About Better Ventures
Better Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. It is primarily based out of Oakland, United States. As of Jul 2026, Better Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 93 companies, with 4 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 High Tech and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Prosper Medical Overall, Better Ventures portfolio has seen 14 acquisitions including key companies like Renaissance, SunFunder and Frate. A lot of funds co-invest with Better Ventures, with names like KdT Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Better Ventures has team of 12 people including 8 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 2 more
Deals in last 12 months
Better Ventures' List of Top Investments
Better Ventures has a portfolio of 93 companies. Their most notable investments are in Mendel and Relay.Their portfolio spans across United States, Germany, Canada and 9 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Retail and 27 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Better Ventures:
1. Eko
Eko offers an AI-based platform for remote monitoring of cardiac health. The solution offered by the company collects real-time patient data and analyses it to generate a report for doctors. The report generated aids in providing proper treatment to patients. The company has also developed products like Duo and Core stethoscopes for heart disease monitoring.
Key facts about Eko
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Oakland (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $195M
- Employee Count: 205 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: 10x Group, StartX and 34 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Apr 11, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Relay
Digital business banking platform that helps small businesses manage cash flow with multi-account structures. It lets businesses create multiple checking and savings accounts to organize cash flows by purpose—such as payroll, taxes, income, and operating expenses—giving owners clearer visibility and control over spending. It includes tools for issuing debit and credit cards, setting spending limits, automating expense categorization, managing payables and receivables, and integrating with accounting systems. It also offers savings features and cash management workflows intended to help businesses build reserves and improve financial discipline.
Key facts about Relay
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Toronto (Canada)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $102M
- Employee Count: 367 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Industry Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, May 19, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Renaissance
Renaissance is a cloud-based assessment platform enabling educators to centralize all the assessment data in a single database. Provides daily assessment for students in reading, writing, and math monitors periodically. Initially started as Accelerated Reader, K-12 reading software for children to have a better reading experience and to read more books. Then AR enterprise is released featuring unlimited access to all AR quizzes. Accelerated Reader student mobile app is also released. Accelerated Math Live is also introduced to view and answer math problems online or on paper.
Key facts about Renaissance
- Founded Year: 1986
- Location: Wisconsin Rapids (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $40M
- Employee Count: 2,188 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Hellman & Friedman, CapitalG and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Nov 09, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Meati
Developer of fungi-based protein meats foods. It uses mycelium as food ingredient that grown indoor using only water, sugar, and nutrients. Its products, like cutlets and steaks, are made using a natural fermentation process that produces nutrient-dense, high-protein, high-fiber meat alternatives.
Key facts about Meati
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Boulder (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $489M
- Employee Count: 93 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Toba Capital, Trinity Capital and 33 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Apr 19, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Debut
Provider and manufacturer of enzymes for biotherapeutic creation and modification. The company offers a range of enzymes that are used in the biotech industry for immobilization and other therapeutic applications. The company also provides continuous biomanufacturing cartridges, immobilized cells, immobilized enzymes for continuous biomanufacturing.
Key facts about Debut
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: San Diego (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $126M
- Employee Count: 92 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: EDBI, Cultivian Sandbox and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 26, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Better Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Better Ventures has invested in 93 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 2 investments, while as of Jul 2026, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Prosper Medical and most recent follow-on round was in The Small & Medium Business Exchange.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
2023 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2021 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
2020 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Better Ventures' Investments by Stage
Better Ventures has made 47 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.03M, 13 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $11.1M, 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $13M and 1 investment in Conventional Debt stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 47 |
Series A | 13 |
Series B | 2 |
Conventional Debt | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Better Ventures' Investments by Sector
Better Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, Sustainability Tech and Life Sciences. Notably, it has invested in 71 Tech companies, 63 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 34 Software companies and at least 28 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 25 |
Consumer | 18 |
High Tech | 18 |
Sustainability Tech | 13 |
Life Sciences | 11 |
Others | 90 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Better Ventures' Investments by Geography
Better Ventures has made most investments in United States (50), followed by Germany where it has made 4 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 50 |
Germany | 4 |
Canada | 2 |
India | 2 |
Kenya | 2 |
Others | 4 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Better Ventures' recent investments
Better Ventures has made 4 investments in 2026 so far. Prosper Medical and dehaze are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Better Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 23, 2026 | United States | Series B | 7196 | [+6] | |
Apr 29, 2026 | Germany | Seed | 7152 | [+3] | |
Jan 30, 2026 | United Kingdom | Series A | 9583 | ||
Jan 07, 2026 | Canada | Seed | 4817 | [+2] | |
Apr 29, 2025 | United States | Series A | 6132 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in Better Ventures' Portfolio
14 companies from Better Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Frate in Jan 2026 by Route for $*****.Here are Better Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 12, 2026 | Sep 13, 2024 | Seed | 9611 | |
Mar 17, 2025 | Jan 19, 2015 | Conventional Debt | 3648 | |
Feb 06, 2025 | Apr 20, 2023 | Seed | 5918 | |
Aug 06, 2024 | - | - | 9093 | |
Jul 25, 2024 | - | - | 6821 |
Team profile of Better Ventures
Better Ventures has a team of 12 members including 8 Partners located in United States, Germany and 1 more location. Better Ventures' team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of top team members in Better Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Calgary | |||
Partner | Oakland | - | ||
Partner | Oakland | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Asheville | - | - | |
Partner | Munich | - | - | |
Partner | Munich | - | ||
Partner | - | - | - |
Co-investors of Better Ventures
Over the past 14 years, 379 investors have co-invested in Better Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Better Ventures: Hub Ventures, Leaps by Bayer and 42 others have invested in rounds before Better Ventures. There are 2 companies where Hub Ventures has invested before Better Ventures and 1 company where Leaps by Bayer has invested before Better Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Better Ventures: 186 investors entered a company along with Better Ventures. These include investors like KdT Ventures (3 companies).
- Invested after Better Ventures: A total of 149 investors have invested in Better Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Better Tomorrow Ventures (2 companies), Industry Ventures (2 companies) and Revolution (2 companies).
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