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Monta Vista Capital
Venture capitalMountain View · Pre-Seed–Seed · 8 people tracked
Also known as MONTA VISTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
Monta Vista Capital positions itself as a force-multiplier for seed and early-stage technology startups. Founded and operated by former entrepreneurs, the firm emphasizes fast decision-making, founder-friendliness, and a reluctance to replace founders as CEOs. Beyond writing checks, it offers operational help on product, positioning, launch strategy, and culture, and leverages an extensive Silicon Valley network to make introductions to customers, hires, advisors, and follow-on investors. The partners stress availability and honest counsel, aiming to be a founder's first call in both success and crisis. Their stated edge is firsthand entrepreneurial experience and empathy for the company-building journey.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 17, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website
An early-stage enterprise venture capitalist with over 20 years of experience who has seed-funded or helped start more than 30 enterprise computing companies, including DocuSign and Acquia.
A partner with engineering and management experience at eleven Silicon Valley companies since 1990, having worked on Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC, EDA software, data networking, and most recently eleven years at Google.
A venture partner and CTO who was recently VP and CTO of Business Technology at Workday and previously VP of Enterprise Architecture & Strategy at Salesforce and CTO of Data Products at Cymer.
A venture partner with over 20 years as a capital markets, investment banking, and M&A advisor to global corporates, asset managers, and financial sponsors; holds an MBA from London Business School.
A venture partner with nearly 25 years in technical leadership roles across Big Tech, including nine years of applied ML research at Waymo and Google Research and prior work as a Principal Engineer at Amazon on Kindle.
A Tokyo-based venture advisor who helps portfolio companies expand into Japanese and broader Asian markets, having established ITOCHU Corporation's first U.S.-based venture capital fund and supported market entry for over 50 global tech companies.
What they invest in
from 34 of 51 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×25Enterprise Software ×18SaaS ×14Cybersecurity ×6Cloud Computing ×4Hardware ×4Logistics & Supply Chain ×4Robotics ×4
HQs:United States×26
Who they back
founder profiles across 23 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×102 founders×103 founders×24+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 24 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2MIT Sloan School of Management ×2Vanderbilt University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 25 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×12Business & Management ×7Computer Science ×4Economics ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2Politics & Policy ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 28 founders with career history
Microsoft ×5Apple ×3Google ×2LinkedIn ×2Tesla ×2
5 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 26 with degree data)
Investments · 51 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 42024 · 32022 · 22021 · 42019 · 42018 · 22017 · 32015 · 123 dated
DuploCloud provides a platform that consolidates DevOps and cloud security for developers and organizations.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Venkat Thiruvengadam(Founder)in
Co-investorsStepstone GroupMayfield FundWestBridge Capital
Lightbeam provides data security, governance, and privacy solutions that work across Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and other platforms, enabling partners to offer AI security and compliance services to enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsVillage Global8VCAlumni VenturesVertex Ventures
Convai provides a platform for creating and deploying 3D AI characters with natural language understanding and multimodal perception capabilities in virtual environments.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsGamingSan Jose, US
Purnendu Mukherjee(Founder)Prashant Mishra(Director)
Board seatVenktesh Shukla· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsRainfall VenturesDune Venturesfoobar.vcGalaxy InteractiveSequoia Capital
Eridan builds Software Defined Radios for Private 5G networks, using a proprietary Switch-Mode Direct Polar transmitter with Gallium Nitride power stages to deliver higher signal fidelity and lower power consumption than conventional radios.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareIoTRoboticsSemiconductorsSunnyvale, US
Doug Kirkpatrick(Founder)inVivek Pathak(Executive Officer)inDouglas A Kirkpatrick(Executive Officer, Director)Amy Lamboley(Executive Officer)inSusan Kamin(Executive Officer)Paul Draxler(Executive Officer)in
Board seatVenktesh Shukla· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsDiamond Edge VenturesEvolution VC PartnersPage One VenturesRising TideSand Hill AngelsSilicon Catalyst+3 more
Motorq provides AI-powered analytics and workflow software that transforms connected vehicle data for fleet operators, dealers, and automotive businesses.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareIoTLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Arun Rajagopalan(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inAshwin Raja(Executive Officer, Director)in
Board seatVenktesh Shukla· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAvanta VenturesFraser McCombs CapitalStory VenturesInsight Partners
Narada provides agentic process automation software for enterprises, automating complex workflows across desktop applications, web interfaces, and Citrix environments.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBerkeley, US
Kurt KeutzerDavid Park(Executive Officer, Director)Amir Gholaminejad(Director)
Co-investorsBling CapitalSamsung NextUnanimous CapitalLaude Ventures
Ambient.ai develops an AI-powered platform using computer vision to automate physical security monitoring and threat detection for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Shikhar Shrestha(CEO)inVikesh Khanna(Founder)inVishakh Hegde(Applied Scientist)inRoland Abad(Head of Talent Acquisition)Rodaan Peralta-Rabang(Engineering Manager)Jeff Huisman(Head of Sales)
Co-investors515 VenturesAllegion VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCerity Partners VenturesLobby CapitalScrum Ventures+11 more
Avaamo builds a conversational AI platform for enterprise that deploys autonomous agents across healthcare, customer support, and employee support operations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS
Ram Menon(CEO)inSriram Chakravarthy(Founder)in
Co-investors11.2 CapitalAlexander Geza Marcus PejacsevichClear VenturesIntel CapitalLiquidity CapitalRembrandt Venture Partners+4 more
Aviatrix provides cloud network security solutions with embedded, real-time protection through a Cloud Native Security Fabric platform.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSanta Clara, US
Sherry Wei(Founder)inSteve Mullaney(CEO)inDoug M.inPankaj Manglik(Founder)
BoardShirish Sathaye(Director)inDevdutt Yellurkar(Director)in
Co-investors8VCCervinCRV (Charles River Ventures)General CatalystGreenspring AssociatesInsight Partners+3 more
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Boomerang is a Miami-based lost-and-found platform that uses AI to help businesses identify and return items to customers.
Skyler Logsdon(Founder)in
Co-investors305 VenturesEverywhere VenturesEvolution VenturesGaingelsLightShed VenturesSeventySix Capital+4 more
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HiBoomerang is a platform that helps HR teams find and hire qualified candidates from within their existing networks.
HR TechNew York, US
Jeff Wald(Founder & CEO)inKanish Raajkumar(Co-founder & CTO)inAndrei Tulai(Co-founder & VP of Engineering)inMallory Meiser(Co-founder & COO)in
Co-investorsHAWKTAILPrimetime Partners
Bounce Imaging manufactures tactical 360-degree camera systems and robotics for first responders, law enforcement, and military personnel to safely assess confined spaces.
Defense TechHardwareRoboticsBuffalo, US
Francisco Aguilar(Executive Officer, Director)inRonjon Nag(Director)inJames Smist(Director)Sietse Dijkstra(Executive Officer)inMark Fargason(Executive Officer)inMikhail Fridberg(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsIn-Q-TelBantam GroupBerkeley Angel NetworkBroad Street AngelsBrown and White VenturesDC Investment Partners+7 more
BosonQ Psi (BQP) develops BQPhy, a simulation software that integrates quantum computing with high-fidelity engineering simulations such as computational fluid dynamics.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareQuantum ComputingSaaSBear, US
Rut Lineswala(Executive Officer, Director)inJash Kumar Minocha(Executive Officer)Abhishek Chopra(Founder)in
BoardRoger Krakoff(Director)inVijay Sethi(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesArka Venture LabsEMERGENT VENTURESGaingelsPrana Tech VenturesTranspose Platform Management+4 more
Bumblebee provides an AI-powered intelligent edge platform for branch network management, offering cloud-managed access, cellular failover, DDoS protection, and out-of-band control capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise Software
Co-investorsGenerationship
Captiv8 operates an influencer and creator marketing platform, offering creator-first storytelling solutions for brands, following a combination with Influential's expertise.
AdTechCreator EconomyMarketing Tech
Sunil Verma(Founder)in
Co-investorsClick VenturesEvolution VC PartnersMontage CapitalPROOFSand Hill AngelsSocial Starts+4 more
Cequence provides a security platform for protecting applications and APIs from automated attacks, bots, and fraud, including API discovery, testing, posture management, WAF, and DDoS protection.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ameya Talwalkar(Founder)inShreyans Mehta(Chief Technology Officer & Founder)in
Co-investorsCerity Partners VenturesDell Technologies CapitalDniproIcon VenturesKPN VenturesMenlo Ventures+4 more
Chronus provides mentoring, peer learning, change adoption, and employee community software designed to help organizations develop their workforce and build high-performance cultures.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ankur Ahlowalia(CEO)
Co-investorsLevel EquitySOSV
HealthtechMountain View, US
Ashish Jagtiani(Executive Officer, Director)Anand Parikh(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsMAGIC FundSOSV
Track3D provides a unified platform for construction site documentation, consolidating drone imagery, laser scanning, 360 cameras, and mobile captures into a single interface.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMilpitas, US
Chaitanya NK(Chief Executive Officer)Krishna Chaitanya Naredla(Executive Officer, Director)Kiran Gutta(Director)Vivin Hegde(Director)
BoardTy Findley(Director)in
Co-investorsIsaiISAI GestionIronspring VentureZacua Ventures
Everclear was a cross-chain settlement and clearing protocol that shut down in May 2026 after failing to monetize its volume.
Arjun Bhuptani(Founder)Layne Haber(Founder)Rahul Sethuram(Founder)
Co-investorsBootNodeCoinbase VenturesHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)1k(x)1kxHashed+2 more
Firstshift is an AI-native, cloud-based supply chain planning platform that provides demand forecasting, inventory optimization, scenario modeling, and embedded AI assistants for manufacturers.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSLos Altos, US
Harikumar J. Menon(Executive Officer, Director)Padmanabhan Ramankutty(Director)
BoardBrett Brohl(Director)in
Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesFoothill VenturesPlug and Play VenturesREFASHIOND VenturesZ5 CapitalBread And Butter Ventures, Llc
Co-investorsBootstrapLabs
KlearNow.AI provides customs clearance software, compliance control towers, and licensed customs broker services for importers, self-filers, and customs brokers managing global trade operations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSilicon Valley, US
Sam Tyagi(Founder)inSandeep Vij(Director)Ulf Sandberg(Executive Officer, Director)S. Atiq Raza(Director)Sanjeev Tyagi(Executive Officer, Director)Nishita Cummings(Director)
Co-investorsACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSGreatPoint Ventures
minds.ai builds AI and deep learning software, including its DeepSim engine and Maestro product, to optimize processes for large-scale semiconductor manufacturers and fabs.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSemiconductorsGlastonbury, US
Sumit Sanyal(Co-Founder / COO)inTijmen Tieleman(Co-Founder / CS)inItzik Gilboa(CEO)inPeter Schwartz(Executive Officer)Mark Harding(Executive Officer)William Ottman(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsHeartfelt CapitalMomenta Ventures
newtrul provides an AI-powered platform that automates freight brokerage operations, including carrier matching, load booking, and CRM functionality.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Edwin Stockman(Executive Officer, Director)John Tozer(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardBurak Cendek(Director)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesNewlin VenturesPlug and Play VenturesAutotech VenturesSignalFire
Omni Design Technologies develops high-performance analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converter IP cores for AI infrastructure, 5G networks, automotive systems, and satellite communications.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareQuantum ComputingSemiconductorsMilpitas, US
Kush Gulati(Co-founder, President & CEO)inHae-Seung Lee(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDrew Peck(Director)
Co-investorsFoothill VenturesFraser McCombs CapitalCDIB Capital
Ovation UP provides reporting and analytics software designed for multi-unit restaurants to identify operational areas needing improvement across locations.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechTravel & HospitalityMapleton, US
Zack OatesinScott WeinertinSeth Weinertin
Co-investors500 GlobalBranded Strategic HospitalityTIA VenturesYork IEOneValley
Pronto builds off-road autonomous haulage systems (AHS) designed for rugged industrial environments such as mines and quarries.
AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationRoboticsSunnyvale, US
Bibhrajit Halder(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardAlexei Andreev(Director)in
Co-investorsDG Ventures, Inc.Embark VenturesFoundamentalAutotech VenturesBain Capital VenturesBrick Mortar Ventures+10 more
Softwear Automation develops fully automated sewing robots (Sewbots) that enable on-demand, local manufacturing for the apparel industry.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsAtlanta, US
Palaniswamy Rajan(Chairman & CEO)Peter Schoenthaler(Executive Officer)John Lee(Executive Officer)inMichael Greenlee(Executive Officer)
BoardThomas Borglum Jensen(Director)Harish Mamtani(Director)in
Co-investorsCircadian Ventures11-11 VenturesSilicon Road Ventures
Spatial develops a platform for teams to design, share, and experience 3D environments in real time using spatial computing technology.
Construction TechDeveloper ToolsFuture of WorkHardwareScottsdale, US
Calin Pacurariu(Founder)in
Co-investorsDBL PartnersTRANSCENDValia VenturesSamsung Next
StrikeReady offers an AI-powered security command center that centralizes, analyzes, and operationalizes security data across an organization's entire security tech stack.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Alex Lanstein(CTO)in
Co-investors11.2 Capital33NCriteria Venture TechHitachi VenturesOutliers VC
Tatari provides a platform for buying and measuring advertising campaigns across streaming TV, linear TV, and online video.
AdTechMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsUnanimous Capital
Tekion provides an AI-native cloud platform that unifies dealership management, OEM operations, and consumer experiences for automotive retailers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwarePleasanton, US
Jay Vijayan(Founder)inGuru Sankararaman(Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer)in
Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationAlliance VenturesBMW i VenturesFraser McCombs CapitalG SquaredIndex Ventures+5 more
The Modern Data Company provides DataOS, an enterprise data operating system that integrates into existing infrastructure to create contextualized, governed data products for AI, applications, and analytics.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareGovTechInsurTechPalo Alto, US
ThirdLove is a direct-to-consumer brand selling women's intimates and accessories, including reusable silicone nipple covers, bras, and underwear.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Heidi Zak(Founder)inRa'el Cohen(Founder)in
Co-investorsBling CapitalElizabeth Street VenturesFelicis VenturesGrace Beauty CapitalHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcJames Beshara Fund+8 more
XY provides a cloud-based point-of-sale platform designed for omnichannel retail operations, featuring real-time inventory management, mobile-native checkout, and integration with order management, CRM, and ERP systems.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaS
Susan Jeffers(CEO & Founder)in
Co-investorsStage 1 Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Acenna DataConnextEverclear (f/k/a Connext)GoDomoJitsuMotorqNaradaNyansaOmniDesignPatternExRobinRovieroSarvint Technologies
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 · 2
2 acquisitions · showing 1SafeAIacq. by Pronto
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Cequence Security · manilatimes.net · Aug 6, 2026
StrikeReady · startupintros.com · Jul 13, 2026
Convai · startupintros.com · Jul 13, 2026
Motorq Mobility · prnewswire.com · Apr 14, 2026
Ovation · ovationup.com · Feb 9, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Monta Vista Capital made?
- Monta Vista Capital has 51 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Monta Vista Capital invest at?
- Monta Vista Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Monta Vista Capital focus on?
- Monta Vista Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Monta Vista Capital located?
- Monta Vista Capital is headquartered in Mountain View, US.
- Does Monta Vista Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Monta Vista Capital leads investment rounds.
- Who does Monta Vista Capital co-invest with?
- Monta Vista Capital most often shares deals with Unanimous Capital, 8VC, Alumni Ventures, among 121 tracked co-investors.
- What size deals does Monta Vista Capital back?
- Across 8 deals with disclosed amounts, Monta Vista Capital has joined rounds of $1M – $46M (median $8.5M).
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the team514th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Venktesh Shukla, Monta Vista Capital
1Mby1M Roundtables · Venktesh Shukla
514th 1Mby1M Roundtable January 7, 2021: With Venktesh Shukla, Monta Vista Capital
1Mby1M Roundtables · Venktesh Shukla
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