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ATEL Ventures
Investor · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
ATEL Ventures is the venture lending arm of ATEL Capital Group, providing debt financing to high-growth companies. It offers venture debt intended to let companies scale without diluting equity.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsventure debtequipment financinggrowth capitalbiotechmanufacturing
Your fit with ATEL Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsATEL Ventures lists 82 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round, 1 of them as lead. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (30%), Industrial & Manufacturing (16%) and Healthcare & Biotech (12%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Andreessen Horowitz, NEA and Y Combinator.
Counts come from funding rounds that name ATEL Ventures, 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 ATEL Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 82. 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 roundATEL Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
The rounds that name ATEL Ventures do not give a stage.
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| 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 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 93th | 82 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 53th | 1% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 51th | 30% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 30% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 16% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 4% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Andreessen Horowitz | 6 |
| NEA | 6 |
| Y Combinator | 6 |
| CSC Upshot | 5 |
| Western Technology Investment | 5 |
| Abstract | 3 |
| BMW i Ventures | 3 |
| DCVC | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7693%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company67%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Andreessen Horowitz
Compare ATEL Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with ATEL Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr 2026 | Debt Led |
Round details for ATEL Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in ATEL Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
82 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Aerogels produces and sells aerogel-based insulation products for various industries, including energy and transportation. | Industrial & ManufacturingEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Alice & Bob is building the first universal quantum computer | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Apeel develops a plant-based protection for fresh fruits and vegetables to extend their shelf life and reduce waste. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces carbon fiber parts for various industries, including drones, aerospace, cycling, and consumer products. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| ASML enables the world’s leading chipmakers to produce the microchips that power today’s world. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Astranis designs, manufactures, tests, and operates geostationary orbit satellites for commercial and government customers. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AudienceScience provides an enterprise advertising management system for global advertisers | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Axcient provides business continuity and disaster recovery solutions to protect client data and prevent business interruptions. | CybersecuritySpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Axogen delivers technologies to help empower the restoration of peripheral nerve function. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bloom Energy provides onsite energy solutions, including power generation and distribution systems, to various industries. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Blue River Technology creates intelligent machinery that solves challenges for customers, including a solution that uses computer vision and machine learning to distinguish crops from weeds. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Boingo designs and deploys wireless networks that power everything from small businesses to some of the world’s most complex, high-demand environments | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company grows produce indoors near cities using tech-powered farms | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Carbon Upcycling converts locally sourced industrial byproducts into clean, high-quality cementitious materials | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Apr 2026Debt | Page + round | |
| Cedar Point Communications develops and provides integrated switching platforms for voice and multimedia services to cable, wireline, and wireless operators | Media & EntertainmentConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Charge Robotics automates the assembly and installation of solar panels | Robotics & HardwareSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Chelsio Communications produces Ethernet solutions and adapters for various applications | Human ResourcesHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| ClearMotion develops and manufactures advanced suspension systems for vehicles | Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| CloudTrucks provides trucking solutions for drivers and shippers, including load booking, cash flow management, and compliance tools | Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| CytomX is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company researching and developing therapies to treat cancer. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- atel.com
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 8 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Apr 2026
- Companies checked
- 82
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