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Locus Ventures
Venture capital
Locus Ventures is a seed fund founded in 2016 by alums of Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Y Combinator. It invests in founders building companies globally and offers portfolio guidance on product design and development, customer acquisition, team-building and fundraising.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsseedglobaldiverse foundersconsumerenterprise
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Or find every investor that fitsLocus Ventures lists 50 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (21%), Fintech (14%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (12%). 52% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Soma Capital and FundersClub.
No funding round on record names Locus Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Locus Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 50. 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% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 12% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 7% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 15 |
| Soma Capital | 9 |
| FundersClub | 6 |
| Astir Ventures | 4 |
| Capitoria | 4 |
| StartX | 4 |
| Duro Ventures | 3 |
| Kindred Ventures | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 82th | 48 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 | 19th | 21% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 93th | 9 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4794%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company36%
- 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 Locus Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
50 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio page | ||||
| BlockFi provides financial services related to cryptocurrency and estate distribution | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Blue Bottle Coffee sells specialty coffee and related products | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Blue Ocean Gear provides real time tracking for deployed gear using intelligent, connected buoys. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bolt offers various mobility services, including ride-hailing, car-sharing, food and grocery delivery, and micromobility solutions. | Mobility & LogisticsFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Branch provides a mobile measurement and deep linking platform for businesses | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and sells smart home control and home automation technologies. | ConsumerReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Cattle Care analyzes videos to provide detailed reports on milking routines, animal welfare and efficiency for dairy farms | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Convictional develops products to solve goal alignment in organizations, particularly with the use of AI agents. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Decentro provides APIs and SDKs for building, launching, and scaling fintech applications | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Digi Prex delivers monthly supplies of medication to customers' doorsteps | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides property management, tenant placement, and rental leasing services to homeowners. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| FlutterFlow builds mobile apps based on user descriptions | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Framer provides a website builder with an AI design agent | Healthcare & BiotechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
FintechFintech | Portfolio page | |||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| GitLab provides a platform for software engineering, including source code management, CI/CD, and security features. | Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Glowing provides an AI-powered messaging platform for hospitality leaders to manage guest conversations across multiple channels with real-time translation. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Ironclad provides AI contract lifecycle management software | Legal & ComplianceEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- locus.vc
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 50
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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