# XG Ventures

> XG Ventures is a VC fund in Menlo Park backing Software and Apps. See 41 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 41
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2835770
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/xgventures
- Website: http://www.xg-ventures.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/xgventures

XG Ventures is a VC fund in Menlo Park focused on Software and Apps. XG Ventures was founded by ex-Googlers, who were early hires in strategic roles at Google. This group is now dedicated to advising and investing in supremely talented early stage teams. One of XG's strengths is sharing their early experiences at Google, including how its unique culture shaped a dynamic and fun enterprise. The primary goalis to use their complementary expertise to help successfully guide the start-up teams to the next stage. XG's core assets include operational and strategic expertise, mentorship, global networking contacts, and access to seed capital and beyond.XG Ventures is focused primarily on the consumer internet, including the mobile, video, gaming, social media, and online media sectors.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$3.5M |
| Series A | $2M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 24% |
| Apps | 7 | 17% |
| Mobile | 7 | 17% |
| SaaS | 4 | 10% |
| Big Data | 4 | 10% |

77 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 24 | 59% |
| Series A | 6 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 7% |
| Angel | 2 | 5% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 32 | 78% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 2% |
| Denmark | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrea Zurek | Founding Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrea-zurek |
| Pietro Dova | Founding Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pietro-dova |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Metoro | Metoro is an AI-powered site reliability engineer. Engineers can ask Metoro questions like “Why is my web app down”, Metoro will investigate and return a custom debugging dashboard with the root cause and potential fixes. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Sable | Thin file U.S. residents suffer from an uncertain, fragmented, and inefficient path to quality credit and banking options Sable provides -Access to credit building cards, a no fee bank account, and debit card within 5 minutes with no credit history, SSN, or U.S address required -Premium card and brand -Quickest way to build credit with enhancedmulti-point reporting on more data points than any other card -Faster path to unsecured credit by addressing the full path end to end, with gamified graduation to our own Sable unsecured credit credit card -Transparent formula via tangible Sable milestones, guiding our customers along a path to credit building and graduation to unsecured credit | $5.6M | Seed | Feb 25, 2021 |  |
| Sable | Thin file U.S. residents suffer from an uncertain, fragmented, and inefficient path to quality credit and banking options Sable provides -Access to credit building cards, a no fee bank account, and debit card within 5 minutes with no credit history, SSN, or U.S address required -Premium card and brand -Quickest way to build credit with enhancedmulti-point reporting on more data points than any other card -Faster path to unsecured credit by addressing the full path end to end, with gamified graduation to our own Sable unsecured credit credit card -Transparent formula via tangible Sable milestones, guiding our customers along a path to credit building and graduation to unsecured credit | $2.7M | Seed | Feb 27, 2020 |  |
| Qwick | Qwick is the professional platform at the heart of the hospitality industry that matches experienced food and beverage freelancers with shifts in real time. Dedicated to serving those who serve us, Qwick empowers businesses to fill shifts and staff flexibly, while freelancers enjoy the freedom to make their own schedules and get paid the same day.As a growth-stage tech company, Qwick is rapidly expanding across the country and serves as a hospitality industry through-line. Qwick has earned multiple national recognitions, including “Great Place to Work” certification for two consecutive years, and is the 32nd fastest-growing company in the U.S. on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list. Learn more at qwick.com. | $3.5M | Seed | Mar 20, 2019 |  |
| Qwick | Qwick is the professional platform at the heart of the hospitality industry that matches experienced food and beverage freelancers with shifts in real time. Dedicated to serving those who serve us, Qwick empowers businesses to fill shifts and staff flexibly, while freelancers enjoy the freedom to make their own schedules and get paid the same day.As a growth-stage tech company, Qwick is rapidly expanding across the country and serves as a hospitality industry through-line. Qwick has earned multiple national recognitions, including “Great Place to Work” certification for two consecutive years, and is the 32nd fastest-growing company in the U.S. on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list. Learn more at qwick.com. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Nov 18, 2018 |  |
| Glide | Glide is a transaction management solution designed to enhance client service at every step of the home sale journey. Glide's mission is to make real estate transactions faster, simpler, and safer for real estate professionals and their clients. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $2.6M | Seed | May 14, 2018 |  |
| Replenish | Replenish manufactures self-cleaning blenders that prepare smoothies and snacks. It also provides cups filled with various fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts for homes or offices. | $6.9M |  | Feb 13, 2017 |  |
| CodeSignal | CodeSignal develops an objective automated skills-based assessment platform that can be used as a standard for technical recruiting. It has created an advanced job simulation technology so hiring teams can assess skills with better fidelity, provide a better candidate experience, and hire the right talent for roles, at scale. Founded in 2015,CodeSignal is trusted by the world's most innovative tech firms, including Brex, Databricks, Facebook, Instacart, Robinhood, Upwork, and Zoom. | $10M | Series A | Nov 17, 2016 |  |
| Shaper | Shaper is a human-involved robotics company focused on making precision cutting easy and accessible. We believe strongly in bringing the tool to the user, rather than expecting the user to conform to the tool. Mixed reality enables our intuitive and efficient user interfaces. | $3M | Seed | Aug 23, 2016 |  |
| Kamcord | Kamcord is a social media platform allowing its users to post and interact through video content. The company is based in San Francisco, California. | $10M | Series C | Apr 25, 2016 |  |

10 of 41 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does XG Ventures invest in?

XG Ventures invests primarily in Software, Apps and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 41 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 XG Ventures's check size?

XG Ventures typically joins rounds of $600k–$3.5M at Seed and $2M–$10M 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 XG Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact XG Ventures?

Public channels for XG 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 XG Ventures?

The team at XG Ventures includes Andrea Zurek (Founding Partner) and Pietro Dova (Founding Partner). 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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