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Carbide Ventures
Venture capital · Palo Alto, CA, United States · North America
Carbide Ventures is an early-stage investor run by former operators who back entrepreneurs building technology companies. It also supports companies with Japan market entry and helps Japanese companies expand globally.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsb2benterprise softwareartificial intelligenceblockchainquantum computingmaterials
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Or find every investor that fitsCarbide Ventures lists 30 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (24%), Enterprise Software (14%) and Healthcare & Biotech (12%). 53% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Sangha Capital, ACTAI Ventures and Sierra Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Carbide 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 Carbide Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 30. 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 | 25% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 25% |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| '26 | 4 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 68th | 30 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 60th | 25% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 77th | 10% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 29th | 24% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 24% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 10% | 4% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Sangha Capital | 5 |
| ACTAI Ventures | 3 |
| Sierra Ventures | 3 |
| Global Brain | 2 |
| SoftBank Vision Fund | 2 |
| Techstars | 2 |
| Village Global | 2 |
| 645 Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2893%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company27%
- 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 Carbide 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 Carbide Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Series B | |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Debt Led | |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Seed Led |
Round details for Carbide Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Carbide Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
30 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beetexting provides business text messaging services | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bifrost provides a simulation platform for evaluating and improving physical AI in robotics research | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & BiotechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | |||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company provides observability platforms for Kubernetes and other systems, helping to monitor and troubleshoot their performance. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Cledara manages software subscriptions and does administrative tasks for finance teams | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Dyad.ai transforms healthcare data into structured intelligence to optimize quality and financial performance using AI-powered clinical document and data intelligence. | Healthcare & Biotech | Sept 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Dyad transforms unstructured healthcare data into structured intelligence to optimize quality and financial performance | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Findy supports and empowers creators and engineers, particularly in the context of AI and data-driven innovation. | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| General Compute provides cloud-based infrastructure for artificial intelligence inference using specialized hardware and software. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Oct 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| LakeFusion provides master data management that runs natively in Databricks environments to unify and clean core business data across systems. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Lazuli provides a platform to integrate and structure complex product data for enterprises. | Enterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Liven provides a point of sale system and technology solution for hospitality businesses | Food & AgricultureFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| LumberFi provides construction workforce management software with various features including payroll, field operations, and HR management. | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and sells products to prevent falls and fractures, particularly for the elderly. | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Neocom provides an AI-native commerce experience platform | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Nutmeg provides an AI-powered guest experience platform for hotels, attractions, and tours and activities | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | |||
| Plaud develops and sells AI-powered note-taking devices and related software plans. | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- carbideventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 18 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 30
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