Articulate

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Articulate is an early-stage investment firm that backs technical founders, often writing the first check. It invests $500K on standard post-money YC SAFEs.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning

In its own wordstechnical founders pre-seed developer tools fintech marketplaces

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23portfolio companies

1funding rounds on record

1rounds, last 12 months

$5M to $20Mtypical round it comes in at

Seedmost frequent entry

Articulate lists 23 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (35%), Fintech (12%) and Enterprise Software (9%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz and True Ventures.

Counts come from funding rounds that name Articulate, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.

Round figures show recent activity, not Articulate's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 23. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.

Entry stage

share of companies by the stage of its first round

100%

Pre-seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Growth

Stated on its site

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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
	Value
Pre-seed	0%
Seed	100%
Series A	0%
Series B	0%
Growth	0%

Activity by year

rounds it joined, last 10 years

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'26

Rounds it ledRounds it joinedPartly covered: rounds are complete from mid-2025

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Funding rounds per year
	Total	Rounds it led
'17	0	0
'18	0	0
'19	0	0
'20	0	0
'21	0	0
'22	0	0
'23	0	0
'24	0	0
'25	0	0
'26	1	0

Investor profile

percentile among all firms

This firmMedian of all firms

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Articulate compared with all firms
Measure	Percentile of all firms	Value
Portfolio size	57th	23 companies
Recent activity	59th	1 rounds in 12 months
Early stage	100th	100% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence	62th	4% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus	64th	35% in its largest sector
Reach	19th	1 country

Investment themes

share of its checked companies

AI & Machine Learning 35%Fintech 12%Enterprise Software 9%Cybersecurity 7%Industrial & Manufacturing 7%E-commerce & Marketplaces 7%Gaming 5%Space & Defense 5%

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Investment themes
	This firm	All checked companies
AI & Machine Learning	35%	18%
Fintech	12%	12%
Enterprise Software	9%	8%
Cybersecurity	7%	4%
Industrial & Manufacturing	7%	7%
E-commerce & Marketplaces	7%	6%
Gaming	5%	1%
Space & Defense	5%	3%

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies

Y Combinator 4

Andreessen Horowitz 3

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Co-investors
	Share
Y Combinator	4
Andreessen Horowitz	3
True Ventures	3
Commerce Ventures	2
Forerunner	2
Jetstream	2
Liquid 2 Ventures	2
Mischief	2

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Its portfolio companies

where they are based, and what their own sites show

Headquarters

United States100%

Site status

Site answers23100%
No longer answers00%
Points to another company00%
Parked or sold domain00%

A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.

Co-investor network

who it backs companies with, and who they back together

Shared portfolio companies with ArticulateFirms that also back companies together

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Compare Articulate head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

vs Y Combinator4 shared companies

vs Andreessen Horowitz3 shared companies

vs True Ventures3 shared companies

vs Commerce Ventures2 shared companies

vs Forerunner2 shared companies

vs Jetstream2 shared companies

Three or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with Articulate

Date	Company	Stage
18 Mar 2026	Tenkaratenkara.ai	Seed

Round details for Articulate

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Articulate's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.

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Portfolio

23 companies checked against their own sites

Company	What it does	Themes	First round with it	Evidence
Altaaltadaily.com · United States	Alta provides a personal AI stylist and digital closet for users to organize and plan their outfits	AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces		Portfolio page
Bolo AIbolo.ai	Bolo AI provides a context layer that makes agentic AI work for heavy industry, purpose-built for industrial data and deployed securely within existing infrastructure.	AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing		Portfolio page
Cambiocambio.ai · United States	The company provides AI-powered operations for commercial real estate asset managers	Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Chipmotorschipmotors.com	Chipmotors produces a small electric vehicle called Chip for daily local travel	Mobility & Logistics		Portfolio page
depthfirstdepthfirst.com · United States	The company provides a platform for continuous cyber defense and autonomous security to help teams uncover and prevent security threats.	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Fishwifeeatfishwife.com	Fishwife sells tinned seafood products	Food & Agriculture		Portfolio page
Koalagetkoala.com	Koala uses AI to help sales teams prioritize and engage with potential customers	AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense		Portfolio page
Piegetpie.com · United States	Pie provides an AI marketing platform for local businesses.	AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces		Portfolio page
Highscorehighscore.com	Highscore is a cloud gaming platform that allows users to play their PC games on any device.	GamingEnterprise Software		Portfolio page
hyperGTMhypergtm.com	The company provides account-based marketing services to help clients engage with executives at strategic accounts.	Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurity		Portfolio page
Metronomemetronome.com · United States	Metronome provides a usage-based billing platform for companies to manage their monetization infrastructure.	FintechSpace & Defense		Portfolio page
Mutinymutinyhq.com · United States	Mutiny provides a sales assistant for customer-facing work	AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software		Portfolio page
Oritaorita.ai	Orita provides AI customer segmentation products to help businesses reach their customers at the right time	AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces		Portfolio page
Parrotparrotfinance.io · United States	Parrot provides an investment platform that allows users to mimic top-performing strategies and invest automatically	Fintech		Portfolio page
Permanentpermanent.ag · United States	Permanent supplies fresh produce, proteins, and food ingredients to the nation’s top retailers and fast-growing brands.	AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Stytchstytch.com · United States	Stytch provides an identity platform for authentication, authorization, and security	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Sudowritesudowrite.com	Sudowrite provides an AI writing tool for fiction authors	AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment		Portfolio page
Tenkaratenkara.ai · United States	Tenkara builds AI workflows for manufacturers to manage their operations and supply chains	AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing	Mar 2026Seed	Page + round
Town.comtown.com · United States	The company provides an AI work assistant that learns how users work and helps them with tasks across various apps and tools.	AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software		Portfolio page
TruckSmartertrucksmarter.com · United States	TruckSmarter provides a load board and dispatching services for truckers and brokers	Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing		Portfolio page

About this data

site last read 5 Nov 2026

The homepage of Articulate, as last read — articulatecap.com as VCinfo last read it

Site: articulatecap.com
Last read: 5 Nov 2026
Watching since: 6 Nov 2026
Rounds since: 18 Mar 2026
Companies checked: 23

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