About Courtyard Ventures
Courtyard Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. It is primarily based out of Berkeley, United States. As of Mar 2026, Courtyard Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 12 companies, with 1 new investment 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 Enterprise Applications to High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Ridepanda A lot of funds co-invest with Courtyard Ventures, with names like Somersault Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Courtyard Ventures has team of 33 people including 20 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Deals in last 12 months
Courtyard Ventures' List of Top Investments
Courtyard Ventures has a portfolio of 12 companies. Their most notable investmentis in ProsperosTheir portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Courtyard Ventures:
1. Ridepanda
Online retail platform offering multi-category electric vehicles. The platform enables users to get various electric vehicles like kick scooters, mopeds, bikes, and more by attending quiz based on the results it recommends vehicles to users. It offers various services like maintenance, advocacy, financial benefits, and more.
Key facts about Ridepanda
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $23.9M
- Employee Count: 41 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Utopian, Karman and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 05, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Intento
Provider of AI-driven language translation and localization platform for enterprises. The platform automates localization across various touchpoints using AI agents and machine translation. It delivers consistent language experiences for customers and employees. The platform integrates with existing localization, document management, and customer support systems.
Key facts about Intento
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Berkeley (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $16.2M
- Employee Count: 75 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Flint Capital, University of California, Berkeley and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 30, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. SirenOpt
Developer of non-destructive material analysis systems using cold atmospheric plasma. These systems utilize physics-informed artificial intelligence to perform real-time inspection of substrates, films, and coatings. The technology enables measurement of material properties without physical contact or chemical alteration. Applications include monitoring production processes for semiconductors, battery components, medical devices, and industrial packaging. The platform supports benchtop, robotic, and roll-to-roll configurations to facilitate quality control and defect detection across manufacturing environments.
Key facts about SirenOpt
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Berkeley (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $16.1M
- Employee Count: 40 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Access Industries, State of California and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 14, 2025, $*****
Provider of a SaaS-based collaborative performance management platform. Its features include the reconciliation of data discrepancies, contextualization of service failures, actionable insights, and cost analysis for each order, shipment, and carrier.
Key facts about Isometric Technologies
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $18M
- Employee Count: 1,244 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Adit Ventures, MVP Ventures and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 13, 2022, $*****
Provider of a software platform for immune repertoire profiling. It provides software for analysis of next-generation sequencing data for immune profiling. It also, offers kits, reagents and MiXCR for immune system studies in academia and industry.
Key facts about MiLaboratories
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $12.5M
- Employee Count: 26 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: K Fund, Speedinvest and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 10, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Courtyard Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Courtyard Ventures has invested in 12 companies over the last 4 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 3 years. As of Mar 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Ridepanda and most recent follow-on round was in Webless.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Courtyard Ventures' Investments by Stage
Courtyard Ventures has made 6 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.12M, 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $10.7M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $12.6M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 6 |
Series A | 4 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Courtyard Ventures' Investments by Sector
Courtyard Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Consumer, Healthcare and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 10 Tech companies, 8 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 7 Software companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
FinTech | 3 |
Consumer | 2 |
Healthcare | 2 |
High Tech | 2 |
Others | 11 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Courtyard Ventures' Investments by Geography
Courtyard Ventures has made most investments in United States (11).Courtyard Ventures' recent investments
Courtyard Ventures has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Ridepanda.Here are the most recent investments by Courtyard Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 05, 2026 | United States | Series B | 6441 | [+5] | |
Oct 10, 2024 | United States | Series A | 7660 | [+5] | |
Sep 10, 2024 | United States | Seed | 6956 | [+3] | |
Jul 11, 2024 | United States | Seed | 4763 | [+6] | |
Jun 28, 2024 | United States | Series A | 4042 | [+7] |
Team profile of Courtyard Ventures
Courtyard Ventures has a team of 33 members including 20 Partners, 8 Venture Partners and 2 Principals located in United States and China. Courtyard Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Courtyard Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | Beijing | - | ||
Partner | Berkeley | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Oakland | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
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Co-investors of Courtyard Ventures
Over the past 4 years, 87 investors have co-invested in Courtyard Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Courtyard Ventures: Proeza Ventures, General Catalyst and 16 others have invested in rounds before Courtyard Ventures. There is 1 company where Proeza Ventures has invested before Courtyard Ventures and 1 company where General Catalyst has invested before Courtyard Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Courtyard Ventures: 62 investors entered a company along with Courtyard Ventures. These include investors like Somersault Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after Courtyard Ventures: A total of 7 investors have invested in Courtyard Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include National Science Foundation (1 company), Hitachi Ventures (1 company) and InMotion Ventures (1 company).
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Prosperos Raises $250K in Funding From Mendoza ImpactFinSMEs•May 15, 2025•Courtyard Ventures, Mendoza College of Business, Tekton Ventures, BAT VC and 2 others
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Cashmere Secures $3.6 Million In Seed Funding To Revolutionize Client Acquisition For Wealth Management FirmsFinancial IT•Sep 12, 2024•Cashmere AI, Canapi Ventures, Benchstrength, Plug and Play Tech Center and 2 others
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Cashmere Secures $3.6 Million in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Client Acquisition for Wealth Management FirmsBusiness Wire•Sep 10, 2024•Canapi Ventures, Cashmere AI, Benchstrength, Plug and Play Tech Center and 2 others
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GRO Biosciences Closes $60M Series B Financing Co-Led by Atlas Venture and Access BiotechnologyBusiness Wire•Jul 19, 2024•GRO Biosciences, Atlas Venture, Access Industries, Bayer and 17 others
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