Investors / United States / Perceptive
Perceptive
Venture capital · Laguna Beach, CA, United States · North America
Perceptive is an investment firm that backs founders building startups, with a focus on agentic AI. It describes itself as staying close to founders from idea to exit.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsagentic aiartificial intelligencefounders
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Or find every investor that fitsPerceptive lists 24 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Education (13%) and Healthcare & Biotech (10%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Transpose Platform and Founders Fund.
No funding round on record names Perceptive yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Perceptive's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 24. 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 | 33% | 18% |
| Education | 13% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Consumer | 8% | 3% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 4 |
| Transpose Platform | 3 |
| Founders Fund | 2 |
| Multimodal Ventures | 2 |
| Scribble Ventures | 2 |
| Western Technology Investment | 2 |
| 8VC | 1 |
| Advisors.Fund | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 59th | 24 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 | 58th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2396%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company14%
- 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 Perceptive head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
24 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A US mobile carrier for small businesses, with the answering built into the line rather than bolted onto it | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| AgentPhone provides phone numbers for AI agents to handle voice and messages through a unified webhook. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Apollo Atomics develops nuclear power systems. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI platform for architecture, engineering, and construction firms to review and check drawing sets for code, coordination, and specification conflicts. | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Capacity Health brings each patient's evolving clinical picture into one view, connecting findings to evidence and possible next steps that clinicians review, revise, and apply to diagnosis, treatment, and disposition decisions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Conifer helps organizations choose a suitable AI model for each task and provides information on the model's performance and cost | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Dispatch provides a data orchestration platform for wealth and asset managers to connect their tech stack and accelerate revenue-critical workflows. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Dolphin is an adaptive study app for high school students preparing for the SAT and ACT. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
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| Removes the security bottleneck from AI agent adoption | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
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| Zealthy provides virtual healthcare services, including primary care, mental health, and metabolic health, among others. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Giant builds worlds where kids imagine, create, play, and learn. | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Hyperspell connects a company's tools and data sources, synthesizing them into a single source of truth that can be accessed by any agent. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| InstaLILY develops and deploys artificial intelligence software for various industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Korl helps healthcare providers recover revenue from insurance claims by tracking and managing the claim lifecycle | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kronos AI offers autonomous, auditable multiphysics simulations and design optimizations for engineers | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Village helps families get support faster for developmental, behavioral, and therapy needs while giving providers the tools to deliver better care with less friction. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Neon is the app that pays you when you talk on the phone | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds tools using ML and AI to help people manage their time and attention | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- perceptivevc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 24
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