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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 2 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is series-a (64% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $29.5M (across 10 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
11
Fund Size
$20M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
AR
Ash Rust
Managing Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
11 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hydra | Series A | $100M | Jun 2026 |
| HHydra Host | Series A | $100M | Jun 2026 |
| BBotco.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 |
 Kyte | Series A | — | Oct 2021 |
 Knoetic | Series A | $18M | Aug 2021 |
 breinify | Unknown | $11M | Jan 2021 |
 Botco.ai | Seed | $3.6M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator3 shared
10x Founders2 shared
Kindred Ventures2 shared
Founders Fund2 shared
NVIDIA Corporation2 shared
FOG Ventures1 shared
Village Global1 shared
General Catalyst1 shared
On Deck Ventures1 shared
XYZ Venture Capital1 shared
Kapor Capital1 shared
Felicis1 shared
Initialized Capital1 shared
SV Angel1 shared
N471 shared
Precursor Ventures1 shared
Bullpen Capital1 shared
King River Capital1 shared
Bloomberg Beta1 shared
STEADFAST Capital Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026