Root Ventures

Root Ventures

Root Ventures

Hardware-focused seed fund run by @avidanross and @kane
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03 Dec 2020
VERSATILE
VERSATILE
$20,000,000
Venture capital (Series A)
Entree Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Root Ventures, +4

AI construction startup Versatile raises a $20M Series A

TechCrunch
15 Sep 2020
nTopology Inc.
nTopology Inc.
$40,000,000
Venture capital (Series C)
Canaan Partners, Haystack, Root Ventures, +3

nTopology Raises $40M in Series C Funding

FinSMEs
+2
03 Sep 2020
ThruWave
ThruWave
$6,400,000
Seed fund
WRF Capital, Blue Sky Capital, E14 Fund, +5

ThruWave Raises $6.4M in Seed Funding

FinSMEs
+1
29 Jul 2020
Instrumental
Instrumental
$20,000,000
Venture capital (Series B)
Canaan Partners, Eclipse Ventures, Root Ventures, +1

Instrumental Raises $20M in Funding

FinSMEs
18 Jun 2020
HASH
HASH
$2,500,000
Seed fund
Gunderson Dettmer, Zetta Venture Partners, Root Ventures, +3

HASH Unveils New Simulation Tool Powered By $2.5M Seed Round

Crunchbase News
04 May 2020
Daily.co
Daily.co
$4,600,000
Seed fund
SV Angel, Haystack, Root Ventures, +8

1-Click Video Chat API Company Daily.co Raises $4.6 Million

Pulse 2.0
13 Feb 2020
Esper
Esper
$7,600,000
Venture capital (Series A)
Madrona Venture Group, Haystack, Root Ventures, +2

India Deal Monitor: Madrona Venture invests in Esper and more updates

DealStreetAsia
+3
30 Oct 2019
Particle
Particle
$40,000,000
Venture capital (Series C)
Spark Capital, SOSV, Qualcomm Ventures, +3

Particle raises $40 million for IoT device management and developer tools

VentureBeat
+2
16 Aug 2018
Dusty Robotics
Dusty Robotics
$2,215,000
Seed fund
Baseline Ventures, Root Ventures, Cantos
04 Dec 2017
Tortuga AgTech
Tortuga AgTech
$2,400,000
Seed fund
AME Cloud Ventures, SVG Partners, Susa Ventures, +5
30 Nov 2017
nTopology Inc.
nTopology Inc.
$5,000,000
Venture capital (Series A)
CrunchFund, Data Collective, Haystack, +3

nTopology CEO gives insight into generative design after raising $7.6M

3D Printing Industry
21 Jun 2017
Instrumental
Instrumental
$7,500,000
Venture capital (Series A)
First Round, Eclipse Ventures, Root Ventures
23 Dec 2016
Nautilus Labs, Inc.
Nautilus Labs, Inc.
$780,000
Angel
Bre Pettis, Root Ventures, Marina Hadjipateras
20 Dec 2016
Superflex
Superflex
$9,600,000
Venture capital (Series A)
Global Brain, Horizons Ventures, SRI International, +2

SRI spinoff SuperFlex raises $9.6M to pursue ‘powered clothing’

TechCrunch
18 Nov 2016
Particle
Particle
$10,400,000
Venture capital (Series A)
Rincon Venture Partners, Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures, Root Ventures

Particle raises $10.4 million to grow its IoT development platform

VentureBeat
07 Oct 2016
Particle
Particle
Venture capital (Series A)
Rincon Venture Partners, Peninsula Ventures, Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures, +1
23 Aug 2016
Shaper
Shaper
$3,000,000
Seed fund
SOSV, Eniac Ventures, FundersGuild, +2

Augmented reality makes prototyping easy on Shaper’s Origin CNC machine

TechCrunch
02 Aug 2016
Daily.co
Daily.co
$2,500,000
Venture capital
TenOneTen Ventures, Metamorphic Ventures, Haystack, +3

Pluot raises $2.5 million to bring video conferencing to the masses

TechCrunch