Green Bay Ventures

Green Bay Ventures (GBV) is a San Francisco based venture capital firm backed by some of the world's most prominent families.

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Updated: Feb 17, 2026 ·

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Oct 1, 2025	Deel	$300.0M Series E	—	Andreessen Horowitz, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Coatue, Electric Capital, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Incisive Ventures, LGF, Ribbit Capital, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, Y Combinator, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Lang, Elad Gil, Jeffrey Wilke, Justin Mateen, Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey
Sep 1, 2025	Huxe	$5.0M Seed	—	Adverb Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Foundation Capital, Greylock, SignalFire, SV Angel, WndrCo LLC, Drew Houston, Mark Pincus, Shishir Mehrotra
Sep 1, 2025	Maximor AI	$9.0M Seed	—	Adverb Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Foundation Capital, Greylock, SignalFire, SV Angel, WndrCo LLC, Drew Houston, Dylan Field, Mark Pincus, Shishir Mehrotra
Sep 1, 2025	The Interaction Company of California	$15.0M Seed	—	10100, 8VC, Adverb Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Anti fund, BoxGroup, Contrary Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Fuel Capital, General Atlantic, General Catalyst, Giant Ventures, Greylock, Khosla Ventures, LGF, Lux Capital, Menlo Ventures, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Pioneer Fund, Predictive VC, Sequoia Capital, SignalFire, Signia Venture Partners, Soma Capital, Stellar Capital, Susquehanna Capital, SV Angel, The House Fund, Thrive Capital, Venture Highway, WndrCo LLC, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Chafic Kazoun, Cory Levy, Drew Houston, Dylan Field, Guillermo Rauch, John Collison, Ken Howery, Kulveer Taggar, Lisa Dolan, Mark Pincus, Patrick Collison, Saki Georgiadis, Scott Belsky, Shishir Mehrotra, Teddy Citrin
Jul 1, 2025	PlayerZero	$5.0M Seed	—	645 Ventures, 8VC, Abstract Ventures, Bennett Siegel, Kevin Hartz, Adverb Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Alt Capital, Ben Taft's Genius Ventures, Citi Ventures, Craft Ventures, DFJ, DST Global, Expa, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Foundation Capital, Foundry Group, Fuel Capital, Greylock, High Alpha, Intel Capital, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, Maniv Mobility, Matrix, Maverick Capital, Nyca Partners, Radical Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Seven Seven Six, SignalFire, South Park Commons, SV Angel, Thayer Ventures, Thrive Capital, Toyota Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Uncork Capital, Underscore VC, Weekend Fund, WndrCo LLC, Y Combinator, Amjad Masad, Austin Ogilvie, Chris Bennett, Daniel Kan, Deborah Liu, DJ Patil, Drew Houston, Dylan Field, Eric Futoran, Evan Moore, Fidji Simo, Guillaume Luccisano, Guillermo Rauch, Howie Liu, Jacob Kerzner, Jason Kay, Justin Mateen, Kevin Lin, Marc Benioff, Mark Pincus, Mike Abbott, Mike Liu, Mike Vernal, Nate Matherson, Nitay Joffe, Prescott Watson, Quinn Slack, Shishir Mehrotra, Stewart Butterfield, Tobias Lutke, Yan-David Erlich
May 1, 2025	Parloa	$120.0M Series C	—	Andreessen Horowitz, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Coatue, Electric Capital, EQT Ventures, Founder Collective, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Incisive Ventures, LGF, Outrun Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, Y Combinator, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Lang, Elad Gil, Jeffrey Wilke, Justin Mateen, Ron Pragides, Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey
Jun 1, 2024	Bright Machines	$110.0M Series C	—	ACME Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, BMW i Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, Lux Capital, Schematic Ventures, Marco DeMeireles, The House Fund
Mar 1, 2024	Loop AI - Delivery Intelligence Platform	$6.0M Seed	—	Base10 (Base10 Partners), Blackhorn Ventures, BoxGroup, First Star Ventures, Mango Capital, Orca Climate Fund, Pace Capital, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Matthew Chagan, Niraj Mehta
Nov 1, 2023	Koyeb	$7.0M Seed	—	83North, Acequia Capital, Alven, Base10 (Base10 Partners), Blackhorn Ventures, BoxGroup, First Star Ventures, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Kima Ventures, La Famiglia, Mango Capital, Motier Ventures, Orca Climate Fund, Pace Capital, Pentagram Ventures, Seedcamp, Serena Capital, Alexis Le-Quoc, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Amirhossein Malekzadeh, Bastian Nominacher, Didier Valet, Florian Douetteau, Justin Ziegler, Matthew Chagan, Niraj Mehta, Nkechi Iregbulem
May 1, 2023	Anthropic	$450.0M Series C	—	7GC & Co, AI4ALL, AIX Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Builders, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, DTCP, E1 Ventures, Electric Capital, Entrée Capital Ventures, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, Friedom Partners, FTX Ventures, General Catalyst, GoAhead Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Hanabi Capital, Incisive Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, iNovia Capital, Lakeside Capital, LGF, Point72 Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Roosh Ventures, Scalebridge Capital, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, SparkLabs Group, Supercharge.vc, Thomvest Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Y Combinator, Adeel Hussain, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Lang, Brad Bitler, Dustin Moskovitz, Elad Gil, Elia Montanari, Ishani Patel, Jaan Tallinn, Jason Haider, Jeffrey Wilke, Jennifer Wolf, Justin Mateen, Nimit Maru, Preetha Parthasarathy, Siddharth Singhal, Vikas Sabnani, Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey
Mar 1, 2023	Piclo	$10.0M Series B	—	Base10 (Base10 Partners), Blackhorn Ventures, BoxGroup, EDP Ventures, First Star Ventures, Future Energy Ventures, Mango Capital, Orca Climate Fund, Pace Capital, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Matthew Chagan, Niraj Mehta, Nkechi Iregbulem
Sep 1, 2022	Sardine	$52.0M Series B	—	Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Coatue, Electric Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Incisive Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, LGF, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Luno Expeditions, Ribbit Capital, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, SNR, Spark Capital, Timespan Ventures, Tribe Capital, Tucker Seed Fund LLC, Y Combinator, Alex Adelman, Alexandre Scialom, Anshu Sharma, Ben Lang, Elad Gil, Jeffrey Wilke, Justin Mateen, Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey
Jun 1, 2022	Pave	$100.0M Series C	—	Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Chemistry VC, Coatue, Contrary Capital, Electric Capital, Exponent Founders Capital, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Hanaco Ventures, Incisive Ventures, LGF, Next 10 Ventures, Next Play Ventures, O'Shaughnessy Ventures, Pear VC, Portage Ventures, Reach Capital, Ribbit Capital, Roosh Ventures, sequel, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, Techstars, Tribe Capital, Virginia Venture Partners, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Alexandre Scialom, Amjad Masad, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Lang, Elad Gil, Gokul Rajaram, Jeffrey Wilke, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Joshua Webster, Justin Mateen, Kristian Segerstrale, Mark Williamson, Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey
May 1, 2022	Deel	$50.0M Series D	—	Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Asylum Ventures, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Coatue, Electric Capital, Fifty Years, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Haun Ventures, Incisive Ventures, Inflection, Jefferies, LGF, Ribbit Capital, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Lang, Charlie Songhurst, Elad Gil, Eric Ries, Jeffrey Wilke, Justin Kitch, Justin Mateen, Jutta Steiner, Mike Volpe, Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey
Apr 1, 2022	Bright Machines	$100.0M Series B	—	ACME Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Eclipse Ventures, Schematic Ventures, The House Fund
Dec 1, 2021	100 Thieves	$60.0M Series C	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Moderne Ventures, Peter Sonsini
Dec 1, 2021	Anyscale	$100.0M Series C	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Intel Capital, Mango Capital, Moderne Ventures, True Ventures
Dec 1, 2021	Platzi	$62.0M Series B	—	Andreessen Horowitz, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Coatue, Electric Capital, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Incisive Ventures, LGF, monashees, Notable Capital, Ribbit Capital, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, Y Combinator, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Lang, David Vélez, Elad Gil, Florian Otto, Jeffrey Wilke, Justin Mateen, Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey
Nov 1, 2021	Attio	$8.0M Seed	—	01 Advisors, Andreessen Horowitz, Balderton Capital, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Coatue, Electric Capital, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Incisive Ventures, LGF, Point Nine Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, Y Combinator, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Lang, Elad Gil, Jeffrey Wilke, Justin Mateen, Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey
Oct 1, 2021	UnitedMasters	$50.0M Series C	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Craft Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Moderne Ventures, Peter Sonsini
Oct 1, 2021	Deel	$430.0M Series D	—	Accomplice VC, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Asylum Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Coatue, Cultivation Capital, Electric Capital, Fifty Years, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Hanabi Capital, Haun Ventures, Incisive Ventures, Inflection, iNovia Capital, Insight Partners, Jefferies, LGF, Next47, Ribbit Capital, Yousuf Khan, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Lang, Charlie Songhurst, Elad Gil, Eric Ries, Jeffrey Wilke, Justin Kitch, Justin Mateen, Jutta Steiner, Mandeep Singh, Mike Krieger, Mike Volpe, Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey
Oct 1, 2021	Neural Magic	$30.0M Series A	—	New Enterprise Associates, WestWave Capital, Andy Bechtolsheim, Maximilian Hasler, Michael Baum
Sep 1, 2021	The Org	$20.0M Series B	—	2xN, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Andreessen Horowitz, Jana Messerschmidt, Atreides Management, Cervin Ventures, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Daybreak Partners, Electric Capital, Flexcap, Future Shape, General Catalyst, Giant Ventures, Goat Capital, GSV Acceleration, Gumi Cryptos Capital, Haun Ventures, Human Capital, Incisive Ventures, Inventus Capital Partners, Khosla Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Matrix, Menlo Ventures, Moving Capital, Paradigm, Precursor Ventures, rocketship.vc, Scalar Capital, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, SmartStart Fund, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Sound Ventures, Spark Capital, The Hit Forge, Third Kind Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, TQ Ventures, Venture Highway, Visionaire Ventures, Wollef Ventures, WorkLife Ventures, Y Combinator, Andrew Steinwold, Anjney Midha, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Silbermann, Biz Stone, Brendan Iribe, Dylan Field, Josh Mohrer, Julia Hartz, Julian Wright, Justin David Blau, Mark Cuban, Mike Krieger, Phil Libin, Regan Bozman, Satya Nadella, Scott Belsky, Sravish Sridhar, Subrah Iyar, Tim Ferriss
Sep 1, 2021	Sisu	$62.0M Series C	—	Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Bascom Ventures, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Coatue, CRV, DGF Investimentos, Electric Capital, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Greycroft, Jett Fein, Incisive Ventures, LGF, Menlo Ventures, monashees, Vanessa Larco, Ribbit Capital, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, Valor Capital Group, Y Combinator, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Lang, Bob Young, Elad Gil, Jeffrey Wilke, Justin Mateen, Kamiar Kordari, Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey
Sep 1, 2021	Ambi Robotics	$26.0M Series A	—	ACME Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Balderton Capital, Eclipse Ventures, Schematic Ventures, TCV, The House Fund, Tiger Global Management

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Leadership Team

Key people at Green Bay Ventures.

Leadership Team

Key people at Green Bay Ventures.

Deep Dive

Green Bay Ventures (GBV) is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests primarily in early-stage technology companies across sectors such as technology, agribusiness, and life sciences. Its mission centers on partnering with visionary entrepreneurs to create breakthrough technologies and transform industries by leveraging the deep domain expertise and extensive networks of its investors, which include some of the world’s most prominent families, top-tier venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and Silicon Valley CEOs. GBV’s investment philosophy emphasizes a focused portfolio with high conviction opportunities, providing active operational support and market access to accelerate portfolio company growth and technology deployment[1][2][3].

Founded in 2012 by C. Richard "Dick" Kramlich and Anthony Schiller, who co-own and co-manage the firm, GBV builds on decades of experience from prior successful ventures including NEA, where Dick Kramlich helped pioneer investments in transformative technologies like Ethernet, high-capacity networking, and web-based remittances. The firm’s evolution reflects a deliberate focus on a smaller number of high-impact investments, enabling personalized support for entrepreneurs working on disruptive innovations. This approach has led GBV to back world-class companies such as Lyft, Dropbox, Xiaomi, MuleSoft, Databricks, Spotify, TransferWise, and DocuSign[2][3][6][7].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: GBV leverages the networks and businesses of its prominent family office investors and Silicon Valley leaders to provide portfolio companies with strategic advantages and direct market access[1][2].
Network Strength: The firm’s investors actively engage with portfolio companies, offering deep domain expertise and connections to target markets[1][2].
Track Record: GBV’s leadership has a proven history of early investments in category-defining companies across multiple technology waves, demonstrating strong deal sourcing and value creation capabilities[2][3].
Operating Support: GBV focuses on a small number of high conviction investments, allowing for hands-on support and tailored guidance to entrepreneurs[2].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

GBV rides the ongoing trend of early-stage venture capital focusing on transformative technologies that reshape industries, including digital infrastructure, life sciences, and agribusiness. The timing is favorable due to accelerating technological innovation, increasing demand for digital transformation, and growing interest in sustainable and impactful investments. By leveraging its investors’ networks and expertise, GBV influences the ecosystem by enabling startups to scale faster and access critical markets, thereby contributing to the evolution of the innovation economy[1][2][3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Green Bay Ventures is poised to continue its selective investment approach, focusing on breakthrough technologies and visionary entrepreneurs. Trends such as AI, climate tech, and digital health are likely to shape its portfolio and influence. As the firm deepens its engagement with its network and portfolio companies, its role as a catalyst for innovation and industry transformation is expected to grow, reinforcing its position as a key player in early-stage venture capital[2][3].

This trajectory ties back to GBV’s founding vision of combining deep expertise, strong networks, and focused capital deployment to back the next generation of transformative companies.

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Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: GBV leverages the networks and businesses of its prominent family office investors and Silicon Valley leaders to provide portfolio companies with strategic advantages and direct market access[1][2].
Network Strength: The firm’s investors actively engage with portfolio companies, offering deep domain expertise and connections to target markets[1][2].
Track Record: GBV’s leadership has a proven history of early investments in category-defining companies across multiple technology waves, demonstrating strong deal sourcing and value creation capabilities[2][3].
Operating Support: GBV focuses on a small number of high conviction investments, allowing for hands-on support and tailored guidance to entrepreneurs[2].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Quick Take & Future Outlook

This trajectory ties back to GBV’s founding vision of combining deep expertise, strong networks, and focused capital deployment to back the next generation of transformative companies.