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Salt VC
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Salt VC is a venture capital firm that backs pre-seed and seed rounds, often before the round, deck, or company exists. It focuses on the first 24 months of a company's life, providing hands-on help, connections, and long-term partnership.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsaifuture of workfintechhealthcommerce
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Or find every investor that fitsSalt VC lists 88 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (18%), AI & Machine Learning (16%) and Fintech (14%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Peterson Partners, Kickstart and EPIC Ventures.
No funding round on record names Salt VC yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Salt VC's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 88. 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 | 18% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 18% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 12% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Peterson Partners | 30 |
| Kickstart | 15 |
| EPIC Ventures | 6 |
| StartX | 6 |
| Y Combinator | 6 |
| Corazon Capital | 4 |
| Evolution VC Partners | 4 |
| Frazier VC | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 94th | 89 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 | 9th | 18% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers8495%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company45%
- 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 Peterson Partners
Compare Salt VC head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
88 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allbirds sells shoes and apparel | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Anatomy provides financial automation solutions for healthcare organizations | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Artemis Health provides data intelligence to guide healthcare business decisions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Backbone provides product lifecycle management solutions for brands and retailers worldwide. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Banyan helps unlock and activate item-level receipt data to power commercial and consumer applications | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Blue Matador monitors cloud environments, including AWS, Kubernetes, and Azure, and provides insights and alerts on their health and performance. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Blyncsy helps cities and state Departments of Transportation automate their roadway maintenance and asset inventory activities | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Bonobos sells men's clothing and accessories | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Buildcheck provides automated drawing review for construction using AI-powered technology. | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI-powered operations for commercial real estate asset managers | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Refer connects candidates to companies that match with their preferences using an AI career agent | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Casca provides an AI lending platform for business loans | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Chatbooks creates custom photo books and offers a subscription service that turns camera roll photos into monthly books. | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| ClearJet provides infrastructure for parcel shipping | Legal & ComplianceE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| ClimateWells creates carbon credits when oil and gas operators shut down their old oilfields earlier, cutting emissions and improving local air quality. | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| Cotopaxi distributes outdoor gear and donates a portion of its revenue to its foundation to help end extreme poverty. | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Cylinder Health provides care plans for digestive health issues | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| DiversiFi provides software for third-party logistics companies to manage sales, billing, and shipping operations | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- salt.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 88
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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