Investors / Santa Cruz Ventures
Santa Cruz Ventures
Venture capital
Santa Cruz Ventures is an investment firm that backs founders and companies in the Monterey Bay Area. It also sponsors and partners with regional organizations such as Santa Cruz Works and DART to support the local startup and technology community.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsmonterey bayregional investingtechnologylife sciencesconsumerrobotics
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Or find every investor that fitsSanta Cruz Ventures lists 12 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (24%), Healthcare & Biotech (24%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (12%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside 1st Course Capital, Acre Venture Partners and Active Impact Investments.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Santa Cruz Ventures, 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 Cruz Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; 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 roundSanta Cruz Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 100% |
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 | 0 | 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 | 73th | 8% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 29th | 24% 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 | 24% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 24% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 12% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 12% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Fintech | 6% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Consumer | 6% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 1st Course Capital | 1 |
| Acre Venture Partners | 1 |
| Active Impact Investments | 1 |
| Anorak Ventures | 1 |
| BioStar Capital | 1 |
| BlueRun Ventures | 1 |
| Brainstorm Ventures | 1 |
| Bread and Butter Ventures | 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with 1st Course Capital
Compare Santa Cruz Ventures 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 Cruz Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Aug 2026 | Series C+ |
Round details for Santa Cruz Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Santa Cruz Ventures' 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIO provides an all-in-one AI platform for restaurants | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Calorify measures energy expenditure using doubly labeled water. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Dispatch Goods provides reusable packaging solutions for food delivery services. | Food & AgricultureSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| Farmblox connects equipment and in-field sensors to an app so growers and producers can fix problems fast and automate tasks to improve productivity. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Light Links develops and provides optical wireless network technology | Industrial & ManufacturingCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops a platform for neuroscience research and data analysis. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Paystand provides a B2B payment network and related financial services to businesses. | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company discovers new biomarkers to advance next-generation diagnostics by analyzing RNA fragments | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Swellcycle manufactures large-format composite products, including surfboards, using sustainable methods and materials. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Versa Vascular is developing a minimally invasive treatment option for patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation | Healthcare & Biotech | Aug 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Wonderfil’s autonomous kiosks enable people to refill personal and home care products anywhere. | Consumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- santacruzventures.com
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 11 Aug 2026
- 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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