About Creative Ventures
Creative Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Oakland, United States. As of Aug 2025, Creative Ventures has invested in 39 companies. 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 Life Sciences and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Fort Robotics Overall, Creative Ventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 4 acquisitions including key companies like Caper, IOTAS and Riven. A lot of funds co-invest with Creative Ventures, with names like Foothill Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Creative Ventures has team of 10 people including 8 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Creative Ventures' List of Top Investments
Creative Ventures has a portfolio of 39 companies. Their most notable investments are in Veeve and VenoStent.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Argentina and 4 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications and 15 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Creative Ventures:
1. Exo
Developer of point of care ultrasound ecosystem with AI-powered diagnostic and workflow tools. It provides handheld ultrasound devices that replaces carts and probes designed for medical imaging at the point of care. It offers technology that automates image capture and quantification. The ecosystem includes workflow software designed around the user.
Key facts about Exo
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Redwood City (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $428M
- Employee Count: 156 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: RA Capital Management, Rising Tide Fund and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, May 28, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Alice Technologies is a provider of AI-based construction planning software. Features include construction planning, scheduling, task management, cost management, and more. Additionally, it also provides information about crew size & types, equipment management, calenders, construction material, and more. The company's clientele includes Mortenson, DPR construction, BI Group, and AF Gruppen.
Key facts about Alice Technologies
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $61.1M
- Employee Count: 26 as on Dec 31, 2023
- Investors: Rising Tide Fund, JLL Technologies and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 11, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Caper
AI-based automated checkout software solutions for offline retailers. The platform offers an intelligent shopping cart that leverages deep learning and computer vision techniques to detect and identify products using cameras mounted in the cart. It enables customers to move the items in the shopping cart and leave the brick-and-mortar stores.
Key facts about Caper
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Brooklyn (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $12.7M
- Employee Count: 61 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: FCVC, First Round Capital and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 18, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Provider of a wireless platform for human safety. It caters to industries such as construction, agriculture, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, mobile robotics, and more. It has a customer base that includes companies, startups, and research institutions.
Key facts about Fort Robotics
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Philadelphia (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $56.9M
- Employee Count: 56 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: FCVC, Tiger Global Management and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 07, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. AirWorks
SaaS-driven AI-based processing software for aerial mapping and surveying. It leverages third-party drones, aircraft, or satellites to analyze construction sites and provide engineers with important information about a site’s features. Through proprietary machine learning and aerial mapping technology, it converts aerial datasets into computer-aided design (CAD) site plans. It is chiefly targeted at the construction industry.
Key facts about AirWorks
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Cambridge (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $7.55M
- Employee Count: 123 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: MIT Startup Exchange, PSG and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 24, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Creative Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Creative Ventures has invested in 39 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Tierra Biosciences and most recent follow-on round was in Fort Robotics.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2023 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2022 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2021 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Creative Ventures' Investments by Stage
Creative Ventures has made 13 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.25M, 7 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $17.6M and 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $24M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 13 |
Series A | 7 |
Series B | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Creative Ventures' Investments by Sector
Creative Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, Sustainability Tech and Energy Tech. Notably, it has invested in 37 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 35 Tech companies, 21 Tech hardware companies and at least 18 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 12 |
Life Sciences | 9 |
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
Sustainability Tech | 5 |
Energy Tech | 3 |
Others | 23 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Creative Ventures' Investments by Geography
Creative Ventures has made most investments in United States (16), followed by Canada where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 16 |
Canada | 2 |
Argentina | 1 |
Australia | 1 |
Israel | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Creative Ventures' recent investments
Creative Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Creative Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Aug 07, 2025 | United States | Series B | 2922 | ||
Oct 30, 2024 | United States | Series B | 2103 | [+2] | |
Mar 12, 2024 | United States | Series A | 5914 | [+5] | |
Oct 27, 2023 | United States | Series A | 4808 | [+4] | |
Oct 26, 2023 | United States | Series B | 6580 | [+11] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Creative Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Creative Ventures' portfolio company became public - Humanistic Robotics.Here are Creative Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | - | - | 1611 |
Acquired companies in Creative Ventures' Portfolio
4 companies from Creative Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Riven in Oct 2022 by Stratasys for $*****.Here are Creative Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 25, 2022 | - | - | 4694 | |
Jun 13, 2022 | - | - | 8147 | |
Oct 19, 2021 | - | - | 2879 | |
Oct 05, 2021 | - | - | 2979 |
Team profile of Creative Ventures
Creative Ventures has a team of 10 members including 8 Partners and 1 Venture Partner located in United States, Thailand and 1 more location. Creative Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Creative Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Bangkok | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Bangkok | - | ||
Partner | Berkeley | - | ||
Partner | Taipei | - | ||
Partner | Philadelphia | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Cannon Beach | - | - | |
Venture Partner | - | - |
Co-investors of Creative Ventures
Over the past 8 years, 206 investors have co-invested in Creative Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Creative Ventures: HHS, America’s Seed Fund and 37 others have invested in rounds before Creative Ventures. There are 5 companies where HHS has invested before Creative Ventures and 4 companies where America’s Seed Fund has invested before Creative Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Creative Ventures: 98 investors entered a company along with Creative Ventures. These include investors like Foothill Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after Creative Ventures: A total of 69 investors have invested in Creative Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include RA Capital Management (2 companies), NIH (2 companies) and TDK Ventures (1 company).
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