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Origin Ventures
Venture capital · Chicago, IL, United States · North America
Origin Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that leads Seed and Series A rounds. It invests in companies applying artificial intelligence across infrastructure, software, applications, services and marketplaces.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsartificial intelligenceai infrastructureai-native softwarefrontier techroboticsautomation
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Or find every investor that fitsOrigin Ventures lists 54 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 11 funding rounds, 5 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 40% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (25%), Healthcare & Biotech (13%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (11%). 97% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Bling Capital and SpringTime Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Origin Ventures, 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 Origin Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 11 companies; its own site lists 54. 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 | 40% |
| Series A | 40% |
| Series B | 10% |
| Growth | 10% |
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 | 5 | 2 |
| '26 | 6 | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 86th | 54 companies |
| Recent activity | 91th | 7 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 66th | 40% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 86th | 15% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 36th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 13% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 11% | 6% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Human Resources | 7% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 5 |
| Bling Capital | 3 |
| SpringTime Ventures | 3 |
| Techstars | 3 |
| Album VC | 2 |
| Commerce Ventures | 2 |
| Evolution VC Partners | 2 |
| General Catalyst | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5296%
- 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 togetherCompare Origin Ventures 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 Origin Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Series B | |
| 27 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Round Led | |
| 3 Dec 2025 | Series A | |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Seed Led | |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Series A | |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Series A |
Round details for Origin Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Origin Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
54 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides software for performance management and related HR tasks. | Human ResourcesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Allermi provides custom prescription medicine to target allergy symptoms | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
FintechFintech | Portfolio page | |||
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| Archean Sciences engineers biology to understand the brain and develops technologies for therapeutic discovery, next-generation computing, and neural interfaces. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | May 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| AudioShake provides AI-powered audio separation and stem creation services for various industries, including film, TV, and music. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Oct 2025Series A | Page + round | |
E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| The company provides omnichannel fulfillment services, deciding how goods are dispatched and delivered on an order-by-order basis. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Carketa provides software for used car dealers to manage their inventory and operations | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Century Health provides real-world data for medical breakthroughs | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| ClearJet provides infrastructure for parcel shipping | Legal & ComplianceE-commerce & Marketplaces | Aug 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Cloverleaf provides an AI coaching platform for teams built on assessments to help them communicate, collaborate, and perform at their best. | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Conflixis automates disclosure, review, routing, reporting, and resolution of conflicts of interest in healthcare | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| ControlRooms.ai develops and provides an agentic troubleshooting system for energy and chemical plant operations to detect and mitigate anomalies. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides roadside assistance services, including towing, tire, battery, and lockout services. | Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Everee provides real-time payroll services for staffing, gig work, and workforce apps | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Fountain develops software for frontline workforce management, including hiring, onboarding, and scheduling. | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Fringe provides an employee experience platform that offers rewards, wellbeing, perks, and more to employees | Human ResourcesHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Pie provides an AI marketing platform for local businesses. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- originventures.com
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 54
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