Tri-Valley Ventures
Venture capitalPleasanton · Pre-Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked
Also known as 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 15, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 15 of 25 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×11Enterprise Software ×8SaaS ×8Cybersecurity ×4Hardware ×4Future of Work ×3Healthtech ×3Biotech ×2
HQs:United States×12Singapore×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 11 portfolio companiesFounding 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 · 25 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2021 · 12019 · 12 dated
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)
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Co-investorsBand of AngelsHBS Alumni AngelsTrucks VCTyche PartnersVektor PartnersBootstrapLabs+1 more
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-investorsBand of AngelsFemHealth VenturesSteelSky VenturesAvestria VenturesBill & Melinda Gates FoundationRhia Ventures+3 more
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 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 CapitalShasta Ventures
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-investorsAcrew CapitalAndreessen HorowitzAtomicCerity Partners VenturesFelicis VenturesFly Ventures+13 more
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
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 Combinator
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
San Ramon, US
Venkatesh Krishnaswamy(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsNeotribe Ventures
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
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
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.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 PartnersPentathlon VenturesSand Hill Angels
Right-Hand provides an AI-powered security awareness and human risk management platform that simulates modern social engineering attacks—including deepfake voice, phishing, and omnichannel threats—and delivers behavior-based training and interventions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSingapore, SG
Theo Nasser(CEO)inUzair Ahmed(CTO)in
Co-investorsCopper Sky CapitalEntrepreneur First
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
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)inRichard Stefan Deeran(Director)
Co-investorsEarl Grey CapitalFirstMark CapitalHubSpot VenturesSignalFireAlumni VenturesCERVIN VENTURES+4 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 IPOsAEyeNASDAQ: LIDR
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesRezolve ai · investing.com · Aug 28, 2026
AEye · investing.com · Aug 14, 2026
Vendelux · alleywatch.com · Aug 3, 2026
Dialpad · fundraiseinsider.com · Jul 19, 2026
Movano · public.com · Jul 1, 2026
Experience · cmswire.com · May 5, 2026
Raydiant · brixsignage.com · Apr 23, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Tri-Valley Ventures made?
- Tri-Valley Ventures has 25 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 54 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 2
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.
ManchesterStory is an early-stage venture capital firm that makes lead investments in startups building technology for insurance, financial services and healthcare across the insurance value chain.
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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