Swift Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series A · 6 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 3, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 18 of 35 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×13Enterprise Software ×9Data & Infrastructure ×7Developer Tools ×7SaaS ×6Healthtech ×4Biotech ×2Deep Tech ×2
HQs:United States×9France×1
Investments · 35 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathWingspan provides a platform for businesses to automate the full lifecycle of managing flexible workforces, including onboarding, invoicing, payments, compliance, and benefits.
FintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Anthony MironovGreg FranczykShawn Ellis(Director)David Ulevitch(Director)Priya Saiprasad(Director)
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 Software
APARNA DHINKARAN(Director)DHARMESH THAKKER(Director)Brett Wilson(Director)Jason Lopatecki(President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary)MORGAN GERLAK(Director)Ashu Garg(Director)
BiotechHealthtech
David Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)Alexander Tallett(Executive Officer, Director)Andy Smith(Director)
BranchLab is a healthcare AI company that builds predictive systems for regulated organizations in the healthcare sector, helping them make better decisions about patient outcomes and treatment commercialization while maintaining privacy and regulatory compliance.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechNew York, US
Michael Parkes(Director)Joshua Walsh(Executive Officer, Director)Carrie Williams(Director)Christopher Cagle(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAndrew Bouldin(Director)
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)
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
Pankaj Shah(Director)Alexander Mans(Executive Officer)Jean Tripier(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardUllas Naik(Director)
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 HealthHealthtechSaaS<UNKNOWN>
David ConnorsFaaez Ul HaqFaaez UI Haq(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardJulius Schwerin(Director)
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)
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)in
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)
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
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
Travel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Rexhi Dollaku(Director)Avneet Pujji(Director)Johannes Koeppel(Executive Officer, Director)Zaky Prabowo(Executive Officer, Director)Garib Mehdiyev(Executive Officer)Theodore Clements(Executive Officer, Director)
Frequently asked questions
- 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.
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