Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc.
Venture capitalToronto · Seed–Late Stage · 1 people tracked
Investment thesis
Nearingpoint invests with high conviction in late-stage, high-growth private companies at the foundations of the compute cycle. Its portfolio concentrates on energy, compute, semiconductors, and interconnect infrastructure layers, with smaller positions in application and model layers. The firm frames the shift away from public-market growth toward early private-market access, offering a curated feed of hard-to-access, revenue-scale pre-IPO infrastructure companies. It provides a simple, transparent digital experience covering deal discovery, online execution (KYC and subscription signing), and real-time portfolio tracking, and also facilitates secondary liquidity for shareholders and structured secondary programs for companies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 18, 2026.
Team · 1 people
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What they invest in
from 6 of 16 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×5Deep Tech ×4Hardware ×3Robotics ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1Climate Tech ×1Defense Tech ×1Energy ×1
HQs:United States×5
Investments · 16 tracked
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d-Matrix develops AI compute hardware and platforms optimized for generative AI inference, designed to be faster, more energy-efficient, and more accessible than existing solutions.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductors
Sid Sheth(Founder)in
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investorsPlayground GlobalTemasekAlpha Square GroupAmino CapitalBerkeley FrontierCortado Ventures+10 more
FieldAI builds foundation models and AI systems for robots operating in unstructured field environments.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRoboticsAustin, US
Ali Agha(CEO)inShayegan Omidshafiei(AI and Science Lead)inDavid Fan(Chief Technology Officer)inSebastian Scherer(Director of Fieldable Embodied AI)
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersFikaGraph VenturesIntel CapitalKhosla VenturesPlay Time Ventures+8 more
Gecko Robotics builds robots equipped with sensors and cameras to inspect industrial structures like boilers for structural defects, replacing dangerous manual inspections at height.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsPittsburgh, US
Jake Loosararian(Founder/CEO)Troy Demmer(Founder/COO)
BoardGaetano Crupi(Director)inAndrew Davis(Director)inTrae Stephens(Director)in
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investorsBase Venture Management, Inc.Drive CapitalFifth Down CapitalFormula VCFriends Family CapitalFundersClub+17 more
One of the world's largest and most secure digital asset exchanges
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
AI semiconductor / photonic computing infrastructure
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
An AI-powered answer engine providing accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to questions.
San Francisco, US
Andrew D. Konwinski(Executive Officer, Director)Dzianis Yarats(Director)Aravind Srinivas Lakshminarayanan(Director, Executive Officer)
BoardPeter Sonsini(Director)Pieter Abbeel(Director)in
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investors359 Capital7BC Venture CapitalAccelAdvaita CapitalAIX VenturesArrington Capital+48 more
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Shield AI develops AI pilot systems for military applications including aircraft, drones, ships, satellites, and submarines.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechSan Diego, US
Brandon Tseng(President & Co-Founder)inRyan Tseng(President, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer)inAndrew Reiter(Co-Founder)inKingsley Afemikhe(Executive Officer)Gary Steele(Chief Executive Officer)in
BoardKeith Dunleavy(Director)
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investors645 VenturesAdvaita CapitalAltra VentureAndreessen HorowitzBeyond CapitalBooz Allen Ventures+33 more
Tenstorrent designs and manufactures AI hardware accelerators and develops open-source software tools for deploying and running large language models at scale.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareToronto
Ljubisa Bajic(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ivan Hamer(Director)Milos Trajkovic(Co-Founder; Senior Fellow, Systems Engineering & Software)inJim Keller(Chief Executive Officer)in
BoardGreg Reichow(Director)inMike Shaver(Director)
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investors1/1 CapitalA'Z AngelsAdvaita CapitalClaritas CapitalHakluyt CapitalLG Technology Ventures+7 more
TerraPower develops advanced nuclear reactors and related technologies to generate carbon-free electricity and heat for industrial decarbonization, while also producing radioisotopes for medical cancer treatments.
Climate TechDeep TechEnergyWyoming, US
Bill Gates
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investorsCongruent VenturesNVenturesNVentures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPerplexity · cryptonews.com · Aug 20, 2026
Shield AI · intelligence360.news · Jul 17, 2026
TerraPower · thefusionreport.substack.com · Jul 16, 2026
Tenstorrent · chipstrat.com · Jul 15, 2026
Field AI · newmarketpitch.com · Jul 13, 2026
Gecko Robotics · tsginvest.com · Apr 23, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc. made?
- Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc. has 16 tracked investments.
- What stage does Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc. invest at?
- Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc. invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc. focus on?
- Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc. focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Energy, Fintech, Robotics, Semiconductors, Space Tech.
- Where is Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc. located?
- Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc. is headquartered in Toronto, CA.
- Who does Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc. co-invest with?
- Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc. most often shares deals with Advaita Capital, Cortado Ventures, Khosla Ventures, among 121 tracked co-investors.
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