Root Ventures Manager, Llc — Full Portfolio

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

VRValentina Ratner(Founder)inKDKyle Dumont(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardLSLoren Straub(Director)in

Co-investorsBEBenchstrength PartnersBOBowery CapitalFLFlybridge Capital PartnersRERethink ImpactTHThe MBA FundGIGingerbread 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

LRLuis Remis(Founder)inVGVishakha Gupta(Founder)in

Co-investorsGEGenerationshipGRGraph VenturesTQTq Ventures Llc202048 Ventures

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

GBGilad Beeri(Founder/CEO)in

Co-investorsPAPartech VenturesY Y 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)inGSGilad Shapira(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardTal Ben Porath(Director)NCNimrod Cohen(Director)inAvidan Aryeh Ross(Director)

Co-investorsATATOORO FUNDCACatapult VenturesTATAU VenturesTOtoDay VenturesRORoot 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-investorsCOConstruct CapitalCRCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)EXExpansion Venture CapitalKIKing River CapitalMAMaple VCNONotation 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

VKVicki Knott, P.Eng(Founder)inVictoria Knott(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardEWEric Wiesen(Director)inRoger Shirt(Director)GDGil Dibner(Director)in

Co-investorsANAngel InvestANAngular VenturesBUBullpen CapitalGOGolden VenturesM1M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)RARaven 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

KHKwindla Hultman Kramer(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOCompoundGRGround Up VenturesMOMoxxie VenturesRERenegade PartnersSCScribble VenturesWOWorklife Ventures+2 more

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

UNUnni Narayanan(Founder and CEO)inDPDavid Pan(Founder and CTO)in

Co-investorsHOHomebrewRORoot VenturesINIncubate 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

EDEelco Dolstra(Executive Officer, Director)inGSGraham S. Christensen(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

DigiChem operates an AI-native platform for on-demand custom molecule synthesis, letting users design and order molecules online and access process and analytical data.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew Materials

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

Construction TechHardwareRoboticsMountain View, US

TLTessa Lau(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inPHPhilipp Herget(Director, Promoter)in

BoardAvidan Ross(Director)RBRichard Boyle(Director)in

Co-investorsCACanaan PartnersCACantos VenturesGRGRIDS CapitalHUHumba VenturesNENextGen Venture PartnersSCScale Venture Partners+1 more

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

YYadhu(Co-Founder & CEO)inSShiv(Co-Founder & Chief Business Operator)inSSShiv Sundar(Founder)inYGYadhu Gopalan(Founder)in

Co-investorsGRGRIDS CapitalMAMadrona Venture GroupNINimble PartnersPAPathbreaker VenturesUBUbiquity VenturesCOCota 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

SMSimeon Mantel(Co-founder)inJBJacques 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

Co-investorsREReveille VC

HASH creates products to help people organize and process information more effectively, with an underlying focus on enabling better decision-making through accessible AI tools.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB

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)inCCChin-Yi Cheng(Founder)in

Co-investorsBEBessemer Venture PartnersAIAIX VenturesALAlt VenturesRORoot 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-investorsBLBlackhorn 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

ASAnna-Katrina Shedletsky(Founder)inSWSamuel Weiss(Founder)in

Co-investorsCACanaan PartnersINIndustrious VenturesNINimble PartnersNVNVenturesSUSummit Partners

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

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSaaSSpace TechLafayette, US

Siamak Hesar(Founder)inAFAraz Feyzi(Founder)in

BoardKHKane Hsieh(Director)in

Co-investorsINInitialized CapitalRORoot VenturesBEBeyond CapitalOVOverlineTETechstarsEVEVE Atlas+2 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

AKAsif Khan(Founder)in

Co-investorsFLFloodgate

Latent Technology develops AI-driven tools and technology for game creators and players to design and experience virtual worlds.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsGaming

JDJorge del Val(CEO)in

Co-investorsALAlbionVCBIBitkraft Esports VenturesSPSpark 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 Work

Loombotic manufactures custom wire harnesses for hardware teams using AI-powered design interpretation and automated assembly.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsToronto, CA

LCLucas Crupi(Founder)inEBEthan Breit(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Y Combinator

Carl Peaslee(Founder)in

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

ASAbhinai Srivastava(Founder/CEO)inMDMukul Dhankhar(Founder)in

Co-investorsHUHumba VenturesMAMatrixNENew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Y Y CombinatorACACE & CompanyKLKleiner 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

DBDeVaris Brown(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAMAmplify PartnersDRDrive CapitalADAdditionHUHustle FundINIndex VenturesMEMenlo+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-investorsM1M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)SYSystemiq CapitalTETechstarsQUQuiet CapitalRORoot VenturesTMTMV

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-investorsSISilicon ValleyACACME CapitalRERegeneration.VCACACMEBYbyFounders

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)BRBradley Rothenberg(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

Co-investorsCACanaan PartnersCRCrunchFundNONotation CapitalPAPathbreaker VenturesTUTuesday Capital151517+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

SKShan Kulkarni(Founder)inTim Thacker(Founder)in

Co-investorsBLBlack Nova VCSYSyn Ventures Seed Management LlcSYSYN 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

RBRamiro Berrelleza(CEO & Co-founder)inPCPablo Chico de Guzman(CTO & Co-founder)inRLRamon Lamana(CPO & Co-founder)inRamiro Antonio Berrelleza Perez(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Co-investorsMAMAGIC FundY Y CombinatorHAHaystackRORoot VenturesTWTwo Sigma VenturesUNUncorrelated 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

ZSZach Supalla(Founder)inZCZachary Crockett(CTO)in

Co-investorsBOBonfire VenturesCOCounterpart VenturesENEnergy Impact PartnersGRGraph VenturesGRGreen Meadow VenturesHEHeavybit+3 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

KVKen Van Haren(Founder)inCSChris Stanley(Founder)in

Co-investorsWAWayfinder VenturesY Y CombinatorESESSENCE VCSTStandard CapitalTWTwenty Two Ventures

Ensures customer data privacy without slowing down teams.

Co-investorsCRCrosscut VenturesFIFika Ventures

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)

BoardEVEric Vishria(Benchmark partner and board member)inNANina Achadjian(Index Ventures partner and board member)in

Co-investorsCOCoatue ManagementINIndex VenturesBEBenchmarkRORoot Ventures

San Jose, US

Warren Ahner(Executive Officer, Director)Jonathan Mullen(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardPhin Barnes(Director)

Co-investorsFOFontinalis Partners

Daniel Shen(Founder)in

Co-investorsKIKicker VenturesLILink VenturesTATaiwan Global AngelsTHThe E14 FundUNUNION Labs VenturesZEZelda Ventures

Seam provides an API platform that enables developers and businesses to integrate Internet of Things devices with software applications, abstracting away device communication protocols and complexities.

Developer ToolsIoTPropTechSaaS

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

RPRob Palfreymanin

Co-investorsTHThe Robotics HubJAJackson Square Ventures

Sensable provides computer vision software for manufacturing facilities that analyzes work processes in real-time through cameras to identify inefficiencies, optimize workflows, and improve worker safety.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningIoTRobotics

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-investorsCOComet LabsGRGreen Meadow VenturesXGXG 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

CSChristian Sanz(Skycatch Founder & CEO)inMark Heynen(Executive Officer)Sam Miller(Executive Officer)

BoardRLRichard Levandov(Director)B. Paul Santos(Director)Ram Shriram(Director)

Co-investorsADADB VenturesAKAkkadian VenturesBEBee PartnersENEntrée CapitalFFFf Venture CapitalMIMind 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

JMJohn Melas-Kyriazi(Founder)in

Co-investors8V8VCADAdapt VenturesALAlpha EdisonBRBroom VenturesFIFin CapitalJ1J17 Capital+14 more

Hawthorne, US

Benson Tsai(Founder)

Co-investorsCRCrosslink 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

SWScott Werner(Founder)in

Co-investorsENEntrepreneurs 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

ACAdhityaa Chandrasekar(Founder)inSSSachin Sridhar(Founder)in

Co-investorsNONorthside VenturesY Y 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

ARAdvait Ruia(Founder)inRPRishabh 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

APAndreas Pedroß-Engel(Founder)in

Co-investorsINIn-Q-TelTHThe E14 FundFOFoothill VenturesUBUbiquity 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-investorsCECeres PartnersE1E12 Venture Capital, LlcOROrbia VenturesREREMUS CapitalUNUnion 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

NKNick Khami(Founder)inDFDenzell Ford(Founder)NKNicholas Khami(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Y CombinatorRORoot 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-investorsCACalibrate VenturesDODorm RoomFUFusionX VenturesBLBlue 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

MOMEIRAV OREN(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inDHDANNY HERMANN(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardNKNIKITAS KOUTOUPES(Director)inGAD TOREN(Director)

Co-investorsBOBosch VenturesCOConductive VenturesENEntrée CapitalINInsight PartnersRORobert Bosch Venture CapitalRORoot 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-investorsSCSchematic 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

JKJustin Kolbeck(Executive Officer, Director)inAEArye Elfenbein(Director)in

BoardJohn Melas-Kyriazi(Director)

Co-investorsBABay Bridge Ventures ClimateCRCRV (Charles River Ventures)MAMaven VenturesMIMission BiocapitalS2S2G InvestmentsSPSpark 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

NSNathan Sobo(CEO & Co-founder)inASAntonio Scandurra(Co-founder)inMax Brunsfeld(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsMAMatchstick VenturesNINimble PartnersPRPreston-Werner VenturesRERedpoint VenturesSESequoia CapitalV1V1 VC+1 more