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Buckley Ventures

Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America

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Buckley Ventures is a venture capital firm that makes concentrated investments in early-stage companies. It has over $1 billion in assets under management across multiple funds and partners closely with founders, connecting its network to help portfolio companies grow.

Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing

In its own wordsinternetsoftwarefrontier technologyearly-stage

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7portfolio companies
7funding rounds on record2 led
7rounds, last 12 months
$20M to $100Mtypical round it comes in at
Seedmost frequent entry

Buckley Ventures lists 7 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 7 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 57% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (36%), Industrial & Manufacturing (21%) and Space & Defense (14%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Starship Ventures, Convective Capital and 01A.

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

Entry stage

share of companies by the stage of its first round

Buckley Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.

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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
Value
Pre-seed0%
Seed57%
Series A14%
Series B29%
Growth0%

Activity by year

rounds it joined, last 10 years
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Funding rounds per year
TotalRounds it led
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Investor profile

percentile among all firms
Portfolio size: 7 companiesRecent activity: 7 rounds in 12 monthsEarly stage: 57% of entries at pre-seed or seedEvidence: 0% of companies confirmed by a roundSector focus: 36% in its largest sectorReach: 2 countriesPortfolio size12th pctRecent activity91th pctEarly stage74th pctEvidence52th pctSector focus66th pctReach42th pct
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Buckley Ventures compared with all firms
MeasurePercentile of all firmsValue
Portfolio size12th7 companies
Recent activity91th7 rounds in 12 months
Early stage74th57% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence52th0% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus66th36% in its largest sector
Reach42th2 countries

Investment themes

share of its checked companies

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Investment themes
This firmAll checked companies
AI & Machine Learning36%18%
Industrial & Manufacturing21%7%
Space & Defense14%3%
Real Estate & Construction7%3%
Robotics & Hardware7%1%
Healthcare & Biotech7%15%
Education7%7%

Its portfolio companies

where they are based, and what their own sites show

Headquarters

Site status

  • Site answers7100%
  • 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.

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies
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Co-investors
Share
Starship Ventures3
Convective Capital2
01A1
645 Ventures1
8VC1
Abstract1
Accel1
Adverb Ventures1

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Co-investor network

who it backs companies with, and who they back together
12 shared companies10 shared companies7 shared companies6 shared companies6 shared companies6 shared companies6 shared companies4 shared companies3 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companiesStarship Ventures: 3 shared companiesStarship Ventures3Convective Capital: 2 shared companiesConvective Capital201A: 1 shared companies01A1645 Ventures: 1 shared companies645 Ventures18VC: 1 shared companies8VC1Abstract: 1 shared companiesAbstract1Accel: 1 shared companiesAccel1Adverb Ventures: 1 shared companiesAdverb Ventures1Align Ventures: 1 shared companiesAlign Ventures1B Capital: 1 shared companiesB Capital1Big Brain Holdings: 1 shared companiesBig Brain Holdings1BoxGroup: 1 shared companiesBoxGroup1
Shared portfolio companies with Buckley VenturesFirms that also back companies together

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Compare Buckley Ventures head to head

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

Three or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with Buckley Ventures
DateCompanyStage
10 Nov 2026Reflect Orbitalreflectorbital.comSeries B
23 Sept 2026Pilgrimpilgrimlabs.comSeed Led
10 Sept 2026tar.comtar.comSeries A
30 Jul 2026Foundational Industriesfoundational.industriesSeed
29 May 2026Drafteddrafted.aiSeed Led
13 May 2026Fractilefractile.aiSeries B
11 Feb 2026Project Omegaprojectomega.comSeed

Round details for Buckley Ventures

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

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Portfolio

7 companies checked against their own sites
CompanyWhat it doesThemesFirst round with itEvidence
Drafteddrafted.ai · United StatesThe company provides an online platform for generating and designing house plans using AI.
Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning
May 2026SeedFunding round
Foundational Industriesfoundational.industries · United StatesFoundational Industries builds a network of AI-native, autonomous factories for manufacturing
Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning
Jul 2026SeedFunding round
Fractilefractile.ai · United KingdomFractile builds hardware to advance AI's underlying capabilities
AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware
May 2026Series BFunding round
Pilgrimpilgrimlabs.com · United StatesPilgrim engineers, manufactures, and deploys advanced biotechnology for defense and national security
Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
Sept 2026SeedFunding round
Project Omegaprojectomega.com · United StatesProject Omega is rebuilding the nuclear fuel cycle end-to-end to restore America's energy sovereignty
EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing
Feb 2026SeedFunding round
Reflect Orbitalreflectorbital.com · United StatesReflect Orbital makes clean, abundant energy available on demand using space-enabled infrastructure to unlock the sun's full potential on Earth
Space & DefenseIndustrial & Manufacturing
Nov 2026Series BFunding round
tar.comtar.com · United StatesTAR manufactures, deploys and operates off-grid power systems for AI data centers
AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense
Sept 2026Series AFunding round

About this data

site last read 12 Nov 2026
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Site
buckleyventures.com
Last read
12 Nov 2026
Watching since
5 Nov 2026
Rounds since
11 Feb 2026
Companies checked
7

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