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Neotribe Ventures

VC
Palo Alto, CAWebsite

Neotribe Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in Other, AI / ML, Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $500K–$7.0M checks and has 59 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $7.0M

AUM

$480M

Portfolio

59+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2026Investments in last 12 months: 7

Investment Thesis

Focus on deep tech startups creating unconventional and disruptive solutions at the intersection of hardware, AI infrastructure, and advanced materials.

How Neotribe Ventures invests

Neotribe Ventures is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Climate / Energy. It does not invest in Consumer, Media.

Neotribe Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$7.0M per investment, backed by approximately $480M in assets under management.

Investing since at least 2017, Neotribe Ventures has backed 59 companies in our records, including Grady, Developer of a novel PET & polyester textile waste upcycling technology, Converting waste gas to critical materials with sunlight. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2026, with 7 investments logged over the last 12 months.

Meet the Team

RM

Rebecca Mitchem

Partner

SB

Steven Bragonier

Chief Financial Officer

SK

Swaroop Kolli

Founder & GP

Semiconductors
Deep Tech
NH

Neeraj Hablani

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Deep Tech
Developer Tools
Climate / Energy
Fintech
Security
Enterprise
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Consumer
Media

Portfolio Companies (59)

2026

GR

Grady

Data - AI - Analytics·Seed

2025

DE

Developer of a novel PET & polyester textile waste upcycling technology

Climate & EnergyTech·Seed
CO

Converting waste gas to critical materials with sunlight

Climate & EnergyTech·Seed
AC

Accelerating electronics refurbishment through robotics and AI

Robotics & Hardware·Seed
OP

Opticore

Data - AI - Analytics·Seed
IN

Intelligence to control the interface between power grids and data centers

Data - AI - Analytics·Seed
BI

BigUp

Other·Pre-Seed

2024

FR

Free essential industries, like retirement, from manual processes and monotonous tasks

Data - AI - Analytics, Enterprise Software·Seed
ID

Identify and stop evolving AI or threat actor-generated ransomware

Security Networking & Infrastructure, Data - AI - Analytics·Pre-Seed
CO

Comprehensive governance for Software Supply Chain Security Management

Data - AI - Analytics, Enterprise Software
How to pitch Neotribe Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Deep Tech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $7.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Rebecca Mitchem, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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