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What does Pathbreaker Ventures invest in?
Pathbreaker Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Hardware and Software.
Pathbreaker Ventures highlights
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6 rounds on record
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 75% of its rounds
What they do
Pathbreaker invests in specialized founders determined to solve the world’s hardest problems through novel hardware and software technologies.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $250K – $1.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries A
- Sectors
- HardwareSoftware
- Based in
- San Francisco, Canada
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first6 appearances
- 2024
1 round
- Dec
- 2019
2 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- 2018
2 rounds
- Oct
- Jan
- 2017
1 round
- Apr
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 registration1 named
RGRyan GembalaManageriFiling they signed
We also hold 1 person 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
$29Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Pathbreaker Ventures II, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 310746
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
36 of 44 we have independently watched raise
Antares IndustriesAptEdgeBiobot AnalyticsBravo OrdnanceBurnbotCompScienceDatagridDelivery CollectiveDiligent RoboticsEsperExia LabsFathom RadiantFirst BiteFoxGloveFrameworkFrecGeneral GalacticGrayMatter RoboticsHyphenIngestK2 SpaceKoobzMaterialOptimoRouteOrderfulOwayPressoReliable RoboticsRow64Safely YouSimbe RoboticsSlip RoboticsSuperhumanTextIQThink OrbitalnTopologyInevitable TechnologiesJan 21,ParkadePiñata FarmsRangeviewRemedy RoboticsSept 10th,Spiketrap
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.