Impact Venture Capital
Venture capitalEl Dorado Hills · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 10 people tracked
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Investment thesis
The firm argues that traditional venture capital stops at funding and leaves founders to independently manage enterprise relationships, customer acquisition, and strategic partnerships. Its approach pairs capital with commercial adoption through what it calls Corporate Intelligence and Sale Scale, connecting founders to a network of corporate customers, investors, and acquirers to drive growth, market validation, and liquidity. It focuses on AI and infrastructure companies, drawing on over a decade of AI investing and a combined century of venture experience. The team offers operating, investing, and strategic transaction expertise across the lifecycle from first check through secondaries, growth equity, acquisitions, and IPOs.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 10 people
from curated & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Impact Venture Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 8 of 17 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×4SaaS ×4Enterprise Software ×2Fintech ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1Cloud Computing ×1Deep Tech ×1Defense Tech ×1
HQs:United States×11Canada×1
Investments · 17 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 32024 · 12023 · 32021 · 12020 · 52019 · 316 dated
SoundHound AI develops a voice AI platform that enables conversational interactions with products, services, and applications across industries.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSector AgnosticSanta Clara, US
Keyvan Mohajer(Co-Founder & CEO)inMajid Emami(Executive Officer)inJames Hom(Executive Officer, Director)inNitesh Sharan(Executive Officer)inTimothy Stonehocker(Executive Officer)Michael Zagorsek(Executive Officer)in
Board seatEric Ball· per SEC Form D · $25.1M raise · filed Jan 2023
Co-investorsArrowshare VenturesBuildGroupFelicis VenturesHonda Innovations Silicon ValleyKensington Capital Partners LimitedKT investment Inc.+5 more
CapConnect+ operates a digital platform for primary-market fixed income issuance, connecting issuers, dealers, and investors to trade commercial paper and bonds.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSRedwood City, US
Suresh Perera(CEO)inGanapathi Palanipandian(Director)Kostas Dafoulas(Executive Officer)in
BoardTrevor Mottl(Director)in
Board seatJack Crawford· per SEC Form D · $1.7M raise · filed Oct 2020
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesDraper DragonFusionHourglass Venture PartnersUlu VenturesFirstCapital
Cornami develops custom silicon and full-stack computing systems designed to run Fully Homomorphic Encryption, allowing computation to be performed on data that remains encrypted throughout processing.
Dallas, US
Walden Rhines(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMichael Kim(Director)Alexander Fortmuller(Director)Gordon Campbell(Director)Scott Mercer(Director)
Board seatJan GeldmacherJack CrawfordYatish Mishra· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAlpha Intelligence CapitalOctave Ventures LlcRaptor GroupSoftBank Vision FundU First CapitalSoftBank Group
GigaIO develops ruggedized mobile datacenter hardware that runs AI inference, machine learning, and deep learning workloads at the edge without cloud dependency.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSan Diego, US
Joey Maitra(Founder)inGregg Schneider(Director)Jayantra Maitra(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Sapp(Director)Michael Beaudoin(Director)inAlan Benjamin(CEO)
Board seatYatish MishraJack Crawford· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsCove FundG Vision Capital
Airlinq provides a cloud-based IoT platform that lets enterprises, automakers, telecom operators, and utilities manage, connect, analyze, and monetize connected devices across cross-border operations.
Cloud ComputingIoTSaaS
Nigam Shah(Founder)in
Co-investorsMontage Capital
Healium is an immersive wellness platform that pairs VR with real-time biometric data such as EEG brainwaves and heart rate to give clinicians measurable, drug-free tools for managing patients' stress, anxiety, and pain.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthWellness & Fitness
Sarah Hill(Founder)inDr. Jeff Tarrant(Co-founder)
Co-investorsCitrine AngelsKCRise FundMissouri Technology CorporationNueterra Capital
Gilroy, US
Wendy Curd(CFO and Secretary)inSteven Elliot Curd(CEO)Eric Ball(Director)inRobert Scott Lentz(Director)
ScoreData provides billing and monetization infrastructure for AI agents and features, letting developers map variable per-call model costs to fixed credit prices via a single line of code.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsFintech
Vas BhandarkarinDanny YangMoidin MohiuddinMudit ChandraPankaj Kumar JhaPrasanta Behera
Co-investors500 GlobalElevate Innovation Partners
Co-investorsInnovation Global Capital
Palo Alto, US
Ravi Swaminathan(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardRick Lewis(Director)Jack Crawford(Director)Michael Gallagher(Director)
Co-investorsMadrona Venture GroupSapphire VenturesUS Venture Partners
Xaba develops xCognition Cognitive Control, a generative AI platform that lets industrial robots, CNCs, and PLC-based systems self-program and adjust control logic without manual coding.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsToronto, CA
Co-investorsExposition VenturesHazelview VenturesHitachi VenturesBDC Capital Corporation
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
InfinadeckAdroit Worldwide MediaAdvanced Farm TechnologiesJobPixelOpsCruise
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 1
1 IPOsSoundHound AINASDAQ: SOUN
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesSoundHound AI · stocktwits.com · Jul 18, 2026
Cornami · intelligence360.news · Sep 10, 2025
Xaba · finsmes.com · Apr 15, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Impact Venture Capital made?
- Impact Venture Capital has 17 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Impact Venture Capital invest at?
- Impact Venture Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Impact Venture Capital's typical check size?
- Impact Venture Capital typically writes checks of $250K – $1M.
- What sectors does Impact Venture Capital focus on?
- Impact Venture Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Impact Venture Capital located?
- Impact Venture Capital is headquartered in El Dorado Hills, US.
- Does Impact Venture Capital lead rounds?
- Impact Venture Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamAsk A CFO Episode 3: Eric Ball, Co-Founder, Impact Venture Capital (part 2)
Treasury Today Group · Eric Ball
Co-investors · 5
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