San Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series A · 5 people tracked
Also known as Swift Ventures Arize SPV1 · Swift Ventures Arize SPV2 · Swift Ventures GrayMatter Robotics SPV1 · SWIFT VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC · Swift Ventures Sieve SPV1
Investment thesis
Swift Ventures positions itself as a founder-led, low-ego firm offering practical 'garage-to-IPO' guidance to entrepreneurs. Its team has worked together as co-founders since 2006, drawing on hands-on experience building companies through every stage, including IPOs and acquisitions. The firm emphasizes empathy for the founder journey and a mission to help entrepreneurs grow, win, and endure the challenges of company building. The 'Swift' name reflects a belief that the best entrepreneurs build, learn, and iterate faster than others think possible.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Swift Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 33 of 35 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×27SaaS ×13Enterprise Software ×11Data & Infrastructure ×9Developer Tools ×9Healthtech ×5Marketing Tech ×5Deep Tech ×3
HQs:United States×24France×1India×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 27 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×113 founders×7
Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley ×6Boston University ×2Columbia University ×2Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2University of Cambridge ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 22 founders with career history
Launchpad (UC Berkeley) ×2NVIDIA ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
5 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 20 with degree data)
Investments · 35 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 22024 · 22021 · 12019 · 17 dated
Wingspan provides a platform for businesses to automate the full lifecycle of managing flexible workforces, including onboarding, invoicing, payments, compliance, and benefits.
FintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSNew York, US
Anthony Mironov(Co-founder)inGreg Franczyk(Co-founder)in
BoardShawn Ellis(Director)inDavid Ulevitch(Director)inPriya Saiprasad(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz186 VenturesAsymmetric Capital PartnersDistributed VenturesGood FriendsLong Journey Ventures+3 more
257 provides a customer intelligence platform built on digital energy twins of 130M U.S. homes, using data and AI to help companies identify, target, and convert households across online and offline channels.
AI & Machine LearningEnergyMarketing Tech
Co-investorsCity LightF2 Venture Capital
Arize provides observability and evaluation tools for AI systems and large language models, enabling development teams to monitor, debug, and improve AI agents in production.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMill Valley, US
APARNA DHINKARAN(Director)Jason Lopatecki(President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary)inAparna Dhinakaran(Founder)in
BoardDHARMESH THAKKER(Director)inBrett Wilson(Director)inMORGAN GERLAK(Director)
Co-investorsBattery VenturesCollective LiquidityEvolution Equity PartnersFoundation CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Nimble Partners+5 more
Bluefish is an enterprise marketing platform that helps large brands monitor, optimize, and measure their visibility and reputation across AI-driven channels such as AI search and agentic commerce.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSNew York City, US
Jing Feng(Co-founder)inAndrei Dunca(Co-founder)inAlex Sherman(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsCrane Venture PartnersEvolution VC PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Threshold VenturesAmex VenturesBloomberg Beta+2 more
Branchlab offers an AI-driven platform for healthcare marketing that helps teams explore patient, HCP, and caregiver audiences without exposing Protected Health Information, then create, optimize, and activate those audiences across channels.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMarketing TechNew York, US
Joshua Walsh(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Cagle(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMichael Parkes(Director)inCarrie Williams(Director)inAndrew Bouldin(Director)in
Co-investorsAIX VenturesFCA Venture PartnersMcKesson VenturesNext VenturesNVP CapitalSanofi Ventures+2 more
Capsule is a video creation platform that turns After Effects files into easy-to-use templates, letting non-creative teams produce on-brand videos without design skills.
Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investorsArray Ventures Management LlcBehind Genius VenturesHubSpot VenturesHyperguapBloomberg BetaHuman Ventures
Coval provides developer tools for automated simulation and evaluation of agents and complex systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBengaluru, IN
Brooke Hopkins(Founder)in
Co-investorsMaC Venture CapitalBase10 PartnersTwilio VenturesY Combinator
Dash Bio is a contract research organization (CRO) offering bioanalysis services with a technology-based, automated approach, delivering sample analysis results in days.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechRoboticsBoston, US
Dave Johnson(Co-founder & CEO)inDavid Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)Alexander Tallett(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAndy Smith(Director)in
Co-investorsCybernetix VenturesLifeX VenturesOak HC/FTFreestyle Capital
Deepdub offers AI-based voice localization and dubbing for language service providers, enabling high-volume projects to be delivered without dependence on recording studios or actor availability.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investorsInsight PartnersStardom
Donobu is a local-first testing platform that explores a website, detects issues, and automatically writes and maintains Playwright browser tests.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSRedwood City, US
Vasusen Patil(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Justin Fraize(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsGaruda Ventures
Eko develops FDA-cleared digital stethoscopes and AI-powered software that enables healthcare professionals to detect and diagnose cardiovascular disease with greater accuracy.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Connor Landgraf(Co-Founder and CEO)Tyler CrouchJason Bellet(Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer)in
Co-investorsQuesta CapitalHighland Capital PartnersArtis VenturesBetter Ventures Central LlcDigiTx Partners LLCEvolution VC Partners+7 more
Entrupy offers AI-based authentication technology that verifies luxury goods such as bags, leather goods, sneakers, and apparel to detect counterfeits and prevent return fraud.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityRetail TechNew York City, US
Lakshminarayanan Subramanian(Executive Officer, Director)Vidyuth Srinivasan(Founder)inAshlesh Sharma(Founder)in
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesGreat Oaks Venture Capital
Estuary provides a real-time data platform that helps companies harness and stream their data.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
David Yaffe(Founder)in
Co-investorsEudemian VenturesM13
FLYR provides a modular Offer & Order retailing platform for airlines, layered on top of existing passenger service systems to enable omnichannel shopping carts, dynamic AI-driven pricing, marketplace bundling of flights with hotels and activities, post-booking servicing, and cross-airline commerce.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Alexander Mans(Executive Officer)Alex Mans(Founder and Chief Executive Officer)inCyril Guiraud(Co-Founder and Former Chief Marketing Officer)inJean Tripier(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardUllas Naik(Director)inPankaj Shah(Director)
Co-investorsBeyond CapitalBoeing HorizonX VenturesBrightstone Venture CapitalCota CapitalHaymaker VenturesJetBlue Ventures+4 more
GrayMatter Robotics builds AI-powered robotic systems, marketed as Factory SuperIntelligence, that perform physically demanding industrial manufacturing tasks with high precision and reduced material waste.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsGardena, US
Ariyan M Kabir(Executive Officer, Director)Ariyan Kabir(Founder)in
BoardAlex Rubalcava(Director)Brual Shah(Director)
Co-investorsAdvance Venture PartnersB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBow CapitalCalibrate VenturesNGP Capital+2 more
Green Zuru is an electrical services company that partners with licensed contractors ("GZ Pros") to deliver residential, multi-family, and commercial electrical installations, using proprietary software and data to provide upfront, standardized pricing and manage permitting and rebates.
B2B MarketplacesEnergySaaS
Hipp is an AI-native platform designed for mobile healthcare providers in specialties like behavioral health (ABA, occupational therapy) and home health.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US
David Connors(Founder)inFaaez Ul Haq(Founder)inFaaez UI Haq(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardJulius Schwerin(Director)in
Co-investorsFour Acres CapitalRackhouse Venture Management LpRoo CapitalRTP GlobalRackhouse Venture Capital
Hone provides an AI-powered platform delivering live training and continuous learning experiences for organizations, covering skills development from leadership and communication to performance management.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR Tech
Tom(Co-founder & CEO)inSavina(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsF-Prime CapitalNextGen Venture PartnersSemperVirens Venture CapitalGTMfundRethink Capital Partners
HumanSignal provides data labeling, model evaluation, and quality workflow tools for AI teams, including managed annotation data services and Label Studio Enterprise for customizable labeling interfaces with cloud or on-prem deployment.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Michael Malyuk(Founder)inNikolai Liubimov(Founder)inMax TkachenkoNick Skriabin
Co-investors500 GlobalBow CapitalUnusual VenturesEssence Venture Capital
Jacobi Robotics builds software for robotic palletizing, including the Jacobi OmniPalletizer, which sorts live mixed-case flows into store-ready pallets while enforcing rules like heavy-to-light stacking and crush limits.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsEmeryville, US
Lars Berscheid(Cofounder)Max Cao(Cofounder)Yahav Avigal(Founder)in
Co-investorsFoothill VenturesFronturesHumba VenturesMoxxie Ventures
LanceDB is an AI-native multimodal lakehouse platform that unifies training data across multiple systems to accelerate model development and dataset creation at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Chang She(Founder)inLei Xu(Founder)
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundCRV (Charles River Ventures)The E14 FundTheory VenturesWayfinder VenturesY Combinator+5 more
Latch builds data infrastructure and software tools for biological computing, enabling researchers to program and automate biological discovery through high-throughput laboratory automation and machine learning.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureDeep Tech
Alfredo Andere(Cofounder)Kyle Giffin(Cofounder)Kenny Workman(Cofounder)in
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementFifty YearsHummingbird VenturesMantis Capital
Metal builds infrastructure for private capital firms using AI and enterprise software.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US
Taylor Lowe(CEO & Founder)Sergio Prada(CTO & Founder)
Co-investorsBosch VenturesShield Capital
Mindee provides an AI-powered OCR API that extracts structured data from documents including invoices, receipts, passports, and other formats, converting unstructured documents into JSON with high accuracy.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSParis, FR
Jonathan Grandperrin(Founder)in
Co-investorsNotable CapitalSerenaY CombinatorAlven
Pickaxe is a no-code platform for building, deploying, and managing AI agents, with built-in billing, access controls, usage caps, and analytics.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomySaaS
Nathaniel Mahowald(Founder)in
Co-investorsSpero Ventures
RetroRate is an intelligence platform that helps real estate agents find, analyze, and market homes with assumable loans, using an AI-powered loan scoring and comparison tool plus API and MLS integrations.
AI & Machine LearningFintechPropTechSan Diego, US
Tom Hartwell(Founder)inAndy Taylor(Founder)
Co-investorsInterlock CapitalEniac Ventures
Rill is an analytics tool that lets users ask open-ended questions in natural language and receive visual, verifiable answers, combining AI-generated insights with user input.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaSSan Francisco, US
Michael Driscoll(Founder)inNishant B(Founder)
Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Sierra VenturesZero Prime Ventures468 CapitalBloomberg Beta
SafelyYou provides AI-based fall detection and prevention technology for senior living and memory care communities, using video and clinical review to reduce falls, ER visits, and care costs.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
George Netscher(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAnorak VenturesPathbreaker VenturesQualcomm VenturesSamsung NextTouring CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)+5 more
AI platform to support and empower residential real estate brokers
Michael Martin(Founder)in
Co-investorsThreshold VenturesZigg Capital75 & Sunny
Sieve creates high-quality multimodal datasets and training environments for frontier AI labs developing generative media, robotics, and agentic systems.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Mokshith Voodarla(Founder)inAbhinav Ayalur(Founder)in
Co-investorsFjor FoundersMatrixY Combinator
Superhuman provides an AI-native platform for marketing teams that integrates AI agents, email management, and collaborative documentation within existing workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketing TechSaaS
Conrad Irwin(Founder)inRahul VohraVivek Sodera
Co-investors1809 Capital500 Global7BC Venture CapitalAndreessen HorowitzArcher Capital GroupArcher Venture Capital+24 more
Tubi is a free streaming platform that offers movies and TV shows across multiple genres, available on mobile, connected TV, and streaming devices.
Media & Entertainment
Anjali Sudin
Co-investorsCerity Partners VenturesPROOFStreamlined VenturesCota CapitalFoundation CapitalJump Capital
UniversalAGI builds foundation models that automate physical systems engineering, replacing traditional CAE workflows (meshing, boundary conditions, HPC runs, post-processing) with AI-driven simulation that produces results from CAD in seconds.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
Travel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Johannes Koeppel(Executive Officer, Director)inZaky Prabowo(Executive Officer, Director)Garib Mehdiyev(Executive Officer)Theodore Clements(Executive Officer, Director)Eana Cubacub(Executive Officer)
BoardRexhi Dollaku(Director)
Co-investorsAmino CapitalCross Creek AdvisorsIndex VenturesLeft Lane CapitalSapphire VenturesDorm Room
Portfolio news
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Swift Ventures made?
- Swift Ventures has 35 tracked investments, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Swift Ventures invest at?
- Swift Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Swift Ventures focus on?
- Swift Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Hardware, SaaS.
- Where is Swift Ventures located?
- Swift Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does Swift Ventures co-invest with?
- Swift Ventures most often shares deals with Pathbreaker Ventures, Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, among 134 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 24
Foundation Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that commits to founders at the idea stage and maintains long-term relationships with portfolio companies through their growth journey.
Bloomberg Beta is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments and is backed by Bloomberg L.P. The firm invests in technology companies across various sectors.
Notable Capital is a venture capital firm that has partnered with founders for over two decades, backing companies from the earliest stages through to exit.
CRV is a venture capital firm that backs founders at the seed and Series A stages, focusing on those with deep conviction and unique insights.
Battery Ventures is a global investment firm that has backed more than 450 companies over its 40-year history, operating its investment staff as a single global unit.
Trinity Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in mission-driven entrepreneurs and their companies.
Array Ventures is a pre-seed and early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building enterprise software and AI companies, offering hands-on support such as helping with business development and reaching a second wave of customers.
AIX Ventures is an AI-focused venture fund that backs founders building companies in artificial intelligence.
468 Capital is a technology investment firm with offices in Berlin and San Francisco that invests across multiple stages in software, AI, and internet companies. The firm focuses on thesis-driven investments in businesses with experienced founding teams.
M12 is Microsoft's venture fund, investing in companies building AI-native platforms and applications for business use cases.
The House Fund is a pre-seed and early-stage venture capital fund backing startups founded by UC Berkeley alumni, faculty, students, and affiliates.
Human Ventures is a venture capital firm and startup studio based in New York City that invests in consumer technology companies at the pre-seed through Series A stages, focusing on emerging market categories.
▶12 more co-investors
Theory VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersRedpoint VenturesUnknown VenturesTrue VenturesC2 InvestmentsAmplify PartnersPredictive VCKindred CapitalFINTOP CapitalBreakpoint CapitalTechnology Crossover Ventures
Firms observed investing alongside Swift Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Swift Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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