About Align Ventures
Align Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of May 2026, Align Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 27 companies, with 2 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Retail to Consumer and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Hark Overall, Align Ventures portfolio has seen 2 unicorns, 1 IPO and 6 acquisitions including key companies like Carta, Care/of and FIGS. A lot of funds co-invest with Align Ventures, with names like Nvidia sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Align Ventures has team of 7 people including 4 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 1 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Soonicorns
Align Ventures' List of Top Investments
Align Ventures has a portfolio of 27 companies, including 2 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Starface World and Even.Their portfolio spans across United States and Spain. They have invested in Retail, Consumer, Enterprise Applications and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Align Ventures:
1. Carta
Software-based equity management solutions. It offers features solutions for valuation, equity planning, transfer agents, electronic securities, scenario modeling, fund administration, portfolio data collection, and more. It offers solutions to multiple sectors including private companies, investors, and public companies. It also offers ESOP management solutions.
Key facts about Carta
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series G
- Total Funding till date: $1.16B
- Employee Count: 2,356 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Meritech, Silver Lake and 137 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series G, Aug 13, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Care/of
Care/of is a provider of multi-category dietary supplements. It offers various products such as vitamins, probiotics, herbs, minerals, and others. It allows subscribers to select the supplements they wish to receive. They can filter available supplements developed for the brain, energy, eyes, stress, heart, immunity, joints, skin, prenatal, digestion, and bones. Each box varies in price, depending on what’s included.
Key facts about Care/of
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $83.6M
- Employee Count: 80 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, RRE Ventures and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Feb 18, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Terzo
Cloud and AI based contract analytics software. It leverages AI that enables users to analyze and manage legal contracts. The platform automates data extraction and contract review. It allows users to track the contract expiration and renewal dates. Features include reporting, risk monitoring, compliance management, and more.
Key facts about Terzo
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $19.2M
- Employee Count: 219 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: NJF Capital, Human Capital and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. FIGS
Internet-first brand of medical apparel. Its product range includes scrub tops, scrub pants, lab coats, underscrubs, and outerwear, and other accessories. The company claims the apparel is anti-microbial, wrinkle-resistant, stain repellent, lint-free, and has four-way stretch properties.
Key facts about FIGS
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $500M - $1B as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $75M
- Employee Count: 482 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Karlin, Lead Edge Capital and 27 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 23, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Public
5. Tulip
Tulip Retail is a cloud-based enterprise resource planning software provider for the retail industry. Its products include Assisted Selling App, Checkout App, Clienteling App, Store Communications App, and Mobile Associate App. The Assisted Selling App is a store-executive-facing clienteling app that provides product information on a real-time basis for assisted selling. The Checkout App allows executives to capture orders and take payments using a mobile device for faster customer check-outs. The app includes a shopping cart, order capture, payment handling, POS integration, cash drawer management, and order processing. The Store Communications App allows sales associates to receive announcements from HQ, access training content, create private chat groups for knowledge sharing, and collaborate in real-time.
Key facts about Tulip
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $70.4M
- Employee Count: 292 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Salesforce Ventures, Gen 1 Capital and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Nov 25, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Align Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Align Ventures has invested in 27 companies over the last 12 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment, while as of May 2026, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Hark and most recent follow-on round was in RADAR.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Align Ventures' Investments by Stage
Align Ventures has made 6 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $144M, 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $5.65M and 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $350M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 6 |
Seed | 3 |
Series B | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Align Ventures' Investments by Sector
Align Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Retail, Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech and Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech. Notably, it has invested in 20 Tech companies, 15 Consumer (B2C) companies, 8 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 7 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Retail | 5 |
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
Consumer | 3 |
High Tech | 2 |
Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech | 1 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Align Ventures' Investments by Geography
Align Ventures has made most investments in United States (11).Align Ventures' recent investments
Align Ventures has made 4 investments in 2026 so far. Hark and RADAR are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Align Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 21, 2026 | United States | Series A | 2543 | [+10] | |
May 19, 2026 | United States | Series B | 6277 | ||
Apr 29, 2026 | United States | Series A | 5190 | [+8] | |
Mar 16, 2026 | United States | Series A | 8875 | ||
Apr 16, 2025 | United States | Seed | 3904 | [+10] |
Unicorns in Align Ventures' Portfolio
Align Ventures has 2 unicorns in its portfolio - Figure and Carta. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Figure. It became a unicorn in 2024.Here is a list of unicorns in Align Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
60 | Developer of AI-powered humanoid robots designed for everyday home assistance | 2022 | San Jose | Series C | mlplx{u | ||
85 | Software-based equity management solutions | 2012 | San Francisco | Series G | yvainxw |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Align Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Align Ventures' portfolio company became public - FIGS. It got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in May 2021 at marketcap of $3.52BHere are Align Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 27, 2021 | - | - | 8095 |
Acquired companies in Align Ventures' Portfolio
6 companies from Align Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Indigov in Oct 2025 by Granicus for $*****.Here are Align Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 22, 2025 | May 26, 2022 | Series B | 8111 | |
Oct 16, 2025 | Jun 01, 2022 | Series A | 6522 | |
May 12, 2025 | - | - | 6921 | |
Apr 03, 2024 | - | - | 7797 | |
Nov 29, 2021 | - | - | 3918 |
Team profile of Align Ventures
Align Ventures has a team of 7 members including 4 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 1 Principal located in United States. Align Ventures' team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of all team members in Align Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | |||
Partner | Miami | - | ||
Partner | Phoenix | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Orlando | - | ||
Principal | San Francisco | - |
Co-investors of Align Ventures
Over the past 12 years, 112 investors have co-invested in Align Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Align Ventures: Great Oaks Venture Capital, Innovation Global Capital and 21 others have invested in rounds before Align Ventures. There is 1 company where Great Oaks Venture Capital has invested before Align Ventures and 1 company where Innovation Global Capital has invested before Align Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Align Ventures: 64 investors entered a company along with Align Ventures. These include investors like Nvidia (2 companies).
- Invested after Align Ventures: A total of 25 investors have invested in Align Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include TRAC (1 company), Brookfield Asset Management (1 company) and Qualcomm Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to Align Ventures
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Align Ventures Closes Oversubscribed $125M Early-Stage Fund IIRefresh Miami•Jul 28, 2026•Align Ventures
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RADAR has raised $170 Million in new Series B Fundingintelligence360•Jun 03, 2026•Align Ventures, RADAR, Gideon Strategic Partners, Nimble Partners
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California Naturals Secures Series B Funding to Fuel Expansion and Category Growthbeautyindependent.com•Jun 03, 2026•California Naturals, Align Ventures
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Hark has raised $700 Million in new Series A Fundingintelligence360•Jun 02, 2026•Align Ventures, Parkway VC, Brookfield Asset Management, ARK Investment Management and 12 others
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Hark raises $700m Series A at a $6b valuationStock Screener•May 21, 2026•Parkway VC, Nvidia, Align Ventures, Hark and 10 others
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NVIDIA AI-Powered Supercomputers Lead MLPerf 2024 BenchmarksSecurityInformed•May 19, 2026•Nvidia, Prime Movers Lab, Salesforce Ventures, Tamarack Global and 8 others
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Retail Tech Startup Radar Secures $170 Million Funding RoundPYMNTS.com•May 19, 2026•Gideon Strategic Partners, Nimble Partners, RADAR, Radar and 1 other
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Scout AI Secures $100 Million Series A Funding for Unmanned Warfare AI DevelopmentDefense Daily•Apr 29, 2026•Scout AI, Align Ventures, Draper, Bravo Victor Venture Capital and 5 others
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Figure raises over $1B in Series C funding as AI fuels more robotics interestPitchBook•Sep 17, 2025•Figure, Parkway VC, Intel Capital, Nvidia and 18 others
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Scout AI Secures $15 Million Seed Funding for Autonomous Defense Robotics PlatformDefense Daily•Apr 17, 2025•Scout, Align Ventures, Booz Allen Hamilton
