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WTI

Venture capital

Portola Valley · 6 people tracked

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Fund manager profile

WTI is a venture fund manager based in Portola Valley. SEC filings show 2 venture funds on record, most recently WTI Fund XI, LLC ($600M offering) filed September 2023.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings. Firm website data not yet available.

HQ
Portola Valley, US
Founded
2020
Last 12 months
1 investment
Tracked investments
25

Team · 6 people

from public directories
David R Wanek· General Partner
Jared Thear· General Partner
Jay L Cohan· General Partnerin
Judy Bornstein· General Partner
Maurice C Werdegar· General Partner
Rodolfo C Ruano· General Partner

What they invest in

from 21 of 25 portfolio companies

SaaS ×9AI & Machine Learning ×5Enterprise Software ×5Fintech ×5Healthtech ×5Cloud Computing ×4Developer Tools ×3Digital Health ×3

HQs:United States×15Brazil×1United Kingdom×1Israel×1Nigeria×1

Investments · 25 tracked

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By year:2026 · 12023 · 32022 · 22021 · 22020 · 22019 · 12016 · 112 dated

Balbixbalbix.comin𝕏✓ verified

Balbix operates the SAFE platform, which uses agentic AI workflows for cyber risk management including third-party risk management, continuous threat exposure management, AI security posture management, and cyber risk quantification.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Co-investorsEight Roads VenturesTelstra VenturesJC2 VenturesNautilus Ventures Management Company (Us), LlcThird Point VenturesThird Point

OpenWebopenweb.comin𝕏✓ verified

OpenWeb builds a community and engagement platform that helps publishers and brands manage online conversations and audience interaction across the open internet.

AdTechMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSocialNew York, US

Nadav Shoval(Founder)inJim Dailyin

Co-investorsInsight PartnersGeorgianIndex VenturesSamsung NextThe New York TimesAltaIR Capital+5 more

Calystacalysta.comin𝕏Sep 2021 · $39M

Calysta produces protein ingredients through a patented fermentation platform that does not use arable land, plants, or animal products, offering products such as FeedKind and Positive Protein for animal feed and food.

AgTechBiotechFoodTechMenlo Park, US

Alan Shaw, Ph.D.(Executive Officer, Director)Alan Shaw(President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder)inLori Giver(Chief Science and Sustainability Officer)inCraig Barratt, Ph.D.(Director)David Hayes(Director)Suan Swee Tan(Director)

Co-investorsAqua SparkBaruch Future VenturesCelesta CapitalCelesta CapitalPangaea Ventures Us Inc.SQN Venture Partners, LLC+3 more

Curve Healthcurvehealth.comin𝕏Dec 2023 · $12M

Curve Health operates a telemedicine platform combined with data analytics and health information exchange that connects bedside providers with remote clinicians.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaSMiami, US

Timothy Peck(Director)inMatthew Michela(CEO & Board Member)inCharlene Frizzera(Director)Stephen Bruso(Director)

Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersRosecliff VenturesAlumni VenturesCorrelation VenturesIDEOInflect Health+3 more

dcbeldcbel.energy

Canadian cleantech company in which CGF is a co-investor; Idealist Capital led financing rounds.

Co-investorsCanada Growth FundCoatue Management

Elevianelevian.cominJul 2020 · $15M

Elevian is a biotechnology company developing rGDF11, a recombinant protein therapy shown in preclinical animal models to promote recovery of motor function after ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke by stimulating new blood vessel formation, neurogenesis, and reducing inflammation.

BiotechHealthtechLongevityMenlo Park, US

Mark Allen(Executive Officer, Director)inCasey J McGlynn(Executive Officer)Sebastian Giwa(Executive Officer, Director)inLuis Alvarez(Executive Officer)Daniel Marshak(Director)

BoardSuzanne Fletcher(Director)

Co-investorsBold Capital PartnersThynk CapitalBOLD CapitalFor Good VenturesLauder PartnersPrime Movers Lab

Finrisefinrise.com

Finrise operates a cloud-based healthcare financing platform that issues virtual cards to patients after approval and manages payment reminders.

Digital HealthFintechHealthtech

Co-investorsTop Corner Capital

Grapevinegrapevine.orgin𝕏

Grapevine operates a platform for Giving Circles that enables groups to pool donations, manage members, and direct funds to nonprofits.

Impact & Social GoodSaaSSocial

Emily RasmusseninJessan Hutchinson-Quillian

Co-investorsDiagram CapitalKae CapitalNotation CapitalOverton Venture CapitalPJCUlu Ventures+1 more

Helium Healthheliumhealth.comin𝕏Jun 2023 · $30M

Helium Health provides healthcare technology for clinicians, governments, and public health stakeholders across Africa, including an electronic medical records/operating system (HeliumOS) and a provider-patient platform (HeliumDoc).

Digital HealthFintechHealthtechLA, NG

Adegoke Olubusi(Founder/CEO)inDimeji Sofowora(Founder/COO)in

Co-investorsAngaza CapitalCapria VenturesDG Daiwa VenturesDraper AssociatesVentureSouqY Combinator+2 more

Joywithjoy.comin𝕏

Joy provides customizable wedding websites and planning tools for couples organizing their weddings.

B2B MarketplacesConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesSaaSSan Francisco, US

Vishal Joshi(Founder/CEO)inDorian Bach(Founder)inKaiwalya Kher(Founder/CTO)inDorian B(Founder)Vishal J.(Founder)in

Co-investorsFernbrook Capital ManagementForerunner VenturesHelium-3 VenturesKube VCMVP VenturesObvious Ventures+12 more

Knockknock.appin𝕏Feb 2019

Knock is an AI-native customer engagement platform that lets teams build and send product, marketing, and transactional messaging across email, SMS, push, chat, and in-app channels from one place.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechSaaSSeattle, US

Thomas Petry(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Demetri Themelis(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Co-investorsAfore CapitalCraft VenturesExpaMadrona Venture GroupWorklife VenturesCoFound Partners Venture+8 more

Lucideuslucideus.com

Palo Alto, US

Saket Modi(Executive Officer, Director)inSunil Kumar Modi(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsMS&AD VenturesWestern Technology Investment

Lucralucrasports.cominJan 2022

Lucra is a competitive loyalty platform that provides brands an SDK to run live social competitions — tournaments, peer-vs-peer contests, and mini games — natively inside their existing app or website.

GamingSaaSSports TechGreenwich, US

Dylan Robbins(Executive Officer, Director)inDennis Wong(Director)Anthony Disanti(Director)

Co-investors7GC & CoRaptor GroupSeventySix CapitalThe MBA FundWestern Technology InvestmentAlumni Ventures+3 more

Medablemedable.comin𝕏Oct 2021

Medable provides a cloud-based platform for clinical research that uses AI and digital tools to accelerate the development of therapies by improving the quality, reach, and efficiency of clinical trials.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaSPalo Alto, US

Michelle Longmire(Founder)Timothy R. Smith(Executive Officer, Director)Perry Robinson(Executive Officer)in

BoardYoung A. Sohn(Director)Richard Lim(Director)inAnna Long(Director)

Co-investorsACVC PartnersConnectivity VenturesHealthX VenturesInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcObvious VenturesPROOF+5 more

Mestamesta.xyzin𝕏

Mesta builds payment infrastructure that combines fiat currencies and stablecoins into one system for moving money across currencies, blockchains, and borders.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechRedwood City, US

Kiran Polavarapu(Founder)inSandeep Pyapali(Founder)in

Co-investorsGaruda VenturesTomahawk.VCWestern Technology InvestmentCircle VenturesPaxosVillage Global

Mindedminded.comin𝕏Feb 2022 · $25M

Minded provides an AI agent that automates repetitive business tasks like customer refunds, data entry, reporting, and onboarding by learning workflows from single demonstrations and executing them across tools like Slack, Gmail, Teams, and Chrome.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTel Aviv-Yafo, IL

Ohad Navon(Founder)inNadav Zamir(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorEarl Grey CapitalGaingelsLink VenturesSALT FundStreamlined Ventures+1 more

Panthalassapanthalassa.comin𝕏May 2026

Panthalassa is building a planetary-scale clean energy platform designed to meet global energy demand through offshore deployment with zero emissions at ultra-low cost.

CleantechDeep TechEnergy

Garth Sheldon-Coulson(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsCompoundGigascale CapitalHOF CapitalLowercarbon CapitalNimble PartnersPortland Seed Fund+11 more

Pitzipitzi.com.brin

Pitzi provides comprehensive mobile phone protection insurance in Brazil, covering incidents such as theft, damage, and other accidents with streamlined claims processing.

InsurTechSão Paulo, BR

Daniel Evan Hatkoff(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardNicolas Berman(Director)in

Co-investorsFlybridge Capital PartnersKaszek VenturesLumia CapitalQED InvestorsThrive Capital

Prosperjoinprosper.co.uk

Prosper is a UK investment and pension platform offering diversified global funds with low, transparent fees and access to expert support on investments, tax, inheritance and mortgages.

FintechSaaS

Nick Perrett(Founder)in

Co-investorsMMC VenturesAurumFUSEKnoll Ventures

Safe Securitysafe.securityin𝕏Apr 2023 · $50M

SAFE Security provides an AI-driven platform for cyber risk management, covering third-party risk management (TPRM), continuous threat exposure management (CTEM), AI security posture management (AI-SPM), and cyber risk quantification (CRQ).

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Saket Modi(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAlliance of AngelsAvataar Venture PartnersJC2 VenturesMS&AD VenturesPaladin Capital GroupTitanium Ventures+5 more

SkySQLskysql.comin𝕏

MariaDB provides an open source relational database and a fully managed cloud database service supporting private, public, hybrid, and multicloud deployments, with features including columnar analytics, JSON functionality, and Oracle compatibility.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSilicon Valley, US

Jags Ramnarayan(Founder)in

Co-investorsGood CapitalInvestopadWestern Technology InvestmentEniac Ventures

Trust & Willtrustandwill.comin𝕏Nov 2020 · $15M

Trust & Will is an online estate planning platform that guides customers through creating legally customized wills, trusts, and related documents.

ConsumerFintechLegalTechSaaSSan Diego, US

Cody Barbo(Founder)in

Co-investorsCerity Partners VenturesCurql Collective, LLCHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcJackson Square VenturesLink VenturesRosecliff Ventures+6 more

Workspotworkspot.com

Workspot provides a cloud-native digital workplace platform that centralizes secure access to virtual desktops, applications, and web services for enterprises.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkCupertino, US

Puneet Chawla(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Amitabh Sinha(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inTa-Hui Ty Wang(Executive Officer)

BoardAshish Gupta(Director)TOSHIYA OTANI(Director)

Co-investorsTransLink CapitalPerot JainPresidio VenturesQualcomm VenturesFollow[the]SeedNorwest Venture Partners+1 more

Other

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

Helix SleepThrasio Holdings

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Public market activity · per SEC filings

what is this? ⓘ

1 insider ownership filing (Forms 3/4/5)

at WTI Fund XI, Inc. (NONE)

From the firm's own SEC EDGAR filings — stakes and insider roles in public companies, typically portfolio companies after an IPO. Not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has WTI made?
WTI has 25 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
Where is WTI located?
WTI is headquartered in Portola Valley, US.

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