Pathbreaker Ventures
San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2016
Pathbreaker Ventures is a deep-tech venture capital firm that invests in specialized founders solving the world's hardest problems through novel hardware and software technologies, with a focus on AI, robotics, and emerging technologies.
Their most common stage is seed (54% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $13.1M (across 37 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
31
Fund Size
$11M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
39 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Slip Robotics | Series B | $28M | Dec 2024 |
 Drifter | Seed | — | Dec 2024 |
 BurnBot | Series A | $20M | Apr 2024 |
 GrayMatter Robotics | Series B | $45M | Jan 2024 |
 PaintJet | Series A | $10M | Dec 2023 |
 K2 Space | Seed | $8.5M | Oct 2023 |
| PPresso Robotics | Seed | $8M | Jan 2023 |
 CompScience | Seed | $6M | Aug 2022 |
| GGrayMatter | Series A | $20M | Aug 2022 |
 Tenyx | Seed | $15M | May 2022 |
 Framework | Seed | $2M | Nov 2021 |
 Reliable Robotics | Series C | $100M | Oct 2021 |
| GGray Matter Robotics | Seed | $4.1M | Sep 2021 |
| SSafelyYou | Series A | $19.5M | Sep 2021 |
 Safely You | Series A | $19.5M | Sep 2021 |
 VergeSense | Series B | $12M | Dec 2020 |
 Presso | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | Dec 2020 |
 Iron Ox | Series B | $20M | Sep 2020 |
 Bandit ML | Seed | $1.3M | Sep 2020 |
| Reliable Robotics | Series B | $25M | Aug 2020 |
| VergeSense | Seed | $9M | May 2020 |
| VergeSense | Series B | $9M | Jan 2020 |
 Diligent Robotics | Seed | $3M | Oct 2019 |
| DDrifter Entertainment | Seed | $2.3M | Dec 2016 |
| Presso | Series A | $10M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
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Y Combinator6 shared
HAX6 shared
SOSV6 shared
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Swift Ventures5 shared
Eclipse4 shared
VSC Ventures4 shared
Founders Fund4 shared
DCVC4 shared
YETI Capital4 shared
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OCA Ventures4 shared
3M Ventures4 shared
Gaingels3 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026