# Venture Guides

> Venture Guides is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 77%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venture-guides
- Website: https://www.ventureguides.com

Venture Guides is an early-stage infrastructure software investment company.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 35% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 23% |
| Cyber Security | 4 | 15% |
| Security | 3 | 12% |
| Analytics | 3 | 12% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 31% |
| Series A | 8 | 31% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 54% |
| Israel | 4 | 15% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Nye | Managing Partner | 21 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-benjamin-nye |
| Michael Shanahan | Chief Financial Officer | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-h-shanahan |
| Nishkam Prabodh | Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nishkam-prabodh |
| Sage Nye | Venture Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sage-nye-2511 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vibe IQ | Vibe-IQ enables brands to accelerate their go-to-market processes with collaborative apps and an extendible cloud platform. | $22.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Blitzy | Blitzy is a Generative AI software platform that aims to automate custom software development. Blitzy's flagship model, BlitzCode, and multi-agent operating system, Blitzy OS, automatically create production-ready code repositories for software development teams. | $200M | Series A | May 05, 2026 |  |
| SpartanX | Agentic AI platform that automates full cybersecurity workflows, finding, validating and fixing vulnerabilities |  | Seed | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| zymtrace | AI Infrastructure optimization platform. Zymtrace profiles GPU & CPU workloads with zero instrumentation to cut costs and boost performance | $8.5M | Seed | Mar 11, 2026 |  |
| Memcyco | Cybercrime is on the rise, with attacks becoming ever more frequent and sophisticated. Innocent users who surf the web and communicate online are falling into traps and scams as they have no sufficient way to know if the business they are dealing with is real or fake.While the market has invested tremendous effort into end-user authentication,the natural next step for the industry is a fully comprehensive solution that covers every point of impact between the user and the organization.PoSA is the world’s first solution that provides strong and secure proof of website and communication authenticity via a digital watermark. It has unique protection capabilities to secure both the organization and the user. PoSA provides the organization with an extremely easy-to-install watermark and real-time alerts. The intuitiveness of the solution allows full visibility and control over potential attacks. It can be deployed in stages, and be integrated with existing SOC systems.The users receive immediate visual confirmation that the organization they are interacting with is real, all the while requiring no installation or registration from them. | $37M | Series A | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| IO River | IO River provides a uniform layer of security, traffic control, and serverless computing capabilities to improve the reliability, performance, and cost of online services. | $20M | Series A | Jan 14, 2026 |  |
| Blitzy | Blitzy is a Generative AI software platform that aims to automate custom software development. Blitzy's flagship model, BlitzCode, and multi-agent operating system, Blitzy OS, automatically create production-ready code repositories for software development teams. | $6M | Seed | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Hoop.dev | Hoop.dev creates ad-hoc database and container access with SSO and auditing. They improve autonomy through security while safeguarding personal information. Database responsibilities for PII columns and ETL procedures to create sensitive columns are replaced. By restricting access to personally identifying information, they increase end users'privacy. |  | Seed | Oct 29, 2025 |  |
| Ray Security | Ray Security delivers predictive datasecurity platform that forecasts data usage, enabling adaptive protection, minimizing datarisk. | $11M | Seed | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Compyl | Eliminate the need for multiple security tools, gain enterprise-level insights and grow with a scalable GRC ecosystem. Compyl monitors and assigns workflows in a single location to ensure regulatory requirements and IT frameworks are continuously met by establishing a proper information security foundation across the entire organization. | $12M | Series A | Jun 04, 2025 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Capri Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capri-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Circadian Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circadian-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Streamlined](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/streamlined-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Uncorrelated Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uncorrelated-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Crescendo Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crecendo-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Venture Guides invest in?

Venture Guides invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Cyber Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 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 Venture Guides?

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### Who are the partners at Venture Guides?

The team at Venture Guides includes Benjamin Nye (Managing Partner), Michael Shanahan (Chief Financial Officer) and Nishkam Prabodh (Principal). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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