Keshif Ventures

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Updated: Dec 24, 2025 ·

About

To foster the growth of the San Diego data science ecosystem through investments in early-stage teams focused on building infrastructure or enterprise solutions.

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Sep 1, 2025	Sira	$500K Seed	—	S28 Capital, Y Combinator, Kulveer Taggar, Paul Graham
Jun 1, 2025	Trapeze	$500K Seed	—	S28 Capital, Y Combinator, Kulveer Taggar, Paul Graham
Mar 1, 2025	Dex	$500K Seed	—	S28 Capital, Y Combinator, Kulveer Taggar, Paul Graham
Mar 1, 2025	Leaping AI	$5.0M Seed	—	Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, S28 Capital, Y Combinator, Immad Akhund, Kulveer Taggar, Will Gaybrick
Nov 1, 2023	Secondmind	$16.0M Venture Round	—	Amadeus Capital Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Atlantic Bridge, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, L Catterton Growth, Octopus Ventures, Passion Capital, SNR, Telstra Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Andy Bechtolsheim, Marcus Bartram, William Tunstall-Pedoe
May 1, 2022	Airspace	$70.0M Series D	—	Alumni Ventures, Anderson Angels, Andreessen Horowitz, Atlantic Bridge, Bascom Ventures, BMW i Ventures, DBL Partners, Dynamo Ventures, Family Office, Flyover Capital, Glasswing Ventures, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, SNR, Telstra Ventures, The Hit Forge, Trajectory Ventures, Marcus Bartram
Mar 1, 2022	Koloni	$1.0M Seed	—	LAUNCH, quadratura.it
Feb 1, 2022	Modal.io	$7.0M Venture Round	—	SignalFire, Larry RosenBerger
Oct 1, 2021	GoShare	$4.0M Seed	—	Aniq Kassam, LAUNCH, quadratura.it, Vishal Rao
Oct 1, 2021	Turing	$87.0M Series D	—	Act One Ventures, Altair Capital Management, A'Z Angels, Craft Ventures, Foundation Capital, Frontier Ventures, King Goh, Matrix, Moving Capital, Forest Baskett, Glenn Solomon, Pareto Holdings, Plug & Play Ventures, Quiet Capital, UP.Partners, Virginia Venture Partners, Eric Ver Ploeg, Gabriel Jarrosson, Josh Mohrer
Sep 1, 2021	Nutrisense	$4.0M Seed	—	2048 Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Lazerow Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Ashish Toshniwal, Marcy Simon
Jul 1, 2021	reThought Insurance	$14.0M Series A	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Atlantic Bridge, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, SNR, Telstra Ventures, Trajectory Ventures
Jul 1, 2021	OXIO	$20.0M Series A	—	2xN, Andreessen Horowitz, Atlantic Bridge, Grove Ventures, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Kima Ventures, Point Nine Capital, #SecretFund, SNR, Telstra Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Y Combinator, Marcus Bartram, Rami Lipman
Jun 1, 2021	Happs	$5.0M Series A	—	Alpine Ventures, Big Sky Health, Bullpen Capital, First Round Capital, Goodwater Capital, Gutter Capital, Learn Capital, LightShed Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Quiet Capital, Howard Lindzon, Jarrod Dicker, Vast Ventures, WGI Group, Diego Berdakin, Joe Proto, Josh Elman, Kevin Lin
Apr 1, 2021	Pametan	$60K Seed	—	—
Apr 1, 2021	Torre.ai	$16.0M Seed	—	2048 Ventures, Ada Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Index Ventures, Latitud, Lazerow Ventures, Magma Partners, NextGen Venture Partners, Velvet Sea Ventures, Ashish Toshniwal, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, George Godula, Mandeep Singh, Marcy Simon, Michael Shoemaker, Rodrigo Xavier, Simon Blanchard
Apr 1, 2021	Mercato	$26.0M Series A	—	AAF Management Ltd., Backed VC, Boost VC, Craft Ventures, FINTOP Capital, Freestyle Capital, Hiro Capital, Lazerow Ventures, Play Ventures, Eytan Elbaz
Jan 1, 2021	Airspace	$38.0M Series C	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Atlantic Bridge, BMW i Ventures, Dynamo Ventures, Flyover Capital, Glasswing Ventures, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, SNR, Telstra Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Marcus Bartram
Oct 1, 2020	Nutrisense	$3.0M Seed	—	2048 Ventures, Angular Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, Correlation Ventures, CP Ventures, Geek Ventures, Lazerow Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Sprout Social, Inc., Underscore, Ashish Toshniwal, Marcy Simon
Sep 1, 2020	Turing	$32.0M Series B	—	Act One Ventures, Afore Capital, Altair Capital Management, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Amplo, Array Ventures, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, Axiom Partners, A'Z Angels, Bascom Ventures, B Capital Group, Brainstorm Ventures, Brighter Capital, Canvas Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Climate Capital, Colossal Biosciences, Contrary Capital, Craft Ventures, Defy Partners, Dreamers VC, Jenny Fielding, f7 Ventures, Fifth Wall, FirstMark Capital, Flex Capital, Foundation Capital, Founder Collective, FreeSky Capital, Frontier Ventures, Gaingels, General Catalyst, Harlem Capital, King Goh, Ideas & Capital, Imagination Capital, Index Ventures, Infinite Niches, Innovation Endeavors, Jetstream, LombardStreet Ventures, LongeVC, Long Journey Ventures, Matrix, Mindset Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, Moving Capital, Forest Baskett, Glenn Solomon, One Way Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Peak State Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Prosperity7 Ventures, Quiet Capital, Rebel Fund, Safar Partners, Saga, Sequoia Capital, Social Capital, Soma Capital, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, TSVC Capital, Unchained Capital, Inc., Uncorrelated Ventures, UpHonest Capital, UP.Partners, Virginia Venture Partners, Vitalize Venture Group, Work-Bench, XSeed Capital, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Charlie Cheever, Christopher Nguyen, Clark Landry, David Petraeus, Ding Zhou, Dino Vendetti, Dylan Field, Emil Michael, Emmett Shear, Eric Bunting, Eric Ver Ploeg, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Farzad Nazem, Gabriel Jarrosson, Gokul Rajaram, Gregory Waldorf, Howard Cox, Immad Akhund, Jed Ng, Jeff Morris, John Collison, John Spindler, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Josh Mohrer, Kevin Lin, Kevin O'Leary, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Manik Gupta, Marat Kichikov, Marc Benioff, Max Mullen, Max Simkoff, Nicolas Berggruen, Ron Pragides, Sahin Boydas, Scott Banister, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Sue Xu, Tim Geisenheimer, Tony Xu, Travis May, Yechiel Engelhard
May 1, 2020	PlushCare	$520K Series B	—	Aux21 Capital, Catapult Capital, Daffy, Mayfield, Moonshots Capital, Science, Sweet Capital, Zeev Capital
Feb 1, 2020	GoMeta	$90K Series A	—	Astanor Ventures, Bam Ventures, Endeavor8, G2VP, Moonshots Capital, Owl Rock Capital Partners, Syngenta Group Ventures, Techstars, Stanton Green
Jan 1, 2020	Cabinet Health	$2.0M Seed	—	Alumni Ventures, Canaan Partners, Coughdrop Capital, Earl Grey Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Kleiner Perkins, Trace Cohen, NextGen Venture Partners, Red Swan Ventures, Rubicon VC, Techstars, Vibe Capital, What If Ventures
Dec 1, 2019	Iterable	$60.0M Series D	—	01 Advisors, A Capital, Album VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Atlantic Bridge, Battery Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Craft Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, Crosslink Capital, CRV, Dispersion Capital, DST Global, Gradient Ventures, Hack VC, Index Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Laurence Jones, MaC Venture Capital, Magnetic Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Pelion Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, SNR, Telstra Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Triangle Peak Partners, TSVC Capital, UpHonest Capital, Matt Garratt, Y Combinator, Kevin Lin, Marcus Bartram, Michael Ryan Dubin, Ronny Conway
Sep 1, 2019	Voyage	$31.0M Series B	—	2048 Ventures, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Atlantic Bridge, Contour Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Kompas VC, MS&AD Ventures, Sinai Ventures, SNR, Telstra Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Marcus Bartram

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Leadership Team

Key people at Keshif Ventures.

Andy White

Investor

Leadership Team

Key people at Keshif Ventures.

Andy White

Investor

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Keshif Ventures is an early-stage investment firm focused on accelerating the growth of the San Diego data science ecosystem. The firm’s mission centers on supporting innovative teams building infrastructure and enterprise solutions, particularly in high-tech sectors such as software, big data, healthcare, and the Internet of Things. Keshif Ventures prioritizes companies with strong founding teams and disruptive ideas, often with an emphasis on technologies that serve broader societal needs. With a portfolio spanning over 35 investments and a consistent presence in 2–6 funding rounds annually, Keshif has established itself as a steady contributor to the regional startup ecosystem, especially in Southern California.

Origin Story

Founded in 2012, Keshif Ventures emerged as a response to the growing need for specialized capital and mentorship in the data science and high-tech sectors. The firm was established by Taner Halicioglu, a seasoned entrepreneur and investor with deep roots in the San Diego tech community. Over the years, Keshif Ventures has evolved from a local angel group into a structured investment vehicle, broadening its reach while maintaining a strong regional focus. The team has expanded to include key figures such as Andy White, who brings operational expertise, and Nedim Halicioglu, who shapes investment strategies. This evolution reflects Keshif’s commitment to nurturing early-stage innovation and fostering a collaborative ecosystem.

Core Differentiators

Regional Focus: Deep ties to the San Diego tech and data science community, enabling targeted support and access to local talent.
Sector Specialization: Concentrates on high-impact areas like data infrastructure, enterprise software, and healthcare technology.
Team-Centric Approach: Prioritizes investments in startups with strong, cohesive founding teams and disruptive ideas.
Hands-On Support: Offers operational guidance and strategic mentorship, not just capital.
Track Record: Over 35 investments, with a notable number of exits and follow-on funding rounds, demonstrating consistent deal flow and ecosystem impact.

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Keshif Ventures is riding the wave of data-driven innovation, a trend that is reshaping industries from healthcare to enterprise software. The firm’s focus on infrastructure and enterprise solutions positions it at the heart of the digital transformation sweeping across sectors. By supporting early-stage teams, Keshif helps bridge the gap between academic research and commercial application, fostering a pipeline of talent and technology that strengthens the broader tech ecosystem. The timing is particularly advantageous, as demand for data science and AI-powered solutions continues to surge, and regional hubs like San Diego gain prominence as innovation centers.

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Keshif Ventures is well-positioned to continue its role as a catalyst for data science and high-tech innovation in Southern California. As the demand for specialized infrastructure and enterprise solutions grows, the firm’s sector expertise and regional network will likely become even more valuable. The future may see Keshif expanding its portfolio into adjacent areas such as AI, cybersecurity, and digital health, while maintaining its core mission of supporting impactful, team-driven startups. In an era where data is the new currency, Keshif Ventures stands out as a key player in shaping the next generation of technology leaders.

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Regional Focus: Deep ties to the San Diego tech and data science community, enabling targeted support and access to local talent.
Sector Specialization: Concentrates on high-impact areas like data infrastructure, enterprise software, and healthcare technology.
Team-Centric Approach: Prioritizes investments in startups with strong, cohesive founding teams and disruptive ideas.
Hands-On Support: Offers operational guidance and strategic mentorship, not just capital.
Track Record: Over 35 investments, with a notable number of exits and follow-on funding rounds, demonstrating consistent deal flow and ecosystem impact.