About Interlock Capital
Interlock Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. It is primarily based out of Encinitas, United States. As of Jun 2025, Interlock Capital has invested in 33 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 Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of RetroRate A lot of funds co-invest with Interlock Capital, with names like Cohen Circle sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Interlock Capital has team of 211 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
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Interlock Capital's List of Top Investments
Interlock Capital has a portfolio of 33 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments include Mercato and Impossible Foods.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Retail and 19 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Interlock Capital:1. Mercato
Online grocery delivery connecting customers with local, independent grocers. It is a platform that partners with local and culturally diverse grocers to make healthy, nutritious, and culturally relevant foods more accessible to communities. It provides independent merchants with online shopping and local delivery, bringing more business to the shops. It offers a wide selection of products, including seasonal produce, hand-cut meats, seafood, international specialties, pantry staples, bakery items, specialty beverages, artisanal cheeses, spices, seasonings, and catered meals. Customers can shop from multiple stores in the same order and schedule delivery or in-store pickup. It aims to provide access to healthy, nutritious foods sourced by local grocers, with a focus on choice and dignity. It supports local businesses and empowers communities. The platform offers features like account creation, express checkout, reordering, referral program, and personalized shopping. It is a B2C platform with a social impact.
Key facts about Mercato
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Brooklyn (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $40.8M
- Employee Count: 219 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Flucas Ventures, Greycroft and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 25, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of plant-based alternatives to traditional meat products. Its product catalog include meatballs, hotdogs, burgers, sausage, chicken nuggets, steak, and more.
Key facts about Impossible Foods
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Redwood City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series H
- Total Funding till date: $2.01B
- Employee Count: 452 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: equitywestsecurities.com, SeedFord Partners and 112 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series H, Nov 17, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. BlueNalu
Produces and supplies seafood products using fish cells. Its product offerings include finned fish, crustaceans, and mollusks. The company's products are developed by isolating living cells from fish tissue which is placed into a culture media for proliferation and then assembled. The company claims its products are serum-free. The company supplies its products to CPG product companies, the food service & retail industry, and food processors.
Key facts about BlueNalu
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: San Diego (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $129M
- Employee Count: 37 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Sumitomo, New Crop Capital and 40 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 29, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. EarthGrid
Provider of underground tunnel construction solutions using robots. Robots are based on plasma technology. It helps in creating an underground supergrid that connects to remote areas and transports clean energy to the grid.
Key facts about EarthGrid
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Richmond (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $0 - $1M as on Dec 31, 2023
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $82.8M
- Employee Count: 27 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Rosecliff Ventures, Band of Angels and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 24, 2026, $*****

5. Flow Labs
AI-enabled platform offering suite of traffic control and analytics solutions. The company offers a suite of traffic control products like predictive traffic control platform, Abacus offers virtual sensor based traffic analytics solution, Cerberus offers proactive health monitoring system, Optimus offers on-demand signal management solutions.
Key facts about Flow Labs
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Oakland (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $14.5M
- Employee Count: 28 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Interlock Capital, Bentley Systems and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 26, 2026, $*****
Interlock Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Interlock Capital has invested in 33 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 2 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in RetroRate.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Interlock Capital's Investments by Stage
Interlock Capital has made 5 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.85M.Interlock Capital's Investments by Sector
Interlock Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the FinTech, Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Financial Services and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 27 Tech companies, 19 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 15 Software companies and at least 13 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
FinTech | 4 |
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Consumer | 1 |
Financial Services | 1 |
High Tech | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Interlock Capital's Investments by Geography
Interlock Capital has made most investments in United States (5).Interlock Capital's recent investments
Interlock Capital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Interlock Capital:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 21, 2025 | United States | Seed | 6977 | [+4] | |
Feb 25, 2025 | United States | Seed | 9542 | [+1] | |
Nov 06, 2024 | United States | Seed | 5308 | [+4] | |
Jul 20, 2021 | United States | Seed | 4235 | [+67] | |
May 10, 2021 | United States | Seed | 4168 | [+6] |
Unicorns in Interlock Capital's Portfolio
Interlock Capital has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Impossible Foods. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Impossible Foods which became a unicorn in 2019, 7 years before Interlock Capital first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Interlock Capital's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
72 | Provider of plant-based alternatives to traditional meat products | 2011 | Redwood City | Series H | gqwujyl |
Acquired companies in Interlock Capital's Portfolio
1 company from Interlock Capital's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was SurviVR in Aug 2021 by InVeris Training Solutions for $*****.Here are Interlock Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 25, 2021 | - | - | 1366 |
Team profile of Interlock Capital
Interlock Capital has a team of 211 members including 3 Partners, 201 Venture Partners and 3 Principals located in United States, United Kingdom and 4 more locations. Interlock Capital's team sits on the board of 3 companies.Here is a list of top team members in Interlock Capital:
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Co-investors of Interlock Capital
Over the past 5 years, 90 investors have co-invested in Interlock Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Interlock Capital: Techstars, Bessemer Venture Partners and 2 others have invested in rounds before Interlock Capital. There is 1 company where Techstars has invested before Interlock Capital and 1 company where Bessemer Venture Partners has invested before Interlock Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Interlock Capital: 86 investors entered a company along with Interlock Capital. These include investors like Cohen Circle (1 company).
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