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Venture capitalPalo Alto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 23 people tracked
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Investment thesis
S32 practices conviction-based investing, backing exceptional founders who see what others don't, rather than relying on committee consensus. Investment decisions are made by experienced partners who have themselves built and scaled companies. The firm favors founders with uncommon conviction backed by deep insight and evidence, strong technical depth, and a long-term orientation—describing itself as patient capital for patient builders. S32 invests across enterprise software, AI/ML, data infrastructure, deep tech, cybersecurity, fintech, and healthcare/life sciences. It operates as a small team where founders work directly with investors, operators, and talent leaders, and prefers to be reached through warm introductions.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 23 people
from the firm's website
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Section 32 went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 54 of 59 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×29Biotech ×18Enterprise Software ×15SaaS ×14Deep Tech ×13Medical Devices ×12Healthtech ×11Digital Health ×10
HQs:United States×40United Kingdom×2Canada×1Germany×1Sweden×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 25 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×53 founders×24+ founders×14
Where their founders studiedfrom 47 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley ×6Duke University ×5Stanford University ×5Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3Carnegie Mellon University ×2Princeton University ×2Technion ×2University of Southern California ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 46 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×25Engineering ×20Business & Management ×3Humanities ×3Life Sciences ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 54 founders with career history
Google ×13Stanford University ×5IBM ×3Microsoft ×3Google Deepmind ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ×2Meta ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
19 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 51 with degree data)
Investments · 59 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42025 · 32024 · 42023 · 42022 · 62021 · 102020 · 32019 · 12017 · 136 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 CapitalAdventure FundAndreessen Horowitz+93 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-TelMaverick Ventures+6 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 until 2017)Garrett Camp(Co-founder)inGautam Gupta(Executive Officer)inJeffrey Holden(Executive Officer)David Plouffe(Executive Officer)inEmil Michael(Executive Officer)in
Co-investors137 Ventures3Spoke Capital408 VenturesA*ACME CapitalAcross Capital Partners+88 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 DevicesSan Diego, US
Andrés Bratt-Leal(Co-Founder and Senior Vice President, Research & Development)inANDRÉS BRATT-LEAL, Ph.D.(Co-Founder; Senior Vice President, Research & Development)Damien McDevitt(President and Chief Executive Officer)inDAMIEN MCDEVITT, Ph.D.(President and Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersLifeforce CapitalOrbiMedDomain AssociatesEDB InvestmentsFrazier Life Sciences+9 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 HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaSNew York, US
Ben Liu(CEO & Co-Founder)inLinhao Zhang(Co-Founder)in
BoardAlfred Lin(Director)inMichael Moritz(Director)inScott Kupor(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzSequoia CapitalSam AltmanThrive CapitalFelicis VenturesFPV+11 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 DevicesSaaSSan Diego, US
Eric Pancoast(Founder)inMike Kijewski(Founder)inVidya Murthy(Executive Officer)in
BoardAndrew Conrad(Director)Gary Kurtzman(Director)Tamir Meiri(Director)
Co-investorsEniac VenturesIntuitive VenturesY CombinatorAlumni VenturesAnzu PartnersDolby Family Ventures+8 more
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 PartnersS32BrightEdge
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 VenturesIntermountain Health+4 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+11 more
TwinStrand develops Duplex Sequencing technology, a genomic platform for improving accuracy in clinical medicine and life sciences research applications.
BiotechData & InfrastructureDeep TechMedical DevicesSeattle, US
Jesse Salk(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inKellie Bickel(Executive Officer)Elena Cant(Executive Officer)Karen Dabbs(Executive Officer)in
BoardChad Waite(Director)Michael Pellini(Director)in
Board seatMike Pellini· per SEC Form D · $25.7M raise · filed Jun 2023
Co-investorsMadrona Venture Group
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 VenturesTPBWndrCo
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)Feng Zhang, Ph.D.(Arbor Co-founder and Scientific Advisory Board Chair)David Walt, Ph.D.(Arbor Co-founder)David Scott, Ph.D.(Arbor Co-founder)
Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersIllumina VenturesOno Venture Investment, Inc.TCG CrossoverAlly Bridge GroupJanus Henderson Investors+4 more
A new type of biodiscovery, discovering and harnessing nature's most valuable proteins
London, GB
Oliver Vince(Co-founder)inGlen Gowers(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsBlue Horizon CorporationHummingbird VenturesNVenturesNVIDIAS32Systemiq Capital+6 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 CapitalIntermountain Health+10 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 HorowitzBain Capital VenturesBroadLight CapitalCherry VenturesEarlybird Venture Capital+23 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 CombinatorAvlok CapitalBuckley Ventures Management Company LlcFounders' Co-opFriale+4 more
C2i Genomics develops a whole-genome sequencing platform that uses AI algorithms to build patient-specific cancer signatures for detecting minimal residual disease (MRD) and monitoring cancer.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechNew York, US
Asaf Zviran(Founder)inEzra Sofer(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardEli Casdin(Director)inAlex Parker(Director)Shaun Rodriguez(Director)in
Co-investorsiGlobe PartnersLionBirdNat TurnerNFXCasdin Capital
Cohere builds foundational AI models and enterprise solutions that help businesses automate tasks, accelerate workflows, and enhance decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSToronto, CA
Aidan Gomez(Co-founder & CEO)Ivan Zhang(Co-founder)inNick Frosst(Co-founder)in
Co-investors1802 VenturesAccess Ventures (New York)Advaita CapitalAju IB InvestmentAlumni VenturesBasecamp Fund+30 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 VenturesPerot JainNorthpond 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 InnovationAlpha Square GroupAltra Venture+111 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-investors515 VenturesAdventure FundAlpha Square GroupAltaIR CapitalAmplo VenturesAndreessen Horowitz+70 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
Dialpad provides a platform that transforms customer conversations into actionable intelligence for businesses.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Ramon, US
Craig Walker(Chief Executive Officer & Founder)inJohn Rector(Director)inBrian Peterson(Chief Technology Officer & Founder)inLily Toy(Executive Officer)inDan O'Connell(Director)in
BoardMark Shulgan(Director)in
Co-investors1435 Capital3Spoke CapitalAcrew CapitalAndreessen HorowitzAtomicCerity Partners Ventures+18 more
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 VenturesAME Cloud VenturesColle Capital Partners+7 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+4 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+7 more
EQRx was a Cambridge, MA biopharma that aimed to sell lower-priced novel drugs; it was acquired by Revolution Medicines in 2023.
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzArboretum VenturesARCH Venture PartnersGV (Google Ventures)Nextech InvestBain Capital+1 more
Forward builds network modeling and management software that enables operators at large enterprises to understand, visualize, and troubleshoot complex network infrastructures.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
David Erickson(CEO and Co-founder)inNikhil Handigol(Chief AI Officer and Co-founder)inBrandon Heller(CTO and Co-founder)inPeyman Kazemian(Chief Architect and Co-founder)in
BoardAndreas Stavropoulos(Director)inL. William Krause(Director)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAndreessen HorowitzS32Threshold VenturesDFJGoldman Sachs+1 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)Stan Lapidus(Director)in
Co-investorsGreatPoint VenturesAcrew CapitalARCH Venture PartnersAspect VenturesCatalio Capital ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)+7 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 ToolsSaaSSan 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-investorsEnzo VenturesExtension FundGreylock PartnersInsurtech Gateway FundMoonshots CapitalS32+3 more
Greylock is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups, partnering with founders and providing them with its network and resources.
Sector Agnostic
Co-investorsEchoVC PartnersSouth Park CommonsAdditionBattery VenturesInsight PartnersLux Capital+1 more
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+61 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)inGeorges Harik(co-founder)Alaarif Nooruldeen(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardKristen Green(Director)Allen Mask(Director)
Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)S32SV AngelNVIDIAA.Capital VenturesAlumni Ventures+18 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 VenturesS32NVenturesNVIDIA
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-investorsA-Force VenturesBitkraft Esports VenturesBrave CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Dentsu VenturesDisney Accelerator+16 more
Kestrel Therapeutics develops targeted cancer therapies focused on inhibiting KRAS mutations across all tumor types using structure-based drug design.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesBoston, 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(Co-founder & CEO)inSigge Labor(Founder)inAugust Erséus(Co-founder)in
BoardChetan Puttagunta(Director)Jacob Effron(Redpoint board member)inLogan Bartlett(Redpoint board member)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAccelAirTree VenturesAlanda Capital Holding LimitedAlkeon InnovationAtlassian Ventures+38 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 HorowitzATEL VenturesAtomico+33 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-investorsLifeSci Venture PartnersNextech InvestThird Rock VenturesAlexandriaCasdin CapitalCreacion Ventures+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 PerkinsLightspeed Venture Partners+9 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-investors1802 VenturesAdvaita CapitalAliya Capital PartnersAurum Venture PartnersBeyond CapitalCraft Ventures+36 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)inBlake Byers(Co-founder)inJacob Kimmel(Co-founder & CEO)inMichael Polansky(Executive Officer)
BoardZavain Dar(Director)in
Co-investorsS32Valor Equity Partners8VCAbstract Venturesage1Beyond Capital+15 more
Ohalo develops agricultural products designed to improve farmer productivity and livelihoods globally.
AgTechBiotech
Co-investorsCongruent VenturesCraft VenturesS32
ONI develops the Nanoimager, an automated super-resolution imaging system.
BiotechDeep TechHardwareMedical DevicesOxford, GB
Co-investorsAnjostARCH Venture PartnersArtis VenturesFuture Planet CapitalOxford Technology ManagementVertical Venture Partners+6 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 and Chief Executive Officer)inVeda Panneershelvam(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)inKatie Hoffman(Co-Founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer)in
Co-investorsCollaborative FundCool Climate CollectiveEast Valley VenturesFlying Fish VenturesIncubate USIndex Ventures+9 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+33 more
Raya is a private, membership-based iPhone app for dating, networking and social discovery with an application-based vetting process.
Co-investorsDreamers VCS32
Boston-based biotech developing drugs against the 'dark genome'/repeatome for autoimmune disease, cancer and neurodegeneration.
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzARCH Venture PartnersGV (Google Ventures)Luma GroupSanofi VenturesAbingworth+11 more
SandboxAQ combines artificial intelligence and quantum technology to address complex industrial challenges.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechQuantum Computing
Jack Hidary(CEO)in
BoardSergey Brin(Founder)
Co-investorsAllianz XAvant Global LLCBreyer CapitalElaiaFPVIn-Q-Tel+14 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)inFrancis deSouza(CEO)in
Co-investors1435 CapitalAccelAdit Ventures Management, LlcAIspace VenturesAlpana VenturesAlpha Square Group+98 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+47 more
Stairwell provides cybersecurity threat intelligence solutions to help teams identify and address security threats.
Cybersecurity
Co-investorsAccelBallistic VenturesGradient VenturesS32Sequoia CapitalEric Schmidt+2 more
TollBit provides publishers and commerce platforms with tools to monitor, control, and monetize AI agent and bot access to their websites, including analytics on AI traffic, agent authentication, content licensing, and pricing enforcement.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechNew York City, US
Olivia Joslin(Cofounder & COO)inToshit Panigrahi(Cofounder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAIX VenturesLerer HippeauLightspeed Venture PartnersS32Sunflower Capital Management FundBDMI+1 more
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+6 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.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Section 32 made?
- Section 32 has 59 tracked investments, 11 of which have exited, including 8 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, Cloud Computing, 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 264 tracked co-investors.
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Everywhere Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that writes pre-seed checks and is backed by a community of founder and operator LPs.