Investors / Grit Ventures
Grit Ventures
Venture capital
Grit Ventures is a venture firm that invests in deep tech companies emerging from university labs, leading lab, pre-seed and seed rounds and occasionally Series A. It supports founders with go-to-market strategy, hiring and business model execution through its industry partner network.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & ManufacturingRobotics & Hardware
In its own wordsdeep techroboticsartificial intelligenceenergyadvanced materialsspace
Your fit with Grit Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsGrit Ventures lists 14 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (32%), Industrial & Manufacturing (24%) and Robotics & Hardware (20%). 89% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Capital Factory, E14 Fund and HAX.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Grit 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 Grit Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 14. 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 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 36th | 14 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 57th | 32% 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 | 32% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 24% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 20% | 1% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 4% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 15% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Capital Factory | 2 |
| E14 Fund | 2 |
| HAX | 2 |
| IndieBio | 2 |
| SOSV | 2 |
| Samsung NEXT | 2 |
| 1435 Capital | 1 |
| ADN Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers14100%
- 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 Grit 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 Grit Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 26 Aug 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Grit Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Grit Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
14 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agtonomy provides automation software for equipment manufacturers to help growers automate repetitive tasks and manage their operations more efficiently. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Apptronik provides solutions for businesses, including goods-to-person, person-to-goods, packout, kitting, inspection and sorting, and machine and tool tending. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Cognitive Space provides automated satellite operations using artificial intelligence and cloud computing | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Diligent Robotics automates hospital logistics with its robot Moxi, which fetches medications, labs, and other supplies | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fleet Robotics provides hull cleaning and inspection services using autonomous robots for the shipping industry. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Gobo builds autonomous robots that live on steel and inspect and maintain it | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops artificial general intelligence models and platforms for various applications, including robotics and interactive world models. | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Kirafin provides cross-border payment solutions and US banking services | FintechFintech | Aug 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Oishii grows clean, pesticide-free, and Non-GMO Project Verified berries. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company engineers material functions through microstructures, turning precise geometry into performance. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Renovate Robotics builds machines, including a shingle installation robot, to make demanding jobs safer, easier, and more productive for commercial roofers. | Robotics & HardwareReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Rhumbix provides software solutions for construction field and workforce management, including time and attendance tracking, production tracking, and change order management. | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| RIOS developed and deployed AI and robotics across industries such as e-commerce, manufacturing, food processing, and wood products | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces and installs autonomous sweeping robots for facilities and parking lots. | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- gritventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 26 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 14
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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