BootstrapLabs
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
BootstrapLabs is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Founded in 2008, BootstrapLabs, an Ares company, is a leading Venture Capital firm based in Silicon Valley and focused on Applied Artificial Intelligence. BootstrapLabs was one of the first VC firms to build an AI-first investment strategy and seeks to invest in visionary founders who solve some of today’s most important and valuable opportunities by applying Artificial Intelligence. BootstrapLabs is often the first institutional money and acts as a lead investor in the early stages, with follow-on capital at the growth stages. Through our Venture Studios and Venture Capital funds, we are investing in Artificial Intelligence applied to The Future of Work (FoW)/Productivity, Mobility, Health, Financial Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure, Energy/Climate, and AI-enabling technologies. As entrepreneurs ourselves, we know it takes an experienced team amplified by a nurturing community to build successful companies, so we stand by our founders in good times and bad times, because the road to success is paved with setbacks, challenges, and lessons learned from past failures – and building something big is hard. Ultimately we believe technology should always be used to create a positive impact on society, and that founders should always place fellow humans at the heart of their vision.
- Total investments:
- 143
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 37%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries BootstrapLabs invests in
Stages BootstrapLabs invests in
Countries BootstrapLabs invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $250k–$4.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $2M–$2.6M
- Series A
- $5M–$20M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 16 (11%)
- Software 12 (8%)
- Machine Learning 11 (8%)
- Analytics 7 (5%)
- SaaS 5 (3%)
Stage
- Seed 30 (21%)
- Series A 12 (8%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (2%)
- Series B 3 (2%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (2%)
Country
- United States 35 (24%)
- Estonia 1 (1%)
- Malaysia 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Benjamin Levy
Co-Founder and General Partner
|
Co-Founder and General Partner | Total investments: 52 | Find email | |
Ari Valtanen
Global Venture Partner
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Global Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Cilla Jelf
Lead Developer
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Lead Developer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Fabio Ficano
Head of BootstrapLabs Venture Studio for Climate & Energy
|
Head of BootstrapLabs Venture Studio for Climate & Energy | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Luigi Congedo
Venture Capital Principal & Analyst
|
Venture Capital Principal & Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Looq AI is an enterprise software company that offers 3D survey and mapping services using artificial intelligence. | $2.6M / Seed / Feb 27, 2024 | ||
| Hayden AI’s mission is to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies that enable the automated enforcement of bus lanes and stops—accelerating public transit, improving street safety, and advancing a more sustainable urban future. | Series B / Dec 08, 2023 | ||
| Hayden AI’s mission is to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies that enable the automated enforcement of bus lanes and stops—accelerating public transit, improving street safety, and advancing a more sustainable urban future. | $53M / Series B / Oct 16, 2023 | ||
| Pryon is an artificial intelligence company focused on enterprise knowledge management. Its natural language processing platform transforms unstructured data into experiences that increase productivity with unmatched accuracy and speed. Pryon’s automated machine learning engines deliver rapid time to value by enriching existing content. Thisno-code approach prevents operational disruption and allows organizations to quickly maximize the business value trapped within their information assets. Pryon was founded by Igor Jablokov, whose previous company defined the state of the art for AI assistants and was acquired by Amazon to form the basis for Alexa. | $100M / Series B / Sep 19, 2023 | ||
| Charm Solutions wants to revolutionise the loan process by harnessing data's potential to give analytics, actionable insights, simplified decisioning, and a dedication to assisting businesses in growing. | $3.5M / Seed / Apr 18, 2023 | ||
| Southie Autonomy develops a robot software that enables any industrial robot to be re-purposed and re-deployed by any person even without robotics expertise or even computer skills. It aims to help businesses recoup ROI faster by lowering time, cost, and skill barriers, in applications like kitting, palletizing, and simple assembly. The companywas founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $2.5M / Seed / May 09, 2022 | ||
| We aim to revolutionize work using accessible tech. Creating smarter ways for people, machines, and systems to work together. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Mar 18, 2022 | ||
| Pryon is an artificial intelligence company focused on enterprise knowledge management. Its natural language processing platform transforms unstructured data into experiences that increase productivity with unmatched accuracy and speed. Pryon’s automated machine learning engines deliver rapid time to value by enriching existing content. Thisno-code approach prevents operational disruption and allows organizations to quickly maximize the business value trapped within their information assets. Pryon was founded by Igor Jablokov, whose previous company defined the state of the art for AI assistants and was acquired by Amazon to form the basis for Alexa. | $12M / Nov 24, 2021 | ||
| Pryon is an artificial intelligence company focused on enterprise knowledge management. Its natural language processing platform transforms unstructured data into experiences that increase productivity with unmatched accuracy and speed. Pryon’s automated machine learning engines deliver rapid time to value by enriching existing content. Thisno-code approach prevents operational disruption and allows organizations to quickly maximize the business value trapped within their information assets. Pryon was founded by Igor Jablokov, whose previous company defined the state of the art for AI assistants and was acquired by Amazon to form the basis for Alexa. | $12M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 27, 2021 | ||
| Hayden AI’s mission is to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies that enable the automated enforcement of bus lanes and stops—accelerating public transit, improving street safety, and advancing a more sustainable urban future. | $20M / Series A / Aug 19, 2021 | ||
| See all 143 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does BootstrapLabs invest in?
BootstrapLabs invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 143 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does BootstrapLabs invest in?
BootstrapLabs typically joins rounds of $250k–$4.5M at Seed, $2M–$2.6M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$20M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not BootstrapLabs's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds BootstrapLabs took part in.
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Who are the partners at BootstrapLabs?
The team at BootstrapLabs includes Benjamin Levy (Co-Founder and General Partner), Ari Valtanen (Global Venture Partner) and Cilla Jelf (Lead Developer), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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