Underscore VC
VC Fund
Boston, United States
Underscore VC is an early-stage, Boston-based venture capital firm backing bold entrepreneurs with an aligned community designed to fit each startup's unique needs.
- Total investments:
- 119
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
- Fund size:
- $58M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Underscore VC invests in
Stages Underscore VC invests in
Countries Underscore VC invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 17 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$10M
- Pre-Seed
- $450k–$4.8M
- Series A
- $5M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 29 (24%)
- Artificial Intelligence 17 (14%)
- SaaS 15 (13%)
- Information Technology 12 (10%)
- FinTech 10 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 46 (39%)
- Series A 25 (21%)
- Pre-Seed 12 (10%)
- Series B 7 (6%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (6%)
Country
- United States 72 (61%)
- Canada 1 (1%)
- France 1 (1%)
- Singapore 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
John Pearce
Co-Founder & Partner
|
Co-Founder & Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Brian Devaney
Principal
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Principal | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Chris Gardner
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Chris Reisig
Core Member
|
Core Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Devin Nash
Marketing Director
|
Marketing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 17 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transfyr builds AI tools that help transfer scientific research into real-world applications and innovation. | $25M / Seed / Aug 26, 2026 | ||
| Subconscious Systems builds infrastructure that makes large language models faster, cheaper, and more reliable to run at scale. Its platform combines a custom inference runtime with model-driven agent capabilities that handle context management, reasoning, and tool use automatically. Customers use Subconscious to deploy production-grade AI agentsthat stay coherent across long workflows and operate efficiently on existing hardware. The company originated from MIT research and serves developers and enterprises building advanced AI applications. | $5.1M / Seed / Aug 24, 2026 | ||
| Gander Robotics is a robotics company that develops autonomous underwater vehicles for defense and maritime rescue missions. Their flagship product addresses critical man-overboard scenarios in naval and cruise operations. Gander Robotics builds autonomous underwater vehicles for man-overboard and maritime search & rescue situations. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Apr 02, 2026 | ||
| Rexi is an AI-native financial reconciliation tool designed for banks, payment businesses, and contemporary fintechs. | $1.2M / Pre-Seed / Mar 19, 2026 | ||
| Slang.ai is a digital phone concierge that answers questions, takes reservations, and satisfies callers. | $28M / Series B / Feb 24, 2026 | ||
| Terra Security is the first agentic-AI platform built for web application penetration testing. Offered as a managed service, Terra deploys a swarm of fine-tuned AI agents, controlled by a human-in-the-loop mechanism, to simulate real adversaries at scale. The platform delivers accurate, context-aware results based on each organization’s uniquebusiness logic.By combining the creativity of ethical hackers with the scalability of Agentic-AI, Terra replaces outdated, point-in-time pentests with a continuous, proactive approach built for today’s dynamic web environments. | $30M / Series A / Sep 15, 2025 | ||
| Quilt Health is a digital health company focused on improving access to innovative treatments for people living with rare and complex conditions, starting with sickle cell disease. The company leverages technology, data integration, and artificial intelligence to streamline clinical trial recruitment, enhance patient access to therapies, andstrengthen provider networks | $6M / Seed / Jun 17, 2025 | ||
| CloudZero offers a cloud cost intelligence platform that enables organizations to analyze and manage their cloud expenditures. The platform provides real-time visibility into cloud costs, allowing teams to allocate expenses to specific products, features, or customers. By integrating with various cloud providers and services, CloudZero assistsbusinesses in identifying cost-saving opportunities and optimizing their cloud investments. The company has developed tools such as CloudZero Intelligence, an AI-driven system that enhances cost prediction and optimization capabilities. Additionally, CloudZero supports organizations in managing expenses related to AI workloads by providing detailed insights into usage and costs across different teams and services. Through partnerships and integrations, CloudZero aims to facilitate efficient cloud spending and improve financial accountability within organizations. | $56M / Series C / May 28, 2025 | ||
| Korl syncs product roadmap data and auto-generates tailored presentations for strategic information sharing. | $5M / Seed / May 06, 2025 | ||
| Terra Security is the first agentic-AI platform built for web application penetration testing. Offered as a managed service, Terra deploys a swarm of fine-tuned AI agents, controlled by a human-in-the-loop mechanism, to simulate real adversaries at scale. The platform delivers accurate, context-aware results based on each organization’s uniquebusiness logic.By combining the creativity of ethical hackers with the scalability of Agentic-AI, Terra replaces outdated, point-in-time pentests with a continuous, proactive approach built for today’s dynamic web environments. | $8M / Seed / Apr 22, 2025 | ||
| See all 119 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Underscore VC invest in?
Underscore VC invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 119 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 Underscore VC invest in?
Underscore VC typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$10M at Seed, $450k–$4.8M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$30M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Underscore VC's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Underscore VC took part in.
How do I contact Underscore VC?
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Who are the partners at Underscore VC?
The team at Underscore VC includes John Pearce (Co-Founder & Partner), Brian Devaney (Principal) and Chris Gardner (Partner), among 17 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 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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