About Kernel Labs
Kernel Labs is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Seattle, United States. As of Aug 2024, Kernel Labs has invested in 10 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 Deagent AI Overall, Kernel Labs portfolio has seen 2 acquisitions, namely Answeriq. A lot of funds co-invest with Kernel Labs, with names like Web3.com sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Kernel Labs has team of 2 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Kernel Labs' List of Top Investments
Kernel Labs has a portfolio of 10 companies. Their most notable investmentis in Blue CanoeTheir portfolio spans across United States and Spain. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Retail and 7 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Kernel Labs:1. Blue Canoe
Blue Canoe Learning provides an app-based platform for corporates that helps their non-native English speaking employees to improve their pronunciation and business communication. The users are required to speak into the mobile app and it provides feedback based on the Color Vowel system and speech recognition & machine learning technology. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.
Key facts about Blue Canoe
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Bellevue (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $3.9M
- Employee Count: 10 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Qualcomm Ventures, Fantail Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 16, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Deagent AI
Decentralized network for building and managing AI agents. It is a decentralized AI layer focused on artificial intelligence, to build an omni-intelligence blockchain system within AI native infrastructure. The platform enables users to create AI agents, promoting the application of AI and agent technology in the web3 space.
Key facts about Deagent AI
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $6M
- Employee Count: 6 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Waterdrip Capital, CatcherVC and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 14, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Answeriq
AI-powered customer service automation platform for enhanced efficiency and resolution. This is a B2B SaaS company that transforms customer service with Artificial Intelligence. They offer a suite of AI-driven solutions, including self-service AI, agent AI, Deflection Bot, Robo Assist, and Auto Response capabilities. The platform focuses on intelligent automation of customer service, enabling zero contact resolution and single-click process automation. Their products aim to lower handle times, decrease case volume, improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs, scale customer service, and boost agent productivity. They leverage Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) by combining AI with traditional RPA to transform customer service operations. They provide solutions for self-service, agent assistance, auto-triage, and deflection, catering to various customer service use cases.
Key facts about Answeriq
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Bellevue (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $5M
- Employee Count: 10 - 49 as on Mar 01, 2026
- Investors: Madrona and Kernel Labs
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 03, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Funidelia
Online licensed merchandise platform offering movie-based apparel. The product catalog includes shirts, leggings, shorts, hats, eyemasks, helmets, wigs, frocks, skirts, and other accessories. It also provides cosmetics, party supplies, and more.
Key facts about Funidelia
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Zaragoza (Spain)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $5.83M
- Employee Count: 49 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Sway Ventures, Cabiedes & Partners and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 28, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Botminds
Provider of AI powered no-code platform designed for enterprise document workflows. It helps enterprises provide insights from unstructured documents, then process and act on that information with minimal manual intervention.
Key facts about Botminds
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Seattle (United States)
- Stage: Funding Raised
- Employee Count: 53 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: Kernel Labs
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Kernel Labs' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Kernel Labs has invested in 10 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Deagent AI.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kernel Labs' Investments by Stage
Kernel Labs has made 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.7M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.21M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 2 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Kernel Labs' Investments by Sector
Kernel Labs has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Consumer, Consumer Goods, EdTech and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 10 Tech companies, 9 Software companies, 8 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 5 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 2 |
Consumer | 1 |
Consumer Goods | 1 |
EdTech | 1 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Kernel Labs' Investments by Geography
Kernel Labs has made most investments in United States (2), followed by Spain where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 2 |
Spain | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Kernel Labs' recent investments
Kernel Labs has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Kernel Labs:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Aug 07, 2024 | United States | Seed | 4187 | [+8] | |
Dec 28, 2020 | Spain | Series A | 5599 | ||
Oct 26, 2017 | United States | Seed | 1121 | - |
Acquired companies in Kernel Labs' Portfolio
2 companies from Kernel Labs' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Answeriq in Feb 2020 by Freshworks for $*****.Here are Kernel Labs' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 26, 2020 | - | - | 2260 | |
Jul 18, 2019 | - | - | 6353 |
Team profile of Kernel Labs
Kernel Labs has a team of 2 members including 1 Partner and 1 Principal. Kernel Labs' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Kernel Labs
Over the past 9 years, 17 investors have co-invested in Kernel Labs's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before Kernel Labs: Big Sur Ventures and Cabiedes & Partners have invested in rounds before Kernel Labs. There is 1 company where Big Sur Ventures has invested before Kernel Labs and 1 company where Cabiedes & Partners has invested before Kernel Labs.
- Top Co-investors of Kernel Labs: 10 investors entered a company along with Kernel Labs. These include investors like Web3.com (1 company).
- Invested after Kernel Labs: A total of 5 investors have invested in Kernel Labs's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Qualcomm Ventures (1 company), Fantail Ventures (1 company) and Foothill Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to Kernel Labs
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Web3 AI network DeAgentAI completes $6 million seed round of financingCoinTime•Aug 07, 2024•Web3.com, Vertexcapitalcorp, Kernel Labs, Waterdrip Capital and 5 others
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