Venrock
Palo Alto Β· SeedβLate Stage
Investment thesis
Venrock is a venture capital firm with a diverse portfolio spanning healthcare, technology, and consumer sectors.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 20, 2026.
What they invest in
from 22 of 22 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning Γ13Enterprise Software Γ9Biotech Γ5Healthtech Γ5Medical Devices Γ5SaaS Γ5Data & Infrastructure Γ4Consumer Γ3
HQs:United StatesΓ6United KingdomΓ1
Investments Β· 22 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathCavalry Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing medicines that leverage the body's inherent regenerative and repair mechanisms, particularly in areas of age-related disease and tissue regeneration. The company applies translational biology and drug development expertise across multiple therapeutic areas.
BiotechDeep TechLongevityMedical Devices
Jan van Deursen, PhD(Co-founder, Advisor)Nathaniel (Ned) David, PhD(Co-founder, Chairman)
Aledade is an accountable care organization (ACO) partner that works with primary care organizations to improve patient outcomes and healthcare quality. The company operates as a public benefit corporation focused on supporting member primary care organizations and their patients.
Enterprise SoftwareHealthtech<UNKNOWN>
Bijan Salehizadeh(Co-founder)
Pfizer discovers, develops, manufactures, and distributes pharmaceutical medicines and vaccines across therapeutic areas including oncology, cardiology, immunology, and infectious diseases. The company serves patients, healthcare professionals, and consumers globally through its research, development, and commercial operations.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesNew York, US
Charles PfizerCharles Erhart
Aria provides a cloud-based billing and monetization platform that enables businesses to automate complex billing processes and deliver enhanced customer experiences. The platform serves enterprises looking to modernize legacy billing systems and improve revenue growth through flexible, scalable billing solutions.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Brendan O'BrienEdward Sullivan
IgniteTech is a global enterprise software company that acquires and supports a portfolio of mission-critical business software solutions while integrating AI capabilities across its products. The company specializes in AI-first enterprise software innovation and has created three new AI-powered products (Eloquens AI, MyPersonas, Adminio AI) aimed at organizational customers worldwide.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Eric Vaughan(CEO)
Candid develops clear aligner technology and offers remote monitoring services for dental professionals to deliver orthodontic treatment. The company partners with licensed dentists and orthodontists to provide high-quality orthodontic care.
ConsumerDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Collate builds AI-native software to automate documentation workflows across drug development and commercialization for life sciences companies. The platform uses machine learning to reduce manual paperwork so research and commercial teams can focus on advancing their core work.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise SoftwareMedical Devices
Surbhi Sarna(CEO and Founder)Aparna Elangovan(Head of AI)Sanchay Harneja(Head of Engineering)Benjamin Pastel(Founding Software Engineer)
Decodable is a fully-managed, serverless platform for real-time data integration, ETL/ELT, and stream processing built on Apache Flink and Debezium. The platform serves enterprises and data teams who need to move and process streaming data for analytics, AI applications, and operational decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS
Dgraph is an open-source, distributed graph database that operates at terabyte-scale for real-time applications, offering both direct database operations and GraphQL API interfaces for developers.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Dollar Shave Club offers razors and grooming products through a subscription model, delivering sharp stainless steel blades and shaving essentials directly to consumers at lower price points.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceLos Angeles, US
Encoded develops gene therapies for neurological disorders through an integrated platform approach. The company focuses on translating discoveries from research through clinical development and commercialization.
Biotech
FINNY is a growth platform that identifies and targets financial prospects for advisors through data aggregation and automated outreach, enabling personalized client acquisition at scale.
AI & Machine LearningFintechMarketing TechSaaSSales TechNew York City, US
Eden Ovadia(CEO & Co-founder)inTheodore Janson(CTO & Co-founder)inVictoria Toli(President & Co-founder)in
Fixed is a mobile app that helps drivers contest parking tickets by connecting them with legal experts who review ticket photos and handle the appeals process, charging a percentage of fines only if the challenge succeeds.
ConsumerMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
DJ Burdick(Founder/CTO)in
Mable is a genomics-based telehealth platform that provides personalized migraine care by analyzing patients' genetic and biomarker data to inform individualized treatment plans. The company serves migraine sufferers seeking precision medicine alternatives to traditional trial-and-error medication approaches.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesLondon, GB
Roman Rothaermel(CEO)inInna Nicole ThalmannChris EijsboutsKumeren Govnder
Moment provides an AI operating system for investment management, serving large wealth management firms and their financial advisors to manage assets and client relationships.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Nightfall is an AI-native data loss prevention (DLP) platform that monitors and controls sensitive data movement across SaaS applications, AI tools, endpoints, and browsers. It serves enterprise security teams by providing real-time detection and automated response to prevent data exfiltration with 95% accuracy.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Percipient combines computer vision and AI technology to address national security and defense applications. The company is led by professionals from Silicon Valley technology and Washington D.C. national security sectors.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDefense Tech
Balan Ayyar(Founder & CEO, Brig Gen (USAF, Ret.))Raj Shah(Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer)
Phononic develops solid-state cooling technology for data centers, focusing on thermal management solutions for critical infrastructure such as optical transceivers, GPUs, and AI accelerators. The company serves data center operators and cloud infrastructure providers globally.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnergyHardwareDurham, US
Tony Atti(Co-Founder & CEO)
RedSeal provides a platform for network visibility and cybersecurity compliance that maps and analyzes hybrid environments including on-premises and cloud infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities and attack pathways. The platform serves organizations seeking to reduce security risk and strengthen defenses through data-driven threat management and remediation.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Greg Enriquez(CEO)
Smartling provides enterprise-grade localization and translation software with APIs, SDKs, and CI/CD integrations for software development teams. The platform enables companies to scale global products by automating translation workflows across their development pipeline.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Venrock invest at?
- Venrock invests at the Seed, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Venrock focus on?
- Venrock focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Fintech, Healthtech, Medical Devices, Semiconductors.
- Where is Venrock located?
- Venrock is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
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