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Better Ventures
Venture capital · Oakland, CA, United States · North America
Better Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 that backs mission-driven technology companies. It invests across sustainable industry, human health, and workforce development themes, and manages capital across four funds.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsclimateelectrificationfood and agriculturebiomanufacturinghealthworkforce
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Or find every investor that fitsBetter Ventures lists 58 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (24%), AI & Machine Learning (24%) and Education (13%). 75% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside IndieBio, SOSV and Bee Partners.
No funding round on record names Better Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Better Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 58. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 24% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 24% | 18% |
| Education | 13% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Food & Agriculture | 5% | 3% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| IndieBio | 6 |
| SOSV | 6 |
| Bee Partners | 3 |
| Great Circle Ventures | 3 |
| Impact America Fund | 3 |
| iSelect Fund | 3 |
| ARTIS | 2 |
| Astanor | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 87th | 58 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 30th | 24% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5697%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company23%
- 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 Better Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
58 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Adept ID combines technology and human expertise to get people into jobs through AI talent matching software and healthcare staffing business. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Africa's Talking provides communication APIs for Africa, including SMS, USSD, Voice, Airtime and Mobile Data APIs | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Agathos delivers trusted, peer-comparison insights directly to physicians via text, inspiring self-driven improvement in care quality and reducing costs. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & BiotechConsumer | Portfolio page | |||
| Avalo develops and breeds more resilient, sustainable, and profitable crops using a natural, non-GMO, and AI-powered platform. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| BookNook delivers live, research-based reading and math support that fits seamlessly into K–8 programs | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs, supplies and installs solar, backup power and electrical systems across Kenya | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Chi Botanic grows high-quality plant ingredients using cutting-edge plant cell culture technology. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Clay provides concierge medicine and advanced health assessments to help individuals achieve optimal health and longevity. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Critical Loop solves time-to-power for industry by providing behind-the-meter batteries and intelligent controls that dynamically shift between grid power, storage, and on-site generation. | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Cyber Pop Up helps organizations rethink how they approach cybersecurity | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Debut combines AI and biotechnology to create beauty products | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Dimension Bio is a biotechnology company pioneering regenerative therapeutics | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Doowii brings institutional data, analytics, and AI together in one managed platform for education | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Eko creates digital stethoscopes and provides AI disease detection and telehealth solutions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Frate provides an AI-powered returns portal to streamline returns and protect margins for businesses. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Funga restores forest soils to create healthier ecosystems and capture more carbon in wood biomass. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hicap is an AI platform that empowers teams to manage, govern, and optimize AI across every model, provider, product, and team. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- better.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 58
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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