Entrada Ventures
Venture capitalSanta Barbara · Pre-Seed–Series B · 8 people tracked
Also known as EV MANAGEMENT CO, LLC
Investment thesis
Entrada Ventures invests at the early stage in enterprise and industrial technology companies, partnering with visionary founding teams. Drawing on their own experience as founders and investors, the firm supports portfolio companies throughout their lifecycle by helping answer strategic questions, solve tactical problems, tell their stories, and connect with a network of prospective teammates, customers, and top-tier follow-on investors who share their vision.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Entrada Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 37 of 47 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×16SaaS ×10Deep Tech ×9Hardware ×9Enterprise Software ×7Cybersecurity ×4Semiconductors ×4Cloud Computing ×3
HQs:United States×23
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×63 founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 10 founders with education data
UC Santa Barbara ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 11 founders with career history
Intel Corporation ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 47 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 32022 · 12020 · 12018 · 12016 · 12015 · 110 dated
MixMode offers a self-supervised AI platform for cyber defense that detects novel and advanced attacks, surfaces pre-attack indicators, and reduces alert volume for security operations centers.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSanta Barbara, US
Igor Mezic(Chief Scientist / CTO & Co-Founder)in
Goleta, US
James Rogers(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
BoardVijay Pande(Director)inYves Sisteron(Director)John Petote(Director)Walter Robb(Director)
Board seatJason Spievak· per SEC Form D · $6M raise · filed Jul 2015
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCommodity CapitalDBL PartnersUPFRONTUpfront Partners
Invoca provides AI-powered software that connects online and offline touchpoints across the buyer or patient journey, tying interactions like phone calls to revenue.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSanta Barbara, US
Dan Weigel(Vice President of People and Culture Secretary)Mark Woodward(Chief Executive Officer)inNick Cronin(Vice President of Finance and Asst. Secretary)
BoardBrett Queener(Director)inJohn Greathouse(Director)
Board seatJason Spievak· per SEC Form D · $28.6M raise · filed Apr 2016
Co-investorsAccelH.I.G. Growth PartnersUpfront VenturesSalesforce VenturesBonfire VenturesH.I.G. Capital+1 more
Live Data Technologies maintains a continuously re-verified employment dataset covering 160 million professionals, detecting job changes, promotions, and departures sourced from the open web and delivered via API, flat files, or data warehouse.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSales TechSanta Barbara, US
Brent Peus(CFO)J. Scott Hamilton(CEO)
Board seatJason Spievak· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsTappan Hill Ventures
San Diego, US
Frederick E. Wilmot, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJustin Hayes Stottlemyer(Director)
Board seatEric Kanowsky· per SEC Form D · $10.4M raise · filed Sep 2020
Portland, US
Oliver Alexander(Executive Officer)
BoardAllison Persitz(Director)
Board seatEric Kanowsky· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Jul 2026
WorldViz develops virtual reality projection systems, VR headset setups, and immersive VR lab facilities, along with Vizard, a software toolkit for building VR applications.
Developer ToolsHardwareHealthtechSanta Barbara, US
Andrew Beall(Manager and Chief Executive Officer)Matthias Pusch(Manager)Peter Schlueer(Manager and Secretary)
BoardJohn Roessler(Manager)
Board seatJason Spievak· per SEC Form D · $843.5K raise · filed Feb 2018
Co-investorsStout Street CapitalIntel Capital
Building the AI hardware industry from scratch
Anchore provides an SBOM-powered platform for software supply chain security, automatically generating and managing Software Bill of Materials and running vulnerability, secret, and malware scans across container images, filesystems, and source repositories.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSanta Barbara, US
Said Ziouani(Executive Officer, Director)Saïd ZiouaniDaniel Nurmi(Founder)in
BoardDouglas Carlisle(Director)Andreas von Blottnitz(Director)in
Co-investorsSignalFire
AppliedVR develops immersive therapeutic software using technology to deliver drug-free clinical treatments for patients.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesLos Angeles, US
Matthew Stoudt(Co-Founder and CEO)inJosh Sackman(Co-Founder and President)in
BoardDavid Sackman(Chairman)
Co-investorsF-Prime CapitalJAZZ Venture PartnersMagnetic VenturesPresence CapitalTechstars
Azulene Labs develops physics-powered molecular discovery technology.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechNew MaterialsBerkeley, US
Co-investorsFifty Years
Billy provides certificate of insurance tracking and risk management software for the construction industry, helping companies manage insurance documents, requests, and renewals.
Construction TechInsurTechSaaSCoto De Caza, US
Brian Steven Johnson(Executive Officer)Alexander Litovchenko(Executive Officer)Griffin Jack Strier(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsMetaPropMetaProp VenturesShadow VenturesCoinbase Ventures
Calico is an AI-powered platform that automates product design, costing, and execution workflows for apparel manufacturers and brands.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Kathleen C.(Founder)in
Co-investorsMighty CapitalSerena VenturesMaple VC
CoreShell Technology develops metallurgical silicon materials for electric vehicle batteries as a more economical and scalable alternative to synthetic silicon.
CleantechEnergyNew Materials
Co-investorsBaruch Future VenturesBlue Bear VenturesFoothill VenturesHelios Climate VenturesTrousdale VenturesZeon Ventures
Coreshell develops battery materials and technology aimed at improving battery capacity, performance, and cost while reducing reliance on critical materials.
CleantechEnergyNew MaterialsSan Leandro, US
Jonathan Tan(Executive Officer, Director)inSourav Basu(Executive Officer, Director)John Nadaskay(Executive Officer)inYoungduk Kim(Executive Officer)
BoardBenoist Ollivier(Director)Alexander Fang(Director)in
Co-investorsAsymmetry VenturesBerkeley SkyDeck FundVeronorteHello Tomorrow
d-Matrix develops AI compute hardware and platforms optimized for generative AI inference, designed to be faster, more energy-efficient, and more accessible than existing solutions.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductors
Co-investorsPlayground GlobalTemasekAlpha Square GroupAmino CapitalBerkeley FrontierCortado Ventures+10 more
Atomos Systems develops general-purpose humanoid robots with human-level dexterity and intelligence intended to perform physical labor and operate in the physical world.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics
William Andregg
Co-investorsFounders FundKhosla VenturesElementum VenturesOpen Field CapitalPathbreaker Ventures
Gemist provides embeddable software for fine jewelry brands that lets customers design, visualize, and order custom jewelry directly on the brand's own website, with brands receiving complete structured orders.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaSLos Angeles, US
Madeline Fraser(Founder & CEO)Anup Murarka(Co-founder & CTO)Marc Jacheet(Director)
BoardJulie Henley McNamara(Director)
Kapta develops an electronically scanned (metasurface-based) synthetic aperture radar sensor deployed on satellites to provide large-area, low-latency geospatial intelligence and InSAR change-detection data.
Deep TechDefense TechSpace TechSeattle, US
Milton Perque(Co-founder & CEO)Adam Bily(Co-founder & CTO)MILTON PERQUE(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCHRIS ALLIEGRO(Director)
Co-investorsBlue Collective
Kipu Quantum offers a platform and matchmaking agent (Tinkuq) that helps enterprises, researchers, and universities build quantum-centric applications without prior quantum computing expertise.
Deep TechEnterprise SoftwareQuantum Computing
Co-investorsDeepTech & Climate FondsLBBW Venture Capital GmbHOnsight VenturesQAI VenturesQuantonationVerve Ventures+1 more
Delivering highly sensitive, lab-quality results in minutes
Digital HealthMedical Devices
Co-investorsBoulder Ventures
Lucidean develops optical interconnect technology, marketed as CohZero, aimed at improving coherent performance for AI data centers.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware
Aaron Maharry(Founder)in
Co-investorsFoothill VenturesRaptor Group
Nectir AI provides AI-powered tutoring assistants for schools and higher education institutions, built from course content and integrated into learning management systems with FERPA compliance.
AI & Machine LearningEdTech
Kavitta Ghai(Founder)in
Co-investorsBehind Genius VenturesLong Journey VenturesRethink ImpactTappan Hill Ventures
OpenTug operates in inland waterway and barge freight logistics, publishing content on the state of America's lock and dam infrastructure and its impact on barge transport.
Logistics & Supply Chain
Jason Aristides(Cofounder)Michael Baldwin(Cofounder)Luciano de la Iglesia(Cofounder)
Co-investorsBreakwater VenturesSeaChangeTMVStout Street Capital
Oso provides visibility and controls for AI agent adoption within enterprises, enabling discovery, monitoring, and enforcement of agent access and behavior.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesJ-VenturesSV Angel
Oso Semiconductor develops power-efficient, high-performance beamforming chipsets for wireless systems using phased-array (electrically steered) antennas, based on ultra-low-loss beamforming IP.
Defense TechHardwareSemiconductors
Co-investorsFitz Gate VenturesThe Engine Ventures
ProjectMark provides software for business development and RFP (request for proposal) management in the construction industry, helping companies streamline their sales and procurement processes.
Construction TechSaaSSales Tech
Tom(CEO)Noel(COO)Anthony(CTO)
Co-investorsTenOneTen Ventures
Prophetic manufactures wearable headbands with ultrasonic transmitters designed to enhance lucid dreaming and dream recall.
HardwareWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsEv3 Ventures LlcSpacecadet VenturesEmbark VenturesProgressionSilverCircle
Find & analyze development opportunities in seconds, not hours
Prophetic is an AI-native software platform architected with artificial intelligence at its core from inception, offering proprietary capabilities for enterprise workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaSPortland, US
Oliver(Founder & CEO)Ramie(Chief Data Officer & Co-founder)
Co-investorsProgression
PseudolithIC develops mm-wave RF components including power amplifiers, low-noise amplifiers, and transmit/receive front-ends, using heterogeneous integration of compound semiconductors and silicon.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Co-investorsFoothill VenturesUncork Capital
Quantum Rings provides large-scale quantum circuit simulation software that runs on standard hardware, with a code pathway to connect with real quantum processing units when needed.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechQuantum ComputingBoulder, US
Quintessent develops optical connectivity solutions to address chip-to-chip communication bottlenecks in large-scale computing and AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSanta Barbara, US
Alan Liu(CEO, Co-Founder & Board Member)inBrian Koch(VP of Engineering & Co-Founder)inJohn Bowers(Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsFoothill VenturesM VenturesOUP (Osage University Partners)Sierra Ventures
Changing the way content is sourced and created
StyleRow is a project management platform built for interior designers that includes budgeting, invoicing, client dashboards, moodboards, and order tracking features.
Future of WorkSaaSBeverly Hills, US
Erinn Valencich(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcThe Perkins FundFounders Fund
Subtle Computing (legally Skywalk, Inc.) makes wireless earbuds sold directly at subtle.co and through authorized resellers, along with a companion mobile app.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDirect to ConsumerHardware
Tyler Chen(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesInception Studio CapitalSLVC3E Bioventures CapitalBRVHike Ventures+2 more
The Futures App is an all-in-one platform for youth sports organizations and coaches to train players (performance tracking, video analysis, drill libraries, strength and conditioning programs), manage facilities and bookings, collect payments and registrations, communicate with teams, and host a website.
SaaSSports Tech
Co-investorsInterlock Capital
TITAN Haptics develops advanced haptic motors for smartphones, consoles, and touchscreen devices using patented Linear Magnetic Ram (LMR) technology to deliver console-quality haptic feedback on portable devices.
Deep TechHardwareIoT
Co-investorsRhapsody Venture PartnersEntropy VenturesFoothill VenturesGeneral CatalystHighland EuropeMangrove Capital Partners
Bringing HD touch to smartphones, consoles, and touchscreens
Wald provides an AI governance and data loss prevention platform that gives enterprises real-time visibility into AI usage across their organization, including unauthorized shadow AI use, while enabling secure access to multiple large language models.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Wildnote provides an environmental consulting platform that automates manual compliance processes for environmental professionals including scientists, consultants, and regulators.
AgTechClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaSSan Luis Obispo, US
Kristen Hazard(Founder and CEO)
Co-investorsHG VenturesTechstars
Worksana provides employee time-tracking and California labor-law compliance software, offering a facial-recognition kiosk, offline mobile app, and web clock-in along with meal/rest break documentation, attestations, and payroll exports.
AgTechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
David Hergenroeder(Co-Founder / CEO)Trevor Smith(Co-Founder / CFO)
Co-investorsKern Venture Group
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 · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioLightdeckdxacq. by Antech Diagnostics
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCoreshell · mining-technology.com · Aug 24, 2026
Billy · lsfellowship.missouri.edu · Jul 27, 2026
Titan · finance.yahoo.com · Jun 10, 2026
Subtle · pulse2.com · Jun 3, 2026
Wildnote · axios.com · Feb 17, 2026
Live Data Technologies · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Nov 21, 2025
Calico · longevity.technology · Nov 17, 2025
Gemist · nationaljeweler.com · Jun 27, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Entrada Ventures made?
- Entrada Ventures has 40 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Entrada Ventures invest at?
- Entrada Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Entrada Ventures focus on?
- Entrada Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, New Materials, SaaS, Semiconductors.
- Where is Entrada Ventures located?
- Entrada Ventures is headquartered in Santa Barbara, US.
- Does Entrada Ventures lead rounds?
- Entrada Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Entrada Ventures co-invest with?
- Entrada Ventures most often shares deals with Foothill Ventures, Tappan Hill Ventures, Techstars, among 65 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 11
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.
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.
Bonfire Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that backs founders reinventing how business operates, leading seed rounds in AI-native B2B software.
Upfront Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that positions itself as a long-term partner to founders, with a presence bridging the Los Angeles and Bay Area startup ecosystems.
MetaProp is a venture capital firm focused on the proptech sector, dedicating its resources to support portfolio founders and their teams as they grow their businesses.
Greycroft is a venture capital firm that partners with founders across multiple industries and geographies, investing in software, sustainability, and consumer brands.
Foundry invests in early-stage startups and venture funds across multiple sectors. The firm builds a portfolio-based network connecting portfolio companies with other investors and entrepreneurs.
Accomplice is a venture capital firm that has backed early-stage companies across sectors, having been part of the origin stories of companies like AngelList, DraftKings, Patreon and WHOOP.
Fika Ventures is an operator-first seed fund where co-founders Eva Ho and TX Zhuo leverage their startup operating experience to provide deeply embedded support to B2B founders through weekly working sessions and hands-on help with hiring, pricing, and go-to-market rather than pursuing a high-volume portfolio model. The firm deliberately backs "non-central casting" founders—optimizing for responsiveness, grit, and execution over pedigree—while focusing on B2B companies using data and AI to solve systemic workflow problems across industries like fintech, vertical SaaS, and healthcare.
Highbury is a venture capital firm that invests in, advises, and builds early-stage companies across frontier sectors. The firm takes concentrated positions and maintains long-term partnerships with founders solving compounding problems.
Firms observed investing alongside Entrada Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Entrada Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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