About Common Metal
Common Metal is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Apr 2026, Common Metal is an active investor, having invested in 4 companies, with 3 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 Blockchain Technology. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Alien A lot of funds co-invest with Common Metal, with names like SV Angel sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Common Metal has team of 4 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
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Seed & Series A
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Deals in last 12 months
Common Metal's List of All Investments
Common Metal has a portfolio of 4 companies. Their most notable investments include Teach Me To and Keplar.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Blockchain Technology and 1 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of all investments by Common Metal:
1. Teach Me To
Online platform offering lessons to improve skills in various fields. It offers solutions for users to find coaches for Pickleball, Tennis, Golf, Surfing and more. It also helps to schedule time and location online.
Key facts about Teach Me To
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $10M
- Employee Count: 112 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Interplay, Bling Capital and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 23, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Keplar
Provider of AI-powered simulated consumer audiences for market research. It allows for rapid testing of product concepts, marketing messages, and brand strategies. The simulated audiences provide instant insights and feedback, accelerating the innovation process and eliminating research costs. It enabling brands to generate relevant ideas and attributes for new products and refine concepts through qualitative feedback from simulated audiences. First-party data is utilized to enhance the accuracy and relevance of the simulated audiences.
Key facts about Keplar
- Founded Year: 1962
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $39.6M
- Employee Count: 10 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Kleiner Perkins, SV Angel and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 02, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Alien
Provider of decentralized digital identity verification and blockchain network tools. Systems utilize biometric data and social graph analysis to establish unique human credentials. This infrastructure supports private transactions and allows users to verify digital agents while maintaining ownership of personal identity information. A blockchain architecture provides the foundation for currency distribution and network governance.
Key facts about Alien
- Founded Year: 2025
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $7.1M
- Investors: Initialized Capital, Pioneer Fund and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 01, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Highlight AI
Developer of artificial intelligence software for team workflow coordination management. This technology captures context from meetings, messages, and documentation to identify follow-up tasks and necessary actions automatically. The software organizes information across various digital tools to maintain team alignment and project momentum. By monitoring communication and tasks, the system drafts responses, creates tickets, and generates documentation without manual input. The objective is to reduce the administrative burden of routing information between disparate systems. The platform functions as an autonomous assistant that retrieves and applies context to support project progress and collective memory.
Key facts about Highlight AI
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $40M
- Investors: Collab Fund, Arcadia and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 24, 2026, $*****
Common Metal's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Common Metal has invested in 4 companies over the last 3 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 3 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 Alien.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Common Metal's Investments by Stage
Common Metal has made 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.17M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $40M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 3 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Common Metal's Investments by Sector
Common Metal has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Blockchain Technology, Consumer and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 4 Tech companies, 3 Consumer (B2C) companies, 3 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Blockchain Technology | 1 |
Consumer | 1 |
High Tech | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Common Metal's Investments by Geography
Common Metal has made most investments in United States (4).Common Metal's recent investments
Common Metal has made 2 investments in 2026 so far - Alien and Highlight AI.Here are the most recent investments by Common Metal:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 01, 2026 | United States | Seed | 6890 | [+5] | |
Mar 24, 2026 | United States | Series A | 1021 | [+7] | |
Sep 17, 2025 | United States | Seed | 2325 | [+2] | |
Sep 25, 2023 | United States | Seed | 4824 | [+5] |
Team profile of Common Metal
Common Metal has a team of 4 members including 3 Partners located in United States. Common Metal's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Common Metal:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | United States | - |
Co-investors of Common Metal
Over the past 3 years, 28 investors have co-invested in Common Metal's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Common Metal: Kleiner Perkins and South Park Commons have invested in rounds before Common Metal. There is 1 company where Kleiner Perkins has invested before Common Metal and 1 company where South Park Commons has invested before Common Metal.
- Top Co-investors of Common Metal: 20 investors entered a company along with Common Metal. These include investors like SV Angel (2 companies).
- Invested after Common Metal: A total of 6 investors have invested in Common Metal's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Bling Capital (1 company), Marketplace Capital (1 company) and Gokul Rajaram (1 company).
Recent News related to Common Metal
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Alien Raises $7.1M in Pre-Seed FundingFinSMEs•Apr 03, 2026•Common Metal, HF0, Scenius Capital, Finality Capital and 10 others
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Highlight AI Raises $40 Million Series A to Build the Shared Intelligence Layer for the Agentic Age of WorkYahoo•Mar 24, 2026•359 Capital, Highlight AI, Arcadia, Common Metal and 8 others
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TeachMe.To secures $2M to link novice athletes with local coachesGlobal Village Space•Sep 25, 2023•Teach Me To, 1984 Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Common Metal
