# Antecedent Ventures

> Antecedent Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing SaaS and Security. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Oct 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/antecedent-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AntecedentVC
- Website: http://antecedent.vc

Antecedent Ventures is a venture capital fund that focuses on investments in seed stage enterprise software startups. Companies that focus on infrastructure, platform or vertical applications are potentially a good fit.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 4 | 40% |
| Security | 3 | 30% |
| Analytics | 3 | 30% |
| Cloud Security | 3 | 30% |
| Cyber Security | 3 | 30% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 70% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Steve Berg | Managing Director | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-berg |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Uplevel Security | Uplevel Security is the industry’s first adaptive system of intelligence that uses graph theory and machine learning to modernize security operations. Uplevel Security ingests and contextualizes incoming and historical security data, allowing the past to inform the present and the present to inform the past, which predicts how attacks may manifestin the future. Enterprises rely on Uplevel Security to activate intelligence from the security stack, provide a system of record for security data and become stronger with every attack. | $5.3M | Seed | Oct 25, 2016 |  |
| Baffle | Baffle secures data in the cloud and when shared across the entire analytics pipeline with no impact on the user experience. Proven in large-scale environments, only the Baffle Data Protection Service de-identifies sensitive information with zero application changes so companies can responsibly move more data, faster, to the cloud forprivacy-preserving analytics in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). | $3M |  | Oct 25, 2016 |  |
| Baffle | Baffle secures data in the cloud and when shared across the entire analytics pipeline with no impact on the user experience. Proven in large-scale environments, only the Baffle Data Protection Service de-identifies sensitive information with zero application changes so companies can responsibly move more data, faster, to the cloud forprivacy-preserving analytics in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). | $3M | Seed | Oct 25, 2016 |  |
| BriteHub | BriteHub’s software helps bridge old legacy systems into a cloud-based interface that will advance companies and build a strong foundation for the new-age tech savvy workforce that is the next generation of employees. Today, supply chains are managed through a streamlined RFQ to quote to purchase order-tracking system. This interface allows fororganized messaging between internal and external stakeholders. Files are stored, shared, and viewable with an in-browser 3D viewer. Engineering change orders and version control are tracked and connected directly with the purchase order they relate to. BriteHub features continue to evolve and lead the way in supply chain management and collaboration. | $1.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 22, 2016 |  |
| Integris Software | A new EU law, the General Data Protection Regulation, will fine companies up to 4% of WW revenue for violations of people’s privacy. This will have the same impact on all industries as SOX compliance had on the financial sector. Integris Software helps organizations meet rigid compliance mandates with the ability to visualize where all personalinformation is located across the enterprise, prove adherence to regulatory standards, and empower strategic decision making by bridging the gap between legal, business, and technology. | $3M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 10, 2016 |  |
| Artemis | Artemis operates an intelligence platform for indoor farms. It specializes in indoor farming software solutions. Artemis help indoor farm operators use data to make more profitable production decisions. It tracks and analyzes all farm data in one place, enabling growers to optimize plant performance and reduce operating expenses.Allison Kopfand Jason Camp founded Agrilyst in 2015 that later became Artemis. It has its headquarters in Brooklyn in New York City. | $1M | Seed | May 10, 2016 |  |
| Gorgias | Gorgias is a one-of-a-kind customer service platform specifically designed for ecommerce businesses to deliver effortless customer service at every stage of growth. With cutting-edge automation and AI capabilities, Gorgias revolutionizes how online stores interact with their customers by providing efficient and personalized support across email,voice, SMS, live chat, and social media channels.Founded in 2015, Gorgias began as a two-person team and has grown to more than 250 employees and eight offices in San Francisco, New York, Charlotte, Toronto, Buenos Aires, Paris, Lisbon, and Sydney. As a certified B Corporation, Gorgias is proud to be a leader in sustainable and equitable workplace practices.Today, Gorgias serves 12,000+ merchants in the ecommerce space, including Steve Madden, Glossier, BruMate, and TUSHY. | $1.5M | Seed | Feb 11, 2016 |  |
| Qbox | Qbox provides Elasticsearch as a service for data exploration and analytics use cases.  Running data infrastructure at scale is hard. We provide the dev-ops, the deployment, scaling, monitoring, patching, and support so you can focus on extracting your insights. As the creator of the open source Kubernetes toolkit, Supergiant, the company alsoprovides production support, development support, consulting, and training for the Kubernetes Container Orchestration platform. | $2.4M | Seed | Aug 26, 2015 |  |
| Switchboard Software | Switchboard enables enterprises to be data-driven at scale. From the team that launched Google BigQuery, Switchboard’s data engineering automation platform turns disparate data into a single source of reliable, trustworthy information in real time. Market-leading companies such as Dotdash Meredith, Target, DISH, Orangetheory Fitness, The Atlantic,Financial Times, and Pearson get a strategic data asset for customer insights and revenue operations, while their technical teams retain control without the burden of day-to-day operations. | $2.2M | Seed | Mar 02, 2015 |  |
| Drawbridge Networks | A new approach to the fight against sophisticated cyber attacks.Sophisticated attackers are no longer constrained by the concept of an enterprise network perimeter. These attackers are focused on gaining an initial foothold inside of an organization, then pivoting through the internal network until they achieve their intended goal. Effectivelycombating these types of attacks requires network segmentation and visibility solutions that were unavailable until now.PathProtect, by Drawbridge Networks, gives your security team unprecedented visibility into your network and real-time control over lateral network movement. With PathProtect, you can segment sensitive systems and quarantine infected hosts at the touch of a button.Own Your Network. | $1.7M | Seed | Dec 12, 2014 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amplify Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplify-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Engineering Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/engineering-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Alchemist Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemist-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does Antecedent Ventures invest in?

Antecedent Ventures invests primarily in SaaS, Security and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Antecedent Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Antecedent Ventures?

The team at Antecedent Ventures includes Steve Berg (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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