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Failup Ventures
Venture capital
Failup Ventures is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture firm that invests at the earliest moments of company creation. It describes itself as an AI-native fund that has built its own AI tools to support its portfolio.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
In its own wordsartificial intelligenceagentsinfrastructureconsumerenterprise productivitycybersecurity
Your fit with Failup Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsFailup Ventures lists 28 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (32%), Fintech (16%) and Enterprise Software (10%). 62% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Wave Ventures and Geek Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Failup 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 Failup Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 28. 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 | 1 |
| '26 | 1 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 65th | 28 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 70th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 57th | 32% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 32% | 18% |
| Fintech | 16% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Space & Defense | 10% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 6% | 15% |
| Gaming | 6% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 9 |
| Wave Ventures | 3 |
| Geek Ventures | 2 |
| Lifeline Ventures | 2 |
| Llama Ventures | 2 |
| Multimodal Ventures | 2 |
| The MBA Fund | 2 |
| 14Peaks Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2796%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company14%
- 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 Failup Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Failup Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Feb 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Seed Led |
Round details for Failup Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Failup Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
28 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfterQuery develops and provides training data for artificial intelligence models, capturing expert thinking and decision-making processes. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Bim Engine provides a platform for architecture, engineering, and construction work, offering tools for architects, general contractors, and suppliers to manage projects and collaborate | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Bracket provides treasury intelligence products for cash management and foreign exchange portfolio management. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Capitol AI develops a platform that codifies an institution's proprietary data, expertise, and processes into governed workflows to produce finished work products | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| ConfidentialMind provides a secure, self-hosted AI platform for on-prem and private cloud environments. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Coplay provides an AI assistant for Unity game development | AI & Machine LearningGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Cytronic is a third party logistics company that provides automated fulfillment services to ecommerce businesses | E-commerce & MarketplacesRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells and buys electric vehicles in the United States. | E-commerce & MarketplacesMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Klaro provides market intelligence and insights on private companies and emerging technologies using AI-powered analysis. | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Inference Capital operates as an extension of the allocation function, bringing market access, coverage, and continuous perspective to private market decision-making. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| It's electric installs and maintains curbside electric vehicle chargers in cities | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company turns CO₂ emissions into sustainable jet fuel | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Lotus Health Ai provides virtual healthcare services, including AI-guided care plans and prescriptions, through a mobile app | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Motives conducts AI-moderated video interviews with consumers to deliver actionable insights for brands | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Nvelop combines AI agents, sourcing expertise and organizational intelligence to unlock better commercial outcomes from every purchasing opportunity. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Jun 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Optivian Solutions provides an AI sales co-worker that assists sales teams by analyzing interactions and delivering work to win deals | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| The company provides various services for homes, including cleaning, repairs, and maintenance, which can be booked through their app. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Paradigm connects a firm's knowledge with external market data to help the firm act on what matters before anyone else. | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Pump Co helps companies save on cloud and inference costs by managing their cloud accounts and API keys | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a task management and productivity app powered by AI. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 6 Nov 2026- Site
- failup.com
- Last read
- 6 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 18 Jun 2025
- Companies checked
- 28
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