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Sterling Road is a San Francisco–based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that invests in pre-seed and idea-stage B2B startups, providing capital and hands-on coaching to help founders go from idea to IPO.
They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is series-a (56% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $24.4M (across 14 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
12
Fund Size
$20M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
AR
Ash Rust
Managing Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
16 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hydra Host | Series A | $100M | Jun 2026 |
 Botco.ai | Seed | $3.6M | Jul 2023 |
 Hype | Series A | $10M | Apr 2023 |
 Puzzle | Series A | $15M | Feb 2023 |
 Tigereye | Series A | $30M | Sep 2022 |
 Five To Nine | Seed | $4.3M | Jun 2022 |
 PeopleReign | Unknown | $4M | Jan 2022 |
 Kyte | Series A | — | Oct 2021 |
 Kyte | Series A | $30M | Oct 2021 |
 Knoetic | Series A | $18M | Aug 2021 |
 Breinify | Seed | — | Dec 2020 |
 Brainbase | Series A | $8M | May 2020 |
| Botco.ai | Seed | $3.6M | — |
| Hydra Host | Series A | $100M | — |
| Hydra Host | Seed | $10M | — |
| Tigereye | Seed | $5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator5 shared
FJ Labs3 shared
Founders Fund3 shared
SV Angel2 shared
Amplo2 shared
1984 Ventures2 shared
Rosecliff2 shared
Moving Capital2 shared
Unpopular Ventures2 shared
FundersClub2 shared
Urban Innovation Fund2 shared
Seraph Group2 shared
10x Founders2 shared
Kindred Ventures2 shared
NVIDIA Corporation2 shared
FOG Ventures1 shared
Village Global1 shared
S321 shared
General Catalyst1 shared
On Deck Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026