Root Ventures Fund IV | 2013 VC Fund

Root Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

San Francisco, United States

Countries of investment

United States

Investment stages

Seed
Series A

Industries

AI
Deep Tech
Hardware
Industrial Tech
Innovation
Manufacturing
Robotics
Science
Technology

About
Root Ventures is a seed-stage venture fund focused on deep technology and hardware startups. The firm typically leads seed rounds with significant initial checks, looking for highly technical founding teams that are building defensible, foundational technologies rather than simple software applications.

Min check size: $530K
Max check size: $3.2M
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Investment Thesis

Root Ventures is a seed-stage fund focused on deep technology and hardware startups. It leads seed rounds for highly technical founding teams that build foundational, defensible technologies rather than simple software. It seeks strong intellectual property and innovative hard-tech solutions.

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Manager's Experience

The general partners have strong technical backgrounds in engineering and deep tech. Their experience includes founding and scaling hardware and software companies, allowing them to effectively evaluate highly technical teams building foundational, defensible technologies rather than simple software applications.