Focal Ventures — Full Portfolio

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

RCRohit Choudhary(Founder)inARAshwin Rajeeva(Founder)inSatish Krishnamurthy(Executive Officer, Director)Maram Nagendraprasad(Executive Officer, Director)GNGaurav Nagar(Founder)in

BoardDKDev Khare(Director)in

Co-investorsDRDrive CapitalEMEMERGENT VENTURESFEFelicis VenturesFOForesite CapitalGEGeneral CatalystINInsight Partners+23 more

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-investorsCOCoalition OperatorsHOHomebrewSTStone Mountain VenturesWIWireframe Ventures

Arkive is a decentralized, member-curated physical museum that acquires artifacts chosen by community votes recorded on-chain.

TMThomas McLeod(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOCoinbase VenturesINInterlace VenturesPAParade VenturesAMAmity VenturesAWAwesome People VenturesCHChainforest+10 more

Programmatic native ad for mobile publishers (exited)

Co-investorsODOdyssey Venture Funds LPASAscension VenturesENEntrepreneur FirstNFNFT Ventures

Balthazar is a blockchain gaming infrastructure DAO focused on onboarding non-crypto-native users into Web3 gaming.

Co-investorsCACapitalTRIRising CapitalYOYolo InvestmentsANAntlerDIDigital 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

SPSas Ponnapalli(Founder & CEO)inRJRanga Jayawardena(Executive Officer)in

BoardSMShawn Merani(Director)in

Co-investorsCHChaos VenturesGRGreen Egg VenturesJOJoyance PartnersSOSocial StartsTETechstarsDADarling Ventures+2 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

AHArianna Huffington(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsIVIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)JOJoyance PartnersNENew York Venture PartnersRERevolutionSOSocial StartsATAtaraxia 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

JSJaideep Sarkar(Founder)in

Mexican software company building Bluetooth mesh-networking technology for offline mobile messaging apps and SDKs.

Co-investorsAVAvalancha VenturesEMEmbryo VenturesMAMaC Venture CapitalMGMGV CapitalSPSpringTime Ventures

Bassem Hamdy(Founder)in

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesENEniac VenturesEAEastward Capital Partners

CatalyzeX runs a search platform that helps developers find machine learning techniques and their code implementations.

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesVIVibe CapitalABAbstraction CapitalAVAVVBABasecamp FundBIBinh Tran+4 more

APAlex Poon(Founder)in

Co-investorsBIBitDAOCUCultur3 CapitalMAMantle NetworkRERed Building CapitalTETensility Venture Partners

Chingona Ventures is a venture capital firm.

Sector Agnostic

SMSamara Mejia Hernandez(Founding Partner)in

Co-investorsFOFoundry5050 South CapitalINInsight PartnersNONorwest Venture PartnersPAPayPal VenturesPIPivotal 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

ACAlex Calder(Founder)inBCBradford Church(Founder)in

Co-investorsABAbstract VenturesENEniac VenturesOPOperator CollectiveTRTriatomic Capital

ShapeX AI rebuilds architectural drawings and plans into structured digital frames.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction Tech

Divinia builds video generation and search solutions for e-commerce businesses.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsALAlumni Ventures

Drafter builds software that automates the creation of 2D mechanical drawings, reducing manual drafting work for mechanical engineers in design and manufacturing.

Advanced ManufacturingDeveloper ToolsHardwareSaaS

Co-investorsBEBee PartnersOMOmni Ventures

EasyCode is an AI assistant for software developers that provides contextual answers, code suggestions, and real-time feedback on code quality within the developer workflow.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsFuture of Work

Eclipse provides real-time muscular insight through wearable technology for athletes during training and competition, enabling proactive injury prevention.

HardwareHealthtechSports Tech

BCBen Carlson(Co-Founder & CEO)inJCJohnny Chen(Co-Founder & CTO)in

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-investorsTITipTop VenturesVEVeridical 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

MAMichael Assraf(Founder)in

Co-investorsARArray Ventures Management LlcEXExpansion Venture CapitalVEVertex Ventures IsraelVEVertex Ventures

Chicago fintech offering an all-in-one financial operating system for nonprofits, covering accounts, expenses, bill pay and planning.

FintechChicago, US

Co-investorsASAsia Africa Investment & Consulting (AAIC)TETechstars

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-investorsSESentiero VenturesTHThe HiveTHThird Derivative

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

OKOliver Keh(Founder)inEmeka Itegbe

Co-investorsY Y Combinator191984 Ventures Management, LlcHUHustle FundLILiquid Ventures

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

ASAdam Stein(Executive Officer, Director)inThomas Arnold(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTPTravis Putnam(Director)in

Co-investorsNANavitas Capital

Growth Unhinged is a newsletter offering practical guidance on startup marketing, pricing, and growth, including playbooks and case studies.

Marketing TechMedia & Entertainment

KPKyle 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

GLGary Liskovich(Founder)inJGJonny Greenspan(Founder)in

Co-investorsBOBowery 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)inAMAlex Michelsen, CFA(Founder)in

Co-investorsBOBollinger Investment GroupCOConsenSys MeshFLFlori VenturesGRGraph Paper Capital

Jasmine Energy is a technology company focused on the energy sector.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWashington, US

NCNathalie Capati(Founder)inDCDalton Combs(CPO)inMMMatt Mayberry(Founder)in

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesATAtmos capitalY Y CombinatorCECerulean VenturesCLClimate CapitalCOCollaborative Fund+4 more

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-investorsDADarling VenturesFOFocalHUHustle 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

GEGeorge Eracleous(Founder)inPPPanos Papageorgiou(Founder)inCCConno Christou(Founder)inGeorge Makkoulis(Founder)

Co-investors2525MadisonAFAfore CapitalUPUpfront VenturesDADarling VenturesFOFocal

Kintsugi develops voice biomarker AI that analyzes short speech samples to detect and measure the severity of behavioral health conditions, integrating into clinical workflows and call centers for health systems and insurers.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMental HealthWellness & FitnessBerkeley, US

GCGrace Chang(Founder)inRima Seiilova-Olson(Founder)

Co-investorsATAtas VCCICitta CapitalHDHDS CapitalINInsight PartnersLILink VenturesTETechstars+2 more

Kyndi (now part of Qlik) offers Qlik Answers, an agentic AI assistant that combines the Qlik analytics engine with large language models to produce natural-language answers 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-investorsDADarling VenturesINIntel CapitalPIPIVOTNORTH

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

BABenton Atchison(Founder)inSISunny 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-investorsDEDEPO VenturesFOFocalSMSMOK 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

FSFifi Siddiqui(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsFOFocal

MSPilot provides a platform for managed service providers to build, deploy, and monetize AI agents across their SMB client base.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

PLPaul Li(Founder)inJJJames Jiang(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Y CombinatorFOFounders FactoryGLGlobevestorPAPascal CapitalWAWadstein Capital

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-investorsJOJoyance PartnersPLPlug and Play VenturesRERelevance VenturesTMTMV

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

SHSitar Harel(Founder)inDMDarragh Meaney(Founder)in

Co-investorsLELerer HippeauNFNFXDADarling VenturesFOFocal

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 SoftwareFintechPropTechSaaSCopenhagen, DK

Ian Smith(CEO/Founder)Aleksander Rendtslev(Founder & CEO)

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

MTMichael True(Founder)inCGCody Greco(Founder)inEdward Willard Lowe, Jr(Executive Officer)WHWill Holtz(Interim CEO)inJOJose Orue(Head of Product)inMike True(Founder)

Co-investorsBLBlumberg CapitalGRGreen Egg VenturesMAMaccabee VenturesOUOutbound VenturesDADarling VenturesHEHeadline

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

SNSpandana Nakka(CEO)inShri B(Founding Engineer)Luis Vale(Business Associate)Paul Russo(Chief of Staff)Sharvin Manjrekar(Business Associate)Stuart(Business Associate)

Co-investorsDEDe Fi Alliance HoldingsDGDG Daiwa VenturesPIPioneerY Y CombinatorFAFailup VenturesFOFocal+2 more

SendHub provides SMS automation software that sends text messages automatically based on triggers, schedules, or customer behavior patterns.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

ARAsh Rust(CEO)inGJGarrett JohnsoninJFJohn Fallonein

Co-investors50500 GlobalFUFundersClubHIHinge CapitalKAKapor CapitalWEWestern Technology InvestmentY Y Combinator+13 more

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

CNCat Noone(Founder)in

Co-investorsADAdvent InternationalALAlumni VenturesBLBlueYard CapitalPRProject A VenturesSESequoia Capital20201 Ventures+3 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-investorsSASarah SmithSTStartX

Tenvos provides an AI-based voice assessment system that detects worker impairment and fatigue in high-risk industries to prevent workplace injuries.

AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaS

Rima Seiilova-Olson(Founder)in

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)inJennifer Rahmani(Founder)in

Co-investorsNONorthside VenturesSISINEWAVE VENTURESSTStorytime CapitalWEWellington Management

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

Unobio is a biotech company running drug discovery programs that begin with patient data and validate candidates against patient biology at each stage, aiming to improve translation rates from preclinical work to clinical trials.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

Weave generates automated professional introductions for users on a weekly basis to facilitate networking connections.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerHR TechSan Francisco, US

BMBrian Ma(Founder)inECElpizo Choi(CTO)inClint Berry(CTO)in

Co-investorsEAEast 11 VenturesY Y CombinatorEAEastlink Capital PartnersFLFlorence Venture CapitalFUFuel CapitalINIndex Ventures+5 more

Withe provides a platform software for organizing and managing career fairs, enabling organizers to coordinate employer-candidate connections and report outcomes to stakeholders.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaS

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-investorsGAGaruda VenturesFOFocal

HealthtechWellness & FitnessNew York City, US

DJDaniel James(Founder)Ion-Alexandru Secara

Co-investorsBOBowery CapitalFYFYNSA Private CapitalGEGenoa VenturesHEHelicapONOnsight VenturesSHSheBoot+6 more

Zurp installs and operates portable phone charging stations in nightlife venues such as bars and clubs, using QR-code self-service rentals paid via Apple Pay or Stripe Link.

ConsumerHardwareIoTNew York City, US