About Radical Ventures
Radical Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of Toronto, Canada. As of Aug 2026, Radical Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 93 companies, with 18 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 HealthTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series C round of Muon Space Overall, Radical Ventures portfolio has seen 9 unicorns, 1 IPO and 13 acquisitions including key companies like Cohere, World Labs and You Technologies. A lot of funds co-invest with Radical Ventures, with names like Index Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Radical Ventures has team of 25 people including 12 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 3 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Radical Ventures' List of Top Investments
Radical Ventures has a portfolio of 93 companies, including 9 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Intrepid Labs and Orbital Materials.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, United Kingdom and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, HealthTech and 25 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by Radical Ventures:
1. Cohere
Developer of enterprise AI platform and multilingual language and retrieval models. The company provides tools for workplace productivity, intelligent search, and semantic text representation. It offers models for relevance-based result refinement and high-performance generative tasks. The platform supports customization and private deployments, catering to various industries. It also provides developer resources, including API access and technical documentation.
Key facts about Cohere
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Toronto (Canada)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $1.54B
- Employee Count: 1,146 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Sapphire Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and 35 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Sep 24, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. World Labs
Developer of artificial intelligence models for research automation and analysis. Provides software systems that process datasets, generate insights, and support experimental workflows across scientific and technical domains. Offers tools for data ingestion, model training, evaluation, and deployment within research environments. Enables automation of literature review, hypothesis testing, and analytical reporting through machine learning methods.
Key facts about World Labs
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $1.23B
- Employee Count: 87 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Fidelity Investments, Salesforce Ventures and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 18, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
AI-enabled key-word based private search engine. The users can get reviews from real users & experts while making any expensive purchase. Its AI-driven platform provides summaries for any queries. It also enables users to get the content they want & can also build their own knowledge base.
Key facts about You Technologies
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $199M
- Employee Count: 343 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Georgian, Salesforce Ventures and 20 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Sep 03, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Twelve Labs
AI-based platform offering video editing solutions. It leverages AI technology to extract time, objects, text in the video, conversation, people, and actions to synthesize information into vectors. It also provides API for creating and editing videos.
Key facts about Twelve Labs
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Seattle (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $207M
- Employee Count: 192 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Intel, Amazon and 29 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 01, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. WRITER
Developer of an enterprise AI platform for agentic work. The platform enables users to build, activate, and supervise AI agents. It offers tools for IT and business teams to create agents with shared resources. The platform provides features for governing and observing agents at scale, along with integrations and controls.
Key facts about WRITER
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $369M
- Employee Count: 602 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Salesforce Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners and 55 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 06, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Radical Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Radical Ventures has invested in 93 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 11 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 23 investments, while as of Aug 2026, it has made 14 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Marker and most recent follow-on round was in Muon Space.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 9 | 5 | 14 |
2025 | 19 | 4 | 23 |
2024 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
2023 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
2022 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
2021 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
2020 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Radical Ventures' Investments by Stage
Radical Ventures has made 32 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $20.2M, 32 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $57M, 9 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $82.3M, 3 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $193M and 1 investment in Series E stage with an average round size of $1.38B.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 32 |
Series A | 32 |
Series B | 9 |
Series C | 3 |
Series E | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Radical Ventures' Investments by Sector
Radical Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications, Vertical SaaS and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 85 Tech companies, 77 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 70 Software companies and at least 46 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 53 |
High Tech | 40 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 16 |
Vertical SaaS | 16 |
HealthTech | 10 |
Others | 76 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Radical Ventures' Investments by Geography
Radical Ventures has made most investments in United States (51), followed by Canada where it has made 20 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 51 |
Canada | 20 |
United Kingdom | 4 |
India | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Radical Ventures' recent investments
Radical Ventures has made 14 investments in 2026 so far. Muon Space and Marker are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Radical Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Aug 20, 2026 | United States | Series C | 9235 | [+12] | |
Jul 09, 2026 | United Kingdom | Seed | 9498 | [+7] | |
Jul 01, 2026 | United States | Series B | 2180 | ||
May 29, 2026 | United States | Series A | 7938 | [+11] | |
May 29, 2026 | United Kingdom | Seed | 9205 |
Unicorns in Radical Ventures' Portfolio
Radical Ventures has 9 unicorns in its portfolio - Waabi, Serval, You Technologies and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Waabi. It became a unicorn in 2026, 4 years after Radical Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Radical Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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69 | Developer of physical artificial intelligence platform for autonomous trucks and robotaxis | 2021 | Toronto | Series C | isqebyn | ||
63 | Developer of artificial intelligence agents for automated information technology workflows | 2024 | San Francisco | Series B | asruskq | ||
71 | AI-enabled key-word based private search engine | 2020 | Palo Alto | Series C | s{qbacc | ||
59 | Real-time generative AI open world model developer | 2023 | San Francisco | Series C | jofeiux | ||
62 | AI research and product company to develop models | 2022 | Sunnyvale | Series B | vibykbb |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Radical Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Radical Ventures' portfolio company became public - Xanadu. It got listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), in Mar 2026 at marketcap of $433MHere are Radical Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 26, 2026 | Jun 24, 2019 | Series A | 2290 |
Acquired companies in Radical Ventures' Portfolio
13 companies from Radical Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Graft in Oct 2025 by You Technologies for $*****.Here are Radical Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 22, 2025 | Jul 26, 2023 | Seed | 1583 | |
Sep 23, 2025 | May 30, 2025 | Series C | 5922 | |
Jun 27, 2025 | Oct 25, 2023 | Seed | 5249 | |
Jun 05, 2025 | Nov 05, 2019 | Series A | 5307 | |
Mar 26, 2024 | Jan 19, 2022 | Seed | 6538 |
Team profile of Radical Ventures
Radical Ventures has a team of 25 members including 12 Partners and 8 Principals located in United States, Canada and 1 more location. Radical Ventures' team sits on the board of 3 companies.Here is a list of top team members in Radical Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Toronto | - | ||
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Partner | Canada | |||
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Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | Stanford | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - |
Co-investors of Radical Ventures
Over the past 9 years, 713 investors have co-invested in Radical Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Radical Ventures: Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC and 238 others have invested in rounds before Radical Ventures. There are 4 companies where Andreessen Horowitz has invested before Radical Ventures and 3 companies where 8VC has invested before Radical Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Radical Ventures: 269 investors entered a company along with Radical Ventures. These include investors like Index Ventures (6 companies).
- Invested after Radical Ventures: A total of 204 investors have invested in Radical Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Nvidia (7 companies), Salesforce Ventures (4 companies) and Tiger Global Management (4 companies).
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