# 7BC Venture Capital

> 7BC Venture Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/7bc-vc/
- Website: https://7BC.VC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FiresideWithaVC/

7BC Venture Capital is a venture fund focused on powering the digital economy investing in companies that automate and reimagine human workflows while harnessing the power of data. True AI is a game changer for product and service design and development, optimized processes, location and use of data, and enhanced organizational collaboration. 7BCis driving this transformation. We focus on Late-Stage Seed and Series A rounds from our fund and then fund our existing portfolio companies via SPVs exclusively from our LPs up to exit.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 27% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 10 | 27% |
| FinTech | 6 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 16% |
| SaaS | 5 | 14% |

61 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 38% |
| Series B | 7 | 19% |
| Series A | 5 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 25 | 68% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emma Blackburn | CFO & Venture Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-blackburn |
| Jared Polites | Venture Parter | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jared-polites |
| Kurt Schmidt | Venture Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurt-schmidt-4 |
| Monty Munford | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monty-munford |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| folk | folk is an all-in-one CRM that allows to centralize all the relationships that matter for an organization and customize it to the adapted workflow: from Sales CRM, recruiting pipeline, deal flow management, prospection management, and more. |  | Seed | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| Zeplyn | Zeplyn provides an AI-powered assistant designed for financial advisors. It streamlines workflows by automating administrative tasks and generating accurate meeting notes. The platform ensures compliance and eliminates the need for recording meetings, making it a valuable tool for client reviews and fact-finding sessions. Built by former Googleengineers, Zeplyn aims to enhance productivity and efficiency in financial advisory services. |  | Seed | Dec 12, 2025 |  |
| Pear Suite | Pear Suite is a digital health company that helps community health workers to address social determinants of health through culturally sensitive care navigation.. The cloud-based platform of Pear Suite enables anyone to better assess and address social determinants of health in a scalable, cost-effective, and person-centered manner. Its platform,unlike other assessment tools, enables anyone to assess and address an individual's social drivers of health through smart scripts, logic modeling, and actionable dashboards. | $7.6M | Series A | Oct 14, 2025 |  |
| Circuit | Circuit offers a platform for feature extraction to streamline data preparation for AI and machine learning. |  | Seed | Jul 05, 2025 |  |
| Phonely | Phonely is an AI receptionist that answers the phone like a person |  | Seed | Oct 08, 2024 |  |
| Zive AI | Zive AI's AI-powered technology transforms fund management for VC managers by automating important processes such as tax preparation, compliance, and performance tracking. | $1M | Seed | Oct 02, 2024 |  |
| Taxo | Taxo automates healthcare administration using proprietary AI models | $500K | Pre-Seed | Sep 25, 2024 |  |
| Saturn AI | AI and Data automation for Wealth Management and operational heavy Financial Services. Saturn automates compliance and operational activities for financial services with purpose-built AI and tech. Founded by ex-banking tech, assetmanagement, regtech & AI leaders and researchers. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Sep 25, 2024 |  |
| Nada | Nada is the homeowner finance platform helping families unlock and manage their home wealth through innovative financial products and an integrated platform built for every stage of homeownership. Its flagship Home Equity Agreement (HEA) provides a debt-free way for homeowners to access their equity, and the company is currently active across 14states with continued expansion underway.In addition to HEAs, Nada provides integrated mortgage and real estate services — helping homeowners finance, buy, sell, or stay — and offering the guidance and tools that build long-term financial freedom.Through Homeshares.co, Nada has also introduced the first retail investment platform dedicated to the HEA asset class, aligning diversified capital to expand opportunity for homeowners.Nada is backed by LiveOak Venture Partners, Nomura, Interlock Partners, Revolution, and 7BC Venture Capital | $4M | Seed | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| Nada | Nada is the homeowner finance platform helping families unlock and manage their home wealth through innovative financial products and an integrated platform built for every stage of homeownership. Its flagship Home Equity Agreement (HEA) provides a debt-free way for homeowners to access their equity, and the company is currently active across 14states with continued expansion underway.In addition to HEAs, Nada provides integrated mortgage and real estate services — helping homeowners finance, buy, sell, or stay — and offering the guidance and tools that build long-term financial freedom.Through Homeshares.co, Nada has also introduced the first retail investment platform dedicated to the HEA asset class, aligning diversified capital to expand opportunity for homeowners.Nada is backed by LiveOak Venture Partners, Nomura, Interlock Partners, Revolution, and 7BC Venture Capital | $2M | Seed | Mar 01, 2024 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acronym Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acronym-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [LiveOak Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liveoak-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [FNBO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fnbo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does 7BC Venture Capital invest in?

7BC Venture Capital invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at 7BC Venture Capital?

The team at 7BC Venture Capital includes Emma Blackburn (CFO & Venture Partner), Jared Polites (Venture Parter) and Kurt Schmidt (Venture Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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