GoAhead Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingMenlo Park · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Also known as GOAHEAD MAGE COMPANY, L.L.C.
Investment thesis
GoAhead Ventures positions itself as a counterculture to traditional VC, emphasizing speed and direct access to decision-makers. Startups submit a one-way video pitch reviewed by all three managing partners, and the process runs about six days from submission to a potential offer. The firm invests in people rather than polished business scripts and provides signable SAFEs without term sheets, avoiding drawn-out timelines and the requirement to have a lead investor. It offers typical checks of $500K-$1M and maintains an always-on approach with sub-24-hour response times.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 94 of 126 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×38SaaS ×32Enterprise Software ×15Deep Tech ×14Healthtech ×14Hardware ×13Marketing Tech ×10Biotech ×8
HQs:United States×42Canada×3India×2Japan×2Israel×1Thailand×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 29 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×122 founders×83 founders×84+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with education data
Stanford University ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2University of Toronto - Woodsworth College ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 27 founders with career history
United States Air Force ×3Drift ×2Princeton University ×2Relativity Space ×2SpaceX ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
3 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 25 with degree data)
Investments · 126 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 42024 · 42022 · 12020 · 12017 · 111 dated
New York, US
David Friedl(Director)Justin Allan Holmes(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatClancey Stahr· per SEC Form D
Popular Pays is an influencer marketing and creator management platform that connects brands with creators for campaign development and execution.
Creator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSChicago, US
Corbett Drummey(Founder/CEO)inSteven Wanderski(Founder/Full Stack Web Developer)in
BoardPeter Dolan(Director)
Board seatClancey Stahr· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsBeringeaEmery CapitalFusionICCP Venture PartnersLakewest Venture PartnersLofty Ventures+5 more
Abundance builds first-person, multimodal data capture hardware (the A3 and A4 wearables with cameras, IMUs, and tactile gloves) paired with a contributor app and operations platform to turn recorded human demonstrations into training-ready data for Physical AI and robotics.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareRobotics
Joyce Chiao(Founder)in
Co-investorsWonder Ventures
Acsense provides an IAM resilience platform that backs up, monitors, and recovers Identity and Access Management systems such as Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure AD, Ping, and Forgerock.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsGefen Capital
Agora offers investment management software for real estate firms, handling investor onboarding, subscription documents, tax operations such as K-1 distribution, and communications.
FintechPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsFusion VCMaccabee VenturesAlephInsight PartnersQumra Capital
Applied Bioplastics develops sustainable plastic and composite materials, including BioFi (a thermoplastic combining agricultural waste with standard, recycled, or biobased polymers) and BTR Board (a biothermoset resin composite made with woven jute fiber).
Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyCleantechNew MaterialsAustin, US
Colin William Ardern(Executive Officer)Alexander Irving Blum(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsGreat Stuff VenturesR/GA VenturesAscend Venture Capital
Aptos Orbital develops a hardware device that integrates computing, communications, and cloud connectivity for satellites and spacecraft in low Earth orbit.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSpace TechMountain View, US
Co-investorsAIR CapitalCleo CapitalInflection.xyzTechstarsat.inc/
Asher Bio develops selective immunotherapy drugs that target specific immune cell types to promote beneficial effects while minimizing toxicity.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Ivana Djuretic(Founder)inAndy Yeung(Founder)in
Co-investorsEmles Venture PartnersMission Bay CapitalMission BiocapitalRA CapitalY CombinatorJanus Henderson Investors+2 more
Assembly provides a branded client portal for professional service firms to manage clients, contracts, and billing.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketing TechSaaSNew York City, US
Marlon Misra(Founder/CEO)inNeil Raina(Founder)in
Co-investorsUnion Square Ventures (USV)Y CombinatorAcrew CapitalLightspeed Venture Partners
Aurelius Systems builds Archimedes, an autonomous counter-UAS laser system that combines high-power directed energy, optical sensors, and AI to detect, track, and neutralize aerial drone threats without an operator.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareSan Francisco, US
John Marmaduke(Executive Officer, Director)Michael LaFramboise(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPaige Craig(Director)
Co-investorsBlack FlagBlue Ivy VenturesDecisive PointDraper AssociatesFoundersGeneral Catalyst+2 more
Aviato provides a data and intelligence platform offering detailed datasets on people and companies, covering datapoints such as employee compensation, vesting schedules, contacts, headcount growth, web traffic, financing history, and tech stacks.
Data & InfrastructureSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsDorm Room
Behavidence offers a patented mobile app that uses digital phenotyping and machine learning to passively track phone behavior and generate a daily Mental Health Similarity Score reflecting mood, focus, worry, and stress.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMental Health
Co-investorsFusion VCKicker VenturesLongevity Venture PartnersWelltech Ventures
Bigleaf provides SD-WAN and network optimization technology that manages connectivity across satellite, cellular, and metered circuits, offering automatic failover, redundancy, and data cap enforcement.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBeaverton, US
JOEL MULKEY(Executive Officer, Director)JOHN DESMOND(Director)BRUCE CHATTERLEY(Director)JEFF BURCHETT(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAlliance of AngelsBreakwater VenturesEastward Capital PartnersOregon Venture FundPortland Seed FundSeaChange+1 more
Breezeful is a digital mortgage broker that connects borrowers with lenders and mortgage experts to help them find competitive rates and mortgage solutions.
FintechToronto, CA
Anthony De Guzman(Founder)inAde Labinjo(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Cake operates a nationwide network of locally run funeral homes, cremation providers, and cemeteries, working with more than 1,700 professionals to support families through end-of-life arrangements.
Consumer
Co-investorsBantam GroupInHealth VenturesLaunchCapitalTBD AngelsGradient VenturesPrimary
Capable is a vertically integrated, AI-enabled deeptech platform developing peptide and nucleotide therapeutics using automated polymer synthesis, drawing on rare human genetic variants.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Co-investorsHOF CapitalAble PartnersAlleyCorpM13
Clove Dental operates a network of nine dental offices across Los Angeles and Ventura counties, offering general, emergency, endodontic, orthodontic, cosmetic, and pediatric dentistry, along with a membership care plan and a mobile app for booking and tracking treatment.
ConsumerHealthtechLos Angeles, US
Anish Puri(Founder)
Collectly provides AI-powered automation for healthcare revenue cycle management and patient financial engagement.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Levon Brutyan(Founder/CEO)inMax Mizotin(Founder)in
Co-investorsCabra VCGranatus VenturesInvariantes FundSapphire VenturesY Combinator
Capital Factory is an investment and advisory network that connects ambitious founders and operators with investors, advisors, and resources to support early-stage companies addressing significant challenges.
Deep TechSector AgnosticAustin, US
Benjamin Lamm(Executive Officer, Director)Ben Lamm(Founder)inBrian Beard(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardTom Chi(Director)
Co-investorsAt One VenturesBold Capital PartnersBOLD LongevityBreyer CapitalCarnrite VenturesDraper Associates+9 more
Cookiy is an AI-powered user research platform that recruits and screens participants, conducts autonomous AI-moderated interviews, and synthesizes the findings into written reports, presentations, and clipped highlights.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsConvergeTaihill VentureUpHonest Capital
Corridor is an insurance brokerage for small businesses that uses proprietary AI to automate broker workflows and evaluate health insurance options such as fully insured group plans, ICHRA, level-funded plans, PEOs, and ancillary benefits.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechInsurTech
Corvus Robotics builds autonomous drones that perform warehouse inventory scanning and material handling automation for large enterprises across North America.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningIoTLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Jackie Wu(Founder/CEO)inKabir Mohammed(Director)inMohammed Kabir(Director)
BoardArthur Chow(Director)inShripriya Mahesh(Director)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorCathexis Venturesf7 VenturesOne Way VenturesS2G InvestmentsSpero Ventures+1 more
Base (formerly Crowdvocate) is an AI-powered customer marketing platform that manages customer references, advocacy programs, communities, upsell/expansion, and lifecycle engagement in one workspace.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsCleo Capital
Co-investorsFusion VC
DigiSparsh is a healthcare lending company that provides financing across the healthcare value chain, including patient financing at 0% interest, reimbursement loans, insurance receivable financing, and supplier financing.
Digital HealthFintechHealthtechMumbai, IN
Co-investorsWindrose CapitalCapital-A
Dimension Labs builds AI systems to understand human language, specifically extracting meaning from conversations including intention, emotion, and intent.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsDragonXSamsung NextBrickyard
Empirical offers a predictive hiring platform that uses machine-learning algorithms and custom pre-hiring assessments to analyze recruiting data and employee performance, helping companies identify and select candidates most likely to succeed and stay.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Flowbot is a programming assistant that accepts natural language input to help developers write code.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Amar Agasaveeran(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Flyby Robotics builds the F-11 Series of US-made drones with onboard NVIDIA Jetson compute, an open GPU, and ArduPilot flight controller, aimed at both operators running ISR, photogrammetry, and mapping missions and developers deploying custom on-edge AI applications.
Defense TechHardwareRobotics
Jason H. Lu(Founder)in
Co-investorsDorm RoomMaC Venture Capital
Gameflip is an online marketplace where individuals and professional sellers buy and sell gaming items, including in-game items, game codes, and Steam games, with delivery options such as auto-delivery and bot delivery.
E-commerceGamingMarketplaces
Co-investorsBullpen CapitalForefront VentureSocial StartsAccelAlpaca VCLaton Ventures
General Control is developing programmable, multiplexed epigenetic editing therapies designed to control the expression of several genes at once.
BiotechDeep TechLongevity
Lada Nuzhna(CEO & Founder)
Co-investorsage1Angel Collective Opportunity FundMoth FundStreamlined Ventures
Co-investorsHouston Angel NetworkIA Seed Ventures
Goblins is a math education platform that assigns curriculum- and state-aligned practice problems and provides step-by-step help to students, capturing their working process to generate error-analysis summaries and intervention recommendations for teachers.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaSNew York City, US
Alp Karavil(Founder)
Grapefruit Health provides healthcare organizations with a workforce of trained clinical students—recruited from pre-med, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and similar programs—who are integrated into care team workflows to close care gaps and address staffing shortages.
Digital HealthFuture of WorkHealthtechSaaSChicago, US
Eric Alvarez(Executive Officer, Director)inAshley PrenticeMark LuyAlex SegoviaLyndsey PowellBrandon Hedgspeth
Co-investorsEverywhere VenturesLongJump VenturesAntlerHustle FundSum Ventures
HackerRank is an AI-driven hiring and assessment platform that focuses on responsible AI development with emphasis on bias detection, data privacy, and fairness in hiring processes.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Francisco, US
Vivek Ravisankar(Founder/CEO)inHarishankaran(Founder)Harishankaran K(Founder)in
Co-investorsChartline Capital PartnersElevate VenturesJMI EquitySusquehanna Growth EquityY CombinatorKhosla Ventures
Haven is a digital platform that simplifies home financing and mortgage management for homeowners by connecting them with mortgage companies.
FintechMarketplacesPropTechSaaSNew York City, US
Aditya Acharya(Founder)inNipun Kant(Founder)inJonathan Chao(Founder)in
Co-investors1Sharpe VenturesConversion CapitalEmles Venture PartnersRWT HorizonsY CombinatorBoxGroup
Healia is a health benefits platform that helps employers and employees manage healthcare costs through a Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) product.
AI & Machine LearningFintechHealthtechHR TechInsurTechColumbus, US
Priyang Shah(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Media & EntertainmentSanta Monica, US
Co-investorsFusion VCTechstarsOryzn CapitalState of Mind Ventures
San Francisco, US
Jeremy Nixon(Founder)
Co-investorsInception Studio CapitalTouring Capital
Co-investorsVU Venture Partners
Co-investorsKnockout Capital
IntraPosition provides an indoor real-time location system (RTLS) based on Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology, using time-of-flight measurement rather than signal strength.
HardwareHealthtechIoT
Life Detection Technologies (LDT) develops a machine-learning platform that monitors core vital signs such as overnight heart rate and respiratory rate to predict COPD exacerbations days before they occur.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSunnyvale, US
Eric Howie(Executive Officer, Director)Dave Vreeland(Director)Marc Thomas(Director)Peter Rule(CEO)Gil RivasTan Rao
Co-investorsInnova Memphis, Inc.
Lyrid offers a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for deploying containerized applications and microservices, aimed at businesses and technology partners looking to reduce cloud spend and platform engineering effort.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorscoreteq venturesExpert DOJO
Matrix offers a digital rental application platform that lets tenants complete and submit applications from mobile, tablet, or desktop by connecting their accounts.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaSStamford, US
Sipho Simela(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsConnecticut Innovations
McFly is developing a jet-based VTOL drone designed to lift heavy payloads (up to 200Kg) over long ranges with quick refueling, targeting B2B customers in energy/infrastructure inspection, first responders, homeland security, and retail package delivery.
HardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics
Meco Diagnostics is developing antifibrotic therapy approaches for breast cancer and other conditions.
BiotechHealthtech
Miraqules is a biomedical startup developing fast-acting anti-bleeding hemostatic products, including its patented StopBleed compound designed to rapidly control hemorrhage from wounds not treatable by tourniquets.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
Mobius Industry uses robotics, AI, and materials science to automate demanufacturing and recover high-value raw materials from electronic waste, bulky goods, and industrial scrap.
Circular EconomyCleantechRobotics
WithAI provides an AI platform called Multiplier that helps asset managers and investment firms automate research and decision-making by leveraging frontier AI agents that operate securely on clients' own cloud infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US
Ian McInnis(Founder)inBenjamin Finch(Founder)inBen Finch(Co-founder, CTO, President)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Neurable develops brain-computer interface (BCI) technology via smart headphones designed to enhance employee focus, productivity, and well-being in corporate settings.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareHealthtechHR TechAnn Arbor, US
Dr. Ramses Alcaide(CEO and Co-Founder)Michael Thompson(Executive Officer)Adam Eizenberg-Molnar(Cofounder)
Co-investorsCapital FactoryFundersClubGlobal BrainHartmann CapitalHouston Angel NetworkInterplay Ventures Early Stage Management Llc+9 more
Normal Finance offers a non-custodial Stellar wallet with high-yield USDC savings through audited lending pools (Blend Protocol), letting users earn yield, diversify across crypto assets, and retain self-custody.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsStellar Development Foundation
Omnisearch is a multimodal AI search engine that indexes video, audio, and documents to let users find faces, logos, scenes, spoken words, and keywords across their content.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMedia & EntertainmentVancouver, CA
Marin Smiljanic(Founder)
Orbital Ops develops propulsion systems and related aerospace hardware for airborne vehicles.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSpace TechLos Angeles, US
Ben Schleuniger(Founder)inRoss Doherty(Co-Founder & COO)inHunter
Co-investorsBlack FlagOlive Tree CapitalTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Y CombinatorHarpoon VenturesInitialized Capital+2 more
Parade is an AI-based tool that helps startup founders generate a visual brand identity and create web and marketing assets through a question-based process.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSeattle, US
David Klein(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Paratus Health provides voice AI that automates patient communication and administrative tasks for medical practices, handling appointment scheduling, insurance verification, billing, and patient outreach.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsLobster Capital
Pathrise offers career coaching, networking access, and job search software to help individuals find employment, collecting payment only after successful placement.
EdTechSan Francisco, US
Kevin Wu(Founder/CEO)inEvan Limanto(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorDay One VenturesLearn Capital
Poseidon develops unmanned aerial vehicles for cargo logistics, specifically wave-skimming seagliders designed to reduce the cost per ton-mile of air freight.
Deep TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US
Parker Tenney(Cofounder)inDavid Zagaynov(Cofounder)
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsCade VenturesDraper AssociatesStarship VenturesTamarack Global
Project Omega recycles spent nuclear fuel to rebuild the domestic nuclear fuel cycle, using chemistry processing to remove key isotopes and develop new products for the nuclear economy.
Deep TechDefense TechEnergy
Staff Sheehan(CEO)
Co-investorsMantis CapitalPace VenturesStarship VenturesVirta Ventures
6over3 Institute is developing "Personal Intelligence" technology aimed at augmenting human capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechAtlanta, US
Andrew Sampson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Evan Banyash(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
Co-investorsBullpen CapitalMadrona Venture Group
Ready Education provides a campus experience platform for higher education institutions that integrates academic and co-curricular learning experiences to enhance student community and retention.
ConsumerEdTechFuture of WorkSaaSSocialMontreal, CA
Danial Jameel(Founder/CEO)inAlice Dinu(Founder)inJames Dang(Founder)in
Co-investorsFounderFuelFundersClubLevel EquityY Combinator
Reaxiomatic presents itself under the tagline of increasing the rate of American capability, but the page provides no concrete details about its products, services, or market.
Sector Agnostic
Co-investorsNVP CapitalScout VenturesScout Ventures
Rectangled.io offers a dashboard that aggregates customer reviews and feedback from multiple review sites and provides AI-driven insights, along with tools for creating short surveys and mapping customer journeys across platforms.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Rene is a mobile app that helps travelers find travel medical insurance and stay safe abroad, offering trip monitoring, real-time safety advisories, a worldwide hospital directory, telemedicine, and claims filing.
Digital HealthInsurTechTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsLair East Labs
Roadata assesses road pavement conditions by capturing high-definition GoPro video and applying machine learning and computer vision to detect cracking and potholes, producing a 0-100 rating for each road.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechSaaS
SequelCare offers a measurement-based mental health therapy platform for clinicians and multidisciplinary care teams to plan treatment, share data in real time, and coordinate care with patients and external providers.
Digital HealthMental HealthSaaS
Co-investorsFusion VCGraph VenturesJavelin Venture PartnersLong Journey VenturesUlu Ventures
Sequent operates an online voting platform built around voter confidentiality, end-to-end vote verifiability, and system transparency, using ballot encryption and open-source cryptographic technology.
CybersecurityGovTechSaaS
Co-investorsFusion VCRUNI VenturesStorytime Capital
SilentSignals develops AI-based tools for detecting fake images and videos (Deepfake Hunter) and for targeted OSINT and threat/sentiment intelligence analysis.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDefense Tech
Michael Dubrovsky(Founder)inDiedrik Vermeulen(Founder)in
Co-investorsBantam GroupMetaplanet
Skribe develops a wearable cardio-oncology platform with a battery-free adhesive patch that assesses cardiac function, starting with LVEF, in minutes at the clinic or at home.
Digital HealthHardwareMedical Devices
Co-investorsMSIV
Nathan Mathews(Founder)in
Co-investorsHawk Hill VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementThe Council
Sonoma provides a governance platform for enterprise deployments of AI agents built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), offering a self-service MCP catalog, workflow builder, entitlement policies, audit logging, and security controls such as supply chain scanning and prompt injection protection.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsHawk Hill Ventures
Burlingame, US
SAURAV SHROFF(Executive Officer, Director)MIHIR VIJAY GONDHALEKAR(Director)Saurav Shroff(Founder)in
BoardROHAN PUJARA(Director)in
Co-investorsBalerion Space VenturesCrucible CapitalFusionHummingbird VenturesValhalla Ventures8VC+3 more
StreamSights offers SightsAI, a synthetic audience platform that builds demographically and psychographically accurate AI "twins" from real-time data to let teams simulate, pretest, and optimize messaging, positioning, and content before launch.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsFusion VC
Synapsica Healthcare develops artificial intelligence software to automate diagnostic imaging analysis and report generation for radiologists and medical facilities.
HealthtechMarketplacesMedical DevicesSaaSBengaluru, IN
Cherian Dr(Founder)inGandharv Goyal(Founder)inKuldeep Singh Chauhan(Founder)inMeenakshi Singh(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorEndiya PartnersIvyCap Ventures
Talkable provides a referral marketing platform that enables companies to acquire customers through rewards programs that incentivize their existing customer base.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentRetail TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Allan Grant(Founder/CTO)inAlyona KobzarenkoinBradley KamDominic CoryellJeff YeeNori Yoshida
Co-investors500 GlobalK5 VenturesY Combinator
Versa, operated by T-Box, is a Thai SEC-licensed ICO portal that provides tokenization and capital-markets infrastructure, letting issuers with income-generating assets raise capital from verified Thai investors via regulated token offerings.
Crypto & Web3FintechBangkok, TH
TELO Trucks builds the MT1, an all-electric compact pickup that combines pickup-truck utility with EV range and advanced safety technology in a subcompact footprint.
CleantechHardwareMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsE12 Venture Capital, LlcSpero VenturesTO VC
Terranova uses terraforming robots to raise and reshape land in flood-prone regions, enabling construction of housing, commercial, and industrial projects with rapid consolidation.
Climate TechConstruction TechHardware
Co-investorsCongruent VenturesOutlanderPonderosa Ventures
Textla is an SMS messaging platform that lets businesses send bulk text campaigns with audience segmentation, scheduling, and message personalization.
Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Luke Brickman(Founder)
Co-investors500 GlobalBehind Genius VenturesGraphene VenturesHOF CapitalTeam Ignite VenturesBrickyard
Trinket is a mobile app that lets fans book two-minute, one-on-one live video calls ("fan dances") with creators, calling each fan in when it's their turn.
ConsumerCreator EconomySocial
Valar Atomics is developing and scaling high-temperature gas nuclear reactors for grid-independent applications including hydrogen production, data center power, and clean hydrocarbon fuel production.
CleantechDeep TechEnergySan Rafael, US
Isaiah Taylor(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAlleyCorpBalaji SrinivasanBalerion Space VenturesBVVCContraryCRESCENT COVE CAPITAL+8 more
Vector is a contact-based advertising platform that enables B2B marketers to target specific contacts with precision and measure ad spend against pipeline outcomes.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSBoston, US
Joshua Perk(Founder)inNick Masters(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorHubSpot VenturesTeam Ignite VenturesTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)SignalFire
VideoAmp provides a cross-platform advertising planning, measurement, and optimization platform that unifies buyers and sellers on a single dataset and identity spine (VALID™), connecting census-level TV, streaming, and digital viewership with audience attributes and conversions.
AdTechMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsAnkona CapitalEastward Capital Partners
Vifth Floor is a video game studio that develops and collaborates on games such as visual novels and beat 'em-up titles, releasing them on platforms like Steam.
Gaming
BiotechClaymont, US
James Hamet(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardFrank Zanow(Director)
Co-investorsBeresford Ventures
Volumetric Biotechnologies, acquired by 3D Systems in 2021, develops bioprinting materials and vascularized human tissue constructs.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesHouston, US
Jordan Miller(Co-Founder and President)inBagrat Grigoryan(Co-Founder, COO)in
Co-investorsHelios CapitalSocial StartsY CombinatorBoxOne VenturesLDV Capital
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioPopular Paysacq. by LightricksVolumetricacq. by 3D Systems
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesColossal Biosciences · techfundingnews.com · Aug 21, 2026
Aurelius Systems · x.com · Aug 5, 2026
Valar Atomics · techbuzz.ai · Jul 18, 2026
Parade · sookenewsmirror.com · Jul 13, 2026
Haven · aol.com · Jul 6, 2026
Abundance · prospect.org · Jun 12, 2026
Terranova · cnbc.com · Jun 2, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has GoAhead Ventures made?
- GoAhead Ventures has 97 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 6 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does GoAhead Ventures invest at?
- GoAhead Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is GoAhead Ventures's typical check size?
- GoAhead Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $1M.
- What sectors does GoAhead Ventures focus on?
- GoAhead Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Data & Infrastructure, Defense Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Medical Devices, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is GoAhead Ventures located?
- GoAhead Ventures is headquartered in Menlo Park, US.
- Does GoAhead Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, GoAhead Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does GoAhead Ventures co-invest with?
- GoAhead Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Fusion VC, HOF Capital, among 143 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 8
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