Where is Otherwise's headquarters located?

Otherwise's headquarters is located in Mill Valley (United States).

How many companies has Otherwise invested in?

Otherwise has invested in 7 companies, including Granola & Plenty.

Which companies has Otherwise invested in lately?

Causal Labs & Infinite Machine are the latest investments by Otherwise.

What sectors does Otherwise focus on for investments?

Top sectors in Otherwise's portfolio are Enterprise Applications (5 investments) and High Tech (1 investment).

How many exits has Otherwise been involved in?

Otherwise's portfolio has seen 2 acquisitions.

Otherwise - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio & Investment Trends

Otherwise, established in 2017, is an angel investment group based in Mill Valley, United States. It primarily focuses on Seed investments in companies in United States. Its portfolio includes 7 firms, spanning the Enterprise Applications, High Tech sectors. Its most notable investments include companies like Granola, Plenty and Parabola. As of Apr 2026, Otherwise has witnessed 2 portfolio exits. Its latest investment was a $6M Seed round in Causal Labs on Mar 12, 2025, which also saw participation from Kindred Ventures and BoxGroup.

To date, 52 investors have co-invested in Otherwise's portfolio companies, including prominent names like Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2017

Location

Mill Valley, United States

Portfolio Companies

Granola, Plenty & 5 more

Sectors of Investment

Enterprise Applications, High Tech & 10 more

Stages of Investment

Seed, Series B & 1 more

Locations of Investment

United States & United Kingdom

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Otherwise has a portfolio of 7 companies. Their most notable investments include Granola and Plenty.Their portfolio spans across United States and United Kingdom. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series B and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Otherwise:

1. Granola

Developer of an AI-powered tool for automated meeting note taking. The tool transcribes meetings and enhances user-written notes. It offers customizable templates for various meeting types. The AI models assist with post-meeting action items, such as writing follow-up emails and listing action items. It facilitates sharing notes across different platforms.

Key facts about Granola

Founded Year: 2023
Location: London (United Kingdom)
Stage: Series C
Total Funding till date: $192M
Employee Count: 94 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and 30 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series C, Mar 25, 2026, $*****

2. Plenty

AI-driven robo advisory platform for couples. The platform creates shared goal-based investment portfolios. It also provides cash management. It enables to communicate users priorities, and they will choose to invest in or refrain from investing in businesses that share their values while maintaining diversification. Users can plan, track, and invest from one place.

Key facts about Plenty

Founded Year: 2022
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $7.75M
Investors: Inovia Capital, 35V and 9 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 09, 2024, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

3. Parabola

Cloud-based data process automation platform for businesses. AI is used by platforms to automate data processing. It enables users to easily configure data processing through a drag and drop user interface and create custom dashboards with transformed run-time data. The product features are modularity for connection to different sources, transform and imports, team collaboration, functions, version control, and automation.

Key facts about Parabola

Founded Year: 2015
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Stage: Series B
Total Funding till date: $34.3M
Employee Count: 35 as on Dec 31, 2024
Investors: OpenView, Abstract Ventures and 12 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 28, 2023, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. Infinite Machine

Manufacturer of high-performance personal electric vehicles. These vehicles are designed for urban environments, combining advanced industrial design with strong performance and utility features. A removable battery allows for convenient home charging, while a modular system enables customization with various accessories. The vehicles incorporate technology such as large touchscreens and mobile app integration. The design emphasizes durability using aluminum and steel construction.

Key facts about Infinite Machine

Founded Year: 2024
Location: New York City (United States)
Stage: Seed
Total Funding till date: $9.3M
Employee Count: 18 as on Jan 31, 2026
Investors: Otherwise, Necessary Ventures and 3 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 29, 2024, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. Gowalla

Gowalla was a location-based social check-in app, aimed at helping users to pinpoint where they were and what they were doing, so that friends may find them. Using the data that users had volunteered, the company pivoted slightly to be about creating guides and tools for discovering new things in the world around the user. It was acquired by Facebook on December 2, 2011, for an undisclosed sum. As of November 2010 there were approximately 600,000 users. Gowalla, as a service, was shut down on March 11, 2012. Had apps on Android, iOS, Blackberry platforms.

Key facts about Gowalla

Founded Year: 2007
Location: Austin (United States)
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $14.4M
Employee Count: 11 - 50 as on Jul 01, 2024
Investors: Shasta Ventures, Lowercase Capital and 26 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 28, 2021, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

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Otherwise has invested in 7 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Causal Labs.

Here are Otherwise's Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	0	0	0
2025	1	0	1
2024	2	0	2
2023	2	0	2
2022	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1

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Otherwise has made 4 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $6.14M, 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $14M and 1 investment in Unattributed stage with an average round size of $3M.

Here are Otherwise's investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	4
Series B	2
Unattributed	1

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

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Otherwise has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Environment Tech, Sustainability Tech and Auto Tech. Notably, it has invested in 7 Tech companies, 6 Software companies, 5 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Saas.

Here are Otherwise's investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	5
Consumer	2
Environment Tech	2
Sustainability Tech	2
Auto Tech	1
Others	8

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

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Otherwise has made most investments in United States (6), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 1 investment.

Here are Otherwise's investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
United States	6
United Kingdom	1

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

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Otherwise has not made any investment in 2026 so far.

Here are the most recent investments by Otherwise:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Mar 12, 2025	Causal Labs	United States	Seed	3680	Kindred Ventures [+4]
Oct 29, 2024	Infinite Machine	United States	Seed	2394	Andreessen Horowitz [+2]
May 09, 2024	Plenty	United States	Seed	4268	Inovia Capital [+8]
Jun 28, 2023	Parabola	United States	Series B	6975	OpenView [+7]
May 08, 2023	Granola	United Kingdom	Seed	9901	Lightspeed Venture Partners ... [+11]

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2 companies from Otherwise's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Plenty in Apr 2025 by Wealthsimple.

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

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Plenty	Apr 10, 2025	May 09, 2024	Seed	8424
Gowalla	Dec 02, 2011	Jan 28, 2021	Series B	8865

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Over the past 5 years, 93 investors have co-invested in Otherwise's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before Otherwise: Phenomenal Ventures, 35V and 20 others have invested in rounds before Otherwise. There is 1 company where Phenomenal Ventures has invested before Otherwise and 1 company where 35V has invested before Otherwise.
Top Co-investors of Otherwise: 52 investors entered a company along with Otherwise. These include investors like Lightspeed Venture Partners (1 company).
Invested after Otherwise: A total of 19 investors have invested in Otherwise's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Spark Capital (1 company) and AI Grant (1 company).