VitalStage Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingCalifornia · Pre-Seed–Seed · 9 people tracked
Also known as VitalStage Ventures Paradigm AI LP
Investment thesis
VitalStage Ventures backs seed-stage founders building responsible innovation in AI infrastructure and breakthrough AI applications. Positioning AI as a force for human augmentation and positive advancement, the firm draws on its partners' experience as entrepreneurs and AI builders to support founders through the vital stages of company building — from inception through product strategy, launch, pivot, growth, and exit. It emphasizes building a community of responsible AI leaders, builders, and policymakers, and has previously backed more than 50 technology companies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 9 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 4 of 10 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×2Enterprise Software ×2SaaS ×2Cloud Computing ×1Energy ×1New Materials ×1PropTech ×1Sales Tech ×1
HQs:United States×2Canada×1
Investments · 10 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12 dated
Excalibur Metals is a Canadian mineral exploration company searching for precious metals, primarily silver and gold, in the Walker Lane region of Western Nevada.
EnergyNew MaterialsVancouver, CA
Sheila Margaret Paine(Corporate Secretary)John Gilbert(CEO)Dong Yool Lee(Chief Financial Officer)Mark Joseph Morabito(Director)Charanjit Hayre(Director)
Board seatBrian Shin· per SEC Form D · $184.7K raise · filed Apr 2026
Vancouver
Sheila Paine(Executive Officer)Leonard Karr(Director)Kenneth Brophy(Executive Officer, Director)Jay Sujir(Director)Matthew Lennox-King(Director)Daniel Lee(Executive Officer)
Board seatBrian Shin· per SEC Form D · $363.5K raise · filed Dec 2025
Box provides intelligent content management and secure collaboration for enterprise teams, combining unstructured data access and sharing with AI-powered workflows and insights.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Dylan Smith(Executive Officer)Aaron Levie(Executive Officer, Director)Dan Levin(Director)Stephanie Carullo(Executive Officer)Peter McGoff(Executive Officer)Graham Younger(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersEmergence Capital PartnersHercules Capital, Inc.Kleiner PerkinsLobby Capital+9 more
HqO develops REX, an operating system platform for commercial real estate owners, operators, and employers to optimize building operations and employee experiences through unified data and digital experiences.
Enterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaS
Chase GarbarinoKevin McCarthyJared StenquistGregory Gomer(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccompliceAllegion VenturesCerity Partners VenturesInsight PartnersJLL Spark Global VenturesMetaProp+5 more
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.
Exits · 4
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioExcalibur Metals Corp.OTC: EXCBFIntrepid Metals Corp.OTC: IMTCFBoxNYSE: BOXHubSpotNYSE: HUBS
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesJoinable Labs · dakota.com · Aug 5, 2026
Box · stocktitan.net · Jul 14, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has VitalStage Ventures made?
- VitalStage Ventures has 6 tracked investments.
- What stage does VitalStage Ventures invest at?
- VitalStage Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does VitalStage Ventures focus on?
- VitalStage Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, E-commerce, Gaming, Logistics & Supply Chain, SaaS.
- Where is VitalStage Ventures located?
- VitalStage Ventures is headquartered in California, US.
- Who does VitalStage Ventures co-invest with?
- VitalStage Ventures most often shares deals with Accomplice, Insight Partners, MetaProp Ventures, among 10 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 64
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.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.
Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that backs founders across technology and life sciences, from early stage through growth.
Accomplice is a venture capital firm that has backed early-stage companies across sectors, having been part of the origin stories of companies like AngelList, DraftKings, Patreon and WHOOP.
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General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.
Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.
Techstars is a startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds ambitious founders and provides capital, mentorship, and access to a global network of investors, operators, and corporate partners.
Long Journey Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that backs unconventional, 'magically weird' founders and ideas, positioning itself as a hands-on, community-oriented partner to its companies.
Founder Collective is a seed and pre-seed stage venture capital firm that invests across sectors, describing itself as sector agnostic and anti-thematic.
Benchmark is a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Woodside that invests in early-stage startups.
Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in transformative, early-stage AI companies across every layer of the modern AI stack, from applications and middleware to data infrastructure and foundation models.
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B Capital is a global investment firm backing early to late-stage technology innovators across technology, healthcare, and energy & resilience sectors.
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Firms observed investing alongside VitalStage Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with VitalStage Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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