ex/ante is a venture capital firm dedicated to "agentic technology"—tools that advance human agency by increasing privacy, security, and information integrity. Founded by Zoe Weinberg and spun out of Eric Schmidt's public-benefit venture group, the firm backs pre-seed and seed-stage companies.
Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (75% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $12.5M (across 12 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
12
Fund Size
$33M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
12 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Neurometric | Pre-Seed | $4M | Jun 2026 |
 INHERENT | Seed | $50M | Jan 2026 |
| NNeurometric AI | Pre-Seed | $4M | Jan 2026 |
 Cyphlens | Seed | $3.8M | Dec 2025 |
| CConfident Security | Seed | $4.2M | Jul 2025 |
 HoundDog | Seed | $3.1M | May 2024 |
| HHoundDog.ai | Seed | $3.1M | May 2024 |
 Dapple Security | Pre-Seed | $2.3M | Jan 2024 |
 Datum | Seed | $13.6M | — |
 Anon | Seed | $6.5M | — |
 Klaimee | Seed | $5.5M | — |
 Inherent | Seed | $50M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Index Ventures3 shared
Everywhere Ventures3 shared
Encoded Ventures2 shared
Abstraction Capital2 shared
Betaworks2 shared
Metaplanet2 shared
Radical Ventures2 shared
Macroscopic Ventures2 shared
Mozilla Ventures2 shared
private angel investors2 shared
E14 Fund2 shared
Salesforce Ventures1 shared
Motivate Venture Capital1 shared
Digital Currency Group1 shared
Cambrian Ventures1 shared
Cervin1 shared
CRV1 shared
Amplify Partners1 shared
Greencode Ventures1 shared
Step Function1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026