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Converge

Venture capital

Cambridge · Seed–Series A · 7 people tracked

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Converge is a venture capital firm based in Boston that invests in B2B technology companies. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in the technology sector.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series A
Check
$500K – $5M
HQ
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2017
Last 12 months
1 investment
AUM
$560M
Tracked investments
124

Team · 7 people

from the firm's website & public directories

What they invest in

from 81 of 124 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×49SaaS ×45Enterprise Software ×40Data & Infrastructure ×19Fintech ×12Cybersecurity ×10HR Tech ×8Developer Tools ×7

HQs:United States×55

Who they back

founder profiles across 47 portfolio companies
40%
solo founders
19 of 47 mapped founding teams
61%
repeat founders
of 38 founders with career history
~3 yrs
old at investment
median across 11 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×192 founders×163 founders×94+ founders×3

Where their founders studiedfrom 35 founders with education data

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ×3Brown University ×2Harvard Business School ×2Harvard University ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2University of Massachusetts Lowell ×2University of Southern California ×2University of Washington ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 38 founders with career history

Oracle ×2Tiny Pulse ×2Travelers Insurance ×2Venture First ×2VMware ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×10Techstars ×8

3 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 35 with degree data)

Investments · 124 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12024 · 42022 · 12021 · 42018 · 12017 · 32015 · 62014 · 121 dated

3D Systems3dsystems.comin𝕏NYSE: DDD

3D Systems provides 3D printing solutions—including printers and materials—for producing wax and plastic patterns used in metal investment casting, aimed at eliminating tooling and reducing costs in prototyping and production workflows.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew MaterialsRock Hill, US

Andrew M. Johnson(Executive Officer)David Leigh(Executive Officer)Michael Crimmins(Executive Officer)Kevin S. Moore(Director)Phyllis Nordstrom(Executive Officer)Peter H. Diamandis(Director)

Riskifiedriskified.cominNYSE: RSKDMar 2021

Riskified provides AI and machine-learning fraud prevention that protects the ecommerce customer journey from login and checkout to refunds and returns.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceFintechTel Aviv

Assaf Feldman(Executive Officer, Director)Eido Gal(Executive Officer, Director)Naama Ofek Arad(Executive Officer)Aglika Dotcheva(Executive Officer)

BoardTanzeen Syed(Director)Aaron Mankovski(Director)

Co-investorsAglae VenturesBright Pixel CapitalC4 VenturesEntrée CapitalFounder CollectiveNTT DOCOMO Ventures+3 more

Zoominfozoominfo.comin𝕏NASDAQ: GTM

ZoomInfo is a B2B go-to-market intelligence platform that provides verified company and contact data, buying intent signals, and AI-driven workflow automation.

Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSales TechVancouver, US

HENRY SCHUCK(Executive Officer, Director)Henry Schuck(Founder)inASHLEY MCGRANE(Executive Officer)MICHAEL GRAHAM O'BRIEN(Executive Officer)JAMES ROTH(Executive Officer)PETER CAMERON HYZER(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAscent Venture PartnersEMERGENT VENTURESHalifax GroupRecall CapitalVenrock

Cybera GlobalJun 2024SEC filingmedium confidence

Brooklyn, US

Claudio Staub(Director, Founder)Nicola Staub(Founder, CEO, Director)

Board seatMaia Heymann· per SEC Form D · $2.5M raise · filed Jun 2024

Emissaryemissaryhealth.orgJul 2024SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Tony Jaros(Executive Officer, Director)Dino Di Palma(Director)Allen Mueller(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRobert Hower(Director)

Board seatMaia Heymann· per SEC Form D · $7.2M raise · filed Jul 2024

Co-investorsThe MBA FundCanaan PartnersG20 VenturesGV (Google Ventures)The New York Times

Nuodbnuodb.comMar 2015Acquired

NuoDB is a distributed SQL database that lets enterprises run and scale mission-critical SQL applications across private, public, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments with ACID compliance and continuous availability.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareCambridge, US

John Wagner(Executive Officer)Barry Morris(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardMitchell Kertzman(Director)inGary Morgenthaler(Director)

Board seatNilanjana Bhowmik· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsHummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)

Rapidminerrapidminer.comDec 2015Acquired

RapidMiner is an enterprise AI and analytics platform that unifies disparate data sources and activates insights through advanced analytics, machine learning, and generative AI capabilities to modernize organizational systems.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareCambridge, US

Ingo Mierswa(Executive Officer, Director)Peter Lee(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardLuke Burns(Director)inJason Whitmire(Director)Patrik Backman(Director)in

Board seatNilanjana Bhowmik· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAscent Venture PartnersBlossom Street VenturesEarlybird Venture CapitalNGP CapitalOpenOcean

ReturnSafe, Inc.Oct 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

Dallas, US

Tarun Nimmagadda(Director)Jikku Venkat(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatNilanjana Bhowmik· per SEC Form D · $4.7M raise · filed Oct 2021

RIZE INC.Jun 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

Concord, US

Board seatNilanjana Bhowmik· per SEC Form D · $1M raise · filed Jun 2021

Swirl NetworksinApr 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

Boston, US

HILMI OZGUC(Executive Officer, Director)GRETCHEN FLEMING(Executive Officer)

BoardRONALD D. FISHER(Director)WOODY BENSON(Director)MICHAEL GOLDEN(Director)

Board seatNilanjana Bhowmik· per SEC Form D · $18M raise · filed Apr 2015

Trackviatrackvia.comin𝕏Feb 2015

TrackVia is a low-code workflow management platform that lets teams build, customize, and automate operational processes such as approvals, data capture, and reporting, with dashboards and integrations to other systems.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSDenver, US

Todd Benge(Vice President, Engineering)Jennifer Panning(Chief Financial Officer)Charles Var(Vice President, Marketing)Walker Fenton(Senior Vice President, Product Management)Pete Khanna(Chief Executive Officer)

BoardFrank Mendicino(Director)

Board seatNilanjana Bhowmik· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAccess Venture Partners

15Five15five.comin𝕏

15Five provides a strategic performance management platform that helps businesses track employee engagement, performance, and retention through tools like performance reviews, goal tracking, and AI-powered manager coaching.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

David Hassell(Executive Officer, Director)Shane Metcalf(Director)inNazar Ivaniv

BoardBrent Hill(Director)inMatthew Cowan(Director)in

Co-investors500 GlobalChaifetz GroupConnetic VenturesEdison PartnersGray Line PartnersGutbrain Ventures+9 more

Agora

Bringing the facilities management industry into the digital age.

Alify

Agentic AI researcher for consumer insights.

Amperamper.xyzin𝕏

Amper is a production monitoring and intelligence platform that uses IoT sensors to automatically track machines, operators, and jobs in real time and integrates with ERP and MES systems.

Advanced ManufacturingIoTSaaS

Co-investorsCorazon CapitalLewis & Clark VenturesSterling Road1517Advancit CapitalFoundry+4 more

Anodot

Radically simple machine monitoring to digitally transform any factory.

Apdscorporateapdscorporate.comin

Co-investorsJuvo VenturesRethink Capital Partners

Aragon

The easiest way to start and manage a DAO.

Askstyloaskstylo.com

Stylo is an AI product suite built for Zendesk that drafts brand-voice customer support responses and translates, scores, and summarizes tickets and calls.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

AU10TIXau10tix.comin𝕏

AU10TIX provides AI-based identity verification solutions, including ID, age, address, and biometric verification, document forgery detection, and AML, KYC, and sanctions screening.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Yair Tal(CEO)inMichael Harriss(CRO)inIdo Laron(CFO)inGregory Paks(CTO)inKeren Nitzan Dvir(COO)inSharon Reisner(CMO)in

Co-investorsOak HC/FT

Autheoshomerun.coin𝕏

Homerun offers hiring and HR software, including an applicant tracking system with candidate dashboards, career pages, interview scheduling, and hiring analytics, plus HR tools for managing time-off, absence calendars, employee profiles, and documents.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsHolland CapitalPeak

Basetext

Verified knowledge foundation that makes enterprise AI agents work.

BetterUpbetterup.comin𝕏

BetterUp provides an AI-powered coaching and professional development platform that helps organizations support employee growth and wellbeing.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSAustin, US

Alexi Robichaux(Co-founder and CEO)inEduardo Medina(Co-founder and COO)

Co-investorsAfore CapitalAurumCarnrite VenturesCrosslink CapitalEvio VCGarage Capital+16 more

Bitpart AIbitpart.aiin𝕏Feb 2024

Bitpart builds an AI engine and SDK for creating interactive game worlds, letting designers, writers, and animators author characters that converse and interact via its Coppola authoring tool and AI Director without needing programmers.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsGamingMethuen, US

Sarah Rudzki(Co-founder & CPO)Jeffrey Orkin(Executive Officer, Director)Dr. Jeff Orkin(Co-founder & CEO)

Co-investorsBeat VenturesCrane Venture PartnersThe E14 FundTIRTA Ventures

Bland AIbland.comin𝕏

Bland builds proprietary voice AI infrastructure for automated phone calls using in-house models for voice, language, and speech processing.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Isaiah Granet(Founder)inSobhan Nejad(Founder)in

Co-investorsHorizonUpfront VenturesY CombinatorDell Technologies CapitalEmergence CapitalScale Venture Partners

BlueConicblueconic.comin

BlueConic is a customer growth platform for e-commerce brands that combines real-time customer profiles with AI agents that run growth programs—cart recovery, replenishment, acquisition, and retention—across a brand's existing marketing channels.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing TechBoston, US

Bart Heilbron(Executive Officer, Director)Martijn van Berkum(Director)Harmen Haarman(Executive Officer)

BoardJohn Simon(Director)Henry Ancona(Director)

Co-investorsData Point CapitalSigma Prime Ventures, LlcVista Equity Partners

Bluefield TechnologiesinSep 2017

IoT climate tech for methane emissions reduction.

EnergyWalnut, US

Yotam Ariel(Executive Officer, Director)

Canixcanix.comin𝕏

Canix provides an ERP and seed-to-sale software platform designed for cannabis cultivators, distributors, and manufacturers to manage inventory, integrations with state regulatory systems, and business operations.

AgTechCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Stacey Hronowski(Founder)in

Co-investorsCathexis VenturesEmles Venture PartnersY Combinator

Centrifycentrify.comin𝕏Acquired

Centrify, now rebranded as Delinea, provides privileged access management security for hybrid enterprises.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Tim Steinkopfin

Co-investorsAccelJackson Square VenturesMango CapitalMayfield FundSamsung Ventures

Chainalysischainalysis.comin𝕏Dec 2017

Chainalysis provides investigative services and training programs for cryptocurrency compliance and risk mitigation.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechNew York, US

Jonathan Levin(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)inMichael Gronager(Co-founder; former Chief Executive Officer and board-level leader)inJan Møller(Co-founder and scientific/engineering leader)inRakib Azad(Executive Officer)

BoardPhilippe Botteri(Director)inSarah Tavel(Director)in

Co-investorsAccelAdditionAlbionVCArchetypeBlackstoneBNY Mellon+25 more

Chimneychimney.ioin

Chimney provides digital engagement tools for financial institutions to attract and convert customers, grow deposits, and match borrowers to loan products.

FintechMarketing TechSaaS

Civ Roboticscivrobotics.comin

Civ Robotics manufactures autonomous marking robots (CivDot+/CivDot) that use laser precision to stake construction points on job sites.

CleantechConstruction TechRobotics

Tom Yeshurun(Founder)inLiav Muler(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlleyCorpGENIUS NYID8 InvestmentsNewfund CapitalParameter VenturesAlley Robotics Ventures+1 more

CockroachDB

The only database that can maintain transactional consistency and integrity at global scale.

Compliant

Voice of Customer reimagined with AI.

Cookiycookiy.aiin𝕏

Cookiy is an AI-powered user research platform that recruits and screens participants, conducts autonomous AI-moderated interviews, and synthesizes the findings into written reports, presentations, and clipped highlights.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsGoAhead VenturesTaihill VentureUpHonest Capital

Crayoncrayon.coin𝕏

Crayon provides an AI-powered competitive intelligence platform that monitors competitors, surfaces real-time market intel, generates content, and delivers sales talk tracks and plays to enablement and sales teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechBoston, US

Jonah Lopin(Executive Officer, Director)John Osborne(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardEric Paley(Director)inBenedict Rocchio(Director)

Co-investorsBantam GroupBaseline VenturesChaos VenturesEastward Capital PartnersFounder CollectiveGutbrain Ventures+4 more

Customilycustomily.comin𝕏

Customily is a product customizer app for e-commerce platforms that enables merchants to sell personalized products with real-time design previews.

Developer ToolsE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSSt. Louis, US

Martina Möring(Founder)inAlejandro Lozdziejski(Founder)in

Co-investorsEastlink Capital PartnersImagination CapitalY Combinator

Cyberacybera.ioin

CYBERA is an AI-powered mule intelligence and scam response company that provides financial institutions with real-time intelligence on mule accounts to prevent authorized payment fraud before funds leave the system.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech

Co-investorsArmada Investment AGBantam GroupCV VCDreamit VenturesK20 FundNew North Ventures+1 more

DappHub

Business intelligence for blockchain organizations.

DataRobotdatarobot.comin𝕏

DataRobot develops an AI and machine learning platform that automates model development and deployment for enterprises.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBoston, US

Jeremy Achin(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inThomas de Godoy(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Tom de Godoy(Co-Founder and Former Chief Technology Officer)in

BoardHarry Weller(Director)Christopher Lynch(Director)

Co-investorsAMK Investment OfficeB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBallistic VenturesCisco InvestmentsConnetic Ventures+27 more

Decentraland

Bringing the power of generative AI to the video games industry.

Devin
Dolly

Healthcare pricing, made transparent.

Dratadrata.comin𝕏

Drata offers a compliance automation platform that centralizes controls and evidence, continuously monitors controls, and tracks remediation so teams can maintain audit readiness across multiple frameworks.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Diego, US

Adam Markowitz(Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder)inDaniel Marashlian(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)inTroy Markowitz(Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder)Tim Jackson(Director)William Griffith(Director)

BoardOren Yunger(Director)

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Alkeon InnovationBallistic VenturesBasis Set VenturesComcast VenturesCowboy Ventures+11 more

Easymateeasymate.aiin𝕏

EasyMate AI is a modular AI customer engagement platform that captures leads, automates follow-ups, answers customer questions 24/7, and handles admin tasks such as customer management, document generation, and upsell detection.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech

Co-investorsCake VenturesRogue Womens Fund

Employee Cycleemployeecycle.comin𝕏May 2022

EmployeeCycle provides HR data management and analytics tools for human resources professionals to optimize workforce insights and decision-making.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSPhiladelphia, US

Salas Saraiya(Director)inBruce Marable(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardDavid Brown(Director)

Co-investorsStage 2 CapitalTechstarsImpellent Ventures

FeatureBytefeaturebyte.comin

FeatureByte automates the end-to-end data science lifecycle, converting business questions into production-ready AI models and metrics.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Co-investorsGlasswing VenturesTola Capital

Flipside Cryptoflipsidecrypto.com

Edisyl builds a semantic layer that encodes organizational understanding of data meaning, metrics definitions, and institutional knowledge to enable enterprise AI tools to answer questions aligned with business logic.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Jim Myers(Founder)in

Co-investorsBoston Seed CapitalCoinbase VenturesF-Prime CapitalThe Chernin Group (TCG Crypto)Collaborative FundFlucas Ventures+2 more

Forecastrforecastr.coin𝕏

Forecastr provides financial planning and CFO services to early-stage founders and startups, helping them prepare for funding rounds and manage company growth.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLouisville, US

Steven Plappert(Founder)inLogan Burchett(Founder)inJonathan Frazier(Founder)Steven Ambs(Founder)

BoardRobert Penta(Director)Daniel Einhorn(Director)in

Co-investorsCapital Midwest FundChartline Capital PartnersConnetic VenturesElevate VenturesInterlock CapitalRender Capital+6 more

Forefront

AI automation for wealth managers.

Fortify Software

Leading provider of web application vulnerability assessment and compliance solutions.

Co-investorsQuestMark PartnersSummit Partners

FurtherAIfurtherai.comin𝕏

FurtherAI develops AI software that automates administrative tasks for insurance teams, allowing them to focus on complex decisions and client relationships.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechSan Francisco, US

Aman Gour(Founder)inSashank Gondala(CTO/Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzNFXY CombinatorNexus Venture PartnersPioneerSouth Park Commons

Ghost Roboticsghostrobotics.ioin𝕏

Ghost Robotics develops legged (quadruped) robots, including its Vision 60 platform, along with the proprietary electronics, software, and control systems that run them.

Defense TechHardwareRobotics

Avik De(Co-founder)Gavin Kenneally(Co-founder)Jiren Parikh(CEO)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAsimov VenturesBasecamp FundPrototype CapitalBen Franklin Technology Partners

Gigasheetgigasheet.comin𝕏

Gigasheet processes large healthcare price transparency datasets and uses AI to produce benchmark and market intelligence reports through a spreadsheet-like interface.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHealthtech

Jason Hines(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccompliceArgon VenturesFounder Collective

Gorgiasgorgias.comin𝕏

Gorgias provides a helpdesk platform for customer support agents, serving e-commerce merchants and brands.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureE-commerceRetail TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

BoardAlex PlugaruRomain Lapeyre(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlvenAmplify PartnersCRV (Charles River Ventures)Forerunner VenturesGreycroftKortschak Investments L.P.+7 more

Guicklyguickly.aiin𝕏

Guickly is an AI transformation platform that gives enterprises visibility and control over their AI usage, mapping every AI tool, agent, and API call across departments to track spend, set budgets, detect anomalies, and measure ROI.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Jose, US

Prashant Jalan(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardMonica Malhotra(Director)

Hedgehoghedgehogfoods.com𝕏Jun 2024

Hedgehog uses AI and proprietary bioreactors to optimize fungal cultivation for producing food, biochemicals, animal feed, enzymes, and other products from fungi that can recycle waste.

Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechFoodTechRoboticsSan Francisco, US

Jamie Balsillie(Founder)inWilson Ruotolo(Founder)inJames Laurence Balsillie Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTrey Ward(Director)

Co-investorsSiddhi CapitalY CombinatorTenzor Capital

Help Scouthelpscout.comin𝕏

Help Scout builds a customer communication platform for growing businesses that want to provide personalized support at scale.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSCambridge, US

Nick Francis(Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board)Denny Swindle(Distinguished Architect & Co-Founder)Jared McDaniel(VP of Product Design and Co-Founder)

Co-investorsFoundryTechstarsZelkova VenturesLead Edge Capital

Hexagon Autonomy

Autonomous land surveying robots trusted by some of the biggest in the construction industry.

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 · 4

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Converge made?
Converge has 120 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Converge invest at?
Converge invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
What is Converge's typical check size?
Converge typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.
What sectors does Converge focus on?
Converge focuses on Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Hardware, SaaS, Semiconductors.
Where is Converge located?
Converge is headquartered in Cambridge, US.
Who does Converge co-invest with?
Converge most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Techstars, Sapphire Ventures, among 352 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

204th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Nilanjana Bhowmik, Converge

1Mby1M Roundtables · Nilanjana Bhowmik

Converge VC's Anshu Agarwal talks its investment focus and her pivot from entrepreneurship to VC

New York Stock Exchange · Anshu Agarwal

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