Fundraising FoxCosta Mesa · Seed–Growth · 12 people tracked
Also known as CerraCap · CERRACAP, LLC · CIVC
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CIVC positions itself as more than a capital provider, arguing that traditional venture stops at funding and leaves founders to handle enterprise relationships, customer acquisition, and exits alone. Through its Corporate Intelligence and Sale & Scale programs, the firm connects portfolio companies to a network of 1000+ corporate customers, investors, and acquirers to speed go-to-market, reduce seed-stage uncertainty, and open liquidity pathways. It focuses on AI and infrastructure, drawing on over a decade of AI investing and 100+ years of combined venture experience, and supports founders from first check through acquisitions, secondaries, growth equity, and IPOs.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 12 people
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What they invest in
from 22 of 43 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14Enterprise Software ×11SaaS ×9Cybersecurity ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4Deep Tech ×4Digital Health ×3Fintech ×3
HQs:United States×13Canada×1Germany×1Singapore×1
Investments · 43 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22024 · 32023 · 22022 · 12021 · 19 dated
Absci uses an AI-based drug creation platform combined with wet lab validation to design biologic therapeutics such as antibodies from scratch.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechPortland, US
Sean McClain(Founder)inPhil Barish(Executive Officer)inZachariah Jonasson(Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer)Shelby Walker(Chief Legal Officer)inRansi Somaratne(Chief Medical Officer)Andreas Busch(Chief Innovation Officer)in
Co-investorsConvergent VenturesDas & Co.IKJ CapitalOregon Venture FundPhoenix Venture PartnersTachyon Ventures+6 more
ArborXR provides a device management platform for AR and VR headsets, letting organizations remotely enroll and configure devices, deploy and update content, monitor usage, and lock down the in-headset experience.
Enterprise SoftwareGamingSaaS
Brad Scoggin(CEO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsCortado VenturesMercury FundAnkona CapitalEagle VentureLewis & Clark VenturesTech Square Ventures+1 more
Sam Partee(Founder)inAlex Salazar(Founder)Mariam Naficy(Founder)
Co-investorsAdverb VenturesCanaan PartnersFactorial FundsInspired CapitalPark Rangers CapitalTorch Capital+3 more
Arnica provides an application security platform that governs AI-generated code by injecting security policies into AI coding assistants like Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code, and scans every code push with AI SAST, SCA, IaC, and secrets detection.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSJohns Creek, US
Eran Medan(Secretary and Chief Technology Officer)inMoshe Dahan(Founder)inNir Veltman(Executive Officer, Director)Nir Valtman(Founder)
BoardAmit Sridharan(Director)inBrian Rosenzweig(Director)in
Co-investorsDallas Venture CapitalFirst Rays Venture PartnersJoule Ventures
Aviato provides a data and intelligence platform offering detailed datasets on people and companies, covering datapoints such as employee compensation, vesting schedules, contacts, headcount growth, web traffic, financing history, and tech stacks.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Eric Zhu(Founder)inKonrad Kucharski(Founder)in
Co-investorsBackwards CapitalBBQ CapitalD1 VenturesDorm RoomGoAhead VenturesGround Game Ventures+6 more
BlueDot provides machine learning-powered infectious disease surveillance and intelligence to enterprises, governments, and healthcare organizations to detect, forecast, and respond to disease outbreaks globally.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthGovTechHealthtechToronto, CA
Dr. Kamran Khan(Founder)Ferhat Babacan(Founder)inKamran Khan(Founder)Selinay Parlak(Founder)in
Co-investorsHorizons VenturesGolden VenturesToronto Innovation Acceleration PartnersAutotech VenturesForefront VentureHeartfelt Capital+3 more
CapConnect+ operates a digital platform for primary-market fixed income issuance, connecting issuers, dealers, and investors to trade commercial paper and bonds.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSRedwood City, US
Suresh Perera(CEO)inGanapathi Palanipandian(Director)Kostas Dafoulas(Executive Officer)in
BoardTrevor Mottl(Director)in
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesDraper DragonFusionHourglass Venture PartnersUlu VenturesFirstCapital+1 more
Dataminr provides AI-powered real-time event detection by synthesizing text, images, video, audio, and sensor signals across public data sources.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareGovTechImpact & Social GoodNew York, US
Ted Bailey(Founder)inPeter Bailey(Executive Officer)inDaniel O'Connor(Executive Officer)Nella Domenici(Executive Officer)inJeffrey Kinsey(Executive Officer)inJason Edelboim(Executive Officer)in
Co-investors1802 VenturesAdit Ventures Management, LlcAllied Venture PartnersAlpha Square GroupAlumni VenturesBlue Ivy Ventures+27 more
Dathena provides AI-powered data classification, discovering and classifying sensitive data across enterprise file repositories on premises and in the cloud to help organizations understand information risk and automate data protection.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Chris Gomes Muffat(Founder)in
Co-investorsJungle VenturesMS&AD Ventures
Deep Instinct develops a data security platform powered by deep learning that detects and blocks zero-day attacks across cloud, applications, NAS, and endpoints in real time.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Guy Caspi(Founder)inNadav Maman(Founder)inDr. Eli David(Co-founder)Lane Bess(CEO)inEli David(Founder)
Co-investorsAlpha Intelligence CapitalBlumberg CapitalCoatue ManagementLG Technology VenturesMillennium New HorizonsMillennium Technology Value Partners+4 more
devicethread provides a hospitality technology platform that unifies access, entertainment, energy, and operations management for hotels and properties.
AI & Machine LearningIoTSaaS
Sandeep Bhat(Founder)Swamy Viswanathan(Founder)
Co-investorsTop Shelf Equity Funds CZ21 Ventures
Entropica Labs is a quantum computing software company building the infrastructure layer between quantum hardware and applications, with tools for quantum error correction and fault-tolerant computing.
Deep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareQuantum ComputingSingapore, SG
Tommaso Demarie(CEO)inEwan Munro(CTO)in
Co-investorsElev8.vcEntrepreneur FirstLIFTTSUTD Venture Holdings Pte. Ltd.Wavemaker PartnersElev8 Venture Partners+1 more
American video game company behind Unreal Engine, Fortnite and the Epic Games Store, headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.
Cary, US
Tim Sweeney(Founder)Mark Rein(Founder)
Co-investors1435 CapitalAAF Management Ltd.Advaita CapitalAkkaAliya Capital Partnersalphabet angels+49 more
Fifth Dimension provides an AI intelligence layer for investment managers that connects deal pipelines, data rooms, and market intelligence to screen deals and generate investment-committee-ready analysis with cited sources.
AI & Machine LearningFintechPropTech
Johnny Morris(Founder)inKate Jarvis(Founder)
Co-investorsAnthemis VentureConcrete Venture CapitalLove VenturesMMC VenturesPrudenceSie Ventures+4 more
Gigaforce provides an AI-powered platform that automates subrogation workflows for insurance carriers, using intelligent scoring and agent assistance to optimize claims prioritization and recovery strategies.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsInsurTech
Goanna Ag provides on-farm data collection and irrigation management tools that help growers schedule irrigation, improve water-use efficiency, and increase crop yields.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechIoTSan Diego, US
Tom Dowling(Chief Operating Officer, founder of Goanna Ag)Patrick Henry(Executive Officer, Director)inGaurav (Jay) Jalota(Chief Executive Officer)inRoy Moore(Director)Farooq Anjum(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsCove FundE8 AngelsElevation VenturesLongley Capital
Security Service Edge software helping enterprises secure access untethered from location.
Boston, US
James Burgess(Founder)inJim DolceinJim Dolce (CEO)(Founder)John Hering(Founder)Kevin Mahaffey(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelAndreessen HorowitzCRESCENT COVE CAPITALIndex VenturesIris CapitalMillennium Technology Value Partners+12 more
Matternet develops drone-based logistics systems for autonomous transport and delivery.
HardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsMountain View, US
Andreas Raptopoulos(Founder)inAlexander Norman-Elvenich(Executive Officer)Jason Secore(CFO)inAlex Norman(COO)in
BoardSaurabh Ranjan(Director)Chris Dawson(Director)in
Co-investorsBoeing HorizonX VenturesComet LabsDRONE FUNDFlucas VenturesHemisphere Ventures LLCLakeside Capital+6 more
A supply chain visibility platform that connects demand signals to execution through automated management for pharmaceutical, contract manufacturing, cold chain logistics, consumer goods, and food and beverage industries.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Mahesh Veerina(Chief Executive Officer and President)in
Co-investorsBold Capital PartnersCelesta CapitalCota CapitalJC2 Ventures
Pitch is a collaborative presentation software that lets teams create, manage, and share branded decks with design tools, templates, collaboration features, and viewer analytics.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSales TechBerlin, DE
Adam Renklint(Founder)inChristian Reber(Founder)inMarvin L(Founder)Misha Karpenko(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlueYard CapitalBonfire VenturesCapital B Private HoldingsCircle VenturesExpedite VenturesFreigeist Capital+4 more
Predicta Med develops a data analytics platform using deep learning to identify at-risk autoimmune disease patients across multiple medical systems, enabling clinicians to intervene earlier and improve diagnostic outcomes.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Shlomit
Co-investorsICIICONYC labs
Space Kinetic develops technology to enable frequent, low-cost maneuvering and operations for spacecraft and space systems.
Deep TechHardwareSpace Tech
Scott Ziegler(Founder)in
Co-investorsBackswing VenturesBalerion Space VenturesCAL InnovationCalifornia Innovation FundIndustrious VenturesUP Partners
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Palo Alto, US
Ravi Swaminathan(Founder)inDaniel Mazzella(Founder)
BoardRick Lewis(Director)Jack Crawford(Director)Michael Gallagher(Director)
Co-investorsMadrona Venture GroupImpact Venture CapitalSapphire VenturesSure VenturesUS Venture Partners
TAU Systems is developing an X-ray laser light source built on compact particle accelerators, intended as the next-generation light source for semiconductor lithography machines.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsAustin, US
Björn Manuel Hegelich(Founder)inJerome Payne(Executive Officer)
BoardLukasz Gadowski(Director)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesQuantonationTeam GlobalImpact Venture Capital
TurboVets provides a platform that uses secure AI, automation, and integrated data to guide veterans through their transition to civilian life, connecting them to resources for education, employment, entrepreneurship, home ownership, financial wellness, healthcare, and mental health.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthGovTechFrisco, US
Chad Bellin(Founder)inJOSEPH LOOMIS(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardTROY DINKEL(Director)
Zive provides operational and compliance automation software designed for fund managers to streamline administrative tasks and reporting.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Rajesh Gopi(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalCANTILEVER INVESTORSEagle VentureNew Leaf InvestNurture Venture PartnersSparq Capital (SFO)+1 more
Exits · 2
1 IPOs · 1 acquisitionsAbsciNASDAQ: ABSIDathena Scienceacq. by Proofpoint
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Lookout · siliconangle.com · Sep 23, 2026
Entropica Labs · trysignalbase.com · Jul 24, 2026
Absci · stocktitan.net · Jun 24, 2026
Fifth Dimension · fifthdimensionai.com · May 11, 2026
Space Kinetic · finsmes.com · Aug 19, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has CerraCap Ventures made?
- CerraCap Ventures has 43 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does CerraCap Ventures invest at?
- CerraCap Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Growth stages.
- What sectors does CerraCap Ventures focus on?
- CerraCap Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Semiconductors.
- Where is CerraCap Ventures located?
- CerraCap Ventures is headquartered in Costa Mesa, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamMBS592 - From Dreams to Dominance with Saurabh Suri, Managing Partner Cerracap Ventures
Matt Brown Show · Saurabh Suri
VC Speaker Series with Saurabh Suri from CerraCap Ventures
UCI Beall Applied Innovation at the Cove · Saurabh Suri
480th 1Mby1M Roundtable April 9, 2020: With Ritesh Agarwal, CerraCap Ventures
1Mby1M Roundtables · Ritesh Agarwal
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