# The Entrepreneurs' Fund

> The Entrepreneurs' Fund is a VC fund backing Software and Analytics. See 23 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Sep 2020
- Lead investor: 30%
- Fund size: $27M
- Last fund: Mar 2017
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-entrepreneurs'-fund
- Website: http://www.tefunds.com/

The Entrepreneurs' Fund is a VC fund in San Mateo focused on Software and Analytics. The Entrepreneurs' Fund IV (TEF4) is a Silicon Valley based, early-stage venture fund focused on cloud-based business-to-business software and cognitive computing. It is the latest in a series of successful early stage funds which include The Entrepreneurs' Fund (TEF), The Entrepreneurs' Fund I (TEF1), The Entrepreneurs' Fund II(TEF2), The Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (TEGF), and The Entrepreneurs' Fund III.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 43% |
| Analytics | 7 | 30% |
| Machine Learning | 5 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 22% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 22% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 6 | 26% |
| Seed | 4 | 17% |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Series C | 3 | 13% |
| Series D | 2 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 18 | 78% |
| Norway | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jeffrey Webber | Founder & Managing Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-webber |
| Manoj Saxena | Managing Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manoj-saxena |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Owl Insights | Owl Insights, Inc., is the provider of precision-guided behavioral care management technology for behavioral health. Through its advanced platform, affectionately termed “The Owl,” the company offers a scalable strategy to integrate measurement-based care and clinical analytics into existing behavioral health treatment workflows covering all majorbehavioral health conditions. Owl Insights supports health systems and independent behavioral health organizations nationwide to expand access, improve quality care delivery, better manage costs, and support the preparation for value-based care. | $15M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 08, 2020 | https://www.owl.health |
| ShiftOne | ShiftOne is a mobile app that reduces turnover, drives incremental revenue, and makes work a better place for hourly employees and managers. It leverages real-time, individual performance data, typically from a point-of-sale system or guest review collector, to power competitions, encourage communication and recognition, and monitor operationalhealth factors like attrition risk. It's supplemented by automated, AI-driven analysis tools that equip leadership at every level with the knowledge and means to support and retain their teams, without having to lift a finger. | $2.6M | Seed | Feb 26, 2019 | https://shiftone.com/ |
| Kogniz | Kogniz is an incident and emergency response platform that leverages computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) to help companies increase the safety and wellbeing of their workforce. Its flagship connected platform, Kogniz AssureAI, can be implemented in days and integrates with the existing infrastructure that large-scale companies alreadyuse. Kogniz was founded in 2016 and its award-winning technology has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, NBC and Fox. The company is headquartered in Berkeley, California, boasts a development team in Montreal, Quebec with employees across four continents. | $4M | Seed | Oct 16, 2018 | https://www.kogniz.com/ |
| TruValue Labs | Headquartered in San Francisco, TruValue Labs is a technology company leveraging advances in natural language processing, cognitive computing, and machine learning to provide actionable insights. Our products analyze big data in real-time, providing analytics from sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) issues atthe speed of current events – an essential tool for successful business and investment decision-making.As the importance of sustainability issues in underlying value become increasingly apparent, TruValue Labs provides solutions to identify material data for researchers, analysts, portfolio managers and consumers to help understand company performance. | $13.6M | Series A | May 14, 2018 | https://www.truvaluelabs.com |
| conDati | ConDati applies machine learning and data science techniques to developing out-of-the-box solutions that transform massive volumes of customer, event, and transaction data into accessible insights and usable information. They are on a mission to provide Marketing executives and hands-on marketers with the comprehensive and real-time visibility,predictive models, and science-based recommendations they need to maximize Marketing's contribution to business success. | $2.3M | Series A | May 10, 2018 | https://www.condati.com/ |
| conDati | ConDati applies machine learning and data science techniques to developing out-of-the-box solutions that transform massive volumes of customer, event, and transaction data into accessible insights and usable information. They are on a mission to provide Marketing executives and hands-on marketers with the comprehensive and real-time visibility,predictive models, and science-based recommendations they need to maximize Marketing's contribution to business success. | $2.5M | Series A | Dec 20, 2017 | https://www.condati.com/ |
| ShiftOne | ShiftOne is a mobile app that reduces turnover, drives incremental revenue, and makes work a better place for hourly employees and managers. It leverages real-time, individual performance data, typically from a point-of-sale system or guest review collector, to power competitions, encourage communication and recognition, and monitor operationalhealth factors like attrition risk. It's supplemented by automated, AI-driven analysis tools that equip leadership at every level with the knowledge and means to support and retain their teams, without having to lift a finger. | $2.3M | Seed | Mar 17, 2017 | https://shiftone.com/ |
| Avathon | SparkCognition is an artificial intelligence technology startup that builds AI technology solutions for industrial applications. A highly awarded company recognized for cutting-edge technology, SparkCognition develops AI-Powered cyber-physical software for the safety, security, and reliability of IT, OT, and the IoT. The company's technologyis capable of harnessing real-time sensor data and learning from it continuously, allowing for more accurate risk mitigation and prevention policies to intervene and avert disasters.SparkCognition’s cognitive software, DeepArmor, is utilized to prevent and detect malware with a high level of accuracy and efficacy by using advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence. They help customers analyze complex data, empower decision making, and transform human and industrial productivity with award-winning machine learning technology and expert teams focused on defense, IIoT, and finance. | $6M | Series A | Apr 26, 2016 | http://sparkcognition.com |
| OptiNose | OptiNose develops nasal drug delivery technologies and novel combination drug/device therapies. The drug delivery technologies are based upon a unique and patent-protected principal "Bi-Directional Delivery" which allows drugs to be more efficiently delivered to the nasal cavity. By applying its drug delivery technology, most of thedose is deposited beyond the nasal valve in the upper posterior two-thirds of the nasal cavity, unlike traditional devices. The OptiNose delivery devices have high dose reproducibility and avoid drug deposition to the lungs. In summary, technology fulfills the ideal requirements for nasal drug delivery. Clinical trials have shown that devices can provide a faster onset of action, greater effect with a lower dose, and reduced side effects. The company has offices in Norway and the UK. | $30M | Series C | Oct 06, 2015 | http://www.optinose.com |
| WayBlazer | Hotel brands, travel technology providers, airline vacation packaging groups and other suppliers use WayBlazer’s AI-powered recommendation engine to help travelers find the best destinations and products. | $5M | Series A | May 19, 2015 | https://artex.global |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Eniac Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eniac-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Canaan Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaan-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bowery Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bowery-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Formative Ventures — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Merrill Lynch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merrill-lynch) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [RRE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rre-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does The Entrepreneurs' Fund invest in?

The Entrepreneurs' Fund invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Machine Learning startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact The Entrepreneurs' Fund?

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### Who are the partners at The Entrepreneurs' Fund?

The team at The Entrepreneurs' Fund includes Jeffrey Webber (Founder & Managing Director) and Manoj Saxena (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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