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Karlin Ventures
Venture capital · Los Angeles, CA, United States · North America
Karlin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Los Angeles and an affiliate of Karlin Asset Management. It makes investments typically ranging from $250,000 to $2,000,000, preferring co-investor roles and participating in follow-on rounds.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsenterprise softwarecommercemarketplacesearly stagelos angeles
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Or find every investor that fitsKarlin Ventures lists 24 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (21%), Healthcare & Biotech (18%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (13%). 89% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Baroda Ventures, Upfront Ventures and Bonfire Ventures.
No funding round on record names Karlin Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Karlin Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 24. 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 | 21% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 18% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 13% | 6% |
| Media & Entertainment | 10% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
| Space & Defense | 3% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Baroda Ventures | 5 |
| Upfront Ventures | 4 |
| Bonfire Ventures | 3 |
| Collaborative Fund | 2 |
| Expansion Venture Capital | 2 |
| Founder Collective | 2 |
| Hemisphere Ventures | 2 |
| Mucker Capital | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 59th | 24 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 | 17th | 21% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1979%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company521%
- 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 Karlin Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
24 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Bridg delivers the foundation for precision targeting and personalization as a subscription-based SaaS offering | ConsumerMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides solutions for making sense of data and enabling smarter decisions | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| ChowNow helps restaurants grow revenue and build relationships with customers through its online ordering and marketplace platform | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | |||
| HelloTech provides tech support and installation services for homes and businesses. | ConsumerEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| HONK provides roadside assistance and related services to various industries | Mobility & LogisticsFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
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| Laurel & Wolf offers an AI interior design app that redesigns a room from a single photo | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Pathmatics provides visibility into how brands, agencies, and publishers spend on digital media | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Percolata uses machine learning to help organizations make smarter marketing and operations decisions by providing predictive analytics to forecast sales and foot traffic | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Pixalate provides ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics for Connected TV, Mobile Apps, and Websites | CybersecurityMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Retention Science provides email marketing automation services for ecommerce using artificial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| SayGent provides business technologies, including a voice analysis platform and streaming reseller panel registration services. | Healthcare & BiotechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| ShipHawk provides warehouse management and shipping software solutions | Healthcare & BiotechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | |||
| TetraScience develops and provides an operating system for scientific intelligence to manage and transform scientific data into AI-native data. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Noun Project provides a collection of free icons and stock photos for download | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- karlinvc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 24
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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