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Disruptive

Venture capital · Dallas, TX, United States · North America

disruptive.tech

Disruptive is a global investment firm that backs private technology companies. It invests through primary, secondary and structured transactions, partnering with founders and management teams through growth, scale and liquidity stages.

Invests inAI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

In its own wordsartificial intelligenceinfrastructuredefense technologyenterprise softwaretechnology

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7portfolio companies
9funding rounds on record3 led
6rounds, last 12 months
$100M or moretypical round it comes in at
Growthmost frequent entry
$8.2Mlatest fund2022

Disruptive lists 7 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 9 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 71% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (58%), Cybersecurity (17%) and Enterprise Software (17%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Inertia Ventures, IronArc and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Counts come from funding rounds that name Disruptive, 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
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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
Value
Pre-seed0%
Seed14%
Series A0%
Series B14%
Growth71%

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: 6 rounds in 12 monthsEarly stage: 14% of entries at pre-seed or seedEvidence: 0% of companies confirmed by a roundSector focus: 58% in its largest sectorReach: 2 countriesPortfolio size12th pctRecent activity89th pctEarly stage56th pctEvidence52th pctSector focus88th pctReach42th pct
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Disruptive compared with all firms
MeasurePercentile of all firmsValue
Portfolio size12th7 companies
Recent activity89th6 rounds in 12 months
Early stage56th14% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence52th0% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus88th58% in its largest sector
Reach42th2 countries

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies
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Co-investors
Share
Inertia Ventures3
IronArc3
Lightspeed Venture Partners3
645 Ventures2
Battery Ventures2
CRV2
Center15 Capital2
E1 Ventures2

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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.

Investment themes

share of its checked companies

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Investment themes
This firmAll checked companies
AI & Machine Learning58%18%
Cybersecurity17%4%
Enterprise Software17%8%
Robotics & Hardware8%1%

Co-investor network

who it backs companies with, and who they back together
43 shared companies17 shared companies15 shared companies13 shared companies11 shared companies10 shared companies9 shared companies8 shared companies8 shared companies8 shared companies8 shared companies8 shared companies7 shared companies7 shared companies7 shared companies6 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companiesInertia Ventures: 3 shared companiesInertia Ventures3IronArc: 3 shared companiesIronArc3Lightspeed Venture Partners: 3 shared companiesLightspeed Venture Pa…3645 Ventures: 2 shared companies645 Ventures2Battery Ventures: 2 shared companiesBattery Ventures2CRV: 2 shared companiesCRV2Center15 Capital: 2 shared companiesCenter15 Capital2E1 Ventures: 2 shared companiesE1 Ventures2General Catalyst: 2 shared companiesGeneral Catalyst2ID8 Investments: 2 shared companiesID8 Investments2Junipero Capital: 2 shared companiesJunipero Capital2Koru Capital: 2 shared companiesKoru Capital2
Shared portfolio companies with DisruptiveFirms that also back companies together

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Compare Disruptive head to head

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

Three or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.

Funds

from public registers and its site
Disruptive Founders Fund, LP$8.2M2022 · $8,200,000 offered, SEC Form D

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with Disruptive
DateCompanyStage
5 Nov 2026Shield AIshield.aiSeries C+ Led
17 Aug 2026Groq, Incgroq.comSeries A Led
13 Jul 2026Helsinghelsing.aiSeries C+
29 Jun 2026Bazbaz.coSeed
22 Jun 2026Groq, Incgroq.comSeries C+
14 Jan 2026Skild AIskild.aiSeries C+
9 Oct 2025Reflectionreflection.aiSeries B
17 Sept 2025Groq, Incgroq.comSeries C+ Led

Round details for Disruptive

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Disruptive's 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
Bazbaz.co · United StatesBaz provides an AI code review platform that reviews plans, pull requests, security, and merge readiness with AI agents
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
Jun 2026SeedFunding round
Groq, Incgroq.com · United StatesGroq operates a cloud platform for running AI inference, built on its own LPU chips and combined with NVIDIA GPUs.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Sept 2025Series C+ · 3 roundsFunding round
Helsinghelsing.ai · Germany
Jul 2026Series C+Funding round
Reflectionreflection.ai · United StatesThe company develops and provides open artificial intelligence models and related software and infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Oct 2025Series BFunding round
Shield AIshield.ai · United StatesShield AI develops and uses autonomous aircraft and intelligent systems for defense and other applications
AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning
Nov 2026Series C+Funding round
Shift5shift5.io · United StatesShift5 provides operational intelligence solutions for vehicles and fleets, including predictive maintenance and threat detection.
CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning
Sept 2025Series C+Funding round
Skild AIskild.ai · United StatesSkild Ai builds artificial intelligence to control robots for various tasks in the physical world
Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning
Jan 2026Series C+Funding round

About this data

site last read 12 Nov 2026
The homepage of Disruptive, as last read
disruptive.tech as VCinfo last read it
Site
disruptive.tech
Last read
12 Nov 2026
Watching since
6 Nov 2026
Rounds since
3 Sept 2025
Companies checked
7

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