About Surface Ventures
Surface Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Aug 2026, Surface Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 50 companies, with 4 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 FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Concordare Trials Overall, Surface Ventures portfolio has seen 5 acquisitions, namely BrightHire, xtraCHEF and Outerbase. A lot of funds co-invest with Surface Ventures, with names like Techstars sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Surface Ventures has team of 9 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Surface Ventures' List of Top Investments
Surface Ventures has a portfolio of 50 companies. Their most notable investments are in Focal Point and ConverSight.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, India and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech and 15 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Surface Ventures:
1. BrightHire
Cloud-based applicant tracking system suite solutions. It is an interview intelligence platform providing analytics and insights on interviews for the recruitment process. It offers features such as candidate sourcing, organizing assessments, interview scheduling, selecting and onboarding applicants, etc. It also provides interview training for hiring managers. It is a tool available on the subscription based pricing model.
Key facts about BrightHire
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: New York (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $36M
- Employee Count: 71 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Rabil Ventures, J Ventures and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Oct 07, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Operant AI
Developer of runtime security solutions for cloud, AI, and applications. The company provides real-time discovery, detection, and defense across application layers. It offers protection for APIs, Kubernetes clusters, and MCP ecosystems. The company’s solutions simulate attacks and provide transparency for cloud environments.
Key facts about Operant AI
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $13.5M
- Employee Count: 41 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Felicis Ventures, Two Culture Capital and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 12, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. vCluster
Developer of virtual Kubernetes clusters for flexible multi-tenant platform solutions. The platform provides API servers and tenancy options ranging from namespaces to dedicated clusters. It allows users to build internal platforms with secure, scalable Kubernetes environments. The platform supports bare metal, virtual machines, and cloud deployments.
Key facts about vCluster
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $28.6M
- Employee Count: 111 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Fusion Fund, Khosla Ventures and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Feb 07, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Wing
Cloud-based platform for contract workforce recruitment. It provides a virtual assistant that can do tasks such as expense management, web research, data entry, shift scheduling, etc. It is a tool available on the subscription-based pricing model.
Key facts about Wing
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Berkeley (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.1M
- Employee Count: 1,254 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Brookstone Venture Capital, Surface Ventures and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 31, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Uplinq
Provider of API-based credit risk signals for banks and credit institutions. It provides users with a platform that offers a solution that enables businesses to obtain credit data and risk signals of small and medium-sized businesses by collecting data points across transactions, payments, and behaviour.
Key facts about Uplinq
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Toronto (Canada)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5.35M
- Employee Count: 49 as on May 27, 2025
- Investors: ATX Venture Partners, Magic Fund and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 14, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Surface Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Surface Ventures has invested in 50 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment, while as of Aug 2026, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Concordare Trials and most recent follow-on round was in ConverSight.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Surface Ventures' Investments by Stage
Surface Ventures has made 11 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $7.02M and 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $12.1M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 11 |
Series A | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Surface Ventures' Investments by Sector
Surface Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, HealthTech, High Tech and Life Sciences. Notably, it has invested in 43 Tech companies, 42 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 42 Software companies and at least 28 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 11 |
Vertical SaaS | 3 |
HealthTech | 2 |
High Tech | 2 |
Life Sciences | 2 |
Others | 9 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Surface Ventures' Investments by Geography
Surface Ventures has made most investments in United States (13), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 13 |
Canada | 1 |
India | 1 |
Russia | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Surface Ventures' recent investments
Surface Ventures has made 4 investments in 2026 so far. Concordare Trials and Octozi are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Surface Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Aug 26, 2026 | United States | Seed | 9700 | [+2] | |
Jul 07, 2026 | Russia | Seed | 6056 | ||
May 2026 | United States | Seed | 8038 | - | |
Feb 02, 2026 | United States | Seed | 8901 | ||
Mar 16, 2025 | United States | Seed | 1214 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in Surface Ventures' Portfolio
5 companies from Surface Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was BrightHire in Nov 2025 by Zoom for $*****.Here are Surface Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 13, 2025 | - | - | 5826 | |
Apr 07, 2025 | - | - | 4536 | |
Jul 01, 2023 | - | - | 2897 | |
Jun 08, 2022 | - | - | 2864 | |
Jun 08, 2021 | - | - | 7700 |
Team profile of Surface Ventures
Surface Ventures has a team of 9 members located in United States. Surface Ventures' team sits on the board of 1 company.Co-investors of Surface Ventures
Over the past 5 years, 56 investors have co-invested in Surface Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Surface Ventures: Techstars, Elevate Ventures and 16 others have invested in rounds before Surface Ventures. There is 1 company where Techstars has invested before Surface Ventures and 1 company where Elevate Ventures has invested before Surface Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Surface Ventures: 30 investors entered a company along with Surface Ventures. These include investors like Techstars (2 companies).
- Invested after Surface Ventures: A total of 8 investors have invested in Surface Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include ATX Venture Partners (1 company), Cambrian Fintech (1 company) and Augment Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to Surface Ventures
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Concordare Trials Secures Funding Round Led by Surface VenturesThe SaaS News•Aug 26, 2026•Surface Ventures, Techstars, Innovation Works, Gaingels and 1 other
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Octozi Raises $3M in Seed Funding to Bring Agentic AI to Clinical DevelopmentGlobeNewswire•Jul 07, 2026•Debiopharm, Remarkable Ventures, Octozi, Surface Ventures
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BotGauge AI Raises $2 Mn to Scale Agentic QA PlatformStartupNews•Feb 10, 2026•BotGauge, Surface Ventures, Saka Ventures, IA Seed Adventures and 2 others
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Poetiq Secures $45.8 Million Seed Funding to Enhance LLM ReasoningPulse 2.0•Jan 30, 2026•Poetic, Surface Ventures, Fyrfly Venture Partners, poetiq.com and 5 others
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DocJuris Raises $8M in Series A to Expand AI-Powered Contract Negotiation PlatformSilicon Valley Journals•Oct 01, 2024•DocJuris, Silverton Partners, Watertower Ventures, Surface Ventures and 1 other
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Nirvana Secures $24.2M for AI-Powered Health Insurance VerificationHIT Consultant•Sep 17, 2024•Nirvana Health, Northzone, Inspired Capital, Eniac Ventures and 1 other
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Nirvana Raises $24.2M Series A to Revolutionize Health Insurance VerificationBakersfield•Sep 13, 2024•Nirvana, Surface Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Inspired Capital and 2 others
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Nirvana Raises $24.2M Series A to Revolutionize Health Insurance VerificationBusiness Wire•Sep 13, 2024•Nirvana Health, Inspired Capital, Eniac Ventures, Surface Ventures and 1 other
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Loft Labs Raises $24M Series A for Pioneering Virtual Kubernetes ClustersHostingJournalist•Apr 22, 2024•Khosla Ventures, Fusion Fund, Surface Ventures, Emergent Ventures and 3 others
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ConverSight, a data analysis and generation AI company, raises $9 million in Series ATHE BRIDGE•Sep 14, 2023•ConverSight, Surface Ventures, Techstars, Augment Ventures and 2 others
