# Root Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Root Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 48 investments on record, 6 in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Root Ventures

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 48 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now Last fund $31M, Jan 2025

Pre-seed Seed Series A Deep Tech

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**86%** of best year **6** **cheques in 12 months**, 48 on record

Since the last cheque **96** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$13M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $2.0M** Rounds led **0 of 48** Sole investor **3 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 81%**

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## Root Ventures highlights

- 01 6 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 67% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $1.6M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Seed stage venture capital firm investing in deep tech. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $500K – $2.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Deep Tech
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **48 appearances**

- **2026** 6 rounds
- **Aug** **[Integrated Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/integrated-biosciences)** Venture · US **$68M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[ChargeLab](https://millionrounds.com/company/chargelab)** Grant · CA **$400K** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Volund Manufacturing](https://millionrounds.com/company/volund-manufacturing)** Seed · US **$12M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Illoca](https://millionrounds.com/company/illoca)** Seed · Ventureburn **$13M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Instrumental](https://millionrounds.com/company/instrumental)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Nullify](https://millionrounds.com/company/nullify)** Seed · US **$13M** With 5 others
- **2025** 6 rounds
- **Oct** **[Quilter](https://millionrounds.com/company/quilter)** Series B · US **$25M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Zed Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/zed-industries)** Series B · US **$32M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[AllSpice.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/allspice-io)** Series A · US **$15M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Latent Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/latent-technology)** Seed · GB **$8.0M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Cloudastructure](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloudastructure)** US **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Particle](https://millionrounds.com/company/particle)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **2024** 5 rounds
- **Oct** **[Integrated Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/integrated-biosciences)** Seed · US **$17M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Trieve](https://millionrounds.com/company/trieve)** Seed · US **$3.5M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[CruxOCM](https://millionrounds.com/company/cruxocm)** Series A · CA **$17M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[ChargeLab](https://millionrounds.com/company/chargelab)** Series A · CA **$30M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[TopoLogic](https://millionrounds.com/company/topologic)** Venture · JP **$7.2M** With 2 others
- **2023** 4 rounds
- **Sept** **[Kayhan Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/kayhan-space)** Seed · US **$7.0M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[TruckLabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/trucklabs)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Sublayer](https://millionrounds.com/company/sublayer)** Pre-seed · US **$1.6M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Nordsense](https://millionrounds.com/company/nordsense)** Venture · DK **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **2022** 12 rounds
- **Dec** **[Privacy Dynamics](https://millionrounds.com/company/privacy-dynamics)** Seed · US **$5.6M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Wildtype](https://millionrounds.com/company/wild-type)** Venture · US **$7.5M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Stellar Pizza](https://millionrounds.com/company/stellar-pizza)** Series A · US **$17M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Oma Fertility](https://millionrounds.com/company/oma-fertility)** Venture · US **$29M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Dusty Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/dusty-robotics)** Series B · US **$45M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Mashgin](https://millionrounds.com/company/mashgin)** Series B · US **$63M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Nautilus Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/nautilus-labs)** Series B · US **$34M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Poin Campus](https://millionrounds.com/company/poin-campus)** Seed **$1.6M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Superconductive](https://millionrounds.com/company/superconductive)** Series B · US **$40M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Great Expectations](https://millionrounds.com/company/great-expectations)** Series B · US **$40M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Okteto](https://millionrounds.com/company/okteto)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[ThruWave](https://millionrounds.com/company/thruwave)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **2021** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[nTopology](https://millionrounds.com/company/ntopology)** Series D · US **$65M** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[Esper](https://millionrounds.com/company/esper)** Series C · US **$60M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[VERSATILE](https://millionrounds.com/company/versatile)** Series B · US **$80M** With 3 others
- **2020** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Plethora](https://millionrounds.com/company/plethora)** Debt **$4.6M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Hash](https://millionrounds.com/company/hash)** Seed · BR **$2.5M** With 1 other
- **2019** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[Dusty Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/dusty-robotics)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$5.0M** With 3 others
- **Dec** **[Coral Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/coral-labs)** Seed **$4.3M** With 2 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 **1 named**

AA **Avidan Aryeh Ross** Manager of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **8** 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

**$644M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

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

- **Legal name:** ROOT Ventures Manager, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 175079

Who backs their funds

## 1 LP on record in Root Ventures's funds

- **Funds:** 1

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: an LP list.

- [**Cendana Capital** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cendana-capital) Fund Vintage Committed Root Ventures - -

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[Wallaby Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/wallaby-financial)** Bought by Bankrate **Undisclosed** Dec 2014

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

Latest fund on file

**$31M**

raised in Jan 2025

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$13M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.6M**

Led 0 of 48 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $2.0M
- **Sole investor:** 3 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2026
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *14*
- Venture *14*
- Series B said *8*
- Series A said *5*
- Pre-seed said *1*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 6
- [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) 4
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 3
- [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) 3
- [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) 3
- [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Spark Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**CRV** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv)[**Canaan** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners)[**Haystack** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack)[**Index Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures)[**Insight Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners)[**Techstars** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**Tiger Global Management** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management)[**Cantos** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cantos)[**Construct Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/construct-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Root Ventures put money into.

[**Integrated Biosciences** $68M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/integrated-biosciences)[**ChargeLab** $400K · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/chargelab)[**Volund Manufacturing** $12M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/volund-manufacturing)[**Illoca** $13M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/illoca)[**Nullify** $13M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/nullify)[**Quilter** $25M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/quilter)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Root Ventures in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

- [VC10X](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/vc10x) 17 Jan 2023 · 38 min VC10X - Investing in DevTools w/ Lee Edwards, GP, Root Ventures With [Lee Edwards](https://millionrounds.com/person/lee-edwards) Mentions [Root Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/root-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) 22 Feb 2022 · 56 min Limited Partner and direct invest Guy Perelmuter (Grids Capital) on deep tech, bull and bear views on the market, and adding value as an LP Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) 5 Jan 2021 · 45 min Avidan Ross of Root VC on investing in deep tech, taking an heavy approach on reserves, and building LP relationships - Venture Unlocked 016 Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 18 Jun 2020 · 53 min 233. Investment Decision in < 3 weeks; the Challenges and Opportunities with 3D Printing; and the Future for Industrial Automation (Kane Hsieh) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) 19 May 2020 · 49 min The Future of Higher Education Post-COVID with Lee Edwards Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Root Ventures

### What does Root Ventures invest in?

Root Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Deep Tech.

### How active is Root Ventures?

48 investments on record, 6 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2026.

### What has Root Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Integrated Biosciences (Venture, Aug 2026), ChargeLab (Grant, Jul 2026) and Volund Manufacturing (Seed, Jun 2026).

### How big are Root Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $13M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $2.0M.

### Does Root Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 48 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Root Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (81%) and Canada (8%).

### Is Root Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 6 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Root Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Y Combinator (6 rounds together), Spark Capital (4 rounds together) and Alumni Ventures (3 rounds together).

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