# Brian Ames

> Brian Ames is a Series D investor at Anthos Capital (San Francisco) backing AgTech and Social. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Anthos Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthos-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/btames

Brian Ames is a Managing Director at Anthos Capital.He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 25% |
| Social | 1 | 25% |
| Robotics | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Messaging | 1 | 25% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series D | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carbon Robotics | Carbon Robotics is revolutionizing agriculture with AI and robotics to reduce costs and increase yields. Amid labor challenges, rising input costs, and increasing concerns about herbicide use, growers worldwide are seeking smarter, more efficient ways to farm. Carbon Robotics addresses these needs by delivering advanced AI robotic laser weeders andtractor autonomy that drives efficiencies to the global community. Learn more at carbonrobotics.com. | $70M | Series D | Oct 21, 2024 |  |
| Carbon Robotics | Carbon Robotics is revolutionizing agriculture with AI and robotics to reduce costs and increase yields. Amid labor challenges, rising input costs, and increasing concerns about herbicide use, growers worldwide are seeking smarter, more efficient ways to farm. Carbon Robotics addresses these needs by delivering advanced AI robotic laser weeders andtractor autonomy that drives efficiencies to the global community. Learn more at carbonrobotics.com. | $30M | Series C | Apr 11, 2023 |  |
| Carbon Robotics | Carbon Robotics is revolutionizing agriculture with AI and robotics to reduce costs and increase yields. Amid labor challenges, rising input costs, and increasing concerns about herbicide use, growers worldwide are seeking smarter, more efficient ways to farm. Carbon Robotics addresses these needs by delivering advanced AI robotic laser weeders andtractor autonomy that drives efficiencies to the global community. Learn more at carbonrobotics.com. | $27M | Series B | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| VRChat | VRChat is a virtual reality social platform that allows users to easily build social virtual reality content. Any virtual world built with the VRChat platform instantly becomes a social VR world. This means VRChat users can explore and play in these worlds together, in a social setting. Using VRChat, content creators can take their 3D worlds and bewalking around those worlds in VR, with friends, in under an hour. Users can then sell their content to other users using the VRChat market place.It was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $80M | Series D | Jun 28, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FUSE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuse-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ignition Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ignition-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Voyager Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/voyager-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sozo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sozo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bolt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bolt-io) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Anthos Capital

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Anthos, founded in 2007, invests in emerging consumer and technology companies that drive innovation and shape the future. Anthos provides strategic and operational support to entrepreneurs, enabling its portfolio companies to achieve their full potential and become industry leaders.

5 contacts available at Anthos Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Cafourek | VP, Head of Technology | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-cafourek |
| Brian Ames | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-ames-65d0 |
| Bryan Kelly | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-kelly |
| Emily White | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-white |
| Justin Donovan | Research Team | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-donovan |

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## FAQ

### What does Brian Ames invest in?

Brian Ames invests primarily in AgTech, Social and Robotics startups, most often at Series D and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brian Ames last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brian Ames closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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