Glasswing Ventures
Boston, Massachusetts · Invests in US; North America · Website
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Early-stage founders using AI and frontier technology to reinvent enterprise and security markets. We seek technical founders who deeply understand their problem domain, have operating experience at scale, and are committed to responsible AI development. We provide not just capital but hands-on operational support through our Building Partners model.
Likely not a fit for
Non-technical founding teams, consumer apps (outside strategic verticals), hardware-only plays, generalists without deep domain expertise, companies not committed to responsible AI practices.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $203M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
7 contacts on file
Portfolio
ChaosSearch provides a platform for live analytics on streaming data at scale, enabling users to optimize their data stacks and replace traditional log analytics solutions.
Black Kite provides third-party risk management software and solutions, focusing on cyber risk assessment and vendor risk monitoring.
AI-Native Security Data Pipeline Platform
Reprise is an AI-powered product demo software platform that empowers enterprise sales and marketing teams to demo their products at scale.
Infinity Loop is an AI-powered platform designed to enhance contract negotiation processes by providing automated analysis, insights, and guidance to procurement teams, enabling them to achieve significant cost savings and operational efficiency.
Labviva is a life sciences purchasing and inventory platform that provides visibility, context, and control for researchers and laboratories in their procurement processes.
Low code process optimization for manufacturing using AI-powered recommendations.
TensorStax provides an AI-powered dbt assistant that enhances data modeling and transformation processes by understanding model lineage and dependencies.
Kusari is a software supply chain security platform designed for DevSecOps, providing tools to manage software bill of materials (SBOMs) and enhance security across the software development lifecycle.
Asepha is an AI Workflow Automation platform designed specifically for pharmacies, aiming to eliminate manual work that slows down prescriptions and delays therapy starts. It offers various solutions to automate pharmacy operations and improve efficiency.
CloudTruth is a tool for managing configuration settings and secrets, integrating with various tools and supporting multiple cloud providers. It aims to automate configuration management and enhance deployment security.
FeatureByte is a self-service platform that empowers data scientists and machine learning engineers to swiftly transform raw data into production-ready pipelines, optimizing feature engineering and AI model deployment.
Recent activity
- Mar 2026
Krane
Seed · Co-Lead
- Feb 2026
Cydelphi
Seed · Lead
- Dec 2025
Realm.Security
Series A · Lead
- Nov 2025
Basetwo AI
Series A · Lead
- Nov 2025
Labviva
Series B · Participated
- Oct 2025
Realm Security
Series A · Lead
- Sep 2025
Iris Finance
Seed · Lead
- Sep 2025
Infinity Loop
Seed · Lead
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PR Newswire
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The National Law Review
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Yahoo Finance
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GlobeNewswire
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Business Insider
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The SaaS News
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StartupHub.ai
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WSJ
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The Business Journals
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Yahoo Finance
Glasswing Ventures Raises Oversubscribed $200M Fund III to Accelerate AI-native and Frontier Technology Adoption in the Enterprise
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GlobeNewswire
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Venture Capital Journal
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TechCrunch
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businessinsider.com
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saastr.com
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INDIA New England News
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Pulse 2.0
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The Boston Globe
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TechCrunch
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TechTarget
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Business Insider
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May 2023
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Feb 2023
GlobeNewswire
Glasswing Ventures Announces Key Additions to Team, Fulfilling its Building Partner Vision
Nov 2022
The Business Journals
Boston-based Glasswing Ventures announces oversubscribed Fund II
Sep 2022
FinSMEs
Glasswing Ventures Closes Fund II, at $158M
Sep 2022
Business Insider
Glasswing Ventures raises second $158 million fund, doubling down on backing seed- and early-stage AI tech
Sep 2022
Boston Herald
Swizz Beatz mixes with venture firm
Jul 2018
TechCrunch
Glasswing Ventures closes its artificial intelligence-focused fund with $112 million
Jul 2018
Forbes
How This Female Venture Capitalist Is Paving The Way For The Future Of Technology
Jul 2018
fortune.com
Glasswing Ventures Takes Flight to Back AI Startups
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