Hike Ventures
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Hike Ventures positions itself as a venture capital fund concentrating on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Its guiding principle is that combining algorithmic capabilities with human judgment produces better outcomes than either algorithms or humans working alone.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 3 people
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What they invest in
from 45 of 51 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×33SaaS ×20Enterprise Software ×11Healthtech ×9Digital Health ×6Data & Infrastructure ×5Fintech ×5Robotics ×5
HQs:United States×19Canada×3Japan×3Switzerland×1France×1Israel×1
Investments · 51 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 22019 · 14 dated
Balance offers automated cash sweeps that keep users' funds fully liquid while invested to earn returns.
FintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Stan Markuze(CEO)inBatu Inal(CTO)in
Co-investorsCota CapitalTunitas Ventures
Beatdapp offers a "Trust and Safety OS" that unifies identity, security, content, and engagement integrity for digital platforms, using AI-driven detection to combat fraud.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSocial
Andrew BateyArpan DeolMorgan Hayduk(Founder)inPouria Assadipour(Founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Maple VCPanache VenturesSaltagen VenturesBlockchain Founders Fund
Botpress builds AI agents for customer support and offers a helpdesk product (Botpress Desk) that resolves support tickets end-to-end, either on top of an existing helpdesk or as a standalone ticket management system.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Sylvain Perron(Founder)in
Co-investorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Decibel PartnersHubSpot VenturesInovia CapitalBoxOne Ventures
BurnBot builds purpose-built, remotely controlled machines and services for wildfire mitigation, fuels management, vegetation control, and timber operations.
CleantechClimate TechHardwareRoboticsSouth San Francisco, US
Waleed Haddad(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAnukool Lakhina(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsAmerican Family VenturesConvective CapitalDBL PartnersDCVC (Data Collective)Ecosystem Integrity FundHAWKTAIL+8 more
CalmWave integrates hospital data — alarms, vital signs, medications, and EHR records — into a unified real-time platform that uses data science and AI to deliver operational insights and reduce non-actionable alarms.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Ophir Ronen 🚀(Founder)in
Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorAllen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Incubator (AI2)Bonfire VenturesCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)ScaleGood Fund LP (powered by TELUS)SeaChange+2 more
Cekura provides testing, monitoring, and optimization tools for voice and chat AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Tarush Agarwal(Founder)inShashij Gupta(Founder)inSidhant Kabra(Founder)in
Co-investorsImagination CapitalY Combinator
Charter Space builds software and insurance infrastructure for spacecraft programs, including an AI-assisted space underwriting platform.
yukun yin(Founder)inYuk Chi Chan(Founder)in
Co-investorsVibe Capital
Chef Jasper manages the full food service operation for senior care facilities, including menu design, sourcing, preparation, cooking, plating, and kitchen management.
FoodTechHealthtechRobotics
Co-investorsToyota Ventures
Cognition IP provides fixed-fee intellectual property protection services for fast-growing enterprises and startups, combining legal expertise with technology to handle patent, trademark, and copyright matters.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSan Francisco, US
Andrew Tjang(Founder/CEO)inEd Steakley(Managing Shareholder, COO)
Co-investorsFundersClubY CombinatorKhosla VenturesMayfield FundZeno Ventures
Cyberdesk provides a developer toolkit for automating desktop applications, particularly legacy systems like EHRs and ERPs, serving developers in healthcare, finance, logistics, and related sectors.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Mahmoud Al-Madi(Founder, CEO)inAlan Duong(Founder, CTO)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
CYTK is a mobile AI search platform that turns industrial repair and maintenance data, manuals, and video content into technician-ready applications with voice and touch search.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ethosphere is a privacy-first platform that records and analyzes in-person, customer-facing conversations on the retail sales floor to generate coaching feedback for associates, action steps for managers, and fleet-wide performance insights for brands.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechRetail TechSeattle, US
Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorJ4 VenturesPoint72 VenturesAI2 Incubator
EverestLabs builds RecycleOS, an AI-powered operating system for recycling plants that uses computer vision, AI, and robotics to identify and sort recyclable materials in Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs).
AI & Machine LearningCircular EconomyClimate TechImpact & Social GoodRobotics
Co-investorsSierra VenturesTransLink CapitalUnanimous CapitalXplorer CapitalBenhamou Global VenturesBGV
Firmly provides a platform that connects merchants and their commerce stacks to AI agents through a single integration, supporting agentic protocols such as UCP, ACP, MCP, AP2, and TAP without engineering work.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSeattle, US
Kumar N Senthil(Founder)
Co-investorsHawke VenturesMu VenturesRachel Zoe VenturesBenhamou Global Ventures
FleetOps, now rebranded as Class8, is a company operating in the transportation and logistics sector.
Logistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsCommerce VenturesInspired Capital
Nowadays is an AI-native platform for planning and managing corporate events, handling venue sourcing, automated outreach and negotiation, proposal comparison, budget tracking, registration, and vendor management.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Greeneye develops AI-powered targeted spraying systems that convert standard agricultural sprayers into precision machines, enabling farmers to reduce chemical pesticide use by 80-90% while maintaining crop performance.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechIoTRoboticsTel Aviv, IL
Nadav Bocher(Founder)in
Co-investors2B.VCDeep InsightKoch Disruptive TechnologiesOne Way VenturesOrbia VenturesPanache Ventures+4 more
InspectMind AI is an AI-powered plan checker that reviews construction drawings, specifications, and building codes to identify coordination conflicts, code violations, and specification mismatches before permit submission or field construction.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechDeveloper ToolsPropTechSan Francisco, US
Aakash Prasad(Founder)inShuangling Yin(Founder)in
Co-investorsPeak XV PartnersY Combinator
Kangaroo Health provides a remote patient monitoring platform for chronic disease management, serving healthcare organizations and clinical providers.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsHorizons VenturesRocketship.vcStreamlined VenturesBenchstrength PartnersEchoVC Partners
Konnecto Top Tech LTD. operates a software platform (KonnecTo) that incorporates various open source tools within its products.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Erez Nahom(Founder)in
Co-investorsDifferential VenturesMindset VentureTPY Capital
Legion Health is a telehealth platform offering virtual psychiatric care and medication management for mental health conditions including ADHD, depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental Health
Daniel Wilson(Founder)inYash M. Patel(Founder)in
Co-investorsNext Coast VenturesRoot and Shoot VenturesAcequia Capital (AceCap)Alumni VenturesSoma CapitalY Combinator
Medmain develops and operates PidPort, a pathology image diagnosis system that uses deep learning to analyze pathology images and cell/tissue samples, with cloud-based remote pathology (telepathology) and image storage features.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechFukuoka, JP
Osamu Iizuka(CEO)Masayuki Tsuneki(Board of Director)
Mesh operates a global crypto payments network that connects exchanges, wallets, and financial platforms into a single infrastructure layer, allowing users, businesses, and AI agents to send and receive payments from any wallet on any blockchain.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaSSilicon Valley, US
Bam Azizi(CEO & Co-Founder)inAdam Israel(CCO & Co-Founder)inArjun Mukherjee(Chief Technology Officer)inJeff Hendren(Chief Revenue Officer)inDacheng Zhao(SVP, Product)inDanny Villarreal(SVP, Customer Success)in
Co-investorsAltaIR CapitalB3 CapitalCoinbase VenturesEvolution VenturesFlorida FundersMirana Ventures+9 more
MLtwist provides AI data pipelines for processing and labeling unstructured, multimodal data.
AI & Machine LearningData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsACADEMY INVESTORAIN VenturesInner Loop CapitalStage 2 Capital
Optina develops a retinal imaging and AI platform, combining an FDA 510(k) cleared hyperspectral camera with AI to help eye specialists diagnose and manage Age-Related Macular Degeneration and other retinal disease.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices
Co-investorsPallasite Ventures
Paladin develops autonomous drones and operational software for emergency response and public safety.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechGovTechHardwareRoboticsSaaSHouston, US
Divyaditya Shrivastava(Founder)in
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundCathexis VenturesExpansion Venture CapitalGradient VenturesHigher Ground LabsY Combinator+1 more
PEERTO develops technology services for the travel and tourism industry, including ARIGATO Loop, a digital tipping ("gratuity") service that digitizes overseas-style tipping for hotels and tourism operators to address labor shortages and improve guest experience.
FintechSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Percept.AI builds AI systems that handle customer support interactions for businesses, using natural language processing to improve support team productivity and responsiveness.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Joe (Zhou) Sha(Founder/CEO)inDeyang (Derek) Zhao(Cofounder/CTO)inShuo Han(Founder)in
Co-investorsIncubate USY CombinatorAmino Capital
Petal Surgical develops an incisionless surgery platform using Millisecond Pulse Histotripsy, a form of focused therapeutic ultrasound that breaks down targeted tissue via "Acoustic Liquefaction" without cutting, heat, or trauma.
Deep TechHealthtechMedical Devices
Bowen Jiang(Co-founder)Nicholas Theodore(Co-founder & Director)Prash Chopra(Founding CEO & Director)Frederic H. Moll(Director)Rony Abovitz(Co-founding Advisor)
Co-investorsShangBay Capital LLCTSVCK50 Ventures
Phenomic AI is a biotech company developing therapies for solid tumors using a machine-learning-powered transcriptomics platform that analyzes single-cell RNA data to identify drug targets and understand tumor biology.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechToronto, CA
Sam Cooper(Co-founder & CTO)Oren Kraus(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsCantos VenturesAV8 VenturesCTI Life Sciences Fund L.P.Garage CapitalHemi Ventures, LlcToronto Innovation Acceleration Partners+1 more
Photon Commerce provides managed AI agents that digitize and structure financial documents — invoices, receipts, bank and card statements, purchase orders, and contracts — combining OCR/NLP with human-in-the-loop verification for deterministic, audit-ready output.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Pitstop is an AI-powered fleet maintenance platform that uses predictive analytics to reduce vehicle downtime and maintenance costs for fleet operators.
AI & Machine LearningIoTLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSToronto, CA
Shiva Bhardwaj(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsAutomotive Ventures MobilityExtreme Venture PartnersExtreme Venture Partners LLPTech Square VenturesTechstarsWorldQuant Ventures+1 more
Co-investors3CC | Third Culture CapitalGood AI CapitalIaso Ventures
Preemptive builds a continuous, clinician-guided health monitoring layer positioned beneath primary care, using sensing and AI to detect early physiological changes before symptoms appear.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Jamien McCullum(Founder / CEO)Matt Whitehill(Founder / Chief Technology Officer)Jorge Sanchez(Medical Director)
Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersBlumberg CapitalOregon Venture FundRuntime Ventures
Rad AI develops generative AI models and automation solutions specifically designed for radiology and healthcare workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Dr. Jeff Chang(Co-founder)inDoktor Gurson(Co-founder)in
BoardStuart Peterson(Director)inBruce Armstrong(Director)in
Co-investorsAlpha PartnersArray Ventures Management LlcArtis VenturesCity LightCorewell Health VenturesFifty Years+9 more
Ragas is an open-source framework for evaluating retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and LLM applications, offering automated metrics such as faithfulness, answer relevancy, context precision and recall, plus synthetic test-data generation.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Shahul(Founder, Applied AI Research)Jithin James(Founder, Chief Maintainer)
Co-investorsKern Venture GroupEqual Opportunity Ventures
Salmon Run is a data intelligence platform that replaces static contact databases with real-time research and verification for CRM systems.
Data & InfrastructureSales Tech
Co-investorsBread And Butter Ventures, Llc
ShipIn provides video analytics software that detects early warning signs of operational risk in maritime fleet operations, converting onboard video into real-time signals to prevent incidents, injuries, and insurance claims before they escalate.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareIoTLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSNewton, US
Osher Perry(Founder)
Co-investorsTwo Lanterns Venture PartnersZeev Venturesat.inc/ATINCHyperplane Venture CapitalMunich Re Ventures
Subtle Computing (legally Skywalk, Inc.) makes wireless earbuds sold directly at subtle.co and through authorized resellers, along with a companion mobile app.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDirect to ConsumerHardware
Tyler Chen(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesEntrada VenturesInception Studio CapitalSLVC3E Bioventures CapitalBRV+2 more
Swiftlane provides cloud-based access control and video intercom systems for multifamily and apartment buildings, including mobile phone-based door unlocking, face recognition, PIN and key card access, and an AI leasing bot (RentGPT).
IoTPropTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Saurabh Bajaj(Founder)
Co-investorsEarl Grey CapitalLAB VenturesPosition VenturesBloomberg Beta
Tradespace offers an AI-powered platform for intellectual property management, helping corporate and institutional IP teams organize their patent portfolios and identify commercialization and market opportunities.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS
Alec Sorensen(Co-founder & CEO)inKapil(Co-founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAbstract VenturesACADEMY INVESTORAIN VenturesEniac VenturesScrum Ventures
Truewind automates transaction coding, reconciliation, and close management for accounting teams by converting bank statements and workpapers into GL-ready journal entries and audit-ready schedules.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Lee(Founder)inTennison Chan(Cofounder CTO)inTennison C(Founder)in
Co-investorsBeat VenturesMyAsiaVCPathlight VenturesRho VenturesThomson Reuters VenturesY Combinator+1 more
Typewise develops generative AI agents that automate customer service workflows, including data retrieval from legacy systems and ticket resolution.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSZürich, CH
David Eberle(Founder)inJanis Berneker(Founder)in
Co-investorsKickstart InnovationSICTICStartAngels NetworkY CombinatorZiano VenturesACE & Company
Co-investorsTokyo University of Science Innovation Capital
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioPercept.AIacq. by Atlassian
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCharter · kbia.org · Aug 31, 2026
Firmly · alexjoneslive.com · Aug 22, 2026
Beatdapp · edmsauce.com · Aug 18, 2026
Legion Health · intelligence360.news · Jul 22, 2026
Mesh · venture5.com · Jul 10, 2026
Paladin · marketscreener.com · Jul 1, 2026
Subtle · pulse2.com · Jun 3, 2026
Tradespace · finsmes.com · Jan 26, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Hike Ventures invest at?
- Hike Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Hike Ventures's typical check size?
- Hike Ventures typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
- What sectors does Hike Ventures focus on?
- Hike Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, SaaS.
- Where is Hike Ventures located?
- Hike Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Hike Ventures lead rounds?
- Hike Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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