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    Sunrise Ventures

    Rancho Santa Fe, United StatesFounded 2000
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    Biotech & Life SciencesHealthcareHardware & SemiconductorsEnterprise SoftwareMedia & EntertainmentFintech

    Sunrise Ventures is a Southern California based venture capital firm that makes equity investments in early-stage and expansion-stage private technology companies. The firm primarily focuses on expansion-stage companies that can exit within three years, while also making exceptions for promising early-stage companies.

    40% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture.

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    Portfolio

    5

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Unknown

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    JS

    Jim Simpson

    General Partner

    JK

    Jason Karches

    Associate Partner

    SJ

    Smiti Jain

    Investor

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    5 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Iteration X logoIteration XSeed$4.7MApr 2023
    Oura logoOuraSeries B$20MDec 2018
    LLittle SecretsUnknown—Jul 2018
    Vital Farms logoVital FarmsUnknown—Apr 2017
    Maple Hill Creamery logoMaple Hill CreameryUnknown—Nov 2016

    Top Co-Investors

    Forerunner Ventures1 shared
    BDT & MSD Partners1 shared
    Jump Capital1 shared
    La Famiglia1 shared
    Y Combinator1 shared
    Context Ventures1 shared
    Utopian Ventures1 shared
    Diaspora Ventures1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026