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Center Electric, Inc. is an electric motor sales and repair company based in Tacoma, Washington, operating since 1948. It services and sells electric motors, controls, speed reducers, and drives, working with customers across the Western United States and the Pacific Northwest. It is not an investment firm.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 5 of 8 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×2Cloud Computing ×2Consumer ×2Cleantech ×1Developer Tools ×1Digital Health ×1Energy ×1Enterprise Software ×1
HQs:United States×4
Investments · 8 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12016 · 12014 · 12013 · 22011 · 12009 · 17 dated
August manufactures Wi-Fi-enabled smart locks and keypads that allow homeowners to remotely control door access and integrate with voice assistants like Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant.
ConsumerHardwareIoTPropTechSan Francisco, US
Jason Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDavid Wu(Director)Michael Levit(Director)
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersComcast VenturesCowboy VenturesGlobal BrainKDDI Open Innovation FundMaveron+7 more
Android for EV charging - software solution that works with any 3rd party hardware
CleantechEnergyMobility & TransportationSan Leandro, US
Arcady Sosinov(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardChad Bown(Director)Michael Mahan(Director)Richard Steele(Director)Gary Moskovitz(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBlue Bear Capital PartnersCALIFORNIA INNOVATIONFoothill VenturesMarketX VenturesMomenta Ventures+10 more
Hipcamp is a platform to discover and book camping experiences including tent sites, RV resorts, glamping, and private land stays across the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Alyssa Ravasio(Founder and CEO)inEric Bach(Co-founder)
BoardTripp Jones(Director)inSarah Tavel(Benchmark partner / investor)inAndrew Chen(Andreessen Horowitz partner and board member)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzAugust CapitalBond Capital ManagementDreamers VCSlow VenturesUpslope Ventures+4 more
Internet Backyard builds financial infrastructure for the compute economy, modeling data center capacity (racks, regions, SKUs, workloads) as tradeable units that can be priced, billed, financed, insured, and hedged.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingFintech
Co-investorsBasis Set VenturesCrucible CapitalMaple VCOperator CollectiveMaple
Paperspace provided cloud GPU infrastructure and a machine learning development platform, Gradient, for training and deploying AI models.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareMedical DevicesNew York City, US
Dillon Erb(Founder/CEO)inDaniel Kobran(Founder)inOuwen Huang(CEO)
Co-investorsAmino CapitalBoxGroupDCVC (Data Collective)FusionInitialized CapitalLudlow Ventures+20 more
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Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
3Crowd TechnologiesClever MachineOUYA
Exits · 2
2 acquisitionsAugust Home Inc.acq. by Assa AbloyPaperspaceacq. by DigitalOcean
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesInternet Backyard · geekwire.com · Dec 8, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Center Electric made?
- Center Electric has 8 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamJay Adelson, Center Electric | Console Connect Live 2015
SiliconANGLE theCUBE · Jay Adelson
Jay Adelson, Center Electric | Peer 2.0 2014
SiliconANGLE theCUBE · Jay Adelson
Co-investors · 15
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.
DCVC (Data Collective) is a deep tech venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve large-scale real-world problems across many industries.
Maveron is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs across web-enabled consumer services, education, and wellness sectors.
Cowboy Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on partnering with startups at the pre-seed and seed stages, offering hands-on support to help build enduring companies.
Saturn Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in and actively supports growth companies, helping entrepreneurs build teams and develop growth strategies.
Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.
Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that backs early founders, with a focus on AI-native companies driving scale and industry change.
Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that backs founders across technology and life sciences, from early stage through growth.
True Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that has backed founders since 2005, partnering at the earliest moments of company building.
Offline Ventures is a venture fund that backs founders who build differently and technology intended to serve humanity, investing at the earliest, most fragile stages of an idea.
Freestyle Capital is a venture firm that leads seed rounds in early-stage technology companies, backing founders with operating experience, connections, and conviction.
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Firms observed investing alongside Center Electric, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Center Electric's recorded portfolio.