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Castile Ventures

Venture capital

Wellesley · Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Castile Ventures is a venture capital firm whose portfolio spans enterprise software, networking, security, communications, and healthcare technology companies.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series A
Check
$500K – $10M
HQ
Wellesley, California, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
1999
AUM
$330M
Tracked investments
32
Acquisitions
4

Team · 2 people

from the firm's website
Carolyn Wellsin
Cliff Higgersonin

What they invest in

from 6 of 32 portfolio companies

Enterprise Software ×3Biotech ×2Cloud Computing ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1AI & Machine Learning ×1Cybersecurity ×1Deep Tech ×1Fintech ×1

HQs:United States×4

Investments · 32 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2014 · 12008 · 12007 · 13 dated

Ahura Scientificahurascientific.comMar 2007 · $7M

Ahura 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

Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersFuse Capital

Bloomablooma.ai

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)inTal Almog

PartnerNina Saberi· solo GP

Co-investorsCanapi VenturesAbstract VenturesBankTech VenturesFloodgateNycaNyca Partners+1 more

Brix Networksbrixnet.com

PartnerNina Saberi· solo GP

Funambolfunambol.comJun 2008 · $12.5M

Funambol provides OneMediaHub, a white-label personal cloud platform that service providers can brand and customize, offered as an alternative to OTT consumer cloud services.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Alberto Onetti(Co-Founder)Amit Chawla(Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsH.I.G. CapitalNexit VenturesWalden International

GeoTrustgeotrust.comin𝕏

GeoTrust provides TLS/SSL certificates for securing websites, servers, and digital environments.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Co-investorsRally Ventures Management, LlcXandex Ventures

Tetrageneticstetragenetics.com

Biotechnology company with proprietary technology for ion channel antigens in antibody discovery programs.

BiotechCambridge, US

Theodore Clark(Executive Officer, Director)William Gordon III(Founder)inKevin O'Brien(Executive Officer)R. Douglas Kahn(Executive Officer, Director)Martin Gorovsky(Director)

BoardRobert Gailus(Director)

Co-investorsBantam GroupBoston Harbor AngelsNXT Ventures

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

AgilianceAgito NetworksASPEEDAurora NetworksBNI VideoByAllAccountsChosen SecurityConnotateEightfold LogicEquip Behavioral HealthHealthGuruNanomedical DiagnosticsNeah Power SystemsNetDevicesNetwork IntelligenceOptiantQuantivaRetailExchangeSandbridge TechnologiesSilverStorm TechnologiesSonusStargusTrapeze Networks, Inc.VGo CommunicationsWhaleback Managed Services

Exits · 4

4 acquisitions

Chosen Securityacq. by PGPConnotateacq. by Import.io ,Network Intelligenceacq. by EmcTrapeze Networks, Inc.acq. by Juniper Networks

Fund performance · per public LP disclosures

as of Aug 2017
FundVintageCommittedNet IRRTVPIDPI
Castile Ventures IIILPs: Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island2006—-12.2%0.50x0.28x

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

How many investments has Castile Ventures made?
Castile Ventures has 32 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited.
What stage does Castile Ventures invest at?
Castile Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A 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, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Semiconductors.
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 .406 Ventures, Rally Ventures Management, Llc, Floodgate, among 20 tracked co-investors.

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