# Bow Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Bow Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 11 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/bow-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Bow Capital

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 11 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $2.1M, Dec 2021 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Robotics Defense Logistics

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**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 11 on record

Since the last cheque **16** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$11M** Rounds led **3 of 11** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Bow Capital highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series C: 71% of its rounds
- 03 Led 3 rounds

## What they do

> Bow Capital backs founders building AI for the real world... Seed–Series A stage focus $5M average investment into core companies. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Robotics Defense Logistics
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **11 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Austin Sensing Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/austin-sensing-company)** Seed · US · Google News search **$11M** *Led*
- **2022** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Ambi Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ambi-robotics)** US · Ahren Innovation Capital **$32M** With 5 others
- **2019** 4 rounds
- **Aug** **[Rimeto](https://millionrounds.com/company/rimeto)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$10M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[WorkRamp](https://millionrounds.com/company/workramp)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$8.0M** *Led*
- **Mar** **[ArangoDB](https://millionrounds.com/company/arangodb)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$10M** *Led*
- **Feb** **[The Because Market](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-because-market)** US · Forbes **$30M** With 3 others
- **2018** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[GenEdit](https://millionrounds.com/company/genedit)** US · FinSMEs **$8.5M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Flex Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/flex-company)** US · Prnewswire **$3.6M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Evolve BioSystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/evolve-biosystems)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$40M** With 10 others
- **2017** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[RealtyShares](https://millionrounds.com/company/realtyshares)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$28M** With 7 others
- **May** **[Evolve BioSystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/evolve-biosystems)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 4 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **5 named**

GB **Grady Burnett** MANAGING DIRECTOR i Filing they signed

JC **James Chan** CFO i Form ADV

MR **Murray Rode** Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

RS **Rafi Syed** Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

VY **Vivek Yeshwant Ranadive** Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **10** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$494M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** BOW Capital Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 285101

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**12** of 23 we have independently watched raise

[Ambi Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ambi-robotics)[BentoML](https://millionrounds.com/company/bentoml)[CNaught](https://millionrounds.com/company/cnaught)[Claritype](https://millionrounds.com/company/claritype)[Clear](https://millionrounds.com/company/clearco)[DeepCell](https://millionrounds.com/company/deepcell)[GenEdit](https://millionrounds.com/company/genedit)[GrayMatter Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/graymatter-robotics)[HumanSignal](https://millionrounds.com/company/humansignal)[Infinant Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/infinant-health)[Kloudless](https://millionrounds.com/company/kloudless)[Loris](https://millionrounds.com/company/loris) AimatX ArangoDB Eversight Labs Farmers Business Network Flywheel GoodRec Hitch Jerry Lava Lawyaw Linus Bio

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$2.1M**

raised in Dec 2021

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$11M** the round, not its cheque

Led 3 of 11 rounds **27%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *3*
- Series C *2*
- Seed said *1*
- Series B said *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [ACRE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acre) 2
- [Tate & Lyle](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tate-and-lyle) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Bow Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**ACRE** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acre)[**Tate & Lyle** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tate-and-lyle)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Bow Capital put money into.

[**Ambi Robotics** $32M · Oct 2022](https://millionrounds.com/company/ambi-robotics)[**Rimeto** $10M · Aug 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/rimeto)[**WorkRamp** $8.0M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/workramp)[**ArangoDB** $10M · Mar 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/arangodb)[**GenEdit** $8.5M · Dec 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/genedit)[**Evolve BioSystems** $40M · Jun 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/evolve-biosystems)

## Quick answers about Bow Capital

### What does Bow Capital invest in?

Bow Capital invests most often at Series A and Series C (71% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Robotics, Defense and Logistics.

### How active is Bow Capital?

11 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Bow Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Austin Sensing Company (Seed, Oct 2026), Ambi Robotics (Oct 2022) and Rimeto (Series A, Aug 2019).

### How big are Bow Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $11M.

### Does Bow Capital lead rounds?

Yes: it led 3 of its 11 investments on record (27%).

### Where does Bow Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Bow Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Bow Capital invest alongside?

Most often ACRE (2 rounds together) and Tate & Lyle (2 rounds together).

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