# FirsthandVC

> FirsthandVC is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 80 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 80
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 1%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/firsthandvc
- Website: https://www.firsthand.vc/

FirsthandVC is a VC fund in New York focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. FirsthandVC partners with seasoned founders at the inception stage to build the next wave of transformative companies. Specializing in autonomous business software, we provide more than capital—we connect founders with a unique network of industry leaders and accomplished entrepreneurs to accelerate their journey from vision to success.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 20 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 17 | 21% |
| Information Technology | 15 | 19% |
| Analytics | 7 | 9% |
| Machine Learning | 7 | 9% |

83 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 42 | 53% |
| Pre-Seed | 13 | 16% |
| Series A | 6 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 1% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 50 | 63% |
| Israel | 3 | 4% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simon Chan | Managing Partner | 48 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-chan-2 |
| Raj Singh | LP | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raj-singh |
| Samuel Yuk Lai Suen | LP | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samuel-yuk-lai-suen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Medida AI | Medida is an AI virtual measuring system that provides accurate digitized measurements for home renovation companies. | $4M | Seed | Dec 10, 2025 |  |
| EVE | EVE is the first Inbox Revenue Engine for small and mid-sized B2B businesses — an AI platform that connects directly to email, documents, and calendars to uncover hidden revenue. By autonomously identifying overlooked leads, stalled deals, and buying signals, EVE helps companies recover 20–30% of revenue typically lost in daily communication gaps.EVE is building the default revenue operating system for the next generation of SMBs — turning ordinary inboxes into real-time revenue engines.Backed by leading investors, including Firsthand.VC, Founders Future, A16Z Scout Fund, and founders of Slack and Hugging Face, EVE is redefining CRM for SMBs by bringing automation and intelligence to where business actually happens — the inbox. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 11, 2025 |  |
| 2nd Set AI | 2nd Set AI is a company that provides AI solutions for enterprises looking to deploy generative images and video to enhance creativity. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 13, 2025 |  |
| Olto | Olto crafts personalized live demos by overlaying AI-generated, prospect-relevant data on top of your existing production apps. | $5.1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| Knox | Knox Systems is a provider of security solutions, dedicated to enhancing safety and efficiency for businesses and organizations. With a focus on innovative technology, Knox Systems offers a comprehensive range of products and services, including access control systems, surveillance solutions, and integrated security management. | $6.5M | Seed | Jul 10, 2025 |  |
| ai.work | We are building the next generation of autonomous workers for the enterprise, introducing the world's first AI Worker Platform with autonomous, policy‑aware agents that automate and handle the busywork behind IT, Procurement, HR, Legal, Deal Desk, Finance, and Operations teams. Each AI Worker is domain-trained, policy-aware, and ready toautomate resolutions, shrinking ticket queues, accelerating service times, and reducing team workload by 50% or more. Your next hire is agentic. | $10M | Seed | Jun 10, 2025 |  |
| Agree.com | Agree.com is the best solution for creating and managing contracts, streamlining negotiations, enhancing compliance, optimizing workflows, and converting more customers — all within one intuitive platform. View edits, track signatures, and get alerted on all upcoming key milestones. Include free, one-click e-signatures with identity verification onevery agreement. Increase deal velocity and drive revenue impact with integrated payments. | $7.2M | Seed | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Coheso | Coheso, the AI-native legal front door and work management platform for in-house legal and compliance teams. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| 8Flow | Empowering enterprise support teams with AI and automation. | $10M | Series A | Apr 10, 2025 |  |
| Lumber | Lumber is an automated payroll, time-tracking, accounts payable, compliance, and onboarding platform for the construction industry. | $15.5M | Series A | Mar 24, 2025 |  |

10 of 80 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Firsthand Alliance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firsthand-alliance) — VC Fund, 64 deals together
- [Firsthand Alliance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firsthand-ventures) — VC Fund, 64 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 20 deals together
- [Foundation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-capital) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [8-Bit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8-bit-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does FirsthandVC invest in?

FirsthandVC invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 80 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 FirsthandVC?

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### Who are the partners at FirsthandVC?

The team at FirsthandVC includes Simon Chan (Managing Partner), Raj Singh (LP) and Samuel Yuk Lai Suen (LP). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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