BootstrapLabs is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm founded in 2008 and focused on Applied Artificial Intelligence. It makes seed-stage investments across sectors including future of work, mobility, health, financial and digital infrastructure, and climate & energy. In 2024, BootstrapLabs was acquired by Ares Management Corporation.
48% of their portfolio is in AI. Their most common stage is series-a (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $15.0M (across 26 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
16
Fund Size
$115M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Erik Starck
Managing Director
Fabio Ficano
Managing Director
Mark Mavroudis
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Ares Venture Capital and AI & Innovation Groups
Sam Rawstorne
Managing Director
Benjamin Levy
Partner, Co-Head of Venture Capital and AI & Innovation Groups
Nicolai Wadstrom
Partner, Co-Head of Ares Venture Capital and AI & Innovation Groups
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Pryon | Series B | $100M | Sep 2023 |
| SSibly | Series A | $20M | Sep 2021 |
| HHayden | Series A | $20M | Sep 2021 |
 Hayden Ai Technologies Inc | Series A | — | Sep 2021 |
| Hayden Ai Technologies Inc | Seed | $4.5M | May 2021 |
| HHayden | Seed | $4.5M | May 2021 |
| Hayden Ai Technologies Inc | Seed | $5M | Oct 2020 |
| Hayden Ai Technologies Inc | Unknown | $5M | Oct 2020 |
| HHayden | Series B | $5M | Oct 2020 |
 unitQ | Series A | $11M | Mar 2020 |
 GetAccept | Series A | $7M | Jul 2019 |
 Roger | Series A | $7.3M | May 2019 |
| RRoger.ai | Series A | $7.3M | May 2019 |
 Iunu | Series A | $7.5M | Feb 2019 |
 Pryon | Seed | $4.5M | Jan 2018 |
 Rabot | Pre-Seed | $2M | — |
| Pryon | Series B | $100M | — |
| MMYIA HEALTH | Series A | $10M | — |
| MMYIA HEALTH | Seed | $6.8M | — |
 Myia | Series A | $10M | — |
| RRoger.ai | Seed | $7.4M | — |
 Southie Autonomy | Seed | $2.5M | — |
 Mendel.ai | Seed | $2M | — |
| Pryon | Series A | $20M | — |
| Roger | Seed | $2M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 7 October 2026