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Shasta Ventures

Venture capital · United States · North America

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Shasta Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders at the earliest stages. It provides capital, insight, and operating experience to help build companies.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning

In its own wordssoftwareaideep techearly stage

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7portfolio companies
7funding rounds on record1 led
3rounds, last 12 months
$5M to $20Mtypical round it comes in at
Series Amost frequent entry

Shasta Ventures lists 7 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 7 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 80% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (67%), Enterprise Software (8%) and Robotics & Hardware (8%). 71% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside GD1, Icehouse Ventures and NZVC.

Counts come from funding rounds that name Shasta 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 round
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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
Value
Pre-seed0%
Seed0%
Series A80%
Series B20%
Growth0%

Activity by year

rounds it joined, last 10 years
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Funding rounds per year
TotalRounds it led
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Investor profile

percentile among all firms
Portfolio size: 7 companiesRecent activity: 3 rounds in 12 monthsEarly stage: 0% of entries at pre-seed or seedEvidence: 0% of companies confirmed by a roundSector focus: 67% in its largest sectorReach: 2 countriesPortfolio size12th pctRecent activity76th pctEarly stage54th pctEvidence52th pctSector focus91th pctReach42th pct
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Shasta Ventures compared with all firms
MeasurePercentile of all firmsValue
Portfolio size12th7 companies
Recent activity76th3 rounds in 12 months
Early stage54th0% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence52th0% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus91th67% in its largest sector
Reach42th2 countries

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies
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Co-investors
Share
GD12
Icehouse Ventures2
NZVC2
8VC1
Aera VC1
Allegis Capital1
Alpha Partners1
Andreessen Horowitz1

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Its portfolio companies

where they are based, and what their own sites show

Headquarters

Site status

  • Site answers7100%
  • 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 companies

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This firmAll checked companies
AI & Machine Learning67%18%
Enterprise Software8%8%
Robotics & Hardware8%1%
Cybersecurity8%4%
Human Resources8%1%

Co-investor network

who it backs companies with, and who they back together
23 shared companies12 shared companies11 shared companies8 shared companies8 shared companies5 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companies3 shared companies3 shared companies3 shared companies3 shared companies3 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companiesGD1: 2 shared companiesGD12Icehouse Ventures: 2 shared companiesIcehouse Ventures2NZVC: 2 shared companiesNZVC28VC: 1 shared companies8VC1Aera VC: 1 shared companiesAera VC1Allegis Capital: 1 shared companiesAllegis Capital1Alpha Partners: 1 shared companiesAlpha Partners1Andreessen Horowitz: 1 shared companiesAndreessen Horowitz1Ascend: 1 shared companiesAscend1Balerion Space Ventures: 1 shared companiesBalerion Space Ventur…1Blackbird: 1 shared companiesBlackbird1Crosscourt Ventures: 1 shared companiesCrosscourt Ventures1
Shared portfolio companies with Shasta VenturesFirms that also back companies together

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Compare Shasta Ventures head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

Three or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with Shasta Ventures
DateCompanyStage
20 Aug 2026Vessevvessev.comSeries A
16 Jun 2026Dawndawnaerospace.comSeries B
3 Feb 2026Overland AIoverland.aiSeries A
4 Nov 2025Portal26portal26.aiSeries A Led
1 Jul 2025wisq.comwisq.comRound
2 Aug 2023lightup.ailightup.aiSeries A
12 Aug 2019Lucidworkslucidworks.comRound

Round details for Shasta Ventures

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Shasta Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.

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Portfolio

7 companies checked against their own sites
CompanyWhat it doesThemesFirst round with itEvidence
Dawndawnaerospace.com · New ZealandDawn Aerospace develops and operates spaceplanes and in-space propulsion systems for satellite propulsion and space transportation.
AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning
Jun 2026Series BFunding round
lightup.ailightup.ai · United StatesThe company provides enterprise data observability solutions powered by AI anomaly detection and agentic interfaces.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Aug 2023Series AFunding round
Lucidworkslucidworks.com · United States
Aug 2019RoundFunding round
Overland AIoverland.ai · United StatesOverland AI develops and builds autonomous ground vehicles and related systems for various applications
Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning
Feb 2026Series AFunding round
Portal26portal26.ai · United StatesPortal26 develops and provides an AI-first enterprise platform for managing and securing AI data and systems
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
Nov 2025Series AFunding round
Vessevvessev.com · New ZealandVessev designs, builds and assembles electric hydrofoiling vessels
AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning
Aug 2026Series AFunding round
wisq.comwisq.com · United StatesWisq provides an AI platform for human resources management
AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources
Jul 2025RoundFunding round

About this data

site last read 5 Nov 2026
The homepage of Shasta Ventures, as last read
shasta.vc as VCinfo last read it
Site
shasta.vc
Last read
5 Nov 2026
Watching since
5 Nov 2026
Rounds since
12 Aug 2019
Companies checked
7

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