Zetta Venture Partners
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series A · 9 people tracked
Investment thesis
Zetta Venture Partners backs AI-native founders at the earliest stages, positioning itself as a first believer in these builders. The firm provides 'zero to one' capital along with hands-on support for teams creating AI-native applications, infrastructure, and developer tools. Its focus centers on the emerging generation of companies built natively around artificial intelligence.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 9 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 17 of 37 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14Enterprise Software ×7Data & Infrastructure ×6Healthtech ×5Biotech ×3Cloud Computing ×3Deep Tech ×3Developer Tools ×2
HQs:United States×27
Investments · 37 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAmerican Fork, US
Mark Gorenberg(Director)Joshua James(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Shane Atchison(Executive Officer)Matt Belkin(Executive Officer)Fraser Bullock(Director)Christopher Harrington(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatMark Gorenberg· per SEC Form D
San Francisco, US
William Walsh(Executive Officer, Director)Bradford Benson(Director)
Board seatJocelyn Goldfein· per SEC Form D · $1.5M raise · filed Feb 2022
Carpesa, Valencia
Board seatJames Alcorn· per SEC Form D · $5.5M raise · filed Nov 2023
Constructor provides AI-powered product search and discovery software for ecommerce retailers.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceSaaSSan Francisco, US
Eli Finkelshteyn(Founder)Dan McCormick(Founder, former CTO at Shutterstock)Igor Finkelshteyn(Executive Officer, Director)Ash Fontana(Director)
Board seatAsh Fontana· per SEC Form D · $6M raise · filed Oct 2017
DataCebo develops SDV Enterprise, a synthetic data platform built on open-core foundations that enables organizations to generate synthetic datasets matching the properties and relationships of real data for AI training and testing.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareBoston, US
DAVID BLUNDIN(Director)KALYAN VEERAMACHANENI(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatMark Gorenberg· per SEC Form D
Redwood City, US
Board seatJocelyn Goldfein· per SEC Form D · $5.5M raise · filed Nov 2020
San Anselmo, US
Gunjit Singh(Director)Apoorva Pandhi(Director)Naganand Murty(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Linus Liang(Director)Jarrett Herold(Director)
Board seatApoorva Pandhi· per SEC Form D · $21.9M raise · filed Dec 2021
Enso Data provides AI-powered analysis of physiological waveforms, particularly sleep studies, to enable clinical diagnosis and patient monitoring.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesMadison, US
Justin Mortara(Executive Officer, Director)Samuel Rusk(Director)Frederick Robertson(Director)Scott Button(Director)Matthew D Dobereiner(Executive Officer)John Rondoni(Director)
Board seatMark Gorenberg· per SEC Form D · $20M raise · filed Jun 2025
Cupertino, US
Nikunj R Mehta(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Pratibha Mehta(Executive Officer)
BoardParveen Jain(Director)
Board seatMark Gorenberg· per SEC Form D · $5.3M raise · filed Feb 2017
San Francisco, US
Wade Khadder(Executive Officer, Director)Jocelyn Goldfein(Director)
Board seatJames AlcornJocelyn Goldfein· per SEC Form D · $5.6M raise · filed Feb 2023
Fixie.ai (Ultravox) is a research lab and product company that builds a speech-native voice AI model and inference infrastructure, offering developer APIs and SDKs for creating real-time conversational voice agents.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Zach Koch(Founder)Matthew Welsh(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatJocelyn Goldfein· per SEC Form D
Palo Alto, US
Samir Addamine(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Mark Bertelsen(Executive Officer)Mark Gorenberg(Director)Ivan Chong(Director)
Board seatMark Gorenberg· per SEC Form D · $3.9M raise · filed Feb 2015
San Diego, US
Ashley Fontana(Director)Benjamin Koltai(Executive Officer, Director)Ian Christopher(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatJames Alcorn· per SEC Form D · $14.2M raise · filed May 2022
Golioth provides an IoT platform designed to simplify the development and deployment of connected devices for hardware teams and IoT developers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsHardwareIoTSan Francisco, US
Jonathan Beri(Founder and CEO)Dan(Engineering Leader)Brian(Operations Leader)Ariana(Strategic Marketing & Product Marketing Lead)Dylan(Product Management Leader)Jocelyn Goldfein(Director)
Board seatJocelyn Goldfein· per SEC Form D
HealthtechSan Francisco, US
Zak Holdsworth(Executive Officer, Director)Graham Melcher(Executive Officer, Director)Manish Agarwal(Director)Fred Toney(Director)Sky Kurtz(Director)
Board seatCathrin Stickney· per SEC Form D · $5.7M raise · filed Feb 2021
Provo, US
DAFINA TONCHEVA(Director)JOSHUA JAMES(Director)KENNETH KROGUE(Executive Officer, Director)DAVID ELKINGTON(Executive Officer, Director)MARK GORENBERG(Director)LARS LECKIE(Director)
Board seatMark Gorenberg· per SEC Form D · $90M raise · filed Mar 2015
Seattle, US
Chad Sanderson(Executive Officer, Director)Adrian Kreuziger(Director)
BoardJames Frost(Director)Scott Sage(Director)
Board seatApoorva Pandhi· per SEC Form D · $20.4M raise · filed Jul 2024
New York, US
Brett Marchand(Director)Andrew Frawley(Director)Stephen DuBose Williams(Director, Executive Officer)Lindsay Luger(Director)Rajiv Gihwala(Director)George Mathew(Director)
Board seatMark Gorenberg· per SEC Form D · $8M raise · filed Feb 2021
Minneapolis, US
Tom Donnelly(Executive Officer, Director)Ann Winblad(Director)Judy Owen(Director)Mark Gorenberg(Director)Sharri Major(Executive Officer)
Board seatMark Gorenberg· per SEC Form D · $3M raise · filed Jan 2015
Menlo Park, US
Board seatJocelyn Goldfein· per SEC Form D · $40M raise · filed Apr 2022
Videa develops an integrated AI platform for dental practices that combines clinical diagnostics, documentation, and operational management.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechCambridge, US
Robert Gaudin(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Florian Hillen(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Board seatMark Gorenberg· per SEC Form D
Domino Data Lab provides a platform for enterprise machine learning operations that enables data scientists to experiment, build models, and deploy AI applications at scale with governance and reproducibility.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHollywood, US
Nick Elprin(CEO and Co-Founder)inChristopher Yang(Co-Founder)Matthew Granade(Co-Founder)
Zetta Venture Partners is an investment firm focused exclusively on building AI companies.
AI & Machine LearningSan Francisco, US
Faro offers an AI platform for clinical trial design and execution, helping biopharma teams create and run studies while identifying cost and time savings.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech
Focal Systems develops AI-powered solutions for retail store operations, including shelf-monitoring cameras and an automated task management operating system that provides real-time visibility into product availability and inventory status.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSan Francisco, US
Michael Cantalino(Founder/COO)in
Anthony Goldbloom(Founder)
San Francisco, US
William Coughran(Director)John DeNero(Director)Mark Rostick(Director)Spence Green(Executive Officer, Director)
MotherDuck provides a serverless cloud analytics database built on DuckDB, enabling users to query and understand their data more easily.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSeattle, US
Jordan Tigani(Co-founder and Chief Duck-Herder)Hannes Mühleisen(Co-founder)Mark Raasveldt(Co-founder)Tino Tereshko
Promethium builds an AI Insights Fabric that enables enterprises to query, understand, and trust data instantly across disconnected systems, making data instantly usable for AI, analytics, and business decisions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLas Vegas, US
Devon Scheg(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Werth(Executive Officer, Director)Xavier Morgan-Lange(Executive Officer, Director)
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.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Zetta Venture Partners invest at?
- Zetta Venture Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Zetta Venture Partners's typical check size?
- Zetta Venture Partners typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
- What sectors does Zetta Venture Partners focus on?
- Zetta Venture Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software.
- Where is Zetta Venture Partners located?
- Zetta Venture Partners is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Zetta Venture Partners lead rounds?
- Yes, Zetta Venture Partners leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamJocelyn Goldfein, Partner at Zetta Venture Partners
ProMazo · Jocelyn Goldfein
AI Solutions ft. Zetta Venture Partners Managing Director Apoorva Pandhi
Grace Gong · Apoorva Pandhi
Fireside Chat: Jocelyn Goldfein (Zetta Venture Partners) (2019)
MIT AI Conference · Jocelyn Goldfein
Beyond Innovation S2: Jocelyn Goldfein, Zetta Venture Partners
Beyond Innovation TV · Jocelyn Goldfein
Jocelyn Goldfein (Zetta Venture Partners) Closing Fireside - MIT AI Conference 2019
MIT Club of Northern California · Jocelyn Goldfein
VC Keynote - Jocelyn Goldfein, Zetta Venture Partners
Jocelyn Goldfein · vimeo.com
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