Investors / Merian Ventures
Merian Ventures
Venture capital
Merian Ventures is a venture firm that has partnered with founding teams and early-stage entrepreneurs since 2015. In 2025 it created a Development Sandbox that helps founders in its network validate ideas faster.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningSpace & DefenseCybersecurity
In its own wordsdiverse foundersemerging technologyartificial intelligenceearly stageinnovation
Your fit with Merian Ventures
Four questions about your startup
See how your round matches what it backs, point by point.
Or find every investor that fitsMerian Ventures lists 11 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (20%), Space & Defense (20%) and Cybersecurity (15%). 40% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Storm Ventures, 3cubed Ventures and ATEL Ventures.
No funding round on record names Merian Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Merian Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 11. 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
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 20% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 15% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Food & Agriculture | 5% | 3% |
| Fintech | 5% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Storm Ventures | 2 |
| 3cubed Ventures | 1 |
| ATEL Ventures | 1 |
| Afore Capital | 1 |
| American Family Ventures | 1 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 1 |
| Astanor | 1 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 27th | 11 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 | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers11100%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Merian Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
11 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company offers end-to-end, ai-driven coverage that brings African sport to the world | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aiwyn provides a platform for modern accounting firms with solutions for payments, practice management, client experience, and tax preparation. | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Apeel develops a plant-based protection for fresh fruits and vegetables to extend their shelf life and reduce waste. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Cirrus Identity provides identity and access management solutions for the research and education ecosystem | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Compaas enables you to track activity and implement policies on all your files, no matter where they are stored | CybersecuritySpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Alfa builds a live stream of buyer-ready contacts and asks mutual connections for introductions to these potential buyers. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Honeycomb provides a platform for observability and debugging of complex software and AI systems | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Mitra provides a non-invasive skin epigenetic test to measure biological age and offers personalized skincare plans based on the results | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Pivigo pairs industry knowledge with AI expertise to deliver insights through human and algorithm collaboration. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Populus provides digital solutions for cities to manage their streets, curbs, and new mobility fleets. | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Provenance validates product claims for brands and retailers | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- merianventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 11
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.
Get Merian Ventures' profile as data
Pull Merian Ventures' portfolio, co-investors and changes through one API key or MCP, open every portfolio row, compare it with other firms, and get an email when it adds a company or files a fund.
Work email, sign-in link by email. Already have an account? Log in- Ask AI5 plain-English investor searches a day
- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/merianventures.com
# also
GET /v1/firms/merianventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/merianventures.com/coinvestors
GET /v1/firms/merianventures.com/news