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Venture capitalSan Francisco · Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
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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.
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Team · 3 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 21 of 28 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×9Enterprise Software ×7SaaS ×7Marketing Tech ×5Cybersecurity ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4Developer Tools ×3Media & Entertainment ×3
HQs:United States×12Mexico×1Vietnam×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 11 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×23 founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data
Stanford University ×2Tel Aviv University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×4Engineering ×4Economics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 12 founders with career history
Cyberstarts ×2Indegy ×2
Investments · 28 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 · 12015 · 12 dated
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)inTim Lenardo(Cofounder)Jeremy Bondy(President and Chief Executive Officer and Director)inPhil Crosby(Executive Officer, Director)inHarry Robertson(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardSimon Robert Goldman(Director)
Co-investorsAkkadian VenturesC3 VenturesEniac VenturesGeneral AtlanticNFXBlackstone
Application security software providing real-time threat monitoring and protection against cyber threats in production environments.
Los Angeles, US
Julien Bellanger(Executive Officer, Director)Kunal Anand(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Lo(Executive Officer)Brian Bradley Murdoch(Executive Officer)
BoardSteve Krausz(Director)
Board seatShinya Akamine· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsBonfire VenturesDigi VenturesKarlin VenturesLaunchpad LASINEWAVE VENTURESUS Venture Partners
Air provides a content organization and asset management platform for creative and marketing teams.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechSaaS
Shane Hegde(Founder)inTyler Strand(Founder)
Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalAvenir Growth CapitalBlack Jays VenturesDesigner FundGood FriendsLerer Hippeau+5 more
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Ascend is a financial operations platform purpose-built for insurance agencies, wholesalers, MGAs, and carriers, combining AI-powered accounting automation, payments, and premium financing.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS
Praveen Chekuri(Founder)inAndrew Wynn(Founder)
Co-investorsBoxGroupDistributed VenturesFinancial Venture StudioFirst Round CapitalMGV.VCNFP+10 more
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)inSean Knapp(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelFelicis VenturesWebb Investment NetworkFirst Round CapitalFirstMark CapitalIndex Ventures+4 more
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)inAdam Saint(Founder)Jordan Menashy(Founder)Pavel Rodionov(Founder)
Co-investorsAlpine MeridianTechstarsBain CapitalFenwick & WestHaystackInovia Capital+2 more
Powering restaurants with wholesale food supplies
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US
Na'ama Moran(Founder)in
Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalFJ LabsFundersClubHanaco Venture CapitalMarkerStreamlined Ventures+12 more
Lisa Dusseault(Founder)
Co-investorsAlpine MeridianBloomberg BetaRoble VenturesMerian Ventures
Concentric Silicon supplies electronic components to manufacturers through a combination of model-driven sourcing for critical parts and direct purchasing of excess inventory, backed by certified inspection and quality control.
Advanced ManufacturingData & InfrastructureHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainSemiconductorsAustin, US
Jonah Van Bourg(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAsylum VenturesClear VenturesBallistic VenturesCiti VenturesEndowusEngineering Capital+2 more
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)Karthik Krishnan(Founder)inMadhu Shashanka(Founder)Shankar Subramaniam(Founder)
Co-investorsAlphaDriveBallistic VenturesClear VenturesHomebrewCiti VenturesEngineering Capital+2 more
Create & Learn offers online computer science and coding classes for children in grades K-10, covering topics such as Scratch, Minecraft, Python, AI, and robotics.
EdTechLos Altos, US
Zhimei Jiang(Executive Officer, Director)Yuanzong Qiu(Founder)inYuanzong Qui(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDeborah Quazzo(Director)
Co-investorsGSV Ventures
Feed.fm provides licensed music APIs and SDKs for developers to integrate background music, short-form clips, and wellness content into applications.
Creator EconomyDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Jeff Yasuda(Founder)in
Co-investorsAllegro Venture PartnersRanch VenturesStreamlined VenturesAlvenMercy Corps 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(Founder)inAmichai Shulman(Founder)inMickey Boodaei(Founder)inPam Murphy(CEO)inChris Hylen(President & CEO)Charles Goodman(Interim CEO)in
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)inAdalberto Flores(Founder)Leonardo de la Cerda(Founder)in
BoardPeter Kellner(Director)inPatrick Gallagher(Director)in
Co-investorsCapria VenturesCathay InnovationFJ LabsFluent VenturesG SquaredGlisco Partners+14 more
Liftoff provides mobile app growth tools for user acquisition, ad monetization, and creative production, built on its AI-enabled platform Cortex.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Eleanor Morgan(Founder)Harry Robertson(Founder)Mark Ellis(Founder)Phil Crosby(Founder)
Co-investorsBaseline VenturesBlackstoneCity LightDesigner FundFirst Row PartnersForerunner Ventures+2 more
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)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAspect VenturesBeaconsfield CapitalOCV PartnersSGH CapitalSINEWAVE VENTURES+1 more
Remote.it builds private networks using software that enable secure, zero-trust connectivity between authorized users and machines without exposing infrastructure to the public internet.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareIoT
Co-investorsAlpine MeridianBrighter CapitalBoxGroupCapital FactoryRRE VenturesTMT Investments
True Anthem is a social media management platform that uses proprietary algorithms to identify and distribute a company's best web content across social platforms at optimal times.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSan Francisco, US
Chris Hart(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJoseph Saveri(Director)Jon Jaffe(Director)
Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalWorldQuant Ventures
Vidora's Cortex platform automates data preparation, feature engineering, and model selection to build machine learning pipelines at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsAllMobile FundBootstrapLabs
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(Founder and Executive Chairman)inDaniele Lasher(Executive Officer)Ines Casares(Chief Executive Officer)inMatthew Pasienski(Executive Officer)Vidal Gonzalez(Executive Officer, Director)Marcelo Gigliani(Director)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesApax DigitalBowery 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(Founder)inMotilal Agrawal(Founder)
Co-investorsExpansion Venture CapitalGaia VenturesMaven VenturesMontage CapitalPear VCPlexo Capital+4 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Live human-AI collaboration solutionsOckamPostiniRemot3TrueAnthem
Exits · 2
1 IPOs · 1 acquisitions · showing 1JetFuelNASDAQ: LFTO
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Core Ventures Group made?
- Core Ventures Group has 28 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited.
- 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, Accel, Aspect Ventures, among 65 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.
Bonfire Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that backs founders reinventing how business operates, leading seed rounds in AI-native B2B software.
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 San Francisco-based firm that invests long-term in founders, supporting them with advice, introductions, and network access at key business inflection points.
Unusual Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage enterprise founders, supporting them from initial insight through to market leadership with a proprietary product-market fit playbook.
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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