Section 32
Venture capitalPalo Alto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 23 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Section 32 operates as a deliberately capital-constrained, high-conviction venture firm that concentrates on a small number of companies to commit deeply and support founders over the long term. The team pairs experienced investors and operators with hands-on help recruiting leaders across engineering, AI, and go-to-market. Its investing focus spans artificial intelligence, computational biology, physical AI, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and enterprise. By constraining capital, the firm forces itself to choose between excellent opportunities rather than deploying into marginal ones, reserving meaningful time, capital, and attention for the companies it backs.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 23 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 53 of 56 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×28Biotech ×18Enterprise Software ×13SaaS ×13Healthtech ×12Deep Tech ×11Medical Devices ×11Digital Health ×8
HQs:United States×37Canada×1Germany×1United Kingdom×1Sweden×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 24 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×103 founders×54+ founders×5
Where their founders studiedfrom 43 founders with education data
Stanford University ×5University of California, Berkeley ×5Duke University ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3Carnegie Mellon University ×2Princeton University ×2Technion ×2University of Southern California ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 41 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×22Engineering ×18Business & Management ×3Humanities ×3Life Sciences ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 47 founders with career history
DeepMind ×5Stanford University ×4Facebook ×3Google ×2Legora, Inc. ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2NVIDIA ×2Pivotal ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
18 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 46 with degree data)
Investments · 56 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 22024 · 22023 · 32022 · 42021 · 72020 · 223 dated
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(Co-founder & CEO)inFred Ehrsam(Co-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 CapitalAndreessen HorowitzAnsa Capital+54 more
Infleqtion builds neutral-atom quantum computers, precision quantum sensors, and related software, and works on integrated photonics to scale quantum systems.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingLouisville, US
Dana Anderson(Founder)inPranav Gokhale(Chief Technology Officer)inPaul Lipman(Chief Revenue Officer)inJason D. Hall(Chief Legal Officer)inIlan Hart(Chief Financial Officer)inMatthew J. Kinsella(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough VictoriaCaruso VenturesForma PrimeGlynn Capital ManagementIn-Q-TelS Ventures+4 more
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)Gautam Gupta(Executive Officer)inJeffrey Holden(Executive Officer)David Plouffe(Executive Officer)inEmil Michael(Executive Officer)in
Co-investors137 Ventures408 VenturesA*ACME CapitalAcross Capital PartnersAglae Ventures+67 more
Aspen Neuroscience develops iPSC-derived autologous cell therapies for neurological diseases, with a lead product (ANPD001) in Phase 1/2a clinical trials for Parkinson's disease.
BiotechDeep TechDigital HealthMedical Devices
Andrés Bratt-Leal(Co-Founder and Senior Vice President, Research & Development)inDamien McDevitt(President and Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersLifeforce CapitalOrbiMedDomain AssociatesEDB InvestmentsFrazier Life Sciences+4 more
Formation Bio develops drugs through partnerships with health systems, academic medical centers, and research sites, focusing on clinical trials in dermatology, rheumatology, and cardiometabolic diseases.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtech
Ben Liu(CEO & Co-Founder)inLinhao Zhang(Co-Founder)inBenjamine Liu(Founder)in
Co-investorsSequoia CapitalThrive CapitalAndreessen HorowitzFelicis VenturesFPVHyphen Capital+4 more
Medcrypt provides cybersecurity products and strategic consulting to medical device manufacturers to ensure their devices are secure by design and meet FDA regulatory requirements.
CybersecurityHealthtechMedical Devices
Mike Kijewski(Founder)in
Co-investorsEniac VenturesIntuitive VenturesY CombinatorDolby Family Ventures
Medcrypt provides cybersecurity products and strategic consulting to medical device manufacturers to ensure devices are secure by design and meet regulatory requirements.
CybersecurityHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaSSan Diego, US
Mike Kijewski(Founder)inEric Pancoast(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorEniac VenturesAnzu PartnersIntuitive VenturesLRVHealthS32
Nusano produces medical radioisotopes for use in theranostic compounds and cancer treatment applications.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesWest Valley City, US
Howard C. Lewin(Co-founder & Chief Product Development Officer)inGlenn B. Rosenthal(Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsWasatch Equity PartnersS32
Octave develops blood-based biomarker tests for neurodegenerative diseases including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesMenlo Park, US
William Hagstrom(Founder and Chairman)inDoug Biehn(President and CEO)in
Co-investorsNorthpond VenturesSandbox IndustriesBlue Venture FundsEcho Health VenturesHikma VenturesGreycroft+1 more
ScienceIO offers an AI platform for interpreting healthcare data, including a product that converts unstructured medical text into structured data via an API and maps it to millions of medical concepts.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtech
Will Manidis(Founder, CEO)Gaurav Kaushik(Founder, President)
Co-investorsEarl Grey CapitalSwell PartnersToba CapitalAlt CapitalLachy GroomQuiet Capital+8 more
Formation Bio develops drugs alongside research site partners, including health systems, academic medical centers, and independent research sites, with a focus on accelerating clinical trials in dermatology, rheumatology, and cardiometabolic diseases.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaSNew York, US
Linhao Zhang(Co-Founder)inBenjamine Liu(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardAlfred Lin(Director)inMichael Moritz(Director)inScott Kupor(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzSam AltmanSequoia CapitalThrive CapitalMantis CapitalSpark Capital+3 more
8090 is an AI-native software development platform designed for regulated enterprises in healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and government that enables teams to build production code from business intent with full audit trails and governance controls.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareRedwood City, US
Chamath Palihapitiya(Co-founder and CEO)inRohit Kelapure(Founder)inSina Sojoodi(Founder)inSteven Trieu(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsS32Craft VenturesLAUNCHSalesforce VenturesTPB
Arbor develops programmable DNA editors for genetic medicine, aiming to enable functional cures for patients by addressing genetic diseases through bespoke gene editing approaches.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesCambridge, US
DAVID ARTHUR SCOTT(Executive Officer)inWINSTON XIA YAN(Executive Officer)FENG ZHANG(Director)ANNIE HAZLEHURST(Director)
BoardKEITH CRANDELL(Director)DAVID R. WALT(Director)in
Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersIllumina VenturesOno Venture Investment, Inc.TCG CrossoverAlly Bridge GroupJanus Henderson Investors+3 more
A new type of biodiscovery, discovering and harnessing nature's most valuable proteins
Oliver Vince(Founder)inGlen Gowers(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlue Horizon CorporationHummingbird VenturesNVenturesS32Systemiq CapitalTrue Ventures+5 more
Big Hat Bio develops therapeutics under development across multiple programs.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Peyton Greenside(Executive Officer, Director)inMark DePristo(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardFrancisco Gimenez(Director)inSteve Kafka(Director)Vineeta Agarwala(Director)inRobert Chess(Director)
Co-investors8VCAndreessen HorowitzBOLD LongevityFlucas VenturesGRIDS CapitalAME Cloud Ventures+5 more
AI research lab developing visual intelligence technology including image generation and manipulation models.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsFreiburg, DE
Robin Rombach(Founder)Andreas Blattmann(Founder)inPatrick Esser(Founder)Tim Dockhorn(Founder)
BoardAnjney Midha(Director)in
Co-investorsAir Street CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBroadLight CapitalCherry VenturesEarlybird Venture CapitalHeadline+12 more
BloomText provides HIPAA-compliant messaging software built specifically for healthcare organizations.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSSeattle, US
Michael Wasser(Founder/CEO)inHeather Milone(Founder/Executive Business Advisor)in
Co-investorsFifty YearsY CombinatorSlow Ventures
C2i Genomics develops TrueMRD, a cancer monitoring platform that combines whole-genome sequencing with AI algorithms to build personalized tumor signatures for detecting minimal residual disease (MRD).
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechNew York, US
Asaf Zviran(Founder)inEzra Sofer(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardEli Casdin(Director)inAlex Parker(Director)Shaun Rodriguez(Director)in
Co-investorsiGlobe PartnersLionBirdNFXCasdin Capital
Cohere builds foundational AI models and enterprise solutions that help businesses automate tasks, accelerate workflows, and enhance decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSToronto, CA
Aidan Gomez(Co-founder & CEO)Ivan Zhang(Co-founder)inNick Frosst(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAccess Ventures (New York)Advaita CapitalAju IB Invesment CorporationAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundCastor Ventures+20 more
Current Health builds FDA-cleared clinical technology and infrastructure that enables acute and complex care—including advanced therapies like CAR-T, bispecifics, and cell and gene therapies—to be delivered safely in ambulatory and home settings.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesEdinburgh, US
Christopher McGhee(Founder)in
Co-investorsLRVHealthMMC VenturesOSF VenturesNorthpond Ventures
Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ali Ghodsi(Co-founder & CEO)inIon Stoica(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inMatei Zaharia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inReynold Xin(Founder)inPatrick Wendell(Founder)inAndy Konwinski(Founder)in
Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesAglae VenturesAlkeon InnovationAltra VentureAmplify Partners+72 more
Deel is a global HR platform that enables businesses to hire, onboard, and manage employees and contractors across borders.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Bouaziz(Founder/CEO)inShuo Wang(Founder/CRO)inAlexandre Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ofer Simon(Former Co-Founder)Philippe Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
BoardAnish Acharya(Director)in
Co-investorsAlpha Square GroupAltaIR CapitalAmplo VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCoatue ManagementElad Gil+35 more
Delve develops molecular next-generation sequencing (mNGS) tests that diagnose infections in cerebrospinal fluid and other clinical samples, enabling rapid pathogen identification for patients with difficult-to-diagnose infections.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Dr. Joseph DeRisi(Founder)
Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Perceptive Xontogeny Venture
Ema builds "Universal AI Employees" — AI agents designed to perform business tasks and automate repetitive work across an organization.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Surojit Chatterjee(Co-Founder & CEO)inSouvik Sen(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsAccelS32Transpose Platform ManagementWipro VenturesHitachi VenturesProsus Ventures+1 more
Ema is an enterprise platform for building "AI Employees" from plain-language intent, with agents that self-optimize and are grounded in a company's own context.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMountain View, US
Surojit Chatterjee(Co-Founder & CEO)inSouvik Sen(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsAccelColle Capital PartnersFrontier VenturesHitachi VenturesSCB 10XWipro Ventures+1 more
Endor Labs provides application security tooling to identify, prioritize, and fix vulnerabilities in software development, with particular focus on securing AI-generated code and open-source dependencies.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Varun Badhwar(Founder & Co-founder)inDimitri Stiliadis(Founder & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersDell Technologies CapitalCoatue ManagementS32Salesforce VenturesSierra Ventures+6 more
CrowdStrike provides cloud-native security software protecting endpoints, cloud workloads, identity systems, and data infrastructure to prevent breaches for enterprise customers.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software
George Kurtz(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsAmiti VenturesAnsa CapitalBallistic VenturesDecibel PartnersIntercept VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+7 more
Cambridge, MA biotechnology company developing injectable synthetic biomarkers for noninvasive disease staging and treatment monitoring.
BiotechCambridge, US
Gabriel Kwong(Executive Officer)inSangeeta BhatiainRoopom Banerjee(Executive Officer)in
BoardTheresia Gouw(Director)inAmy Schulman(Director)inStan Lapidus(Director)in
Co-investorsGreatPoint VenturesAcrew CapitalAspect VenturesCatalio Capital ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)Dns Capital+4 more
Gretel provides synthetic data generation tools that enable developers to create high-quality, domain-specific datasets for training agentic AI systems and language models.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Diego, US
Ali Golshan(Co-Founder & CEO)inLaszlo Bock(Co-Founder, Board of Directors)Alex Watson(Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer (initially Co-Founder & CEO))John Myers(Co-Founder & CTO)
BoardSridhar Ramaswamy(Board Partner (Greylock))inKelly Perdew(Director)in
Co-investorsGreylock PartnersMoonshots CapitalS32Village GlobalAnthos CapitalEnzo Ventures+1 more
Gretel was a startup that built a software product used by various companies before ceasing operations.
SaaS
Ali Golshan(Founder)in
Co-investorsEnzo VenturesExtension FundAnthos CapitalGreylock PartnersMoonshots CapitalRLC Ventures
Gusto provides payroll processing, employee benefits administration, and HR management tools to businesses, offering integrated software alongside support services for these functions.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Francisco, US
Josh Reeves(Founder/CEO)inEdward Kim(Founder/Empowering Gusto's Engineering Team)inTomer London(Founder/; Empowering Gusto's Product and Design Teams)in
Co-investors137 VenturesA*Acrew CapitalAkkadian VenturesAspect VenturesAurum+49 more
humans& is a frontier AI lab focused on building human-centric AI systems that prioritize people and their relationships, emphasizing innovations in reinforcement learning, memory, and user understanding to create AI that strengthens organizations and communities.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSEl Segundo, US
Eric Zelikman(Co-founder)inNoah Goodman(Founder)inAlaarif Nooruldeen(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardKristen Green(Director)Allen Mask(Director)Jonathan Ellman(Director)
Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)S32SV AngelNVIDIAA.Capital VenturesChamaeleon+7 more
Inceptive builds foundation models of biological systems for drug discovery, specializing in sequence-based medicines like mRNA and peptides.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical DevicesPalo Alto, US
Jakob Uszkoreit(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inKevin Heyries(Executive Officer)inDiana Isabel Ajuria(Executive Officer)Do Soon Kim(Executive Officer)in
BoardVijay S. Pande(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzArtis VenturesObvious VenturesS32NVentures
Inworld AI provides a full-duplex audio streaming platform that enables real-time conversational AI interactions with intelligent turn-taking, function calling, and multi-model routing capabilities for developers building conversational applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsMountain View, US
Ilya Gelfenbeyn(Founder)inKylan Gibbs(Founder)inMichael Ermolenko(Founder)in
Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesBrave CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Dentsu VenturesDisney AcceleratorFirst Spark Ventures, Llc+11 more
Clinical-stage Boston biotech developing oral pan-KRAS inhibitors for patients with KRAS-driven cancers.
BiotechBoston, US
Frank G. Haluska(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardOmar Khalil(Director)Nicholas Saccomano(Director)Barbara Sosnowski(Director)Andrew Phillips(Director)Denis Patrick(Director)
Co-investorsPfizer Venture Investments
Legora builds AI-powered collaboration software for lawyers to automate routine tasks and improve efficiency in legal work.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechStockholm, SE
Max Junestrand(Founder)inSigge Labor(Founder)inAugust Erséus(Co-founder)in
BoardChetan Puttagunta(Director)Jacob Effron(Redpoint board member)inLogan Bartlett(Redpoint board member)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAccelAlkeon InnovationAtlassian VenturesBain Capital VenturesBessemer Venture Partners+27 more
Lime operates a shared micromobility service offering short-term rentals of electric bikes and scooters.
CleantechConsumerMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Wayne Ting(CEO)in
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesAkkadian VenturesAmity VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBling CapitalBMW i Ventures+29 more
MedArrive provides software for scheduling, routing, and real-time tracking of in-home care delivery teams.
HealthtechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSNew York, US
Inna Plumb(Executive Officer)inDaniel Trigub(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardWilliam Sullivan(Director)Annie Case(Director)inAndy Harrison(Director)Agneta Breitenstein(Director)in
Co-investors7wire VenturesCobalt VenturesCorewell Health VenturesDeclaration PartnersKleiner PerkinsDefine Ventures+2 more
A drug discovery company staffed by scientists and industry specialists focused on developing pharmaceutical candidates.
Biotech
Timur Yusufzai(Founder)inAsit Parikh(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsNextech InvestThird Rock VenturesAlexandriaCasdin CapitalCreacion VenturesGoldman Sachs+3 more
Google Nest manufactures smart home devices including cameras, doorbells, speakers, and thermostats that integrate with Google Home for security, entertainment, and energy management.
ConsumerHardwareIoTMountain View, US
Tony Fadell(Founder)inMatt Rogers(Founder)
Co-investorsC4 VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)GV (Google Ventures)Impact America FundKleiner PerkinsPJC+8 more
Nested Therapeutics is a precision oncology company developing small-molecule cancer therapeutics by identifying overlooked driver mutations and novel binding pockets through a drug discovery platform combining genomics, computational biophysics, machine learning, and chemical biology.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech
Arvin Dar(Co-founder & Board Observer)inKevan Shokat(Scientific Co-founder)Klaus Hoeflich(Co-founder & former Chief Scientific Officer)inDarrin Miles(Chief Executive Officer)inPhilip Komarnitsky(Chief Medical Officer)inTanja Weber(Chief Business Officer)in
Co-investorsVersant VenturesForesite CapitalSixty Degree CapitalCowen Healthcare InvestmentsGoldman Sachs
Neurotechnology company developing implantable brain-computer interfaces for people with paralysis and vision loss.
BiotechFremont, US
ELON MUSK(Executive Officer)in
BoardJared Birchall(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAdvaita CapitalAurum Venture PartnersBeyond CapitalDreamers VCFounders FundGestio Capital+19 more
NewLimit develops epigenetic reprogramming medicines to extend healthspan and treat age-related diseases at the intersection of computer science and biotechnology.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechLongevitySouth San Francisco, US
Brian Armstrong(Co-founder, Board of Directors)inBlake Byers(Director)inJacob Kimmel(Director)inMichael Polansky(Executive Officer)
BoardZavain Dar(Director)in
Co-investorsS32Valor Equity Partners8VCAbstract Venturesage1Beyond Capital+8 more
Ohalo develops agricultural products designed to improve farmer productivity and livelihoods globally.
AgTechBiotech
Co-investorsCongruent VenturesS32
ONI develops the Nanoimager, an automated super-resolution imaging system.
BiotechDeep TechHardwareMedical DevicesOxford, GB
Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersArtis VenturesFuture Planet CapitalOxford Technology ManagementVertical Venture PartnersAxon Ventures+5 more
Phaidra develops an AI control platform that uses reinforcement learning to optimize energy efficiency and operational performance in data centers and AI factories.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechEnergySeattle, US
Jim Gao(Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Board Member)inVeda Panneershelvam(Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Board Member)inKatie Hoffman(Co-Founder, President, Chief Operating Officer, Board Member)inVedavyas Panneershelvam(Founder)in
Co-investorsCollaborative FundCool Climate CollectiveEast Valley VenturesFlying Fish VenturesIncubate USIndex Ventures+8 more
Physical Intelligence develops generalist AI models for robotics that can control any robot to perform various tasks through learning algorithms and multi-robot training.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Sergey Levine(Founder)Adnan Esmail(Founder)inBrian Ichter(Founder)inKarol Hausman(Founder)inLachy Groom(Founder)inQuan Vuong(Founder)in
Co-investorsCapitalGKhosla VenturesLux CapitalRedpoint VenturesSequoia CapitalThrive Capital+26 more
Raya is a private, membership-based iPhone app for dating, networking and social discovery with an application-based vetting process.
Co-investorsDreamers VCS32
SandboxAQ combines artificial intelligence and quantum technology to address complex industrial challenges.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechQuantum Computing
Jack Hidary(Founder)in
BoardSergey Brin(Founder)
Co-investorsAllianz XAvant Global LLCBreyer CapitalElaiaFPVIn-Q-Tel+12 more
Scale provides high-quality training data, model evaluations, and full-stack AI systems for enterprises and governments to build and deploy AI applications.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Alexandr Wang(Co-founder & CEO)inLucy Guo(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAdit Ventures Management, LlcBeyond CapitalCheyenne VenturesCoatue ManagementElad Gil+33 more
S32 is a venture capital firm that invests in technology founders and companies, with particular focus on deep tech, AI, healthcare, and enterprise software.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep TechEnterprise Software
Bill Maris(General Partner, Founder)Andy Harrison(General Partner, CEO)
Co-investorsModi VenturesVeronorte
Slack is an AI-powered communication platform that consolidates conversations, applications, and customer interactions in a single workspace for businesses.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Cal Henderson(Co-founder & CTO)inStewart Butterfield(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investors1991 VenturesAccelACME CapitalAcrew CapitalAglae VenturesAndreessen Horowitz+36 more
Stairwell provides cybersecurity threat intelligence solutions to help teams identify and address security threats.
Cybersecurity
Co-investorsAccelBallistic VenturesGradient VenturesS32Lux CapitalSequoia Capital
Wise Systems provides an AI-driven routing optimization platform for delivery and fleet operations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaSCambridge, US
Charles Sims II(Executive Officer, Director)Ali Kamil(Executive Officer, Director)inLayla Shaikley(Executive Officer, Director)inJemel Derbali(Executive Officer, Director)inChazz Sims(Founder)in
BoardDr. Sandy Pentland
Co-investorsBantam GroupFontinalis PartnersGradient VenturesGutbrain VenturesTechstarsThe E14 Fund+5 more
WithMe provides amenity solutions for multifamily properties and residential communities, featuring branded offerings like PrintWithMe for printing services and SipWithMe for beverage amenities.
CleantechConsumerHardwareImpact & Social GoodIoTPropTechSaaSChicago, US
Jonathan Treble(Founder)inWilliam A. Reid(Executive Officer)Jonathan Jenkins(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardZach Ware(Director)inEric Salo(Director)Danielle Jenkins(Director)
Co-investorsGreat North VenturesOak HC/FTOMERS VenturesVTF Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Exits · 10
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Uber · techcrunch.com · Sep 9, 2026
Coinbase · investing.com · Aug 31, 2026
Legora · techcrunch.com · Aug 26, 2026
Nusano · climatechangedispatch.com · Aug 18, 2026
Lime · karmactive.com · Aug 13, 2026
Databricks · techcrunch.com · Aug 13, 2026
8090 · intelligence360.news · Aug 4, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Section 32 made?
- Section 32 has 56 tracked investments, 10 of which have exited, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Section 32 invest at?
- Section 32 invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Section 32 focus on?
- Section 32 focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Robotics, SaaS.
- Where is Section 32 located?
- Section 32 is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
- Does Section 32 lead rounds?
- Yes, Section 32 leads investment rounds.
- Who does Section 32 co-invest with?
- Section 32 most often shares deals with S32, Accel, SV Angel, among 203 tracked co-investors.
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