Storm Ventures
Menlo Park, CA · Invests in North America; Europe; Asia · Website
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Storm Ventures backs early-stage B2B enterprise software companies with a focus on AI-native applications, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure. They employ a 'paddling to surfing' growth methodology and have deep expertise in taking companies from inception to $100M+ ARR. Their philosophy: 'the interface layer will disappear. The infrastructure layer will compound.'
Likely not a fit for
Storm does not invest in consumer apps, gaming, hardware without software, or pre-revenue companies without early enterprise traction signals.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $200M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
8 contacts on file
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Tote AI is revolutionizing fuel and convenience retail through an AI-native point-of-sale system that unifies loyalty, marketing, operations, and associate support, driving higher revenue per visit and enabling seamless customer experiences.
CarbonSix applies AI-powered Imitation Learning to enhance robotic automation in manufacturing, particularly in high-mix and high-variance environments, delivering solutions that combine high performance with cost efficiency.
Openprise is a RevOps data automation platform that helps businesses manage and optimize their data quality, enabling better decision-making and operational efficiency. The platform offers solutions for marketing operations, sales operations, and revenue operations, focusing on data cleansing, enrichment, and orchestration.
Populus empowers cities around the world with the digital solutions they need to manage their streets, curbs, and new mobility fleets.
System Initiative is a venture-backed startup that produces open source software under the Apache license version 2.0. They focus on AI Native Automation and provide a commercial product based on their open source software.
Hyperproof is the intelligent GRC platform that transforms Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) from a cost center into a growth center. It streamlines compliance operations, mitigates risks, and builds trust with customers and stakeholders using an AI-powered platform.
Provus is an AI-powered services quoting platform that automates the quoting process for professional services, enabling users to create accurate quotes quickly and efficiently. It leverages agentic AI to optimize pricing, monitor deals, and enhance sales strategies.
Healthcare AI Platform for Clinical Data Management, offering solutions for clinical data abstraction, registry data capture, and real-world data insights.
Retorio is an AI coaching platform that provides measurable, impactful, and scalable sales coaching and training for enterprises, focusing on personalized coaching experiences through lifelike AI role-play.
Recent activity
- May 2025
ClearSkye
Series B · Participated
- Feb 2025
Pinkfish
Pre-Seed · Participated
- Jul 2024
Heeler Security
Seed · Participated
- Aug 2025
Tote
Seed · Lead
- May 2025
CarbonSix
Seed · Lead
Storm Ventures in the news
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Retorio secures 9 million euros in Series A
1 month ago
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AB180 Raises $15M Series C Led by Atinum Investment to Build AI-Native Marketing Platform
2 months ago
Axios
Venice AI hits $1b valuation, Plaid eyes IPO, and Qualcomm's security buy
2 months ago
Pulse 2.0
Inscope: $14.5 Million Series A Raised For AI Financial Reporting Platform For Accounting Firms And Enterprises
6 months ago
The SaaS News
Inscope Raises $14.5 Million in Series A
6 months ago
TechCrunch
InScope nabs $14.5M to solve the pain of financial reporting
6 months ago
AlleyWatch
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7 months ago
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The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 2/2/26
7 months ago
Memorial Care Innovation Fund
Carta Healthcare Secures $18.25 Million in Series B1 Funding to Accelerate AI-Powered Clinical Data Abstraction and Analytics
10 months ago
Sifted
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Feb 2025
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Feb 2025
The SaaS News
AB180 Raises 12 Billion KRW in Series B
Sep 2023
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Jul 2023
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SK C&C teams up with Storm Ventures for B2B tech startup investment
Apr 2023
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Feb 2022
TechCrunch
Storm Ventures promotes Pascale Diaine and Frederik Groce to partners
Feb 2021
Tech.eu
Calm/Storm Ventures’ new fund ushers digital health centre stage
Feb 2021
WIRED
Yet Another Year of Venture Capital Being Really White
Dec 2020
Business Insider
Why a VC Firm Is Shutting Its Longtime Office on Sand Hill Road
Oct 2020
TechCrunch
Storm Ventures just closed its sixth fund with $130 million
Nov 2019
Venture Capital Journal
Early Zipline investor Paul Willard leaves Storm Ventures
Jul 2019
stanfordmag.org
Supporting Young Black Venture Capitalists
Nov 2018
CNBC
Meet the 'airplane whisperer' of Silicon Valley, who just joined an $800 million fund
Jan 2018
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