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Investment thesis
Root Ventures is a deep tech seed-stage fund based in San Francisco, staffed by engineers who specialize in leading first institutional rounds for founders tackling hard technical problems. The firm makes a selective few new investments each year, typically writing initial checks of $3-5M, and reserves about two-thirds of its capital for follow-on funding. This approach reflects a commitment to serving as a long-term partner to the companies it backs, with a portfolio spanning robotics, hardware, manufacturing, developer tools, AI/ML, semiconductors, and other frontier technology sectors.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 8 people
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What they invest in
from 52 of 71 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×30Developer Tools ×22Enterprise Software ×15Hardware ×13SaaS ×13Data & Infrastructure ×10Deep Tech ×8Cloud Computing ×7
HQs:United States×31Canada×3Denmark×1United Kingdom×1Israel×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 41 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×243 founders×34+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 56 founders with education data
Tel Aviv University ×4Harvard University ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3Universidad Politécnica de Madrid ×3University of Southern California ×3Aryamehr University of Technology ×2Carnegie Mellon University ×2Cornell ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 57 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×27Engineering ×19Mathematics & Statistics ×9Economics ×4Business & Management ×3Design & Architecture ×3Physics ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 60 founders with career history
Stanford University ×3Tesla ×3Zed Industries, Inc. ×3DeepMind ×2Intel Corporation ×2Intel Labs ×2iRobot ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
15 founders hold a PhD · 6 hold an MBA (of 60 with degree data)
Investments · 71 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 12023 · 12022 · 12021 · 32020 · 42019 · 22018 · 22017 · 22016 · 12015 · 222 dated
An ML research and product lab building general intelligence by enabling people and computers to work together creatively
Enterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
David Luan(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)inAshish Vaswani(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)Niki Parmar(Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer)Augustus Odena(Co-founder)Maxwell Nye(Co-founder)inErich Elsen(Co-founder)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAdditionAir Street CapitalAtlassian VenturesGeneral CatalystGreylock Partners+8 more
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AllSpice.io provides a design management and collaboration platform for hardware engineering teams, enabling automated comparison of electronics schematics, layouts, and bills of materials with AI-powered risk detection and centralized design review workflows.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsHardwareSomerville, US
Valentina Ratner(Founder)inKyle Dumont(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardLoren Straub(Director)in
Co-investorsBenchstrength PartnersBowery CapitalFlybridge Capital PartnersRethink ImpactThe MBA FundGingerbread Capital
ApertureDB provides a database platform that unifies multimodal AI data, combining vector search and knowledge graph technologies to help teams build generative AI applications, agents, and RAG workflows.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsCupertino, US
Luis Remis(Founder)inVishakha Gupta(Founder)in
Co-investorsGenerationshipGraph VenturesTq Ventures Llc2048 VenturesFirst Row Partners
ApolloShield develops counter-unmanned aircraft systems (cUAS) and drone detection and neutralization technology using artificial intelligence and radio frequency fingerprinting.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDefense TechTel Aviv-Yafo, IL
Gilad Beeri(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsPartech VenturesY Combinator
Jamie Murdoch(Founder)in
CADY provides AI-powered schematic analysis that reviews Netlist and BOM files to detect design flaws, errors, and best-practice violations in high-density PCB designs within minutes.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRamat Hasharon
Or Shabtai(Director)inGilad Shapira(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardTal Ben Porath(Director)Nimrod Cohen(Director)inAvidan Aryeh Ross(Director)
Co-investorsATOORO FUNDCatapult VenturesTAU VenturestoDay VenturesRoot Ventures
ChargeLab develops EV charging management software and a programmable charging platform used by EV drivers, installers, and software developers.
EnergyMobility & TransportationSaaSEtobicoke, CA
Zak Lefevre(Cofounder)Zak L.(Founder)in
Co-investorsConstruct CapitalCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Expansion Venture CapitalKing River CapitalMaple VCNotation Capital+4 more
CruxOCM develops AI-powered automation software for industrial control room operations in energy infrastructure, enabling autonomous monitoring and control to improve throughput and reduce operational risk.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareIoTCalgary, CA
Vicki Knott, P.Eng(Founder)inVictoria Knott(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardEric Wiesen(Director)inRoger Shirt(Director)Gil Dibner(Director)in
Co-investorsAngel InvestAngular VenturesBullpen CapitalGolden VenturesM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Raven Capital+3 more
Daily provides WebRTC-based infrastructure that enables developers to build voice, video, and real-time AI applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSan Francisco, US
Kwindla Hultman Kramer(Founder)in
Co-investorsCompoundGround Up VenturesMoxxie VenturesRenegade PartnersScribble VenturesWorklife Ventures+2 more
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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)inDavid Pan(Founder and CTO)in
Co-investorsHomebrewRoot VenturesIncubate US
Determinate Systems develops Determinate Nix, a supported distribution of the Nix package manager, along with FlakeHub, a platform for managing and distributing Nix flakes.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwarePitsfield, US
Eelco Dolstra(Executive Officer, Director)inGraham S. Christensen(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
Co-investorsRoot Ventures
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)inPhilipp Herget(Director, Promoter)in
BoardAvidan Ross(Director)Richard Boyle(Director)in
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersCantos VenturesGRIDS CapitalHumba VenturesNextGen Venture PartnersScale Venture Partners+2 more
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Esper provides device management software using DevOps principles for company-managed devices, automating provisioning and exception-based management across Android and other platforms.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareIoTBellevue, US
Yadhu(Co-Founder & CEO)inShiv(Co-Founder & Chief Business Operator)inShiv Sundar(Founder)inYadhu Gopalan(Founder)in
Co-investorsGRIDS CapitalMadrona Venture GroupNimble PartnersPathbreaker VenturesUbiquity VenturesCota Capital+1 more
Feather is a cloud-based engineering simulation platform that runs finite element analysis — including linear static, thermal, modal, harmonic, and buckling analysis — for single parts and assemblies.
Cloud ComputingDeep TechSaaS
Fudge is an AI-powered page builder and editor designed specifically for Shopify merchants, enabling users to create and modify storefronts through natural language descriptions while maintaining full control through a draft-review workflow.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSaaS
Simeon Mantel(Co-founder)inJacques Blom(Co-founder)in
Ground Control develops software for managing advanced manufacturing facilities, helping architects, structural engineers, electricians, and contractors coordinate on facility design, permitting, cost planning, and operational decisions.
Advanced ManufacturingConstruction TechHardwareSaaS
Jack Sweeney(Founder)
Co-investorsReveille VC
IaSQL is an open-source developer tool that keeps a two-way connection between an AWS account and a PostgreSQL database, representing cloud infrastructure as rows in database tables.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
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 ToolsSan Ramon, US
Chiaowei Yu(Founder)inChin-Yi Cheng(Founder)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersAIX VenturesAlt VenturesRoot Ventures
Instance produces large-scale functional biological data intended for AI-driven biology and biological engineering, letting customers submit designs and receive functional data for their specific learning objectives.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
David Scott(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlackhorn Ventures
Instrumental provides a Manufacturing Engineering Control Platform that uses hardware, software, and AI to help electronics brands detect failures faster and optimize their manufacturing processes with visibility into the factory floor.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwarePalo Alto, US
Anna-Katrina Shedletsky(Founder)inSamuel Weiss(Founder)in
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersIndustrious VenturesNimble PartnersNVenturesSummit Partners
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Kayhan Space develops technology to improve the safety of spaceflight operations.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSaaSSpace TechLafayette, US
Siamak Hesar(Founder)inAraz Feyzi(Founder)in
BoardKane Hsieh(Director)in
Co-investorsInitialized CapitalRoot VenturesBeyond CapitalOverlineTechstarsEVE Atlas+2 more
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Latent Technology develops AI-driven tools and technology for game creators and players to design and experience virtual worlds.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsGaming
Jorge del Val(CEO)in
Co-investorsAlbionVCBitkraft Esports VenturesSpark Capital
Fabro is an open-source (MIT-licensed) workflow orchestration engine for AI coding agents, letting expert engineers define coding processes as version-controlled graph files that coordinate LLM agents, shell commands, and human approval gates.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsFuture of WorkNew York, US
Bryan Helmkamp(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardLee Edwards(Director, Promoter)
Loombotic manufactures custom wire harnesses for hardware teams using AI-powered design interpretation and automated assembly.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsToronto, CA
Lucas Crupi(Founder)inEthan Breit(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Mashgin develops automated checkout kiosks using computer vision and machine learning to instantly identify items without scanning or barcodes, serving retailers in stadiums, hospitality, hospitals, and foodservice venues.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHardwareRetail TechSan Francisco, US
Abhinai Srivastava(Founder/CEO)inMukul Dhankhar(Founder)in
Co-investorsHumba VenturesMatrixNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Y CombinatorACE & CompanyKleiner Perkins+2 more
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
DeVaris Brown(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersDrive CapitalAdditionHustle FundIndex VenturesMenlo+3 more
New York City, US
Matthew Heider(Executive Officer, Director)Brian O'Clair(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardAvidan Ross(Director)Matthew Goldstein(Director)
Co-investorsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Systemiq CapitalTechstarsQuiet CapitalRoot VenturesTMV
Nordsense provides IoT sensor technology and data analytics for waste management optimization, serving cities, municipalities, waste operators, and facility managers across Europe, Israel, and North America.
Circular EconomyCleantechData & InfrastructureIoTDenmark, DK
Co-investorsSilicon ValleyACME CapitalRegeneration.VCACMEbyFounders
nTop (nTopology) makes parametric engineering design software that lets teams generate, explore, and validate complex geometry with manufacturing constraints and embedded FEA/CFD simulation built into the workflow.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US
Gregory Schroy(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Bradley Rothenberg(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersCrunchFundNotation CapitalPathbreaker VenturesTuesday Capital1517+5 more
Nullify is an autonomous AI system that automates product security tasks across detection, triage, remediation and closure, handling vulnerability discovery, impact scoring, exploit proof, and pull request creation without requiring human intervention in the critical path.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Shan Kulkarni(Founder)inTim Thacker(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlack Nova VCSyn Ventures Seed Management LlcSYN Ventures
Okteto is a developer platform that enables teams to develop cloud-native applications by moving development and preview environments into the cloud.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ramiro Berrelleza(CEO & Co-founder)inPablo Chico de Guzman(CTO & Co-founder)inRamon Lamana(CPO & Co-founder)inRamiro Antonio Berrelleza Perez(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsMAGIC FundY CombinatorHaystackRoot VenturesTwo Sigma VenturesUncorrelated Ventures+1 more
Particle provides an IoT platform with built-in security spanning hardware devices and cloud, including per-device private keys, encrypted messaging, access controls, and a Device Cloud with ISO-certified hosting.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsHardwareIoT
Zach Supalla(Founder)inZachary Crockett(CTO)in
Co-investorsBonfire VenturesCounterpart VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersGraph VenturesGreen Meadow VenturesHeavybit+3 more
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Patterns provides an AI-powered platform for financial analysis and reporting that allows users to perform data analysis using natural language instead of traditional spreadsheets.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ken Van Haren(Founder)inChris Stanley(Founder)in
Co-investorsWayfinder VenturesY CombinatorESSENCE VCStandard CapitalTwenty Two Ventures
Ensures customer data privacy without slowing down teams.
Seattle, US
Graham Thompson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardLee Edwards(Director)
Co-investorsCrosscut VenturesFika VenturesGTMfund
Quilter builds physics-driven AI that automatically generates printed circuit board (PCB) layouts, using Maxwell's equations, thermodynamics, and manufacturing constraints rather than human design patterns.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsHardwareLos Angeles, US
Sergiy Nesterenko(Founder and Chief Executive Officer)
BoardEric Vishria(Benchmark partner and board member)inNina Achadjian(Index Ventures partner and board member)in
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementIndex VenturesBenchmarkRoot Ventures
San Jose, US
Warren Ahner(Executive Officer, Director)Jonathan Mullen(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPhin Barnes(Director)
Co-investorsFontinalis Partners
Daniel Shen(Founder)in
Co-investorsKicker VenturesLink VenturesTaiwan Global AngelsThe E14 FundUNION Labs VenturesZelda Ventures
Seismic makes powered clothing that fuses apparel with robotics, using Flex-Drive electric muscles to provide core and hip support that reduces muscle strain and fatigue.
HardwareRoboticsWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsThe Robotics HubJackson Square Ventures
Shaper Tools makes the Origin, a handheld, auto-correcting CNC.
San Francisco, US
Joseph Hebenstreit(Executive Officer, Director)Ilan Moyer(Executive Officer, Director)Alec Rivers(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsComet LabsGreen Meadow VenturesXG Ventures
Skycatch provides spatial data capture, processing, and analysis solutions for mining and industrial operations, using AI capabilities to generate near-real-time digital twins and deliver operational insights.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureIrving, US
Christian Sanz(Skycatch Founder & CEO)inMark Heynen(Executive Officer)Sam Miller(Executive Officer)
BoardRichard Levandov(Director)B. Paul Santos(Director)Ram Shriram(Director)
Co-investorsADB VenturesAkkadian VenturesBee PartnersEntrée CapitalFf Venture CapitalMind the Seed - MTS Fund+7 more
Standard Metrics provides portfolio management and analysis software for investors, enabling automated data collection, centralized storage, and AI-powered insights across venture-backed companies.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
John Melas-Kyriazi(Founder)in
Co-investors8VCAdapt VenturesAlpha EdisonBroom VenturesFin CapitalJ17 Capital+14 more
Sublayer is an AI-native software studio and lab that builds products, open source projects, and community around AI, including "Where Is Everyone," an attendance-prediction tool for community organizers.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsNew York, US
Scott Werner(Founder)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)
Subtrace is a tool that captures and displays HTTP traffic to and from running processes in real time without requiring code modifications or elevated permissions.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Adhityaa Chandrasekar(Founder)inSachin Sridhar(Founder)in
Co-investorsNorthside VenturesY Combinator
Superconductive develops GX Core, a data quality tool that lets technical teams define expectations and automated actions to detect and prevent bad data from moving through their data systems.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
SuperTokens is an open-source authentication and session management solution that developers integrate via frontend and backend SDKs to build login, session handling, and user access controls.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Advait Ruia(Founder)inRishabh Poddarin
ThruWave builds millimeter-wave (mmWave) imaging sensors and analytics software that see inside sealed packaging to automatically detect quality defects and contraband such as firearms, drugs, and tobacco.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Andreas Pedroß-Engel(Founder)in
Co-investorsIn-Q-TelThe E14 FundFoothill VenturesUbiquity Ventures
Oishii operates indoor vertical farms that grow premium produce, including its Omakase Berry, strawberry products, and Rubī Tomato, distributed to consumers and retailers such as Whole Foods across the New York metropolitan area, New Jersey, Connecticut, and D.C.
AgTechConsumerFoodTechNew York, US
Hiroki Koga(Co-founder)Brendan Somerville(Co-founder)Morgan Steffy(Executive Officer, Director)Evan Katz(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardEric Mathews(Director)Joel Seligstein(Director)
Co-investorsCeres PartnersE12 Venture Capital, LlcOrbia VenturesREMUS CapitalUnion Grove Venture Partners
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)Nicholas Khami(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorRoot Ventures
TruckLabs (part of ConMet) makes TruckWings, a tractor-mounted aerodynamic device that closes the gap between a truck's tractor and trailer to reduce drag, improve fuel efficiency, and lower CO2 emissions.
CleantechHardwareMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsCalibrate VenturesDorm RoomFusionX VenturesBlue Bear Capital Partners
Versatile.ai serves the construction industry, though specific product details are not provided on this "Who We Are" page.
Construction TechLos Altos, US
MEIRAV OREN(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inDANNY HERMANN(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardNIKITAS KOUTOUPES(Director)inGAD TOREN(Director)
Co-investorsBosch VenturesConductive VenturesEntrée CapitalInsight PartnersRobert Bosch Venture CapitalRoot Ventures+2 more
Vibe Robotics is developing a multimodal, task-oriented user interface for general purpose robotics that works across hardware types such as industrial arms, humanoids, construction machines, and drones.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsAustin, US
Co-investorsSchematic Ventures
Wildtype grows salmon directly from fish cells using cellular agriculture, allowing production of seafood without wild-caught or farmed fish.
BiotechClimate TechFoodTechSan Francisco, US
Justin Kolbeck(Executive Officer, Director)inArye Elfenbein(Director)in
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BoardJohn Melas-Kyriazi(Director)
Co-investorsBay Bridge Ventures ClimateCRV (Charles River Ventures)Maven VenturesMission BiocapitalS2G InvestmentsSpark Capital+5 more
Zed is a code editor written from scratch in Rust that uses multiple CPU cores and the GPU for high performance, with support for running AI agents in parallel to edit code and run tools.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsFuture of Work
Nathan Sobo(CEO & Co-founder)inAntonio Scandurra(Co-founder)inMax Brunsfeld(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsMatchstick VenturesNimble PartnersPreston-Werner VenturesRedpoint VenturesSequoia CapitalV1 VC+1 more
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Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
CreatorHunchIntegrated BiosciencesPhyAgentsRadicalSixWheelTopologicTruck labsVolund Manufacturing
Exits · 4
4 acquisitions · showing 1TruckLabs, Incacq. by ConMet
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesStandard Metrics · finsmes.com · Aug 25, 2026
CADY · kalkine.ca · Aug 14, 2026
Quilter · investmentweek.co.uk · Aug 13, 2026
Lithos Computer · alleywatch.com · Jul 22, 2026
Versatile · manitobacooperator.ca · Jul 18, 2026
Okteto · startupintros.com · Jul 13, 2026
Skycatch · yespress.io · Jul 10, 2026
Wildtype · greenqueen.com.hk · Jun 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Root Ventures Manager, Llc made?
- Root Ventures Manager, Llc has 71 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Root Ventures Manager, Llc invest at?
- Root Ventures Manager, Llc invests at the Seed stage.
- What is Root Ventures Manager, Llc's typical check size?
- Root Ventures Manager, Llc typically writes checks of $3M – $5M.
- What sectors does Root Ventures Manager, Llc focus on?
- Root Ventures Manager, Llc focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Construction Tech, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Energy, FoodTech, Hardware, IoT, Logistics & Supply Chain, Mobility & Transportation, Robotics, Semiconductors, Space Tech.
- Where is Root Ventures Manager, Llc located?
- Root Ventures Manager, Llc is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Root Ventures Manager, Llc lead rounds?
- Yes, Root Ventures Manager, Llc leads investment rounds.
- Who does Root Ventures Manager, Llc co-invest with?
- Root Ventures Manager, Llc most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Nimble Partners, Canaan Partners, among 135 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 52
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders, known for early investments including leading Twitter's Series B in 2008.
Canaan Partners is a venture capital firm with over 30 years of history, backing companies across technology and healthcare sectors through close, hands-on partnerships with founders.
Third Sphere is an early-stage investor that deploys capital to upgrade systems across sectors such as infrastructure and supply chains, focusing on climate resilience beyond carbon reduction.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.
Notation Capital writes the very first check for technical founding teams at the moment of company creation, treating pre-seed as a distinct risk profile and working "in the trenches" with founders on "day 0:00" rather than just writing smaller checks. The firm operates with unusual transparency by publishing its internal operating manual on GitHub and running a podcast that interviews LPs to demystify venture fund underwriting, while also running a free, equity-free program for future founders in underestimated ecosystems beyond Silicon Valley.
Ubiquity Ventures is a seed-stage institutional venture capital firm investing in 'software beyond the screen' — B2B startups applying AI and software to physical, real-world problems.
FusionX Ventures is an investment firm run by serial entrepreneurs and executives who have founded and operated technology businesses, with deep experience in the fusion of hardware, software, and cloud (IoT).
Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.
Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC) is a seed-stage venture firm that invests early in founders, with a focus on AI-native companies building leverage and scale.
DCVC (Data Collective) is a deep tech venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve large-scale real-world problems across many industries.
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Quiet CapitalMadrona Venture GroupScale Venture PartnersInovia CapitalBonfire VenturesBitkraft Esports VenturesInitialized CapitalAIX VenturesRenegade PartnersMoxxie VenturesBaseline VenturesScribble VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersQualcomm VenturesCrosscut VenturesConstruct CapitalSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Conversion CapitalIndicator VenturesSlack FundAutotech VenturesCalibrate VenturesMatchstick VenturesHighline BetaTandem CapitalClimentum CapitalSOSVNextView VenturesFreestyle CapitalObvious VenturesStellar CapitalGeneral PartnershipEclipse VenturesZetta Venture PartnersRocketship.vcSpero VenturesRally Ventures Management, LlcPropel Venture PartnersIlluminate VenturesLearn Capital
Firms observed investing alongside Root Ventures Manager, Llc, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Root Ventures Manager, Llc's recorded portfolio.
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