SciFi VC
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
SciFi VC is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Financial Services. SciFi VC invests in early stage companies whose defensibility is derived from hard technical feats, network effects, and complex highly regulated industries. SciFi began as the investment arm of Max Levchin’s startup studio, HVF.
- Total investments:
- 82
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 9%
Last updated:
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Industries SciFi VC invests in
Stages SciFi VC invests in
Countries SciFi VC invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
3 more contacts available
Round size
- Seed
- $2.9M–$9M
- Series A
- $5.5M–$42M
- Series B
- $10M–$140M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 19 (23%)
- Financial Services 14 (17%)
- FinTech 11 (13%)
- Health Care 10 (12%)
- Information Technology 8 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 26 (32%)
- Series A 24 (29%)
- Series B 7 (9%)
- Series C 4 (5%)
- Funding Round 4 (5%)
Country
- United States 48 (59%)
- United Kingdom 2 (2%)
- Israel 1 (1%)
- Argentina 1 (1%)
- Singapore 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Max Levchin
Founder & General Partner
|
Founder & General Partner | Total investments: 115 | Find email | |
Nellie Levchin
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 9 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Pie
|
Pie is an AI technology company that provides an agentic growth platform for small businesses. Its platform automates local marketing by managing business visibility across Google Maps, Yelp, Nextdoor, and AI search platforms such as ChatGPT and Gemini. Pie also uses AI to optimize marketing performance in real time and handle customer phone calls,enabling business owners to focus on daily operations. | $19.5M / Series A / Jun 30, 2026 | |
Capchase
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Capchase is a fintech company that provides financial solutions to startups by allowing access to funds as they grow. | $26M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 27, 2026 | |
Panthalassa
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Panthalassa is a technology company focused on developing renewable energy systems in the ocean, particularly to power computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company works on harnessing wave energy to generate electricity at sea, which can then be used to run offshore data centers or converted into fuels that are transported backto land. | $140M / Series B / May 04, 2026 | |
Folio
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Folio is a financial operations platform tailored for the hospitality sector that simplifies complex back-office processes, enabling properties to gain a competitive edge. | $14M / Series A / Jul 17, 2025 | |
Cellular Intelligence
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Somite is a mission to transform the lives of millions of people by leveraging AI to produce human tissue for cell-based therapies. | $47M / Series A / May 13, 2025 | |
Neon Commerce, Inc.
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Neon empowers game developers to own their direct-to-consumer channel and create commerce tools to help game developers build enduring brand | $14M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 12, 2024 | |
Black Ore Technologies
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Black Ore Technologies is a technology-driven company currently operating in stealth mode. The company's flagship platform, Tax Autopilot, offers end-to-end 1040 tax prep automation for CPAs and tax firms | $60M / Seed / Nov 07, 2023 | |
Supergood Systems
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Supergood Systems is a single-line code tool that monitors the cost and performance of the third-party APIs. | Seed / Aug 08, 2023 | |
Eureka Health
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Eureka Health helps people with chronic conditions to mitigate their symptoms. | $7M / Seed / Jul 12, 2023 | |
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Eureka Health
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Eureka Health helps people with chronic conditions to mitigate their symptoms. | $7M / Seed / Jul 12, 2023 | |
| See all 82 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does SciFi VC invest in?
SciFi VC invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 82 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 SciFi VC's check size?
SciFi VC typically joins rounds of $2.9M–$9M at Seed, $5.5M–$42M at Series A and $10M–$140M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds SciFi VC participates in.
How do I contact SciFi VC?
Public channels for SciFi VC include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) 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 SciFi VC?
The team at SciFi VC includes Max Levchin (Founder & General Partner) and Nellie Levchin (Partner). 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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