NFX
San Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series B · 9 people tracked
Investment thesis
NFX invests in visionary founders who see the world differently and possess the drive to execute transformative ideas. The firm focuses on identifying and backing exceptional entrepreneurs early, providing rapid funding, operational support, and assistance with subsequent fundraising rounds. Drawing from founders' own track record of building companies with over $10 billion in exits, NFX emphasizes finding rare founders capable of creating both significant value and lasting change in their industries.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 20, 2026.
Team · 9 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 25 of 36 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×12Enterprise Software ×8SaaS ×8Biotech ×6Healthtech ×5Deep Tech ×4Developer Tools ×3Marketplaces ×3
HQs:United States×13Spain×1United Kingdom×1Mexico×1New Zealand×1Poland×1
Investments · 36 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathConstrafor provides a SaaS and fintech platform for general contractors and subcontractors to manage back-office operations, procurement, invoicing, and payments, with integrated AI-powered job costing and receivables financing capabilities. The company serves the construction industry in the United States.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US
Anwar Ghauche(Founder & CEO)
Firefly operates a network of digital advertising screens on vehicles including car top displays and branded wraps on taxis and rideshare vehicles, delivering geo-targeted and contextually relevant messages to urban audiences across 60,000+ screens in the U.S. and 7 countries globally.
AdTechMarketing TechMarketplacesMobility & Transportation<UNKNOWN>, US
Incredible Health provides personalized career coaching to nurses seeking new employment, offering one-on-one support from experienced nurses and career experts for job search, interview preparation, resume review, and offer negotiation.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesHealthtechHR TechMarketplacesUnknown, US
Iman Abuzeid(Co-founder and CEO)Rome Portlock
Komodor is an autonomous AI SRE platform that provides visualization, troubleshooting, and optimization for Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure. It serves enterprises managing containerized applications at scale with AI-driven issue detection, remediation, and cost reduction capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
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Walnut provides interactive, personalized product demo software for SaaS sales teams, enabling prospects to experience products across websites, email, and live presentations rather than generic, buggy demos.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Yoav Vilner(CEO)
AMT is an operating system for creator marketing that automates campaign management, creator outreach, and partnership tracking for brands. The platform enables companies of any size to run creator marketing programs without scaling headcount.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechSaaS
Christian Johnston(Co-Founder & CEO)inSasha Iatsenia(Founding Designer)inRad Aswani(Founding Marketer)inTisha Gada(Founding Account Executive)in
Azra is a video game developer that creates role-playing games for mobile platforms, leveraging proprietary AI technology to accelerate development and bring titles to market faster.
GamingSacramento, US
Mark Otero(CEO)
TradeBuddy is a technology platform for the scrap metal trading and recycling industry, serving metal processors, traders, and exporters. The company builds solutions to address operational challenges in metal recycling and circular economy operations.
B2B MarketplacesCircular EconomyLogistics & Supply ChainNew Zealand, NZ
StuLisa
Centivax appears to be a biotech company focused on vaccine development, with expertise in virology, bioengineering, and clinical research based on the specialized scientific and medical personnel listed.
BiotechHealthtech
Enso is an AI-first data preparation and blending platform that enables data teams to ingest, clean, transform, and analyze structured and unstructured data across multiple sources including databases, files, and APIs. The platform supports both visual and code-based workflows and runs on cloud and desktop environments.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSKraków, PL
Sylwia Brodacka(Founder)in
An online marketplace that connects participants to mass participation sports events and experiences.
ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & HospitalityLondon, GB
Maisa is an automation platform that combines AI reasoning with deterministic logic to create accountable, auditable AI agents for enterprise business processes. The system enables enterprises and data teams to build intelligent automation with transparent decision-making by processing information through a Knowledge Processing Unit that shows its work, rather than operating as a black box.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS<UNKNOWN>, ES
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Mammoth Bio develops technology to read and write the code of life, operating in the biotechnology sector.
BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesBrisbane, US
Jennifer Doudna(Founder)Trevor Martin(Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer)Janice Chen(Co-founder, Chief Scientific Officer & President, Research)Lucas Harrington(Co-founder)
Mana.bio is a biotech company that uses machine learning and high-throughput screening to design lipid nanoparticles for targeted delivery of nucleic acid therapeutics and vaccines. The company aims to unlock RNA-based treatments for genetic diseases with unmet medical needs.
AI & Machine LearningBiotech
Notebook Labs provides zero-knowledge identity verification for Web3, allowing users to prove personhood and aggregate credentials across wallets while maintaining anonymity. The service helps DeFi protocols, DAOs, and communities prevent fraud through Sybil resistance and enable lending protocols to assess creditworthiness.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Nathaniel Masfen-Yan(Founder)inSolal Afota(Founder)inDhruv Mangtani(Founder)in
Platform accelerating drug discovery for untreatable diseases.
Pumpkinseed develops deSIPHR, a nanophotonic chip platform that reads protein identity and state at single-molecule resolution using Raman spectroscopy, generating high-fidelity proteomic data for biopharma research, biosecurity applications, and bio-AI model training.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Radicle is a peer-to-peer code collaboration platform built on Git that enables decentralized code hosting without a central authority. It serves software developers who want censorship-resistant repository management with full control over their data.
Crypto & Web3Developer Tools
ResistanceBio develops treatments to address drug resistance in cancer patients.
BiotechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Talus develops a proprietary platform that measures and modulates the regulome—the body's gene expression control system—in native cellular contexts. The company designs AI-driven compounds and uses functional proteomics to enable drug discovery for transcription factors and regulatory proteins implicated in oncology, rare disease, and immune dysfunction.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechSeattle, US
Alex Federation(Founder)inLindsay Pino(Founder)inChristopher JoyceMichelle Briscoe
TermScout provides contract intelligence software that analyzes agreements, benchmarks commercial terms against market data, and generates risk signals to help legal, sales, and procurement teams execute deals faster. The company offers two products: Certify for internal contract analysis and benchmarking, and TrustMark for external certification signaling contract fairness.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSDenver, US
Uptime Health provides operational tools and preventive maintenance plans to healthcare practices to reduce downtime and ensure regulatory compliance.
Enterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSBoston, US
Warmly is an AI-powered sales prospecting and outreach platform that helps companies identify and engage with qualified leads, reducing the need for traditional Sales Development Representative services.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSales TechSan Francisco, US
Max Greenwald(Founder)inCarina Boo(Founder)inAlan Zhao(Founder)in
Zubale develops e-commerce technology solutions and tools for retailers in Latin America, helping them increase sales and improve customer experience on their digital channels. The company operates across Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Peru, serving retailers and brands in the region.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaSMexico City, MX
Allison Campbell(Founder)Sebastian Monroy(Founder)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does NFX invest at?
- NFX invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does NFX focus on?
- NFX focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is NFX located?
- NFX is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
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