About Steelhead Ventures
Steelhead Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Jan 2018, Steelhead Ventures has invested in 32 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 $***** Series A round of Doxel Overall, Steelhead Ventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 6 acquisitions including key companies like EquipmentShare, Chefs Feed and Eventable. A lot of funds co-invest with Steelhead Ventures, with names like Andreessen Horowitz sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Steelhead Ventures has team of 3 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A & Seed
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Steelhead Ventures' List of Top Investments
Steelhead Ventures has a portfolio of 32 companies. Their most notable investments are in ThingLink and Levanto Financial.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Retail and 17 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by Steelhead Ventures:
1. Google
Provider of tools for managing business listings on digital maps. This platform allows owners to manage their information, photos, reviews, and service details across search engines. It facilitates direct customer engagement through features such as online appointment booking, food ordering, and messaging. Businesses can monitor performance metrics to understand how potential customers discover their services. The tool enables the distribution of updates, special offers, and store hours to maintain consistent engagement with the public. It serves as a centralized hub for businesses to verify their presence and control how they are represented to individuals performing local searches.
Key facts about Google
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: Mountain View (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $35M
- Employee Count: 296,712 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Greyrock Investments and 35 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jun 18, 2010, $*****
Provider of rental equipment, tools, and technology for jobsite solutions. The company offers equipment rental services across multiple categories. These categories include earthmoving, aerial work platforms, forklifts, landscaping, and compressed air equipment. It also provides new and used equipment for sale, along with parts and service. The company delivers technology solutions for jobsite management, safety, and productivity.
Key facts about EquipmentShare
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Columbia (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $806M
- Employee Count: 4,329 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Trinity Capital, 10x Group and 54 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. Doxel
Platform for construction progress monitoring with video. The platform helps users track worksite activity by capturing and analyzing visual data to show how projects are advancing. It supports organizing video based insights, assessing project status, and improving oversight through an integrated online system designed for construction workflows.
Key facts about Doxel
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: California (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $56.5M
- Employee Count: 140 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Alchemist Accelerator, SV Angel and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 11, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Zipline
Provider of software suite solutions to retail businesses. Its solutions include task management, digital document management like forms, checklists, planograms, SKU sheets, and policies, surveys to manage all the surveys for field teams on one platform, groups, and reporting. It also provides a performance assessment of the store.
Key facts about Zipline
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $39.6M
- Employee Count: 162 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Emergence Capital, Fifth Wall and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 02, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Bluesmart
Bluesmart is a Bluetooth-connected suitcase that tracks its own location that offers a variety of features. Features include: self tracking through built-in GPS, a 37W battery for device charging, proximity-triggered lock and built-in digital scales. The Bluesmart companion app tracks position, countries visited, time spent in each, airports visited, total miles traveled, and real-time travel data such time till next flight. Raised $1.366M on a goal of $50k on Indiegogo. Y-Combinator alum.
Key facts about Bluesmart
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Deadpooled
- Total Funding till date: $29.8M
- Employee Count: 62 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Zillionize and 32 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 23, 2017, $*****
Steelhead Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Steelhead Ventures has invested in 32 companies over the last 11 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Doxel and most recent follow-on round was in Eventable.Steelhead Ventures' Investments by Stage
Steelhead Ventures has made 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $2.29M and 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.6M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 3 |
Seed | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Steelhead Ventures' Investments by Sector
Steelhead Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications, EdTech and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 27 Tech companies, 20 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 14 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 14 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
Vertical SaaS | 2 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 1 |
EdTech | 1 |
High Tech | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Steelhead Ventures' Investments by Geography
Steelhead Ventures has made most investments in United States (5).Steelhead Ventures' recent investments
Steelhead Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Steelhead Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jan 24, 2018 | United States | Series A | 4633 | [+5] | |
Jul 14, 2016 | United States | Series A | 3273 | ||
Feb 10, 2016 | United States | Series A | 6326 | [+1] | |
Sep 2015 | United States | Seed | 8421 | - | |
Jul 23, 2015 | United States | Seed | 3313 | [+4] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Steelhead Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Steelhead Ventures' portfolio company became public - EquipmentShare. It got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Jan 2026 at marketcap of $5.24BHere are Steelhead Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 23, 2026 | - | - | 5245 |
Acquired companies in Steelhead Ventures' Portfolio
6 companies from Steelhead Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Convox in Apr 2024 by Curious Capital for $*****.Here are Steelhead Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 10, 2024 | - | - | 3850 | |
Dec 28, 2020 | - | - | 8985 | |
Apr 25, 2018 | - | - | 5990 | |
Dec 04, 2017 | - | - | 9008 | |
Jun 06, 2017 | - | - | 1604 |
Team profile of Steelhead Ventures
Steelhead Ventures has a team of 3 members including 2 Partners located in United States. Steelhead Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Steelhead Ventures
Over the past 11 years, 29 investors have co-invested in Steelhead Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Steelhead Ventures: Inventure, Lifeline Ventures and 5 others have invested in rounds before Steelhead Ventures. There is 1 company where Inventure has invested before Steelhead Ventures and 1 company where Lifeline Ventures has invested before Steelhead Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Steelhead Ventures: 13 investors entered a company along with Steelhead Ventures. These include investors like Andreessen Horowitz (1 company).
- Invested after Steelhead Ventures: A total of 9 investors have invested in Steelhead Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Insight Partners (1 company), Amplo (1 company) and Europa (1 company).
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