# Perceptive Ventures

> Perceptive Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.perceptivevc.com

Perceptive Ventures is a venture capital firm

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |
| B2C | 1 | 11% |
| Mobile | 1 | 11% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Series A | 3 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| a1Mobile | A1Mobile replaces your phone carrier with AI that talks, texts, and works | $11.5M | Seed | Jul 04, 2026 |  |
| Village | Village is nonprofit building compassionate community by providing nutritious meals and essential support. | $9.5M | Seed | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Giant | Giant is an AI-powered digital studio delivering personalized storytelling experiences fostering children's creativity, curiosity, learning. | $8M | Seed | Feb 23, 2026 |  |
| Novig | Novig is a sports prediction platform where users participate in peer-to-peer wagering on sporting events using dual currencies. It enables participants to propose or accept odds directly with one another, access real-time market data, and engage in prediction markets rather than betting against a traditional house model. Users interact through itsmobile app, making selections with free-to-play tokens or staking redeemable tokens for chances to earn cash prizes under a sweepstakes framework. The platform also offers transparent order books and tools for managing wagers, and it supports customer assistance through in-app help and support channels. | $75M | Series B | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| Dispatch | Dispatch helps independent financial advisors to build ideal firms through strategic investments and advanced technology. | $18M | Series A | Sep 04, 2025 |  |
| InstaLILY AI | InstaLILY AI offers vertical-specific AI Teammates, known as “InstaWorkers™,” that operate within existing enterprise platforms like ERPs, CRMs, and email systems to perform critical tasks across sales, service, and operations, tailored to complex distribution and regulated environments. The platform deploys domain-trained agents that reasonthrough workflows, such as quoting, ticket triage, claims review, and exception handling, and execute full tasks with human-in-the-loop oversight. InstaLILY AI structures its system via a layered architecture combining data integration, modular workflow components, continual learning, and direct customer context to enable agents to act intelligently and autonomously. | $25M | Series A | Aug 27, 2025 |  |
| Novig | Novig is a sports prediction platform where users participate in peer-to-peer wagering on sporting events using dual currencies. It enables participants to propose or accept odds directly with one another, access real-time market data, and engage in prediction markets rather than betting against a traditional house model. Users interact through itsmobile app, making selections with free-to-play tokens or staking redeemable tokens for chances to earn cash prizes under a sweepstakes framework. The platform also offers transparent order books and tools for managing wagers, and it supports customer assistance through in-app help and support channels. | $18M | Series A | Aug 10, 2025 |  |
| Korl | Korl syncs product roadmap data and auto-generates tailored presentations for strategic information sharing. | $5M | Seed | May 06, 2025 |  |
| BrainLogic AI | BrainLogic AI is a cutting-edge startup developing AI products that foster positive change across Latin America. Creators of Zapia.com | $5M | Seed | Aug 21, 2023 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Forerunner](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forerunner-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NFX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nfxcapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Anthos Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthos-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arbitrum Gaming Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arbitrum-gaming-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Axiom Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axiom-partners-e756) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Perceptive Ventures invest in?

Perceptive Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Perceptive Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Perceptive Ventures closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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