Touring Capital
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Series B–Late Stage · 5 people tracked
Investment thesis
Touring Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm investing in software and technology companies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 18 of 22 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×13SaaS ×8Enterprise Software ×6Marketing Tech ×5Fintech ×3Sales Tech ×3AdTech ×2Cloud Computing ×2
HQs:United States×12India×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×63 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with education data
Harvard Business School ×3University of California, Berkeley ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 22 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 42024 · 22023 · 12019 · 110 dated
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(Co-founder & CEO)inDaniela Amodei(Co-founder & President)inTom Brown(Co-founder)inJack Clark(Co-founder & Head of Policy)inJared Kaplan(Co-founder & Chief Science Officer)Chris Olah(Co-founder & Interpretability Research Lead)
Co-investors3Comma Capital7BC Venture CapitalA.Capital VenturesAccelAlkeon InnovationAllen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator+85 more
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
Checkbox is legal intake and automation software that converts Microsoft Teams messages into legal matters with automatic tracking, history capture, and audit trails.
Enterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsConductive VenturesFive V CapitalPeak XV PartnersTidal VenturesAFG PartnersLighter Capital
Generative AI search engine for discovering and evaluating novel materials with specific properties for energy and technology applications.
Co-investorsGiant Ventures Global LlpHoxton VenturesKleiner PerkinsLightspeed Venture PartnersNorthzoneZero Prime Ventures
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(Executive Officer, Director)Thomas Li(CEO)
BoardJie Huang(Director)inAbhishek Sharma(Director)Talal Khan(Director)
Co-investorsBrighton Park CapitalNexus Venture Partners
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(Founder)inMarco RodriguesJakub PavlikinDevesh Mittal(Founder)in
Co-investorsMayfield FundPeak XV PartnersKhosla Ventures
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-investorsMayfield FundBettor CapitalBOLD CapitalCalibrate VenturesMVP VenturesSBI Investment
Gist is a CRM and customer communication platform that combines live chat, chatbots, a knowledge base, popup forms, email marketing, marketing automation, sales pipeline management, and meeting scheduling in one tool.
Marketing TechSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsBetter CapitalBettor CapitalJDS Sports
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(Founder)inSidharth Choraria(Founder)in
Co-investorsScript CapitalY Combinator
San Francisco, US
Jeremy Nixon(Founder)
Co-investorsGoAhead VenturesInception Studio Capital
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 & CEO)inDavid Julian(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsGeodesic CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)NewView CapitalPoint72 VenturesQualcomm VenturesSoftBank Vision Fund
Numa builds AI for car dealership operations, focused on automating and managing dealership communication.
AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationSaaSSales Tech
Joel Grossman(Founder)inTasso Roumeliotis(CEO)
Co-investorsGradient VenturesThreshold VenturesCostanoa VenturesMitsui & Co
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(Co-founder & CEO)Elon Musk(Co-founder & former Co-chair / board member)Greg Brockman(Co-founder & President)inIlya Sutskever(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)inWojciech Zaremba(Co-founder)inJohn Schulman(Co-founder (departed 2024))
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesA'Z AngelsAdvent InternationalAlpha Wave GlobalAndreessen HorowitzAnti+54 more
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(Co-founder)inTim Harris(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsBanyan VenturesBasis Set VenturesIneffable VenturesKindred VenturesThreshold VenturesFlume Ventures+1 more
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 CapitalCelesta CapitalChiratae VenturesExfinity VenturesPremji InvestSoftBank Vision Fund+4 more
Digital publishing company offering ethical AI search, advertising, and attribution solutions that support creators and publishers with licensed generative AI experiences.
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)Marcia Goodstein(Executive Officer)Susan Aledort(Executive Officer)Nagraj Kashyap(Director)Nicholas Thompson(Director)
BoardDakin Sloss(Director)in
Co-investorsBold Capital PartnersCalibrate VenturesFirestreak VenturesLink VenturesMVP VenturesRevolution+3 more
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-investorsAnalog VenturesComcast VenturesContour Venture PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Time Zero CapitalY Combinator+3 more
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 NextSwift VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)+5 more
Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)
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
BoardMatt Ober(Director)
Co-investorsVeridical Ventures
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 HorowitzSwift Ventures186 VenturesAsymmetric Capital PartnersDistributed VenturesGood Friends+3 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAnthropic · Reuters · Aug 15, 2026
Netradyne · bharatfast.com · Aug 12, 2026
OpenAI · techcrunch.com · Aug 12, 2026
Parasail · x.com · Aug 7, 2026
Infinity · techcrunch.com · Jul 20, 2026
Daloopa · alleywatch.com · Jun 1, 2026
Checkbox · checkbox.ai · Feb 4, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Touring Capital made?
- Touring Capital has 18 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Touring Capital invest at?
- Touring Capital invests at the Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage 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 4 of the 5 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 59 tracked co-investors.
- What size deals does Touring Capital back?
- Across 5 deals with disclosed amounts, Touring Capital has joined rounds of $15M – $43M (median $33M).
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamWhat Actually Scales in AI & SaaS with Priya Saiprasad, General Partner at Touring Capital
The Scaleup Flight · Priya Saiprasad
🔥VC Hot Take! Priya Saiprasad of Touring Capital on M&A in 2024
DrinksWithAVC · Priya Saiprasad
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