Base Ventures
Oakland, CA · Invests in US · Website
Check size
🔒 $•• – $••Thesis
Turning access into opportunity for founders, investors, and disruptive ideas by backing culturally resonant tech companies and founders who don't fit traditional Silicon Valley mold. Emphasis on showing up right way for founders, making bold bets, and committing fully from first check.
Likely not a fit for
Not interested in traditional Silicon Valley-only founders or founders lacking domain expertise. Selective about sectors but open to moonshots if founder/thesis compelling.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Preferred
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Decision process
- Solo GP
Partners & team
2 contacts on file
Portfolio
Mayvenn is a company that specializes in providing high-quality beauty products, particularly 100% virgin human hair, through an online marketplace. They focus on empowering beauty professionals and ensuring customer satisfaction with their products and services.
StyleSeat is the premier platform for independent beauty professionals to run and grow their business, offering powerful business tools and a seamless booking experience for clients.
Genies is an AI avatar technology company powering the next era of digital experiences. Genies’ technology stack empowers developers and creators to seamlessly create and integrate AI-powered, game-ready Smart Avatars and user-generated-content (UGC) into any game or experience.
6sense is an Account-Based Marketing (ABM) platform that leverages revenue intelligence to help companies generate more revenue by identifying high-intent accounts and optimizing targeting.
Gecko Robotics specializes in robotic inspection and maintenance solutions for critical infrastructure, utilizing advanced robotics technology to enhance safety and efficiency in various industries.
Space Perspective offers immersive experiences that overlay digital information onto the physical world, transforming navigation, commerce, and how we discover places through augmented reality and location-based services.
Blavity is a media company that focuses on providing news, culture, and entertainment for Black audiences. It operates various platforms including Blavity News, AfroTech, and Travel Noire, catering to topics such as health, beauty, business, and lifestyle.
Mos is a financial technology platform that helps students find scholarships, negotiate tuition prices, and access financial aid resources through personalized advisors.
PlanGrid is a construction productivity software that allows contractors and owners in commercial, heavy civil, and other industries to work and collaborate from anywhere.
A Platform as a Service (PaaS) that gives startups everything developers need to launch and scale apps and databases that are secure, reliable, and compliant — no manual configuration required.
Armory provides AI-powered tools for Continuous Delivery, DevOps, and automation, enabling developers to accelerate innovation and optimize software delivery processes.
Pigeonly provides inmate communication services, allowing users to send pictures, mail, postcards, and make calls to inmates. It also offers inmate lookup services across various states.
Recent activity
- Mar 2026
Athler
Series B · Participant
- Feb 2026
Pensive
Seed · Participant
- Feb 2026
Index Robotics
Seed · Lead
- Jan 2026
Rebodis
Seed · Participant
- Dec 2025
Kyndof
Seed · Participant
- Dec 2025
Kindorf
Seed · Lead
- Nov 2025
Cuckoo
Seed · Participated
- Nov 2025
Kyndof
Seed · Lead
Base Ventures in the news
Basketball Network
"My body is my business" – Jaylen Brown on how millionaire college dropouts inspired his one-and-done journey
23 days ago
디지털투데이
AI ad startup Adit & Arc raises seed funding from Mashup Ventures and others
1 month ago
finance.biggo.com
Tabular Data AI Startup Nums AI Raises ₩4 Billion Seed Round, Joining Global Big Tech Race
1 month ago
Tracxn
MPL - 2026 Funding Rounds & List of Investors
2 months ago
AI Insider
NAVER D2SF Invests in Robotic Hotel Housekeeping Startup Khameleon
6 months ago
아시아경제
Christian Startup "Vivadios" Secures Pre-Seed Investment
6 months ago
KoreaTechDesk
The Great Filter: Why Korea’s Five-Year Startup Slump is Actually A High-Tech Cleansing
6 months ago
코리아스타트업포스트
AI Grading Startup 'Pensive' Secures 10 Billion Won Seed Investment Led by Mayfield
6 months ago
Chosunbiz
Bass Ventures courts private capital as Korea’s AI era boosts early-stage bets - CHOSUNBIZ
7 months ago
LawSites
AI Startup AlphaLit Raises $3.2M Seed Round To Screen and Score Smaller Cases and Route them to Lawyers
7 months ago
코리아스타트업포스트
Base Ventures and EO Establish 'Patriot Fund', a Global Venture Fund Based in the U.S.
8 months ago
Wowtale
Pickle Raises $4.35M Seed Funding to Advance Real-Time AI Avatar Technology
Jun 2025
Businesskorea
Asan Nanum Foundation Expands Silicon Valley Base with Strategic MOUs
Dec 2024
New Pittsburgh Courier
Black Tech Nation Ventures wants to jumpstart Black-owned tech startups
Apr 2024
Cannabis Business Times
25 Investment Companies in the Cannabis Space
Aug 2022
Newswire.com
Ruby Love Secures Investment, Led by SteelSky Ventures
Mar 2022
MLB.com
Third Base Ventures Purchases Appleton Baseball Club, Inc.
Jan 2021
TechCrunch
The Chainsmokers just closed their debut venture fund, Mantis, with $35 million
Sep 2020
AfroTech
5 Black-Owned Venture Capitalist Firms To Fund Your Startup
Jan 2020
Livemint
Gaming start-up MPL raised $35.5 million from Sequoia, & others
Apr 2019
TechCrunch
Blavity raises $6.5 million Series A round led by GV
Jul 2018
Moguldom
‘Stand Out From The Crowd’: Spotlight On Angel Investor Erik Moore
Mar 2017
VatorNews
Meet Erik Moore, Managing Director of Base Ventures
Jun 2015
USA Today
Erik Moore: A real deal venture capitalist
Mar 2014
USA Today
How to be on the lookout for great contacts
Jul 2013
Similar firms
Early-stage, concentrated checks from an institutionalized family-office team (social and gaming exits) with operator-empathy, values-driven approach, broad global mandate, and quiet Sequoia/Bessemer co-invests to access elite syndicates.
Early-stage fund run by active founders and operators still building companies, with 300+ teams invested, nine unicorns, multiple IPOs/M&A, 70% diverse, and over a third outside the U.S.
Research briefRead more
Add Base Ventures to your investor list
Sign up free to save investors, see partner contacts, and track your raise.
Sign up