Glasswing Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingBoston · Seed–Growth · 18 people tracked
Also known as Glasswing Ventures BK · Glasswing Ventures CS · Glasswing Ventures INR · Glasswing Ventures Special · Glasswing Ventures TN · GLASSWING VENTURES, LLC
Investment thesis
Glasswing Ventures is an early-stage investor backing companies building the next generation of AI and frontier technology. The firm structures its team to mirror the end-to-end leadership functions of a company, with every member having prior operating or building experience. Through its term-limited Operating Partner program, Glasswing provides hands-on technical, operational, and go-to-market support to portfolio companies across product development, hiring, and sales, aiming to act as an extension of founding teams from early product development through growth and scale.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 18 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 59 of 87 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×39Enterprise Software ×38SaaS ×25Cybersecurity ×12Developer Tools ×10Data & Infrastructure ×8Future of Work ×6HR Tech ×6
HQs:United States×27Canada×2India×1
Investments · 87 tracked
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Telmai is a data observability company that monitors and enhances data reliability for enterprise customers.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Mona Rakibe(Founder)inMaxim Lukichev(Founder)inRudina Seseri(Director)Graham Brooks(Director)
Board seatRudina Seseri· per SEC Form D
Quill (operated by Flowlie Technologies) provides a managed back-office function that unifies finance, HR, compliance, capital planning, and board preparation for startup founders.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Kaben Clauson(Co-Founder & CEO)Ian Cohen(Co-Founder & CEO)Rick Gordon(Co-Founder & CEO)Adam Stepanovic(Co-Founder & CEO)Philip Odelfelt(Co-Founder & CEO)
Labviva is an AI-native procurement platform that unifies the life sciences supply chain, helping research organizations optimize procurement processes and reduce costs.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
SiamakinRenikainJenniferinCarlo(GM of Europe)inNick Premnath(SVP of Commercial Strategy)inSarah Fay(Director)
AI copilot platform for manufacturing engineers to optimize production yield, cycle time, and costs through digital twins.
Mississauga
Manish Agarwal(Director)Thouheed Abdul Gaffoor(President and Chief Executive Officer)Thamjeeth Abdul Gaffoor(Secretary and Chief Financial Officer)
Board seatRudina Seseri· per SEC Form D
ChaosSearch is a data platform that indexes and analyzes large-scale data using a novel compression-optimized format designed for cloud object storage.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Board seatRudina Seseri· per SEC Form D
New York, US
Nithin Mummaneni(Executive Officer, Director)Nedi Telvi(Director)
Board seatKleida Martiro· per SEC Form D · $3.7M raise · filed Jun 2025
Lambent is a coaching and business skills training company that trains and certifies executive coaches and provides coaches for businesses internationally.
EdTechFuture of WorkHR TechSutton, US
Richard Scannell(Director)Tom Axbey(Director)Julie Roberts(Director)Nathan Mee(Director)Mike Downing(Director)Julie Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatRick Grinnell· per SEC Form D · $12.5M raise · filed Apr 2026
Boston, US
Zach Bratun-Glennon(Director)Peter Mahoney(Executive Officer, Director)Dan Faulkner(Director)Rudina Seseri(Director)
Board seatRudina Seseri· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Jul 2021
Retrocausal develops AI-powered intelligence augmentation systems for manufacturing shopfloors, helping assembly operators, plant managers, and industrial engineers boost productivity, quality, and safety.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US
Zeeshan Zia(Founder & CEO)Muhammad Zeeshan Zia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Rick Faulk(Director)Kleida Martiro(Director)Quoc-Huy Tran(Director)Baiyin Murphy(Director)
Board seatKleida Martiro· per SEC Form D
Ship Angel builds an AI-powered operating system for global supply chain management that integrates rate management, procurement, booking, freight audit, and purchase order orchestration.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainNew York, US
Rudina Seseri(Director)Dan Healy(Executive Officer, Director)Thomas Wisniewski(Director)Graham Parker(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatRudina Seseri· per SEC Form D
Social networking optimization platform used by Fortune 500 companies to post to Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
New York, US
Rudina Seseri(Director)Jordan Levy(Director)Sarah Fay(Director)Jim Anderson(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Davis(Director)Francis Speiser, Jr.(Executive Officer)
Board seatSarah Fay· per SEC Form D · $10M raise · filed Jul 2015
Brookline, US
Richard Levandov(Director)Robert C. May(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatRudina Seseri· per SEC Form D · $8.3M raise · filed Jun 2017
Allure Security detects and removes digital impersonation threats targeting brands, including phishing sites, fake social profiles, and deepfakes, operating outside traditional network perimeters.
Cybersecurity
Salvatore Stolfo(Executive Officer, Director)David J. Murphy, III(Director)Richard Grinnell(Director)Mark Jaffe(Executive Officer, Director)
Building scalable quantum computers with reduced complexity and cost to reach error correction at scale.
Cambridge, US
Bharath Kannan(Executive Officer)Simon Gustavsson(Director)
Base Operations provides threat intelligence and risk assessment software for corporate security teams, delivering standardized risk metrics (BaseScore) and location-specific security data at sub-mile granularity for global portfolios.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
AI-powered platform enabling government agencies and enterprises to optimize operations, particularly in transportation management.
Black Kite provides third-party cybersecurity risk management solutions with continuous visibility and open standards-based cyber ratings.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Hardware bill of materials vulnerability analysis platform for operational technology cybersecurity in critical infrastructure.
Cognitive Space develops AI-driven automation software for satellite operations, enabling constellation operators to scale while meeting operational requirements.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechSaaSSpace TechHouston, US
Marc Bell(Co-Founder and CEO)Guy de Carufel(CEO & Founder)Dax Garner(CTO)Jeff Edwards(VP of Engineering)Hanna Steplewska(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Feinberg(Director)
Multimodal and image-generation AI company; acquired by Google
Leveraging machine learning and human-like reasoning to enable 3D perception and object manipulation.
Deep learning platform automating behavioral analysis using 3D pose tracking for drug development and disease diagnosis.
Dannce provides AI-powered motor assessment software that analyzes smartphone video of patient movement to extract clinical-grade motor data for neurologists, enabling remote monitoring of progressive neurological diseases like Parkinson's.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices
Media investment optimization platform acquired by VideoAmp in 2022 for omnichannel media campaign management.
Elsy is an AI-powered platform that optimizes advertising spend across all paid media channels (digital, social, programmatic, search, e-commerce) for advertisers seeking to maximize ROI and campaign efficiency.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
AI-native product development platform for food, beverage, and supplement companies with regulatory guidance and compliance tools.
ENTR is a software platform for food, beverage, and dietary supplement companies that automates product formulation, nutrition labeling, and regulatory compliance.
FoodTechSaaS
FeatureByte automates the end-to-end data science lifecycle, converting business questions into production-ready AI models and metrics.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Gumdrop is an AI meeting assistant that prepares users for meetings by pulling context from past meetings, emails, and contact history, and automatically captures commitments made during calls.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Hopara provides scalable visualization technology for operational data from connected machines and environments.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSBoston, US
Michael Stonebraker(Founder)Charles G. Redmon III(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Davoli(Director)Bruce Clarke(Director)
Infinity Loop is an AI platform that analyzes contracts to provide grades, identify risks, and deliver negotiation guidance across commercial, legal, and operational terms.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTech
Inrupt builds software infrastructure for a decentralized web based on the Solid protocol, enabling individuals and organizations to own and control their data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBoston, US
John Pointer(Co-founder & CEO)Sir Tim Berners-Lee(Co-founder)Bruce Schneier
AI-native financial planning and analysis platform for consumer brands enabling real-time financial insights and decision-making.
AI-driven end-to-end material management platform for construction supply chains streamlining logistics and reducing waste.
All-in-one AI vision system enabling autonomous operation and quality control in plastic injection molding.
Kusari provides visibility and remediation across software supply chains through vulnerability detection, dependency mapping, and automated fixes.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSRidgefield, US
Parth Patel(Executive Officer, Director)Tim Miller(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Lieberman(Executive Officer, Director)
Lambent Spaces provides people-counting and occupancy sensing technology for space management, helping organizations understand how their physical spaces are used.
IoTPropTechSaaS
LatentSpin builds agent infrastructure software that enables domain experts to operationalize and scale their knowledge through teachable, inspectable AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Liquid.ai develops foundation models optimized to run on edge devices such as phones, laptops, and cars, prioritizing low latency and privacy constraints.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechBrookline, US
Louis Hunt(Executive Officer)Daniela Rus(Director)Stephen Pagliuca(Director)Mathias Lechner(Director, Executive Officer)Joseph Jacks(Director)Ramin Hasani(Executive Officer, Director)
CINQUE is an AI-native security platform that aggregates and correlates signals from multiple security posture management tools (CSPM, DSPM, SSPM, ISPM) across five domains—Identity, Device, Network, Application, and Data—to provide correlated risk visibility for security teams.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Chuck Crawford(Director)Thadd Hale(Director)
BoardSusan Hileman(Director)
Nametag provides a meta-layer that integrates user data from IAM providers, SIEM platforms, ITSM solutions, and HRIS systems to enable stronger identity verification and automate identity management tasks like self-service MFA and password resets.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Nocklo develops AI-powered automation to handle complex, repetitive work across mission-critical industries.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
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.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Glasswing Ventures invest at?
- Glasswing Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth stages.
- What is Glasswing Ventures's typical check size?
- Glasswing Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What sectors does Glasswing Ventures focus on?
- Glasswing Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is Glasswing Ventures located?
- Glasswing Ventures is headquartered in Boston, US.
- Does Glasswing Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Glasswing Ventures leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamInside Glasswing Ventures: Kleida Martiro on Building Meaningful AI & Cyber Startups
NDK CYBER - Secure Insights · Kleida Martiro
Funded: Building Billion Dollar AI Businesses with Rudina Seseri of Glasswing Ventures
airCFO for Startups · Rudina Seseri
Rudina Seseri, Glasswing Ventures | Supercloud 7
SiliconANGLE theCUBE · Rudina Seseri
Kleida Martiro, Partner, Glasswing Ventures
Kleida Martiro · vimeo.com
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