About Hanabi Capital
Hanabi Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. It is primarily based out of Palo Alto, United States. As of Jul 2026, Hanabi Capital is an active investor, having invested in 8 companies, with 5 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Simile A lot of funds co-invest with Hanabi Capital, with names like NFDG sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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Series A, Seed & 2 more
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Hanabi Capital's List of Top Investments
Hanabi Capital has a portfolio of 8 companies. Their most notable investments include Generalist AI and Traversal.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Retail and 3 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Hanabi Capital:Developer of robots and related data, models, and hardware solutions. It develops robots that use integrated data, AI models, and hardware to perform a variety of physical tasks. It enables robots to handle interactions by training sensorimotor policies that respond to real-world stimuli. It is designed to generalize better across different robot arms and environments without needing task-specific data.
Key facts about Generalist AI
- Founded Year: 2024
- Location: San Mateo (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $700M
- Employee Count: 96 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Spark Capital, Norwest and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 24, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Traversal
Developer of an AI platform for incident resolution and prevention. The platform analyzes system health using natural language to provide system-level awareness. It simplifies alert triage by ranking alerts based on impact. The platform identifies root causes by analyzing telemetry, code changes, and dependencies. It also facilitates remediation through rollbacks and code changes. The platform compiles incident data into reports.
Key facts about Traversal
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $53M
- Employee Count: 98 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Sequoia Capital, American Express and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 04, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. LiveKit
Developer of open-source platform for building and scaling realtime voice agents. The platform provides APIs and tools for creating applications with voice and video capabilities. It offers infrastructure for managing concurrent calls, turn detection, and integration with telephony systems. The platform supports self-hosting or deployment to a cloud environment.
Key facts about LiveKit
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Saratoga (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $174M
- Employee Count: 121 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Index Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jan 22, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Netic
Provider of an AI-powered engine for service enterprise revenue growth. The engine handles demand across channels and increases customer lifetime value. It transforms data into strategic growth insights. The platform books jobs, identifies sales opportunities, and launches engagement campaigns. It integrates into existing customer relationship management and field service management systems.
Key facts about Netic
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $43M
- Employee Count: 50 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Greylock Partners, Day One Ventures and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Nov 13, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Simile
Provider of an AI-driven simulation platform for understanding human behavior. The platform offers enterprise simulation workflows to find audiences and reach niche populations. It de-risks decisions, understands segments, tests concepts, and generates instant insights. The platform aims to predict human behavior in various situations.
Key facts about Simile
- Founded Year: 2025
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $300M
- Employee Count: 57 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Index Ventures, A Star and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 30, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Hanabi Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
In 2025, it made 4 investments, while as of Jul 2026, it has made 7 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in 1001.ai and most recent follow-on round was in Simile.Hanabi Capital's Investments by Stage
Hanabi Capital has made 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $42.5M, 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $19M, 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $400M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $100M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 4 |
Seed | 2 |
Series B | 1 |
Series C | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Hanabi Capital's Investments by Sector
Hanabi Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure and Industrial Goods and Manufacturing. Notably, it has invested in 7 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 7 Tech companies, 6 AI-Native companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 6 |
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 4 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 2 |
Industrial Goods and Manufacturing | 2 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Hanabi Capital's Investments by Geography
Hanabi Capital has made most investments in United States (8).Hanabi Capital's recent investments
Hanabi Capital has made 7 investments in 2026 so far. Simile and 1001.ai are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Hanabi Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 30, 2026 | United States | Series B | 7833 | [+5] | |
Jun 30, 2026 | United States | Series A | 9669 | [+5] | |
May 29, 2026 | United States | Series B | 4950 | [+11] | |
Apr 09, 2026 | United States | Seed | 3527 | [+2] | |
Apr 08, 2026 | United States | Series B | 7231 | [+5] |
Co-investors of Hanabi Capital
Over the past year, 67 investors have co-invested in Hanabi Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Hanabi Capital: NVentures, Altimeter Capital and 13 others have invested in rounds before Hanabi Capital. There is 1 company where NVentures has invested before Hanabi Capital and 1 company where Altimeter Capital has invested before Hanabi Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Hanabi Capital: 40 investors entered a company along with Hanabi Capital. These include investors like NFDG (2 companies).
- Invested after Hanabi Capital: A total of 12 investors have invested in Hanabi Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Greenoaks (2 companies), Nvidia (1 company) and Fei-Fei Li (1 company).
Recent News related to Hanabi Capital
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Simile Scores $200 Million FundingMassinvestor•Aug 04, 2026•Greenoaks, CVS Health Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Index Ventures and 1 other
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Simile Raises $100 Million for AI to Predict Human BehaviorPYMNTS.com•Feb 12, 2026•Simile, CVS pharmacy, Bain Capital Ventures, Index Ventures and 2 others
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LiveKit, provider of all-in-one voice AI platform, raises $100 millionStartup Log•Jan 23, 2026•LiveKit, Stack Overflow, xAI, Meta and 9 others
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Founders Fund Leads $23M Series B in Netic to Bring AI to Plumbers and RoofersInsurance Journal•Nov 13, 2025•Netic, Day One Ventures, Greylock Partners, SV Angel and 5 others
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Arcade.dev Scores $12M to Solve the Biggest Security Problem with AI AgentsBusiness Wire•Mar 18, 2025•Arcade, Flybridge Capital Partners, Hanabi Capital, Neotribe
