(Director)inScott Weiss(Director)
Co-investorsAccelBragiel BrothersGradient VenturesLeadout CapitalTime Zero CapitalCreandum
Vidora's Cortex platform automates data preparation, feature engineering, and model selection to build machine learning pipelines at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsAllMobile FundCore Ventures Group
Zerply is a platform that celebrates visual effects and animation creators, serving the creative industry by promoting artists and their work.
Creator EconomyFuture of WorkMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment
Christofer Karltorp(Founder)
Co-investorsMI Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
CHARM Solutions US HoldingFarmologyFortellaIndusMendelSiblyVoiceme
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 · 2
1 IPOs · 1 acquisitions · showing 1AEyeNASDAQ: LIDR
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesIUNU · finsmes.com · Apr 15, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has BootstrapLabs made?
- BootstrapLabs has 36 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited.
- What stage does BootstrapLabs invest at?
- BootstrapLabs invests at the Seed, Series A, Growth stages.
- What is BootstrapLabs's typical check size?
- BootstrapLabs typically writes checks of $100K – $6M.
- What sectors does BootstrapLabs focus on?
- BootstrapLabs focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Cloud Computing, Digital Health, Energy, Fintech, Future of Work, Healthtech, Mobility & Transportation.
- Where is BootstrapLabs located?
- BootstrapLabs is headquartered in Silicon Valley, US.
- Does BootstrapLabs lead rounds?
- Yes, BootstrapLabs leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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Co-investors · 40
Blockchange Ventures is an early-stage fund investing in blockchain companies, backing founders building large blockchain-focused businesses.
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.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.
Gradient is a seed-stage venture fund focused on backing founders building artificial intelligence companies, providing hands-on support as builders and mentors.
Streamlined Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that partners with founders and invests at the seed stage to help build large-scale companies.
SOSV is a deep tech venture capital firm that makes first-check pre-seed investments and follow-on rounds in startups focused on human and planetary health, providing lab space and hands-on support at its US locations.
Slow Ventures is a generalist early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2011, with offices in San Francisco, Boston, and New York, investing in the earliest rounds of companies across many sectors.
Kapor Capital is an impact-focused venture capital firm that invests in seed-stage tech startups building solutions that create economic opportunity and address inequality across sectors such as education, work, finance, justice, food and health.
Sierra Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage SaaS and technology startups, focusing on B2B cloud software delivered via subscription models.
Revolution is an investment firm that has backed founders, communities, and ideas for over two decades, spanning venture capital, entrepreneurship advocacy, and real estate and hospitality investments.
DN Capital is a global early-stage venture firm founded in 2000, investing in Seed, Series A and select Series B companies across Europe and North America.
DCM Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that leads rounds and partners with a small number of companies each year, backing innovative founders with a global, cross-border team.
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Two Sigma VenturesAccompliceMS&AD VenturesTransmedia CapitalThink+ Ventures Management, LlcFoundamentalAmino CapitalFoothill VenturesNewfund CapitalGood Growth CapitalMonta Vista Capital7BC Venture CapitalAperture Venture CapitalSequoia CapitalFounders FundNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Mayfield FundSciFi VCCatapult CapitalHack VCHeartcore CapitalBECO CapitalFYRFLY Venture PartnersBuilders VCIngeborg InvestmentsEVE AtlasKain CapitalProton Enterprises
Firms observed investing alongside BootstrapLabs, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with BootstrapLabs's recorded portfolio.
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