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
from public directories
What they invest in
from 34 of 49 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×24SaaS ×14Enterprise Software ×9Healthtech ×7Developer Tools ×4Digital Health ×4Fintech ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3
HQs:United States×14Japan×3Canada×2Switzerland×1France×1Israel×1
Investments · 49 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 22019 · 13 dated
San Francisco, US
Stan Markuze(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Batu Inal(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Barricade AI is a CJIS-compliant platform for law enforcement agencies that uses AI to generate police reports, transcribe audio, search video, and analyze evidence from body-worn camera footage.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechSaaS
CleantechSouth San Francisco, US
Waleed Haddad(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAnukool Lakhina(Executive Officer, Director)
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
Chef Jasper manages the full food service operation for senior care facilities, including menu design, sourcing, preparation, cooking, plating, and kitchen management.
FoodTechHealthtechRobotics
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)
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
Everest Labs provides an AI-driven platform that analyzes and optimizes recycling facility operations to increase revenue recovery, reduce labor costs, and improve recycled material yields at material recovery facilities (MRFs).
AI & Machine LearningCircular Economy
FleetOps, now rebranded as Class8, is a company operating in the transportation and logistics sector.
Logistics & Supply Chain
Nextnet is a life sciences AI platform offering Copilot research assistants and a connected search engine (Explorer), built on a semantic web that unifies biomedical data such as literature, genes, drugs, targets, and pathways.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech
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 TechRoboticsTel Aviv, IL
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
Kangaroo Health provides a remote patient monitoring platform for chronic disease management, serving healthcare organizations and clinical providers.
Digital HealthHealthtech
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
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 is a global cryptocurrency payments network that connects exchanges, wallets, and financial platforms into a unified infrastructure layer enabling instant payments across any blockchain and wallet.
Crypto & Web3FintechBay Area, US
Bam Azizi(CEO & Co-Founder)inAdam Israel(CCO & Co-Founder)in
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
Paladin develops autonomous drones and operational software for emergency response and public safety.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechGovTechHardwareRoboticsSaaSHouston, US
Divyaditya Shrivastava(Founder)in
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
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
Prash Chopra(Founding CEO & Director)Bowen Jiang(Co-founder)Nicholas Theodore(Co-founder & Director)Frederic H. Moll(Director)Rony Abovitz(Co-founding Advisor)
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)
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
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)Bruce Armstrong(Director)
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)
Salmon Run is a data intelligence platform that replaces static contact databases with real-time research and verification for CRM systems.
Data & InfrastructureSales Tech
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)Kapil(Co-founder)
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)in
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)
UPBOND builds Web3 authentication, non-custodial wallets, and AI agents to give users self-sovereign control of their data (life logs).
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Travel & Hospitality
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioPercept.AIacq. by Atlassian
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMesh · venture5.com · Jul 10, 2026
Paladin · marketscreener.com · Jul 1, 2026
Cekura · ycombinator.com · Jan 16, 2026
InspectMind AI · ycombinator.com · Nov 27, 2025
Cyberdesk · ycombinator.com · Jul 29, 2025
Rad AI · finsmes.com · May 20, 2025
Truewind · belitsoft.com · Mar 20, 2025
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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