HighSage Ventures
VC Fund
Boston, United States
HighSage Ventures is a VC fund in Boston focused on Software and SaaS. HighSage is a venture capital firm funded by permanent capital and invests in public and private companies. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- Total investments:
- 53
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 11%
Last updated:
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Industries HighSage Ventures invests in
Stages HighSage Ventures invests in
Countries HighSage Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $10M–$25M
- Series B
- $10M–$115M
- Series C
- $30M–$110M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 10 (19%)
- SaaS 8 (15%)
- Information Technology 8 (15%)
- Financial Services 6 (11%)
- FinTech 4 (8%)
Stage
- Series C 7 (13%)
- Series A 6 (11%)
- Series B 6 (11%)
- Seed 5 (9%)
- Funding Round 5 (9%)
Country
- United States 25 (47%)
- Switzerland 2 (4%)
- Canada 1 (2%)
- New Zealand 1 (2%)
- United Kingdom 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nicholas Appelo
Investment Professional
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Investment Professional | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Clario
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Clario is the first platform designed to remove enterprise data ROT, or redundant, out-of-date, and insignificant files that covertly impair AI performance, drive up expenses, and remain in systems as undetected liabilities. | $6M / Seed / Jun 17, 2026 | |
Afresh
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Afresh is an AI-powered company selling software to track demand and manage orders for fresh produce in grocery stores. The company is an operator of a fresh-first supply chain platform intended to handle the complexity of perishable categories for brick and mortar retailers and wholesalers. Its platform brings artificial intelligence and machinelearning to forecast and ingest millions of data points to provide accurate item-level predictions of future demand to replenish recommendations that account for supply chain constraints and optimize for margin that enable clients to minimize waste, maximize freshness, and multiply business profitability.Afresh was established in 2017 in San Francisco, California by Matt Schwartz. | $34M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 21, 2026 | |
RenoFi
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RenoFi Loans use the after renovation value instead of your home's current value, enabling you to borrow the most money at the lowest rates. RenoFi is not a lender, rather we’ve partnered with lenders who offer RenoFi Loans. These lenders leverage RenoFi's technology platform to seamlessly offer RenoFi Loans. | $22M / Series B / Mar 03, 2026 | |
WINN.AI
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Winn.AI handles all of your sales busywork so you can type less and win more. | $18M / Series A / Feb 11, 2026 | |
Heidrick & Struggles International
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Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. provides executive search and leadership consulting services in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It facilitates the recruitment, management, and deployment of senior executives for its clients' executive management and board positions. The company's leadership consulting servicesinclude succession planning, talent retention management, executive assessment, executive development, transition consulting for newly appointed executives, and M&A human capital integration consulting. Its customers include Fortune 1000 companies; the major non-U.S. companies; middle market and emerging growth companies; governmental, higher education, and not-for-profit organizations; and private and public entities. | Private Equity / Dec 10, 2025 | |
Billd
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Billd is a construction finance company that partners with regional and national suppliers across the U.S. to offer project-based financing to contractors. The short-term financing solutions facilitates immediate payment to suppliers while providing contractors the flexibility to pay for material purchases over time. The company is headquarteredin Austin, Texas. | $7.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 05, 2025 | |
BluWave
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BluWave is a vetted service provider network for private equity firms and private and public companies. BluWave specializes in hiring interim CFOs, interim CEOs, executive recruiters for CFOs, CEOs, CTOs, CHROs, CMOs and more, and commercial due diligence firms. | $14M / Private Equity / Oct 29, 2025 | |
Procense.ai
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Procense is building the next leader in industrial automation—starting with process manufacturers.From food and pharmaceuticals to chemicals and personal care, process manufacturers produce the essential goods that power our daily lives. Yet many of these non-discrete operations still rely on outdated, paper based and legacy systems for managingproduction and quality operations.Procense is changing that. By combining AI-powered software with industrial-grade IoT, Procense helps process manufacturers modernize how they collect, analyze, and act on in-process production and quality data. The result: higher yields, fewer production issues, improved compliance, and a system of record for their most critical data. With a vertically integrated platform—hardware and software included—Procense provides real-time visibility, automation, and predictive insights across the plant floor. This full-stack approach not only accelerates implementation but also creates a strong competitive moat.Our mission is clear: to become an end to end system with ERP and MES solutions—driving the next era of growth, efficiency, and innovation in one of the world’s most critical and underserved sectors. | $1.5M / Seed / Sep 10, 2025 | |
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Procense.ai
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Procense is building the next leader in industrial automation—starting with process manufacturers.From food and pharmaceuticals to chemicals and personal care, process manufacturers produce the essential goods that power our daily lives. Yet many of these non-discrete operations still rely on outdated, paper based and legacy systems for managingproduction and quality operations.Procense is changing that. By combining AI-powered software with industrial-grade IoT, Procense helps process manufacturers modernize how they collect, analyze, and act on in-process production and quality data. The result: higher yields, fewer production issues, improved compliance, and a system of record for their most critical data. With a vertically integrated platform—hardware and software included—Procense provides real-time visibility, automation, and predictive insights across the plant floor. This full-stack approach not only accelerates implementation but also creates a strong competitive moat.Our mission is clear: to become an end to end system with ERP and MES solutions—driving the next era of growth, efficiency, and innovation in one of the world’s most critical and underserved sectors. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Sep 10, 2025 | |
RefAssured
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RefAssured was founded by staffing industry service veterans for staffing agencies. They allow staffing firms all over the world to provide better information, results, and hires. | $3.3M / Seed / Sep 08, 2025 | |
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FAQ
What does HighSage Ventures invest in?
HighSage Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Series C and Series A stage. Most of the 53 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 HighSage Ventures's check size?
HighSage Ventures typically joins rounds of $10M–$25M at Series A, $10M–$115M at Series B and $30M–$110M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds HighSage Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at HighSage Ventures?
The team at HighSage Ventures includes Nicholas Appelo (Investment Professional). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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