About January Ventures
January Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. It is primarily based out of Boston, United States. As of Feb 2026, January Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 48 companies, with 4 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 Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Flock AI Overall, January Ventures portfolio has seen 4 acquisitions, namely Vault Platform and Sonantic. A lot of funds co-invest with January Ventures, with names like Female Founders Fund sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. January Ventures has team of 9 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
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January Ventures' List of Top Investments
January Ventures has a portfolio of 48 companies. Their most notable investments are in Rye Energy and Elpha.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Canada and 3 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, Consumer and 19 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by January Ventures:1. Oula Health
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Key facts about Oula Health
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Brooklyn (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $50.7M
- Employee Count: 148 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Maverick Ventures, Google Ventures and 20 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 20, 2024, $*****
2. Pano
AI-powered wildfire detection and situational awareness for rapid response. This company offers an enterprise-grade wildfire management solution, leveraging Artificial Intelligence to enable faster, collaborative response efforts. The technology helps detect threats early, notify relevant parties of confirmed incidents, and deliver visual intelligence and real-time data. This supports smarter, faster decision-making and enhances community safety. The solution caters to utilities, fire professionals, and landowners, providing actionable intelligence to optimize response efforts, maintain reliable power supply, and protect infrastructure. It is a tech company offering software solutions for wildfire management, contributing to social impact by protecting communities and the environment.
Key facts about Pano
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $89M
- Employee Count: 241 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Salesforce Ventures, MassMutual Ventures and 23 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 17, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Treefera
AI-powered substantiating ESG reporting and analytics solution for businesses. Data platform revolutionizing the carbon offset market by transforming the way the world approaches forest data and conservation. Collect and map forest data to create a clear future for the carbon market and the planet.
Key facts about Treefera
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $44.2M
- Employee Count: 70 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Endeit Capital, Triple Point and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 03, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Sorcero
Cloud-based workflow automation solution for life sciences and insurance industries. It offers an enterprise NLP suite that allows life sciences & insurance industries to handle complex information, policies, rules, and regulations and automates the building of smart knowledge bases and workflows.
Key facts about Sorcero
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Washington, DC (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $59M
- Employee Count: 67 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: WorldQuant Ventures, Mighty Capital and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 24, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. LearnLux
Personal finance skills through online learning tools. Is a financial training provider that teaches users personal finance skills through online, interactive, and learning tools. It also awards users monetary amounts as they progress through the training module. Users can claim this reward once they take the services of one of their financial partners. It also works with financial companies to connect them with users that are undergoing training.
Key facts about LearnLux
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $24.5M
- Employee Count: 68 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Underscore VC, Big Loud Capital and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 19, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
January Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
January Ventures has invested in 48 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 4 investments, while as of Feb 2026, it has made 2 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Flock AI and most recent follow-on round was in Bloom.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2023 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2022 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
January Ventures' Investments by Stage
January Ventures has made 25 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.22M and 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $15.7M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 25 |
Series A | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
January Ventures' Investments by Sector
January Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Sustainability Tech, Consumer, FinTech and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 41 Tech companies, 30 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 23 Software companies and at least 19 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 12 |
Sustainability Tech | 6 |
Consumer | 5 |
FinTech | 4 |
HealthTech | 4 |
Others | 26 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
January Ventures' Investments by Geography
January Ventures has made most investments in United States (16), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 10 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 16 |
United Kingdom | 10 |
Canada | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
January Ventures' recent investments
January Ventures has made 2 investments in 2026 so far - Flock AI and SEAL Robotics.Here are the most recent investments by January Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Feb 05, 2026 | United States | Seed | 6913 | [+3] | |
Jan 29, 2026 | Germany | Seed | 3799 | [+3] | |
Nov 04, 2025 | United Kingdom | Seed | 3063 | [+3] | |
Sep 04, 2025 | United Kingdom | Seed | 9873 | [+2] | |
May 26, 2025 | United Kingdom | Seed | 6999 | [+2] |
Acquired companies in January Ventures' Portfolio
4 companies from January Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Vault Platform in May 2025 by Diligent for $*****.Here are January Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 22, 2025 | Apr 30, 2019 | Seed | 3010 | |
Feb 07, 2023 | - | - | 1862 | |
Aug 02, 2022 | - | - | 1949 | |
Jun 13, 2022 | - | - | 8626 |
Team profile of January Ventures
January Ventures has a team of 9 members including 5 Partners located in United States and United Kingdom. January Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in January Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Cleveland | - | ||
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | Langhorne | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - |
Co-investors of January Ventures
Over the past 7 years, 226 investors have co-invested in January Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before January Ventures: Y Combinator, Outlander VC and 30 others have invested in rounds before January Ventures. There are 3 companies where Y Combinator has invested before January Ventures and 1 company where Outlander VC has invested before January Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of January Ventures: 143 investors entered a company along with January Ventures. These include investors like Female Founders Fund (2 companies).
- Invested after January Ventures: A total of 51 investors have invested in January Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Plural (2 companies), Alumni Ventures (1 company) and Chelsea Clinton’s Fund (1 company).
Recent News related to January Ventures
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Flock AI Raises $6M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Feb 05, 2026•Flock AI, Outlander VC, Red Bike Capital, January Ventures and 1 other
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Fit Collective Secures €3.4 Million in Funding, Largest UK Round for Solo Female FounderEU-Startups•Nov 04, 2025•Maeve, TGV, SuperSeed, RegeneRx and 3 others
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London-based RYE Raises €1M To Help Hospitality And Retail Monetise Energy DemandStartup Rise EU•Sep 04, 2025•Norrsken Evolve, January Ventures, CapitalT, Rye Energy
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Systole Health gets $2M to launch virtual women's heart health program.intelligence360•Feb 07, 2025•Systole Health, Benchstrength, January Ventures, J Ventures
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Systole Health Raises $2M in Pre-Seed FundingFinSMEs•Jan 27, 2025•Systole Health, Benchstrength, January Ventures
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Clarity Pediatrics raises $10M for treating ADHD and other chronic childhood conditionsYahoo•Apr 22, 2024•Clarity Pediatrics, Rethink Impact, Homebrew, Maverick Ventures and 5 others
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Belong Raises £2.95M in Pre-Seed FundingFinSMEs•Mar 25, 2024•Octopus Ventures, Viola Group, Connect Ventures, Portage and 1 other
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Treefera raises $2.2M for real-time forest data and carbon Credit analysisTech.eu•Sep 13, 2023•Treefera, Concept Ventures, Twin Path Ventures, January Ventures and 2 others
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London-based Treefera raises €2M to transform forest conservation with AISilicon Canals•Sep 13, 2023•Treefera, Concept Ventures, Twin Path Ventures, January Ventures
