About Adverb Ventures
Adverb Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2023. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Aug 2026, Adverb Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 14 companies, with 6 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Energy Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Foundational Industries Overall, Adverb Ventures portfolio has seen 1 acquisition, namely Tryarc. A lot of funds co-invest with Adverb Ventures, with names like Abstract Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Adverb Ventures has team of 5 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Deals in last 12 months
Adverb Ventures' List of Top Investments
Adverb Ventures has a portfolio of 14 companies. Their most notable investments are in Accend and GrantScout.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Energy Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure and 8 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Adverb Ventures:
1. Outset
Platform offering AI enabled product lifecycle management solution. It offers a platform to create, manage, and collaborate on AI prompts and inject relevant context from the product. Its users can test prompts and models against real user data and test simulations at scale. The platform generates a feedback loop that allows users to provide their product feedback.
Key facts about Outset
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $51.3M
- Employee Count: 103 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Ritual Capital, M12 and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 10, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Cambio
Provider of a real estate sustainability platform. This platform assists real estate owners in managing their assets' sustainability compliance and retrofits. It integrates directly with utility data to provide real-time performance monitoring and automate risk tracking. The platform also offers tools for capital planning and retrofitting, generating recommendations and predicting the impact on investment returns and emissions reductions. The platform aims to streamline data management and improve efficiency in sustainability initiatives.
Key facts about Cambio
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $18.6M
- Employee Count: 70 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Maverick Ventures, Climate Capital and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 22, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Particle
AI-powered news platform. It provides news and content related to politics, business, entertainment, government, sports, and more.
Key facts about Particle
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: San Rafael (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $15.3M
- Employee Count: 17 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Axel Springer and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 11, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Hypernatural
AI-powered generative video platform that automatically generates b-roll tailored to your video and brand. It extracts the engaging parts of the content and provide built-in AI features for video editing and narration. They also offer job opportunities to build the future of video creation.
Key facts about Hypernatural
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $9.2M
- Employee Count: 8 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Underscore VC, Character and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jul 23, 2025, $*****
Developer of inventory management software for brands using the Shopify platform. The software provides tools for managing omni-channel inventory and automating workflows. It offers features for supply chain management, sales order management, and wholesale operations. The software integrates with Shopify, retail sales channels, and third-party logistics providers.
Key facts about GoodDay Software
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Austin (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $13.5M
- Employee Count: 22 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Ridge Ventures, FirstMark and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 16, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Adverb Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Adverb Ventures has invested in 14 companies over the last 3 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 3 years. In 2025, it made 6 investments, while as of Aug 2026, it has made 5 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Foundational Industries and most recent follow-on round was in Outset.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Adverb Ventures' Investments by Stage
Adverb Ventures has made 10 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $7.01M, 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $18.3M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $30.8M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 10 |
Series A | 3 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Adverb Ventures' Investments by Sector
Adverb Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Business Services, Enterprise Infrastructure, Vertical SaaS and Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 13 Tech companies, 11 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 11 Software companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 11 |
Business Services | 2 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 2 |
Vertical SaaS | 2 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 1 |
Others | 9 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Adverb Ventures' Investments by Geography
Adverb Ventures has made most investments in United States (13).Adverb Ventures' recent investments
Adverb Ventures has made 5 investments in 2026 so far. Foundational Industries and Centralize are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Adverb Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Aug 03, 2026 | United States | Seed | 4925 | [+4] | |
Jul 29, 2026 | United States | Seed | 9306 | ||
May 26, 2026 | United States | Seed | 3316 | [+4] | |
Jan 22, 2026 | United States | Series A | 4078 | [+2] | |
Jan 16, 2026 | United States | Series A | 3547 |
Acquired companies in Adverb Ventures' Portfolio
1 company from Adverb Ventures' portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Tryarc in Aug 2007 by TheRevereGroup for $*****.Here are Adverb Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 02, 2007 | May 26, 2026 | Seed | 7628 |
Team profile of Adverb Ventures
Adverb Ventures has a team of 5 members including 3 Partners and 1 Principal located in United States. Adverb Ventures' team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of all team members in Adverb Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | United States | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | |||
Partner | California | - | ||
Principal | San Francisco | - | - |
Co-investors of Adverb Ventures
Over the past 3 years, 71 investors have co-invested in Adverb Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Adverb Ventures: Y Combinator, Leonis Investment and 2 others have invested in rounds before Adverb Ventures. There are 5 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Adverb Ventures and 1 company where Leonis Investment has invested before Adverb Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Adverb Ventures: 48 investors entered a company along with Adverb Ventures. These include investors like Abstract Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after Adverb Ventures: A total of 19 investors have invested in Adverb Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include 8VC (1 company), Future Back Ventures (1 company) and Rebel Fund (1 company).
Recent News related to Adverb Ventures
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Cambio Raises $18M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•Jan 22, 2026•Peterson Ventures, Cambio, Y Combinator, Maverick Ventures and 1 other
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GoodDay Software Raises $7M to Build an AI-Native ERP Alternative for Shopify BrandsBakersfield•Jan 16, 2026•Seguin Ventures, GoodDay Software, Adverb Ventures, FirstMark and 4 others
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Outset Secures $30 Million Series BMassinvestor•Dec 10, 2025•Adverb Ventures, M12, Y Combinator, 8VC and 3 others
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Defakto Secures $30.75 M Series B to Set a New Standard in Non-Human Identity SecurityAccess Newswire•Oct 21, 2025•The General Partnership, XYZ Venture Capital, WndrCo, Bloomberg Beta and 3 others
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Le Walk Raises $4.1M Seed Led by Adverb Ventures and Lerer Hippeau for ExpansionPR Newswire•Sep 19, 2025•Adverb Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Lewalk, Origins and 1 other
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Shotsy lands $2 million for weight loss shot tracking appSilicon Florist•Feb 20, 2025•Shotsy, Adverb Ventures, Coalition Operators, Springbank
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Piramidal raises $6M to advance AI brainwave analysis and improve diagnoses of neurological conditionsSiliconAngle•Aug 21, 2024•Piramidal, Y Combinator, Adverb Ventures, Lionheart Ventures
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Accend Raises $3.2M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Jul 09, 2024•Accend, Adverb Ventures, Y Combinator, General Catalyst and 4 others
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Former Twitter engineers are building Particle, an AI-powered news reader, backed by $4.4MTechCrunch+•Feb 29, 2024•Kindred Ventures, Adverb Ventures
