# True Ventures

> True Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 664 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 664
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last fund: Dec 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/true-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/trueventures
- Website: http://www.trueventures.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/trueventures

True Ventures is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Software and Information Technology. Founded in 2005, True Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups. With more than $3.8 billion under management, True provides seed and Series A financing to entrepreneurs in some of today's growing markets. With more than 40 team members including special advisors, operationsprofessionals, and founders-turned-investors, True represents one of the largest and most experienced teams dedicated to the ecosystem. The True team believes creativity flourishes when founders are supported fully and empowered to pursue brave ideas. To that end, the True Platform offers programs that inspire professional and personal growth. To date, True has helped more than 350 companies launch and scale their businesses, creating over 85,000 jobs worldwide. True was awarded Venture Firm of the Year by the National Venture Capital Association in 2018. To learn more, visit www.trueventures.com.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$9.6M |
| Series A | $2M–$28M |
| Series B | $4.3M–$51M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 96 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 42 | 6% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 38 | 6% |
| Internet | 35 | 5% |
| Health Care | 33 | 5% |

279 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 163 | 25% |
| Series A | 154 | 23% |
| Series B | 85 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 44 | 7% |
| Series C | 40 | 6% |

14 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 262 | 39% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 1% |
| Canada | 6 | 1% |
| Finland | 5 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amy Tusman | Executive Assistant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-tusman |
| Gus Coldebella | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gus-coldebella |
| Jeffrey Veen | Design Partner and Head of Platform | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-veen |
| Rohit Sharma | Partner | 32 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rohit-sharma |
| Adam D'Augelli | Partner | 49 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-daugelli |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MedZERO | MedZERO is the world's first mobile lending platform dedicated to serving the healthcare industry. Designed to meet a growing problem, medZERO helps people pay for ever-increasing portions of their healthcare costs. An employer benefit, medZERO enables employees to pay out-of-pocket medical bills without incurring high credit card interest or401k loan fees.MedZERO is a mobile application that provides employees of participating businesses immediate access to funds to pay medical costs with zero interest and zero fees. Payments are made with a pre-paid virtual MasterCard and repayment is completed over 12 months directly from payroll deductions.MedZERO was developed through a joint venture between Portland, Oregon-based Sortis Holdings (SOHI) and Kansas City, Missouri-based Mobile Capital Group. Sortis Holdings’ wholly owned subsidiary Sortis Financial provides a national loan servicing platform and Mobile Capital Group brings a payments technology that supports millions of lending transactions used by some of the nation’s largest payroll providers. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 02, 2026 |  |
| Channel Robotics | Channel Robotics is a developer of AI-powered miniature robotic systems for advanced endoscopic surgery. | $4.6M | Seed | Jun 18, 2026 |  |
| ChatSee | ChatSee develops AI agent observability and reliability software for enterprise customers. | $6.5M | Seed | Jun 12, 2026 |  |
| Flux Cyber | Flux Cyber is a serial startup builder and innovator operating in stealth mode. | $5M | Seed | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Concentrate AI | The LLM Gateway for Fast Growing Teams. The secure AI gateway companies use to control model access, route every request, protect sensitive data, manage token spend, and keep AI apps online. | $5.1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Polsia | Polsia is an autonomous software platform that acts as a complete "business-in-a-box" for entrepreneurs. The platform replaces human employees by deploying nine specialized AI agents to manage daily operations. These virtual workers automatically handle critical business tasks like coding, marketing, sales, and customer service. Bylinking these roles together, it allows founders to launch and run an entire company on autopilot. Ultimately, it eliminates the need for solo creators to hire staff or pay for multiple software tools. | $30M | Series A | May 25, 2026 |  |
| Patina | Patina is a biotechnology company described as a “molecular design studio” focused on the intersection of scent, flavor, and functional cosmetic ingredients. | $2M | Seed | May 21, 2026 |  |
| Nectar Social | Nectar is the first agentic social commerce technology that converts organic channels into measurable, high-converting income streams. Nectar's best-in-class intelligence and analytics enable organizations to be proactive with their audiences, uncovering insights that drive action while also boosting trust, loyalty, and growth. | $30M | Series A | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Flick.art | Flick is an AI-powered platform reimagining the future of filmmaking. It offers creators an open canvas where words, images, and moving pictures can grow and connect freely. Instead of working through prompts or rigid tools, filmmakers engage in a dialogue with an “AI director,” allowing stories, characters, and worlds to unfold organically. Byweaving together multiple advanced models, Flick enables a process that feels intuitive, narrative-driven, and collaborative. | $6M | Seed | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Rork | Rork is an AI-powered platform that lets you build complete, cross-platform mobile apps in minutes by simply describing what you want. It uses AI and React Native to generate fully functional apps-examples include visual novel games, Airbnb-style apps, meditation timers, and more. You can export these apps, use them on your phone, and even sharethem via QR codes or links. | $15M | Seed | Apr 09, 2026 |  |

10 of 664 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does True Ventures invest in?

True Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 664 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 True Ventures's check size?

True Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$9.6M at Seed, $2M–$28M at Series A and $4.3M–$51M 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 True Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact True Ventures?

Public channels for True Ventures 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 True Ventures?

The team at True Ventures includes Amy Tusman (Executive Assistant), Gus Coldebella (Partner) and Jeffrey Veen (Design Partner and Head of Platform), among 26 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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