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Workday Ventures

Corporate VC · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America

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Workday Ventures is the strategic investment arm of Workday, the enterprise AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. It invests in emerging enterprise software companies and connects them with Workday's customers, partners, and employees.

Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareCybersecurity

In its own wordsenterprise softwareai agentsautomationfuture of worksecurityresponsible ai

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13portfolio companies
10funding rounds on record2 led
4rounds, last 12 months
$20M to $100Mtypical round it comes in at
Series Bmost frequent entry
$500Mlatest fund2018

Workday Ventures lists 13 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 10 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 33% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (46%), Enterprise Software (29%) and Cybersecurity (17%). 92% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Bain Capital Ventures, Capital One Ventures and Databricks Ventures.

Counts come from funding rounds that name Workday Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.

Entry stage

share of companies by the stage of its first round

Workday Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.

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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
Value
Pre-seed0%
Seed11%
Series A22%
Series B33%
Growth33%

Activity by year

rounds it joined, last 10 years
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Funding rounds per year
TotalRounds it led
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Investor profile

percentile among all firms
Portfolio size: 13 companiesRecent activity: 4 rounds in 12 monthsEarly stage: 11% of entries at pre-seed or seedEvidence: 0% of companies confirmed by a roundSector focus: 46% in its largest sectorReach: 2 countriesPortfolio size33th pctRecent activity82th pctEarly stage55th pctEvidence52th pctSector focus80th pctReach42th pct
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Workday Ventures compared with all firms
MeasurePercentile of all firmsValue
Portfolio size33th13 companies
Recent activity82th4 rounds in 12 months
Early stage55th11% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence52th0% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus80th46% in its largest sector
Reach42th2 countries

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies
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Co-investors
Share
Bain Capital Ventures2
Capital One Ventures2
Databricks Ventures2
GV2
IVP2
M122
Rain Capital2
Scribble Ventures2

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Its portfolio companies

where they are based, and what their own sites show

Headquarters

Site status

  • Site answers13100%
  • 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.

Investment themes

share of its checked companies

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Investment themes
This firmAll checked companies
AI & Machine Learning46%18%
Enterprise Software29%8%
Cybersecurity17%4%
Education4%7%
Healthcare & Biotech4%15%

Co-investor network

who it backs companies with, and who they back together
17 shared companies14 shared companies11 shared companies11 shared companies7 shared companies6 shared companies6 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companies3 shared companies3 shared companies3 shared companies3 shared companies3 shared companies3 shared companies2 shared companiesBain Capital Ventures: 2 shared companiesBain Capital Ventures2Capital One Ventures: 2 shared companiesCapital One Ventures2Databricks Ventures: 2 shared companiesDatabricks Ventures2GV: 2 shared companiesGV2IVP: 2 shared companiesIVP2M12: 2 shared companiesM122Rain Capital: 2 shared companiesRain Capital2Scribble Ventures: 2 shared companiesScribble Ventures2Sequoia Capital: 2 shared companiesSequoia Capital201A: 1 shared companies01A1ACME Capital: 1 shared companiesACME Capital1AIX Ventures: 1 shared companiesAIX Ventures1
Shared portfolio companies with Workday VenturesFirms that also back companies together

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Compare Workday Ventures head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

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Funds

as stated on its site
Workday Ventures Fund$500M2018 · "$500 million" on its site

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with Workday Ventures
DateCompanyStage
29 Jun 2026Straikerstraiker.aiSeries A Led
18 May 2026sigmacomputing.comsigmacomputing.comSeries C+
15 Apr 2026Auctorgetauctor.comSeries A
10 Feb 2026reco.aireco.aiSeries B
20 Oct 2025LangChainlangchain.comSeries B
18 Sept 2025conducthq.comconducthq.comSeed
11 Aug 2025Laurellaurel.aiRound Led
28 Apr 2025veza.comveza.comSeries C+

Round details for Workday Ventures

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Workday Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.

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Portfolio

13 companies checked against their own sites
CompanyWhat it doesThemesFirst round with itEvidence
Astrix Securityastrix.security · United StatesAstrix Security provides identity security solutions for AI agents and non-human identities
CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning
Dec 2024Series BFunding round
conducthq.comconducthq.com · AustraliaConduct creates products and services, including UX/UI design, software development, and digital products, for various organizations.
EducationHealthcare & Biotech
Sept 2025SeedFunding round
data.worlddata.world · United StatesData.world provides a data catalog platform for enterprises to manage and utilize their data
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Portfolio page
Auctorgetauctor.com · United StatesAuctor provides an AI system for software implementations, helping teams deliver projects faster and more consistently.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Apr 2026Series AFunding round
Guildguild.ai · United StatesGuild provides a platform to manage and control AI agents for businesses
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Portfolio page
LangChainlangchain.com · United StatesThe company provides an open agent platform for developing and improving AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Oct 2025Series BFunding round
Laurellaurel.ai · United StatesThe company provides an AI timekeeping and work intelligence platform
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Aug 2025RoundFunding round
Leagueleague.com
Portfolio page
reco.aireco.ai · United StatesThe company provides a security platform to monitor, secure, and govern AI agents and their connections.
CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning
Feb 2026Series BFunding round
sigmacomputing.comsigmacomputing.com · United StatesSigma provides a platform for building analytics, applications, and automation tools on live warehouse data
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
May 2026Series C+Funding round
Straikerstraiker.ai · United StatesStraiker provides AI security solutions to support governance and security at scale
CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning
Jun 2026Series AFunding round
veza.comveza.com · United StatesVeza provides an identity security platform to manage and secure access to data and systems.
CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning
Apr 2025Series C+Funding round
Workboardworkboard.com · United StatesWorkboard provides a platform for strategy execution and OKR management
Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning
Jan 2020Series C+Funding round

About this data

site last read 5 Nov 2026
The homepage of Workday Ventures, as last read
workday.com as VCinfo last read it
Site
workday.com
Last read
5 Nov 2026
Watching since
5 Nov 2026
Rounds since
16 Jan 2020
Companies checked
13

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