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Serra Ventures
Venture capital · Champaign, IL, United States · North America
Serra Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early stage growth companies with deep technology that solves industry-specific problems. It was founded to support innovation in the Midwest and has invested in over 100 companies across 20 states.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Your fit with Serra Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsSerra Ventures lists 4 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (71%), Enterprise Software (14%) and Healthcare & Biotech (14%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Starshot Capital, Ag Startup Engine and Braid Theory.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Serra Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 1 |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Starshot Capital | 2 |
| Ag Startup Engine | 1 |
| Braid Theory | 1 |
| Cultivate Next | 1 |
| Earth Foundry | 1 |
| Flyover Capital | 1 |
| Grit Road Partners | 1 |
| Illinois Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 71% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 15% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Starshot Capital
Compare Serra Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Serra Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Serra Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Serra Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
4 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMIO develops and manufactures biological products to improve soil performance and nutrient efficiency for commercial agriculture | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Phi Optics provides quantitative, real-time, 3D imaging of cell, tissue, and organoids assays, among other things. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Quercus Bio creates biology-based solutions for crop protection using genAI. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides AI-powered decision intelligence and optimization solutions for logistics, supply chain, and workforce management. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Jun 2026Series A | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- serraventures.com
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Jun 2026
- Companies checked
- 4
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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