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Sampac Tech Fund

Venture capital

Palo Alto · Seed–Late Stage · 31 people tracked

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Investment thesis

The firm invests in technology startups bridging Silicon Valley and Asia-Pacific. It prioritizes founders who have demonstrated they can build, ship, attract talent, and make decisions under pressure, rather than those who simply pitch well. It seeks startups addressing a genuinely painful problem with a willing, paying customer, as opposed to speculative markets without a clear product fit. The firm looks for ventures with the potential to grow into long-lasting companies with cross-Pacific reach, and values operator experience on both sides of the table to support strategy, scaling, and long-term value creation.

Source: firm website, verified Oct 3, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Late Stage
HQ
Palo Alto, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2014
Tracked investments
15
Unicorns
5
IPOs
3
Acquisitions
3

Team · 31 people

from the firm's website

What they invest in

from 10 of 15 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×4Enterprise Software ×3Consumer ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Deep Tech ×2Developer Tools ×2Digital Health ×2Healthtech ×2

HQs:United States×9

Who they back

founder profiles across 12 portfolio companies
25%
solo founders
3 of 12 mapped founding teams
47%
repeat founders
of 17 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×32 founders×43 founders×34+ founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with education data

George Mason University ×2University of Toronto ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×10Engineering ×3Business & Management ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 17 founders with career history

Stanford University ×4Google ×3Airbnb ×2OpenAI ×2ShareThis ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×2

Investments · 15 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path
Coinbasecoinbase.comin𝕏Nasdaq: COIN

Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that offers trading, custody, and financial services for cryptocurrencies, stocks, derivatives, and prediction markets to consumers, institutions, and developers.

Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

Brian Armstrong(Founder)inFred Ehrsam(Founder)inEmilie Choi(President & COO)inAlesia Haas(Chief Financial Officer)inPaul Grewal(Chief Legal Officer & Secretary)inLawrence (L.J.) Brock(Chief People Officer)

Co-investors1confirmationA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAcrew CapitalAdventure FundAndreessen Horowitz+97 more

Lyftlyft.comin𝕏NASDAQ: LYFT

Lyft is an on-demand ridesharing platform that connects passengers with drivers for various ride types, including standard rides, premium options, and other transportation services.

ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSaaSSan Francisco, US

Logan Green(Founder)inJohn Zimmer(Founder)inDavid Risher(Chief Executive Officer)inErin Brewer(Chief Financial Officer)Lindsay Llewellyn(Chief Legal and Business Officer and Corporate Secretary)Marcus Cohn(Founder)

Co-investorsAglae VenturesAidenlair CapitalAliya Capital PartnersAllied Venture PartnersAlpha Wave GlobalAndreessen Horowitz+54 more

SpaceXspacex.comNASDAQ: SPCX

Revolutionizing space technology to make life multi-planetary

Hawthorne, US

Elon Musk(Founder)inBret Johnsen(Executive Officer)inGwynne Shotwell(Executive Officer, Director)Tom Mueller(Founder)

BoardAntonio Gracias(Director)inSteve Jurvetson(Director)in

Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures1802 Ventures2080 Ventures3Spoke Capital4DX Ventures+206 more

Alto Pharmacyalto.comin𝕏

Alto Pharmacy is a full-service pharmacy that offers patients medication delivery, cost transparency, and pharmacist access.

ConsumerDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US

James Karraker(Executive Officer, Director)Mattieu Gamache-Asselin(Founder)inNichola Eliovits(Director)inNathaniel Kan(Director)Robert Spinner(Director)Jamie Karraker(Founder)

Co-investorsAidenlair CapitalAvego BioScience CapitalBantam GroupCalm VenturesCSC UpshotEvolution VC Partners+14 more

Armoryarmory.ioin𝕏acquired by Harness · Jan 2024 · $7M

Armory provides continuous deployment software that helps development teams automate and manage application releases across their infrastructure at scale, with built-in safety and security controls.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Isaac Mosquera(Founder)inBen Mappen(Founder)inDaniel R. Odio(Founder)

Co-investorsBase Venture Management, Inc.Crosslink CapitalInsight PartnersJavelin Venture PartnersLumia CapitalMango Capital+26 more

Benson Hill Inc.bensonhill.comin

Benson Hill develops soybean seed varieties using plant genetics and AI-driven plant science to produce more nutritious and energy-dense soy for agriculture and food markets.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTech

Matthew Crisp(Founder)

Co-investorsActivant CapitalBioGenerator VenturesGV (Google Ventures)iSelect FundLewis & Clark VenturesManta Ray Ventures+3 more

Capella Spacecapellaspace.comin𝕏Acquired

Capella Space designs, builds, and operates synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellations that provide all-weather, day-and-night Earth observation imagery at sub-0.25m resolution.

Deep TechDefense TechHardwareMedia & EntertainmentSpace TechPalo Alto, US

Payam Banazadeh(Founder)inWilliam Walter Woods(Founder)

BoardWilliam Woods(Founder)Chris Boshuizen(Director)inNabeel Hyatt(Director)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAME Cloud VenturesBlue Ivy VenturesCanaan PartnersCastor VenturesCota Capital+13 more

Going Merrygoingmerry.com

Charlie Maynard(Founder)Raymond Murthi(Founder)

Co-investorsOxonian VenturesPear VC

Groq Incgroq.comin𝕏

Groq designs and manufactures the LPU (Language Processing Unit), a chip purpose-built for AI inference, and operates GroqCloud, a platform for running inference workloads with low latency and cost efficiency across global data centers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingSemiconductorsPalo Alto, US

Jonathan Ross(Founder)inDouglas Wightman(Founder)

BoardChamath Palihapitiya(Director)in

Co-investorsAccess Ventures (New York)Acequia Capital (AceCap)Alumni VenturesAxiom PartnersB CapitalBanca Investis — Family Office+73 more

Panther Labspanther.comin𝕏acquired by Databricks · Jun 2026

Panther is an AI-powered SOC (security operations center) platform that ingests and normalizes security logs at scale, lets teams write detection rules in Python or via natural language, and uses agents to triage alerts, run investigations, and hunt threats.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & Infrastructure

Jack Naglieri(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investors645 VenturesCoatue ManagementICONIQLightspeed Venture PartnersLocus VenturesMudita Venture+6 more

Pro Guidesproguides.comDefunct

On-demand esports training platform

Sam Wang(Cofounder)

Co-investorsAmplify.LAGFR FundQuest Venture PartnersM13

Rupa Healthrupahealth.comin𝕏

A platform that enables healthcare providers to order, track, and receive lab test results from multiple laboratory companies through a single dashboard, supporting both in-person and telehealth patients with flexible billing options and EHR integration.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Tara Viswanathan(Founder)inRosa Hamalainen(Founder)inBen Easton(Founder)in

Co-investors3cubed VenturesASDF VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersFirst Round CapitalHustle FundJames Beshara Fund+11 more

xAIx.ai𝕏acquired by SpaceX · Feb 2026 · $250B

x.ai builds frontier AI reasoning models, real-time voice AI, and generative media systems.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US

Yuhuai (Tony) Wu(Founder)inDennis Mortensen(Executive Officer, Director)Alex Poon(Director)Greg Yang(Founder)inGuodong Zhang(Founder)inIgor Babuschkin(Founder)in

Co-investors7percent VenturesAbstract VenturesAccess Ventures (New York)Aglae VenturesAmity VenturesAndreessen Horowitz+71 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

HippohomecareSheltr

Exits · 6

3 IPOs · 3 acquisitions

CoinbaseNasdaq: COINLyftNASDAQ: LYFTSpaceXNASDAQ: SPCXArmoryacq. by HarnessPanther Labsacq. by DatabricksxAIacq. by SpaceX

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Sampac Tech Fund made?
Sampac Tech Fund has 15 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited.
What stage does Sampac Tech Fund invest at?
Sampac Tech Fund invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does Sampac Tech Fund focus on?
Sampac Tech Fund focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cleantech, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Fintech, Healthtech, Robotics, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Sampac Tech Fund located?
Sampac Tech Fund is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
Who does Sampac Tech Fund co-invest with?
Sampac Tech Fund most often shares deals with Bessemer Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, Crosslink Capital, among 71 tracked co-investors.

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