PHX Ventures
Venture capitalTempe · Seed–Series A · 7 people tracked
Also known as PHX MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
Investment thesis
PHX Ventures backs ambitious founders building transformational, enduring software companies. It leads priced rounds of $1M-$5M in high-growth, early-stage software startups. Alongside direct investments, the firm invests as a limited partner in top-tier software growth equity funds, giving its portfolio founders access to a broad investor network and insights into the wider software market.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 7 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 26 of 34 portfolio companiesSaaS ×17AI & Machine Learning ×13EdTech ×8Enterprise Software ×7Fintech ×5Digital Health ×4Healthtech ×3Future of Work ×2
HQs:United States×18
Who they back
founder profiles across 16 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×83 founders×1
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 34 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 12024 · 22021 · 32014 · 110 dated
Rivia Health develops AI-powered patient payment automation software for specialty healthcare practices.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechPhoenix, US
Rachel Mertensmeyer(Executive Officer, Director)inBrenda Schmidt(Director)
Board seatGregg Scoresby· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsDipalo VenturesEdge Case Capital PartnersMotley Fool VenturesXcellerant VenturesAiSprouts VCGolden Seeds
Co-investorsHigh Alpha
Basata provides an AI tool that automates administrative tasks for healthcare practices, integrating with existing EHR systems and clinical toolsets.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechTempe, US
Kaled Alhanafi(Founder)
Co-investorsCopper Sky Capital
An AI-native venture capital firm that uses machine learning and its own AI tools to identify and support AI companies.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Lan Xuezhao(Founder)in
Co-investorsFoundryBasis Set VenturesCowboy VenturesPeak XV PartnersPivotal VenturesSequoia Capital+1 more
Bearing provides software that digitizes corporate physical security operations on the ServiceNow platform, built by physical security leaders for security teams managing enterprise risk and vulnerability.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareBridgeport, US
Michael A Conduff(Executive Officer)Philip E. Riley(Executive Officer)Michael P Madden(Executive Officer)James C Hunt(Executive Officer)Catherine L Spain(Executive Officer)Brad H Carmichael(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCopper Sky CapitalHigh AlphaAZ-VCLightbank
InsurTechSaaSSales TechMesa, US
Jordan Hatch(Executive Officer, Director)inMcBilley Sy(Executive Officer, Director)Nicholas Ayers(Executive Officer, Director)William Shaw(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsArizona Founders FundManchesterStory Group, LLCTeamworthy Ventures
Botco.ai builds generative AI agents using a Retrieval-Augmented Generation framework to automate tasks such as adverse event reporting, patient referrals, clinical support, and CRM workflows.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Kyle Vogt(Executive Officer, Director)Rebecca Clyde(Founder)inChris Maeda(Founder)in
BoardNabeel Hyatt(Director)Daniel Gross(Director)
Co-investorsSterling RoadVamosVenturesSpark Capital
Cableteque provides quoting software built specifically for wire harness and cable assembly manufacturers, using AI to extract BOMs from customer drawings, source materials via ERP and distributor integrations, and estimate labor to produce quotes faster.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS
Arik Vrobel
Co-investorsTribes Ventures
CARRIER1 offers a closed-loop freight brokerage platform that unifies tender, capacity, verification, execution, documents, and settlement into a single system, replacing the disconnected tools (TMS, email, portals, phone, documents, payments) that brokers typically use.
AI & Machine LearningFintechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSPhoenix, US
Taylor Mitchell(Executive Officer)Travis Rhyan(Executive Officer, Director)Dalton Tielens(Director)Kevin Nolan(Director)Frederick(Software/Engineering Lead)
CircleIn is a student success platform that gives students unlimited 1:1 AI tutoring and connects them with classmates for peer help, knowledge sharing, study rooms, and collaborative study packs.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsAmerican Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact
Coursedog provides an academic operations platform for higher education institutions to improve course scheduling, degree pathway planning, and administrative efficiency.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Nicholas Diao(Founder & CTO)inJustin Wenig(Founder)in
BoardDavid Schneider(Director)
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementJMI EquityY Combinator
EdSights develops a chatbot that helps higher education students navigate college life by providing timely support and collecting student feedback to inform institutional decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEdTechSaaSNew York City, US
Claudia Recchi(Co-founder)Carolina Recchi(Co-founder)
BoardSid Krommenhoek(Director)in
Co-investorsEverywhere VenturesGood FriendsJMI EquityLakehouse Venture PartnersTechstarsAlbum VC+1 more
Ellucian provides an AI-native cloud platform for higher education institutions, covering the student lifecycle alongside human capital management and finance.
Cloud ComputingEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsJMI EquityLeonard GreenLumos Capital GroupTeamworthy Ventures
Equipifi provides flexible payment infrastructure that enables banks and credit unions to offer real-time purchasing power to their customers under their own brand.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSScottsdale, US
Bryce Deeney(Founder)Bill Simmons, MBA(Founder)inColleen Shannon(Executive Officer)
BoardGregg Scoresby(Director)inMary Keegan(Director)Jeff Liesendahl(Director)
Co-investorsBaleon CapitalCurql Collective, LLCLeft Lane CapitalNew Stack VenturesNext Level VenturesSixThirty Ventures
eVisit provides a virtual care platform that helps commercial and public healthcare delivery systems coordinate and deliver care for care teams, patients, service members, veterans, and their families.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSMesa, US
BRET A. LARSEN(CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & MANAGER)GLEN JOSEPH MCCRACKEN(MANAGER)
Co-investorsArizona Founders FundKickstart
Denver, US
NATHANAEL NASRALLA(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)PATRICK RILEY(Director)
Co-investorsCapital Innovators
Co-investorsSterling Road
Intellispark provides a platform for K-12 schools that helps educators, administrators, clinicians, and families track and coordinate student support around academic performance, behavior, and mental health.
EdTechMental HealthSaaSMclean, US
Stephen Smith(Executive Officer, Director)inShaun Fanning(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDeborah Quazzo(Director)in
Co-investorsCapital Midwest FundGSV VenturesK Street Capital
Legix provides an AI memory and bookkeeping-automation tool for Client Accounting Services (CAS) firms, retaining firm-specific knowledge about each client and automating tasks like transaction categorization, revenue/vendor analysis, and margin benchmarking.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsIncisive Ventures
Nurture Boss offers AI-driven software for the multifamily housing industry, helping property management and onsite leasing teams drive tours, applications, leases, and renewals.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsAZ-VCCopper Sky CapitalIn Revenue Capital
Doylestown, US
Aeneas Rekkas(Executive Officer, Director)inThomas Curran(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGeorge Mathew(Director)inColin Hanna(Director)in
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalIn-Q-TelInsight Partners
Podium Education runs The Global Career Accelerator and The Career Discovery Experience, for-credit online programs that give college students job skills and hands-on project experience with brand partners.
EdTechFuture of Work
Co-investorsLumos Capital GroupAlbum VC
Prenda provides a learning model and operational support for adults to start and run microschools serving K-8 students.
EdTechMesa, US
Kelly Smith(Founder)in
BoardRob Hutter(Director)inCahlan Sharp(Director)
Co-investorsMVP VenturesStand Together Ventures LabY CombinatorAlbum VCLearn CapitalPeak State Ventures+1 more
RTA Fleet provides a fleet management information system (FMIS), Fleet360, along with consulting and training services for public sector and enterprise fleets.
Logistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaS
Josh Turleyin
Co-investorsRecurring Capital PartnersSusquehanna Growth Equity
SAIL is a platform that connects to users' rewards accounts and bank statements to automatically identify HSA/FSA-eligible medical expenses and help them reimburse themselves.
ConsumerDigital HealthFintech
Co-investorsAZ Venture Capital Inc.
Schola provides live outreach tools to help schools recruit, enroll, and retain families.
EdTech
Benjamin Welbournin
Co-investorsAZ Venture Capital Inc.KickstartOne Planet GroupPortfoliaChannel Equity PartnersStout Street Capital
Shop with Friends is a Shopify app that lets online shoppers share product polls with friends who vote directly on the store, aiming to raise conversion rates, average order value, and organic traffic.
E-commerceMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsAZ Venture Capital Inc.
Soraban provides AI-powered software to automate tax preparation workflows for accounting firms, eliminating manual document chasing and administrative bottlenecks during tax season.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSTempe, US
Co-investorsCopper Sky CapitalImmeasurableY CombinatorAltos Ventures
Co-investorsOregon Venture Fund
Virtuous is a fundraising platform for nonprofits that combines a donor CRM, fundraising automation, email and marketing tools, donation forms, and AI-driven prospect research and outreach.
AI & Machine LearningImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Co-investorsFulcrum Equity PartnersSusquehanna Growth Equity
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioBetter Agencyacq. by GloveBox
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Prenda · educationnext.org · Jul 16, 2026
Bearing · stocktitan.net · Jul 14, 2026
equipifi · fintechfutures.com · May 15, 2026
Basis Set · finance.yahoo.com · May 8, 2026
Botco · botco.ai · Nov 11, 2025
Soraban · finance.yahoo.com · Aug 14, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has PHX Ventures made?
- PHX Ventures has 33 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does PHX Ventures invest at?
- PHX Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is PHX Ventures's typical check size?
- PHX Ventures typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
- What sectors does PHX Ventures focus on?
- PHX Ventures focuses on EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- Where is PHX Ventures located?
- PHX Ventures is headquartered in Tempe, US.
- Does PHX Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, PHX Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does PHX Ventures co-invest with?
- PHX Ventures most often shares deals with Copper Sky Capital, AZ Venture Capital Inc., JMI Equity, among 47 tracked co-investors.
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