Sector portfolio · VC firm · United States
Shasta Ventures' AI portfolio
Shasta Ventures has backed 22 AI startups in rounds we track, $1.5B between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Canva.
22startups backed
5stages
$1.5Braised between them
Stage not reportedbiggest stage
Funding by segment
- Stage not reported$491M5
- Pre-seed and seed$104M5
- Series B$304M4
- Series A$77M4
- Series C and later$483M4
Where they are based
- United States17$1.3B
- United Kingdom3$105M
- Netherlands1$1.9M
- Canada1$8.0M
United States
United Kingdom
Netherlands
CanadaFounded
2Earlier
312
213
114
415
116
17
118
19
120
21
22
123
124
25
26
5 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M1
- $1M to $10M5
- $10M to $50M5
- $50M to $250M11
- $250M to $1B0
- $1B and over0
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
17 of 22 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- United States17
- United Kingdom3
- Netherlands1
- Canada1
Startups by country, 4 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Stage not reported
5 startups · $491M raised
HighspotHighspot is a sales enablement platform that helps companies worldwide improve the performance of their sales teams.United States$195M
TonalTonal is a fitness technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015 by Aly Orady.United States$175M
SendBirdSendbird is a global communications platform and a leading provider of Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) solutions.United States$118M
NeedleNeedle is an AI-powered marketing platform tailored for direct-to-consumer (DTC) e-commerce brands in sectors such as fashion, beaUnited States$2.1M
GlintGlint offers an employee engagement platform.United Kingdom$1.0M
Pre-seed and seed
5 startups · $104M raised
LoreLore is a Generative AI media and consulting company.United States$85M
BildBild is an engineering AI assistant company based in Austin, focused on supporting hardware and mechanical engineering teams.United States$13M
SocraticSocratic is an AI company that specializes in technical project management and engineering operations for software teams.United States$3.0M
WhisperWhisper is an AI powered media company.Netherlands$1.9M
AskmeeAskmee is the holding company for PepperMill AIUnited States$705K
Series B
4 startups · $304M raised
SimpleEmpowering family offices with AI-driven insights, expert knowledge, family office software and vetted service providers.United States$134M
ThreekitThreekit is an AI-powered Visual Commerce Platform based in Chicago, Illinois.United States$65M
Beautiful.AICreating software that understands the rules of great design and allows anyone to build stunningly beautiful visual documents with ease.United States$61M
FlockLondon-based insurtech building the world's first fully digital insurance company for connected and autonomous commercial vehiclesUnited States$44M
Series A
4 startups · $77M raised
OutpostOutpost is a hospitality brand delivering live, work and travel services to a community of remote workers.United Kingdom$36M
Starsky RoboticsStarsky Robotics was an autonomous trucking startup founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California.United States$17M
AnzenAnzen is a decentralized finance and blockchain company that specializes in private credit assets and real-world asset-backed yields.United States$16M
Private AIPrivate AI develops privacy-preserving machine learning and natural language processing tools making privacy and GDPR compliance reliable.Canada$8.0M
Series C and later
4 startups · $483M raised
LucidworksLucidworks connects experiences throughout the entire user journey to meet customer and employee intent in the moment.United States$203M
CommerceIQCommerceIQ is an e-commerce technology company that offers a unified, AI-driven platform to help consumer brands enhance their retUnited States$115M
People.aiUnited States$97M
Starship TechnologiesStarship Technologies is a robotics company building fleets of self-driving delivery robots designed to deliver goods.United Kingdom$68M
How this map is made. Every startup here works in AI and has raised money in a round we track that names Shasta Ventures as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
More portfolio maps
All portfoliosSector portfolioShasta Ventures' Software portfolio11 startups · $866MSector portfolioShasta Ventures' Cybersecurity portfolio11 startups · $406MSector portfolioShasta Ventures' Big Data & Analytics portfolio10 startups · $438MCo-investorsWho invests with Shasta Ventures173 co-investorsPortfolio mapShasta Ventures portfolio map105 startups · $5.2BSector portfolioTechstars' AI portfolio336 startups · $4.9B
Raising from investors like Shasta Ventures?
Find the investors who back startups like yours, with their cheques, rounds and partners, in the app with filters, lists and exports.