Investors / United States / SmartGateVC
SmartGateVC
Venture capital · Glendale, CA, United States · North America
SmartGateVC is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies and provides capital, talent, and industry connections to help them grow. It operates deep tech hubs called Hero House in California and Armenia and runs angel, mentor, advisory, and fellowship networks alongside an affiliated machine learning lab.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsphysical aisecure edgeneurotechbrain-computer interfacesdeep techartificial intelligence
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Or find every investor that fitsSmartGateVC lists 29 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (33%), AI & Machine Learning (26%) and Enterprise Software (12%). 92% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Granatus Ventures, Jumpspace Ventures and Triple S Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name SmartGateVC, 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 SmartGateVC's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 29. 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 | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 66th | 29 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 58th | 3% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 58th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 33% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 9% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 2% | 1% |
| Media & Entertainment | 2% | 4% |
| Legal & Compliance | 2% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Granatus Ventures | 5 |
| Jumpspace Ventures | 5 |
| Triple S Ventures | 4 |
| Y Combinator | 3 |
| AAL VC | 2 |
| CM Ventures | 2 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 2 |
| Founders.ai | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers29100%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Granatus Ventures
Compare SmartGateVC 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 SmartGateVC| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Nov 2025 | Seed |
Round details for SmartGateVC
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in SmartGateVC's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
29 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activeloop provides continual learning infrastructure for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Amaros AI provides precision intelligence for ophthalmology using its proprietary platform to integrate and analyze data from clinics and medical systems. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Anaconda provides a platform for building, securing, and operating artificial intelligence across various models, tools, and infrastructure | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Arnata provides autonomous AI workers for industries such as logistics, trucking, and manufacturing to run operations end-to-end. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Async provides an online video editing workflow using AI models and chat interface to create and edit videos | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Britive provides runtime privileged access for AI agents, NHIs, and humans | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Cloudchipr provides a platform for managing and optimizing cloud and AI costs | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs therapeutic neurotechnology to manage cancer from inside the body | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cordance Medical develops a non-invasive medical device to reversibly open the blood-brain barrier for targeted drug delivery and diagnosis of brain diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Nov 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Deep Origin develops and provides an AI-powered drug discovery platform | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fleak provides security data pipeline solutions to optimize and manage security information and event management (SIEM) systems | CybersecurityIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Grovf provides AI infrastructure and networking solutions | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| HarborSite is building a programmable gene insertion platform to cure diseases and enhance human performance | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Krisp provides voice AI solutions for meetings, call centers, and developers, including noise cancellation, AI note taking, and accent conversion. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Ladder Bio is designing and synthesizing libraries of unique compounds for highly selective binding of proteins of biologic interest | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| ModelFront provides a service to automate and improve the quality of AI translations | AI & Machine LearningLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Modicus Prime develops and provides enterprise software for managing artificial intelligence applications in the pharmaceutical industry | Healthcare & BiotechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Netris provides a network automation and multi-tenancy platform for AI cloud operators | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Neuraworx Medical Technologies, Inc. is a medical device company focused on developing Intelligent Cerebrovascular Pacing as a technology aimed at improving brain health with bioelectronic solutions that enhance glymphatic system function. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops soft brain interfaces and brain-computer interfaces using artificial intelligence to extract insights from brain recordings. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- smartgate.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 24 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 29
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