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Piva Capital
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Piva Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco that invests in companies at the intersection of scientific breakthrough and mass market impact. It backs founders and emerging companies whose technologies address industrial challenges, and provides access to markets, corporations and technical experts through its network.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & ManufacturingEducation
In its own wordsindustrial technologyenergy transitionmaterialssupply chainroboticsclimate
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Or find every investor that fitsPiva Capital lists 17 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (30%), Industrial & Manufacturing (24%) and Education (18%). 85% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside RA Capital, Aramco Ventures and Congruent Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Piva Capital, 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 Piva Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 6 companies; its own site lists 17. 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 | 50% |
| Growth | 50% |
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 | 2 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 44th | 17 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 98th | 35% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 53th | 30% 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 | 30% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 24% | 7% |
| Education | 18% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 6% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Climate & Energy | 3% | 1% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 3% | 3% |
| Fintech | 3% | 12% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| RA Capital | 3 |
| Aramco Ventures | 2 |
| Congruent Ventures | 2 |
| DCVC | 2 |
| Energy Impact Partners | 2 |
| Engine Ventures | 2 |
| Fine Structure Ventures | 2 |
| Mana Ventures | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers17100%
- 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 Piva Capital 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 Piva Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 21 Nov 2024 | Series C+ | |
| 23 Sept 2024 | Series B |
Round details for Piva Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Piva Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
17 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloy delivers leak-tight, single-piece thermal management components engineered for maximum heat transfer and low pressure drop | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Boston Metal produces high-value metals from a wide range of inputs using its Molten Oxide Electrolysis technology | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Branch Energy installs, owns, and operates energy storage systems on commercial properties and pays the property owners for hosting them | EducationReal Estate & Construction | Sept 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Pyka designs and manufactures autonomous aircraft for various applications including agriculture, logistics, and defense. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2024Series B | Page + round | |
| INERATEC produces synthetic fuels and chemicals using carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and offers power-to-x plants and other products | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Koloma is harnessing naturally occurring hydrogen from deep within the Earth to power clean energy | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Lunar Energy designs and provides a full energy platform for homes, including solar, energy storage, and other electrification solutions. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Feb 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Malta Inc. develops a steam-based ultra-high temperature heat pump for industrial heat electrification or as the core technology behind its proprietary utility-scale long-duration energy storage solution. | Industrial & ManufacturingIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Menlo Micro designs and fabricates high-power RF MEMs switches | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| OneRail provides last mile delivery software | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Nov 2024Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Oobli develops and sells sweet proteins as a sugar replacement in food products | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Planted Solar develops and deploys autonomous solar power systems. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Plantible Foods is a biology company that unlocks the power of plants to produce ingredients for food. | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| VEIR develops and commercializes superconducting power solutions for data centers | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Oct 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Velo3D produces metal additive manufacturing systems and provides related services | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Worlds transforms live environments into real-time intelligence, giving organizations instant visibility into what’s happening and the power to act on it. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Xage Security provides a Zero Trust Identity Platform for privileged access management and cybersecurity services | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- piva.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 23 Sept 2024
- Companies checked
- 17
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