Investors / United States / Visible Hands
Visible Hands
Venture capital · Boston, MA, United States · North America
Visible Hands runs founder fellowship programs in New York City and Boston for early-stage, underrepresented founders, and invests in pre-seed and seed-stage companies. It reports 57+ investments of $100k+ and 36 portfolio companies.
Invests inFintech
In its own wordsunderrepresented foundersdiversitypre-seedseedtech-enabledfellowship
Your fit with Visible Hands
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Or find every investor that fitsVisible Hands lists 23 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Pre-seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (22%), Education (11%) and AI & Machine Learning (11%). 79% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Bronze Valley, Collab Capital and Grid110.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Visible Hands, 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 Visible Hands' whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 23. 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 | 100% |
| Seed | 0% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 55th | 22 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 62th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 25th | 22% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 22% | 12% |
| Education | 11% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 11% | 18% |
| Media & Entertainment | 8% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Bronze Valley | 2 |
| Collab Capital | 2 |
| Grid110 | 2 |
| 100KM VC | 1 |
| ACME Capital | 1 |
| Accel | 1 |
| Act One Ventures | 1 |
| Ada Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers23100%
- 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 Visible Hands 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 Visible Hands| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Pre-Seed |
Round details for Visible Hands
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Visible Hands' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
23 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlytic creates and manages marketing campaigns for brands, including influencer and social media marketing, experiential marketing, and targeted media advertising. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Aura provides digital protection services to keep individuals and families safe from online security risks and identity theft. | CybersecurityFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bluecore Energy develops floating nuclear power plants for ports and cities | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jul 2026Pre-Seed · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Crafted helps drive Walmart sales with social media through creator videos, meta ads, and receipt-verified purchases | E-commerce & MarketplacesMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Dollaride empowers fleet owners to modernize their transportation services through EV financing, infrastructure deployment, and vehicle storage. | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Hearth Display provides a family organizer system with calendars, routines, and meal planning in one place | ConsumerEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Highnote provides a payments platform for issuing, acquiring, credit, money movement, and real-time ledgering | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Levl provides stablecoin payments infrastructure and related services | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Oatfin streamlines cloud application delivery, replacing manual processes with efficient self-service automation for faster results. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Plot provides AI-powered tools for social media teams to watch, listen to, and read social videos and capture user-generated content | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Preneur provides an all-in-one platform for promoting, capturing, and selling products and services | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| PrepShift provides bookkeeping, financial coaching, and management consulting services to independent food businesses | Food & AgricultureFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Retell Ai develops and provides AI voice agents that automate phone calls for various industries | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company connects people with online psychologists for support in a secure and confidential environment. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| ShipShap provides an all-in-one commerce and logistics platform for businesses to manage sales and shipping | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Sign-Speak provides automated ASL interpretation, captions, and translation services | AI & Machine LearningEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Spill provides an Employee Assistance Programme for businesses | Healthcare & BiotechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Swella provides luxury braiding services for textured hair | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Tripsha combines expert planners with a dedicated web app to help plan private events | Enterprise SoftwareLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Tuma provides instant money transfer services from UK bank cards to MPESA and other mobile wallets in East Africa. | Fintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- visiblehands.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 21 Jul 2026
- Companies checked
- 23
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