About Sente
Sente is a venture capital firm founded in 2008. It is primarily based out of Chicago, United States. As of Jul 2024, Sente has invested in 54 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 Food and Agriculture Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of M-Based A lot of funds co-invest with Sente, with names like Hatcher sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Sente has team of 11 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series B
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Sente's List of Top Investments
Sente has a portfolio of 54 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Kybele's Garden and Astrakode.Their portfolio spans across United States, Turkey, India and 13 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Food and Agriculture Tech and 28 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series B stages. Here is the list of top investments by Sente:
1. One
Manufacturer of battery cells, modules, and energy storage systems. The company focuses on producing lithium iron phosphate battery technology for grid storage, rail, and defense applications. It offers cells engineered for demanding environments and fast charging capabilities. The company also provides battery management systems and pack solutions.
Key facts about One
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Novi (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $390M
- Employee Count: 181 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Temasek, Fifth Wall and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 06, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Make My Day
Offers a location-based app to determine the optimal route for multiple errands. It determines the optimal route for multiple errands based on businesses distance from the user, queue length, working hours, parking, and traffic. It also helps in estimating the task duration, the total time required for all the errands. It claims to help both businesses as well as individuals to accomplish daily errands in an effective way.
Key facts about Make My Day
3. ClearQuote
Inspection solution for automotive dealerships. It provides crash repair, repainting, replacement costs of damages of a car, as well as automates damage repair estimation process, captures damages, standardizes repair charges & more. It offers features that include CRM, lead management system, API integration, and more.
Key facts about ClearQuote
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: 0 - ₹10 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Stage: Seed
- Employee Count: 196 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Alchemist Accelerator, MobilityXlab and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Nov 03, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Hopstack
Provider of AI & SaaS-based indoor location tracking and warehouse analytics solutions for enterprises. The solution consists of beacon hardware embedded with telemetry sensors, location engine API, and a cloud-based platform. The platform interfaces with the sensors for collecting real-time location data of both static and dynamic assets. The business operation caters to automotive, healthcare, retail, real estate, logistics, and more.
Key facts about Hopstack
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Annual Revenue: 0 - ₹10 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.82M
- Employee Count: 14 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Plugin Alliance, Supply Chain Labs and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 05, 2022, $*****
5. Vyorius
Developer of autonomous software for managing large scale robotic fleets. This system provides a unified command and control layer for coordinating heterogeneous unmanned air, ground, and maritime assets. By utilizing agentic artificial intelligence, the software enables mission planning, autonomous deconfliction, and operational oversight across diverse robotic systems. It functions as a digital infrastructure that bridges human-to-robot interfaces and robot-to-robot coordination. The technology allows operators to set mission intent while the system orchestrates execution, reducing the need for manual intervention. It supports various domains including defense, logistics, public safety, and infrastructure monitoring by providing a common coordination framework for multi-vendor hardware. The platform integrates into existing operations to facilitate scalable autonomy without requiring hardware modifications.
Key facts about Vyorius
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Delhi (India)
- Annual Revenue: 0 - ₹10 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $93.7K
- Employee Count: 12 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Chiratae Ventures, IIT Mandi Catalyst and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 30, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Sente's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Sente has invested in 54 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in M-Based.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Sente's Investments by Stage
Sente has made 10 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $462K and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $300M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 10 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sente's Investments by Sector
Sente has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Sustainability Tech, Enterprise Applications, Environment Tech and Food and Agriculture Tech. Notably, it has invested in 43 Tech companies, 39 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 23 Software companies and at least 14 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 5 |
Sustainability Tech | 5 |
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Environment Tech | 3 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 3 |
Others | 18 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sente's Investments by Geography
Sente has made most investments in United States (5), followed by Turkey where it has made 4 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 5 |
Turkey | 4 |
India | 1 |
Italy | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sente's recent investments
Sente has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Sente:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 25, 2024 | Turkey | Seed | 1778 | [+1] | |
Apr 01, 2024 | Turkey | Seed | 5823 | ||
Sep 25, 2023 | United States | Seed | 2916 | [+1] | |
Feb 01, 2023 | United States | Series B | 5937 | [+9] | |
Dec 01, 2021 | Italy | Seed | 2783 | - |
Unicorns in Sente's Portfolio
Sente has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - One. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is One which became a unicorn in 2023.Here is a list of unicorns in Sente's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
62 | Manufacturer of battery cells, modules, and energy storage systems | 2020 | Novi | Series B | ssdmrbh |
Acquired companies in Sente's Portfolio
1 company from Sente's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Udentify in Oct 2023 by Rem Vision Lab for $*****.Here are Sente's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 17, 2023 | - | - | 4018 |
Team profile of Sente
Sente has a team of 11 members including 2 Partners and 6 Venture Partners located in United States and Turkey. Sente's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Sente:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Chicago | - | ||
Partner | Scotts Valley | - | - | |
Venture Partner | San Diego | - | ||
Venture Partner | Istanbul | - | ||
Venture Partner | Turkey | - | - | |
Venture Partner | San Diego | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Istanbul | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Turkey | - | - |
Co-investors of Sente
Over the past 6 years, 30 investors have co-invested in Sente's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Sente: Coatue, Breakthrough Energy and 6 others have invested in rounds before Sente. There is 1 company where Coatue has invested before Sente and 1 company where Breakthrough Energy has invested before Sente.
- Top Co-investors of Sente: 11 investors entered a company along with Sente. These include investors like Hatcher (2 companies).
- Invested after Sente: A total of 11 investors have invested in Sente's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Oman Investment Authority (1 company), Gerod Carfantan (1 company) and Pranay Kumar Shah (1 company).
Recent News related to Sente
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DeepGreenX and Sente Ventures Announce Framework Agreement for $25 Billion Green Infrastructure Investment ProgramBusiness Wire•Jan 06, 2025•DeepGreenX, Sente, Deep Green X
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Ankara-Based Biotech Startup M-Based Completes Pre-Seed Funding RoundBazaar Times•Jul 26, 2024•Hatcher, M-Based, Sente, Fark Labs
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Kybele's Garden received an investment before the seed of $ 250 thousandWebrazzi•Apr 01, 2024•Kybele's Garden, Sente
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Domestic nano-technology startup KlojiX received an investment of 275 thousand dollarsWebrazzi•Sep 25, 2023•KFOBIX, Arz Portfolio, saves.com, Sente
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AI Capital invests in World Palms-On VC’s Fund Iinvestidollar.com•Feb 02, 2023•AI Capital, One, Apple, Franklin Templeton India and 16 others
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US LFP gigafactory firms ONE and Kontrolmatik progress first sites and reveal expansion plansEnergy-Storage•Feb 02, 2023•One, BMW, Fifth Wall, Franklin Templeton India and 7 others
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Our Next Energy (ONE) Raises $300 Million in Series B Equity, Valuing the Company at Over $1 BillionPR Newswire•Feb 01, 2023•One, Fifth Wall, Franklin Templeton, Temasek and 9 others
