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Pathbreaker Ventures
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Pathbreaker Ventures is a venture firm established in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California. It invests early in companies built by specialized engineering and product founders working on novel hardware and software technologies.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsPathbreaker Ventures lists 46 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Industrial & Manufacturing (12%) and Healthcare & Biotech (8%). 93% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Anorak Ventures, DCVC and Y Combinator.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Pathbreaker 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 Pathbreaker Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 46. 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 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 81th | 46 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 55th | 2% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 62th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 12% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 7% | 1% |
| Food & Agriculture | 5% | 3% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 4% | 3% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Anorak Ventures | 10 |
| DCVC | 5 |
| Y Combinator | 5 |
| 7percent Ventures | 4 |
| Eclipse | 4 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 3 |
| Capitoria | 3 |
| IndieBio | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4496%
- 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 Pathbreaker 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 Pathbreaker Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Series C+ |
Round details for Pathbreaker Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Pathbreaker Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
46 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antares designs and manufactures modular, transportable reactors for strategic energy applications on Earth and in space. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Biobot Analytics transforms wastewater data into predictive intelligence to help track human health trends and spot emerging trends earlier | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| BurnBot delivers scalable, precision fuels management to protect homes, infrastructure, and landscapes from wildfires. | AI & Machine LearningClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| CompScience provides workers' compensation insurance and risk management services to various industries. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Datagrid connects systems, interprets project files, and completes workflows for construction projects using AI agents. | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | |||
| Diligent Robotics automates hospital logistics with its robot Moxi, which fetches medications, labs, and other supplies | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Esper provides device management infrastructure for companies with single-purpose hardware devices | Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Exia Labs builds technology that helps organizations understand complex environments and simulate what happens next. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | |||
| First Bite provides a foodservice sales platform with tools for prospecting, CRM, rebates, and operator data | Food & AgricultureEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Foxglove is the agentic data platform for robotics developers to rapidly build, monitor, and improve robots across the entire data lifecycle. | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Framework produces modular laptops and PCs that can be repaired | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Frec offers tax-aware investing products and services, including direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting, to help individuals minimize capital gains and save on taxes. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| General Galactic is building spacecraft for logistics around the Earth and across the solar system. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Presso provides same-day dry cleaning services for laundromats | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| GrayMatter Robotics builds end-to-end solutions for new and existing factories that expand capacity, guarantee quality, and future-proof production | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Inevitable Tech creates technology to help farms increase yields and avoid waste, starting with clean propagation systems for plants. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Ingest Ai provides a data management and analytics platform for restaurants and food businesses. | Food & AgricultureAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- pathbreakervc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 21 Apr 2026
- Companies checked
- 46
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