
Adverb Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm co-founded by April Underwood and Jessica Verrilli in San Francisco. The firm invests in and advises founders with unique market insights, typically investing $500K to $5M from pre-seed through Series A.
39% of their portfolio is in Healthcare. Their most common stage is seed (48% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $15.7M (across 21 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
19
Fund Size
$75M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
5
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
23 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | $10.8M | May 2026 | |
| Series A | $18M | Jan 2026 | |
| Series A | $7M | Jan 2026 | |
| GGoodDay Software | Seed | $7M | Jan 2026 |
| Series A | $14M | Jan 2026 | |
| Series A | $19M | Jan 2026 | |
| Seed | $25M | Jan 2026 | |
| Unknown | $7M | Jan 2026 | |
| FFoundational Industries | Seed | $25M | Jan 2026 |
| Series B | $30M | Dec 2025 | |
| Seed | $4.1M | Sep 2025 | |
| Series A | $30M | Jul 2025 | |
| Series A | $17M | Jun 2025 | |
| Seed | $6M | Oct 2024 | |
| Seed | $6M | Jan 2024 | |
| Seed | $3.8M | — | |
| Series B | $30M | — | |
| Series B | $30.8M | — | |
| Seed | $6.8M | — | |
| Seed | $2.3M | — | |
| PParnassus Labs | Series B | $30M | — |
| Seed | — | — | |
| Series A | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator10 shared
8VC5 shared
M123 shared
Radical Ventures3 shared
Long Journey Ventures3 shared
Flex Capital3 shared
FirstMark Capital3 shared
Ritual Capital3 shared
Genius Ventures2 shared
Rebel Fund2 shared
Alt Capital2 shared
Oceans2 shared
Abstract Ventures2 shared
BoxGroup2 shared
Buckley Ventures2 shared
Offline Ventures2 shared
Common Metal1 shared
Homebrew1 shared
Sequoia Capital1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026