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.
Their most common stage is series-a (41% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $18.1M (across 25 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
27
Fund Size
$447.4M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Hardik Desai
Managing Partner
Joseph Goodman
Managing Partner
Soleio Cuervo
Partner
Arash Ferdowsi
Co-Founder
Drew Houston
Co-Founder
Nobuyuki Hashimoto
Senior Researcher
Martin Münchbach
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 MagicBlock | Seed | $7.5M | Apr 2025 |
 Rakurai | Seed | $3M | Mar 2025 |
 August | Series A | $10M | Mar 2025 |
 Movement Labs | Series A | $38M | Apr 2024 |
 Agora | Seed | $12M | Apr 2024 |
 Clique | Series A | $8M | Mar 2024 |
 Kinto | Pre-Seed | $5M | Nov 2023 |
 Bastion | Seed | $25M | Sep 2023 |
| AArgus Labs | Seed | $10M | Jun 2023 |
 Together | Seed | $20M | May 2023 |
| ZZed Industries | Series A | $10M | Mar 2023 |
 Zed | Series A | $10M | Mar 2023 |
 Blocknative | Series A | $15M | Dec 2022 |
 ChargeLab | Series A | $15M | May 2022 |
| LLiquiFi | Seed | $5M | Apr 2022 |
 ApertureData | Seed | $3M | Feb 2022 |
 Daily.co | Series B | $40M | Nov 2021 |
 Esper | Series C | $60M | Oct 2021 |
| Blocknative | Series A | $12M | Jul 2021 |
| Esper | Series B | $30M | May 2021 |
| MMeroxa | Series A | $15M | Apr 2021 |
| VVersatile | Series A | $20M | Dec 2020 |
| Daily.co | Seed | $4.6M | Jan 2020 |
 Particle | Series C | $40M | Oct 2019 |
 Spruce | Series A | $34M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 5 March 2026