# JCI Ventures

> JCI Ventures is a VC fund in San Mateo backing Software and Analytics. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/johnson-controls
- Website: http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/ventures

JCI Ventures is a VC fund in San Mateo focused on Software and Analytics. JCI Ventures (formerly Tyco Ventures) is the corporate venture arm of Johnson Controls International PLC, the resulting entity of the merger between Legacy Johnson Controls and Tyco International. JCI is the $30B global leader in building, physical security, and energy solutions. We provide access to a global network of resources and customerinstalled base and partner with and invests in startups in AI and Machine Learning, Blockchain, Unmanned Machines, IoT, Security, and Smart Buildings technologies and solutions relevant to our core markets. JCI Ventures is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 29% |
| Analytics | 3 | 21% |
| Security | 2 | 14% |
| 3D Technology | 2 | 14% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 14% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 29% |
| Seed | 3 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 7% |
| Series E | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 57% |
| Brazil | 1 | 7% |
| Israel | 1 | 7% |
| Australia | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Danielle C. Tarraf | Senior Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danielle-c-tarraf |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kultua | Somos a peopletech pioneira em pesquisas e diagnósticos personalizadas para Gestão Cultural & Gestão de Mudança estratégica em organizações com elevado foco em pessoas, dados e resultados de impacto. Oferecemos resultados mais profundos, assertivos e ágeis, com mínimos vieses de pesquisa. | $143.2K | Pre-Seed | Dec 21, 2022 |  |
| Alcatraz AI | Alcatraz AI replaces badging as an access point identification method by leveraging facial recognition, 3d sensing, and AI. The company builds a facial authentication platform using AI and 3D sensing to enable a highly secure and frictionless entry into physical locations. Alcatraz AI was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in California, USA. | $25M | Series A | Sep 13, 2022 |  |
| XY Sense | Founded in 2016 by Alex Birch and Luke Murray, XY Sense is a Melbourne head-quartered technology startup using smart sensors and AI powered analytics to create workplaces people love. We’ve created the world’s most advanced workplace sensor. It’s private by design (protecting your team’s privacy), has the longest range of any sensor on themarket, collects data passively and best of all delivers highly accurate(<30cm) workplace utilisation analytics in real-time. Combined with an analytics platform that’s been designed for frontline property teams, we’re obsessed with simplifying workplace analytics to help transform workplaces for the better. Learn about what makes our sensor stand apart here: www.xysense.io | $8M | Seed | Jul 25, 2022 |  |
| Artisight | Artisight is an IoT sensor network for healthcare with a mission to improve organizational operations and financial performance. The HIPAA-compliant platform from Artisight uses AI to evaluate data and produce new and previously inaccessible data sets. In accordance with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, Artisight provides computervision technologies for the healthcare industry that protect the privacy of patients and healthcare professionals. | $15M | Convertible Note | Apr 30, 2022 |  |
| Raeden | Raeden is a marketplace for the real estate industry that creates digital tenancy to feature locations and generate revenue. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| RaySecur | RaySecur is the developer of 3D desktop scanners for the safe detection of concealed and potentially dangerous items. The company revolutionizing security imaging with scalable terahertz scanners and remote analysis and threat detection solutions. RaySecur’s systems are used by Fortune 500 companies and government organizations around the world tokeep their people and critical assets safe.RaySecur MailSecur device contrary to X-Ray, is easy to use, requires minimal mail screening training, it is light, portable, and rugged, small enough to fit in the smallest of mailrooms, and does not require a secure mail screening area.RaySecur uses millimeter-wave technology similar to the scanners you find at airport security to examine suspicious letters, flat envelopes, and small parcels. Its technology can detect powders as small as 2% of a teaspoon or a single drop of liquid. | $13M | Series A | Sep 23, 2021 |  |
| Alcatraz AI | Alcatraz AI replaces badging as an access point identification method by leveraging facial recognition, 3d sensing, and AI. The company builds a facial authentication platform using AI and 3D sensing to enable a highly secure and frictionless entry into physical locations. Alcatraz AI was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in California, USA. | $6.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 27, 2021 |  |
| Humatics | Humatics’ breakthrough microlocation system and analytics software comprise a Spatial Intelligence Platform™ that will revolutionize how people and machines locate, navigate and collaborate. A single Humatics system, using simple, inexpensive radio-frequency technology, can pinpoint multiple, moving transponder targets at ranges up to thirty meterswith millimeter-scale precision, vastly outperforming existing systems at a fraction of the cost. These systems can network together to provide broader, ultra-precise positioning coverage – from factory work cells to entire distribution centers and beyond. With its extensible architecture and application programming interfaces (APIs), the Spatial Intelligence Platform™ will power an ecosystem of new position-based products and services. Humatics was founded in 2015 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Mindell and technology industry veteran Gary Cohen. Headquartered in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Humatics has grown to include a world-class team of radar experts, programmers, roboticists, software engineers, and product development leaders. | $28M | Series A | Jan 07, 2019 |  |
| Alcatraz AI | Alcatraz AI replaces badging as an access point identification method by leveraging facial recognition, 3d sensing, and AI. The company builds a facial authentication platform using AI and 3D sensing to enable a highly secure and frictionless entry into physical locations. Alcatraz AI was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in California, USA. | $4M | Seed | Jun 12, 2018 |  |
| Magos Systems | Magos designs and manufactures state-of-the-art staring radars. They are a cost-effective alternative to any other perimeter detection and Protection/Security solution in the market. The radars operate with a range of up to 400 m when detecting humans and 600 m in the case of vehicles and boats. They have high resolution (up to 40 cm) and120–360° coverage (depending on the model). Power consumption is low (< 2.5 W). |  | Series A | May 08, 2018 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does JCI Ventures invest in?

JCI Ventures invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Security startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at JCI Ventures?

The team at JCI Ventures includes Danielle C. Tarraf (Senior Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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