Perceptive Ventures Management Company, Llc
Laguna Beach · 6 people tracked
Investment thesis
The firm focuses on backing AI founders who bring native AI products to market. Perceptive VC partners with entrepreneurs building transformational solutions in agentic AI, leveraging direct founder experience from having shipped AI products themselves. They remain closely involved throughout the investment lifecycle from early stage through exit.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 20, 2026.
Team · 6 people
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Chief Business Officer at Bonsai Robotics focused on autonomy and agricultural robotics. Previously founded Arraiy, a computer vision company, and served as CEO of farm-ng before its 2025 acquisition. He brings expertise in applying AI and computer vision across media, real estate, and agriculture sectors.
An investor with 13 years of experience partnering with founders across pre-seed through IPO stages. Previously a General Partner at ICONIQ Capital for six years, backing companies including Braze, Datadog, and Snowflake, and a Managing Director at Kindred Partners managing 250+ portfolio companies.
A 40-year pioneer in computer vision, AI, and robotics who founded OpenCV (400M downloads in 2025). He previously led the vision team for Stanley, the DARPA Grand Challenge winner, and was involved in multiple successful tech startups. He holds 149 patents and numerous prestigious awards in computer vision and machine learning.
What they invest in
from 22 of 26 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×12Enterprise Software ×9SaaS ×5Data & Infrastructure ×4Consumer ×3Advanced Manufacturing ×2Deep Tech ×2Digital Health ×2
HQs:United States×6Uruguay×1
Investments · 26 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathA1 Mobile offers mobile service bundles including texts, calls, and 5G data alongside AI reception capabilities for businesses. The service provides eSIM, physical SIM, or landline options at a fixed monthly rate.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
AgentPhone provides phone numbers for artificial intelligence agents, enabling them to communicate with people and businesses via voice calls and text messages.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Altalogy is a design and branding agency that captures and communicates the value of early-stage companies through website design, product interfaces, brand identity, and pitch deck design.
Creator Economy
Apollo Atomics develops compact nuclear power systems designed for rapid deployment. The company builds power-dense reactors intended for commercial electricity generation.
Advanced ManufacturingClimate TechDeep TechEnergyBoston, US
Bixby provides AI-powered submittal review software for construction projects, surfacing non-compliant products and citations while keeping humans in control of final decisions. The platform processes hundreds of pages in minutes to streamline construction document review workflows.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction Tech
Dispatch is a data orchestration platform that connects wealth technology software by automating client data collection and synchronization across advisory firm tech stacks. The company serves wealth advisory firms using multiple standalone software tools.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Dolphin is a free mobile app that provides SAT test preparation through practice questions, explanations, and adaptive study plans for high school students.
EdTech
Evalon removes security bottlenecks in AI agent adoption, addressing security concerns for organizations deploying autonomous AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Giant creates personalized, interactive digital stories for children that adapt to their names, voices, and interests. The platform provides safe, ad-free content designed to support learning and social-emotional growth.
ConsumerEdTechMedia & Entertainment
John Kobs(CEO & Founder)
Hyperspell builds a context platform that connects to enterprise data sources (Slack, email, documents, CRMs, ticketing systems) and synthesizes them into a unified, permission-aware knowledge graph accessible to AI agents. The platform enables organizations to provide agents with governed access to company-wide information while maintaining data freshness and security.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Conor Brennan-Burke(Founder)inManu Ebert(Founder)inConorManu
InstaLILY builds Lily, an AI engineer designed to automate work in manufacturing, logistics, and maintenance-intensive industries. The platform learns business operations and integrates with existing enterprise systems to handle tasks in the physical and regulated economy.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
KronosAI provides AI-powered multiphysics simulation software for engineers, combining frontier AI models with best-in-class numerical solvers to enable autonomous, high-fidelity simulations through natural language interfaces. The platform serves engineering teams across photonics design, geophysical exploration, and other physics-intensive domains.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Yujie Huang(Co-Founder, CEO)Eric Ma(Co-Founder, CSO)James O'Brien(Co-Founder)
Bipedal home and healthcare humanoid robot combining bio-inspired hardware with advanced AI
Korl is an AI agent that generates personalized business presentations for customer interactions like roadmap reviews, quarterly business reviews, and contract renewals by integrating data from tools like Salesforce, Jira, and Google Docs. The platform automatically applies a company's branding and visual styles to AI-generated slides tailored to each customer's specific goals and product usage patterns.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Neon is a mobile app platform that lets users monetize their phone call data by sharing it with AI companies for model training, while maintaining control over their personal information.
AI & Machine LearningConsumer
Alex Kiam(Founder)
Novig is a sports prediction and trading platform designed for traders that prioritizes transparent odds and user experience without excluding profitable users. The platform operates as an alternative to traditional sportsbooks by centering fairness and transparency in the sports betting industry.
MarketplacesSports Tech
Plow is building tools designed to return attention and time to users by countering addictive design patterns in technology. The company aims to create products that give people leverage and freedom rather than extracting their attention and engagement.
ConsumerFuture of Work
Scowtt provides AI/ML-powered marketing optimization and autonomous sales experiences that integrate CRM, web signals, and product interaction data to convert leads into customers. The platform serves businesses looking to improve conversion rates and sales efficiency.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Sidecar provides an AI system that automates repetitive manual workflows in logistics operations, including quote requests, job file creation, data entry, and financial reconciliation. The platform integrates with existing tools and systems used by freight forwarders, supply chain companies, and logistics providers.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
State Affairs is an AI-powered intelligence platform that analyzes legislative hearings, bills, and regulations to deliver real-time policy intelligence to organizations. It combines reporting from journalists embedded in statehouses with AI analysis to help stakeholders track and understand state-level policy development.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareGovTech<UNKNOWN>, US
Village is a platform that connects families, pediatric care providers, and care coordinators in a secure hub to streamline care coordination for children with developmental delays, special needs, rare conditions, and chronic illnesses. The platform helps families access vetted therapists (OT, PT, SLP, BCBAs), understand insurance coverage, and coordinate care in one place.
Digital HealthHealthtechMarketing TechLos Angeles, US
Brandon Terry(Co-founder & CEO)
Zapia is an AI assistant for Latin America that responds to audio and text queries on general topics, products and services, and transcribes audio. The company develops generative AI products designed for emerging markets.
AI & Machine Learning
Nicolás Loeff(Co-Founder & CTO)Juan Pablo Pereira(Co-Founder & CEO)Martín Alcalá Rubí(Co-Founder & former CEO)MSc. Juan Olloniego(Co-Founder & Head of Engineering)
Zealthy offers remote video consultations with medical providers, prescription delivery, and care team messaging for patients seeking to address specific health concerns or improve their overall wellness through a comprehensive, holistic approach.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Frequently asked questions
- What sectors does Perceptive Ventures Management Company, Llc focus on?
- Perceptive Ventures Management Company, Llc focuses on AI & Machine Learning.
- Where is Perceptive Ventures Management Company, Llc located?
- Perceptive Ventures Management Company, Llc is headquartered in Laguna Beach, US.
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