Sherpalo Ventures
Venture capitalMenlo Park · Seed–Late Stage · 1 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Sherpalo focuses on backing exceptional, innovative entrepreneurs at the earliest stages, when they have a compelling idea, an emerging team, a plan, and defensible technology. The firm positions itself as a hands-on 'sherpa guide' that mentors founders through the rugged process of building a company, aiming to help young businesses grow and gain traction with fewer mistakes and greater speed. Its partners draw on operating experience at leading internet companies such as Google, Amazon, and Netscape to add value beyond capital.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 32 of 42 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×19Enterprise Software ×13SaaS ×12Data & Infrastructure ×7Developer Tools ×7Cloud Computing ×6Fintech ×5Consumer ×3
HQs:United States×20India×3Canada×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 31 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×102 founders×123 founders×54+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 49 founders with education data
Stanford University ×12University of California, Berkeley ×5Harvard University ×4Caltech ×3Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ×3Carnegie Mellon University ×2Harvard Business School ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 45 founders with career history
Applatix, Inc. (acquired by Intuit) ×3Argo Project ×3InMobi ×3Intuit® ×3McKinsey & Company ×3Stanford University ×3Dropbox ×2Facebook ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
15 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 44 with degree data)
Investments · 42 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12023 · 12022 · 22020 · 12015 · 16 dated
Holding company spanning technology, life sciences, and research subsidiaries including Google.
Mountain View, US
Larry Page(Executive Officer, Director)inSergey Brin(Executive Officer, Director)inEric E. Schmidt(Executive Officer, Director)David C. Drummond(Executive Officer)Sundar M. Pichai(Executive Officer)inRuth Porat(Executive Officer)in
Abacus.AI develops a generative AI platform with two offerings: ChatLLM, a multi-modal AI assistant for individuals and small teams, and Abacus.AI Enterprise, which provides AI automation, chatbots, and business process integration for large organizations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Arvind Sundararajan(Founder)inSiddartha Naidu(Founder)in
Co-investorsIndex VenturesKhosla VenturesTiger Global ManagementAlkeon InnovationCoatue ManagementCollective Liquidity+1 more
Acryl Data develops DataHub Cloud, an enterprise context platform built on the open-source DataHub project that unifies metadata, data lineage, quality checks, and governance so AI agents and data teams can access reliable context.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Shirshanka Das(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesMantis Capital8VCInsight Partners
Aisera develops agentic AI systems for enterprises that proactively anticipate needs and solve repetitive tasks, freeing teams to focus on strategic decisions and complex problem-solving.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSanta Clara, US
Abhi Maheshwari(Chief Executive Officer)inJared Lucas(Chief People Officer)inDejan Deklich(Chief Development Officer)inRahul Guha(VP of Product Management)inUtkarsh Contractor(Field Chief Technology Officer)inBen Lu(Chief Financial Officer)in
Co-investorsIcon VenturesMenlo VenturesThoma BravoTrue VenturesWorld Innovation LabAIX Ventures+7 more
Akuity offers an enterprise software delivery platform built on the open-source Argo CD and Kargo projects, providing GitOps-based continuous deployment, policy-driven environment promotion, and AI-driven operations across Kubernetes, VMs, and cloud environments.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSunnyvale, US
Alexander Matyushentsev(Founder)inHong Wang(Founder)inJesse Suen(Founder)in
BoardJon Sakoda(Director)in
Co-investorsAnsa CapitalAviso VenturesDecibel PartnersLead Edge Capital
Antheia uses a yeast-based biosynthesis and fermentation platform to manufacture Key Starting Materials (KSMs) and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) for essential medicines, offering an alternative to fragile agricultural sourcing.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechHealthtechMenlo Park, US
Christina D. Smolke(Executive Officer, Director)inChristina Smolke(Co-Founder & CEO)inKristy Hawkins(Co-Founder & CSO)inEric d'Esparbes(Chief Financial Officer)inZack McGahey(Chief Operating Officer)inHeidi Pucel(Chief People Officer)in
Co-investorsAmerica's Frontier FundCivilization Ventures Management, LlcLam CapitalGlobal Health Investment Corporation
Anyword provides a generative AI platform for marketing teams to create and optimize short-form and long-form content across ads, emails, social posts, blogs, and landing pages with performance prediction capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsGandyr InvestmentsUpWestInnovation EndeavorsLEAD Capital
Bright Money is a financial technology company that emphasizes data security and privacy in its infrastructure, protecting user information through high information security and privacy standards.
Fintech
Petko Plachkov(Founder)inVarun Modi(Founder)inAvi Patchava(Founder)inAvinash Ramakanth(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalFelicis VenturesHummingbird VenturesOutrun VenturesNVIDIA
Consumer fintech using data science to help people manage their money.
Ceramic provides a web-scale search API designed for AI applications and LLMs, offering lower-cost, faster search to give models access to current web information.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsMountain View, US
Anna Patterson(Founder)in
Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Samsung NextEarthshot Ventures
CheQ is a mobile app for paying credit card and utility bills in one place, offering rewards (CheQ Chips), a wallet, credit score dashboard, and instant cash and loan-against-mutual-funds products.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechBengaluru, IN
Aditya Soni(Founder)in
Co-investors3one4 Capital
Indian fintech platform simplifying credit card bill payments and loan repayments.
Clockwork provides infrastructure software for running large-scale AI training and inference workloads on GPU clusters, using nanosecond-precision monitoring, auto-remediation, and stateful job failover to prevent job crashes and reduce restarts.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructurePalo Alto, US
Deepak Merugu(Founder)in
Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)JC2 Ventures
Convex is a technology company building a database and backend platform, founded by a team with backgrounds in synchronization, storage, and databases.
Cloud ComputingConstruction TechData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSGlendale, US
Jamie Turner(Co-founder & CEO)inVahe Kuzoyan(Executive Officer, Director)Ara Mahdessian(Executive Officer, Director)James Cowling(Founder)inDavid Sherry(Executive Officer)
BoardWilliam Hsu(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersEmergence Capital PartnersFounders Circle CapitalIndex VenturesInsight Partners+8 more
AI-powered agents that automate MuleSoft development tasks.
CurieTech AI builds an autonomous, agentic MuleSoft developer that automates complex coding and speeds up development for enterprise IT teams.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ashish Thusoo(Founder)in
Co-investorsPruVen Capital Partners
Dandelion Chocolate makes small-batch, single-origin chocolate using only cocoa beans and organic cane sugar, with no added vanilla, lecithin, preservatives, or cocoa butter.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceSan Francisco, US
J. Todd Masonis(Executive Officer, Director)inCameron Ring(Executive Officer, Director)in
Creates concise profiles summarizing online information about people and companies.
EasyPost provides a RESTful API platform that simplifies shipping and logistics operations for businesses.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jarrett Streebin(Founder/Title)in
Co-investors137 VenturesAcequia Capital (AceCap)Bow CapitalCrunchFundEastward Capital PartnersFundersClub+16 more
Flexport provides an AI-driven platform for global supply chain management, offering logistics visibility, customs brokerage, and freight optimization for companies shipping goods internationally.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ryan Petersen(Founder & CEO)inRyan Peterson(Executive Officer, Director)Sanne Manders(Executive Officer)inChristopher Ferro(Executive Officer)Sudhanshu Priyadarshi(Executive Officer)in
BoardMichael Ronen(Director)
Co-investors137 Ventures8VCAcequia Capital (AceCap)Adit Ventures Management, LlcAllied Venture PartnersAndreessen Horowitz+37 more
Unlocking grid capacity for the AI era; raised a $64M Series A.
Co-investorsClocktower VenturesFuture Energy VenturesStepchangeXora
GridCare develops AI-powered solutions to optimize energy efficiency and performance for data centers.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechData & InfrastructureEnergy
Co-investorsClearvision VenturesFuture Energy VenturesNational Grid PartnersOverture Climate
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+48 more
Hebbia builds AI software used by investment and financial firms to process large volumes of documents and data for use cases deployed in production.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US
George Sivulka(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzFloodgateGV (Google Ventures)Index VenturesRadical Ventures+1 more
Alphabet Inc. is a holding company that oversees a portfolio of businesses including Google, which provides internet search, advertising, and related services; cloud infrastructure; and productivity software.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningCloud Computing
Larry Page(CEO of Alphabet)Sergey Brin(President of Alphabet)
Co-investorsKhosla VenturesBuilding Ventures
Hypersonix is an AI-driven platform that enables eCommerce and retail businesses to achieve profitable growth through proactive monitoring, diagnostics, and agentic AI capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSaaS
Prem Kiran(Founder, CEO)inGina Becchetti(Co-founder, Chief of Staff & Operations)in
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalEvolution VenturesRKKVC
InMobi is a global technology company focused on mobile advertising and marketing, with product offerings and a technology platform serving marketers.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentBengaluru, IN
Naveen Tewari(Founder)inMohit Saxena(Founder)inAbhay Singhal(Founder)in
Co-investorsSoftBank Vision FundStructural CapitalTransmedia CapitalLightbox
Krikey AI provides a generative AI platform that converts text prompts or video uploads into professional 3D character animations for use in marketing, education, games, and social media.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jhanvi Shriram(CEO)Dr. Ketaki Shriram(CTO)
Lightning AI, creator of PyTorch Lightning, runs an end-to-end AI development cloud and merged with GPU provider Voltage Park in 2026.
San Francisco, US
William Falcon(Founder)inSaurabh Giri(Executive Officer)inOzan Kaya(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAmit Mukherjee(Director)Sam Yagan(Director)inCarlos Delatorre(Director)
Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsCoatue ManagementIndex VenturesSV AngelZero Prime VenturesCorazon Capital+3 more
Modular builds infrastructure for AI model inference and deployment, enabling developers to run AI models across different hardware and cloud environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Chris Lattner(Co-Founder & CEO (Modular); EVP, Advanced AI Software and Platforms at Qualcomm post-acquisition)inTim Davis(Co-Founder & President (Modular); SVP & GM of Modular at Qualcomm post-acquisition)inMostafa Hagog(VP of Engineering)inKalor Lewis(VP, Finance)Eric Johnson(VP of Product Management)inMike Edwards(Head of Special Projects / Business Operations)in
Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesFirestreak VenturesGeneral CatalystGreylock PartnersGV (Google Ventures)SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)+5 more
Simplified data warehouse built on the lightweight DuckDB engine.
MotherDuck provides a serverless cloud analytics database built on DuckDB, enabling users to query and understand their data more easily.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSeattle, US
Jordan Tigani(Co-founder and Chief Duck-Herder)inHannes Mühleisen(Co-founder)Mark Raasveldt(Co-founder)Tino TereshkoinRyan Boyd(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersAndreessen HorowitzEastlink Capital PartnersFelicis VenturesFirestreak VenturesKearny Jackson+7 more
All-in-one workspace for note-taking, wikis, tasks and databases.
Paperless Post offers online and paper invitations and cards for personal life events and celebrations, with all design and technology developed in-house.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSocial
Alexa Hirschfeld(Cofounder)inJames Hirschfeld(Cofounder)in
Co-investorsAugust CapitalCrunchFundTuesday CapitalRRE VenturesSV Angel
Plane provides a project management platform with dedicated teamspaces that allow groups of coworkers to organize projects, track work assignments, and manage team-specific metrics and knowledge separately from organization-wide views.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsOSS Capital
Samaya AI develops Expert AI Agents that process real-time information from global financial markets to support investment decision making.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechMountain View, US
Maithra Raghu(Founder)in
Co-investorsAir Street CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Boom Capital VenturesNVentures
Skyroot builds small-satellite launch vehicles, including the Vikram series of rockets that deliver satellites to low Earth and sun-synchronous orbits via dedicated and rideshare launches.
Deep TechHardwareSpace Tech
Pawan Kumar Chandana(Founder)inNaga Bharath Daka(Founder)in
Co-investorsArkam VenturesCapria VenturesGraph VenturesT-HubWorldQuant Ventures
Stripe provides financial infrastructure for businesses to accept payments, offer financial services, and implement custom revenue models across international markets in 135+ currencies.
Developer ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
John Collison(Co-founder & President)inPatrick Collison(Co-founder & CEO)inWilliam Gaybrick(Executive Officer)inGreg Brockman(Founding Engineer, then first CTO)inSarah Heckin
BoardMichael Moritz(Director)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAdvaita CapitalAglae VenturesAir Street CapitalAlkeon InnovationAndreessen Horowitz+60 more
Synex develops compact, portable technology that uses magnetic resonance spectroscopy to measure blood metabolites such as glucose and lactate non-invasively and in real time, without a needle prick.
Deep TechDigital HealthMedical Devices
Ben Nashman(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccomplice
World Labs builds foundational world models that perceive, generate, reason and interact with the 3D world using spatial intelligence.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Fei-Fei Li(Co-founder & CEO)inJustin Johnson(Co-founder)inChristoph Lassner(Co-founder)inBen Mildenhall(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAlpha Square GroupAndreessen HorowitzCisco InvestmentsFoundersXFoundersX VenturesGreycroft+12 more
Yubico manufactures hardware security keys and authentication solutions that protect user identities and prevent unauthorized access for enterprises and consumers.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareHardware
Stina Ehrensvärd(Chief Evangelist & Co-Founder)inJakob Ehrensvärd(Chief Innovation Officer & Co-Founder)inStina Ehrensvard(Founder)inChristopher Harrell(Executive Officer)inMattias Danielsson(Executive Officer)inHung Truong(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzValley Capital PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)PROOFMeritech Capital Partners
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioAlphabetNASDAQ: GOOG
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Alphabet · finance.yahoo.com · Sep 1, 2026
Convex · pulse2.com · Aug 14, 2026
Modular · Modular / mojolang.org · Aug 11, 2026
Stripe · techcrunch.com · Jul 20, 2026
EasyPost · velo.outsideonline.com · Jul 17, 2026
Flexport · wwd.com · Jul 13, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Sherpalo Ventures made?
- Sherpalo Ventures has 41 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Sherpalo Ventures invest at?
- Sherpalo Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Sherpalo Ventures focus on?
- Sherpalo Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Healthtech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Sherpalo Ventures located?
- Sherpalo Ventures is headquartered in Menlo Park.
- Who does Sherpalo Ventures co-invest with?
- Sherpalo Ventures most often shares deals with Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Index Ventures, among 119 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 117
SV Angel is a firm that has backed startup founders since the 1990s, leveraging a large network of founders, industry leaders, and regulators to support portfolio companies.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.
Felicis Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders primarily at the Seed and Series A stages, frequently leading or co-leading rounds. It operates with a founder-first approach, including a founder pledge and voting commitments.
Index Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm that backs companies from Seed to IPO and beyond, including through its dedicated seed fund Index Origin.
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General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.
GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in artificial intelligence and machine learning since its early days, building a global portfolio of more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.
Coatue Management is a technology-focused investment firm that invests in innovation across both public and private markets with responsible risk management.
Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in the technology sector.
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.
Redpoint Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1999 by former partners from leading venture firms, focusing on early-stage technology companies across multiple sectors. The firm leverages its partners' technology investment experience and an extensive network of entrepreneurs and industry contacts to support portfolio company growth.
First Round Capital is an early-stage venture firm that backs companies at their earliest moments, often before they are named, across enterprise, AI, consumer, healthcare, fintech and hardware sectors.
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Kleiner PerkinsSciFi VCSoftBank Vision FundCapitalGDecibel PartnersSequoia CapitalCraft VenturesGreylock PartnersLong Journey VenturesFJ LabsMenlo VenturesBoxGroupDCVC (Data Collective)B Capital GroupTrue VenturesNorwest Venture PartnersDST GlobalSusa VenturesRRE VenturesInnovation EndeavorsMadrona Venture GroupCota CapitalFloodgateMeritech Capital PartnersLowercase CapitalPear VCAugust CapitalZetta Venture PartnersAglae VenturesAccelTechstarsFounder CollectiveUncork CapitalBenchmarkUnknown VenturesUberKrakenQuiet CapitalGoat CapitalHCVCAME Cloud VenturesC2 InvestmentsCaffeinated CapitalKapor CapitalBond Capital ManagementSouth Park CommonsUlu VenturesPractical Venture CapitalElectric CapitalCrosslink CapitalRibbit CapitalMaveronVenrockGustoHarrison Metal2048 VenturesHanabi CapitalShasta VenturesCoinbase VenturesCausalCowboy VenturesOperator Collectiveboldstart ventures23andMeLOI Venture8-Bit Capital468 CapitalWebb Investment NetworkRobot VenturesSerena VenturesBreakthrough Energy VenturesXtripe AngelsPeak XV PartnersRocketship.vcLocus VenturesExpansive VenturesA.Capital VenturesHoxton VenturesThird Kind Venture CapitalBasis Set VenturesPioneer Square LabsAdverb VenturesHighbury HoldingsThomvest VenturesVenture HighwaySweet CapitalLombardstreet VenturesVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Unstoppable DomainsIncite.orgAlsop Louie PartnersBINARY CAPITALEngineering CapitalStripeFoothill VenturesAccenture VenturesCrane Venture PartnersNKM CapitalTriatomic CapitalStanford UniversityMerak VenturesSmartStart FundHeroic VenturesBerkeley Angel NetworkShift Left Ventures
Firms observed investing alongside Sherpalo Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Sherpalo Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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