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eLab Ventures
Venture capital · Ann Arbor, MI, United States · North America
eLab Ventures is a venture capital firm with offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan and San Mateo, California. It invests in businesses where AI is the difference in creating market disruption.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsartificial intelligenceaiautonomous vehiclesroboticslast-mile delivery
Your fit with eLab Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitseLab Ventures lists 26 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 (27%), Industrial & Manufacturing (13%) and Enterprise Software (13%). 91% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside ID Ventures, Accelerate Blue Fund and AI House.
Counts come from funding rounds that name eLab 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 eLab Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 26. 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 roundeLab Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 62th | 26 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 60th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 42th | 27% 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 | 27% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 13% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 8% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 6% | 15% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 6% | 1% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 4% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| ID Ventures | 4 |
| Accelerate Blue Fund | 3 |
| AI House | 2 |
| Michigan Capital Network | 2 |
| Michigan Rise | 2 |
| 412 Venture Fund | 1 |
| 4Founders Capital | 1 |
| Acequia Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers26100%
- 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 eLab 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 eLab Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Jun 2026 | Seed |
Round details for eLab Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in eLab Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
26 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akadeum Life Sciences develops and provides cell separation technology for therapeutic applications | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Alisio Financial provides financial services and solutions for manufacturers, particularly in the areas of supply chain finance and working capital management. | FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Aperia develops and sells automatic tire inflation solutions for trucks and fleets. | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Bindplane provides a unified telemetry pipeline built on OpenTelemetry for observability teams | Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| BlastPoint provides AI solutions for utility and financial services customer growth | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Cobalt provides a platform for continuous offensive security testing and offers various security services, including pentesting and vulnerability assessment. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Devplan provides AI-native product management for software teams | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| GripFusion develops a product called Forceball that captures data on the point of contact between a baseball and a player's hand | Healthcare & BiotechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company automates clinical data abstraction with cutting-edge AI-based software that integrates into existing workflows | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Pinnacle provides an AI coaching platform for employees and leaders to improve performance and learning in the workplace | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Ipauthor develops and provides AI-powered patent drafting software | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| LineLeap provides a mobile app and platform for users to skip lines, pay for cover, and buy tickets at bars, venues, and events. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Liquid Studios transforms existing content into various formats such as video, audio, and text, and distributes it across multiple channels. | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Lumetec harnesses AI-driven insights to deliver situational awareness needed to protect fiber optic cables | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Lutely handles music distribution and sales for artists, providing tools for preparing and selling music directly to fans. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| MemryX delivers efficient, scalable acceleration for AI inference across a wide range of systems | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Mimolabs provides an AI-powered platform for designing, prototyping, and producing physical products. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Motmot leases a robot that inspects the condition of live, pressurized water pipes through existing fire hydrants without excavation. | Industrial & ManufacturingRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| MuukTest provides AI-driven testing services to help companies achieve high test coverage and reduce testing time. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Pulsora is an AI-powered sustainability and carbon management platform that automates data collection, measurement, and reporting workflows for sustainability teams. | Space & DefenseFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- elabvc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 18 Jun 2026
- Companies checked
- 26
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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