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San Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series A · 16 people tracked
Investment thesis
Early-stage investor in companies using design to improve health, sustainability, and prosperity, offering hiring/managing design teams, product and brand advice, and designer development through a design-leader community.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 31, 2026.
Team · 16 people
from the firm's website
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Designer Fund went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 129 of 154 portfolio companiesSaaS ×53AI & Machine Learning ×42Enterprise Software ×25Developer Tools ×20Climate Tech ×18Fintech ×14Healthtech ×14Cleantech ×13
HQs:United States×71Australia×1Canada×1India×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 67 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×292 founders×223 founders×134+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 55 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×6Stanford University ×5University of California, Berkeley ×4Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×3University of Pennsylvania ×3Duke University ×2ETH Zürich ×2UNSW ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 59 founders with career history
Code for America ×4Stanford University ×3Airbnb ×2Coinbase ×2Columbia University ×2DeepMind ×2General Assembly ×2Goldman Sachs ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
11 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 55 with degree data)
Investments · 154 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42025 · 12023 · 32022 · 12021 · 42018 · 12017 · 12016 · 12015 · 12011 · 118 dated
Ginkgo Bioworks builds autonomous labs and offers cell-programming and bioengineering services for the biopharma, agriculture, and industrial biotech markets.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechBoston, US
Jason Kelly(Founder)inAustin Che(Founder)inTom Knight(Founder)inBarry Canton(Founder)inReshma Shetty(Founder)in
BoardReshma Sohoni
Co-investors11.2 CapitalB3 HoldingCannage CapitalCool Climate CollectiveDCVC (Data Collective)Draper Associates+18 more
Omada Health provides virtual-first, integrated care programs for chronic disease management, delivered as data-driven solutions for employers, health plans, and healthcare organizations.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US
Andrew DiMichelle(Executive Officer, Director)Adrian James(Executive Officer, Director)Sean Duffy(Executive Officer, Director)Wei-Li Shaoin
BoardJonathan Root(Director)inCasper De Clercq(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBlackbird GiantsCanvas VenturesCivilization Ventures Management, LlcFounder CollectiveHealthtech Capital+12 more
Linear is a project and issue tracking tool for software development teams, offering features such as team documents, code diffs and reviews, an AI agent, and integrations with tools like GitHub, Slack, and Figma.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Karri Saarinen(Co-founder, CEO)inJori Lallo(Co-founder, CPO)inTuomas Artman(Co-founder, CTO)in
Co-investorsIndie.vcSeven Seven Six01 AdvisorsAccelHeavybitIndex Ventures+3 more
Netlify is a platform for building, deploying, and scaling modern web applications, serving millions of developers and thousands of enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US
Mathias Biilmann(Co-founder & CEO)Christian Bach(Co-founder, Chief Strategy and Creative Officer)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersKleiner PerkinsMenlo VenturesBloomberg BetaEQT Ventures+6 more
Plasmic is a visual development platform for building web applications and pages, with integrations for tools like Cursor.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechSaaS
Yang Zhang(Founder)in
Co-investorsArriveNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Tiny Capital
Netlify provides a platform for building, deploying, and scaling modern web applications, including corporate sites, e-commerce platforms, and SaaS applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEdTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Mathias Biilmann(Co-founder & CEO)Christian Bach(Co-founder, Chief Strategy and Creative Officer)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersBloomberg BetaEQT VenturesKleiner PerkinsMenlo Ventures+4 more
SuperHi Basic Income is an experiment run by SuperHi that gives selected creative people a monthly stipend of $1,000 USDC for six months, plus hardware and access to SuperHi's courses, to test whether a financial buffer helps them advance their careers.
Crypto & Web3EdTech
Co-investorsExpaFramework VenturesReach CapitalTorch Capital
Abstract is a design intelligence platform that gives design teams one space to gather requirements, track and assign work, review designs, handle feedback, and measure design outcomes.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsTiny Capital
Personal portfolio site of a photographer/image creator, Adam Dixon, who offers to produce photographs for business use.
Creator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Adam Dixon
Adora provides product teams with real-time visibility into user experience through a visual analytics platform.
Developer ToolsSaaSSurry Hills, AU
Omar(Co-founder)inNathan(Co-founder)inNathan Scully(Founder)Omar Salem(Founder)
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesGaruda VenturesSkip Capital
Afresh offers an AI platform for grocery retailers and distributors that uses data models of products, inventory, and operations to guide ordering and merchandising decisions.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechRetail Tech
Matt Schwartz(Founder)inNathan Fenner(Founder)in
Co-investorsBetter Food VenturesBlack Jays VenturesBright Pixel CapitalCaesar VenturesDoon CapitalGroundForce Capital+4 more
Air provides a content organization and asset management platform for creative and marketing teams.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechSaaS
Shane Hegde(Founder)in
Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalAvenir Growth CapitalBlack Jays VenturesGood FriendsLerer HippeauXfund+1 more
Guidepost Montessori operates Montessori schools offering early childhood education based on the Montessori philosophy, serving children and their families.
ConsumerEdTechSan Francisco, US
Max Ventilla(Founder & CEO)Sethi Komal(Executive Officer)Devin Vodickain
BoardBrian Singerman(Director)inMichael Dearing(Director)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzHemisphere Ventures LLCFirst Round CapitalFounders FundHarrison MetalLearn Capital+1 more
Ambrook is accounting software that combines bookkeeping, invoicing, bill pay, payments, inventory, and analytics into one platform, with transactions tagged by enterprise, project, or location and AI-scanned receipts.
AgTechFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Dan Schlosser(Founder)Jeff Anders(Founder)
Co-investorsBoxGroupHomebrewLiam HorneThomson Reuters VenturesCameron VenturesField Ventures+2 more
EnergySan Francisco, US
Vic Shao(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBay Bridge Ventures ClimateCongruent VenturesObvious VenturesPeopleFund
Arcadia is an energy intelligence platform that helps businesses manage utility bills, procure energy, and track sustainability through a single interface.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWashington, US
Kiran Bhatraju(Executive Officer)inRyan Nesbitt(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBay Bridge Ventures ClimateBlue Ivy VenturesBoxGroupBroadscaleCamber CreekCity Light+9 more
AtoB provides fleet fuel cards that consolidate fuel, vehicle maintenance, repairs, tolls, and operational expenses for businesses operating private fleets, OTR carriers, or single-vehicle operations.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Vignan Velivela(Founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsCleo CapitalContraryGeneral CatalystJetstreamLeadout CapitalLigature VC+7 more
August Health builds software for senior living communities to support caregivers in delivering care.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech
Justin Schram(Co-founder, Medical Director)Erez Cohen(Co-founder)inJustin Schram, MD(Founder)in
Co-investorsEquitage Ventures, L.L.C.General CatalystMatrixMoxxie VenturesPrimetime PartnersUnanimous Capital+1 more
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity Fund
HealthtechMinneapolis, US
Christopher Olmanson(Executive Officer, Director)inMarissa Pittard(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJon Bassett(Director)in
Co-investorsFlare Capital PartnersMoai CapitalNextGen Venture PartnersTau VenturesDivergent InvestmentsMedMountain Ventures+1 more
Bezi is an AI agent that operates within Unity to assist game developers with code generation, scene building, debugging, and automation tasks.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareGamingOakland, US
Cecilia Uhr(Co-founder and Chief Product Officer / Founding Designer)inJulian Park(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)inDenys Bastov(Co-founder and technical/security leader)in
BoardChetan Puttagunta(Director)inSusan Liu(Director / investor representative)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersUncork Capital2.12 Angels8VCAdverb VenturesAirAngels+15 more
Bird operates a shared electric scooter and e-bike service designed to reduce car trips and emissions in urban environments across multiple continents.
CleantechMobility & TransportationSanta Monica, US
Co-investorsAccelAlate PartnersCanaan PartnersCoastCapComcast VenturesCraft Ventures+18 more
Capitol builds sovereign AI infrastructure for regulated institutions including financial services firms, professional services organizations, and government agencies.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkGovTechWashington, US
Shaun Modi(Founder & CEO)inthomas hallaran(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorFailup VenturesImagination CapitalTogether Fund468 Capital
Carbon Engineering is a Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology company, founded in 2009, that develops systems to capture large volumes of CO2 directly from the atmosphere.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechSquamish, CA
Co-investorsETCapitalKhosla VenturesLOWERCARBONLowercarbon CapitalWUTIF CapitalAirbus+1 more
Climate Papa is a personal website and podcast by Ben Eidelson exploring the intersection of climate change, technology, and parenthood, featuring conversations with product people, parents, and others.
Climate TechMedia & Entertainment
Ben Eidelson
Climeworks develops Direct Air Capture technology to remove carbon dioxide directly from the air, and through Climeworks Solutions designs and manages carbon removal portfolios that combine engineered and nature-based methods.
CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech
Christoph Gebald(Founder)inJan Wurzbacher(Founder)in
Co-investorsCarbon Removal PartnersKhosla VenturesVerve VenturesGlobal Founders Capital
Framer is an AI-powered website builder that enables users to design and develop websites through an integrated design canvas with AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsAmsterdam
Jorn van Dijk(Executive Officer, Director)Koen Bok(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardHillary Ball(Director)inZhenya Loginov(Director)inAlex Clayton(Director)in
Co-investorsAccelFoundation CapitalGaldana VenturesIron Key CapitalMeritech Capital PartnersUncork Capital+2 more
Copper makes induction stoves with integrated battery energy storage that enable home electrification without major electrical upgrades.
CleantechClimate TechConsumerHardwareBerkeley, US
Sam Calisch(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsClimacticCollaborative FundMMC VenturesNecessary VenturesNorwest Venture PartnersPrelude Ventures+3 more
David Energy builds technology to enable electricity grids powered by 100% clean, renewable energy.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardwareNew York, US
James McGinniss(Executive Officer, Director)inAhmed Salman(Executive Officer)Brian Maxwell(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsCathay InnovationEqual VenturesGreat Oaks Venture CapitalJetstreamLorimer VenturesOceans Ventures+3 more
Delighted is customer feedback software that collects and analyzes feedback across digital experiences, contact centers, chat, email, and social media, using AI to surface themes and automate response workflows for enterprise organizations.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Mike Gowen(Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital Ventures
DICE is a ticketing platform that enables fans to discover and book live events including concerts, festivals, comedy shows, and club nights.
ConsumerCreator EconomyMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment
Phil Hutcheon(Founder)in
Co-investorsEvolution Equity PartnersSoftBank Vision FundStructural CapitalWhite Star Capital
Donut offers a Slack-based tool aimed at improving employee engagement, collaboration, and productivity within teams.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Dan Manian(CEO & Cofounder)Jeff Manian(CTO & Cofounder)
Co-investorsAccelHack VCAltos VenturesBloomberg BetaMakers FundSky9 Capital
Dupe is a shopping tool that lets consumers find cheaper lookalike alternatives to products they want by searching the internet for the same or similar items at lower prices.
ConsumerE-commerceRetail Tech
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesKindred VenturesNextView Ventures
Elevate is a mobile app offering 40+ brain-training games and daily puzzles aimed at improving skills such as reading, writing, speaking, memory, math, and problem-solving.
ConsumerEdTechWellness & Fitness
Andy MroczkowskiJeff EvansJesse Pickard
Co-investors500 GlobalEniac Ventures
Era is building an AI-native personal finance platform that consolidates a user's accounts, balances, transactions, and insights into a single view with automated actions.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechSan Francisco, US
Jasper Lau(Founder)inLindsay B(Founder)
Co-investorsMaC Venture CapitalMoth FundProtagonistAbstract VenturesBetaworksBoxGroup+3 more
Euclid is a venture capital firm focused on Vertical AI, providing research-driven insights and investing in companies building vertical AI software.
AI & Machine LearningPalo Alto, US
William Smith(Executive Officer, Director)Nic Poulos(Founder)in
BoardMichael Dearing(Director)Patrick Chung(Director)
Co-investorsDeep AcreCommonweal VenturesSpero VenturesToba CapitalVenrock
Euclid Power provides software and technical services that help renewable energy teams organize project documents, convert them into structured verified data, and manage projects across their lifecycle.
CleantechEnergySaaSNew York City, US
Jacob Sandry(Cofounder)Brian DeMaio(Founder)inRyan Guay(Founder)in
Co-investorsBridges Fund Management Ltd.Coalition OperatorsCommonweal VenturesNextView VenturesSpero VenturesToba Capital+1 more
Ever.green offers high-impact renewable energy certificates (RECs) that fund new renewable energy and storage projects, and runs a tech-enabled marketplace to help buyers acquire clean energy tax credits and guide developers through monetization under the Inflation Reduction Act.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyMarketplaces
Co-investorsCity LightEclipse
Co-investorsCity Light
Fearn is a patent prosecution firm that handles patent drafting and filing for technology teams, founded by former Big Law patent professionals and PhDs.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTech
Han Kim(Co-founder & CEO)
Co-investorsKindred VenturesA16Z SpeedrunESSENCE VCEssence Venture Capital
Felt is a cloud-native, extendable platform for creating, visualizing, and analyzing geospatial data on interactive maps, with support for drag-and-drop file uploads, geocoding, and cartographic styling.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaSTelluride, US
Tomer Alpert(Manager & Chief Executive Officer)GRACIE EVERITT(FOUNDER)Sam HashemiinKearston Grace Everitt(Chief Operating Officer)Rachel Zackin
Co-investorsEnergize CapitalFootworkMoxxie VenturesSHAKTIBain Capital VenturesBCV
Flatfile is an AI-powered data migration platform that lets enterprises collect, map, clean, transform, and validate data from files, APIs, webhooks, databases, and cloud storage.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareDenver, US
David Boskovic(Executive Officer, Director)inEric Crane(Executive Officer, Director)AVERY CHASE(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRORY O'DRISCOLL(Director)FRANCES SCHWEIP(Director)
Co-investorsAfore CapitalScale Venture PartnersTiger Global ManagementTwo Sigma VenturesWorkday VenturesGradient Ventures
Folio is a procure-to-pay platform for hotels and hospitality businesses, letting teams order from suppliers, process and match invoices, manage inventory, and pay bills in one place.
FintechRetail TechSaaSDurham, US
Kate Adamson(Founder)Al Hertz(Founder)in
Co-investorsConstruct CapitalThrive Capital
Forma operates a benefits platform that provides customizable pre- and post-tax spending accounts, letting employees choose personalized benefits through a store, payment card, or claims reimbursement.
FintechHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsAngelPadNewView CapitalNimble PartnersEmergence CapitalRibbit CapitalUpside Partnership
Formation helps engineers find career opportunities at technology companies.
EdTechFuture of WorkHR TechSan Francisco, US
Sophie Z. Novati(Founder)inMichael Novati(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBrighter Capital
Foundation was a non-custodial platform for NFT trading and creator monetization.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3
Kayvon Tehranian(Founder)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzDraft Ventures LlcJustin “3LAU” BlauStandard Crypto
Foundation was a non-custodial, onchain NFT platform that let users mint, list, and sell NFTs through smart contracts, with assets held in users' own wallets.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsPantera Capital
Co-investorsEquity Up / AngelHub Bolivia
Groove provides a virtual bone health program for people with osteoporosis, pairing each member with a physician and a dedicated physical therapist for at-home strength training and monitoring.
Digital HealthHealthtechLongevity
Co-investorsNecessary Ventures
Gusto provides payroll processing, employee benefits administration, and HR management tools to businesses, offering integrated software alongside support services for these functions.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Francisco, US
Josh Reeves(Founder/CEO)inEdward Kim(Founder/Empowering Gusto's Engineering Team)inTomer London(Founder/; Empowering Gusto's Product and Design Teams)in
Co-investors137 VenturesA*Acrew CapitalAkkadian VenturesAspect VenturesAurum+48 more
Heartbeat Health builds a modern cardiology ecosystem to deliver cardiovascular care through technology-enabled interventions.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesNew York, US
Jeff Wessler(Founder & Chief Executive Officer)Jeffrey Wessler(Founder)inBrian Greer(Executive Officer)Mark Hanson(Executive Officer)Nayan Jain(Executive Officer)
BoardPayal Divakaran(Director)in
Co-investors.406 VenturesEcho Health VenturesHitachi VenturesKindred VenturesLerer HippeauOptum Ventures+1 more
Honeycomb converts emails from a family's school into a shared, automatically updating calendar and helps parents coordinate after-school activities, camps, and carpools.
ConsumerEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsMoxxie Ventures
Hummingbird provides financial institutions with AI-powered compliance tools for anti-money-laundering investigations, helping analysts organize case information and connect data sources across their tech stack.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechSaaS
Matthew Van Buskirk(Founder)inJesse Reiss(Founder)Joe Robinson(Founder)
Co-investorsBattery VenturesHomebrewTTV Capital
Hustle is a mobile communication platform for text, calls, and video messaging that lets organizations broadcast bulk messages, automate responses, and hold 1:1 conversations.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSan Francisco, US
Robert T. Lindsay(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPerry Rosenstein(Director)Chamath Palihapitiya(Director)in
Co-investorsGSV VenturesHigher Ground LabsKapor CapitalIndex VenturesMatrixSocial Capital Partnership
Impossible Foods produces plant-based meat alternatives, including beef, pork, chicken, and sausage products designed to replicate the taste, nutrition, and cooking properties of conventional animal meat.
ConsumerFoodTechHealthtechRedwood City, US
Pat Brown(Founder & CEO)inDavid Lee(Executive Officer)Peter McGuinnessin
BoardBart Swanson(Director)inSamir Kaul(Director)inTai Ronnen(Director)
Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersBlue Horizon CorporationCoatue ManagementCollaborative FundContinental Grain CompanyCPT Capital+18 more
Interfere is a real-time monitoring platform that helps engineers detect and understand bugs and issues in production applications before users encounter them, providing root cause analysis and suggested fixes.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Luke Shiels(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsHummingbird VenturesY Combinator
Joyful Health builds an AI-powered financial operating system for healthcare revenue cycle management, focused on following up on denied and aged insurance claims.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthFintechHealthtech
Co-investorsThe CouncilInflect Health
Kopperfield offers a software platform that helps electrical contractors create permit documentation, including load calculations, line diagrams, and panel schedules, to support home electrification projects.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechConstruction TechEnergySaaS
Jesse C. Vaughan(Founder)inMark Wong(Founder)in
Co-investorsGiant Ventures Global Llp
Liftoff is a hiring and networking platform that uses AI together with human insight to connect people with job opportunities through trusted professional relationships.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Eleanor Morgan(Founder)in
Co-investorsCity LightFirst Row PartnersForerunner VenturesTorch CapitalBlackstone
Lumen brings qualified demand to commercial real estate (CRE) owners, providing analysis owners trust to help them transact and close faster than traditional cold prospecting.
PropTechSaaS
Co-investorsMoxxie Ventures
Lumen operates a platform focused on commercial real estate (CRE) energy transactions, connecting CRE owners with qualified demand backed by trusted analysis.
CleantechEnergyPropTechSan Francisco, US
Dave Coen(Founder)inMichael Sachdev(Director)Peter Light(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPoonam Sharma(Director)David Coen(Director)
Co-investorsMoxxie Ventures
Mage is a data workflow platform where users describe an outcome and the system builds and runs AI-generated workflows that connect sources, apply checks, and deliver validated data to dashboards, products, APIs, and agents.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSanta Clara, US
Georges Mangin(Founder)Tommy Dang(Founder)Xiaoyou Wang(Founder)
Co-investorsGradient VenturesLigature VCSINEWAVE VENTURESAnorak VenturesEssence Venture Capital
Marvin provides mental health and well-being support for healthcare employees, combining input from therapists, academic researchers, data scientists, and clinical operations leaders.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMental HealthSan Marino, US
John Bracaglia(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsCanvas VenturesCanaan PartnersCanaryLiquid VenturesVillage Global
Mental is a mobile app that helps men improve their mental well-being through action-oriented tools for managing stress, building discipline, and finding purpose.
Digital HealthMental HealthWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsEvio VCNecessary VenturesVery Serious Ventures
Mighty Buildings manufactures prefabricated homes using 3D printing technology and robotics, with a goal of reducing construction emissions and waste.
PropTechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Slava Solonitsyn(Founder)inDmitry Starodubtsev(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbies VenturesAzure Ventures GroupBay Bridge Ventures ClimateBold Capital PartnersEvolution VC PartnersFlucas Ventures+12 more
Mixmax is an AI-powered sales execution platform that helps sales teams manage customer engagement and communication workflows.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Chanpory Rith(Director)Olof Mathe(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsFloodgateRed Swan VenturesResolute VenturesCreandumHarrison Metal
Monograph is a project management and financial platform built specifically for architecture and engineering (A&E) firms, helping them track projects, forecast needs, and manage budgets and performance.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaS
Robert Yuen(Co-founder)inAlex Dixon(Co-founder)Moe Amaya(Co-founder)
Co-investorsIndex VenturesBase10 Partners
Monograph is a firm management platform for US-based architecture and engineering firms (roughly 5 to 50 people), combining pipeline and proposal management, project budgeting and time tracking, project accounting, invoicing, and payments in one system.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsHomebrewParade VenturesEssence Venture Capital
Mood is a telehealth service offering mental health care delivered remotely by clinicians.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental Health
Mike Clare(Founder)inBetsy McMichael(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalNext VenturesReshapeStone Mountain VenturesVibe CapitalEarl Grey Capital
Mordor Intelligence is a market research and advisory firm that produces syndicated industry reports and custom research across more than 20 industry verticals, serving enterprises worldwide.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsOsage Venture Partners
Multi is a multiplayer collaboration app for software teams that offers simultaneous screensharing (up to 10 people), shared cursors and control, keyboard-first commands, and AI-generated meeting summaries and action items with integrations like Linear, Slack, and Raycast.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Embiricos(Co-Founder & CEO)Charley Ho(Co-Founder & CTO)
Co-investorsFirst Round CapitalGreylock PartnersMusha VenturesSarah GuoWndrCoScript Capital
Personal website of Nan Ransohoff featuring essays and short writings on public goods, philanthropy, climate change, carbon removal, and related policy topics.
New Gen builds an AI-native commerce platform that turns online stores into experiences for both shoppers and their AI agents, generating tailored content, interfaces, and insights from a retailer's product data.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail Tech
Co-investorsBeat VenturesHawk Hill Ventures
Notion offers a workspace platform for teams to manage projects, documentation, and tasks through customizable views like Gantt charts and Kanban boards.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ivan Zhao(Founder)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesA*Draft Ventures LlcFirst Round CapitalKearny JacksonLong Journey Ventures+11 more
Odessia is an AI travel concierge that plans and books entire trips through a conversation, covering flights, hotels and homes, activities, and itineraries.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerTravel & Hospitality
Francis Davidson(Founder)
Co-investorsSequoia Capital
Cooley is a law firm providing legal counsel to companies, including support for US-listed public companies, board members, and businesses preparing to go public.
LegalTech
OnePay is a financial technology app that provides banking services including savings, earning options, and card management to consumer users.
FintechSacramento, US
Brian Hamilton(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Cory Ruell(Executive Officer)Sarah Elliott(Executive Officer)Jay Shah(Director)
BoardArjan Schutte(Director)inCharles Moldow(Director)in
Co-investorsCore Venture CapitalObvious VenturesFoundation Capital
OpenStudio is a design studio building AI-powered creative design tools for designers.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Kor Kajanaku(Co-founder & CEO)Agi Kajanaku(Co-founder & CTO)
Co-investorsNava Ventures
Operate is a CRM built for founders to move deals from qualified to closed, with a focus on speed and a lightweight interface.
SaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsStrange Ventures
Bitly provides a unified platform for URL shortening, QR code generation, and landing page creation with advanced analytics and tracking capabilities.
FintechMarketing TechSaaSBrooklyn, US
Co-investorsASEBAt One VenturesAUGE-UCRBerkley Center for EntrepreneurshipBethnal Green VenturesBioHealth Innovation, Inc.+21 more
Paper is a design platform with a canvas built on web standards (HTML/CSS) that connects designers' visual work with codebases, AI agents, apps, and data via MCP, syncing design tokens, styles, and components between code and canvas.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Stephen Haney(Founder)in
Commure develops software solutions for healthcare providers and administrators to reduce documentation burden, streamline denial management, and improve staff safety infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Diede van Lamoen(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardHemant Taneja(Director)in
Co-investors8VCAIX VenturesGeneral CatalystHuman CapitalJazzya InvestmentsLux Capital+6 more
Phantom is a multichain cryptocurrency wallet designed for consumer accessibility and ease of use.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Fintech
Brandon Millman(Founder)inFrancesco Agosti(Founder)in
Co-investorsParadigmSequoia CapitalJump Capitala16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzKindred Ventures+5 more
Physical Intelligence develops generalist AI models for robotics that can control any robot to perform various tasks through learning algorithms and multi-robot training.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Sergey Levine(Founder)Adnan Esmail(Founder)Brian Ichter(Founder)Karol Hausman(Founder)Lachy Groom(Founder)Quan Vuong(Founder)
Co-investorsCapitalGKhosla VenturesLux CapitalRedpoint VenturesSequoia CapitalThrive Capital+24 more
Playbit builds a runtime for creating collaborative, graphical "personal-scale" applications that developers can write once and run across desktop, web, and mobile via a minimal ABI-stable syscall interface, running apps as WASM or as natively linked code.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsGaming
Pledge operates a charitable giving platform that enables companies, nonprofits, and individuals to facilitate donations.
FintechImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Co-investorsACTAI VenturesBonfire VenturesLDR VenturesMantis CapitalMaven VenturesNew Ground Ventures+1 more
Podia offers an all-in-one platform for creators to run their online businesses, consolidating tools for content, memberships, and customer relationships into one place.
Creator EconomyE-commerceEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsNotation Capital
Previvor Edge offers a multidisciplinary cancer prevention and early-detection program that combines genetic testing, clinical risk assessment, lifestyle guidance, and screening tools such as multi-cancer tests and full-body MRIs.
Digital HealthHealthtechLongevity
Michelle Zimmerman(Founder)inSven Karlsson(Founder)in
Co-investorsRed Swan Ventures
Primer operates a network of microschools based on a one-room schoolhouse model that combines in-person learning with technology.
ConsumerEdTechMiami, US
Ryan Delk(Co-Founder and CEO)
Co-investorsWorklife VenturesAccelICONIQPeak XV PartnersSofinaSpeedinvest
Quanta provides SaaS accounting and back-office services, including bookkeeping and controller services, paired with software that produces reporting traceable to the underlying accounting.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Helen Hastings(Co-founder)inTheodora Chu(Founder)
Co-investorsElad GilImmad AkhundAccelHomebrewOperator CollectiveBaron Capital
Remix is a platform for public transit agencies to plan, schedule, and visualize transit systems in real-time.
GovTechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Tiffany Chu(CEO & Cofounder)inSam Hashemi(Founder/CEO)inDaniel Getelman(Founder/CTO)inDanny Whalen(Founder)in
Co-investorsEnergy Impact PartnersY CombinatorDecheng CapitalSequoia Capital
Remotion is a multiplayer collaboration app for software teams that offers simultaneous screensharing for up to 10 people, shared cursors and control, keyboard-first commands, and AI-generated session summaries and action items.
Developer ToolsFuture of WorkSaaS
Revi provides private market intelligence for private equity firms and acquisitive companies, using AI to identify M&A targets and surface competitive intelligence through analysis of proprietary and web-scale data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSales TechNew York City, US
Max Nuyen(Co-founder)inBenjamin McKinzey(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorPrecursor VenturesUbiquity Ventures
Co-investorsBoro CapitalRoyal Street Ventures Management Company, LlcVolition CapitalCollide CapitalUbiquity Ventures
Rivian designs and manufactures software-defined electric vehicles, including the R1T electric truck, R1S SUV, and upcoming R2, with home charging equipment and access to a broad public charging network.
CleantechHardwareMobility & TransportationIrvine, US
RJ Scaringe(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsB3 CapitalCoatue ManagementJIMCOManhattan Venture PartnersPrysm CapitalThird Point Ventures+4 more
Ro is an online healthcare platform that connects patients with licensed providers and delivers prescription treatments, including GLP-1 medications for weight loss, ED treatments, and other health goals.
Digital HealthDirect to ConsumerHealthtechSilicon Valley, US
Zachariah Reitano(Founder)inRob Schutz(Founder)inSaman Rahmanian(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalAnsa CapitalBlack Jays Venturesblue 9 capitalBoxGroupBY Venture Partners+19 more
Personal portfolio site of a designer showcasing work in UI/UX, eCommerce web design, illustration, presentation design, print design, and motion graphics/video.
Creator Economy
Second Door is an all-in-one growth platform for physical therapy practices, offering tools for direct-to-employer contracting, cash-pay consumer subscriptions, lead capture and scheduling, marketing automation, and outcomes reporting.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsTeamworthy VenturesTorch Capital
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization; the page is a multilingual landing page and does not describe specific products or services.
GovTech
Co-investors2050ACTAI VenturesAfrigreen Debt Impact FundArborview CapitalMI.TO TechnologyquantumEDGE Ventures+2 more
SINAI provides a technology platform that helps organizations measure, reduce, and report carbon emissions across their operations and value chains.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsAfore CapitalClimacticHigh AlphaObvious VenturesTransLink CapitalEnergize Capital
Siteline is a billing software platform designed for trade contractors to manage accounts receivable, payment applications, and lien waivers.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Gloria Lin(Co-founder & President)Claire Wilson(Co-founder & CEO)inJoel Poloney(Founder)
Co-investorsBrick Mortar VenturesMenlo Ventures
SPAN develops smart electrical panels that provide real-time home energy monitoring and control, enabling homeowners to track and optimize energy consumption at the room and appliance level to reduce energy bills.
CleantechHardwareIoTSan Francisco, US
Arch Rao(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsAngeleno GroupArcTern VenturesCollaborative FundCongruent VenturesEarth FoundryEnergy Foundry+15 more
Stripe provides financial infrastructure for businesses to accept payments, offer financial services, and implement custom revenue models across international markets in 135+ currencies.
Developer ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
John Collison(Co-founder & President)inPatrick Collison(Co-founder & CEO)inWilliam Gaybrick(Executive Officer)Greg Brockman(Founding Engineer, then first CTO)inSarah HeckSarah Heck
Co-investors500 GlobalAdvaita CapitalAglae VenturesAir Street CapitalAlkeon InnovationAndreessen Horowitz+60 more
Superframe is a customer intelligence platform that consolidates customer signals into a context layer for AI-powered go-to-market teams, providing cited answers to GTM questions.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechPalo Alto, US
Derek Steer(Executive Officer, Director)Nick Bruun(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDan Scholnick(Director)
Co-investorsESSENCE VCEssence Venture Capital
SuperHi is an online school offering practical courses in web design, coding, visual design, and digital project management, structured around portfolio projects with lifetime access and a Discord community.
Creator EconomyEdTechNew York, US
Richard Lomas(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsExpaTorch Capital
Sway develops seaweed-based materials to create compostable packaging products such as polybags and retail bags, offered to brands as alternatives to plastic packaging.
Circular EconomyClimate TechNew Materials
Co-investorsAlante CapitalBAM VenturesNew Earth VenturesThird NatureTrousdale VenturesValor Equity Partners+2 more
Co-investorsACT Venture PartnersAlgebra VenturesAngel ForumCamelback VenturesCollide CapitalEcotone Partners+11 more
The Circular Design Guide is an online resource offering design thinking methods and tools to help innovators create products, services, and business models for the circular economy.
Circular EconomyClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Climate Designers is a volunteer-led organization offering educational content, resources, and a global community to help designers integrate climate-conscious practices into their work.
Climate TechEdTechImpact & Social Good
Noun Project operates an online library of nearly 10 million vector icons and high-resolution stock photos, offering SVG and PNG assets plus an icon API for use in presentations, websites, apps, and other design projects.
Creator EconomyMarketplacesSaaS
Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalKarlin VenturesLowercase Capital
The Path is an AI therapy app that delivers time-boxed sessions grounded in CBT, ACT, solution-focused brief therapy, and motivational interviewing, challenging users' cognitive distortions and tracking their patterns over time.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMental Health
Tony Robbins(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsNecessary VenturesPrime Movers Lab
Covina, US
Alexander Norcliffe(Executive Officer, Director)Lindsay Brady(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsNorthzoneProtagonist
Co-investorsArc AngelsBlackbird VenturesFootworkIcehouse Ventures
Co-investorsFamily Enterprise Partners (FEP)
Twelve operates AirPlant One, a commercial-scale eManufacturing facility in Moses Lake, Washington, that converts CO2, water, and renewable electricity into products including E-Jet fuel and E-Naphtha, a chemical building block.
CleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsMoses Lake, US
Nicholas Flanders(Cofounder)
Co-investorsGVA CapitalRanch VenturesCapricorn Investment GroupIndex VenturesKorea Investment PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+2 more
Watershed operates a sustainability and climate software platform that combines a climate database, AI, and tools for emissions measurement, sustainability reporting, and supply chain engagement, plus a marketplace for carbon removal and clean power projects.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsKleiner PerkinsGreenoaksSequoia CapitalGalvanize Climate Solutions
Wayfinder is an education platform sold to schools and school districts, offered through state and federal funding programs.
EdTechSaaS
Co-investorsOregon Venture FundBattery VenturesNotation CapitalWayfinder VenturesY Combinator
Weavy provides prebuilt, embeddable collaboration components—real-time chat, file sync, presence, and search—delivered via a single SDK and backend that developers wire into their own apps.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsAtlassian VenturesEntrée CapitalFounder Collective
Weavy is a node-based platform that combines multiple AI models with professional editing and compositing tools (layers, masking, inpainting, upscaling, relighting) in a single workflow.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomySaaS
Lior Albeck(Founder)inAlex Grüner(Founder)in
Co-investorsEntrée CapitalFounder Collective
West is a public benefit corporation building online platforms focused on emotional and spiritual technology.
ConsumerSocialWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US
Evan Sharp(Founding CEO)Biz Stone(Founding President)Sue Phillips(Founding Ancient Technologist)
BoardDacher Keltner(Founding Scientific Advisor)
World Positive is a venture capital publication/platform associated with Obvious Ventures, sharing investment theses, portfolio company features, and essays organized around economic, human, and planetary health.
Co-investorsBain Capital CryptoPantera CapitalSelini Capital
Personal website of Bret Victor, who leads Dynamicland, a research effort building a "dynamic medium" and Realtalk, a self-hosted spatial computing system.
Deep TechDeveloper ToolsHardware
Bret Victor(Founder, Dynamicland)
Personal website of Ximena Vengoechea, an author, illustrator, and UX researcher who publishes books, articles, and a newsletter, and offers speaking and consulting services.
Creator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Ximena Vengoechea
KAMPI is an app and platform that uses machine learning and AI to turn shrimp farmers' daily records into recommendations for managing biomass, biological and environmental parameters, feeding, and profitability across the harvest cycle.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTech
Co-investorsAqua SparkFounderFuel
Zero Acre Farms produces cooking oils optimized for chefs and restaurants, using organic fera fruit oil as an alternative to seed oils with superior heat stability, cleaner taste, and healthier fat profiles.
AgTechFoodTechImpact & Social GoodSan Francisco, US
Jeff Nobbs(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsCollaborative FundCornucopian Capital ManagementFifty YearsHabitat PartnersHyperguapJuniper+7 more
Zero Acre Farms produces cooking and frying oils made without seed oils, including a fermentation-derived fruit oil, as an alternative to canola and soybean oil.
AgTechConsumerFoodTech
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Designer Fund made?
- Designer Fund has 142 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Designer Fund invest at?
- Designer Fund invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Designer Fund's typical check size?
- Designer Fund typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
- What sectors does Designer Fund focus on?
- Designer Fund focuses on Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Designer Fund located?
- Designer Fund is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Designer Fund lead rounds?
- Yes, Designer Fund leads investment rounds.
- Who does Designer Fund co-invest with?
- Designer Fund most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, among 394 tracked co-investors.
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Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
Index Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm that backs companies from Seed to IPO and beyond, including through its dedicated seed fund Index Origin.
Founder Collective is a seed and pre-seed stage venture capital firm that invests across sectors, describing itself as sector agnostic and anti-thematic.
Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC) is a seed-stage venture firm that invests early in founders, with a focus on AI-native companies building leverage and scale.
Gradient is a seed-stage venture fund focused on backing founders building artificial intelligence companies, providing hands-on support as builders and mentors.
Slow Ventures is a generalist early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2011, with offices in San Francisco, Boston, and New York, investing in the earliest rounds of companies across many sectors.
Afore Capital is a $500M pre-seed venture fund that invests in pre-traction, early-stage companies, leveraging product and investment expertise to support founders from day zero.
Liquid 2 is an early- and growth-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders across all sectors of technology, providing capital along with support from a network of operators.
Two Sigma Ventures has rebranded and is now known as Deviation Capital; the page directs visitors to the new website.
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.
Operator Collective is a venture firm built around a Collective Venture Model, backed by 200+ operator limited partners who are current tech executives and provide portfolio companies with access to enterprise decision-makers, expertise, and networks.
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Worklife VenturesHummingbird VenturesUnknown VenturesLookout VenturesStellar CapitalSoma CapitalCrosslink CapitalOperator LPFreigeist CapitalBasecamp FundAudacious
Firms observed investing alongside Designer Fund, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Designer Fund's recorded portfolio.
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