O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV), now rebranded as INDIE, is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm that pioneered institutional seed investing. Founded in 2005 by Bryce Roberts, Mark Jacobsen, and Tim O'Reilly, the firm focuses on funding disruptors and innovators, with recent emphasis on backing bootstrapped, profit-oriented startups.
Their most common stage is series-a (43% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $15.6M (across 19 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
17
Fund Size
$85M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
GA
Gbemi Adelekan
Founder & Managing Director
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
21 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HHeart to Heart | Pre-Seed | $750K | Oct 2021 |
 Hipcamp | Series B | $25M | Jul 2019 |
 Sight Machine | Series C | $29.4M | Apr 2019 |
 Science Exchange | Series B | $25M | Mar 2016 |
 Figma | Series A | $14M | Dec 2015 |
 Planet | Series C | $118M | Apr 2015 |
| Hipcamp | Seed | $2M | Sep 2014 |
 Timehop | Series B | $10M | Jul 2014 |
 MakeSpace | Series A | $8M | May 2014 |
 Curbside | Seed | $1.5M | Sep 2013 |
| Planet | Series A | $13M | Jun 2013 |
 Little Bits | Series A | $3.6M | Jul 2012 |
 Jiraaf | Series A | $7M | Jun 2012 |
| Science Exchange | Unknown | — | — |
| SSee.Me | Series A | $1.3M | — |
| PPrevi | Pre-Seed | $6.5M | — |
| Timehop | Series A | $14M | — |
 SweetLabs | Unknown | — | — |
 Chairish | Series A | $4M | — |
 Opensignal | Seed | $1.3M | — |
 Gabriel | Series A | $12M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Index Ventures4 shared
Innovation Endeavors2 shared
Draper Fisher Jurvetson2 shared
First Round Capital2 shared
AME Cloud Ventures2 shared
Founders Fund2 shared
Maverick Ventures2 shared
Union Square Ventures2 shared
Collaborative Fund2 shared
Shasta Ventures2 shared
Spark Capital2 shared
Greylock Partners1 shared
Iconiq Capital, LLC1 shared
Dropbox Ventures1 shared
Industry Ventures1 shared
DCVC1 shared
Capricorn Investment Group1 shared
Lux Capital1 shared
Felicis1 shared
Last updated: 9 September 2026