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Koru Capital
Venture capital · United States · North America
Koru Capital is a US-based venture firm led by former operators and investors. It backs companies building AI-enabled infrastructure, reshaping legacy industries, and creating new markets, and also invests in secondary opportunities in late-stage market leaders.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsartificial intelligenceinfrastructuresemiconductorsspacebrain-computer interfacesecondaries
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Or find every investor that fitsKoru Capital lists 52 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Healthcare & Biotech (11%) and Space & Defense (8%). 95% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue and Sequoia Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Koru Capital, 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 Koru Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 52. 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 85th | 52 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 54th | 2% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 58th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 59th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 11% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 8% | 3% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 6% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 15 |
| Coatue | 10 |
| Sequoia Capital | 10 |
| Y Combinator | 10 |
| ARK Venture Fund | 9 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 9 |
| General Catalyst | 9 |
| Insight Partners | 9 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5096%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company24%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Lightspeed Venture Partners
Compare Koru Capital 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 Koru Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sept 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Koru Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Koru Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
52 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aalo Atomics builds mass-manufactured nuclear power plants designed to power data centers and other applications | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Anduril Industries specializes in advanced autonomous systems for defense and commercial mission sets. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Anthropic develops AI models and products, including the Claude models, and conducts AI safety research. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Apollo Atomics develops nuclear power systems. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Asylon Robotics provides robotic security solutions for various industries | Robotics & HardwareCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Atomarine develops and deploys offshore power and compute infrastructure platforms | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Ayar Labs develops and manufactures co-packaged optics for hyperscale AI infrastructure | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Besxar manufactures advanced semiconductor substrates, epitaxial layers, and thin-films in space | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Capital Rx provides pharmacy benefits management solutions to clients and patients. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Castelion designs, tests, and manufactures next-generation military systems rapidly and at massive scale to deter future wars. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Certa provides a platform for third-party risk management and compliance | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Clear Labs develops and provides genomic solutions and software for research in oncology and infectious disease, as well as food safety testing. | Healthcare & BiotechFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Cyera provides a platform for data, identity, and AI security | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Databricks provides a unified platform for data, analytics, and AI. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Deel provides global payroll, compliance, HR solutions, and other related services to companies. | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Discord provides a group chat platform for users to communicate and hang out with friends and communities. | GamingMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI-powered rebate and pricing management software | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
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| Expo provides infrastructure and tools for building and deploying mobile application software | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Figure develops and uses a humanoid robot and artificial intelligence for household tasks | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- koru.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 9 Jun 2026
- Companies checked
- 52
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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