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Harrison Metal
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Seed–Series A · 1 people tracked
Also known as GRASSHOPPER ESCAPEMENT, LLC
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Harrison Metal invests in early-stage private technology companies. Founded by Michael Dearing, the firm has raised six funds backed by a small group of limited partners such as university endowments, charitable trusts, and pensions. Beyond investing, the firm periodically runs educational classes on business history and management aimed at up-and-coming entrepreneurs and managers, drawing on Dearing's operating and investing experience.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from public directoriesFounder mafia
2 people who came through Harrison Metal went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 25 of 30 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×12AI & Machine Learning ×7SaaS ×7Consumer ×6Developer Tools ×5Digital Health ×3Healthtech ×3Cloud Computing ×2
HQs:United States×23Singapore×1
Investments · 30 tracked
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PagerDuty provides a platform for incident response and operations management that enables teams across technical and business functions to respond to critical events in real time.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Solomon(Founder/CTO)inDan Alexandru Solomon(Director)Jennifer Tejada(Executive Chair)inSteven Gatoff(Executive Officer)inJohn DiLullo(Chief Executive Officer)in
BoardJohn O'Farrell(Director)in
Co-investorsAccelAndreessen HorowitzAurumBaseline VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersBling Capital+17 more
Guild operates a global education benefits platform that connects employees to a curated learning marketplace, 1:1 coaching, and analytics so employers can develop talent, fill critical roles, and build internal mobility.
EdTechFuture of WorkHR TechDenver, US
Brittany Stich(Founder)inGREG SIEGEL(Executive Officer)RACHEL ROMER CARLSON(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)NATALIE MCCULLOUGH(Executive Officer)PAUL FREEDMAN(Executive Officer)LEIGHANNE LEVENSALER(Director)
Board seatMichael Dearing· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAbbhi CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersBuilders + BackersCowboy VenturesFelicis VenturesGSV Ventures+31 more
Polymerize applies machine learning to polymer formulation, modeling the relationships between material structure, processing conditions, and resulting properties.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareNew MaterialsSaaSSingapore, SG
Kunal Sandeep(CEO)inAbhijit Salvekar(CTO)inMaya Balakrishnan(Chief Operating Officer)Ishita Prasad(President, CEO & CFO)
BoardJ. Todd Masonis(Director)
Board seatMichael Dearing· per SEC Form D · $2M raise · filed Aug 2017
Co-investorsDoha Tech AngelsElevation CapitalEntrepreneur FirstX-HUB TOKYO Global Startup Accelerator
Primary makes and sells children's clothing in a variety of colors and designs.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerNew York, US
Galyn Bernard(Co-founder)inChristina Carbonell(Co-founder)in
Board seatMichael Dearing· per SEC Form D · $2.5M raise · filed Oct 2015
Co-investorsElizabeth Street VenturesFemale FoundersGrace Beauty CapitalHDS CapitalHomebrewMighty Capital+5 more
Roboto Games develops survival crafting video games designed for both solo and cooperative multiplayer play.
GamingSan Mateo, US
Curt Bererton(CEO)inMathilde Pignol(CCO)in
Board seatMichael Dearing· per SEC Form D · $4.4M raise · filed Oct 2019
Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitzgumi IncMakers FundTRANSCENDAncient8Animoca Brands+2 more
Guidepost Montessori operates Montessori schools offering early childhood education based on the Montessori philosophy, serving children and their families.
ConsumerEdTechSan Francisco, US
Max Ventilla(Founder & CEO)Sethi Komal(Executive Officer)Devin Vodickain
BoardBrian Singerman(Director)inMichael Dearing(Director)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzDesigner FundHemisphere Ventures LLCFirst Round CapitalFounders FundLearn Capital+1 more
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Armory provides continuous deployment software that helps development teams automate and manage application releases across their infrastructure at scale, with built-in safety and security controls.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Isaac Mosquera(Founder/CTO)inBen Mappen(Founder/CPO)in
Co-investorsBase Venture Management, Inc.Crosslink CapitalInsight PartnersJavelin Venture PartnersLumia CapitalMango Capital+23 more
CircleCI develops continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tooling that helps software development and developer-experience teams build, test, and ship code faster and more reliably.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Allen RohnerinPaul BiggarinJim Rose(Chief Executive Officer)inRob Zuber(Chief Technology Officer)inChitra Balasubramanian(Chief Financial Officer)Judson Griffin(Chief Revenue Officer)
Co-investors3Spoke Capital500 GlobalDCVC (Data Collective)Draper AssociatesHeavybitIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+11 more
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ClearBrain develops an AI analytics platform that helps growth teams identify optimal timing for user engagement and personalization at scale.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSan Francisco, US
Bilal Mahmood(Founder/CEO)inEric Pollmann(Founder / CTO)in
Co-investorsMenlo VenturesPear VCY CombinatorDHVCFour CitiesIndustry Ventures
Crowdbotics (now CoreStory) offers AI-based tools to analyze how existing software systems work, aimed at software modernization and maintenance.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBerkeley, US
Anand Kulkarni(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardHunter Walk(Director)inVictor Echevarria(Director)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBee PartnersJackson Square VenturesNimble PartnersSamsung NextStrawberry Creek Ventures+3 more
The page presents Apple Business, a set of Apple tools for businesses to manage employee accounts and devices, provide work tools, reach customers, and access technical support.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesMenlo VenturesUpfront VenturesIndex VenturesTiger Global Management
Mobile applications for managing distributed workforces.
San Francisco, US
Matt Crampton(Executive Officer, Director)inBob Bahramipour(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPaul Asel(Director)inHoward Hartenbaum(Director)inMichael Dearing(Director)
Co-investorsAugust CapitalAccelerator VenturesFounder CollectiveGreylock PartnersNGP CapitalSoftTech VC
Good Eggs is an online grocery service that delivers fresh produce, groceries, and food products to consumers.
Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechMarketplacesOakland, US
Alon Salant(Co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer)inRob Spiro(Co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer; later chair)inGeorgina Bale(Co-founder)Bentley Hall(Former Chief Executive Officer)inKeith Brewer(Chief Executive Officer)Rodrigo Arevalo(Former Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsBaseline VenturesCollaborative FundCorrelation VenturesDns CapitalDYDX CapitalFinistere Ventures+13 more
Grouper organizes group social outings where two friend groups meet for drinks, typically consisting of three people per group.
ConsumerFoodTechNew York City, US
Michael Waxman(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorCrystal Towers CapitalFloodgateInitialized CapitalLerer HippeauSV Angel+1 more
A machine learning company that develops recommendation technology used for applications including advertising networks, product discovery, and content ranking across multiple platforms.
ConsumerSan Francisco, US
Kevin Corcoran(Founder)inMichael Jacobs(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorKapor CapitalLowercase Capital
Included Health provides healthcare navigation and delivery services—including care guidance, billing and claims support, and virtual and in-person care spanning primary, behavioral, urgent, and specialty care—for employees and members of health plans and employers.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthSan Francisco, US
Owen Tripp(Co-Founder & CEO)inLawrence Hofmann(Co-Founder, Grand Rounds)inAdam Jackson(Co-Founder, Doctor On Demand)Jay McGraw(Co-Founder, Doctor On Demand)Phil McGraw(Co-Founder, Doctor On Demand)Colin Quinn(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsACME CapitalAdams Street PartnersAlpha PartnersB CapitalBlackRockFelicis Ventures+15 more
Instawork is a marketplace that connects local businesses with hourly workers for short-term staffing needs.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Sumir Meghani(Founder/CEO)inSaureen Shah(Co-Founder & CTO)inMark Wallace(Chief Financial Officer)inDebarshi Kar(Chief Technology Officer)inKeith Chapman(Chief Legal Officer / General Counsel)inCathy Hardin(Chief Revenue Officer)in
Co-investorsAfore CapitalAmino CapitalCorner VenturesCraft VenturesFour Rivers GroupGreylock Partners+14 more
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Jeli provides incident analysis and collaborative learning tools that help engineering and operations teams review incidents, build timelines, and identify patterns to improve reliability.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsboldstart venturesHeavybitAddition
Kirkland North operates a location-based competitive game called Turf that universities license for their campuses, where student groups compete for control of campus areas through a mobile app.
ConsumerGamingSan Francisco, US
Andrew Fong(Founder)inMatthew O'Brien(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
LTSE Private Markets is a platform operated by the Long-Term Stock Exchange that connects institutional and accredited investors to late-stage private companies through direct and secondary market transactions.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US
Eric Ries(Founder/CEO)inJohn Bautista(Founder)inNatalie Risoin
BoardBrian Singerman(Director)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCollaborative FundFloodgateInitialized Capital+13 more
Lumosity offers a brain-training program that adapts lab-based cognitive tasks into games, providing users with progress tracking, feedback, and insights into their cognition.
ConsumerHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsFirstMark CapitalFounders Circle CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersMenlo Ventures
Mixmax is an AI-powered sales execution platform that helps sales teams manage customer engagement and communication workflows.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Chanpory Rith(Director)inOlof Mathe(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsDesigner FundFloodgateRed Swan VenturesResolute VenturesCreandumLigature VC+1 more
Death Clock is a preventive health platform powered by AI that identifies early markers of chronic disease before symptoms appear, helping users take action to prevent illness.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthLongevityWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsKing River CapitalOrigin VenturesService Provider CapitalSpringTime VenturesCake VenturesSriram Krishnan+1 more
Smyte provides fraud and abuse detection services to online marketplaces and social platforms, using automated classification to identify and block spam, scams, harassment, and payment fraud.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Pete Hunt(Founder)Julian Tempelsman(Founder)Josh Yudaken(Founder/Lead Infrastructure Engineer)in
Co-investorsBaseline VenturesFounder CollectiveY CombinatorAvalon Ventures Management, LlcNotable CapitalUpside Partnership
Vital Interaction provides an AI-powered patient engagement platform that integrates with practice management systems and EHRs to automate appointment reminders, recall and reactivation campaigns, referral management, online appointment requests, and pre-registration.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsNext Coast VenturesFreestyle Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Blinkfire AnalyticsBlue HexagonDote ShoppingFront Row EducationSpinn
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.
Exits · 6
1 IPOs · 5 acquisitions · showing 2Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPagerDuty · en.wikipedia.org · Sep 8, 2026
Instawork · Fox4News · Aug 7, 2026
Included Health · Included Health (press release) · Jul 27, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Harrison Metal made?
- Harrison Metal has 30 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited.
- What stage does Harrison Metal invest at?
- Harrison Metal invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Harrison Metal's typical check size?
- Harrison Metal typically writes checks of $200K – $2M.
- What sectors does Harrison Metal focus on?
- Harrison Metal focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, E-commerce, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- Where is Harrison Metal located?
- Harrison Metal is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Harrison Metal lead rounds?
- Harrison Metal typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Harrison Metal co-invest with?
- Harrison Metal most often shares deals with GV (Google Ventures), CrunchFund, Greylock Partners, among 45 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 128
SV Angel is a San Francisco-based firm that invests long-term in founders, supporting them with advice, introductions, and network access at key business inflection points.
Baseline Ventures is a pioneering "micro VC" firm structured as a one-man operation where Steve Anderson handles all sourcing, decision-making, and partnering himself, writing concentrated seed checks from small funds rather than using a traditional multi-partner platform. Despite being one of Silicon Valley's smallest investment firms, Baseline achieved outsized success with multiple billion-dollar outcomes including Instagram (where Anderson was the very first investor) through Anderson's fast, gut-based decision style that emphasizes founder quality over elaborate modeling.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
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.
Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.
Benchmark is a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Woodside that invests in early-stage startups.
Felicis is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage founders, investing primarily at Seed and Series A across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and defense, global resilience and energy, and health and bio.
Menlo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing transformative technology companies, with a strong current emphasis on artificial intelligence across enterprise, healthcare, and consumer markets.
Floodgate is a venture capital fund that backs founders at the earliest stages, positioning itself as their first true believers.
Heavybit is an early-stage venture firm investing in technical, enterprise infrastructure startups, backing founders from day zero and helping them scale from developer-focused products up to enterprise adoption.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.
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Craft VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersAccelNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Index VenturesFounder CollectiveFirst Round CapitalKapor CapitalLowercase CapitalHomebrewFour Rivers GroupGeneral CatalystTechstarsRedpoint VenturesBain Capital VenturesFoundation CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)B Capital GroupNorwest Venture PartnersACME CapitalFirstMark CapitalBling CapitalSciFi VCFreestyle CapitalScale Venture PartnersAdditionUlu VenturesRed Swan VenturesVenrockLerer Hippeau01 AdvisorsUS Venture PartnersUpfront VenturesCreandumThreshold VenturesCowboy VenturesOperator CollectiveAugust CapitalJavelin Venture PartnersAccelerator VenturesAltimeter CapitalNGP CapitalNext Coast VenturesVista Venture PartnersLigature VCGrace Beauty CapitalTop Tier Capital PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersKhosla VenturesLong Journey VenturesUncork CapitalKleiner PerkinsBoxGroupKrakenTrue VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Great Oaks Venture CapitalBattery VenturesEniac VenturesOffline VenturesPartech VenturesSlow VenturesFundersClubNextView VenturesGreycroftForerunner VenturesFifth WallPrecursor VenturesAccel-KKRLookout VenturesCota CapitalAcrew CapitalIA VenturesCatapult CapitalFoundryPolaris PartnersSherpalo VenturesGustoKortschak Investments L.P.MatrixGeneral PartnershipAngelPadFuel CapitalNext Play Ventures8-Bit CapitalICONIQ CapitalZetta Venture PartnersHigh AlphaValar Ventures LlcMucker CapitalBrand Foundry VenturesFf Venture CapitalFormation GroupK9 VenturesBlue Owl CapitalRelay VenturesZ47Ensemble VCIrishAngelsXfundGlobal Innovation FundGFT VenturesH.I.G. Growth PartnersAlsop Louie PartnersMoving CapitalPenny Jar Capital VentureANIMO VenturesProof GroupArthur VenturesRackhouse Venture CapitalVSC VenturesIndie.vcFirework VenturesBreakpoint CapitalAltari VenturesEarthshot Ventures
Firms observed investing alongside Harrison Metal, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Harrison Metal's recorded portfolio.
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