Investors / United States / StratMinds
StratMinds
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
StratMinds is a venture capital firm that invests in applied AI companies. It also advises corporates and sovereigns on AI strategy and deployment, and runs invitation-only events for AI leaders.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
In its own wordsapplied aiai infrastructureuser experienceinference chipson-device aienterprise ai
Your fit with StratMinds
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Or find every investor that fitsStratMinds lists 25 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (29%), Enterprise Software (17%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (8%). 75% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Flyer One Ventures, Green Sands Equity and AAL VC.
Counts come from funding rounds that name StratMinds, 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 StratMinds' whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 25. 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 roundThe rounds that name StratMinds do not give a stage.
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 | 60th | 25 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 49th | 29% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 29% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 17% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 4% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Flyer One Ventures | 3 |
| Green Sands Equity | 3 |
| AAL VC | 2 |
| Accel | 2 |
| Altimeter | 2 |
| Amity Ventures | 2 |
| Arctic Ventures | 2 |
| Astir Ventures | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers25100%
- 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 Flyer One Ventures
Compare StratMinds 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 StratMinds| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Mar 2026 | Round |
Round details for StratMinds
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in StratMinds' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
25 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company automates legal, banking, and investor onboarding for building and managing Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) and funds. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Anthropic develops AI models and products, including the Claude models, and conducts AI safety research. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Competera develops and provides AI-driven retail price optimization software | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| ControlRooms.ai develops and provides an agentic troubleshooting system for energy and chemical plant operations to detect and mitigate anomalies. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Fuel Finance provides an all-in-one financial planning and analysis solution that combines technology with human touch to help startups and small businesses manage their finances | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| MaintainX provides maintenance and asset management software | Industrial & ManufacturingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Groq operates a cloud platform for running AI inference, built on its own LPU chips and combined with NVIDIA GPUs. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Higgsfield develops and provides an AI-native creative suite for generating images, videos, and other content | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Mirai Labs designs adaptive cloud and AI systems for teams | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| New Generation delivers AI-native commerce experiences across chat, agents, and generative interfaces. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Omnitron Sensors designs and manufactures micromachines, specifically MEMS sensors and actuators. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Owl AI develops and manufactures thermal imaging products, including uncooled HD thermal sensors and perception software, for various applications such as automotive, defense, and surveillance. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells Japanese sake online in the U.S. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Pickford is an applied AI lab for interactive storytelling | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Playful allows users to create personal mini apps for themselves or the people in their life | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Plot Party is a video production studio that creates AI microdramas and provides various tools for storytelling and video production. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Portal AI provides a personal assistant that uses artificial intelligence to help users with tasks and decisions | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| ShapesXR provides a design and prototyping tool for 3D and immersive experiences | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Sonatus delivers vehicle AI solutions to enhance software-defined vehicles and reduce costs across the vehicle lifecycle. | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- stratminds.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 6 Mar 2026
- Companies checked
- 25
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