Inventus Capital Partners
VC Fund
San Mateo, United States
Inventus Capital Partners is an investment firm that provides financial services to start-ups, entrepreneurs, and founders. The GPs have backed nearly 90 Founders to date, typically at the Seed or early-Series A stage, and invest with high conviction behind a very select number of new teams each year.Over the past 10 years, Inventus has helpedSilicon Valley founders grow from early-stage startups into meaningful companies with aggregate annual sales of over $1 billion today. Notable Inventus companies include Poshmark in the $330 billion fashion industry, Credit Sesame in the $500 billion consumer credit & finance markets, and Sierra Atlantic in the $100 billion outsourced product development industry.Investment themes include online consumer marketplaces and business automation software, but the Inventus GPs are particularly interested in backing Founders with a unique and often surprising vision for re-ordering industries and re-inventing consumer experiences for the digital age.While we make investments of conviction to lead financings and apply our own operating successes to coach Founders on strategy, hiring, and growth hacking, we’ve also institutionalized the persistent delivery of high-impact customer and partner introductions via CXOBridge.Inventus co-founded and catalyzed CXOBridge in 2016 with the goal of helping participating startups grow revenue 10x in 2years by matching them with decision-makers at Fortune1000 customers and partners. CXOBridge is an independent organization with a full-time team applying a merit-based approach to selecting startups that solve high-priority problems for the program’s Fortune-1000 participants. To date, 46 startups and 300+ corporates are active in the program, resulting in over $300m of value creation so far. CXOBridge provides startups persistent help with revenue growth and sales traction at scale and is the latest example of the unique capabilities of our firm.
- Total investments:
- 78
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 26%
- Fund size:
- $51M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Inventus Capital Partners invests in
Stages Inventus Capital Partners invests in
Countries Inventus Capital Partners invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$4.6M
- Series A
- $1.2M–$10M
- Series B
- $2M–$15M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 13 (17%)
- Artificial Intelligence 11 (14%)
- Internet 6 (8%)
- Information Technology 6 (8%)
- EdTech 5 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 25 (32%)
- Series A 23 (29%)
- Series B 10 (13%)
- Series C 5 (6%)
- Series D 3 (4%)
Country
- United States 35 (45%)
- India 17 (22%)
- Singapore 2 (3%)
- Israel 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
John Dougery
Co-Founder & Managing Director
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Co-Founder & Managing Director | Total investments: 21 | Find email | |
Kanwal Rekhi
Managing Director and Co-Founder
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Managing Director and Co-Founder | Total investments: 22 | Find email | |
Manu Rekhi
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Manu Rekhi
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 13 | Find email | |
Rutvik Doshi
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 28 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
PineGap
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PineGap is an AI-powered equity research platform for Wall Street. | $8M / Series A / Aug 05, 2026 | |
C-Infinity
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C-Infinity develops artificial intelligence software and services for data processing, automation, and decision support. building foundational AI for mechanical design and manufacturing—AI that reasons about geometry, motion, constraints, and production logic. | $16M / Seed / Apr 22, 2026 | |
AdZen
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Shared Vision is at the forefront of online commerce technology, providing creators with a cutting-edge platform to optimize and automate affiliate revenue streams. Its SaaS solution features a centralized management platform for creators, enabling them to easily manage their affiliate links and maximize their revenue potential. Meanwhile, itsunique consumer-based shopping cart experience drives increased sales and generates revenue for creators, brands, and itself. | Seed / Feb 10, 2026 | |
Wald.ai
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Wald.ai driven by creativity, it aims to securely unleash AI assistants' potential to boost output, encourage teamwork, and improve financial results. | $4M / Seed / Dec 10, 2024 | |
Mercately
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Mercately allows you to concentrate all of your communication channels in one spot. Mercately specialize in delivering CRM solutions with an official WhatsApp connection and the ability to interface with the most popular apps on the market, like Hubspot, MercadoLibre, Facebook, Instagram, Webchat, and others. Mercately also offer WhatsAppMulti-user, chatbots, and the WhatsApp Business API. | $2.6M / Seed / Aug 27, 2024 | |
Skillfully
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Skillfully was founded on the belief that hiring should be efficient, inclusive, and skills-centric. Through experiential hiring methods using virtual simulations, employers now see applicant skills in action. This solution uncovers the perfect fit for a role before the interview phase, saving HR teams time, money, and effort.For decades,recruiters have relied on resume-based hiring to superficially qualify candidates by parsing applicant descriptions of skills to determine employability. The rise of AI tools that automatically enhance and submit applications at an unprecedented scale has overwhelmed employer pipelines, making accurate and precise decision-making nearly impossible.Enter Skillfully’s recruitment solution - HiredNow. The HiredNow tool allows employers create custom simulations of real-life, on-the-job scenarios to effectively assess an applicant’s actual skill level. For the first time, employers can see an applicant’s skills firsthand to determine if their abilities match the unique requirements of a job opening before engaging with the applicant directly. These simulations provide a precise skills scorecard for every applicant, vastly improving hiring efficiency compared to traditional resume-driven tools and enabling skills-first hiring at scale.Through the Skillfully platform, employers can also hire directly from our exclusive, skill-verified TalentNetwork, which includes national career partners such as leading universities, community college systems, HBCUs and workforce development organizations. Employers hiring from our TalentNetwork get access to a deeply diverse and highly motivated candidate pool often overlooked by conventional resume-first hiring tools and professional networks.In this new Age of AI “Good on Paper” is no longer good enough for employers searching for the very best talent. Discover how Skillfully can transform your hiring process today! | $2.5M / Seed / Aug 01, 2024 | |
Flam
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Flam is an AI-powered mixed reality (MR) publishing platform. | $4.6M / Seed / May 28, 2024 | |
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PineGap
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PineGap is an AI-powered equity research platform for Wall Street. | $2.5M / Seed / Apr 15, 2024 | |
Khyaal
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Khyaal is a full-stack digital solution for senior citizens designed and developed to improve their quality of life. We facilitate on-demand services and organise fun and engaging activities for seniors. Being a part of the Khyaal family means making a difference in the world by enriching the lives of the elderly. If selflessness and empathy is atrait that you carry and would want to put at work, then you will find Khyaal as the perfect place to invest your valuable time.At Khyaal, we value your individuality and the skills that you bring to the table. We also believe in the power of collective consciousness to serve others and make their lives easier and wholesome. We want all members of the Khyaal family to feel respected personally and professionally. Our working environment will always make way for new ideas, ownership and collective growth. | $4.2M / Seed / Feb 06, 2024 | |
livSYT
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livSYT’s self-configurable integrated process workflow allows you to digitize on-site construction processes, thereby shifting construction from memory dependant operations to system-assisted operations to deliver robust process implementation across construction lifecycle. livSYT automatically allocates activities to your team in real-time therebysignificantly reducing the time spent on extensive communication & coordination across different mediums (calls, SMS, chats, meetings etc.) for people alignment while enhancing people accountability. Our system-driven approach enables seamless mobilization & synchronized orchestration of resources leading to improved on-site output. | $2.5M / Seed / Nov 08, 2023 | |
| See all 78 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Inventus Capital Partners invest in?
Inventus Capital Partners invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 78 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 Inventus Capital Partners's check size?
Inventus Capital Partners typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$4.6M at Seed, $1.2M–$10M at Series A and $2M–$15M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Inventus Capital Partners participates in.
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Who are the partners at Inventus Capital Partners?
The team at Inventus Capital Partners includes John Dougery (Co-Founder & Managing Director), Kanwal Rekhi (Managing Director and Co-Founder) and Manu Rekhi (Managing Director), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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