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Rocketship.vc

Venture capital

Sunnyvale · Seed–Series B · 13 people tracked

Also known as ROCKETSHIP.VC, LLC

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Investment thesis

Rocketship.vc applies a data-driven approach to venture investing, leveraging its founders' operating experience, world-class data science expertise, and what it describes as the largest database of startup activity to identify high-potential companies worldwide. The firm's partners emphasize their backgrounds in data mining (having authored a widely used textbook) and technical work, and they have backed companies across multiple geographies including Brazil, India, and the US.

Invests inAI & Machine LearningSector AgnosticGlobalSunnyvale

Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series B
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$1M – $5M
HQ
Sunnyvale, WA, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2014
Last 12 months
3 investments
Private fund assets
$368.4M
VC funds
6
Tracked investments
76
Unicorns
4
IPOs
1
Acquisitions
3

Team · 13 people

from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Venkatesh Harinarayan· General Partner

What they invest in

from 57 of 76 portfolio companies

SaaS ×25AI & Machine Learning ×23Fintech ×14Enterprise Software ×13Consumer ×10B2B Marketplaces ×7E-commerce ×6Hardware ×6

HQs:United States×26India×11United Kingdom×2Indonesia×2United Arab Emirates×1Brazil×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 44 portfolio companies
30%
solo founders
13 of 44 mapped founding teams
63%
repeat founders
of 67 founders with career history
~2 yrs
old at investment
median across 11 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×132 founders×203 founders×64+ founders×5

Where their founders studiedfrom 63 founders with education data

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ×8Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani ×4University of California, Berkeley ×4Harvard Business School ×3Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad ×3Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ×3Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ×3Indian Institute of Technology, Madras ×3

What their founders studiedfrom 56 founders with field-of-study data

Engineering ×22Computer Science ×20Business & Management ×5Economics ×5Humanities ×3Physics ×3Finance & Accounting ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 67 founders with career history

ABB ×3Stanford University ×3DigitalOcean ×2Los Alamos National Laboratory ×2Opera Solutions ×2Oracle ×2OYO ×2Paystack ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×8500 Global ×2

5 founders hold a PhD · 9 hold an MBA (of 65 with degree data)

Investments · 83 tracked

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Siva Surendira(Founder & CEO)inSurendirasiva Selvaraj(Executive Officer, Director)Jithin George(Founder)in

BoardHenry Ford III(Director)

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Lee Cronin(Founder)in

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Ham Serunjogi(Founder & CEO)inMaijid Moujaledin

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Femi Aluko(Founder)inOlumide Ojo(Founder)inLanre Yusuf(Founder)in

BoardBrian Waswani Odhiambo(Director)in

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AI & Machine LearningFoodTechRobotics

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AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSDanville, US

Mike Fitzsimmons(CEO)Pete Goettner(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardGlenn Solomon(Director)in

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Santa Fe, US

Mark Johnson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Steven Brumby(Director)Mike Warren(Founder)inSuzanne McBride(Director)Andrew Ziolkowski(Director)James Montgomery(Director)

Co-investorsCorrelation VenturesCrosslink CapitalCultivian Sandbox VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Hemisphere Ventures LLCIndustrious Ventures+5 more

FamPayfampay.inin𝕏Jun 2021 · $38M

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B2B MarketplacesConsumerEdTechFintechBengaluru, IN

Sambhav Jain(Founder)inKush Taneja(Founder)in

BoardMridul Arora(Director)in

Co-investorsElevation CapitalY CombinatorGeneral CatalystGlobal Founders CapitalGreenoaksSequoia Capital+1 more

FitMobfitmob.comFeb 2015Acquired

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Rajil Kapoor(Executive Officer, Director)Paul Twohey(Executive Officer)hannah kim(Founder)in

BoardTim Chang(Director)

Co-investorsExpansion Venture CapitalHemisphere Ventures LLCHinge CapitalMoonshots Capital

Fizzfizzsocial.app

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ConsumerSocial

Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Snow Leopard Technology VenturesKleiner PerkinsSV AngelY Combinator

Futurefuture.greenJul 2019

Bath

Zillah Byng-Thorne(Executive Officer)Penelope Ladkin-Brand(Executive Officer)Hugo Charles Drayton(Executive Officer)Rob Hattrell(Director)Richard Norman Legh Huntington(Director)Alan Philip Stephen Newman(Director)

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AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSaaSSeattle, US

Farooq Adam(Founder)inNicolas Nezhat(President)

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Healthtech

Emmanuel AkintayoFisayo OsiteluMadhav JhaManny Akintayo

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AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Sagar Honnungar(Co-founder)inSam Joseph(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsNeotribe VenturesVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Zigg CapitalVertex Ventures

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AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS

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AdTechAI & Machine LearningSaaSSports Tech

Kevin Guo(Founder)inDmitriy Karpman(Founder)in

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AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

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Hypertrackhypertrack.comin𝕏Pre-Seed · Feb 2017 · $2M

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Kashyap Deorah(Executive Officer, Director)inAbhishek Sharma(Director)

BoardSumir Chadha(Director)

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Mohan K(Founder)in

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Misbah Ashraf(Founder)in

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Paul Huelskamp(Founder)inAlexander Meek(Founder)inJon M. Williams

BoardThomas BonadioDaniel DiPofiMatthew K. Enstice

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Jonathan Lau

Co-investors500 GlobalFairhaven Capital PartnersIliad PartnersMSA NovoNuwa CapitalOne Way Ventures+2 more

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Ankit Gupta(Executive Officer, Director)inDeepak Cheenath(Director)in

BoardShripati Acharya(Director)

Co-investorsGSV VenturesHorizons VenturesInventus Capital PartnersPowerhouse VenturesEight Roads VenturesNexus Venture Partners+1 more

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Jay Prakash Gupta(Founder)inAlok Pandey(Founder)in

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FintechFuture of WorkInsurTechTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US

Sondre Rasch(Founder/CEO)inSarah Sandnes(Founder/CTO)inHans Nyvold Kjellby(Founder/COO)in

Co-investorsbyFoundersKinnevikMundi VenturesY Combinator

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B2B MarketplacesE-commerceRetail Tech

Co-investorsMSA NovoRAED VenturesQatar Development BankSanabil InvestmentsSTV

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AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAtlanta, US

Rob Bearden(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)inRam Venkatesh(Co-founder / product and technology leader)inPaul Codding(Co-founder)inSudhir Menon(Co-founder)inAntti Karjalainen(Co-founder; Robocorp founder)

BoardPeter Fenton(Benchmark investor/partner)in

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ConsumerFintechSaaSProvidence, US

Ryan Laughlin(CTO)inJonathan Bittner(CEO)in

BoardEric Wiesen(Director)in

Co-investorsBullpen CapitalClocktower VenturesWalnut Venture AssociatesInsight PartnersMatrixRidge Ventures+1 more

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EdTechFuture of WorkSan Francisco, US

Gautam Tambay(Co-founder & CEO)inParul Gupta(Co-founder)inAndrew Moers(President, Consumer Business)inNichole Pitzen(VP People & Places)inKara Sasse(Chief Product Officer)Sudakshmina Mandal(Head of Engineering)in

Co-investors500 GlobalGlobevestorMoneta VenturesSJF VenturesTitanium VenturesCostanoa Ventures+4 more

Teachmintteachmint.comin𝕏Series B · Oct 2021 · $78M

Teachmint offers a classroom platform for educational institutions, including tools for creating teaching resources via voice and text, a subject-specific cloud-synchronized whiteboard, lesson recording, and monitoring of teacher activity and student performance.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechHardwareSaaS

Mihir Gupta(Founder)inPayoj Jain(Founder)in

Co-investorsBetter CapitalCM VenturesKube VCNimble PartnersGoodwater CapitalLearn Capital+1 more

Tesselltessell.comin𝕏Apr 2025 · $60M

Tessell is a unified control plane for managing Oracle, SQL Server, and open-source databases across major cloud providers, with data and backups remaining in the customer's own cloud account.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Bala Kuchibhotla(Co-Founder and CEO)in

Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersB37 VenturesWestBridge Capital

Trocafonetrocafone.com.brJun 2017

Trocafone runs a Brazilian online marketplace for used mobile phones.

E-commerceBuenos Aires, BR

Guille FreireGuillermo ArslanianinGuillermo Freire(Executive Officer, Director)inPablo Simon CasarinoFlávio Peresin

BoardPablo Simon(Director)

Co-investors500 GlobalFundersClubLumia Capital

True Anomalytrueanomaly.spacein𝕏

True Anomaly designs and builds hardware and software systems for space security and defense.

Defense TechHardwareSpace TechCentennial, US

Even Rogers(CEO and Co-Founder)inKyle Zakrzewski(Chief Engineer and Co-Founder)inThomas Nichols(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Brunski(Director)in

BoardJesse Michaels(Director)Austin Bishop(Director)

Co-investors645 VenturesAccelACME CapitalBlack FlagChampion Hill VenturesCortado Ventures+14 more

TwinMindtwinmind.comin𝕏

TwinMind is an AI assistant app that captures and transcribes meetings, lectures, and conversations in real time, then generates structured notes, summaries, action items, and drafted emails.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerFuture of Work

Daniel George(Founder)in

Co-investorsStreamlined VenturesSequoia Capital

Uravu Labsuravulabs.cominSeed · Mar 2023 · $2.3M

Uravu develops water extraction technology using proprietary liquid salts to harvest moisture from air, serving water-stressed regions with scalable on-site and industrial solutions.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechDeep TechHardwareBangalore, IN

Co-investorsAmritam HoldingsAnicut CapitalEcho River CapitalJITO Angel NetworkSpeciale Invest

Urgentlygeturgently.com

Geturgently provides an AI-driven roadside assistance platform serving automotive manufacturers, insurance carriers, fleet operators, rental car companies, collision repair facilities, and electric vehicle providers.

AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationSaaSVienna, US

Ric Fleisher(Executive Officer)Surendra Goel(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Spanos(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph Ryan(Director)Michael Skoff(Executive Officer)Luke Kathol(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAllianz XBMW i VenturesEmerald Technology Ventures AgStructural CapitalForte Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Rocketship.vc made?
Rocketship.vc has 76 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Rocketship.vc invest at?
Rocketship.vc invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What is Rocketship.vc's typical check size?
Rocketship.vc typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
What sectors does Rocketship.vc focus on?
Rocketship.vc focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Rocketship.vc located?
Rocketship.vc is headquartered in Sunnyvale, US.
Does Rocketship.vc lead rounds?
Yes, Rocketship.vc leads investment rounds.
Who does Rocketship.vc co-invest with?
Rocketship.vc most often shares deals with Y Combinator, 500 Global, Alpha Wave Global, among 264 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 64

Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global Management operates public equity strategies (long/short, long-focused and crossover) and a private equity business investing in early- through late-stage growth companies across new and existing industries.

$1M – $100M
Better Capital

Better Capital is an India-focused early-stage venture investor backing startups across sectors including consumer, mobility, fintech, edtech, ecommerce and gaming.

$5K – $100K
Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.

Both backed · 4
$1.6M – $70M
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.

$1.7M – $87M
One Way Ventures

One Way Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs exceptional immigrant founders building high-impact global companies.

$500K – $1.5M
Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.

Both backed · 2
LyftFacebook
$500K – $5M
Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.

Both backed · 2
$5M – $100M
Notable Capital

Notable Capital is a venture capital firm that has partnered with founders for over two decades, backing companies from the earliest stages through to exit.

Both backed · 2
$5M – $50M
Streamlined Ventures

Streamlined Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that partners with founders and invests at the seed stage to help build large-scale companies.

$100K – $1M
Venture Highway

Venture Highway operates as a flat partnership with non-traditional titles like Startup Sensei, founded by ex-WhatsApp business head Neeraj Arora and ex-Google corporate development head Samir Sood, using individual conviction bets rather than consensus committees for deal-making. The fund built an early franchise backing India's unicorns at seed stage and was eventually absorbed by General Catalyst to become their India beachhead, while also serving as a talent factory where alumni like Aviral Bhatnagar have spun out to launch specialized funds.

Both backed · 2
Inventus Capital Partners

Inventus Capital Partners is an early-stage venture firm that leads seed rounds for Silicon Valley startups and supports them toward Series A milestones.

$3M – $4M
Anicut Capital

Anicut Capital is an investment firm that connects scalable and innovative ideas with capital, supporting entrepreneurs through flexible funding solutions and strategic partnerships.

Both backed · 2
$385K – $12M
52 more co-investors

Speciale InvestAndreessen HorowitzGV (Google Ventures)Greylock PartnersBenchmarkSV AngelGreat Oaks Venture CapitalCrosslink CapitalGoodwater CapitalNexus Venture PartnersWingTribe Capital FirstlookRadical VenturesCelesta CapitalTwelve Belowalpha4 venturesArtha Venture FundZigg CapitalLong Journey VenturesFJ LabsFirst Round CapitalTrue VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Quiet CapitalSOSVMadrona Venture GroupSoftBank Vision FundAcrew CapitalSherpalo VenturesAngelPad468 CapitalTCVWildcat Venture PartnersRobot VenturesHyde Park Venture PartnersShaan All AccessAccelerator VenturesPropeller VCPioneer Square LabsVoyager CapitalEnsemble VCRally Ventures Management, LlcIncisive VenturesRoot Ventures Manager, LlcEuclid Venture PartnersDefy PartnersPropel Venture PartnersVenture Catalysts | India's First Integrated IncubatorHelion Venture PartnersTeam GlobalSmartStart FundGoAhead Ventures

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