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Layer Global
Venture capital · New York, NY, United States · North America
Layer Global is an investment firm that makes concentrated investments in fast-growing technology companies around the world. It describes itself as an active partner to founders, helping with talent recruitment, customer reach, and judgment at critical moments.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningSpace & DefenseEnterprise Software
In its own wordstechnologyartificial intelligencegrowthrecurring revenueventure capital
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Or find every investor that fitsLayer Global lists 3 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Space & Defense (17%) and Enterprise Software (17%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Abstract, Andreessen Horowitz and BoxGroup.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Layer Global, 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 roundLayer Global does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 100% |
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 | 4 | 1 |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Abstract | 2 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| BoxGroup | 2 |
| Conversion Capital | 2 |
| Kleiner Perkins | 2 |
| Lux Capital | 2 |
| Sequoia Capital | 2 |
| Swish Ventures | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3100%
- 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 | 33% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 17% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 17% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 17% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 17% | 6% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Layer Global 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 Layer Global| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 8 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 27 May 2026 | Series C+ |
Round details for Layer Global
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Layer Global's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
3 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Compute provides a platform for training, inference, and improvement of artificial intelligence models. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Nov 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Cognition operates an autonomous software engineer called Devin that helps human engineers with repetitive work and focuses on problem solving and designing systems. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | May 2026Series C+ · 2 rounds | Funding round | |
| Zipline delivers food, groceries, and medicine using drones. | Healthcare & BiotechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Nov 2026Series C+ | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- layerglobal.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 27 May 2026
- Companies checked
- 3
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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