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Foothill Ventures

Venture capitaloperating company · company profile

Los Altos · Pre-Seed–Series A · 18 people tracked

Also known as TEEC Angel Funds · Tsingyuan Ventures

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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.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
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$100K – $10M
HQ
Los Altos, CA, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2017
Last 12 months
7 investments
AUM
$250M
Tracked investments
233
Unicorns
10
IPOs
7
Acquisitions
7

Team · 18 people

from the firm's website & public directories

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Foothill Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 158 of 233 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×77Deep Tech ×39Hardware ×37Enterprise Software ×30Healthtech ×30SaaS ×27Biotech ×24Energy ×24

HQs:United States×106China×2Canada×1France×1United Kingdom×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 89 portfolio companies
34%
solo founders
30 of 89 mapped founding teams
32%
repeat founders
of 117 founders with career history
~3 yrs
old at investment
median across 34 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×302 founders×313 founders×134+ founders×15

Where their founders studiedfrom 108 founders with education data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×9Stanford University ×8University of California, Berkeley ×7Tsinghua University ×5University of British Columbia ×5Duke University ×4UC Santa Barbara ×4Carnegie Mellon University ×3

What their founders studiedfrom 110 founders with field-of-study data

Engineering ×51Computer Science ×49Business & Management ×12Mathematics & Statistics ×8Physics ×7Chemistry ×5Life Sciences ×4Law ×3

Where their founders worked beforefrom 117 founders with career history

Google ×10Microsoft ×10Stanford University ×10Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4Qualcomm ×4Aquantia ×3Georgia Institute of Technology ×3IBM ×3

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×6

51 founders hold a PhD · 12 hold an MBA (of 117 with degree data)

Investments · 233 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 62025 · 112024 · 82023 · 62022 · 82021 · 52020 · 32019 · 42017 · 12016 · 22014 · 12013 · 359 dated

10x Genomics10xgenomics.comin𝕏NASDAQ: TXGMay 2019

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BiotechDeep TechHardwareHealthtechPleasanton, US

Serge Saxonov(Founder)inBen Hindson(Founder)inBrad Crutchfield(Chief Commercial Officer)Jean Philibert(Chief People Officer)Eric S Whitaker(General Counsel)inJustin McAnear(Chief Financial Officer)

Co-investorsForesite CapitalKhosla VenturesOMX VenturesPaladin Capital GroupSoftBank Vision FundVenrock+4 more

electroCore, Inc.electrocore.comin𝕏NASDAQ: ECOR

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)inBrian Posner(Executive Officer)inDaniel S. Goldberger(Executive Officer, Director)Peter Staats(Director)inFrank Amato(Executive Officer)in

BoardTrevor Moody(Director)

Co-investorsTullis Health InvestorsMerck Global Health Innovation Fund

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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)Robert Smith(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersBay City CapitalEcoR1 CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Pivotal Life SciencesSamsara BioCapital+3 more

Powerpower.cominNASDAQ: POWI

Power Integrations designs and manufactures semiconductor chips for high-voltage power conversion, enabling efficient generation, transmission, and use of electrical power in renewable energy, appliances, mobile devices, and industrial applications.

CleantechEnergyHardwareSemiconductorsSan Jose, US

Jennifer Lloyd(President and Chief Executive Officer and Director)inKlas EklundArt FurySteve Sharp

Co-investorsKeiretsu Forum

Quanterixquanterix.comin𝕏NASDAQ: QTRX

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)inErnest Orticerio(Executive Officer)Ernest Oriticerio(Executive Officer)Masoud Toloue(Former Chief Executive Officer)in

BoardJohn Connolly(Director)inKeith Crandell(Director)

Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersBain Capital VenturesIn-Q-TelKhosla VenturesNovalis LifeSciences

Sentinel Onesentinelone.comin𝕏NYSE: S

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(Founder)inAlmog Cohen(Founder)inSameet Mehta(Executive Officer, Director)inEhud Shamir(Founder)

BoardRobert Schwartz(Director)Dan Scheinman(Director)

Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Everest GroupGranite HillInsight PartnersKhosla VenturesLobby Capital+15 more

WeRide (文远知行)weride.aiin𝕏NASDAQ: WRD

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

Yan(Co-founder)Tony Han(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlliance VenturesK3 VenturesK3V VenturesNautilus Ventures Management Company (Us), LlcQiming Venture PartnersSky9 Capital+1 more

Avotresavotres.com✓ verified

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BiotechHealthtechHanover, US

Bruce Cooper(Director)Dan Zhao(Director)Jihong Chen(Director)Xi Qin(Director)Hong Jiang(Director)Alex Li(Director)

Synfinisynfini.comJul 2025 · $9M✓ verified

Synfini provides AI-driven drug discovery collaboration services that help researchers advance targets and hits into optimized, patentable chemistry.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechRobotics

Peter Madrid(Scientific Development)inNathan Collins(Strategic Alliance)John Byrnes(Artificial Intelligence)Hillary Odgers(Finance)

Co-investorsMana VenturesJSL Health CapitalWERU Investment Co. Ltd.

NovoLINCnovolinc.cominSeed · Jan 2026 · $10.2M

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)in

Board seatEric Rosenblum· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsHitachi VenturesM VenturesTDK VenturesCarnegie Mellon UniversityFathom Fund

Persperionpersperiontech.comMay 2025

Persperion Diagnostics develops touch-based sweat sensing technology for diagnostic measurement.

Deep TechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSan 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

Co-investors7G BioVenturesCornucopian Capital ManagementSamsung NextEclipse Ventures

Saltalksaltalk.com𝕏Apr 2022

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

Co-investorsCeltic House Asia Partners

Synaptec Health Inc.synaptechealth.comin𝕏Nov 2023

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 Technologies4btechnologies.com

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 Powerabacuspower.com

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

Aether Fuelsaetherfuels.cominJan 2026 · $15M

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)inDhaval Shah(Chief Technology Officer)in

BoardMichelle Robson(Director)inPhilippe Inagaki(Director)

Co-investorsXora Innovation Pte LtdAP VenturesCDP Venture CapitalJetBlue VenturesSKY VCTechEnergy Ventures+5 more

Airaairahome.comin

Aira provides clean energy solutions centered on heat pumps, making renewable heating technology accessible and affordable for residential homes across Europe.

CleantechClimate TechEnergy

Anand Chandrasekher(Founder)Harald Mix(Founder)Pramod Viswanath(Founder)Ravikiran Gopalan(Founder)Sreeram Kannan(Founder)

Co-investorsAltorCollaborative FundKinnevikLingottoAcrew CapitalBose Ventures+1 more

Airaaira-technology.comin

Unable to determine — the page lists advisors only and does not describe the company's core business, products, or market.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaratoga, US

RaviKiran Gopalan(Director)inAnand Chandrasekher(Co-Founder, CEO)inPramod Viswanath(Co-Founder/Advisor)Sreeram Kannan(Co-Founder/Advisor)

BoardKrishna Kolluri(Director)Asad Khaliq(Director)

Co-investorsAcrew CapitalIn-Q-TelNeotribe VenturesZero Infinity Partners

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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(Founder)inAndrew Ofstad(Founder)inEmmett Nicholas(Founder)inAmbereen Toubassy(Chief Financial Officer)inPaul Ohls(Chief Revenue Officer)inDavid Azose(Chief Technology Officer)

Co-investorsBling CapitalBoxGroupCaffeinated CapitalCoatue ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)CSC Upshot+35 more

Airtapairtap.ai𝕏Sep 2025

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

Suman Saraf(Founder)inHue Harguindeguy(Executive Officer)Rosen Sharma(Executive Officer, Director)

AM Batteriesam-batteries.comSep 2021

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 PartnersAsahi Kasei Corporate Venture CapitalCreative VenturesRA CapitalSAIC Technologies Fund II, LLCTDK Ventures+3 more

Amperesandamperesand.ioFeb 2024 · $12.5M

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)inTommy Joyner(Sr. VP of Engineering)inMarc Bouchet(Chief of Staff)inAndrey Reznik(Chief Financial Officer)

Co-investorsMaterial ImpactTDK VenturesXoraWalden CatalystXora Innovation Pte Ltd

AmpUpampup.ioin𝕏Seed · Sep 2024 · $15M

AmpUp develops electric vehicle charging infrastructure solutions for drivers, businesses, and communities.

Climate TechConsumerEnergyMobility & TransportationSaaSSan Francisco, US

Thomas Sun(Founder)inTom Sun(Founder)Xiaoyao QianRui ZhangBach Bui

Co-investors2.12 AngelsAutotech VenturesConnecticut InnovationsFrontier VenturesGoodyear VenturesSAIC Technologies Fund II, LLC+14 more

Analog Inferenceanalog-inference.comin

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AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsSaratoga, US

Vishal Sarin(CEO)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesMetaplanetProsperity7 VenturesTDK Ventures

Anjetanjet.com

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CleantechEnergySemiconductors

Anyware Roboticsanyware-robotics.cominNov 2024

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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-investorsAlumni VenturesGFT VenturesStrawberry Creek Ventures

Ascend Elementsascendelements.com

Westborough, US

Diran Apelian(Founder)Eric Gratz(Founder)Yan Wang(Founder)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAt One VenturesBasecamp FundBlue Ivy VenturesClean Energy VentureHitachi Ventures+7 more

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Mihir Shukla(Founder)inNeeti Mehta Shukla(Founder)inAnkur Kothari(Founder)inClyde Hosein(Executive Officer)inNeeti Mehta(Founder)Rushabh Parmani(Founder)

Co-investors1435 CapitalCollective LiquidityEniac VenturesEQUIAMFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcLinus Ventures+12 more

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HardwareMobility & TransportationSemiconductors

Kamal Dalmia(CEO & Co-founder)inSachin Goel(Co-Founder and VP, Digital & Systems Engineering)inHiok-Tiaq Ng(Co-Founder and VP, Analog Engineering)in

Co-investorsiGlobe PartnersTSVC

Axbioaxbio.com

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BiotechDeep TechHardwareMedical DevicesSemiconductors

Co-investorsCBC GroupYF Capital

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Advanced ManufacturingLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsArcueil, FR

Co-investors360 Capital

Bioeclipsebioeclipse.com

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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

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HardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics

Co-investorsAurumKhosla VenturesPerot Jain

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Emmanuel Straschnov(Founder)inJosh Haas(Founder)inShai Eisenman(Founder)

Co-investorsBoxGroupDig Ventures Management LimitedKima VenturesNewView CapitalSignalFireColor Capital+3 more

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AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSt. Louis, US

David Karandish(Founder)inChris Sims(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsCapital InnovatorsCapital Midwest FundConnecticut InnovationsFINTOP CapitalFOG VenturesMissionOG+3 more

Capturecapture.soinApr 2023 · $14MDefunct

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Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkNew York City, US

Calvin LeGassick(CEO)inJesse Chand(Founder)inStephen Chen(Founder)inAdena Nadler(Founder)in

Co-investorsVerso Capital Compartment 23Y Combinator10X CapitalBoxGroupCaffeinated CapitalCanaan Partners+8 more

Capturecapture.com𝕏Apr 2023 · $14M

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

CarbonSixcarbon6robotics.comApr 2026

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Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsSeoul

Jehyeok Kim(Executive Officer, Director)Seongmin Kang(Director)Taeyeon Moon(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsLB InvestmentStorm VenturesXquared VC

Celero Systemscelerosystems.cominJun 2019

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Deep TechDigital HealthMedical DevicesBrookline, US

Xin Huang(Director)Benjamin Pless(Executive Officer, Director)Carlo Giovanni Traverso(Director)Allan May(Director)

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Crypto & Web3CybersecuritySaaSNew York City, US

Sergey Gorbunov(Co-Founder)Alex Wilke(Co-Founder)Zhong Shao(Founder)inRonghui Gu(Founder)inProfessor Ronghui Gu(Founder)Professor Zhong Shao(Founder)

Co-investors10T FundCandaq Fintech GroupCoatue ManagementCoinbase VenturesContinue CapitalCyberport Hong Kong+17 more

ChEmpowerchempower-corp.comApr 2025 · $18.7M

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Advanced ManufacturingCleantechNew MaterialsSemiconductorsBeaverton, US

Sudhanshu Misra(CEO)inSV Babu(CTO)

BoardSCOTT SHAW(Director)inOWEN LOZMAN(Director)JESSICA FREYER(Director)inBABU SURYADEVARA(Director)

Co-investorsIn-Q-TelIntel CapitalM VenturesPangaea Ventures Us Inc.Portland Seed FundRhapsody Venture Partners+3 more

Cloudiancloudian.comin𝕏

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Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureSan Mateo, US

Michael M. Tso(Executive Officer, Director)inHiroshi Ohta(Founder)inMichael Tso(Founder)

BoardJonathan Epstein(Director)David Milstein(Director)Ken Yasunaga(Director)

Co-investorsDG Ventures, Inc.Global Hands-On VCNTT DOCOMO VenturesEight Roads VenturesFoundation CapitalGoldman Sachs+3 more

Codepointcodepoint.xyzMar 2023

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HardwareIoTPropTechKirkland, US

Gary Tu(Director)Michael B. Mathews(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Zhong Li(Director, Promoter)

CodeRabbitcoderabbit.aiin𝕏

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AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsWalnut Creek, US

Harjot Gill(Founder)inGuritfaq Singh(Founder)inVishavjeet Kaur(Executive Officer)Alex Berkenkamp(Executive Officer)Gur Singh(Founder)Vishu Kaur(Founder)

Co-investorsAtomicoCRV (Charles River Ventures)Essence Venture CapitalFlex Capital PartnersHarmony PartnersNVentures+8 more

Considerconsider.comin𝕏

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Future of WorkHR TechSaaSUnion City, US

Arnab Bhattacharjee(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inGautam Satalkar(Founder)inRalph Rabbat(Co-founder)inBhaskar Rathod(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Co-investorsExpaGaingelsLofty VenturesTenOneTen VenturesVU Venture Partners

Coreshellcoreshelltech.comin𝕏

CoreShell Technology develops metallurgical silicon materials for electric vehicle batteries as a more economical and scalable alternative to synthetic silicon.

CleantechEnergyNew Materials

Co-investorsBaruch Future VenturesBlue Bear VenturesEntrada VenturesHelios Climate VenturesTrousdale VenturesZeon Ventures

Coreshell Technologiescoreshell.comin𝕏

Coreshell develops battery materials and technology aimed at improving battery capacity, performance, and cost while reducing reliance on critical materials.

CleantechEnergyNew MaterialsSan Leandro, US

Jonathan Tan(Founder)inSourav Basu(Executive Officer, Director)John Nadaskay(Executive Officer)inYoungduk Kim(Executive Officer)Roger Basu(Founder)

BoardBenoist Ollivier(Director)

Co-investorsAsymmetry VenturesBerkeley SkyDeck FundEntrada VenturesUC Berkeley SkydeckVeronorteZeon Ventures+5 more

Corviccorvic.aiin𝕏

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 OakAtlantic Bridge VenturesBosch VenturesK2 Access Fund+1 more

Couragenecouragene.comin

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-Matrixd-matrix.aiin𝕏

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)inSudeep Bhoja(Founder)in

Co-investorsPlayground GlobalTemasekAlpha Square GroupAmino CapitalBerkeley FrontierCortado Ventures+13 more

DataFoxdatafox.cominSeed · Oct 2013 · $2MAcquired

DataFox was an AI-driven company intelligence platform for sales, marketing and investing teams, acquired by Oracle in 2018.

San Francisco, US

Bastiaan Janmaat(Executive Officer, Director)inMike Dorsey(Founder)in

BoardSimon Yoo(Director)in

Co-investorsCota CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Goldman SachsGreen Visor CapitalSocial LeverageTSVC

DeepHowdeephow.cominApr 2023 · $14M

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)inQiannan "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+4 more

DeepScribedeepscribe.aiin𝕏Pre-Seed · Dec 2020 · $2M

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(Founder)inAkilesh Bapu(Founder)inKairui Zeng(Executive Officer)in

BoardMichael Berolzheimer(Director)in

Co-investorsBerkeley SkyDeck FundFour Acres CapitalIndex VenturesStage 2 CapitalSupernode VenturesUC Berkeley Skydeck+3 more

DoubleLoopdoubleloop.app

DoubleLoop offers an AI-powered platform combined with workshops that builds a "Value Architecture" — a model connecting a company's day-to-day work to business value and outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsAtlassian VenturesZ5 CapitalSouth Park Commons

Enspectra Healthenspectrahealth.comin𝕏

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

Gabriel Sanchez(CEO)in

Co-investorsHeuristic Capital PartnersSocial Starts

Erisyonerisyon.comin𝕏

Erisyon is a biotechnology company that develops technology to advance scientific and health discoveries, building on research from the University of Texas at Austin's Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtech

Co-investorsCatalio Capital Management, LP

Feldytryaether.coinJan 2026 · $15M

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(CEO)inShelby Bons(CTO)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorAP VenturesCDP Venture CapitalChevron Technology VenturesEni NextTechEnergy Ventures+1 more

Feonfeonenergy.cominFeb 2024

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)inWenxiao Huang(Chief Executive Officer and President)in

Co-investorsCollaborative FundFine Structures VenturesMassVenturesValkyrieEight Roads Ventures

Finwavefinwavesemi.comin

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)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCastor VenturesCitta CapitalFine Structures VenturesIn-Q-TelSafar Partners+5 more

Firstshift Aifirstshift.aiin𝕏Jun 2025

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 CapitalREFASHIOND VenturesZ5 CapitalBread And Butter Ventures, Llc

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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Advanced CoolingAgriTech SolutionsAkhan SemiconductorAmbilightAnysoftkeysApptisArgospectAutomotive Radar Inc.Bionic VisionBoschBrain Diagnostics Inc.Calando PharmaceuticalsCarbon6 RoboticsCardiacHomeCNS TherapeuticsCoherentConfidential ComputeCopilotCureseqEdgioEnspectraEntegrisFocus AIGamma LabsGru EnergyGruenergylabHayden AIHologramHomebotInfsoftInsyncIntercomInui MedicalIOP SystemsIrmedtechKerriganKolo MedicalLaminar HealthLawGeexLinaroboticsLiventMatrix SensorsNeurochem Inc.Neuromorphic TechnologyNextSiliconNuance CommunicationsOmniDesignPathology AIProtein EvolutionProxroxQuerixRapidsilRelativitySalesRiseSciBaseSeekOutSeismicSensionicStratifiStratura

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▶33 more tracked companies

SupioSurgeSurgical TheaterSynthesiaTamrTaziTeleHealth ConsultantsTesselTesselaiTetraMemTheomThruwaveTigerlifescienceTitanTransphormTuringTurnstone BiologicsUmicoreUnigridValant Medical SolutionsVelo3DVerisantViewVision LabVisionularVoxel51Wasabi, Inc.WaylensWebflowxMEMs LabsZebra Medical VisionZetoZSFab

Exits · 14

7 IPOs · 7 acquisitions · showing 11

10x GenomicsNASDAQ: TXGelectroCore, Inc.NASDAQ: ECORGossamer BioNASDAQ: GOSSPowerNASDAQ: POWIQuanterixNASDAQ: QTRXSentinel OneNYSE: SWeRide (文远知行)NASDAQ: WRDAirtableacq. by Bending SpoonsLiventacq. by Rio Tinto (via Arcadium Lithium merger)Nuance Communicationsacq. by MicrosoftPercept.AIacq. by Atlassian

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Foothill Ventures made?
Foothill Ventures has 233 tracked investments, 14 of which have exited, including 20 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 Alumni Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Khosla Ventures, among 488 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 40

In-Q-Tel

In-Q-Tel (IQT) is a strategic investor that funds and partners with technology companies to support the national security mission of the United States and its allies.

$100K – $2.5M
GV (Google Ventures)

GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in AI and machine learning since its early days, backing more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.

$250K – $50M
DCVC (Data Collective)

DCVC (Data Collective) is a deep tech venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve large-scale real-world problems across many industries.

$5M – $25M
TSVC

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.

$1M
Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.

$50K – $100M
Fusion

Fusion Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm backing startups with technical or data advantages in healthcare, enterprise AI, and industrial technology.

$500K – $1M
BoxGroup

BoxGroup is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups at their earliest stages.

Both backed · 3
$250K – $1M
SignalFire

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.

Both backed · 3
$250K – $15M
ARCH Venture Partners

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.

$50K – $250M
Illuminate Ventures

Illuminate Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on B2B/enterprise software companies, typically serving as a startup's first institutional investor. It leverages data and AI-driven platforms and applications to help early-stage teams become market leaders.

$100K – $1.5M
Neotribe Ventures

Neotribe Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs early and growth-stage entrepreneurs pursuing bold, category-defining ideas aimed at solving complex, high-impact problems.

Both backed · 2
$250K – $2M
Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC

Johnson & Johnson Innovation is the innovation arm of Johnson & Johnson, working to advance life science innovation through early partnerships, incubation via JLABS, venture investing through JJDC, and late-stage partnerships to address global health challenges.

Both backed · 2
▶28 more co-investors

Susa VenturesUpHonest CapitalKortschak Investments L.P.Social StartsArray Ventures Management LlcDig Ventures Management LimitedBloomberg Beta1984 Ventures Management, LlcBootstrapLabsGSR VenturesMana VenturesSupernode VenturesBee PartnersMedical Excellence CapitalVertex Ventures HCLong Journey VenturesUnknown VenturesPlug and Play VenturesStellar CapitalPractical Venture CapitalOperator LPSherpalo VenturesQueensBridge Venture PartnersSpider CapitalRubicon Venture CapitalJAZZ Venture PartnersmParticleHorizon 3 Venture Studio

Firms observed investing alongside Foothill Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Foothill Ventures's recorded portfolio.

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