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    Root Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2013

    Root Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that focuses on deep technology companies, including AI, infrastructure, developer tools, and hard tech, seeking technical founders building defensible, foundational technologies. Their strategy involves leading initial funding rounds, typically investing $2-3 million, with an emphasis on long-term value creation and strategic support for their portfolio companies.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Their most common stage is series-a (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $19.0M (across 30 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    30

    Fund Size

    $447.4M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    30 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    VVervesemiSeries A$10MFeb 2026
    MagicBlock logoMagicBlockSeed$7.5MApr 2025
    Rakurai logoRakuraiSeed$3MMar 2025
    August logoAugustSeries A$10MMar 2025
    Movement Labs logoMovement LabsSeries A$38MApr 2024
    Agora logoAgoraSeed$12MApr 2024
    Clique logoCliqueSeries A$8MMar 2024
    Kinto logoKintoPre-Seed$5MNov 2023
    Fhenix logoFhenixSeed$7MSep 2023
    Bastion logoBastionSeed$25MSep 2023
    AArgus LabsSeed$10MJun 2023
    Together logoTogetherSeed$20MMay 2023
    ZZed IndustriesSeries A$10MMar 2023
    Zed logoZedSeries A$10MMar 2023
    Blocknative logoBlocknativeSeries A$15MDec 2022
    ChargeLab logoChargeLabSeries A$15MMay 2022
    LiquiFi logoLiquiFiSeed$5MApr 2022
    ApertureData logoApertureDataSeed$3MFeb 2022
    Daily.co logoDaily.coSeries B$40MNov 2021
    Esper logoEsperSeries C$60MOct 2021
    Blocknative logoBlocknativeSeries A$12MJul 2021
    Esper logoEsperSeries B$30MMay 2021
    MMeroxaSeries A$15MApr 2021
    VVersatileSeries A$20MDec 2020
    Daily.co logoDaily.coSeed$4.6MJan 2020
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    Last updated: 10 April 2026