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VU Venture Partners
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
VU Venture Partners is a global early-stage technology venture capital fund that invests across nine sector-focused vertical teams. It also operates related platforms including a real estate private equity fund, an investor syndicate, an investor accelerator, and a fund administration platform.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsspacetechhealthcareartificial intelligenceroboticsfintechenterprise
Your fit with VU Venture Partners
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Or find every investor that fitsVU Venture Partners lists 102 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (25%), Healthcare & Biotech (20%) and Fintech (13%). 66% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Aurum Venture Partners, Y Combinator and Capitoria.
Counts come from funding rounds that name VU Venture Partners, 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 VU Venture Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 102. 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 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 96th | 102 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 54th | 2% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 36th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 99th | 16 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 20% | 15% |
| Fintech | 13% | 12% |
| Space & Defense | 7% | 3% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 4% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 3% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Aurum Venture Partners | 34 |
| Y Combinator | 12 |
| Capitoria | 9 |
| Founders Fund | 7 |
| Beyond | 6 |
| Draper Associates | 6 |
| HOF Capital | 6 |
| Inertia Ventures | 6 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers9795%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company55%
- 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 Aurum Venture Partners
Compare VU Venture Partners 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 VU Venture Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Mar 2026 | Seed | |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 16 Apr 2025 | Seed |
Round details for VU Venture Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in VU Venture Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
102 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company produces home robots. | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| AdrenoMed AG is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops treatments for life-threatening conditions associated with increased vascular leakage, congestion and shock. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Akash Systems builds and delivers GPU servers that use diamond cooling technology for AI computing | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | |||
| Alkemio delivers a high-purity separation platform for rare earth refining | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
Fintech | Portfolio page | |||
| Anduril Industries specializes in advanced autonomous systems for defense and commercial mission sets. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a technology platform for retail businesses to manage and grow | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| AskPorter provides AI-powered property operations and resident engagement services, including repairs management and proactive care. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Atomionics develops and uses quantum sensors and AI to improve resource exploration and discovery | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Autolab provides automotive mechanical services, including repairs and maintenance, for various vehicle types. | Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Bitesize provides an AI follow-up tool for automotive dealership CRMs to revive dormant leads and boost sales | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| BrainHi provides an AI platform for automating phone operations and patient communication in healthcare and other sectors | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides ready-to-use DNA molecules based on customer-provided sequences | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides international shipping and purchasing services, allowing customers to buy products from overseas at a lower cost and with greater simplicity. | E-commerce & MarketplacesLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Cache DNA develops biopreservation reagents for storing biomolecules at room temperature | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cellbricks Therapeutics develops advanced, cell-based human tissue therapeutics to treat conditions with no solutions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Cellbricks develops advanced, cell-based human tissue therapeutics to treat conditions with no solutions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Conception develops stem cell technology to make reproductive cells in the lab, using developmental biology and computation to make in-vitro gametogenesis safe and reliable. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- vuventurepartners.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 16 Apr 2025
- Companies checked
- 102
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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