Root Ventures Fund IV | 2025 VC Fund

Root Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

San Francisco, United States

Countries of investment

United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Israel
Germany

Investment stages

Seed
Series A

Industries

Hardware
Robotics
Engineering
Manufacturing
Infrastructure
DeepTech
IoT
Aerospace

About
Root Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused on backing engineer-heavy hardware and infrastructure companies. Their focus spans hardware, robotics, engineering, manufacturing, and infrastructure across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Israel, and Germany. The firm supports engineering founders from seed through Series A stages.

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Max check size: $3.5M
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Investment Thesis

Root Ventures is a seed and Series A stage venture capital firm deploying capital across hardware, robotics, engineering, manufacturing, and infrastructure sectors. They invest as engineer-led lead investors in seed rounds of engineering-heavy startups requiring deep technical understanding. The firm differentiates itself as the world's first exclusively engineer-led seed VC, with all partners bringing engineering backgrounds and hands-on technical support to portfolio companies.

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Manager's Experience

Founded in 2015 by Avidan Ross (Founder and Managing Partner, former CTO of RelateIQ and engineering leader). Additional Partners include Chrissy Meyer (Partner, former Apple product manager and engineer) and Kane Hsieh (Partner). Team of engineer-partners focused on backing engineering-heavy startups. Manages three funds totaling over $150M AUM. Portfolio includes Bowery Farming, Diligent Robotics, Momentus, Nautilus Biotechnology, Skydio, Iterable, and Vicarious Surgical. The firm distinguishes itself as the world's first exclusively engineer-led seed VC, with all partners bringing engineering backgrounds and providing hands-on technical support to portfolio companies across hardware, robotics, engineering platforms, and infrastructure.