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Tq Ventures Llc

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New York · Pre-Seed–Growth · 15 people tracked

Also known as TQ Ventures Early

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TQ Ventures was built from first principles around identifying, partnering with, and supporting exceptional founders. The firm positions itself as a counterpoint to the traditional VC playbook, emphasizing substance over optics, intellectual independence, and long-term relationships. Its differentiation centers on an extraordinary network that provides customer and strategic introductions to major enterprises, deep business and investing thoughtfulness, hands-on go-to-market and brand support, and founder community-building through dinners worldwide. The team values high standards, low ego, curiosity, and first-principles rigor, actively pursuing investments rather than following market trends and treating founders as partners.

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Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Growth
HQ
New York, New York, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2018
Last 12 months
21 investments
AUM
$2B
VC funds
4
Tracked investments
166
Unicorns
6
IPOs
1
Acquisitions
10

Team · 15 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Ethan Linin
Anna Gomezin
Finbarr Timbersin
Lydia Tomaykoin
Olivia Bastianichin
Sal Spinain
Sandy Yaoin

Founder mafia

3 people who came through Tq Ventures Llc went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 117 of 166 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×53SaaS ×39Enterprise Software ×29Consumer ×24Developer Tools ×17Fintech ×15Healthtech ×13Data & Infrastructure ×12

HQs:United States×45United Kingdom×5Germany×4Argentina×1Finland×1France×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 62 portfolio companies
37%
solo founders
23 of 62 mapped founding teams
49%
repeat founders
of 90 founders with career history
~1 yr
old at investment
median across 14 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×232 founders×283 founders×84+ founders×3

Where their founders studiedfrom 85 founders with education data

University of California, Berkeley ×7Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×5Stanford University ×5University of Oxford ×5Princeton University ×4Yale University ×4Harvard Business School ×3Harvard University ×3

What their founders studiedfrom 80 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×32Engineering ×15Economics ×11Business & Management ×10Finance & Accounting ×6Mathematics & Statistics ×6Politics & Policy ×4Design & Architecture ×3

Where their founders worked beforefrom 90 founders with career history

Google ×4Handshake ×4Stanford University ×4General Assembly ×2Hard Yaka ×2HubSpot ×2Intel Labs ×2Morgan Stanley ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×13

11 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 88 with degree data)

Investments · 166 tracked

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By year:2026 · 172025 · 52024 · 62023 · 32022 · 52021 · 22020 · 22016 · 141 dated

Grove Collaborativegrove.coinNYSE: GROV

Grove is an e-commerce platform that curates and sells household and personal care products vetted against health and environmental standards.

Circular EconomyConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceSan Francisco, US

Stuart Landesberg(Executive Officer, Director)inChris Clark(Director)inJordan SavageinJeff Yurcisin(Chief Executive Officer, President and Director)inTom Siragusa(Chief Financial Officer)inKeith Davey(Chief Technology Officer)in

Co-investors500 GlobalBullpen CapitalForefront VentureGlynn Capital ManagementGutbrain VenturesHemisphere Ventures LLC+7 more

Lawhivelawhive.co.uk✓ verified

Lawhive is a digital legal services platform that connects individuals and small businesses with licensed lawyers through a technology-driven process.

AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSLondon, GB

Jaime V.(Founder)in

Co-investorsBalderton CapitalEpisode1GV (Google Ventures)Propeller Inc.

Mindra AImindra.coin𝕏✓ verified

Mindra assembles teams of AI agents that plan work, coordinate, and take actions across a company's software stack, such as adjusting ad campaigns, reallocating budgets, and posting updates to Slack.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Zeynep Yorulmaz(Co-Founder & CEO)inDeniz Soylular(Co-Founder & CPO)inİlker Yörü(Co-Founder & CTO)in

Railwayrailway.com𝕏✓ verified

Railway builds a cloud computing platform designed to reduce deployment friction and simplify the software development lifecycle.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper Tools

Jake Cooper(CEO)in

Co-investorsBasecamp FundCompoundPioneerUnusual VenturesFPVRedpoint Ventures

Railwayrailway.app𝕏Jan 2026 · $100M✓ verified

Railway is a cloud computing platform that provides infrastructure for developers to build, deploy, and ship software with reduced operational overhead.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Jake Cooper(Founder)in

Co-investorsUnusual VenturesBasecamp FundRedpoint VenturesPreston-Werner Ventures

Tilttilt.app✓ verified

Tilt is a mobile app for live shopping where sellers host real-time auctions of clothing and sneakers and buyers place bids as items count down and check out in the app.

ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesLondon, GB

Neil Shah(Founder)inAbhi Thanendran

Co-investorsBalderton CapitalPortfolio Ventures

Turfsportsturfsports.com✓ verifiedAcquired

Turf is a sports prediction market company that enables markets around sports opinions and events.

Crypto & Web3MarketplacesSports Tech

Marco Cornacchia(Founder)Sidd SharmaShiv Bagavathy

Co-investorsScript Capital

Deep Cogito Inc.inApr 2026SEC filingmedium confidence

Open-weight frontier AI lab developing hybrid reasoning language models and iterative self-improvement methods on a path toward general superintelligence.

Developer ToolsSan Francisco, US

Dhruv Malhotra(Co-founder and product/research leader)Drishan Arora(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)in

BoardEric Vishria(Director; Benchmark General Partner)inAditya Agarwal (support acknowledged, no board role identified)(Board member (South Park Commons))

Board seatSchuster Tanger· per SEC Form D · $40M raise · filed Apr 2026

Co-investorsSouth Park CommonsBenchmark

Druiddruidai.comin𝕏Series B · Aug 2023 · $30M

Druid provides an enterprise conversational and agentic AI platform that automates customer interactions and critical business workflows for large organizations across healthcare, higher education, shared services, and other sectors.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCambridge, US

Liviu Dan Dragan(Executive Officer, Director)Dan Balaceanu(Founder)inAna Maria Falcuta(Executive Officer)Andreea Plesea(Executive Officer)Mihai Faur(Director)Bogdan Pietroiu(Executive Officer)

Board seatSchuster Tanger· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAlfabeatCipio PartnersHoxton VenturesKarma Ventures

Oxlaoxla.comin𝕏Oct 2024

Oxla develops an MPP-based, Postgres-compatible SQL query engine for large-scale, low-latency analytics, marketed as Redpanda SQL for connecting agentic AI applications with data.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureWarsaw

Adam Szymanski(Executive Officer, Director)inKacper Szczesniak(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAdam Csuhai(Director)Schuster B Tanger(Director)in

Board seatSchuster Tanger· per SEC Form D

Acalaacala.networkNov 2020

Acala is a Substrate-based cross-chain DeFi hub and stablecoin network secured by Polkadot, with a sister network Karura on Kusama.

Singapore

Ruitao Su(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Andromeda CapitalArrington CapitalBlockchain CoinvestorsCoinbase VenturesD1 Ventures+9 more

Adamadam.newin𝕏Oct 2025 · $4.1M

Adam is an AI agent that connects to CAD software, PLM systems, and supplier tools to automate hardware engineering workflows like BOM management, design reviews, sourcing, and RFQ generation.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSan Francisco, US

Zach Dive(Founder)inAaron Li(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Combinator468 CapitalScript CapitalTranspose Platform Management

Adamadam.aiin𝕏Oct 2025 · $4.1M

adam.ai is a meeting management platform that helps teams plan, run, and follow up on meetings, positioned here for operations teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Abdullah Kamel(Founder)in

Co-investorsAtlassian Ventures468 CapitalScript CapitalTranspose Platform Management

Adamadamcad.com𝕏

Adam is an AI agent that integrates with CAD software (Onshape, Fusion, SolidWorks), PLM systems, and supplier catalogs to automate hardware engineering tasks like BOM management, RFQ drafting, design reviews, and sourcing.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHardware

Co-investorsTranspose Platform Management468 Capital

Ahoyahoy.aiin𝕏

Ahoy is an AI-driven CRM that uses agents to read customer signals, prepare context, and draft outreach in the background so sales users arrive at conversations already prepared.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechDublin, IE

Kevin Bluett(Co-Founder & CEO)inMonique Eisenach(Co-Founder)in

AIVideo.comaivideo.com𝕏

AIVideo.com provides video production services powered by AI technology for clients seeking automated or accelerated content creation.

Enterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Justin Harvey(Founder)inEduardo Faraday(Founder)inOrestis Lykouropoulos(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlue Wire CapitalRebel FundY Combinator

Aperture Dataaperturedata.ioin𝕏

ApertureDB provides a database platform that unifies multimodal AI data, combining vector search and knowledge graph technologies to help teams build generative AI applications, agents, and RAG workflows.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsCupertino, US

Luis Remis(Founder)inVishakha Gupta(Founder)in

Co-investorsGenerationshipGraph VenturesRoot Ventures Manager, Llc2048 Ventures

Apto Paymentsaptopayments.comAcquired

Apto Payments offers a developer-friendly card issuing platform that lets fintech companies launch physical debit, virtual, corporate, and crypto card programs.

Developer ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Greg Kidd(Founder)inMeg Nakamura(Founder)in

Co-investorsKapor CapitalScrum VenturesWonder VenturesY Combinator

Architecttryarchitect.comin𝕏Jun 2026 · $24M

Architect provides an AI agent that installs on a company's website with one line of code to answer visitor questions, personalize pages in real time, and help convert visitors into buyers.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSLondon, GB

Chris Nicolas(Founder)inTed Eltringham(Founder)in

Co-investorsInsiders VenturesProject A VenturesRLC VenturesRace CapitalTogether Fund

Architectarchitect.coin𝕏

Architect Financial Technologies develops proprietary software and trading platforms for futures, options, and securities trading.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsTioga Capital PartnersTwelve BelowCoinbase VenturesGalaxy VenturesStrobe VenturesThird Kind Venture Capital+1 more

Architectarchitect.xyzJun 2026 · $24M

Chicago fintech building institutional trading technology, US brokerage services and AX, a perpetual futures exchange on traditional assets.

Brett Harrison(Founder)in

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesParaFi CapitalSolari CapitalGalaxy VenturesMotivate Venture CapitalRace Capital+4 more

Architect Labsarchitectlabs.comin𝕏

Architect Labs is developing an AI system that explores, designs, and formally verifies semiconductor chips for high-demand computing workloads.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors

Ebrahim Hussain(Co-founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsKindred VenturesLink Ventures

Astraltryastral.comin𝕏

Astral provides an AI workflow engine that enables organizations to implement and deploy AI applications across their teams.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Savannah Feder(Founder)in

Co-investorsUpfront Ventures

Augmodoaugmodo.cominSeries A · Jun 2026 · $21M

Augmodo provides real-time shelf visibility and spatial AI technology for retail stores.

AI & Machine LearningIoTRetail TechKirkland, US

Ross Finman(Founder)in

BoardAndrew Marks(Director)in

Co-investorsExpansion Venture CapitalInterlace VenturesLerer HippeauWebb Investment Network

Bear's Fruitbearsfruit.comin

Bear's Fruit makes sparkling beverages brewed from real fruit, fresh herbs, and probiotics, with no added flavorings or sweeteners.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & FitnessBrooklyn, US

ChrisAmy

Co-investorsSuperAngel.Fund

BeRealbere.alAcquired

BeReal is a social media platform where users share unfiltered photos using a front-and-back camera format during daily two-minute windows.

Social

Co-investorsAccelCoatue ManagementKima VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBanana CapitalDST Global

Biodockbiodock.aiin𝕏

Biodock provides an AI image analysis platform designed for researchers and scientists to train, run, and interpret deep learning models on biological images without requiring coding expertise.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechSaaSAustin, US

Nurlybek Mursaliyev(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzY Combinator

Braintrustusebraintrust.comin𝕏

Braintrust offers an AI-powered suite for enterprise hiring, assessment, and operations, including a vetted talent marketplace, an AI recruiting and screening tool, and custom AI automation agents.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR Tech

Adam Jackson(Co-founder)inGabe Luna-Ostaseski(Founder)

Co-investorsACME CapitalAusum VenturesCoatue ManagementCoinbase VenturesDanu VenturesFuture Perfect Ventures+7 more

Budibasebudibase.comin𝕏Nov 2022 · $7M

Budibase is an open-source platform for building internal tools, AI agents, and automated workflows that connect to a company's databases, spreadsheets, LLMs, APIs, and business systems.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSBelfast

Michael Shanks(Executive Officer, Director)inMartin McKeaveney(Executive Officer, Director)inJoseph Johnston(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardOana Olteanu(Director)inGil Dibner(Director)in

Co-investorsAngular VenturesSignalFireTechstart Ventures

Carepatroncarepatron.comin𝕏Nov 2023

Carepatron provides practice management and clinical workflow software for healthcare clinicians.

HealthtechSaaS

David Pene(Founder)inJamie Frew(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesCoreline Ventures

Centaurcentaur.io

Centaur extracts and verifies social trading signals shared publicly on X and Telegram, turning them into timestamped, tracked positions with computed metrics such as win rate and ROI.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Co-investorsMatrixSignalFire

Chiefchief.comin𝕏

Chief operates a membership-based platform and physical spaces for business leaders to network, collaborate, and access tools for professional development and business growth.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Lindsay Kaplan(Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsAvid VenturesCapitalGFlybridge Capital PartnersInspired CapitalNotable CapitalPrimary Venture Partners+3 more

Cleancardcleancard.bioin

CleanCard is developing at-home cancer diagnostics combined with high-volume health data collection and proprietary models aimed at earlier intervention and better patient outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthSan Francisco, US

Co-investorsUrban Innovation

Cleanlabcleanlab.aiOct 2023 · $25MAcquired

Cleanlab develops machine learning tools for data quality and model improvement, serving enterprises and ML practitioners across industries.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Curtis Northcutt(Founder)inJonas Mueller(Co-founder)inAnish AthalyeinAnishathalye(Co-founder)Ulyana Tkachenko(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsMenlo VenturesPreston-Werner VenturesSamsung NextAME Cloud VenturesBain Capital VenturesDatabricks Ventures+1 more

Clubhouseclubhouse.com𝕏

Clubhouse is a social audio platform where users can join live voice conversations and discussions.

Social

Rohan Seth(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzColor CapitalDreamers VCGraph VenturesJames Beshara FundJustin “3LAU” Blau+10 more

Cometeercometeer.com𝕏

Cometeer produces flash-frozen specialty coffee in recyclable capsules designed for home brewing, emphasizing freshness and sustainability.

ConsumerFoodTech

Matthew Roberts(Founder)inDoug Hoon(CTO)inKarl Winkler(VP of Engineering)

BoardGeorge Howell

Co-investorsAvenir Growth CapitalGreycroft

Copperlanecopperlane.aiin𝕏Jun 2026 · $4.1M

Copperlane builds an interface layer between borrowers and loan officers to streamline the mortgage application process.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Athan Zhang(Cofounder & CEO)inBrianna Lin(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorEight Capital

Currentcurrent.comin𝕏

Current is a mobile-first banking platform offering no-fee spending accounts and integrated financial services to everyday Americans.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Stuart Sopp(Founder)in

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Activant CapitalAndreessen HorowitzAvenir Growth CapitalCota CapitalElizabeth Street Ventures+8 more

Darwin Enterprise North America 2018darwinhomes.comin

Darwin Homes offers a technology platform for renters to discover, tour, and lease homes, and for property owners to manage their rental properties through modern management services.

MarketplacesPropTechSaaSAustin, US

Zachary Kinloch(Executive Officer, Director)inRyan Broderick(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardMichael Ghaffary(Director)inJake Fingert(Director)inChristian Idylle(Director)

Co-investorsCamber CreekCanvas Ventures

Deepdeep.co.ukin𝕏Aug 2026 · $43M

Deep is a London-based design agency that creates branding, websites, editorial design and content for premium and luxury brands.

Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentLondon, GB

Co-investorsSoor Capital

Deepdeep.biin𝕏Aug 2026 · $43M

Deep.BI is an analytics and AI platform that ingests data from multiple sources, processes and enriches it, and provides visualization, alerting, and machine learning capabilities.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Jarosław Góra(Founder)in

Co-investorsBalnord Sp. z o.o.

Deep Cogitodeepcogito.comSeries A · Apr 2026 · $43M

San Francisco, US

Dhruv Malrana(Founder)Drishan Arora(Founder)

Co-investorsBenchmarkSouth Park Commons

DeSOdeso.org𝕏

DeSo is a layer-1 blockchain built to decentralize social media and power storage-heavy applications, enabling developers to build social networks, NFT marketplaces, and creator monetization tools with on-chain data and user-owned content.

Crypto & Web3Social

Nader Al-Naji(Founder)in

Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen Horowitz

Detaildetail.coin

Detail is an iOS/iPadOS app for recording and automatically editing talking-head videos, video podcasts, livestreams, and reaction videos using AI tools such as auto-edit, teleprompter, captions, and green-screen.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsKima VenturesPoint Nine

Diagriddiagrid.ioin𝕏

Diagrid provides a platform for building and running mission-critical workflows and autonomous AI agents on distributed systems, serving developers and enterprises building cloud-native applications.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US

Mark Fussell(Co-founder & CEO)Yaron Schneider(Co-founder & CTO)in

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersNorwest Venture Partners

Distribusiondistribusion.comin

Distribusion provides a B2B booking platform and API for ground transportation, connecting travel retailers and brands with bus, airport transfer, train, and ferry providers worldwide.

B2B MarketplacesClimate TechSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Johannes Thunert(Founder)inThomas Doeringin

Co-investorsbmp VenturesNorthzoneCreandum

Euler Labseuler.financein𝕏

Euler is a modular lending platform that enables users to create custom lending vaults and allows those vaults to serve as collateral for other vaults through its Ethereum Vault Connector.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesEquilibrium VenturesHaun VenturesLemniscapParadigmWintermute+1 more

Everest.Log10log10.ioinApr 2024 · $7.2M

Everest is an AI platform that automates regulatory, clinical, and commercial document workflows for pharmaceutical, medtech, and contract research organizations (CROs), generating submission-ready documents and associated statistical analyses from source data.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise SoftwareMedical Devices

Mark G. Grondin(CEO)Ashley Ferreira(CEO)

Co-investorsEssence Venture CapitalQuiet Capital

Finesse marketplace-b2cfinesse.us𝕏

FINESSE is an AI-driven fashion house that uses proprietary algorithms and customer voting to determine what styles to produce and in what quantities, reducing overproduction and waste.

AI & Machine LearningCircular EconomyConsumerDirect to Consumer

Co-investorsCross Culture VenturesGraph VenturesHoxton VenturesMaC Venture CapitalMango CapitalSGH Capital

Formation Bioformation.bioin𝕏

Formation Bio develops drugs through partnerships with health systems, academic medical centers, and research sites, focusing on clinical trials in dermatology, rheumatology, and cardiometabolic diseases.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtech

Ben Liu(CEO & Co-Founder)inLinhao Zhang(Co-Founder)inBenjamine Liu(Founder)in

Co-investorsSequoia CapitalSection 32Thrive CapitalAndreessen HorowitzFelicis VenturesFPV+4 more

Furofuroenergy.comin

Furo (formerly Lumera Energy) makes hardware-agnostic software for industrial and commercial battery storage, covering project sizing, operation, forecast-based optimization, and marketing of unused capacity on energy markets.

CleantechEnergySaaS

Hdwlatch.cominAcquired

A company that provides access control and building management solutions, extending beyond traditional locks to support the full operational ecosystem of buildings.

Enterprise SoftwareIoTPropTech

Co-investorsAlpaca VCAnsa CapitalAvenir Growth CapitalCalibrate VenturesCamber CreekCorigin Ventures+11 more

Hivehive.one𝕏

Hive indexes and ranks Twitter accounts by community, identifying notable figures within communities based on follower networks and social graph analysis.

Data & InfrastructureSocial

Co-investorsMerkle Tree Capital

Hybrid videogaming www.portalone.com (External)portalone.com

PortalOne develops hybrid games, a category of entertainment that combines elements of the video game and television industries.

ConsumerGamingMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Avenir Growth CapitalCoatue ManagementSNÖ VenturesSignia Venture PartnersSocii Capital+1 more

Intervalinterval.comin𝕏

Meter provides full-stack enterprise networking as a service, combining internet, wired, Wi-Fi, and cellular connectivity with hardware it designs and manufactures.

Enterprise SoftwareHardwareSaaS

June Homesjunehomes.comin

June Homes offers flexible short- and long-term rental housing with streamlined digital leasing and move-in support for individual renters.

ConsumerMarketplacesPropTech

Sergii Starostin(CEO, Co-founder)Oleksandr Prykhodko(COO, Co-founder)

Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersOlive Tree CapitalReshapeSBVA

Kindbodykindbody.comin𝕏

Kindbody is a fertility care provider offering services such as egg freezing, IVF, IUI, and prenatal and gynecological care through its own clinics across the US.

Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Dr. Lynn Westphal(Co-founder)Gina Bartasi(Executive Officer, Director)inFahimeh Sasan(Founding Physician / Ob-Gyn)inAngeline Beltsos, M.D.(Director)

BoardKathy Harris(Director)inCheryl Pegus(Director)

Co-investorsAnsa CapitalClaritas CapitalGENERAL INCEPTIONGV (Google Ventures)Spice CapitalTMV+3 more

Knife Aidknifeaid.comin

Knife Aid is a knife sharpening and repair subscription service that mails customers pre-paid envelopes, professionally sharpens and restores their blades, and returns them by mail.

B2B MarketplacesConsumer

Knowdeknowde.comin𝕏

Knowde provides a data management platform for industrial businesses, specifically chemicals and ingredients, that uses AI to extract, structure, and harmonize fragmented master data from legacy systems.

B2B MarketplacesData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Ali Amin-Javaheri(CEO)inWojciech Krupa(Founder)in

Co-investorsBee PartnersCoatue ManagementMantis CapitalPoint72 VenturesSequoia CapitalBlue Cloud Ventures+2 more

Other

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

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Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Tq Ventures Llc made?
Tq Ventures Llc has 166 tracked investments, 11 of which have exited, including 25 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Tq Ventures Llc invest at?
Tq Ventures Llc invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
What sectors does Tq Ventures Llc focus on?
Tq Ventures Llc focuses on Sector Agnostic.
Where is Tq Ventures Llc located?
Tq Ventures Llc is headquartered in New York, US.
Does Tq Ventures Llc lead rounds?
Tq Ventures Llc typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Tq Ventures Llc co-invest with?
Tq Ventures Llc most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, among 278 tracked co-investors.
What size deals does Tq Ventures Llc back?
Across 11 deals with disclosed amounts, Tq Ventures Llc has joined rounds of $4M – $50M (median $8M).

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Co-investors · 108

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.

$500K – $50M
Coatue Management

Coatue Management is a technology-focused investment firm that invests in innovation across both public and private markets with responsible risk management.

$1M – $20M
Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.

$4.4M – $214M
Benchmark

Benchmark is a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Woodside that invests in early-stage startups.

$100K – $30M
Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.

Both backed · 3
$500K – $5M
Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.

$5M – $100M
Notable Capital

Notable Capital is a venture capital firm that has partnered with founders for over two decades, backing companies from the earliest stages through to exit.

$5M – $50M
SV Angel

SV Angel is a firm that has backed startup founders since the 1990s, leveraging a large network of founders, industry leaders, and regulators to support portfolio companies.

DST Global

DST Global is a global internet-focused investment firm that backs fast-growing, high-value internet companies. It does not solicit or accept retail investors.

$100K – $200M
Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global Management operates public equity strategies (long/short, long-focused and crossover) and a private equity business investing in early- through late-stage growth companies across new and existing industries.

Both backed · 3
$1M – $100M
RRE Ventures

RRE Ventures is a boutique early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders across sectors, combining decades of experience with AI-driven analysis throughout the investment lifecycle.

Both backed · 3
$5M – $15M
Upfront Ventures

Upfront Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that positions itself as a long-term partner to founders, with a presence bridging the Los Angeles and Bay Area startup ecosystems.

Both backed · 3
$1M – $10M
96 more co-investors

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