Investors / Authentic Ventures
Authentic Ventures
Venture capital
Authentic Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that makes a small number of investments each year. Since 2016 it has invested across multiple funds, primarily in AI software companies.
Invests inFintech
In its own wordsaisoftwareearly-stagegeneralistai-native
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Or find every investor that fitsAuthentic Ventures lists 40 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (16%), AI & Machine Learning (15%) and Enterprise Software (13%). 96% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Backwards Capital and Accel.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Authentic 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 Authentic Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 40. 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 roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 77th | 40 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 63th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 5th | 16% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 16% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| Education | 8% | 7% |
| Legal & Compliance | 8% | 2% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 6 |
| Backwards Capital | 3 |
| Accel | 2 |
| Activant Capital | 2 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 2 |
| CRV | 2 |
| Canaan | 2 |
| Capital Factory | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3998%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- 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 togetherCompare Authentic 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 Authentic Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2025 | Seed | |
| 27 May 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Authentic Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Authentic Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
40 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides a platform for building and running artificial intelligence-powered agents for businesses. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Ai Insurance provides insurance management software to automate various aspects of insurance operations | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Alterion provides a runtime control plane for agents to secure and govern them on every endpoint | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Amira Learning connects assessment, instruction and tutoring for reading in English and Spanish | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an online platform for finding and renting apartments. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| AppLovin provides advertising solutions for businesses to reach mobile game players. | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Cambly provides online English tutoring services with native speakers. | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Carrot helps businesses extend a line of credit to their customers collateralized by their digital assets | Fintech | May 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Cerebrium provides serverless GPU infrastructure for real-time AI workloads | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Jul 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| The company produces sports video entertainment content featuring over 50 shows on YouTube | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Clearbrief provides a cite-checking platform for legal professionals to verify citations and facts within Microsoft Word | Legal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | |||
| The company provides AI-powered tools to help financial advisors automate tasks and manage client relationships. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Dimension AI provides software for drafting and submitting SEC filings using AI-powered tools | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells last-minute tickets to sports and show events. | Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Guardant Health develops and provides blood tests to help doctors discover cancer early and find the best way to treat it | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Accord provides a revenue excellence platform that automates sales processes using AI agents and playbooks | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Juxta provides infrastructure-free positioning and universal positioning systems for various industries | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Keygraph provides continuous penetration testing services for enterprises | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- authentic-ventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 27 May 2025
- Companies checked
- 40
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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