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Follow[The]Seed
Venture capital · Sydney, Australia · Asia Pacific
Follow[The]Seed is a global venture capital firm that invests using two data-driven methodologies: Reverse Problem Solving, which identifies enterprise pain points and then finds startups solving them, and RavingFans, an SDK that analyzes user behavior to spot habit-forming consumer products early. It invests in post-seed startups and supports them with capital, advisors and connections to enterprise customers.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
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Or find every investor that fitsFollow[The]Seed lists 16 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (26%), Enterprise Software (19%) and Fintech (19%). 40% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Soma Capital and 408 Ventures.
No funding round on record names Follow[The]Seed yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Follow[The]Seed's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 16. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 19% | 8% |
| Fintech | 19% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 11% | 6% |
| Cybersecurity | 11% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| Gaming | 4% | 1% |
| Developer Tools | 4% | 0% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 3 |
| Soma Capital | 2 |
| 408 Ventures | 1 |
| AfterWork Ventures | 1 |
| Airtree | 1 |
| Astir Ventures | 1 |
| Catapult VC | 1 |
| Cerca Partners | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 42th | 16 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 38th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1594%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company16%
- 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 Follow[The]Seed 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 sitePortfolio
16 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | |||
| The company provides a geospatial AI workspace for teams to manage and analyze site data | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Cylus provides cybersecurity solutions for the rail industry, including monitoring, detection, and protection of rail systems and infrastructure. | CybersecurityIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| DataWit empowers small to mid-sized companies with tailored workflow automation using AI and powerful data analytics to streamline operations and uncover actionable insights. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides high-frequency trading technology and custom-built trading solutions for digital asset markets. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| EFTLab develops, tests, deploys, manages and extends electronic payment services for financial institutions. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Farmbot makes and sells open-source CNC farming equipment | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Lumi provides business loans and lines of credit to businesses | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| RiskWise detects and monitors emerging threats before they escalate to crisis events | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Salt helps businesses with international payments and legal compliances | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| SweatyChair develops and publishes video games. | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Tapp provides a service that enables customer conversations through messaging apps, including iMessage, with the help of AI agents. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Haystack provides a platform for product and engineering leaders to manage and optimize their delivery process by integrating tools like Jira and Git. | Enterprise SoftwareDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page | ||
| WhiteRabbit develops and maintains its own products for public key infrastructure and cryptographic key management | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Workspot provides a platform to manage and scale virtual desktops and apps globally | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- followtheseed.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 16
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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