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Discipulus Ventures
Accelerator · El Segundo, CA, United States · North America
Discipulus Ventures runs a cohort program and 10-day founder residency in El Segundo, California, for founders building companies aimed at America's hardest problems. It backs hard-tech startups and describes itself as building a tight-knit network of founders in the Western interest.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing
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Or find every investor that fitsDiscipulus Ventures lists 12 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Pre-seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (43%), Industrial & Manufacturing (29%) and Mobility & Logistics (10%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Andreessen Horowitz, BBQ Capital and FDVC.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Discipulus 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 Discipulus Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 12. 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 roundDiscipulus Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 50% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 50% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 30th | 12 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 89th | 17% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 77th | 43% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 43% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 29% | 7% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 10% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers12100%
- 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 companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| BBQ Capital | 2 |
| FDVC | 2 |
| Maniac Ventures | 2 |
| New Founding | 2 |
| Perridon Ventures | 2 |
| Starship Ventures | 2 |
| Tamarack Global | 2 |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Andreessen Horowitz
Compare Discipulus Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Discipulus Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 8 Sept 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Discipulus Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Discipulus Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
12 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1AU Technologies is assembling unique assets and capabilities to develop next-generation photonic systems. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Actinide is building the scalable, U.S.-owned isotope separation platform to secure atomic-level control of matter and enable the next era of medicine, energy, defense, and advanced materials. | Media & EntertainmentIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company is building autonomous surgical robots | Healthcare & Biotech | Sept 2026Pre-Seed | Page + round | |
| Durin develops automated robotic core drilling rigs for mineral exploration. | Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides automated apparel manufacturing services in America. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| General Galactic is building spacecraft for logistics around the Earth and across the solar system. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Poseidon Aerospace builds autonomous aircraft to move goods faster and cheaper anywhere they're needed | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Rainmaker modernizes the process of cloud seeding through an integrated system of advanced radar, unmanned aircraft, and a weather awareness platform to make freshwater available to all | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Rune Technologies builds sustainment mission command technology for military logistics | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Tex provides intelligence for heavy equipment, helping users find off-market deals and map their markets. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Vanguard Defense provides a modular data labeling platform that transforms defense telemetry into AI-ready datasets, powered by U.S. veterans who understand the mission. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Watoga Technologies provides technology-enabled services to optimize mining operations, reduce waste, and increase profitability. | Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- discipulusventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 8 Sept 2026
- Companies checked
- 12
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