# Santa Clara Ventures

> Santa Clara Ventures is a VC fund in Santa Clara backing Software and Cyber Security. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Clara, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/santa-clara-ventures/
- Website: https://santaclaraventures.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/santaclaraventures/

Santa Clara Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 21% |
| Cyber Security | 3 | 21% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 21% |
| SaaS | 2 | 14% |
| Robotics | 2 | 14% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 36% |
| Series A | 2 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 79% |
| Singapore | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RealSeq Biosciences | RealSeq Biosciences’ core expertise includes innovative proprietary technologies for bias-free small RNA/miRNA NGS library construction. |  | Seed | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| Right-Hand Cybersecurity | With 90% of data breaches occurring due to employee error, Right-Hand helps enterprises personalize and automate employee awareness programs to more effectively reduce human risk, build cyber culture and meet compliance standards. | $5M | Series A | Mar 28, 2023 |  |
| ThetaWise | Thetawise is a ChatGPT-like math tutor that helps you conquer your math class. Use ThetaWise to get instant help on any math problem, receive step-by-step guidance, & get un-stuck! |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 31, 2023 |  |
| CarbonBridge | CarbonBridge builds direct-gas bioreactors that improve microbe productivity by over 400%. The company is supported by ARPA-E (https://arpa-e.energy.gov/programs-and-initiatives/search-all-projects/microbial-production-methanol-methane-and-intermittent-power-sources) to use this bioreactor to produce ultra low carbonmethanol with intermittent power. HQ is in San Jose, and R&D is in Harlem, NY. (https://www.santacruzworks.org/news/carbon-bridge-seed-round ) | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Authillo | Authillo is a passwordless login service that prevents fake accounts on any online platform, while simultaneously preserving user privacy. Our proprietary browser-based facial recognition & liveness detection software allows us to guarantee users are who they claim to be.Authillo acts as an internet passport that proves one's real-worldidentity, allowing platforms to safeguard their virtual environments from bots, malicious users, fake reviews, free trial exploitation, password sharing, impersonation, predation, catfishing, and more.Authillo minimizes the distribution of users’ personal data across the internet by limiting each platform’s access to only information users explicitly allow. Authillo is able to vouch for aspects of a user’s identity without giving platforms access to the corresponding user data, allowing us to serve as an abstraction layer between platforms and users.At Authillo, we’re obsessed with creating a privacy-centric internet free of fake accounts. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Stack | Stack is the gamified crypto investment platform specifically built for Gen-Z. | $2.7M | Seed | Sep 08, 2022 |  |
| Biomotum | Biomotum's ankle assist systems energize every step, delivering life-changing improvements in walking function. | $825K | Seed | May 23, 2022 |  |
| CloudEagle.ai | CloudEagle.ai is an AI-powered SaaS Management, AI Governance, and Identity Governance platform that gives IT and Security teams one command center for every SaaS and AI application across the enterprise, including the applications operating outside traditional SSO or IT visibility.AI tools and employee-purchased apps are growing faster thanteams can secure and govern them. A large share of an organization's SaaS and AI footprint sits outside IT's line of sight, while human and non-human identities and unmanaged AI usage drive real risk. Traditional IAM and SaaS management tools were not built for this, so CloudEagle.ai brings discovery, identity governance, SaaS and AI security, and AI usage control together in one continuous platform.CloudEagle.ai detects Shadow IT and Shadow AI through 500+ integrations, browser extensions, and firewall logs, then builds a single source of truth across access, security, usage, and spend. Teams can automate provisioning and deprovisioning beyond the IDP, give employees self-service access for a set time, run continuous access reviews, enforce least-privilege, and bring non-human and privileged identities under central governance.For AI, CloudEagle.ai governs how employees use tools like ChatGPT and Claude, assigns Gen AI risk scores, controls token usage, blocks sensitive data sharing, and redirects users toward approved tools. It also harvests unused licenses and surfaces usage and benchmarking data to make renewals proactive.Underpinning the platform is SaaSMap, a context graph connecting SaaS, identity, and AI data so a decision in one domain informs the others. CloudEagle.ai coexists with existing ITSM, IDP, CLM, and security tools and meets users where they work. It is named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SaaS Management Platforms. |  | Seed | Apr 10, 2022 |  |
| Stack | Stack is the gamified crypto investment platform specifically built for Gen-Z. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| GIANT Protocol | GIANT Protocol is a blockchain protocol that aims to decentralize and democratize access to the internet and financial services, by tokenizing bandwidth. GIANT helps consumers become owners, telcos become banks, anyone becomes a connectivity or financial services provider, creating a connectivity economy that is open and accessible to all. | $5M | Seed | Dec 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bronco Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bronco-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CXO Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cxo-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amino Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zpark-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [640 Oxford](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/640-oxford-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AppWorks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/appworks-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Argonautic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/argonautic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Santa Clara Ventures invest in?

Santa Clara Ventures invests primarily in Software, Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-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.

### When did Santa Clara Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Santa Clara Ventures closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 14 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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