Investors / United States / Hello World
Hello World
Venture capital · Detroit, MI, United States · North America
Hello World is a Detroit-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups. It provides capital along with guidance and connections to help early-stage companies grow.
Invests inFintechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
In its own wordstechnologyearly stagemarket disruptingstartups
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Or find every investor that fitsHello World lists 6 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 83% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (36%), AI & Machine Learning (18%) and Enterprise Software (18%). 50% of its companies are based in Spain. It invests most often alongside K Fund, Angel Invest and Base10 Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Hello World, 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 roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 17% |
| Seed | 83% |
| 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 | 3 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 8th | 6 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 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 | 67th | 36% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| K Fund | 2 |
| Angel Invest | 1 |
| Base10 Partners | 1 |
| Borusan Ventures | 1 |
| Creandum | 1 |
| Drysdale Ventures | 1 |
| Foundamental | 1 |
| Galion.exe | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6100%
- 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 companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 36% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 18% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 18% | 8% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 9% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 9% | 4% |
| Space & Defense | 9% | 3% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Hello World 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 Hello World| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 22 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 15 May 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Hello World
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Hello World's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
6 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causa Prima provides an agent-to-agent network for finance teams | Fintech | Jun 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Kuro provides a platform that uses artificial intelligence to manage and connect project data for general contractors | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Sept 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Lightbase connects to existing services and integrations to provide a live map of the entire IT ecosystem for faster decision making and transformation at scale | FintechEnterprise Software | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Plakar provides backup and restore services for various infrastructures and platforms. | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | May 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Rekord provides a platform for banks and fintechs to automate underwriting and onboard customers faster | FintechSpace & Defense | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides autonomous accounting and finance services with AI | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- helloworldvc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 15 May 2025
- Companies checked
- 6
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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