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IA Seed Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingBerkeley · Pre-Seed–Seed · 11 people tracked
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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
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What they invest in
from 38 of 42 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×23SaaS ×20Enterprise Software ×15Fintech ×8Developer Tools ×7Healthtech ×6InsurTech ×6Data & Infrastructure ×5
HQs:United States×20Bermuda×1Switzerland×1Germany×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 31 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×102 founders×53 founders×64+ founders×10
Where their founders studiedfrom 40 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley ×6Stanford University ×3Brigham Young University ×2University of Cambridge ×2University of Washington ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 42 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×17Engineering ×8Business & Management ×4Finance & Accounting ×3Life Sciences ×3Economics ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 46 founders with career history
Stanford University ×3Columbia University Medical Center ×2Google ×2Salesforce ×2Sauce Labs ×2University of Toronto ×2Vector Institute ×2Versata Corp. ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
7 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 45 with degree data)
Investments · 42 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12022 · 13 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(Founder)inEric Morgen(Founder)inDov Goldstein(Executive Officer)in
BoardPatrick Enright(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzElad GilFelicis VenturesGreen Sands EquityLongitude CapitalOrbiMed+20 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(Founder)Rachel Haurwitz(Founder)inMartin Jinek(Founder)Andrew May(Executive Officer)James Berger(Founder)
BoardJenny Rooke(Director)in
Co-investorsAliment CapitalAvego BioScience CapitalF-Prime CapitalLifeSci Venture PartnersMission Bay CapitalMission Biocapital+3 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.
ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSaaSSan Francisco, US
Logan Green(Founder)inJohn Zimmer(Founder)inDavid Risher(Chief Executive Officer)inErin Brewer(Chief Financial Officer)Lindsay Llewellyn(Chief Legal and Business Officer and Corporate Secretary)Marcus Cohn(Founder)
Co-investorsAglae VenturesAidenlair CapitalAliya Capital PartnersAllied Venture PartnersAlpha Wave GlobalAndreessen Horowitz+54 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)inJared Rodman(Founder)inClint Berry(Founder)inMarcus Bertilson(Executive Officer)inBrett White(Chief Executive Officer)inJason Christiansen(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersBYU Cougar CapitalCrosslink CapitalFundersClubInitialized Capital+18 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 VenturesBoxGroupMGV.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)inMax Akhterov(Founder)
Co-investorsf7 VenturesHeadwater VenturesInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzBreakpoint Capital+5 more
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-investorsCleo CapitalMaiora Rebel VenturesPioneerRebel FundSurgePoint AngelTranspose Platform Management+8 more
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)inArmando McIntyre-Kirwin(Executive Officer, Director)Ryan Horrigan(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsStandard CapitalCalano VenturesCanaan PartnersFJ LabsGeneral CatalystPathlight Ventures+6 more
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Integration testing made easier for developers; acquired by Docker
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsboldstart venturesInsight PartnersIrregular Expressions
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)inJonathan Hsu(Founder)Ruian Shi(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesInvestorXLeonis CapitalMaiora Rebel VenturesRipple VenturesSignalFire+11 more
Blazi AI is a TikTok Shop search and outreach automation platform that enables sellers to scale affiliate programs by automating creator discovery, targeting, and campaign management.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDirect to ConsumerMarketing TechSaaS
Priya Agarwal(Founder)inSwapnil Thombre(Founder)in
Bolt Financial is a San Francisco fintech providing merchants with one-click online checkout software.
San Francisco, US
Ryan Breslow(Founder)inRyan Loh(Executive Officer)
BoardSteve Sarracino(Director)Arjun Sethi(Director)Laurence Tosi(Director)in
Co-investors1435 CapitalActivant CapitalBallistic VenturesBollinger Investment GroupDigital HorizonDigital Horizon VC+29 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)inNaresh Kumar Rajendran(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inVivek Paruthikkat Nair(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsSaka VenturesSurface Ventures
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 VenturesRembrandt Venture Partners
Compscience develops AI and computer-vision systems for workers' compensation insurance, designed to promote workplace safety and reward companies that prioritize injury prevention.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS
Josh Butler(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundHustle FundPathbreaker VenturesScrum VenturesValor Equity Partners+3 more
CoverDash provides embedded insurance technology that allows businesses to source coverage at transaction points.
InsurTechSaaS
Avery Rubin(Founder)David Vainer(Founder)Ralph Betesh(Founder)
Co-investorsBling CapitalCameron VenturesDeep AcreExpansion Venture CapitalFundamental VenturesNyca+5 more
Dome provides a unified API that allows developers to access data from multiple prediction market platforms, trade across them, and integrate market information into applications through a single interface.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Kurush Dubash(Founder)inKunal Roy(Founder)inKurush Dubash Kunal Roy(Founder)
Co-investorsY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzBlast.ClubEclipseFlex Capital PartnersImperial Capital+7 more
Ensuro is a regulated (re)insurer that uses blockchain to power embedded protection, connecting decentralized finance (DeFi) capital to real-world insurance risk.
Crypto & Web3FintechInsurTech
Gian Giacomo Della Torre(Founder)in
Co-investorsSancor Seguros Ventures
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 CapitalMyAsiaVCThe E14 Fund
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)inDror Shimoni(Founder)Naama Alon(Founder)
Co-investors01 AdvisorsAkkadian VenturesAlephArkin CapitalBattery VenturesBling Capital+13 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-investorsAlumni VenturesAurelia FoundryAurum Venture PartnersDraper AssociatesE2MC VenturesEarthrise Ventures+4 more
Mercury is an investor database listing venture capital investors and their sector focus areas.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSector AgnosticSan Francisco, US
Immad Akhund(Founder)inJason Zhang(Founder)inMax Tagher(Founder)inMax Tazhitdinov(Founder)Max Tazhnudinov(Founder)
BoardTom Brown(Director)
Co-investors500 GlobalAndreessen HorowitzAngel Collective Opportunity FundAtaraxia CapitalBetter Tomorrow VenturesBuilders + Backers+50 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)inAryan Sawhney(Founder)inErik Vank(Founder)inVictor Chapman(Founder)in
Co-investorsMaiora Rebel VenturesY CombinatorGambit VenturesGeneration VenturesGlasswing VenturesGurtin Ventures+9 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))in
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)inCraig Cummings(Director)Aaron Kemmer(Director)Michael Vergalla(Executive Officer)Amir Blachman(President & COO)in
Co-investorsAIR CapitalCrosscourt VenturesDraper AssociatesFJ LabsHAWKTAILMoonshots Capital+11 more
Payabli offers an embedded payments platform with APIs and components that let software and SaaS companies add pay-in, pay-out, and payment operations capabilities to their products.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Joseph Elias Phillips(Founder)inJo Phillips(Founder)Will Corbera(Founder)William Corbera(Founder)
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 Chandra(Founder)inChetan Pungaliya(Founder)inGautam Golwala(Founder)inTracy Sun(Founder)inManish Ch(Founder)
Co-investorsBlue Owl CapitalCross Creek AdvisorsFounders Circle CapitalInventus Capital PartnersK2 GlobalKindred Ventures+9 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)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBlueYard CapitalCapital B Private HoldingsDigital Currency GroupFundersClub+13 more
Punchcard is an AI-powered audit workspace that automates document collection, workpaper generation, and review for auditing teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechLegalTechSaaSProvo, US
Daniel Alberson(Founder)inJason Draper(Founder)Nathan Turnbow(Founder)
Co-investorsY CombinatorDell Technologies CapitalFJ LabsFoundation CapitalGeneral CatalystLiquid Ventures+5 more
Serval is a RevOps solution that enables IT professionals to track and automate tasks.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSales Tech
Jonathan Festejo(CEO & Co-founder)inJohn Louis Swaine(CTO & Co-founder)inAlan Kidwell(Founding GTM)in
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(Founder)inPeter McKay(Executive Officer, Director)inStephanie Dominy(Executive Officer)inAssaf Hefetz(Founder)Danny Grander(Founder)Peter McKay (CEO)(Founder)
Co-investors2050 CapitalAccelAlkeon InnovationAmity VenturesAmplify PartnersAtlassian Ventures+44 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)inIbrahim Al-Dlaigan(Founder)Jun Ho Hong(Founder)Lan Ritzye Paje(Founder)Paul Klein IV(Founder)Peter Brifett(Founder)
Co-investorsY Combinator01 AdvisorsAcrew CapitalAfore CapitalArthur VenturesAscension Ventures+19 more
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
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Trebellar unifies corporate real estate (CRE) data—including lease, cost, headcount, and space data—into a single governed model using a CRE-specific ontology, and applies purpose-built AI agents to plan, analyze, and execute portfolio decisions.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
David Garcia Quintas(Founder)inDiego Ferreiro Val(Founder)in
Co-investors1Flourish CapitalBynd Venture CapitalJetstreamKfundAlt CapitalBlossom Capital+2 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-investorsConstructor Capital USKickstart InnovationM2VCMaiora Rebel VenturesSICTICStartAngels Network+9 more
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 CapitalBlockchain Coinvestors+16 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 LearningFintechInsurTechBerlin, DE
Fabian Wesemann(Founder)inJulian Teicke(Founder)inDario Fazlic(Founder)
Co-investorsARA NEA Ventures (Brand: Dmz.Xyz)AZURO CAPITAL VENTURESConny & Co.D4 VenturesG SquaredGR Capital+27 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
GigeasyTalus Robotics Robot Guide Dogs
Exits · 5
4 IPOs · 1 acquisitionsBioAge LabsNASDAQ: BIOACaribou BiosciencesNASDAQ: CRBULyftNASDAQ: LYFTWeaveNYSE: WEAVAtomicjaracq. by Docker
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesWeave · investors.getweave.com · Aug 18, 2026
Mercury · thesaasnews.com · Jul 8, 2026
Artie · ycombinator.com · Jun 9, 2026
Blank Bio · finsmes.com · May 20, 2026
Botgauge · botgauge.com · Feb 10, 2026
Dome · ycombinator.com · Oct 29, 2025
Synthesized · finsmes.com · Sep 24, 2025
Payabli · finsmes.com · Jun 18, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has IA Seed Ventures made?
- IA Seed Ventures has 42 tracked investments, 5 of which have exited, 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, Alumni Ventures, among 262 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.
Global Innovation Fund (GIF) is an impact-focused investor that combines financial investment with post-investment support to scale innovations improving the lives of underserved people, primarily in Africa and Asia.
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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