# GoAhead Ventures

> GoAhead Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 88 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 88
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 51%
- Fund size: $57M
- Last fund: Nov 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/goahead-ventures/
- Website: https://www.goaheadvc.com/contact-us/for-startups/

GoAhead Ventures is an early stage Venture Capital fund based in Silicon Valley. As a startup ourselves, we are always looking to innovate and break the Venture Capital mold. We are a people-first fund and as such we like to cover a lot of ground and meet talented founders from across the globe. Check out our website to submit your pitch to ourmanaging partners, this is the first step for all founders that we meet. All 3 of our managing partners review every submission, and from there we give founders a NEXT DAY decision after a partner pitch! We have begun deploying from our new fund and we lead ~40 deals per year.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $420k–$7.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $125k–$3M |
| Series A | $1.3M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 15 | 17% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 14% |
| SaaS | 7 | 8% |
| Health Care | 7 | 8% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 8% |

152 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 31 | 35% |
| Seed | 30 | 34% |
| Series A | 6 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 7% |
| Series B | 3 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 57 | 65% |
| Canada | 5 | 6% |
| Israel | 5 | 6% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Ireland | 1 | 1% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clancey Stahr | Managing Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clancey-stahr |
| Philip Brady | Managing Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phil-brady |
| Takeshi Mori | Managing Partner | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takeshi-mori |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Healia Health | Healia is a company that provides revolutionizing health insurance for dual-income households, saving employers 85% each registered family. | $14M | Series A | Jul 28, 2026 |  |
| Material | At Material, our mission is to revolutionize battery technology and 3D printing capabilities. We strive to surpass current lithium-ion battery standards by innovating and 3D printing batteries that exceed expectations while pioneering sodium-ion and solid-state electrolyte chemistries. Embracing free-form factor 3D printing, we aim to unleash thefull potential of battery design. | $7.1M | Seed | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| Poseidon Aerospace | Poseidon Aerospace develops autonomous sea-based aircraft designed to transport cargo using ground effect flight. The company produces uncrewed sea gliders that operate just above the water surface to enhance fuel efficiency and increase payload capacity. | $11M | Seed | Nov 05, 2025 |  |
| Möbius Industries | Möbius Industries is building automated, full-stack facilities that recover and refine raw materials from urban waste streams using robotics, AI and materials science. From electronics and appliances to industrial scrap, Möbius turns complex waste into high- purity copper, aluminum, steel, critical minerals and plastics for reuse in manufacturingto enable a domestic, circular materials economy. | $3.8M | Pre-Seed | Oct 09, 2025 |  |
| Cookiy AI | Cookiy AI is an Agentic Voice AI that aims to bring customer voices back in the heart of commercial decision-making. Cookiy enables teams to work quicker, decrease risk, and create solutions that customers genuinely want. | $7M | Pre-Seed | Oct 06, 2025 |  |
| Terranova | Terranova uses terraforming robots to lift land using underground injection. | $7M | Seed | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| Aurelius Systems | Aurelius Systems is a defense technology company pioneering the future of defense with the development of edge-deployed, AI-powered laser systems designed to counter unmanned aerial systems (UAS) threats. | $10M | Seed | Sep 03, 2025 |  |
| Flyby Robotics | Flyby Robotics is a developer and operator of autonomous drone delivery systems. the fleet of lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles that easily integrate with merchant's native order systems | $3M | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2024 |  |
| Butler | Streamline your workflow with agentic automations, contextual chat, lightning-fast search and a native meeting bot, all in one place. | $850K | Pre-Seed | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| Butler | Streamline your workflow with agentic automations, contextual chat, lightning-fast search and a native meeting bot, all in one place. | $850K | Pre-Seed | Oct 23, 2024 |  |

10 of 88 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does GoAhead Ventures invest in?

GoAhead Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 88 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is GoAhead Ventures's check size?

GoAhead Ventures typically joins rounds of $420k–$7.5M at Seed, $125k–$3M at Pre-Seed and $1.3M–$14M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds GoAhead Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact GoAhead Ventures?

Public channels for GoAhead Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at GoAhead Ventures?

The team at GoAhead Ventures includes Clancey Stahr (Managing Partner), Philip Brady (Managing Partner) and Takeshi Mori (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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