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Santa Barbara Venture Partners
Venture capital · Santa Barbara, CA, United States · North America
Santa Barbara Venture Partners is a venture capital fund that invests in B2B and B2C software companies. It supports portfolio companies with sales, marketing, and customer acquisition expertise.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsSanta Barbara Venture Partners lists 12 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (29%), Enterprise Software (14%) and Fintech (10%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Techstars, Bonfire Ventures and Bullpen Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Santa Barbara Venture Partners, 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 Santa Barbara Venture Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 12. 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 | 50% |
| Series B | 50% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 30th | 12 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 89th | 17% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 48th | 29% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 29% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 10% | 5% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 10% | 7% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 5% | 1% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
| Legal & Compliance | 5% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Techstars | 3 |
| Bonfire Ventures | 2 |
| Bullpen Capital | 2 |
| Engel Ventures | 2 |
| 3L Capital | 1 |
| Alumni Ventures | 1 |
| Another Round VC | 1 |
| Anzu Partners | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1192%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company18%
- 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 Santa Barbara Venture Partners 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 Santa Barbara Venture Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Jan 2026 | Series B | |
| 16 Jul 2025 | Series A |
Round details for Santa Barbara Venture Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Santa Barbara Venture Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
12 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automotus provides automated curb management solutions for cities, airports, and fleets | Mobility & LogisticsAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides parental control products and services to help families monitor and manage their children's online activities and device usage. | CybersecurityConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| BuyerCaddy provides a platform for on-demand tech stack benchmarking and cost savings | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| Curri provides last-mile delivery services for distributors and shippers | Legal & ComplianceE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Meez provides recipe management and food costing software for restaurant groups | Food & AgricultureEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Hydrosat provides thermal infrared data and analytics to help governments, companies, and partners monitor resources, detect change, and act earlier. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Reactiv provides a mobile app platform for commerce | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Rwazi provides a decision AI product called Sena for consumer network and business intelligence | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Jul 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Specright provides a platform for specification management | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Voltaiq provides an enterprise AI platform for battery engineering | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- santabarbaravp.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 16 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 12
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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