Foothill Ventures

Neural Galaxy is a company focused on brain science and machine learning for medical brain imaging. Their research and development efforts involve machine learning and deep learning algorithms.

WeRide is a leading global commercial-stage company that develops autonomous driving technologies from Level 2 to Level 4, with a focus on transforming urban living through autonomous mobility solutions.

MemVerge provides solutions for memory-centric computing, focusing on AI and data management through its Memory Machine product line.

Metalenz is a fabless semiconductor optics company revolutionizing optical sensing through its innovative metasurface (metalens) technology, enabling advanced sensing capabilities in consumer electronics, automotive, and smart robotics.

Stellar Cyber provides an unifying security operations platform that integrates AI-driven SIEM, Network Detection and Response (NDR), and Open XDR capabilities to enhance cybersecurity operations.

Visionular is a leading company in AI-driven video compression technology, offering solutions for video encoding and enhancement that reduce storage and delivery costs while maintaining high video quality.

BioEclipse Therapeutics is a clinical-stage oncology company that develops next-generation immuno-oncology therapeutics using proprietary allogeneic and autologous technologies to target and destroy cancer cells while enabling the patient’s immune system to recognize and clear cancer.

Synfini is revolutionizing small molecule drug discovery with its AI Cloud Foundry — a platform that integrates artificial intelligence, chemistry automation, and cloud-native workflows to generate better molecules, faster.

Ryght AI is a clinical trials AI software company that accelerates clinical trial site selection and feasibility processes for pharmaceutical sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs).

Bubble is a visual no-code platform for building web and mobile apps without coding. It combines AI and visual tools to launch real apps.

Otter is the AI Notetaker that builds your knowledge base and powers your workflow with transcription, automated summaries, AI Chat, and more. It creates smart voice notes that combine audio, transcription, speaker identification, inline photos, and key phrases, helping business people, journalists, and students to be more focused, collaborative, and efficient in meetings, interviews, lectures, and wherever important conversations happen.

Buildkite is a configurable orchestration engine designed for continuous integration (CI) that provides teams with the speed to ship software at scale. It focuses on clarity, reliability, and autonomy in CI workflows.

Operates like an applied research lab with in-house engineers who build and test tech before investing in capital-intensive platforms in compute, automation, energy, and engineered biology. ~20% portfolio unicorns.

Vanedge Capital is one of the few Canadian venture capital firms with deep expertise in hard tech sectors like space, semiconductors, and AI infrastructure, backed by former startup founders including Electronic Arts former President Paul Lee. The Vancouver and Silicon Valley-based fund focuses on technically complex, infrastructure-level companies rather than consumer apps, with a portfolio including SpaceX, xAI, and Google-acquired Raxium.

Pre-seed investor exclusively backing MIT and Media Lab founders, commercializing complex research (computational fabrication, robotics), offering EPOCH rapid $50K–$150K decisions in 24 hours and strong community support.

Alumni Ventures built a "network-powered" retail VC platform that aggregates thousands of accredited individuals into professionally managed funds, allowing people to write checks as low as ~$10k while accessing large, diversified venture portfolios—making it America's largest VC firm for individual investors. The firm runs a deliberately non-controlling, co-investor-only strategy where it does not lead rounds, set terms, or take board seats, instead slotting into rounds alongside elite firms like Sequoia and Bessemer while treating its 750k+ subscriber base and ~1,400+ venture-backed founders as a scaled operating asset through structured CEO Services.