Sampac Tech Fund
Venture capitalPalo 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.
Team · 31 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 10 of 15 portfolio companiesAI & 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 companiesFounding 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
Investments · 15 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathCoinbase 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
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
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 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
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 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 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
Charlie Maynard(Founder)Raymond Murthi(Founder)
Co-investorsOxonian VenturesPear VC
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 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
On-demand esports training platform
Sam Wang(Cofounder)
Co-investorsAmplify.LAGFR FundQuest Venture PartnersM13
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
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 acquisitionsCoinbaseNasdaq: COINLyftNASDAQ: LYFTSpaceXNASDAQ: SPCXArmoryacq. by HarnessPanther Labsacq. by DatabricksxAIacq. by SpaceX
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Panther Labs · multiples.vc · Sep 18, 2026
Coinbase · Coinbase Blog · Aug 13, 2026
Groq Inc · groq.com · Jun 22, 2026
Capella Space · capellaspace.com · Mar 25, 2026
xAI · techcrunch.com · Jan 6, 2026
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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