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Authentic Ventures

Oakland, California · Invests in US · Website

Pre-SeedSeedSeries ATravel & HospitalityB2B SaaSAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsFintechEnterprise SoftwareDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureFintech & Payments

Thesis

Back exceptional teams with diverse leadership solving hard problems, leveraging a 1,000+ operator network to provide strategic advantage beyond capital.

Likely not a fit for

No crypto/blockchain focus, no pure entertainment/gaming, no late-stage capital-intensive plays, no founders without clear technical vision

How they invest

Lead or follow
Leads or follows
Typical decision
~2 weeks
Warm intro
Preferred
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

3 contacts on file

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LINDSAY LEE

General PartnerFounder & Managing Partner · Primary contact

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ARTHUR JOHNSON

PartnerPartner

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Marylee Thexton

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Portfolio

CarrotHealthcare Digital

Carrot offers global fertility benefits for employers, providing culturally competent care in over 170 countries. Their services include fertility preservation, assisted reproduction, gestational surrogacy, and support for pregnancy and postpartum journeys.

ClearbriefEnterprise Software

Clearbrief is an AI-powered legal drafting platform that enhances the accuracy and efficiency of legal writing by providing verifiable citations and integrating with Microsoft Word.

SparrowHr Tech Work

Sparrow HR specializes in providing manpower solutions for e-commerce and plant operations across India, offering a wide range of services including security, payroll outsourcing, and transportation.

WanderTravel Hospitality

Wander is the leading travel marketplace for high-quality vacation homes, combining hotel-grade amenities, inspiring views, pristine cleaning and 24/7 concierge service.

ByteboardHr Tech Work

Byteboard is a coding interview platform that provides tools for software engineers, focusing on equitable evaluation practices and real-world assessments to streamline the technical hiring process.

Meaningful GigsEcommerce Marketplaces

Meaningful Gigs is a platform that connects businesses with mid to senior-level creative and design talent, enabling them to hire quickly and efficiently while focusing on delivering high-quality work.

JuxtaEnterprise Software

Juxta is creating the first Universal Positioning System (UPS) — a GPS alternative that can monitor movement anywhere on earth with no new hardware, minimal internet connection, and remote deployment. Using custom machine learning models and a first-of-its-kind synthetic fingerprinting technology, Juxta can make any indoor, outdoor, or underground space location-aware in minutes for a fraction of the cost of any other geospatial technology.

KaratHr Tech Work

Karat is the world’s leader in technical interviewing, providing a powerful system for engineering leaders to take control of hiring, elevate their teams and contractors, and stay ahead in the Human + AI era.

PilotTravel Hospitality

Pilot Company operates a network of travel centers and gas stations, providing various services including fuel, food, and amenities for travelers and truck drivers.

CoinListFintech Payments

CoinList is a platform for buying and selling the newest tokens before they list anywhere else, now fully onchain and non-custodial.

CerebriumEnterprise Software

Cerebrium is a high-performing serverless AI infrastructure platform that enables teams to build, deploy, and scale multimodal AI applications. From real-time voice agents to LLM fine-tuning and large-scale batch processing, Cerebrium offers low-latency, serverless GPU compute across 12+ chip types with cold starts as low as 2 seconds.

Carrot CreditFintech Payments

Carrot is a digital lending platform that provides access to a line of credit collateralized by digital assets such as stocks, cash, and cryptocurrency.

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Authentic Ventures Research Investment Thesis Authentic Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in Oakland, California. The firm's core thesis centers on backing exceptional teams solving hard problems, with a deliberate and strategic commitment to women and underrepresented minority founders. Rather than viewing diversity as a checkbox, Authentic Ventures has archi

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