San Francisco · Seed · 9 people tracked
Also known as Root VC · Root Ventures
Find your way into Root Ventures Manager, Llc
Sign up to see every warm intro you have to Root Ventures Manager, Llc
- Paths you didn't know you had: your email and LinkedIn already hold routes to the Root Ventures Manager, Llc team. We find them for you
- 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: the friend-of-a-friend routes that take hours to manually find through your inbox or LinkedIn
- Answers now, not in days: momentum is everything in a raise. Skip asking around whether someone knows someone
Days of research, done the moment you sign in, with every route ranked by how warm it is.
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 29, 2026.
Team · 9 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesFounder mafia
3 people who came through Root Ventures Manager, Llc went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 63 of 85 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×34Developer Tools ×25Enterprise Software ×20SaaS ×16Hardware ×15Data & Infrastructure ×12Advanced Manufacturing ×10Deep Tech ×9
HQs:United States×43Canada×3Denmark×1France×1United Kingdom×1Israel×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 46 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×122 founders×253 founders×54+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 56 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4Tel Aviv University ×4Harvard University ×3Universidad Politécnica de Madrid ×3University of Southern California ×3Aryamehr University of Technology ×2Cornell ×2Dartmouth College ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 59 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×27Engineering ×20Mathematics & Statistics ×9Economics ×4Business & Management ×3Design & Architecture ×3Physics ×3Politics & Policy ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 61 founders with career history
Microsoft ×9Google ×8Stanford University ×5IBM ×4Zed Industries, Inc. ×3Apple ×2GitHub ×2Google Deepmind ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
15 founders hold a PhD · 6 hold an MBA (of 63 with degree data)
Investments · 85 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 32024 · 12023 · 22022 · 42021 · 42020 · 52019 · 42018 · 32017 · 32016 · 12015 · 236 dated
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(Co-Founder & Head of Research)inGilad Shapira(Co-Founder & CEO)in
BoardTal Ben Porath(Co-Founder & CTO)inNimrod Cohen(Director)in
Board seatAvidan Aryeh Ross· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsATOORO FUNDCatapult VenturesTAU VenturestoDay 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(Founder)inPhilipp Herget(Founder)in
BoardRichard Boyle(Director)in
Board seatAvidan Ross· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersCantos VenturesGRIDS CapitalHumba VenturesNextGen Venture PartnersScale Venture Partners+1 more
An ML research and product lab building general intelligence by enabling people and computers to work together creatively
Enterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
David Luan(Founder)inAshish Vaswani(Founder)Niki Parmar(Founder)Augustus Odena(Co-founder)Maxwell Nye(Co-founder)inErich Elsen(Co-founder)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAdditionAir Street CapitalAtlassian VenturesGeneral CatalystGreylock Partners+10 more
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)inVishakha Gupta Luis Remis(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesGenerationshipGraph VenturesInterwoven VenturesTq Ventures Llc2048 Ventures+1 more
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(CEO)inNimo Shkedy(CEO)
Co-investorsPartech VenturesSoma CapitalY CombinatorAltaIR CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)DN Capital+4 more
Belidor builds AI software for the construction industry, beginning with bid leveling and bid management tools for U.S. preconstruction teams.
Construction TechParis, FR
Marc Apicella(CEO)inBaptiste Grandclerc(Cofounder)in
Co-investorsAngular VenturesEntrepreneur FirstMax Ventures
Jamie Murdoch(Founder)in
ChargeLab develops EV charging management software and a programmable charging platform used by EV drivers, installers, and software developers.
EnergyMobility & TransportationSaaSEtobicoke, CA
Zak Lefevre(Founder)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)inDoug BruntonRamya Venkateswaran(Head of Business Development)Nina KuruvillaMark Backman(Product)Marco SJ(Support)
Co-investorsCompoundFreestyle CapitalGround Up VenturesMoxxie VenturesRenegade PartnersScribble Ventures+13 more
DailyObjects is a design-focused accessories brand that creates everyday lifestyle products crafted by Indian artisans using global-quality materials.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceIndia, IN
Pankaj Garg(Founder)in
Co-investorsRoots Ventures
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)inDavid Pan(Founder and CTO)in
Co-investorsHomebrewIncubate 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-investorsHumans Of The Internet
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
Shiv Sundar(Founder)inYadhu Gopalan(Founder)inJoe Lonsdale(Founder)Lilli Oetting(Founder)Maleka Momand(Founder)
Co-investorsGRIDS CapitalMadrona Venture GroupNimble PartnersPathbreaker VenturesUbiquity Ventures8VC+5 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
Co-investorsBain CapitalCobalt CapitalFuel CapitalKeen Venture PartnersKleiner PerkinsPJC+3 more
Flight Science develops an intelligent flight operations platform that combines AI with user experience design to address day-of-operations issues for airlines, airports, and air traffic management systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSWest Hollywood, US
Andrew Gasparovic(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsOutsiders
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-investorsEarthrise VenturesReveille 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 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 VenturesKayyak Ventures
Strategy hub enabling DeFi yield access across multiple chains and layers for comprehensive cross-chain growth.
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainBAM ElevateCanaan PartnersEclipse 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 PartnersFirst Round CapitalIndustrious VenturesNimble PartnersNVenturesNVIDIA+2 more
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 CapitalAlumni VenturesBeyond CapitalOverlineTechstarsEVE Atlas+3 more
Kodra builds a platform for automating integrations, workflows, and AI agent deployments across disconnected software systems without requiring native APIs.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMountain View, US
Asif Khan(Founder)in
Co-investorsFloodgate
Kyten Technologies manufactures custom battery packs designed to aerospace specifications for drones, submarines, satellites, and other space systems.
Advanced ManufacturingRoboticsSeattle, US
Cooper McBride(Founder)inLucas Maddox(Founder)in
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorFounder CapitalHydrocarbon Minerals 4OurCrowdSingularity Ventures+1 more
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-investorsAlbionVCAlumni VenturesBitkraft 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(CEO)inEthan Breit(CTO)in
Co-investorsEssentia VenturesTheory Forge VenturesY CombinatorAg Ventures AllianceBuckley Ventures Management Company LlcPeterson Venture Partners+2 more
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(CEO)inMukul Dhankhar(Founder)inMukul Dhankar(Founder)Stephanie Nguyen(Recruiter)
Co-investorsClashmore VenturesFour CitiesHumba VenturesMatrixNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Nimble Partners+12 more
Memfault provides an embedded observability platform for teams building IoT and edge devices, offering crash reporting, cloud-based software delivery, and performance monitoring.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareIoTSaaSSan Francisco, US
François Baldassari(Founder)inChristopher Coleman(Founder)inTyler Hoffman(Founder)inJon Feldman(Account Executive)Andie Cockerill(Customer Engagement Manager)Charlotte How(Head of People \u0026 Talent)
Co-investorsBragiel BrothersPartech VenturesStripesUncork CapitalY CombinatorCloud City Rolling+7 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)inAli Hamidi(Founder)
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersDrive CapitalMaterialized View CapitalWellington ManagementAdditionHatzimemos/Libby+5 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 CapitalTMV
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 CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Regeneration.VCbyFounders
nTop provides a software platform for engineering design that uses implicit modeling and physics-based simulation to accelerate product development.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNYC, US
Gregory Schroy(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Bradley Rothenberg(Founder)in
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersIn-Q-TelNimble PartnersNotation CapitalPathbreaker VenturesTuesday Capital+7 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 Llc
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(Founder)inPablo Chico de Guzman(CTO)inRamon Lamana(Founder)inRamiro Antonio Berrelleza Perez(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ashlynn Pericacho(Head of Marketing)Leandra Sivess(Head of People)
Co-investorsMAGIC FundUncorrelated VenturesY CombinatorAgrolimen VenturesHaystackLimited Ventures+4 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-investorsAlumni VenturesBonfire VenturesCollaborative FundCounterpart VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersGraph Ventures+5 more
Particle is a personal care brand that creates skincare products formulated specifically for men, offering straightforward solutions without unnecessary marketing complexity at accessible prices.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness
Ayal Ebertin
Co-investorsFearless DTC Growth FundAdverb VenturesAlibaba GroupCanvas VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersFlow Traders+9 more
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)inSam Nickolay(Senior Software Engineer)inJon Travis(Vice President Engineering)Michael Hathaway(Growth Lead)
Co-investorsWayfinder VenturesY CombinatorAmity VenturesAmplify PartnersAndreessen HorowitzCrystal Towers Capital+5 more
PhyAgents builds physical AI agents—complete robots delivered as a workforce—that plan jobs from standard operating procedures, verify each step, and escalate to a human when uncertain.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsSan Jose, US
Kiran Joshi(Co-founder & CEO)inMohana Moorthy(Co-founder & CTO)in
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)inNial Duffy(Founder)Sailen Chatterjee(Founder)
BoardEric Vishria(Benchmark partner and board member)inNina Achadjian(Index Ventures partner and board member)in
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementIndex VenturesBenchmark
Revoy builds electric vehicles or electric drivetrain technology.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Ian Rust(Founder)inShashwat Kandadai(Founding Engineer)
Co-investorsLeap Forward VenturesOlive Tree CapitalPioneerSoma CapitalStandard CapitalTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)+20 more
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
Seam provides an API platform that enables developers and businesses to connect applications with IoT devices and orchestrate their use.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareIoTPropTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Dawn Ho(Founder)inSy Bohy(Founder)inSeve IbarluzeaKat Truong(Recruiter)Arynne Wexler(partnerships)Jared Saks(Technical Recruiter)
Co-investorsPioneerSoma CapitalTodd and Rahul’s Angel FundTuesday CapitalVortex Capital PartnersWave Ventures+11 more
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-investorsGlobal BrainLightspeed Venture PartnersThe Robotics Huba16z cryptoAmber GroupJackson Square Ventures+6 more
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 LabsEniac VenturesGreen Meadow VenturesStartXXG 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 CapitalGreat Oaks Venture Capital+10 more
Somatic manufactures autonomous robots designed to clean bathrooms and fixtures in commercial facilities.
Advanced ManufacturingEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsNew York City, US
Michael Levy(Founder)inEugene Zasoba(Founder)in
Co-investorsCathexis VenturesPioneerSoma CapitalY CombinatorC2 VenturesDorm Room+9 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)inDeny Khoung(Founder)Kevin Hsu(Founder)
Co-investors8VCAdapt VenturesAlpha EdisonBroom VenturesFin CapitalFirst Trust Capital Partners+15 more
Hawthorne, US
Benson Tsai(Founder)Brian Langone(Founder)James Wahawisan(Founder)
Co-investorsCrosslink Capital
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(CEO)inSachin Sridhar(CTO)in
Co-investorsMaterialized View CapitalNorthside VenturesPioneerTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorLiquid Ventures+2 more
Superconductive is the company behind Great Expectations (GX), a data quality platform, and is preparing to launch a cloud version of the product.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsIndex VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Tiger Global Management
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
Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Index VenturesTiger Global Management
SuperTokens is an open-source user authentication platform that enables developers to add authentication infrastructure to their products within 15 minutes.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Advait Ruia(Founder)inRishabh PoddarinNemi Shah(Software Engineer)Bhumil Sarvaiya(Software Engineer)Mihaly Lengyel(Software Engineer)Dixita Sharma(Recruiter)
Co-investorsIrregular ExpressionsY CombinatorWestWave Capital
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-investorsFoothill VenturesIn-Q-TelTeam Builder VenturesThe E14 FundUbiquity Ventures
Design and automation technology for textile manufacturing
Co-investorsAsymmetric Capital PartnersFounder CollectivePillar VC
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 CapitalStartXUnion 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(CEO)inDenzell Ford(CTO)Jake SullivanFederico Chavez Torres(Head of Sales)Dens Sumesh(Lead Engineer)
Co-investorsSoma CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzInitialized Capital
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-investors515 VenturesCalibrate VenturesDorm RoomFusionX VenturesIndustrious 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 PartnersThird SphereTiger Global Management
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(Founder)inArye Elfenbein(Founder)inJustin Kolbeck Arye Elfenbein(Founder)
BoardJohn Melas-Kyriazi(Director)
Co-investorsBay Bridge Ventures ClimateCRV (Charles River Ventures)Maven VenturesMission BiocapitalS2G InvestmentsSpark Capital+19 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(Founder)inAntonio Scandurra(Co-founder)inMax Brunsfeld(Co-founder)inDanielle Cojuangco(Founder)Danielle Cojuangco Abraham(Founder)Steve Abraham(Founder)in
Co-investorsMatchstick VenturesMaximilian StoiberNimble PartnersPreston-Werner VenturesRedpoint VenturesSequoia Capital+3 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Particle Industries, Inc.Serve Automation Inc.CreatorHunchIntegrated BiosciencesRadicalSixWheelSuperconductive HealthSuperflexTruck labsVolund Manufacturing
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.
Exits · 6
6 acquisitions · showing 1TruckLabs, Incacq. by ConMet
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesStandard Metrics · finsmes.com · Aug 25, 2026
Illoca · finsmes.com · May 7, 2026
Nullify · finance.yahoo.com · Feb 5, 2026
Kyten Technologies · ycombinator.com · Jan 28, 2026
Belidor · leadsontrees.com · Oct 27, 2025
Quilter · finsmes.com · Oct 9, 2025
Zed · finsmes.com · Aug 20, 2025
Latent Technology · finsmes.com · Jun 6, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Root Ventures Manager, Llc made?
- Root Ventures Manager, Llc has 85 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited, including 6 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, Alumni Ventures, among 167 tracked co-investors.
Images
Co-investors · 53
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders, known for early investments including leading Twitter's Series B in 2008.
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.
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.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.
Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that backs early founders, with a focus on AI-native companies driving scale and industry change.
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.
SOSV is a deep tech venture capital firm that makes first-check pre-seed investments and follow-on rounds in startups focused on human and planetary health, providing lab space and hands-on support at its US locations.
Scale Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with AI companies, supporting their transition from founder-led growth to a scalable go-to-market operation.
Bonfire Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that backs founders reinventing how business operates, leading seed rounds in AI-native B2B software.
Initialized Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that partners with founders very early — often before product-market fit — providing hands-on support across product, recruiting, go-to-market, PR, and Series A fundraising.
▶41 more co-investors
Notation CapitalSlack FundUbiquity VenturesFusionX VenturesGreylock PartnersQuiet CapitalFreestyle CapitalMadrona Venture GroupInovia CapitalBitkraft Esports VenturesEclipse VenturesAIX VenturesRenegade PartnersMoxxie VenturesBaseline VenturesScribble VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersQualcomm VenturesCrosscut VenturesConstruct CapitalSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Conversion CapitalIndicator VenturesAutotech VenturesCalibrate VenturesMatchstick VenturesHighline BetaTandem CapitalClimentum CapitalNextView VenturesPhysical IntelligenceObvious VenturesStellar CapitalGeneral PartnershipZetta 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.
Similar investors
Everywhere Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that writes pre-seed checks and is backed by a community of founder and operator LPs.
MPG Fund is an early-stage venture investor backing technology startups.
A globally recognized venture capital firm designed to provide access to highly competitive venture deals to individual investors, consistently recognized for top-decile DPI performance and as one of the most active US venture firms.
Radix Ventures is a deep tech venture capital firm founded in 2024 by experienced entrepreneurs and tech investors, focused on backing deep tech innovators across Central and Eastern Europe.
Redstart Ventures (Redstart Labs) is a deeptech investment arm associated with InfoEdge, focused on the emerging frontier where computation, biology, and materials converge.





















.jpeg)








.png)





















































































.jpeg)



























































































































































.jpg)





.png)





