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Foothill Ventures
Los Altos, United States
Foothill Ventures backs technical founders developing breakthrough products across software, life sciences, and deep‑tech areas. They focus on early‑stage investments – pre‑seed, seed (preferred) and Series A – in compan...
Portfolio
101+
Employees
25+
Founded
2017
AUM
≈ $200.0M
Investment focus
Stages
Pre-Seed → Series A
Industries
Software OnlyArtificial IntelligenceBiotechnology
Geographic scope
Global
Fund details
Funds
Foothill Ventures III
Vintage 2023 • $110.0M
Foothill Ventures II
Vintage 2021 • $100.0M
Sources
Foothill Ventures
Foothill Ventures backs technical founders developing breakthrough products across software, life sciences, and deep‑tech areas. They focus on early‑stage investments – pre‑seed, seed (preferred) and Series A – in companies with strong technical differentiation. The firm aims to partner with teams that combine deep scientific expertise with scalable business models.
Portfolio
101+
Employees
25+
Founded
2017
AUM
≈ $200.0M
Funds
Foothill Ventures III · Vintage 2023 • $110.0M
Foothill Ventures II · Vintage 2021 • $100.0M
Stages
Pre-Seed → Series A
Industries
Software OnlyArtificial IntelligenceBiotechnology
Geographic scope
Global
Sources
Showing 24 of 83 matched portfolio companies
Aether Fuels uses its proprietary Aether Aurora process to convert waste carbon—such as CO₂, CO, methane, and other hydrocarbons—into drop‑in liquid fuels via an electrified thermochemical reactor and novel catalysts. The technology delivers near‑ideal carbon conversion efficiency, high feedstock flexibility, and significantly lower capital and operating costs, enabling scalable production of sustainable fuels for aviation, maritime shipping, and other heavy‑duty transport sectors.
Funding: $34.0M
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Funding: $34.0M
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The startup develops radio access network software that utilizes machine learning algorithms to enhance wireless network performance and energy efficiency. By predicting and optimizing network metrics, the solution improves coverage and capacity while significantly lowering energy consumption for operators.
Funding: $32.5M
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Funding: $32.5M
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This startup manufactures lithium-ion batteries using solvent-free electrode technology, which eliminates the need for solvent recovery and drying processes. By producing dry electrodes, the company reduces energy consumption in battery manufacturing while enabling faster charging and lower-cost batteries.
50+
3K+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $73.8M
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Funding: $73.8M
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Ambilight manufactures flexible electrochromic technologies that enable large-area curved smart glass products for applications in automobiles, architecture, and consumer electronics. Their roll-to-roll production process enhances display performance and energy efficiency by allowing precise regulation of light and heat through transparent media.
The startup develops infrastructure systems utilizing silicon carbide (SiC) devices and proprietary high-frequency transformers to enhance the efficiency and resilience of electrification. Their technology enables clients to optimize electricity transformation, addressing the challenges of energy loss and system reliability in modern power distribution.
Funding: $12.5M
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Funding: $12.5M
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AmpUp provides a software platform for managing electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, enabling seamless integration with various hardware options while offering features like access control and load management. The platform addresses the need for efficient and user-friendly charging solutions for drivers, hosts, and fleet operators in the expanding EV market.
Funding: $17.0M
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Funding: $17.0M
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Anyware Robotics develops AI-powered mobile robots, like Pixmo, for autonomous container and truck unloading in logistics operations. These systems manage complex box handling using advanced perception and machine learning for reliable, high-throughput material handling. The solution aims to increase receiving dock safety and efficiency while reducing labor dependency and operational costs.
Funding: $10.7M
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Funding: $10.7M
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Ascend Elements manufactures cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries using its patented Hydro-to-Cathode® process, which recycles valuable elements from spent batteries. This technology reduces costs and carbon emissions while enhancing battery performance, contributing to a sustainable closed-loop battery economy.
Funding: $880.4M
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Funding: $880.4M
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Develops high-performance multi-gigabit Ethernet and ASA semiconductor solutions for in-vehicle networks, enabling the secure and ultra-low-latency transfer of massive data volumes from sensors to AI processors. These integrated circuits support advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), telematics, and infotainment, addressing the growing data demands of next-generation automotive architectures.
Funding: $33.0M
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Funding: $33.0M
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Avotres develops therapeutic solutions targeting immunologically mediated disorders through advanced biotechnological methods. The company addresses the significant healthcare burden posed by autoimmune diseases, which affect millions of Americans and incur substantial annual costs.
Funding: $23.4M
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Funding: $23.4M
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Blue Canoe utilizes the Color Vowel® System and AI-driven voice recognition to enhance pronunciation and comprehension for non-native English speakers. The platform addresses challenges in spoken English by providing targeted vocabulary building, listening practice, and personalized feedback, enabling users to communicate clearly and confidently in just 10 minutes a day.
Funding: $5.5M
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Funding: $5.5M
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Bubble provides a visual no‑code platform that lets product managers and citizen developers build full‑stack web applications using drag‑and‑drop UI components, workflow logic, and integrated databases. The service includes serverless hosting with automatic scaling, built‑in API connectors, and a plugin marketplace, enabling rapid prototyping and production deployment without writing code.
Capacity is an AI-powered helpdesk that automates customer and employee support through self-service chatbots and knowledge base integration, reducing the volume of tickets, emails, and phone calls. The platform enhances operational efficiency by enabling teams to access information quickly and escalate issues to human agents when necessary.
Funding: $93.5M
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Funding: $93.5M
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CarbonSix develops robotics automation solutions specifically tailored for manufacturing environments. The company focuses on achieving Six-Sigma level dexterity and precision in robotic operations. This technology enhances production line efficiency and quality control through advanced robotic capabilities.
Celero Systems is developing an ingestible system that monitors cardiac and respiratory vital signs to detect opioid overdose in real-time. This technology provides timely medication intervention without the need for wires or wearables, addressing the critical issue of opioid-related fatalities.
Funding: $6.9M
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Funding: $6.9M
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The startup develops environmentally sustainable planarization pads that eliminate abrasives in the semiconductor polishing process by utilizing chemical reactions to achieve planarity. This technology reduces process steps and enhances throughput for semiconductor manufacturers, addressing inefficiencies in traditional planarization methods.
5+
700+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $5.4M
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Funding: $5.4M
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Codepoint provides a low-power, long-range wireless IoT platform that enables seamless indoor and outdoor location tracking using LoRa technology and deep learning algorithms. This solution enhances building management, staff safety, and asset security by delivering accurate real-time positioning data across various enterprise applications.
Funding: $1.0M
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Funding: $1.0M
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The startup offers a talent-sourcing platform that utilizes natural language search to identify candidates from various sources, including employee referrals and similar background profiles. This approach enables human resource professionals to efficiently locate and hire suitable candidates while enhancing collaboration and reducing the time spent on recruitment.
Funding: $3.5M
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Funding: $3.5M
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Corvic AI provides an Intelligence Composition Platform that lets enterprises connect to any data source—warehouses, object stores, APIs, or SaaS systems—without moving the data. Users can build pipelines visually or via natural‑language prompts, and the platform automatically handles ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and deployment while delivering explainable, traceable results as live dashboards or API outputs. This enables analyst and product teams to focus on outcomes rather than building and maintaining custom data pipelines.
Funding: $12.0M
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Funding: $12.0M
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The startup has developed a gene delivery platform that utilizes chemical engineering techniques for efficient intracellular delivery of genetic medicine payloads, including proteins, mRNA, and DNA. This technology addresses the challenge of delivering gene therapies effectively for the treatment of various diseases, particularly neurogenetic disorders.
Funding: $3.6M
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Funding: $3.6M
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DeepHow offers an AI-powered learning platform that utilizes multimodal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to enhance knowledge retention and operational efficiency in manufacturing and service industries. By automating training through video content, DeepHow significantly reduces onboarding time and improves task performance, enabling organizations to maintain high standards of quality and safety.
Funding: $23.1M
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Funding: $23.1M
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DeepScribe is an AI-powered medical scribe that automates clinical documentation by utilizing specialty-specific workflows and real-time ambient intelligence to generate accurate clinical notes. This technology reduces documentation time by over 75%, allowing clinicians to focus more on patient care and improving overall clinical and financial outcomes.
Funding: $61.2M
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Funding: $61.2M
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D-Matrix has developed Corsair, an AI inference platform that achieves 60,000 tokens per second with 1 ms latency for Llama3 8B models, significantly enhancing throughput and energy efficiency in datacenters. This technology addresses the high computational costs and energy consumption associated with large-scale AI inference, enabling organizations to scale their AI capabilities sustainably.
Funding: $161.3M
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Funding: $161.3M
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Provides a strategy development platform that uses visual strategy mapping and AI to align teams around measurable business outcomes. It connects metrics, projects, and tools like Jira and Asana to prevent misalignment, eliminate inefficiencies, and ensure that all efforts drive tangible impact.
Funding: $3.0M
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Funding: $3.0M
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