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Honeystone Ventures

Venture capitalActively deploying

Palo Alto · Pre-Seed–Seed · 5 people tracked

Also known as HONEYSTONE VENTURES LLC

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Investment thesis

Honeystone Ventures positions itself as reinventing venture capital by bringing academic know-how and research into both its investment process and the support it provides to portfolio companies.

Invests inSector AgnosticPalo AltoUnited States

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
HQ
Palo Alto, CA, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2020
Last 12 months
6 investments
Private fund assets
$41.1M
VC funds
2
Tracked investments
52
Acquisitions
2

Team · 5 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Emanuel Honigstein· General Partner

What they invest in

from 40 of 52 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×24SaaS ×22Enterprise Software ×14Healthtech ×8Fintech ×7Digital Health ×6Cybersecurity ×5Data & Infrastructure ×5

HQs:United States×15Israel×2Brazil×1Chile×1Germany×1Spain×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 22 portfolio companies
36%
solo founders
8 of 22 mapped founding teams
44%
repeat founders
of 34 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×82 founders×53 founders×74+ founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 30 founders with education data

Tel Aviv University ×5Georgia Institute of Technology ×3The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ×3Stanford University ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2Universidad Panamericana ×2Universidad Torcuato Di Tella ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 29 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×15Business & Management ×9Engineering ×7Finance & Accounting ×3Politics & Policy ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 34 founders with career history

Start-Up Chile ×3GigaSpaces ×2IBM ×2LinkedIn ×2Microsoft ×2Salesforce ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×6Techstars ×3

3 founders hold a PhD · 11 hold an MBA (of 33 with degree data)

Investments · 52 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 52025 · 12023 · 28 dated

Advocateadvocate.appin𝕏Jun 2026 · $35M

Advocate provides AI-powered policy processing and servicing tools for insurance professionals, automating the extraction and analysis of insurance policies, certificates, and coverage documentation.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureInsurTechSaaSSales TechNew York City, US

Ashwin Agarwal(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsMetaPropMetaProp VenturesVestigo VenturesLGVPMangusta CapitalShine Capital

Bonfybonfy.aiin𝕏

Bonfy.AI provides context-aware content security and governance for AI-generated and human-authored content, monitoring and enforcing what data AI agents can access, use, and transmit in real time.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Danny Kibel(Founder)in

Co-investorsSaban VenturesTLV Partners

Cachegrabcache.comDefunct

Cache operates automated warehouses that fulfill convenience item orders placed through delivery platforms, supplying goods to drivers for last-mile delivery to customers.

ConsumerFoodTechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US

Christopher Wu(Founder)inJimmy Young(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorAntlerFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcFirst Round Capital

Caremazecaremaze.aiin

Caremaze builds software to streamline discharge coordination and care transitions, helping case managers and social workers handle the administrative tasks that keep them from patient-focused work.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS

Co-investorsGeek VenturesRebellion Ventures

Codatacodata.io

Codata is an AI-native backend platform that converts plain-English product descriptions into production-ready backends with typed data schemas, REST endpoints, and managed storage.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Crabicrabi.comin

Crabi is a digital car insurance provider offering coverage for material damage, theft, third-party liability, medical attention, roadside and legal assistance, managed entirely through its website and mobile app.

FintechInsurTech

Cristina CarreraDaniel unknownJavier OrozcoinLuis MayagoitiainDaniel Bernardez Oliver(Founder)

Co-investors30N Ventures500 GlobalAZURO CAPITAL VENTURESCarao VenturesGalicia VenturesIGNIA+4 more

Doorvestdoorvest.comin𝕏

Doorvest offers a full-service real estate investing platform that lets individuals buy and own single-family rental homes to generate passive income.

FintechMarketplacesPropTechSaaSHouston, US

Andrew Luong(Co-Founder & CEO)inJustin Kasad(Co-Founder & CTO)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesDorm RoomFlucas VenturesM13Mucker CapitalSprint Vc+1 more

Getloricagetlorica.com

Lorica provides software that identifies permitting, environmental, noise, and other critical issues early in a project's lifecycle, and models air quality, emissions, grid capacity, interconnection constraints, and site layouts.

CleantechConstruction TechEnergy

Guiddeguidde.comin𝕏

Guidde builds an AI-powered video documentation platform that lets anyone create, edit, publish, and share how-to guides for software and processes without design or video skills.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Yoav Einav(Founder)inDan Sahar(Founder)

Co-investorsCrescendo Venture PartnersEntrée CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersQualcomm VenturesViola Ventures

Honeydewhoneydew.aiin𝕏

Honeydew provides a semantic layer for enterprise data warehouses that unifies business logic and context across AI agents and business intelligence tools.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTel Aviv-Yafo, IL

David Krakov(Founder)inBaruch Oxman(Founder)inLiron Slonimsky-Shemy(Founder)in

Co-investorsATOORO FUNDMaiora Rebel VenturesTal VenturesY CombinatorDavidovs Venture CollectiveDnx Ventures+5 more

Idilioidilio.tvinJun 2026

idilio.tv is a mobile streaming app for Latin American microdramas — original short-form vertical series with 1-to-3-minute episodes, available on iOS and Android.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Gabriela Tafur(CEO)inEsteban Ramírez(CTO)in

Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)Blitzscaling VenturesFoundersX VenturesNuMundo VenturesA16Z SpeedrunAccelerator Ventures+5 more

JustPointjustpoint.comin

JustPoint aggregates health and safety data from proprietary sources and government agencies and applies AI to detect data gaps and surface health risks that may be incomplete or delayed in disclosure.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHealthtechBoulder, US

Victor Bornstein, PhD(Founder)inOleksandr Zakharchuk(Founder)Victor Bornstein(Founder)

Co-investorsAcross Capital PartnersAmino CapitalBeresford VenturesBeyond CapitalCharge VCDeep Acre+11 more

Kaikai.proin

Kai is an AI-powered platform that automates property renovation planning and execution for institutional real estate operators, general contractors, and property management companies.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechEnterprise SoftwarePropTech

Kardome Technologykardome.comin𝕏

Kardome develops voice user interface technology using edge AI and distributed intelligence models, combining spatial hearing and cognition capabilities to enable voice systems with human-level contextual awareness.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsIoTTel Aviv, IL

Dani Cherkassky(Founder)in

Co-investorsATOORO FUNDGiTV, Inc.Next Gear VenturesOurCrowdTechstarsKorea Investment Partners

Langlang.ai𝕏Acquired

Lang AI provides conversation intelligence and interaction analytics, now integrated into Capacity's AI-powered support automation platform.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Jorge Peñalvain

Co-investors500 GlobalAlumni VenturesAxon Partners GroupFiDi VenturesLorimer VenturesMundi Ventures+2 more

LendTechlend.techin

Lend is a technology company combined with a Brazilian Central Bank-regulated financial institution that uses AI agents to analyze commercial B2B credit, set dynamic limits, and create executable guarantees over receivables (card, Pix, and boleto).

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Co-investorsFJ Labs

Lenkgetlenk.comin

Lenk provides a white-label platform that automates financial origination processes including onboarding, lending, and leasing for financial institutions.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSantiago, CL

Guido Galanter(Founder)inTomás Gropper(Founder)inNicolás Piqueras(Founder)in

Co-investorsCarao VenturesMagma PartnersSoma CapitalY CombinatorFen VenturesGaingels+3 more

Lettucelettuce.coin𝕏

Lettuce provides tax and accounting tools designed for solopreneurs and freelancers to manage their finances and tax obligations.

FintechSaaS

Skye FreeBrad MathewsDalit ShaharRan Harpaz(Founder)

Co-investorsZeev Ventures

Lunar Aspectlunaraspect.com

Luna Aspect provides audit-native compliance controls that capture evidence—control version, policy clause, decision, actor, model version and rationale—as each control runs, producing immutable, queryable audit records rather than reconstructing them after the fact.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsRed Bike Capital

Maximal Learningmaximallearning.cominMay 2023

Maximal Learning provides learning tools and platforms for students to improve their learning outcomes.

EdTechBellevue, US

Eran Megiddo(Executive Officer, Director)inLiviu Asnash(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardYuval Neeman(Director)

Co-investorsOwl VenturesTrilogy Equity Partners

Mesh Cybersecuritymesh.securityin𝕏

Mesh Security offers a Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture (CSMA) platform that connects an enterprise's existing security tools, data lakes, and infrastructure into a unified context graph to reveal attack paths, posture gaps, and exposures.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Netanel Azoulay(Founder)in

Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalLobby Capital

More on PairUppairupapp.comin

PairUp connects to workplace tools like Slack, Teams, Notion, and Jira to surface and summarize key changes, blockers, and decisions across a company.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS

Co-investorsMSIVGraham Walker Venture

Multifactormultifactor.comin𝕏Dec 2025 · $15M

Multifactor provides zero-trust authentication, authorization, and auditing services.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Vivek Nair(Founder)inVivek Nair, Ph.D.(Founder & CEO)Colin Roberts(Founder)Vivek Nair Colin Roberts(Founder)

Co-investorsBerkeley FrontierPioneerTaurus VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorBlast.Club+8 more

nouriheynouri.com

Hey Nouri provides science-backed pediatric care for childhood metabolic disease, obesity, and related conditions through habit-based coaching and remote support for families.

Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechNew York City, US

Co-investorsEpakon CapitalTechstars

Octane11octane11.comin𝕏

Octane11 is an AI-powered B2B marketing analytics platform that unifies paid media, CRM activity, intent data, and web engagement into a single view so marketing teams can measure channel performance and ROI.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Dan Rosenberg(Founder)in

Co-investorsJavelin Venture PartnersRRE VenturesCircadian VenturesBlue Field Capital

Orca Aerospaceorcaaerospace.comin

Orca Aerospace develops onboard AI systems that operate spacecraft directly from the vehicle, using large language models paired with deterministic tooling to make mission-level decisions while keeping execution controlled by safety-focused systems.

Advanced ManufacturingSpace TechSan Francisco, US

Jacob Ososke(Founder/CEO)inHakan Chunton(Founder/CTO)in

Co-investorsY Combinator

Paxos Healthpaxoshealth.comin

Paxos Health provides software and services to help patients navigate health insurance coverage and appeals, and assists medical device and pharmaceutical companies with patient access to treatments.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Haley King(CEO)in

Co-investorsMighty CapitalThe MBA Fund

Paxosappealspaxosappeals.comin

Paxos Health builds tools that help patients navigate health insurance coverage, denials, and appeals, and works with medical technology companies to improve patient access to their treatments.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechInsurTechSaaS

Haley King(Founder)inAlex Lacey(Founder)inMalcolm Asher(Founder)in

Co-investorsPear VC

Perspectivegetperspective.aiin𝕏

Perspective provides AI agents embedded in products that conduct user research interviews, collect feedback, and surface insights for product teams to inform roadmap decisions.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Guy Nirpaz(Founder)in

Co-investorsArray Ventures Management LlcCharlesbank Capital PartnersTrinity Capital

Pyntpynt.ioin𝕏Sep 2023 · $6M

Pynt is an API security testing platform that automatically discovers internal, external, and third-party APIs and identifies vulnerabilities through context-aware testing and synthetic traffic generation.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWilmington, US

Co-investorsJoule VenturesRedwood Trust

Ratioratiotech.comin𝕏Apr 2026

Ratio converts recurring customer contracts into immediate cash through a true sale model rather than debt financing.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Mateo, US

David Keane(Founder & CEO)Mason Blake(Co-founder & CTO)inAshish Srimal(Founder)in

Co-investors8-Bit CapitalCervinEvolution VC PartnersStreamlined VenturesCERVIN VENTURESMonte Carlo Capital

Rightfootrightfoot.comin𝕏

Rightfoot provides credential-less, real-time access to bank account and debit card balance data to prevent failed payments and improve debt collection.

Data & InfrastructureFintech

Danielle Pensack(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlue LionBlue Lion GlobalBoxGroupRenegade PartnersRosecliff VenturesSemperVirens Venture Capital+4 more

Salesdnasalesdna.ai

AI-first sales acceleration platform

Co-investorsCervinat.inc/

Shimmershimmer.carein𝕏

Shimmer provides coaching, community, and digital tools designed specifically for people with ADHD, combining expert guidance with peer support to help them reach their potential.

Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US

Vikram Sreedhar(Founder)inChris Wang(Founder)inChristal Wang(Founder)in

Co-investorsStartXY CombinatorGaingelsKoa LabsPillar VCWefunder+1 more

Sora Schoolssoraschools.comin𝕏Jan 2026 · $10M

Sora Schools provides an engaging, personalized learning experience built by educators, designers, and engineers.

EdTechAtlanta, US

Indra Sofian(Director)inWesley Samples(Executive Officer, Director)Garrett Smiley(Founder)in

BoardTed Dintersmith(Director)Rebecca Kaden(Director)inMichael Lynton(Director)

Co-investorsContraryInspired CapitalUnion Square Ventures (USV)CRV (Charles River Ventures)General CatalystNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+5 more

Take2.aitake2.aiin

Take2 provides AI agents to automate screening and initial interviews for healthcare organizations, reducing recruiter workload and accelerating hiring timelines for clinical and non-clinical roles.

AI & Machine LearningHealthtechHR TechNew York City, US

Co-investorsGurtin VenturesJ4 VenturesMoai CapitalSamvid VenturesSemperVirens Venture CapitalTechstars+1 more

Tesstess.imin𝕏

TESS is an autonomous AI agents platform that orchestrates 250+ AI models to plan and execute complex professional tasks end-to-end, such as building presentations, dashboards, spreadsheets, reports, and market research.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS

Co-investorsDYDX Capital

Turbopropturboprop.aiin𝕏

Turboprop is a data and workflow platform for institutional commercial real estate (CRE) firms that centralizes data from sources like Yardi and Excel, provides KPI and workflow dashboards, and automates deal and corporate reporting for lenders and investors.

AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS

Turnoutmyturnout.comJun 2026 · $35M

Turnout provides human advocates paired with AI assistance to help individuals navigate government systems, including disability claims, VA benefits, healthcare navigation, and education advocacy.

AI & Machine LearningGovTechHealthtech

Co-investorsConversion CapitalFour Acres CapitalShine CapitalLGVPMangusta CapitalSwish Ventures

Virtonomyvirtonomy.ioin

Virtonomy develops virtual patient simulations using digital twin and AI technology to accelerate medical device development and validation.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDigital HealthMedical DevicesMunich, DE

Dr. Simon J. Sonntag(Founder)inWen-Yang Chu(Founder)in

Co-investorsBayern KapitalCompanistoDvH VenturesPace VenturesAccenture Ventures

Zarazzaraz.com𝕏Seedacquired by Cloudflare, Inc.

Zaraz built a third-party tool manager that loaded analytics, marketing, and other scripts server-side or in the cloud to improve website speed, privacy, and security.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Yair Dovrat(Founder)inYo'av Moshe(Founder)in

Co-investorsCabra VCEmles Venture PartnersTaurus VenturesY CombinatorCoughdrop CapitalEmles Advisors+4 more

Other

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

BrandpalLendLoricaMaximalMycacheOtter AerospaceOtteraeroPairupProboWreno

Exits · 2

2 acquisitions · showing 1

Zarazacq. by Cloudflare, Inc.

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Honeystone Ventures made?
Honeystone Ventures has 52 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 6 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Honeystone Ventures invest at?
Honeystone Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does Honeystone Ventures focus on?
Honeystone Ventures focuses on Sector Agnostic.
Where is Honeystone Ventures located?
Honeystone Ventures is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
Does Honeystone Ventures lead rounds?
Honeystone Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Honeystone Ventures co-invest with?
Honeystone Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Techstars, FJ Labs, among 101 tracked co-investors.

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