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U First Capital
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Investment thesis
U First Capital invests in top-tier technology companies, leveraging its founders' technical backgrounds (both hold technical PhDs) and deep relationships with VCs and leading entrepreneurs built over decades in Silicon Valley. The firm emphasizes a strong track record of exits, citing companies such as Groq, Observo AI, Rapid Deploy, Rubrik, Worldcoin, Pensando Systems, Nextdoor, Palantir, and Pinterest across acquisitions, IPOs, and token launches.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
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from the firm's website & curatedWhat they invest in
from 17 of 24 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×13Enterprise Software ×11SaaS ×7Cloud Computing ×3Crypto & Web3 ×3Cybersecurity ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3Developer Tools ×3
HQs:United States×17
Who they back
founder profiles across 15 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×73 founders×24+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 22 founders with education data
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ×3Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ×3Stanford University ×3The University of Texas at Austin ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2Yale University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 22 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×14Engineering ×4Finance & Accounting ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 24 founders with career history
Google ×7Nutanix ×3Oracle ×3Adentro ×2deliv ×2Microsoft ×2OpenAI ×2Rubrik ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 23 with degree data)
Investments · 24 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 22021 · 12018 · 15 dated
Neighborhood social network; IPO 2021
AdTechSan Francisco, US
Nirav Tolia(Co-Founder, CEO, President & Chairperson of the Board)inSarah Leary(Co-Founder, Chief of Marketing, Community & Business Operations)inPrakash Janakiraman(Co-Founder & Chief Architect)inDavid Wiesen(Co-Founder (Engineering))inIndrajit Ponnambalam(Chief Financial Officer)Sarah Friar(Former CEO, President & Chairperson)in
Co-investorsAxel Springer Digital VenturesBond Capital ManagementCoatue ManagementComcast VenturesCota CapitalDag Ventures+21 more
Palantir builds data integration and analysis platforms — Gotham for defence and government, Foundry for commercial operations — and deploys forward engineers inside customer organisations.
Palo Alto, US
Peter Thiel(Co-founder and Chairman)inStephen Cohen(Co-founder and President)Nathan Gettings(Co-founder)Joe Lonsdale(Co-founder)inAlexander C. Karp(Co-founder and CEO)
BoardColin Anderson(Executive Officer)in
Co-investors137 Ventures8VCA*AiSprouts VCAkkadian VenturesAllied Venture Partners+64 more
Pinterest operates a visual discovery platform where users save and browse images organised into boards, used heavily for shopping, recipes and design.
San Francisco, US
Evan Sharp(Co-founder & CDO)Ben Silbermann(Co-founder and Executive Chairman)inPaul Sciarra(Co-founder)Mike Yang(Executive Officer)Natalie Fair(Executive Officer)inBill Ready(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investors3Spoke CapitalA.Capital VenturesA*Acequia Capital (AceCap)Allied Venture PartnersAmakor+55 more
Securing the world's data
Palo Alto, US
Bipul Sinha(Co-Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer)inArvind Nithrakashyap(Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer & Director)inArvind Jain(Co-Founder (former; departed to found Glean))inSoham Mazumdar(Co-Founder (former))inKiran Choudary(Chief Financial Officer)inJesse Green(Chief Revenue Officer)in
Co-investors3Spoke CapitalAccess Ventures (New York)Adit Ventures Management, LlcAnicut CapitalBain Capital VenturesChamaeleon+20 more
Checkr provides background verification and fraud detection services for hiring, loan approvals, insurance, and tenant screening decisions.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Daniel Yanisse(Founder/CEO)inJonathan Perichon(Founder)inNaeem Ishaq(Executive Officer)inJennifer Yeh(Executive Officer)inTodd Freedman(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAccelActivant CapitalBond Capital ManagementCoatue ManagementDCVC (Data Collective)Earl Grey Capital+20 more
Clubhouse is a social audio platform where users can join live voice conversations and discussions.
Social
Rohan Seth(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzColor CapitalDream MachineDreamers VCGraph VenturesJames Beshara Fund+13 more
Cornami develops custom silicon and full-stack computing systems designed to run Fully Homomorphic Encryption, allowing computation to be performed on data that remains encrypted throughout processing.
Dallas, US
Walden Rhines(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMichael Kim(Director)Jack Crawford(Director)inAlexander Fortmuller(Director)Gordon Campbell(Director)Scott Mercer(Director)
Co-investorsAlpha Intelligence CapitalOctave Ventures LlcRaptor GroupSoftBank Vision FundImpact Venture CapitalSoftBank Group
d_model develops reinforcement learning environments that train AI agents to conduct interpretability and alignment research on frontier language models.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Daniel Moon(Founder)inAnish Tondwalkar(Founder)in
Co-investorsHOF CapitalSoma CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorBrave14 CapitalGeneral Catalyst+1 more
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Dataminr provides AI-powered real-time event detection by synthesizing text, images, video, audio, and sensor signals across public data sources.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareGovTechImpact & Social GoodNew York, US
Ted Bailey(Founder)inPeter Bailey(Executive Officer)inDaniel O'Connor(Executive Officer)Nella Domenici(Executive Officer)inJeffrey Kinsey(Executive Officer)inJason Edelboim(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAdit Ventures Management, LlcAllied Venture PartnersAlpha Square GroupAlumni VenturesBlue Ivy VenturesBoxGroup+25 more
DevRev Computer is an AI teammate for operations teams that unifies data across tools and systems to track project progress, automate administrative tasks, and surface risks.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechPalo Alto, US
Manoj Agarwal(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inDheeraj Pandey(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
Co-investors2.12 AngelsAlumni VenturesAUDEO VENTURESBallistic VenturesKhosla Venturesm]x[v Capital+2 more
Groq designs and manufactures the LPU (Language Processing Unit), a chip purpose-built for AI inference, and operates GroqCloud, a platform for running inference workloads with low latency and cost efficiency across global data centers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingSemiconductorsPalo Alto, US
Jonathan Ross(CEO)inDouglas Wightman(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardChamath Palihapitiya(Director)in
Co-investorsAccess Ventures (New York)Acequia Capital (AceCap)Alumni VenturesAxiom PartnersB CapitalBanca Investis — Family Office+65 more
Harness provides software delivery automation and infrastructure for engineering teams to deploy code reliably and efficiently.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Jyoti Bansal(Co-Founder & CEO)inRishi Singh(Co-Founder & Board Member)in
Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationArtisanal VenturesBattery VenturesCollective LiquidityCrosslink CapitalEniac Ventures+14 more
Ironclad is an AI platform for digital contract management that helps companies execute faster deals, reduce contract surprises, and measure value.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jason Boehmig(Founder/CEO)inBrian Powers(Executive Officer)Cai GoGwilt(Director)Jason Springer(Chief Executive Officer)Jeremy Smith(President)inVedavati Verma(Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investors500 GlobalAccelAmplo VenturesBetter Tomorrow VenturesBond Capital ManagementElevate Ventures+32 more
Nile provides an enterprise network-as-a-service platform that delivers wired and wireless connectivity for offices and campuses.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investors8VCGeodesic CapitalJC2 VenturesKoch Disruptive TechnologiesMarch Capital PartnersProsperity7 Ventures+4 more
Helium operates a decentralized wireless network where individuals and businesses host small devices called Hotspots to provide cellular connectivity and earn HNT cryptocurrency.
Crypto & Web3
Amir Haleem(Founder & CEO)
Co-investors10T Funda16z cryptoAlpha Square GroupAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBlueYard Capital+26 more
Observo provides AI-powered telemetry filtering for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems, automatically identifying and reducing low-value logs to minimize data ingestion volume.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ricky S. Arora(Founder)inGurjeet A.(Founder)in
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersFlare Capital Partners
Austin, US
Brett Meyerowitz(Director)inSteven Raucher(Executive Officer, Director)Reinhard Ekl(Executive Officer)
BoardRaymond J. Lane(Director)in
Co-investorsEdison PartnersGreatPoint VenturesMorpheus VenturesTau VenturesSamsung Next
ThoughtSpot builds data analytics and business intelligence software to make data accessible to organizations across industries.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Jose, US
Ajeet Singh(Director)inAmit Prakash(Founder)inSudheesh Nair(Executive Officer, Director)inMohit Daswani(Executive Officer)in
BoardQuentin Clark(Director)inSven Strohband(Director)in
Co-investorsBallistic VenturesEQUIAMGeneral CatalystGeodesic CapitalKhosla VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners+8 more
Trust Machines develops applications built on the Bitcoin network to expand the utility and value of Bitcoin.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupHivemind Capital PartnersRising Tide
Uniphore provides a Business AI Cloud platform that enables enterprises to build, deploy, and scale autonomous AI agents across operations with built-in governance, security, and sovereignty controls.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPalo Alto, US
Ravi Saraogi(Director)inUmesh Sachdev(Founder & CEO)inMegha Sharma(Executive Officer)inSandeep Pandit(Executive Officer)in
BoardRobert Rueckert(Director)inRanjith Menon(Director)
Co-investorsAvant LabsChiratae VenturesCisco InvestmentsCXO FundIAN GroupIron Pillar+11 more
WisdomAI offers an agentic AI analytics platform that builds and governs enterprise business context — metrics, definitions, permissions, and business logic — to deliver validated, accurate answers across chat, dashboards, agents, and embedded analytics.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Guilherme Menezes(Founder)inKapil Chhabra(Founder)inSoham Mazumdar(Founder)inSharvanath Pathak(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementGreatPoint VenturesGTM CapitalKleiner PerkinsMadrona Venture GroupMenlo Ventures+1 more
World provides a system for verifying that online users are real, unique humans, combining privacy-preserving proof-of-human identity with financial infrastructure and a digital token.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechSector AgnosticSan Francisco, US
Sam Altman(Co-founder & Chairman (Tools for Humanity))Alex Blania(Co-founder & CEO (Tools for Humanity))inMax Novendstern(Co-founder (Tools for Humanity))in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBain Capital CryptoBlockchain CapitalKhosla Ventures1confirmationa16z crypto+19 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Orb IntelligencePensando Systems
Exits · 6
4 IPOs · 2 acquisitions · showing 5NextdoorNYSE: NXDRPalantir Technologies Inc.NASDAQ: PLTRPinterestNYSE: PINSRubrikNYSE: RBRKPensando Systemsacq. by AMD
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesIronclad · en.wikipedia.org · Sep 16, 2026
Groq Inc · groq.com · Jun 22, 2026
ThoughtSpot · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
Uniphore · techcrunch.com · Jan 19, 2026
WisdomAI · thesaasnews.com · Nov 13, 2025
Cornami · intelligence360.news · Sep 10, 2025
Worldcoin · finance.yahoo.com · May 29, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has U First Capital made?
- U First Capital has 24 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What sectors does U First Capital focus on?
- U First Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, E-commerce, IoT.
- Where is U First Capital located?
- U First Capital is headquartered in Silicon Valley, US.
- Does U First Capital lead rounds?
- U First Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does U First Capital co-invest with?
- U First Capital most often shares deals with IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), EQUIAM, Khosla Ventures, among 153 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamEp. 77 - What VCs are looking for today—with Sanjit Singh Dang, U First Capital
The SaaS Backwards Podcast · Sanjit Singh Dang
Ekta Dang from U First Capital interviews Nutanix co-Founder and DevRev CEO Dheeraj Pandey
sanjit66 · Ekta Dang
Channeling Capital for Strategic Innovation | Venture Capital | Sanjit Singh Dang | U First Capital
Asia Tech Journal · Sanjit Singh Dang
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