About Half Court Ventures
Half Court Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Boston, United States. As of May 2025, Half Court 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 Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Auto Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Jozu Overall, Half Court Ventures portfolio has seen 8 acquisitions including key companies like Invisible, Root AI and Scotty Labs. A lot of funds co-invest with Half Court Ventures, with names like Impellent Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Half Court Ventures has team of 9 people including 4 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Half Court Ventures' List of Top Investments
Half Court Ventures has a portfolio of 39 companies. Their most notable investments are in Jozu and Jobble.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Auto Tech and 18 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Half Court Ventures:1. Botkeeper
AI-based bookkeeping software for businesses and accounting firms. It features automated transaction recording of invoices, expenses, bill payments, and more. It also offers ledger accounting, pre-accounting, and account reconciliation solutions.
Key facts about Botkeeper
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $89.5M
- Employee Count: 200 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Greycroft, Republic Capital and 24 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 04, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of tools to map microbes and chemicals of interest. The collected samples are tested for pathogens and chemicals of interest using patent bioassays and robotics and the data obtained is analyzed for trends and insights into human health. They call this collection of data a Human health Observatory.
Key facts about Biobot Analytics
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Cambridge (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $42.7M
- Employee Count: 29 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Republic Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures and 31 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 23, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Developing robotic products for retail execution. Its solution called is a robot that moves around the shelves in a retail store and performs autonomous shelf auditing. In the process, it marks low-stock items, out-of-stock items, misplaced items, and pricing and promo execution.
Key facts about Simbe Robotics
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $104M
- Employee Count: 103 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Venrock, Future Shape and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 15, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Invisible
Provider of artificial intelligence systems and process automation for enterprises. The company builds systems designed for complex situations, offering building blocks for integration with existing workflows. It provides a data platform, process builder, and agentic engine. The company also offers a marketplace connecting clients with human experts for model training and evaluation.
Key facts about Invisible
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: £0 - £1M as on Apr 30, 2025
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $108M
- Employee Count: 5,088 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Greycroft, Day One Ventures and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 16, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Guidesly
Provider of travel agency services. It also supports guides by providing innovative solutions to common challenges faced in the outdoor guiding business. Its platform is used for finding and booking fishing adventures.
Key facts about Guidesly
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $14.1M
- Employee Count: 23 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Greycroft, Agile Angel and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 24, 2024, $*****
Half Court Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Half Court Ventures has invested in 39 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Jozu and most recent follow-on round was in Jobble.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Half Court Ventures' Investments by Stage
Half Court Ventures has made 6 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.26M and 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $13.8M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 6 |
Series A | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Half Court Ventures' Investments by Sector
Half Court Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications, Consumer and Robotics - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 34 Tech companies, 31 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 28 Software companies and at least 19 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 4 |
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 2 |
Consumer | 2 |
Robotics - Industry Applications | 2 |
Others | 13 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Half Court Ventures' Investments by Geography
Half Court Ventures has made most investments in United States (7), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 7 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Half Court Ventures' recent investments
Half Court Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Half Court Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 08, 2025 | United States | Seed | 9635 | [+4] | |
Dec 24, 2024 | United States | Series A | 6535 | [+4] | |
May 29, 2024 | United States | Seed | 6271 | [+4] | |
Nov 28, 2018 | United States | Seed | 1142 | ||
Nov 28, 2018 | United States | Series A | 9826 | [+9] |
Acquired companies in Half Court Ventures' Portfolio
8 companies from Half Court Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Invisible in Aug 2025 by Perplexity for $*****.Here are Half Court Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 06, 2025 | - | - | 5143 | |
Jan 30, 2023 | Nov 28, 2018 | Seed | 7891 | |
Jun 08, 2022 | - | - | 5352 | |
Sep 30, 2021 | - | - | 8989 | |
Apr 08, 2021 | Aug 09, 2018 | Seed | 4603 |
Team profile of Half Court Ventures
Half Court Ventures has a team of 9 members including 4 Partners and 2 Venture Partners located in United States and United Kingdom. Half Court Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Half Court Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Cambridge | - | - | |
Partner | Washington | - | ||
Partner | Boston | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Venture Partner | London | - | ||
Venture Partner | Santa Monica | - |
Co-investors of Half Court Ventures
Over the past 9 years, 94 investors have co-invested in Half Court Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Half Court Ventures: FUSE, John Connors and 23 others have invested in rounds before Half Court Ventures. There is 1 company where FUSE has invested before Half Court Ventures and 1 company where John Connors has invested before Half Court Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Half Court Ventures: 50 investors entered a company along with Half Court Ventures. These include investors like Impellent Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Half Court Ventures: A total of 19 investors have invested in Half Court Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Grand Oak Capital (1 company), Point72 Ventures (1 company) and High Alpha (1 company).
Recent News related to Half Court Ventures
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Jozu Raises $4 Million Seed Round to Scale Enterprise AI Orchestration Platformintelligence360•May 26, 2025•Jozu, Half Court Ventures, Mozilla Ventures, Brightspark Ventures and 2 others
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Jozu Raises $4M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•May 08, 2025•Jozu, Half Court Ventures, Mozilla Ventures, Brightspark Ventures and 3 others
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Buffalo-based Guidesly secures $9.5 million Series AThe Business Journals•Jan 16, 2025•Guidesly, Aspen Capital, YETI Capital, Half Court Ventures and 3 others
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Light Frame Raises $1.7M in Pre-Seed FundingFinSMEs•May 30, 2024•Light Frame, ATX Venture Partners, New Stack Ventures, Rogue Venture Partners and 4 others
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Half Court Ventures collects almost $4 mln for sophomore fundPE Hub•Aug 30, 2019•Half Court Ventures
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Phiar Raises $3M Seed Round for AI-Driven Augmented Reality Navigation System to Eliminate Wrong TurnsBusiness Wire•Nov 28, 2018•Phiar Technologies, The Venture Reality Fund, Mayfield, Norwest Venture Partners and 7 others
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AI Bookkeeping Startup Botkeeper Raises $18M Series A led by GreycroftPR Newswire•Nov 21, 2018•Botkeeper, Greycroft, Gradient Ventures, Ignition Partners and 8 others
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Indoor Farming Robotics Startup Root AI Raises $2.3MFinSMEs•Aug 09, 2018•Root AI, First Round Capital, Accomplice, Schematic Ventures and 2 others
