SciFi VC
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series B · 7 people tracked
Investment thesis
SciFi VC is an early-stage generalist firm that backs exceptional founders solving hard, valuable problems that often require deep scientific and technical expertise. It emphasizes three core areas: fintech, where it believes technology will drive more accessible, efficient, and transparent financial products; artificial intelligence, spanning infrastructure and application-layer startups; and science, aiming to bring science fiction to reality through breakthrough technologies in energy, biotech, brain-computer interfaces, and quantum computing. Beyond these themes, the firm remains open to breakout companies in any category, particularly hard, regulated, or technical markets such as enterprise software, healthcare, and security.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 24, 2026.
Team · 7 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
3 people who came through SciFi VC went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 29 of 32 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×13SaaS ×13Fintech ×10Enterprise Software ×5Consumer ×3Deep Tech ×3Healthtech ×3Logistics & Supply Chain ×3
HQs:United States×17United Kingdom×2Argentina×1Australia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 16 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×53 founders×14+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 14 founders with education data
Stanford University ×3Yale Law School ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 17 founders with career history
McKinsey & Company ×2Stanford University ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 32 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2020 · 12015 · 12 dated
San Francisco, US
Jeremy Stoppelman(Executive Officer, Director)inRobert Krolik(Chief Financial Officer)Geoff Donaker(Chief Operating Officer)Laurence Wilson(Executive Officer)Joseph R Nachman(Executive Officer)
BoardFred Anderson(Director)in
Board seatMax Levchin· per SEC Form D · $75M raise · filed Feb 2015
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersDag VenturesNextEquity PartnersRiverfront Ventures, LLCHeretic Studio
Uber operates a multi-sided platform providing ride-sharing, food delivery, freight logistics, and business fleet management services across various global markets.
Logistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Travis Kalanick(Co-founder & CEO)Garrett Camp(Co-founder)
Co-investors137 Ventures408 VenturesA*Across Capital PartnersAglae VenturesAkkadian Ventures+63 more
Pathpoint operates a digital wholesale platform for placing excess and surplus (E&S) commercial insurance, giving brokers access to A-rated binding and brokerage markets alongside an in-house team of E&S experts.
FintechInsurTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alexander Bargmann(CEO and Co-Founder)inBaabak Touran(Director)Alexander Hartz(Director)
Co-investorsCaffeinated CapitalFounders Fund
Anduril builds autonomous systems and software for defense and military applications, including attack aviation, unmanned aircraft, and underwater vehicles, unified by an autonomy platform.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareRobotics
Palmer Luckey(Founder)Brian Schimpf(CEO)inTrae Stephens(Founder)in
Co-investors137 Ventures1Flourish Capital8VCAltra VentureAndreessen HorowitzAnorak Ventures+82 more
Aven is a San Francisco fintech offering a home-equity-backed Visa credit card and related asset-backed consumer credit products.
Sadi Khan(Founder)inMurtada Shah(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementElectric CapitalFounders FundGeneral CatalystHakluyt CapitalHan River Partners+12 more
Balance provides real-time credit intelligence, embedded financing, and autonomous accounts receivable solutions for B2B transactions.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Bar Geron(Founder)inYoni Shuster(Founder)in
Co-investorsAvid VenturesForerunner VenturesHubSpot VenturesJibe VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersMu Ventures+3 more
Balance is a financial management tool designed for independent contractors, gig workers, and side-hustlers to track earnings, visualize cash flow on a calendar, and forecast financial scenarios based on variable income.
FintechDenver, US
Co-investorsSamvid VenturesTechstarsLightspeed Venture Partners
Bland is an enterprise voice AI platform for building, running, and monitoring AI phone agents that handle inbound and outbound calls, replacing IVRs and staffing AI call centers.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Sobhan Nejad(Founder)in
Co-investorsAnsa CapitalCameron VenturesCoho DeeptechTeam Ignite VenturesUpfront VenturesDell Technologies Capital
Brex provides financial services and software for companies, including corporate cards and expense management tools.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Henrique Dubugras(Co-founder & co-CEO)inPedro Franceschi(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsKleiner PerkinsY CombinatorDST GlobalRibbit CapitalTiger Global Management137 Ventures+29 more
Capchase provides AI-powered vendor financing for enterprise technology deals, acting as both the lender and the lending infrastructure with embedded software and its own balance sheet.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSCambridge, US
MIGUEL FERNANDEZ(Executive Officer, Director)Miguel Fernandez(Co-founder)Luis Basagoiti(Co-founder)Guli Moreno(Co-founder)Przemek Gotfryd(Co-founder)Miguel Fernandez Larrea(Founder)in
Co-investorsInvescoQED01 AdvisorsBling CapitalConstruct CapitalDefy Partners+7 more
Castform is a self-service platform for reinforcement-learning fine-tuning of open-source models, letting engineers auto-generate training data from existing corpuses and agent traces, define tools and reward functions, and run distributed training.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Cellular Intelligence develops cell therapy treatments, specifically acquiring STEM-PD, a Phase 2-ready therapy for Parkinson's disease.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical Devices
Micha Breakstone(CEO & co-founder)Allon Klein(Scientific Co-founder)Olivier Pourquié(Scientific Co-founder)Cliff Tabin(Scientific Co-founder)Jay Shendure(Scientific Co-founder)
Co-investorsAstellas Venture Management LLCFusionLerer Hippeaumark vc
Clipboard Works operates a platform connecting nurses and healthcare workers with flexible shift opportunities and payment solutions across healthcare communities.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerFuture of WorkHealthtechHR TechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Wei Deng(Founder and Co-CEO)inBo Lu(Co-CEO)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Clipboard Health operates a marketplace that connects healthcare facilities with nursing and care workers for flexible shift scheduling, offering features such as Instant Pay.
Future of WorkHealthtechHR TechMarketplaces
Wei Deng(Founder and Co-CEO)Wei D.(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirstrock CapitalIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Oyster VenturesSummit Peak InvestmentsSummit Peak VenturesSequoia Capital
CloudTrucks provides a platform that connects independent truck owner-operators to a network of carriers for freight shipping, handling compliance and cash flow management.
Logistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Tobenna Arodiogbu(Founder & CEO)Jin Shieh(Founder)George Ezenna(Founder)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesBetter Tomorrow VenturesCraft VenturesHumba VenturesKindred VenturesMenlo Ventures+3 more
Coast is a financial technology company that offers a Visa commercial card for fuel and business expense payments, aimed at businesses operating vehicle fleets.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaS
Daniel Simon(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAvid VenturesBetter Tomorrow VenturesColle Capital PartnersICONIQVesey Ventures+2 more
Empora Title provides a digital title and closing service for real estate investors, offering an online portal to track transactions, virtual closings, and lower fees than traditional title companies.
FintechPropTechSaaSColumbus, US
Megan Harris(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAlexander Hartz(Director)
Tekton Dynamics builds AI and robotics for manufacturers, focused on automating dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks so that intelligent machines handle hazardous and mundane work.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsBirmingham, GB
Max Ahrens(Founder & CEO / AI Lead)in
Co-investorsfirstminute capital
Merge Labs is a research lab developing brain-computer interfaces that connect with neurons using molecules instead of electrodes and non-invasive modalities like ultrasound, integrated with AI.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Co-investorsAntiBig Brain Holdings
Nestmed provides an AI-powered documentation platform for home health and hospice agencies that automates clinical charting, medical coding, and quality assurance.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthSaaS
Barak Oshri(Founder)in
Co-investors57Blocks CapitalMischiefWHYS Ventures
Panthalassa is building a planetary-scale clean energy platform designed to meet global energy demand through offshore deployment with zero emissions at ultra-low cost.
CleantechDeep TechEnergy
Garth Sheldon-Coulson(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsCompoundGigascale CapitalHOF CapitalLowercarbon CapitalNimble PartnersPortland Seed Fund+10 more
Pie provides a suite of marketing products that help small and local businesses reach high-intent customers and appear in search results, including AI search tools like ChatGPT.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Co-investorsMercury FundRestive Ventures
An AI-powered design platform that enables users to create custom stickers, merchandise, posters, and other products by describing their ideas, which the AI then generates with professional typography and layouts.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomySan Francisco, US
Suhail Doshi(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsCaffeinated CapitalShrug CapitalY Combinator
Pomelo is a modular, API-first payment infrastructure platform powered by AI that enables the issuance, processing, and management of credit and debit cards.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSBuenos Aires, AR
Gastón Irigoyen(Founder)inJuan Fantoni(Founder)
Co-investorsAlter GlobalClocktower VenturesGraph VenturesIndex VenturesLatitud VenturesMirana Ventures+8 more
PsiQuantum builds fault-tolerant quantum computers using photonic qubits and semiconductor manufacturing processes.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingSemiconductorsMoreton Bay, AU
Prof. Jeremy O'Brien(Co-founder & Executive Chairman)Prof. Terry Rudolph(Co-founder & Chief Architect)Dr. Pete Shadbolt(Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer)Prof. Mark Thompson(Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer)Jeremy O'Brien(Founder)inVictor Peng(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesC4 VenturesCold Start VenturesFounders FundFPVHARPER COURT VENTURES+23 more
Settle offers a platform that combines procurement and accounts payable so consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands can manage purchases, track spend, and pay vendors, along with access to working capital for production and cash flow.
ConsumerE-commerceFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Nish Samantray(Co-Founder)Greg Davidson(CEO & Co-Founder)Alek Koenig(Founder)in
Co-investorsSuperAngel.FundWorklife VenturesCaffeinated CapitalFounders FundKleiner PerkinsRibbit Capital
ShoppingGives provides a social impact platform that enables businesses to integrate charitable giving into their commerce operations, allowing customers to donate at point of purchase or through customizable giving campaigns.
E-commerceImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Ronny Sage(Founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsSerena VenturesSummit Peak Ventures20VCBACKGROUND CAPITALCaffeinated CapitalGlobal Founders Capital+2 more
Stripe provides financial infrastructure for businesses to accept payments, offer financial services, and implement custom revenue models across international markets in 135+ currencies.
FintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
John Collison(Co-founder & President)inPatrick Collison(Co-founder & CEO)inWilliam Gaybrick(Executive Officer)Greg Brockman(Founding Engineer, then first CTO)inDaniela Amodei(Early employee — Risk Manager)inBelen Rodriguez
Co-investors500 GlobalAglae VenturesAir Street CapitalAlkeon InnovationAndreessen HorowitzBase Partners+58 more
Supergood generates real backend APIs for enterprise platforms that lack them by reverse-engineering the underlying network calls behind logins, handling MFA and CAPTCHAs via service accounts.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsShine Capital
Tekton Dynamics develops AI and robotics software to automate manufacturing tasks that are hazardous, repetitive, or undesirable for human workers.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsLondon, GB
Max Ahrens(Founder)in
Co-investorsUrban InnovationY Combinator
San Francisco, US
Benjamin Davis(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardMo Koyfman(Director)in
Co-investorsCraft VenturesShine Capital
Virta Health offers a personalized nutrition program and digital health platform to help people reverse type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Digital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Sami Inkinen(Founder)in
Co-investorsBronze InvestmentsChamaeleonDarco CapitalGreat Oaks Venture CapitalNFXObvious Ventures+5 more
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 · 4
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioYelpNYSE: YELPUberNYSE: UBERBrexacq. by Capital OneClipboardacq. by Compass (NYSE:COMP)
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesSettle · prnewswire.com · Aug 18, 2026
Coast · yahoo.com · Aug 18, 2026
Yelp · sahmcapital.com · Aug 10, 2026
Anduril · bloomberg.com · Aug 10, 2026
Stripe · techcrunch.com · Jul 20, 2026
Playground · wdef.com · Jul 19, 2026
Balance · benzinga.com · Jul 16, 2026
Balance · benzinga.com · Jul 16, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has SciFi VC made?
- SciFi VC has 20 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does SciFi VC invest at?
- SciFi VC invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is SciFi VC's typical check size?
- SciFi VC typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
- What sectors does SciFi VC focus on?
- SciFi VC focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Quantum Computing, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is SciFi VC located?
- SciFi VC is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does SciFi VC lead rounds?
- Yes, SciFi VC leads investment rounds.
- Who does SciFi VC co-invest with?
- SciFi VC most often shares deals with Summit Peak Ventures, Y Combinator, Founders Fund, among 124 tracked co-investors.
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