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Touring Capital

Venture capital

San Francisco · Seed–Series B · 12 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Touring Capital backs early-stage software companies approaching product-market fit at the intersection of AI and software. The firm focuses on cutting-edge companies harnessing AI to augment the workforce, partnering deeply with founders and leveraging its partners' decades of venture and operating experience along with extensive networks. Its approach centers on serving as an extension of the founding team, offering grounded guidance and steadfast support throughout the company-building journey. Touring maintains a global presence and looks for adaptable, product-obsessed, technically visionary entrepreneurs building companies with the potential to reshape the future.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series B
HQ
San Francisco, California, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2023
Last 12 months
4 investments
Private fund assets
$302.6M
VC funds
1
Tracked investments
26
Unicorns
3
Acquisitions
1

Team · 12 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Abhishek Kumar· Venture Partner
Ray Cao· Venture Partnerin
Max Zhang· Associate
Rajarshi Gupta· Advisor
Sydney Meheula· Advisor

What they invest in

from 21 of 26 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×15SaaS ×8Enterprise Software ×6Marketing Tech ×5Deep Tech ×4Fintech ×4Cloud Computing ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3

HQs:United States×14United Kingdom×1India×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 14 portfolio companies
21%
solo founders
3 of 14 mapped founding teams
57%
repeat founders
of 28 founders with career history
~5 yrs
old at investment
median across 8 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×32 founders×94+ founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 28 founders with education data

Harvard Business School ×4Sydney Boys High School ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 24 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×9Engineering ×9Business & Management ×4Economics ×3

Where their founders worked beforefrom 28 founders with career history

F5 ×3Google ×2Juniper Networks ×2Microsoft ×2Qualcomm ×2Volterra ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×2

4 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 28 with degree data)

Investments · 26 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 42025 · 52024 · 32023 · 12019 · 12013 · 115 dated

NobleAInoble.aiin✓ verified

NobleAI develops a science-based AI platform that uses machine learning to accelerate product innovation and discovery for chemical and materials companies.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnergyNew Materials

Alex Wang(Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Chevron Technology VenturesPrime Movers LabAlumni VenturesBaruch Future VenturesStreamlined Ventures+3 more

Anthropicanthropic.comin𝕏

Anthropic is an AI safety research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Dario Amodei(Founder)inDaniela Amodei(Founder)inTom Brown(Founder)inJack Clark(Founder)inJared Kaplan(Founder)inChris Olah(Founder)in

Co-investors3Comma Capital7BC Venture Capital7GC & CoA.Capital VenturesAccelAkka+151 more

Blinqblinq.mein𝕏Series A · May 2025 · $25M

Blinq provides digital business cards and AI-powered contact capture tools for professionals and teams to exchange contact information and manage relationships from in-person meetings.

Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS

Jarrod Webb(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesHubSpot VenturesSquare Peg Capital

Checkboxcheckbox.aiinJan 2026 · $35M

Checkbox is legal intake and automation software that converts Microsoft Teams messages into legal matters with automatic tracking, history capture, and audit trails.

Enterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSLong Island City, US

James Han(Executive Officer, Director)inEvan Wong(Founder)in

BoardEvan Wijaya(Director)Rajan Anandan(Director)in

Co-investorsConductive VenturesFive V CapitalLighter CapitalPeak XV PartnersTidal VenturesAFG Partners

Cusp Aicuspai.com

Generative AI search engine for discovering and evaluating novel materials with specific properties for energy and technology applications.

Co-investorsFJ LabsGiant Ventures Global LlpHoxton VenturesKleiner PerkinsLightspeed Venture PartnersNorthzone+4 more

CuspAIcusp.aiin𝕏Jul 2026

CuspAI develops AI models for materials science and discovery, and leads the AI Materials Foundry initiative that combines accelerated computing infrastructure with chemistry data and materials expertise.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew MaterialsCambridge, GB

Max Welling(CTO and Co-Founder)inChad Edwards(CEO and Co-Founder)inChad Edwards Max Welling(Founder)

Co-investorsBasis Set VenturesHoxton VenturesKleiner PerkinsLightspeed Venture PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Northzone+22 more

Daloopadaloopa.comin𝕏Series B · May 2024 · $18M

Daloopa builds AI-powered infrastructure that converts financial filings, earnings transcripts, and KPIs into clean, hyperlinked, customizable data for fundamental research.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechNew York, US

Jianrui Li(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Chen(Founder)inThomas Li(Founder)inJeremy Huang(Founder)in

BoardJie Huang(Director)inAbhishek Sharma(Director)in

Co-investorsBrighton Park CapitalNat TurnerUncorrelated VenturesWormhole CapitalNexus Venture PartnersSquarepoint Capital

Exaforceexaforce.comin𝕏

Exaforce provides an AI-powered threat hunting and investigation platform that enables security analysts to search across multiple data sources using natural language queries.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US

Ariful Huq(Co-Founder and Head of Product)inMarco Rodrigues(Co-founder and Head of Customer Engineering & Operations)inJakub Pavlik(Founder)inDevesh Mittal(Co-Founder and Head of Engineering)inAnkur Singla(Founder)Ankur Singla Jakub Pavlik(Founder)

Co-investorsMayfield FundPeak XV PartnersKhosla Ventures

Gistgist.aiin𝕏Sep 2025 · $40M

Gist provides brand visibility and advertising solutions for the generative AI marketplace, offering custom AI search, engagement tools, and data-powered insights to help brands and marketers maintain visibility and performance in AI-driven digital environments.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechPasadena, US

Bill Gross(CEO of ProRata & Gist)

Co-investorsFelicis VenturesMayfield FundBettor CapitalBold Capital PartnersCalibrate VenturesJDS Sports+2 more

Gistgetgist.comin𝕏Sep 2025 · $40M

Gist provides a no-code platform for creating guided product tours and interactive onboarding experiences that help companies drive customer adoption.

Developer ToolsMarketing TechSaaSSales Tech

Co-investorsBetter CapitalBettor CapitalJDS Sports

Infinityinfinityapp.inin𝕏Jul 2026 · $15M

Infinity provides cross-border payment infrastructure for businesses, enabling them to receive international payments with transparent pricing and RBI-compliant operations.

FintechBengaluru, IN

Sourav Choraria(Co-founder)inSidharth Choraria(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsScript CapitalY CombinatorAdvent Life SciencesNova Threshold Trust LimitedPeterson Venture Partners

Infinityinfinity.inc

San Francisco, US

Jeremy Nixon(Founder)

Co-investorsEPIC VENTURESGoAhead VenturesInception Studio Capital

Infinityinfinity.exchangein𝕏Jul 2026 · $15M

Infinity Exchange is a decentralized finance protocol designed for institutional users, built by financial engineers and technologists from Wall Street.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsLaser DigitalBaseTwo

Netradynenetradyne.comin

Netradyne offers an AI platform for driver safety, fleet management, and fuel efficiency, providing features like full drive-time capture, driver coaching, compliance tools, and a performance rating system.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaSSan Diego, US

Avneesh Agrawal(Founder)inDavid Julian(Founder)in

Co-investorsGeodesic CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)NewView CapitalPoint72 VenturesQualcomm VenturesSoftBank Vision Fund

Numanuma.cominOct 2024 · $32M

Numa builds AI for car dealership operations, focused on automating and managing dealership communication.

AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationSaaSSales Tech

Tasso Roumeliotis(CEO)inJoel Grossman(Founder)in

Co-investorsCherry VenturesGradient VenturesThreshold VenturesCostanoa VenturesMitsui & Co

OpenAIopenai.comin𝕏

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) with emphasis on safety and beneficial outcomes for humanity.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Sam Altman(Founder)Elon Musk(Founder)inGreg Brockman(Founder)inIlya Sutskever(Founder)inWojciech Zaremba(Founder)inJohn Schulman(Founder)

Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalA-Rod CorpA.Capital VenturesA'Z AngelsAdvent InternationalAliya Capital Partners+98 more

Parasailparasail.ioin𝕏

Parasail provides AI inference compute on a flexible fleet that scales with usage, letting companies commit to output (tokens) rather than long-term hardware purchases.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep Tech

Mike Henry(Founder)inTim Harris(Founder)in

Co-investorsBanyan VenturesBasis Set VenturesEssentia VenturesIneffable VenturesKindred VenturesThreshold Ventures+2 more

Parasailparasail.network

A (Re)Staking layer for DePIN, providing a modular staking solution and DeFi use cases for staked tokens.

Co-investorsAGE CryptoGenerative VenturesFlume VenturesSamsung Next

Pixispixis.aiin𝕏Sep 2023 · $85M

Pixis builds AI-driven advertising tools for performance marketing teams, offering campaign optimization, creative, and ad strategy solutions.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech

Vrushali Prasade(Founder)inHari Valiyath(Founder)in

Co-investorsCelesta CapitalChiratae VenturesExfinity VenturesPremji InvestSoftBank Vision FundSprout | Venture Partners+4 more

Prorata Aiprorata.aiin𝕏

ProRata builds attribution and revenue-sharing solutions for AI search, tracking how licensed content is used and sharing revenue with content creators and publishers.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentPasadena, US

Bill Gross(Founder & CEO)inMarcia Goodstein(Executive Officer)inSusan Aledort(Executive Officer)Nagraj Kashyap(Director)inNicholas Thompson(Director)

BoardDakin Sloss(Director)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBold Capital PartnersCalibrate VenturesFirestreak VenturesLink VenturesMVP Ventures+4 more

SafeBasesafebase.ioin𝕏Series B · May 2024 · $33MAcquired

SafeBase (part of Drata) provides an AI-driven platform that automates security compliance, manages internal and third-party risk, and maintains a Trust Center to share always-current proof of an organization's security posture.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Al Yang(Founder)inAdar Arnon(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAnalog VenturesBeta CapitalComcast VenturesContour Venture PartnersHyphen Capital+10 more

Safely Yousafely-you.comin𝕏Feb 2025 · $43M

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)in

Co-investorsAnorak VenturesATEL VenturesFoundation CapitalPathbreaker VenturesQualcomm VenturesSamsung Next+7 more

SlashExpertsslashexperts.cominMar 2025

SlashExperts operates a B2B platform that connects prospective buyers with a vendor's existing satisfied customers for peer reference conversations, aiming to provide authentic validation during the sales process.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Braydan Young(Founder)inJeff Schnepple(Founder)in

BoardMatt Ober(Director)in

Co-investorsVeridical VenturesSocial Leverage

Wingspanwingspan.appin𝕏Series B · Dec 2019 · $24M

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(Founder)inGreg Franczyk(Founder)in

BoardShawn Ellis(Director)inDavid Ulevitch(Director)inPriya Saiprasad(Director)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzSwift Ventures186 VenturesAsymmetric Capital PartnersBramalea PartnersDistributed Ventures+5 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

SafelyYouSupercloud

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Touring Capital made?
Touring Capital has 26 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 9 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Touring Capital invest at?
Touring Capital invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What sectors does Touring Capital focus on?
Touring Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Fintech, LegalTech, SaaS.
Where is Touring Capital located?
Touring Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Does Touring Capital lead rounds?
Touring Capital has led 7 of the 11 rounds where its role is on record.
Who does Touring Capital co-invest with?
Touring Capital most often shares deals with Peak XV Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund, among 75 tracked co-investors.
What size deals does Touring Capital back?
Across 9 deals with disclosed amounts, Touring Capital has joined rounds of $15M – $85M (median $32M).

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