About Duro Ventures
Duro Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Apr 2026, Duro Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 15 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 Consumer and HealthTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of BrevIo Overall, Duro Ventures portfolio has seen 1 acquisition, namely EarlyDay. A lot of funds co-invest with Duro Ventures, with names like Soma Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Duro Ventures has team of 2 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Seed & Series A
Portfolio Acquisitions
Deals in last 12 months
Duro Ventures' List of Top Investments
Duro Ventures has a portfolio of 15 companies. Their most notable investments are in Sift and Charityvest.Their portfolio spans across United States, Bolivia and India. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, HealthTech and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Duro Ventures:
1. Sift
Provider of unified observability platform for hardware sensor data management. The platform facilitates data ingestion, storage, visualization, and review for modern machines. It offers centralized insights without code, alongside purpose-built storage for high cardinality telemetry. The platform supports rule-based anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and data sharing. It also aids in reporting, certification, and hardware genealogy across various industries.
Key facts about Sift
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: El Segundo (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $67M
- Employee Count: 89 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: StepStone Group, Google Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 25, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. EARTH AI
Online platform for metals and minerals exploration solutions. It uses machine learning techniques and big data for remote sensing, radiometry, and geophysical and geochemical data to explore minerals. It uses AI systems for exploration targeting, fieldwork in remote greenfield areas for exploration, UAV-based aeromagnetic surveys, and autonomous drilling. It focuses on minerals and metals such as lithium, copper, gold, nickel, manganese, and more.
Key facts about EARTH AI
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: San Mateo (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $43.4M
- Employee Count: 45 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Zeno Ventures, Flucas Ventures and 27 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 23, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Hone Health
Provider of hormone test kits at home to treat hormonal imbalance. The platform enables users to access home-based hormone imbalance test kits and can schedule an online physician consultation to discuss results and treatment plans. Also, it offers personalized medications and supplements.
Key facts about Hone Health
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $39M
- Employee Count: 215 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Public Investment Fund, Republic Capital and 26 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 28, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Swipe
SaaS-based billing and accounting solutions for SMEs. It offers a solution that enables the creation and sharing of GST compliant invoices, sales tracking, real-time purchases and estimates, inventory management, and more. It also provides GST filing with multiple GST reports, links, and QR codes for payment acceptance, business analytics, and more.
Key facts about Swipe
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Hyderabad (India)
- Annual Revenue: 0 - ₹10 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.04M
- Employee Count: 17 as on Jan 31, 2025
- Investors: Global Founders Capital, Locus Ventures and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 11, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. PrivacyHawk
Application offering data privacy solutions. They help in managing, controlling, and deleting data from thousands of businesses exploiting users personal data. It also assists in automatically finding companies using or selling users data, gives control over how it is used and sends emails to delete, make do not sell requests, and unsubscribe from marketing emails on your behalf.
Key facts about PrivacyHawk
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5.7M
- Employee Count: 21 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Array Ventures, Seraphim and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 26, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Duro Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Duro Ventures has invested in 15 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment, while as of Apr 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in BrevIo and most recent follow-on round was in PrivacyHawk.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Duro Ventures' Investments by Stage
Duro Ventures has made 12 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.64M and 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $7.7M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 12 |
Series A | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Duro Ventures' Investments by Sector
Duro Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, FinTech, Gig Economy and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 14 Tech companies, 10 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 6 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 9 |
Consumer | 4 |
FinTech | 4 |
Gig Economy | 3 |
HealthTech | 2 |
Others | 12 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Duro Ventures' Investments by Geography
Duro Ventures has made most investments in United States (12), followed by Bolivia where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 12 |
Bolivia | 1 |
India | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Duro Ventures' recent investments
Duro Ventures has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - BrevIo.Here are the most recent investments by Duro Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 23, 2026 | United States | Seed | 5480 | [+3] | |
Feb 18, 2025 | United States | Seed | 8450 | [+5] | |
Aug 26, 2024 | United States | Seed | 6659 | [+7] | |
Nov 07, 2023 | United States | Series A | 4752 | [+3] | |
Jul 12, 2023 | United States | Seed | 4054 | [+6] |
Acquired companies in Duro Ventures' Portfolio
1 company from Duro Ventures' portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was EarlyDay in Mar 2024 by Wonderschool for $*****.Here are Duro Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 28, 2024 | Jul 2021 | Seed | 6391 |
Team profile of Duro Ventures
Duro Ventures has a team of 2 members including 1 Partner and 1 Venture Partner located in United States. Duro Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Duro Ventures
Over the past 6 years, 122 investors have co-invested in Duro Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Duro Ventures: Y Combinator, AirTree and 13 others have invested in rounds before Duro Ventures. There are 4 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Duro Ventures and 1 company where AirTree has invested before Duro Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Duro Ventures: 84 investors entered a company along with Duro Ventures. These include investors like Soma Capital (3 companies).
- Invested after Duro Ventures: A total of 23 investors have invested in Duro Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Google Ventures (1 company), StepStone Group (1 company) and CIV (1 company).
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