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Quansight Initiate
Venture capital
Quansight Initiate is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in startups building on open-source technology. It focuses on companies with significant reliance on open source, particularly around education, IoT, data management, data science, machine learning and AI.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
In its own wordsopen sourceeducationiotdata managementdata sciencemachine learning
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Or find every investor that fitsQuansight Initiate lists 16 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (38%), Enterprise Software (17%) and Education (10%). 88% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Sputnik ATX VC, PGV and SmartGateVC.
No funding round on record names Quansight Initiate yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Quansight Initiate's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 16. 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 | 38% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 17% | 8% |
| Education | 10% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 7% | 4% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 7% | 4% |
| Human Resources | 3% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Sputnik ATX VC | 5 |
| PGV | 2 |
| SmartGateVC | 2 |
| 11-11 Ventures | 1 |
| 3Lines | 1 |
| AAL VC | 1 |
| AiSprouts VC | 1 |
| Allegis Capital | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 42th | 16 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 | 70th | 38% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1488%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company213%
- 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 Quansight Initiate head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
16 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activeloop provides continual learning infrastructure for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Addavox provides AI video dubbing services in over 150 languages, allowing users to localize their videos while keeping the original speaker's voice and performance rhythm. | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Anaconda provides a platform for building, securing, and operating artificial intelligence across various models, tools, and infrastructure | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| AutoAuto provides a learning platform and self-driving cars for teaching Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence to students | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bodo provides a modern foundation for analytics in the AI era, allowing teams to work in the languages and tools they already know | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Canary Speech develops a clinical decision support tool that uses vocal biomarker technology to assess wellness and provide insights for healthcare decisions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | |||
| GrowthChannel provides a programmatic advertising platform for managing cross-channel campaigns | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Naas creates an open source AI Operating System that processes large language models with an organization's ontology to create tools that extend human capabilities. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| OpenTeams provides AI infrastructure and solutions for various industries, including government, biotech, and defense | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Polygraf AI provides enterprise-grade AI security and zero-trust governance solutions | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
FintechEducation | Portfolio page | |||
| Savimbo is a social enterprise that sells climate products, including biodiversity credits, carbon credits, and ecotourism, to help stop deforestation | Climate & EnergyAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Soar provides a community and tools to help individuals thrive in their work and life by utilizing their strengths, with features such as team grids, message boards, and coach chats. | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Vertalo provides a software layer for tokenization, utilizing a shared distributed ledger to serve as a securityholder register | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Vibility gives healthcare practices a complete patient program with curriculum, technology, and support to launch a branded digital program | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- qi.ventures
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 16
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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