The Hive
Venture studioSanta Monica · Pre-Seed–Series C · 27 people tracked
Also known as HIVE GROUP MANAGEMENT, LLC
Investment thesis
Seed-stage co-creation studio investing in enterprise AI (about $1.5–$2M, 4–5 companies/year) that partners with founders and corporations, offers research and community programs, and has driven corporate acquisitions.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 27 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
5 people who came through The Hive went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 17 of 20 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×11Enterprise Software ×8Data & Infrastructure ×5Fintech ×5Cybersecurity ×4Crypto & Web3 ×3Marketing Tech ×2SaaS ×2
HQs:United States×9Canada×1Cayman Islands×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×5
Investments · 20 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2017 · 12016 · 12015 · 12014 · 14 dated
Astound Commerce is a global digital commerce agency building and supporting ecommerce solutions for consumer brands.
Blockstream builds infrastructure and products for the Bitcoin ecosystem, including a wallet app for managing bitcoin and Liquid assets and a hardware wallet for self-custody.
Crypto & Web3FintechHardwareMontreal, KY
Adam Back(Co-founder & CEO)Austin Hill(Director, President and Chief Executive Officer)Erik Svenson(Founder)inHammie Hill(Director and Chief Financial Officer)
BoardReid Hoffman(Director)
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Blockchain CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)DG Daiwa VenturesDigital Currency GroupFulgur Ventures+3 more
Bloq builds blockchain infrastructure and applications for Web3, covering areas such as decentralized finance (DeFi), crypto mining, Web3 tools, and the metaverse.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareChicago, US
Jeff Garzik(CEO / CTO / Co-Founder)inMatthew Roszak(Chairman / Co-Founder)inHadley Stern(Chief Operating Officer)Phil Gomes(Chief Communications & Marketing Officer)Carol Sama(CFO)Matt Lam(Chief Operating Officer)
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupSixThirty Ventures
Claryo builds Spatial Generative AI that creates a photo-realistic, spatially accurate digital twin of a warehouse from phone or drone scans, letting operators design configurations, monitor inventory and safety compliance, and plan labor and automation.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Mohamed Amer(Founder)inDylan Bourgeois(Director)Mohamed R. Amer(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardIgor Taber(Director)in
Co-investorsCortical VenturesPage One Venturesnoa
Colabo is an AI-powered, no-code knowledge automation and sales engagement platform acquired by Uniphore in 2022.
Co-investorsMarkeriAngelsKaedan Capital
Decision Engines builds AI-driven automation products for enterprise finance, procurement, and legal teams, including invoice capture and AP workflows (InvoiceIQ), contract intake and obligation tracking (ContractIQ), and a conversational finance data assistant (ConverseIQ).
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsMomenta Ventures
Diskover is a data management platform for unstructured file data, letting organizations index, search, organize, and automate files across on-premises and cloud storage.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsSnowflake Ventures
Entrada is a global Databricks consulting partner that helps companies with data engineering and AI projects, including migration to Databricks, building data solutions, and developing data products.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechBrentwood, US
JOHN R. BURCH, JR.(Director)WILLIAM C. KESSINGER(Director)G. WILLIAM BROWN(Executive Officer, Director)MATTHEW A. KING(Director)JOHN H. CHADWICK(Director)WILLIAM EDWARDS, JR.(Director)
Co-investorsDatabricks Ventures
Geminus builds physics-native AI that integrates physics models, simulators, historical data, and real-time sensor feeds to optimize and provide uncertainty-qualified recommendations for high-consequence industrial systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnergy
Co-investorsFocal VenturesSentiero Ventures
Lightning Terminal is a web-based dashboard and management platform for Bitcoin Lightning Network node operators that simplifies node management and provides liquidity tools.
Crypto & Web3FintechPalo Alto, US
Elizabeth Stark(Founder)Olaoluwa Osuntokun(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesCraft VenturesDigital Currency GroupHivemind Ventures, LlcSlow VenturesSommet AB+5 more
OV Loop offers a consumer app that functions as a private digital wallet and shopping mall, alongside an omni-channel platform that lets brands manage direct customer relationships.
ConsumerFintechMarketing Tech
Co-investorsLiebenthal VenturesSparq Capital (SFO)
Percolata provides machine-learning-based forecasting and optimization for retailers and restaurants, predicting hourly sales, foot traffic, and takeout orders so businesses can optimize staffing, delivery, and marketing budget allocation.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechRetail TechPalo Alto, US
Greg Lin Tanaka(Director, President, Chief Executive Officer. and Treasurer)
BoardJin Park(Director)Andreas Weigend(Director)
Co-investorsAmasiaAndreessen HorowitzFoundation CapitalMenlo Ventures7BC Venture CapitalComet Labs+3 more
Purgo AI provides agentic AI tools that automate data engineering workflows, converting business requirements written in Jira into production-ready pipeline code (Python, PySpark, SQL) using Databricks' Medallion Architecture, with built-in quality testing and audit trails.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLos Altos, US
Sang Kim(Founder)Sudhir Jha(Founder)
Sonet provides a browser-based governed workspace that gives both human employees and Vision AI agents secure, zero-trust access to enterprise applications, including legacy Windows tools, on-prem systems, and SaaS platforms without APIs.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsNewfund CapitalOutliers VC
System Two Security builds an AI-agent platform for detection engineering, operating the detections.ai community and enterprise product.
FintechNew York, US
Alex Bangash(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJeff Webber(Director)
Co-investors500 GlobalFounders FundRRE Ventures
TrustLogix offers a patented, AI-powered data security platform that provides a unified control plane to govern and secure data access across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureMountain View, US
Ganesh Kirti (Hiring)(Founder)Srikanth Sallaka(Founder)
Co-investorsNorwest Venture Partners
TOTAL is an identity security platform that builds behavioral "Personas" for every human and non-human identity (employees, contractors, service accounts, API keys, and AI agents) in an enterprise to predict intent and detect threats such as insider threats, account takeover, rogue AI agents, and NHI discovery.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsCXO FundStanley Ventures
Generative AI SaaS platform for semantic search, product discovery and personalized recommendations, acquired by Shopify.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceSaaSOttawa, CA
Tobias Lutke(CEO)Daniel WeinandScott Lake
Co-investorsLobby Capital
Xage builds zero trust access and security solutions to protect critical infrastructure systems and prevent cyberattacks.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSPalo Alto, US
Roman Arutyunov(Executive Officer)inSusanto Irwan(Executive Officer, Director)inSriinDuncan Greatwood(Executive Officer, Director)inDorea El-Sayed(Executive Officer)Norman Thorlakson(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCity LightMarch Capital PartnersMomenta VenturesPiva CapitalAramco VenturesChevron Technology Ventures+5 more
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioVantage Discoveryacq. by Shopify
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesBloq · thequantuminsider.com · Apr 13, 2026
Xage Security · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Apr 24, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has The Hive made?
- The Hive has 20 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does The Hive invest at?
- The Hive invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C stages.
- What is The Hive's typical check size?
- The Hive typically writes checks of $1.5M – $3M.
- What sectors does The Hive focus on?
- The Hive focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, InsurTech, IoT, Retail Tech, SaaS.
- Where is The Hive located?
- The Hive is headquartered in Santa Monica, US.
- Does The Hive lead rounds?
- The Hive typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does The Hive co-invest with?
- The Hive most often shares deals with Digital Currency Group, Momenta Ventures, DCVC (Data Collective), among 37 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamT.M. Ravi: How AI will transform Business & Society | Founder & M.D | The Hive Venture Studio
Startup Vision TV · T.M. Ravi
Welcome to The Hive Annual Summit 2019 from T.M. Ravi
HiveMumble · T.M. Ravi
AI & the Future of Business: Introduction to The Hive by T.M. Ravi
HiveMumble · T.M. Ravi
T.M. Ravi on The Hive Unique Approach
HiveMumble · T.M. Ravi
Transforming Threat Hunting with Generative AI
HiveMumble
Transforming Customer Experiences with Generative AI in Fintech
HiveMumble
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Co-investors · 2
Sentiero Ventures is an early-stage investor backing transformative software companies that bring AI to the enterprise, combining machine and human intelligence in an approach it calls knowledge convergence.
DataRobot is an enterprise AI platform that enables organizations to build, deploy, and govern AI agents at scale across complex environments.
Firms observed investing alongside The Hive, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with The Hive's recorded portfolio.
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