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MDSV Capital
Venture capital · Palo Alto, CA, United States · North America
MDSV Capital is a Palo Alto-based venture firm that invests in emerging manager funds and directly in early-growth outliers from their portfolios. It runs an invitation-only community of emerging managers and LPs called The Promontory, along with the Emerging Horizons conference series and quarterly events.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
In its own wordsemerging managersaib2b enterprisedefense techdeep techautomation
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Or find every investor that fitsMDSV Capital lists 14 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (43%), Fintech (29%) and Cybersecurity (10%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Dolby Family Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Y Combinator.
No funding round on record names MDSV Capital yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not MDSV Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 14. 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 | 43% | 18% |
| Fintech | 29% | 12% |
| Cybersecurity | 10% | 4% |
| Legal & Compliance | 5% | 2% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
| Crypto & Web3 | 5% | 1% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1286%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company214%
- 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.
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 33th | 13 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 | 77th | 43% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Dolby Family Ventures
Compare MDSV Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
14 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AccuKnox provides AI-powered zero trust cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) solutions for cloud security and compliance. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Anduril Industries specializes in advanced autonomous systems for defense and commercial mission sets. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Arcoscan is a technology company that has developed next-generation biometric and artificial intelligence technology for definitive age verification. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Castle provides a way for DAOs to earn yield on their treasury assets | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cypher provides a wallet and card services to consumers and businesses | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| FalconX provides trading, financing, custody, and other services to institutions in digital asset markets | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| LeoLabs provides orbital intelligence and tracking services for space domain awareness, space traffic management, and launch operations. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds and operates AI infrastructure platforms | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
Fintech | Portfolio page | |||
| SkyLink provides an AI-powered corporate travel booking service | AI & Machine LearningLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Vectara provides an enterprise AI platform for managing and scaling AI agents in various industries, including semiconductor manufacturing and finance. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- mdsv.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 14
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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