When was Alchemist Accelerator founded?

Alchemist Accelerator was founded in 2012.

Where is Alchemist Accelerator's headquarters located?

Alchemist Accelerator's headquarters is located in San Francisco (United States).

How big is Alchemist Accelerator's investment team?

Alchemist Accelerator has a team of 35, including 8 partners.

How many companies has Alchemist Accelerator invested in?

Alchemist Accelerator has invested in 517 companies, including LaunchDarkly & Cobalt.

Which companies has Alchemist Accelerator invested in lately?

Turbo Law & 36ZERO Vision are the latest investments by Alchemist Accelerator.

How many exits has Alchemist Accelerator been involved in?

Alchemist Accelerator's portfolio has seen 2 IPOs and 59 acquisitions.

How many unicorns are there in Alchemist Accelerator's portfolio?

There are 3 unicorns in Alchemist Accelerator's portfolio.

Alchemist Accelerator - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends

1. LaunchDarkly

Provider of platform for feature flags, experimentation, and AI configuration. It offers tools for feature lifecycle management, governance, and automation. The platform provides integrations, documentation, and support resources. It helps developers to release features, observe performance, and iterate based on data.

Key facts about LaunchDarkly

Founded Year: 2014
Location: Oakland (United States)
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Series D
Total Funding till date: $330M
Employee Count: 640 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: NewView Capital, RAA Capital and 21 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series D, Aug 10, 2021, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

2. Cobalt

Provider of penetration testing as a service and offensive security. The company offers a platform that combines technology with security experts to deliver insights. It provides application, network, and cloud security services. The company also offers digital risk assessment, red teaming, and attack surface management.

Key facts about Cobalt

Founded Year: 2013
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Stage: Series B
Total Funding till date: $36.6M
Employee Count: 556 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: Draper, Highland Europe and 24 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 20, 2020, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

3. Cloudastructure

Provider of cloud and AI-based integrated video analytics systems. It offers integrated building automation solutions for video monitoring and surveillance as a Service (VSaaS), door Access Controls as a Service (ACaaS), as well as integration with sensors to support IoT initiatives. the solution centralizes the management of access control with video monitoring and allows customers to scale geographically to multiple locations.

Key facts about Cloudastructure

Founded Year: 2013
Location: San Mateo (United States)
Annual Revenue: $1M - $10M as on Dec 31, 2025
Stage: Public
Total Funding till date: $31.3M
Employee Count: 61 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: BVA, Root Ventures and 9 Others
Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Apr 21, 2025, $*****
Highlight: Public

4. Carrum Health

Provider of health benefits for employees and individuals. It connects employers to a healthcare benefits provider and helps users plan their appointments, gather medical records, navigate post-op physical therapy, offer upfront bundled payments to employers, and more.

Key facts about Carrum Health

Founded Year: 2013
Location: San Mateo (United States)
Stage: Series B
Total Funding till date: $96M
Employee Count: 244 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: Cross Creek, Tiger Global Management and 8 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 30, 2023, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. Foodsmart

Provider of telenutrition and food care network platform. The platform provides users with health plans. The platform provides telenutrition meetings with registered dietitians. It also provides personalized meal plans and recipes.

Key facts about Foodsmart

Founded Year: 2010
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Stage: Series D
Total Funding till date: $263M
Employee Count: 684 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Rally Ventures, Westway Capital and 26 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jun 26, 2024, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

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Alchemist Accelerator has invested in 517 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 40 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 4 investments, while as of Jun 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Turbo Law and most recent follow-on round was in 36ZERO Vision.

Here are Alchemist Accelerator's Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	1	0	1
2025	2	2	4
2024	2	2	4
2023	36	2	38
2022	57	0	57
2021	65	1	66
2020	57	2	59
2019	57	0	57
2018	58	0	58
2017	54	3	57

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Alchemist Accelerator has made 495 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $808K, 7 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.41M, 3 investments in Unattributed stage and 1 investment in Series B stage.

Here are Alchemist Accelerator's investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	495
Series A	7
Unattributed	3
Series B	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Alchemist Accelerator has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Vertical SaaS, Enterprise Infrastructure and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 465 Tech companies, 425 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 362 Software companies and at least 217 companies focusing on Saas.

Here are Alchemist Accelerator's investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	327
High Tech	139
Vertical SaaS	80
Enterprise Infrastructure	66
Consumer	61
Others	560

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Alchemist Accelerator has made most investments in United States (390), followed by Canada where it has made 16 investments.

Here are Alchemist Accelerator's investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
United States	390
Canada	16
India	15
Germany	10
Russia	7
Others	71

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Alchemist Accelerator has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Turbo Law.

Here are the most recent investments by Alchemist Accelerator:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Jun 18, 2026	Turbo Law	United States	Seed	5041	Revo Capital [+3]
Jul 15, 2025	36ZERO Vision	Germany	Seed	7475	Join Capital [+3]
Jul 14, 2025	TATHYA	India	Seed	6420	-
Mar 13, 2025	Pinnacle	United States	Seed	5713	eLab Ventures [+10]
Mar 05, 2025	Spiky	United States	Seed	7721	AMROCK Ventures [+8]

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Alchemist Accelerator has 3 unicorns in its portfolio - ZaiNar, Onebrief and LaunchDarkly. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is ZaiNar. It became a unicorn in 2026, 7 years after Alchemist Accelerator first invested in it.

Here is a list of unicorns in Alchemist Accelerator's portfolio:

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Tracxn Score	Company	Short Description	Founded year	Sector	Location	Company Stage	First Investment/ Acquisition Details
57	ZaiNar	Developer of wireless network technology for precise real time positioning	2016	High Tech [+1]	Menlo Park	Seed	nenpwkm
59	Onebrief	Cloud-based mind mapping solutions for enterprises and the military	2018	Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech [+1]	Austin	Series D	dbv{xjq
74	LaunchDarkly	Provider of platform for feature flags, experimentation, and AI configuration	2014	Enterprise Infrastructure [+1]	Oakland	Series D	xqojuh{

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2 of Alchemist Accelerator's portfolio companies have become public. Cloudastructure got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Jan 2025 and Rigetti Computing got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ).

Here are Alchemist Accelerator's portfolio companies that went public:

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Company	IPO Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Cloudastructure	Jan 30, 2025	2017	Seed	3339
Rigetti Computing	Mar 02, 2022	2014	Seed	9160

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59 companies from Alchemist Accelerator's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Amper in Dec 2025 by ECi Solutions for $*****.

Here are Alchemist Accelerator's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Amper	Dec 09, 2025	May 24, 2017	Seed	5475
Moesif	May 28, 2025	May 2017	Seed	8777
INCUED	May 02, 2025	May 2023	Seed	2229
Domos Labs	Apr 09, 2025	Nov 10, 2013	Seed	7668
Farmwise	Apr 04, 2025	May 24, 2017	Seed	3002

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Alchemist Accelerator has a team of 35 members including 8 Partners and 2 Principals located in United States, France and 1 more location. Alchemist Accelerator's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.

Here is a list of top team members in Alchemist Accelerator:

Name	Designation	Location	Board Memberships	Contact Details
Ravi Belani	Partner	San Francisco	-	1 Email
Rachel Chalmers	Partner	San Francisco	-	1 Email
Arko Ganguli	Partner	-	-	2 Emails
Ian Bergman	Partner	-	-	1 Email
Ravinder Syal	Partner	Saint Hippolyte	-	-
Michael Shatrov	Partner	Istanbul	-	2 Emails
Christy Canida	Partner	-	-	1 Email
Laurent Rains	Partner	-	-	1 Email
Andrew Scheuermann	Principal	-	-	1 Email
Yukai Chen	Principal	-	-	1 Email

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Over the past 14 years, 1136 investors have co-invested in Alchemist Accelerator's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before Alchemist Accelerator: 500 Global, Right Side Capital Management and 256 others have invested in rounds before Alchemist Accelerator. There are 7 companies where 500 Global has invested before Alchemist Accelerator and 6 companies where Right Side Capital Management has invested before Alchemist Accelerator.
Top Co-investors of Alchemist Accelerator: 87 investors entered a company along with Alchemist Accelerator. These include investors like Andreessen Horowitz (2 companies).
Invested after Alchemist Accelerator: A total of 791 investors have invested in Alchemist Accelerator's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include National Science Foundation (9 companies) and Plug and Play Tech Center (8 companies).