About Perceptive Ventures
Perceptive Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2023. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Feb 2026, Perceptive Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 7 companies, with 6 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 Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Giant A lot of funds co-invest with Perceptive Ventures, with names like Forerunner Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Perceptive Ventures has team of 4 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Perceptive Ventures' List of Top Investments
Perceptive Ventures has a portfolio of 7 companies. Their most notable investments include Novig and Dispatch.Their portfolio spans across United States and United Kingdom. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 2 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Perceptive Ventures:
1. Novig
Operator of an online platform for sports predictions and trading. It allows users to play against each other with set odds. The platform offers insights into market liquidity and order books. Users can play with coins or cash, with opportunities to earn rewards.
Key facts about Novig
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $106M
- Employee Count: 14 as on Dec 31, 2024
- Investors: Amino Capital, NFX and 27 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 18, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Dispatch
Online data integration and discovery platform for enterprises. The platform enables users to collect, manage, and sync client data. It integrates client data to different softwares. It is a software platform that helps financial advisors automate onboarding, and keep client data in sync across the tech stack. It caters to fintech and advisory industry.
Key facts about Dispatch
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Miami (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $30.3M
- Employee Count: 56 as on Jan 31, 2026
- Investors: F-Prime Capital, MassMutual Ventures and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 14, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Instalily.ai
Developer of an AI agent platform for B2B vertical solutions. The platform builds and operates teams of adaptable AI agents. These agents execute tasks, integrate with existing tools, and offer results across departments. The platform automates multifaceted tasks through dynamically composable AI agents, ensuring data protection standards.
Key facts about Instalily.ai
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $25M
- Employee Count: 26 as on Dec 31, 2024
- Investors: Insight Partners, AperiamVentures and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 27, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Korl
AI powered product presentation development software. It provides a platform for syncing and summarizing product roadmap data. The product allows users to auto-generate product presentations tailored for different audience and use cases. It provides templates to create, and customize the slides. The platform syncs data to draft content such as internal project summary, external description, and more. It includes a collaboration feature to connect with project owners to review the contents.
Key facts about Korl
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5M
- Employee Count: 8 as on Jan 31, 2026
- Investors: Underscore VC, MaC Venture Capital and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 23, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Giant
Developer of personalized, interactive stories designed to help children grow. The stories adapt to a child’s name, voice, and interests, making learning feel magical and meaningful. The experiences help children grow socially and emotionally. The platform provides a safe, private, and parent-approved environment with no ads or tracking.
Key facts about Giant
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: Carlisle (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $8M
- Investors: Flex Capital, Matrix and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 23, 2026, $*****
Perceptive Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Perceptive Ventures has invested in 7 companies over the last 3 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 3 years. In 2025, it made 4 investments, while as of Feb 2026, it has made 3 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Giant and most recent follow-on round was in Novig.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Perceptive Ventures' Investments by Stage
Perceptive Ventures has made 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $6M, 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $20.3M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $75M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 3 |
Series A | 3 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Perceptive Ventures' Investments by Sector
Perceptive Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, Media & Entertainment and EdTech. Notably, it has invested in 6 Tech companies, 4 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 4 Software companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
Consumer | 2 |
High Tech | 2 |
Media & Entertainment | 2 |
EdTech | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Perceptive Ventures' Investments by Geography
Perceptive Ventures has made most investments in United States (6), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 6 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Perceptive Ventures' recent investments
Perceptive Ventures has made 3 investments in 2026 so far. Giant and Novig are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Perceptive Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Feb 23, 2026 | United Kingdom | Seed | 8205 | [+6] | |
Feb 18, 2026 | United States | Series B | 8549 | [+7] | |
Feb 18, 2026 | United States | Series B | 9098 | [+5] | |
Aug 27, 2025 | United States | Series A | 6337 | [+1] | |
Aug 11, 2025 | United States | Series A | 1150 | [+3] |
Team profile of Perceptive Ventures
Perceptive Ventures has a team of 4 members including 2 Partners located in United States. Perceptive Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Perceptive Ventures
Over the past 3 years, 61 investors have co-invested in Perceptive Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Perceptive Ventures: Lux Capital, Innospark and 25 others have invested in rounds before Perceptive Ventures. There is 1 company where Lux Capital has invested before Perceptive Ventures and 1 company where Innospark has invested before Perceptive Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Perceptive Ventures: 30 investors entered a company along with Perceptive Ventures. These include investors like Forerunner Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after Perceptive Ventures: A total of 4 investors have invested in Perceptive Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Pantera Capital (1 company), Multicoin Capital (1 company) and Makers Fund (1 company).
Recent News related to Perceptive Ventures
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Novig Raises $75M to Replace Traditional Sportsbook with Peer-to-Peer ExchangeAlleyWatch•Mar 06, 2026•Novig, Pantera Capital, Perceptive Ventures, Novig and 5 others
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Giant Raises $8 Million to Build Storytelling Platform for KidsTechStartups.com•Feb 23, 2026•Arbitrum Gaming Ventures, Perceptive Ventures, Matrix, Decasonic and 5 others
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Finance Novig Raises $75M Series B to Build a Trader-First Sports Prediction Marketbitcoinethereumnews.com•Feb 18, 2026•Pantera Capital, Novig, Novig, Multicoin Capital and 6 others
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Impulse Dynamics Completes $158M Financing RoundAgencia EFE•Dec 10, 2025•Impulse Dynamics, Braidwell, Sands Capital, Perceptive Advisors and 3 others
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Dispatch Secures $18M to Advance AI Agents in Wealth ManagementPYMNTS.com•Sep 05, 2025•Dispatch, Choreo, MLB, Sanctuary Wealth and 10 others
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InstaLILY Raises $25M to Bring AI Teammates to the Frontlines of DistributionTMC•Aug 27, 2025•Instalily.ai, Perceptive Ventures, Insight Partners, Marvin Ventures and 2 others
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Novig Raises $18 Million Series A to Scale Peer-to-Peer Sports ...TMC•Aug 11, 2025•Perceptive Ventures, Novig, NFX, Y Combinator and 4 others
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FORT Robotics Secures $18.9 Million in Series B, Totaling $60.5 Million for Robotics Safety InnovationRoboticsTomorrow•Aug 07, 2025•Fort Robotics, John Deere, Tiger Global Management, Neman Ventures and 17 others
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Korl Raises $5M to Craft Customized Customer Communications for Sales TeamsSiliconAngle•May 23, 2025•Korl, VMware, Underscore VC, Stage 2 Capital and 1 other
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BrainLogic AI, Uruguayan company, finalizes round of US$ 5 millionFusoes & Aquisicoes•Aug 22, 2023•FactoryHQ, BrainLogic, Anthos Capital, Kalei Ventures and 3 others
