GFT Ventures
Venture capitalPalo Alto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 6 people tracked
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Investment thesis
GFT Ventures backs early-stage, category-leading startups building disruptive frontier technologies aimed at solving difficult global problems. The firm concentrates on areas such as artificial intelligence and data science, autonomous machines, and other frontier technology domains. It invests primarily in the United States and Israel, partnering with entrepreneurs who understand the potential of deep technology. The team combines investment, operational, business development, and technical expertise, and points to prior track records in frontier technology and multiple successful exits.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 20 of 30 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×16Enterprise Software ×8Marketing Tech ×7Data & Infrastructure ×5SaaS ×5Fintech ×4AdTech ×3Logistics & Supply Chain ×3
HQs:United States×13South Korea×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 14 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×63 founders×34+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley ×5
What their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×7Computer Science ×5Business & Management ×2Design & Architecture ×2Economics ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 23 founders with career history
100.co ×2Go.AI ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
4 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 21 with degree data)
Investments · showing 24 of 30
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 42023 · 42022 · 19 dated
Abacus develops on-premise AI infrastructure for regulated industries, delivering secure enterprise AI with zero data egress and examiner-ready compliance for financial institutions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechChicago, US
David Moscatelli(Chief Executive Officer & Founder)inLisa Gillespie(Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsBankTech Ventures
Rabot offers a Vision AI platform that mounts cameras above existing warehouse pack stations to record, verify, and analyze every order, linking each video to the order ID through the WMS.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSan Francisco, US
Isura Ranatunga(Co-Founder)Channa Ranatunga(Co-Founder)Isura R(Founder)
Board seatJay Eum· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsInterlace VenturesNewfund CapitalValuestream VenturesBootstrapLabs
DAASH combines multiple research panels, social and advertising signals, and product attribute data to model sales performance, market share, and emerging trends for consumer brands.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechRetail Tech
Melissa Munnerlyn(CMO)inPhilip Smolin(CEO)inJustin Stewart(CTO)in
Co-investorsBullpen CapitalEntrepreneur VenturesHypothesisNew Stack VenturesRed Bike CapitalSilicon Road Ventures
Newport Beach, US
Darren Thomas(Founder)Margaret Cunningham(Founder)
Co-investorsCove FundNOMO Ventures
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-investorsFoothill VenturesStrawberry Creek VenturesAlumni Ventures
Artisight builds an AI platform that uses computer vision and operational intelligence to improve hospital workflows and clinician efficiency.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech
Co-investorsNVIDIAEpsilon Health InvestorsGen Capital
Avelis audits medical claims using AI and clinician review to identify billing, coding, and contract errors for health plans and third-party administrators.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechInsurTech
Angel Onuoha(Founder)inAhmad Shehu(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorZAKA VC
Bria provides visual generative AI infrastructure for tech companies, offering APIs and SDKs for image generation, editing, and optimization built on foundation models trained exclusively on licensed, attributed data.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Bright Pixel CapitalEntrée CapitalIN VentureRed Dot Capital PartnersSamsung Next+3 more
Daash Intelligence runs an AI-based predictive commerce intelligence platform for beauty and personal care retail brands.
San Francisco, US
Philip Smolin(Executive Officer, Director)inKim Perell(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRoss Kimbel(Director)in
Co-investorsBullpen CapitalNew Stack VenturesOpenSky VenturesRed Bike CapitalSilicon Road VenturesWillow Growth Partners
Figment is an independent provider of staking infrastructure, offering non-custodial staking, reward tracking, API integrations, and slashing protection to institutional clients such as asset managers, exchanges, wallets, foundations, and custodians.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Lorien Gabel(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)3cubed VenturesAppWorks VenturesArchetypeB Capital GroupB4 Capital+12 more
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Higgsfield is a platform for creating and generating visual content, including images, videos, and cinematic scenes using AI models.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentLos Gatos, US
Alex Mashrabov(Founder & CEO)inYerzat Dulat(Executive Officer, Director)inMahi De Silva(Co-founder)in
Co-investors1982 VenturesAccelAlpha Intelligence CapitalAlpha Square GroupAngel Collective Opportunity FundBitkraft Esports Ventures+13 more
Knit is an AI-driven research agency that delivers consumer insights and research methodology through a researcher-led approach, enabling insights teams to conduct studies in a week or less rather than months.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSuffolk, US
Aneesh Dhawan(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAtland VenturesBread And Butter Ventures, LlcBrighter CapitalEndiya PartnersSilicon Road VenturesTechstars+4 more
LinqAlpha provides an AI-powered platform for automating investment research and financial data analysis for asset managers and investment professionals.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechCambridge, US
Chanyeol Choi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inJin Kim(Founder)inHojun Choi(Executive Officer)in
BoardCheuk Kim(Director)Mincheol Cha(Director)
Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Betatron Venture GroupTechstars
Lyzr builds infrastructure and platforms for deploying production-grade AI agents in enterprises, with emphasis on governance, security, observability, and human oversight.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSJersey City, US
Siva Surendira(Founder & CEO)inSurendirasiva Selvaraj(Executive Officer, Director)Jithin George(Founder)in
BoardMadhu Shalini Iyer(Director)inHenry Ford III(Director)
Co-investorsRocketship.vcAccenture VenturesBGVArka Venture LabsBetter CapitalIn-Q-Tel+2 more
Mars Auto builds autonomous Class 8 trucks for commercial cargo transportation in Korea and the United States, using a vision-focused AI driving system that does not rely on pre-mapped routes.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationRoboticsSeoul, KR
Ilsu Park(Founder)inGyuri Im(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsKakao VenturesY CombinatorZeno Ventures
A marketing intelligence platform that provides AI-driven analytics and insights to optimize demand generation, pipeline growth, and revenue attribution for B2B sales and marketing teams.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Daniel Raskin(Founder)inNicolas Philippein
A network described as connecting brands with their audiences, currently pre-launch and onboarding brands.
Marketing Tech
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalCrosscut VenturesReshape
On-Stream is a video advertising platform that enables publishers to monetize video content through scalable in-video ad units.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment
Zack Rosenberg(Founder)in
Co-investorsBoro CapitalSilicon Road Ventures
Forte provides a rules engine for managing on-chain token economies and compliance controls across blockchain networks.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investors1confirmationa16z cryptoACME CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBattery VenturesCalifornia Technology Ventures+5 more
Switchboard provides a data platform that ingests and normalizes revenue and marketing data from many digital and monetization systems (such as GAM and SSPs) into a unified, audit-ready dataset with dashboards and AI-driven monitoring.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ju-kay Kwek(CEO & Co-founder)inMichael Manoochehri(Founder)in
Co-investorsQuest Venture PartnersCleo CapitalLytical VenturesSequoia CapitalSpark CapitalXYZ Venture Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Mitra Future TechnologiesWatch Fantom98ae7c e4ef6747f2334138a20422ce93132591~mv2Data-driven autonomous trucking company
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Go Abacus · dig-in.com · Aug 10, 2026
Figment · businesswire.com · Jul 28, 2026
Lyzr · citybiz.co · Jul 13, 2026
Anyware Robotics · newmarketpitch.com · Jul 13, 2026
LinqAlpha · saasrise.com · Jul 10, 2026
Higgsfield AI · masternodeai.com · Jul 2, 2026
Daash Intelligence · businesswire.com · May 18, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has GFT Ventures made?
- GFT Ventures has 30 tracked investments, including 6 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does GFT Ventures invest at?
- GFT Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does GFT Ventures focus on?
- GFT Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Robotics.
- Where is GFT Ventures located?
- GFT Ventures is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
- Does GFT Ventures lead rounds?
- GFT Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does GFT Ventures co-invest with?
- GFT Ventures most often shares deals with Samsung Next, B Capital Group, B4 Capital, among 82 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamThe AI Gold Rush: Live with Ivy Nguyen, Partner at GFT Ventures
Christian Soschner · Ivy Nguyen
GFT Ventures Founding Partner Jay Eum on AI, Data Science & Frontier Tech
Grace Gong · Jay Eum
Investment Interview with Jay Eum, GFT Ventures
VC HOUSE · Jay Eum
[SNUDataScienceSeminar] A Fireside Chat with Jeff Herbst of GFT Ventures/Host: Prof. Sang Kyun Cha
PIDL · Jeff Herbst
Jay Eum from GFT Ventures on the preparation for our summit
Jay Eum · vimeo.com
Co-investors · 48
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Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.
Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.
Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in transformative, early-stage AI companies across every layer of the modern AI stack, from applications and middleware to data infrastructure and foundation models.
Entrée Capital is a venture firm run by former serial founders, managing $1.5bn across multiple funds with offices in Tel Aviv, London and New York.
SLVC is a seed-stage venture capital firm that backs founders with ambitious ideas, leveraging a broad, non-traditional network to support its portfolio companies.
SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) is a venture capital firm that invests in software and AI-driven companies, supporting portfolio growth through strategic introductions to talent and partners across APAC, the U.S., and global markets.
Quest Venture Partners is an early-stage investment firm that typically provides the first institutional capital to startups, backing strong teams with strong ideas.
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla.
Founder Collective is a seed and pre-seed stage venture capital firm that invests across sectors, describing itself as sector agnostic and anti-thematic.
Notable Capital is a venture capital firm that has partnered with founders for over two decades, backing companies from the earliest stages through to exit.
Felicis Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders primarily at the Seed and Series A stages, frequently leading or co-leading rounds. It operates with a founder-first approach, including a founder pledge and voting commitments.
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