# Foothill Ventures

> Foothill Ventures is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 125 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Altos, United States
- Total investments: 125
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Fund size: $100M
- Last fund: Aug 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foothillventures/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/teecangel
- Website: https://www.foothill.ventures/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teecangelfund

Foothill Ventures is a technology-focused venture fund that invests in seed-to-A-round startups in the United States. It is a successor fund to the TEEC Angel Fund. Foothill Ventures was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Altos, California.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$12M |
| Series A | $7.5M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 20 | 16% |
| Software | 19 | 15% |
| Biotechnology | 13 | 10% |
| Health Care | 12 | 10% |
| Medical | 9 | 7% |

117 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 48 | 38% |
| Series A | 23 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 15 | 12% |
| Series B | 6 | 5% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 77 | 62% |
| China | 3 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Singapore | 1 | 1% |
| South Korea | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Biao He | Venture Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/biao-he |
| Eric Rosenblum | Managing Partner | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-rosenblum |
| Hong Ge | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hong-ge |
| Jiazi Guo | Investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jiazi-guo |
| Jinlin Wang | Managing Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jinlin-wang |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CarbonSix | CarbonSix develops AI-powered robotics technologies for manufacturing automation, with a focus on tasks that involve high product variation and changing production conditions. Its platform uses imitation learning to enable industrial robots to learn from human demonstrations and perform complex manipulation tasks that are difficult to automateusing conventional programming methods. The company combines robotics hardware and AI software to improve robot adaptability while meeting industrial quality and reliability requirements. Its solutions are designed for manufacturing environments where flexible automation is needed for assembly and other variable production processes. | $40M | Series A | Jul 01, 2026 |  |
| Hyperlight | HyperLight provides thin-film lithium niobate photonic integrated circuit solutions. They deliver groundbreaking electro-optic and nonlinear optical solutions with scalable manufacturing processes. They work closely with their customers from conceptualization, design, prototyping, and transfer to volume production. | $80M | Series C | Jun 18, 2026 |  |
| LineWise | LineWise is a AI Engineer troubleshoot system that helps manufacturers maximize production uptime. | $6M | Seed | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| Nervonik | Nervonik is a medical device company developing an opioid-free peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) system. Nervonik is focused on advancing clinical research and achieving regulatory milestones to bring its innovative therapies to market. | $52.5M | Series B | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| Aether Fuels | Aether Fuels is a cutting-edge climate technology firm that seeks to use ground-breaking methods for creating scalable, affordable, and sustainable fuels to decarbonize "hard-to-abate" sectors including aviation and ocean shipping. | $15M | Convertible Note | Dec 30, 2025 |  |
| NovoLINC | NovoLINC is a pioneering startup that provides thermal interface solutions. It develops a distinctive system of nanostructured materials and a proprietary manufacturing process with the objective of transforming thermal management. | $10.2M | Seed | Dec 18, 2025 |  |
| Neuraworx Medical Technology | Neuraworx Medical Technology is a neurotechnology company developing first-in-class bioelectronic solutions for brain health. |  | Seed | Dec 18, 2025 |  |
| Lucidean | Lucidean develops optical interconnects and link solutions for data center and AI networks. The company designs hardware that combines photonics and electronics to move data with higher bandwidth and lower energy per bit. Work includes coherent optical links, with a mixed-domain architecture the company demonstrates at OFC 2025 to extend reach andcapacity inside and between racks. Products focus on scaling throughput while managing cost and power constraints for large training and inference clusters. Capabilities span optical link design, integration of photonic integrated circuits with control electronics, and system-level prototyping and validation. | $18.4M | Seed | Dec 11, 2025 |  |
| South 8 Technologies | South 8 Technologies develops liquefied gas electrolyte chemistry for rechargeable lithium metal batteries and electrochemical capacitors. | $11M | Series A | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| Amperesand | Amperesand operates as a grid infrastructure solution provider. | $80M | Series A | Nov 18, 2025 |  |

10 of 125 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TDK Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tdk-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [M Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merckventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
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- [Anzu Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anzu-partner) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Foothill Ventures invest in?

Foothill Ventures invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 125 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 Foothill Ventures's check size?

Foothill Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$12M at Seed and $7.5M–$40M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Foothill Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Foothill Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Foothill Ventures?

The team at Foothill Ventures includes Biao He (Venture Partner), Eric Rosenblum (Managing Partner) and Hong Ge (Venture Partner), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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