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Cortical Ventures
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Cortical Ventures is an early-stage investment firm founded and run by AI operators. It backs companies applying AI in physical systems, production infrastructure, and socially beneficial applications.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsartificial intelligencephysical aiai infrastructurevertical aihealthdefense tech
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Or find every investor that fitsCortical Ventures lists 15 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (52%), Industrial & Manufacturing (12%) and Cybersecurity (8%). 83% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside NEA, Page One Ventures and 500 Emerging Europe.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Cortical 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 Cortical Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; 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.
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 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 69th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 85th | 52% 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 52% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 12% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 8% | 1% |
| Fintech | 4% | 12% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
| Developer Tools | 4% | 0% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| NEA | 3 |
| Page One Ventures | 2 |
| 500 Emerging Europe | 1 |
| Alkeon Capital | 1 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 1 |
| Battery Ventures | 1 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 1 |
| Bling Capital | 1 |
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 Cortical 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 Cortical Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jul 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Cortical Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Cortical Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
15 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AICrete develops and provides an AI-powered operating system for quality control and operations in the concrete and aggregates industry. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Airwave produces smart safety glasses with a built-in camera and AI that can record jobs and automatically complete reports. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| AngelQ provides age-appropriate digital experiences for children and makes AI safe for kids | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Claryo develops and implements AI agents to manage and optimize warehouse operations. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Dataroom provides a platform to automatically analyze business data and generate investor materials, such as pitch decks and financials. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| E2B provides a cloud platform for running artificial intelligence agents | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a full stack for generative media, including model APIs, serverless compute, and infrastructure for training and deploying AI models. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company is developing AI-driven technologies for humans. | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for integrating software applications through a single interface. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company is building a robotic manipulation platform designed for AI based controls | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| The company is building an interdisciplinary team to make technological breakthroughs | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Predator AI is building foundational geospatial models for the real world, solving GPS-denied navigation for robotic systems in contested environments. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Spear AI builds AI solutions that help maritime operators decide faster and see farther | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Jul 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Weaviate develops an AI database for developers | AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- cortical.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 25 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 15
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