# HMC INQ: portfolio, investments and team

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

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# HMC INQ

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 1 cheques on record.

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Pre-seed Seed Series A Financial Services

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

Since the last cheque **30** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$10M** Rounds led **0 of 1**

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## HMC INQ highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> Venture funding for startups created by Harvey Mudd College students and alumni. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Financial Services
- **Based in:** Santa Monica, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **1 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Parakeet Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/parakeet-health)** Series A · US · MedCity News **$10M** With 3 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.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**19** of 37 we have independently watched raise

[Arcticar](https://millionrounds.com/company/arcticar)[CareCar](https://millionrounds.com/company/carecar)[Coldreach](https://millionrounds.com/company/coldreach)[DataJoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/datajoint)[Fastbreak AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/fastbreak-ai)[KAV Sports](https://millionrounds.com/company/kav-sports)[Kapta Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/kapta-space)[LanzaTech](https://millionrounds.com/company/lanzatech)[Neurophos](https://millionrounds.com/company/neurophos)[Parakeet Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/parakeet-health)[Rove](https://millionrounds.com/company/rove)[Samba](https://millionrounds.com/company/samba-tv)[Sancho](https://millionrounds.com/company/sancho)[Sherpa Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/sherpa-labs)[Stellar Pizza](https://millionrounds.com/company/stellar-pizza)[Synedgen](https://millionrounds.com/company/synedgen)[Thea](https://millionrounds.com/company/thea)[Trilo Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/trilobio)[Young Alfred](https://millionrounds.com/company/young-alfred) Cadence Daemon Delos Doctours ESS Technology Evress Groundlight Hyperstition Research Itsware Juva Kapha Bio Lilac Patentext Pronomos Capital Protected Speakeasy StoryHouse Ventures Ultra

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.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 1 rounds **0%**

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

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies HMC INQ put money into.

[**Parakeet Health** $10M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/parakeet-health)

## Quick answers about HMC INQ

### What does HMC INQ invest in?

HMC INQ invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Financial Services.

### How active is HMC INQ?

1 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has HMC INQ invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Parakeet Health (Series A, Oct 2026).

### How big are HMC INQ's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M.

### Is HMC INQ investing now?

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

### What kind of investor is HMC INQ?

HMC INQ is a VC firm based in Santa Monica, United States.

### When was HMC INQ founded?

HMC INQ was founded in 2017.

### Where does this information on HMC INQ come from?

From 1 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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