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StartFast Ventures
Venture capital
StartFast Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs B2B AI-native companies outside Silicon Valley, writing checks of $500K to $2MM at seed and Series A. It also runs a mentorship-based accelerator program designed to help high-growth companies make a year's worth of progress in three months.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
In its own wordsb2baiartificial intelligenceseedseries aoutside silicon valley
Your fit with StartFast Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsStartFast Ventures lists 14 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, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (16%), Fintech (16%) and Cybersecurity (12%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Launch NY, 412 Venture Fund and Amand Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name StartFast 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 StartFast Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 14. 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 | 50% |
| Series A | 50% |
| 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 | 2 | 1 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 36th | 14 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 70th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 4th | 16% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 20th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 18% |
| Fintech | 16% | 12% |
| Cybersecurity | 12% | 4% |
| Education | 8% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Legal & Compliance | 8% | 2% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Launch NY | 2 |
| 412 Venture Fund | 1 |
| Amand Ventures | 1 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 1 |
| Automotive Ventures | 1 |
| BMW i Ventures | 1 |
| Capital Innovators | 1 |
| Capitoria | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers14100%
- 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 togetherCompare StartFast 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 StartFast Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Series A Led | |
| 31 Jul 2025 | Seed |
Round details for StartFast Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in StartFast Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
14 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automation Intellect provides analytics software to improve machine overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) for manufacturers | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Baywatch Technologies uses cameras to document vehicle condition at service drives to prevent damage claims | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Blackbird.AI provides a platform for narrative and risk intelligence | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| CodeCombat creates coding games to learn Python and JavaScript | EducationGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| The company offers a unified technology platform for health networks and community partners to streamline operations and deliver care | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cyrisma provides a platform for vulnerability management, data discovery, compliance management, and other cybersecurity services. | CybersecuritySpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| DesignerInc operates a B2B trade platform and marketplace for interior designers and trade manufacturers | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company oversees leagues for varsity-level collegiate, high school, and middle school esports teams and works with schools to develop their esports programs. | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Impel provides an AI-powered customer lifecycle management system for the automotive industry | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| KredosAi provides an AI-driven consumer engagement platform for payments | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2025Seed · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| SelectFI provides predictive lending solutions for auto dealership financing | FintechLegal & Compliance | Dec 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| SelectFI provides predictive lending solutions for auto dealership financing | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Signos provides continuous glucose monitoring for weight management | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Tunedly produces music for clients using real musicians and studio production | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- startfastventures.com
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 8 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 31 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 14
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