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Tango.vc
Venture capitalRedwood City · Pre-Seed–Seed · 1 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Tango.vc invests in machine learning and robotics companies. The firm discusses topics such as portfolio concentration, appropriate VC portfolio size, robot autonomy as an incremental spectrum, and early-stage fundraising dynamics. It has backed companies including Lovable, which went on to raise a Series B. The firm shares LP updates and fund performance publicly, emphasizing a concentrated investment approach in ML and robotics.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 1, 2026.
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What they invest in
from 37 of 41 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×22Enterprise Software ×21Developer Tools ×14Advanced Manufacturing ×13Data & Infrastructure ×9Robotics ×8SaaS ×8Climate Tech ×5
HQs:United States×33United Kingdom×2Canada×1Switzerland×1Sweden×1
Investments · 41 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12024 · 12022 · 22020 · 26 dated
DeepSource provides developer tools for code quality and security.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sanket Saurav(Co-founder & CEO)inJai Pradeesh(Co-founder, President)in
Co-investorsFundersClubEssence Venture CapitalHack VCRogue Capital645 VenturesPioneer+6 more
Abel converts police body camera video into automated police reports, reducing time officers spend on administrative documentation.
GovTechSan Francisco, US
Daniel Francis(Founder)in
Co-investorsDay One VenturesY CombinatorBrowder CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Long Journey Ventures
Albedo develops a flight-proven platform for Very Low Earth Orbit operations, providing satellite-based insights and connectivity services for national security and critical infrastructure systems.
Advanced ManufacturingClimate TechDeep TechDefense TechSpace TechDenver, US
Topher Haddad(Founder)inAyJay Lasater(Founder)inWinston Tri(Executive Officer, Promoter)inDylan Betts(Executive Officer)in
BoardChristian Garcia(Director)inRaj Shah(Director)in
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundBlack FlagBooz Allen VenturesBreakthrough Energy VenturesCommodity CapitalCubit Capital+23 more
Ares Industries designs and manufactures precision missiles (Maverick and Goose) for military defense, built at volume with five-figure unit costs for use by the U.S. and allied forces.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechSpace TechLos Angeles, US
Alex Tseng(CEO and Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator468 CapitalAgrolimen VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCapitalize VCCoastCap+11 more
Arlo Industries builds a sensor network that detects and tracks aerial threats including drones using passive, distributed technology rather than traditional radar, serving military and defense operators.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareSan Francisco, US
Deo Arlo (Iron Dome Guy)(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorGaingelsMetsu CapitalPower AngelsTeam Ignite
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Atmeto develops machine learning technology for clean energy generation, aiming to decouple carbon dioxide emissions from energy production.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergyLos Angeles, US
Jack O'Grady(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorCollaborative FundGMO VenturePartnersPioneerFoundersXMighty Angels
Automax.ai uses mobile LiDAR and computer vision technology combined with AI models to produce residential property appraisals and valuations in under 20 minutes, with results compliant to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac standards.
PropTechSan Francisco, US
Humza Ahmed(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsGarage CapitalPioneerY CombinatorAfore CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersCapitoria+6 more
Beam is a cloud platform for developers to build and ship AI products without managing infrastructure, servers, or containers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Eli Mernit(Founder)inLuke Lombardi(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesSoma CapitalY CombinatorAbacus Capital GroupAC VenturesCharge VC+12 more
A keyboard application for iPhone that uses voice dictation, powered by OpenAI's ChatGPT, to enable faster text input through speech.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardwareSan Francisco, US
Omar Abdelaziz(Founder)inFarhan Hossain(Founder)inPeter Krogh(Founder)in
Co-investorsPioneerShorooq PartnersY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzBatch VenturesCalm Ventures+9 more
Crouton is a platform that visualizes team allocation, ownership, and capacity across customers and projects.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Adam Suskin(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorPioneerTranspose Platform ManagementRecursion VenturesRice Capital
Darkgrade develops a protocol enabling large language models to directly interface with image sensors, allowing cameras to understand visual information.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareDenver, US
Kevin Schaich(Founder, CEO)in
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorCoughdrop CapitalDTX VCForward Deployed VCGood AI Capital+2 more
Depict builds a merchandising platform for brand-led e-commerce that enables brands to curate and control product discovery experiences online using AI, similar to the control they have in physical retail stores.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSStockholm, SE
Oliver Edholm(Founder)inJosep Nolla(CEO)in
Co-investorsNorthzoneInitialized CapitalY CombinatorBrowder CapitalEQT VenturesLiquid Ventures+3 more
Ember Robotics provides monitoring and diagnostics software for robots and IoT devices, enabling hardware teams to detect issues early and minimize system failures during development and deployment.
Advanced ManufacturingDeveloper ToolsRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Shivani Mouleeswaran(Founder)inRitika Shrivastava(Founder)in
Co-investorsTrucks VCY CombinatorLombardstreet VenturesOrange CollectiveSpacedust Ventures, Ltd.Tola Capital
Faction develops a hybrid autonomous vehicle platform called DriveLink that combines autonomy with remote human assistance (TeleAssist) for driverless fleet operations.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Ain McKendrick(Founder)in
Co-investorsFifty YearsKube VCTDK VenturesY CombinatorAugere VentureFaction+4 more
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Freshpaint provides a platform for healthcare marketers to securely connect and activate customer data across marketing channels while maintaining privacy compliance.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Steven Fitzsimmons(Founder)inMichael Malis(Founder)inRay Mina(Chief Executive Officer)inTom Spiegelman(Chief Product & Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsAbstraction CapitalBT Growth CapitalIntel CapitalPioneerSignalFireThreshold Ventures+11 more
General Instinct develops AI software that runs on edge devices and hardware without requiring external infrastructure or connectivity.
Advanced ManufacturingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Bill Jiao(Founder)inGuanming Wang(Founder)in
Co-investorsImagination CapitalY CombinatorAlumni VenturesCherubic VenturesF-LOG VenturesGaingels+5 more
Hypotenuse AI is an AI-powered product information management platform that generates product descriptions and optimizes catalog images for e-commerce merchants.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSan Francisco, US
Joshua Wong(Founder)in
Co-investorsCabra VCCP VenturesParticleSmart Partnership CapitalY CombinatorJanuary Capital+1 more
Instant provides a domain search and availability tool that checks domain names and displays available extensions in real-time.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSVictoria, CA
Beau Hartshorne(Founder)inDirkjan Ochtman(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlackbird FoundrySouth QuadY CombinatorForm CapitalPageOne Lab, Inc.Slow Ventures+1 more
A service that automatically generates and launches multiple customized landing pages for businesses, tailored to different campaigns and use cases to improve conversion rates and search visibility.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Samraaj Bath(Founder)in
Co-investorsLobster CapitalY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzCapitalize VCFoundersPeak+2 more
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)in
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundCRV (Charles River Ventures)Rogue CapitalSky9 CapitalSoma CapitalSwift Ventures+11 more
Lightly provides tools for AI teams to manage and curate training data more efficiently.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareZürich, CH
Igor Susmelj(Founder)in
Co-investorsSICTICSoma CapitalY Combinatoranother.vcFAST — by GETTYLABFirst Momentum+1 more
Lightscreen is an AI-powered recruiting platform that automates the hiring pipeline for frontline roles in warehouse, retail, healthcare, and call centers by screening candidates, scheduling interviews, conducting background checks, and managing correspondence across integrated recruiting tools.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Francisco, US
Gavin Saldanha(Founder)in
Co-investorsThink+ Ventures Management, LlcY CombinatorLlama venturesMaiora Rebel VenturesPJCProgressive Ventures+2 more
Mach9 builds automated feature-extraction software for transportation, telecom, and construction industries, enabling rapid extraction and mapping of large-scale infrastructure projects.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Alexander Baikovitz(Founder)inHaowen Shi(Founder)inMichael Mong(Cofounder)Zachary Sussman(Cofounder)in
Co-investorsLocus VenturesSoma CapitalVermilion Cliffs VenturesY CombinatorCarnegie Mellon UniversityFirst Round Capital+4 more
Mezli operates automated restaurants housed in shipping containers that prepare and serve affordable meals for takeout and delivery.
ConsumerFoodTechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Alex Kolchinski(Founder)inAlex Gruebele(Founder)inMaxwell Perham(Founder)in
Co-investorsKnockout CapitalY CombinatorAIX VenturesAmino CapitalANIM FundLightspeed Venture Partners+5 more
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Onsite provides digital pricebook software for HVAC distributors, replacing traditional Excel and PDF catalogs to help dealers access product details, find equipment matchups, apply incentives, and generate proposals.
Climate TechConstruction TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sam Steyer(Founder)inGautam Jayaraman(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorClimate CapitalDefy PartnersGlobal Founders CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Kleiner Perkins+4 more
PoplarML provides tooling to deploy machine learning models to GPU infrastructure and expose them as scalable API endpoints with minimal configuration.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Danna Liu(Founder)inEvan Chu(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorTwenty Two Ventures
Revoy builds electric vehicles or electric drivetrain technology.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsLeap Forward VenturesOlive Tree CapitalPioneerSoma CapitalStandard CapitalTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)+18 more
Smooth is a serverless browser agent API that autonomously performs web tasks like scraping, testing, and workflow automation.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB
Antonio Vespoli(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAmino CapitalExor SeedsNGC VenturesRebel FundTekedia Capital
Stoke Space develops fully reusable rockets for space transportation and mobility services.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareSpace TechSeattle, US
Andy Lapsa(Founder)inTom Feldman(Founder)inKelly Hennig(Executive Officer)in
BoardChristian Garcia(Director)inPhil Harris(Director)inMorgan Beller(Director)in
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)AF WPartnersATEL VenturesAurelia FoundryBalerion Space VenturesBeyond Capital+47 more
Teleo provides a remote command center solution that enables a single operator to supervise multiple machines, improving site productivity and workforce attraction through enhanced safety and comfort, while offering real-time analytics for operational visibility.
Advanced ManufacturingConstruction TechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Rom Clément(Co-founder and CTO)inVinay Shet(Co-founder and CEO)in
BoardAdam Grosser(Director)inRoger Fradin(Director)
Co-investorsF-Prime CapitalK9 VenturesTrousdale VenturesTrucks VCUP PartnersY Combinator
Ultra manufactures OP1, a stationary multi-purpose AI robot for warehouse automation that handles repetitive tasks like packing, sorting, and kitting.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsNew York City, US
Jon Miller Schwartz(Co-founder & CEO)inMax Friefeld(Founder)inChetan Parthiban(Founder)inJonathan Schwartz(Executive Officer, Director)inOliver Ortlieb(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardMichael Anderson(Director)
Co-investorsJude GomilaNextView VenturesPioneerY CombinatorAgrolimen VenturesBatch Ventures+10 more
Upsolve AI is a platform that enables data teams to build and deploy AI agents that answer business questions by querying connected databases through conversational interfaces.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB
Ka Ling Wu(Co-Founder & CEO)inSerguei Balanovich(Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsFjor FoundersSoma CapitalTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Transpose Platform ManagementY CombinatorAmino Capital+9 more
Usul builds a repository of primes and vendors in government contracting, helping contractors identify team members with relevant past performance, agency relationships, and certifications for specific pursuits.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jarren Reid(Founder)inOliver Gomez(Founder)inJoonghyun Lee(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorBVVCScout VenturesScout VenturesTeamworthy VenturesTrue Ventures+3 more
Verne Robotics develops robotics technology, with a focus on multi-modal perception capabilities.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Neil Nie(Founder)inAditya Jha(Founder)in
Co-investorsCrucible CapitalPioneerRebellion VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorZAKA VC+11 more
Zensors builds multimodal "physical AI" that fuses data from sensors, cameras, and devices with text and warehouse metadata to understand physical spaces and activities, then uses AI agents to automate operational decisions.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareIoTSan Francisco, US
Anuraag Jain(Founder)in
Co-investorsCounterpart VenturesScout FundY CombinatorOneValley VenturesR1V
Zitara develops software solutions for battery management and monitoring, enabling companies to optimize battery safety, reliability, and performance across design and deployment.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergyIoTSaaSSan Francisco, US
Shyam Srinivasan(Founder)inEvan Murphy(Founder)in
Co-investorsEnergy Impact PartnersChevron Technology VenturesClimate CapitalSalesforce VenturesCollaborative FundTrucks VC+9 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Climate RoboticsFathom ComputingLovableQuartz Systems
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Stoke Space · techcrunch.com · Jul 8, 2026
Upsolve AI · ycombinator.com · Jun 23, 2026
Arlo Industries · ycombinator.com · May 26, 2026
General Instinct · ycombinator.com · May 19, 2026
Teleo · o.parsers.vc · May 14, 2026
Blue · ycombinator.com · May 13, 2026
Mach9 · ycombinator.com · Mar 30, 2026
Beam · ycombinator.com · Nov 25, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Tango.vc made?
- Tango.vc has 41 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Tango.vc invest at?
- Tango.vc invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Tango.vc's typical check size?
- Tango.vc typically writes checks of $50K – $250K.
- What sectors does Tango.vc focus on?
- Tango.vc focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Hardware, Robotics, Space Tech.
- Where is Tango.vc located?
- Tango.vc is headquartered in Redwood City, US.
- Does Tango.vc lead rounds?
- Tango.vc typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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Cabra VC is a venture capital firm that invests in seed through growth-stage companies with a follow-on strategy, backing founders targeting large international markets.
Techstars is a global startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds and mentors ambitious founders, providing $220K in capital, a three-month program, and access to a worldwide network of mentors, investors, and corporate partners.
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