About BootstrapLabs
BootstrapLabs is a venture capital firm founded in 2008. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Nov 2023, BootstrapLabs has invested in 38 companies. 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 FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Looq Overall, BootstrapLabs portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 7 acquisitions including key companies like AEye, Corpay One and Qurious. A lot of funds co-invest with BootstrapLabs, with names like Gradient Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. BootstrapLabs has team of 8 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
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Seed & Series A
Portfolio IPOs
BootstrapLabs' List of Top Investments
BootstrapLabs has a portfolio of 38 companies. Their most notable investments are in Valued and Cargo Chief.Their portfolio spans across United States and Sweden. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech and 17 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by BootstrapLabs:1. Prezi
Provider of a cloud-based platform for presentation collaboration. It enables users to create and edit presentations. Its features include pre-defined templates and support for multiple file types. It offers personal and business plans with business features including team collaboration and multi-device screening in addition to content performance analytics.
Key facts about Prezi
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $71.2M
- Employee Count: 199 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Spectrum Equity, Sunstone and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 19, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. unitQ
Cloud and AI based user feedback analytics platform. It leverages machine learning that allows users to collect customer feedback through social media, app store, and customer support email. It also offers third-party integration through API. It enables users to analyze collected data and generate insights about product attributes.
Key facts about unitQ
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: San Mateo (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $41M
- Employee Count: 50 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Time Zero Capital, Gradient Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 08, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. AEye
Platform offering artificial intelligence and cloud enabled solutions. It provides sensor solutions for automobiles. It offers hardware products that are solid-state lidars with ADAS functionality. It also offers AI-enabled software for perception with features like real-time integration of pixels, and predictive solutions.
Key facts about AEye
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Pleasanton (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $71.4M
- Employee Count: 89 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Pegasus Tech Ventures, ATP and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Sep 01, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. Wellfound
latform designed to connect individuals with startup jobs. The platform offers tools for candidate sourcing, interviewing, job postings, resume parsing, interview scheduling, and more. It also offers a job board platform for candidates for finding jobs based on the skills, career, job category, location, salary, and more. It helps recruiters to find candidates that align with the needs.
Key facts about Wellfound
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $24M
- Employee Count: 166 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Atlas Venture, Karlin and 39 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 23, 2013, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Hayden AI
Developer of mobile vision systems for automated traffic enforcement operations. These systems utilize vehicle-mounted hardware and artificial intelligence to monitor urban environments. The technology identifies parking and moving violations in transit lanes and bus stops to support traffic management. Data collected by these systems assists in maintaining clear transit corridors and improving the reliability of public transportation services.
Key facts about Hayden AI
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $193M
- Employee Count: 199 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: The Rise Fund, London Technology Club and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 03, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
BootstrapLabs' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
BootstrapLabs has invested in 38 companies over the last 15 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Looq and most recent follow-on round was in Pryon.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2021 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2019 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
BootstrapLabs' Investments by Stage
BootstrapLabs has made 14 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.94M and 8 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $7.46M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 14 |
Series A | 8 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
BootstrapLabs' Investments by Sector
BootstrapLabs has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer, FinTech and Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 36 Tech companies, 33 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 28 Software companies and at least 16 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 15 |
High Tech | 9 |
Consumer | 7 |
FinTech | 5 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 4 |
Others | 33 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
BootstrapLabs' Investments by Geography
BootstrapLabs has made most investments in United States (21), followed by Sweden where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 21 |
Sweden | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
BootstrapLabs' recent investments
BootstrapLabs has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by BootstrapLabs:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Nov 03, 2023 | United States | Seed | 2271 | [+1] | |
Sep 19, 2023 | United States | Series B | 2489 | ||
Apr 18, 2023 | Sweden | Seed | 8132 | - | |
Mar 18, 2022 | United States | Seed | 3964 | [+2] | |
Mar 09, 2022 | United States | Seed | 8100 | [+1] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in BootstrapLabs' Portfolio
1 of BootstrapLabs' portfolio company became public - AEye. It got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Aug 2021.Here are BootstrapLabs' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 18, 2021 | 2016 | Seed | 7494 |
Acquired companies in BootstrapLabs' Portfolio
7 companies from BootstrapLabs' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was NavTrac in Sep 2023 by Loadsmart for $*****.Here are BootstrapLabs' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 28, 2023 | - | - | 2672 | |
Aug 03, 2022 | - | - | 4948 | |
Aug 31, 2021 | - | - | 5591 | |
May 06, 2021 | Sep 18, 2019 | Series A | 5845 | |
Jan 28, 2021 | Oct 03, 2019 | Series A | 5854 |
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Team profile of BootstrapLabs
BootstrapLabs has a team of 8 members including 2 Partners, 3 Venture Partners and 1 Principal located in United States and United Kingdom. BootstrapLabs' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in BootstrapLabs:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Venture Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Venture Partner | - | - | - | |
Venture Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Principal | London | - |
Co-investors of BootstrapLabs
Over the past 15 years, 137 investors have co-invested in BootstrapLabs's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before BootstrapLabs: Morten Strunge, Radicle Capital and 26 others have invested in rounds before BootstrapLabs. There is 1 company where Morten Strunge has invested before BootstrapLabs and 1 company where Radicle Capital has invested before BootstrapLabs.
- Top Co-investors of BootstrapLabs: 43 investors entered a company along with BootstrapLabs. These include investors like Gradient Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after BootstrapLabs: A total of 66 investors have invested in BootstrapLabs's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Accel (1 company), Pegasus Tech Ventures (1 company) and Taiwania Capital (1 company).
Recent News related to BootstrapLabs
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Looq AI Raises $2.6M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Feb 28, 2024•Looq, BootstrapLabs, Longley Capital, Spatial capital
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Pryon raises $100M to index and analyze enterprise dataTechCrunch+•Sep 19, 2023•Pryon, Aperture Venture Capital, BootstrapLabs, Breyer Capital and 10 others
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Southie Autonomy Secures $2.5 Million Seed Funding & $5M in Robot Lease FinancingBusiness Wire•May 09, 2022•Southie, BootstrapLabs, Ocean Azul Partners, kineo finance
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Rabot Raises $2M to Optimize E-commerce Warehouse Operations with Vision AIPR Newswire•Mar 18, 2022•Rabot, NewFund Capital, BootstrapLabs, Forum Ventures and 2 others
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Pryon Positions for Leadership in AI-Enhanced Knowledge Management With Funding and Talent MomentumBusiness Wire•Nov 24, 2021•Pryon, Oracle, Duke, 3ig Ventures and 9 others
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Pryon Positions for Leadership in AI-Enhanced Knowledge Management With Funding and Talent MomentumVentureBeat•Nov 24, 2021•Pryon, 3ig Ventures, Gaingels, Micron and 9 others
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Hayden AI Raises $20M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•Sep 23, 2021•Hayden AI, Autotech Ventures, BootstrapLabs, Moderne Ventures and 1 other
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Clinical AI Technology Leader Mendel Raises $18M In New CapitalAiThority•Jun 09, 2021•Mendel Health, DCM Ventures, Olive Tree Bible Software, Zola Global and 4 others
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Hayden AI secures USD4.5m funding round led by BootstrapLabsPrivate Equity Wire•May 17, 2021•Hayden AI, BootstrapLabs, MVP Capital, strawberrycreekventures.com and 2 others
