# SBXi

> SBXi is a VC fund in Cambridge backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 190 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, United States
- Total investments: 190
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sbxi
- Website: https://sbxi.com

SBXi is a VC fund in Cambridge focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Backing MIT alumni-founded companies at any stage.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for SBXi. Shizune tracks 2 team members at SBXi. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/sbxi?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $150k–$7M |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$1.5M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $3M–$6.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 55 | 29% |
| Software | 45 | 24% |
| Information Technology | 33 | 17% |
| Health Care | 28 | 15% |
| Manufacturing | 23 | 12% |

178 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 126 | 66% |
| Seed | 50 | 26% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 8 | 4% |
| Angel | 1 | 1% |
| Series A | 1 | 1% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 154 | 81% |
| India | 2 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Colombia | 1 | 1% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aniq Kassam | Co-Founder | 162 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aniq |
| David Neafus | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-neafus |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Autonomous Cyber | Autonomous Cyber is an artificial intelligence platform for cybersecurity solutions. | $12M | Seed | May 05, 2026 |  |
| LineWise | LineWise is a AI Engineer troubleshoot system that helps manufacturers maximize production uptime. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Sep 04, 2025 |  |
| zeroRISC | ZeroRISC operates as a stealth start-up making hardware security foundations transparent and trustworthy. | $10M | Seed | Jun 11, 2025 |  |
| Spectrohm | Spectrohm is the next generation of internal imaging. | $3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 11, 2025 |  |
| Unbound Security | Unbound enables employees to securely utilize AI tools in their work while safeguarding company secrets. | $4M | Seed | May 29, 2025 |  |
| BlueShift | BlueShift operates as an electrochemical climate tech innovator. BlueShift unlocks underutilized resources with advanced electrochemical technology. | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 19, 2025 |  |
| Continuity | Continuity Health and Medical Equpment manufacturing firm developing a real time monitor for health. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 14, 2025 |  |
| CogniScreen | CogniScreen is a Health Care firm offering AI based clinical trail screening and recruitment. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 14, 2025 |  |
| Neural Defend | Neural Defend provide real-time deepfake detection with patent-pending AI technology. | $600K | Pre-Seed | Mar 13, 2025 |  |
| Miyagi Labs | Miyagi Labs is an educational content creating platform that allows users to interact with professors. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 12, 2025 |  |

10 of 190 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 42 deals together
- [77](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/77) — VC Fund, 28 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does SBXi invest in?

SBXi invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 190 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 SBXi's check size?

SBXi typically joins rounds of $150k–$7M at Seed, $100k–$1.5M at Pre-Seed and $3M–$6.8M 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 SBXi participates in.

### How do I contact SBXi?

Public channels for SBXi include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at SBXi?

The team at SBXi includes Aniq Kassam (Co-Founder) and David Neafus (CFO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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