Pasadena · Seed–Series A · 12 people tracked
Also known as CALIBRATE VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC · Calibrate Ventures NH
Investment thesis
Calibrate Ventures invests in technology businesses powering what it views as a new industrial revolution centered on AI and robotics. The firm identifies technical breakthroughs that are market-ready and positioned to intersect with large-scale opportunities, backing technical founders solving pressing problems across transportation and logistics, food and agriculture, health, and manufacturing. Its core belief is that the next industrial revolution will be driven by productivity gains, with automation taking on dangerous or repetitive work so people can pursue safer and more fulfilling roles. Throughout, the firm emphasizes deep tech in service of helping humans lead better, more sustainable lives.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 12 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Calibrate Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 34 of 40 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×21Robotics ×10Advanced Manufacturing ×8Enterprise Software ×8Developer Tools ×5Hardware ×5Data & Infrastructure ×4Deep Tech ×4
HQs:United States×19Mexico×1Nigeria×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×23 founders×24+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4Harvard University ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 12 founders with career history
Aurora ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Tellme Networks ×2Toyota Research Institute ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 40 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 32024 · 22022 · 12020 · 12019 · 12018 · 22017 · 114 dated
Broadly is an AI-powered customer engagement platform for local service businesses that helps them earn online reviews, manage their reputation, and convert website visitors into booked jobs.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSOakland, US
Assaf Arkin(Director)Joshua Melick(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSeth Levine(Director)
Board seatAimee (LaFont) Leifer· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Foundry
A robotics and AI company creating state-of-the-art companion robots to revolutionize human-centric care.
Pasadena, US
Maja Mataric(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJohn Lee(Director)Paolo Pirjanian(Executive Officer, Director)in
Board seatJason Schoettler· per SEC Form D · $25M raise · filed Nov 2022
Co-investorsGrishin RoboticsJAZZ Venture PartnersSony Ventures CorporationIntel Capital
Santa Clara, US
Sebastien Boyer(Director)Thomas Palomares(Executive Officer, Director)Tjarko Leifer(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardBruce Leak(Director)inClay Mitchell(Director)
Board seatJason Schoettler· per SEC Form D · $10M raise · filed Mar 2025
Co-investorsCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)GV (Google Ventures)Xplorer CapitalFall Line CapitalLemnos VCPlayground Global
Happiest Baby manufactures smart sleep products for infants, including the SNOO bassinet which uses gentle motion and swaddling to help babies sleep safely.
ConsumerHardware
Board seatPaolo Pirjanian· per SEC Form D · $40M raise · filed Dec 2019
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesGreycroftLauder PartnersLux CapitalMaywic Select InvestmentsObvious Ventures
Boulder, US
Ian Bernstein(Director)Paul Berberian(Executive Officer, Director)Jim Booth(Executive Officer)
BoardJason Mendelson(Director)Greg Warnock(Director)
Board seatJason Schoettler· per SEC Form D · $158.5K raise · filed Jul 2020
Co-investorsBOLSTER VENTURES
aiXplain offers a full-stack platform with SDKs, APIs, and no-code tools for building, deploying, and governing AI agents, including access to hundreds of LLMs, tools, and pre-built agents with dynamic routing and RAG support.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsPi CampusTransform Capital ManagementTransform VCWa'ed Ventures
Built Robotics develops autonomous robotics systems for solar energy installation, specifically for piling, trenching, and safety applications in solar farm construction.
CleantechConstruction TechEnergyHardwareRoboticsUnited States, US
Noah Ready-Campbell(Founder & CEO)
BoardForest Baskett(Director)in
Co-investorsBuilding VenturesGreat Oaks Venture CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Next47Perot JainValia Ventures+6 more
Redefining the future of human-robot interaction.
Brad Porter(Founder & CEO)inJane Mooney(Co-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance)inSteph Tryphonas(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsBison VenturesMVP VenturesRitual CapitalSequoia Capital1984 Ventures Management, LlcBezos Expeditions+4 more
Advanced ManufacturingWellesley, US
David Peters(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCristina Peters(Director)Wesley Atamian(Director)
Co-investorsBasis Set Ventures
DISQO provides a cross-platform advertising measurement platform that tracks brand and performance incrementality across media channels including social, TV, programmatic, and digital.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Co-investorsAlpha EdisonBonfire VenturesMarch Capital PartnersTransmedia CapitalValuestream Ventures
A payment platform that enables merchants to offer installment credit to customers at point of sale via mobile app, with funds settled directly to the merchant's bank account.
E-commerceFintechRetail TechMexico City, MX
Maximiliano Echeverria(Founder)inFernando de la Torre(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator8VCBain Capital VenturesGlasswing VenturesLiquid VenturesTrue Ventures
Flux is a mobile financial app that enables users to send and receive money instantly across 40+ countries, create virtual dollar cards for online spending, and manage savings in multiple currencies.
Crypto & Web3FintechLagos, NG
Ben Eluan(Founder)inIsrael Akintunde(Founder)inOsezele Orukpe(Founder)in
Co-investorsFlori VenturesY Combinator8VCBain Capital VenturesGlasswing VenturesLiquid Ventures+1 more
Flux is a code-first analytics platform that derives engineering insights directly from commits, pull requests, and GitHub repository activity rather than tickets or reported status.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsGlasswing Ventures
FortyFive builds a cloud-based platform and developer tools for hosting, sharing, and streaming simulated robotics environments, plus a virtual-to-real pipeline that turns symbolic simulations into photorealistic training data.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsRoboticsCambridge
Co-investorsSamsung Next
Gist provides brand visibility and advertising solutions for the generative AI marketplace, offering custom AI search, engagement tools, and data-powered insights to help brands and marketers maintain visibility and performance in AI-driven digital environments.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechPasadena, US
Bill Gross(CEO of ProRata & Gist)
Co-investorsMayfield FundBettor CapitalBOLD CapitalMVP VenturesSBI InvestmentTouring Capital
GrayMatter Robotics builds AI-powered robotic systems, marketed as Factory SuperIntelligence, that perform physically demanding industrial manufacturing tasks with high precision and reduced material waste.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsGardena, US
Ariyan M Kabir(Executive Officer, Director)Ariyan Kabir(Founder)in
BoardAlex Rubalcava(Director)Brual Shah(Director)
Co-investorsAdvance Venture PartnersB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBow CapitalNGP CapitalPathbreaker Ventures+2 more
Grid develops uncrewed, long-range cargo aircraft ("Lifter") that carry heavy payloads over thousands of miles, operated as a distributed, autonomous mesh network managed by small ground teams.
Defense TechLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsPalo Alto, US
Alex Kroll(Executive Officer)Chinmay Patel(Executive Officer)inArthur Paul Dubois Taine(Founder / Aerospace Engineering Leader)Arthur DuboisinBrandon Florian(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsBison VenturesCommonweal VenturesGeodesic CapitalAlumni VenturesUbiquity Ventures
A company that provides access control and building management solutions, extending beyond traditional locks to support the full operational ecosystem of buildings.
Enterprise SoftwareIoTPropTech
Co-investorsAlpaca VCAnsa CapitalAvenir Growth CapitalCamber CreekCorigin VenturesExpansion Venture Capital+11 more
Howso builds an explainable, deterministic AI reasoning layer that operates directly on enterprises' source data to generate predictions, recommendations, and insights with full attribution and an audit trail.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsDuke Capital PartnersWolfpack Investor NetworkShield Capital
incident.io Investigations is an AI agent for incident response that automatically triages incidents, gathers evidence from logs, code, telemetry, and deployment history, and generates hypotheses about what broke and why.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Stephen Whitworth(Founder)inChris Evans(Founder)Pete Hamilton(Founder)
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundIndex VenturesInsight PartnersMantis CapitalPoint NineFranklin Templeton+2 more
KronosAI provides AI-powered multiphysics simulation software for engineers, combining frontier AI models with best-in-class numerical solvers to enable autonomous, high-fidelity simulations through natural language interfaces.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Yujie Huang(Co-Founder, CEO)Eric Ma(Co-Founder, CSO)James O'Brien(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsPerceptive Ventures Management Company, Llc
Manifold provides an enterprise agent platform that uses agentic AI to accelerate drug discovery and development processes for life sciences companies, from early discovery through clinical stages.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareNewton, US
Vinay Seth Mohta(Founder)inVivek Mohta(Founder)inSourav Dey(Founder)inRajendra Koppula(Founder)in
Co-investorsSK VenturesTq Ventures LlcWestern Technology Investment
Manifold is a prediction market platform where users trade on the outcomes of events across topics such as politics, technology, sports, culture, and business.
ConsumerFintechSocial
Co-investorsLeonis CapitalBoxOne VenturesIndustry VenturesReach CapitalTq Ventures Llc
Manifold builds autonomous warehouse robots that perform case picking, palletizing, and trailer loading/unloading, combined with orchestration software that connects to existing ERP, WMS, and WES systems.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsLos Angeles, US
Joshua Ibrahim(Founder)inNicolas Yeh(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorCherry VenturesCostanoa VenturesIndustry VenturesModern TechnicalRain Capital+2 more
EeroQ is building quantum computers using single electrons trapped on superfluid helium and standard CMOS chip fabrication, aiming for a scalable large-scale quantum computer based on the electrons' magnetic spin states.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Nick Farina(CEO)inDavid Ferguson(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalPropellant Ventures
Oxipital AI builds AI-based machine vision technology, including its V-CORTX platform, cameras, and no-code dashboards, for inspection and vision-guided robotics applications.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics
Co-investorsMaterial Impact
Parallel Domain creates synthetic data for autonomous systems development, addressing data generation bottlenecks in the industry.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechRoboticsMenlo Park, US
Kevin McNamara(Founder & Chief Product Officer)in
BoardSunil Nagaraj(Director)in
Co-investorsFoundryMarch Capital PartnersRRE VenturesToyota VenturesUbiquity Ventures
ProRata builds attribution and revenue-sharing solutions for AI search, tracking how licensed content is used and sharing revenue with content creators and publishers.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentPasadena, US
Bill Gross(Founder & CEO)Marcia Goodstein(Executive Officer)Susan Aledort(Executive Officer)Nagraj Kashyap(Director)Nicholas Thompson(Director)
BoardDakin Sloss(Director)in
Co-investorsBold Capital PartnersFirestreak VenturesLink VenturesMVP VenturesRevolutionTouring Capital+3 more
Rangeview develops machines, materials, and software for the energy and defense industries, including a proprietary digital casting technology that reworks the traditional foundry process.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechEnergy
Aeden Gasser-Brennan(Founder)in
Co-investorsMarque VenturesPathbreaker VenturesShield Capital
Regard builds healthcare technology that makes patient medical records fully accessible to clinicians at the point of care, enabling more informed diagnosis and documentation.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechInsurTechLos Angeles, US
Co-investorsFoundryOak HC/FTTechstarsTenOneTen Ventures
Sensei connects robotics companies with human operators to collect real-world training data at scale.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketplacesRoboticsBoston, US
Anubhav Guha(Founder)inJohn Piotti(Founder)in
Co-investorsLotus Venture PartnersY CombinatorBlueCrow CapitalExplorer InvestmentsKamay VenturesLince Capital
SigIQ builds AI-powered 1:1 tutors designed to deliver personalized private tutoring to students at the cost of computation rather than the price of human tutors.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechBerkeley, US
Karttikeya Mangalam(Founder)in
Co-investorsPeak XV PartnersGSV VenturesHouseLaude Ventures
Sydekick offers a Physical AI platform that lets manufacturing teams and system integrators train, orchestrate, and deploy autonomous robots and actuators using its Efficient Behaviour Models (EBMs), which run on the edge and learn tasks from a company's own operational data.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Trellis operates a legal research and analytics platform focused on U.S. state trial courts, making trial court filings, dockets, rulings, and motions searchable across jurisdictions.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechLegalTechSaaSLos Angeles, US
Nicole Clark(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsTechstarsCraft VenturesOkapi Venture Capital
TruckLabs (part of ConMet) makes TruckWings, a tractor-mounted aerodynamic device that closes the gap between a truck's tractor and trailer to reduce drag, improve fuel efficiency, and lower CO2 emissions.
CleantechHardwareMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsDorm RoomFusionX VenturesRoot Ventures Manager, LlcBlue Bear Capital Partners
Vibraniumlabs builds Vibe OnCall, an AI-agent system for incident response that detects failures, investigates logs, identifies root causes, and executes remediations from verified runbooks with human approval gates.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Sang Lee(Founder)inTim Hwang(Founder)inTanny Kang, JD(Founder)inCharles Kim(Founder)in
Co-investorsDigital Currency Group
Walden Robotics builds general-purpose robots as a full-stack Physical AI company, combining hardware, software, AI, and an application layer.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Co-investorsDeviation CapitalColle Capital PartnersNextView VenturesShine CapitalThe E14 Fund
Cambridge, US
Russell Louis Tedrake(Executive Officer, Director)Benjamin Clark Malloy Burchfiel(Executive Officer, Director)Kerri M. Fetzer-Borelli(Executive Officer)David Marvin Slaughter Johnson(Executive Officer)Adrien David Gaidon(Executive Officer)
BoardColin Beirne(Director)in
Co-investorsDeviation CapitalMenlo VenturesNextView VenturesNVIDIAPrologis VenturesSamsung Ventures+2 more
Regard builds an AI clinical insights platform that reviews EHR data to suggest diagnoses and draft clinical notes for physicians.
Co-investorsMachina VenturesPLG VenturesSusa VenturesWavemaker Three-Sixty Health
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 · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioTruckLabs, Incacq. by ConMet
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Walden · timesfreepress.com · Aug 18, 2026
Rangeview · za.investing.com · Jul 30, 2026
Walden Robotics · businesswire.com · Jul 15, 2026
Hdw · kavout.com · Jul 11, 2026
Manifold · autonews.gasgoo.com · Jun 22, 2026
Flux · finsmes.com · Jun 10, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Calibrate Ventures made?
- Calibrate Ventures has 28 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Calibrate Ventures invest at?
- Calibrate Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Calibrate Ventures's typical check size?
- Calibrate Ventures typically writes checks of $5M.
- What sectors does Calibrate Ventures focus on?
- Calibrate Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Enterprise Software, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Robotics.
- Where is Calibrate Ventures located?
- Calibrate Ventures is headquartered in Pasadena, US.
- Does Calibrate Ventures lead rounds?
- Calibrate Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Calibrate Ventures co-invest with?
- Calibrate Ventures most often shares deals with B Capital Group, Foundry, March Capital Partners, among 70 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 33
Foundry invests in early-stage startups and venture funds across multiple sectors. The firm builds a portfolio-based network connecting portfolio companies with other investors and entrepreneurs.
Techstars is a startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds ambitious founders and provides capital, mentorship, and access to a global network of investors, operators, and corporate partners.
NextView Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that works closely with founders, providing hands-on support to help build companies from inception to scale.
March Capital is an early-growth venture capital firm investing in frontier technology companies focused on the AI revolution, partnering with founders to build category-defining businesses.
Shield Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm backing companies developing technologies in artificial intelligence, autonomy, cybersecurity, and space, focused on the intersection of commercial technology and national security.
Ubiquity Ventures is a seed-stage institutional venture capital firm investing in 'software beyond the screen' — B2B startups applying AI and software to physical, real-world problems.
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.
True Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2005 that focuses on early-stage technology companies, with operations based in Silicon Valley.
Next47 is a venture capital firm that invests early, focusing on the product itself before metrics or hype, partnering with founders to help them scale from initial concept to growth.
Costanoa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs a select group of founders solving large, difficult problems, positioning itself as a long-term, operationally engaged partner from a company's earliest days through later milestones.
TenOneTen Ventures is an early-stage venture firm based in Los Angeles that invests primarily in B2B and AI/infrastructure startups, backing founders as a hands-on partner.
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Root Ventures Manager, LlcJAZZ Venture PartnersFusionX VenturesUncork CapitalKleiner PerkinsEverywhere VenturesCoatue ManagementComcast VenturesSerena VenturesBreakthrough Energy VenturesFrontier Venture CapitalAmazon Alexa FundOUP (Osage University Partners)Autotech VenturesAmplify.LAMoment Ventures, LlcTop Tier Capital PartnersAnkona CapitalBroadway Venture PartnersTeam IgniteTandem Capital
Firms observed investing alongside Calibrate Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Calibrate Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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