London · Pre-Seed–Seed · 29 people tracked
Also known as Crane · CRANE VENTURE PARTNERS LLP
Investment thesis
Crane invests at the earliest stages, from inception through seed, backing outlier founders building foundational technology with global ambitions from day one. Beyond capital, the firm positions itself as a hands-on partner, offering go-to-market expertise including positioning, messaging, sales strategy, and key hiring support. Its partners are described as seasoned operators who have built, scaled, and sold companies, providing practical, battle-tested guidance from early traction through growth. Crane also emphasizes a high-trust network, curating connections across the broader ecosystem and running CXO and CISO advisory groups to open doors and share knowledge among founders.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 29 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Crane Venture Partners went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 107 of 127 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×66SaaS ×48Enterprise Software ×40Developer Tools ×28Data & Infrastructure ×22Fintech ×17Cybersecurity ×16Cloud Computing ×12
HQs:United States×18United Kingdom×12Singapore×6Germany×3India×3Australia×2
Who they back
founder profiles across 45 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×232 founders×163 founders×54+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 41 founders with education data
Imperial College London ×2Maastricht University ×2National University of Singapore ×2Sri Venkateswara University ×2University of Bath ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 44 founders with career history
Zoho Corporation ×3Credit Suisse ×2Freshworks ×2Knolskape ×2Oracle ×2Tessian ×2TIER Mobility ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
6 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 45 with degree data)
Investments · 127 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 62025 · 32024 · 22023 · 12022 · 12020 · 12019 · 22018 · 117 dated
Seattle, US
Chad Sanderson(Executive Officer, Director)Adrian Kreuziger(Director)
BoardJames Frost(Director)Apoorva Pandhi(Director)in
Board seatScott Sage· per SEC Form D · $20.4M raise · filed Jul 2024
Co-investorsZetta Venture Partners
London
Board seatScott Sage· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)AfterWork VenturesAugmentum FintechBY Venture PartnersCrunchFundFin Capital+7 more
Co-investorsAlbionVCExpon Capital
Co-investorsK5 Global
Ardent provides instant, production-grade database clones that load in seconds and scale efficiently, enabling AI agents and developers to test database code and solve data problems without risk to production.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Vikram Chennai(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Aseon Labs builds autonomous robotic service stations that provide charging, cleaning, and inspection for self-driving vehicles deployed in the field.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareMobility & TransportationRoboticsSan Francisco, US
George Kalligeros(Co-founder & CEO)inDan Keene(Co-founder & COO)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorExpaFounders CapitalRobin Hood Ventures
Aspire provides corporate account and card solutions for businesses with complex operations, offering relationship management and an online platform for employee spending oversight.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSingapore, SG
Andrea Baronchelli(Founder/CEO)inGiovanni Casinelli(Founder)inGiacomo Ficari(Co-Founder (former Co-CEO))inJoel Leong(Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer)inSG Andrea Baronchelli(Founder/CEO)Stefano Pellegrino(Co-Founder (former Vietnam country head))in
Co-investorsBeacon VCHummingbird VenturesPICUS CAPITALVentureSouqY CombinatorAFG Partners+1 more
Atomic Tessellator combines computational physics with machine learning and enterprise software architecture, though the page does not specify its product offering or customer market.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew Materials
BoardDr. Priyank KumarProf. Simon Ringer
Co-investorsIn-Q-TelOutset VenturesSalus VenturesConfluentGD1Icehouse Ventures+1 more
Avora provides AI-powered agents for dental practices and groups that automate clinical note-taking, treatment plan coaching, and reporting.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Daniel Bessonov(Founder)inJustin Zhou(Founder)in
Co-investorsDorm RoomY CombinatorCRV (Charles River Ventures)Thrive
Axiom is a fully managed, petabyte-scale event store and observability platform that ingests schema-less, high-cardinality event data and lets teams query it using its piped query language (APL).
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Seif Lotfy(Founder)
Co-investorsFly VenturesMango CapitalFuturePlayKakao Ventures
BioRaptor provides a bioprocess data management platform that stores and analyzes biological metrics to help biotechnology teams move from trial-and-error to optimized experimentation.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsLool VenturesColler CapitalCPT CapitalGood Startup
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 VenturesConvergeThe E14 FundTIRTA Ventures
Bluefish is an enterprise marketing platform that helps large brands monitor, optimize, and measure their visibility and reputation across AI-driven channels such as AI search and agentic commerce.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSNew York City, US
Jing Feng(Co-founder)inAndrei Dunca(Co-founder)inAlex Sherman(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Swift VenturesThreshold VenturesAmex VenturesBloomberg Beta+2 more
Centrifuge enables investors to access tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) such as Treasury Bills, Asset Backed Securities, and Real Estate on a blockchain infrastructure.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Bhaji Illuminati(Founder)inMartin Quensel(Executive Officer, Director)Markus Ament(Executive Officer, Director)Philip Stehlik(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsArrington CapitalAtlanticBlack DragonBloccelerate VCBlueYard CapitalBorderless Venture+16 more
Cerbos provides a centralized authorization layer that externalizes access control logic from application code, enabling fine-grained runtime permission decisions for users, service accounts, and AI agents.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB
Charith E(Founder)
Co-investors8-Bit CapitalOMERS Ventures
Chiral develops electron spin alignment technologies and applications based on the CISS effect to reduce resistivity and overpotential waste, enabling sustainable and higher-performance solutions.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyNew Materials
Andre Butzerin(Founder)in
Co-investorsHCVCLool VenturesQuantonationSC Net Zero Tech VenturesFounderful
Chiral develops an automated nanomaterial integration process that assembles 1D and 2D nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, TMDs, and hBN onto chips to produce high-performance electronic transistors.
Deep TechNew MaterialsSemiconductors
Co-investorsHCVCQuantonation
Clinikk is a healthcare service and product, launched in 2018, that aims to be a family's first point of contact for illnesses through affordable, accessible care.
Digital HealthHealthtechInsurTechWellness & FitnessBengaluru, IN
Bhavjot Kaur(Co-founder)Dr. Suraj Baliga(Co-founder)Investor Relations Clinikk Not neededSuraj Baliga
Co-investors500 GlobalBeyond Capital VenturesEmphasis VenturesAvaana CapitalMassMutual Ventures
Closeday combines licensed insolvency practitioners with AI software to close UK small and mid-sized companies, handling closure planning, vendor and payroll obligations, asset realisation, capital distributions, and filings to HMRC and Companies House.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
CloudSEK builds an AI-based external threat management platform that detects, analyzes, and reports cyber threats across the surface web, deep web, dark web, and internet-exposed infrastructure for organizations.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Rahul Sasi(Founder & CTO)Rahul Sasi (Shashi)(Founder)inSyed Shahrukh Ahmad(Founder)in
Co-investorsConnecticut InnovationsExfinity VenturesTenacity VenturesInflexor VenturesMassMutual VenturesPavestone
Collibra describes its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments and how these principles guide its business decisions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US
Felix Van de Maele(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationBattery VenturesCapitalGDawn CapitalICONIQIndex Ventures+2 more
Comind is developing non-invasive neurotechnology that measures a range of neurophysiological brain signals in a single bedside measurement.
Deep TechHealthtechMedical Devices
James Dacombe(Founder)in
Co-investorsAngelini VenturesBackedOctopus Ventures
Co-investorsEncoded Ventures
Cyberhaven provides data detection and response (DDR) software that helps security teams investigate incidents involving data exfiltration and insider threats by reconstructing the complete timeline and context of user actions and data movements.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Volodymyr Kuznetsov(Founder)in
Co-investorsForgePoint CapitalLaunchBay CapitalRedpoint VenturesVertex VenturesWingAdams Street Partners+4 more
Cyberhaven offers an AI and data security platform that combines DSPM, DLP, insider risk management, and AI security to discover, classify, and protect data across endpoints, cloud, on-prem, SaaS, and AI tools.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Volodymyr Kuznetsov(Founder)in
Co-investorsCyber Mentor FundAdams Street PartnersForgePoint CapitalKhosla VenturesRedpoint VenturesVertex Ventures+1 more
Datapane is an open-source Python library for building interactive data reports by wrapping components such as Pandas DataFrames, plots from libraries like Plotly and Altair, Markdown, and files.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsBedford
Leo Anthias(Executive Officer, Director)Mandeep Gill(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBacked
Daye offers at-home gynaecological health services for women, including vaginal health screening, hormone testing with NHS-trained clinician consultations, STI and HPV screening, gut and vaginal microbiome supplements, and period care products.
Digital HealthFemTechWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsImpetus CapitalJazzya InvestmentsKindred CapitalMyelin VCSalica InvestmentsSimplyhealth Ventures
DePoly develops a chemical recycling technology that converts unsorted, contaminated PET plastic waste into virgin-grade raw materials (PTA and MEG precursors) for producing new plastics without fossil fuels.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew MaterialsSion, CH
Co-investorsBeiersdorf Innovation FundInfinity RecyclingACE & CompanyAngel InvestBASF Venture Capital GmbHFounderful+1 more
Encord provides a data platform for developing and deploying multimodal AI systems, serving AI development teams at scale across training and production environments.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsLondon, GB
Ulrik Stig Hansen(Co-Founder & President)inEric Landau(Founder)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Next47Sonae IMY CombinatorHarpoon Ventures+2 more
Encore is a backend development platform that lets developers declare cloud infrastructure directly in application code, run a local environment mirroring the cloud, and automatically provision production infrastructure in their own AWS or GCP accounts.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSStockholm, SE
Marcus Kohlberg(Founder)inAndré Eriksson(Founder)
Co-investorsAlliance VCESSENCE VCKleiner PerkinsAlliance VentureDig Ventures Management LimitedEssence Venture Capital
Fence is asset-light infrastructure for private credit and debt operations, connecting originator systems, payment service providers, and third-party databases to enforce facility rules, verify assets continuously, and automate same-day funding and waterfall execution.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Gonzalo Bandeira(Founder)
Co-investorsAltari VenturesParaFi Capital
Co-investorsNorthzoneNotion Capital
Fiberplane is an agent lab building developer tools for software work in the age of AI agents, including local-first, agent-native issue tracking for Claude Code, AI-powered code review that runs from the terminal or desktop, and a tool that binds specs to code to detect documentation drift.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Micha Hernandez van Leuffen(Founder)
Co-investorsNotion Capital
Accelo is a professional services automation platform that includes Forecast, which provides predictive AI for resourcing, capacity planning, and financial forecasting.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSHouston, US
Sam Starr Griffin(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalSEED Capital Denmark
Foundries.io provides FoundriesFactory, a cloud-based DevOps platform and the Linux microPlatform (LmP) operating system for building, securing, and updating embedded and IoT devices.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsIoT
Co-investorsBackedTransition VC
Gable uses static analysis of source code to trace field-level data lineage, mapping how sensitive data flows from consumer-facing apps through backend systems to storage without runtime agents or sampling.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Daniel Dicker(Founder)Chad Sanderson(Founder)inJames Frost(Founder)in
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundB Capital GroupB4 CapitalRoosh Venturesx15ventures (Commonwealth Bank)Databricks Ventures+1 more
Gigs provides a platform (Gigs OS) that enables tech brands and other companies to launch and operate their own mobile services without managing telecom infrastructure directly.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Hermann Frank(Co-founder, CEO)inDennis Bauer(Founder)in
Co-investorsGradient VenturesSpeedinvestStandard CapitalY CombinatorBoxGroupRibbit Capital
Co-investorsGTMfund
Co-investorsZero Infinity Partners
Griffin is a banking-as-a-service platform offering API-based banking infrastructure for fintechs and other businesses to embed banking and financial products.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLondon, GB
David Jarvis(Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inAllen Rohner(Founder & Chief Technology Officer)Phoebe Wallis(Chief Revenue Officer)Ed Carter(Chief Operating Officer)Dora Grant(Chief Risk Officer)Rob VanBreda(Interim Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsNotion CapitalDG Daiwa VenturesInsiders VenturesNordicNinjaOutrun VenturesPortfolio Ventures+1 more
H2O.ai builds an enterprise agentic AI platform that lets organizations create domain-specific and vertical AI agents, digital assistants, and safety/evaluation tooling using their own models and private data, deployed on-premise or in air-gapped environments.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsCohen CircleLG Technology VenturesNew York Life VenturesVeligera Capital
H2SITE develops palladium-alloy membrane reactor technology that separates and purifies hydrogen from carriers like ammonia, methanol, and syngas, as well as from gas mixtures in pipelines and storage infrastructure.
CleantechEnergyHardware
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesENGIE New Ventures
Harbr provides white-label data infrastructure that lets organizations launch and operate their own branded data marketplaces, exchanges, and distribution platforms.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB
Anthony Cosgrove MBE(Founder)
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)boldstart venturesDawn Capital
Co-investorsElaia
Co-investorsHealthCap
Icite is a venture capital firm investing in Pre-Seed and Seed stage startups founded by experienced entrepreneurs solving deep problems in their domains.
CybersecurityEnterprise Software
Wes Mullins(Founder)in
Co-investorsSyn Ventures Seed Management Llc
InDebted provides cloud-based debt collection software that uses machine learning to automate collections decisioning and improve customer engagement for enterprise clients.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Josh Foreman(Founder & CEO)Ellie Tahzib(Chief Operating Officer)Pierre Bergamin(Chief Technology Officer)Pierre Vercueil(Chief of Staff & Executive Director, UAE)
Co-investorsMassMutual VenturesPerennial PartnersPremier Capital PartnersReinventure GroupXilium CapitalCarthona Capital+1 more
Kismet is a platform that matches people using Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) with suitable service providers and offers tools for NDIS budgeting, financial management, and plan navigation.
Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplaces
Co-investorsAirTree VenturesDarcy NauntonFlying Fox VenturesProsus Ventures
Kurrent develops KurrentDB, an event-native database for event sourcing that preserves complete data history and streams changes in real time.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHighlands Ranch, US
Kierre Reeg(Founder)Colin Cantrell(Founder)Jared Reeg(Executive Officer)
Laminar analyzes, builds, and governs enterprise systems for small to large businesses using proprietary implementation intelligence technology.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Raj Kadiyala(Co-Founder & CEO)inEdward Aryee(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Lune provides AI-powered CO₂ tracking, carbon accounting, emissions reporting, and carbon offsetting tools that logistics, spend management, and procurement platforms embed into their products.
Climate TechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsGuinness Ventures
Mailchain was an online messaging service that has permanently shut down; its service was discontinued on 5 May 2026 and all user data deleted.
Co-investorsEterna Capital
Memories.ai builds a Large Visual Memory Model and API infrastructure that lets AI systems index, recall and act on video.
San Francisco, US
Shawn Shen(Founder)in
Co-investorsCreator VenturesFusionSamsung NextSusa Ventures
MetalGear provides stablecoin treasury and global payout infrastructure.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
MicroSec provides two cybersecurity platforms for IoT and OT environments: a Protection Suite that secures devices and networks with device management and lightweight PKI, and a Monitoring Suite that uses machine learning anomaly detection to detect and remediate threats.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityIoT
Milieu (Milieu Insight) operates a market research platform that connects companies to consumers globally through surveys, providing data on consumer attitudes, brand perception, and market trends.
Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsCapria VenturesOSK Ventures InternationalGenesis Alternative Ventures
Proofpoint provides cybersecurity and compliance software that protects organizations' people, data, cloud environments, and email from advanced cyber threats.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ashan Willy(CEO)Sumit Dhawan(Chief Executive Officer)Rémi Thomas(Chief Financial Officer)Kim Sullivan(Chief People Officer)Mayank Choudhary(EVP and GM, Information Protection, Cloud Security & Compliance Products Group)Tom Corn(EVP and GM, Threat Protection Group)
Co-investorsDag VenturesElevate VenturesFrazier Healthcare PartnersGamutGlynn Capital ManagementGranite Hill+12 more
Next Matter is an orchestration platform for regulated financial operations, designed for asset managers, fund administrators, and wealth/wealthtech firms.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkSaaS
Deborah Yang(Co-Founder & CEO)Jonty Hurwitz(Founder & Head of R&D)Jan Hugenroth(Co-Founder & CPO)
Co-investorsOMERS Ventures
Novu provides communication infrastructure that connects products and AI agents to notification channels including inbox, email, SMS, push, chat, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Telegram.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Dima Grossman(Founder)in
Co-investorsEniac VenturesEntrée Capitalm]x[v CapitalMango Capital
Nullspace provides cloud infrastructure for deploying and running production AI agents, giving each agent an isolated, on-demand machine with configurable CPU, memory, and GPU.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Nyra Health offers myReha, a CE-certified digital therapy system with over 65,000 exercises for neurological rehabilitation covering speech (aphasia), memory, attention and other cognitive functions, used in speech therapy, occupational therapy and neuropsychology.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Olix develops a novel compute architecture integrating SRAM with photonics to enable more efficient AI model deployment, addressing throughput, cost, and latency limitations of current GPU memory systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors
James Dacombe(Founder)in
Co-investorsBackedFounder CollectiveHummingbird VenturesSovereignAITransitionTransition Global+5 more
omni:us provides AI products for insurers that automate claims processing end-to-end, from first notice of loss to settlement, along with a co-pilot for adjusters, leakage reduction, and a tool to train custom insurance models.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaSBerlin, DE
Martin Micko(Founder)
Co-investorsAnthemis VentureCommerzVenturesLa FamigliaLinden CapitalMMC VenturesTarget Global
Ona provides secure cloud workspaces for running AI coding agents, giving each agent a full cloud development environment with network access, permissions, and runtime controls.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalPebblebedPreston-Werner VenturesAlta Life SciencesColumbus Venture PartnersKorys+1 more
Co-investorsMilltrust International Group
OnLoop is an applied AI firm that designs, builds, and deploys custom AI products, agents, and workflow automations for companies, and offers AI transformation consulting for leadership teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSingapore, SG
Co-investorsHub71
OpenSensors provides workplace occupancy and sensor systems that measure space utilisation, equipment usage, and air and climate conditions to help organisations optimise offices, support hybrid working, and meet sustainability goals.
IoTPropTechSaaS
Yodit Stanton(CEO)
Co-investorsOpen Data Incubator for Europe (ODINE)
Optimal provides AI-based greenhouse climate control that connects to growers' climate computers (such as Priva and Ridder) via cloud APIs and automatically adjusts settings 24/7 to hit target climate conditions as weather forecasts change.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningSaaSLondon, GB
Dave Hunter(CEO)inJoão Abrantes(Founding CTO)in
Co-investors2050Air Street CapitalBackedEntrepreneur FirstCarmel VenturesKoch Disruptive Technologies+1 more
Paid is a payments platform for accounts payable, supplier onboarding, reconciliation and supply chain finance, with automated compliance checks (company, PEPs and sanctions screening across 206 countries), tiered approval flows and ERP integrations.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSDarlington, GB
Co-investorsTechstarsEQT VenturesFUSELightspeed Venture PartnersNorthstar Ventures
Plumerai develops a Video Intelligence pipeline that combines tiny on-device AI models for edge cameras with cloud-based Vision Language Models, offering features such as familiar face identification, people/vehicle/animal/package detection, AI video search, and AI captions.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTLondon, GB
Roeland Nusselder(Founder)inTaras Iakymchuk(Founding CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstOTB VenturesQC·VENTURES
Pometry provides AI infrastructure that turns disconnected organizational data into a live temporal context layer, enabling AI models and agents to remember, reason, and predict using an organization's own history.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAlbionVCCambridge Angels groupUCL Technology Fund
PQShield develops quantum-resistant cryptography in hardware and software, including post-quantum cryptography (PQC) solutions for chips, applications, and cloud environments.
CybersecurityDeep TechQuantum Computing
Co-investorsBY Venture PartnersKindred CapitalOxford Science EnterprisesAdditionChevron Technology Ventures
Prefrontal develops frontier AI models aimed at automating scientific discovery.
AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
Co-investorsHoxton Ventures
Privyr is a mobile-first CRM and sales engagement tool that lets salespeople receive, assign, and follow up with leads via WhatsApp, text message, and phone calls, with automated sequences, bulk messaging, and pipeline tracking.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSingapore, SG
Aaron Lim(CEO)inShivam Mani(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstMassMutual VenturesWavemaker Pacific
Progress Software develops AI-powered application development and deployment tools for enterprises and developers.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Yogesh Gupta(President and CEO)
Co-investorsAccelerator VenturesAmplify PartnersAugust CapitalJMI EquityNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Verizon Ventures
Qapita provides equity and cap table management software, offering companies tools for onboarding, data migration, and ongoing administration of their equity records.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsEndiya Partners
Qovery provides a Kubernetes platform that runs in customers' own cloud environments, allowing engineering teams to manage infrastructure through policy-based controls rather than manual administration.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareParis, FR
Romaric PhilogeneMorgan Perry(Founder)inRomaric Philogène(Founder)in
Co-investorsIris CapitalTechstarsSpeedinvest
Qritive develops AI-powered modules and a digital pathology workbench (Pantheon) that help pathologists identify, grade, and classify cancer, including prostate and colon cancer, lymph node metastasis, and biomarker analysis.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSingapore, SG
Aneesh Sathe(CEO)inKaveh Taghipour(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstExfinity VenturesPix Vine CapitalMassMutual VenturesSEEDS Capital
Quaisr provides a "SimOps" connectivity platform that unifies engineering simulations, live data, and AI (grounding AI in physics-based mechanistic models) into a single secure environment deployed within a customer's IT infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Qure.ai builds deep learning and AI software to detect and manage diseases such as lung cancer, tuberculosis, pediatric TB, and stroke, with several FDA-cleared solutions.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersHealthQuadKae CapitalMerck Global Health Innovation FundNovo HoldingsSequoia Capital
Restack builds AI agents that connect to enterprise core systems such as CRM, ERP, Salesforce, Microsoft Teams, ServiceNow, Zendesk, and Veeva, letting teams define agent instructions in plain English.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Philippe Brulé(Founder)in
Co-investorsProject A Ventures
Sandgarden is an incubator that focuses on problem-solving and shipping products.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSNew York, US
Elizabeth Joy Zalman(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Drew Vincent Blas(Executive Officer, Promoter)Marty Lee McCall(Executive Officer, Promoter)
Co-investorsPanache VenturesResolute Ventures
Scrut is an AI-powered governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform that automates control monitoring, evidence collection, and risk assessment across cloud infrastructure, applications, people, and third parties.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Co-investorsEndiya PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersMassMutual Ventures
SeeChange provides a Vision AI platform that recognises real-world events in retail stores, monitoring checkouts, aisles and exits for risk and loss management.
AI & Machine LearningRetail Tech
Co-investorsCambridge Angels groupPortfolio VenturesRuna CapitalTriple Point VenturesTrue Capital Management
SenseOn provides a security operations platform that unifies existing tools (SIEM, EDR, identity, cloud) into a single investigation plane, using cross-domain correlation and AI-accelerated incident resolution under human approval.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaSLondon, GB
David Atkinson(Founder)
Co-investorsForgePoint CapitalMMC VenturesTempoCapVentura Capital
Shipamax develops technology that automatically processes logistics documents into structured, machine-readable data, helping freight forwarding and supply chain companies reduce manual work across multi-party shipment operations.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainLondon, GB
Jenna Brown(Founder/CEO)inFabian Blaicher(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSimon Levene(Director)in
Co-investorsLong Venture PartnersMosaic VenturesY CombinatorCherubic Ventures
Sikoia offers an API-first platform that ingests customer application data from documents, open banking, and existing systems, unifying it into a single structured profile and generating audit-ready insights for onboarding and verification.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Alexis Rog(Founder)inAlastair Bulger(Founder)in
Co-investorsEarlybird Venture CapitalMassMutual Ventures
Silverflow operates a cloud-based card payment processing platform that connects directly to card networks via APIs, offering features such as 3D-Secure, network tokenization, direct-to-card payouts, and dispute management.
Cloud ComputingFintechSaaSAmsterdam, NL
Anne Willem De Vries(Founder)inPaul Buying(Co-Founder & CTO)inRobert Kraal(Co-Founder & CBDO)inSaaS Anne Willem De Vries(Founder)
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementDeBa VenturesPICUS CAPITALInkef
Skydda builds AI agents that autonomously investigate every security alert in a SOC, ingesting logs from a team's existing security stack and producing full reasoning, audit trails, and reports for each decision.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
SRE.ai helps enterprise engineering teams coordinate work across distributed locations and time zones by organizing and routing DevOps tasks, flagged issues, and deployment requests while automatically identifying compliance and policy violations.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Edward Aryee(Founder)
Co-investorsTranspose Platform Management468 Capital
Stepsize uses generative AI to analyze issue tracker activity and automatically generate weekly management reports for engineering teams and leaders.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB
Co-investorsTechstarsBlossom CapitalGraph Ventures
Stratio provides an AI and data platform that helps regulated enterprises and public administrations operationalize trusted, AI-driven decisions with governance and control.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAdara VenturesLocalGlobe
Stratio provides a predictive fleet maintenance platform that uses AI to detect faults in vehicle components before failures occur, reducing downtime and maintenance costs.
AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationSaaS
Sugarfit offers a doctor-led diabetes management and reversal program alongside a GLP-1 based weight loss program, combining continuous glucose monitoring, diagnostic tests, personalized meal plans, and doctor and coach consultations.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechBengaluru, IN
Shivtosh Kumar(Founder)in
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalEndiya PartnersTanglin Venture PartnersB Capital
Satchel builds Satchel One, a cloud-based learning platform and management information system (MIS) for schools, offering classroom management apps such as homework delivery (Show My Homework), timetables, behaviour tracking, and seating plans.
Cloud ComputingEdTechSaaS
Naimish Gohil(Founder)
Tessian provides AI-powered email security solutions that detect and prevent email-based cyberattacks and data loss for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Tim Sadler(Founder & CEO)Edward Bishop(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelBalderton CapitalForgePoint CapitalFraserMarch Capital PartnersSozo Ventures+4 more
Testsigma is a quality intelligence platform that uses AI agents to detect testing gaps at each code commit and generate self-healing automated tests across web, mobile, API, and Salesforce.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US
Rukmangada Naidu Kandyala(Executive Officer, Director)Pratheep Velicherla(Founder)inVikram Chaitanya P(Founder)inRukmangada Kandyala(Founder)inRajesh Reddy(Founder)in
BoardNikhil Kapur(Director)
Co-investorsAccelEvolvence India FundSTRIVEBoldcapMassMutual Ventures
7bridges offers a supply chain management platform that consolidates logistics data into a single software, providing a "Digital Twin" for analyzing past performance and planning future operations.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Maersk Growth
ThoughtRiver provides legal AI for contract review, using thousands of pre-trained legal concepts to identify risks, suggested clause edits, and opportunities in contracts.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsEntrée Capital
Timeseer is an AI-driven sensor data quality platform that detects, validates, and resolves issues in industrial IIoT sensor data to make it trustworthy and fit for operations, analytics, and AI.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureIoT
Co-investorsOTB VenturesSmartFin
Tinybird provides a platform that transforms data stored in cloud data warehouses into real-time REST APIs, enabling software teams to access and build with data at scale without manual gatekeeping.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsActivant CapitalBalderton CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Singular
Tracebit builds a cloud intrusion detection product that deploys canaries to detect and contain security incidents, aiming to shorten incident response times.
Cloud ComputingCybersecuritySaaS
Sam Cox(Co-founder & CTO)inAndy Smith(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAccelFirstMark CapitalMMC VenturesTapestry VC
Treehouse builds fixed income infrastructure for digital assets, combining yield primitives, benchmark rates (such as the Treehouse Ethereum Staking Rate), and a participation layer.
Crypto & Web3FintechSingapore, SG
Brandon G(Founder)Brandon Goh(Founder)inBryan Goh(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalCaladanMirana VenturesWintermute
Turbine develops computational simulations of cells to accelerate drug discovery and development in oncology, using in silico predictions validated through wet lab experiments.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Szabolcs Nagy(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAlpha EdisonAtlanticBeiersdorf Innovation FundInteractive Venture Partners LlcB Capital+4 more
UiPath provides enterprise automation software that uses AI agents and robots to automate business processes across departments like procurement, finance, and ERP systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSaaSNew York, US
Daniel Dines(Co-founder & CEO)inMarius Tirca(Co-founder & CTO)
Co-investorsAccelAlkeon InnovationAmakorCapitalGCoatue ManagementCredo Ventures+18 more
Umony provides network-level recording infrastructure that captures voice calls, SMS, and messaging across telecom carriers and devices for regulatory compliance.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Dean Elwood(Founder)in
Co-investorsNotion Capital
Veratrak provides data integration infrastructure for pharmaceutical supply chains, enabling manufacturers and distribution partners to share inventory, forecast, and shipment data through their existing communication channels.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSAltrincham, GB
Colin Tierneyin
Co-investorsBlockchain Valley Ventures, Llc
Virtuoso is an AI-native QA platform that lets teams author software tests in natural language, execute them across browsers, devices, and CI/CD pipelines, and maintain them with self-healing automation that auto-fixes locators.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsMolten Ventures
Virtuoso is an AI-native QA platform that turns specifications into requirements, user journeys, and executable tests authored in natural language, using agentic AI to generate, run, and diagnose tests.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsSalica Investments
WiseTech Global develops software solutions for the global supply chain and logistics industry, including its CargoWise platform.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSAlexandria Nsw
ANDREW HARRISON(Director)BRETT SHEARER(Executive Officer)RICHARD WHITE(Executive Officer, Director)MICHAEL GREGG(Director)TERESA ENGELHARD(Director)ANDREW CARTLEDGE(Executive Officer)
XUND builds digital health software including health risk assessments, symptom and illness checkers for patients, and a conversational AI clinical search tool for healthcare professionals.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Tamás Petrovics(Founder)in
Co-investorsKickstart InnovationMMC Ventures
Kitaru, built by ZenML, is a replay-based evaluation tool for AI agents that turns real production traces into replayable test sessions, letting teams re-run their agent's actual code against recorded inputs to test changes, swap models, and catch regressions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaSMunich, DE
Adam Probst(Co-founder)inHamza Tahir(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAIX VenturesPoint Nine
Zluri provides an identity security platform built on IRIS, a real-time identity intelligence layer that discovers, analyzes, and governs human and non-human identities and their access across enterprise systems.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Sethu Meenakshisundaram(Founder)inChaithanya Yambari(Founder)in
Co-investorsEndiya PartnersKalaari CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersMassMutual Ventures
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Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.
Entrepreneur First (EF) is a talent investor that helps individuals build and launch startups, providing support such as US visa guidance, office space, fundraising preparation, and investor introductions culminating in a San Francisco Demo Day.
MMC is a European venture capital firm that has partnered with over 100 early-stage founders over more than two decades to help grow their startups.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
Balderton Capital is a European venture capital firm that backs technology startups.
Notion Capital is a B2B software-focused venture capital firm built by operators, backing SaaS, cloud and enterprise technology companies.
LocalGlobe is part of a multi-generational Phoenix Court platform that backs companies from pre-seed through public markets, founded by the Klein family who are considered founders of European seed investing with multi-decade relationships across the European tech ecosystem. The fund operates from a physical founder village at Phoenix Court in London and focuses on backing unconventional entrepreneurs in specific geographic neighbourhoods, having been among the earliest institutional backers of European outliers like Wise, Zoopla, and Citymapper.
Dawn Capital is a European venture capital firm backing companies with global ambitions.
Redpoint Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1999 by former partners from leading venture firms, focusing on early-stage technology companies across multiple sectors. The firm leverages its partners' technology investment experience and an extensive network of entrepreneurs and industry contacts to support portfolio company growth.
Battery Ventures is a global investment firm that has backed more than 450 companies over its 40-year history, operating its investment staff as a single global unit.
Susa Ventures operates two early-stage technology funds that invest in companies leveraging data, network effects, and economies of scale.
AIX Ventures is an AI-focused venture fund that backs founders building companies in artificial intelligence.
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Zetta Venture PartnersTarget GlobalLa FamigliaCrunchFundHoxton VenturesMolten VenturesAdams Street PartnersBlueYard CapitalAndreessen HorowitzGV (Google Ventures)Uncork CapitalSV AngelC2 InvestmentsAccel-KKRSherpalo VenturesPear VCCowboy VenturesAllison Pickens VenturesFikaAlven14WEight Roads VenturesInventureN26Founders Futurebacktrace capitalAirbus VenturesC4 VenturesChausson Finance
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