Castile Ventures
Venture capitalWellesley · Seed–Late Stage · 2 people tracked
Investment thesis
Castile Ventures is a venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs to build scalable enterprises, with portfolio companies acquired by major corporations such as Cisco, EMC, Morningstar, Symantec, Thermo Fisher, and VeriSign.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 3 of 4 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1AI & Machine Learning ×1Cloud Computing ×1Cybersecurity ×1Deep Tech ×1Fintech ×1Hardware ×1
HQs:United States×2
Investments · 4 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAhura Scientific offers portable analytical instruments (under the Thermo Scientific brand) that use XRF, NIR, Raman, and FTIR technologies for rapid chemical identification and material verification in field environments.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware
PartnerNina Saberi· solo GP
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
PartnerNina Saberi· solo GP
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersAllegisCyber CapitalAviv Venture CapitalBantam GroupCeltic House Venture PartnersCollab+Currency+31 more
Blooma provides intelligent automation software for commercial real estate (CRE) lending, automating data extraction, borrower profiling, loan scoring, and portfolio monitoring for national and regional banks, community banks, and debt funds.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Diego, US
Shayne Skaff(CEO)Tal Almog
PartnerNina Saberi· solo GP
Co-investorsCanapi VenturesAbstract VenturesBankTech VenturesFloodgateNycaNyca Partners+1 more
Fund performance · per public LP disclosures
as of Aug 2017| Fund | Vintage | Committed | Net IRR | TVPI | DPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castile Ventures IIILPs: Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island | 2006 | — | -12.2% | 0.50x | 0.28x |
Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Castile Ventures invest at?
- Castile Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Late Stage stages.
- What is Castile Ventures's typical check size?
- Castile Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
- What sectors does Castile Ventures focus on?
- Castile Ventures focuses on Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Media & Entertainment, SaaS.
- Where is Castile Ventures located?
- Castile Ventures is headquartered in Wellesley, US.
- Who does Castile Ventures co-invest with?
- Castile Ventures most often shares deals with Floodgate, Greycroft, Menlo Ventures, among 38 tracked co-investors.
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