Core Ventures Group
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Core Ventures Group focuses on seed-stage companies with proven business models and advanced technologies. The firm invests in curious, ambitious founders of high character and integrity who are committed to building well-rounded business and technical teams. Leveraging the partners' backgrounds as experienced operators and their broad human-capital networks, the firm works closely with a small portfolio to help startups overcome early market challenges and build not just breakthrough products but sustainable, category-leading businesses. It has deployed capital through seed-stage funds I and II.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 15 of 21 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×6Enterprise Software ×5Cybersecurity ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3Media & Entertainment ×3SaaS ×3Consumer ×2Developer Tools ×2
HQs:United States×10Mexico×1Vietnam×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×83 founders×1
Investments · 21 tracked
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Liftoff provides mobile marketing and monetization solutions including user acquisition, ad monetization, and programmatic advertising powered by Cortex, an AI-enabled growth platform designed for mobile app publishers and advertisers.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningSaaSRedwood City, US
Mark Ellis(Executive Officer, Director)Jeremy Bondy(President and Chief Executive Officer and Director)Phil Crosby(Executive Officer, Director)Harry Robertson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSimon Robert Goldman(Director)Michael Puopolo(Director)
Co-investorsAkkadian VenturesGeneral AtlanticNFXBlackstone
Los Angeles, US
Board seatShinya Akamine· per SEC Form D · $8.1M raise · filed Mar 2015
Co-investorsUS Venture Partners
Ascend was a data engineering platform that provided declarative pipeline technology, unified ingest/transform/orchestration capabilities, and agentic data engineering solutions to help data engineers.
Data & Infrastructure
Praveen Chekuri(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelFelicis VenturesWebb Investment NetworkShasta Ventures
Bench provides catch-up bookkeeping and tax resolution services for small business owners who have fallen behind on their books and back taxes.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSVancouver, US
Ian Crosby(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlpine MeridianTechstarsLerer Hippeau
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US
Na'ama Moran(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalStreamlined VenturesY CombinatorEclipseFloodgate
Co-investorsAlpine MeridianRoble VenturesBloomberg Beta
Concentric AI provides AI-powered data security and governance solutions that help organizations discover, classify, and protect sensitive information across cloud and on-premises environments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Paolo Gaudiano(Executive Officer, Director)Greg Silverman(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAlphaDriveBallistic VenturesClear VenturesHomebrewCiti VenturesEngineering Capital+2 more
Feed.fm provides an end-to-end licensed music system for apps, including a music API (Feed Clips), turnkey SDKs (Feed Radio), pre-cleared catalogs, curation, and built-in compliance and indemnification.
Developer ToolsMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investorsAllegro Venture PartnersRanch VenturesStreamlined Ventures
HumbleDot publishes research notes and product reviews focused on natural and plant-based pet care products, primarily flea and tick collars for dogs.
ConsumerMedia & Entertainment
Imperva provides cybersecurity solutions to protect customers from cyberattacks across applications, data, and identities during digital transformation.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Mateo, US
Shlomo Kramer(Co-Founder, President & CEO (early years))Amichai Shulman(Co-Founder & CTO)Mickey Boodaei(Co-Founder)Pam Murphy(CEO)Chris Hylen(President & CEO)Charles Goodman(Interim CEO)
Co-investorsAccelAspect VenturesDigi VenturesForgePoint CapitalSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Thoma Bravo+6 more
Kueski provides digital lending and payment services in Mexico, offering personal loans and a buy-now-pay-later product (Kueski Pay) for online and in-store purchases without a credit card.
FintechMexico City, MX
Adalberto Flores Ochoa(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPeter Kellner(Director)inPatrick Gallagher(Director)
Co-investorsCapria VenturesCathay InnovationCrunchFundFluent VenturesG SquaredNimble Partners+8 more
Co-investorsJAZZ Venture Partners
Ockam is an open-source library that enables developers to build secure communication channels with end-to-end encryption and mutual authentication across any network, cloud, or on-premises infrastructure.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Matthew Gregory(Founder)
Co-investorsAspect VenturesOCV PartnersSGH CapitalSINEWAVE VENTURESFuture Ventures
Email security and management for enterprise; acquired by Google in 2007.
Co-investorsAugust CapitalBessemer Venture Partners
Co-investorsAlpine Meridian
True Anthem uses AI to optimize and automate social media content distribution for publishers across multiple platforms.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US
Chris Hart(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJoseph Saveri(Director)Jon Jaffe(Director)
Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalWorldQuant Ventures
Vidora offers Cortex, a machine learning platform focused on consumer data that automates parts of the ML pipeline such as feature cleaning, feature engineering, uplift modeling, and real-time behavioral modeling.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Co-investorsBootstrapLabs
Wizeline is a consulting and implementation partner that helps brands adopt and scale AI solutions across their operations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Bismarck Lepe(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Pasienski(Executive Officer)Vidal Gonzalez(Executive Officer, Director)Marcelo Gigliani(Director)Bryan Gartner(Director)Daniele Lasher(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesBowery CapitalLEAP Global PartnersSun Mountain CapitalLowercase Capital
Zippin provides checkout-free (cashierless) retail technology using AI, machine learning, and sensor fusion, letting shoppers grab items and leave without a checkout line.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSports Tech
Krishna Motukuri(CEO)
Co-investorsGaia VenturesMaven VenturesMontage CapitalMontage Ventures
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 · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioJetFuelNASDAQ: LFTO
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Cheetah · timesofindia.indiatimes.com · Aug 6, 2026
JetFuel · stocktitan.net · Jul 14, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Core Ventures Group made?
- Core Ventures Group has 20 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Core Ventures Group invest at?
- Core Ventures Group invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Core Ventures Group focus on?
- Core Ventures Group focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, EdTech, Fintech, IoT, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Core Ventures Group located?
- Core Ventures Group is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does Core Ventures Group co-invest with?
- Core Ventures Group most often shares deals with Alpine Meridian, 7BC Venture Capital, Accel, among 49 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 7
US Venture Partners (USVP) is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in information technology and healthcare companies, with four decades of investing experience.
Webb Investment Network (WIN) is an early-stage investment firm that partners with founders to help them build technology companies, backed by a community of experienced operators who advise portfolio founders.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
SV Angel is a firm that has backed startup founders since the 1990s, leveraging a large network of founders, industry leaders, and regulators to support portfolio companies.
Bonfire Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that backs founders reinventing how business operates, leading seed rounds in AI-native B2B software.
Unusual Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs enterprise and infrastructure founders from initial insight through market leadership, providing a proprietary playbook for finding product-market fit.
Magnify Ventures is a venture firm investing in early-stage companies transforming the care economy and family life, from caregiving to family systems and supporting technology.
Firms observed investing alongside Core Ventures Group, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Core Ventures Group's recorded portfolio.
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