# AISprouts

> AISprouts is a VC fund in Menlo Park backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stswww/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/siliconvalleyai
- Website: https://www.aisprouts.com/

AISprouts is a venture capital firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$11M |
| Series A | $8M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 42% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 8% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 67% |
| Series A | 2 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 75% |
| Armenia | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Enlaye | Enlaye is a cloud-based platform for contract writing, negotiation, and deep collaboration. | $5M | Seed | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Gridware | Gridware offers a grid-intelligence platform that equips utilities with real-time visibility into the physical, electrical, and environmental conditions of their overhead infrastructure. Its core product, GridScope, is a small, solar-powered sensor mounted on utility poles that continuously monitors mechanical vibrations, electrical activity, andambient stressors even during outages. On-device analytics identify hazards, localize faults, and classify their severity, allowing line crews to respond efficiently and safely. Through its Active Grid Response system, Gridware helps utilities detect issues before they escalate, supporting timely maintenance and more stable grid operations. | $10.5M | Seed | Jun 13, 2023 |  |
| UptimeAI | UptimeAI is an artificial intelligence-based predictive maintenance software provider for companies in heavy industries. | $3.5M | Seed | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| NameCoach | NameCoach is a platform for cultural and gender inclusion, which empowers organizations to easily collect audio name recordings, gender identity, and other identity-related info via customized links or widgets - and embed this critical info in online systems through a web application, API, and 3rd party integrations. It was founded in 2014 and isbased in Palo Alto, California. | $8M | Series A | Nov 17, 2022 |  |
| Sumatra | Sumatra helps in making decision by automating ideas to reality, from its performance data-enrichment platform and end-to-end services. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Phuc Labs | Phuc Labs implements robotics to automate the method of identifying, separating, and reclaiming particles from water. | $1.3M | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Procyon.ai | What if developers don't need any static credentials to access cloud infrastructure? Today’s modern enterprises are facing credential sprawl problems - where the number of credentials to manage is growing exponentially. Developers, admins are often targets of social engineering attacks.Procyon provides Cloud Privilege Access Managementplatform for AWS, GCP and Azure. With the Procyon solution, a user never sees any credentials, so there is nothing to steal, nothing to remember. Procyon solution leverages TPM and biometrics to provide passwordless access to cloud infra. The self service portal enables developers for just-in-time access. Security teams have clear visibility into who accessed what and when. Procyon believes that productivity shouldn’t compromise security. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 15, 2022 |  |
| HerculesAI | HerculesAI is a generative AI company that brings the power of large language models inside the security perimeter of enterprises. Hercules, enables enterprises to quickly create, deploy, and run generative AI apps without compromising security standards. | $12M | Series A | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| HerculesAI | HerculesAI is a generative AI company that brings the power of large language models inside the security perimeter of enterprises. Hercules, enables enterprises to quickly create, deploy, and run generative AI apps without compromising security standards. | $12M | Series A | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Expper Technologies | Expper Technologies is a robotics company that develops social robots that serve as a companion for kids in hospitals. | $2.5M | Seed | Jan 18, 2022 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Streamlined](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/streamlined-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [468 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/468-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Emergent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emergent-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [First Rays Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-rays-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does AISprouts invest in?

AISprouts invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is AISprouts's check size?

AISprouts typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$11M at Seed and $8M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds AISprouts participates in.

### When did AISprouts last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for AISprouts closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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