Correlation Ventures
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 19 people tracked
Also known as CORRELATION MANAGEMENT, LLC
Investment thesis
Correlation Ventures positions itself as a fast, efficient co-investor that reaches investment decisions within days, aiming to let founders stay focused on building their business. It leans on what it describes as one of the industry's most complete VC datasets and a broad network to inform decisions and connect companies to future customers, partners, and mentors. The firm offers flexible check sizes and a transparent process, providing the capital needed without taking a heavy-handed role.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 19 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 18 of 39 portfolio companiesSaaS ×9AI & Machine Learning ×6Enterprise Software ×6Fintech ×6Data & Infrastructure ×3Healthtech ×3HR Tech ×3Marketing Tech ×3
HQs:United States×11
Investments · 39 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathArk provides a customizable digital platform for venture capital and private equity firms to manage investor communications, performance reporting, and document sharing with their limited partners.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Atavium provides operator access tools for eBay account management, including listing, scanning, and connection features for sales operations and inventory management.
E-commerceSaaSMinnetonka, US
Michael Klemm(Executive Officer)Jeffrey Hinck(Director)Marc Olin(Executive Officer)Edward J. Fiore(Executive Officer, Director)Mark A. Bakke(Executive Officer, Director)Brian Bell(Director)
Budgie is a healthcare benefits optimization platform that matches employees to the right insurance plans during open enrollment and identifies cost-saving opportunities throughout the year.
HealthtechHR TechInsurTech
Arlington, US
John F. Frankel(Director)David Cowen(Director)Rami Essaid(Executive Officer, Director)Engin Akyol(Executive Officer, Director)Ryan McIntyre(Director)
Formic develops automation and robotics solutions for factories to increase production capacity and reliability while reducing costs, downtime, and safety risks.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsChicago, US
Saman Farid(Founder & CEO)Garry Tan(Director)
Hologic develops medical technologies for women's health that detect, diagnose and treat health conditions across multiple countries.
FemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesRedwood City, US
Ken Haas(Director)Jonathan MacQuitty(Director)Karen Talmadge(Director)Mike Carusi(Director)Doug Fisher(Director)Christopher Owens(Executive Officer, Director)
Hamsa provides blockchain-based financial infrastructure for banks and central banks to support faster, cheaper clearing and settlement through its Unified Ledger platform.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureFintechNot stated, US
Adam Zbar(Founder and CEO)inHubert Wu(Head of Global Payment Engineering and Chief Architect)inWenhao Lin, PhD(Head of Hamsa Unified Ledger team)in
Teletherapy company specializing in pediatric care.
Hopara provides scalable visualization technology for operational data from connected machines and environments.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSBoston, US
Michael Stonebraker(Founder)Charles G. Redmon III(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Davoli(Director)Bruce Clarke(Director)
Imperfect Foods is a grocery delivery service that sources surplus and cosmetically imperfect food items directly from farmers and producers, offering them at discounted prices to consumers while reducing food waste.
Circular EconomyE-commerceFoodTech
Benjamin Chesler(Executive Officer, Director)Ronald Clark(Director)Benjamin Simon(Executive Officer, Director)
Lever is a modern applicant tracking system (ATS) and recruiting CRM platform that combines candidate management, automation, and AI-powered tools to help companies attract, nurture, and hire top talent more efficiently.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Nate Smith(Founder/CEO/CTO)inBrian Noguchi(Founder)inSarah Nham(Founder)Randal Truong(Founder)Sarah Nahm(Founder/CEO)inDana Stadler(Director)
Optimizely develops an AI-powered marketing operating system used by over 10,000 businesses to manage campaigns and conduct experiments.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Pete Koomen(Founder)inIlya Fushman(Director)Scott Weiss(Director)Dan Siroker(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPeter Fenton(Director)
Personal Capital provides wealth management and investment advisory services, offering personalized portfolio strategy, retirement planning, and tax-optimized investment management for individual investors.
Fintech
Paul Desmarais III(Director)William H Harris(Executive Officer, Director)Stephen Harrick(Director)Jeffrey Carney(Director)Bruce Felt(Director)Jim Feuille(Director)
Raspberry.ai provides a design and marketing platform where teams create custom branded assets using AI models trained on a company's unique aesthetic.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Clinical-stage biotech expanding the genetic alphabet with synthetic nucleotides; acquired by Sanofi for $2.5B in 2020.
Wunderite builds software for independent insurance agencies to streamline operations and management.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaSBourne, US
Peter MacDonald(Co-Founder, CEO)inJoe Schnare(Co-Founder, COO)inDavid Pope(Director)F. Michael Heffernan, III(Director)
BoardAlex Finkelstein(Director)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Correlation Ventures invest at?
- Correlation Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Correlation Ventures's typical check size?
- Correlation Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $4M.
- What sectors does Correlation Ventures focus on?
- Correlation Ventures focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Correlation Ventures located?
- Correlation Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Correlation Ventures lead rounds?
- Correlation Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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Co-investors · 56
Andreessen Horowitz's Strategic Partnerships page describes collaborations that connect its portfolio companies with established institutions to help scale and deploy their technology.
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Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that backs founders at the earliest stage, before their potential is widely recognized.
FJ Labs is a venture capital firm specializing in marketplaces and network-effect businesses, having built a large portfolio of marketplace startups with over 30 becoming unicorns.
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Greycroft is a venture capital firm that partners with founders across multiple industries and geographies, investing in software, sustainability, and consumer brands.
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Forerunner VenturesSignalFireKapor CapitalUlu VenturesSierra Ventures8VCCrosslink CapitalHack VCLerer HippeauParadigmSocial Leverage2048 VenturesBitkraft Esports Ventures500 StartupsTribe Capital FirstlookStandard CapitalBallistic VenturesICONIQ CapitalMouro CapitalNyca PartnersFf Venture CapitalStorm VenturesThird Kind Venture CapitalBloomberg Beta137 VenturesS28 CapitalImmeasurableArtis VenturesForum VenturesAdjacent Ventures LlcWndrCoEngineering CapitalDeciensBlumberg CapitalOVO FundRed Sea VenturesK5 VenturesFenway Summer VenturesSurface VenturesBase Venture Management, Inc.Bronze InvestmentsRestive VenturesStoryHouseCedar Fund
Firms observed investing alongside Correlation Ventures, from public investor directories.
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