# Joint Effects

> Joint Effects is a VC fund backing Information Technology and Software. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Joint Effects is an investment firm.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4.5M–$18M |
| Series A | $8M–$31M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $3.3M–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 23% |
| Software | 2 | 15% |
| Analytics | 2 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 15% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 15% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 38% |
| Seed | 4 | 31% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 15% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 62% |
| Austria | 1 | 8% |
| Finland | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tuomo Vuolteenaho | Managing Member | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tuomo-vuolteenaho-9e02 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ever | Ever is a technology and automotive company that helps its customers buy and sell high-quality electric vehicles. The company is based out of San Francisco, backed by leading investors, and led by former tech & automotive professionals from Uber, Lithia, Penske, Rivian, Carvana, Tesla, Lucid, TrueCar, Longo Toyota, Boston Consulting Group, J.P.Morgan, Lyft, Shopify, Flexport, Golden Gate Capital, and more. | $31M | Series A | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| Inven | Inven is an AI company that develops B2B SaaS solutions for M&A, private equity, and management consulting professionals. Its key source of value creation is based on our state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and machine learning models that enable us to leverage vast amounts of unstructured data sources at scale. | $12.6M | Series A | May 28, 2025 |  |
| Sentora | Sentora offers an institutional-grade basis for DeFi and RWA solutions. | $25M | Series A | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Ever | Ever is a technology and automotive company that helps its customers buy and sell high-quality electric vehicles. The company is based out of San Francisco, backed by leading investors, and led by former tech & automotive professionals from Uber, Lithia, Penske, Rivian, Carvana, Tesla, Lucid, TrueCar, Longo Toyota, Boston Consulting Group, J.P.Morgan, Lyft, Shopify, Flexport, Golden Gate Capital, and more. | $17.5M | Seed | Dec 31, 2024 |  |
| Language I/O | The future of translation is conversational and Language I/O’s proprietary machine translation optimization technology ensures that every conversation is understood. Their machine translation optimizer can translate difficult to translate user-generated content such as jargon, slang, abbreviations, and misspellings in 150 languages over chat,email, article, and social support channels.Language I/O seamlessly integrates within all major CRMs and also provides an API. Finally, we let customers decide whether to use professional human linguists, our machine translation optimizer, or a combination of the two. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 24, 2024 |  |
| Trident Digital | Trident Digital is restoring market liquidity by providing the next-generation digital asset platform that addresses issues with access, security, and capital efficiency. It allows lenders and borrowers to connect transparently and not rely on a central counterparty. | $8M | Seed | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Language I/O | The future of translation is conversational and Language I/O’s proprietary machine translation optimization technology ensures that every conversation is understood. Their machine translation optimizer can translate difficult to translate user-generated content such as jargon, slang, abbreviations, and misspellings in 150 languages over chat,email, article, and social support channels.Language I/O seamlessly integrates within all major CRMs and also provides an API. Finally, we let customers decide whether to use professional human linguists, our machine translation optimizer, or a combination of the two. | $8M | Series A | Jul 24, 2023 |  |
| Datanomix | Our Manufacturing Analytics platform combines machine data streams from your shop floor into actionable insights for your top floor.Focused on the global Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) digital transformations, we extend value far beyond traditional data visualization and process productivity tools. We provide an easy-to-useand intuitive analytics framework to better understand the underlying drivers of cost, process variation, product quality, and predictive maintenance. | $12M |  | May 10, 2023 |  |
| BG Networks | BG Networks’ is an Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity software company focused on enabling IoT security everywhere. Our mission is to make it easy to do cybersecurity right. Our approach uses low-code automation tools to add customized security for automotive, industrial, consumer, and healthcare applications. BG Networks' award winningSecurity Automation Tool (BGN-SAT) helps engineers quickly improve security, reduce development time, and take advantage of in-silicon security features. With our Security Automation Tools, we aim to remove all obstacles preventing embedded engineers from including robust cybersecurity in their applications. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 14, 2023 |  |
| Authentic Vision | Authentic Vision is best known for providing new and innovative ways of brand protection. The company holds several patents and is cooperating closely with universities and the world’s leading security printing companies to stay abreast of the latest developments in the fields of brand/value protection and costumer communication solutions. | $6M | Series C | Feb 06, 2023 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [PBJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pbj-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Gutbrain Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gutbrain-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lifeline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifeline-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Permit Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/permit-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Eclipse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eclipse-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Joint Effects invest in?

Joint Effects invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 13 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 Joint Effects's check size?

Joint Effects typically joins rounds of $4.5M–$18M at Seed, $8M–$31M at Series A and $3.3M–$5M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Joint Effects participates in.

### How do I contact Joint Effects?

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### Who are the partners at Joint Effects?

The team at Joint Effects includes Tuomo Vuolteenaho (Managing Member). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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