Los Altos · Pre-Seed–Series A · 18 people tracked
Investment thesis
Foothill Ventures backs early-stage frontier-tech companies with genuine technical or product-level differentiation, betting that superior technology will drive their success. The firm prioritizes the quality of the founding team, favoring strong technologists with a track record of leadership, and has found particular success with immigrant, female, and PhD founders, leaning into diverse founding teams. It is drawn to cross-disciplinary opportunities where two fields intersect, viewing such collisions as sources of very large outcomes. Its focus spans infrastructure and AI applications, including areas like AI inference and advanced optical interconnect technologies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 18 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 132 of 209 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×68Deep Tech ×29Hardware ×27Biotech ×21Healthtech ×20SaaS ×20Enterprise Software ×19Digital Health ×18
HQs:United States×73China×2United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 56 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×212 founders×223 founders×94+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 35 founders with education data
Stanford University ×4Duke University ×3Carnegie Mellon University ×2Harvard University ×2UCLA ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 38 founders with career history
Stanford University ×8Avalara ×2Cisco ×2Founders ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2University of California, San Francisco ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
17 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 38 with degree data)
Investments · 209 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 52025 · 72024 · 62023 · 52022 · 32021 · 22020 · 129 dated
Next-generation genetic sequencing using microfluidics for sequencing and molecular diagnostics
BiotechPleasanton, US
Brad Crutchfield(Chief Commercial Officer)Jean Philibert(Chief People Officer)Ben Hindson(Chief Scientific Officer, President)Eric S Whitaker(General Counsel)Justin McAnear(Chief Financial Officer)Serge Saxonov(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsForesite CapitalKhosla VenturesPaladin Capital GroupVenrock
electroCore develops non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) medical devices, marketed as gammaCore, to treat patients suffering from pain and chronic conditions.
BiotechDigital HealthHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesBasking Ridge, US
JP Errico(Executive Officer)Brian Posner(Executive Officer)Daniel S. Goldberger(Executive Officer, Director)Peter Staats(Director)Frank Amato(Executive Officer)
BoardTrevor Moody(Director)
Co-investorsTullis Health InvestorsTullis
Gossamer Bio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing seralutinib, an investigational drug candidate for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesSan Diego, US
Faheem Hasnain(Executive Officer, Director)inChristian Waage(Executive Officer)inSheila Gujrathi, MD(Founder)inBryan Giraudo(Executive Officer)Laura Carter, Ph.D.(Executive Officer)Joshua Bilenker, M.D.(Director)
Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersBay City CapitalEcoR1 CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Samsara BioCapital
Designs high energy-efficiency SiC chip for power management applications
Quanterix develops technology for highly sensitive detection of protein biomarkers using non-invasive sample types, aimed at early disease detection and prevention.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesLexington, US
David Walt(Director)Ernest Orticerio(Executive Officer)Ernest Oriticerio(Executive Officer)
BoardJohn Connolly(Director)Keith Crandell(Director)Paul Meister(Director)
Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersKhosla VenturesNovalis LifeSciences
SentinelOne provides an AI-powered cybersecurity platform for enterprises that integrates endpoint protection, threat detection, and incident response capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US
Tomer Weingarten(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Everest GroupGranite HillInsight PartnersKhosla VenturesLobby Capital+13 more
WeRide develops autonomous driving technology and operates a portfolio of five core products, including Robotaxi, with vehicles deployed across more than 40 cities in 12 countries.
AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationRobotics
Tony(Founder)Yan(Co-founder)Tony Han(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlliance VenturesK3 VenturesNautilus Ventures Management Company (Us), LlcQiming Venture PartnersInnoangel
Avotres is a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics targeting autoimmune diseases and cancer.
BiotechHealthtechHanover, US
Bruce Cooper(Director)Dan Zhao(Director)Jihong Chen(Director)Xi Qin(Director)Hong Jiang(Director)Alex Li(Director)
NovoLINC develops nanocomposite thermal interface materials designed to lower thermal resistance and improve heat dissipation in electronic chipsets.
Deep TechHardwareNew MaterialsPittsburgh, US
Robert Wenner(Executive Officer)Sheng Shen(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardTina Tosukhowong(Director)inNing Li(Executive Officer, Director)inPaul Sheng(Director)
Board seatEric Rosenblum· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsHitachi VenturesM VenturesTDK VenturesCarnegie Mellon UniversityFathom Fund
HealthtechSan Diego, US
Joseph Wang(Executive Officer)Lu Yin(Executive Officer, Director)Xinyu Liu(Executive Officer)
BoardAshwin Pushpala(Director)in
Board seatXuhui Shao· per SEC Form D · $2M raise · filed May 2025
Co-investorsEclipse Ventures
Santa Clara, US
Yan Liu(Executive Officer, Director)Fangquan Ming(Executive Officer, Director)Haiping Jin(Director)Jie Chen(Director)
Board seatXuhui Shao· per SEC Form D
Synaptec Health provides AI-based medical coding software that reads patient charts and generates ICD-10, E/M, and CPT codes with modifiers for healthcare providers and billing teams.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechLos Angeles, US
Michael McLaughlin(Executive Officer, Director)Chris McLaughlin(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatXuhui Shao· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsCitta CapitalFusion
4B Tech develops therapeutics for central nervous system and neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on neuroprotection, synaptic repair, and suppression of neuroinflammation to slow disease progression.
BiotechHealthtech
Abacus Power is developing power delivery and conversion technology for AI datacenters, focused on high step-down, high-efficiency, high-density conversion.
Deep TechEnergyHardware
Co-investorsRaptor GroupSocratic Partners
Co-investorsStorm VenturesXquared VC
Developer of advanced thermal interface material for CPU, GPU, and XPU
Aether Fuels develops technology to convert syngas and carbon feedstocks into sustainable fuels, using its Aether Aurora solution built on technology licensed from GTI Energy.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Conor Madigan(Founder and CEO)Dhaval Shah(Chief Technology Officer)
BoardMichelle Robson(Director)inPhilippe Inagaki(Director)
Co-investorsXora Innovation Pte LtdAP VenturesCDP Venture CapitalJetBlue VenturesSKY VCTechEnergy Ventures+4 more
Develops highly automated system to modernize agriculture industry
AI-based software system that leverages machine learning to supercharge wireless connections
Aira Technology applies AI to help mobile network operators modernize their existing Radio Access Network (RAN), enabling gains in spectrum, energy, and operating cost efficiency.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalNeotribe VenturesZero Infinity Partners
Airtable is a San Francisco-based no-code platform that lets teams build apps and workflows on a flexible database.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Howie Liu(Co-Founder and CEO)inAndrew Ofstad(Co-Founder)inEmmett Nicholas(Co-Founder and senior engineering leader)inAmbereen Toubassy(Chief Financial Officer)Paul Ohls(Chief Revenue Officer)David Azose(Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsBling CapitalCaffeinated CapitalCoatue ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)CSC UpshotDCVC (Data Collective)+25 more
Airtap is a personal AI agent that operates a user's real mobile apps on a cloud-based Android phone, tapping, typing, and swiping to complete tasks requested in plain language via iMessage, RCS, or a web dashboard.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFuture of WorkCampbell, US
Hue Harguindeguy(Executive Officer)Rosen Sharma(Executive Officer, Director)
Designs ultra power efficient extreme performance ADC/DAC/AFE
Gurnee, US
Adam Khan(Executive Officer, Director)Tom Lacey(Executive Officer, Director)Carl Shurboff(Executive Officer)Holger Heims(Director)King Lee(Director)Charles W. Moore, Jr.(Director)
AM Batteries develops Powder to Electrode dry coating technology for lithium-ion electrode manufacturing, reducing solvent use and energy consumption compared to traditional slurry methods.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergyMassachusetts, US
Yan Wang(Director)in
BoardAnil Achyuta(Director)inJimmy Kan(Director)inLisa Coca(Director)inLie Shi(Director)in
Co-investorsAnzu PartnersCreative VenturesTDK VenturesToyota Ventures
Co-investorsWarburg Pincus
Amperesand manufactures medium voltage solid-state transformers for critical power infrastructure, enabling faster deployment of power systems for AI data centers and industrial applications.
Deep TechEnergyHardware
Brian Dow(Chief Executive Officer)Tommy Joyner(Sr. VP of Engineering)Marc Bouchet(Chief of Staff)inAndrey Reznik(Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsMaterial ImpactXoraTDK VenturesWalden CatalystXora Innovation Pte Ltd
AmpUp develops electric vehicle charging infrastructure solutions for drivers, businesses, and communities.
Climate TechConsumerEnergyMobility & TransportationSaaSSan Francisco, US
Thomas Sun(Founder)in
Co-investors2.12 AngelsAutotech VenturesConnecticut InnovationsFrontier VenturesY CombinatorMuus Climate Partners+2 more
Sagence AI develops analog in-memory compute chips for AI inference, using deep subthreshold computation inside multi-level flash memory cells to deliver high performance at low power and cost.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsSaratoga, US
Vishal Sarin(CEO)
Co-investorsMetaplanetProsperity7 Ventures
ANJET Corporation designs power semiconductor devices using Si, SiC, and GaN processes to improve energy efficiency for applications such as vehicles, railroads, and smart grids.
CleantechEnergySemiconductors
Single-call LLM model and inference engine for long-horizon reasoning
Anyware Robotics builds Pixmo, a multi-purpose mobile warehouse robot with a force-sensing collaborative arm, powered by its AnywareOS intelligence layer for perception, motion planning, and autonomous decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsFremont, US
Te Tang(Executive Officer, Director)Yongxiang Fan(Director)Thomas(Co-founder & CEO)inBruce(Co-founder, Head of Robotics Engineering)inSam(Co-founder)inTorsten(Co-founder, Head of Product & Marketing)in
Co-investorsGFT VenturesStrawberry Creek VenturesAlumni Ventures
Ingestible drug delivery and monitoring technology
Westborough, US
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAt One VenturesBasecamp FundBlue Ivy VenturesClean Energy VentureHitachi Ventures+5 more
AI agents that execute complex, multi-step tasks by autonomously operating cloud-hosted mobile applications
Disruptive automotive radar system using Luneburg lens antenna
Aviva Links develops Ethernet and ASA-ML multi-gigabit semiconductor products for in-vehicle connectivity, moving data from sensors to processors for ADAS, telematics, and infotainment systems.
HardwareMobility & TransportationSemiconductors
Co-investorsiGlobe PartnersTSVC
AXBIO builds a microfluidic Bio-CMOS platform combining nanopore sequencing, CMOS chips, and electrochemical sensors for high-throughput gene sequencing and molecular diagnostics.
BiotechDeep TechSemiconductors
Co-investorsCBC GroupYF Capital
Develops automated forklift for loading and unloading
BioEclipse Therapeutics is a clinical-stage oncology company developing immuno-oncology therapeutics using a proprietary platform that targets the tumor microenvironment through engineered immune cell therapies.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSouth San Francisco, US
Pamela Reilly Contag(Executive Officer, Director)Catherine Sohn(Director)Gregory Schiffman(Director)Mark Frohlich(Director)Stephen Thau(Executive Officer)Elona Baum(Director)
Co-investorsPlum Alley Investments
World's first high-acuity spherical bionic retina
Developer of AI based Security Cameras
AI-powered mobile robots that autonomously unload boxes in containers and trucks
Develops functional brain map to facilitate brain disorder diagnosis and treatment
Micro-VCSEL optical interconnect technology
Emmanuel Straschnov(Founder)inJosh Haas(Founder)in
Co-investorsDig Ventures Management LimitedKima VenturesNewView CapitalSignalFire
Pioneering AI-driven live-cell imaging for cell therapy and regenerative medicine
Capacity builds an AI-powered platform for contact centers and support teams that automates customer support interactions through AI agents and agent assist tools.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSt. Louis, US
David Karandish(Founder)inChris Sims(Co-founder)
Co-investorsCapital InnovatorsCapital Midwest FundConnecticut InnovationsFINTOP CapitalMissionOGOceans Ventures+1 more
Capture was a note-taking application that allowed users to capture notes, to-dos, and web pages.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkNew York City, US
Calvin LeGassick(Co-Founder, CEO)inJesse Chand(Founder)inStephen Chen(Co-Founder)inAdena Nadler(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorLG Technology VenturesOsage Venture PartnersOwl VenturesQualcomm VenturesSierra Ventures
Capture digitizes personal media including VHS tapes, VCR tapes, mini tapes, and other analog formats into digital formats (DVDs, thumb drives, cloud storage) for consumers wanting to preserve family memories and home videos.
Consumer
Co-investorsLauder PartnersLG Technology VenturesOsage Venture PartnersOwl VenturesQualcomm VenturesSierra Ventures
Provides at-home individualized cardiac rehabilitation program
Celero Systems is developing an ingestible pill-based platform that monitors cardiac and respiratory vital signs and delivers medication, aiming to monitor, diagnose, and treat life-threatening conditions without wearables or wires.
Deep TechDigital HealthMedical Devices
CertiK is a Web3 security platform that provides smart contract audits, penetration testing, compliance solutions, and real-time project evaluation for blockchain projects and institutions.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityNew York, US
Sergey Gorbunov(Co-Founder)Alex Wilke(Co-Founder)Ronghui Gu(Director)Zhong Shao(Director)
BoardMuhan Zou(Director)Kai Jiang(Director)
Co-investorsCandaq Fintech GroupContinue CapitalEureka PartnersInsight PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersSpark Digital Capital+7 more
ChemPower develops an abrasive-free chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) technology and materials for advanced semiconductor chip manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechNew MaterialsSemiconductorsBeaverton, US
Sudhanshu Misra(CEO)SV Babu(CTO)SUDHANSHU MISRA(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSCOTT SHAW(Director)inOWEN LOZMAN(Director)JESSICA FREYER(Director)in
Co-investorsIntel CapitalM VenturesPangaea Ventures Us Inc.Portland Seed FundRhapsody Venture PartnersTEL Venture Capital, Inc.+2 more
Cloudian provides S3-native object storage and data management software for AI, analytics, and backup workloads, with immutable storage for ransomware protection and high-throughput storage for GPU cloud providers.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureSan Mateo, US
Michael M. Tso(Executive Officer, Director)Hiroshi Ohta(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJonathan Epstein(Director)David Milstein(Director)Ken Yasunaga(Director)Gregory Bryant(Director)
Co-investorsGlobal Hands-On VCNTT DOCOMO Ventures
Transforming understanding and addressing of CNS diseases
Codepoint builds LoRa-based devices and platforms for smart campus and building applications, including monitoring of building systems, security, water leaks, temperature, and indoor/outdoor location tracking of staff, residents, and assets.
HardwareIoTPropTechKirkland, US
Gary Tu(Director)Michael B. Mathews(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Zhong Li(Director, Promoter)
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)
Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Flex Capital PartnersHarmony PartnersNVenturesScale Venture PartnersAtomico+5 more
CohZero technology delivers coherent performance for data center optical interconnects
AI-driven data privacy management using privacy-enhancing technologies
Fully automated AI-powered coding software
Coreshell develops silicon-based battery materials using metallurgical silicon, an unprocessed natural form of silicon, as a lower-cost anode material for EV batteries.
CleantechEnergyNew Materials
Co-investorsBaruch Future VenturesBlue Bear VenturesEntrada VenturesHelios Climate VenturesTrousdale VenturesZeon Ventures
Corvic offers an enterprise AI platform that wraps frontier models with grounded playbooks, multi-agent workflows, persistent memory, and secure data handling to process structured and unstructured data at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Gurbinder Gill(Founder)in
Co-investorsLam CapitalM VenturesSprout OakBosch VenturesK2 Access FundLDV Partners+1 more
Couragene develops gene and biologic therapies using novel delivery platforms.
BiotechHealthtechEdison, US
Jiangbing Zhou(Director)Guojuan Liao(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardJinlin Wang(Director)in
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
Sid Sheth(Founder)in
Co-investorsPlayground GlobalTemasekAlpha Square GroupAmino CapitalBerkeley FrontierCortado Ventures+10 more
DeepHow creates video-based training and AI-powered standard operating procedure (SOP) verification for frontline operations workers in manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEdTechNew York City, US
Sam Zheng(Founder)Qiannan "Channing" Cai(Founder)inSivakumar Lakshmanan(Chief Executive Officer)Siva LakshmananinXianjun Zheng(Director)Patrik Matos da Silva(Director)
Co-investorsID VenturesLG Technology VenturesOwl VenturesQualcomm VenturesSierra VenturesStanley Ventures+3 more
DeepScribe builds an ambient AI documentation platform for oncology, including an AI medical scribe, pre-visit chart summaries, AI medical coding, and note customization.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Matthew Ko(Executive Officer, Director)inAkilesh Dyanesh Bapu(Executive Officer, Director)Akilesh Bapu(Founder)inKairui Zeng(Executive Officer)
BoardMichael Berolzheimer(Director)in
Co-investorsBerkeley SkyDeck FundFour Acres CapitalIndex VenturesStage 2 Capital1984 Ventures Management, LlcBee Partners+2 more
DoubleLoop builds AI-powered metric trees and "value architecture" tools that connect product teams' work to business outcomes through interactive visualizations and insights, serving product, data, and executive teams.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS
Co-investorsAtlassian VenturesZ5 Capital
Consider is a recruiting platform that helps talent teams source and manage candidate profiles, including a Chrome extension for adding LinkedIn profiles to talent pools in one click.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaSUnion City, US
Arnab Bhattacharjee(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inGautam Satalkar(Founder)Ralph Rabbat(Founder)inBhaskar Rathod(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsExpaGaingelsTenOneTen VenturesVU Venture Partners
eBPF-powered infrastructure observability platform with high-resolution telemetry
Enspectra Health develops VIO, a handheld skin imaging system that combines multiphoton laser scanning with reflectance confocal microscopy to produce high-resolution digital images of live cells noninvasively, without a biopsy incision.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical DevicesMountain View, US
Co-investorsHeuristic Capital PartnersSocial StartsTsingyuan Ventures
Developer of abrasive free semiconductor chemical mechanical planarization process
Erisyon develops a single-molecule protein sequencer using its Fluorosequencing technology, applying next-generation DNA sequencing approaches to proteomics.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtech
Co-investorsCatalio Capital Management, LP
Aether provides roofing and exterior building measurement reports for home services contractors, using phone-based 3D modeling to generate accurate full-house measurements within 2% accuracy.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Zayne Sagar(Founder)inShelby Bons(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAP VenturesCDP Venture CapitalChevron Technology VenturesEni NextTechEnergy Ventures+1 more
Feon develops high-performance battery electrolytes using a discovery platform (EDGE) to improve battery performance, safety, and cost across various battery chemistries.
CleantechEnergyNew MaterialsWoburn, US
Zhiao Yu(Cofounder)Wenxiao Huang(Chief Executive Officer and President)
Co-investorsFine Structures VenturesMassVenturesValkyrieEight Roads Ventures
Finwave Semiconductor develops GaN-on-Silicon RF technology and devices, including E-mode GaN power amplifiers and high-power broadband RF switches for radio front-end applications.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Tomas Palacios(Co-founder)
Co-investorsCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)Citta CapitalFine Structures VenturesIn-Q-TelSafar PartnersStrawberry Creek Ventures+2 more
Firstshift is an AI-native, cloud-based supply chain planning platform that provides demand forecasting, inventory optimization, scenario modeling, and embedded AI assistants for manufacturers.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSLos Altos, US
Harikumar J. Menon(Executive Officer, Director)Padmanabhan Ramankutty(Director)
BoardBrett Brohl(Director)in
Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesMonta Vista CapitalZ5 CapitalBread And Butter Ventures, LlcREFASHIOND Ventures
Fox Robotics builds the FoxBot, an autonomous counterbalance forklift that uses onboard cameras, LiDAR, and machine-learning perception to identify and move pallets during trailer loading and unloading at warehouse receiving docks.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics
Peter Anderson-Sprecher(Founder)in
Co-investorsAutotech VenturesBMW i VenturesCongruent VenturesEniac VenturesLa FamigliaTransLink Capital+2 more
Android for EV charging - software solution that works with any 3rd party hardware
CleantechEnergyMobility & TransportationSan Leandro, US
Arcady Sosinov(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardChad Bown(Director)Michael Mahan(Director)Richard Steele(Director)Gary Moskovitz(Director)
Co-investorsBlue Bear Capital PartnersCALIFORNIA INNOVATIONMomenta VenturesStanley VenturesStrawberry Creek VenturesABB Technology Ventures+7 more
AI-powered video creator for skilled trades training
San Francisco, US
Nachbar Gavin(Executive Officer)
Develops NFT video generation infrastructure for virtual character video conferencing
Kerrigan develops software and AI for factory floor operations, integrating and controlling robots and machines such as robot arms, mobile robots, conveyor belts, ASRS, and humanoids, along with MES/ERP/CMMS systems.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Goodcall provides conversational AI phone agents that handle inbound business calls, answering common customer questions, managing appointments via calendar integrations, capturing leads into CRMs, and transferring or escalating to staff when needed.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsMerus Capital75 & Sunny
Hayden AI develops artificial intelligence and spatial analytics software for governments and businesses, with a focus on transportation and public safety.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechMobility & Transportation
Marty Beard(CEO)in
Co-investorsAutotech VenturesCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)Costella KirschDoon CapitalGlobal BrainKDDI Open Innovation Fund+3 more
Hologram is a platform that lets users bring PFP (profile picture) NFTs to life as avatars for use in the metaverse, and enables artists to create or sell 2D and 3D characters and assets integrated across its ecosystem.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3Gaming
Co-investorsInflection.xyzNascentVery Serious Ventures
Uses AI to provide guaranteed insurance quotes for household insurance optimization
Hypercare is a HIPAA and PHIPA compliant clinical communication platform that provides secure messaging, real-time on-call scheduling, pager replacement, code team activation, and a centralized contact directory.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Albert Tai(Founder)in
Co-investorsNina CapitalToronto Innovation Acceleration PartnersWavemaker Three-Sixty Health
HyperLight builds a thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) chiplet platform delivering high-bandwidth, energy-efficient optics for AI computing, cloud, hyperscale data centers, and telecom networks.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Co-investorsThe Engine Ventures
InchFab offers a modular, integrated semiconductor fabrication platform that combines hardware, processes, and tools into one system, letting users start small and scale up for prototyping and production.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Mitchell Hsing(Founder)inParker Gould(Founder)in
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesSafar Partners
Develops low power LORA in-door localization
Beijing Intengine Technology builds an edge voice-interaction platform combining self-developed speech-recognition chips with neural-network hardware acceleration, far-field audio capture, NLP scene solutions, and AI noise reduction.
AI & Machine LearningIoTSemiconductorsBeijing, CN
Agentic Voice AI to answer and automate customer service and sales requests
Developer of first portable and automated ultrasound scanner
Inference² provides automation and monitoring tools for running AI inference workloads in a company's own cloud.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsScribble VenturesEssence Venture Capital
iSono Health develops an automated ultrasound system combined with artificial intelligence for breast imaging at the point of care, enabling standardized and accessible imaging across different healthcare settings.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthFemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Shadi Saberi(Founder/CTO)inNeda Razavi(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardMichael Jin(Director)in
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesTransform Capital ManagementY Combinator
Jacobi Robotics builds software for robotic palletizing, including the Jacobi OmniPalletizer, which sorts live mixed-case flows into store-ready pallets while enforcing rules like heavy-to-light stacking and crush limits.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsEmeryville, US
Lars Berscheid(Cofounder)Max Cao(Cofounder)Yahav Avigal(Founder)in
Co-investorsFronturesHumba VenturesMoxxie VenturesSwift Ventures
JuiceFS is a distributed POSIX-compatible file system that stores data in object storage and uses a database such as Redis for metadata, with support for mounting, Kubernetes CSI, Hadoop/Hive, and an S3 gateway.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Rui Su(Founder)in
Koidra builds an AI-powered automation platform using physics-informed AI for autonomous industrial control, with products including DataPilot for operational data analytics and KoPilot for autonomous control.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningSeattle, US
Kenneth Tran(Founder)
Co-investorsAmritam HoldingsCavallo VenturesOspraie Ag ScienceRedstick Ventures
Laminar, founded in 2024, is an early-stage digital health company focused on making digital health tools more accessible.
Digital HealthHealthtech
LanzaJet produces Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) using locally sourced feedstocks, designed to be compatible with existing aircraft and fueling infrastructure.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyDeerfield, US
Jimmy Samartzis(Chief Executive Officer)Douglas Graham(Vice President, Corporate Secretary)
BoardMark Townley(Board Director)Laurel Harmon(Board Director)Kosuke Hattori(Board Director)David King(Board Director)
Co-investorsInternational Airlines Group (IAG)Mitsui & Co
Automates patent drafting with natural language processing
Palo Alto, US
Manchen Hu(Executive Officer, Director)Weipeng Zhang(Director)
Co-investorsG Vision Capital
Multi-vendor factory robotics integration enabling unified orchestration
Revolutionizing Li-ion battery electrode manufacturing
EnergyPhiladelphia, US
Sara Ponessa(Executive Officer)Gilberto Antoniazzi(Executive Officer)Paul W. Graves(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardChristina Lampe-Onnerud(Director)Pablo Marcet(Director)Steven T. Merkt(Director)
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-investorsEntrada VenturesRaptor Group
Lunewave develops cutting-edge antenna and sensor technology for automotive advanced driver assistance systems, autonomous vehicles, wireless communications, robotics, and drones.
AI & Machine LearningHardware
John Xinin
Co-investorsblue 9 capitalBMW i VenturesFraser McCombs CapitalProeza VenturesThird Sphere
Co-investorsElevation Ventures
Charles Fan(Founder)in
Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsIntel CapitalKairos Venture Investments, LlcLightspeed Venture PartnersTyche Partners
Metalenz develops metasurface optics technology for optical sensing in consumer and industrial devices.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsStoneham, US
Robert Charles Devlin(Executive Officer, Director)Federico Capasso(Director)Rob Devlin(Founder)in
BoardXuhui Shao(Director)in
Co-investorsBantam GroupBraemar Energy VenturesGlobal BrainIntel CapitalM VenturesNeotribe Ventures+6 more
Mission Bio develops single-cell biology tools and platforms for researchers and clinicians to enable precision medicine discovery and cancer treatment.
BiotechDeep TechDigital HealthMedical DevicesSouth San Francisco, US
Adam Sciambi(Founder)inPaul Billings, M.D., Ph.D.(Director)Urshit Parikh(Director)Charles Silver(Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director)Maneesh Jain, Ph.D.(Director)Adam Abate, Ph.D.(Director)
Co-investorsCota CapitalFusionGreen Park & Golf VenturesKeiretsu ForumMighty Capital
Movn Health is a healthcare company focused on improving access to cardiovascular care, working to improve health outcomes, care coordination, patient engagement, and retention.
Digital HealthHealthtechLos Angeles, US
Harshvardhan Vathsangam(Executive Officer, Director)Ade Adesanya(Director)in
BoardBob Saunders(Director)John Kim(Director)Eric Marton(Director)inAdrian James(Director)
Co-investorsAphelion CapitalSolve VenturesSteelSky VenturesCiti VenturesNueterra CapitalOCA Ventures+3 more
Develops big memory computing architecture for real-time data applications
Mythic builds analog processing units based on compute-in-memory architecture designed to run AI workloads efficiently in real-world applications.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsPalo Alto, US
Taner Ozcelik(CEO / Board Member)Steven Pho(CFO)
Co-investorsCatapult VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Atreides ManagementDCVC (Data Collective)Linse CapitalLockheed Martin Ventures+7 more
Nectry provides a governance and control plane for enterprise AI agents, chatbots, and apps, letting companies build specialized, policy-scoped agents and bring existing AI (in Copilot, Salesforce, or low-code tools) under audit-ready control.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Daniel Winograd-Cort(Founder)inAdam Chlipala(Chief Scientist)
Co-investorsSamsung NextThe E14 FundEssence Venture Capital
Nervonik develops peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) systems designed for high-motion, dynamic activity, using a patented technology that adds biosensing and objective feedback to neuromodulation.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsLumira VenturesShangBay Capital LLCUS Venture PartnersAmzak Health
NeuExcell Therapeutics is a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing treatments for neurodegenerative and neurological diseases such as glioma, Alzheimer's disease, and stroke.
BiotechDeep TechState College, US
Gong Chen(CEO)
Neuraworx Medical Technologies is a medical device company developing Intelligent Cerebrovascular Pacing, a bioelectronic technology intended to enhance the brain's glymphatic system function and cerebral fluid clearance.
BiotechDeep TechMedical Devices
Chris Minar(Founder)in
Co-investorsSmartGateVCVerge HealthTech Fund
Therapeutic company focused on nervous system diseases
Developer of disruptive neural repair technology utilizing astrocyte-to-neuron conversion
Nexstrom develops wafer-scale, CMOS-compatible 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductor materials using a proprietary MOCVD system, targeting sub-1nm transistor scaling beyond silicon's limits.
Deep TechNew MaterialsSemiconductors
Lance Li(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)
Next-generation GAN semiconductors for power management and 5G RF transmitters
Michael Gorman(Founder)in
AI-powered medical scribe technology to reduce doctors' paperwork and workload
o9 Solutions provides an AI-driven enterprise planning platform, the o9 Digital Brain, for integrated planning and execution across supply chain, demand, and operations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDallas, US
Chakradhar Gottemukkala(Executive Officer)Sanjiv Sidhu(Director)in
Obviously AI provides a no-code platform that enables users to build predictive machine learning models from raw data in minutes without requiring coding knowledge.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Nirman Pratikbhai Dave(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Tapojit Debnath Tapu(Executive Officer, Director)Tapojit (Tapu) Debnath(Founder)in
BoardKiran Mysore Ravi(Director)
Co-investorsArka Venture LabsDraft Ventures LlcGolden Gate VenturesUTECiSeed
Omni Design Technologies develops high-performance analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converter IP cores for AI infrastructure, 5G networks, automotive systems, and satellite communications.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareQuantum ComputingSemiconductorsMilpitas, US
Kush Gulati(Co-founder, President & CEO)Hae-Seung Lee(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDrew Peck(Director)
Co-investorsFraser McCombs CapitalMonta Vista CapitalCDIB Capital
Data Center Dynamics is a media and information platform serving professionals in the data center industry with editorial coverage, expert insights, research reports, and specialized newsletters.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment
Huizi Mao(Founder)in
Co-investorsMatrixQualcomm VenturesSpaceVCGSR VenturesNotable Capital
Openprise provides a data and AI orchestration platform that automates data work for go-to-market operations teams, enabling advanced segmentation, personalization, and pipeline management.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Mateo, US
Ed(Founder)Edward King(Executive Officer, Director)Mario Lim(Founder)Ed King(Founder)inMarioRey
Co-investorsCitta CapitalStorm VenturesBloomberg Beta
Otter.ai is an AI-powered meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations in real time across multiple languages, automatically capturing decisions and action items.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaSMountain View, US
Sam Liang(Founder & CEO)inEli M(Founder)
Co-investors500 GlobalDFJ DragonFundDraper DragonDuke Capital PartnersFusionGeodesic Capital+9 more
Pareto builds products and research focused on advancing human-based training signal for AI models, positioning human data as the driver of model improvement in a reinforcing cycle between people and models.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureWilmington, US
Xuechun Yao(Executive Officer, Director)Phoebe Yao(Founder)in
Co-investorsMaC Venture Capital
Neural debugging tools for fine-tuning pathology-focused foundation models
Persperion Diagnostics develops touch-based sweat sensing technology for diagnostic measurement.
Deep TechDigital HealthMedical Devices
Co-investors7G BioVenturesCornucopian Capital ManagementSamsung Next
Product management oversight platform
Develops world-first single molecule protein sequencer
ProteoWise develops the Hyperblot benchtop instrument for high-throughput multiplexed proteomics, letting researchers load samples and antibody panels to obtain quantified western-style protein data.
BiotechDeep TechHardwareNew Haven, US
Stephen M. Strittmatter(Co-founder & Chair, Scientific Advisory Board)Misha Kostylev(Founder)inErik Gunther(Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder)Mikhail Kostylev(Chief Science Officer)
BoardDaniel Wagner(Director)Benjamin D. Comb(Director)
Co-investorsConnecticut Innovations
Develop ultra high speed, power efficient and scalable electro-optic integrated circuits
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-investorsEntrada VenturesUncork Capital
In-car connectivity systems for computers on wheels
QuantumScape develops solid-state lithium-metal batteries with ceramic electrolyte separators for electric vehicles, enabling faster charging, longer range, and improved safety compared to conventional lithium-ion batteries.
EnergyHardwareNew MaterialsSan Jose, US
Dr. Tim Holme(Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer)Jagdeep Singh(Founder)inSiva Sivaramin
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesKhosla VenturesKleiner PerkinsLightspeed Venture PartnersPrelude Ventures
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-investorsEntrada VenturesM VenturesOUP (Osage University Partners)Sierra Ventures
Co-investorsRaptor GroupWorldQuant Ventures
Redwood Materials deploys large-scale energy storage systems for data centers and grid power while recycling batteries to recover critical minerals like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper as a domestic source of these materials.
Circular EconomyEnergyNew MaterialsCarson City, US
JB Straubel(Founder & CEO)inKevin Kassekert(Executive Officer)Jason Thompson(Executive Officer)
BoardDavid Danielson(Director)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesCoatue ManagementCollaborative FundCongruent VenturesEclipse VenturesGood Capital+17 more
Developer of non-viral gene delivery for gene therapies
Smart document editor powered by generative AI for legal industry
ResiQuant provides an AI-powered platform for property insurance underwriting, using AI agents that automate complex schedules, validate structural risk, and assess catastrophe perils such as earthquake, wildfire, windstorm, and flood.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Francisco Alfonso Galvis Lopez(Co-founder)Omar Issa(Co-founder)inFrancisco Galvis(Founder)in
BoardEvan Nisselson(Director)in
Co-investorsLDV CapitalAlumni VenturesPear VC
Rev provides AI-powered transcription and document analysis tools for legal teams, helping attorneys extract key facts from audio, video, and document evidence while maintaining strict data privacy and accuracy standards.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechLegalTech
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersGlobespan Capital PartnersVCFA Group
Rosebud AI provides generative AI tools that enable users to create games and immersive interactive experiences without requiring extensive technical expertise.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsGamingSan Francisco, US
Co-investors2am VCAngel Collective Opportunity FundKhosla VenturesY CombinatorAnimoca BrandsEssence Venture Capital
Ruli is a legal AI platform for in-house legal teams that handles contract review and redlining, drafting, regulatory research, monitoring of legal changes, and contract due diligence, grounded in a company's own playbooks and knowledge base.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSAustin, US
Bryan Lee(Founder)inXi Sun(Founder)
Co-investorsPJCSignalFireAlbum VCGenius VenturesMana
Ryght builds an AI platform for clinical trial site selection and feasibility, using "AI Site Twins" — digital replicas of clinical research sites — to analyze protocols and match sponsors and CROs with high-potential research sites worldwide.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech
Co-investorsAIX VenturesIaso VenturesPage One VenturesVirtue VenturesLDV PartnersTop Harvest Capital
SafeButler is a free price comparison service that aggregates insurance policies from multiple providers and helps users find affordable options.
FintechInsurTechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Vincent Wei(Founder)inNan Zhong(Founder)in
Co-investorsLong Venture PartnersY Combinator
Agentic AI to drive new sales and revenue through customer connection
Sanctuary AI develops "Physical AI" software and autonomous task policies that run on commercially available robotic systems, including support for multiple hardware configurations, mobility options, end effectors, and a path to humanoids.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Olivia Norton(Founder)inJames G. Wellsin
Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Evok InnovationsInBC Investment Corp.Intrepid Growth PartnersPanache VenturesPropagator Ventures+6 more
Sangamo is a genomic medicine company using its proprietary zinc finger technology to develop gene therapies aimed at curing severe diseases, with a focus on neurology and rare disorders.
BiotechMedical Devices
Co-investorsCalifornia Technology VenturesForesite CapitalRidgeback Capital
Premium AI and LLM training data labeling
World's first virtual biopsy for skin cancer using handheld imaging device
AI-powered team recruiter to hire strong talent
AI and robotics platform for drug discovery focused on medicinal chemistry
Non-invasive glucose monitoring and diagnostics
Sepion develops advanced polymer separator technology for batteries and other applications including water separation and materials recovery.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyNew MaterialsSilicon Valley, US
Peter Frischmann(CEO & Co-Founder)inBrett Helms(CSO & Co-Founder)
BoardRandy Chan(Director)
Co-investorsACVC PartnersCreative VenturesFine Structures VenturesISVVoLo Earth VenturesDolby Family Ventures+2 more
InSync is an agentic AI platform that architects, deploys, and manages purpose-built AI agents for higher education and eCommerce, covering workflows such as admissions, enrollment communications, student support, at-risk monitoring, and product recommendation.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEdTech
Sila Nanotechnologies engineers next-generation battery materials, particularly silicon anodes, for use in electric vehicles, wearables, and other energy-intensive applications.
Deep TechEnergyHardwareNew MaterialsSan Jose, US
Gleb Yushin(Co-Founder & CTO)Gene Berdichevsky(Executive Officer, Director)inO. Abbey Omokhodion(Executive Officer)Warren DeSouza(Executive Officer)
BoardMichael L. Speiser(Director)inByron Deeter(Director)in
Co-investors8VCBessemer Venture PartnersCoatue ManagementCongruent VenturesIn-Q-TelMatrix+4 more
SNOW produces lab-grown diamonds using atomic-level crafting methods.
Deep TechNew Materials
SonoThera is developing a nonviral, non-invasive gene delivery technology that uses ultrasound and microbubbles (ultrasound-mediated delivery) to deliver genetic payloads to targeted sites in a redosable way.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechSouth San Francisco, US
Kenneth Greenberg(Co-Founder, President & CEO)in
Co-investorsVida VenturesLeaps by BayerIllumina VenturesMedical Excellence CapitalVivo CapitalARCH Venture Partners+1 more
South 8 Technologies develops LiGas, a patented liquefied gas electrolyte for lithium-ion battery cells that operates across an extreme temperature range (-60 to +60°C) with added safety and fast-charge benefits.
Deep TechEnergyNew MaterialsSan Diego, US
Co-investorsAnzu PartnersLockheed Martin Ventures
Stately Bio develops stem cell-derived regenerative and cell therapies using a machine learning platform that measures cell identity, behavior, and maturation directly from live-cell, label-free imaging.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical Devices
Co-investorsAIX VenturesMitsui Global InvestmentAxial VCBoxOne VenturesCaffeinated CapitalDimension Capital+1 more
Stellar Cyber provides an AI-powered threat hunting tool that allows security analysts to query security data using natural language, generating structured searches across on-premise and cloud data sources.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Jose, US
Changming Liu(Executive Officer, Director)Aimei Wei(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardFeng Deng(Director)Ye Li(Director)Raymond Choi(Director)Frank Marshall(Director)
Co-investorsBallistic VenturesEvolution VC PartnersNorthern Light Venture CapitalPROOF
AI to create data and intelligence hub for properties tailored for disaster risk assessment
Builds computer vision and AI applications for smart city management
Subconscious develops TIMRUN, an inference runtime, and the TIM family of post-trained open models optimized for AI agent workloads rather than chatbots, offering on-GPU context compression that extends context windows and increases concurrency and token throughput.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Jack O'Brien(Founder)in
Co-investorsMassVenturesOakseed VenturesEntrepreneur FirstYourNest Venture Capital
Subtle Medical develops deep learning software for medical imaging that enables faster and safer image acquisition on existing scanners for healthcare providers and imaging centers.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical Devices
Greg Zaharchuk(Co-founder, MD, Ph.D., Neuroradiologist and Professor at Stanford)inEnhao Gong(Co-founder, Ph.D., Deep Learning Scientist)in
Co-investors3E Bioventures CapitalAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Bessemer Venture PartnersBreyer CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Fusion+2 more
Supio provides AI-powered software designed specifically for personal injury law firms to manage evidence and case documentation across pre-litigation and litigation phases.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSSeattle, US
Jerry Zhou(Founder)inKyle Lam(Founder)in
Co-investors57Blocks CapitalBonfire VenturesBreakwater VenturesMayfield FundSapphire VenturesThomson Reuters Ventures+1 more
Surgical Theater builds eXperiential Reality (XR) visualization software for surgeons, including surgical planning, patient engagement, and in-OR visualization tools.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices
Co-investorsShanghai Creation InvestmentHTC
Synfini operates an AI-driven "Agile Chemistry Foundry" that combines a dry lab with a robotic wet lab to accelerate design-make-test-analyze (DMTA) cycles for small-molecule drug discovery.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechRobotics
Co-investorsJSL Health CapitalWERU Investment Co. Ltd.
Synthesia is an AI video platform that lets businesses generate videos with AI avatars and agents, aimed at helping organizations train, onboard, and upskill employees.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSLondon, GB
Victor Riparbelli(Co-founder & CEO)inSteffen Tjerrild(Co-Founder & COO/CFO)inLourdes Agapito(Co-Founder)inMatthias Niessner(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAir Street CapitalFirstMark CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Kleiner PerkinsMMC Ventures+13 more
Tamr provides an AI-native master data management (MDM) platform that unifies, cleans, and enriches enterprise data in real time.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Andy Palmer(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsDcode CapitalGranite HillGV (Google Ventures)In-Q-TelMassMutual VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+7 more
TAZI provides autonomous AI agents that give financial institutions such as RIAs, community banks, and credit unions explainable recommendations for retaining, growing, and acquiring customers.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Zehra Cataltepe(Founder)in
Co-investorsIlluminate Ventures
Deploys HIPAA-compliant all-in-one communication platform for clinical teams
Tessel provides an evidence and monitoring infrastructure for safety-critical AI systems in medical diagnostics, helping developers systematically validate and track model behavior across regulatory standards and real-world deployment scenarios.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices
Lucas Tao(Founder)inArvind Thiagarajan(Founder)in
Co-investorsStartX
Tessel builds "living safety cases" — evidence-backed infrastructure that continuously validates how safety-critical medical AI models perform across sites, demographics, scanners, and protocols, flagging failure modes and evidence gaps.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
TetraMem builds in-memory computing hardware that runs AI directly on edge devices, processing data within memory to lower power consumption and enable real-time, on-device AI.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductors
Co-investorsLam Capital
Theom provides data and AI infrastructure security solutions for enterprises in the cloud.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Navindra Verma(Founder & CEO)Ravi NetravaliFarid NajaDanesh IraniinNavindra Yadav(Executive Officer, Director)inSupreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Ridge VenturesS VenturesWingDatabricks VenturesGeneral Partnership
ThruWave builds millimeter-wave (mmWave) imaging sensors and analytics software that see inside sealed packaging to automatically detect quality defects and contraband such as firearms, drugs, and tobacco.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Andreas Pedroß-Engel(Founder)in
Co-investorsIn-Q-TelRoot Ventures Manager, LlcThe E14 FundUbiquity Ventures
Titan Haptics develops LMR (Linear Magnetic Ram) wideband voice-coil haptic actuators that use a solid-state magnetic suspension instead of springs, along with a haptics API (Vector Haptics) and development kits for integrating high-definition touch feedback into interactive devices.
Deep TechHardwareIoT
Co-investorsEntrada VenturesRhapsody Venture PartnersEntropy VenturesGeneral CatalystHighland EuropeMangrove Capital Partners
On-board power conversion for XPUs
Goleta, US
Umesh K Mishra(Executive Officer, Director)Primit Parikh(Executive Officer)inUmesh Mishra(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Fumihide Esaka(Executive Officer, Director)Cameron McAulay(Executive Officer)
BoardDavid Kerko(Director)
Co-investorsLux CapitalGV (Google Ventures)
Turing AI provides an AI-powered cloud video security platform, offering AI cameras, edge devices, and analytics that integrate with third-party systems such as Axis, Brivo, and Genea.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity
Co-investorsFoundation Capital
BiotechNew York, US
Michael Burgess(Executive Officer)Jose Manuel Otero(Executive Officer)Robert Gould(Director)Jane Henderson(Executive Officer)Stefan Larson(Director)Patrick Machado(Director)
Co-investorsBrace PharmaF-Prime CapitalFACIT (Fight Against Cancer Innovation Trust)Venture OntarioOrbiMedVersant Ventures
Developer of next-generation anode material for lithium-ion batteries
UNIGRID develops energy solutions to address current energy challenges.
CleantechEnergyHardwareSan Diego, US
Co-investorsLG Technology VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)
Micro-fabrication-on-demand for rapid prototyping of specialized chips
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- How many investments has Foothill Ventures made?
- Foothill Ventures has 187 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 12 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Foothill Ventures invest at?
- Foothill Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Foothill Ventures's typical check size?
- Foothill Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
- What sectors does Foothill Ventures focus on?
- Foothill Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Medical Devices, Quantum Computing, Semiconductors.
- Where is Foothill Ventures located?
- Foothill Ventures is headquartered in Los Altos, US.
- Does Foothill Ventures lead rounds?
- Foothill Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Foothill Ventures co-invest with?
- Foothill Ventures most often shares deals with Khosla Ventures, Entrada Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, among 318 tracked co-investors.
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In-Q-Tel (IQT) is a not-for-profit strategic investment platform that has operated for over 25 years, backing frontier technology companies to advance the national security and prosperity of the U.S. and its allies.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.
Fusion Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm backing startups with technical or data advantages in healthcare, enterprise AI, and industrial technology.
GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in artificial intelligence and machine learning since its early days, building a global portfolio of more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.
SignalFire is a seed-stage venture capital firm that combines a full-team support model with its data-driven Beacon AI platform to back founders.
TSV Capital (TSVC), formerly TEEC Angel Fund, is a Silicon Valley seed-stage venture firm that backs technical founders at the earliest stages, having invested in over 200 early-stage companies.
ARCH Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in and helps build transformational companies, with a strong focus on the life sciences and biotechnology sector.
Neotribe Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early and growth-stage entrepreneurs solving complex, high-impact problems, backing bold and unconventional 'category-defining' ideas.
Kortschak Investments is an investment firm that backs technically talented founders tackling difficult scientific and engineering problems, aiming for outsized returns.
Social Starts is a group of early-stage venture funds that applies a data-driven, analytics-based methodology to identify and back promising companies in high-potential segments. Its current fund, Social Starts Health and Happiness, targets startups focused on helping people live longer and better.
Dig Ventures is a European venture capital firm that invests in early-stage B2B software founders, focusing on pre-seed and seed stage companies.
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Bloomberg Beta1984 Ventures Management, LlcIlluminate VenturesBootstrapLabsGSR VenturesSupernode VenturesBee PartnersMedical Excellence CapitalLong Journey VenturesUnknown VenturesBoxGroupPlug and Play VenturesSusa VenturesUpHonest CapitalStellar CapitalPractical Venture CapitalOperator LPSherpalo VenturesQueensBridge Venture PartnersArray Ventures Management LlcSpider CapitalRubicon Venture CapitalJAZZ Venture PartnersJohnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDCMana VenturesmParticleHorizon 3 Venture StudioVertex Ventures HC
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