Miami · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Also known as Focal Ventures QP
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Investment thesis
Focal exclusively backs AI-native, technical founders at the earliest stage, positioning itself as the founder's first lead investor. It looks for teams pursuing highly asymmetric AI opportunities, with at least one technical builder who ships fast, and a hunger to win. The firm is sector-agnostic across industries, with two non-negotiables: it must be the company's first financing and the startup must be based in the US or Canada. Every check is a core position rather than an option; Focal moves quickly, sometimes from first meeting to investment in days. Beyond capital, it supports early go-to-market through The GTM Circle, an invite-only network of 200+ revenue operators.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 3 people
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through Focal Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 53 of 69 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×39SaaS ×28Enterprise Software ×18Healthtech ×10Fintech ×8Developer Tools ×7Data & Infrastructure ×6Digital Health ×6
HQs:United States×17Canada×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 23 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×142 founders×73 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 29 founders with education data
Imperial College London ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Stanford University ×2University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 26 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×10Engineering ×10Business & Management ×5Finance & Accounting ×4Economics ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 30 founders with career history
Glispa Global Group ×2Goldman Sachs ×2National Guard of Cyprus ×2University of Michigan ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 29 with degree data)
Investments · 69 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12015 · 12 dated
Unobio licenses promising pharmaceutical assets from academia, biotech, and pharma companies and builds them into focused US-based companies by pairing programs with dedicated operators and capital to advance them through development stages that do not depend on the science itself.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Acceldata provides a unified platform for building, governing, and scaling data and AI workloads with end-to-end observability across pipelines.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
Rohit Choudhary(Executive Officer, Director)inAshwin Rajeeva(Executive Officer, Director)inSatish Krishnamurthy(Executive Officer, Director)Maram Nagendraprasad(Executive Officer, Director)Gaurav Nagar(Founder)in
Co-investorsDrive CapitalEMERGENT VENTURESFelicis VenturesForesite CapitalGeneral CatalystInsight Partners+22 more
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Altira provides AI-powered patient engagement and guidance to healthcare systems, combining clinical expertise with adaptive artificial intelligence to improve health outcomes and reduce unnecessary care utilization.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsCoalition OperatorsHomebrewStone Mountain Ventures
Arkive is a decentralized, member-curated physical museum that acquires artifacts chosen by community votes recorded on-chain.
Thomas McLeod(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesInterlace VenturesParade VenturesAmity VenturesAwesome People VenturesColor Capital+2 more
Programmatic native ad for mobile publishers (exited)
Co-investorsOdyssey Venture Funds LP
Balthazar is a blockchain gaming infrastructure DAO focused on onboarding non-crypto-native users into Web3 gaming.
Co-investorsCapitalTRising CapitalYolo InvestmentsAntlerDigital Asset Capital
Beam Health develops AI-powered workflow software that automates administrative tasks across the patient journey for specialty clinics and medical practices, including intake, documentation, billing, and care coordination.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSHolmdel, US
Sas Ponnapalli(Founder & CEO)inRanga Jayawardena(Executive Officer)in
BoardShawn Merani(Director)in
Co-investorsChaos VenturesGreen Egg VenturesJoyance PartnersSocial StartsTechstarsDarling Ventures+1 more
Boundless (Thrive) offers a personalized digital health app that helps users adopt small daily behavior changes across five areas — food, movement, sleep, stress management, and social connection — through baseline assessments and tailored daily guidance.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Arianna Huffington(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Joyance PartnersNew York Venture PartnersSocial StartsAtaraxia VC
Brackett builds AI agents that automate business operations by learning from demonstrations of how teams perform their work, capturing exceptions and rules that define each organization's unique processes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Jaideep Sarkar(Founder)in
Mexican software company building Bluetooth mesh-networking technology for offline mobile messaging apps and SDKs.
Co-investorsAvalancha VenturesEmbryo VenturesMaC Venture CapitalMGV Capital
CatalyzeX runs a search platform that helps developers find machine learning techniques and their code implementations.
Co-investorsVibe CapitalAbstraction CapitalAVVBasecamp FundDarling VenturesOn Deck+2 more
Co-investorsBitDAOCultur3 CapitalMantle NetworkRed Building CapitalTensility Venture Partners
Chingona Ventures is a venture capital firm.
Sector Agnostic
Samara Mejia Hernandez(Founding Partner)in
Co-investorsFoundry50 South CapitalInsight PartnersNorwest Venture PartnersPayPal VenturesPivotal Ventures+1 more
Conquest Labs builds AI models to discover and develop cancer therapies by engineering multi-drug combinations that guide biological systems from diseased to healthy states.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical Devices
Coworker.ai provides AI agents that automate product-management workflows such as synthesizing user feedback, monitoring competitors, tracking feature requests, and syncing roadmaps and documentation.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Calder(Founder)inBradford Church(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesEniac VenturesOperator CollectiveTriatomic Capital
ShapeX AI rebuilds architectural drawings and plans into structured digital frames.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction Tech
Finch is a claims management platform that automatically extracts and structures claim-related information from email, documents, and attachments for public adjusters and claims firms.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS
Tom M.(Founder)in
Co-investorsVeridical Ventures
FindFunding.vc is a searchable directory of venture capital firms, listing details such as investment stage, check size, lead/follow preference, sector focus, location, fund size, and partner names.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Flamingo builds an open, AI-powered platform for managed service providers (MSPs) to deliver IT services using open tools and automation, aiming to replace closed, bloated vendor tools.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Michael Assraf(Founder)in
Co-investorsArray Ventures Management Llc
Flamingo is an open-source, AI-powered platform for managed service providers (MSPs) designed to replace proprietary IT management tools with customizable, transparent alternatives.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Michael Assraf(Founder)in
Co-investorsArray Ventures Management LlcVertex VenturesVertex Ventures Israel
Geminus builds physics-native AI systems that understand, predict, and optimize complex industrial infrastructure in real time by combining physics-based simulation with real-world data and uncertainty-aware reasoning.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechEnergyEnterprise Software
Karthik Duraisamy(Dr.)inAlex Gorodetsky(Dr.)in
Co-investorsSentiero VenturesThe Hive
Gleam is an AI-assisted data entry tool designed for clinical research sites to move data from source systems into electronic data capture systems faster and with higher accuracy.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Oliver Keh(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Gridium provides software and analytics that turn commercial building energy data into insights for building teams, helping them identify savings opportunities, create budgets, simplify reporting, and meet energy regulations.
EnergyPropTechSaaSMenlo Park, US
Adam Stein(Executive Officer, Director)inThomas Arnold(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardTravis Putnam(Director)in
Co-investorsNavitas Capital
Growth Unhinged is a newsletter offering practical guidance on startup marketing, pricing, and growth, including playbooks and case studies.
Marketing TechMedia & Entertainment
Kyle Poyar(Founder)in
Harmonyze offers an AI-driven performance coaching platform for franchise brands that consolidates operational data—POS, financials, reviews, field notes, and training—into prescriptive guidance so each location knows what to do next.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Gary Liskovich(Founder)inJonny Greenspan(Founder)in
Co-investorsBowery Capital
Hedgey provides onchain token infrastructure for crypto teams, including token vesting, investor lockups, grants, airdrops, and distributions for employees, investors, and communities.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Lindsey Winder(Co-founder)inAlex Michelsen, CFA(Founder)in
Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupFlori Ventures
Jasmine Energy is a technology company focused on the energy sector.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWashington, US
Nathalie Capati(Founder)inDalton Combs(Co-Founder & CPO)inMatt Mayberry(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Kaiden AI provides an AI-powered training platform for law enforcement agencies that uses hyper-realistic AI personas to deliver scenario-based practice and evaluation across the training lifecycle, from basic academy through in-service training.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechGovTech
Co-investorsDarling VenturesFocalHustle Fund
Keragon offers a no-code platform for healthcare organizations to build HIPAA-compliant workflow automations, aimed at clinical and operations teams.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS
George Eracleous(Founder)inPanos Papageorgiou(Founder)inConno Christou(Founder)in
Co-investors25MadisonAfore CapitalUpfront VenturesDarling VenturesFocal
Kintsugi is an API-first platform that uses voice biomarkers in speech to detect and prioritize mental health signals in real time, integrating with call centers, telehealth systems, and remote patient monitoring apps.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMental Health
Grace Chang(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAtas VC
Kyndi (presented via Qlik Answers) offers a natural-language agentic AI assistant that combines an analytics engine with large language models to generate insights from both structured analytics and unstructured content.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRedwood City, US
JAMES RYAN WELSH(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardTIMOTHY CONNORS(Director)ARUN MAJUMDAR(Director)
Co-investorsIntel CapitalPIVOTNORTH
L2 Labs builds AI systems that autonomously map, translate, and maintain enterprise data flows, with a focus on EDI and B2B integration.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Lightswitch is an embedded operations partner that builds automations and systems for fast-growing consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands, handling tasks like parsing purchase orders, order processing, inventory reconciliation, and shipment tracking inside the tools clients already use.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Benton Atchison(Founder)inSunny Israni, CFA(Founder)in
Masthead provides cost optimization and data observability tools for Google BigQuery, enabling data teams to monitor pipelines, detect anomalies, and reduce spending across their data infrastructure.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSaaS
Co-investorsDEPO VenturesFocalSMOK Ventures
Maxed is a unified platform for CPA firms that replaces their fragmented software stack with a single AI-agent-powered system for tasks like client portals, document management, and workflow automation.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Fifi Siddiqui(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsFocal
MyBusinessFlow provides an AI voice agent that answers incoming calls for home service businesses, filters spam, qualifies leads, and automatically books jobs into the business's calendar or scheduling software.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSales Tech
Ombre Lab offers at-home microbiome testing powered by AI, providing personalized microbiome reports and targeted probiotic recommendations based on DNA sequencing and proprietary bioinformatics.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerHealthtechWellness & FitnessHermitage, US
Co-investorsRelevance VenturesTMV
On Me is a digital gifting platform that lets people send personalized gifts wrapped in photos, videos, and shared memories, while giving recipients freedom to choose from a curated set of brands and gift cards across categories like fitness, travel, and adventure experiences.
ConsumerE-commerceFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sitar Harel(Founder)inDarragh Meaney(Founder)in
Co-investorsLerer HippeauNFXDarling VenturesFocal
OpenBuilder provides a backend platform and visual debugging tools for developers to build applications without per-message costs.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Precurion is an underwriting platform for real estate acquisition teams that turns transaction documents (OMs, rent rolls, T-12s, leases, financing docs) into investment-ready financial models, calculating outputs like NOI, cap rate, IRR, debt yield, and DSCR with source traceability.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechPropTechSaaS
Ian Smith(CEO/Founder)
Prescient AI offers a marketing mix modeling platform that measures the true impact of marketing channels, accounting for halo effects, saturation, and cross-channel dynamics that platform reporting misses, with models that update daily.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Michael True(Co-founder)inCody Greco(Co-founder & CTO)inWill Holtz(Interim CEO)inJose Orue(Head of Product)in
Co-investorsBlumberg CapitalGreen Egg VenturesOutbound VenturesDarling VenturesHeadline
Prescient provides a standardized marketing measurement platform for holding companies managing multiple brands, using tailored marketing mix models that enable portfolio-level comparison and budget optimization across brands.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSCuyahoga Falls, US
Michael True(Co-founder)inCody Greco(Co-founder & CTO)inEdward Willard Lowe, Jr(Executive Officer)Nathan Scott Alexander(Director)
Co-investorsMaccabee VenturesBlumberg CapitalDarling VenturesHeadline
Pump provides discounted AWS cloud computing for early-stage startups through collective purchasing and automated optimization, with no setup or engineering required.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Spandana Nakka(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesY CombinatorZeno Ventures
Solderable provides PCB design, schematic review, PCB layout, component sourcing, manufacturing support, and AI-assisted component intelligence tools for hardware teams.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsHardware
Stark provides an end-to-end accessibility platform with integrated tools for design, development, and compliance that helps teams find and fix accessibility issues from initial design through live product.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsAdvent InternationalBlueYard CapitalProject A VenturesSequoia Capital201 VenturesAir Street Capital+2 more
Takeoff41 builds TPN2.0, an AI-guided total parenteral nutrition (TPN) ordering system for neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) that integrates with EHR systems to track fluids and nutrition and generate safe, compoundable prescriptions.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsSarah Smith
Thoras provides predictive autoscaling software for Kubernetes environments, using machine learning to forecast workload demand and automatically right-size CPU and GPU resources.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Nilo Rahmani(Founder)
Co-investorsNorthside VenturesSINEWAVE VENTURESStorytime Capital
ThreadWise provides AI-powered message routing and triage for service agencies, automatically classifying inbound work as sales or service requests and routing them to the appropriate team member with relevant context.
AI & Machine LearningSaaS
Trelent is a private AI platform that runs in a customer's own environment to automate workflows involving sensitive information, such as client onboarding, compliance and risk assessment from financial statements, and document review.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
YRIKKA develops processes for aligning AI with human values and provides AI red teaming, focused on high-stakes environments such as healthcare and space.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep Tech
Co-investorsGaruda VenturesFocal
HealthtechWellness & FitnessNew York City, US
Daniel James(Founder)
Co-investorsBowery CapitalFYNSA Private CapitalGenoa VenturesHelicapOnsight VenturesSheBoot+5 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
1derDoxxEngoodenEvallosGleamcareGlide HealthOmniSubstackcdn
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Flamingo · vtchronicle.com · Sep 9, 2026
Coworker · notalwaysright.com · Aug 14, 2026
Zen · moneycontrol.com · Aug 11, 2026
Balthazar · thefulcrum.ca · Aug 6, 2026
Pump.co · sussexexpress.co.uk · Jul 16, 2026
Brackett · statecollege.com · Jul 2, 2026
Stark · table.media · Jun 24, 2026
Eclipse · mercomcapital.com · Jun 17, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Focal Ventures made?
- Focal Ventures has 69 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Focal Ventures invest at?
- Focal Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Focal Ventures's typical check size?
- Focal Ventures typically writes checks of $250K – $750K.
- What sectors does Focal Ventures focus on?
- Focal Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Media & Entertainment, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Focal Ventures located?
- Focal Ventures is headquartered in Miami, US.
- Does Focal Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Focal Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Focal Ventures co-invest with?
- Focal Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Array Ventures Management Llc, Eniac Ventures, among 60 tracked co-investors.
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