About C9 Capital
C9 Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It is primarily based out of United States. It primarily invests in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Food and Agriculture Tech to High Tech and Enterprise Applications. Overall, C9 Capital portfolio has seen 6 acquisitions including key companies like Ai Palette, Sentera and Caring.com. C9 Capital has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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C9 Capital's List of Top Investments
C9 Capital has a portfolio of 25 companies. Their most notable investments include Ai Palette and Aerobotics.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Australia and 5 more locations. They have invested in Food and Agriculture Tech, High Tech, Enterprise Applications and 14 other sectors. Here is the list of top investments by C9 Capital:1. Ai Palette
AI-powered platform for CPG innovation, trend discovery, and product development. It is a SaaS platform that helps consumer packaged goods brands discover emerging trends in real-time, create new product concepts, and virtually validate them. The platform offers solutions for marketing, R&D innovation, and consumer insights, catering to various industries like flavor and fragrance houses, and ingredient companies. It provides tools like Foresight Engine, Concept Genie, Screen Winner, FoodGPT, and Brand SAY to monitor brand equity and accelerate innovation. The platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide data-driven insights for faster, cost-effective brand discovery, launch, and growth. It helps in innovation, renovation, and optimizing product portfolios. The platform offers resources like blogs, reports, webinars, and case studies. It is a cloud based platform that offers subscription based services.
Key facts about Ai Palette
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Annual Revenue: SGD 1M - 10M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $12.7M
- Employee Count: 66 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Innoven Capital, Exfinity Venture Partners and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 24, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Aerobotics
AI-powered yield forecasting for fruit growers, packers, and marketers. The company provides a platform that leverages Artificial Intelligence and smartphone imagery to deliver accurate fruit size, color, and quality measurements. This enables better yield forecasting, business planning, and sales decisions. The platform combines AI measurements with user inputs, offering solutions for various crop types. Key features include precise fruit sizing and forecasting, automated blemish measurements, and post-harvest quality classification. The company's suite of tools enhances farming methods, helping improve profitability by optimizing packouts. The platform supports data-driven decision-making throughout the fruit production and distribution chain. The company offers pricing details and demo requests on its website.
Key facts about Aerobotics
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Cape Town (South Africa)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $27.1M
- Employee Count: 93 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: C9 Capital, AgFunder and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 11, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick

3. Brightseed
Provider of AI based platform to discover plant bio actives for human health. It offers a proprietary AI and computational biology platform called Forager which is used to map plant metabolomes, predict bioactive-compound and receptor interactions, and accelerate discovery and validation. The platform find molecules in plants, fungi, microbes and others. that have beneficial biological effects, and then turning those into ingredients for food, supplement, or health companies.
Key facts about Brightseed
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $120M
- Employee Count: 64 as on Jun 11, 2025
- Investors: Temasek, iSelect Fund and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 09, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. Sentera
Developer of precision agriculture technology providing imagery and data-driven insights. The company offers solutions leveraging high-resolution imagery, artificial intelligence, and advanced data science. These solutions provide plant-level insights to inform on-farm decisions. The company’s technology is designed to improve efficiency and promote sustainable farming practices. It offers sensors designed to capture standard and advanced wavebands for vegetation analysis.
Key facts about Sentera
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Saint Paul (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $54.7M
- Employee Count: 92 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: iSelect Fund, Middleland Capital and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, May 09, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Caring.com
Caring is an online platform for family caregivers seeking information, support, in-home care and senior living options for aging parents, spouses and other loved ones.
Key facts about Caring.com
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: Charlotte (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $23.5M
- Employee Count: 354 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Shasta Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 10, 2013, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Acquired companies in C9 Capital's Portfolio
6 companies from C9 Capital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Caring.com in Jan 2026 by SilverAssist for $*****.Here are C9 Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 12, 2026 | - | - | 2735 | |
May 23, 2025 | - | - | 8465 | |
Mar 11, 2025 | - | - | 2931 | |
May 11, 2021 | - | - | 3284 | |
Apr 08, 2021 | - | - | 6488 |
Team profile of C9 Capital
C9 Capital has a team of 1 member located in United States. C9 Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Recent News related to C9 Capital
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Fusionware Supply Chain Traceability Platform Acquired by C9 CapitalGlobeNewswire•Feb 17, 2021•Fusionware, C9 Capital
