# Bolt

> Bolt is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Software and Health Care. See 113 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 113
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 22%
- Fund size: $70M
- Last fund: May 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bolt
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/BoltVC
- Website: http://bolt.io

Bolt is a pre-seed venture firm investing where the digital and physical world intersect. Bolt invests early and with conviction, leading or co-leading the first round of financing in over 90% of our portfolio companies. Bolt has invested in over 70 companies and is currently investing from our $70M Fund.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $420k–$5.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $130k–$2.5M |
| Series A | $8M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 18 | 16% |
| Health Care | 14 | 12% |
| Hardware | 10 | 9% |
| Internet of Things | 10 | 9% |
| Consumer Electronics | 8 | 7% |

146 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 42 | 37% |
| Pre-Seed | 19 | 17% |
| Series A | 17 | 15% |
| Convertible Note | 8 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 71 | 63% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Shields | VP Finance | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-shields-2 |
| Amit Chaturvedy | Advisory Committee Member | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-chaturvedy |
| Axel Bichara | Partner and Founder | 21 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axel-bichara |
| Greg McAdoo | General Partner | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-mcadoo |
| Jeffrey Akiki | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-akiki |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blackbird | Blackbird Labs is a web3 hospitality technology platform that should directly connect restaurants and customers. Founded by Ben Leventhal in 2022, Blackbird Labs is based in New York, United States. | $24M | Series A | Oct 04, 2023 |  |
| Foundation | Foundation Devices builds the open hardware foundation for Bitcoin and the sovereign Internet.They started Foundation Devices to make beautifully designed, open-source hardware for Bitcoin and the decentralized Internet. To bring great design and UX to hardware wallets, nodes, and more. To empower individuals to securely use and store Bitcoinwhile maintaining their sovereignty. To help our industry cross the chasm while staying true to its founding ideals. We call this open hardware. And we are excited to bring it to the world! | $7M | Seed | Dec 19, 2022 |  |
| FYTO | FYTO provides personalized solutions that improve the economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture for farmers around the world. FYTO specializes in developing crops that have ultra-high yields and ultra-low resource requirements, cultivation and harvesting systems for quality and consistency, climate-friendly methodologies forresiliency and long-term sustainability, and a range of groundbreaking agricultural products such as animal feed and biofertilizers. | $15M | Series A | Jul 07, 2022 |  |
| Vention | Vention provides the world's only AI-powered full-stack automation platform, unifying hardware, software, motion control, cloud connectivity, and Physical AI. The platform enables manufacturers to design, simulate, order, deploy, and operate automation systems through a seamless digital experience. With more than 28,000 machines deployedworldwide, Vention serves manufacturers ranging from small and midsize businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises across the automotive, consumer goods, aerospace & defense, food & beverage, and electronics industries. Customers include OpenAI, L'Oréal, Denali, Pratt & Whitney, Hershey, Boeing, Amazon, and Collins Aerospace. | $95M | Series C | May 10, 2022 |  |
| Vention | Vention provides the world's only AI-powered full-stack automation platform, unifying hardware, software, motion control, cloud connectivity, and Physical AI. The platform enables manufacturers to design, simulate, order, deploy, and operate automation systems through a seamless digital experience. With more than 28,000 machines deployedworldwide, Vention serves manufacturers ranging from small and midsize businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises across the automotive, consumer goods, aerospace & defense, food & beverage, and electronics industries. Customers include OpenAI, L'Oréal, Denali, Pratt & Whitney, Hershey, Boeing, Amazon, and Collins Aerospace. | $95M | Series C | May 10, 2022 |  |
| BRUNT Workwear | BRUNT Workwear is a consumer brand that provides work boots and clothing. The company's product line includes abrasion-resistant boots, apparel, socks, insoles, hats, and gear made of moisture-wicking materials. | $20M | Series B | Feb 23, 2022 |  |
| april | April has developed a tax platform that simplifies the filing process for U.S. taxpayers and enables better financial planning. | $10M | Seed | Jan 18, 2022 |  |
| Droplette | Droplette is their patent-pending transdermal delivery system for delivery of drugs up to 60% larger than current treatments deep into skin over large surface areas. Their unique device is painless, contact free, portable and generates no disposables. It is designed to deliver antibiotics for serious ulcers and skin infections, reducing risksecondary complications or antibiotic resistance. Future applications include localized delivery of chemotherapeutics for skin cancer and drugs for anti-aging. | $21M | Series B | Dec 03, 2021 |  |
| VergeSense | VergeSense is the leading workplace analytics platform trusted by enterprises across the globe. Businesses use VergeSense to transform their static office into a dynamic workplace that matches today's employee needs and expectations. Its AI-driven platform includes intelligent sensors that measure how space is used in real-time. That data isanalyzed in a workplace analytics dashboard and integrated into essential hybrid work software applications, like room and desk booking, room availability, employee mobile apps, IWMS and BMS tools and more. Companies use VergeSense to reduce or reinvest real estate, improve building operations, and create spaces where employees can thrive. The impact is reduced costs, higher productivity, improved culture and employee retention, and better sustainability. | $60M | Series C | Nov 08, 2021 |  |
| Point One Navigation | Point One Navigation provides a centimeter-accurate positioning platform that combines a professionally managed Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) corrections network, a developer-friendly API, and a sensor-fusion positioning engine. Their Polaris network delivers GNSS corrections from thousands of base stations to achieve very high precision, while theirFusionEngine software fuses satellite signals, inertial data, and motion sensors to maintain accuracy even without clear sky view. They also offer reference hardware like their Standard Development Kit and Atlas device for rapid prototyping or deployment. Point One supports a variety of use cases, from drones and robotics to autonomous vehicles and surveying. | $10M | Series A | Nov 08, 2021 |  |

10 of 113 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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- [Warburg Serres Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/warburg-serres-investments) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Bolt invest in?

Bolt invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Hardware startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 113 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 Bolt's check size?

Bolt typically joins rounds of $420k–$5.5M at Seed, $130k–$2.5M at Pre-Seed and $8M–$15M 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 Bolt participates in.

### How do I contact Bolt?

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### Who are the partners at Bolt?

The team at Bolt includes David Shields (VP Finance), Amit Chaturvedy (Advisory Committee Member) and Axel Bichara (Partner and Founder), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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