HAWKTAIL
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco
Investment thesis
Hawktail invests in companies at the intersection of deep science, technology, and practical application. The portfolio demonstrates focus on foundational technologies and research platforms that address large-scale challenges in healthcare, climate, agriculture, and industrial processes. The firm appears to support companies leveraging artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and novel material science approaches to create transformative solutions across multiple industries.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 21, 2026.
What they invest in
from 1 of 100 portfolio companiesClimate Tech ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1InsurTech ×1
HQs:United States×3United Kingdom×1
Investments · showing 60 of 100
founders shown can be your intro pathNovel technology platform to design new proteins
Decarbonizing the concrete value chain
Foundational intelligence for modern hardware
AI-powered software for optimizing biopharma manufacturing
Superintelligent financial advisor at 0% advisory fees
Data and software platform to better understand the immune system
Women's health products company delivering nutrition tailored to her hormonal stage
AI powered wealth management tools
Microorganisms for eliminating toxic waste
Enterprise software for employee and alumni social networking
Software platform for creator engagement with fans
Robotic automation for controlled burns to prevent wildfires
Scalable storage solutions for genomics and digital data
Machine learning and technology platform to improve biological understanding down to the single cell level
Advancing an oncology pipeline of antibody-based therapies targeting tumors more precisely than existing therapeutics
Deep space communications as a service
Lasers and nanotechnology for making better cells
Simple payments solution for nonprofits to accept money from Donor Advised Funds
Digitizing chemistry for drug and material discovery
Digital analyst for law enforcement
Novel technology to detect viruses
Research platform for understanding how our bodies sense danger
Test for faster and cheaper cancer diagnosis
Device company making novel bone and tissue implants
Digital decentralized autonomous organization for content creators
Developing therapies that make cancer easier to find and eliminate
Addressing the global immune crisis by applying massive scale data and AI to develop precision medicines
Decentralized communications network for web3/crypto
Proprietary platform to improve transgene expression in mammalian systems
Enterprise software for laboratories
A full-service, AI-native law firm for the fastest growing companies
Platform to adjust the immune response, whether too activated or suppressed
Software based solution using remote telemetry and AI for wildfire prevention
BNPL for game assets that offers players a path towards ownership
Direct air carbon capture through enhanced weathering
Technology platform to enable improvements in vaccines
Next-generation flour substitute for bread products
Transforming samples into integrated knowledge
Stratospheric drones for defense
Software tool for project management in scientific research
Enterprise software to automate time keeping in professional services
Beauty formulas leaked from the lab, directly to you
Generative enzyme design for the chemical industry
Toxicity diagnostics for next-generation cancer therapies
Deploying microbiology to address climate change
AI governance platform designed to automate how AI systems are managed for legal risk
Improving product strategy, analytics, insights for teams
Ocean based biomaterials for consumer products
Fully autonomous indoor robots
Machine learning and data platform for understanding how diseases fight back and resist therapies
Platform that can automatically control the evolution of microbes
Simple, delightful solutions that make a real difference in one of the worst contributing industries: waste
Software-based research platform for neurodegenerative disorders
Revolutionary serum for dark spots and sun damage
Platform for accessible and scalable carbon offset creation and exchange
Board seats · per SEC filings · 3
what is this? ⓘ$2M raise · filed Feb 2025 · via Michael Polansky
$7.5M raise · filed Nov 2024 · via Alda Leu Dennis
$5M raise · filed Apr 2022 · via Michael Polansky
Inferred from directors named on each company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What sectors does HAWKTAIL focus on?
- HAWKTAIL focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is HAWKTAIL located?
- HAWKTAIL is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
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