About HF0
HF0 is a venture capital firm founded in 2023. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Jul 2026, HF0 is an active investor, having invested in 23 companies, with 6 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 Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Fish A lot of funds co-invest with HF0, with names like Soma Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. HF0 has team of 9 people including 6 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 2 more
HF0's List of Top Investments
HF0 has a portfolio of 23 companies. Their most notable investments are in Catalyx space and Boardy.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, India and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 11 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by HF0:
1. Crossmint
Online platform to create, sell & distribute NFTs. Its product portfolio includes payment services that enable purchases with credit cards and other cryptocurrencies, APIs for minting NFTs, and a wallet to store and manage digital assets.
Key facts about Crossmint
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Miami (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $23.6M
- Employee Count: 79 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: First Round Capital, Franklin Templeton Investments and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 18, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Featherless
Serverless provider of large language model inference. It offers access to a vast library of open-source models, enabling users to deploy at scale for various applications including fine-tuning, testing, and production. The platform provides inference via API, supporting diverse model architectures for tasks such as coding assistance, research, and creative writing. A transparent billing structure ensures predictable costs, and the service includes advanced model loading and GPU orchestration capabilities without the need for server management. The platform does not log chat history.
Key facts about Featherless
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $25M
- Employee Count: 31 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: AMD, Kickstart Ventures and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 30, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Sapien
Data labelling services to fine-tune LLMs. It provides labeling services for managing and scaling data labeling pipelines, for building AI models. Its labeling services include labeler management, fine-tuning through reinforcement learning with human feedback, and scaling labeling resource.
Key facts about Sapien
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $15.5M
- Employee Count: 36 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Mangusta Capital, Primitive Ventures and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 30, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Clerk
Text and SMS messaging solution for Slack. It enables users to send and receive SMS directly in Slack that leads to track of customer support, operations, and sales messages. Users can send appointment confirmations, promotional messages, service queries, ask for reviews, etc. Monetizes through subscription-based pricing plans.
Key facts about Clerk
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $7M
- Employee Count: 46 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Altair Capital, Soma Capital and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 16, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Hamilton
Provider of AI-based solutions for private aviation and marketing analytics. It provides users with a comprehensive solution for private aviation, facilitating end-to-end trip management. It also offers employs advanced Bayesian hierarchical probabilistic models to provide insights into marketing effectiveness, allowing businesses to link marketing investments directly to sales outcomes.
Key facts about Hamilton
- Founded Year: 2024
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $9.8M
- Employee Count: 8 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: TTV Capital, Bling Capital and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 23, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
HF0's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
In 2025, it made 11 investments, while as of Jul 2026, it has made 5 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Fish and most recent follow-on round was in Catalyx space.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2025 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
2024 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
HF0's Investments by Stage
HF0 has made 16 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $8.65M, 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $13.2M, 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $20M and 1 investment in Series D stage with an average round size of $112M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 16 |
Series A | 4 |
Series B | 1 |
Series D | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
HF0's Investments by Sector
HF0 has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications, Consumer and Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech. Notably, it has invested in 19 Tech companies, 16 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 14 Software companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 14 |
High Tech | 7 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 3 |
Consumer | 3 |
Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech | 2 |
Others | 14 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
HF0's Investments by Geography
HF0 has made most investments in United States (18), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 18 |
Canada | 1 |
India | 1 |
Singapore | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
HF0's recent investments
HF0 has made 5 investments in 2026 so far. Fish and Ephemeral are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by HF0:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 28, 2026 | United States | Seed | 1772 | [+8] | |
Jul 23, 2026 | - | Seed | 6193 | [+4] | |
Mar 23, 2026 | United States | Seed | 2301 | [+6] | |
Mar 17, 2026 | United States | Seed | 6742 | [+5] | |
Mar 17, 2026 | Singapore | Series B | 3205 | [+7] |
Team profile of HF0
HF0 has a team of 9 members including 6 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 1 Principal located in United States. HF0's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in HF0:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | United States | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | United States | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Venture Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Principal | San Francisco | - |
Co-investors of HF0
Over the past 2 years, 123 investors have co-invested in HF0's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before HF0: Pathlight Ventures, Primitive Ventures and 9 others have invested in rounds before HF0. There is 1 company where Pathlight Ventures has invested before HF0 and 1 company where Primitive Ventures has invested before HF0.
- Top Co-investors of HF0: 98 investors entered a company along with HF0. These include investors like Soma Capital (6 companies).
- Invested after HF0: A total of 14 investors have invested in HF0's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include AMD (1 company), BMW i Ventures (1 company) and Wavemaker Partners (1 company).
Recent News related to HF0
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Alien Raises $7.1M in Pre-Seed FundingFinSMEs•Apr 03, 2026•Common Metal, HF0, Scenius Capital, Finality Capital and 10 others
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Hamilton AI Raises $7.5M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Mar 23, 2026•Hamilton, Bling Capital, TTV Capital, Mintaka Ventures and 5 others
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Gency AI Raises $20 Million to Build Ad NetworkBusiness Insider•Mar 17, 2026•GENCY, TikTok, .XYZ, HF0 and 11 others
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Tenkara Raises $7M in FundingFinSMEs•Mar 17, 2026•Tenkara, Night Capital, HF0, Transpose Platform and 4 others
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Crafting Raises $5.5M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Mar 09, 2026•Crafting, WndrCo, Mischief, Tenkara and 6 others
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Catalyx Space Secures $5.4 Mn to Expand Space LogisticsStartupNews•Oct 25, 2025•Catalyx space, Outlander VC, Nivesha Ventures, Arka Venture Labs and 20 others
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AdsGency secures $12M seed to automate entire ad workflow.Mobile Marketing Reads•Oct 21, 2025•AdsGency, XYZ Venture Capital, HF0, Hat-Trick Capital and 1 other
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Magic Dog co-founder Spark completes $1.75 million in fundingPANews•Sep 12, 2025•HF0, Spacecadet, WndrCo
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Doctronic Raises $5 Million to Develop AI Agents for HealthcareDnyuz•Apr 18, 2025•Union Square Ventures, TVP, HF0, Doctronic
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Crossmint Secures $23.6 Million in Funding Led by Ribbit CapitalPANews•Mar 18, 2025•Crossmint, Ribbit Capital, Franklin Templeton India, Nyca Partners and 11 others
