Loup Ventures
Crossover fundMinneapolis · Pre-Seed–Growth · 7 people tracked
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Investment thesis
The firm invests in transformative technologies and the companies driving them across public and private markets. It backs visionary founders early, building the next wave of innovation, and provides capital, strategic insight, and long-term partnership that scales alongside the company. It also partners with high-growth companies preparing to accelerate, emphasizing resilience, clarity, and operational excellence to help ventures move from promising to proven. The firm is affiliated with Deepwater Asset Management, LLC.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 7 people
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What they invest in
from 43 of 49 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×23Enterprise Software ×13SaaS ×11Deep Tech ×8Hardware ×7Developer Tools ×6Healthtech ×6Data & Infrastructure ×5
HQs:United States×29India×1Mexico×1Netherlands×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 31 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×152 founders×93 founders×44+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 42 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley ×6University of Toronto ×3Carnegie Mellon University ×2Columbia University ×2Princeton University ×2UCLA ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 49 founders with career history
Stanford University ×6DeepMind ×3Google ×3OpenAI ×3Atheer ×2Stanford University School of Engineering ×2VR Motion ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
11 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 43 with degree data)
Investments · 49 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12023 · 12022 · 12019 · 12018 · 16 dated
Revolutionizing space technology to make life multi-planetary
Hawthorne, US
Elon Musk(Founder, CEO & Chief Engineer)in
Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures4DX VenturesA*Abstract VenturesAccess Technology Ventures+110 more
Affineon Health builds automation tools for healthcare providers and care teams, reducing administrative and tedious tasks so clinicians can focus on patient care.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Ryan Van Wert(Physician Executive / Co-founder)inEvan(Executive (former COO Zus Health, CPO Codametrix, CPO Innovaccer))Tony(CTO)Dan(CFO & COO)Abid Siddiqui(Chief Operating Officer)in
Co-investorsAI FundBenhamou Global VenturesCity LightHeadwater VenturesSignal Peak Ventures
Antora manufactures thermal battery systems for long-duration energy storage, serving manufacturers and data centers seeking to tap into low-cost renewable power.
CleantechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSunnyvale, US
Andrew Ponec(Chief Executive Officer, co-founder)inDavid BiermaninJustin BriggsinDavid Bierman, Ph.D.(Chief Commercial Officer, co-founder)Justin Briggs, Ph.D.(Chief Operating Officer, co-founder)
BoardChristina Karapataki(Director)in
Co-investorsTemasekCongruent VenturesCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Fifty YearsGS FuturesISV+12 more
Backpack is a peer-to-peer platform that connects travelers with shoppers, allowing travelers to earn money by purchasing and transporting items abroad while shoppers access products from overseas at lower costs by avoiding traditional shipping.
ConsumerMarketplacesNew York City, US
Fahim Aziz(Founder/CEOM)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorCollab CapitalGenius GuildHopelabPACE Healthcare CapitalPortland Seed Fund+2 more
GETASAP delivers same-day fresh produce to restaurants and retailers via AI-powered logistics, combining demand forecasting intelligence with automated freight brokerage and dispatch.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainMylapore, IN
Pranavkrishna Suresh(Founder)inRaghav Arora(Founder)in
Co-investorsChapter OnePrana Tech VenturesScribble VenturesTranspose Platform Management
Braid is a multiplayer web browser that lets people work together on the web without chat or video, and it applies AI to enable prompt-free delegation so humans and machines can work side by side.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFuture of Work
Robotics furniture startup designed to change the way of living.
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersUpHonest CapitalVU Venture PartnersBloomberg BetaIIMA VenturesInertia Ventures+3 more
Catch provides automated financial management and benefits solutions for independent workers and freelancers, handling tax withholding, retirement savings, and health insurance enrollment without relying on traditional employer-provided benefits.
FintechHealthtechInsurTechNew York City, US
Andrew Ambrosino(Founder)in
Co-investorsArdent VentureCrosslink CapitalKube VCY CombinatorBlumberg CapitalGradient Ventures+1 more
Chief is a predictive sales analytics platform that analyzes deal behavior and pipeline health to help CROs and sales managers identify risks early and forecast revenue with high accuracy.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsDundee Venture CapitalService Provider Capital
Coco operates a robot delivery service using human-piloted sidewalk robots to deliver meals, groceries, and other goods in urban environments.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsLos Angeles, US
Zach Rash(Co-Founder and CEO)inBrad Squicciarini(Co-Founder and CTO)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorKnockout CapitalMetaPropStructural CapitalWorklife VenturesType One Ventures
CRAFT Education develops educational materials and training solutions for technical and technology education, serving schools and businesses with customized learning programs and curricula.
Advanced ManufacturingEdTechEnterprise SoftwareDeurne, NL
CTGT develops a governance layer for AI systems that enables direct intervention at the neural network representation level to ensure reliable, policy-aligned AI behavior for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Cyril Gorlla(Founder)inTrevor Tuttle(Founder)in
Co-investorsGradient VenturesSterling RoadTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorCharacterGeneral Catalyst+2 more
Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ali Ghodsi(Co-founder & CEO)inIon Stoica(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inMatei Zaharia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inReynold Xin(Founder)inPatrick Wendell(Founder)inAndy Konwinski(Founder)in
Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesAglae VenturesAlkeon InnovationAltra VentureAmplify Partners+71 more
Digs offers an AI-powered platform for custom home builders to manage construction projects from pre-construction through warranty, centralizing plans, specs, selections, and documents in one place.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechPropTechSaaSVancouver, US
Ryan Fink(Co-founder)inTy Frackiewicz(Co-founder)inJef Holove(Executive Officer)in
BoardAbe Cohen(Director)Tyler Williams(Director)
Co-investorsBetaworksFlying Fish VenturesFUSELegacy Capital VenturesLong Way VenturesOregon Venture Fund+2 more
AbstractOps offers software that automates and manages multi-state compliance for companies, backed by a team of compliance experts who process submissions.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkLegalTechSaaS
Kristin Thrashin
Co-investorsFjor FoundersFlucas VenturesHustle FundOutsidersOyster VenturesThe MBA Fund+3 more
Co-investorsVU Venture Partners
Fastino is an applied research lab developing specialized small language models and APIs for structured data extraction, classification, reasoning, and production AI workflows.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Ashley Lewis(Executive Officer, Director)Ash Lewis(Cofounder)inGeorge Hurn-Maloney(Founder)in
BoardGeorge Mathew(Director)in
Co-investorsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Insight PartnersKhosla Ventures
Frame provides integrated payment processing, compliance, and fraud prevention tools for high-compliance merchants.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSAustin, US
Co-investorsBoro CapitalTechstars
Galvanick provides operational security solutions to protect critical infrastructure and industrial systems.
Advanced ManufacturingCybersecurityDefense TechIoT
Joshua Steinman(Co-founder & CEO)inBrandon Park(Co-founder & CTO)inFeliks Pleszczynski(Co-founder & COO)
Co-investorsChampion Hill VenturesMaC Venture CapitalRavelin CapitalShrug CapitalWinklevoss Capital8090 Industries+4 more
Hydra develops Brokkr, an operating system that enables independent data centers to operate AI Factories by providing shared infrastructure, customer access, and monetization tools on a unified network.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingMiami, US
Aaron Ginn(CEO)inAriel Deschapell(Executive Officer)inGarrett Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardSteve Jang(Director)
Co-investorsAccelerator VenturesComcast VenturesGraph VenturesKindred VenturesLaunchBay CapitalPROOF+8 more
Iconic Games builds real-time AI systems for gameplay and interactive storytelling, creating game characters that listen, react, and evolve with the player.
AI & Machine LearningGaming
Andrew Bowell(CEO)inJohn Lusty(President)inMikel Bober-Irizar(CTO)inDr. Borja G. Leon(Chief Scientist)Johnny Venables(CPO)inMartin Connor(CCO)in
Co-investorsKindred Ventures
Inner Cosmos develops a minimally invasive brain-computer interface, described as a "digital pill," aimed at treating depression.
Deep TechDigital HealthMedical DevicesMental HealthScotts Valley, US
Meron Gribetz(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAIR CapitalBrainstorm VenturesKrillion VenturesLool VenturesStarlight Ventures
Intelligent Alpha operates an AI-powered investment platform that constructs equity portfolios using frontier AI models to analyze global equities across qualitative and quantitative factors.
AI & Machine LearningFintech
Invisible builds AI systems embedded into enterprise operations and workflows, focusing on integrating AI infrastructure into existing business processes rather than deploying standalone software solutions.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Francis Pedraza(Executive Officer, Director)inJay Kumar(Founder)inRicardo Pedraza(Executive Officer)Kamron J Palizban(Executive Officer)Marshall Sutherland(Executive Officer)Nicholas Paul Brysiewicz(Director)
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalBackedBY Venture PartnersDay One VenturesGolden Gate VenturesGreycroft+4 more
Levels is a metabolic health app that helps users monitor how diet and lifestyle affect their body through glucose tracking, meal logging, and personalized health data analysis.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessNew York, US
Sam Corcos(Founder)inJoshua Clemente(Director)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBreyer CapitalCleo CapitalFounder CollectiveFour Acres CapitalRareBreed Ventures+5 more
Neurable develops brain-computer interface (BCI) technology via smart headphones designed to enhance employee focus, productivity, and well-being in corporate settings.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareHealthtechHR TechAnn Arbor, US
Dr. Ramses Alcaide(CEO and Co-Founder)Michael Thompson(Executive Officer)inAdam Eizenberg-Molnar(Cofounder)
Co-investorsCapital FactoryFundersClubGlobal BrainGoAhead VenturesHartmann CapitalHouston Angel Network+9 more
Not Diamond provides an intelligent model router for coding agents that predicts which language model to use for each input, aiming to reduce inference costs while maintaining accuracy.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Jeffrey Akiki(Founder)in
Co-investors640 OxfordAmbush CapitalInovia CapitalNext Play VenturesPreston-Werner Ventures
OneCarNow (OCN) offers a car subscription service that lets customers get a new car for the medium or long term through a fully digital experience, bundling everything except gasoline.
CleantechConsumerMarketplacesMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsBlustone CapitalGreat North VenturesInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcNeer Venture PartnersNew Stack VenturesNuMundo Ventures+1 more
Outrider develops automated yard operations technology for supply chain logistics, focusing on improving efficiency, safety, and sustainability through autonomous equipment and yard management systems.
CleantechLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsBrighton, US
Andrew F. Smith(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inRobert Hall(Executive Officer)Paul Sung Cha(Executive Officer)in
BoardByron Knight(Director)Mark Norman(Director)Aaron Jacobson(Director)in
Co-investors8VCFraser McCombs CapitalKoch Disruptive TechnologiesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Presidio VenturesSchematic Ventures+3 more
Paradromics develops a brain-computer interface (BCI) system, with FDA Breakthrough Device Designations for speech decoding and digital device control, and works with academic medical institutions on translational BCI research.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesAustin, US
Matt Angle(Founder and CEO)in
Co-investors15th RockAlpha EdisonAnthropy PartnersCapital FactoryCoastCapFrontier Path VC+14 more
Payman provides an orchestration layer that lets AI agents move money while meeting the security, compliance, and control standards used by banks and financial institutions.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSDurango, US
Tyllen Bicakcic(CEO)in
BoardPrashanth Pillareddy(Director)
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalCoinbase VenturesMirana VenturesBoost VC
Co-investorsDorm Room
Rain AI develops energy-efficient hardware specifically designed for artificial intelligence workloads.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Jack Kendall(Co-Founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsAirbus VenturesGREP VCLiquid VenturesSam AltmanY CombinatorMetaplanet+6 more
Rain Neuromorphics manufactures AI processors using neuromorphic hardware—physical neural networks with spiking neurons and memristive nanowires—that consume significantly less power than conventional processors for machine learning applications.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Gordon Hirsch Wilson(Founder/CEO)inJuan Claudio Nino(Founder)inJack Kendall(Founder/Chief Technical Officer)in
BoardJackson Hu(Director)
Co-investorsFlucas VenturesFundersClubY CombinatorAirbus VenturesAramco VenturesBuckley Ventures Management Company Llc+6 more
Redwood Materials deploys large-scale energy storage systems for data centers and grid power while recycling batteries to recover critical minerals like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper as a domestic source of these materials.
Circular EconomyEnergyNew MaterialsCarson City, US
JB Straubel(Founder & CEO)inKevin Kassekert(Executive Officer)Jason Thompson(Executive Officer)in
BoardDavid Danielson(Director)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesCoatue ManagementCollaborative FundCongruent VenturesEclipse VenturesFoothill Ventures+17 more
Rune Labs develops software for processing clinical brain data to improve patient care and support clinicians and researchers in treating brain disease.
Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Brian Pepin(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardJordi Parramon(Director)Florian Haupt(Director)inDavid Kim(Director)inJustin Butler(Director)in
Co-investorsCarnrite VenturesCity LightDaybreak PartnersDigiTx Partners LLCMoment Ventures, LlcSamsung Next+3 more
Skupos (PDI Essentials / PDI CStore Essentials) provides software for convenience-store owners and operators to manage back-office operations, financial management, scan data reporting, and tobacco/CPG brand-funded loyalty offers.
Retail TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jake Bolling(Cofounder)Michael Glassman(Executive Officer, Director)Jacob Bolling(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPatrick Mathieson(Director)inTed Alling(Director)in
Co-investorsDynamo VenturesInsight PartnersSQN Venture Partners, LLCToba CapitalUnilever Ventures
Spruce Labs provides AI-configured engineering systems for non-technical founders to build and ship software without hiring engineers or technical cofounders.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSDenver, US
Co-investorsTechstars
Stone designs and manufactures power generation turbines from the ground up, starting with natural gas turbines shipping in 2027, followed by steam, geothermal, and advanced cycles.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechEnergyHardware
Together is a digital agency that provides branding, website design, and product design services for B2B technology companies, helping startups and established tech leaders build distinctive identities and accelerate growth.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSector Agnostic
Cameron Day(Co-Founder, CEO)inWill Beeching(Co-Founder, Creative Director)in
Uhnder builds a software-defined digital imaging radar-on-chip (RoC) that detects and tracks the height, speed, and distance of objects at high frame rates while mitigating radar interference and spoofing.
HardwareMobility & TransportationSemiconductorsAustin, US
Curtis Davis(Founder)in
Co-investorsQualcomm VenturesSagitta Family OfficeACME CapitalLockheed Martin Ventures
Unity is a cross-platform real-time development engine and creation platform used by content creators and developers to build games and interactive experiences for mobile, PC, console, and extended reality (XR) devices.
AdTechCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareGamingSan Francisco, US
David Helgason(Co-founder & CEO 2004–2014)inJoachim Ante(Co-founder & CTO 2004–2023)Nicholas Francis(Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer 2004–2013)inMatthew Bromberg(Chief Executive Officer and President)in
Co-investorsEdge VCEQUIAMEvolution VC PartnersGP BullhoundiGlobe PartnersInterlace Ventures+13 more
VeriSIM uses machine learning and computational simulation to accelerate drug development, replacing traditional trial-and-error experimentation with computational prediction to improve success rates and reduce animal testing.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthMedical Devices
Jo Varshney(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersCerity Partners VenturesIntel CapitalOCA VenturesTwin VenturesVillage Global+2 more
Wethos is an all-in-one software platform that helps freelancers and small creative studios manage their businesses through tools for pricing, proposal creation, invoicing, and payments.
Creator EconomyFuture of WorkSaaS
Summer Lambert(Founder)Rachel Renock(Founder)in
Co-investors27V (Twenty Seven Ventures)Backbone AngelsClocktower VenturesFlybridge Capital PartnersOutbound VenturesOverton Venture Capital+5 more
x.ai builds frontier AI reasoning models, real-time voice AI, and generative media systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
Yuhuai (Tony) Wu(Founder)inGreg Yang(Founder)inGuodong Zhang(Founder)inIgor Babuschkin(Founder)inElon Musk(Founder)
Co-investors7percent VenturesAbstract VenturesAglae VenturesAmity VenturesAndreessen HorowitzArctic Digital+35 more
Xwing, an autonomous aviation company, is now part of Joby Aviation.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Marc Piette(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDhiraj Singh(Director)
Co-investorsACME CapitalBlackhorn VenturesUnlessAlven CapitalArray Ventures Management LlcEniac Ventures+1 more
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioPortfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Antora · intelligence360.news · Aug 17, 2026
space-x · businessinsider.com · Aug 16, 2026
Databricks · techcrunch.com · Aug 13, 2026
Bumblebee · entrepreneur.economictimes.indiatimes.com · Jul 31, 2026
Catch · esgtoday.com · Jul 19, 2026
Unity Software · marketscale.com · Jul 18, 2026
xAI · readsludge.com · Jul 17, 2026
Backpack · nwitimes.com · Jul 17, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Loup Ventures made?
- Loup Ventures has 47 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Loup Ventures invest at?
- Loup Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Loup Ventures focus on?
- Loup Ventures focuses on Deep Tech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Loup Ventures located?
- Loup Ventures is headquartered in Minneapolis, US.
- Does Loup Ventures lead rounds?
- Loup Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Loup Ventures co-invest with?
- Loup Ventures most often shares deals with Metaplanet, Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, among 213 tracked co-investors.
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