# Tao Capital Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Tao Capital Partners is a family office based in United States. 17 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Apr 2026.

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# Tao Capital Partners

Last cheque observed Apr 2026; 17 cheques on record.

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Buyout Growth Seed Commercial Lending Education Financial Services

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**100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 17 on record

Since the last cheque **197** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$91M** Rounds led **1 of 17** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Tao Capital Partners highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series A: 57% of its rounds
- 03 Led 1 rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** Family office (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Buyout Growth Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Commercial Lending Education Financial Services
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **17 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Loop](https://millionrounds.com/company/loop)** Series C · TechCrunch **$95M** With 7 others
- **2025** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Ripple Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple-foods)** US · AlleyWatch **$17M** With 9 others
- **2024** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Amp Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/amp-robotics)** Series D · US · TechCrunch **$91M** With 11 others
- **2022** 1 round
- **Mar** **[TemperPack](https://millionrounds.com/company/temperpack)** Growth · US · Firms' own news pages **$140M** With 6 others
- **2019** 4 rounds
- **Nov** **[Truvian Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/truvian-sciences)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$27M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Activ Surgical](https://millionrounds.com/company/activ-surgical)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$11M** With 5 others
- **Jul** **[Sonder](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonder)** Series D · US · Forbes **$225M** *Led*
- **Apr** **[Pax](https://millionrounds.com/company/pax)** US · TechCrunch **$420M** With 1 other
- **2017** 1 round
- **Apr** **[MJ Freeway](https://millionrounds.com/company/mj-freeway)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$3.0M** With 1 other
- **2015** 5 rounds
- **Sept** **[Granular](https://millionrounds.com/company/granular)** Series B · US **$21M** With 6 others
- **Aug** **[DreamBox Learning](https://millionrounds.com/company/dreambox-learning)** Series B · US **$10M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[PAX Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/pax-labs)** Series C · US **$47M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Metabiota](https://millionrounds.com/company/metabiota)** Series A · US **$32M** With 11 others
- **Feb** **[Revinate](https://millionrounds.com/company/revinate)** Series B · US **$15M** With 5 others
- **2014** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[Hampton Creek](https://millionrounds.com/company/hampton-creek)** Series A · US **$90M** With 15 others
- **Mar** **[Metabiota](https://millionrounds.com/company/metabiota)** Seed · US **$2.8M** With 9 others
- **Jan** **[Proterra](https://millionrounds.com/company/proterra)** Series C · US · newenergyworldnetwork.com **$34M** With 6 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

We hold **2** 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.

## The cheque

Buyout Growth Seed

Median round joined **$91M** the round, not its cheque

Led 1 of 17 rounds **6%**

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

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *5*
- Series A said *3*
- Series C *3*
- Series D *2*
- Growth said *1*
- Buyout said *-*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) 3
- [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) 3
- [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) 2
- [DNS Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dns-capital) 2
- [Fall Line Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fall-line-capital) 2
- [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Khosla Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[**Valor Equity Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners)[**DCVC** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)[**DNS Capital** Family office **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dns-capital)[**Fall Line Capital** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fall-line-capital)[**Fidelity** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity)[**Founders Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**Goldman Sachs** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs)[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**GreatPoint Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greatpoint-ventures)[**HVF** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hvf)[**Industry Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Tao Capital Partners put money into.

[**Ripple Foods** $17M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple-foods)[**Amp Robotics** $91M · Dec 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/amp-robotics)[**TemperPack** $140M · Mar 2022](https://millionrounds.com/company/temperpack)[**Truvian Sciences** $27M · Nov 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/truvian-sciences)[**Activ Surgical** $11M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/activ-surgical)[**Sonder** $225M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonder)

## Quick answers about Tao Capital Partners

### What does Tao Capital Partners invest in?

Tao Capital Partners invests most often at Series B and Series A (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Commercial Lending, Education and Financial Services.

### How active is Tao Capital Partners?

17 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Apr 2026.

### What has Tao Capital Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Loop (Series C, Apr 2026), Ripple Foods (Dec 2025) and Amp Robotics (Series D, Dec 2024).

### How big are Tao Capital Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $91M.

### Does Tao Capital Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 17 investments on record (6%).

### Where does Tao Capital Partners invest?

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

### Is Tao Capital Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Tao Capital Partners invest alongside?

Most often Khosla Ventures (3 rounds together), Valor Equity Partners (3 rounds together) and DCVC (2 rounds together).

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