Fundraising FoxEngineering Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingMenlo Park · Pre-Seed–Series A · 7 people tracked
Also known as ENGINEERING CAPITAL, L.L.C
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Investment thesis
Engineering Capital positions itself as 'venture capital for engineers,' partnering with technical founders driven by deep technical insights. The firm invests boldly and early — often before traditional venture firms are willing, and sometimes before a company is even formally started — and leads seed rounds in companies aiming to define new categories in information technology. Led by a former founder and CEO, the firm emphasizes deep technical understanding, speed of decision-making, product-market-fit focus, and long-term working relationships with repeat founders. It backs enterprise technology areas including cybersecurity, data infrastructure, cloud, and AI, and has raised multiple funds (I through IV).
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 7 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 29 of 51 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×20Enterprise Software ×16SaaS ×11Cybersecurity ×9Data & Infrastructure ×8Developer Tools ×7Cloud Computing ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×3
HQs:United States×34
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×83 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data
The Wharton School ×4Stanford University ×3Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani ×2Harvard University ×2Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Madras ×2Rutgers University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×16Engineering ×5Finance & Accounting ×5
Where their founders worked beforefrom 23 founders with career history
Oracle ×6Google ×3Juniper Networks ×3Microsoft ×3Intel ×2Rubrik ×2VMware ×2
1 founders hold a PhD · 6 hold an MBA (of 22 with degree data)
Investments · 51 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42025 · 42024 · 32023 · 12022 · 52021 · 32020 · 22019 · 12018 · 22017 · 12012 · 127 dated
Securing the world's data
Palo Alto, US
Bipul Sinha(Co-Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer)inArvind Nithrakashyap(Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer & Director)inArvind Jain(Co-Founder (former; departed to found Glean))inSoham Mazumdar(Co-Founder (former))inKiran Choudary(Chief Financial Officer)inJesse Green(Chief Revenue Officer)in
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investors3Spoke CapitalAccess Ventures (New York)Adit Ventures Management, LlcAnicut CapitalBain Capital VenturesChamaeleon+22 more
Kognitos builds an agentic AI automation platform that lets business users write automation logic in plain English, executed deterministically by a patented neurosymbolic engine across 130+ enterprise integrations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Jose, US
Binny Gill(Founder)in
Board seatAshmeet Sidana· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsClear VenturesFin CapitalKhosla VenturesAlumni VenturesDentsu VenturesPrime Partners+2 more
Onymos offers DocKnow, a document and data processing platform for clinical laboratories that captures, validates, and enriches intake documents such as test requisition forms and medical records.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsHealthtechSaaSRedwood Shores, US
SHIVAGURU NATHAN(Executive Officer, Director)Shiva Nathan(Founder & CEO)inShiva N(Founder)Bhavani Vangala(CTO)in
Board seatAshmeet Sidana· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsGreatPoint VenturesBenhamou Global VenturesIndustry VenturesBGV
IrisAgent provides a customer support platform that aggregates customer issue data to give support teams a comprehensive view and improve collaboration across organizations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSunnyvale, US
Co-investorsNeotribe Ventures
Oodle.ai is an observability platform that unifies metrics, logs, traces, APM, and agent observability with AI-driven debugging, built on S3 and serverless compute.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Jose, US
Kiran Gollu(Co-founder & CTO)inVijay Karthik(Co-founder & CEO)inGaurav Maheshwari(India Site Technical Lead)in
Co-investorsPear VCSNR VCY CombinatorIcon VenturesGreylock PartnersRedpoint Ventures
Sail Internet is a fiber-based internet service provider serving the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley since 2015.
Fremont, US
Kevin Fisher(Chief Product Officer)inGeorge GinisinDana Wayne Tom(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardClint Korver(Director)in
Board seatAshmeet Sidana· per SEC Form D · $2.4M raise · filed Jan 2017
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBetter Ventures Central LlcBrainstorm VenturesLong Venture PartnersUlu VenturesV1 VC
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Cohu supplies test, automation, inspection, metrology, and software analytics products and services to the semiconductor industry, helping manufacturers optimize yield and productivity.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareSemiconductorsSeattle, US
Jon Herlocker(Founder)inMatthew R McLaughlin(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatAshmeet Sidana· per SEC Form D · $2.8M raise · filed Jun 2018
Co-investorsClear VenturesDN CapitalM VenturesThe Hive
Network security platform providing universal network segmentation with zero agents and zero trust policy framework
Advanced ManufacturingCybersecurityIoT
Ritesh Agrawal(Founder)in
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsAspenwoodCervinKhosla VenturesStorm Ventures
Asimily provides an exposure management platform that inventories, prioritizes, and mitigates cybersecurity risk across IoMT, IoT, IT, and OT devices.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityHealthtechIoTSunnyvale, US
Shankar Somasundaram(Founder & CEO)inHithesh Nama(Co-founder)inMichael Brown(Director)inBrendan Baker(Director)inHank Barry(Executive Officer)
BoardJohn Dougery(Director)in
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsInventus Capital PartnersMemorialCare Innovation FundRidge Ventures
Auditoria AI provides autonomous AI agents that automate accounts payable and accounts receivable workflows, from invoice ingestion, classification, matching, and payment tracking to collections outreach, cash application, and supplier inquiry handling.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Jose, US
Rohit Gupta(Founder)inAdina Simu(Founder)in
BoardJustin Moore(Director)inSwaroop Kolluri(Director)inBrian Ascher(Director)in
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsDell Technologies CapitalInnovius CapitalNeotribe VenturesVenrockYork IESENTINEL GLOBAL+1 more
Baffle provides data protection through on-the-fly encryption for applications being migrated to cloud infrastructure, enabling organizations to keep their data encrypted with user-controlled keys without modifying application code.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSanta Clara, US
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investors1809 CapitalAlumni VenturesCelesta CapitalTrue VenturesClearvision VenturesEnvision Ventures Management, Llc+4 more
CodeRabbit provides AI-powered code review tools for developers to improve software quality and efficiency in development workflows.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsWalnut Creek, US
Harjot Gill(Executive Officer, Director)inGuritfaq Singh(Executive Officer, Director)inVishavjeet Kaur(Executive Officer)Alex Berkenkamp(Executive Officer)
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsAtomicoCRV (Charles River Ventures)Essence Venture CapitalFlex Capital PartnersFoothill VenturesHarmony Partners+8 more
Concentric Silicon supplies electronic components to manufacturers through a combination of model-driven sourcing for critical parts and direct purchasing of excess inventory, backed by certified inspection and quality control.
Advanced ManufacturingData & InfrastructureHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainSemiconductorsAustin, US
Jonah Van Bourg(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAsylum VenturesClear VenturesBallistic VenturesCiti VenturesCore Ventures GroupEndowus+2 more
Concentric AI provides AI-powered data security and governance solutions that help organizations discover, classify, and protect sensitive information across cloud and on-premises environments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Paolo Gaudiano(Executive Officer, Director)Greg Silverman(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAlphaDriveBallistic VenturesClear VenturesCore Ventures GroupHomebrewCiti Ventures+2 more
Montclair, US
Nicholas Kolba(Executive Officer, Director)Brian Schwinn(Director)
BoardStanton Green(Director)in
Co-investorsBlumberg Capital
The page shows a product offering (Prism Enterprise Analytics) but the content provided appears to be marketing copy from a different product (QueryPal).
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundWebb Investment NetworkKearny JacksonLightspeed Venture PartnersSequoia Capital
Dioptra develops an AI agent that performs contract review, redlining, playbook distillation, and compliance analysis at lawyer-level accuracy for legal and business teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSNew York City, US
Jacques Arnoux(Founder)inFarah Gasmi(Founder)inPierre Arnoux(CEO)inLaurie Ehrlich(CLO)in
Co-investorsFiDi VenturesY CombinatorKima VenturesMintakaVenture Investment Associates
Evinced offers an AI-powered chatbot focused on digital accessibility that answers developer and team questions, reviews code for accessibility issues across web and mobile frameworks, and can read design screenshots.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPalo Alto, US
Navin R. Thadani(Founder)inGal Moav(Founder)in
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsBenhamou Global VenturesCapital One VenturesInsight PartnersM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Vertex Ventures IsraelBGV+1 more
Guickly is an AI transformation platform that gives enterprises visibility and control over their AI usage, mapping every AI tool, agent, and API call across departments to track spend, set budgets, detect anomalies, and measure ROI.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Jose, US
Prashant Jalan(Founder, Guickly)in
BoardMonica Malhotra(Director)
Co-investorsConverge
This page is a case study featuring Booking.com's use of Kentik's Network Observability Platform.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Avraham Freedman(Executive Officer, Director)Justin Biegel(Founder)inIan Pye(Founder)inIan Applegate(Director)
BoardMehra Vivek(Director)Howard Morgan(Director)
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsAugust CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Delta-v CapitalGlynn Capital ManagementGolub GrowthHumans Of The Internet+6 more
Mountain View, US
Vikram Kapoor(Director)inSanjay Kalra(Director)Stefan Dyckerhoff(Executive Officer, Director)David Hatfield(Director)Robert Dunn(Executive Officer)
BoardSamuel Pullara(Director)
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAurumBright Pixel CapitalGeneral CatalystGV (Google Ventures)Human Capital+7 more
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Menlo Security provides a browser security platform that protects both human users and AI agents through a hybrid architecture combining local security controls with cloud-based threat protection.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US
Amir Ben-Efraim(Founder)inPoornima DeBolle(Founder)in
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsBaruch Future VenturesGeneral CatalystJuniperoOUP (Osage University Partners)Vista Equity PartnersWillowTree Ventures+2 more
Mireye provides an API that converts geographic coordinates into structured, sourced data about physical terrain, buildings, infrastructure, and environmental risk for AI agents.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ansh Chokshi(CEO and Founder)inShashwat Kapoor(Founder)in
Co-investorsVela PartnersY Combinator
Nexla is an enterprise-grade AI-powered data platform that connects multiple data sources and transforms them into production-ready data products for AI applications and autonomous agents.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Mateo, US
Saket Saurabh(Founder)inAvinash Shahdadpuri(Founder)in
BoardBRUCE TARAGAN(Director)
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsBlumberg CapitalCorrelation VenturesStorm VenturesShield Capital
UC Santa Barbara is a public research university offering more than 200 majors, degrees and credentials, including over 90 undergraduate majors and more than 50 graduate programs.
EdTechSanta Barbara, US
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsAugust CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersWing
Princeton is a university whose faculty conduct scholarly research and teach, working closely with undergraduates on junior independent work and senior theses.
EdTech
Christopher Eisgruberin
Co-investorsKindred VenturesPlanet N Group of Companies
The compliance firewall for AI.
Kojin Oshiba(Cofounder)in
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundCisco InvestmentsConvergeHarpoon VenturesIn-Q-Tel+4 more
Cloud monitoring and observability platform founded in 2013 and acquired by Splunk for $1.05 billion in 2019.
San Mateo, US
Karthik Rau(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)Phillip Liu(Co-Founder & Chief Architect)inMark H. Resnick(Executive Officer)Mark Cranney(Executive Officer)
BoardDevdutt Yellurkar(Board Director (CRV))inSteve Herrod(Board Director (General Catalyst))
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCRV (Charles River Ventures)General CatalystTiger Global Management
StackStorm is an event-driven automation platform that enables users to build conditional logic and complex workflows across integrated systems.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsUtiliti Group
Tidalwave builds AI agents for mortgage lenders that automate document review, data entry, bank statement analysis, and loan processing, along with SOLO, a 24/7 assistant that answers borrower questions with compliant responses.
AI & Machine LearningFintechPropTechNew York City, US
Diane Yu(Founder)inCheng Li(Founder)in
Co-investorsPermanent Capital Ventures
Trustero provides a multi-agent AI system for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) that analyzes policies, monitors controls, tests control effectiveness, and answers security questionnaires.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Phillip Liu(Founder)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalVertex VenturesRembrandt Venture PartnersZetta Venture Partners
vFunction provides an AI-powered platform that analyzes software architecture and automatically refactors code to modernize systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsNeva Sgr.Presidio VenturesWipro VenturesZeev VenturesKhosla VenturesShasta Ventures
WideField provides an identity security platform that connects identity data across SaaS, cloud, and on-premises systems to give security teams visibility into human, non-human, and AI-agent identities.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaSSanta Clara, US
Kartik CDS(Founder)in
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsCrosspoint Capital Partners
Founded by Asim Razzaq; Engineering Capital was first investor.
Fremont, US
Asim Razzaq(Executive Officer, Director)in
PartnerAshmeet Sidana· solo GP
Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalFelicis VenturesPelion Venture PartnersPelion Ventures
Zep provides infrastructure that manages and governs agent memory at scale across multiple data sources including chat, documents, events, and business data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Daniel Chalef(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirst Star VenturesY CombinatorStep Function Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Accelerated Cloud Storage CorpEsger, Inc.Hedgehog SONiC FoundationXocketsAltor NetworksAzure PowerFireproofNetsilReshuffleShiftRightShipaTapistroXano
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 6
1 IPOs · 5 acquisitions · showing 5RubrikNYSE: RBRKTignisacq. by CohuAirgapacq. by ZscalerAltor Networksacq. by Juniper NetworksDioptraacq. by iCertis, Inc.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
CodeRabbit · coderabbit.ai · Aug 12, 2026
Oodle · Oodle AI (company blog) · Aug 9, 2026
Evinced · trysignalbase.com · Jul 14, 2026
Kognitos · kognitos.com · Apr 10, 2026
WideField · finsmes.com · Mar 19, 2026
Tidalwave · finsmes.com · Nov 24, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Engineering Capital made?
- Engineering Capital has 51 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited, including 10 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Engineering Capital invest at?
- Engineering Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Engineering Capital's typical check size?
- Engineering Capital typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
- What sectors does Engineering Capital focus on?
- Engineering Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Hardware, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Engineering Capital located?
- Engineering Capital is headquartered in Menlo Park, US.
- Does Engineering Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Engineering Capital leads investment rounds.
- Who does Engineering Capital co-invest with?
- Engineering Capital most often shares deals with Alumni Ventures, Webb Investment Network, August Capital, among 87 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 51
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs bold, early-stage, technology-driven companies across deep tech and other sectors, providing hands-on 'venture assistance' to help founders build category-defining businesses.
Clear Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that provides seed capital, connections, and company-building support to fast-growing startups.
General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.
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.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs founders from Seed through Series F and beyond, emphasizing deep, immersive partnerships with the companies it invests in.
Felicis is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage founders, investing primarily at Seed and Series A across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and defense, global resilience and energy, and health and bio.
CRV is a venture capital firm that backs founders at the seed and Series A stages, focusing on those with deep conviction and unique insights.
Wing Venture Capital is an early-stage venture fund backing founders building the AI-first economy across infrastructure, enterprise, physical, domain-specific, security, and healthcare AI.
Pelion Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs and invests in early-stage B2B software-based companies. Since 1986, Pelion Venture Partners has been helping entrepreneurs turn early-stage concepts into tomorrow's industry-leading companies. Pelion invests in early-stage B2B software across the US. With 7 investment team members, Pelion has deepand diverse industry and investment experience. They are hands-on in their approach and work collaboratively with each portfolio company.
Storm Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on B2B enterprise software companies, helping founders scale from inception toward industry leadership.
Blumberg Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1991, with offices in Miami, San Francisco, New York and Tel Aviv.
▶39 more co-investors
Industry VenturesInsight PartnersBenchmarkTrue VenturesNorwest Venture PartnersScale Venture PartnersSoftBank Vision FundUlu VenturesCrosslink CapitalDell Technologies CapitalZetta Venture PartnersThird Point VenturesZeev VenturesThomvest VenturesCorrelation VenturesOUP (Osage University Partners)Rembrandt Venture PartnersClearvision VenturesProsperity7 VenturesLong Venture PartnersCraft VenturesFoundation CapitalPlug and Play VenturesGradient VenturesStreamlined VenturesMayfield FundCota CapitalSherpalo VenturesGaingelsTSVC8-Bit CapitalCompany CapitalAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)HeavybitFormation GroupThink+ Ventures Management, LlcElefundThe Valley FundOperator Stack
Firms observed investing alongside Engineering Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Engineering Capital's recorded portfolio.
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