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.
They made 2 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (89% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $10.2M (across 9 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
9
Fund Size
$33M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
9 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Inherent | Seed | $50M | Jan 2026 |
| CCyphlens | 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 | — |
Top Co-Investors
Index 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
Impatient Ventures1 shared
Union Square Ventures1 shared
Abstract Ventures1 shared
Techstars1 shared
Everywhere Ventures1 shared
First In1 shared
Access Venture Partners1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026