Composite Ventures

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Updated: Feb 17, 2026 ·

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Jun 1, 2024	Pomerium	$14.0M Series A	—	Benchmark, Redpoint Ventures, Peter Sellis
Apr 1, 2024	Scheduler AI	$3.0M Seed	—	11 Tribes Ventures, Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky
Jan 1, 2024	Sema4.ai	$31.0M Series A	—	Benchmark, Ensemble VC, Mayfield, Norwest Venture Partners, Hans Tung, Robin Li, Brad Bao, Deborah Liu, Fidji Simo, Manish Chandra, Oleg Rogynskyy, Peter Sellis, Rob Chesnut
Jan 1, 2023	Speakeasy	$7.0M Seed	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky
Jan 1, 2023	Product Science	$18.0M Seed	—	8-Bit Capital, Alkeon Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Benchmark, BoxOne Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, David Namdar, Matt Ocko, Earl Grey Capital, Endeavor Venture Funds, FirstHand Alliance, Goat Capital, Greylock, GSV Ventures, Hardware Club, Ignition Partners, LAUNCH, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lowercarbon Capital, Maven Ventures, Morado Venture Partners, Pareto Holdings, Pario Ventures, Runa Capital, Sequoia Capital, Shaan's All Access Fund, Tribe Capital, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Adam Michalski, Bill Tai, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, Emmett Shear, Immad Akhund, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Kenny Van Zant, Kyle Vogt, Matt Mazzeo, Mikhail Seregine, Oleg Rogynskyy, Peter Sellis, Ted Serbinski, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
Jan 1, 2023	Cymbal	$19.0M Seed	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, Kleiner Perkins, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, Lev Ekster, Neil Hunt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Tom Steyer
Oct 1, 2022	Scheduler AI	$1.0M Seed	—	11 Tribes Ventures, Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky
Oct 1, 2022	Start Left® Security	$3.0M Seed	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky
Jun 1, 2022	Branch	$150.0M Series C	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bond, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, Jump Capital, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, WndrCo LLC, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky
Jun 1, 2022	Ledger Investing	$75.0M Series B	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, GPO Fund, Highbury Group, Lytical Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky
Jun 1, 2022	Hokodo	$40.0M Series B	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Elephant Partners, Founders Fund, Frontline Ventures, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, HV Capital, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, Philip Chopin, Scott Sandell, Notion Capital, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, Sapphire Ventures, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Bastian Nominacher, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, Lev Ekster, Maximilian Tayenthal, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky
May 1, 2022	Hugging Face	$100.0M Series C	—	A Capital, Accel, Act One Ventures, Addition, Adjacent, Anthemis Group, Arrive, Battery Ventures, Beckett Layne Ventures, Benchmark, Betaworks Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Boost VC, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Contrary Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Cyberstarts VC, Kevin Ding, Dreamers VC, Drive Capital, E1 Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures, Factorial, Felicis Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Founders Fund, Future Shape, Gaingels, General Atlantic, GoAhead Ventures, Graph Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Griffin Gaming Partners, Highbury Group, Hustle Fund, Insight Partners, IVP, Koch Fund, KRM Interests LLC, Lakeside Capital, Lead Edge Capital, Leadout Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures, Long Ventures Partners, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Merus Capital, Metaplanet, Scott Sandell, NFX, Offline Ventures, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Partners Resolute, Predictive VC, Revolution Growth, Round One Capital, SCOR Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Shrug Capital, SignalFire, Splash Capital, Springdale Ventures, Henry Fertik, SV Angel, Marco DeMeireles, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Torch Capital, Ulu Ventures, Alex Rodriguez, Abrahami Avishai, Charlie Cheever, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Derrick Li, Eric Ries, Frederic Kerrest, Immad Akhund, Jaan Tallinn, Jennifer Lopez, Jiake Liu, Joe Greenstein, Karen King, Kevin Colas, Lev Ekster, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus, Matthew Dellavedova, Michael Ma, Rashaun Williams, Ronny Conway, Ron Pragides, Ryan Carlson, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Sheila Vashee, Tim Kendall, Todd Corenson
Apr 1, 2022	Radius Agent	$13.0M Series A	—	10100, Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Footwork, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Christian Leybold, Highbury Group, L Catterton Growth, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, NFX, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, Serena Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Y Combinator, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Ian Hogarth, Jiake Liu, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky
Apr 1, 2022	DarkHorse	$430K Seed	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, ICONIQ Capital, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Clark Landry, Daphne Carmeli, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky
Apr 1, 2022	Vyng	$5.0M Venture Round	—	Ponte Partners, Silverton Partners
Apr 1, 2022	JOBOX.ai	$42.0M Series B	—	Amicus Capital, Baroda Ventures, B Capital Group, Bow Capital, Fin Capital, General Catalyst, Idealab, LGF, Ponte Partners, Resolute Ventures, SignalFire, Silverton Partners, Vertex Ventures, Zeev Capital, Abe Burns, Eddie Lou, Gokul Rajaram, Jason Goldberg, Kim Perell, Manik Gupta, Robert Moore
Jan 1, 2022	BIOSORRA	$340K Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, BlueRun Ventures, Clearstone, Founders Fund, Michael Moritz, Scott Banister
Sep 1, 2021	Marshmallow	$85.0M Series B	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, Amadeus Capital Partners, Anthemis Group, Atlantic Bridge, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, Cambridge Innovation Capital, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, EMVC, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, GSF Accelerator, Highbury Group, Incisive Ventures, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Outrun Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Passion Capital, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, Tenacity Venture Capital, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Gokul Rajaram, Jiake Liu, Kunal Shah, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Will Brooks, Will Martin
Jun 1, 2021	DarkHorse	$210K Seed	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky
Jun 1, 2021	Hokodo	$12.0M Series A	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, DFJ, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Elephant Partners, Founders Fund, Frontline Ventures, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, HV Capital, INKEF Capital, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Montauk Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, Philip Chopin, Scott Sandell, Notion Capital, Oak HC/FT, Pareto Holdings, Primary Venture Partners, Revolution Growth, Sapphire Ventures, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, SRB Ventures, The Hit Forge, Bastian Nominacher, Clark Landry, Daniel Pourasghar, Daren Cotter, Dylan Field, Eric Wu, Evan Moore, Jiake Liu, Julian Shapiro, Lev Ekster, Maikel Lobbezoo, Maximilian Tayenthal, Neil Parikh, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Sri Batchu
Mar 1, 2021	DarkHorse	$500K Seed	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, ICONIQ Capital, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Clark Landry, Daphne Carmeli, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky
Mar 1, 2021	Hugging Face	$40.0M Series B	—	A Capital, Accel, Act One Ventures, Addition, AIX Ventures, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bond, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, C2 Investment, CapitalX, Coatue, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, CRV, Cyberstarts VC, Kevin Ding, Dreamers VC, Drive Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, Future Shape, General Atlantic, GoAhead Ventures, Graph Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hack VC, Highbury Group, Insight Partners, Lightspeed India Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, NFX, Pareto Holdings, Shailendra Singh, Predictive VC, Preston-Werner Ventures, Revolution Growth, Sapphire Ventures, SCOR Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, SV Angel, Marco DeMeireles, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Torch Capital, Alex Rodriguez, Y Combinator, Abrahami Avishai, Augusto Marietti, Ben Tossell, Christopher Golda, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Frederic Kerrest, Immad Akhund, Jeff Hammerbacher, Jennifer Lopez, Jiake Liu, Kevin Weil, Lev Ekster, Marco Palladino, Mathias Biilmann Christensen, Michael Ma, Ronny Conway, Ryan Carlson, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Yan-David Erlich
Feb 1, 2021	CodeGem	$590K Seed	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky
Jan 1, 2021	Cowrywise	$3.0M Seed	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Pareto Holdings, Quona Capital, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Scott Belsky
Dec 1, 2020	Nothing	$7.0M Seed	—	Act One Ventures, Addition, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Crosscut Ventures, DBL Partners, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, Future Shape, General Atlantic, GE Ventures, Goat Capital, Highbury Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Not Boring Capital, Marc van den Berg, Paladin Capital Group, Pareto Holdings, Piva Capital, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, SOSV, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Bryan Meehan, Charlie Songhurst, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Jiake Liu, John Fontein, Lev Ekster, Nick Caldwell, Nicolas Berggruen, Ravi Mehta, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Scott Heiferman, Shariq Rizvi, Stuart Coulson, Yancey Strickler

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Leadership Team

Key people at Composite Ventures.

Leadership Team

Key people at Composite Ventures.

Deep Dive

Composite Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in early-stage investments in retail technology, restaurant technology, commerce technologies, payments, and related sectors. Its mission is to identify, invest in, and support the next generation of companies transformed by large language models (LLMs) and AI agents, leveraging a network of former Fortune 500 C-level executives to provide strategic guidance and operational support. The firm focuses on startups innovating in automation, loyalty programs, food technology, and retail media networks, aiming to drive enterprise value and transformation in these industries[1][2][3].

The firm was founded by Brandon Levine, who serves as Managing Director, and is composed of venture professionals and industry executives with deep expertise in retail and restaurant sectors. Composite Ventures differentiates itself through an investor-centric approach that emphasizes dramatic improvements and placing investments into known, in-market leaders. Its network strength, strategic advisory board, and operational support model enable portfolio companies to accelerate growth and navigate complex market dynamics effectively[2][3][4][5].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on companies leveraging AI and LLMs to transform retail and restaurant industries.
Network Strength: Access to former Fortune 500 retail executives providing strategic mentorship.
Track Record: Early investments in innovative startups like Hero Bread, which focuses on nutritious baked goods.
Operating Support: Hands-on guidance from experienced operators and advisors to scale portfolio companies.

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Composite Ventures rides the wave of AI-driven transformation in retail and commerce technology, capitalizing on the growing integration of large language models and AI agents to reinvent customer engagement, supply chain automation, and payment systems. The timing aligns with rapid advancements in AI capabilities and increasing demand for tech-enabled retail solutions, positioning the firm to influence the evolution of these sectors significantly.

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Composite Ventures is poised to deepen its focus on AI-powered startups that redefine retail and restaurant experiences. As AI adoption accelerates, the firm’s influence will likely expand through its strategic investments and network, shaping how commerce and food industries evolve with technology. Its unique blend of industry expertise and AI focus offers a compelling platform for identifying and scaling transformative companies in the coming years.

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Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on companies leveraging AI and LLMs to transform retail and restaurant industries.
Network Strength: Access to former Fortune 500 retail executives providing strategic mentorship.
Track Record: Early investments in innovative startups like Hero Bread, which focuses on nutritious baked goods.
Operating Support: Hands-on guidance from experienced operators and advisors to scale portfolio companies.