# GFT Ventures

> GFT Ventures is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 54%
- Last fund: Mar 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gft-ventures
- Website: https://www.gft.vc/

GFT Ventures is an early-stage frontier technology-focused VC firm investing primarily in the US and Israel. We invest in category-leading startups developing disruptive technologies that solve the world's hardest problems. We add value to our portfolio companies by relying on our extensive experience, track record, and our globalrelationships with early adopter partners and customers.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 29% |
| Software | 6 | 25% |
| SaaS | 3 | 13% |
| Enterprise Software | 3 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 13% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 12 | 50% |
| Seed | 5 | 21% |
| Series B | 2 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 71% |
| Israel | 1 | 4% |
| South Korea | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jeff Herbst | Managing Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-herbst-2 |
| Jay Eum | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 34 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-h-eum |
| Jeff Herbst | Managing Partner | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-herbst-73ee |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Higgsfield | Higgsfield is a video AI firm aimed to making social media content creation accessible to everyone. | $80M | Series A | Jan 15, 2026 |  |
| Abacus | Abacus is an AI powered knowledge management platform for financial services and regulated industries with on-prem generative AI models. | $5M | Series A | Nov 08, 2025 |  |
| Lyzr | Lyzr is an enterprise agent framework for building reliable and self-learning AI agents that can communicate and exchange intel with one another, forming a knowledge mesh that leads to OGI - Organizational General Intelligence. At Lyzr, we take enterprise data privacy seriously, and hence, we designed the entire agent framework, including the APIstudio and OGI studio, to run locally on the customer's own cloud (VPC) or on-prem servers. | $8M | Series A | Oct 29, 2025 |  |
| Higgsfield | Higgsfield is a video AI firm aimed to making social media content creation accessible to everyone. | $50M | Series A | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Knit | Based in Austin, Texas, Knit is the platform helping brands make customer-centric decisions through agile video feedback. Powered by a one-of-a-kind network of over 60K collegiate Gen Z-ers who are motivated by social causes, Knit enables its customers to make better, customer-centric decisions through Voice of Consumer videos. | $16.1M | Series A | Jul 31, 2025 |  |
| Bria | Bria is a Computer Software company. | $40M | Series B | Mar 13, 2025 |  |
| Anyware Robotics | Anyware Robotics offers AI-powered mobile robots that autonomously unload boxes in containers and trucks. | $12M | Seed | Mar 13, 2025 |  |
| Daash Intelligence | Daash Intelligence believes that commerce intelligence is no longer a luxury for consumer brand owners, but rather a mission-critical asset. Daash Intelligence facilitates the use of new data sources to provide real-time insights to any CPG brand. | $5.5M | Seed | Oct 18, 2024 |  |
| Knit | Based in Austin, Texas, Knit is the platform helping brands make customer-centric decisions through agile video feedback. Powered by a one-of-a-kind network of over 60K collegiate Gen Z-ers who are motivated by social causes, Knit enables its customers to make better, customer-centric decisions through Voice of Consumer videos. | $9M | Series A | Sep 18, 2024 |  |
| Knit | Knit pairs forward-deployed researchers with autonomous research agents to deliver decision-ready insights faster and better than traditional agencies, unlocking entirely new ways for the world's most iconic enterprises to run research. | $9M | Series A | Sep 18, 2024 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Silicon Road Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silicon-road-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Menlo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/menlo-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rise-of-the-rest) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Osage Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/osage-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does GFT Ventures invest in?

GFT Ventures invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 24 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 GFT Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at GFT Ventures?

The team at GFT Ventures includes Jeff Herbst (Managing Partner), Jay Eum (Co-Founder & Managing Partner) and Jeff Herbst (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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