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    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2019
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    The Council is an operator-led venture firm investing in vertical AI for essential industries — including healthcare, logistics, construction, transportation, and manufacturing. It runs The Council Angels, a community of 200+ operators, alongside its fund.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Average disclosed round size is $11.6M (across 25 rounds with reported amounts).

    Find people at The Council on Goldilocks AI

    Portfolio

    23

    Fund Size

    $25M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    Amber Illig

    Amber Illig

    Founding General Partner

    Cecilia Ziniti

    Cecilia Ziniti

    Founding Lawyer Amazon Alexa -> VP Legal Cruise -> GC Replit -> Cofounder of GC AI

    Rachel Tsui

    Rachel Tsui

    Partner

    Eliana Berger

    Eliana Berger

    Founding Product Manager Charlie Health -> Cofounder of Joyful Health

    Vanessa Samaniego

    Vanessa Samaniego

    HEAD OF COMMUNITY

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    28 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Diameter Pay logoDiameter PaySeries A$10MJan 2026
    GC AI logoGC AIUnknown$60MNov 2025
    GC AI logoGC AISeries B$60MNov 2025
    Trially logoTriallySeed$4.7MSep 2025
    Zordi logoZordiSeries B—May 2025
    Rezilient logoRezilientSeries A$10MOct 2024
    Princeton NuEnergy logoPrinceton NuEnergySeries A$10.3MMay 2024
    Smart Roof logoSmart RoofSeed$7.5MJan 2024
    Roofer.com logoRoofer.comSeed$7.5MJan 2024
    Rezilient logoRezilientSeries A$10MJan 2024
    Princeton NuEnergy logoPrinceton NuEnergySeries A$16MNov 2023
    Cohart logoCohartSeed$4MAug 2023
    Siena logoSienaSeed$4.7MJan 2023
    SSiena AISeed$4.7MJan 2023
    KKintraSeries A$8MJan 2023
    Alivia Analytics logoAlivia AnalyticsUnknown—Oct 2022
    Ghost logoGhostSeries A$13MJun 2022
    Ghost Financial logoGhost FinancialPre-Seed$2.5MApr 2022
    FForefront TelecareSeries A$15MApr 2019
    LLancopeSeries C$12.5MJan 2004
    LLancopeUnknown$5MJan 2003
    Emids logoEmidsUnknown$13.3M—
    Rosarium logoRosariumSeed$1.7M—
    Rezilient logoRezilientBridge——
    Kintra Fibers logoKintra FibersSeed$2M—
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    Top Co-Investors

    Hustle Fund4 shared
    Alumni Ventures3 shared
    Techstars3 shared
    Acorn Pacific Ventures3 shared
    305 Ventures2 shared
    HOF Capital2 shared
    HF02 shared
    Soma Capital2 shared
    Mucker Capital2 shared
    GoAhead Ventures2 shared
    Asymmetric Capital Partners2 shared
    Gaingels2 shared
    Canaan Partners2 shared
    Sierra Ventures2 shared
    Village Global2 shared
    New York Ventures2 shared
    Scale Venture Partners2 shared
    Northzone2 shared
    Sound Ventures2 shared
    SilverCircle2 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026