# Heroic Ventures

> Heroic Ventures is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Software and Internet. See 81 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 81
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last fund: Dec 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/heroic-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/heroicvc
- Website: http://www.heroicvc.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heroicvc

Heroic Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in heroes - the passionate and purposeful entrepreneurs solving real problems in huge markets.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Heroic Ventures. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Heroic Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/heroic-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$6.5M |
| Series A | $3.6M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 18 | 22% |
| Internet | 9 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 9% |
| SaaS | 6 | 7% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 7% |

119 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 35 | 43% |
| Series A | 13 | 16% |
| Convertible Note | 10 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 9% |
| Series B | 4 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 51 | 63% |
| France | 2 | 2% |
| Israel | 2 | 2% |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Matt Robinson | Managing Partner & Founder | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-robinson-3 |
| Michael Fertik | Founder and Managing Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-fertik |
| Alex Kirik | EA and HR; EA and HR | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-kirik |
| Claire Zhang | Partner & CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claire-zhang |
| Itai Maron | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/itai-maron |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Futurail | Developing an autonomy stack for self-driving trains. | $6.5M | Seed | Sep 24, 2025 |  |
| Nozomio | How do you discover the future of software engineering? We're building it.Language models can write code better than most humans, but they often destroy codebases due to poor context management and understanding. The future isn't about replacing developers - it's about empowering them to orchestrate AI agents effectively.We're creating systems that enable small teams of developers to manage large-scale agent operations across the entire software lifecycle - from development to QA, security audits, and deployment.It's called Nozomio. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | May 07, 2025 |  |
| J&D Manufacturing | J&D Manufacturing specializes in the design and production of industrial equipment, focusing on ventilation and air filtration systems. The company develops equipment for various industries, with an emphasis on air circulation and cooling solutions for agricultural settings. It designs and manufactures industrial fans, ventilation systems, andrelated products for use in agriculture, poultry, and industrial applications, aiming to improve air quality and temperature regulation in commercial and agricultural environments. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 20, 2024 |  |
| Modelcode AI | Modelcode AI is a technology company specializing in automated code modernization. |  | Seed | Sep 05, 2024 |  |
| Footprint | Footprint is an onboarding platform that solves KYC, Security, Auth, and Fraud with five lines of code. By utilizing novel technologies such as nitro enclaves, passkeys, and app clips, Footprint has helped companies generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in customer LTV by boosting their conversion while also preventing fraud attacks throughpropriety deterministic signals. | $13M | Series A | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Inventry.ai | Invent.ai is a company specializing in AI-powered retail planning solutions. |  | Convertible Note | Mar 14, 2024 |  |
| Dwellsy | Dwellsy is an internet company that specializes in the fields of consumer applications, internet, and property management. It features a web-based platform for residential home rentals, built on the radical concept that true, organic search in a free eco-system creates more value than the pay-to-play model embraced by all of the current rentallisting services.The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Los Altos, California. | $11.5M | Seed | Nov 15, 2023 |  |
| Hopper | Hopper is a cybersecurity startup tackling limitations in traditional Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tools. Its platform offers function-level reachability, automated asset discovery, and hidden vulnerability detection, all without requiring agents or changes to continuous integration pipelines. The company plans to utilize the funding toexpand its research and development efforts, support additional programming languages and frameworks, and enhance its artificial intelligence capabilities. |  | Seed | Jul 07, 2023 |  |
| Triumph | Triumph is a gaming monetization platform provider. They provide iPhone games on one line of code drop-in SDK and handle the entire tournament stack by player matching, payment, arbitration, and compliance. They also transform the game into money tournaments. | $10.2M | Series A | May 10, 2023 |  |
| Exists | Exists is a technology company specializing in data analytics and business intelligence solutions. |  | Convertible Note | Mar 14, 2023 |  |

10 of 81 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Heroic Ventures invest in?

Heroic Ventures invests primarily in Software, Internet and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 81 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 Heroic Ventures's check size?

Heroic Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$6.5M at Seed and $3.6M–$30M 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 Heroic Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Heroic Ventures?

Public channels for Heroic Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) 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 Heroic Ventures?

The team at Heroic Ventures includes Matt Robinson (Managing Partner & Founder), Michael Fertik (Founder and Managing Partner) and Alex Kirik (EA and HR; EA and HR). 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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