About Buckley Ventures
Buckley Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Sep 2026, Buckley Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 25 companies, with 7 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 High Tech to Enterprise Applications and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Pilgrim Overall, Buckley Ventures portfolio has seen 2 unicorns and 2 acquisitions including key companies like Speak, Anvyl and NexHealth. A lot of funds co-invest with Buckley Ventures, with names like Mantis VC sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
Buckley Ventures' List of Top Investments
Buckley Ventures has a portfolio of 25 companies, including 2 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Mytos and Jabbr.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Denmark and 1 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, FinTech and 18 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Buckley Ventures:1. Speak
AI-powered language learning platform. Its platform helps users to practice conversational English with an AI bot. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.
Key facts about Speak
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $162M
- Employee Count: 312 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Flat Capital, Collab Fund and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 13, 2024, $*****
2. Pogo
App-based platform offering rewards for multi-category products. The app enables users to avail of rewards automatically on their product bills without receipt scanning. The app offers reward points for multi-category products like fashion, beauty, groceries, and more. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS users.
Key facts about Pogo
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $32M
- Employee Count: 272 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Flucas Ventures, Village Global and 49 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 09, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Fractile
Developer of AI chips for running large AI models. The company develops data center LLM inference accelerator for models with billions or hundreds of billions of parameters
Key facts about Fractile
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $260M
- Employee Count: 132 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Inovia Capital, Felicis Ventures and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 13, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Rain
Developer of energy efficient hardware for artificial intelligence applications. The company focuses on creating hardware designed to improve artificial intelligence processing. It aims to reduce the energy consumption associated with these applications.
Key facts about Rain
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Redwood City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $40M
- Employee Count: 45 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Pegasus Tech Ventures, Catapult and 29 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 26, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Rainbow
Property and casualty insurance for restaurant businesses. Offers pay-as-you-go restaurant insurance coverage with loss control survey. Provide tailored coverage for restaurants and aim to connect clients with advisors. Provides coverages tailor-made for the food service industry including property, equipment breakdown, general liability, and more.
Key facts about Rainbow
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $37M
- Employee Count: 191 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Zigg Capital, Caffeinated Capital and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 15, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Buckley Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Buckley Ventures has invested in 25 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 3 investments, while as of Sep 2026, it has made 6 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Pilgrim.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Buckley Ventures' Investments by Stage
Buckley Ventures has made 11 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $12.4M, 7 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $35.3M, 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $85M and 2 investments in Series D stage with an average round size of $150M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 11 |
Series A | 7 |
Series B | 3 |
Series D | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Buckley Ventures' Investments by Sector
Buckley Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer, FinTech and Consumer Goods. Notably, it has invested in 19 Tech companies, 16 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 11 Software companies and at least 6 companies focusing on AI-Native.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
High Tech | 7 |
Consumer | 4 |
FinTech | 3 |
Consumer Goods | 2 |
Others | 24 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Buckley Ventures' Investments by Geography
Buckley Ventures has made most investments in United States (18), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 18 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
Denmark | 1 |
Pakistan | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Buckley Ventures' recent investments
Buckley Ventures has made 6 investments in 2026 so far. Pilgrim and TAR are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Buckley Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 24, 2026 | United States | Seed | 4798 | [+2] | |
Sep 10, 2026 | - | Series A | 3467 | [+1] | |
Aug 03, 2026 | United States | Seed | 2191 | [+4] | |
May 29, 2026 | United States | Seed | 3698 | [+2] | |
May 13, 2026 | United Kingdom | Series B | 3618 | [+7] |
Unicorns in Buckley Ventures' Portfolio
Buckley Ventures has 2 unicorns in its portfolio - Speak and NexHealth. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Speak. It became a unicorn in 2024.Here is a list of unicorns in Buckley Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
78 | AI-powered language learning platform | 2016 | San Francisco | Series C | xurpfdl | ||
46 | Provider of a software suite for hospitals | 2016 | San Francisco | Series C | {bdrywt |
Acquired companies in Buckley Ventures' Portfolio
2 companies from Buckley Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Anvyl in Oct 2024 by Sage for $*****.Here are Buckley Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 09, 2024 | Feb 17, 2022 | Series B | 5158 | |
Apr 27, 2023 | Apr 11, 2022 | Seed | 3468 |
Co-investors of Buckley Ventures
Over the past 5 years, 223 investors have co-invested in Buckley Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Buckley Ventures: Y Combinator, First Round Capital and 57 others have invested in rounds before Buckley Ventures. There are 2 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Buckley Ventures and 2 companies where First Round Capital has invested before Buckley Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Buckley Ventures: 146 investors entered a company along with Buckley Ventures. These include investors like Mantis VC (3 companies).
- Invested after Buckley Ventures: A total of 18 investors have invested in Buckley Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Accel (1 company), Josh Buckley (1 company) and Village Global (1 company).
Recent News related to Buckley Ventures
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Fractile Secures $220M for AI Chips Amidst Intense Market DemandStartupHub.ai•May 13, 2026•Fractile, Factorial Funds, Founders Fund, Accel and 6 others
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Project Omega Raises $12M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Feb 12, 2026•Project Omega, Decisive Point, Buckley Ventures, Mantis VC and 1 other
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Jabbr.ai Secures €4.3M Seed Funding Led by Reddit and Lyft FoundersEU-Startups•Oct 17, 2025•Jabbr, Seven Seven Six, Buckley Ventures
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Rainbow Announces $8 Million Series A Funding to Expand Small Business Insurance OfferingsInsuranceNewsNet•Jan 15, 2025•Rainbow, Zigg Capital, Altai Ventures, Arch Capital Group and 4 others
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Product Hunt Executive Director Josh Buckley, seeks to raise a fourth fund of 250 million dollarsesdelatino.com•Oct 15, 2024•Buckley Ventures
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Nuclear Startup Fuse Valued at Over $200 Million in New FundingFinancial Post•Sep 12, 2024•fuse energy, Buckley Ventures, Tamarack Global, Bracket Capital and 1 other
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Spic, 30 billion won Series B3 Investment…Company value of 700 billion won 'reserve unicorn'Wowtale•Jun 24, 2024•Speak, Khosla Ventures, Buckley Ventures, OpenAI Startup Fund and 1 other
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Language learning app Speak nets $20M, doubles valuationStartupNews•Jun 21, 2024•Speak, Speak, Khosla Ventures, OpenAI Startup Fund and 2 others
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Modular laptop manufacturer Framework completes new financing and plans to enter other categoriesCitnews•Apr 24, 2024•Framework, Buckley Ventures, Anzu Partners, Cooler Master Technology and 2 others
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OpenAI competitors, AI startup Symbolica financing 31 million US dollarsCui Niuhui•Apr 09, 2024•Symbolica, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Abstract Ventures and 3 others
