About Focal
Focal is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Apr 2026, Focal is an active investor, having invested in 13 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 Retail and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Open Builder A lot of funds co-invest with Focal, with names like Lerer Hippeau sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Focal has team of 8 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Seed & Series A
Deals in last 12 months
Focal's List of Top Investments
Focal has a portfolio of 13 companies. Their most notable investments are in Jasmine and Thoras.Their portfolio spans across United States, Brazil and Canada. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, High Tech and 7 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Focal:
1. Keragon
Provider of an automation platform for healthcare. It allows users to connect various solutions and build healthcare-specific automations such as patient onboarding, personalized care plan, lab and diagnostics ordering, appointment scheduling and reminders. Platform offers integrations with technology vendors in every layer of the virtual care stack, including labs, pharmacy, EHRs, CRMs, scheduling software, and more.
Key facts about Keragon
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $10.5M
- Employee Count: 25 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Afore Capital, Upfront Ventures and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 12, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Onme
Provider of digital gift cards redeemable across curated brand selections. These digital gift cards offer recipients the flexibility to choose from various brands. The company facilitates sending personalized digital gifts via email, text, or shareable links. It also allows scheduling gifts in advance and tracking thank you notes.
Key facts about Onme
- Founded Year: 2001
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $7.7M
- Employee Count: 9 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: NFX, Lerer Hippeau and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 11, 2025, $*****
3. Harmonyze
AI powered platform designed to optimize network wide franchise operations and compliance. Its features include operational compliance, risk detection and mitigation revenue generating, analytics and reporting and more. It streamlines franchise operations by automating manual processes, managing compliance, and profit margins. The companys AI agents work across franchise networks helping business owners.
Key facts about Harmonyze
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2M
- Employee Count: 12 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Bowery Capital and Focal
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 22, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Thoras
Developer of an AI platform for Kubernetes scaling and cost management. The platform adapts compute infrastructure to usage patterns, maintaining performance and reducing waste. It forecasts demand, enabling users to optimize resource allocation. The platform integrates with existing monitoring tools, providing insights into infrastructure usage and cost savings. It supports CPU and GPU scaling, adapting to workload demands.
Key facts about Thoras
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Herndon (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $6.5M
- Employee Count: 14 as on Jan 05, 2026
- Investors: Wellington Partners Venture Capital, SineWave Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 14, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Coworker Ai
AI platform that serves as an autonomous agent. It features in answering, planning, and executing complex, multi-step tasks across a companys entire ecosystem integrating with enterprise apps such as Jira, Slack, GitHub, and Salesforce without requiring custom coding. Its system also tracks multiple business dimensions including projects, teams, meetings, and documents capturing the context of a companys data, culture, and knowledge.
Key facts about Coworker Ai
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $16.5M
- Employee Count: 1 - 10 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Karman, Soma Capital and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 20, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Focal's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Focal has invested in 13 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 6 investments, while as of Apr 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Open Builder and most recent follow-on round was in Onme.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2024 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Focal's Investments by Stage
Focal has made 12 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.53M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $10M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 12 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Focal's Investments by Sector
Focal has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Consumer, Enterprise Infrastructure and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 12 Tech companies, 11 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 10 Software companies and at least 7 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 10 |
FinTech | 3 |
Consumer | 2 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 2 |
HealthTech | 2 |
Others | 12 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Focal's Investments by Geography
Focal has made most investments in United States (11), followed by Brazil where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 11 |
Brazil | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Focal's recent investments
Focal has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Open Builder.Here are the most recent investments by Focal:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 09, 2026 | United States | Seed | 3666 | ||
Dec 11, 2025 | United States | Seed | 1948 | [+1] | |
Oct 28, 2025 | United States | Seed | 1731 | ||
Apr 08, 2025 | United States | Seed | 2415 | [+2] | |
Apr 03, 2025 | United States | Seed | 1223 |
Team profile of Focal
Focal has a team of 8 members including 2 Partners and 1 Principal located in United States. Focal's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Focal:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Miami | - | - | |
Principal | Nashville | - |
Co-investors of Focal
Over the past 6 years, 39 investors have co-invested in Focal's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Focal: Y Combinator, Focal and 3 others have invested in rounds before Focal. There are 2 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Focal and 1 company where Focal has invested before Focal.
- Top Co-investors of Focal: 24 investors entered a company along with Focal. These include investors like Lerer Hippeau (2 companies).
- Invested after Focal: A total of 10 investors have invested in Focal's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include NFX (1 company), Wellington Partners Venture Capital (1 company) and SineWave Ventures (1 company).
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Yrikka Launches with Pre-Seed Funding to Secure AI SystemsSiliconAngle•Apr 03, 2025•YRIKKA, Focal, Garuda, Focal
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Keragon Secures $7.5M for AI-Powered Healthcare Automation PlatformHIT Consultant•Feb 12, 2025•Keragon, Upfront Ventures, Afore Capital, Focal and 7 others
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Thoras.ai Secures $5 Million in Seed Funding to Fix the Broken State of ObservabilityThe Joplin Globe•Jan 14, 2025•Thoras, Wellington, SineWave Ventures, Focal and 1 other
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On Me: Digital Gift Platform Raises $1.7 Million (Seed) And Partners With MastercardPulse 2.0•Dec 15, 2024•Onme, Focal, Lerer Hippeau, Mastercard
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