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Venture capitalToronto · Seed–Late Stage · 2 people tracked
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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 Sep 29, 2026.
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What they invest in
from 10 of 16 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×8Deep Tech ×4Cloud Computing ×3Hardware ×3Enterprise Software ×2Robotics ×2Semiconductors ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1
HQs:United States×10
Who they back
founder profiles across 12 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×33 founders×14+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 24 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley ×5University of Toronto ×4Harvard University ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3Carnegie Mellon University ×2New York University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 20 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×13Engineering ×11Business & Management ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 26 founders with career history
NVIDIA ×3Stanford University ×3AMD ×2DeepMind ×2Facebook ×2Google ×2
13 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 24 with degree data)
Investments · 16 tracked
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Securitize provides tokenization solutions for real-world assets, serving asset managers, Web3 firms, DAOs, advisors, and investors.
Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US
Carlos Domingo(Founder & CEO)in
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investors4Founders CapitalBlockchain CapitalBlockchain CoinvestorsBorderless VentureBridgeTower CapitalCircle Ventures+18 more
Revolutionizing space technology to make life multi-planetary
Hawthorne, US
Elon Musk(Founder, CEO & Chief Engineer)inBret Johnsen(Executive Officer)inGwynne Shotwell(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAntonio Gracias(Director)inSteve Jurvetson(Director)inDonald Harrison(Director)
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures2080 Ventures3Spoke Capital4DX Ventures7BC Venture Capital+165 more
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
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investorsPlayground GlobalTemasekAlpha Square GroupAmino CapitalBerkeley FrontierCortado Ventures+10 more
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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
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesAglae VenturesAlkeon InnovationAltra VentureAmplify Partners+79 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)in
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersEmbark VenturesFikaGraph VenturesIntel CapitalKhosla Ventures+9 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(Cofounder & CEO)inTroy Demmer(Cofounder)in
BoardGaetano Crupi(Director)inAndrew Davis(Director)inTrae Stephens(Director)in
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investorsAlpha PartnersBase Venture Management, Inc.Cubit CapitalDrive CapitalFifth Down CapitalFormula VC+37 more
Groq designs and manufactures the LPU (Language Processing Unit), a chip purpose-built for AI inference, and operates GroqCloud, a platform for running inference workloads with low latency and cost efficiency across global data centers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingSemiconductorsPalo Alto, US
Jonathan Ross(CEO)inDouglas Wightman(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardChamath Palihapitiya(Director)in
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investorsAccess Ventures (New York)Acequia Capital (AceCap)Alumni VenturesAxiom PartnersB CapitalBasecamp Fund+45 more
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) with emphasis on safety and beneficial outcomes for humanity.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Sam Altman(Co-founder & CEO)Elon Musk(Co-founder & former Co-chair / board member)inGreg Brockman(Co-founder & President)inIlya Sutskever(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)inWojciech Zaremba(Co-founder)inJohn Schulman(Co-founder (departed 2024))
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalA-Rod CorpA.Capital VenturesA'Z AngelsAdvent InternationalAlpha Funds+83 more
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)Aravind Srinivas(Co-founder & CEO)inDenis Yarats(Co-founder & CTO)
BoardPeter Sonsini(Director)
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investors1435 Capital359 Capital7BC Venture CapitalAccelAdvaita CapitalAIX Ventures+53 more
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)inGary Steele(Chief Executive Officer)in
BoardKeith Dunleavy(Director)
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investors645 VenturesAdvaita CapitalAF WPartnersAlpha PartnersAltra VentureAndreessen Horowitz+37 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)inJim Keller(Chief Executive Officer)inIvan Hamer(Director)Milos Trajkovic(Co-Founder; Senior Fellow, Systems Engineering & Software)in
BoardGreg Reichow(Director)inMike Shaver(Director)
PartnerSaurabh Khandelwal· solo GP
Co-investors1/1 CapitalA'Z AngelsAdvaita CapitalAF WPartnersClaritas CapitalHakluyt Capital+8 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 VenturesNVenturesNVenturesNVIDIA
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Crusoe, Inc.KrakenLambda, Inc.Lightmatter, Inc.
Exits · 2
2 IPOsSecuritize, Inc.NYSE: SECZSpaceXNASDAQ: SPCX
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Databricks · techcrunch.com · Aug 13, 2026
Perplexity · perplexity.ai · Aug 6, 2026
OpenAI · openai.com · Jul 21, 2026
Groq Inc · groq.com · Jun 22, 2026
Shield AI · finsmes.com · Apr 2, 2026
Gecko Robotics · geckorobotics.com · Jan 20, 2026
Field AI · techcrunch.com · Aug 20, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc. made?
- Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc. has 16 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited.
- 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, Beyond Capital, Strategxy Ventures LLC, among 171 tracked co-investors.
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