About Brightway Future Capita
Brightway Future Capita is a venture capital firm located in Palo Alto, United States. As of Apr 2026, Brightway Future Capita is an active investor, having invested in 34 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 High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Collov Overall, Brightway Future Capita portfolio has seen 8 unicorns, 1 IPO and 1 acquisition including key companies like Rippling, Alchemy and Amber Group. A lot of funds co-invest with Brightway Future Capita, with names like Mindworks Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 1 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Deals in last 12 months
Brightway Future Capita's List of Top Investments
Brightway Future Capita has a portfolio of 34 companies, including 8 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Collov and Bot Auto.Their portfolio spans across United States, Singapore, Canada and 2 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences and 15 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Brightway Future Capita:1. Rippling
Cloud-based suite solution for HR management. It offers automated onboarding and offboarding solution for the organizations. The product is an employee management software solution with features such as payroll administration, employee benefits management, headcount planning, feedback surveys, shift scheduling, learning management and more. It also offer products such as workflow studio, reporting analytics, policies management and more. It is a tool available on the subscription based pricing model.
Key facts about Rippling
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series G
- Total Funding till date: $1.85B
- Employee Count: 7,844 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Goldman Sachs, GIC and 71 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series G, May 09, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Otter.ai
Developer of an AI meeting agent providing transcription and summarization. The agent offers live transcripts, automated summaries, and action items from meetings. It integrates with various platforms to streamline workflows. The AI agent provides insights and helps structure ideas from conversations. It also automates follow-ups and syncs notes.
Key facts about Otter.ai
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Los Altos (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $70M
- Employee Count: 304 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Bess Ventures, DHVC and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 25, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Alchemy
Provider of complete blockchain developer platform. It provides enterprise-grade Web3 infrastructure rollups-as-a-service, embedded, smart wallets, gasless transactions, stablecoin orchestration, DeFi primitives, real-time webhooks, portfolio/token APIs, and comprehensive devtools.
Key facts about Alchemy
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $564M
- Employee Count: 366 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Silver Lake, Redpoint Ventures and 37 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jan 28, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Bungalow
Provider of managed co-living spaces. The platform enables users to search for homes by applying the location filter and schedule a tour to the house of their choice. Some of the amenities provided include Wi-Fi, housekeeping, maintenance, utilities, and monthly community events. The company partners with homeowners to rent their properties via the platform.
Key facts about Bungalow
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $150M
- Employee Count: 182 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: A-Rod, Wing Venture Capital and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Aug 24, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Amber Group
Provider of blockchain-based financial solutions. It provides users with crypto-based financial services like payments, exchanges, and wallets. It also allows users to buy, sell, and trade digital currencies, including Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum. It also offers collateralized loans across stable coins and multiple currencies. It also provides margin trading and OTC liquidity solutions.
Key facts about Amber Group
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Annual Revenue: $0 - $1M as on Sep 30, 2018
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $628M
- Employee Count: 620 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Temasek, Base Partners and 32 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 16, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Brightway Future Capita's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Brightway Future Capita has invested in 34 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, while as of Apr 2026, it has made 2 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Collov.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Brightway Future Capita's Investments by Stage
Brightway Future Capita has made 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $16.5M, 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $20M and 1 investment in Series D stage with an average round size of $70M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 3 |
Seed | 1 |
Series D | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Brightway Future Capita's Investments by Sector
Brightway Future Capita has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Transportation and Logistics Tech and Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 31 Tech companies, 28 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 16 Software companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 3 |
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
High Tech | 2 |
Transportation and Logistics Tech | 2 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 1 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Brightway Future Capita's Investments by Geography
Brightway Future Capita has made most investments in United States (4), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 4 |
Canada | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Brightway Future Capita's recent investments
Brightway Future Capita has made 2 investments in 2026 so far - Collov and Collov Labs.Here are the most recent investments by Brightway Future Capita:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 21, 2026 | United States | Series A | 1805 | [+1] | |
Apr 21, 2026 | United States | Series A | 8696 | [+2] | |
Jun 05, 2025 | Canada | Series D | 3902 | ||
Sep 27, 2024 | United States | Seed | 7963 | [+7] | |
Nov 16, 2021 | United States | Series A | 7280 | [+2] |
Unicorns in Brightway Future Capita's Portfolio
Brightway Future Capita has 8 unicorns in its portfolio - Turing, Alchemy, Offchain Labs and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Turing. It became a unicorn in 2021, 4 years before Brightway Future Capita first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Brightway Future Capita's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
72 | Provider of talent as a service for on demand software development solutions | 2018 | Palo Alto | Series E | uljxrlx | ||
79 | Provider of complete blockchain developer platform | 2013 | San Francisco | Series C | bxzhuxj | ||
64 | Developer of solutions for Ethereum smart contracts | 2018 | Princeton | Series B | {nwpndm | ||
78 | Provider of blockchain-based financial solutions | 2017 | Singapore | Series C | wapaman | ||
60 | Blockchain-based platform offers zero-knowledge proof roll-up solutions | 2017 | Netanya | Series D | yxbwwgk |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Brightway Future Capita's Portfolio
1 of Brightway Future Capita's portfolio company became public - BillionToOne. It got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Nov 2025 at marketcap of $2.41BHere are Brightway Future Capita's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 06, 2025 | - | - | 7777 |
Acquired companies in Brightway Future Capita's Portfolio
1 company from Brightway Future Capita's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Garten in Apr 2025 by Hungry for $*****.Here are Brightway Future Capita's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 14, 2025 | - | - | 6622 |
Co-investors of Brightway Future Capita
Over the past 5 years, 32 investors have co-invested in Brightway Future Capita's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Brightway Future Capita: GoldenHome, Celtic House Asia Partners and 12 others have invested in rounds before Brightway Future Capita. There is 1 company where GoldenHome has invested before Brightway Future Capita and 1 company where Celtic House Asia Partners has invested before Brightway Future Capita.
- Top Co-investors of Brightway Future Capita: 16 investors entered a company along with Brightway Future Capita. These include investors like Mindworks Capital (3 companies).
- Invested after Brightway Future Capita: Rockets Capital (1 company) and Royal Bank of Canada (1 company) are the investors which have invested in Brightway Future Capita's portfolio after their investments.
Recent News related to Brightway Future Capita
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Collov Labs: $23 Million Series A Raised To Advance Visual AI Systems And Launch New Research LabPulse 2.0•Apr 21, 2026•Collov, Brightway Future Capita, Taihill Venture, Mindworks Capital
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Bot Auto Secures $20M in Pre-A Funding to Commercially Deploy Autonomous Truckingintelligence360•Oct 10, 2024•Bot Auto, Brightway Future Capita, Cherubic Ventures, EnvisionX Capital and 6 others
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Hou Xiaodi's New Company Botauto Announced The Completion Of $20 Million Pre-a Round Of FinancingInvestorscn•Oct 03, 2024•iyfbodn.com, Linear Venture, M31 Capital, Brightway Future Capita and 6 others
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Bot Auto Secures $20M in Pre-A Funding to Commercially Deploy Autonomous TruckingBusiness Wire•Sep 26, 2024•Bot Auto, Brightway Future Capita, Cherubic Ventures, EnvisionX Capital and 6 others
