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Heretic Ventures
Venture capital
Heretic Ventures backs consumer founders working at the intersection of culture, commerce, and technology. It works with founders before day one, prototyping ideas, designing brand and culture, and providing capital from the start.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningE-commerce & MarketplacesMedia & Entertainment
In its own wordsconsumercommerceculturetechnologybrandpre-launch
Your fit with Heretic Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsHeretic Ventures lists 7 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (54%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (15%) and Media & Entertainment (15%). 67% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Accel, AAL VC and AI Grant.
No funding round on record names Heretic Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 12th | 7 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 | 86th | 54% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7100%
- 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
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 54% | 18% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 15% | 6% |
| Media & Entertainment | 15% | 4% |
| Consumer | 15% | 3% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Heretic Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
7 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company designs unique products with AI and artisans. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Cartwheel builds foundation models for human and object motion and tools to apply them across media and the physical world | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Lumi is an AI-powered styling tool that provides users with personalized styling tips and recommendations | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Recraft provides AI models for generating images. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a personal AI assistant that learns and helps with daily life tasks | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| UnitZero builds infrastructure and gathers experiences to teach machines to act in the physical world | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Wabi provides an AI assistant for group chats and tasks | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- heretic.ventures
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 7
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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