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Cortical Ventures

Last cheque observed Jul 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietNew fund $40M, Feb 2023VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries APhysical AIAI InfrastructureAI For Good

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 1 on record
Since the last cheque464days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$2.3MCheque size, as they say$100K – $5.0MRounds led1 of 1
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Cortical Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    1 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 1 rounds

What they do

We partner early. We lead at pre-seed and seed.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$100K – $5.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
Physical AIAI InfrastructureAI For Good
Based in
San Francisco, United States
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first1 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. Jul
    Spear AISeed · US · TechStartups$2.3MLed

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 registration2 named

ITIgor TaberExecutive Officer, DirectoriFiling they signed
JAJeremy AchinManaging memberiFiling they signed

We also hold 4 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 they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

9 of 18 we have independently watched raise

AI CreteAirwaveClaryoDataroomhqE2BFALSpear AIWeaviatehos2ndsetAlphaZAngelHyperwriteaiIntegrationKyber LabsNeo CybernaticaPredator AIYour

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.

Recently backed

The latest companies Cortical Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Cortical Ventures

What does Cortical Ventures invest in?

Cortical Ventures invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Physical AI, AI Infrastructure and AI For Good.

How active is Cortical Ventures?

1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Jul 2025.

What has Cortical Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Spear AI (Seed, Jul 2025).

How big are Cortical Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.3M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M.

Is Cortical Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2025.

What kind of investor is Cortical Ventures?

Cortical Ventures is a VC firm based in San Francisco, United States.

Has Cortical Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Feb 2023, reporting $40M raised.

Does Cortical Ventures take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

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