Root Ventures
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.
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.
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.
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.
Team
Avidan Ross - Founder & Partner
Yasyf Mohamedali - Engineer in Residence
Emily Henriksson - Principal
Lee Edwards - General Partner
Chrissy Meyer - General Partner
Kane Hsieh - Partner
Ben Lovell - Head of Operations
Gilad Meiri - Partner
Japan Vyas - Partner
Zack Ouderkirk - Partner
Atika Sanchetee - Partner
Michael Rotgin - Advisor
Portfolio
Fictiv
Velo3D
Automata
Pano AI
Karta
Reducto
Hangar Technology
Superconductive