IA Seed Ventures
Venture capitalBerkeley · Pre-Seed–Seed · 11 people tracked
Investment thesis
IA Seed Ventures focuses on early-stage companies led by strong founders that are positioned for rapid growth and harness artificial intelligence. The firm targets big, bold, and resilient ideas, with stated interest in HealthTech, vertical AI, and robotics applications.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from the firm's website & curated
What they invest in
from 34 of 39 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×20SaaS ×16Enterprise Software ×10Developer Tools ×7Fintech ×7Healthtech ×6InsurTech ×6Deep Tech ×5
HQs:United States×18Bermuda×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 26 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×142 founders×43 founders×64+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 23 founders with education data
Brigham Young University ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2University of Cambridge ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 28 founders with career history
Stanford University ×3Columbia University Medical Center ×2Mercury Technologies, Inc. ×2University of Toronto ×2Vector Institute ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
5 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 28 with degree data)
Investments · 39 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12 dated
BIOAGE develops therapies targeting the molecular pathways that drive aging to increase healthspan and address age-related chronic diseases.
BiotechHealthtechLongevityRichmond, US
Kristen Fortney, PhD(Co-Founder, CEO)Eric Morgen, MD(Co-Founder, COO)Kristen Fortney(Executive Officer, Director)inEric Morgen(Director)inDov Goldstein(Executive Officer)in
BoardPatrick Enright(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzElad GilFelicis VenturesLongitude CapitalOrbiMedPear VC+4 more
Caribou Biosciences is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing CRISPR genome-editing therapies, including off-the-shelf CAR-T cell therapies for hematologic malignancies and armored cell therapies using its Cas12a chRDNA platform.
BiotechMedical DevicesBerkeley, US
Jennifer Doudna(Co-founder)Rachel Haurwitz(President and Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder)inMartin Jinek(Co-founder)Andrew May(Executive Officer)
BoardJenny Rooke(Director)Robert Weisskoff(Director)in
Co-investorsAliment CapitalAvego BioScience CapitalF-Prime CapitalMission Bay CapitalMission BiocapitalPontifax AgTech+2 more
Lyft is an on-demand ridesharing platform that connects passengers with drivers for various ride types, including standard rides, premium options, and other transportation services.
MarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Logan Green(Co-founder & CEO)inJohn Zimmer(Co-founder & President)inDavid Risher(CEO)in
Co-investorsAglae VenturesAllied Venture PartnersAlpha Wave GlobalAndreessen HorowitzBling CapitalCapitalG+36 more
Weave offers team communication and collaboration tools for healthcare practices, including messaging, scheduling, and patient management features accessible from desktop and mobile apps.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHealthtechSaaSLehi, US
Brandon Rodman(Founder/CEO)inJared Rodman(Founder/CCO)inClint Berry(Founder/CTO)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersBYU Cougar CapitalCrosslink CapitalFundersClubTeamworthy Ventures+5 more
Adapt automates document retrieval and processing for insurance agencies, capturing carrier notifications and endorsements directly into agency management systems.
Enterprise SoftwareInsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsBetter Tomorrow VenturesMGV.VC
Substantive AI builds AI-based software for financial auditors to support tasks such as tying out trial balances, managing PBC support, and preparing workpapers.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSProvo, US
Co-investorsMyAsiaVCRitual Capital
Andy is an AI-powered ambient scribing platform for home health agencies that automates clinical documentation, compliance checks, and medical coding.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Tiantian Zha(Founder)in
Co-investorsf7 VenturesHeadwater VenturesInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcY Combinator
Ångström AI develops AI-powered physics simulations for pharmaceutical drug discovery, computing molecular properties like solubility, lipophilicity, and crystal structure stability to replace traditional lab experiments.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Jose Miguel Hernandez Lobato(Founder)inLaurence Midgley(Founder)in
Co-investorsRebel FundY Combinator468 CapitalZeno Ventures
Artie provides a data replication platform built on change data capture (CDC) technology, enabling real-time data movement with sub-minute latency and zero data loss.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jacqueline Cheong(Founder)inRobin Tang(Founder)inRobin(Co-Founder & CTO)
Co-investorsStandard CapitalCalano VenturesCanaan PartnersFJ LabsGeneral CatalystPathlight Ventures+6 more
Integration testing made easier for developers; acquired by Docker
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsboldstart venturesInsight Partners
Blank Bio develops RNA foundation models for precision oncology, helping pharmaceutical companies identify the right patients for clinical trials and predict disease progression using bulk RNA-seq data.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Jonny Hsu(Founder)inPhilip Fradkin(Founder)inIan Shi(Founder)in
Co-investorsLeonis CapitalRipple VenturesSignalFireY CombinatorBoxOne Ventures
Bolt Financial is a San Francisco fintech providing merchants with one-click online checkout software.
Ryan Breslow(Founder)
Co-investorsActivant CapitalBallistic VenturesBollinger Investment GroupDigital HorizonDigital Horizon VCDreamers VC+19 more
BotGauge provides an autonomous QA platform that uses AI agents to read a product's PRDs, UX flows, and demos, then generate, execute, self-heal, and report on functional, UI, and API test cases, with a dedicated domain expert (FDE) pod validating every test.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSDover, US
Pramin Pradeep(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Naresh Kumar Rajendran(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Vivek Paruthikkat Nair(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Clearpol provides AI-powered software solutions for post-acute and long-term care providers, including clinical oversight with real-time alerts, automated plan-of-correction generation, and regulatory compliance management.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaS
Arash Hosseini Jafari M.S.(Founder)in
Co-investors25MadisonVertex Ventures
CompScience offers workers' compensation insurance paired with AI video analysis that identifies workplace hazards and risk patterns in real time.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsPathbreaker VenturesWorking Capital FundPreface Ventures
CoverDash provides embedded insurance technology that allows businesses to source coverage at transaction points.
InsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsBling CapitalCameron VenturesDeep AcreExpansion Venture CapitalFundamental VenturesNyca+3 more
EverCurrent is an AI platform for hardware product organizations and engineering teams that integrates with tools like CAD, MES, Slack, email, Drive, and task management to unify data and manage change.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardware
Co-investorsActivant CapitalMyAsiaVC
Co-investorsGoAhead VenturesHouston Angel Network
HoneyBook is a team collaboration platform that helps service-based businesses manage clients, projects, and team workflows with built-in invoicing and payment processing.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Oz Alon(Founder & CEO)
Co-investors01 AdvisorsAkkadian VenturesAlephArkin CapitalBattery VenturesBling Capital+10 more
Max Space builds expandable space habitats designed to provide large pressurized volume at lower cost for low Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars.
Deep TechHardwareSpace Tech
Aaron Kemmer(Founder)in
Co-investorsAurelia FoundryAurum Venture PartnersDraper AssociatesE2MC VenturesVU Venture PartnersSpaceFund+1 more
Mercury is an investor database listing venture capital investors and their sector focus areas.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSector Agnostic
Immad Akhund(Founder & CEO)inJason Zhang(Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer)inMax Tagher(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAndreessen HorowitzAngel Collective Opportunity FundBetter Tomorrow VenturesBuilders + BackersChapter One+38 more
Narrative is an AI-powered end-to-end testing platform designed to replace legacy tools like Playwright and Selenium for software development teams.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Suchit Dubey(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorGurtin VenturesMoneta VenturesParameter VenturesStartFast VenturesTechstars+2 more
NeuroAge offers multi-modal brain health testing that combines cognitive games, volumetric MRI, whole-genome sequencing, and blood biomarker tests to measure "brain age" and dementia risk for individuals concerned about neurodegenerative disease.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthLongevity
Christin Glorioso(Founder (MD, PhD))
Outpost is an advisory and operations team of space-industry veterans that helps space companies grow from concept through scale-up, acquisition, and IPO.
Deep TechSpace TechSanta Monica, US
Jason Dunn(Founder & CEO)inAmir Blachman(President & COO)in
Co-investorsAIR CapitalDraper AssociatesHAWKTAILMoonshots CapitalMyelin VCStarbridge Venture Capital Llc+6 more
Payabli provides embedded payments infrastructure for software companies, covering payment acceptance (Pay In), disbursements (Pay Out), and payment operations (Pay Ops).
Developer ToolsFintechSaaS
Joseph Elias Phillips(Founder)in
Co-investorsBling CapitalFikaFundamental VenturesQED InvestorsFika VenturesTTV Capital
Poshmark is a fashion resale marketplace that enables individuals to buy and sell secondhand clothing and accessories through a mobile-first platform.
Circular EconomyE-commerceMarketplacesSocial
Manish ChandraChetan PungaliyaGautam Golwala(Founder)inTracy Sun(Founder)in
Co-investorsCross Creek AdvisorsFounders Circle CapitalInventus Capital PartnersK2 GlobalKindred VenturesMayfield Fund+7 more
Protocol Labs is an innovation network connecting over 750 tech organizations developing breakthrough technologies across web3, AI, AR, VR, BCI, hardware, and related fields.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Juan Benet(Founder/CEO, Engineer)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBlueYard CapitalDigital Currency GroupMetaplanetUnion Square Ventures (USV)+2 more
Serval is a RevOps solution that enables IT professionals to track and automate tasks.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSales Tech
Jonathan Festejo(CEO & Co-founder)John Louis Swaine(CTO & Co-founder)Alan Kidwell(Founding GTM)
Co-investorsHypothesis
Snyk is a developer-focused security platform that identifies and fixes vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure using AI-powered analysis.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsBoston, US
Guy Podjarny(Director)inPeter McKay(Executive Officer, Director)inStephanie Dominy(Executive Officer)in
BoardPhilippe Botteri(Director)inMatthew Weigand(Director)inKen Fox(Director)
Co-investors2050 CapitalAccelAlkeon InnovationAmity VenturesAmplify PartnersAtlassian Ventures+31 more
Stream provides AI-powered claims management software for property and casualty insurers, using machine learning to detect inconsistencies and optimize claim outcomes across the entire claim lifecycle.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Eilam Levitov(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAscension VenturesBritish Business BankNorthzoneSmash CapitalSofina
Synthesized creates governed, production-realistic test data from sensitive enterprise systems for software validation, migrations, and AI-agent testing.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsExpeditionsFounders FactoryFounders Factory NYIQ CapitalMundi VenturesDeutsche Bank+3 more
Co-investorsSpacecadet Ventures
San Francisco, US
David Garcia Quintas(Founder)Diego Ferreiro Val(Founder)
Co-investorsBynd Venture CapitalJetstream
Uniswap is an Ethereum-based decentralized exchange protocol using an automated market maker model, built by Uniswap Labs.
New York City, US
Hayden Adams(Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzAZDAGBig Candle CapitalDeepTech Ventures+10 more
wefox is a pan-European, underwriting-led insurance distribution platform that combines Managing General Agent (MGA) capabilities with digitally enabled distribution, using proprietary AI-supported technology to sell insurance to retail customers.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTech
Fabian Wesemann(Co-founder)inJulian Teicke(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAZURO CAPITAL VENTURESD4 VenturesG SquaredGR CapitalHorizons VenturesIsomer Capital+15 more
Exits · 5
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioBioAge LabsNASDAQ: BIOACaribou BiosciencesNASDAQ: CRBULyftNASDAQ: LYFTWeaveNYSE: WEAVAtomicjaracq. by Docker
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPayabli · citybiz.co · Aug 19, 2026
Mercury · marketbeat.com · Jul 18, 2026
Poshmark, Inc. · biometricupdate.com · Jul 16, 2026
Protocol Labs · finsmes.com · Jul 15, 2026
Weave · morningstar.com · Jul 13, 2026
BioAge Labs · newmarketpitch.com · Jul 13, 2026
Narrative · theamericanreporter.com · Jul 2, 2026
Artie · ycombinator.com · Jun 9, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has IA Seed Ventures made?
- IA Seed Ventures has 39 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does IA Seed Ventures invest at?
- IA Seed Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does IA Seed Ventures focus on?
- IA Seed Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Fintech, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Robotics.
- Where is IA Seed Ventures located?
- IA Seed Ventures is headquartered in Berkeley, US.
- Who does IA Seed Ventures co-invest with?
- IA Seed Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Bling Capital, among 228 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 3
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.
boldstart ventures is an early-stage venture firm that partners with technical founders from inception, leading pre-product rounds and helping build enterprise software companies.
A global innovation investor that deploys flexible capital across grants, equity, and debt to scale innovations in climate resilience and inclusive economic opportunities across sectors including agriculture, education, health, and financial inclusion.
Firms observed investing alongside IA Seed Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with IA Seed Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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