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Root Ventures
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Root Ventures is a seed stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. It leads initial funding rounds for engineering founders building deep tech companies, typically investing $3-5M per deal.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsdeep techhardwareroboticsdeveloper toolsiotautomation
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Or find every investor that fitsRoot Ventures lists 57 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Industrial & Manufacturing (15%) and Cybersecurity (10%). 93% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, TenOneTen Ventures and Creative Destruction Lab.
No funding round on record names Root Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Root Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 57. 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% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 15% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 10% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 15% |
| Education | 3% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 12 |
| TenOneTen Ventures | 4 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 3 |
| A&E Investments | 2 |
| Accel | 2 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| Benchstrength | 2 |
| Canaan | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 88th | 59 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 | 58th | 3 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5596%
- 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 Root Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
57 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Allspice provides a platform for hardware teams to collaborate, track design changes, automate releases, and integrate AI into their workflow. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aperture Data provides a database platform for managing and searching multimodal AI data, including text, images, videos, and documents. | AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page | ||
| Apolloshield detects and blocks unauthorized drone intrusions. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| CADY analyzes electrical schematics using artificial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Cape provides private cell phone service with a focus on security and minimal data collection | ConsumerCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| ChargeLab provides software for managing electric vehicle charging infrastructure | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Crux modernizes how capital is raised and deployed into clean and critical infrastructure. | FintechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Daily provides developers with realtime voice, video, and AI technology | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| DeepWeave develops AI-native design-technology co-optimization products for chip design | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Determinate Systems provides a platform for engineering teams to control and manage their software supply chain and Nix deployments | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Dusty Robotics provides automated construction layout solutions | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Esper provides a government knowledge management and policy platform | EducationLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Finite Systems is building a system to improve the engineering process with professional CAD, CAM, and FEA tools grounded in physics and with AI built in. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an intelligent operations platform for airlines to optimize flight monitoring, in-flight optimization, and intelligent alerting. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Fudge provides an AI operator for Shopify stores to help with tasks such as SEO, conversion, and merchandising | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company turns AI into next-gen silicon | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Sensable provides a vision AI-based solution for operations visibility into daily workforce interactions with machines and materials. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Zep provides a context layer for enterprise agents, giving them access to company knowledge and skills | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Ground Control Dev provides software and services for facilities management and construction project management for advanced manufacturing factories | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 11 Nov 2026- Site
- root.vc
- Last read
- 11 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 57
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