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U First Capital
Venture capital · Silicon Valley, CA, United States · North America
U First Capital is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm whose founding team has technical PhD backgrounds and experience investing in technology companies. The firm cites a track record including exits such as Groq, Rubrik, Pensando Systems, Nextdoor, Palantir and Pinterest.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
In its own wordstechnologyfounderssilicon valley
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Or find every investor that fitsU First Capital lists 20 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (32%), Enterprise Software (29%) and Cybersecurity (11%). 90% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside IVP, Palo Alto Growth Capital and Augurey Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name U First Capital, 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 U First Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 20. 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 roundU First Capital does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 50% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 50% |
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 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 49th | 19 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 57th | 32% 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 32% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 29% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 11% | 4% |
| Fintech | 11% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| IVP | 5 |
| Palo Alto Growth Capital | 4 |
| Augurey Ventures | 3 |
| Capital One Ventures | 3 |
| Cisco Investments | 3 |
| K2 Global | 3 |
| Kleiner Perkins | 3 |
| Night Capital | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers20100%
- 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 U First Capital 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 U First Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 25 Oct 2025 | Round | |
| 7 May 2025 | Seed |
Round details for U First Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in U First Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
20 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checkr provides background checks and verification services using AI and human experts to help companies make informed decisions about candidates and customers. | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Clubhouse provides live voice chat services | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Cornami makes production silicon that runs computation on encrypted data end to end | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Dataminr delivers the earliest warnings on high impact events and critical information far in advance of other sources using its AI platform. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| H2O.ai provides a platform for running sovereign AI in various environments, including on-premises, private cloud, and cloud | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Harness provides a platform for software development and delivery using artificial intelligence and automation. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Helium provides intelligent infrastructure for building wireless connectivity and the software to utilize it. | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Ironclad provides AI contract lifecycle management software | Legal & ComplianceEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Palantir develops and provides software platforms to help organizations implement solutions to complex problems. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Positron develops and sells hardware for artificial intelligence applications, specifically for generative AI model inference. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Sept 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| ThoughtSpot provides a platform for analytics and data insights using artificial intelligence. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Trust Machines is building Bitcoin applications to maximize the value of the Bitcoin network. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Uniphore provides a platform for businesses to execute and manage artificial intelligence across various operations and industries | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| UptiQ provides a financial AI platform for banks, credit unions, and wealth firms | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2025Round | Funding round | |
| Wag! books trusted dog walkers and pet overnight care near you. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| WisdomAI builds and validates the business context behind accurate answers and applies it in production across various analytics platforms. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | May 2025Seed | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- ufirstcapital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 7 May 2025
- Companies checked
- 20
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