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Preface Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingNew York · Pre-Seed–Seed · 10 people tracked
Also known as HUMBLE VENTURES LLC · Preface
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Preface Ventures invests at the earliest stages, writing meaningful pre-seed and seed checks of $750K to $2M. The firm targets what it calls the 'Frontier Enterprise' — technology that improves how work gets done — and prefers to partner with founders very early, often before a company bank account exists and frequently as the first check into a round. It emphasizes building long-term trust and supporting founders through the ups and downs of company creation.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 10 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 41 of 52 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×26Enterprise Software ×18SaaS ×18Cybersecurity ×13Healthtech ×10Developer Tools ×8Fintech ×6Cloud Computing ×5
HQs:United States×23Canada×2Mexico×2Argentina×1Brazil×1Germany×1
Investments · 52 tracked
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IP Copilot is an AI platform that discovers inventions across a team's tools and documents, guides inventors through disclosure, runs prior art searches, and manages patent portfolios with market and infringement monitoring.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSColumbia, US
Austin Walters(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJason Harrier(Director)
Board seatFarooq Abbasi· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsNextGen Venture PartnersSalesforce Ventures
AKASA provides generative AI solutions for healthcare revenue cycle management, helping health systems automate administrative workflows and reduce costs.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech
Malinka Walaliyadde(Founder)inBen Beadle-Ryby(Chief Revenue Officer, Co-founder, and Board Member)inAndy Atwal(Founder)inVarun Ganapathi, Ph.D.(Co-founder and Advisor)Andrew Atwal(Founder)Benjamin Beadle-Ryby(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBond Capital ManagementCoatue ManagementFOG VenturesFounders Circle CapitalOlive Capital+3 more
Ambient.ai develops an AI-powered platform using computer vision to automate physical security monitoring and threat detection for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Shikhar Shrestha(Founder)inVikesh Khanna(Founder)in
Co-investors515 VenturesAllegion VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCerity Partners VenturesLobby CapitalMonta Vista Capital+11 more
Areti Health provides an AI coordinator for clinical trial enrollment that handles patient outreach, eligibility screening, scheduling, and follow-up across multiple channels and languages.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesHillsborough, US
Ilya Gluhovsky(Executive Officer, Director)Paul Neyman(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRob Leclerc(Director)in
Co-investorsAgFunderAlmaz Capital
Arvo uses AI to audit medical bills, analyzing 100% of claims by cross-referencing data, business rules, and exceptions to detect atypical patterns and fraud risk.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechInsurTechSão Paulo, BR
Fabricio Valadão(Founder)
Co-investorsKaszek VenturesLatitud VenturesK50 Ventures
AUTO1 Group operates a B2B and B2C platform for buying and selling used cars in Europe.
B2B MarketplacesE-commerceFintechMarketplacesMobility & TransportationBerlin, DE
Christian Bertermann(Founder)inHakan Koç(Co-Founder)inHakan Koc(Founder)
Co-investorsDN CapitalG SquaredMutschler VenturesSoftBank Vision FundTarget GlobalVentura Capital+3 more
Barndoor provides a control plane for agentic AI that enables enterprises to manage how AI is used, shared, and scaled across their organization while maintaining security and governance.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Oren Michels(Founder)
Co-investors8-Bit CapitalCrosslink CapitalMoment Ventures, LlcRaineBlumberg CapitalFirst Round Capital+4 more
Benji produces plant-based sausages made from wheat protein as a meat alternative for consumers seeking lower cholesterol and fat content.
Circular EconomyConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech
Co-investorsUnovis Asset ManagementATINCGreat North VenturesHyde Park Venture PartnersM25
Candor Health builds an AI-native provider data intelligence platform for payers, digital health companies, and provider groups, supporting care navigation, referral management, network strategy, and regulatory compliance.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechNew York, US
Sury Agarwal(CEO)inBikram Vikash(Founder)inLucky(CTO)inAniq Rahman(Director)Suryansh Agarwal(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAtento CapitalMute VenturesPathlight VenturesTorch Capital
Certn provides background screening and identity verification software for HR and talent acquisition teams, offering criminal record checks, credit and civil litigation checks, professional register verifications, and reference checks across multiple countries.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityGovTechHR TechSaaS
Andrew McLeod(Founder)inOwen Madrick(Founder)in
Co-investorsInovia CapitalAngel Collective Opportunity FundB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBDC Growth Venture FundCyber Mentor Fund+13 more
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Clario identifies and removes redundant, obsolete, and trivial unstructured data across enterprise content systems so organizations reduce storage, lower risk, and create cleaner data foundations for AI.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsGolden Sparrow Ventures, LlcMoment Ventures, LlcRain CapitalAV8 VenturesFoster VenturesPage One Ventures+2 more
Compscience develops AI and computer-vision systems for workers' compensation insurance, designed to promote workplace safety and reward companies that prioritize injury prevention.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS
Josh Butler(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundHustle FundIA Seed VenturesPathbreaker VenturesScrum Ventures+3 more
CyDeploy provides a platform that uses automated asset discovery, digital twins, and AI-driven testing to help organizations understand the impact of technology changes like patches and digital transformations on their environment.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLaurel, US
Tina Williams-Koroma(Founder & CEO)David Steadman(Technical Co-Founder/President of Engineering)
Co-investorsBIP VenturesMaryland TEDCOTechstarsTEDCOPanoramic Ventures
Dassana provides AI-native managed detection and response (MDR) services that combine threat intelligence, AI-powered operations, and expert oversight to help organizations detect, investigate, contain, and respond to security threats.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsDell Technologies Capital
A cybersecurity company focused on improving user experience and product quality, positioning itself against vendors that prioritize marketing over practical solutions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMountain View, US
Kunal Agarwal(Founder)in
BoardEd Sim(Director)inSteve Schoenfeld(Director)
Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)boldstart ventures
Endor Labs provides application security tooling to identify, prioritize, and fix vulnerabilities in software development, with particular focus on securing AI-generated code and open-source dependencies.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Varun Badhwar(Founder)inDimitri Stiliadis(Founder)inGeorgious Gousious(Founder)Ron Harnik(Founder)Sriram Subramanian(Founder)
Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersDell Technologies CapitalCoatue ManagementS32Salesforce VenturesSection 32+7 more
Feroot discovers and monitors third-party scripts, tags, and trackers on websites to detect malicious or unwanted code and block threats.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSToronto, CA
Ivan Tsarynny(Founder)inVitaliy Lim(Founder)in
Co-investorsNEXT AIStoneMill VenturesTrue VenturesY CombinatorAndros15 VenturesHaystack+2 more
HOAi builds AI-powered software that automates homeowners association management tasks including answering calls, processing invoices, and resolving requests for property management companies.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Haoyu Zha(Founder)inZhixuan Lai(Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorDST GlobalEmles AdvisorsSequoia CapitalWayfinder Ventures
HumanLayer is an AI coding IDE and collaboration platform that lets engineering teams run and orchestrate multiple AI agent sessions, manage tasks and artifacts, and review design docs across the software development lifecycle.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Kyle Mistele(Founder)in
Co-investorsHawk Hill VenturesPioneer
HumanLayer is an AI IDE and collaboration platform that enables software engineers to accelerate development across the entire software development lifecycle using AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Dexter Horthy(Founder)inKyle Mistele(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator0 ADBatch VenturesMassive Tech VenturesOurCrowdPioneer
Knock is an AI-native customer engagement platform that lets teams build and send product, marketing, and transactional messaging across email, SMS, push, chat, and in-app channels from one place.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechSaaSSeattle, US
Thomas Petry(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Demetri Themelis(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsAfore CapitalCraft VenturesExpaMadrona Venture GroupSunflower Capital Management FundWhoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures+10 more
Leen builds developer tools for security teams to improve their workflow and capabilities.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Kabir Mathur(Founder)inAkash Bhat(Founder)Neel Arora(Founder)
Co-investorsInner Loop Capital11.2 CapitalA*
Lively provides AI-powered customer service and support for the benefits administration industry, combining intelligent technology with human representatives to resolve employee and customer inquiries.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Cyriac(Founder)inShobin Uralil(Founder)in
Co-investors515 VenturesAlly VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalCostanoa VenturesFifty Years+21 more
Memo provides article readership data sourced directly from publications, letting communications and PR teams see how many people actually read their press coverage and which stories, outlets, and reporters drive traffic.
Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSNew York City, US
Eddie Kim(Founder & CEO)Karlie Santucci(Chief Customer Officer)inBrad Kagawa(CTO)in
Co-investorsFounder CollectiveMHS CapitalSusa VenturesAbstract VenturesLauder PartnersLightShed Ventures
Provides membership health plans in Mexico that include in-app access to nutritionists, psychologists, and general practitioners, 24/7 emergency telemedicine, ground ambulance service, discounted specialist consultations, and coverage for accidental death and funeral expenses.
Digital HealthHealthtechInsurTech
Jean-Louis Brunet Torres(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmador HoldingsDOMO.VCTantaucoAmadorG2 Momentum CapitalLatin Leap
Nilus is a social-impact initiative that connects suppliers, local shops, and community organizations to distribute essential branded products at lower prices in low-income neighborhoods of Argentina.
B2B MarketplacesFoodTechImpact & Social GoodLogistics & Supply Chain
Danielle Shaul(Founder)in
Co-investorsCapria VenturesHead & Heart CapitalMyelin VCTrellis Road I Fund ABBessemer Venture PartnersBetter Tomorrow Ventures+4 more
The page is an Indonesian-language football live-streaming site ("Jalalive") offering match streams, schedules, scores, statistics, standings, and news for competitions such as the Premier League, La Liga, Champions League, and World Cup 2026.
Co-investorsBDev VenturesColle Capital PartnersW11 CapitalHyperplane Venture CapitalSuperAngel
Oort provided identity security and threat detection, now part of Cisco as Cisco Identity Intelligence, offering visibility into an organization's identity population and helping move toward passwordless authentication.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSHarvard, US
Matthew Caulfield(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors.406 Ventures645 VenturesArgon VenturesCisco InvestmentsDreamit VenturesEnergy Impact Partners+2 more
Opnova provides AI agents that learn from video demonstrations of IT operator workflows and autonomously execute identity governance tasks across enterprise applications without requiring connectors or APIs.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Sinan Eren(Co-Founder & CEO)inJosé Luís Pereira(Co-Founder, CTO & President)inPedro Saleiro(Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer)inTiago Melo(Co-Founder & Chief Architect)in
Co-investorsFaberIncubate USScaleX Ventures
Charu Sharma(Founder)inAndres Lawson(Founder)Jorge Lopez(Founder)
Co-investorsAfore CapitalFJ LabsHead & Heart CapitalNorte Ventures
Custom Health operates a connected infrastructure combining pharmacy services, in-home monitoring technology, and pharmacist-led clinical care to support medication management at home.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsAtento CapitalCortado VenturesPlains Ventures
QPoint provides an endpoint security tool (Qcontrol) that installs as a single binary to discover AI agents running on a machine and capture their file access, tool calls, network requests, and process execution in real time.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsWindermere, US
Tyler Flint(Founder)inMark Parson(Co-founder)inAndrew Valencia(Founder)inJon(Head of Engineering)Kevin Romani(Founder)Marc Berry(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBloomberg BetaMango CapitalScribble Ventures
Software platform to improve drug discovery
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechNew York, US
David William Rooklin(Executive Officer, Director)Haotian Li(Director)
Co-investorsCollaborative FundHAWKTAILNotation CapitalAcequia Capital (AceCap)Refactor CapitalThird Kind Venture Capital+1 more
Remitly is an international money transfer service that enables customers to send money across borders to multiple countries.
FintechSeattle, US
Joshua Hug(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matt Oppenheimer(Founder)inHilton Hewitt(Executive Officer)Andrew Larson(Executive Officer)Josh Hug(Founder)Matthew Oppenheimer(Founder)
Co-investorsDN CapitalG2C Venture PartnersPrime VenturesPrinceville CapitalQED InvestorsScalare Partners+11 more
Semantic Health built an AI/NLP-powered platform that automated hospital medical coding, auditing, and clinical documentation improvement for insurance billing.
Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Wayfinder VenturesPanache Ventures
Los Angeles-based e-commerce and community platform for Latinx-founded beauty, fashion, home and lifestyle brands.
Los Angeles, US
Brittany Chavez(Founder)in
Co-investorsBackstage CapitalDebut CapitalTechstarsHispanics in PhilanthropyPrecursor Ventures
Solvemed develops a smartphone-based FDA-cleared medical device for pupil size and reactivity testing in neurological exams, eliminating the need for separate hardware.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical Devices
Michal Wlodarski, PhD(Founder)inHugo Chrost(Founder)in
Co-investorsAPEX VenturesCambridge Angels groupFf Venture CapitalRheingau FoundersSunfish PartnersTechniVentures+1 more
Strata provides identity orchestration software that secures human and agent identities across multiple cloud environments and identity providers without vendor lock-in or application refactoring.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNiwot, US
Eric Olden(Founder)inCarl Eric Leach(Founder)Christopher Marie(Founder)Eric Leach(Founder)Topher Marie(Founder)
BoardRohit Gupta(Director)
Co-investorsTitanium VenturesA'Z AngelsForgePoint CapitalInnovating CapitalMenlo VenturesNew York Life Ventures+2 more
Ten8 builds AI agents that handle carrier sales and track-and-trace for freight logistics providers, automating carrier calls, rate negotiation, carrier verification, load board posting, and follow-ups across voice, email, and TMS integrations.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Ivan Tsybaev(Founder)
Co-investorsTrueSight Ventures
Rocket Money (formerly Truebill) is a personal finance application that helps users manage subscriptions, set budgets, and track savings goals.
ConsumerFintechSilver Spring, US
Yahya Mokhtarzada(Founder)inHaroon Mokhtarzada(Founder)inIdris Mokhtarzada(Founder)in
BoardCesar Lee(Director)
Co-investorsY CombinatorAccelBessemer Venture PartnersCota CapitalDVCEvolution VC Partners+19 more
Twosense uses passive biometrics and machine learning for continuous user authentication in enterprise environments, eliminating the need for passwords and physical tokens.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechBrooklyn, US
Dawud Gordon(CEO)inJohn Tanios(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardChristopher Wake(Director)
Co-investorsBoro CapitalEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)Glasswing VenturesOpen Field CapitalRemarkable VenturesAtypical Ventures+2 more
Unisson provides AI agents that execute customer tasks directly within product interfaces by maintaining an up-to-date knowledge base of product features and workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Varun Mathur(Founder)inTom Achache(Founder)in
Co-investorsKima VenturesY CombinatorDeVCFELIX CAPITALWefunder
Velocity is an enterprise platform that provides payments and treasury solutions powered by stablecoins, designed for CFOs and global businesses.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Eric Queathem(Founder)Tom Greenwood(Founder)
Co-investorsActivant CapitalDigital Space VenturesImagine VenturesNextBlockQED InvestorsCapital One Ventures+8 more
Benji provides a platform that enables loyalty programs and merchants to offer point redemption across partner networks, allowing members to convert accumulated points into purchases in real-time across multiple channels including ecommerce, mobile apps, and physical stores.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsHyde Park Venture Partnersat.inc/Outside VC
Company whose CEO and cofounder Xu Zou credited Wisemont as an early investor providing funding and business support.
Mountain View, US
Xu Zou(Executive Officer, Director)Mei Wang(Director)Robert Thomas(Director)Richard Lim(Director)Raman Khanna(Director)in
Co-investorsInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcSocial StartsTSVCWisemont CapitalDell Technologies CapitalTriventures
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Preface Ventures made?
- Preface Ventures has 52 tracked investments, 5 of which have exited, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Preface Ventures invest at?
- Preface Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Preface Ventures's typical check size?
- Preface Ventures typically writes checks of $750K – $2M.
- What sectors does Preface Ventures focus on?
- Preface Ventures focuses on Cloud Computing, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Preface Ventures located?
- Preface Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does Preface Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Preface Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Preface Ventures co-invest with?
- Preface Ventures most often shares deals with Informed Ventures Advisors, Llc, Social Starts, TSVC, among 4 tracked co-investors.
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Dell Technologies Capital (DTC) is the venture investment arm of Dell, backing enterprise-focused startups building category-defining technologies.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
FJ Labs is an early-stage investment firm specializing in marketplaces and network-effect businesses, taking an angel-style co-investment approach alongside institutional venture funds worldwide.
Hyde Park Venture Partners is an early-stage venture firm backing founding teams with Midwest roots, investing from pre-seed through early Series A.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs founders from Seed through Series F and beyond, emphasizing deep, immersive partnerships with the companies it invests in.
True Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that has backed founders since 2005, partnering at the earliest moments of company building.
Sierra Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage SaaS and technology startups, focusing on B2B cloud software delivered via subscription models.
Ridge Ventures is a focused venture capital fund that backs experienced founders building revenue-first enterprise software companies at the late seed and early Series A stages.
Hustle Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests quickly in startups, offering capital along with educational programs and mentorship. It also runs an angel investing community that lets members invest alongside the fund.
Tribe Capital is a San Francisco-based venture firm founded by former Social Capital members and operators that applies a data-driven, bottom-up framework to identify and back early-stage product-market fit. It is sector and stage agnostic, investing from seed to growth stage.
boldstart ventures is an early-stage venture firm that partners with technical founders from inception, leading pre-product rounds and helping build enterprise software companies.
Mango Capital is an early-stage venture firm investing in enterprise software founders at inception, before product-market fit, with a focus on agent infrastructure and intelligent applications.
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SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Glasswing VenturesM25at.inc/Working Capital FundUncork CapitalKrakenLookout VenturesAddition8VCBlu Venture InvestorsGrayscale VenturesAmplify.LARackhouse Venture CapitalSand Hill AngelsCollab CapitalCarao VenturesNTT Venture CapitalJumpstart Foundry
Firms observed investing alongside Preface Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Preface Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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