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Tri-Valley Ventures

Venture capital

Pleasanton · Pre-Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked

Also known as Tri-Valley · TVV ADVISERS, LLC

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Investment thesis

Tri-Valley Ventures provides early capital to founders working on artificial intelligence and frontier technologies. The firm positions itself as leveraging one of the country's most connected innovation ecosystems to support the next generation of innovation.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
HQ
Pleasanton, California, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2017
AUM
$31.3M
Tracked investments
26
Unicorns
1
IPOs
1

Team · 4 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Greg Hitchan· Co-Founder, Managing Partnerin
Ryan Long· Associatein

What they invest in

from 16 of 26 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×11Enterprise Software ×8SaaS ×8Cybersecurity ×4Hardware ×4Future of Work ×3Healthtech ×3Biotech ×2

HQs:United States×13Singapore×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 11 portfolio companies
64%
solo founders
7 of 11 mapped founding teams
33%
repeat founders
of 12 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×72 founders×23 founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with education data

Stanford University ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with field-of-study data

Engineering ×6Business & Management ×3Computer Science ×3Finance & Accounting ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 12 founders with career history

Right-Hand Cyber Security ×2

Investments · 26 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2021 · 12019 · 12018 · 13 dated

AEyeaeye.aiin𝕏NASDAQ: LIDR

AEye designs and sells active lidar sensors and software-defined sensing systems for autonomous vehicles, advanced driver-assistance systems, and non-automotive applications including rail, aerospace, defense, and industrial automation.

Pleasanton, US

Luis Dussan(Director)inLuis C. Dussan(Executive Officer, Director)inMatthew Fisch(Executive Officer, Director)Conor B. Tierney(Executive Officer)inAndrew S. Hughes(Executive Officer)inRansom P. Wuller(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBand of AngelsHBS Alumni AngelsTrucks VCTyche PartnersVektor PartnersBootstrapLabs+1 more

Raydiant Oxymetryraydiantoximetry.comin✓ verified

Raydiant Oximetry is developing technology to reduce complications and emergency interventions during childbirth.

Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Ramon, US

Neil P. Ray(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Nagel(Chief Executive Officer)in

BoardCharles McDonald(Director)John Maroney(Director)

Co-investorsAvestria VenturesBand of AngelsFemHealth VenturesSteelSky VenturesBill & Melinda Gates FoundationRhia Ventures+6 more

Appifyappify.comin𝕏

Appify is a no-code platform that generates full applications from plain language descriptions, automatically creating data models, user interfaces, permissions, and automations.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Cowbell Cyber Insurtechcowbell.insurein𝕏

Cowbell provides digital risk management and cyber insurance solutions for businesses, helping them understand, prevent, and recover from cyber threats.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechInsurTechPleasanton, US

Jack Kudale(Founder, CEO & Chairman)inTrent Cooksley(Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer)Rajeev Gupta(Co-founder & Chief Product Officer)

Co-investorsAvanta VenturesBrewer Lane VenturesGlobal Insurance AcceleratorManchesterStory Group, LLCNycaNyca Partners+2 more

Deep Sentineldeepsentinel.comin𝕏

Deep Sentinel provides AI-powered security cameras paired with live monitoring by professional remote guards who can speak to intruders through two-way audio and contact police in real time.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTPleasanton, US

Dave Selinger(Founder)inBrian Kendall(CFO)inMorgan Bell(VP of Engineering)inTomasz Borys(VP of Marketing)inAndi Woody(VP of Customer Care)in

Co-investorsAppWorks VenturesEgis Capital PartnersEudemian VenturesIntel CapitalLux CapitalJason Calacanis+3 more

Dialpaddialpad.comin𝕏

Dialpad provides a platform that transforms customer conversations into actionable intelligence for businesses.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Ramon, US

Craig Walker(Chief Executive Officer & Founder)inJohn Rector(Director)inBrian Peterson(Chief Technology Officer & Founder)inLily Toy(Executive Officer)inDan O'Connell(Director)in

BoardMark Shulgan(Director)in

Co-investors1435 Capital3Spoke CapitalAcrew CapitalAndreessen HorowitzAtomicCerity Partners Ventures+16 more

Experienceexperience.comin𝕏

Experience.com operates a reputation and local search platform that helps professionals and enterprises improve their local search rankings, build AI visibility, and manage online reviews.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsSilicon Valley Data CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Tiger Global Management

Fabrixfabrix.aiin𝕏

Fabrix.ai offers an observability and governance platform for AI agents that provides enterprise-wide tracing, cost tracking, and explainability across all AI interactions.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

FlowEQfloweq.comin𝕏

FlowEQ is a no-code workflow automation platform that embeds within existing business systems to automate recurring processes and support customer service, quality tracking, and member services operations.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Brittani Dunlap(Founder/CEO)in

Co-investorsRoble VenturesStreamlined VenturesY CombinatorGreycroftHarvard Management CompanyWheelhouse

Globevestorglobevestor.comin𝕏Aug 2018

Globevestor is an online investment platform that allows accredited investors to invest in startups as part of a diversified portfolio.

FintechSan Mateo, US

Ankur Shrivastava(Co-founder)inP N Raju(Co-founder)Penumetcha Narasimha Raju(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsBoost VCGlobevestor

Inspiredflightinspiredflight.comin

Inspired Flight Technologies designs and manufactures NDAA-compliant drone systems for inspection, mapping, research, and public safety applications.

Defense TechHardwareRoboticsSaaSSan Luis Obispo, US

Rick Stollmeyer(CEO & Co-Founder)in

Koopidkoopid.ai

San Ramon, US

Venkatesh Krishnaswamy(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsNeotribe Ventures

Pacbpacb.comin𝕏

Pacific Biosciences manufactures consumables and reagent kits for long-read DNA and RNA sequencing platforms, serving genomics research and diagnostics labs.

AgTechBiotechDeep TechHardwareHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsMaverick VenturesMohr Davidow Ventures

RapidAscentrapidascent.comin𝕏

Rapid Ascent offers an interactive enterprise training platform that simulates real-world cybersecurity environments for professionals to develop and demonstrate hands-on skills in roles like SOC analyst, threat hunter, and penetration tester.

CybersecurityEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of Work

Mark Goodwin(Founder)in

Co-investorsRiphean Investments

Raydiantraydiant.com𝕏Nov 2021 · $5M

Displai (Raydiant) provides digital signage, employee experience tools, and location analytics powered by AI for brick-and-mortar and enterprise businesses.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Chester Ng(Executive Officer, Director)inBobby Marhamat(Executive Officer, Director)Tuan Ho(Executive Officer)in

BoardJack Abraham(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsFernbrook Capital ManagementNextView VenturesOverton Venture CapitalTransmedia Capital8VCAtomic+11 more

Rezolve airezolve.aiin𝕏

Rezolve.ai offers an agentic AI service-desk assistant that answers employee IT, HR and finance questions grounded in a company's approved knowledge sources and autonomously executes actions like password resets, account unlocks, software provisioning and expense filing.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersExfinity VenturesPentathlon VenturesSand Hill Angels

Right Handright-hand.aiin

Right-Hand is a cybersecurity company that builds a Human Risk Management platform focused on changing employee behavior to reduce data breaches.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSingapore, SG

Theo Nasser(CEO)inUzair Ahmed(CTO)in

Co-investorsCopper Sky CapitalEntrepreneur First

Unchained Labsunchainedlabs.comin𝕏

Unchained Labs builds instruments for lipid nanoparticle and other nanomedicine production, spanning R&D formulation screening through GMP-compliant clinical manufacturing.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHardwareHealthtechPleasanton, US

Tim Harkness(Executive Officer, Director)inJason Novi(Executive Officer)in

BoardHeather Preston(Director)inBrent Ahrens(Director)inJack Nielsen(Director)inJoe Keegan(Director)

Co-investorsCanaan PartnersCEI VenturesTPG

Vendeluxvendelux.com

Vendelux runs an AI-based event intelligence platform that helps B2B teams pick events, book meetings and attribute pipeline.

Long Island City, US

Alexander Reynolds(Executive Officer, Director)inAlex Reynolds(Co-Founder, CEO)inStefan Deeran(Co-Founder, COO)inRichard Stefan Deeran(Director)

Co-investorsCervinEarl Grey CapitalFirstMark CapitalHubSpot VenturesSignalFireTribeca Venture Partners+6 more

Other

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

CowbellFrontier TechnologiesLIDRMovanoMovanohealthMOVEPacific Biosciences

Exits · 1

1 IPOs

AEyeNASDAQ: LIDR

Portfolio news

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Tri-Valley Ventures made?
Tri-Valley Ventures has 26 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
What stage does Tri-Valley Ventures invest at?
Tri-Valley Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does Tri-Valley Ventures focus on?
Tri-Valley Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech.
Where is Tri-Valley Ventures located?
Tri-Valley Ventures is headquartered in Pleasanton, US.
Who does Tri-Valley Ventures co-invest with?
Tri-Valley Ventures most often shares deals with Band of Angels, Andreessen Horowitz, Canaan Partners, among 58 tracked co-investors.

Co-investors · 2

Brewer Lane Ventures

Brewer Lane Ventures is an early-stage venture firm backing founders reinventing financial services, insurance, and healthcare, including how consumers and companies engage with these services and how risk is assessed and managed.

Both backed · 2
ManchesterStory Group, LLC

ManchesterStory is an early-stage venture firm investing in technology companies across insurance, financial services, and healthcare, connecting entrepreneurs to strategic capital and industry relationships.

Both backed · 2

Firms observed investing alongside Tri-Valley Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Tri-Valley Ventures's recorded portfolio.

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