Entrada Ventures

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Jan 1, 2025	Pseudolithic	$6.0M Seed	—	—
Nov 1, 2024	Outsmart Education	$13.0M Seed	—	AirAngels, Footprint Coalition, H.I.G. Capital, Khosla Ventures, Lead Edge Capital, Mucker Capital, Picus Capital, Rincon Venture Partners, Seaside Ventures, Sequoia Capital, TechSquare Labs, Upfront Ventures, Ron Pragides, Scott Belsky
Aug 1, 2023	The Futures App	$3.0M Seed	—	Julie Henley McNamara
Nov 1, 2022	Live Data Technologies	$5.0M Series A	—	Bonfire Ventures, Grant Miller
Sep 1, 2022	Remento	$3.0M Seed	—	H.I.G. Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Khosla Ventures, Mana Ventures, Maven Ventures, Pioneer Square Labs, Rincon Venture Partners, SilverCircle, TCV, Trajectory Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Dave Balter, Mark Cuban
Jul 1, 2022	Cordial	$50.0M Series C	—	Allos Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Drive Capital, Elevate Ventures, Flyover Capital, Foundation Capital, H.I.G. Capital, High Alpha, Khosla Ventures, Maven Ventures, Openview Venture Partners, Powerhouse Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners, TM3 Capital, Upfront Ventures, Y Combinator, Tim Seears
Oct 1, 2021	Smallhold	$25.0M Series A	—	Astanor Ventures, Highbury Group, Rincon Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, Anne Wojcicki, Katy Perry
Sep 1, 2021	Audius	$5.0M Venture Round	—	Abstract Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, Jana Messerschmidt, Astanor Ventures, Banana Capital, Blackbird Ventures Australia, BoxGroup, CMCC Global, Craft Ventures, First Round Capital, Highbury Group, Inspired Capital, Moving Capital, Pioneer Fund, Polychain Capital, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Republic Records, Rincon Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, YLEM, Aaron Harris, Anne Wojcicki, Bear Kittay, Demetrios Christofidis Jr, Josh Mohrer, Kristian Segerstrale, Nick Jonas, Rashaun Williams, Steve Chen
Jun 1, 2021	Billy	$4.0M Seed	—	Accomplice VC, Amplify.LA, FabFitFun, Fika Ventures, MetaProp Ventures, Grant Miller, Paul Holland, Tom McInerney, Warren Shaeffer
Apr 1, 2021	GumGum	$75.0M Series E	—	Astanor Ventures, Chalfen Ventures, Highbury Group, Rincon Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, Zinc, Anne Wojcicki, Katy Perry, Roger Ehrenberg
Nov 1, 2020	Inspectiv	$6.0M Seed	—	Accomplice VC, Amplify.LA, Awesome People Ventures, FabFitFun, Fika Ventures, Freestyle Capital, MetaProp Ventures, Mucker Capital, Tucker Seed Fund LLC, Ali Moiz, Grant Miller, Paul Holland, Sam Parr, Tom McInerney, Warren Shaeffer
Oct 1, 2020	Apeel Sciences	$30.0M Venture Round	—	Astanor Ventures, Highbury Group, Rincon Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, Anne Wojcicki, Katy Perry
Feb 1, 2020	GumGum	$22.0M Series D	—	Astanor Ventures, Chalfen Ventures, Highbury Group, Rincon Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, Zinc, Anne Wojcicki, Katy Perry, Roger Ehrenberg
Jan 1, 2020	Live Data Technologies	$750K Seed	—	Bonfire Ventures, Grant Miller
Nov 1, 2019	Digits	$11.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, 11k Ventures, 20VC, 468 Capital, 8VC, 9Yards Capital, Kevin Hartz, Accomplice VC, ACME Capital, Adverb Ventures, Airtree Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Amity Ventures, Amplify.LA, Andreessen Horowitz, Chloe Sladden, Jana Messerschmidt, #ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS), Atomico, Audrey Capital, Axiom Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Ballistic Ventures, Bam Ventures, B Capital Group, Benchmark, Bessemer Venture Partners, Better Tomorrow Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, Boston Seed Capital, BoxGroup, Brewer Lane Ventures, Broadway Angels, C2 Investment, Canaan Partners, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, Collaborative Seed & Growth Partners, Color Capital, Convective Capital, Conviction Partners, Coughdrop Capital, Craft Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, Crossover, CRV, Cubit Capital, Daft Capital, Dispersion Capital, DNX Ventures, Drive Capital, Drummond Road Capital, DST Global, E1 Ventures, eFounders, Electric Capital, Elefund, Ensemble VC, FabFitFun, Felicis Ventures, Felix Capital, Fika Ventures, FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Founder Collective, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, Fuel Capital, Fusion Fund, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, Good Growth Capital, Hanabi Capital, Highbury Group, Hyperplane, Index Ventures, Infinite Niches, Innovent Capital Group, Insight Partners, Inspired Capital, Invariantes Fund, IVP, Jetstream, Jigsaw VC, Juxtapose Capital, K9 Ventures, Kima Ventures, LGF, Laurence Jones, Locus Ventures, LombardStreet Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Lux Capital, M13, MaC Venture Capital, Matrix, Menlo Ventures, MetaProp Ventures, Mindful Venture Capital, MissionOG, Monarch Collective, Moonshots Capital, Moxxie Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Jeff Immelt, Vanessa Larco, New Stack Ventures, NewView Capital, NextGen Venture Partners, Next Play Ventures, OCA Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Oyster Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Pelion Venture Partners, Pillar VC, Pioneer Fund, Polaris Partners, Primary Venture Partners, Prime Movers Lab, Propeller VC, Quiet Capital, Rainfall Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, SciFi VC, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures, Shine Capital, SignalFire, Sinai Ventures, Spero Ventures, StartHer, Susa Ventures, TBD Angels, Techstars, The Hit Forge, Third Kind Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trajectory Ventures, Transformation Capital, Tribe Capital, TSVC Capital, Union Square Ventures, Rick Lewis, Village Global, Vine Ventures LP, VitalStage Ventures, Willow Growth Partners LP, WndrCo LLC, Work-Bench, Y Combinator, YOBE Ventures, Aaron Levie, Adrian Aoun, Allen Gannett, Andre Iguodala, Armando Mann, Bradley Horowitz, Brian Corrigan, Charlie Cheever, Christian Reber, Dave Balter, David Cancel, David Chang, David Lieb, Drew Houston, Elad Gil, Emil Lee, Emmett Shear, Eric Wu, Errol Damelin, Gokul Rajaram, Grant Miller, Greg Brockman, Halle Tecco, Heather Fernandez, Jaime Schmidt, James Beshara, Jason Robins, J.D. Fagan, Jeffrey Lee, Jeff Seibert, Jennifer Lum, Joe Greenstein, Joe White, John Kobs, Jonathan Swanson, Jon Brelig, Joshua Reeves, Joshua Schachter, Joshua Webster, Julia Hartz, Kevin Lin, Kevin Weil, Kyle Vogt, Louis Beryl, Marissa Mayer, Mark Cuban, Matt Macinnis, Merlin Kauffman, Michael Ryan Dubin, Mike Vernal, Moisey Uretsky, Natasha Ahmed, Paul Holland, Ric Fulop, Robin Klein, Rob May, Russell Cook, Ryan Shea, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman, Scott Banister, Scott Belsky, Shervin Pishevar, Stewart Butterfield, Suhail Doshi, Susan Kimberlin, Thibaud Elziere, Thomas Tull, Tikhon Bernstam, Todd Corenson, Tom Blomfield, Tom McInerney, Tom Williams, Trevor Blackwell, Vivek Garipalli, Vivek Patel, Warren Shaeffer, Wayne Chang, Zachary Hargreaves
Sep 1, 2019	Thoropass	$3.0M Seed	—	Addition, Alumni Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Commerce Ventures, Curie.Bio, Dash Fund, Delta Emerald Ventures, Fin Capital, Flexcap, Freestyle Capital, Global Founders Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Greylock, Ironspring Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Moonshots Capital, Nyca Partners, Operator Partners, Oyster Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Quadrille Capital, Ride Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Shine Capital, Soma Capital, Teamworthy Ventures, Telstra Ventures, Third Prime, Torch Capital, TSVC Capital, Ulu Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Valar Ventures, Webb Investment Network, What If Ventures, Y Combinator, Zetta Venture Partners, Alexander Saint-Amand, Brad Garlinghouse, Grant Miller, James Beshara, Karl Mehta, Ralph Gootee, Tracy Young, Vivek Garipalli, William Hockey
Mar 1, 2019	Live Data Technologies	$430K Seed	—	Bonfire Ventures, Grant Miller
Jan 1, 2019	Vengo	$7.0M Series B	—	Accel, Amazon Alexa Fund, Amplo, Anti fund, Avalancha Ventures, Bond, BoxGroup, Buckley Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, E14 Fund, Felix Capital, Floodgate, Foundry Group, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hersh Interactive Group, Human Augmentation Syndicate, Liquid 2 Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, March Capital, Rick Yang, Nyca Partners, Pareto Holdings, Primitive Ventures, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Rainfall Ventures, Relay Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Howard Lindzon, SparkLabs Group, Susa Ventures, Greg Bettinelli, The Hit Forge, Transmedia Capital, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Vayner RSE, Visionaire Ventures, Y Combinator, Andrew Bialecki, Carmelo Anthony (Melo7 Tech Partners), Eric Ries, Erik Moore, John Fontein, Josh Spear, Justin Mateen, Michael Birch, Nico Rosberg, Sahin Boydas, Sean Park, Thomas Tull, Tikhon Bernstam
Jun 1, 2018	Cordial	$15.0M Series B	—	Allos Ventures, Ankona Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Drive Capital, Ehukai Investments, Elevate Ventures, Flyover Capital, Foundation Capital, H.I.G. Capital, High Alpha, Khosla Ventures, Maven Ventures, Openview Venture Partners, Powerhouse Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners, TM3 Capital, Upfront Ventures, Y Combinator, Tim Seears
Mar 1, 2018	Rachio	$10.0M Series B	—	Amazon Alexa Fund, Foundry Group, Tribe Capital
Dec 1, 2017	Maude	$550K Seed	—	7percent Ventures, Accomplice VC, Amplify.LA, Cake Ventures, Craft Ventures, FabFitFun, Fika Ventures, Four Rivers Group, Friále, HOF Capital, Hummingbird Ventures, LombardStreet Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, MetaProp Ventures, Neotribe Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Quiet Capital, The House Fund, Unruly Capital, UpHonest Capital, XFactor Ventures, Grant Miller, Paul Holland, Tom McInerney
Aug 1, 2017	Branch	$10.0M Series A	—	Act One Ventures, Amplify.LA, Bonfire Ventures, Bow Capital, Bullpen Capital, Composite Ventures, Compound, Crosscut Ventures, Lazerow Ventures, M13, Miramar Ventures, Ragovin Ventures, Silverton Partners, SoftBank Capital, TenOneTen Ventures, Clark Landry, Eric Manlunas, Eytan Elbaz, Grant Miller, Kim Perell, Addition, Alate Partners, Andrew Gluck, Anthemis Group, Betaworks Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Daren Cotter, Drive Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Highbury Group, Jiake Liu, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Kevin Ding, Lev Ekster, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Muchmore Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Revolution Growth, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, SCOR Ventures, Scott Belsky, Scott Sandell, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, The Hit Forge
Feb 1, 2017	Cordial	$7.0M Series A	—	Allos Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Drive Capital, Elevate Ventures, Flyover Capital, Foundation Capital, H.I.G. Capital, High Alpha, Khosla Ventures, Maven Ventures, Openview Venture Partners, Powerhouse Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners, TM3 Capital, Upfront Ventures, Y Combinator, Tim Seears
Dec 1, 2016	Apeel Sciences	$33.0M Series B	—	Accomplice VC, Addition, American Express Ventures, Amplify.LA, Andreessen Horowitz, Base Partners, Bond, BoxGroup, Brand Foundry Ventures, Brighton Park Capital, CapitalG, Company Capital, Cowboy Ventures, E1 Ventures, FabFitFun, Fika Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Graypes GmbH, Highbury Group, Imaginary Ventures, MetaProp Ventures, SciFi VC, Henry Fertik, Upfront Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Aaron Levie, Ellie Wheeler, Elon Musk, Fanny Surjana, Grant Miller, Jean-Sébastien Wallez, Liam Casey, Matt Mazzeo, Michael Moritz, Paul Holland, Pratik Kapoor, Rachel Zoe, Richard Cooperstein, Tom McInerney, Warren Shaeffer
Oct 1, 2016	Replicated	$5.0M Series A	—	Accomplice VC, All Iron Ventures, Ambridge Capital, Amplify.LA, FabFitFun, Fika Ventures, FJ Labs, Founder Collective, General Catalyst, MetaProp Ventures, Grant Miller, Omar El-Ayat, Paul Holland, Sanket Parekh, Tom McInerney, Warren Shaeffer

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Leadership Team

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Leadership Team

Key people at Entrada Ventures.

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Entrada Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Santa Barbara, California, with additional presence in Silicon Valley. The firm focuses on seed to late seed-stage investments primarily in enterprise and industrial technologies, including AI, machine learning, cloud tech, cybersecurity, fintech, blockchain, and new materials. Its mission is to partner with visionary founders to solve complex problems through disruptive technologies, improving quality of life and productivity. Entrada Ventures provides not only capital but also strategic guidance and operational support to help startups transition from product-market fit to readiness for institutional financing, thereby fostering sustainable growth and innovation in the startup ecosystem[1][2][3][5].

Origin Story

Entrada Ventures was established in 2018 by a team of seasoned operators and investors with extensive experience building successful companies and executing numerous deals across technology sectors. Key partners include Karen Roter Davis, Alex Fang, Jason Spievak, and Jenny Christiansen, who bring expertise ranging from deep tech investing and hardware innovation to operational excellence and capital raising. The firm's evolution reflects a focus on next-generation computing (including AI and quantum hardware/software), B2B software, new materials, and technologies that bridge digital and physical worlds ("bits to atoms"). This focus aligns with their founders’ backgrounds and their commitment to backing transformative enterprise and industrial tech startups[1][3][5].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Entrada Ventures emphasizes late seed-stage investments, targeting startups that have achieved product-market fit and are preparing for institutional rounds, combining capital with hands-on strategic and operational support.
Experienced Team: The firm’s partners have a proven track record of building companies, raising over $1 billion in equity, and executing multiple IPOs and M&A transactions.
Sector Expertise: Deep focus on enterprise and industrial tech sectors, including AI/ML, cloud, cybersecurity, fintech, blockchain, new materials, and hardware-software convergence.
Network Strength: Strong connections to Silicon Valley and Santa Barbara ecosystems, providing portfolio companies access to customers, talent, and follow-on investors.
Operating Support: Active collaboration with founders on business model refinement, scaling strategies, and storytelling to enhance fundraising and market positioning[2][3][5][6].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Entrada Ventures rides the wave of increasing enterprise and industrial technology innovation driven by AI, next-gen computing, and material sciences. The timing is critical as digital transformation accelerates across industries requiring sophisticated hardware-software integration and scalable B2B solutions. Market forces such as growing demand for AI-powered automation, cybersecurity, and sustainable materials favor Entrada’s investment thesis. By supporting startups that address these complex challenges, Entrada Ventures influences the broader ecosystem by enabling technologies that improve productivity, sustainability, and quality of life, thus helping shape the future of industrial and enterprise innovation[1][5][6].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Entrada Ventures is well-positioned to capitalize on trends like AI hardware, quantum computing, and advanced materials, which are expected to drive the next wave of enterprise tech disruption. Their hands-on, founder-centric approach and deep sector expertise suggest continued success in identifying and scaling transformative startups. As the market for industrial and enterprise innovation expands, Entrada’s influence will likely grow, fostering technologies that bridge digital and physical realms and contribute to sustainable, high-impact solutions. Their ongoing commitment to strategic partnership and operational support will remain a key differentiator in helping startups navigate complex growth phases and funding landscapes[5][6].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Entrada Ventures emphasizes late seed-stage investments, targeting startups that have achieved product-market fit and are preparing for institutional rounds, combining capital with hands-on strategic and operational support.
Experienced Team: The firm’s partners have a proven track record of building companies, raising over $1 billion in equity, and executing multiple IPOs and M&A transactions.
Sector Expertise: Deep focus on enterprise and industrial tech sectors, including AI/ML, cloud, cybersecurity, fintech, blockchain, new materials, and hardware-software convergence.
Network Strength: Strong connections to Silicon Valley and Santa Barbara ecosystems, providing portfolio companies access to customers, talent, and follow-on investors.
Operating Support: Active collaboration with founders on business model refinement, scaling strategies, and storytelling to enhance fundraising and market positioning[2][3][5][6].