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A*
San Francisco, United States
A* is an early‑stage venture capital firm that partners with outlier founders to help them move from idea to IPO. They focus on high‑impact technology companies, providing conviction‑led and founder‑centric capital acros...
Portfolio
62+
Employees
10+
Founded
N/A
AUM
≈ $315.0M
Investment focus
Stages
Pre-Seed → Series A
Industries
No industries listedGeographic scope
North America
Fund details
Funds
Fund II
Vintage 2024 • $315.0M
Sources
A*
A* is an early‑stage venture capital firm that partners with outlier founders to help them move from idea to IPO. They focus on high‑impact technology companies, providing conviction‑led and founder‑centric capital across the seed to Series A stages. Their approach emphasizes long‑term partnership and relentless support for ambitious entrepreneurs.
Portfolio
62+
Employees
10+
Founded
N/A
AUM
≈ $315.0M
Funds
Fund II · Vintage 2024 • $315.0M
Stages
Pre-Seed → Series A
Industries
No industries listedGeographic scope
North America
Sources
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AI.Work offers autonomous AI Workers that automate high‑volume service requests for internal operations teams by orchestrating multi‑agent workflows across tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, Slack, Teams, and Zoom. The platform enforces configurable compliance policies, provides full audit logs, and supports any LLM while allowing human‑in‑the‑loop escalation for decisions that require judgment.
Funding: $10.0M
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A*lool ventures
A*lool ventures
Funding: $10.0M
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Aligned Marketplace provides self-insured employers with access to a national network of over 3,000 independent primary care providers through a single contract, facilitating value-based payments that align costs with quality of care. This model addresses the challenge of high healthcare expenses by offering affordable, personalized primary care options that limit out-of-pocket costs for employees to a maximum of $25 per visit.
Funding: $7.5M
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A* CapitalMaverick Ventures
A* CapitalMaverick Ventures
Funding: $7.5M
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Andera offers an AI-driven platform that automates SOX control testing and workpaper generation, requiring no setup and ensuring compliance with auditor formats. By streamlining evidence gathering and exception management, the platform reduces SOX auditing costs by 70%, saving significant time and resources for public accounting firms and internal audit teams.
Antioch provides a development and simulation platform for autonomy teams to build, evaluate, and deploy autonomous systems entirely in software. The platform shifts robotics validation workflows from hardware-in-the-loop to pure software, integrating natively with existing CI/CD processes. Its Ark containerization creates a version-controlled artifact that ensures deterministic performance, effectively closing the sim-to-real gap for test-driven autonomy development.
Cape operates as a privacy-first mobile carrier offering nationwide 4G and 5G service with minimal data collection and aggressive data deletion policies. The service provides premium security features like identifier rotation, SIM swap protection, and last-mile encrypted texting. Customers receive unlimited talk, text, and data, ensuring communications and network activity remain private.
Funding: $40.0M
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Funding: $40.0M
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Carta provides a cloud‑native ERP platform that consolidates equity management, fund administration, and portfolio analytics for private‑market participants. The system automates cap‑table updates, electronic securities issuance, 409A/ASC 718 valuations, tax filings and offers real‑time scenario modeling and compliance monitoring through integrated dashboards and API connections. This unified solution delivers a single source of truth to reduce manual effort, improve data accuracy, and accelerate decision‑making for founders, investors and fund managers.
Funding: $500.0M
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Silver Lake
Silver Lake
Funding: $500.0M
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CivilGrid provides a cloud‑based platform that aggregates utility, environmental, geotechnical and other site data into a single searchable mapfor engineering, construction and municipal teams. Users can access utility shapefiles, conduct due‑diligence, capture field observations, and generate analytics to streamline project planning, permitting and bid preparation. The service is sold on a subscription basis, with optional data‑service add‑ons and enterprise support for utilities, contractors, developers and public agencies.
Funding: $5.7M
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Funding: $5.7M
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Clara is a business payments platform in Latin America that offers a digital credit card solution, real-time expense tracking, and AI-driven financial management tools. It addresses the need for efficient expense management and liquidity by enabling companies to create virtual cards, manage approvals, and pay providers using a credit line.
Funding: $473.5M
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Funding: $473.5M
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CloudWalk offers a payment network infrastructure powered by AI and blockchain to provide businesses with more equitable economic terms and faster fund settlement. Its platforms, JIM for the US and InfinitePay for Brazil, leverage the STRATUS blockchain to enhance payment processing and customer engagement for merchants.
Funding: $444.0M
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Funding: $444.0M
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Decagon provides a unified platform for building, optimizing, and scaling conversational AI agents across voice, chat, and email channels. The platform uses Agent Operating Procedures (AOPs) for natural language workflow definition, enabling rapid iteration and performance improvement. This allows enterprises to deliver consistent, high-quality customer experiences while increasing deflection rates and reducing operational costs.
Funding: $96.5M
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Bain Capital Ventures
Bain Capital Ventures
Funding: $96.5M
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EyeTell is a cloud‑based platform that automates the full production workflow for audio‑visual content, generating scripts, sound design, media assets, and a final stitched video. Users can choose fully automated creation or manually adjust each element, supporting any format—from sitcom scenes and movies to podcasts, news broadcasts, or custom media types. The service monetizes through subscription tiers that grant access to the AI‑driven production tools and export of final assets.
Faire is a wholesale marketplace that connects retailers with over 100,000 brands across various categories, enabling them to source inventory efficiently from a single platform. The platform offers features like free returns on first orders and deferred payment options, addressing the challenges of inventory management and cash flow for small businesses.
Funding: $1.7B
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Funding: $1.7B
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Fifteenth provides a flat‑fee, end‑to‑end tax preparation and advisory service for high‑earning individuals with equity compensation, multi‑state income, crypto and partnership assets. The platform securely aggregates payroll, brokerage and crypto data via APIs, runs an AI‑driven tax engine that identifies thousands of optimization opportunities, and delivers the results to experienced CPAs who review, file and offer year‑round guidance through an online portal.
20+
1K+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $8.3M
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Funding: $8.3M
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This company provides an integrated public safety technology ecosystem combining hardware and software solutions for crime deterrence and investigation. Their platform utilizes License Plate Readers (LPR), video cameras, and autonomous drones to generate actionable intelligence for law enforcement and security teams. The system connects public and private entities to share data, enabling faster emergency response and evidence collection across various sectors.
1000+
30K+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $380.6M
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Funding: $380.6M
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Fragment provides an AI‑driven autonomous context engine that layers onto existing ERP, procurement, MES, and supplier systems to automate source‑to‑pay workflows. Its agents ingest structured data, documents, and tribal knowledge to resolve invoice exceptions, purchase‑order mismatches, and supplier disputes without data migration or extensive implementation projects. The platform charges customers on a subscription basis, delivering cost savings and reduced rework by automating high‑friction procurement steps and scaling to additional transactional processes.
General Biological Corporation shifts the chemical industry from petrochemical processes to industrial biology using proprietary whole-cell catalyst technology. This continuous manufacturing approach generates molecules at rates ten times faster than conventional bioproduction methods. The company utilizes renewable carbon sources and fixes CO2 to produce high-yield, low-cost materials for performance, electronics, and building industries.
5+
200+Approximate amount of employees
The startup offers a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that simplifies access to various DeFi products through a user-friendly interface and cross-chain functionality. This platform enhances financial inclusion by providing users with the tools to engage with decentralized financial systems, thereby addressing barriers to entry and promoting stability in financial transactions.
Grove AI develops AI agents, such as Grace, for clinical trial operations to support participants and sites 24/7. This platform integrates across clinical trial workflows to manage participant relationships, automate scheduling, and handle inquiries in multiple languages. The service aims to accelerate recruitment, reduce site burden, and improve screening pass rates for pharmaceutical sponsors, CROs, and site networks.
Funding: $4.9M
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Funding: $4.9M
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Gusto provides a cloud‑based platform that automates payroll processing, tax filing, time‑and‑attendance tracking, and benefits enrollment for small and mid‑size businesses. The system includes compliance alerts, real‑time reporting, and integrations with accounting and HR tools, allowing firms to consolidate HR functions and reduce manual administration. Optional add‑ons such as global payroll and an API let companies extend payroll capabilities to third‑party applications.
Instacart is an online grocery platform that utilizes a logistics and delivery management system to facilitate same-day delivery and pickup services for consumers and retailers. This service addresses the need for convenient access to groceries, enabling users to shop from multiple stores without the hassle of in-person visits.
Funding: $232.0M
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Funding: $232.0M
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Develops all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft powered by six electric motors, designed for urban aerial ridesharing. These aircraft operate with zero emissions, produce noise levels comparable to a conversation, and can transport one pilot and four passengers at speeds up to 200 mph, reducing travel time and environmental impact.
Juicer offers a fully managed EV charging platform for commercial property owners, covering site assessment, permitting, hardware installation, billing, monitoring, and maintenance. Its hot‑swappable charger modules and cloud‑native dashboard provide 99 % uptime and real‑time revenue analytics, enabling owners to monetize parking spaces with minimal operational overhead.
Funding: $7.2M
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Funding: $7.2M
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KAVAK is an online platform that utilizes data-driven technology to streamline the buying and selling of certified pre-owned cars, providing a transparent and efficient marketplace. The company addresses the risks and inefficiencies in the fragmented used car market by offering financing options and after-sales services, ensuring a secure transaction experience for customers.
Funding: $2.0M
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Funding: $2.0M
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This startup offers a platform providing access to a vast library of AI-generated images for creative inspiration and project development. Users can leverage this resource to explore visual concepts and enhance their creative workflows.
40+
50K+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $47.0M
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Bain Capital Ventures
Bain Capital Ventures
Funding: $47.0M
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