Scribble Ventures
San Francisco, California · Invests in US; Global · Website
Check size
$300K-$1.5M
Thesis
AI companies are built differently. We back the world's best AI native founders and help them reshape our world for the better. We go wide on product and deep on GTM.
Likely not a fit for
Not interested in non-AI companies, non-founders, or AI applications of existing tech without native architecture
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~1 week
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
3 contacts on file
Elizabeth Weil
Founder and Managing Director · Primary contact
Stu Smith
Partner
John Smothers
Partner
Portfolio
Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in the US, UK, and Europe—bringing millions together to shop, sell, and connect around the things they love. We’re building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment.
Baseten is an AI infrastructure platform that provides the tooling, expertise, and hardware necessary to rapidly bring AI products to market. Their proprietary Inference Stack combines performance research with reliable infrastructure, ensuring global availability and high uptime.
Figma is a collaborative interface design tool that allows users to design, prototype, and collaborate on projects in real-time.
Abridge is a pioneering company leveraging generative AI to enhance clinical conversations, aiming to improve healthcare outcomes for clinicians, nurses, and revenue cycle teams. Their platform transforms healthcare interactions into actionable insights, fostering deeper understanding and efficiency in patient-provider communication.
Poolside is a frontier lab focused on building foundation models, agents, and enterprise systems to deploy artificial general intelligence (AGI) in high-consequence environments, transforming how work gets done in enterprises.
Statsig is a modern product development platform that helps teams measure the impact of their software releases through advanced experimentation and product analytics.
Periodic Labs is pioneering the development of AI scientists and autonomous laboratories aimed at accelerating scientific discovery, particularly in the physical sciences. By leveraging vast amounts of experimental data, the company seeks to automate materials design and enhance technological progress in areas such as superconductors and semiconductor manufacturing.
Stoke Space is revolutionizing space access with its 100% reusable Nova rockets, designed to provide affordable and on-demand access to any orbit. By leveraging full reusability, Stoke aims to significantly reduce launch costs and enhance the sustainability of space operations.
MotherDuck is a serverless data warehouse built on DuckDB, designed to provide analytics solutions for data teams, software engineers, and data scientists, enabling them to query data easily using SQL or natural language.
Peregrine.ai specializes in deploying edge AI for computer vision applications, focusing on safety and security across various domains including mobility, manufacturing, and public safety.
Aptos is a blockchain platform that enables developers to build decentralized applications (dApps) using smart contracts. It focuses on providing a secure and scalable environment for token standards and multi-signature wallets.
Mitra Chem is a leading energy innovator building cheaper, cleaner, and safer commercial battery materials to serve as the bedrock for global decarbonization efforts. The company utilizes machine learning and automation to accelerate the development and production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) and lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) materials for electric vehicles and energy storage.
Recent activity
- Jan 2025
Sunday Robotics
Seed · Lead
- Dec 2024
Applied Compute
Seed · Lead
- Jun 2024
Periodic Labs
Seed · Lead
Scribble Ventures in the news
FinSMEs
Critical Energy Systems Raises $19M in Seed Funding
1 month ago
Axios
XDOF's $70M for robot training data, AstroNova's labelling deal, and a quantum SPAC
1 month ago
Business Standard
Noon emerges from stealth with $44 million for AI design tool
3 months ago
Axios
Mastercard expands crypto effort, buying BVNK
4 months ago
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 3/16/26
4 months ago
Axios
Ex-Zomato CEO's new startup and xAI's early payback
4 months ago
TechCrunch
Steph Curry’s VC firm just backed an AI startup that wants to fix food supply chains
10 months ago
AltAssets Private Equity News
Ex-Andreessen Horowitz partner Elizabeth Weil’s Scribble Ventures seals $80m for third fund
May 2025
TechCrunch
In a crowded VC landscape, Elizabeth Weil's Scribble Ventures shows that networks still matter
May 2025
FF News
Visa Ventures Invests in Stablecoin Infrastructure Startup BVNK
May 2025
The Business Journals
Elizabeth Weil's venture firm seeks investors for third fund
Apr 2024
PR Newswire
Powering the Next Generation of Revenue Operations: Swantide Raises $7M Seed Investment from Menlo Ventures, Scribble Ventures and Burst Capital
Oct 2022
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