# Central Cost Ventures

> Central Cost Ventures is a VC fund in California backing AgTech, Software and Insurance. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: California, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://centralcoast.ventures/

Central Cost Ventures is a VC fund in California focused on AgTech and Software. Central Coast Ventures invests in invest in high-growth, early-stage startups. It makes investments in both people and goods in rapidly expanding markets and undeveloped regions of established businesses.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Insurance | 1 | 50% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TRIC Robotics | TRIC Robotics develops an autonomous, non-chemical pesticide alternative for strawberry farms. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Newark, DE. | $5.5M | Seed | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| Billy | billy provides an end-to-end insurance platform to protect the company from risk. Billy is the time-saving tool that helps to verify all the subcontractors have the right insurance coverage on every project, every time. Request, verify, track, and renew insurance certificates. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 14, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Embark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/embark-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Entrada Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrada-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Garage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garage-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lucas Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lucas-venture-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MetaProp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/metaprop-nyc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Central Cost Ventures invest in?

Central Cost Ventures invests primarily in AgTech, Software and Insurance startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 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 Central Cost Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Central Cost Ventures closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 2 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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