Investors / United States / Photon Fund
Photon Fund
Venture capital · Los Altos, CA, United States · North America
Photon Fund is a venture capital firm established in 2017 by a team of venture capital professionals. It makes early-stage investments in deep-tech and biotech startups and increases its investment as industry trends become clear and markets enter rapid growth.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsdeep techbiotechfrontier technologyearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsPhoton Fund lists 10 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (25%), AI & Machine Learning (19%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (13%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Berkeley Catalyst Fund, Foothill Ventures and Antler.
No funding round on record names Photon Fund yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Photon Fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 10. 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 25% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 13% | 7% |
| Fintech | 13% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 13% | 6% |
| Consumer | 6% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 6% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Berkeley Catalyst Fund | 4 |
| Foothill Ventures | 2 |
| Antler | 1 |
| Boardman Bay Capital Management | 1 |
| Darwin Ventures | 1 |
| ExSight Ventures | 1 |
| First Spark Ventures | 1 |
| Grid Exponential | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 23th | 10 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 | 36th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers10100%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Berkeley Catalyst Fund
Compare Photon Fund head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
10 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amplicore develops injectable therapeutics for degenerative musculoskeletal disorders | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Avotres does research related to autoimmune diseases and cancer. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Avvio provides business accounts and international payout services | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Caspr provides analytical AI for business analysis, offering market research and analysis services to various industries and professionals. | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| NDT Global provides pipeline diagnostic and inspection services using advanced inline inspection technology and unified expertise. | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Nelumbo is a materials technology company with products spanning from refrigeration systems to textiles. | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Newomics develops and provides omics solutions for precision medicine, including a unified multiomics platform and related technologies for mass spectrometry applications. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Tetramem develops analog in-memory computing technology for artificial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Valitor develops ophthalmic medicines using its multivalent biopolymer technology to improve patient outcomes in ophthalmology and vision-threatening diseases. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces and develops micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) for various applications, including speakers, cooling systems, and acoustic vents. | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- photonfund.vc
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 10
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