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Heavybit

Venture capitalActively deployingoperating company · company profile

San Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series A · 16 people tracked

Also known as Heavybit Holdings · HEAVYBIT, LLC

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Investment thesis

Heavybit focuses on enterprise infrastructure and technical startups, investing from the earliest stages (Day 0) with high conviction in unique founders and transformative ideas before broader market recognition. Active since 2013, the firm positions itself as an authority on early-stage infrastructure, scaling companies in emerging categories across varied market conditions. It offers hands-on, strategic support through its partners, platform, and community, helping founders build category-defining companies that change how teams build, deploy, secure, and scale enterprise technology from the bottom up to the top down.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
Check
$500K – $5M
HQ
San Francisco, CA, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2013
Last 12 months
10 investments
AUM
$150M
VC funds
11
Tracked investments
122
Unicorns
11
IPOs
2
Acquisitions
17

Team · 16 people

from the firm's website
Max Davis· Senior Accountantin

Senior Accountant at Heavybit managing day-to-day internal finances.

Susie Singh· Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer at Heavybit, overseeing funding transactions, audits, and reporting.

9 people who came through Heavybit went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 92 of 122 portfolio companies

Developer Tools ×72Enterprise Software ×47SaaS ×47AI & Machine Learning ×44Cloud Computing ×34Data & Infrastructure ×33Cybersecurity ×11Fintech ×9

HQs:United States×52Germany×2United Kingdom×2Australia×1Canada×1Croatia×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 58 portfolio companies
21%
solo founders
12 of 58 mapped founding teams
56%
repeat founders
of 81 founders with career history
~3 yrs
old at investment
median across 19 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×122 founders×203 founders×134+ founders×13

Where their founders studiedfrom 73 founders with education data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4Harvard Business School ×3University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ×3University of Michigan ×3Wheaton College ×3Duke University ×2Harvard University ×2Harvey Mudd College ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 68 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×36Engineering ×15Business & Management ×6Humanities ×4Physics ×3Economics ×2Finance & Accounting ×2Law ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 81 founders with career history

Google ×7Brightcove ×5Microsoft ×4Heroku ×3Uber ×3Azusa Pacific University ×2Coinbase ×2Foursquare ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×17Techstars ×3500 Global ×2

6 founders hold a PhD · 9 hold an MBA (of 79 with degree data) · backed the same founder in 2+ companies: 3 founders

Investments · 122 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 72025 · 82024 · 52023 · 42022 · 52021 · 62020 · 22019 · 22018 · 32016 · 12015 · 12014 · 145 dated

Atlassianatlassian.comin𝕏NASDAQ: TEAM

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AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaSSydney, AU

Mike Cannon-Brookes(Founder)inScott Farquhar(Founder)inJeffrey WalkerinJoe Binz(Chief Financial Officer)Anu Bharadwaj(President)Rajeev B. Rajan(Chief Technology Officer)

Co-investorsAccelFirstMile VenturesNext Frontier CapitalSilver Lake Partners

PagerDutypagerduty.comin𝕏NYSE: PD

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(CTO)inDan Alexandru Solomon(Director)Jennifer Tejada(Executive Chair)inSteven Gatoff(Executive Officer)inJohn DiLullo(Chief Executive Officer)inBaskar Puvanathasan(Software Engineer / Product Manager)

Co-investorsAccelAndreessen HorowitzAurumBaseline VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersBling Capital+17 more

Avoavo.appin𝕏Seed✓ verified

Avo is a SaaS analytics governance platform that helps product managers, developers, and data scientists plan, track, and govern product analytics.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSReykjavík, IS

Stefania Olafsdottir(CEO)inSölvi Logason(Co-Founder / Product & CTO)inArni Hermann Reynisson(Founder)Dekel Valtzer(Founder)inIdan Hershko(Founder)inNir Smadar(Founder)

Co-investorsNotable CapitalY CombinatorBackbone AngelsBrunnur Ventures GPCrowberry CapitalVentureSouq+11 more

Billforwardbillforward.ioin𝕏✓ verifiedDefunct

Billforward is a subscription billing and recurring revenue platform that enables businesses to manage customer sign-ups, payment collection, and subscription management.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Ian Saunders(CEO)inMark Parry(Founder)inAubone Tennant(Chief Growth Officer)inJonathan BenwellMat Jaggard(CTO)

Co-investorsY CombinatorAgrolimen Ventures

Koslikosli.cominSeries A · Mar 2025 · $10M✓ verified

Kosli provides a platform that automates change management, audits, and compliance for DevOps teams working under regulatory and standards requirements.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsDeutsche BankTranspose Platform Management

Memgraphmemgraph.comin𝕏✓ verifiedNo public record

Memgraph develops a high-performance, in-memory graph database platform designed to process computations on streaming data.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSector AgnosticZagreb, HR

MarkoDominik Tomicevic(Founder)in

Co-investorsCounterview CapitalIn-Q-TelMundi VenturesConnect VenturesIrregular ExpressionsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)+2 more

Multimodelmultimodel.comin✓ verified

MultiModel provides AI training and adoption programs for organizations, offering onboarding, workshop-based prompt development, and executive readiness sessions to help teams effectively use AI tools.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Co-investorsStanford UniversityWestWave Capital

Sixtasixta.aiin✓ verified

SIXTA is an autonomous database reliability engineer (DBRE) for PostgreSQL and MySQL that investigates database incidents, identifies root causes, and recommends or applies fixes within a team's incident and change workflows.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Ewen FortuneinAndrew MorganinLori Gagnonin

Co-investorsEncoded Ventures

Userfrontuserfront.cominSeed · May 2024 · $5M✓ verified

Userfront provides authentication and user management tooling for developers, including capabilities for deploying AI assistants and enforcing AI use policies.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsStanford UniversityWestWave CapitalInnovating CapitalStartX

Colimitcolimit.aiin𝕏Aug 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

Colimit offers a coding agent for formal spec-driven development, guiding users to write formal specifications without prior experience, check specs for logical bugs, and generate code by combining compilers with LLMs.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsBrooklyn, US

Larry Wayne Diehl, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatJesse Robbins· per SEC Form D · $2.7M raise · filed Sep 2025

Co-investorsVermilion Cliffs Ventures

Sanitysanity.ioin𝕏Seed · Apr 2025 · $2.4M

Sanity provides a content operations platform built on a structured content database where JSON documents and code-defined schemas power web, mobile, and AI agent applications through a single API.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US

Magnus Hillestad(Founder)inSimen Svale Skogsrud(Founder)inEven Westvang(Founder)inRaman Kapur(Executive Officer)inChristian Flaaten(Executive Officer)inOyvind Rostad(Founder)

Board seatJesse Robbins· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAlliance VCAlliance VentureCaribbean Export Development AgencyCoinFundICONIQLead Edge Capital+8 more

Streamfoldstreamfold.cominNov 2022

Blacksburg, US

Ray Jenkins(Executive Officer, Director)Mike Heffner(Executive Officer, Director)in

Board seatJoseph Ruscio· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsUncork CapitalEssence Venture Capital

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Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS

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Apolloapollographql.comin𝕏Late Stage · Aug 2021 · $130M

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Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Geoff Schmidt(CEO)inmatt debergalis(CTO)inNick Martin(CTO)inJosh Wright(Founder)inMatt DeBergalis(Founder)S G(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzDCVC (Data Collective)EQUIAMInitialized CapitalInsight PartnersKarma Ventures+11 more

Apportableapportable.comAcquired

Apportable provides tools for developers to compile Objective-C and C++ applications to Android, enabling them to publish to Android without rewriting code in Java.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Collin Jackson(CEO)Nicole Aptekar(Web Developer / Designer)inIan Fischer(CTO)Adam BarthDaniel DeCovnick(Self Employed)in

Co-investorsY Combinator11.2 CapitalACE & CompanyAME Cloud VenturesBetaworks Ventures Management, LlcGV (Google Ventures)+4 more

Asertoaserto.com

Aserto provides a fine-grained, resource-level authorization platform that developers integrate into applications via SDKs, middleware, and gRPC/REST APIs, with a central control plane and local authorizers for real-time access decisions.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper Tools

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Autumnuseautumn.comin𝕏Seed

Autumn provides usage tracking, gating, and billing infrastructure for software companies.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLondon, GB

Ayush Rodrigues(CEO)inJohn Yeo(CTO)inAyush Rodrigues John Yeo(Founder)

Co-investorsOrange CollectivePioneerTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorBlast.ClubEight Capital+11 more

Beginbegin.comin

Co-investorsSand Hill Angels

Blockdaemonblockdaemon.comin𝕏Seed · Apr 2018 · $380K

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Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnergyEnterprise SoftwareFintechLos Angeles, US

Konstantin Richter(Founder)in

BoardEd Sim(Director)inGil Beyda(Director)in

Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)Amplify.LAAurum Venture PartnersBaroda VenturesBlockchain Coinvestorsboldstart ventures+33 more

Brontobronto.io

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AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Noel Ruane(Founder)Trevor Parsons(Founder)

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Burkland provides outsourced finance and HR services for venture-backed startups, including fractional CFOs, accounting, bookkeeping, tax and compliance, R&D tax credits, financial modeling, payroll, and people operations.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Jeff Burkland(Founder)in

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AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US

Hannes Lenke(Founder)inTim Nolet(Founder)Timo Euteneuer(Founder)

Co-investorsAccelTiger Global ManagementBalderton CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Mango CapitalNew Forge+18 more

Circlecicircleci.comin𝕏Series C · Jan 2018 · $31M

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 Rohner(Founder)inPaul Biggar(Founder)inJim 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 AssociatesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)NextEquity Partners+11 more

Citus Datacitusdata.comin𝕏Acquired

Citus is a Postgres extension that enables horizontal scaling of databases by distributing data and queries across multiple nodes.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Sumedh Pathak(Engineer)Ozgun Erdogan(Founder)inUmur Cubukcu(CEO)inJoseph Sciarrino(Director of Sales)inSai Srirampur(Solutions Engineer)in

Co-investorsBling CapitalBullpen CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Rainfall VenturesS2S VenturesStreamlined Ventures+6 more

Civilgridcivilgrid.cominMar 2021

CivilGrid consolidates thousands of datasets on underground utilities, land rights, geotech conditions, and other site data into a real-time map for civil engineers, utility operators, and construction teams.

Construction TechData & InfrastructureGovTechSaaS

Josh(Co-founder)Brandon(Co-founder)Brandon Cohen(Founder)Josh Mackanic(Founder)

Co-investors2.12 AngelsA*Afore CapitalAnorak VenturesBURNT ISLAND VENTURESEnergy Impact Partners+14 more

Codenvycodenvy.comin𝕏acquired by Red Hat

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AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsToba CapitalXAngeAuriga Partners

Contentfulcontentful.cominAcquired

Contentful is a Berlin-founded headless CMS delivering structured content via APIs, being acquired by Salesforce.

Sascha Konietzke(Founder)inSteve Sloan(CEO)inPaolo Negri(Founder)

Co-investorsArtisanal VenturesBalderton CapitalGeneral CatalystOMERS VenturesPoint NineQuint Ventures+10 more

Continuecontinue.devin𝕏Seed · Nov 2023 · $5MAcquired

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AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Ty Dunn(Founder)inNate Sesti(Founder)inTy Dunn Nate Sesti(Founder)Patrick Erichsen(Software Engineer)Wendy McIntosh(Recruiting)Bruce Lee(Recruiting)

Co-investorsY CombinatorAmplify PartnersAngel InvestBln22x ONE Gmb H & Co. KGGrove VenturesPioneer+1 more

Convoxconvox.comin𝕏Aug 2015Acquired

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Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareAtlanta, US

David Dollar(CEO)inNoah Zoschke(CTO)inMatt Manning(Founder)in

Co-investorsCurious CapitalGarage CapitalY CombinatorBios PartnersInovia CapitalProsperity7 Ventures+4 more

Coplaycoplay.devin𝕏Pre-Seed · Dec 2024 · $1M

Coplay is an AI agent that installs directly inside the Unity editor to help game developers complete engine tasks such as scripting, scene setup, and fixes using natural language.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsGaming

Co-investorsFailup VenturesFounders

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Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

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DEV Communitydev.to𝕏

DEV is an online community where software developers share knowledge and help one another.

Developer ToolsMedia & EntertainmentSocial

Ben Halpern(Co-founder)inJess Lee(Co-founder)Peter Frank(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsWorklife VenturesMayfield FundThe Fund

Develocitydevelocity.aiin𝕏

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AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Hans Dockter(Founder)inEtienne Studer(Co-founder)inAdam Murdoch(Founder)in

Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)True VenturesBain Capital VenturesHarmony PartnersTriangle Peak PartnersStepstone Group

Divebell, Inc.divebell.comacquired by Exterro · Nov 2023

Divebell built a cloud-native SaaS platform that discovered, classified, and monitored sensitive data across enterprise systems to support privacy compliance and e-discovery.

Co-investorsK9 VenturesUncork Capital

Duckbillgetduckbill.comFeb 2026 · $7.8M

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AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Meghan Verena Joyce(Founder)inEmi Gonzalez(Founder)Meghan Joyce(Founder)

Co-investorsForerunner VenturesFuture Back VenturesGeneral CatalystInspired CapitalG9 VenturesGreycroft+2 more

Duckbillduckbillhq.comin𝕏

Duckbill provides a financial control layer that AI-native companies use to negotiate, manage, and forecast their spend across cloud, model, neocloud, and inference providers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingFintechSaaS

Co-investorsEncoded VenturesUncork CapitalForerunner VenturesFuture Back VenturesG9 VenturesGeneral Catalyst+3 more

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AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechCharlotte, US

Mike Cagney(Co-Founder, Executive Chairman)inJune Ou(Co-Founder, Advisor, Board Member)inJin Woo Park(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Alpha Square GroupB3 CapitalBezos ExpeditionsBlockchange VenturesBlue Lion+29 more

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Advanced ManufacturingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSan Francisco, US

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Co-investorsAngular VenturesJibe VenturesMorgan StanleyZeev Ventures

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Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

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Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Antonio, US

Dan KadorinKyle WildinRyan Spraetzin

Co-investors500 GlobalScaleworksStreamlined VenturesTechstarsUpslope VenturesXG Ventures+3 more

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Amit Eyal Govrin(Founder)

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AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSOakland, US

Edith Harbaugh(Founder)inJohn Kodumal(Founder)in

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Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS

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Ben Cronin(Founder)Ben Sigelman(Founder)

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersCowboy VenturesRedpoint VenturesAltimeter Capital

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Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Karri Saarinen(Founder)inJori Lallo(Founder)inTuomas Artman(Founder)in

Co-investorsDesigner FundSeven Seven SixIndie.vc01 Advisors20VCAccel+5 more

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Developer ToolsMedia & Entertainment

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Developer ToolsMedia & Entertainment

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Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Gerta Sheganaku(Founder)Thomas Rausch(Founder)Waldemar Hummer(Founder)

Co-investorsNotable CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)

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App monitoring for the cloud computing era.

Co-investorsMorado Ventures

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AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Steven Schkolne(Founder)in

Co-investors11.2 Capital

Milestonemstone.aiin𝕏Seed · Nov 2025 · $10M

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AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Liad Elidan(Founder)in

Co-investorsPreston-Werner VenturesAtlassian Ventures

Miso Labsmisolabs.aiin𝕏Seed

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AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Aoden Teo(CTO)inCassidy Dalva(CEO)in

Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator8VCBlast.ClubGradient VenturesKing River Capital+1 more

Mobotmobot.ioin𝕏Series A · Aug 2022 · $12.5M

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AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareRoboticsSaaSNew York City, US

Eden Full Goh(Founder)inEden Full(Executive Officer, Director)inTracey Fu(Operations Manager)Jilly Chen(Customer Success Manager)Jereme Corrado(Vice President of Engineering)Andrew Gerhart(Vice President of Revenue)

Co-investorsBling CapitalCota CapitalMPG FundRRE VenturesUncorrelated VenturesY Combinator+2 more

Modiqomodiqo.ai𝕏Pre-Seed · May 2026 · $3M

modiqo makes rote, a developer tool that captures the successful path of an AI agent run and compiles it into a deterministic, reusable flow, reducing token usage on subsequent runs by around 98%.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Co-investorsIrregular ExpressionsPartech VenturesThomvest Ventures

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Anchor Security, Inc.Devenue Inc.EverfundExceptional, Inc.Highly Valued, Inc.L9 Labs Inc.AnchorBraceCloudconnectdeveloper-first customer and product analyticsExploding GradientsGretaKloudlessKodowaLunchbadgerOrbitReducesecure software delivery platformSecure software delivery platform (stealth)

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 · 19

2 IPOs · 17 acquisitions · showing 8

AtlassianNASDAQ: TEAMPagerDutyNYSE: PDCodenvyacq. by Red HatDivebell, Inc.acq. by ExterroLibratoacq. by SolarWindsNinetailedacq. by ContentfulTrustaracq. by SplunkZencoderacq. by Brightcove

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Heavybit made?
Heavybit has 122 tracked investments, 19 of which have exited, including 17 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Heavybit invest at?
Heavybit invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What is Heavybit's typical check size?
Heavybit typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.
What sectors does Heavybit focus on?
Heavybit focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
Where is Heavybit located?
Heavybit is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Does Heavybit lead rounds?
Yes, Heavybit leads investment rounds.
Who does Heavybit co-invest with?
Heavybit most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, among 299 tracked co-investors.

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Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

The DevTools VC - Dana Oshiro from Heavybit

Scaling DevTools · Dana Oshiro

DevOps is dead? Nope, it is maturing ft. Jesse Robbins of Heavybit

CircleCI · Jesse Robbins

Venture Confidential - Ep. #4, Feat. Heavybit's Tom Drummond

Heavybit · Tom Drummond

Heavybit's James Lindenbaum on Developer Company Trends

Heavybit · James Lindenbaum

Zero to Won - Ep. #4, Feat. Heavybit’s James Lindenbaum

Heavybit · James Lindenbaum

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Co-investors · 78

Andreessen Horowitz

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.

$500K – $50M
Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.

$500K – $100M
Insight Partners

Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.

$120M – $350M
General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.

$30M
Preston-Werner Ventures

PWV (Preston-Werner Ventures) provides early-stage capital to technology founders building the future, investing through PWV Fund I and the PWV Rolling Fund.

$500K – $3M
Amplify Partners

Amplify Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in technical founders building companies across developer tools, machine learning/AI, data infrastructure, digital biology, cybersecurity, and related deep technology areas.

$500K – $5M
Uncork Capital

Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that backs early founders, with a focus on AI-native companies driving scale and industry change.

$3M – $5M
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs founders from Seed through Series F and beyond, emphasizing deep, immersive partnerships with the companies it invests in.

$1M – $5M
Redpoint Ventures

Since 1999, Redpoint Ventures has partnered with visionary founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones. The firm invests early in startups building category-defining companies, from AI and infrastructure to security. Redpoint has backed hundreds of companies, including Netflix, Snowflake, Stripe, Ramp, Twilio, Ramp, and Hims, and today backs the next generation of AI leaders like OpenAI, Legora, Modal, Abridge and Physical Intelligence. Redpoint is based in San Francisco and has offices in New York City and Woodside. For more information visit: http://www.redpoint.com/

$100K – $10M
Felicis Ventures

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.

$500K – $15M
Coatue Management

Coatue Management is a technology-focused investment firm that invests in innovation across both public and private markets with responsible risk management.

$1M – $20M
CRV (Charles River Ventures)

CRV is a venture capital firm that backs founders at the seed and Series A stages, focusing on those with deep conviction and unique insights.

$250K – $5M
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