Investors / United States / Cold Start Ventures
Cold Start Ventures
Venture capital · New York, NY, United States · North America
Cold Start Ventures is a venture capital and incubation partner that works alongside founders as cofounders rather than only as investors. It incubates companies and provides hands-on operational support from early stage to growth.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsaihealthcareconsumerroboticslegalincubation
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Or find every investor that fitsCold Start Ventures lists 15 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Healthcare & Biotech (21%) and Fintech (8%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst and HOF Capital.
No funding round on record names Cold Start Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Cold Start Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 15. 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 21% | 15% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
| Developer Tools | 4% | 0% |
| Food & Agriculture | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Sequoia Capital | 6 |
| General Catalyst | 4 |
| HOF Capital | 4 |
| Integra Groupe | 4 |
| IronArc | 4 |
| Kleiner Perkins | 4 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 4 |
| Metaplanet | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 39th | 15 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 | 62th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers15100%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Cold Start Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
15 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides healthcare and private practice management software | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Anthropic develops AI models and products, including the Claude models, and conducts AI safety research. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Assort Health develops an AI voice agent for healthcare to handle patient interactions, including scheduling and intake | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides online nutrition therapy with registered dietitians, covering various health conditions such as weight loss, diabetes, and PCOS. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Blank Street sells coffee and matcha drinks | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Finom provides business account, invoicing, and accounting integrations services. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Glean develops and provides enterprise artificial intelligence solutions and platforms for various industries and departments. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Grow Therapy provides online and in-person therapy sessions, often covered by insurance, with a network of licensed therapists. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Phia finds the best price across multiple sites and applies coupon codes at checkout to help users save money | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| PsiQuantum is building and deploying the future of computing with the world’s first useful quantum computers. | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Runlayer provides a platform for companies to manage and secure their AI operations | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| SpaceX develops and launches rockets and spacecraft, and provides satellite internet services. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Vercel provides infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing web applications and artificial intelligence agents. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides AI models and APIs for various applications, including text, code, voice, images, and video. | AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- coldstartventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 15
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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