Swift Ventures
VC Fund
Lafayette, United States
Swift Ventures is a VC fund in Lafayette focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Founders backing Founders. Swift Ventures is the fund that we wish existed when we were starting out -- a low-ego, sincerely helpful firm led by former founders who get it. With decades of company-building experience, Swift provides relevant and practical “garage-to-IPO” building and scaling expertise.We invest in AI and Automation companies withB2B business models. Typically, we are looking for companies that have an early compelling product with positive revenue and retention signals.
- Total investments:
- 62
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 8%
- Fund size:
- $500k
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Swift Ventures invests in
Stages Swift Ventures invests in
Countries Swift Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2.5M–$11M
- Pre-Seed
- $2.5M–$5.6M
- Series A
- $8M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 18 (29%)
- Software 17 (27%)
- Machine Learning 13 (21%)
- Information Technology 7 (11%)
- Robotics 4 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 23 (37%)
- Pre-Seed 16 (26%)
- Series A 14 (23%)
- Series B 5 (8%)
- Series C 1 (2%)
Country
- United States 34 (55%)
- France 1 (2%)
- Israel 1 (2%)
- United Kingdom 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brett Wilson
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
John Hughes
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Michelle Chen
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dash Bio is a modern automated platform. It is redesigning drug development from the ground up, using AI, robotics, and fully integrated software to fundamentally change the way medications are brought to market. | $30M / Series A / Aug 03, 2026 | ||
| Coval is a simulation and evaluation platform for AI agents, enabling engineers to deploy reliable assistants across chat and modalities. | $28M / Series A / Jun 24, 2026 | ||
| Bluefish helps brands turn AI into a powerful new marketing channel to reach consumers and tell their story online. | $43M / Series B / Apr 14, 2026 | ||
| Coval is a simulation and evaluation platform for AI agents, enabling engineers to deploy reliable assistants across chat and modalities. | Seed / Nov 26, 2025 | ||
| Hipp Health provides an AI-powered platform for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and mobile therapy practices. The system automates tasks such as scheduling, data collection, clinical note generation, and care management. It includes real-time analytics, live session streaming, and tools for treatment planning. The platform tracks session data,manages clinician workflows, and supports regulatory compliance. It integrates operational and clinical information to provide a centralized view of therapy activities. | $6.2M / Seed / Oct 06, 2025 | ||
| Pickaxe allows non-technical creative professionals to test prompts, deploy them as tools at scale, and continuously improve their tools through real-time monitoring. | $3.8M / Seed / Sep 16, 2025 | ||
| BranchLab makes healthcare advertising better so that people may find the best healthcare options. | Seed / Sep 08, 2025 | ||
| Bluefish helps brands turn AI into a powerful new marketing channel to reach consumers and tell their story online. | $20M / Series A / Aug 20, 2025 | ||
| Dash Bio is a modern automated platform. It is redesigning drug development from the ground up, using AI, robotics, and fully integrated software to fundamentally change the way medications are brought to market. | $11M / Seed / Jul 23, 2025 | ||
| LanceDB is a serverless vector database for AI applications that is user-friendly for developers. The company was founded in 2022 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $30M / Series A / Jun 24, 2025 | ||
| See all 62 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Swift Ventures invest in?
Swift Ventures invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 62 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Swift Ventures invest in?
Swift Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$11M at Seed, $2.5M–$5.6M at Pre-Seed and $8M–$30M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Swift Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Swift Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Swift Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Swift Ventures?
The team at Swift Ventures includes Brett Wilson (General Partner), John Hughes (General Partner) and Michelle Chen (Principal). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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