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Mountain View · Seed–Series B · 6 people tracked
Also known as ELEFUND MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
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Investment thesis
Elefund invests in bold, mission-driven founders working to shape the future. The firm typically enters early — at seed and Series A — and has backed companies spanning financial services, enterprise software, digital asset infrastructure, and aerospace. Its approach centers on partnering with founders whose companies aim to transform large markets, from democratizing access to investing to enabling institutions to trade digital assets and delivering mission-critical solutions from ground to space.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 13, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Ross Glasser joined Elefund in 2021, bringing roughly a decade of investing experience, eight of which were in venture capital. He previously spent time at Bypass Lane and on Google's FP&A team focused on infrastructure technology.
Rasheen Smith is Co-Founder of Perimeter, a creative venture house working with brands, athletes, and enterprises across sports, culture, and technology, where projects have included brand identities for the San Diego Wave, the Los Angeles Golf Club, and the New Heights podcast. He is a Venture Partner at Elefund, a Silicon Valley investment firm, and co-founded Realcast, an extended reality studio developing mixed reality and VR games, as well as Flexpower, a pain relief and recovery products brand. A native of South Central Los Angeles, Smith studied at UC Berkeley and has worked with professional athletes on projects in Asia, Mexico, and Silicon Valley.
Nathan Rodland joined Elefund in 2019 after serving as the founding COO of Robinhood, which he helped scale to millions of customers and raise over $500M. He previously was COO of Chronos Research and has experience building finance, HR, compliance, business development, and customer success teams.
Founder mafia
3 people who came through Elefund went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 34 of 50 portfolio companiesSaaS ×16Fintech ×14AI & Machine Learning ×10Enterprise Software ×10Data & Infrastructure ×9HR Tech ×5InsurTech ×5Marketing Tech ×4
HQs:United States×26United Kingdom×2South Korea×2Australia×1Lithuania×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×103 founders×44+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 23 founders with education data
Stanford University ×4Carnegie Mellon University ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 20 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×8Business & Management ×6Engineering ×5Finance & Accounting ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 25 founders with career history
Box ×2Carta ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 23 with degree data)
Investments · 50 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 92022 · 22021 · 62019 · 22018 · 32017 · 123 dated
Robinhood is a financial trading platform that enables users to manage portfolios across stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, options, futures, and prediction markets.
FintechMenlo Park, US
Vlad Tenev(Founder)inBaiju Bhatt(Founder)inJason Warnick(Chief Financial Officer)inGretchen Howard(Executive Officer)inVladimir Tenev(Founder)
BoardScott Sandell(Director)in
Co-investors1/1 CapitalACME CapitalAlgerAliya Capital PartnersAmplo VenturesAndreessen Horowitz+66 more
Orderful provides technology for instant electronic data interchange (EDI) connectivity between trading partners, replacing traditional one-by-one connection setups with immediate, always-current integrations for any transaction type.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Erik Kiser(Founder)inJohn McCarthy(Executive Officer, Director)Kevin McGee(Founder)
BoardGregoire Lehmann(Director)inDaniel Ward(Director)David Ulevitch(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzGaingelsPathbreaker VenturesAnorak VenturesCalm VenturesHack VC+8 more
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10by10 operates a platform that connects companies with software engineers across recruitment agencies.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechMarketplacesSaaSSan Francisco, US
April Chang(Founder)inRobert Bartruff(Founder)inThomas Kollar
Co-investorsY Combinator
Able Human Motion develops a lightweight, quick-to-fit exoskeleton for neurorehabilitation in clinical settings, actively assisting people with mobility impairments to walk again.
HealthtechMedical DevicesRobotics
Co-investorsBStartupShip2BLocalGlobeMoonshots CapitalNext Coast VenturesSignal Peak Ventures
Admix operates a curated advertising network that connects non-endemic brands with mobile gaming audiences, offering audience segmentation and programmatic ad placements across casual games.
AdTechGamingMarketing Tech
Co-investorsNotion CapitalColopl NextDIP CapitalForce Over Mass CapitalRocket CapitalSpeedinvest+1 more
Alpaca provides brokerage infrastructure APIs that enable fintechs and financial institutions to build investing applications and platforms with access to stocks, options, crypto, and other asset types.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Yoshi Yokokawa(CEO)inHitoshi Harada(CTO)inKaren Borchert(Executive Officer, Director)inRaja Bhatia(Vice President of Engineering)Kevin Chandra(Software Engineer)inAbbey Gless(HR Manager)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesBreakpoint CapitalDiagramEndeavor CatalystHorizons VenturesNimble Partners+24 more
Astranis manufactures small, high-powered geosynchronous satellites equipped with advanced digital processing technology for global telecommunications and connectivity services.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareSpace TechSan Francisco, US
John Gedmark(CEO)inRyan McLinko(CTO)inMike Mancini(Executive Officer)Siamak Ebadi(Lead RF Engineer)inHall Chen(RF Payload Design)inShraddha Pandya(Talent Acquisition)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzATEL VenturesBlack FlagBoxGroupCantos VenturesCherubic Ventures+87 more
Beep manufactures long-battery wireless sensors that transmit data from remote locations to cloud platforms, with built-in environmental sensing and extensible ports for additional sensor types.
Advanced ManufacturingRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Daniel Conrad(CEO)inShawn Lewis(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorBetaworks Ventures Management, LlcBLH Venture Partners, LLCDolby LaboratoriesFuel CapitalFundersClub+6 more
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Brand Fit is a branding studio that helps founders of Series A and later companies evolve their brand identity and systems to support scaling, investment, partnerships, and category leadership.
Marketing TechWellness & Fitness
Kirby(Founder)
Calm is a mental health app offering guided meditations, sleep stories, soundscapes, and stress-relief tools designed to help users manage anxiety, improve sleep, and build healthy habits for overall wellness.
HealthtechMental HealthWellness & FitnessMiami, US
Alex Tew(Founder)inMichael Acton Smith(Founder)inDavid Ko(CEO)
Co-investorsAcumen AmericaBrighter CapitalCherubic VenturesConnect VenturesEQUIAMEvio VC+25 more
Canopy Connect provides digital infrastructure for permissioned data sharing between consumers and businesses, enabling insurance agencies, carriers, lenders, and automotive businesses to deliver frictionless insurance and lending services.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsLocalGlobeNimble PartnersNevcaut Ventures
Carta is a cloud-based ERP platform for private capital markets that manages cap tables, equity administration, fund management, and valuations for startups, private companies, and venture funds globally.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Henry Ward(Founder)inManu Kumar(Founder)inCharly Kevers(Chief Financial Officer)inJeff Perry(Chief Revenue Officer)inNick Avery(Chief People Officer)inNicole Baer(Chief Marketing Officer)in
Co-investors4DX VenturesA*Adventure FundAlign VenturesAlumni VenturesAmity Ventures+76 more
Confirm is an AI-powered performance management platform that uses Organizational Network Analysis to map collaboration patterns and provide objective data for fairer employee reviews.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Josh Merrill(Founder)inJeremy Lerner
Co-investorsGaingelsMana VenturesResolute VenturesScribble VenturesSpero VenturesWestern Technology Investment+1 more
Curacel builds insurance infrastructure and distribution technology to provide risk protection for people in emerging markets who lack access to traditional insurance products.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTechSaaSLondon, GB
Henry Mascot(Founder)inJohn Flash Dada(Founder)inJohn Dada(Founder)Victor Orishade(Talent Manager)Fikayo Adeleke(AI Engineer)Precious Anyasor(People Ops Associate)
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Atlantica VenturesCapria VenturesCo-Creation Hub (CcHUB)Consonance Investment ManagersOlive Tree Capital+9 more
Engine (formerly Hotel Engine) operates a business travel management platform that connects companies with lodging, flights, and car rentals to book and manage trips.
FintechMarketplacesSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Elia(CEO)Elia Wallen(Founder)Petar Besevic(Founder)Simon Spurrier(Founder)
Co-investorsTelescope PartnersBlackstone Life SciencesEntrepreneur First
Flo is a women's health app offering personalized cycle tracking, fertility guidance, pregnancy support, and health education backed by a medical team.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechWellness & FitnessVilnius, LT
Dmitry Gurski(Founder)inYury Hurski(Executive Officer, Director)Maxim Scrobov(Executive Officer, Director)Yuri Gurski(Founder)
BoardAndrey Gershfeld(Director)Yauheni Nuehen(Director)
Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalElysium VenturesGeneral AtlanticMangrove Capital PartnersSDVTarget Global+1 more
LaunchPoint is a creator marketing platform that connects brands with a network of 50,000+ creators for on-demand content partnerships.
Creator EconomyData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareGamingMarketing TechSan Francisco, US
Adam Neuwirth(Founder)inAndrew Simpson(Head of Growth)Nadia Latifi(COO)
Co-investorsRaineRed Bear AngelsY CombinatorCathexis VenturesCory LevyGalaxy Ventures+3 more
Groq designs and manufactures the LPU (Language Processing Unit), a chip purpose-built for AI inference, and operates GroqCloud, a platform for running inference workloads with low latency and cost efficiency across global data centers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingSemiconductorsPalo Alto, US
Jonathan Ross(Founder)inDouglas Wightman(Founder)
BoardChamath Palihapitiya(Director)in
Co-investorsAccess Ventures (New York)Acequia Capital (AceCap)Alumni VenturesAxiom PartnersB CapitalBanca Investis — Family Office+77 more
Handle builds a construction data platform that unifies fragmented invoices, projects, payments, and documents into a single data graph.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechData & InfrastructurePropTechSan Francisco, US
Blake Robertson(Founder)inChris Woodard(Founder)inPatrick Hogan(Founder)inGuilherme Nazareth(Head of Data Science)in
Co-investorsAngelDAOBridge LatamEnergize CapitalKeyhorse CapitalRoosh VenturesSoma Capital+16 more
Landed provides housing loan program administration and management for hospitals and colleges, enabling employers to co-invest with employees for down payment assistance while managing compliance and program operations.
FintechHR TechPropTechSan Francisco, US
Jonathan Asmis(Founder)inAlex Lofton(Founder)inJesse Vaughan(Cofounder)inVivian Wang(Founder)in
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.MassMutual VenturesMission and MarketUlu VenturesWestern Technology InvestmentY Combinator+15 more
Landvault builds, hosts and monetises immersive 3D and metaverse experiences for brands and governments.
Joe Bachle-Morris(Founder)Samuel Huber(Founder)
Co-investorsColopl NextDIP CapitalFounders FactoryFounders Factory NYNotion CapitalSure Valley Ventures+2 more
Mothership operates a freight platform that connects high-volume shippers with a network of independent carriers for same-day and less-than-truckload delivery, offering instant booking, automated routing, and real-time hub-to-hub tracking.
B2B MarketplacesData & InfrastructureEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechInsurTechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesSaaSAustin, US
Gregg Luskin(Founder)inAaron Peck(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAlpana VenturesAlt CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBow CapitalFifth Wall+10 more
Pie Insurance is an insurtech company providing property and casualty insurance solutions.
InsurTechUnited States, US
John Swigart(Founder)inDax Craig(Founder)inJoel Moxley(Director)
BoardIan Sigalow(Director)in
Co-investorsAllianz XGreycroftAcrew CapitalAspect VenturesEvolution VC PartnersGaingels+7 more
Powder provides an AI document extraction agent that parses financial documents (brokerage statements, tax returns, insurance documents, estate plans, and asset decks) for registered investment advisors and wealth management firms.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Kanishk Parashar(CEO)inSoo Yung Cho(CTO)inDavid Goerz(Founder)inDominic Tully(Founder)inJukka Peltola(Founder)Mikko Revonniemi(Founder)
Co-investorsEight CapitalFundersClubLitquidity VenturesPioneerSerenaTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)+12 more
Quotabook provides investor relations management software for Korean startups and enterprises, enabling end-to-end management of fundraising, investor reporting, and financial data.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSeoul, KR
Andy Choi(Founder)inDan HongPilseon Jun
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesShorooq PartnersWhoa I Lp, By: Whoa VenturesY CombinatorAccess VenturesCapstone Partners Korea+4 more
Radar Relay provides a crypto app for tracking token movements across decentralized exchanges, chains, and liquidity pools in real time.
Crypto & Web3Fort Collins, US
Alan Curtis(Manager)inMichael Roth(Manager)Devin Eldridge(CFO)
BoardCaleb Tebbe(Manager)in
Co-investorsBatshit Crazy VenturesBlockchain CoinvestorsKokopelli CapitalNotation CapitalSparkland CapitalBlockchain Capital+11 more
Raincoat develops climate insurance solutions that interconnect insurance providers, reinsurers, distributors, and end-users by using real-time environmental data and sophisticated models.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechInsurTech
Jonathan Gonzalez(Founder)
Co-investorsAnthemis VentureMundi VenturesOpen Opportunity FundR/GA Ventures305 VenturesDivergent Capital+2 more
SentiLink provides fraud detection and identity verification products and data solutions for financial institutions and businesses.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Max(Co-founder)Maxwell Blumenfeld(Founder)inNaftali Harris(Founder)inMax Blumenfeld(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCraft VenturesFelicis VenturesFifth Down CapitalFlexcap VenturesNew York Life Ventures+30 more
UK-based sports NFT and metaverse platform pairing athlete-curated digital collectibles with exclusive behind-the-scenes content.
Crypto & Web3GamingLondon, GB
Co-investorsSound Media VenturesTechstarsAndrew MasantoRoham GharegozlouWndrCo
Stackpack provides an AI agent for finance teams that manages vendor and AI spend, monitoring contract renewals, analyzing token usage, flagging spend increases, catching unused vendors, routing approvals, and setting budgets.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sara Wyman(Founder)in
Co-investorsLayout VenturesMSIVNomad Venture Partners, LlcFreestyle CapitalUpside Partnership
Stakeholder Labs works alongside public companies' investor relations, communications, and marketing teams to build retail-investor communication and community programs, combining strategic advisory, proprietary software and data, and day-to-day execution.
FintechMarketing TechSaaSWest Hollywood, US
Matt (MJ) Joanou(Founder)inAndres Focil(Founder)inMatt Joanou(Founder)
Co-investors1Flourish CapitalPlug and Play VenturesSeven Seven SixCaffeinated CapitalFinSight VenturesGreycroft+1 more
Talos provides white-label cryptocurrency trading infrastructure and technology for retail investment platforms and digital asset brokerages.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Anton Katz(Founder)inEthan Feldman(Founder)
Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)a16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBlockchain CoinvestorsCastle Island VenturesCoinbase Ventures+17 more
Truv operates a consumer-permissioned data platform that gives financial institutions direct access to income, employment, asset, tax, transaction, and insurance data through a unified API.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Kirill Klokov(Founder)inIlya Chatsviorkin(Founder)inBrian Webb(Founder)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesChapter OneFunction VenturesKleiner PerkinsNimble PartnersNyca+3 more
Online home building platform that lets buyers design and build single-family homes on vacant lots at guaranteed prices.
Alec Hartman(Founder)
Co-investorsActivant CapitalAdapt VenturesAlumni VenturesEra VenturesFoundamentalGaingels+7 more
Welcome Homes (operated by Homes Company Co.
ConsumerPropTechSeoul, KR
Lee Tae-hyun(CEO (대표이사))
Co-investorsKakao VenturesActivant CapitalEra VenturesFoundamentalGaingelsGlobal Founders Capital+1 more
WorkRamp provides a learning platform trusted by over 3 million learners at major brands.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ted Blosser(CEO)inArsh Mand(Head of Engineering and Operations)inMike GarlandRavi Raval(Engineering Manager)Olivia Bishop(Software Engineer)Justin Duan(Product Manager)in
Co-investorsBow CapitalInitialized CapitalOMERS VenturesY CombinatorAlt CapitalGTMfund+7 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AetherfluxAlpacaDBBranchBranch InsuranceCanopyForwardHarmonicHotelEngineLoónaQuota LabRealcastVoyager Technologies
Exits · 4
1 IPOs · 3 acquisitions · showing 2Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesWorkRamp · clay.com · Sep 27, 2026
Calm · multiples.vc · Sep 19, 2026
Robinhood · finance.yahoo.com · Aug 8, 2026
Alpaca · crowdfundinsider.com · Jul 20, 2026
Mothership · startupintros.com · Jul 13, 2026
10 By 10 · startupintros.com · Jul 13, 2026
Orderful · usabusinessradio.com · Jul 8, 2026
Groq Inc · groq.com · Jun 22, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Elefund made?
- Elefund has 50 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited.
- What stage does Elefund invest at?
- Elefund invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Elefund focus on?
- Elefund focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Space Tech, Travel & Hospitality, Wellness & Fitness.
- Where is Elefund located?
- Elefund is headquartered in Mountain View, US.
- Does Elefund lead rounds?
- Elefund typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Elefund co-invest with?
- Elefund most often shares deals with Nimble Partners, Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, among 141 tracked co-investors.
- What size deals does Elefund back?
- Across 6 deals with disclosed amounts, Elefund has joined rounds of $3M – $25M (median $9M).
Co-investors · 29
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.
Susa Ventures operates two early-stage technology funds that invest in companies leveraging data, network effects, and economies of scale.
Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in the technology sector.
UpHonest Capital is a Silicon Valley-based investment firm founded in 2017 that supports cross-border entrepreneurship and investment between China and the United States, and runs media, scout, and incubation programs.
Techstars is a global startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds and mentors ambitious founders, providing $220K in capital, a three-month program, and access to a worldwide network of mentors, investors, and corporate partners.
Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders across industries and geographies, emphasizing the people behind ideas as much as the businesses themselves.
Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that backs early founders, with a focus on AI-native companies driving scale and industry change.
Greycroft is a venture capital firm that partners with founders across multiple industries and geographies, investing in software, sustainability, and consumer brands.
Acrew Capital is a venture capital firm that emphasizes a team-based approach to investing, offering portfolio companies access to its full team.
Social Leverage is a venture capital firm that has invested in over 150 startups since 2009, backing founders across finance, commerce, and other sectors.
▶17 more co-investors
K9 VenturesForce Over Mass CapitalLong Journey VenturesKrakenUlu VenturesKortschak Investments L.P.TSVCLombardstreet VenturesInvariantes FundListen VenturesEvio VCUberUnpopular VenturesSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Adjacent Ventures LlcEngineering CapitalUprising
Firms observed investing alongside Elefund, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Elefund's recorded portfolio.
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