Frontier Ventures
Venture capitalCupertino · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 6 people tracked
Investment thesis
Frontier Ventures backs early-stage AI companies whose products benefit from network effects, which the firm views as the strongest barriers to entry for technology businesses. It concentrates on Seed and Series A rounds and will fund pre-revenue companies that show demonstrated user traction. The firm typically provides up to $5 million per company across several rounds. Its investment team is based in the United States, and while it focuses primarily on U.S.-based companies, it also backs global teams building products for and focused on the U.S. market.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 18 of 21 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×12Enterprise Software ×7SaaS ×7Fintech ×5Cloud Computing ×3Consumer ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3Developer Tools ×3
HQs:United States×10Slovenia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×84+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 14 founders with education data
Stanford University ×2University of Virginia ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 16 founders with career history
Foundation Capital ×2Revcontent ×2Stanford University ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 21 tracked
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Albert is a personal finance app offering an AI-powered assistant called Genius that helps consumers budget, save, invest, move money, shop, and plan for major expenses.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechTokyo, US
Yinon Ravid(Founder)inAliona SarychevaAndrzej BaraniakColby Blitz
Co-investors500 GlobalAltaIR CapitalBetter Tomorrow VenturesCamp One VenturesCapitalGCSC Upshot+6 more
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 InnovationsFoothill VenturesY CombinatorMuus Climate Partners+2 more
Bild provides a cloud-based product data management (PDM) and product lifecycle management (PLM) platform for hardware and mechanical engineering teams.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsFintechIoTNew York City, US
Co-investorsMucker CapitalTechstarsTola CapitalCounterview CapitalShasta Ventures
Bizly provides a platform and expert services to help companies find event venues, manage meetings, and plan corporate events.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPalo Alto, US
Ron Shah(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardRyan Chou(Director)
Co-investorsExpansion Venture CapitalGlobal BrainKDDI Open Innovation FundMetaPropMetaProp VenturesSKY VC+2 more
Co-investorsDSG Consumer PartnersVulpes Ventures
Ema is an enterprise platform for building "AI Employees" from plain-language intent, with agents that self-optimize and are grounded in a company's own context.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Surojit Chatterjee(Founder)inSouvik Sen(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelColle Capital PartnersHitachi VenturesSCB 10XWipro VenturesWorkday Ventures
The page shows only generic customer testimonials referencing a "Sinza" financial management platform, with no clear description of the company's own product, team, or offering.
Fintech
Co-investorsCommon Oceanf7 VenturesKube VCMontage VenturesThe CouncilVesey Ventures+2 more
Expert360 operates a talent marketplace and managed services platform that connects businesses with fractional executives, consultants, and independent experts for strategy, modelling, and interim work across company stages from startups to pre-IPO firms.
Future of WorkHR TechMarketplaces
Bridget Loudon-Harris(CEO and Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAirTree VenturesPerennial Partners
Fantix provides machine learning and AI models for synthetic data generation and data enrichment, designed for marketing and business intelligence use cases.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Lokesh Bidhan(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlockchain Valley Ventures, LlcB HeroesFounders FactoryGaingelsNotion Capital
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalFraser McCombs CapitalKima VenturesPROOF
FirstIgnite provides AI software that helps universities, hospitals, nonprofits, and foundations identify, engage, and manage partnership opportunities in research funding, philanthropy, and technology licensing.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Chase Bonhag(Founder)inCody Pawlowski(Founder)in
Co-investorsConnetic VenturesID VenturesIllinois VenturesMichigan RiseY CombinatorGaingels
Co-investorsAutotech VenturesHummingbird VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Albert offers a personal financial assistant called Genius that helps consumers budget, save, invest, and shop, and can automate tasks like transfers, buying and selling investments, and building travel itineraries.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintech
Co-investorsRanch Ventures
Lendflow provides a platform for fintechs, lenders, and vertical SaaS companies to offer lending and financial products to their customers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingFintechAustin, US
Jon Fry(Founder)inMatthew Watts(Founder)in
Co-investorsArdent VentureKnoll VenturesNavitas CapitalUnderscore VCY CombinatorGTMfund+1 more
OnRamp is a customer onboarding platform that uses AI to automate repetitive tasks and provides a self-serve customer portal, reporting on project health, and integrations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ross Lerner(Founder)in
Co-investorsContour Venture PartnersJavelin Venture PartnersKoch Disruptive TechnologiesPS27 VenturesThe MBA Fund
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) with emphasis on safety and beneficial outcomes for humanity.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Sam Altman(Co-founder & CEO)Elon Musk(Co-founder & former Co-chair / board member)Greg Brockman(Co-founder & President)inIlya Sutskever(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)inWojciech Zaremba(Co-founder)inJohn Schulman(Co-founder (departed 2024))
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesA'Z AngelsAdvent InternationalAlpha Wave GlobalAndreessen HorowitzAnti+54 more
PredictLeads creates datasets that measure company performance.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLjubljana, SI
Roq Xever(Founder)inMatic Perovšek(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Stacks is a blockchain platform that enables smart contracts and decentralized applications secured by Bitcoin as a base layer.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsNew York, US
Ryan Shea(Co-founder)inMuneeb Ali(Co-founder)
BoardAlbert Wenger(Director)
Co-investorsContinue CapitalFundamental LabsTransmedia CapitalUnion Square Ventures (USV)Arrington CapitalCompound+9 more
Sunsama is a daily planning and task management tool that integrates with Microsoft Teams, allowing users to convert messages into tasks, share daily plans with teammates, and post progress updates.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSKailua, US
Travis Meyer(Founder)inAshutosh Priyadarshy(Founder)in
Co-investorsAltaIR CapitalGlobevestorLaunchCapitalY CombinatorBoost VC
AGI infrastructure company solving the human intelligence bottleneck and empowering enterprises to harness generative AI.
AI & Machine LearningSilicon Valley, US
Jonathan Siddharth(Founder)inVijay Krishnan(Founder)in
Co-investorsAltaIR CapitalAmino CapitalAngel Collective Opportunity FundAVVBrainstorm VenturesChapter One+11 more
Union.ai provides an AI orchestration platform for building and running machine learning workflows, offering dynamic workflows authored in Python, real-time inference, and an agent runtime.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSeattle, US
Haytham Abuelfutuh(Founder)Ketan U(Founder)
Co-investorsNava VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesUnion · cuinsight.com · Aug 20, 2026
OpenAI · techcrunch.com · Aug 12, 2026
Albert · alleywatch.com · Aug 11, 2026
Ema · moneycontrol.com · Jul 22, 2026
PredictLeads · blog.predictleads.com · Jul 13, 2026
Bild · outlierkit.com · May 12, 2026
FirstIgnite · msufoundation.org · Mar 26, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Frontier Ventures made?
- Frontier Ventures has 22 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Frontier Ventures invest at?
- Frontier Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Late Stage stages.
- What is Frontier Ventures's typical check size?
- Frontier Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What sectors does Frontier Ventures focus on?
- Frontier Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning.
- Where is Frontier Ventures located?
- Frontier Ventures is headquartered in Cupertino, US.
- Does Frontier Ventures lead rounds?
- Frontier Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Frontier Ventures co-invest with?
- Frontier Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, AltaIR Capital, Autotech Ventures, among 76 tracked co-investors.
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