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Root Ventures

Venture capital

San Francisco

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Fund manager profile

Root Ventures is a venture fund manager based in San Francisco. SEC filings show 4 venture funds on record, most recently Root Ventures IV, L.P. ($250M offering) filed January 2025.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings. Firm website data not yet available.

HQ
San Francisco, US
Tracked investments
9

What they invest in

from 6 of 9 portfolio companies

Developer Tools ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Data & Infrastructure ×2Enterprise Software ×2SaaS ×2Cloud Computing ×1Construction Tech ×1Deep Tech ×1

HQs:United States×5

Investments · 9 tracked

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DeepWeave Optimized chips for AIdeepweave.ai✓ verified

DeepWeave builds Loom, an AI-native optimization platform that augments the backend (physical) design stage of chip design, targeting power, performance, area, and yield through design-technology co-optimization within existing EDA flows.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSemiconductors

Unni Narayanan(Founder and CEO)David Pan(Founder and CTO)

Kayhan Spacekayhan.spacein𝕏✓ verified

Kayhan Space develops technology to improve the safety of spaceflight operations.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSaaSSpace TechLafayette, US

Siamak Hesar(Founder)inAraz Feyzi(Founder)inKane Hsieh(Director)

CADY SolutionsSEC filingmedium confidence

Ramat Hasharon

Or Shabtai(Director)Tal Ben Porath(Director)Gilad Shapira(Executive Officer, Director)Nimrod Cohen(Director)Avidan Aryeh Ross(Director)

Board seatAvidan Aryeh Ross· per SEC Form D · $2M raise · filed Sep 2025

Dusty Roboticsdustyrobotics.cominSEC filingmedium confidence

Dusty Robotics builds the FieldPrinter, a mobile robot that automates layout and marking tasks on construction job sites.

Construction TechHardwareRoboticsMountain View, US

Tessa Lau(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Avidan Ross(Director)Richard Boyle(Director)Philipp Herget(Director, Promoter)

Board seatAvidan Ross· per SEC Form D · $45.5M raise · filed Jun 2022

Particle Industries, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Zachary Supalla(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Jacobsen(Director)Zachary Crockett(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSameer Reddy(Director)Jim Andelman(Director)

Board seatAvidan Ross· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Sep 2025

Serve Automation Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Hawthorne, US

James Wahawisan(Executive Officer)Benson Tsai(Executive Officer, Director)Avidan Ross(Director)

Board seatAvidan Ross· per SEC Form D · $7M raise · filed Sep 2020

Illocailloca.comin𝕏

Illoca builds Tracing Paper, a design tool that enables architects and designers to sketch, markup, and iterate on designs through a more natural workflow rather than rigid command-based interfaces.

Developer Tools

Meroxameroxa.comin𝕏

Meroxa builds real-time data integration and streaming tools to help organizations liberate data from silos and create data-driven applications.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Trievetrieve.aiin𝕏

Trieve provides backend infrastructure for implementing search, retrieval augmented generation, and recommendation systems, offering pre-built tools for ranking tuning, model customization, and hybrid semantic-keyword search.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Nick Khami(Founder)inDenzell Ford(Founder)

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

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Where is Root Ventures located?
Root Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.

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