About Engineering Capital
Engineering Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. It is primarily based out of Mountain View, United States. As of Nov 2025, Engineering Capital is an active investor, having invested in 52 companies, with 2 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 Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of TidalWave Overall, Engineering Capital portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 18 acquisitions including key companies like Rubrik, Dioptra AI and Passage AI. A lot of funds co-invest with Engineering Capital, with names like Blumberg Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Engineering Capital has team of 2 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Engineering Capital's List of Top Investments
Engineering Capital has a portfolio of 52 companies. Their most notable investments are in Passage AI and QueryPal.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure and 7 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Engineering Capital:
1. Rubrik
Provider of cyber resilience platform for data and identity security. The platform offers data protection through immutable backups, threat analytics for cyber threat detection, and identity security for multi-IdP environments. It provides cyber recovery solutions to restore operations, along with features like anomaly detection and threat monitoring. The platform supports cloud, on-premises, and SaaS environments.
Key facts about Rubrik
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $887M as on Jan 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $553M
- Employee Count: 4,949 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Kaplan Group Investments, ADS Ventures and 50 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Aug 17, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Provider of cloud-delivered browser security solutions for enterprise threat and data protection. It transforms any browser into a secure enterprise browser through cloud-based digital twins. The solution prevents zero-day exploits, phishing, and ransomware from reaching networks or endpoints. It offers secure access for managed and unmanaged devices, eliminating VPN risks and VDI complexity. The platform delivers file security through content disarm and reconstruction, antivirus, and sandboxing.
Key facts about Menlo Security
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Mountain View (United States)
- Annual Revenue: £4.62M as on Dec 31, 2017
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $250M
- Employee Count: 439 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: American Express Ventures, Company Capital and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Dec 10, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Nexla
Provider of AI-powered data integration platform designed for enterprise agent applications. The platform offers tools for connecting to various data sources, standardizing data, and ensuring governance. It delivers data in formats suitable for agent retrieval and autonomous workflows. The platform supports data integration, transformation, and monitoring at scale.
Key facts about Nexla
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: San Mateo (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $33.5M
- Employee Count: 30 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Storm Ventures, SLW and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 25, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Kentik
Platform offering network observability solutions. It provides cloud based multitenant solution for network monitoring. Its focus on observability, real time analytics, and data integration positions it as a vital tool for organizations navigating the complexities of network environments. The unbounded ad hoc analytics and anomaly detection helps to enhance operations, optimize capacity, resolve anomalies, automate DDoS defense, and protect applications and service performance.
Key facts about Kentik
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $118M
- Employee Count: 255 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Glynn Capital, August Capital and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 07, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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5. Concentric
Provider of data security governance platform for data risk management and protection. The platform focuses on identifying, classifying, and remediating data risks across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. It offers solutions for data security posture management, data detection and response, data access governance, and data loss prevention. The platform helps organizations discover and protect personally identifiable information, personal health information, payment card information, and intellectual property. It provides centralized remediation and easy deployment with agentless architecture. The platform also offers data classification and privacy data protection capabilities.
Key facts about Concentric
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: San Jose (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $67M
- Employee Count: 215 as on Feb 28, 2026
- Investors: Clear Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Oct 24, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Engineering Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Engineering Capital has invested in 52 companies over the last 11 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 6 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in TidalWave and most recent follow-on round was in CodeRabbit.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2024 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2023 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2022 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
2021 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Engineering Capital's Investments by Stage
Engineering Capital has made 19 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.57M, 9 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $12.8M and 4 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $20.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 19 |
Series A | 9 |
Series B | 4 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Engineering Capital's Investments by Sector
Engineering Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, FinTech, High Tech and Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 51 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 51 Tech companies, 47 Software companies and at least 31 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 31 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 18 |
FinTech | 8 |
High Tech | 4 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 3 |
Others | 9 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Engineering Capital's Investments by Geography
Engineering Capital has made most investments in United States (32).Engineering Capital's recent investments
Engineering Capital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Engineering Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Nov 21, 2025 | United States | Series A | 9739 | [+1] | |
Oct 28, 2025 | United States | Series A | 1537 | ||
Sep 03, 2025 | United States | Series B | 2412 | ||
Mar 24, 2025 | United States | Series B | 5970 | [+4] | |
Mar 11, 2025 | United States | Seed | 7727 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Engineering Capital's Portfolio
1 of Engineering Capital's portfolio company became public - Rubrik. It got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Apr 2024 at marketcap of $5.63BHere are Engineering Capital's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 25, 2024 | - | - | 5913 |
Acquired companies in Engineering Capital's Portfolio
18 companies from Engineering Capital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were InsurGrid.Here are Engineering Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 21, 2026 | Mar 04, 2021 | Seed | 1381 | |
Nov 20, 2025 | - | - | 1209 | |
Dec 16, 2024 | - | - | 8263 | |
Aug 28, 2024 | Dec 09, 2021 | Series B | 7273 | |
Apr 11, 2024 | Apr 05, 2022 | Series A | 4640 |
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Team profile of Engineering Capital
Engineering Capital has a team of 2 members including 2 Partners located in United States. Engineering Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Engineering Capital
Over the past 11 years, 152 investors have co-invested in Engineering Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Engineering Capital: General Catalyst, Osage University Partners and 10 others have invested in rounds before Engineering Capital. There is 1 company where General Catalyst has invested before Engineering Capital and 1 company where Osage University Partners has invested before Engineering Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Engineering Capital: 70 investors entered a company along with Engineering Capital. These include investors like Blumberg Capital (3 companies).
- Invested after Engineering Capital: A total of 70 investors have invested in Engineering Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Industry Ventures (2 companies), Pelion Venture Partners (2 companies) and JPMorgan Chase (1 company).
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