Fundraising FoxHeroic Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingPalo Alto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 9 people tracked
Also known as HEROIC VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC · OUTPUT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Heroic Ventures is a venture capital firm that provides early-stage funding to entrepreneurs working on solutions in large markets.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 9 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 16 of 28 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×10Consumer ×5Developer Tools ×5SaaS ×5Enterprise Software ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Future of Work ×2Gaming ×2
HQs:United States×18France×1
Investments · 28 tracked
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Ethos operates a digital platform that connects consumers, insurance agents, and carriers to facilitate the sale of life insurance and related products through direct consumer channels and a network of independent agencies.
Peter Colis(Chief Executive Officer and Chair of our Board of Directors)Lingke Wang(President and Director)Christopher Capozzi(Chief Financial Officer)Erin Lantz(Chief Revenue Officer)Vipul Sharma(Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsSequoia CapitalAccelGeneral CatalystGV (Google Ventures)SoftBank Group
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Futurail develops a safety-certified autonomy software and hardware stack for self-driving trains, including long-range obstacle detection, localization, and train control, offered as first-mount integration with OEMs or retrofits of existing fleets.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMobility & TransportationStrasbourg, FR
Co-investorsZero Infinity PartnersLeap435Soundproof Ventures
Boulder, US
Christoph Keplinger(Director)Eric Acome(Executive Officer, Director)inTimothy Morrissey(Executive Officer, Director)
Gondola is an AI-powered travel concierge that helps frequent travelers find the best hotel rates, earn loyalty rewards, and monitor price drops across multiple hotel chains.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerSaaSTravel & HospitalityDenver, US
Co-investorsFirstMile VenturesMaven VenturesTechstarsNext Frontier CapitalRTP SeedSlack Fund
Gondola is an AI-powered travel concierge platform that helps frequent travelers find competitive hotel rates across multiple chains, monitor price drops, and consolidate loyalty program accounts.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsKokopelli CapitalFirstMile VenturesNext Frontier CapitalRTP SeedSlack Fund
Dialect provides infrastructure for Web3 user experiences, offering Blinks (embedded blockchain transactions) and Alerts (onchain notifications) that integrate directly into digital platforms without redirects.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Chris Osborn(Founder)in
Co-investorsAsymmetricElectric CapitalFoundation CapitalMulticoin CapitalProtagonistY Combinator+12 more
LaunchPoint is a creator marketing platform that connects brands with a network of 50,000+ creators for on-demand content partnerships.
Creator EconomyData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareGamingMarketing TechSan Francisco, US
Adam Neuwirth(Founder)in
Co-investorsRaineRed Bear AngelsY CombinatorCathexis VenturesCory LevyElefund+3 more
HiCounselor is a career accelerator program that helps job seekers land positions in software engineering, data science, and product management roles through job training and placement services.
EdTechFuture of Work
Co-investorsSupermorpheus
LandTrust is an online marketplace that connects people seeking outdoor recreation, primarily hunting, with private landowners offering paid access to their land.
ConsumerMarketplacesSports TechBozeman, US
Nicolas De Castro(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Olden(Director)
BoardGregg Williams(Director)Robert Schultz(Director)inPat LaPointe(Director)Colin Gardiner(Director)
Co-investorsReno Seed FundStage 1 VenturesSerra Ventures
A marketing intelligence platform that provides AI-driven analytics and insights to optimize demand generation, pipeline growth, and revenue attribution for B2B sales and marketing teams.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Daniel Raskin(Founder)inNicolas Philippein
Co-investorsGFT Ventures
Naro connects sales conversations and content libraries using AI to automatically surface relevant sales materials to reps based on real buyer objections and questions.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Adam C.(Founder)in
Co-investorsGaruda VenturesNext Frontier CapitalFirstMile VenturesRTP SeedSlack Fund
Nozomio develops AI products focused on improving how systems understand and maintain context in machine learning applications.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Arlan Rakhmetzhanov(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstraction CapitalBoxGroupLocalGlobeTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator20VC+14 more
Morrison, US
Ryan Douglas Sullivan(Founder)Rishi Malik(Founder)
BoardJames Franklin(Director)
Co-investorsCamber CreekMetaPropMetaProp VenturesService Provider Capital
ProntoNLP provides no-code natural language processing tools that analyze financial text sources — such as reports, earnings calls, and PR documents — to generate trading signals, sentiment analysis, and research insights.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Ronen Feldman(Founder)in
Co-investorsSoundproof Ventures
US company specializing in automating motion planning for industrial robots; SIP Global Partners participated in its Series A round.
Boston, US
George Dimitri Konidaris(Director)Daniel J. Sorin(Executive Officer, Director)inPeter Howard(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMichael Silverstein(Director)Takahisa Tanaka(Director)Seiji Miyasaka(Director)
Co-investorsDuke Capital PartnersSAIC Technologies Fund II, LLCScrum VenturesStrategic Investment Partners Inc.Mitsubishi Electric CorporationOmron Ventures+3 more
Scalyr is a San Mateo log management and analytics provider, acquired by SentinelOne in 2021 and rebranded DataSet.
San Mateo, US
Steve Newman(Founder)Steven Czerwinski(Founder)in
BoardJason Pressman(Director)in
Co-investorsBloomberg BetaFelicis VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Shasta VenturesSherpalo VenturesSusa Ventures
Teamraderie offers a catalog of guided virtual and in-person team experiences that companies book for their teams, with options tailored to specific goals and followed by weekly evidence-based tips.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSLos Altos, US
Irina Egorova(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inMichael McCarroll(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsDash FundEarl Grey CapitalFounders Fund
Triumph Labs operates consumer entertainment and commerce products, including a competitive strategy gaming platform (Arcade) and a collectibles product (Rips) focused on cards.
ConsumerE-commerceGamingSan Francisco, US
Jake Brooks(Founder)inJared Geller(Founder)Jacob Brooks(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBoxGroupEpakon CapitalFlux CapitalGreat Oaks Venture CapitalMulticoin CapitalMVP Ventures+8 more
Voxeet develops a communications platform as a service that developers embed in their own applications.
Developer Tools
Benoit SenardLarry FornallazStephane Giraudie(Founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalKima VenturesBreegaDiaspora VenturesLDV PartnersPartech Ventures+1 more
Weights & Biases is an AI developer platform that enables teams to build, train, and monitor AI agents, applications, and models with tools for experiment tracking, model management, and agent evaluation.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Shawn Lewis(Founder)inLukas Biewald(Founder)inChris Van Pelt(Founder)inMariah Nagy(Executive Officer)inYan-David Erlich(Executive Officer)inCameron Kinloch(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAIX VenturesBond Capital ManagementBrighter CapitalBrilliant Phoenix CapitalCoatue ManagementDiagram Capital+42 more
Zorba is an all-in-one platform for sourcing, renovating, leasing, and managing single-family rentals and build-to-rent properties.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaSSaint Petersburg, US
Or Preiss(Founder)inKobi Mantzur(Founder)in
Co-investorsfresh.fundTarget GlobalY CombinatorEmles AdvisorsGoodwater Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Anysphere (Cursor)Electric MonsterElectric Monster Media, Inc.NikklRental MarketplaceTotum LabsWalkie-talkie
Exits · 4
1 IPOs · 3 acquisitions · showing 1EthosNASDAQ: LIFE
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesFuturail · eu-startups.com · Sep 23, 2025
Nozomio · ycombinator.com · Jul 15, 2025
IPO stake values · per SEC filings
Value of this firm's stake in each portfolio company at its IPO price, from the prospectus principal-stockholder table.
| Company | Owned | IPO price | At IPO | Stake value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethos | 1.2% | $19.00 | Jan 2026 | $6.7M |
Source: SEC S-1 / 424B prospectus filings. Stake value = shares beneficially owned × the initial public offering price, as disclosed — a market value at IPO, not a return multiple (the firm's original cost is not disclosed).
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Heroic Ventures made?
- Heroic Ventures has 28 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Heroic Ventures invest at?
- Heroic Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Heroic Ventures focus on?
- Heroic Ventures focuses on Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, SaaS.
- Where is Heroic Ventures located?
- Heroic Ventures is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamHeroic Ventures' Michael Fertik on investing in defense: The war machine is back on
CNBC Television · Michael Fertik
The big winner from a TikTok closure in the U.S. is Meta and X: Heroic Ventures' Michael Fertik
Michael Fertik · cnbc.com
A breakup of Google would impact the company more than its users: Heroic Ventures’ Michael Fertik
CNBC Television · Michael Fertik
We are still in the 'hardware' moments of the AI cycle, says Heroic Ventures’ Michael Fertik
CNBC Television · Michael Fertik
Scammers are using generative A.I. to enhance attacks, says Heroic Ventures' Michael Fertik
Michael Fertik · cnbc.com
A.I. offers exciting opportunities as well as risks, says Heroic Ventures' Michael Fertik
CNBC Television · Michael Fertik
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